Shows the Columbiad cannon donated to the city of Denver, Colorado, by the Grand Army of the Republic to commemorate the Colorado volunteer armed forces who fought in the Civil War. The cannon was originally on the USS Canandaigua and later the USS Tennessee The cannon was placed in City Park in 1898.
Date
[between 1930 and 1950?]
Notes
Album is indexed.; Album page 2 includes X-20091 to X-20099 on verso page 1 X-20083 to X-20099.; Photo edges are cropped.; Title supplied.; Written above photo is "17".; R710020096
Description
1 photoprint ; 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 5 1/2 in.) mounted on album page 41 x 46 cm. (16 x 18 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Album 111.; C Photo Album 111. Parks and playgrounds.; C Photo Album 111. Parks and playgrounds, City Park.
Subject
Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Colorado & Wyoming--Commemoration.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.; Cannons--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
