Denver Public Library history

An exterior view of the Park Hill Branch Library located on Dexter and Montview Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. The Park Hill branch library building was built by architects M.R. & Burnham Hoyt and features spanish tiled roof, stucco exterior walls. Two vases are on either side of the brick steps.

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North facade of the Denver Public Library, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The Greek revival style Carnegie building features gray Turkey Creek Sandstone construction, fourteen fluted columns with Corinthian capitals, hipped roof and skylight. Inscription along freize reads: "Erected in the year of our Lord nineteen and nine and dedicated to the advancement of learning." Automobiles park along Colorado U. S. 40 or Colfax Avenue.

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View of the Western History department in the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man and woman stand and sit near a desk. Books and newspapers are in the room.

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A man reads at a table in the Western History department of the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Maps and large, bound books are on the table. Bookcases, filing cabinets, and model of a Colorado Midland locomotive and coal car are in the room.

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