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Observatory Park (Denver, Colo.)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Audience in Observatory Park, 1956 September

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00008
Abstract

A large audience of unidentified persons sits in chairs set up on the grass to listen to an astronomy presentation near Chamberlin Observatory in Observatory Park in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1956 September

Box 1: Reports, Clippings, Publications, 1930s-1950s

 File — Box M193.0001: [Barcode: U186018617926]
Identifier: M193.0001
Abstract Contains 7 file folders and one bound report. The report is titled Space for the Joneses by Albert Recht (1955). File folders inclue " Chamberlin Observatory - preiodical articles, speechs (c. 1950's - early 1960's); Chamberlin Observations - Eclipses - photos, eclipse cards, diagrams (undated); Newspaper clippings (c. 1950s); Photographs (1923-1950s); Chamberlin observatory publications (1930-1950s); and Copies of materials form Recht family (undated), and includes maps of the moon's...
Dates: 1930s-1950s

Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth, 1986

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Identifier: M054.01.0001.00016
Abstract Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth discuss details about the University Park area of Denver, Colorado, including commercial and residential development that took place in the neighborhood after they moved there in 1939. They confirm that the area was populated primarily with college professors, including three on their block, but that other types of professionals also live in the neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth also talk about the streetcar line, grocery stores, Observatory Park, and the public...
Dates: 1986

Physical Education - Tumbling, 1923

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Identifier: U201.01.0071.0007.00001
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A University of Denver student throws another student over two others in a tumbling exercises. The students are standing on a tumbling mat in Observatory Park, with two chairs and a row of houses in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1923

Physical Education - Tumbling

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Identifier: U201.01.0071.0007.00002
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A University of Denver student throws another student into the air in a tumbling exercise. The students are standing on a tumbling mat in Observatory Park, with two chairs and a row of houses in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.

Dates: circa 1920-circa 1966

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1940-2008

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0032.00010
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Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1940-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1949

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00016
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Group portrait of five unidentified men stand in Observatory Park in front of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, at night.

Dates: 1949

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1910-2008

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00003
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Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1910-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1970-2008

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00006
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View of Observatory Park in Denver, Colorado, showing an empty soccer field with Chamberlain Observatory and the smaller "students' observatory" in the background.

Dates: between 1970-2008

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1983

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00007
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Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with children playing baseball in Observatory Park in the background.

Dates: 1983