![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her passion for enlarging library audiences and developing a remarkable research collection inspired the creation of the Eleanor Gehres Award, first bestowed on her shortly before her death in 2000. ![]() In 2014, Sandra Dallas was chosen as the recipient of the annual Eleanor Gehres Award, for her contribution to the historical record. In 1999, the Denver Public Library Commission established the Eleanor Gehres Award in recognition of her longtime service and contributions to the Western History/Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library. Among the many "documentary" shots of important historical locations around the state are lots of close ups of prosaic details: doorknobs, light fixtures, wallpaper, and fireplaces, that impart the often overlooked, less tangible parts of history that we miss in classically framed photographs. The 370 Sandra Dallas photographs in the Western History Digital Collection are mostly of architecture and architectural details in Denver, Colorado, and many smaller Colorado towns and Ghost Towns. ![]()
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