Call NumberX-23719CreatorFord Optical CompanySummaryView of city employees in Denver, Colorado spraying white paint on a brick building. Lettering reads: "[H]ughes Br - Lumber Yard."Physical Description1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 20 x 25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectSpray painting--Colorado--DenverDenver (Colo.)Buildings--Colorado--DenverGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710023719Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesCondition: corners cut off. Stamped on verso: "Made by Ford's 1029 16th St. Denver, No. 312."; Title penciled on back of photoprint, with: "at work. Not only the fences and buildings facing the railroad whitewashed but also the ends of buildings from trains going in either directions. In places structures a block from the tracks are whitewashed."; R7100237195DonorCity and County of Denver
Ford Optical Company, City whitewash crew. Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 19/01/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1049860
