Archives & Local History at DCL, Colorado

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Families that picnic together…
Picnic blanket ✅️, dishes and utensils ✅️, coordinating outfits ✅️, a photo to capture the moment ✅️. Happy National Picnic Day!

Photo from ALH's Enderud, Briscoe, and Cantril Family Photographs collection, 2016.010.0001.0079.0001

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🐶 Cue the awwws! We're completely smitten with this tiny pup, photographed here circa 1920-1930. From ALH's Oatman Collection on Deckers History, 2015.047.0006.0003

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The History of Greenland Ranch, a new exhibit this spring in the Sjostrom History Lounge! Pop in to view interesting collection pieces on display, such as maps, deeds, & photos & learn more about the ranch’s storied past.

Presented in conjunction with the Sjostrom Family Fund.

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🕰️ Is this ringing a bell? Daylight Savings has begun! Now it's *time* to set all those clocks an hour ahead.

Morris Fleming's clock repair shop, circa 1960-1977, 1994.006.0007

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Now that's a leap! And a pretty memorable one from the incomparable Evel Knievel, who jumped a line of cars at Continental Divide Raceways in Castle Rock in 1972. An estimated 15,000 people witnessed the successful jump. Part of our Evel Knievel Continental Divide Raceway images.

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In celebration of World Bartender Day, this one's for you! Cheers to the bespectacled bartender at the historic Trumbull Inn Bar in Trumbull, CO, circa 1940-1949. Sadly this original bar burned down in the late '40s. The photo is part of ALH's Oatman Collection on Deckers History

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Remember when all our photos were in albums? 📷️ These portraits of Ralph and Helen Snead go together, just like the couple who we think were married on February 14, 1935. From the Grout Family Photo Album, 2006.071.0025

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💕 Let's get this Valentine's party started! We love this throwback to 1960...the frilly dresses, the bow ties, & all the fresh faces at the 4-H Valentine's Day banquet at the Pikes Peak Grange in Franktown.

From ALH's John Lowell Visual Materials collection 2010.111.0032.0030

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🎄Tis the season for holiday parties, like this one circa 1955-1965. Members of the Home Demonstration Club gathered for this celebration and gift exchange in style. Photo from the William and Beverly Noe Materials collection, 2014.009.0040

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Check out ALH's Veterans History Project collection, which includes oral history interviews and photos like this one from Patricia Anne Ehline, who served in the Army Nurses Corps in Vietnam, 1966-1969. We're so grateful to our military veterans for their invaluable contributions

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That beach vacation is starting to look pretty good…
An early December 1913 blizzard dropped 4-6 feet of snow in Parker—classic! Wonder if the grocery stores sold out of milk, bread and eggs then too. From ALH's Kime, Rowley & Siebert Family Collection, 2013.013.0001.0016.0002.

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🎅🏻 How does he do it? Santa Claus's special appearance at the then-new Parker library on Crossroads Drive came during his busiest time of year, December 1995! He never disappoints. 1995.092.0004.0003.0001

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🌟 Best wishes for a picture-perfect hometown Starlighting, Castle Rock. This throwback photo taken on Wilcox Street, circa 1940, gives us all the holiday feels. Note: The Castle Rock library will be open until 6 p.m. for the Castle Rock Starlighting, Nov. 18.

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"Thank you, Mr. Miller!" In 1980, these children recognized Philip S. Miller's contributions to the library system, which continue to this day through the Miller trust. Join us Monday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m. at our Philip & Jerry Miller Library naming ceremony in Castle Rock.

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🎃 "Hey, pumpkin! Let's spice things up." Carved and decorated pumpkins set the mood for Halloween at the Louviers library circa 1986.

From ALH's Photograph Collection, 1993.023.0023

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That's just Ducky. Or is it young Frank Kime in a duck costume? It's Frank Kime, 1920-23, wearing what might be a handmade Halloween costume.

From ALH's Kime, Rowley & Siebert Family Collection, 2013.013.0001.0020.0003

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This one's a beaut! 🌸 These blooms grew in Larkspur, near the American Federation of Human Rights building. The shed in the background was also known as the Swiss Chalet. This image is part of the American Federation of Human Rights photo collection, 2009.105.0047.

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All that's missing is you! Have you signed up for the DCL Brew Tour? Visit local breweries & coffee shops, earn prizes! We'll save you a seat. https://t.co/tbl9CNnqnZ

Postcard of the Trumbull Inn bar, circa 1940s, from the Oatman Collection of Deckers History, 2015.047.0010.0003

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That one time you invited your friends over ... to help you move!

Join us for the Grand Opening of our new library in Castle Rock today at 10AM. Explore everything the library has to offer, including our new ALH space!

Moving boxes into the Douglas County Public Library in 1967

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We've come a long way! Check out our new digs on Sat, Aug 26, when DCL in Castle Rock hosts its Grand Opening celebration! Pop in from 10AM-4PM!

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📷️ the Philip S. Miller library at South Plum Creek Blvd. after its remodel in 1992