Photograph of the ground breaking for the construction of the Denver Coliseum located in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Former Denver Mayor Quigg Newton (1947-1955) stands with the shovel. Numerious unidentified men stand around him and in front of a sign that reads "Denver Builds, Denver Municipal Stadium Project of City and County of Denver..."
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