At the Gates Rubber Company's May Day celebration, several women in matching costumes, with headbands and ballet shoes, hold long ribbons attached to a Maypole. The May Day queen sits on a stage with a crown and a bouquet of flowers; John Gates...
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Women tend a vegetable garden with shovels, hoes and other tools. The garden is next to the Gates Rubber Company office building on South Broadway in Denver, Colorado. A sign reads: "Gates War Garden"; plants include cabbage and corn.
Gates Rubber Company--People--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
Women from Gates Rubber Company tend to a war garden plot. Some women wear coveralls with "Gates half-50lb tire" printed on the back. Other women wear dresses and loose blouses while they harvest, hoe, and dig in the garden. The Gates Rubber...