Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Landmark Designation Application for Clarence Holmes' residence.
- Denver Civic Center
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- Denver Civic Center
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- Denver Civic Center
- Isadore Samuels
- Reproduction of a artistic sketch of Isadore Samuels. Samuels was a civic leader in Denver, Colorado, including serving on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education. After his death in 1968 Samuels Elementary School in Denver, Colorado was...
- Samuels, Isadore.--d. 1968.; Samuels School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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- Broadway School
- Exterior photograph of the original Broadway Elementary school, Denver, Colorado.
- Broadway School (Denver, Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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- Jack Bradley
- Jack Bradley Musician Native Denverite; charter member of Denver Civic Symphony, 1935; first black member of Denver Symphony 1940-1941 and 1946-1949; first black person serving as a regular member of any United States symphony orchestra; presently...
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- Mrs. Lula Craig
- Mrs. Lula Craig 1867-1971 Teacher Came to Colorado from Kansas in a covered wagon; early teacher in southern Colorado; writer of western history; homesteader and civic leader. Died at age 105.
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- Byron Caldwell
- Byron Caldwell Civic Worker Native Denverite; supervisor of Job Corps, Pleasanton, California, 1965; director of Peace Corps, Nigeria, Africa, 1966-1972; director of the International Division of One World, 1972; presently national director of the...
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- Juanita Ross Gray
- Juanita Ross Gray 1916-1987 Civic Leader Former Denver Public Library employee from 1971-1977. she established a comprehensive outreach program promoting the library. Her community and civic involvement in Denver spans nearly forty years from...
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- Irene McWilliams
- Irene McWilliams Musician, Teacher and Churchwoman W.P.A. music teacher, 1933-1939; director of Denver U.S.O., WWII: taught at Littlejohn School of Music (a federal project to rehabilitate wounded soldiers through music); conducted choirs for...
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- Lt. Col. John W. Mosley, Jr.
- Lt. Col. John W. Mosley, Jr. Administrator Native Denverite; World War II flyer; air scientist; one of the draftsmen of the integration orders of the Air Force for President Harry S. Truman; special assistant to James Farmer, assistant Secretary of...
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- Joseph H. P. Westbrooke, M.D.
- Joseph H. P. Westbrooke, M.D. Physician Came to Denver in 1907 to practice medicine; infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan as a member in order to apprise blacks of the Klan's plans; active civic leader; responsible for naming Dearfield, Colorado.
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- Capitol Hill: Denver's great urban neighborhood
- Summary History of Denver School Desegregation from a Park Hill Perspective
- Bonfils Memorial Theater (Tattered Cover)
- Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Tattered Cover (Denver, Colo.) Bookstores.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
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- Bonfils Memorial Theater (Tattered Cover)
- Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
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- Bonfils Memorial Theater (Tattered Cover)
- Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
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- Bonfils Memorial Theater (Tattered Cover)
- Exterior photograph of the Bonfils Memorial Theater, current the Tattered Cover Bookstore, located in Denver, Colorado. Marguee on building reads "Lowenstein Theatre". The primary mover in the development, funding, and creative direction of the...
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
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- University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building
- Exterior photograph of the University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building located in the Civic Center area of Denver, Colorado. The 1949 classroom building is an important post World War II example of the...
- Denver (Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo.); Universities & colleges.; Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (Denver, Colo.); Government facilities.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building
- Exterior photograph of the University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building located in the Civic Center area of Denver, Colorado. The 1949 classroom building is an important post World War II example of the...
- Denver (Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo.); Universities & colleges.; Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (Denver, Colo.); Government facilities.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building
- Exterior photograph of the University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building located in the Civic Center area of Denver, Colorado. The 1949 classroom building is an important post World War II example of the...
- Denver (Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo.); Universities & colleges.; Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (Denver, Colo.); Government facilities.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building
- Exterior photograph of the University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building located in the Civic Center area of Denver, Colorado. The 1949 classroom building is an important post World War II example of the...
- Denver (Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo.); Universities & colleges.; Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (Denver, Colo.); Government facilities.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building
- Exterior photograph of the University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building located in the Civic Center area of Denver, Colorado. The 1949 classroom building is an important post World War II example of the...
- Denver (Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo.); Universities & colleges.; Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (Denver, Colo.); Government facilities.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building
- Exterior photograph of the University of Denver Civic Center Classroom Building/Wellington E Webb Municipal Building located in the Civic Center area of Denver, Colorado. The 1949 classroom building is an important post World War II example of the...
- Denver (Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo.); Universities & colleges.; Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (Denver, Colo.); Government facilities.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Denver Mint
- Exterior photograph of the United States Mint, located in Denver, Colorado. The Denver Mint was officially established in 1895, and the original two-story Second Renaissance Revival style granite building was completed in 1904. Construction began...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Mints--Colorado--Denver.; Mint of the United States--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
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- Denver Mint
- Interior photograph a archway in the United States Mint, located in Denver, Colorado. Some of the decorations on the arch include an egg and dart sculptures, an eagle surrounded by vines, and laurel leafs. The Denver Mint was officially...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.); Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Mints--Colorado--Denver.; Mint of the United States--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
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- Denver- early construction on Civic Center. Olmstead plan
- Panoramic view of Denver, Colorado; shows the Carnegie Library, new parterre landscaping for Civic Center, businesses, farms, and plains leading to the Front Range.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- Spring, 1913
- Denver, Colorado - northeast corner, Acoma Street at west 14th Avenue. Preparing Library Place Apartment building for move to make way for construction of Civic Center
- View of a building moving operation in Denver, Colorado; shows brick apartments on wood blocks, and men working.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- Spring, 1912
- Mining Institute drilling contest, Civic Center
- Men crowd Civic Center amphitheater in Denver, Colorado, at a Mining Institute contest. Miners on wooden platforms swing hammers; loudspeakers are in the foreground.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Contests--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- September, 29, 1936
- Mining Institute drilling contest, Civic Center
- People crowd Civic Center amphitheater in Denver, Colorado, at a Mining Institute contest. Miners on wooden platforms swing hammers; loudspeakers top a van with letters: "R. C. Mulnix Sound Systems Sales Rental Service Remler." Windows enclose the...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Contests--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- September, 29, 1936
- Mining Institute drilling contest, Civic Center
- Fred C. Dopp, a hard-rock miner, drives a spike into a block of stone at a Mining Institute contest at the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors in Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. Men in fedoras and topcoats are on the steps.
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Contests--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- September, 29, 1936
- Mining Institute drilling contest, Civic Center
- Men crowd Civic Center amphitheater in Denver, Colorado, at a Mining Institute contest. Miners on a wooden platform swing hammers; loudspeakers top a van with letters: "R. C. Mulnix Sound Systems." Spectators watch from the colonnade.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Contests--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- September, 29, 1936
- The Voorhees memorial [art original].
- Memorials--Colorado--Denver.; Monuments in art.; Monuments--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Oil paintings.; Architectural drawings.; Renderings (Drawings)
- September 29, 1919.