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Title: Landmarks of America -- Great Sand Dunes.
Description: Sunflowers grow in southern Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Monument.
Creator Name(s): United States. National Park Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Landscape photography--Colorado.
Geographic subjects: Colorado., Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colo.), North and Central America--United States--Saguache--Colorado--Duncan
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. PC-42225; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-42225
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149847

Title: Demonstration at Air Force Academy.
Description: Police carry off a demonstrator identified as Barbara Minor of Denver after breaking up an anti-air war protest during chapel services at the Air Force Academy.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Air Force Academy., Clergy and Laymen Concerned (U.S.), Minor, Barbara.
Topical Subject(s): Anti-war demonstrations--Colorado., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
Geographic subjects: Colorado., El Paso County (Colo.), Cambodia, Civil War, 1970-1975., North and Central America--United States--El Paso--Colorado
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. PC-42297; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-42297
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149868

Title: Beautiful Santa.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C 39730 BEAUTIFUL SANTA DENVER -- Professional Santa Claus Jean Apperson sits patiently beneath a hair dryer during the finishing phase of his weekly shampoo, bleach, setting and styling of his silvery hair and beard. Mr. Apperson, who has been playing Santa for 31 years, gets his beauty treatment in Denver, not the North Pole. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-DEN-12C-69-DS)
Date Created: 1969, December 9, 1969, December 9, 1969
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Apperson, Jean.
Topical Subject(s): Christmas--Colorado--Denver.
Geographic subjects: Colorado, Denver., Denver (Colo.), North and Central America--United States--Colorado--Denver--Denver
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 134, image no. C-39730; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-39730
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:300791

Title: Church school on a mountainslope.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31409 CHURCH SCHOOL ON A MOUNTAINSLOPE ESTES PARK, Colo. -- Student worker Janet Philp, who works weekdays as a waitress in Estes Park, Colo., conducts a junior Sunday church school class on a mountainslope in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. One of over 200 workers in the National Council of Churches' Ministry in the National Parks, Miss Philp devotes all her summer Sundays to religious education work. As the children attend Sunday school, their parents take part in a worship service in a nearby woodland setting. The NCC's parks summer ministry, now in its 12th season, serves more than a million vacationing Americans in 36 parks. Year-round ministries also are established in seven parks and special winter ministries are set in two more. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JM-NY-8C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): McNeil, Jean. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Philp, Janet., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Sunday school teachers--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park., Sunday schools--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park., Church work with children--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park., Christian education, Outdoor--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park., Lay ministry--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park., National parks and reserves--Colorado., Open-air schools--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park.
Geographic subjects: Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park., Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park., Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park., Rocky Mountain National Park., Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park., Colorado., Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park., Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.), North and Central America--United States--Colorado
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. P-31409 ; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31409
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349149

Title: Army donations to aid Japanese youngsters.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30578 ARMY DONATIONS TO AID JAPANESE YOUNGSTERS FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Money collected at Protestant chapel services at Fort Carson, Colo., is turned over to Chaplain (Capt.) D.E. Lee (seated), custodian of the post chaplain's fund. The $602 collected will be added to an earlier offering at the post which gathered about $800 -- all of the funds to go toward purchase of kindergarten playground land and a reconstruction program at Tagajo Christian church in northern Japan. The church was started 10 years ago by wives of servicemen stationed at nearby Camp Schimmelpfennig. Chaplains turning in offerings here are, left to right; Lt. Col. James R. Barnett, a Baptist from Texas; Lt. Col. W.H. Green, Baptist from Florida; Capt. Geoffrey D. Knott, Baptist from North Carolina, and Capt. P.B. Bliss, Presbyterian from Connecticut. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-FC-2C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Heilbuth, Bruce. (author)
Date Created: 1963, November 4, 1963, November 4, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lee, D.E., Tagajo Christian Church (Tagajō-shi, Japan), Barnett, James R., Green, W.H., Knott, Geoffrey D., Bliss, P.B.
Topical Subject(s): Fund raising--Colorado--Fort Carson., Military chaplains--Colorado--Fort Carson., Interdenominational cooperation., Christians--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Colorado, Fort Carson., Colorado, Fort Carson., Japan., Fort Carson (Colo.), Japan., North and Central America--United States--Colorado--El Paso--Fort Carson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30578; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30578
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353803

