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Curated Galleries

St. Mary’s Dormition Orthodox Church 1980
Alexis and Portia Lubchenco 1917
Alexis Lubchenco 1941
Bob Schaffer would bring decorated Easter eggs to his fellow Senators. Schaffer is part Ukrainian, where Easter is a huge holiday. Photo dated 2/16/89.
Joseph Shoshenskiy, 91, from the Ukraine, came to the United States five years and seven months ago and took only four months to become naturalized as a U.S. citizen once he started the process. He is a Soviet WWII war hero and was proud to wear all o...

Ukrainians in Colorado

Stella Yellow Shirt and baby
Studio portrait (sitting) of Stella Yellow Shirt and her baby, a Native American (Brule Sioux) woman and child.
1899
Denver Orphans' Home
[1910-1915?]
Arapahoe woman Ft. Washakie, Wyo
[1920-1930?]
Dr. Justina L. Ford
Doctor Ford was one of the first women doctors in the Denver area. She was instrumental in the development of health care in Denver.
circa 1935
Nurse with GI in hospital, Italy
A nurse takes the temperature and pulse of Tenth Mountain Division soldier, S/Sergeant George V. Geiss as he lies in his hospital bed in Italy.
1945
Well-visit with Dr. Debbie Chapman
Aleysha Gonzalez, 6 months-old gets her "Well Child Check" from Dr. Debbie Chapman
Nov. 23, 2004
Dr. Jenny Bajaj MD discusses lab results
Dr. Jenny Bajaj MD,MPH (left), goes over medical lab results on the computer with patient Ann Lackey at Kaiser's East Denver Campus
December 2, 2008
A nurse leads a tour of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
A nurse leads a tour of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the Children's Hospital at the Anshutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO.
September 6, 2007
Family nurse practitioner Inez Buggs
Family nurse practitioner Inez Buggs checks 18-month-old Joseph Zamora's heart during a routine checkup as he sits on the lap of his mother, Jennifer Armenta, at Clinica Campesina in Lafayette.
April 19, 2006
Teacher Linda Alston
Linda Alston, a national-award winning teacher who works in low-income schools, reads with her kindergarten student Ashante Pierce, 5, during class.
March 5, 2008
Lena Archuleta and Dora Valdez
Called "guiding lights" among Hispanic women, Lena was Denver's first Hispanic female principal and has a school named after her. Dora is the widow of Bernie Valdez, a civil rights leader in Denver history.
Nov. 25, 2008
Teresa Hinz of Ault, Colorado
Teresa Hinz, mother of 3, resting her eyes while holding daughter 9 month old Katie while Kylie plays during the Bishop Machebeuf Buffaloes vs Cedaredge Bruins.
March 9, 2007
Denver Paramedic Maryanne Foerster holds baby, Sariah Unique Trevino
Dominique Trevino, 18 lets Denver Paramedic Maryanne Foerster hold her baby, Sariah Unique Trevino, at a press conference at Denver Health.
January 28, 2009
(Superior, Colo., April 17, 2005) Melanie Pray, a firefighter with Boulder Mountain Fire, holds a cat named Abby she rescued hiding in a second story closet of a burned out building at the Horizons at Rock Creek Apartments in Superior, Co at 1995 Tyler...
4/19/05 - P. 4A;

