Call NumberX-19517CreatorBrooks, Percy E.Date1898-1900SummaryWell dressed Denver Public Library staff posing on Denver, Colorado High School steps are identified as: Standing at right rear: Florence Irene Willard and Helen F. Ingersoll - students in training class, George M. Lee -- head of accessions, Ralph Gibbs - page, John Parson - librarian; sitting top row: Warren - page, Francis D. Tandy - head of cataloging and publisher of the Burton Arabian Nights brought out in Denver by Carson Harper, Publishers and Printers, Charlotte A. Baker - teacher of training class, Anna Hillkowitz - student in training class, Philip Funke - page, Eva Simmons - reference; sitting bottom row: Zoe Guernsey - medical assistant, Lila Van - circulation department, and Irene Smith and Hazel Grove - students in training class.Physical Description2 photoprints on mat board ; 17 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIngersoll, Helen Frances, 1878-Denver Public Library--19th centuryLibrarians--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryLibraries--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryWomen--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryWillard, Florence IreneHillkowitz, AnnaGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialPhotograph transferred from WH1092. George Carlson papers into Western History photograph collection.Type of MaterialGroup portraitsPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesEmbossed on mat boards: "Brooks 16th & Stout, Denver."; Title inked on one mat board; identification from typed sheet attached to other. Penciled on backs: "Miss Ingersoll," and "Charlotte Baker." Date estimate based on Helen Ingersoll joining the training program at the library in 1898.DonorGift, Joyce Carlson Lowdermilk, 1984
Brooks, Percy E., Staff of Denver Public Library on High School steps (1898-1900). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 15/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1074769
