Legacies Project

Legacies Project - Buffalo Latino

Images used in the Legacies Project section of Throughout the Ages.

Buffalo. Latino. Map of Cuba, 1994.
Map of Cuba. State Department of the United States. October 1994.

Image. "Friends Helping Friends" Meeting, 1950s.

Buffalo. Latino. "Friends Helping Friends" Meeting, 1950s.
Members of the Hispanic community gather at a “Friends Helping Friends” meeting at the International Institute of Buffalo, circa 1950s. Courtesy of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.

Image. Brochure from the Hispanic United of Buffalo, 2002.

Buffalo. Latino. Brochure, Hispanic United of Buffalo, 2002.
Brochure. Hispanic United of Buffalo, 2002.

Image. Photo of the de Castro brothers standing in front of their cigar shop, 1886.

Buffalo. Latino. Photo of the de Castro brothers, 1886.
From left, brothers Jose Marcelino de Castro, Julio de Castro, and Eduardo de Castro in front of their cigar shop at 3 & 5 Coenties Slip, NYC, circa 1886. Julio later migrated to Buffalo and became one of the earliest Puerto Ricans to make his home in the city. Courtesy of J. Edmund de Castro, Jr.

Image. Photo of Carmen Miyares-Nunez, 1995.

Buffalo. Latino. Photo of Carmen Miyares-Nunez, 1995.
Photo of Carmen Miyares-Nunez, 1995.

Image. Declaration of Intention for Miguel Angel Rojas, 1896.

Buffalo. Latino. Declaration of Intention for Miguel Angel Rojas, 1896.
Declaration of Intention of Miguel Angel Rojas, immigrant from Spain, to become a United States citizen. March 26, 1896. Filed in Erie County Court.