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by Randel Metz on August 7, 2014

Interior view of a lunch counter at the Home Public Market, in Denver, Colorado; shows a man, women including Ruth Handler [third from right], a neon sign, tile floor, a United States flag, and signs: "Coca Cola," "Watermelon on Ice," "Beer On Draught," and "Greenwald's Soda Fountain."

A young woman fishes with a bamboo pole, in (probably) Colorado or Utah; she wears hip waders and stands in the river. Her outfit also includes short-legged bib-overalls and a straw hat.

Two African American (Black) men shake hands in front of a Standard gas station at 29th and Colorado Boulevard in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.

Women laugh and splash in a lake.

Two women skiers in Aspen, Colorado stand at the top of the ski hill facing downwards. Both women wear trousers, light jackets and scarves on their head. Trees are on either side of the ski slope, and the town is at the base of the hill.

View of Union Station on 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Wynkoop Street in Denver, Colorado. The stone, classical building has a central clock, arched windows, a flat roof and a covered sidewalk.

Exterior view of Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado; shows overview of hotel, streets, street car tracks, and wagons at the intersection of Broadway and 17th (Seventeenth) Street; backside of Equitable Building distant left and Denver High School, distant right.

View of the Union Pacific "City of Denver" and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad "Denver Zephyr" trains, umbrella sheds and passenger platforms at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The railroad depot is a rusticated stone building. The 20th (Twentieth) Street viaduct is in the distance.

View of range of Rocky Mountains, including 14,260-foot Mount Evans at left background, from City Park in Denver, Colorado; shows octagonal fountain pool, landscaped lawn with pedestrians on pathway, lake with pavilion and bandshell, and the skyline of downtown Denver is visible.

Exterior view of Stanley Hotel under construction, Estes Park, Colorado; hotel built by Freelan Oscar Stanley and completed in 1909; stone masons or workmen building rock wall.

View of Denver, Colorado and snow-capped Front Range mountains. Landmarks include the Pioneer Monument; Arapahoe County Courthouse; YMCA; the Daniels and Fisher tower; and Colfax, Lincoln, and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets. Civic Center landscaping and the roof of the State Capitol are in the foreground.

Distant view of Longs Peak (elevation 14,255 feet) and Mount Meeker (elevation 13,911 feet) from road above Estes Park, Colorado; backside of Stanley Hotel and distant view of Estes Park, center left; Rocky Mountains, Rocky Mountain National Park.

Reproduction of a drawing of a Native American Zuni Pueblo sand painting shows a double row of naked figures with a single feather on their heads and outstretched arms inside a circle decorated with feather like designs.

View northwest from California Street down 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles, horse-drawn wagons, delivery wagons & carriages, street railway car & tracks, Daniels & Fisher tower, streetlights with electric tramway cables, Stark street clock, pedestrians on sidewalk, Gano-Downs (721-739 16th & corner of Stout), A.T. Lewis & Son (800-818 16th & corner of Stout), May Company building.

View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) engine number 100 & passenger train approaching Rollins Pass, Colorado; group of people standing beside standard gauge track & train, snowfields; Moffat Road, Continental Divide; Rocky Mountains, background left .

Aerial view of the skyline of the central business district of Denver, Colorado. Shows First National Bank Building, Continental Oil Company Building, Brown Palace Hotel, Mile High Center, Denver Club Building, Rocky Mountain Telephone Building, Denver Gas and Electric Building, Republic Building, and Scottish Rite Masonic Temple. The foothills of the Front Range are in the distance.

View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles, a horse-drawn carriage, bicyclists, pedestrians, an electric street car "Union Depot - #244," a clock, Daniels & Fisher tower construction, and signs: "The Braman Co.," "A. J. Stark & Co.," and "A. T. Lewis & Son."

View of the Denver Public Library bookmobile in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Denver Public Library - Traveling Branch." A man and woman board the vehicle; the Carnegie Building of the Denver Public Library in Civic Center Park is in the background.

A Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge train pulled by locomotive 480 heads northwest and vents smoke near Villa Grove (Saguache County), Colorado. Clouds and snow top the Sangre De Cristo range.

View of downtown Denver, Colorado; shows the Westin Hotel (with light reflections), the May D & F clock tower, and Larimer Place Condominiums. Office buildings include Denver National Bank (round corners). Pedestrians walk on 17th (Seventeenth) Street; the Central Bank Building is in the distance.

View of the Union Pacific "City of Denver" and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad "Denver Zephyr" trains, umbrella sheds and passenger platforms at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The railroad depot is a rusticated stone building. The 20th (Twentieth) Street viaduct is in the distance.

Nighttime view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles drive under Christmas lights and decorations that span the street. Signs read: "Denver," "Baurs," "Douglas Optical," and "Paramount."

