Observatory Park (Denver, Colo.)

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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.

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...

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...

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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.

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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.

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Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with the smaller "Students' Observatory" in the foreground.

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Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

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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.

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Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

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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.