Western History & Genealogy Blog
Hidden Gems
Details, Details, Fascinating Details
Submitted by R Metz on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 10:56amA person can spend hours browsing the seemingly endless supply of great photographs in our database.
Community Tuesday - Living Local at Four Mile Historic Park
Submitted by smcdonald on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 2:49pmTwo weeks ago we were at the Living Local event at the Four Mile Historic Park. This annual event celebrates personal reliance and sustainability in the urban setting. It has many inter
Antonin Artaud – Avant-Garde French Artist or Western Adventurer
Submitted by Noel on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 10:40amDigital Archiving in the 21st Century! (or at least in the early part of it...)
Submitted by bdmiller on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 11:15amWhen our program began not-so-long-ago in 1996-- I doubt very much that those involved could have conceived of the changes-- and new sets of challenges-- that technology would deliver in ten years'
Wo/Men at Work: Exploring Hard Work's Reward
Submitted by Noel on Sat, 01/26/2013 - 12:53pmThis artfully designed, hand-bound book tells two stories of work during an era when what a person did or made was still considered more important than what he or she bought.
Remember when...
Submitted by smcdonald on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 3:30pmDalton Trumbo - Born and Raised in Colorado
Submitted by Noel on Sat, 10/13/2012 - 10:56amDalton Trumbo was an Oscar-winning screenwriter who wrote screenplays such as Papillon
Double Takes - Made Me Look - Again!
Submitted by R Metz on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 1:39pmSometimes the only thing to say is "Wow." Lloyd Rule's promotional photos for Green Mountain Townhouses in Lakewood, Colorado, capture the mid-60s style in all it's glory.
Denver Crowns a King!
Submitted by jjeffrey on Thu, 08/16/2012 - 11:24am...when you browse through the "Creating Your Community" digital collections. The third grade class of University Park Elementary School was photographed during a pagent.




























