Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Salazar04.
Creator
Salazar, Daniel.
Contributor
Salazar, Daniel, owner.
Date
[1993]
Summary
View of the abandoned Concilio #16 (sixteen) for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in La Garita (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows an adobe building with a low gabled roof, double wooden doors and signs that read: "S.P.M.D.T.U. #16" "La Garita" and "Colorado."
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; Title derived from inventory.; From inventory: "Located in La Garita Colorado, Concilio number 16 is shown from the gabled end of the building. The interior of the main room was used as the meeting hall as well as for public dances and other social events. A ticket booth stood near the entrance. At the date of this photo in 1993, the building was abandoned. The Concilios were the meeting place for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (The Society of Mutual Protection of United Workers, SPMDTU), founded in 1900 by Celedonio Mondragon."; R7001523352; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.
