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  • 1421 Champa, operator's school
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    A woman measures the height of a student at the operator's school at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The student wears a wool skirt and jacket. The other woman wears a cotton...
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    Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
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    1921 June 9
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  • 1889 Corbett & Ballenger's 17th Annual Denver City Directory.
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1889.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1889
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  • 1891 Corbett & Ballenger's 19th Annual Denver City Directory.
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1891.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1891
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  • 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1899.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1899
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  • 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1900.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1900
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  • 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 32nd Annual Denver City Directory
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1905.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1905
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  • 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1907.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1907
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  • 1911 Corbett & Ballenger's 39th Annual Denver City Directory
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1911.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1911
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  • 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1915.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1915
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  • 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
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    City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1920.
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    Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
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    1920
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  • "Andy Family" First week
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    Six African American campers of various ages in the "Andy" family (Andy is counselor Marie Anderson, later Marie L. Greenwood) pose near a wire fence on the grounds of Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. Some wear dresses, two...
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    Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Lincoln...
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    1935
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  • "Big Alec's" wife and her garden
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    A Native American (Paiute) woman, identified as the wife of Big Alec, stands in a cultivated garden, Deep Creek, Nevada. She wears a scarf over her head, and a print blouse and skirt, and holds a garden tool. Family members stand in the background.
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    Indians of North America--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Paiute Indians--Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Deep Creek (Nev.)--1910-1920.; Gardening--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Big Alex--Family.
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    1913
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  • "Nachez" Nai-chi-ti (son of Cochise) & wife, chief of Chiricahua Apache
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    Studio portrait of Nachez, (Naiche) a Native American Chiricahua Apache chief and his wife. He holds a rifle; his wife stands at his side wearing a ruffled skirt, blouse and head scarf.
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    Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Spouses--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Cochise, Apache chief, d. 1874.--Family.; Nachez.
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    [1884?]
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  • "Nal-Tzuck-chi" Apache squaw, spy in Chiricahua campaign
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    Seated studio portrait of Nal-Tzuck-ich, (Cut Nose) a Native American Chiricahua Apache woman posed wearing a ruffled skirt and polka-dot blouse, with a beaded bag, prop cactus and a pitch covered basket jar. The fleshy part of her nose has been...
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    Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Noses--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Cut Nose.
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    1883
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  • "The Student Prince" Company Broadway Theatre
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    Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "The Student Prince," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose in front of the theater entrance. A little girl stands at the center of the...
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    Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    1925, Oct. 31
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  • "The Student Prince" Company Broadway Theatre
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    Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "The Student Prince," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose in front of the theater entrance. A little girl stands at the center of the...
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    Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
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    1925, Oct. 31
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  • A modern adobe in Santa Fe
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    Well dressed men and women stand on the porch of an adobe house with Territorial Style elements in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The house has a portal with square posts and windows with shutters. A Hispanic woman sits on the ground; she...
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    Spanish Americans--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.
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    [between 1880 and 1890?]
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  • A Navajo type study
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    Seated studio portrait of a young Native American (Navajo) woman. She wears a striped blanket over one shoulder and a scarf around the other; a dark blouse with a silver studded collar and studs and silver pins down the front; several beaded...
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    Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Navajo Indians--Women--1930-1940.; Jewelry--1930-1940.; Women--1930-1940.
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    [1931?]
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  • A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
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    Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
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    West High School (Denver, Colo.)
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    1984
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  • A.G. Lowande and circus horse
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    A.G. Lowande, an equestrian with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands beside a white horse. Lowande is dressed in a costume which includes a leotard with a separate decorative yoke and skirt of embroidered, appliqued and...
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    Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus animals--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--1910-1920.; Costumes--1910-1920.; Horses--1910-1920.; Lowande, A. G.
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    [between 1910 and 1917?]
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  • Actors from A doll's house
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    Two actors, a man and a woman, act out a scene from "A Doll's House" during the Central City Play Festival in Central City, Colorado. She wears a long skirt and a blouse with long, puffed sleeves. The man wears a suit. Props on the set include a...
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    Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--1930-1940.; Stage props--1930-1940.
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    1937
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  • Advertising photo; woman with stove
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    A woman leans against a wood burning stove in this studio created advertisement for the stove. She wears a long skirt, blouse and a top hat. A pot is on the top burners and the oven door is open to display a dish.
