THE
E-TIME CAPSULE
1931 to 1940
Name: Marie and friend
Age:
What is your fondest
memory of Denver between 1931 and 1940?
What can I say about 2000? Well, I’ll give you one memory, as
it is still so bittersweet to me. I had planned to take my mother
to the Symphony to see Lily Pons sing. Mother adored her, and
played her records all the time, so I though I would get us
tickets as an early Christmas present. I hid the tickets away for
safe keeping until the concert. On the day of the performance, as
we were getting ready to go, I couldn’t find the tickets
anywhere. I had hidden them, and now they were lost. We stayed
home and listened to Miss Pons on the record player. It was one of
the saddest days.
What do
you think Denver will be like in the year 2010?
Art curriculum in the schools, I hope.
Name: Lyn
Age: ?
What is your fondest
memory of Denver between 1931 and 1940?
The May Co. on 16th St. had a place to leave your children. It
had a Merry-go-round.This had to be 1935 or 1936.
What do
you think Denver will be like in the year 2010?
Name: Lori
Age:
What is your fondest
memory of Denver between 1931 and 1940?
In the summer of 1939 we had a large family reunion in City
Park. It was beautiful even then. There were many cousins and
aunts and uncles. It was my first view of my twin cousins, Marian
and Margaret. I wished I could be a twin, and wanted twins, but no
luck, so I dressed my three little girls alike. I was proud when
people thought they were triplets.
What do
you think Denver will be like in the year 2010?
Name: Barbara
Age: 74
What is your fondest
memory of Denver between 1931 and 1940?
I can remember being on the 12th
floor of the old Republic Building downtown and looking out to the
west. The only other tall building was the D&F tower. What a
beautiful view we had then.
What do
you think Denver will be like in the year 2010?
More people, more
homes, more traffic.
Name: Nancy Knerl and Mary
Maulis
Age: 74
What is your fondest
memory of Denver between 1931 and 1940?
During the Depression,
because of the pressures of a growing family, my dad was expected
to go to work to help out, even though he was barely in high
school. He found a job at a building that had printed on its side
in bold white letters, "WE WANT YOUR HIDE," near the
present Coliseum. They told him he would get paid daily. He
arrived at work hungry and did hard physical labor, but he had to
wait three days in a weakened and trembly condition before he was
paid and could eat again.
In the 1930s, he and his brother joined the
Civilian Conservation Corps in a continuing effort to support the
family. They were sent to a camp near Mt. Rainier in Washington
for training. After training, he came back to Colorado to build
roads and trails near Dolores, Colorado. One job he liked was
placing dynamite in holes which had been drilled in the mountains
prior to blowing them up. He also liked riding on the dynamite
truck. One time he was supposed to participate in a parade in
downtown Dolores, but missed it because someone had set a fire,
and his company had to put it out.
He had another particular memory in which he
told us he was able to wander around the Mesa Verde area, climb
the original Indian ladders and see kivas. He told us later that
at that time nobody visited the area much and there were many
pottery shards littering the ground.
What do
you think Denver will be like in the year 2010?
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