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Bath time
A young Hispanic girl sits in a metal wash tub and is bathed by her mother in Costilla County, 1950
March 18, 2019
Eating lunch
An elderly man, probably Mr. Atencio, having lunch in his home in Chama (Costilla County), 1950
Haircut
Grace Rodriguez Serna, wife of Xavier Serna, watches as her son Rodney gets a haircut from local barber Adonaise De Herrera, San Luis, 1970?
Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, Pamphlet Cover
View of the cover of a pamphlet for SPMDTU. The society was organized in 1900 in Antonito, CO by Hispanic Americans as a means to fight back against racial and discriminatory practices in the San Luis Valley
Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, original building
This building (still in use), was built in Antonito, Costilla County, in 1900 at the founding of the organization. It now houses the central Concilio for the SPMDTU
SPMDTU building in Chama
Juan Olivas near the La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, Concilio #2 hall in Chama (Costilla County), probably built in first half of 20th century
Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos
Hispanic American men pose at a meeting of the SPMDTU in their building in Antonito, CO. 1935(?) Current Website of the SPMDTU: http://www.spmdtu.org/who-we-are/la-historia/
Road crew, Costilla County
Hispanic American men employed on a WPA road project pose near a tractor and a road grader on a dirt road probably in Costilla County, 1935
Lettuce Strike, Center, CO
A member of the United Farm Workers of America stands beside his wife and holds his baby during a lettuce workers’ strike in Center, CO, 1970
Leroy “Korn” Maes
Leader of the United Farm Workers of America during strike against the Finerman Lettuce company in Center, 1970
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