View of the former Douglas Hotel at 4050 Walnut Street in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an abandoned building with broken windows and deteriorated paper advertisements for Barnes Circus and Jap Rose Soap. Sign painted on the side of the building reads: "Agents For This Property. Conway Bogue. Realty Inv. Co. Real Estate In All Branches. 524 17th St."
Date
1927 Oct. 27
Notes
Condition: retouched.; Newspaper caption glued to back of photoprint reads: "Mystery. This is the old hotel at East Fortieth Avenue and Walnut street, where Patrolman M.V. Martin dug into a grave, early Thursday, disclosing either another murder mystery or the bones of a pioneer pooch. No matter what the outcome of the cop's efforts may be, he broke all police department records for plain, hard work when he excavated a large portion of the hotel basement hunting for more evidence. Inset is a picture of Martin."; Title supplied.; R7100292323
Description
1 photographic print ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Subject
Douglas Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
Source
Source: Max 1981.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
