Kenneth James Mitchell Photo Collection

Collection

Identifier: C Photo Collection 494

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains color photographs of movie theaters, drive-in theaters, signs, marguees, and shopping malls from the Denver, Colo. metropolitan area. Approximately 75 of the color photographs were included in the exhibition: Denver's Movie Theaters of the Twentieth Century; January 25-March 31, 2017 held in the Department of Western History and Genealogy, Denver Public Library; 20 color ink jet posters/prints used in the exhibition; additional 40 photographs of theaters not represented in the exhibition.

Dates

1980s-1990s

Creator

Mitchell, Kenneth James, 1954- (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Biographical / Historical

Photographs taken in the 1980s show street views of various theaters in and around Denver.

Extent

1 PhotoBox (111 color photographs, 2 color ink jet prints)

1 PhotoFolio (20 color ink jet prints)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Jim Kroll, 2017.

General

Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.

Subjects

Color photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Drive-in theaters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Drive-in theaters -- Colorado -- Denver -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Drive-in theaters -- Colorado -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Inkjet prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Marquees -- Colorado -- Denver -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Marquees -- Colorado -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Motion picture theaters Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Motion picture theaters -- Colorado -- Denver -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Motion picture theaters -- Colorado -- Denver -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photographic prints. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Shopping centers -- Colorado -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Shopping malls -- Colorado -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings