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Post Office Building - corner of 15th & Lawrence Str.

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Call NumberX-23649CreatorChamberlain, W. G. (William Gunnison), 1815-1910SummaryView of the intersection of 15th (Fifteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Post Office is in the Hughes Block, a brick building with windows set in an arched facade, an outside staircase, and a covered porch with signs that read: "Denver Book Store" and "Plumbing gas & Steam Fittings." Shows construction, a boot-sign, buggies, men on foot and on horseback, and a sign on a building in the distance that reads: "Jensen Bliss & Co. Hardware."Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint ; 14 x 21 cm (5 1/2 x 8 in.) on matboard 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectUnited States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--19th centuryBusiness districts--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryCarriages and carts--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryCommercial streets--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryConstruction--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryPost offices--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710023649Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 254. W.G. Chamberlain photograph collectionNotesFormerly F8974. Label on back of matboard has a brief history of Denver. Title inked on back of matboard with: "Street in foreground is Lawrence. Graham drugstore is on Larimer and 15th. Jensen, Bliss & Co. (Hardware) - 240 15th. Denver Book Store - 328 15th. Plumbers (Fryer & Johnson) 301 15th. Post Office bldg still standing. 2/26/39."; R7100236490

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Post Office Building - corner of 15th & Lawrence Str.