Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, HopeYost-2331.
Contributor
Yost, Hope Gallegos,; Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, lender.
Date
[between 1930 and 1935?]
Summary
Hispanic American María Salomé Córdova sits in a chair and spins yarn in her yard in Hoehne (Las Animas County), Colorado. She holds a wood spindle in one hand and the wool in the other. The spindle rests in a wood bowl in her lap. The elderly woman wears a print dress and apron and has gray hair pulled back in a bun. A striped Rio Grande woven blanket that she made rests on a chair beside her. A road and houses are in the distance.
Is Part Of
Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection.; WPA Photos
Item Owned By
Auraria Library
Subject
Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Weavers.; Women.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Weavers--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
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: ZZR700152118
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "María Salomé Córdova was a weaver. Blankets made on her loom were called Rio Grande Blankets. They were made from two separate lengthwise strips sewn together. Maria was a consultant on the WPA weaving project in San Luis, Colorado around 1935." (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 246).; 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.; R7001521180
