The Special Collections and Archives Department in the Central Library will close early at 5 p.m. on Monday, May 5 for the Eleanor Gehres Award ceremony. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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A view of the earliest Rocky Mountain News building in Denver, Colorado. The building was built on stilts in the bed of Cherry Creek, but the building, equipment, and many early issues of the News were lost in the flood of 1864. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer between 1859 and 1864.

Why Does Denver Elect its Mayors in April?

Denverites dig out from the Blizzard of 1913

How Denver Cleaned Up After the Blizzard of 1913

Andrew Green, James Whitnah, and Denver's Last Public Execution

Ford-Warren Branch Library taped shut book drop during Denver's COVID-19 stay-at-home order. There is a sign on the book drop, that reads: "OUT OF ORDER". There is also a sticker that reads: "Book drops are CLOSED until further notice. While we are closed due dates will be extended. For updates visit, denverlibrary.org."

How DPL is Collecting Colorado's COVID-19 Closure Stories

View of flooded Cherry Creek and inundated buildings in Denver, Colorado, Shows brick and frame houses and commercial buildings. Signs read "American House," "Commonwealth," and "J.G. Vawter & Co." The South Platte River and the Front Range are in the distance.

May 1864 Brought Denver's First Big Flood—and Swept Away Much More

View of Broadway at Ellsworth Street, looking north in Denver, Colorado. Multi-story commercial buildings, street lamps and street railway tracks line the street. Notable buildings include the Broadway Bank building and the Queen Theater. A person rides a bike and people stand near storefront windows and under awnings. Automobiles are parked nearby. Signs on buildings read: "Restaurant," "William Small, Groceries & Meats," "Coal," "Sorensen Fuel and Feed" and "Queen."

Understanding Denver Streets' decimal system; Or why the intersection of Broadway and Ellsworth is so important

The Buried History of Snow Removal in Denver

Interior view of a bowling alley in Denver, Colorado; shows lanes, scorekeepers lettered: "Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.," and rows of seated men wearing Denver Tramway Company conductor's hats.

Workplace Perks Circa 1912 - Wow Photo Wednesday

The station master at Union Station in Denver, Colorado stretches his mouth open in a "roar" to mock a fur covered statue of a roaring lion.

I am Station Master, Hear Me Roar! - Wow Photo Wednesday

Three men stand outside of the Denver City Jail during the Brown Palace murder trial in Denver, Colorado. They wear suits, vests and hats. One man holds a cigar. The man in the center, with a rolled piece of paper in his hand, is the defendant, Frank Henwood.

Denver Murderer Strikes Dapper Pose - Wow Photo Wednesday

Urban Indians

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