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A Mexican-American man speaks into a microphone in Denver, Colorado, during a protest. Picket sign reads: "Chicano Means Power." An ornate lamp is on a brick building with entablature.

New Additions to the Western History Collection - February 2016

View of Colburn Hotel in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with urns and a covered entry. Cars are parked at the curb.

"The Hotel With A Personality:" Denver's Colburn Hotel

Dr. Clarence Holmes with camera

Historic Photographic Processes in a Nutshell

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The Book Report: January/February New and Coming Soon

Two Denver Broncos professional football players tackle an opponent. Spectators are in the background.

Denver Broncos Super Bowl: The Spirit of '77

Black History Month Events 2016

The Bill Hosokawa Papers

View of a dirt track auto race with car #19, probably at Overland Park in Denver, Colorado. Spectators watch from behind the fence.

Colorado Auto Racing: A Brief History

National Western Horse Show & Rodeo souvenir program, 1933

The 1933 National Western Horse Show & Rodeo

Night view of Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado; shows snow and movie theaters. Electric signs read: "Marquette," "Iris Theater," "Isis," and "The Nanking Chop Suey, Pool."

Denver Movie Theaters: The Glory Years

Photograph of two unidentified students, and three staff members from University Park Elementary School located in Denver, Colorado. In the picture, two boys stand to the side of the blackboard. They have pointers in their hands. Two women and one man stands behind the blackboard. The man appears to be writing something in a notebook.

Life Lessons from the Past

Map is dated August 15, 1938 and illustrates the redlining of neighborhoods in the City and County of Denver where minorities were excluded from receiving home loan funds because they were considered poor economic risks. Redline aspects added to commercially published map by Hotchkiss entitled: Guide map of Denver and suburbs, Colorado.

New in WHG: 1938 Redlining Map of Denver