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- Hermanos Penitentes
- Unidentifed members of Hermanos Penitentes pose near a wood stove in their adobe morada in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows young, middle aged and old men.
- Hermanos Penitentes--People--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Interiors.; Older people.; Vigil, Teresa--Pictorial works.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2005 March 25]
- Hermanos Penitentes, Stations of the Cross
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The men carry booklets and one man carries a large, carved cross. Shows snow covered hills.
- Hermanos Penitentes--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Crosses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Good...
- [2005 March 25]
- Hermanos Penitentes, Stations of the Cross
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes walk along a dirt trail during the Stations of the Cross observance on Good Friday in Costilla County, Colorado. The middle aged and old men carry booklets (probably alabados) and a young man carries a large,...
- Hermanos Penitentes--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crosses.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Crosses--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Good...
- [2005 March 25]
- Hermanos inside the Concilio Superior hall Antonito, Colo.
- Members of La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, Concilio Superior (#1), pose inside their hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. They are identified as Hermano Thomas E. Romero from Concilio # 16, La Garita, Colorado, and...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Older people.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de...
- [1993?]
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building has doors and shuttered windows....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building's roof creates an overhang...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1970-1980.; San Francisco (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 1972?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the Morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. A white wooden cross is hung near the buildings entrance with the initials F.P.D.N.P.J....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- View of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story, adobe building is mud plastered, has a pitched tin roof, shuttered windows, a wooden belfry and a narrow porch that runs the length of the...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial...
- [2008 February 1]
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- A large, painted wooden cross leans against the unplastered wall of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the cross reads: "F.P.D.N.P.J." Shows a recessed wooden door and window.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Crosses.; Hermanos...
- [2005 April]
- Cross, Garcia Morada
- A wooden cross lies against the hard plastered adobe wall of the Garcia Morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in Garcia (Costilla County), Colorado. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Garcia (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Chapels.; Crosses.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos...
- [2008 February 1]
- Hermanos Penitentes with crosses
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes, men, women, and children, kneel by a wooden cross during a Good Friday ceremony in Northern New Mexico. Three men kneel and hold crosses at a distance from the group. The group is in a field, tree covered hills...
- Hermanos Penitentes--People--1890-1900.; Adoration--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Religious groups--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hermanos Penitentes in field
- Hermanos Penitentes gather around a wooden cross on a hillside in Northern New Mexico for a Good Friday ceremony. Some of the men hold crosses. Shirtless men, in white pants, flagellate themselves.
- Hermanos Penitentes--People--1890-1900.; Flagellation--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Adoration--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Religious groups--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hermanos Penitentes in field
- View of a Hermanos Penitentes Good Friday ceremony in Northern New Mexico. A group of men hold crosses near a large wooden cross on a hillside. Shirtless men, in white slacks, flagellate themselves with whips and bleed from wounds on their backs.
- Hermanos Penitentes--People--1890-1900.; Flagellation--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Adoration--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Religious groups--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hermanos Penitentes whips
- View of three braided whips, made from the leaf of the amole weed, used by the Hermanos Penitentes to flagellate themselves.
- Hermanos Penitentes--1890-1900.; Whips--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hermanos Penitentes procession
- Men, members of the Hermanos Penitentes, bear crosses in a Good Friday procession in Las Animas County, Colorado. One man without a shirt flagellates himself on the back and bleeds; others kneel or stand and observe. Adobe structures and fenced...
- Hermanos Penitentes--People--1890-1900.; Flagellation--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adoration--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1900.; Religious groups--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Penitente matraca
- View of a wooden matraca (ratchet noisemaker) used by the Hermanos Penitentes in their religious rites and ceremonies.
- Hispanic Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Rattles.; Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Rattle...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Youthful Penitentes at Abiquiu, N.M.
