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Call NumberARL-8Date1928SummaryA group of teenage African American girls, who include Charlotte Mosley, Katherine Norton, Jessie Sharp, Ethel Hawkins and Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood) and a counselor, wait for a train at Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. They wear skirts, blouses, hats, coats, jackets and sweaters. Marie Anderson wears a cap, jacket, shirt and tie. Shows baggage, a bed roll and a rolled up flag (to flag down the train).Physical Description1 photographic print ; 6 x 11 cm (2 1/2 x 4 in.) mounted on album page 18 x 28 cm (7 x 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCamp Nizhoni (Colo.)--PeopleYoung Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--PeopleAfrican Americans--Colorado--Lincoln HillsLincoln Hills (Colo.)Girls--Colorado--Lincoln HillsTeenagers--Colorado--Lincoln HillsWomen--Colorado--Lincoln HillsGreenwood, Marie LHawkins, EthelMosley, Charlotte, Colorado residentNorton, KatherineSharp, Jessie.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700600008Type of MaterialGroup portraitsDigital Version Created FromCamp Nizhoni Album, 1928-1937, Phyllis Wheatley YWCAOriginal Material Found in CollectionARL39. Lincoln Hills recordsNotesFor full image of album page with annotations see: ARL-12. For verso of album page see: ARL-6. Mounted on album page with ARL-7, ARL-9, ARL-10 and ARL-11. Scanned image from photograph album loaned to the DPL Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library by Marie L. Greenwood. Title inked on album page with identification and annotations. R7006000082DonorMarie L. Greenwood

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