Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, HopeYost-2310.
Summary
Studio portrait of Plácida Baca Gallegos from San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She wears a dress with puff sleeves and lace inserts on the bodice and sleeves. Her gray hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.
Date
[between 1890 and 1900?]
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Plácida Baca married Eluterio Gallegos in 1864. According to the Costilla County records, in 1863 Eluterio Gallegos was in possession of lands previously owned by Manuel Lucero and Juan Andres Trujillo, original grantees of Charles Beaubien. When Plácida's husband and father died, she managed the affairs of their estates and was considered the matriarch of the family, known by her grandchildren as "mi Baca." (Courtesy of Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico)."; 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.; 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.
