University of Denver

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Two students watch as a man and a woman with shovels participate in the ground breaking ceremony for a University of Denver apartment-residence hall in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950.

Abstract Black and white contact sheet with images from the groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Cherrington Hall was built in 1966 to house the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and is an example of International Style architecture. Local Denver architect Edwin A. Francis was selected for the design of the building, which was built by the Pinkard Construction Company. Perkins and Will Architects took over...

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Black and white contact sheet of images from the groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Abstract Black and white print of groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, CO, with Mary Reed Building in the background. Ben Cherrington, left, turns a shovelful of dirt as Josef Korbel, center, and Chancellor Chester M. Alter, right, look on. Cherrington Hall was built in 1966 to house the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and is an example of International Style architecture. Local Denver architect Edwin A. Francis...

Abstract Black and white print of the groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. A crowd of attenders listens to a speaker at the podium, with the Boettcher Center and Johnson-McFarlane Hall in the background. Cherrington Hall was built in 1966 to house the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and is an example of International Style architecture. Local Denver architect Edwin A. Francis was selected for the design...

Abstract University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie (third from right), Donne and Sue Fisher, and University Architect Mark Rodgers participate in the groundbreaking of the Fisher Early Learning Center on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado. Children with construction hats and shovels play in the foreground, including Isabelle Rodgers, Ian Loefgren, Christopher Rodgers, and Lindsay Fisher. Other adults in the picture include Toni Linder, Ellie Katz, and the new director of the...

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Four children play with shovels and toy construction equipment at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fisher Early Learning Center on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

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Set of color negatives with contact sheets with images from the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fisher Early Learning Center at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

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Four men lift shovelfuls of dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for the General Classroom Building (later part of Sturm Hall) on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with an artist's rendering of the building displayed on an easel in the background.

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Exterior view of the Humanities Garden on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado, during the groundbreaking. Pictured are Chancellor Alter, Heber Reece Harper, and Lady Bird Johnson.