First Thornton Election Celebration

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Dublin Core

Title

First Thornton Election Celebration

Date Created

1956-08

Subject

Municipal officials and employees--United States--Colorado--Thornton; City council members; Mayors

Description

Black and white photo depicting a group of twenty-one people seated together and posing for a photo in a sitting room of Tom Carillo's home on Hoffman Way in Thornton after the first election was held in Thornton on August 18, 1956. The group includes Thornton's first mayor, Oyer "Bill" G. Leary, along with Gerald Carley, the first city council members, and their spouses. They are gathered to celebrate Leary's election win.

Type

image

Identifier

COTRG0203007

Format

image/jpeg

Spatial Coverage

Thornton

Citation

“First Thornton Election Celebration,” Thornton Archive's Digital Collections, accessed March 28, 2024, https://thorntonco.cvlcollections.org/items/show/1048987.