Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. M8.
Contributor
Gallegos, Magdalena,
Date
between 1952 and 1953
Summary
The Auraria Casa Mayan dancers entertain at a 16th of September (Diez y Seis de Septiembre) Mexican Independence Day celebration in Curtis Park in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dancers include Magdalena Gallegos and Alice Montoya. The young women wear matching dresses with full skirts and sleeves, scoop necks and dark shawls wrapped around their waists. Men, women and children are crowded around the stage.
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: ZZR700152007
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title and date inked on verso of photographic print with: "Far R. Magdalena Gallegos, 2nd far R. Alice Montoya."; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001520079
