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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

A man in a woodchuck costume poses with a taxidermy mounted groundhog in Denver, Colorado for a Cancer Society fundraiser.
A group poses in 18th century ball costumes and powdered wigs, Colorado Springs, Colorado; women wear lace gowns, jewerly, plumes and hold fans, men have on jackets with tails, tights, knickers and ruffled shirts. Members include: Zeph Hill, (Mrs. Theo) F. P. Holland (?) Frank Wordmarch, Xianau Lee (married Tarbor Hagam,) Julian Streans (Mrs. T. B.,) Mrs. E. F. Powers and A. Vermis.
Louise Campa, Lucille Campa, a well known dancer and teacher of Mexican, Spanish classical dance and flamenco, poses in a classical style Spanish dance costume. She wears a short blouse with long sleeves, has a bare midriff and has a short skirt with a long train. She wears a Spanish style wide brimmed hat and holds castanets. Louise Campa was the wife of Professor Arthur L. Campa, Sr., and author, renowned scholar, historian and professor of cultural anthropology.

Costume Ideas Our Grandparents Taught Us

Outdoor portrait of a boy and his dog on the porch of a house in Denver, Colorado. The boy wears knickers and a wide-brimmed hat.
Outdoor portrait of men, women, girls, boys, and teenagers at a picnic in a Denver, Colorado park; costume includes a large hats with flowers. A man in military uniform eats a banana; a boy holds a a United States flag.
Outdoor portrait of a group of men near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Some of the men wear baseball uniforms that read: "[?]land".

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Charles Lillybridge

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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