I Looked in the Brook and Saw a Face: Images of Childhood in Early Colorado - Hardcover

Colorado Historical Society; Wetzel, David N.; McNair, Mary Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565794753 ISBN 13: 9781565794757

Publisher: Westcliffe Pub, 2002

Synopsis

Drawing from its photo archives and historical treasures, the Colorado History Museum gives us this evocative word-and-picture portrait of childhood in early Colorado. A companion to the museum's long-standing children's exhibit, the book explores the major themes of children's lives-home, family, school, work friends, and play- through images and text that illuminate the experience of childhood through the decades.

Against this backdrop of the faces of unknown youths and the changing world they looked upon stands a more personal story , one that pulls the reader in and makes the past come alive. It is the story of Irma, a Denver girl who died at the age of 12 in 1901. For more than 100 years, Irma's treasured belongings have preserved her personal legacy in a family trunk. This trunk, part of the children's exhibit, serves as a time capsure for families and schoolchildren who desire to explore what it meant to be a child in Colorado so many years ago- and this book captures the essence of the rich stories its historic contents have to tell.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westcliffe Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1565794753
• ISBN 13: 9781565794757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128