Call NumberWH2129-2022-388Alternate TitleArvada High School students march down the street on Earth Day in ColoradoDateApril 1970SummaryHundreds of Arvada High School students bicycled and marched to school on the first Earth Day to demonstrate concern about environmental pollution. The students hold signs that read: "If pollution doesn't kill us overpopulation will EARTH DAY," and "DANGER-People."Physical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 13.5 x 21.5 cm (5 x 8.5 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectEnvironmentalism--ColoradoPollution--ColoradoDemonstrations--ColoradoEarth Day--ColoradoStudent movements--ColoradoGeographic AreaArvada (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 364Original Material Found in CollectionWH2129. Rocky Mountain News recordsNotesCondition: Significant folds on the top left and two bottom corners; red ink and white-out along the edges. Photo has a quarter-inch white border. Title and summary derived from newspaper clippings on the back. On verso: stamped date and "earth day."DonorRocky Mountain NewsPublisherRocky Mountain News
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