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    Advertisements--1890-1910.; Stoves--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910]
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  • Al S. Lamb and wife, Aspen, Colo.
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    Al Lamb and his wife and two dogs and a puppy litter sit on the lawn near a small evergreen tree in front of a house. Mr. Lamb wears a pinstripe suit a white shirt, a striped tie with a tie tack, and a bowler hat. Mrs. Lamb wears a long sleeved,...
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    Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Lamb, Al S.
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    1888
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  • Alma Morris - Keota
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    Alma Morris poses in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, wearing a dress with sheer draping about the skirt, yoke and short sleeves. She sits on the open porch of a frame house, and a one story frame dwelling is in the background.
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    Keota (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Keota--1930-1940.; Morris, Alma.
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    1930 August 12
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  • Alma Morris - Keota
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    Alma Morris poses in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, wearing a dress with sheer draping about the skirt, yoke and short sleeves. She stands on the open porch of a frame house, and a one story frame dwelling is in the background.
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    Keota (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Keota--1930-1940.; Morris, Alma.
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    1930 August 12
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  • Altruistic Club
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    View of an Altruistic Club function. An African American woman who wears a grass skirt and bikini top, dances on a stage in a dance hall in Denver, Colorado. Members of a jazz band are nearby.
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    Altruistic Club (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Dance parties--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
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    [1955 October 23?]
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  • Anna in front of Kennicott Ranch house
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    Anna Kennicott poses at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; she wears a pleated blouse, a skirt, and a hat with flowers.
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    Westcliffe (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1910.; Kennicott, Anna Townsend.
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    1903
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  • Annie Oakley
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    A Native American man stands in the left foreground watching Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses shoot at targets in the air during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The man has a blanket wrapped around his...
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    Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sharpshooting.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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    [1892?]
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  • Annie Oakley
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    Two Native American men stand in the left foreground watching Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses shoot at targets in the air during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The men have blankets wrapped around their...
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    Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sharpshooting.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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    [1892?]
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  • Annie Oakley poster
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    Copy of poster with drawing of Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses holding her rifle propped on its end on the ground. Oakley wears a hat and a skirt. She has numerous medals pinned to her shirt. Drawings in the background depict scenes of Oakley...
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    Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sharpshooting--1900-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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    [between 1900 and 1925?]
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  • Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
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    1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
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    East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
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    1917
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  • Antoinette Perry
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    Studio profile portrait of Antoinette Perry, an actress, who stands and poses with her arms extended over a large, ceramic vase with painted flowers. She wears a long two piece lace dress with a slim skirt and pleats midway down the thigh. Her...
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    Actresses--1900-1920.; Perry, Antoinette, 1888-1946.
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    [between 1905 and 1920?]
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  • Antoinette Perry
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    Studio portrait of Denver actress Antoinette Perry. She wears a white blouse, a laced, velvet bodice and a skirt with embroidered stripes. She wears her hair in a long braid and holds a rose.
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    Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Perry, Antoinette, 1888-1946.
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    [between 1905 and 1910?]
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  • Antoinette Perry
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    Studio portrait (standing) of Denver actress Antoinette Perry. She wears a woven straw hat with her hair down, a pinafore with a pleated bodice, and a striped blouse trimmed with lace. She is barefoot and leans forward and pulls her skirt up over...
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    Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Perry, Antoinette, 1888-1946.
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    [between 1905 and 1910?]
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  • Apache squaw and child
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    A Native American (Apache) woman sits and breast-feeds her baby in probably Arizona. The baby is in a cradleboard. The woman wears a shirt with pleats and cuffs, a striped, woven skirt and boot moccasins. Shows trees and bluffs in the distance.
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    Apache Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Breast feeding--Arizona--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Infants--Arizona--1870-1880.; Mothers &...
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    1873
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  • Apache water-carrier, showing method of carrying the olla, or water-jar
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    A Native American (Apache) woman wears a shirt with a gathered yoke and a full skirt, and poses with a olla, a coiled, woven, pitch covered water basket in Gila County, Arizona. Shows a fabric covered wickiup, a tent, and a dog reclined near the...
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    Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Indians--Employment--Arizona--Gila County--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Employment--Arizona--Gila County--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Gila County...
