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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

Courtney Gray, Transgender Civil Rights Advocate speaks at the rally.
Large group of protesters and signs
Studio portrait (sitting) of George Bent's wife Magpie, a Native American (Cheyenne) woman. She wears beaded moccasins, a fringed blanket, and bead necklaces.

Women's History Month

Rocky Mountain News Favorites

Deco Trefoil ~ Denver Equipment Company Newsletter

The Photo Collection Named After a Dog

National Western Stock Show & MLK Jr. African American Heritage Rodeo

Marriage Equality in Colorado

View of a car on the Taylor State Road, in Glenwood Canyon (Eagle or Garfield County) Colorado; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks are across the Colorado River.
View of Addie Mellon and Harry Fisher Rhoads, parents of Harry M. Rhoads, with an electric automobile in front of City Park pavilion, Denver, Colorado.
A small boy cries, climbing the side of his crib.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Harry Rhoads

View east from Pikes Peak on a moonlight night, shows the lights of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado and snowcovered foothills. Image taken by AdAmAn Club member Harry Standley, during the annual mountaineering trek to the top of the 14,110 foot mountain to set off fireworks on New Years Eve.
Two AdAmAn club members stand in front of a ice wall with icycles and prepare for the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The men wear parkas and mittens; one has a backpack with an antenna, the other holds an ice- climbing pick, a "Motorola," portable radio and a coiled rope.

AdAmAn Club's Colorado New Year's Tradition

View of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona and Colorado River from Rowe's Point, also called Hopi Point.
Partial view of Lily Lake near Marble, Colorado; shows lily pads and man fishing from row boat.
Divine Science Church, Fourteenth Avenue and Williams Street, Denver, Colorado, a Beaux-Arts style structure with a flat roof, curved entry with arches, and columns with corinthian columns.

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Louis Charles McClure

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