View of the General Motors experimental streamliner the Aerotrain led by a LWT12 locomotive at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The streamlined locomotive has four headlights. A steel viaduct and a flour mill are in the distance.

Interior view of the City Cafe restaurant in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a carved wood bar, a tile floor, potted plants, lamps, coving, United States flags, a glass display case of cigars, and a pressed tin ceiling.

A view of Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. Shows the City and County Building, the Denver Public Library, the Voorhies Memorial and the Greek Amphitheater. The Denver skyline and the foothills are in the background.

View of "The Olinger Mortuary" at 16th (Sixteenth) and Boulder Streets in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with urns, columns, and a balustrade.

View of the partially constructed 23rd (Twenty-third) Street Viaduct over rail yards in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Workmen are on the bridge in the distance.

View of a sign near the unfinished Red Rocks Amphitheater in Red Rocks Park, a Denver Mountain Park, in Jefferson County, Colorado. The sign reads: "This Theater is Under Construction by the Civilian Conservation Corps Under Direction and Supervision of the National Park Service." Shows snow covered rock formations, concrete seats, and stone buildings.

Denver City Tramway Company (Denver and Interurban Mountain Line) electric trolley car .07 at the Golden station depot of the Denver and Northwestern Railway, Jefferson County, Colorado; Castle Rock shows in background.

Nighttime view of the Enterprise Building on the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Champa Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles and pedestrians are near the building. Signs read: "Cut Rate Liquors and Wines," "The Purdy Studio," "Harco," "Geo. W. Fraser Tailor," "Katherine K. Corsets," "California Cotton Mills Co.," "Republic Drug Co.," "Denver Beauty School," "Coopers Flowers," and "Welcome V. F. W."

This item (1 of 179) is from the Gove and Walsh Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1542). This drawing shows an elevation view of an outer wall of Union Station in Denver, Colorado.

Night view of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, at night; shows the Brown Palace Hotel, the Gas and Electric Building, and snow.

View of harp switches at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.

Young men and women sit on the beach at Berkeley Park in Denver, Colorado. The women wear bathing suits, bathing caps, and one woman rests a parasol over her shoulder. The men and boys nearby also wear bathing suits. Swimmers are in Berkeley Lake and on a wooden pier. The Front Range of the Rocky Mountains are is the distance.

View of the Western History department in the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man and woman stand and sit near a desk. Books and newspapers are in the room.

View of a covered wooden shelter in Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado.

View of a smoking locomotive with passenger cars on the standard- gauge Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway; St. Peter's Dome rock formation in background with flag flying.

A team of horses pull a wagon with a large canvas covered object on Blake Street at 15th (Fifteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men walk nearby. Signs on buildings read: "The N. J. O'Fallon Supply Co.," "Goldberg's Harness Shop," "Soft Drinks," and "Cigars." A pick-up truck is beside the wagon.

View down 17th (Seventeenth) street to Union Station prior to construction of the Welcome Arch; shows passengers boarding street railway car in center background, Oxford Hotel at left, Hendrie and Bolthoff Manufacturing and Supply Company at right, horse-drawn carriages on the street, and a young boy with knickers approaching bicycle left foreground; many men sit in front of the Oxford Hotel.

North American Indian (Pawnee) men and women sit and stand on and near earthen lodges at sunset probably in Nebraska. They are wrapped in blankets. Shows fences made of twigs or brush, and a plaza with an American flag that flies near the entrance to a lodge.

Four Denver & Salt Lake Railroad workers stand next to and on a snow-encrusted rotary plow that was involved in a train accident in Tabernash, Colorado in Grand County. Steam rises off of the engine, and snow covers the ground around the tracks.

View of the eastbound California Zephyr, pulled by Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive #601, in the Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah. Shows the train, with domed observation cars, near the Wasatch Mountains. The KF Steel plant is in the distance.

This watercolor and gouache painting shows the old Arcade, buildings at 1609-1615 Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado; business signs read: "Gold Nugget Grill," "St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau;" it features a carved stone pediment. The Arcade, a gambling establishment and saloon, was owned first by Ed Chase and then Vaso Chucovich.

A boy and girl smile, sitting on an automobile bumper; she wears bib overalls.

Men and women ride a roller coaster at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado.

Train #8, Rocky Mountain Rocket; 3 cars, 35 MPH, shows Pikes Peak. Photographed: east of Colorado Springs, Colo., January 10, 1943.

Nighttime view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles drive under Christmas lights and decorations that span the street. Signs read: "Denver," "Baurs," "Douglas Optical," and "Paramount."

Nighttime view of Pell's Oyster House restaurant at 520 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; features leaded glass, gilt letters, garlands, and signs: "Pell's Clams, Pell's Fish House, Pell's Oyster House."

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