Essential Women

Mexican settlement, near Walsenburg
1888
Portrait of a family
[between 1890 and 1900?]
Casimiro Barela Colorado's Hispanic "perpetual senator" from Colorado.
ca. 1910
Lucero family at door of the ranch house - White Mountain
Three girls and three boys posing for a group photograph
1950-1970
Members of Centro Mexico of Denver prepare to celebrate anniversary of Independence of Mexico from Spain
1967, September 14
Sandos family in front of the M.L. "Sam" Sandos West Side Health Center
Carlos Castaneda (cq), of Grupo Tlaloc, leads dancers and students, on a march through Auraria Campus after performing at the 2nd Annual Latino leadership Summit at the Tivoli Student Union in Denver, Colo., on Friday, March 31, 2006. The summit featu...
DM0451 Lena Archuleta and Dora Valdez pose for a photograph in Denver Tuesday Nov. 25, 2008. wo widows, now in their 80s, called "guiding lights" among Hispanic women. Lena was Denver's first Hispanic female principal -- and has a school named after h...
(11/03/04, Denver, CO) Ken Salazar held a press conference in the parking lot of his campaign office at 11th and Bannock Wednesday morning. He was inundated by media, especially latino oriented press. Here he is interviewed by Ana Mejia of KMAS Telemu...
11/4/04 - P. 6A;
(Denver, Colorado, 2/13/2006) Saturday Spotlight: Danny and Maruca Salazar (cq) are among winners of the Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts this year, an honor being noted at a reception February 21. They are both artists, and also long-time a...
2/21/06 - P. 9D;
28 year-old Maria Diaz de Jesus (cq) (at right) takes the oath to become a United States Citizen, after living in the U.S. for almost 20 years. 3 months ago, she decided to begin the nationalization process, and on August 21, 2007, she became a United ...
8/22/07 - P. 8NEWS;

Hispanic Heritage Month

George Washington Carver Nursery
[1940-1966?]
The Denver Star
The Denver Star
Negro Woman's Club Association from Clarkson Street
circa 1950
George Washington Carver school holiday celebration
circa 1960
George Washington Carver Nursery Mayday celebration
circa 1955
George Washington Carver Nursery students in classroom
circa 1950
Children on the George Washington Carver playground
circa 1950
George Washington Carver students perform a play
circa 1960
Groundbreaking ceremony at George Washington Carver Day Nursery
May 18, 1905
George Washington Carver day care center ground breaking
[1965]
George Washington Carver day care center dedication
[1966]
George Washington Carver day care center dedication
[1966]
George Washington Carver day care center dedication
[1966]
George Washington Carver day care center dedication
[1966]
George Washington Carver day care center dedication
[1966]
Lillian S. Bondurant at the Negro Woman's Club awards
circa 1965
Six-year-old Carol Copeland pays close attention to Sen. George McGovern, D-South Dakota, before digging in to her lunch at the George Wahington Carver Day Nursery at 2270 Humboldt St. in August 1971. JOHN WHITWORTH/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
George Washington Carver Day Nursery Day proclamation
Oct 20, 1978
George Washington Carver school meeting room and founders (?)
circa 1970
Pinocchios at the George Washington Carver Day Nursery
circa 1980
Denver Neighborhood History Project, 1993-94: Five Points Neighborhood
Denver Neighborhood History Project, 1993-94: Five Points Neighborhood
Denver Neighborhood History Project, 1993-94: Five Points Neighborhood

George Washington Carver Day Nursery

Airplane View, Pueblo in vicinity of east 4th St., D. & R.G. tracks across Fountain Creek
1921 June
Dreadful flood of Pueblo, Colo., looking the east [sic] from W. 4th St's. bridge
1921 June 3
Great flood, Pueblo, Colo., June 3rd '21, Union Station
1921 June 3
Flood scene, First Street, looking west, Pueblo
1921 June 6
Wrecked stores on Union Ave. looking east from Telephone Bldg. note searchers among the ruins.
[1921]
Airplane view, Arkansas River near Nuckolls Packing Plant, D.& R.G. and A.T.& S.F. bridges in foreground
1921 June
Debris at 2nd and Grand Ave., showing high water line
1921 June
Interior of White & Davis store, cor. 3rd and Main
1921 June
Looking west along 2nd St. from point near Main Street
1921 June
D. & R.G. freight yards looking east from viaduct Santa Fe bridge and Nuckoll's Packing Plant in the background.
[1921 June]

The Pueblo Flood of 1921

10:30 A.M. General Motors Aerotrain entering Denver Union Station
1956 March 18
Boarding Daylight at 3rd St, S.F.
Burlington Special carrying crowned Prince Fredric and wife Ingrid of Denmark, 4-18-'39
April 18, 1939
Burlington Streamline Train, Texas Zephyr, near Larkspur
[1940]
C.M.St.P. & P., no smoke, eng. #1 (4-4-2) "Hiawatha" eastbound, leaving Perry, WI, almost headon
1945 October 22
Locomotive Chi. Burlington & Quincy, Burlington Zephyr
[1940-1949?]
Mississippi & Alabama R.R. auto railer #301 Vinegar Bend, Ala. Gulf Mobile and Ohio DL109 ALCO diesel #271 with "The Rebel" in background.
1942 February 5
UP train, engine number M-10000, engine type PULLMAN- STANDARD/WINTON DISTILLATE-ELECTRIC
1936

