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Colorado in the 1930s - an online exhibit
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Masterpiece Contemporary: Collision (Part 2 of 2)
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Mystery of Chaco Canyon
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Movie: Harry and Tonto (1974)
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Nova: Why Do We Dream?
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1930s Daily Life
Colorado in the 1930s - an online exhibit
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 › 9am | 5 comments
Volunteers spent countless hours poring through History Colorado's archives, compiling material that tells the Colorado story of life during the Great Depression.
Invention from necessity: the Einspahr toy tractor and threshing machine
Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 › 9:45am
With Christmas coming and money in short supply, Pete Claus Einspahr, Jr. decided to make something for his boys.
Dust pneumonia, the brown plague
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 › 9:52am | 1 comment
Doctors saw patient after patient with chronic coughs and found they were literally stuffed with dirt.
Swarms of locusts eat crops and clothing
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 › 6:29pm
The infestation of grasshoppers by the billions added to the misery of life during the Dust Bowl.
Chain letters - a Denver craze
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 › 6:26pm | 1 comment
This normally harmless fad blossomed into a postman's nightmare.
Bank Night boosts movie attendance
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 › 6:20pm
In Delta, Colorado, Tuesday nights saw throngs of people lined up for the chance to be the lucky winner.
A Depression-era ski resort
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 › 12:44pm
Denver's Winter Park ski resort helped make Colorado more than a summer tourist destination in the 1930s.
State government's response to the Depression
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 › 11am
Colorado governors fought against New Deal programs.
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