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[Denver, Colo., ca. 1910-192_: large group of boys taking shower in reform school] – Vintage Wall Art

[Denver, Colo., ca. 1910-192_: large group of boys taking shower in reform school], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Denver, Colo., ca. 1910-192_: large group of boys taking shower in reform school], [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Denver collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Denver, Colo., ca. 1910-192_: large group of boys taking shower in reform school]

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A group of boys stands under a row of shower heads at a reform school in Denver, a setting where the city placed young people judged delinquent or neglected in the early twentieth century. The caption card dates the picture only loosely, to around 1910 to the 1920s, and its subject tags also mention child labor and railroads, which hints at the wider concerns of the period. Progressive Era reformers often photographed such institutions to argue for cleaner facilities and better juvenile justice. Because the date and origin are unverified, the image is best read as a glimpse of daily routine rather than a record of one event.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Colo.--D-; Bathing; Child labor; Reform schools; Colo.--Denver; Railroads; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,205 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143168

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