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Photograph of a Elyria's baseball team. The team sits in three rows, two on the ground, five on a bench, and four standing behind. All wear their uniforms. The upper portion of the photograph has damage and some of the faces can not been seen

Interior view of the Elyria branch of the Denver Public Library in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; decor includes open-beamed ceilings, a fireplace, book shelves, hanging lamps, French and lunette windows.

Elyria-Swansea

Japanese in Colorado

Four Indian women walk through Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Three of the women wear saris and one is dressed in a dress and hat.

Indian-Americans in Colorado

Caribou Ranch Studio

Bob Ragland with his book, The Artists' Survival Handbook

Bob Ragland's first oil painting, 1963

Two African American men, who include painter and sculptor Bob Ragland, stand and chat at an art show at the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Ragland wears a leather jacket and dark glasses, his hair is in a short afro and he has a beard and mustache. The other man wears a sports coat and a scarf. A sign on the wall reads: "Contemporary Black Artists Denver, '73."

Bob Ragland

Millete Brehane Meskele, 2, relaxes with her father, Brehane Meskele Madhaiy in their new home. They immigrated from Ethiopia.

Tsegaye Hailu, who immigrated to the United States from Ethiopia, is now a hydrogeologist at J.F. Sato's engineering firm. He sits with his hands clasped facing the camera. He is wearing sunglasses.

Sara Takale (left), 26, shows her fellow country woman of Ethiopia, Nigest Abrehem (right) some sentences from an English book. Sara met Nigest in a Sudanese refuge camp and is helping her adjust to the American culture.

Ethiopians in Colorado

View of Saint Joseph Polish Church at 517 East 46th (Forty-sixth) Avenue in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has a bell tower, spire, and circular and arched stained glass windows. A banner reads (in Polish): "Kosciol Sw Jozefa."

Ukrainians in Colorado

A photograph of students performing a scientific experiment. The teacher is pointing at a test tube. Lake Junior High is located at 1820 Lowell Blvd, Denver, CO 80204.

Orphans at the Denver Orphans' Home (later the Denver Children's Home) at 1501 Albion Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado sit on the floor and in cribs in their dormitory and pose for the camera. A woman caregiver looks at the children.

A Native American (Arapahoe) woman smiles and poses in Fort Washakie (Fremont County), Wyoming, with her baby, carried on her back. She wears a blanket with long fringe, a gingham dress, and high top leather moccasins with applique. A car is in the distance.

Essential Women

Studio portrait of Casimiro Barela, Colorado state senator for over 37 years. He poses in a suit with a morning coat and wears a top hat, a tie and stick pin and holds a walking cane with a decorated metal top. He has gray hair and a full, trimmed mustache.

Hispanic Heritage Month

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