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The GazetteSeptember 13, 2016 | updated 10 years ago
Boxer Jack Dempsey stands by a car while shaking hands with a man in 1926. Spencer Penrose is at his right and a young girl on his left; the bell captain and bellboy hold luggage, and a chauffeur stands behind Penrose. Dempsey trained at the Turkey Creek Ranch, owned by Penrose. Dempsey was born on June 24, 1895, in the Mormon village of Manassa in the southern part of the San Luis Valley, according to biography.com. As a boy, he worked as a farmhand, miner and cowboy and was taught to box by his older brother. Dempsey’s earlyprize fights were in mining towns around Salt Lake City, but on July 4, 1919, he beat Jess Willard, “The Great White Hope,” and became world heavyweight champion. He defended his title five times but lost to Gene Tunney in 1926. Dempsey died in 1983. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-955
Images from Colorado Springs’ past
Boxer Jack Dempsey stands by a car while shaking hands with a man in 1926. Spencer Penrose is at his right and a young girl on his left; the bell captain and bellboy hold luggage, and a chauffeur stands behind Penrose. Dempsey trained at the Turkey Creek Ranch, owned by Penrose. Dempsey was born on June 24, 1895, in the Mormon village of Manassa in the southern part of the San Luis Valley, according to biography.com. As a boy, he worked as a farmhand, miner and cowboy and was taught to box by his older brother. Dempsey’s earlyprize fights were in mining towns around Salt Lake City, but on July 4, 1919, he beat Jess Willard, “The Great White Hope,” and became world heavyweight champion. He defended his title five times but lost to Gene Tunney in 1926. Dempsey died in 1983. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-955A view of Tejon Street, circa 1925, looking south shows the busy street with streetcar tracks and cars parked on both sides. Cheyenne Mountain is visible in the background. Buildings visible along the street include Wood Drug Co., Indestructo Luggage Shop, First National Bank and Exchange National Bank. PHOTO BY STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-564Clarence Coil standsin jodphurs, boots and warm sweater, wearingskis and holding ski poles, in a snowy field in 1927. The photo identified onback as “Clarence Coil, Co-founder of Club with Schaefer and Fowler. Age 22.” Coil was born in Springfield, Mo., and he and his family moved to Colorado around 1916, according to tinyurl.com/bioclarence. In his younger years Coilwas an avid skier. By 1930, Coil was working as a printer in a photograph shop in Colorado Springs, and he spent the rest of his professional career as a commercial photographer. For example, he took the aerial photos that wereused to determine the site for the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs. Coil died in Colorado Springs in January 1978. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-5255Adams Motor Co. and Marksheffel Motor Co. on Cascade Avenue and Kiowa Street in the winter of 1929 with cars parked around. There are gas pumps in front of the garage. The building has signs for Miller Tires and Chrysler cars. The Colorado Springs Public Library and the Antlers Hotel are visible in the background. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-885Pat Mullaney appears on the list of striking Western Federation of Minersmembers who were deported from the Cripple Creek Mining district in 1904. The note on the card reads: “Beat up in Bull Pen.” Described by Emma Langdon as “the maddest Irishman this side of Dublin,” Mullaney was arrested, beaten, threatened with death and detained in the infamous bullpens by the Colorado Militia on numerous occasions but was never formally charged. CRIPPLE CREEK COLLECTION, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 192-4375In this 1924 photograph, Dern’s Coffee and W.J. Peyser Jeweler & Optician, on South Tejon Street, with cars parked in front in downtown Colorado Springs. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS COLLECTION, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-1033In this undated photograph, five women wearing aprons work in large kitchen with prepared trays in foreground and on cabinets at right. Sign suspended from ceiling reads “Hospital Diet Kitchen.” GORDON SWEET PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT
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The GazetteSeptember 13, 2016 | updated 10 years ago