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    [1916]
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  • Apaches, Nai-chi-ti and wife (son of Cochise, chief of Chiricahua Apaches) one of the leaders in the outbreak of 1885-1886
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    Seated studio portrait of Nachez, (Nai-chi-ti, Naiche) a Native American Apache Chiricahua chief, and his wife. He holds a rifle, she wears a ruffled skirt and head scarf.
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    Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Spouses--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Nachez--Family.; Nachez.
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    [1884?]
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  • Apaches, Tascelona, wife of Pische, Chiricahua, captive captured August 22, 1885
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    Seated portrait of a Tascelona, wife of Pische, Native American Chiricahua, Apache, wearing a calico blouse and full skirt.
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    Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Prisoners--1880-1890.; Spouses--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Pische--Family.; Tascelona.
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    1884 or 1885?
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  • Arduth @ Hightower Place
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    A woman poses in front of a gnarled bush outside Keota, Colorado, in Weld County. She wears a flapper-style dress with a dropped waist and short skirt; her hair is bobbed.
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    Keota (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Keota--1920-1930.
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    1929 May 26
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  • Arduth @ Hightower Place
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    A woman poses in front of a gnarled bush outside Keota, Colorado in Weld County. She wears a flapper-style dress sleeveless bodice and pleated skirt; her hair is in a bob.
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    Keota (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Keota--1920-1930.
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    May, 1929
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  • Arrow, Colorado
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    A woman in a dark dress with light lace collar and cuffs and a hat stands on platform of log depot at Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado. Two other male passengers stand beyond her. The station features horizontal logs with chinking and a front gable...
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    Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Arrow--1900-1910.
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    [between 1905 and 1910]
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  • Astro Jets Club
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    View of an Astro Jets Social Club function. A group of African American (Black) men and women pose in front of a sign reading: "Astro Jets Social Club." The men wear narrow legged pants and suit jackets with a patch on the pocket reading: "Astro...
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    Astro Jets Social Club (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; People--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
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    [between 1965 and 1970?]
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  • At Overland Park
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    A woman putts at Overland Country Club golf course (Overland Park Golf Course) in Denver, Colorado; the club house is in the distance. She wears a striped blouse, a long skirt, and a straw hat.
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    Overland Country Club (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Putting (Golf)--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
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    1898
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  • Auntie Lindsey, taken long, long ago
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    Auntie Lindsey poses in Yampa, Routt County, Colorado. She wears a long skirt, a corseted bodice with ruffles, and a wedding ring.
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    Yampa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Yampa--1890-1900.
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    [between 1890 and 1900]
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  • Baby Portrait of a baby
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    Studio portrait of a baby, possibly J.J. Hendrix (or Hendrick). The baby is dressed in a simple cotton gown with a lace skirt and lies in a large clam shell. The backdrop is hand painted waves.
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    Infants--1890-1910.
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    [between 1890 and 1910?]
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  • Bachelor
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    Men, women, and boys pose in the street near frame commercial buildings in Bachelor (Mineral County), Colorado. A building has a partly constructed roof; some buildings have false fronts. An African American (Black) woman wears a long skirt and...
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    Afro-Americans--Women--Colorado--Bachelor--1890-1910.; Bachelor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Bachelor--1890-1910.
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    [between 1892 and 1908?]
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  • Benito Gonzáles, Francisca García, and Francisco García
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    Benito Gonzáles poses with his sister in law, Francisca García and her father Francisco Garcia in front of a clapboard house in Greeley, Colorado. Benito stands, he wears a shirt with an upright collar, a vest, a plaid tie and holds his hat in...
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    Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gonzáles, Benito, 1904-1980--Pictorial works.; García, Francisco, 1862-1928--Pictorial works.; García, Francisca, 1889---Pictorial...
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    [1926?]
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  • Bessie Cane
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    Studio portrait of Bessie Cane. She wears a blouse with a wide collar and a pleated skirt.
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    Teenagers--1910-1920.; Cane, Bessie.
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    1919
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  • Billboard advertising awnings
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    View of a billboard in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that read: "Alden Sign Co." The bottom of the sign...
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    Alden Sign Co.--Products--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Awnings.; Billboards.
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    [between 1920 and 1930?]
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  • Billboard for Ambrose Wine
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    View of a billboard located at East 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue and Grant Street, Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters...
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    Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; Ambrose Wine (Calif.)--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards.; Wine industry.; Wine.
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    [between 1930 and 1940?]

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