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Poster advertising the 1961 St. Cajetan Parish Bazaar to be held on the grounds of St. Cajetan's School in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A photograph in the poster shows a 2 door 1961 Rambler De Lux automobile and Mrs. Tillie Martinez, Mrs. Anita Garcia, Mrs. Barbara Martinez, Mrs. Helen Ankele, Mrs. Priscilla Mares, Mrs. Ursie Bustos, Rev. Juan Ordinas, C.R. and Mr. Bonnie Mares.

Louise Griego stands with her children Ronnie and Cheryl near a picket fence by their house at 36th Avenue and Kalamath Street in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Louise wears a mini-dress with a leather belt. Her son wears a leather, fringed vest with peace sign decorations.

Two young children, Pauline and her brother Patrick Morales, sit on a log in the backyard of their house at 1057 8th (Eighth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Pauline wears a dress and Patrick wears a shirt and coveralls. A wood and wire fence is nearby.

Eppie Griego, Louise Griego and Orlando Griego pose near a mantle in a living room in Denver, Colorado. Eppie wears a beret, Louise wears a blouse with a ruffled collar and cuffs and Orland wears a leather jacket.

An unidentified Vietnam veteran and Rear Admiral Henry F. Herrera pose at a G.I. Forum event probably in Lincoln Park, Denver, Colorado. The veteran wears a tuxedo and a beret. The Rear Admiral is in full dress uniform. Civic Center Park is in the distance.

Unidentified Mexican American children, a boy and a girl, sit in a wagon in a backyard probably in Denver, Colorado. The girl wears a dress and saddle shoes. The boy wears a shirt and shorts. A brick row house is in the distance.

A young Mexican-American girl sits on probably a float in a parade at an Our Lady of Guadalupe fiesta in Denver, Colorado. The girl wears a robe and a crown of white roses. Bunting and artificial flowers are on the edge of the float. A painted cut-out figure of an angel is behind her.

Members of an unidentified baseball team pose for a portrait in front of an automobile in Denver, Colorado. Shows unidentified Mexican American, African American and Anglo teenage boys. They wear uniforms with short sleeved shirts and caps. Milt Vasquez, third from right, front row, holds a baseball bat.

Jesús Valderrama pickets Karl's Liquors for the sale of Gallo Wine at West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. He holds a sign that reads: "AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Union Picket. Please Don't Scab. Huelga." A young girl, the daughter of the owner of Karl's Liquors, stands beside him with a sign that reads: "Support Our Liquor Store." A second protester is in the distance. Signs in the window of the store read: "This Store Is Not On Strike" and " There Is No Strike Against This Store."

AFL-CIO United Farm Workers of America supporters picket a Safeway Store in support of the grape boycott in Denver, Colorado. Anglo and Hispanic women, men and a little girl carry signs that read: "United Farm Workers," "Union Picket Line AFL-CIO U.F.W.O.A." and "Boycott Safeway."

Pauline Gallegos Chavez (middle) stands next to her sister Josephine Chavez and an unidentified girl in their kitchen in Denver, Colorado. Josephine sits at a dinette table, she wears eyeglasses. Pauline, who was present at the Ludlow Massacre, was born October 26, 1887 in Walsenburg, Colorado. She died May 3, 1986, at 99 and a half years old.

Senators, who include Senator Casimiro Barela (right rear), pose in the Colorado State Assembly Senate Chamber in Denver, Colorado. Show men at their desks, boy pages and probably the President of the Senate who sits at an elevated desk.

James Maestas and his wife Ann pose with Denver Mayor Federico Peña at and event in Denver, Colorado. James Maestas holds a certificate that reads: "Clean Denver Award."

James Maestas and Denver Mayor William McNichols shake hands in the Mayor's office in Denver, Colorado. Mayor McNichols holds a piece of paper.

Group portrait of members of the Mile High Chapter of the American GI Forum, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right as: Birdie Hernandez, Rich Padilla, Jim Maestas, Al Herrera, Ruben Valdez. Ben Gayton and Al Herrera squat in front.

Studio portrait of Bobby Herrera, a resident of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The 3-years-old, sits in a wooden high chair, he wears shorts, a short sleeved shirt, laced boots, and striped socks. He has curly hair.

Photo booth portrait of Johnny Baca a resident of the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The twelve year old boy wears a t-shirt and a v-neck sweater.