Boxer Jack Dempsey stands by a car while shaking hands with a man in 1926. Spencer Penrose is at his right and a young girl on his left; the bell captain and bellboy hold luggage, and a chauffeur stands behind Penrose. Dempsey trained at the Turkey Creek Ranch, owned by Penrose. Dempsey was born on June 24, 1895, in the Mormon village of Manassa in the southern part of the San Luis Valley, according to biography.com. As a boy, he worked as a farmhand, miner and cowboy and was taught to box by his older brother. Dempsey’s earlyprize fights were in mining towns around Salt Lake City, but on July 4, 1919, he beat Jess Willard, “The Great White Hope,” and became world heavyweight champion. He defended his title five times but lost to Gene Tunney in 1926. Dempsey died in 1983. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-955
Images from Colorado Springs’ past
Boxer Jack Dempsey stands by a car while shaking hands with a man in 1926. Spencer Penrose is at his right and a young girl on his left; the bell captain and bellboy hold luggage, and a chauffeur stands behind Penrose. Dempsey trained at the Turkey Creek Ranch, owned by Penrose. Dempsey was born on June 24, 1895, in the Mormon village of Manassa in the southern part of the San Luis Valley, according to biography.com. As a boy, he worked as a farmhand, miner and cowboy and was taught to box by his older brother. Dempsey’s earlyprize fights were in mining towns around Salt Lake City, but on July 4, 1919, he beat Jess Willard, “The Great White Hope,” and became world heavyweight champion. He defended his title five times but lost to Gene Tunney in 1926. Dempsey died in 1983. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-955A view of Tejon Street, circa 1925, looking south shows the busy street with streetcar tracks and cars parked on both sides. Cheyenne Mountain is visible in the background. Buildings visible along the street include Wood Drug Co., Indestructo Luggage Shop, First National Bank and Exchange National Bank. PHOTO BY STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-564Adams Motor Co. and Marksheffel Motor Co. on Cascade Avenue and Kiowa Street in the winter of 1929 with cars parked around. There are gas pumps in front of the garage. The building has signs for Miller Tires and Chrysler cars. The Colorado Springs Public Library and the Antlers Hotel are visible in the background. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-885In this 1924 photograph, Dern’s Coffee and W.J. Peyser Jeweler & Optician, on South Tejon Street, with cars parked in front in downtown Colorado Springs. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS COLLECTION, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-1033This photograph is labeled, “Long view of the original Broadmoor Casino from across the lake.” Note on back says “opened 1891 — burned 1897.” From a September 15, 2011 Gazette article, “Timeline: History of The Broadmoor: In the 1880s, Willie Wilcox and James Pourtales purchased the Broodmoor Dairy. Wilcox was a wealthy man who came to Colorado for his health and Pourtales was a Prussian Count. They dammed part of Cheyenne Creek that ran through the dairy’s property to create a man-made lake to make a more enticing environment for a hotel and casino that they were building. This lake is now known as Lake Broadmoor. On July 1, 1891 the grand opening of Count Pourtales’ casino on the east side of his lake was held. A small hotel came later. On July 19, 1897 the Broadmoor Casino burns down and is replaced within a year with a less-grand structure. The hotel was unharmed. PHOTO BY HORACE S. POLEY, POLEY COLLECTION, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 010-7098Pat Mullaney appears on the list of striking Western Federation of Minersmembers who were deported from the Cripple Creek Mining district in 1904. The note on the card reads: “Beat up in Bull Pen.” Described by Emma Langdon as “the maddest Irishman this side of Dublin,” Mullaney was arrested, beaten, threatened with death and detained in the infamous bullpens by the Colorado Militia on numerous occasions but was never formally charged. CRIPPLE CREEK COLLECTION, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 192-4375Clarence Coil standsin jodphurs, boots and warm sweater, wearingskis and holding ski poles, in a snowy field in 1927. The photo identified onback as “Clarence Coil, Co-founder of Club with Schaefer and Fowler. Age 22.” Coil was born in Springfield, Mo., and he and his family moved to Colorado around 1916, according to tinyurl.com/bioclarence. In his younger years Coilwas an avid skier. By 1930, Coil was working as a printer in a photograph shop in Colorado Springs, and he spent the rest of his professional career as a commercial photographer. For example, he took the aerial photos that wereused to determine the site for the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs. Coil died in Colorado Springs in January 1978. STEWARTS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, COURTESY OF PIKES PEAK LIBRARY DISTRICT, 013-5255
