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Painting of the corner of Blake and 15th (Fifteenth) streets, in Denver, Colorado. Shows covered wagons, people, and false front businesses. Signs read: "Meat Market, Shaw-Bailey & Co.," "Keith & Bond, Auction, Commission & Storage," "Daniels & Brown," "Platte House," "Ford's Barbershop," "Heatley Chase," "[?] Beer," and "Empire Bakery."

It had to happen sometime: Denver's first major crime

View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses identified as: "Warren Hussey & Co. Bank - nw corner of Holladay & F (15th st.); First Nat. Bank nw cor F & Blake." Sign reads: "People's Market."

Market Street's troubles are nothing new

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