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Sep 4, 2026 - Local Brief

Vintage photos of September around Denver

Alayna Alvarez

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A black-and-white photo of school kids dressed in 1960s-era clothing reading books at their desks with their teacher in the foreground. — Fourth-graders attend Denver's McKinley School in September 1961. Photo: Lowell Georgia/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Some things never change: Back-to-school season, soaking up the last of warm days and bumper-to-bumper traffic on the way home from leaf-peeping.

Here's a look at how locals spent Septembers past:

A black and white photo of old-timey cars in traffic on the highway. — Leaf-peepers clog the highway near Idaho Springs after a Sunday in the mountains in September 1960. Photo: The Denver Post via Getty Images

A black-and-white photo of women hanging out at the pool. — Women soak up a warm September day at the Denver Country Club pool in 1959. Photo: The Denver Post via Getty Images

A black-and-white photo of a bunch of people gathered around a woman painting — Denverites watch artists at work outside The Denver Post in September 1953. Photo: The Denver Post via Getty Images

A black-and-white photo of men, some shirtless, walking down the street in a single file. — Regis College freshmen make a four-mile "initiation march" down Federal Boulevard in September 1952. Photo: Floyd H. McCall/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A black-and-white photo of three girls bent over biting into watermelon. — Girls compete in a watermelon-eating contest in September 1961. Photo: The Denver Post via Getty Images

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