Call NumberMCC-4324CreatorMcClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957Date1914SummaryExterior of Dickinson Branch, named for Charles E. Dickinson, a banker, (West Denver Branch) of Denver Public Library, southwest corner of Hooker and West Conejos Place, Denver, Colorado; 1914 Italian cottage design features a tile roof, decorative arches, pilasters, and busts, by Dudley S. Carpenter, of American authors.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint : black and white ; 21 x 27 cm (8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDenver Public Library. Dickinson BranchDenver (Colo.)Libraries--Colorado--DenverDickinson, Charles E.--Monuments.Geographic AreaDenver (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR700074324Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionWH2300. Louis Charles McClure papersNotesAdditional information typed on label: "Erected 1913, Cost complete and furnished about $18,000.00, Exterior walls of cement (ivory and sage green) over brick. Tile roof. Allen True wall paintings. The circular portrait insets in the exterior walls were painted by Dudley Carpenter, Denver artist, later of California. The architect Maurice Biscoe, wished color spots and the portraits selected by the librarian for this purpose had no other intention. Just before the portraits were to be inserted, the librarian was waited on by a committee from Denver Women's clubs who had discovered that the American authors selected were all men. It was too late to make new insets so at the librarian's suggestion Dudley Carpenter painted hair and a lacey collar to Thoreau and converted him into Louisa M. Alcott, while a similar operation converted Walt Whitman into Harriet Beecher Stowe and every on was pleased."; Title typed on label on back of photoprint mat board; signature hand-lettered on original with "32" in front. R7000743242
McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957, Dickinson Branch (1914). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 18/05/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1038988
