Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Madgie, Larry and David Torres
- Three children, Madgie, Larry and David Torres pose in the backyard of a brick house in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Madgie wears dress with a contrasting collar and short, puffed sleeves. Larry wears a sports coat and his brother...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children.; Girls.; Torres family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1940?
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage boys and girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear print dresses...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear white blouses, long print...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage boys and girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The boys stand behind the girls,...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán
- Teenage girls, members of the Ballet Chicano de Aztlán, a Chicano dance troop and part of the Crusade for Justice, dance in Mexican costumes on a stage, in front of a painted drop in Denver, Colorado. The girls are in two rows, the front row...
- Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dancers.; Girls.; Rifles.; Teenagers.; Ballet Chicano de Aztlán--Pictorial works.;...
- [1970]
- Corrine Baca, First Communion St. Cajetan's Church.
- Studio portrait of Corrine Baca on the occasion of her First Communion at St. Cajetan's Church in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. She leans on a prop and wears a white dress and veil and holds a missal.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Baca, Corrine--Pictorial works.; Clothing and dress--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1947
- Baby Mary Trujillo with a basket
- Nine month old Mary Trujillo, a fourth generation resident of the Auraria neighborhood, hangs on to a basket in the yard of her house at 943 1/2 10th (Tenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows a wooden fence and flagstones.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baskets.; Girls.; Infants.; Trujillo, Mary--Pictorial works.; Baskets--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1956
- Young girl at Our Lady of Guadalupe Fiesta
- A young Mexican-American girl sits on probably a float in a parade at an Our Lady of Guadalupe fiesta in Denver, Colorado. The girl wears a robe and a crown of white roses. Bunting and artificial flowers are on the edge of the float. A painted...
- Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Girls.; Festivals.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1972 and 1975?]
- Pete Baca, Bobby and Gloria Herrera, and Robert Marquez
- Children Pete Baca, Bobby Herrera, Gloria Rodriguez, née Herrera and Robert Marquez sit on the front steps at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Pete wears a striped shirt and shorts and has curly hair, Bobby...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria (Denver,...
- 1947
- Larry and Gloria
- Two young children, only identified as Larry and Gloria, stand in a dirt yard at 10th (Tenth) and Lawrence Streets in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Larry wears a striped shirt and coveralls. Gloria wears a dress and coat. A brick...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Girls.; Infants.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- [1946?]
- Jerry Rodriguez & Jackie Torres
- Two children, Jerry Rodriquez and Jackie Torres, stand in front of an automobile that belongs to Phil Torres on 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Jerry wears a two-tone jacket and a bow tie, Jackie wears a First Communion...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children.; Clothing & dress.; Girls--Colorado--Denver.; Rodriguez, Jerry--Pictorial works.; Torres, Jackie--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Clothing and...
- 1948
- Dancers, Cinco de Mayo, Denver
- Girls, members of Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero's Fiesta Colorado Dance Company pose near Civic Center Park during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear traditional Mexican style dance costumes in bright colors decorated with...
- Fiesta Colorado Dance Company (Lakewood, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dancers.; Girls.; Fiesta Colorado Dance Company...
- [2009?]
- Dancers, Cinco de Mayo, Denver
- Men, women, girls and teenagers, members of Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero's Fiesta Colorado Dance Company pose on Broadway during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Denver, Colorado. The girls and women wear traditional Mexican style dance costumes in bright...
- Fiesta Colorado Dance Company (Lakewood, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dancers.; Girls.; Fiesta Colorado Dance Company...
- [2009?]
- Floria and Lucy Herrera
- Lucy Herrera poses with her daughter, Floria Herrera in front of St. Cajetan's School in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Floria wears a first communion dress and veil, her mother wears a long jacket and a skirt.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mothers.; Girls.; Herrera, Lucy--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Floria--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1952]
- Pauline and Josephine Chavez
- Pauline Gallegos Chavez (middle) stands next to her sister Josephine Chavez and an unidentified girl in their kitchen in Denver, Colorado. Josephine sits at a dinette table, she wears eyeglasses. Pauline, who was present at the Ludlow Massacre, was...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Women.; Older people.; Girls.; Interiors.; Chavez, Pauline Gallegos, 1887-1986--Pictorial works.; Chavez, Josephine--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1963 and 1967?]
- Children and Christmas tree
- Children group around a Christmas tree on Christmas day in a living room in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right as: (back row) Bobby Herrera and Lydia Herrera, (front row) Dolores Herrera, Evelyn Olguin,...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Christmas trees.; Herrera family--Pictorial works.; Olguin family--Pictorial works.;...
