Colorado at the turn of the century — the heart of the Wild West, full of cowboys, hustlers, vigilantes, sharpshooters, saloons and people filled with the ruggedness and mettle necessary to survive.
Denver Teen Street Fashion, 1904-1920
Posts Tagged: 1900s
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Frank Eugene, Teen Girl Portraits
Portraits of teenage girls by American photographer, Frank Eugene (1865-1936), who started taking photographs at the age of fifteen.
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Young Women of Algiers
This photograph of a probably newly married, Ouled Naïl Algerian girl was taken (by Lehnert and Landrock) in 1905.
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Studious & Crafty
Solemn class portraits from young adults c. 1900s in Kentucky, reading, writing, arithmetic, knitting and embroidery.
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Lillian and Dorothy’s Debut
D.W. Griffith’s “An Unseen Enemy” (1912) was the Gish sisters’ first film.
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Manual High Makers
The students at Manual Training High School in Denver, Colorado studied more than just reading and writing.
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Emma Girls
Emma Willard School in Troy, NY was founded in 1814 by Emma Willard in an effort to provide girls with the same level of education as boys.
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Hot Wheels
Before high school car culture, teens peddled their way to freedom.
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Body Builder
In the mid 1900’s Arni and Reg Park were over-indulging in oils and tanning lotions in order to get ready for their next Mr.
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RIP: Florence of WWI
Florence Green, the world’s last remaining veteran of World War I, died on Tuesday in Norfolk at the age of 110.