Firemen and spectators stand on Arapahoe Street after a fire at the Post Office building in Denver, Colorado. Fire trucks and hoses are also in the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Established 1889 Hoeckels Office Supplies Lithographing Printing Desks Filling Equipment Steel Wood Safes [...]" and "The Geo. Mayer Hardware Co."
Description
1 photonegative : nitrate ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 12 x 9 cm. (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Subject
Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710022478
Notes
Formerly RMN2257.; Title and "toward 16th (Old Post Office)" handwritten on back of print.; R7100224786
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