Children of the Cherry Tree Home, working on irrigation project
Summary
Boys in overalls and straw hats use hoes to enlarge an irrigation ditch near the Cherry Tree Home (Amity Colony Children's Home) in Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. The home sits behind the boys. Shows a two-story structure with mansard roof, a windmill and a water tank.
Date
[between 1901 and 1905?]
Notes
Accession number: 2000.129.223; History Colorado.; Handwritten on envelope: "C-Amity-orphanages"; Inked on back of photoprint: "#6366. Dr. #4. Env. #1109."; Title inked on back of photoprint.; R7200054425
Physical Description
1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 cm. (3 x 4 in.) mounted on mat board.
Cherry Tree Home (Amity, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Orphanages--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
