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Aerial view of CF&I Pueblo Mills looking SW, 1962
Aerial view of CF&I Pueblo Mills, looking southwest toward the Spanish Peaks, April 13, 1962
May 11, 2019
Wedding Photo, 1920s
Mr. Pasqual Chacon (bridegroom), Lee Martinez’s Parents, Bride (Gomecinda) of Pasqual, ca. 1920’s; Salt Creek.
Salt Creek Wedding Photo, 1927
Left to right: Carmen Perez Moreno, Macario Chavez, unknown young girl, Blanco, Bride and Groom–Epifania Hernandez and Mariano Nunez, 1927.
Salt Creek Wedding Photo, 1920s
In back: Jim Chavez and Maclovia Chavez, Alcadio Rodriguez, (related to Lee’s Mother), 1920’s.
Hiding Mexican food while in school
Joe Chavez recalls in a 1978 interview being embarrassed about taking Mexican food like burritos to school, so he would hide it under a bridge and go get it after school.
Vera Hernandez Esquibel Quote
“In Salt Creek, we had no grass. At Roselawn, the cemetery had the grass so us kids would play on the grass while they would have the service of the dead person. That was our playground. But, we were only allowed to go when there was a funeral.”
Children with Adobe Oven
Italian and Mexican families built outdoor ovens of adobe bricks, plastered with mud. Fires were burned inside the ovens for an hour or two. With the walls hot, the ashes were raked out and pans of bread and pastries were shoved inside with a long-handled paddle. The opening was covered. The hot walls did the baking. Boys wore knee pants, held up by suspenders, or bib overalls. Like their mothers girls wore sun bonnets. This house was made of cottonwood logs, standing upright, then plastered with adobe mud.
Rita Martinez recalls Columbus Day Protest
Excerpt from 2014 interview of Rita Martinez talking about Columbus Day Protests in Pueblo, Colorado. She talks about counter-events to Columbus day.
Chicano Studies at CSU Pueblo (video)
George Autobee Chicano Studies at CSU Pueblo (Video Clip) 2016 interview of George Autobee talking about being involved with student activism and pushing for Chicano Studies courses at CSU Pueblo.
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