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Denver Neighborhood History Project, 1993-94: Five Points Neighborhood

Denver Neighborhood History Project, 1993-94: Five Points Neighborhood

George Washington Carver Day Nursery

The Pueblo Flood of 1921

Lena Archuleta as a member of Ballet Espanol, Denver, Colo.

Studio portrait of a woman in a nightshirt or undergarment; she has a frizzy hair style and wears a cameo choker.

Women's History Month

Ethiopian Engineer Tsegaye Hailu 1991

Somali Girl Studying 1993

Eritrean Family 1984

Black History Month

Interior view of a lunch counter at the Home Public Market, in Denver, Colorado; shows a man, women including Ruth Handler [third from right], a neon sign, tile floor, a United States flag, and signs: "Coca Cola," "Watermelon on Ice," "Beer On Draught," and "Greenwald's Soda Fountain."

A young woman fishes with a bamboo pole, in (probably) Colorado or Utah; she wears hip waders and stands in the river. Her outfit also includes short-legged bib-overalls and a straw hat.

Two African American (Black) men shake hands in front of a Standard gas station at 29th and Colorado Boulevard in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.

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