- [1957 December 25]
- Dolores and Tom Herrera
- Dolores and Tom Herrera stand in front of their home at 1117 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dolores watches as her younger brother Tom crosses his arms and gives a shy smile.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Smiling.; Herrera, Dolores--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Tom--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1958]
- Bobby and Gloria Herrera
- Toddlers Bobby and Gloria Herrera pose in bathing suits on their front porch at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They stand on a woven rug with American Indian designs.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Girls.; Infants.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Gloria--Pictorial works.;...
- [1947]
- Serapio Miera, Gloria Montez and Connie Montez
- Serapio Miera poses with two young girls, Gloria and Connie Montez. Mr. Montez, an older man, wears a tie and hat. The girls are dressed in their first communion dresses. He holds Connie's hand.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Older people.; Miera, Serapio--Pictorial works.; Montez, Connie--Pictorial works.; Montez, Gloria--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Picketing Karl's Liquors
- Jesús Valderrama pickets Karl's Liquors for the sale of Gallo Wine at West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. He holds a sign that reads: "AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Union Picket. Please Don't Scab. Huelga." A young girl, the daughter of the owner of...
- Karl's Liquors (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Girls.; Liquor stores.; Boycotts.; Pickets.; Valderrama,...
- [between 1973 and 1975?]
- Mexican American children
- Four children pose behind a milk truck in Denver, Colorado. Helen Lenna Moya Arguello (born July 23, 1933) holds infant Edmond Moya (born June 29, 1945). The girl on the right is Waunita Moya Rauta, (born January 10, 1943) and the girl on the far...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Boys.; Infants.; Families.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1946?]
- Gloria Herrera
- Gloria Rodriguez, née Herrera, age 5, poses on her front porch at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. She wears a winter coat and pants.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Rodriguez, Gloria--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1949
- Herrera and Olguin children
- Group portrait of children from the Herrera and Olguin families, residents of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified: top back: Agnes (Ness) Olguin; middle row: Manuel Olguin, Dolores Herrera, Tommy Herrera, and Gloria...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Girls.; Boys.; Herrera family--Pictorial works.; Olguin family--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1956 November 8]
- Gloria Herrera and her grandmother
- Mexican Americans Gloria Rodriguez, née Herrera and her grandmother, Tillie Rivera, pose in front of a brick house at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Gloria wears blouse, skirt, sweater, bobby-socks and tennis...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Girls.; Grandparents.; Older people.; Rivera, Tillie--Pictorial works.; Rodriguez, Gloria--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1955
- St. Cajetan's School play
- Interior view of a play at Saint Cajetan's School, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Girls in caps, blouses and skirts stand in a row next to a sign that reads: "? St." and "Lawrence." Magdalena Gallegos poses at the end of the line in...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Students.; Teenagers.; Theatrical productions.; Women.; Gallegos, Magdalena--Pictorial works.; Drama--Pictorial...
- between 1947 and 1948
- Mary L. and Shirley Trujillo
- Shirley Trujillo holds her niece Mary L. Trujillo in front of a coal shed in the backyard of her house at 943 1/2 10th (Tenth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shirley, a teenager, wears a jacket and jeans. The baby wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Girls.; Infants.; Teenagers.; Trujillo, Shirley--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1956
- Amanda "Mandy" Maestas daughter of Sam Maestas, Jr. and Alice Ebel.
- Studio portrait of Amanda (Mandy) Maestas, a resident of Denver, Colorado. She poses in her first communion dress, she wears a crown shaped veil and holds a missal and rosary. She sits on a bench in front of a backdrop of Christ holding a chalice.
- First communion--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Studio portraits.; Girls.; Maestas, Amanda--Pictorial works.; Maestas family--Pictorial works.; First communion--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1947 and 1950?]
- Benedictine nun
- An unidentified Benedictine nun poses outside of probably St. Cajetan's Catholic Church in the Auraria Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. She wears a white coif and wimple and a black veil and tunic. A teenage girl is nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Nuns.; Teenagers.; Benedictine nuns--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Teenage...
- 1949
- Margaret Torres
- Margaret Torres posses on her bicycle in the alleyway at 943 1/2 10th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The teenage woman wears a blouse with puff sleeves and a skirt with pleats and contrasting "kick panels." She wears low...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teenagers.; Women.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Teenage girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria (Denver,...
- 1943
- Helen Ankele, calling bingo
- Helen Ankele, a teenage student, sits in front of an electric bingo board at St. Cajetan's School in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. She is in front of an electric console and microphone. She wears a blouse and earrings.
- St. Cajetan's School (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bingo.; Teenagers.; Ankele, Helen--Pictorial...
- [between 1955 and 1960?]