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From back of photograph: Demonstrators march against traffic during trek Saturday to Police Bldg. Lt. Jerry R. Caroccia drives police car.

Behind the Photo: Demonstrators March to the Denver Police Building, July 22, 1967

Poster gathered near Civic Center Park in Denver after a protest that took place in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder. The text reads "I couldn't breathe" and shows a drawing of George Floyd.

Assembling the George Floyd Protest Collection at DPL

View of a trash can in Denver, Colorado; letters read: "Rubbish." Advertisements read: "Balsam for Colds," and "Cordove Cigar Co."

How Early Denver Dealt With Its Garbage

Interior view of Harry M. Rhoads in his dark room; also shows a bellows camera.

Photo Sales Going All-Digital

An exterior view of the Park Hill Branch Library located on Dexter and Montview Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. The Park Hill branch library building was built by architects M.R. & Burnham Hoyt and features spanish tiled roof, stucco exterior walls. Two vases are on either side of the brick steps.

Library Built On Heels Of Flu Pandemic Turns 100 During COVID-19 Pandemic

Dwight, Ed (1st black selected astronaut – sculptor)

Denver’s Historic African-American Community in Photographs

Photograph of Charles Boettcher School student June Goodrich, age 18, working at a mimeograph at the Charles Boettcher School in Denver, Colorado.

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Harrison, Ave. Leadville, Colo.

Newspaper Reports of A Leadville Haunting, 1907

Player Bill Saling fights waves of attackers on the video game Centipede

Video Game Arcades: The 'Hottest Thing Walking' in Early 1980s Denver

Vinegar Pie Recipe

What in the World is Vinegar Pie: Recreating a Historic Recipe

Print Your Own Money: The Story of the First Denver Mint

Group portrait of men, women, and girls in Denver, Colorado, at the ground breaking ceremony for the Denver Public Library, including (l to r): Jean Dudley, F. M. Richie, Mr. Frederick Ross (architect), Mr. C. R. Dudley, Helen F. Ingersoll, B. H. Lichter (contractor)[?], and Marion Dudley (in front).

DPL: A 'Chief Interest in People and Books' for 130 Years