Former members of teams from the Sugar Beet League (Rocky Mountain League of National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress) attend a Colorado Rockies' game dedicated in their honor at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. Shows older men and women, the stand and sit in a restaurant at the stadium. Lee Suniga wears a striped shirt and sunglasses.

An unidentified Mexican American mariachi musician and a teenage boy pose in a house probably in Denver, Colorado. The musician wears an oversized Mexican straw sombrero, and a shirt and pants decorated with buttons, metal braid and piping and holds a guitar. The teenage boy stands beside him in a large felt sombrero and a mariachi style jacket decorated with metal braid and piping.

View of St. Cajetan's Elementary School near 9th (Ninth) and Lawrence Streets in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story, Art-Deco influenced brick building has a shaped parapet, decorative brick work and tall, narrow windows. A nun and Mexican American school girls pose near the entrance to the building. The building was demolished in the 1970's.

Mexican American parishioners gather after Mass near the steps of St. Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 9th (Ninth) Street in the Auraria Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The "Perkins Epeneter Pickle Co." is on the opposite side of the street.

Mexican American Pete Solano, father of Juanita Ramos née Solano, poses near an automobile in his back yard at 1109 8th (Eighth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado.

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. A crowd of Mexican American men, women and children are crowded around the stage.

José "George" Lopez, has his arm around his mother Juanita Lopez, and Bonifacio "Lee" Morales, stands with his mother Marcelina Morales in an unidentified location. Juanita Lopes wears a print dress and glasses. Marcelina Morales wears a dark dress decorated with beadwork. They are residents of the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado.

Helen Ankele, a teenage student, sits in front of an electric bingo board at St. Cajetan's School in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. She is in front of an electric console and microphone. She wears a blouse and earrings.

Mexican Americans, members of the Crusade for Justice (La Crusada Para Justicia) march in protest down 15th (Fifteenth) street in Denver, Colorado. They carry a large banner written in both English and Spanish, which reads: "It Is Better to Die On Your Feet Than to Keep On Living On Your Knees," "Es Mejor Morir de Pie, Que Seguir Viviendo de Rodillas."

View of a dinner benefit for St. Cajetan's Catholic School in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Identified (left to right) are: Frank Ankele, Father Max Santamaria, Mayor Tom Currigan, and Father Juan Ordinas.

Frances Miera Montz stands at table in her small kitchen and mixes dough for tortillas in Denver, Colorado. Her hair is pinned up and she wears a plaid dress and an apron.

Mexican American State Representative Rich Castro and United States Congresswoman Pat Schroeder pose outside the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. Rich Castro wears a suit and tie and Congresswoman Schroeder wears a suit and an overcoat. She has a political button on her collar that reads: "Pat."

View of the Gebhard Mansion (1883) at 2253 Downing Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the east and west elevations of the asymmetrical, two-story, residence in a combination of the Italianate and Second Empire Style. The brick building has stone trim, a bracketed cornice, and a truncated hip roof with a small gable faced with decorative woodwork. There is large corner bay on the northeast corner also topped by a small gable faced with decorative woodwork. The house was built by Henry Gebhard, a German immigrant, who first came to Denver to establish the Colorado Packing and Provision Company. 1n 1938 it was purchased by an African American, Arthur Smith, and his wife Grace.

View of the Women's Bean Project, located in the restored Denver Fire Department No. 10 building (1928), at 3201 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The former fire station, a two-story red brick building, has a partial tile mansard roof and a tile visor over the entrance. A sign over the entrance reads: "Women's Bean Project." Lettering etched on the building reads: "D.F.D. No. 10 A.D. 1928."

View of 2357 and 2361 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a pair of matching Queen Anne-style single family residences. The one-story brick houses have a pedimented front gable window bay, scroll-sawn bargeboards, molded plaster rosettes, and decorative carved lintels.

View of the Charles Boettcher School, originally named the Boettcher School for Crippled Children (1940, architect-Burnham Hoyt; 1955 addition, architect-Edwin Francis) at 1900 Downing Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the front elevation of the International-style building, which was built to serve as a public school for special needs children from kindergarten through high school. It was the first building in the state designed specially for the education of children with special needs. The one-story building has a concrete frame, walls made of precast concrete panels, and aluminum casement windows. There is a porte cochere supported by round concrete columns. The Public Works Administration (a New Deal federal agency) and Charles Boettcher funded the construction of the building. The owners demolished the building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 1993.

