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Girls school in Conejos, 1900
The Sisters of Loretto ran a school for girls in Conejos, perhaps for Spanish-speaking children

March 18, 2019
Older children of resettlement families in school yard outside community building
San Luis Valley Farms, Colorado

Student staff of a yearbook in San Luis, 1953
Members of the staff of El Conquistador, a yearbook, sit at a table at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis.

A student learning welding
Rueben Pacheco, a student in the General Vocational Program at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis, 1953

An important early vocational/arts center
The San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts, San Luis, 1953

Vocational students
Students in the General Vocational Program, inside the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis, 1953

President’s House, Adams State
The President’s House at Adams State University, founded in 1921 as a “normal school” ( teachers’ college) in Alamosa

Freshman class officers, 1953
Freshman class officers at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County). They are identified (left to right) as: Secretary-Treasurer Irene Trujillo, Vice President Gene Medina, and President Abie Duarte.

Women’s physical education class, 1953
Women in a physical education class at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Conejos County). The women are identified (left to right) as: Margie Cordova, Josephine Prezzia, Lucille Ortega, Sally Trujillo, Henrietta Lobato, Loyola Romero, Viola Garcia, Irene Arguello, Ninfa Romero, Delfinia Rael.

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