Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, LorenzoTrujillo-3605.
Summary
Studio portrait Desiderio "Dario" Gallegos, a merchant, he owned a mercantile store in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a jacket and bow tie. His gray hair is parted on the side and he wears a full mustache.
Date
[between 1870 and 1880?]
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Desiderio "Dario" Gallegos opened the first mercantile in San Luis, Colorado in 1857 (19 years before Colorado was admitted to statehood) with an initial capital investment of $452. His stock included salt, chocolate, coffee, matches, and material. Merchandise was brought from Missouri to San Luis by covered wagon." (Courtesy of Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico).; Scan of a photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Lorenzo Trujillo.; 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.
