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Merton S. (Andy) Anderson, left, vice-president, and Jim P. Mola, president of the Village Inn pancake house restaurants, celebrate the 10th birthday of their franchise operation with a birthday cake made of pancakes. The restaurant behind them at 8855 E. Colfax Ave., was the first in the group which now numbers 37 stores.

Village Inn's Colorado Roots

Levers, switches, and a pulley with a weight and a square can are part of the automatic hanging machine at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Wood molding frames a slotted window in the wall, and doors flank the apparatus.

The Death Penalty in Colorado & The DIY Death Machine

Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library

Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library: Celebrating 15 Years of Public Service

Wow Photo Wednesday - A Forgotten Moment in Denver Baseball History

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company (D&RGW) narrow gauge freight between Poncha Springs & Mears Jct. CO, engines 497, 491 & 494, 50 cars, 15 MPH

An Interview with the Colorado Railroad Museum

Torch of Controversy Lighted

Reluctant Host: Denver and the 1976 Winter Olympic Games

Men pose in graduation gowns and mortarboards with tassels at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Turbo Boost Your Research with WHG's Thesis and Dissertation Collection

Two men about 30 feet apart hold a rope between them, probably near Craig, Colorado; early surveying for homestead boundaries, sage prairie.

When the City of Denver Was Begging People to Move Here

View of homes in the Baker Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features include shingle imbrication, covered porches, bargeboard, arched windows, corbeled brick, and an inset balcony.

Denver Neighborhood Guides

View of wagons, one with a covered wagon frame, pulled by teams of six horses on a dirt road in Arizona. Shows men and supplies in the wagons, rocky buttes, brush and saguaro cacti near the road on the Apache Trail in probably the Superstition Mountains.

Truth or Superstition?

Burnis McCloud Photo: Boy Scouts

African American Colorado History: Memorable People and Events

Japanese men arrive from the Merced Assembly Center, California, by train, carrying suitcases and boarding school buses on their way to Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. A United States soldier in uniform stands next to the passenger train car and looks on as the line of evacuees board the bus.

Remembering Forgotten People Through the Power of Place