Call NumberX-7255Date1914SummaryThe Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, girl's basketball team poses in uniforms consisting of bloomers, sailor shirts with bandanas, and scarves around their heads. One holds a basketball. They are identified as: Ann White, Bertha Jones, Ada Grill (or Desky), Catharine Desky, Gladys Stitt, Alice Samples and Millie Samples.Physical Description1 photoprint ; 12 x 16 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBrush (Colo.)Basketball players--Colorado--BrushBasketball players--Colorado--DenverSchools--Colorado--BrushGeographic AreaBrush (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710007255Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromMaxNotesHand-written on back of photoprint (differs slightly from newspaper identification): L-R Ann White, Captain ; Bertha Jones ; Ada Grill ; Catharine Desky ; Gladys Stitt ; Alice Samples ; Millie Samples. Newspaper clipping on back of photoprint reads: Girls of the Brush, Colo, High School and West Denver High School Basketball played at the Public Bathhouse yesterday morning. The Brush High School Basketball Team. Left to Right: Ann White, Captain ; Bertha Jones, Ada Desky, Gladys Stitt, Alice Samples, Millie Samples. Photoprint has been masked and/or cropped around subjects. Stamp on back of photoprint reads: Mar 8, 1914. Title from newspaper clipping glued to back of photoprint. R7100072553
Brush high school basketball team (1914). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 18/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1023131
