Special Collections and Archives at Denver Public Library

06/05/2026

Advertisements and a photo of the exterior of The 1942, a Denver Gay 🌈 bar located on 1942 Broadway, circa 1970s-1980s. Self-described as a "cruise and Levi disco bar" 🪩 🕺🏽🕺🏽

You can view the originals in-person on the 5th floor of Central Library



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06/04/2026

The Colorado Black Library Association (CBLA) will award one LIS student a $500 scholarship to support them as they pursue a degree in Library and Information Science. Persons wishing to apply must: -be an African American residing in Colorado or Wyoming -be enrolled in an ALA-accepted degree progra...

06/03/2026

"The Moon's Shadow on the Earth, as Seen from the Moon", from The Study of the Sky (1896) by Herbert Alonzo Howe. Howe used a $50,000 gift to the University of Denver from Humphrey Chamberlin to fund construction of the Chamberlin Observatory in 1889. In 1892, Howe was named director of the observatory.

06/01/2026

Through the Scenic Wonderland of Denver's Mountain Parks, a tourist adventure map of the Arapaho, Pike, and Roosevelt National Forests in what is now called the Mount Blue Sky region in Colorado from 1942.

05/30/2026

05/25/2026

A hand-drawn aerial map in stylized pen-and-ink depicts the Italian Campaign, as traveled by the U.S. 87th Infantry Regiment, created by George F. Earle in 1945.

05/23/2026