Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. SCHC7.
Creator
Horton, Tad.
Date
[1950]
Summary
José Ramos Valdez, an elderly Hispanic American, former postmaster of San Luis and owner of the Heraldo newspaper stands by a chair in the auditorium of the San Luis Institute in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He is balding, has a mustache, eyeglasses and wears a suit and tie. People 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.; Valdez, José Ramos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--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: "José Ramos Valdez was the Postmaster in San Luis, CO between 1900-1945. He owned the Heraldo newspaper, precursor to the modern Free Press. His "American" neighbors called him Happy, and Happy Hooligan. He studied at the Trinidad Academy from where he graduated in May before his 16th birthday. He went to work in the coke ovens until age 19, when a Mrs. Wilson offered a scholarship at Del Norte College, to a Spanish boy that might qualify. He took the examination and was given the scholarship. In Del Norte, in his sophomore year he met his future wife, Gavinita Rodriguez." 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.
