Downtown Denver, 1900

... Continuing a little side journey down history from my family's past, I decided to look for photos of downtown Denver in the early 1900s, about the time my paternal grandparents would have met, courted, and married. These are links to the Denver Public Library's digital image collection, as there are various hoops to jump through (and serious money must exchange hands) in order for me to display the images themselves.

• http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?20001047+CHS-L1047 Check out this charmer: Nighttime view of a statue of an elk, displayed as part of the Elks Club convention, on possibly 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, possibly taken between 1900 and 1915.
• http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?20004418+CHS.X4418 Rooftop view of brick and stone buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows the central stone tower of Union Station and commercial buildings between 14th (Fourteenth) and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets on Lawrence and Larimer Streets. I like the "Watch for the Lucky Key" sign. Very mysterious. April 1909.
• http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10023791+X-23791 It's a parade! With bicycles! In a very rutted road! 1900-1910.
• http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?20001875+CHS-L1875 Newspaper boys with their papers, on a winter's day. Extra, extra, read all about it!
• http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10023771+X-23771 Wow... I love this one. Women in a marching band, playing trombones and... are those tubas? Great hats. On 17th Street turning on California. Between 1900 and 1910.