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Photo News

Barrel Man Forever - Wow Photo Wednesday

Men and women sing, play a portable piano and cello at the Garden of Angels (Red Rocks Amphitheater) near Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado.

Red Rocks Summer of Stars (1906) - Wow Photo Wednesday

Children pose with burros on Manitou Avenue in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Business signs read: "Meat Market" and "Produce & Commission."

Uh, What Kind of Children's Party? - Wow Photo Wednesday

Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of a husband and wife probably on their wedding day. She holds a bouquet and wears a dress with a bustle.

The History of Wedding Photography

Urban Indians

Exterior view of the Fun House at Lakeside Amusement Park, Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building has French colonial features including paired exterior staircases, a pavilion roof and thin wooden colonettes. Art Deco designs decorate the columns and the sign reading "Fun House." A face mask and smiling clock are located on the gable. A clown head is attached to the porch, and a monkey figure sits on top of the ticket booth.

Lakeside Amusement Park's Unforgettable Funhouse - Wow Photo Wednesday

Exterior of the Neusteter Co. store

The Origins of Neusteter's Department Store

Four buffalo in Genesee Park, Denver Mountain Park, Colorado; open glade area with scattered pines and aspens stands; fence and Rocky Mountains in background.

Wow Photo Wednesday - The North American Bison, Our National Mammal

View of April 29th, 1896, fire and clouds of smoke from junction of Myers Avenue and "A" Street after explosion at El Paso Livery stable, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes horse-drawn wagons with household goods or personal belongings parked in front of small wooden frame residences (probably cribs of infamous red-light district of Myers Avenue); men and women are in front of residences and on the dirt street.

April 29, 1896: A Fire Nearly Levels Cripple Creek

Interior view of a book store in Denver, Colorado; shows books, magazines, and men identified as Detective John Wells (topcoat and fedora hat) and Sam Handler.

This Denver Bookstore was Hiding a Big Secret

An operator works at a switchboard at the Mountain States telephone exchange building in Limon (Lincoln County), Colorado. Shows telephone equipment and telephone booths on the far end of the room. The woman wears a headset and polka-dot dress.

Colorado Phone Book and Directory Index

Remembering Denver's Fashion Bar