Call NumberRh-105CreatorRhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975Date1933 August 4SummaryAutomobiles and a pedestrian make their way through water by Union Station at 17th (Seventeenth) and Wynkoop Streets during the Cherry Creek flood which resulted from the Castlewood Dam break of 1933, Denver, Colorado. A spare tire cover on the back of one automobile reads: "Quaker State Motor Oil And Greases Best For All Cars Sommers Oil Co".Physical Description1 photonegative : glass ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectUnion Station (Denver, Colo.)Automobiles--Colorado--DenverFloods--Colorado--DenverRailroad Stations--Colorado--DenverStreets--Colorado--DenverGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700185105Type of MaterialGlass negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionHarry M. Rhoads photograph collectionNotesCondition: emulsion chipping on edge of glass negative. Formerly Engle #40164. Inked on glass plate: "R40164."; Title and "Castlewood Dam broke" hand-written on back of print. R7001851056DonorMorey Engle
Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 1881-1975, Flood at Union Station (1933 August 4). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 08/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1032620