Title: Parade rest at chapel dedication.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-29927 PARADE REST AT CHAPEL DEDICATION COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Some 2,400 cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs stand at parade rest for the dedication of the new ultra-modern, $3.4 million Chapel whose 17 spires stand high above the ground. Held outdoors, the dedication was also attended by some 10,000 persons, including religious, military, government and civic leaders. The chapel has separate sections for Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish services, and another room for other religious rites. In connection with the chapel’s inauguration, introductory worship services were held in several sections. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DES-CS-9D-63-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Shaffer, Dean E. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, circa September 22, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Air Force Academy., United States Air Force Academy--Buildings., United States Air Force Academy--Students., United States Air Force Academy. Cadet Chapel.
Topical Subject(s): Chapels--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Church buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Church architecture--20th century., Midcentury modern (Architecture)--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Military cadets--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Church dedication--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Dedication services--Colorado--Colorado Springs.
Geographic subjects: Colorado, Colorado Springs., Colorado, Colorado Springs., 20th century., Colorado, Colorado Springs., Colorado, Colorado Springs., Colorado, Colorado Springs., Colorado, Colorado Springs., Colorado Springs (Colo.), North and Central America--United States--Colorado--El Paso--Colorado Springs
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-29927; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-29927
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358131

Title: First service in Air Force Protestant chapel.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29924 FIRST SERVICE IN AIR FORCE PROTESTANT CHAPEL COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Cadet ushers begin to seat worshippers at the first service held in the gleaming Protestant nave as dedication ceremonies were held for the $3.4 million U.S. Air Force Academy Chapel near Colorado Springs. Seating 900 persons, with space for 100 more in the choir, the Protestant section is located on the upper level of the chapel with its 17 spires forming the nave’s vaulted ceiling. Stained glass between the roof’s panels suffuse the room with multi-colored light. Behind the altar is a curved 14-foot wall covered with pastel shades of glass tessera. The top of the altar table is a 15-foot marble slab. The pulpit is circular, cut from solid blocks of marble. Official dedication of the chapel, which includes a Catholic and a Jewish section on the lower level, was held outdoors and attended by some 10,000 persons, among whom were religious, military, government and civic leaders. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WBF-DEN-9D-63-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United States Air Force Academy. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, circa September 22, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States Air Force Academy., United States Air Force Academy. Cadet Chapel.
Topical Subject(s): Chapels--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Church buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Church architecture--20th century., Midcentury modern (Architecture)--Colorado--Colorado Springs.
Geographic subjects: Colorado, Colorado Springs., Colorado, Colorado Springs., 20th century., Colorado, Colorado Springs., Colorado Springs (Colo.), North and Central America--United States--Colorado--El Paso--Colorado Springs
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29923; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-29924
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358105

Title: Laymen's group dedicates headquarters.
Creator Name(s): Robinson, Jane W. (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, August 3, 1963, August 3, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Navigators (Religious organization), Glen Eyrie (Colo.)
Topical Subject(s): Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Interdenominational cooperation., Rites and ceremonies--Colorado--Colorado Springs.
Geographic subjects: Colorado, Colorado Springs., Colorado, Colorado Springs., Colorado Springs (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), North and Central America--United States--Colorado--El Paso--Colorado Springs
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29737; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-29737
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358087

Title: Gideons hold 64th annual conventions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29678 GIDEONS HOLD 64TH ANNUAL CONVENTIONS DENVER, Colo. -- A display of Bibles arranged in the form of a cross greeted delegates to the 64th annual convention of the Gideons at Denver, Colo. Jacob Stam of Paterson, N.J., international president of the organization, views the display. Addressing the 1,300 members and auxiliary members at the convention, the president declared that the recent Supreme Court ruling against devotions in public schools will not stop the Gideons from continuing distribution of Bibles to school children. Since 1899, the Gideons have distributed 53.9 million Bibles and Testaments around the World. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WF-Dv-7E-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): French, Wesley B. (contributor)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Gideons International., Gideons International--Congresses., Stam, Jacob.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Colorado--Denver., Bible--Publication and distribution--Societies, etc., Bible--Publication and distribution--Congresses., Religion in the public schools--United States., Prayer in the public schools--United States.
Geographic subjects: Colorado, Denver., United States., United States., Denver (Colo.), North and Central America--United States--Colorado--Denver--Denver
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29678; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-29678
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358077

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