Courtesy Save the Signs
McDonald's Grand Opening, 11025 E Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado, 1960
Courtesy Save the Signs
Trigg Realty and Radiant Motel, 11090 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado (undated photo from the collection of Shorty Hanger and scanned by Todd Matuszewicz)
Toy Palace, 3737 East Colfax Avenue, now home to Chick-fil-A. (courtesy Save the Signs)
Photo by Jonny Barber |
Martin Luther King, Jr. statue as it stands in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. Library at 9898 E. Colfax Avenue in Aurora. I hope his dream comes true.
Miles Motel & Restaurant, 15701 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora, Colorado (early 1950s photos courtesy of Bob Endersen).
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Photo courtesy Steve Feldewerth |
Original Aurora, 1940s.
The Fox Theater, which opened on October 30, 1946, can be seen under construction in the background. The man in the photo is Clarence Harold Young, owner of the historic Young Building at East Colfax and Dayton and the Great, Great Uncle of the person who shared this photo. CH Young also owned the Young Motor Company at 32nd and Irving, ran for Mayor of Aurora and dated Helen Bonfils.
Austin & Helen's Beauty Salon, 9511 East Colfax, Aurora, Colorado, 1960s (photo courtesy of the Shorty Hanger archives and scanned by Todd Matuszewicz)