Western History

Interior view at Dahlia Branch of the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado; a Black (African American) man sits at the counter. Paintings top bookshelves.

New Black History Titles in the Blair-Caldwell and Western History Collections at DPL

Connecting with DPL Customers via Social Media

How Do Librarians Work from Home?: Writing Solo

How do librarians work from home? (Part 1: Desert Island Books)

DPL, James Cook and the ESTC

Large group of protesters by the Wellington Webb Building. Sign in the foreground "Be the Change"

Women’s March on Denver January 19, 2019

View of the Denver Public Library at 1357 Broadway Street (at 13th Avenue) in the Civic Center Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Construction workers on scaffolds work on the stone cladding of the Michael Graves addition; pedestrian shelter reads: "Hyman Etkin Construction."

What's New in the Western History Collection: 2018 Edition

Nighttime rooftop view of the American Furniture Company store at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The four-story building has an electric sign in the shape of a U. S. flag. Automobiles and pedestrians are nearby.

Is Denver the Birthplace of the 5-Day Workweek? : Wow Photo Wednesday

CU Football Great (and Supreme Court Justice) Byron 'Whizzer' White - Wow Photo Wednesday

Exhibit held at Denver Public Library from May 18 - August 31, 2014

Colorado Artists in the Western History Collection

A Goodwill delivery man holds kittens and a bag in Denver, Colorado; his bag lists items acceptable for donation. Letters on his truck read: "Rehabilitation and Employment of Handicapped Persons."

Celebrity Cats of Colorado History

An operator works at a switchboard at the Mountain States telephone exchange building in Limon (Lincoln County), Colorado. Shows telephone equipment and telephone booths on the far end of the room. The woman wears a headset and polka-dot dress.

Colorado Phone Book and Directory Index

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