Dave Cook Sporting Goods (Denver, Colo.)

This box contains twenty-one (21) folders. Each folder contains catalog(s) from a specific year. Years may have been explicitly stated on/in the catalog, while some were inferred by adding the founding year to the age stated on/in the catalog (i.e. "Serving Denver for 93 years"). Years in this box include: 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, c. 1966, c. 1968, c. 1969, c. 1972, c. 1973, c. 1974, 1975, c. 1978, 1984, c. 1985, and n.d. (no date).

This collection contains materials related to Dave Cook Sporting Goods store(s). Additionally, information about the Cook family and their connections with Dave Cook Sporting Goods are contained within.

The staff of Dave Cook Sporting Goods stand in front of the counter next to baskets of flowers, celebrating the grand opening of the store at 1601 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. From left to right: Nate Bernstone, Dave Cook, Jane Cook, Herb Cook, and Belle Smernoff. In 1924, Dave and Max Cook went into the sporting goods business, operating the first major sports store in Colorado.

This series contains publications produced by, and for, Dave Cook Sporting Goods.