Delightful Denver The Friendly City in the Sky

Postwar pictorial map of Denver showing recommended travel routes through the city.

This optimistic look at the Mile High City has all the flair typical of an American capital in the postwar boom years. Ample greenspace and recreational opportunities offer the opportunity to enjoy newly available leisure time, while industrial and military facilities are a reassurance of America’s global economic supremacy.

Images of many locations that made Denver such a wonderful destination in the mid-20th century are still applicable today, including Bears (now Mile High) Stadium, Union Station, Chamberlin Observatory and the Denver Museum of Natural History. Other features, such as Lowry Field and the Municipal Airport, have been updated to accommodate the city’s explosive population growth of recent decades.