THE
E-TIME CAPSULE
1911 to 1920
Name: Elaine W.
Age:
What is your fondest
memory of Denver between 1911 and 1920?
The Old Main Library was the best
place in town, I thought, because it was the only place my mother
allow us to walk to after school. We girls would sit together to
do our lessons and try not to let the proper librarian catch us
giggling. The library was where everybody met and it had the only
public telephone in the neighborhood.
What do
you think Denver will be like in the year 2010?
Heaven Knows!
Name: Nancy
Knerl and Mary Maulis
Age:
What is your fondest
memory of Denver between 1911 and 1920?
My father, Edward Housand, was born
on April 5, 1913, the year of "the Big Blizzard" on
Wewatta Street in Denver. He lived all his life in Denver, except
when he served with the Army in France in World War II. He had
many memories, both good and bad, which he shared with his wife
Leona, his son Edward, and three daughters Nancy, Mary and
Patricia. One of his earliest memories was "when there was
nothing but prairie beyond Brighton Boulevard." He also
remembers standing on a street close to downtown with his mother
Mildred, and watching a parade with Indians in it. He said he was
about 3 or 4 years old, and he waved at a man wearing a white hat,
who seemed very kind and down to earth. That man was Buffalo Bill
Cody.
Edward Housand's grandfather,
Frederick P. Taylor, worked at the Argo Smelter in Globeville, and
died later in 1918 "when his blood turned to
water." We suspect it was leukemia. Edward's dad
Benjamin worked at Swift & Co. in an area that developed a new
product called "oleo," which they thought was vastly
inferior to butter and would never be eaten by anyone.
What do
you think Denver will be like in the year 2010?
Name: Barry
Age: 56
What is your fondest
memory of Denver between 1911 and 1920?
I have been told by my grandfather that my
grandmother Nylin Anderssen-Stevens was one of the first women in
Denver to drive a car. She was reported to be quite a sight,
driving with her long black hair streaming behind her as she
smoked a cigar. You just don't know about those women from Sweden.
What do
you think Denver will be like in the year 2010?
I don't think that the
demographics are going to change much from today. More and more
people moving in, more cars, more air pollution, more houses and a
lower quality of life for us all.
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