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Call Number
MCC-4324
Title
Dickinson
Branch
Creator(s)
McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.
Summary
Exterior
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
.
Date
[1914]
Notes
Additional
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
Physical Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 27 cm. (8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Is Part Of
L. C. McClure collection 1890-1935.
Subject
Denver Public Library. Dickinson Branch.
Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
Dickinson, Charles E.--Monuments.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Film
negatives.
;
Photographic
prints.
;
Imaged.
;
Image
Format-Medium
Photograph
Filename
00074324.tif
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