Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, EdCordova102.Los Cordovas.
Summary
View of Los Cordovas Catholic Church in Los Cordovas, a settlement located along the Purgatory River, approximately two miles east of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The adobe building has a gable roof, wooden, shingled bell tower with a cross on top and a diamond shaped window over the door. Members of the Hispanic American congregation and the elderly José Benito Córdova and his wife Marina Rivera de Córdova stand on either side of the front door of the church. He wears a suit and leans on a cane. His wife wears a long dark dress.
Date
ca. 1895
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; 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.; R7001520956
Is Part Of
Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection.;
Subject
Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches.; Older people.; People.; Córdova, José Benito--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Marina Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
loan; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy; 2010.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
No
Type of Material
Digital images.; Group portraits.; Digital images.; Group portraits.
Contributors
Cordova, Ed,; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, lender.
