310 items found
Type:text
Subject:Community newspapers
Description:Black and white copy of a committee report on the research done on various fire trucks and the committee's decision to chose a LaFrance model. The article is laid out in a question and answer format, and it is not clear which newspaper in which it may have been published. [show more]
Type:Text
Subject:Municipal officials and employees
Description:Blank request form for computer operations . The form would be filled out by a Thornton employee and fulfilled by a Data Processing personnel within the City
Type:image
Subject:Tornado damage
Description:Color image depicting several people, one of whom is dressed in fire rescue gear, standing in a street and an adjacent parking lot in a commercial area of Thornton. They all appear to be assessing the tornado damage while surrounded by debris. Rescue vehicles can be seen parked further down the street, and the sky still appears dark and cloudy. [show more]
Type:image
Subject:Tornado damage
Description:Black and white image depicting the front of a Thornton home with an attached garage. The garage is visibly damaged from the tornado, with the door hanging and debris scattered in the driveway around a downed tree that also lays across the driveway. [show more]
Type:image
Subject:Tornado damage
Description:Color image depicting three or four people standing in the front lawn of a home that has been severely damaged by the tornado. The people appear to be assessing the damage to the home, and debris can be seen on the ground surrounding the home.
Type:image
Subject:Carpenter, Margaret W.
Description:Color photo depicting former mayor Margaret Carpenter standing and laughing with three women at a comedic event called a roast. All of the people in the image are wearing white T-shirts that read "MY NAME IS Linda" in purple lettering.
Type:text
Subject:Community newspapers
Description:Black and white copy of an article clipped from an issue of the Rocky Mountain News. This article reports on Mayor Oyer Leary's reaction to allegations that Thornton has a negative reputation and is an unwanted city in the Denver Metropolitan Area. [show more]
Type:text
Subject:Community newspapers
Description:Black and white copy of an article clipped from an issue of the Rocky Mountain News. This article reports on the many finance and infrastructure challenges in early Thornton.
Type:text
Subject:Community newspapers
Description:Black and white copies of two news clippings from the January 14th, 1958 issue of the Rocky Mountain News. The articles report on the work of Mayor Oyer Leary and the election of new city officials.
Type:image
Subject:Cities and towns--Growth; New towns
Description:Color photo depicting Sam Hoffman, L.H. Roy Bisterfeldt and another man standing in front of a black and white Hoffman Home during an open house event. People can be seen in the background standing in and around the doorway of the house. The second photo is a black and white depiction of the same scene. [show more]