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Students protest smog outside Denver City City and County Building

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Call NumberWH2129-2022-278CreatorGordon, JohnDateDec 28, 1978SummaryA group of high school and college students protested Denver's air quality outside of Denver City and County building. The group hoped to meet with Mayor William McNichols to exchange viewpoints, but the mayor refused to hear them out. Signs read [left to right]: "Mayor Bill please listen," "Colorado was colorful," "help Denver mayor Bill," "Does the mayor care?" and "Metro air is bad."Physical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 15 x 23 cm (6 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDemonstrations--Colorado--DenverAir quality managementStudent movementsGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRocky Mountain News Photograph CollectionRelated MaterialFinding aid for the Rocky Mountain News collection can be found here: https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/8879Finding Aidhttps://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/8879 Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsGroup portraitsDigital Version Created FromWH2129, Photobox 356Original Material Found in CollectionWH2129. Rocky Mountain News recordsNotesOn verso: A newspaper clipping. Two dates are stamped as date of photograph, December 28, 1978 and December 29, 1978 . Title and summary derived from information on the back.DonorRocky Mountain NewsPublisherRocky Mountain NewsLanguageeng

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Rights Statementhttps://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=enCreditDonated to the Denver Public Library by the Rocky Mountain News / [name of author or photographer if known]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYesTakedown StatementDenver Public Library Special Collections and Archives makes every effort to ensure that it has the appropriate rights to publish and provide access to materials through the Digital Collections website. If you are a rights holder and find unattributed materials, or you are concerned that you have found sensitive material for which you have not granted permission (or is not covered by a copyright exception under US copyright laws), please contact the Digital Collections staff at history@denverlibrary.org to request attribution or the removal of material from our site.

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Students protest smog outside Denver City City and County Building