16th Street - Denver
As many shoppers head to the Internet this Cyber Monday, we recall a time when holiday shopping was done downtown, at Denver's Daniels and Fisher Department Store.
The Denver Public Library's Western History and Genealogy Department (WHG) has packaged up the history of this bygone retailer with the following features:
- Check out historic photos of Daniels and Fisher's stores, merchandise displays, and employees
- Learn more about the iconic D&F clock tower
- Read reminiscences of what is was like to shop at the 23-floor Daniels and Fisher store in 1917
Speaking of holiday shopping, did you know that THOUSANDS of historic images in our Digital Collections can be printed to make a memorable holiday gift? See our Image Pricing and Sizes webpage for more details.
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![View of the corner, four-story Daniels & Fisher building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in the Central Business District in Denver, Colorado. Windows have hood molding and awnings and the flat roof line has decorative brackets and finials. Shows horse drawn carriages in the street, street car tracks on 16th Street and probably telephone poles. A sign reads: "W.F. Perkins, Cigars [and] Tobacco."](https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/cdm_84057.jpg)
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My grandmother worked at
My grandmother worked at Daniel's and Fisher Dept Store in the late 1940's or early 1950's I believe. She worked in the hankie dept. Many prominent ladies bought hankies there. She told me she sold one for $100.00 once. All the cases in the store were made with heavy glass and mahogany. Beautiful. Oh how I loved going into that store to see my grandmother!
I believe the name of the…
I believe the name of the longtime doorman at D & F's was Carl. Is that correct.
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