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Denver News

Goblins given a warm reception by Mrs. Robert Fiori. October 31, 1966. Photo by Mel Schieltz. Rocky Mountain News Photograph Collection

Photos of Halloween in Denver, 1960-1988

Mount Calvary Cemetery (later Denver Botanic Gardens), the Catholic section of Mount Prospect Cemetery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, is overgrown with weeds; an obelisk-shaped monument has toppled to the ground in the foreground. Names on the headstones: "Monahan" and "Taney."

Cheesman Park's Past Life...as a Cemetery

Rocky Mountain News Final Day Collection

The Beginning and the End of the Rocky Mountain News

Interior view of a dance hall at Manhattan Beach amusement park in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women dancing.

How Dancing 'til You Drop in Denver led to the Invention of Roller Derby

View east of the Adolph Coors Company Brewery, between Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, shows lake in front of the multi-story buildings, tall "Coors" smokestack and wooden fence.

From Brewery to Pottery: The Coors Porcelain Company

1960s Bottle Labels from Denver's Tivoli Brewing Company

Men march and ride bicycles in a parade in downtown Denver, Colorado. Women ride in a horse-drawn wagon as part of the procession. Signs on buildings read: "Koehler's," "Crooke & Fuller Mine & Mill Supplies," and "Sam Wittow."

Colorado: The Second State to Adopt Labor Day

A crowd of people surrounding people barbecuing at the Denver Union Stockyard

A "Maelstrom of Humanity": Denver's Barbecue Riot, 1898

View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water in standing waves. People look on from the side; boys wear plastic visors.

August 3, 1933: Castlewood Dam Breaks, Floods Denver

View of the White City amusement park (later named Lakeside) west of Denver, Colorado; shows small pavilions with banners, bandstand, and casino.

The History of Lakeside Amusement Park in Photos

How Kids Saw Denver in 1979

Remembering Hal Gould, Famed Owner of Camera Obscura Gallery