Streamliners

Chinese
[1880-1900?]
Chinese-American men
[1890-1910?]
Chinese dragon Festival Mtn. and Plain
[1900?]
Members of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple 1917-1919
circa 1917
Two Japanese-American soldiers, home on furlough, and their girlfriends, viewing the flower booth at the Arts and Crafts Festival
1943 March 6
Tran Viet Cuong, Minh, and her husband Tran Viet Hung 1976
(DENVER, CO., JULY 16, 2004) Amazing Grace Mongolian Church Pastor Baika Puntsag, 30, of Denver sits in a pew at the Korean Central Presbyterian Church where he hosts Sunday prayer, Friday July 16, 2004. Puntsag will be among the many members of the co...
Denver, CO July 25, 2005 Namita Khanna (left) coaches Joelle Broberg on the finer points of Hindu dancing during their rehearsal for the huge interfaith festival that happens in August. Rick Giase/Special to the News
(Lafayette, Co} shot on 4/15/05}) Vincent Sep, 2 (cq) and Touch Konj, (cq) (l-r) light incense and pray for a good new year. Members of the Cambodian Community will celebrate their Khmer New Year starting on Saturday. The celebration will includes Bud...
4/16/05 - P. 19A;
(DENVER, COLORADO, January 30, 2005) Left to right: Eed Cefkin holds a program and Jay Patel holds a flashlight as they review their dancers' ques into the performance with Tri Sai Damrongsang, Natalie Premratananont, Sawanee Viboolsittiseri, and Tari...
1/31/05 - P. 4A;
KAS071 Joshua Zhong, left, and Lily Nie laugh during an interview in their Centennial home on Monday, July 17, 2006. The couple founded Chinese Children Adoption International, which has helped find homes in the United States for nearly 7,000 Chinese c...
Members of the "Lao Buddhist Temple of Colorado" cheer on, as they walk towards the dock to the sound of traditional music, in celebration of them qualifying to the finals. The 7th Annual Dragon Boat races went underway at Sloan's Lake in Denver on J...
Kelsang Gyaltsen(CQ), a native of Tibet holds up the Tibeten flag as he joined supporters in welcoming Kirsten Westby of Boulder, Colo., Thursday afternoon May 10, 2007 as she arrives at Denver International Airport after her brave act of unfurling a ...
Joy Romero Meyers (cq) makes rice to accompany her Filipino stuffed chicken for our Asian food shoot in her home in Denver, Colorado, Thursday, July 12, 2007. (JUDY DEHAAS/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **Joy Romero Meyers (cq)
Wearing a traditional Hmong dress, Pada Lee (cq), 16, of Arvada, Colo., stands outside one of the Hmong booths at the dragon boat festival on Sunday, July 29, 2007. (JONATHAN D. WOODS/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS) **Pada Lee (cq)
Nepal-born owner Hari Garung, cq, holds her Namaste Special; Tandoori chicken, Lamb curry, Shrimp masala, Daal, Saag paneer, Naan, Kheer, an appetizer and rice at her Namaste Restaurant Wednesday Feb. 9, 2007 in Lakewood. (AHMAD TERRY/ ROCKY MOUNTAIN ...
2/14/07 - P. 5SPOTLIGHT;
Sara Ludin (cq) age 20 was born in the United States from an Afghan father and an American mother. She is a proud muslim with mixed views about the war. She did not support the invasion to Iraq, but feels that the American public should give the troops...
(CS0227) Hline Pyu (cq), 72, a Burmese refugee, talks about the one and only time he voted in the 1950's in Burma, as a group of refugees learn about the U.S. election system at the voting center at Montclair Recreation Center in Denver, Colo., on Frid...
11/01/08 - p.18news;
RMN 2/3/1991 Eh Lweh, right, and other Burmese refugees examine final plans for converting a vacant lot in east Denver into a public park, which will include a soccer field, a playground, picnic tables and trees. (Denver Post 2010)

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