Call NumberX-20809Alternate TitleDenver Municipal 'City and County' BuildingCreatorLindevall, Oscar E.Date1929 May 4SummaryPanorama looking southeast shows men, equipment, heavy machinery, and stacks of lumber at the construction site of the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado. Also included: Denver Public Library building, dome of the State Capitol building, steeples at First United Presbyterian Church and Grace Community Church, and the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors in Civic Center Park.Physical Description1 photoprint on album page : black and white ; 19 x 45 cm (7 x 18 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCity and County Building (Denver, Colo.)Denver Public LibraryConcrete construction--Formwork--Colorado--DenverCivic Center (Denver, Colo.)Building construction--Colorado--DenverCity halls--Colorado--DenverExcavation--Colorado--DenverLibraries--Colorado--DenverGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710020809Type of MaterialPanoramic photographsPhotographic printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 190. Denver Municipal 'City and County Building' constructionNotesNote accompanying album reads: "Album was given to Mayor Tom Currigan from Mrs. R. F. Horlbeck in 1965 and then was later transferred to the Western History Department of the Denver Public Library. Views include the groundbreaking ceremony with Mayor Ben Stapleton and others (March 26, 1929) and the early stages of construction (primarily foundation excavation and work) of the Denver's City and County Building through July, 1929."; Panorama consists of two images mounted as one on album page. Title supplied. R7100208099. Album cover reads "Denver Municipal Building."
Lindevall, Oscar E., Excavation for the Denver City and County Building (1929 May 4). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 07/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1074446
