KKK in Colorado

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Summit Pikes Peak

Date: 1923 July 4

Members of the KKK, in pointed hoods that cover the face and dark or white robes, stand around a tall cross in a boulder field on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. They raise their arms in salute. Shows an American flag and the tops of automobiles.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 19 x 23 cm (7 x 9 in.).

Born-Digital or Analog: Analog

Subject: Ku Klux Klan (1915-)--PeopleHate groups--Colorado--El Paso CountyEl Paso County (Colo.)Pikes Peak (Colo.) Costumes--Colorado--El Paso CountyCrossesFlags--American--Colorado--El Paso County Meetings--Colorado--El Paso County Organizations--Colorado--El Paso County Saluting--Colorado--El Paso County

Geographic Area: El Paso County (Colo.)

Collection: Photographs - Western History

Related Material: Image File: ZZR711001873

Type of Material: Film negatives Photographic prints.Black & white photographs

Digital Version Created From: Senter collection.

Notes: Condition: soiled. Penciled on back of photoprint: "KKK. Summit Pikes Peak. July 4, 1923."; Title inked on front of photoprint. R7110018739

Denver Public Library Special Collections

 

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KKK meeting on Table Top Mountain
Date: 1924-1925
Crosses burn at a KKK night ceremony held on Table Top Mountain in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. A row of men in white hoods that cover the face and robes encircles men in street clothes who kneel with their backs to the camera. Spectators sit in chairs outside the circle, some have on white hoods. Shows a flagpole and the American flag.
Physical Description; 1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 29 x 34 cm (12 x 14 in.) on mat board.
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Ku Klux Klan (1915-)--People Hate groups--Colorado--GoldenGolden (Colo.)Costumes--Colorado--Golden Crosses--Colorado--Golden Meetings--Colorado--Golden Night--Colorado--Golden Organizations--Colorado--Golden
Geographic Area: Golden (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR711001875
Type of Material: Night photographs: Photographic prints Black & white photographs
Notes: Condition: warped, edges worn. Title and "c. 1924-25" penciled on back of photoprint. R7110018755

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Ku Klux Klan march on 17th (Seventeenth) Street
Date: 1926 May 31
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members march by office buildings on 17th (Seventeenth) Street between Larimer and Lawrence streets in Denver, Colorado.
Physical Description: 1 photonegative : black-and-white ; 16 x 21 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 15 cm (4 1/2 x 6 in.) on sheet 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Ku Klux Klan (1915- )Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver Parades--Colorado--Denver Streets--Colorado--Denver Racism--Colorado--Denver Racism against Black people--Colorado--Denver
Geographic Area: Denver (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Type of Material: Film negatives: Photographic prints Digital Version Created From: Fuller, Edgar I. "The Visible of the Invisible Empire." Denver, 1925, p. 80.
Notes: Formerly F15034. Title supplied.
Denver Public Library Special Collections  

 

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Women of the Ku Klux Klan
Date: 1922-1925
Studio portrait of women members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The women pose in white hoods and robes with cross emblems. One woman wears a dark cape.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 26 x 36 cm (10 x 14 in.) mounted on mat board.
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Ku Klux Klan (1915-)Hate groups Costumes Organizations Women
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR711001876
Type of Material: Group portraits Photographic prints Black & white photographs Portrait photographs
Notes: Condition: photograph pulled out of mat. Photographer imprint on photoprint illegible. Title supplied. R7110018763
Denver Public Library Special Collections

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Group @ Ken Caryl Ranch. Gov. Morley in center, Ed. Costigan on his right (?). E. L. Mitchell (large man)- Denver City Councilman associated w/ KKK, and possibly Mrs. Mitchell
Creator: Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975
Date: 1925-1927
Colorado Governor Clarence J. Morley poses at Ken Caryl Ranch (Jefferson County) Colorado with men and a woman. Physical Description: 1 photonegative : glass, black-and-white ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Jefferson County (Colo.)Costigan, Edward Prentiss, 1874-1939 Mitchell, E. LMorley, Clarence J.
Geographic Area: Jefferson County (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700185591
Type of Material: Glass negatives
Group portraits Photographic prints
Original Material Found in: Collection Harry M. Rhoads photograph collection
Notes: Formerly Engle #40657. Title hand written on back of print. R7001855911
Donor: Morey Engle
Denver Public Library Special Collections 

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Colorado Governor Clarence J. Morley
Creator: Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975
Date: 1925-1927: Governor Clarence J. Morely poses for a photo as he signs a document in the Governor's office. Morely served as Governor of Colorado from 1925 to 1927, he was known as the Ku Klux Klan Governor during the political peak of the Klan in the 1920's.
Physical Description: 1 photonegative : glass 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog: Analog
Subject: Denver (Colo.)Document signings--Colorado--Denver Governors--Colorado Interiors--Colorado--Denver Morley, Clarence J.
Geographic Area: Denver (Colo.)
Collection: Photographs - Western History
Related Material: Image File: ZZR700185236
Type of Material: Glass negatives Photographic prints Original Material Found in Collection: Harry M. Rhoads photograph collection
Notes:Condition: Glass plate is cracked, reproduced in photoprint. Formerly Engle #40295; Inked on glass plate and reproduced on photoprint "40295". Title and "known as the "KKK Governor" from 1925 to 1927" hand-written on back of print. R7001852361
Donor: Morey Engle
Denver Public Library Special Collections 

  

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“The Ku Klux Klan in Garden of the Gods.” 1925. Klansmen hold ceremonies in the Gardens of the Gods, a landmark near Colorado Springs. Source:

“The Ku Klux Klan in Garden of the Gods.” 1925.  Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum.

 

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Klan parade in Steamboat Springs. History Colorado