Call NumberDPL-DENVER-332CreatorLieberman, NathanielContributorI. M. Pei & PartnersDate1979SummaryConstructed in 1884. The building was originally used for McCrary's wholesale grocery business and continued in that use until 1905, at which time McCrary became the vice-president of Merchants Insurance Company. Originally used for wholesale provisions. Napoleon B. McCrary was the original owner and was a pioneer merchant and church worker. McCrary died at the age of 70. He was Treasurer of the Baptist Church for 25 years. McCrary come to Denver in the early 70's from Fayette, Missouri. He crossed the country to Denver in one of the first trains operated over the Kansas and Pacific Railroad.Physical Description1 color photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)Subject16th Street Mall (Denver, Colo.)--HistoryUrban renewal--Colorado--DenverSixteenth Street (Denver, Colo.)Geographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - DenverType of MaterialPhotographDigital Version Created FromOriginal owned by Denver Public Library. Located in C Photo Collection 455, PhotoBox 1 Envelope 33; Image file envelope labeled: Sector 33, Market/16/17th Streets, negatives 329-337; Negative labeled: 332Original Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 455. Thorney Lieberman photograph collectionNotesHigh-resolution file not available.
Photo during or around 1979. Thorney Lieberman was the principal photographer for the architectural firm of I.M. Pei and Partners (1971-1991). Images taken by him document 16th Street, Denver, Colo. before the creation of the 16th Street Transit Mall, more commonly known as the 16th Street Mall. Views encompass both sides of 16th Street starting at the corner of Colfax and Lincoln Streets, then proceeding north along Lincoln to 16th Street, then northwest along 16th Street across Broadway to Larimer Street.""; Series 33, Image 332Languageeng
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