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Call Number	AUR-2242
Title	Rio Grande style blanket and beater
Title-Alternative	Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, HopeYost-2333.
Summary	View of a hand-woven Rio Grande style blanket made at a WPA sponsored weaving project in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a multi colored striped blanket and two chain rug beaters with wooden handles.
Date	[between 1940 and 1950?]
Notes	Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Rug and Blanket beater made during the Depression when President Roosevelt founded the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935. Under the WPA , a weaving project started in 1935 in San Luis, Colorado where few weavers still continued the old traditions. María Salomé Córdova was a consultant on the project. G. Madden Jones and Gladys Robinson of Fort Garland started and ran the project which ended in 1940." (Courtesy of Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico).; Scan of a color photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Hope Gallegos Yost.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Source: loan, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2010.; Title derived from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.
Is Part Of	Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection.
Subject	Hispanic Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950. Mexican Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950. Blankets. Tools. Blankets--Colorado--Pictorial works. Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works. Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works. Tools--Colorado--Pictorial works.
Source	loan; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy; 2010.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	No
Type of Material	Digital images.; Digital images.
Contributors	Yost, Hope Gallegos owner.; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy lender.
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	AUR-2242; (OCoLC)664568496
Filename	00152242.TIF

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