Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, EdCordova-A105. DamianaRivera.
Summary
Hispanic American Damiana Rivera de Barela, wife of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela, poses for a portrait in an embroidered cape trimmed in fur and a hat decorated with feathers, a bow and a veil. She wears a pin in the shape of a cross.
Date
ca. 1890
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Damiana Rivera was born in 1857 in Taos, New Mexico and was the daughter of Miguel Rivera and Pablita Trujillo, two early Colorado pioneers who settled in southern Colorado during the 1850s. Damiana married Senator Casimiro Barela in 1885." (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy p. 315).; 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.; R7001520930
