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Weston
11-18-2007, 06:22 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Denver_Colorado_1898_LOC_09570u.jpg
M@
11-18-2007, 06:54 PM
That's pretty cool, actually.
stu
11-18-2007, 07:45 PM
What street is it looking down? Anyone know?
Martian
11-18-2007, 07:53 PM
Glenarm? Nice painting BTW. Where is this from Weston?
chrisbarnett01
11-18-2007, 09:22 PM
The dirt street is 16th taken from what is approximately current day Colfax & Lincoln. The street running from the bottom left to the upper right corner is Broadway.

The giveaway is the building in the lower left corner. This was Denver's first fire station. it is now the Pioneer Monument next to Civic Center. Here it is on google maps:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=39.740075,-104.987664&spn=0.003003,0.006781&t=h&z=18&om=1
M@
11-18-2007, 10:31 PM
Glenarm? Nice painting BTW. Where is this from Weston?

Looks like a digitally enhanced photograph to me, not a painting.
Nick_S
11-18-2007, 10:34 PM
That's awesome, Crazy how big it is now!
honda1982
11-18-2007, 10:43 PM
Wow I guess everyone is Riding horses back then.
CO_EVO8
11-19-2007, 01:32 AM
That's crazy. It has changed so much since then.
Pang
11-19-2007, 07:34 AM
interesting.
Evil_SpeedRacer
11-19-2007, 07:51 AM
I like this picture a lot, I wonder how much it would be for someone to print this out. Maybe Mario could do it. I would love to hang this in my house, and just look at everything all at one time. Nice find Weston.
laopadak
11-19-2007, 08:09 AM
Pretty cool indeed.
xxxd-manxxx
11-19-2007, 08:31 AM
that picture is sick i wish i could live back in those times.
subiesweetie
11-19-2007, 08:38 AM
That's awesome! Great find, Weston!

In 2000 (for the turn of the milennium), the city of Arvada put out a calendar where each month was a different location within the city. On the left hand side was a black and white photograph of the city in the early 1900's. Then it morphed into a picture taken in 1999 at the exact same location. It was so beautiful to see the changes and growth. I have one of the calendars at home, but I was looking for an example picture online. I couldn't find one. :( Oh well.
Mario
11-19-2007, 09:46 AM
I like this picture a lot, I wonder how much it would be for someone to print this out. Maybe Mario could do it. I would love to hang this in my house, and just look at everything all at one time. Nice find Weston.

At 5,000+ pixels and 300dpi, I could print it 4 feet wide, if not more.
stu
11-19-2007, 09:59 AM
Yeah, but for how much?
Mario
11-19-2007, 10:01 AM
One MILLION dollars.

http://www.scienceagainstevolution.org/images/v9i12g1.jpg
Dave_L
11-19-2007, 10:28 AM
I need a bigger monitor! lol. Cool picture.
Bedlam
11-19-2007, 12:07 PM
We printed some covers for a Boulder chamber 2005 directory that had a picture of the US 36 turnpike in 1958, even in that fairly short amount of time its pretty crazy to look at there was like NOTHING out there..miles of empty fields going to the little town of Boulder.
M@
11-19-2007, 12:11 PM
POB.

(extracharstoallowpost)
stu
11-19-2007, 05:48 PM
No really, how much? If it's cheap enough, I'll buy one for myself, and one for a secret santa gift for the office this year.
B20civic
11-20-2007, 07:39 PM
That's crazy. It has changed so much since then.

great observation captain obvious!
chrisbarnett01
11-20-2007, 09:14 PM
LOL


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HONDA GHANDI
11-21-2007, 10:30 AM
We've got a City of Arvada book at the shop with lots of before/after pics...it's pretty cool to see how things have changed so much.
nicklk
11-21-2007, 10:36 AM
I wonder how many buildings that are in this picture, still stand?