Moving American Progress Westward: Images of Denver and the Rockies in Popular Culture
Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Masters Research Paper
Degree Name
M.A.
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Art and Art History
First Advisor
Annette Stott
Keywords
Denver, History, Colorado, Territorial expansion, West U.S. in art
Abstract
"From the 1859 gold rush through the early 1900s, popular press images linked Denver’s civic development, capitalist values and culture to the Rocky Mountains. These prints of a wilderness city sending pioneers and prospectors into the Rockies appeared in national newspapers, magazines, settlement manifestos, railroad guidebooks and tourist pamphlets. Readers were saturated with illustrations associating Denver with prosperity and rejuvenated health"-
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.
Recommended Citation
Glaser, Jenn Paul, "Moving American Progress Westward: Images of Denver and the Rockies in Popular Culture" (2010). Art and Art History: Master's Research Papers. 293.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/art_mrp/293