tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918701238841683192.post2973424920702004209..comments2023-01-20T01:14:13.738-07:00Comments on Denver History Tours Blog: Fontius and the OrpheumShawn Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17836899999017955654noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918701238841683192.post-90408907447770698242012-03-11T12:53:47.376-06:002012-03-11T12:53:47.376-06:00My grandmother was an acrobat in vaudeville and I ...My grandmother was an acrobat in vaudeville and I have a "panoramic" photograph of her and fellow vaudevillians standing in front of the Orpheum, dated December 31, 1914, with Gertrude Hoffman Company printed above the date. Mile High Photo Co. took the picture. I had the picture framed and it is hanging on our wall with many of my grandparents' vaudeville photos. Too bad all those classic buildings get torn down and replaced with modern architecture. I prefer the old!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918701238841683192.post-13702114662032212652010-04-26T11:45:34.658-06:002010-04-26T11:45:34.658-06:00I am pretty sure my Great Grandmother was in a Vau...I am pretty sure my Great Grandmother was in a Vaudeville Show there in july of 1910. is there anyway to find out more info about this?trukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198419760814064694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918701238841683192.post-77102156665921755222009-08-12T22:25:22.035-06:002009-08-12T22:25:22.035-06:00Am reading a diary of my grandmother's account...Am reading a diary of my grandmother's account of her month long trip to Yellowstone via train in 1910. She stopped in Denver for a few days on the way home (to Kansas), and attended a show at the Orpheum on Thursday, August 18, 1910. Alas, she didn't say what they saw! In her words " We went to the Orpheum after supper. It is very good, but Denver has lots of good moving picture and vaudeville theatres." Anyone know what she could have seen?<br />Lisa L.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918701238841683192.post-66696371690368059962007-10-04T21:09:00.000-06:002007-10-04T21:09:00.000-06:00Shawn,My recollection was that the Fontius store w...Shawn,<BR/><BR/>My recollection was that the Fontius store was across Welton from its location in the Steel Building. When I was a kid my Mother used to take me there every fall prior to school starting for a new pair of shoes. It moved across Welton some time in the late fifties or sixties. The sign in your photo taken looking down Sixteenth Street shows it in the earlier location that I remember.<BR/><BR/>Bob HayesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918701238841683192.post-89558506820699412322007-10-02T19:58:00.000-06:002007-10-02T19:58:00.000-06:00Interesting history. Sad that city leaders were so...Interesting history. Sad that city leaders were so quick to bulldoze the past in place of so-called modern buildings. Thankfully some of it survives still. Leaders have come to realize that the character of old buildings help to give their cities and towns that specialness that brings tourists to explore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4918701238841683192.post-27236174044761281452007-09-22T08:43:00.000-06:002007-09-22T08:43:00.000-06:00I agree with you Shawn. I was kind of hoping the ...I agree with you Shawn. I was kind of hoping the fontius name would remain, but I believe Makovsky really wants to distance himself frrom it. Oh well. Thanks for the great blog!ItaliaBoy9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09039527301179196694noreply@blogger.com