North Side High 1930's-1940's

Into the new age..

The 1930's didn't start off the way North High School had intended, one year earlier in 1929 the United States had fell into the Great Depression which I taken a giant impact on the city of Denver. But the students of Denver North High School made the best of it like any Viking would. Throughout the entire era North was growing so much that by 1940 North had graduating classes in the 600's.

Vikings and Chevy's

Today there sits a Subway Restaurant but back then on the Corner of Speer and Federal sat Murphy Mahoney Chevrolet.

Leaving History Behind

the trophy case in this photo is still inside North High School. The cases were donated by the Class of 1927 and still sit in the halls of North High School today.

Trees along Speer Blvd

Until the 60's trees aligned Speer in front of the beautiful North High School.

Music History Note...

Here's a fun photo, it's the Denver North High School choir class in 1940. Located on the third floor right next to the astronomy room we have today.

North High during World War 2

During World War 2, the students of Denver North High School were notified of what's going on and given a daily update on the War. In the hallway of North they had a wartime board where updates would be posted during wartime. today that board still sits proudly in the front entrance of North High School to honor all that were lost in the World War.

Aerial in Mid-30's of the beautiful Denver North High School.

Around North High...

This photo shows Denver North High School in the early days, it's a beautiful landscape around North. During the 1920s Denver's Mayor had issued the make “Denver Beautiful Act” with this movement they had put trees around North High School and up and down Speer Boulevard. Also another fun fact about this photo is until the late 70s there were houses around Denver North High School. In 1976 the torn the houses down to make room for the North High School field.


Football Glory in the 1940's

In 1944 Denver North High School won the Denver Prep League Championship, this was a notable season because it was the first championship since 1938 and it was one of the first victorious season for the Vikings. The most notable game was homecoming versus West High School, North won 59-0.

Wally Ginn Alumni President (1996-2016)

Denver North High Schools Former Alumni President Wally Ginn was a graduate from the Class of 1944

(Photo in front of Ginn Family Library named in his Family's Honor, 2011)