Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, HopeYost-2301.
Contributor
Yost, Hope Gallegos,; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, lender.
Date
[between 1920 and 1925?]
Summary
Hispanic Americans Diego Antonio Gallegos and his wife María Odila Lobato de Gallegos pose for their wedding portrait. She wears a plain white dress with a low waist and flounced, lace over skirt. She wears a long veil, her hair is bobbed and she holds a bouquet of roses. Her husband wears a suit and a patterned silk tie, he sits on a prop wall beside his bride. They pose in front of a painted drop. The couple were from San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado.
loan; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy; 2010.
Rights Contact Information
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
No
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700152112
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "When Antonio Gallegos, son of Francisco Gallegos and Ursula García, was 28 years old, he told his parents about his desire to marry María Odila Lobato, the daughter of José Julián Lobato and María Sálome Córdova. As was the custom, his parents sent a letter to her parents requesting her hand in marriage. Odila was 27 years old when her parents received this proposal. (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 51).; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Hope Gallegos Yost.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title inked on original and reproduced in scanned image.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001521122