- Young men, members of the Hermanos Penitentes, climb up a dirt path between sandstone rock formations in Abiquiu (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. The men are barefoot and bare chested, they wear loose fitting white pants and have white cloth or...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1890-1910.; Abiquiu (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--Abiquiu--1890-1910.; Religious processions--New Mexico--Abiquiu--1890-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--New Mexico--Abiquiu--1890-1910.; Rock formations--New...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Hermanos del Concilio #19, Alamosa, Colorado
- Members of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos Concilio #19 pose in a park in Alamosa, Colorado. The middle aged and older men are identified left to right as: Larry Romero, Alonzo Lopez, Gene Gonzales, Herman Martinez Jr.,...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Older people.; Banners.; Sociedad...
- [2000?]
- Crosses outside an Hermanos Penitentes morada
- View of hand hewn timber crosses aligned near an adobe morada in Northern New Mexico. A pile of firewood is seen near the crosses. The arid landscape is dotted with chamisa, chollo and prickly pear cactus.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1890-1900.; Chapels--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Crosses--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Moradas--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Penitentes
- Western History Subject Index
- LAS DOS HERMANOS
- Penitentes Moradas
- Adobe Penitente morada (Church or Lodge Room), probably Santa Cruz, New Mexico, has a wood bell turret and steeple with a cross on top and wood door. A ladder is leaning on side of building.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Penitentes Moradas
- Adobe Penitente morada (Church or Lodge Room) possibly Santa Cruz, New Mexico, has a wood bell turret and steeple with a cross on top and wood door. A ladder is leaning on side of building.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Penitentes wayside crosses
- Penitente cross in desert landscape near Santa Cruz, New Mexico, with rocks, shrubs and cactus.
- Hermanos Penitentes--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1908?]
- Mexican death crosses, Clover, Colo. San Isabel Forest
- View of a Penitente wooden cross wedged in a pile of stones (a descanso) on the site of an abandoned town, Clover (Huerfano County), in the San Isabel National Forest in Colorado. The cross marks a point where a funeral procession stops on the way...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Rites & ceremonies--1930-1940.; Clover (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; San Isabel National Forest (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Crosses--Colorado--Clover--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- The Penitente morado [sic], or place of worship which is secretly performed inside. Note only one door and no windows: In Arriba [sic] County, N.M.
- View of a Penitente morada in Alcalde (Rio Arriba), New Mexico. Shows an adobe building with a wooden door and vigas.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1890-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--Alcalde--1890-1910.; Alcalde (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Taos County--1890-1910.; Chapels--New Mexico--Alcalde--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- A typical "Morada" where all secret sessions of "La Hermandad Penitente" (Penitent Brotherhood) are held note the huge crosses pointing in the direction of "Calvary," except during their active, or Lenten period, crosses are stacked against the...
- View of a Penitente morada in New Mexico. Shows an adobe building with wooden doors and window frames. Large wooden crosses are stacked in front of the building.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1890-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Taos County--1890-1910.; Chapels--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Penitente morado [sic], or church near Taos, New Mexico
- View of a Penitente morada in Taos County, New Mexico. Shows a hand plastered adobe building with a wooden door, a shuttered window, chimneys, and vigas. A wooden bell tower and crosses are on the roof. A large wooden cross is near the entrance.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1890-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--Taos County--1890-1910.; Taos County (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Taos County--1890-1910.; Chapels--New Mexico--Taos County--1890-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Morado [i.e. Morada]
- View of a Penitente morada between Talpa and Ranchos de Taos in Taos County, New Mexico. Shows an adobe building with vigas and wooden crosses on the ground near the building. Trees and houses are in the distance and snow covers the ground.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1900-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--Taos County--1900-1910.; Taos County (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Taos County--1900-1910.; Chapels--New Mexico--Taos County--1900-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Penitentes, wayside crosses near Las Vegas, New Mexico
- A man and a woman pose on a pile of rocks that hold up a Penitente hand hewn wooden cross at a descanso near Las Vegas (San Miguel County), New Mexico. Two other crosses and three burros with saddles are nearby.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Facilities--1900-1920.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Couples--New Mexico--San Miguel County--1900-1920.; Crosses--New Mexico--San Miguel County--1900-1920.; Donkeys--New Mexico--San Miguel County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Artists. Udell, I. L
- Western History Subject Index
- PENITENTES
- Western History Subject Index
- Penitentes
- Western History Subject Index
- Peyote