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Description: This blog post about the Como Railroad Roundhouse of the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad offers a brief history of the historic building, and includes historic and modern photographs.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Blogs & Social Media, History, Railroads – Colorado, Historic Preservation, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Colorado – History – Pictorial works, Colorado -- History
Creator: James Rogers, Denver Public Library
Type: Blog
Date: 2018
description: Como Railroad Roundhouse
title: Como Railroad Roundhouse | Denver Public Library History
Description: This blog post about the Continental Oil Refinery (CONOCO) fire offers a brief history of the 1978 explosion at CONOCO’s Commerce City plant (now owned by Suncor). The post includes historic photographs.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Blogs & Social Media, History, Colorado -- History, Colorado – History – Pictorial works, Industrial accidents, Petroleum refineries -- United States., Commerce City (Colo.)
Creator: James Rogers, Denver Public Library
Type: Blog
Date: 2018
description: Continental Oil Refinery Explosion and Fire
title: Continental Oil Refinery Explosion and Fire | Denver Public Library History
Description: This blog post discusses using genealogy and historical research methods to identify and date a historical letter originally of unknown origin. The post includes historic photographs.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Blogs & Social Media, History, Oklahoma -- History, Oklahoma – History – Pictorial works, Archives, Genealogy, Research, History – Research
Description: This blog post discusses the history of safety during Fourth of July celebrations in Denver, Colorado. The post includes historic and modern photographs.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Blogs & Social Media, History, Holidays (Denver, Colo.), Fourth of July celebrations, Public safety -- Colorado -- Denver.
Creator: Sarah Ganderup, Denver Public Library
Type: Blog
Date: 2018
description: Denver’s “Safe and Sane” Fourth
title: Denver’s “Safe and Sane” Fourth | Denver Public Library History
Description: This blog post discusses genealogy resources available to research World War I veterans. The post includes historic photographs.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Blogs & Social Media, History, Genealogy, World War I, World War, 1914-1918, Veterans -- Colorado -- Registers., Military History
Description: This blog post discusses controversy around converting the former Rocky Flats nuclear plant into a wildlife refuge and outdoor recreation spot. It also introduces an art exhibit hosted at the Denver Public Library that was entitled “Facing Rocky Flats.” The post includes a historic photograph.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Blogs & Social Media, History, Radioactive pollution, Radioactive waste disposal, Pollution – Environmental aspects, Museum exhibits
Description: This blog post discusses the acquisition of a Dust Bowl era diary written in Oklahoma, and highlights how these types of manuscript materials allow libraries to maintain relevance in a digital age. The post includes a historic photograph.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Blogs & Social Media, History, Archives, Libraries, Libraries and Archives, Oklahoma -- History, Library acquisitions, Public libraries -- Collection development, Depressions -- 1929 -- United States., Depressions -- 1929 -- Great Plains, Diaries, Collection development
Description: This blog post discusses an attempted hoax in Beulah (near Pueblo), Colorado in the 1870s. The post includes historic photographs.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Blogs & Social Media, History, Swindlers and swindling, Hoaxes, Pueblo (Colo.), Beulah (Colo.)
Creator: Chris Root, Denver Public Library
Type: Blog
Date: 2018
description: Solid Muldoon, or the Cardiff Giant Heads West
title: Solid Muldoon, or the Cardiff Giant Heads West | Denver Public Library History
Description: This blog post presents a photo of tanks driving on a street in Arvada, Colorado, and analyzes elements from the image to determine what, where, when, and why it was taken. The post includes a historic photograph.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Arts & Humanities, Blogs & Social Media, History, Colorado – History – Pictorial works, Vehicles, Military, Arvada (Colo.), Festivals, Parades, Visual literacy
Creator: Brian K. Trembath, Denver Public Library
Type: Blog
Date: 2018
description: Wow Photo Friday - Tanks for Nothing, Arvada
title: Wow Photo Friday - Tanks for Nothing, Arvada | Denver Public Library History
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