Detailed view of the front entrance of the Women's Bean Project, located in the restored Denver Fire Department No. 10 building (1928), at 3201 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The former fire station, a two-story red brick building, has been rehabilitated and windows now replace the original firehouse doors. A tiled visor protects a single door entrance. A sign hanging from the visor reads "Women's Bean Project." Lettering etched on the building reads: "D.F.D. No. 10 A.D. 1928."

Father José Lara wears vestments with the United Farm Workers of America Aztec eagle on them as he removes a tortilla from a basket probably in Denver, Colorado. An old Mexican American woman sits in a wheelchair nearby.

Elderly Eddie and Ida Lopez celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at St. Cajetan's Catholic Church in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Father Tomas is shown shaking hands with Eddie.

Pauline and Phyllis Morales pose in front of an unidentified house in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Pauline wears a sleeveless striped blouse. An unidentified young girl looks on.

Women, members of the Morales family, pose inside 1057 8th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified, left to right, as Guadalupe "Lupe" Morales, Gabriela Francisca "Gail" Morales, Felipa María "Phyllis" Morales Sarriccio, and María "Mary" Cruz-Castro.

The owner of the West Side Hustler, a weekly newspaper, stands in front of his building at 652 Santa Fe Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a cardigan sweater and glasses. A sign on a nearby window reads: "670." A plaque on the top of the building reads: "The Hustler."

Mexican American Larry Gallegos and Jack Smith participate in the 10th annual Huck Finn Day in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. One boy wears a straw hat, short sleeved shirt and jeans, rolled up and tattered. He holds a fishing pole. The other boy wears the same, but no hat. He puts a worm on the hook of the fishing line. A bucket for the worms is on the ground. Shows a residential street and trees.

Interior view of a play at Saint Cajetan's School, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Girls in caps, blouses and skirts stand in a row next to a sign that reads: "? St." and "Lawrence." Magdalena Gallegos poses at the end of the line in a dark blouse and light colored skirt. Three teenage women stand nearby. Two of the women wear dresses and one wears a blouse and a plaid skirt.

View of the State Armory (1889; William Quayle) at 2565 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two-story, brick, Romanesque Revival influenced, symmetrical building with semi-circular arched windows, belt courses and an inset entrance in a three-story tower. The brick walls have been stuccoed. The former armory is part of the Curtis Park-Champa Street Historic District and now houses Scientific Site Inc.

View of the Artists on Santa Fe art gallery located at 747 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick structure is characterized by a pedimental arch on the top with simple brick cornices and windows. The facade has been painted in vibrant shades of green, blue, and red. The structure houses artwork from local artists in Colorado.

View of a partially buried bathtub that frames a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe (a lawn shrine) in the front yard of a one-story Queen Anne house located at 3122 Gilpin Street in the Whittier neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A two story Queen Anne house is nearby.

View of a three-story red brick loft building located at the Lowry Technical Training Center Historic District, in the Lowry Field neighborhood, Denver Colorado. A street sign reads:" City & County of Denver, Denver Landmark Commission, Lowry Technical Training Center Historic District." An abstract sculpture on a pedestal is near the building. This loft building echoes the massing, materials, and architectural detailing of adjacent landmarks. The post modern design includes quoins, banding, tripartite windows and balconies atop a traditional base.

View of Lowry Hangar No. 2 located at 7581 Academy Boulevard, Lowry Field neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The corrugated steel wall and arched roof structure, has twelve large glass and steel doors. Text on the hangar above the doors reads: "Hangar No. 2." A sign on the doors reads: "Est. 1977 ExtraSpace Storage," and sign near the top of the structure reads: "Hanger-2 Self Storage, Lowry Dining District."

View of Annunciation Catholic Church located at 3621 Humboldt Street in the Cole neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This red brick Romanesque Revival church has a massive three-story tower for a never installed steeple, a large rose window, cornices, pilasters, a shaped parapet, arched windows and entries and two crosses.

View of the Administration Building for Clayton Early Learning (formerly Clayton College) located at 3801 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Clayton neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This Italian Renaissance Revival two story sandstone structure has a symmetrical front facade, a hipped red tiled roof with an ornate central wood tower, round fan-lighted windows and a recessed round arched arcaded entry.

Vincent C. de Baca poses on the lawn at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. An assistant professor of history at Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado, he wears a dark blue shirt, jeans, a cap and has a beard. He holds a can of coke. Main Hall is in the distance. The three story building is constructed of rusticated rhyolite and features a mansard roof, roof dormers and a tower with a cupola. The Jesuit crest is mounted in the building's tympanum. A statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is in front of the building.