Celestina Arellano Martinez, originally from Costilla, owned two pairs of shoes; these were the "At Home Shoes." They were shared here by Jeannie Sanchez Masters on July 8, 2018 at the VFW Hall in Questa at a Community .
The photo is one of the only remaining remnants of one family's participation in the wartime industry, working on the docks and shipyards. Many families and individuals migrated during wartime to California to work in these wartime jobs. Some remained and others eventually returned home.
By 1944, two Rael brothers, Eli and Selimo Rael had traveled to Oakland. They were in their 20s and 30s respectively. At the time, the Kaiser Shipyards in nearby Richmond were the primary industry, but other docks also employed men in San Francisco and Oakland.
Nora Rael Galvez remembers bits and pieces of this history because in those years, her mother and father also moved to be with their sons in Oakland.
"My dad might have closed up his store in Questa then and I guess he might have been employed where his sons were at the shipyards. As a seamstress, my mom, Andrellita used to make money for the family doing that work. One summer, I went as well and was employed in a candy factory," Nora recalled.
This is a photo of the west-facing porch of the Juan de Jesus Bernal and Jacinta Romero Bernal family home. The home was inherited by their daughter, Gregoria Bernal, who married Antonio Jose Arellano. According to Estevan Rael-Galvez, the photo includes Antonio Jose and Gregoria on the far right, with unknown family members on the porch. According to other Arellano family members, this is actually not... but Juan de Jesus Bernal.
For centuries, villagers of Northern New Mexico survived from hard work, religious faith and families helping one another. After WWII, when the barter system transitioned to a cash economy, many left for work and a formal education. Newcomers moved in, adding tension around who may claim a sense of belonging.
In the remote village of Cañones, New Mexico the
building of an early childhood center is met with community enthusiasm and criticism. How community needs are assessed and matched are the focal point of this story, funded through Save the Children.
Join the Lopez family from Las Trampas to learn traditional methods of preserving the harvest, by making Chicos, drying fruits and preparing elk for carne seco. Experience how time-honored traditions are culturally relevant and instructionally useful.
Join the Lopez family from Las Trampas to learn traditional methods of preserving the harvest, by making Chicos, drying fruits and preparing elk for carne seco. Experience how time-honored traditions are culturally relevant and instructionally useful.
In a small town in Northern New Mexico the Martinez family learns how to conserve energy and retrofit an old adobe house to be an energy efficient home.
In a small town in Northern New Mexico the Martinez family learns how to conserve energy and retrofit an old adobe house to be an energy efficient home.
New Mexico State Engineers and the Interstate
Stream Commission sponsored this film to tell the story of New Mexico’s unique irrigation systems and reliance on the fabric of community, history and culture.
A 1980s cassette recording by Los Paisanos de Santa Fe (Antonio Rivera, mandolin; Jose Medina, violin; Robert Gonzales, guitar) of "Sobre Las Olas," a waltz that was very popular in New Mexico before the 1960s. From a digitization given by santafesino mandolinist Tomas Maes (Antonio Rivera's cousin) to Jordan Wax
This photograph is of women quilters of Questa, New Mexico. We were not able to identify everyone, but hope we can do that now. (Blank Spaces are unknown).
Sitting from L-R: Delfina Mandonado Rael; __?___, Marinita Garcia; Irene Rael; Eufrecinia Vigil; Esther Rael; Celia Rael; Anita Velasquez; and little girl?
Standing from L-R: __?___; Simona Gomez; Eufemia Gonzales; __?___; Andrellita Rael; __?___; Eloisa Sanchez; Isabelita ___; __?___; Stella Quintana Rael; Kate Vigil Laforett; Teodorita Vigil Ortega; Little Boy; Eulogia Cordova; Floripa Valdez; __?___ (face obscured, but there); Ursulita Rael-Herrera; Dora Wisehart.
Loveida Quintana Cisneros shares bottles of whiskey infused with camphor from her mother used for common ailments. Estevan Rael-Galvez is the second speaker.
The invitation sent by mail and online platforms to invite people to a community workshop - Gathering Memory: Sound, Object, Photo and Story, July 8, 2018, Questa VFW Hall
Jaqueline recalls her experience when she was about 6 years old with her grandmother driving an old Model T; she remembers fun rides until her grandmother was told that she needed a driver's license and then never drove again. (Jaqueline, originally from Ohio, was a long time resident and business owner in Questa - she had a sewing business, and had two different cafes and different times. At the time she wrote down this story she was visiting Questa for the summer.)
Monica recalls what her grandmother said to her, her siblings and cousins when they came to her for comfort from a scratch or cut, and how what she said seemed to make the "boo-boo" feel better.
