Historical tableau given by the advance shorthand class, Opportunity School
Creator
Rocky Mountain Photo Company
Date
1918 February 21
Summary
Panoramic view of men and women from an advanced shorthand class in costume for a play in front of the entrance to the Opportunity School (later the Emily Griffith Opportunity School) at 13th (Thirteenth) and Welton Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Women in costume hold trays with bread and wear Union Pacific food service uniforms. One woman wears a Statue of Liberty costume; another wears a frilly robe over a dress. Emily Griffith has a lace collar and poses between two men dressed in 18th century knickers, stockings, jackets and wigs.
Description
1 photographic print ; 26 x 54 cm. (10 x 21 1/2 in.)
Subject
Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.)--People; Denver (Colo.); Actors--Colorado--Denver; Costumes--Colorado--Denver; Schools--Colorado--Denver; Griffith, Emily, ca. 1880-1947.
Geographic Area
Denver (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711001077
Notes
Title, attribution, and date inked on original negative and reproduced in photographic print.; Library owns 2 additional iterations of this image in various formats: 2 photographic prints ; 26 x 54 cm. (10 x 21 in.); R7110010773
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