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The aftermath of a fire in Antonito (Conejos County), 1905.
Shows smoking adobe buildings destroyed by the fire. Hispanic American men, probably firefighters, stand near a wagon loaded with three large barrels filled with water to fight the fire. A ladder is up against an adobe building with a wooden false front, a sign reads: “Drug Store.”
March 18, 2019
Mexicans’ Corpus Christi Day in Conejos attended by hundreds of Mexicans and named Anglos
Mexicans’ Corpus Christi Day in Conejos attended by hundreds of Mexicans and named Anglos
Men pose in front of the first permanent Costilla County Courthouse built in 1884, San Luis (Costilla County, in 1910).
The courthouse on the National Register of Historic Places. The men are identified left to right: Eleuterio Gallegos, Eduvigen Gold, Alcadio Salazar, Felipe Pacheco, unknown, José Ramos Valdéz, Heraldo Groendke, Charles Meyer, Eduvigen Barela, Francisco Gallegos, Harry Brink, L.B. Webster, Atanacio Padilla, and Juan Aragón.
Alamosa business district, Main Street, with Rialto Theatre, undated early photo
Alamosa business district, Main Street, with Rialto Theatre, undated early photo
Labor Day picnic at Oraig’s Grove park included baseball game between shop boys and the Mexican ball team
Labor Day picnic at Oraig’s Grove park included baseball game between shop boys and the Mexican ball team
A Mexican ball to be held at the Colorado opera house in Alamosa at Thanksgiving
A Mexican ball to be held at the Colorado opera house in Alamosa at Thanksgiving
A Mexican dance was held at the opera house in Alamosa, together with a political meeting
A Mexican dance was held at the opera house in Alamosa, together with a political meeting
Band from Antonito to play at a celebration in Los Pinos, with dancing, 1900
Band from Antonito to play at a celebration in Los Pinos, with dancing, 1900
Delfino Salazar
Delfino Salazar, a resident of the San Luis Valley, shown as student at Jarvis Hall, a liberal arts, grammar, and military college in Denver, 1880s
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