Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. SCHC1.
Creator
Horton, Tad.
Date
1950 September
Summary
Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man, looks up at ferris wheel at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. Children ride the ferris wheel, women and teenage girls look on.
Description
1 photographic print ; 35 x 28 cm. (14 x 11 in.)
Is Part Of
Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection.;
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Subject
Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Ferris wheels--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Carnivals--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; San Luis (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Source: loan, San Luis Cultural Center, 2011.
Rights Contact Information
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; Title derived from inventory.; From inventory: "Carlos Lopez looks up at ferris wheel at a carnival in San Luis, Colorado in 1950. Carlos was baptized in Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, NM. On July 10, 1861. His parents were Jose Ramon Calderon and Cayetana Cardenas. His family moved to Colorado and settled in Chama in 1869 when Carlos Lopez was eight years old. Photo Description Source: Maria C. Martinez, genealogist"; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.
