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Community Tuesday: Scanning Event Saturday

35mm slides

Do you have 35mm slides around that you'd like to have scanned? We'll be at the Cherry Creek Branch on Saturday from 1-3pm with our mobile digitization lab to help. We can scan up to 4 slides for each visitor (or as much as time allows). We hope to see you there!

Community Tuesday: Graffiti Paradise

Images of graffiti in the 80s at an abandoned sewage plant

There're some good new goodies to look at on the Creating Communities site. This one is full of graffiti photos from the 80s at an abandoned sewage plant. The guy who made the community and took the graffiti pictures even linked it to photos from our Digital Collections of the plant in its prime.

Community Tuesday: Denver County Fair Saloon Photos

Posing at the Denver County Fair

Happy Community Tuesday, y'all. We got the last of the Denver County Fair photos added to Creating Your Community. Have a look! 

Community Tuesday: So much music in the air!

Esme Patterson and Joe Sampson watch a Denver musician on The Rover rooftop

 Happy Community Tuesday, folks! South Broadway was recently flooded with musicians and spectators for the 12th annual Underground Music Showcase. If you were lucky enough to attend and snapped any pictures along the way, the Denver Musicians & Bands community on CYC is the perfect place to share them!

Community Tuesday: Remember this ride at Lakeside?

Lakeside Amusement Park Children's Ride

Do you know the name of this ride at Lakeside Amusement Park? This new community on the Creating Your Community website celebrates amusement parks in Colorado. Have any photos or stories to tell about your visits to Elitches or Lakeside? Also remember that this Sunday is a Scanning day here at the Central Library 5th floor from 1-4pm!

Community Tuesday: Scanning Manual

1961 Manual High Prom

In preparation for a CYC appearance at Manual's reunion this weekend, we've been digging through boxes of negatives from the early 60's for school photos to share. Today we digitized photos of Manual’s 1961 and 1963 proms. So many good ones! Keep an eye out for the new scans in the Manual Community on CYC.

Community Thursday: Pridefest!

Pridefest 2012

Did you go to Pridefest last weekend? The Creating Your Community staff was there to capture the event and now we need your photos!

Ok so I will admit to slacking and missing the regular scheduled Community Tuesday. I must have been worn out from all the awesome events here at the Library and Civic Center last weekend.

Community Tuesday: Scanning Open House on Sunday

WHG Scanning Open House on Sunday

Do you have old letters, photographs or ephemera you would like to have scanned? Creating Your Community is hosting a monthly scanning open house in the Western History/Genealogy Department.

We invite you to come and let us digitize your historical treasures* and learn about Creating Your Community, Colorado’s Social Archive.

3rd SUNDAY EACH MONTH | 1-4pm

Community Tuesday: Free Scanning Day at Lakewood Heritage Center on Saturday

Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner

Join the Creating Your Community Team at Lakewood Heritage Center Event “Rockin’ Block Party”

Saturday, June 9th, 10-4pm

801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood CO 80226Contact: 303-987-7850

A Day of Retro Fun for the Whole Family! This year’s event has a 1950s theme and will feature the Chuck Hughes Band and a classic musical set in the 50s.

Community Tuesdays: Have somethin to say? We have FORUMS now!

Denver Health Heart

Creating Your Community, Colorado's Social Archive, now has forums! Start a conversation with us! We want to hear about your garden (in the Denver Gardens & Urban Farms community,) or why not tell us what you really think about graffitti (in the Denver Street Art community)?