Fire fighters

Clarkson Guyer, born in Denver in 1885, reflects on his first memories of his family and of Colorado. Guyer reminisces about the Denver cable cars and horse drawn cars. Tells of pranks and celebrations on Halloween at Grasshopper Hill in Denver and recreation activities like ice skating at City Park. Guyer reflects on his first experiences with automobiles, his time as an auxiliary fireman, and how the fire department used horse-drawn trucks.

Denver Fire Truck pulled by four gray horses with seven firemen on board parading in downtown Denver.

Nine members of the Denver Fire Dept. standing in front of a fire wagon (two on the wagon).

Jerry McCarthy recalls his times in Denver and Greeley, including his memories of the snow storm of 1913, the Great Depression, and his 26 years at the Denver Fire Department.

Portrait of Philip Trounstine dressed in a captain's cavalry uniform of the U.S. Civil War. Trounstine married Mollie Wisebart and managed Abraham Jacob's Denver store as well as working as a volunteer firefighter becoming the first fire chief of Denver, Colorado.

Fire fighters use hoses to spray water on the Grand Opera House in Pueblo, Colorado to extinguish a fire.

Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Fire fighters inspect the chapel.

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado during the fire. Firemen spray water from a ladder basket between the towers.

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Firemen battle the fire from the roof of the chapel, ladder and firemen in the foreground.

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado during the fire. Fire fighters stand on a ladder and roof, looking over the building on fire.