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An inmate stands near a table covered with bread loaves at the Municipal Bakery in the County Jail, Denver, Colorado. Other inmates work at sinks and tables forming loaves. Denver City Councilman, John Conolon holds a loaf of bread in his hand, and Warden Frank Kratke stands near a clock.

Baking Behind Bars: The Denver Municipal Bakery

Mount Calvary Cemetery (later Denver Botanic Gardens), the Catholic section of Mount Prospect Cemetery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, is overgrown with weeds; an obelisk-shaped monument has toppled to the ground in the foreground. Names on the headstones: "Monahan" and "Taney."

Cheesman Park's Past Life...as a Cemetery

Welcome to Denver

Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Louis Charles McClure

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