Denver Orphans' Home

Title

Denver Orphans' Home

Creator

Rocky Mountain Photo Company

Date

1882

Description

Orphans and their caregivers pose in the backyard of a small house used as an orphanage until the Denver Orphans' Home is completed. Boys and girls sit on benches, boxes, and the ground. The girls wear dresses; some wear bows in their hair. The boys wear felt or knitted caps; some wear overalls.

Subject

Denver Orphans' Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--19th century
Backyards--Colorado--Denver--19th century
Orphans--Colorado--Denver--19th century
Women--Colorado--Denver

Source

Plains to Peaks Collective

Relation

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/assets/nodeimg/1100522

Type

image

References

https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1100522

Citation

Rocky Mountain Photo Company, “Denver Orphans' Home,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 24, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/37847.

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