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Call Number
K-122
Title
Caribou
-
Schools
(also
S1446)
Creator(s)
Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975.
Summary
A
group
of
school
children
stands
in
front
of the
schoolhouse
in
Caribou
, a
mining
town
in
Boulder
County
,
Colorado
,
near
the
end
of the
19th
century
during
the
area's
mining
heyday
.
Several
women
,
probably
schoolteachers
,
stand
on the
front
porch
of the
school
.
Long
log
poles
support
the
school
building
to
protect
it
against
strong
winds
. An
article
in the
June
28
,
1878
"
Rocky
Mountain
News
"
describes
the
school
as: "a
building
moderate
in its
pretentions
but ;
comfortable
and
fitted
with
new
and
improved
bent
wood
furniture
. The
walls
are
adorned
with
black
boards
,
maps
,
globes
and
everything
necessary
for the
instruction
of the
young
.
Miss
Isabel
Backus
is
the
teacher
in
charge
, a
lady
of
superior
talents
as an
instructor
and a
great
favorite
among
her
pupils.
"
Several
other
buildings
are in the
right
midground
. A
large
building
,
possibly
a
mill
,
is
in the
left
background
.
Date
[between
1935
and
1950?]
Notes
Title
from
inventory
prepared
by
Western
History
Department
,
Denver
Public
Library
;
words
"
Colorado
-
Caribou
(Boulder
Co.)
Caribou
,
Colo
.
School
House
.
Notice
wind
props
"
penciled
on
back
of
print
;
words
"
Caribou
School
House
J.B
.
Sturtevant
"
written
across
bottom
of
negative
;
image
also
identified
as "
S1446
" and
is
copy
of
earlier
photograph
taken
by
photographer
Joseph
Sturtevant.
;
R7001251222
Physical Description
1 copy photonegative ; 8 x 11 cm. (3 x 4 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 21 cm. (4 3/4 x 8 in.)
Subject
School buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.
Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1900.
Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1900.
School children--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.
Teachers--Colorado--Caribou--1880-1900.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film
negatives.
;
Photographic
prints.
;
Imaged.
;
Image
Format-Medium
Photograph
Filename
00125122.tif
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