Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, Tony Hernandez 606.
Summary
Portrait of Hispanic American husband and wife, José Estevan Vigil and his wife María Isabel Manzanares de Vigil, Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. They pose on the front steps of their adobe house. María stands next to her husband. She wears a long dress with a fabric belt and a metal buckle. Her hair is full and pulled back. José, a farmer, wears a jacket and holds his cowboy hat in his hands.
Date
[ca. 1903?]
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Jose Estevan Vigil was a parciante (land owner) who irrigated his farm with water from the Mexican Ditch. He married Maria Isabel Manzanares September 21, 1903 in Walsenburg, Colorado." (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 66).; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Tony Hernandez.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title derived from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001521229
