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Elyria-Swansea

by Alejandro Hernández on September 5, 2023

Photograph of a Elyria's baseball team. The team sits in three rows, two on the ground, five on a bench, and four standing behind. All wear their uniforms. The upper portion of the photograph has damage and some of the faces can not been seen

Interior view of the Elyria branch of the Denver Public Library in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; decor includes open-beamed ceilings, a fireplace, book shelves, hanging lamps, French and lunette windows.

View of the Blayney-Murphy slaughterhouse at 45th (forty fifth) and Gilpin Streets in the Elyria Nieghborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows a concrete building with truck bays, a tower, and smokestacks.

View of the Elyria branch of the Denver Public Library located on 47th Avenue and High Street in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The spanish style building was designed by architect H. J. Manning; it features a tile roof, arched windows, iron lamps, and a projecting doorway. The Elyria branch was closed in 1952.

Exterior photograph of Swansea school during recess in Denver, Colorado. Several students play in the yard outside of the school.

Photograph of the exterior of the new Swansea Elementary School located in Denver, Colorado.

Photograph of the Denver Tramway street car for the Denver and Swansea line. The words "Gov. (Governor) Gilpin" are written on the sides. It was created as a test engine for a special day trip created by the Denver and South Park Railroads to Morrison, Colorado. The trip was by invitation only and included several former Denver City Mayors, Govenors and well known Coloradians.

Children stand behind a wire fence and watch a boy in a bathing suit prepare to dive into the Children's Pool at Elyria Playgrounds (Elyria Park) at 48th and High Streets in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a stucco building with tile roof and brick quoins. An adult in a swimsuit watches the diver; other swimmers stand in the water and sit at the pool's edge.

Children pose next to the merry-go-round and flagpole at the Elyria Community Center in Elyria Park, 4809 High Street in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two story brick building with a dormer and a stone column pergola.

Denver police officers mounted on horses patrol a warehouse district in the Swansea Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows industrial brick buildings with boarded windows and wooden outbuildings. A sign near a chain link fence reads: "Peck's Products Company."

Men pose by pick-up trucks near the Blayney Murphy Company at 48th (Forty-eighth) Avenue and Gilpin Street (Brighton Boulevard) in the Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The slaughterhouse has a tower topped with a flagpole. Lettering on the side of one of the trucks reads: "Mayflower Ham Blayney Murphy Company Service Car."

View of the bathhouse in Elyria Park at 48th (Forty-eighth) Avenue and High Street in Denver, Colorado. The building has a tile roof and decorative brick accents.

View of Elyria Public School at Nelson Street and Fisk Avenue, Denver, Colorado.

View of Elyria School at 4725 High Street in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; the brick building has arched windows and a tile roof. A United States flag waves on a pole.

Photograph of the cast of Ma Sweet, performed by the Elyria Thespian Guild, located in Denver, Colorado. Pictured are: Anna Fine, Stella West, Mrs Bessie Owens, Sally Mahoney, Edith Carter, Lillian Silk, Emma McCoy, Lillian Victor.

View of a house near Elyria Park in Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick house has a covered porch.

View of a drained swimming pool in Elyria Park at 48th (Forty-eighth) Avenue and High Street in Denver, Colorado.

A staged collision of Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Company engines number 154 and 153 on September 30, 1896 in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Clouds of smoke fill the sky and spectators run or stand nearby.

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