Park of the Red Rocks Photographs

On Tuesday, August 4th, 2015, Governor Hickenlooper of Colorado announced the designation of Red Rocks Park as the state's 25th National Historic Site. Red Rocks was acquired by the City and County of Denver in 1928. During the depression, the Red Rocks Amphitheater was constructed through the joint efforts of Denver, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Works Progress Administration. The amphitheater has been in use since 1941. Here are two previously unpublished photographs of the amphitheater during construction.

Front of the stage, facing the seat section of the

open air theater at the Park of the Red Rocks,

June, 1938.

The seat section, Red Rocks, June, 1938

These photographs were taken by Iris Ann Maen, who died in April, 1995, at age ninety.