Denver author Mrs. Helen Lowrie Marshall read an original poem to the crowd in Castle Rock's Courthouse Square Sunday night during the annual "Lighting of the Star" ceremonies
Denver author Mrs. Helen Lowrie Marshall read an original poem to the crowd in Castle Rock's Courthouse Square Sunday night during the annual "Lighting of the Star" ceremonies
Creator
Brock, Howard.
Date
1968 December 1
Summary
Mrs. Helen Lowrie Marshall stands reciting her poem on a platform on the north side of the Castle Rock Courthouse, Douglas County, Colorado. She wears a waistlength fur coat, patterned skirt, hat, boots and eyeglasses. Two men sit on folding chairs beside her. The 55-man Air Force Academy Cadet Chorale, wearing long uniform dress coats and caps, and the 80-voice choir of Douglas County High School and Junior High School form a semi-circle to perform Christmas carols for the fourth annual formal ceremony for the thirty-eighth annual lighting of star on top of the Castle Rock rhyolite lava rock formation.
Description
1 photoprint ; 16 x 22 cm. (6 x 8 3/4 in.)
Subject
Castle Rock (Colo.)--1960-1970; Choirs (Music)--Colorado--Castle Rock--1960-1970; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Castle Rock--1960-1970; Marshall, Helen Lowrie.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710006846
Notes
Photographer's stamp on back of photoprint.; Photoprint shows imprint of writing from back.; Title hand-written on back of photoprint; additional information: "Behind her are an 80-voice school choir and the Air Force Academy Chorale, RMN D 2, 1968 p84, N. side of courthouse."; R7100068465
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