Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Salazar20.
Creator
Salazar, Daniel.
Contributor
Salazar, Daniel, owner.
Date
[1981?]
Summary
Portrait of Chicano poet Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado and his wife, Lola Estrada Delgado of Denver, Colorado. They sit on a love seat in their living room and hold their wedding portrait. Abelardo wears a mustache.
Description
1 photographic print ; 14 x 9 cm. (5 1/2 x 4 in.) on sheet 28 x 21 cm. (8 1/2 x 11 in.)
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "In 2004, Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado was posthumously appointed as Denver's first Poet Laureate. Lalo begin publishing poetry in the 1960's that reflected the struggles, hopes and dreams of Mexican-American people. Lalo taught Chicano studies at Metropolitan State College of Denver. In the photo he shown with his wife Lola Estrada as they hold their wedding photo. When he was courting Lola, he sent her a dollar bill every day from California so she could buy a wedding dress. On each bill, he wrote a poem. Lalo died at age 73 on July 23, 2004 in Denver.; Title derived from inventory.; R7001523514; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.
