Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, EdCordova-A100.Rivera.
Contributor
Cordova, Ed,; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, lender.
Date
[between 1890 and 1900]
Summary
Hispanic American students and their male teacher, who holds books and a ruler, pose in front of their school in Rivera (San Francisco Plaza, Glenham), Las Animas County Colorado. The brick school house has a wooden belfry. A plaque over the door reads: "Public School 1890." Two of the students on the front row are identified: Adelina A. Rivera (4th from left) and Juan R. Córdova (2nd from right in buttoned jacket with white collar). Shows boys, girls and teenagers. The boys wear jackets and the girls wear dresses.
loan; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy; 2010.
Rights Contact Information
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
No
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700152091
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "The Rivera School was located in Rivera, Colorado a settlement located along the Purgatory River, approximately five miles east of Trinidad." (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy).; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Ed Cordova.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001520914
