It's the Denver City Cable Railway Building! The Denver City Cable Railway Company started in 1871 as the Denver Horse Railroad Company. The first track was built along Larimer and Champa streets with horse pulled cars. By 1888, the company began investing in cable cars and this building, at 1201 Eighteenth Street, was built in 1889 as the headquarters and wheelhouse for the new system of cable cars. After the Denver City Cable Railway Company went bankrupt a decade later, the building housed Morse Brothers Machinery and the S.H. Supply Company. After the building was saved from demolition in 1973, The Old Spaghetti Warehouse rented the building for 45 years. It is currently an indoor mini-golf course, restaurant and bar. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #HD50 #Building #Architecture #History
#WhatIsIt This two story brick building was built in 1889. In 1970, this building faced demolition but was saved by Jim Judd and Historic Denver. It was occupied by The Old Spaghetti Factory from 1973-2018. What was the original name of the building? #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #HD50 #HistoricPreservation
Did you know that we present programs to over 9,000 students in Denver Metro schools every year?!? Students learn about how Denver grew, why the Titanic floats and sank, and what it was like for women to fight for the right to vote in the US! Here are some of the thank you cards we received from the 4th graders at Charles Burrell Visual & Performing Arts in Aurora after we presented Soldiers in Petticoats this year! We love seeing so many students every year! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #DenverSchools #Impact #Learning #Education #Outreach
Fun times in Denver, Colorado this weekend!! I helped teach a Real Estate training for some awesome investors! I also got out and saw a few cool landmarks including The Molly Brown House Museum, The Capitol Building, cool cathedrals, VooDoo Doughnuts, and more! My son just got his call to the Denver, Colorado South Mission and is excited to move here later this year! See ya later Mile High City!! #Denver #Colorado #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #CapitolBuilding
Check out the view of downtown Denver from my hotel window! I head back home tomorrow but have enjoyed my time here. #Denver #Downtown #Colorado #MileHigh #VooDooDoughnuts #PineappleFriedRice #StickyRiceWithMangoes #Sunset #CityScape #Aurora #MollyBrownHouseMuseum
The Moffatt Mansion! The land at 8th and Grant was purchased by David H. Moffat in 1904 and construction began somewhere in between in 1908-1910 on the home. Ornate details in the home included a $25,000 Tiffany stained glass window in the front foyer. David Moffat would never live a day in the house however, as he died in New York in 1911 shortly before it was completed. It is for him that the Moffat Tunnel is posthumously named as he was determined to connect Denver to Salt Lake City straight through the mountains. The AHEPA group intended to tear down the Moffat mansion to facilitate the sale of the property. Many in Denver fought for its preservation, including a fledgling Historic Denver, who worked with the City to successfully obtain a landmark designation. The demolition of the Moffat Mansion was tied up in courts for several years, but eventually the AHEPA group won the right to tear it down. What buildings in Denver do you wish still existed? #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #HD50
Beim Rückflug mit @staralliance von Anchorage nach München, hatten wir einen 9-stündigen Aufenthalt in Denver. Übrigens ging der Flug nach Denver über die herrlichen Berge von Alaska 😍 Wir hatten einen fantastischen halben Tag in Denver! 🚉 Wir sind mit dem Zug zur Union Station gefahren und haben uns gleich auf den Weg in die Stadt gemacht. Unsere erste Station war das State Capitol, wo wir auf der berühmten Treppenstufe standen, die genau eine Meile über dem Meeresspiegel liegt. Danach haben wir das historische Molly Brown House besucht, das einen Einblick in das Leben der "Unsinkbaren Molly Brown" bietet. Wir waren aber nicht drin im Museum, da noch geschlossen um 9 Uhr morgens 🤣 Anschließend sind wir die Mall Street entlang geschlendert, die leider gerade renoviert wird. Trotz der Bauarbeiten war es spannend, die Atmosphäre dieser zentralen Einkaufsstraße zu erahnen. Geschäfte waren teilweise noch zu, da wir in der Früh da waren. 😅 Das Highlight unseres Tages war der Overlook Hill. Von dort hat man einen atemberaubenden Blick über die gesamte Stadt, aber die majestätischen Rocky Mountains sind da leider nicht im Hintergrund. Da diese hinter uns und dem Overlook sind. 😂 Aber man kann sie überall in Denver sehen. Man schaut immer wieder in die Seitenstraße um sie zu bestaunen. 🙈 **Wissenswertes über Denver:** - Denver wird oft "Mile-High City" genannt, da es genau eine Meile (1609 Meter) über dem Meeresspiegel liegt. - Die Stadt hat über 300 Sonnentage im Jahr, mehr als San Diego oder Miami. - Union Station ist nicht nur ein Verkehrsknotenpunkt, sondern auch ein historisches Wahrzeichen mit Geschäften, Restaurants und einem Hotel. Denver hat uns auf jeden Fall begeistert und wir freuen uns auf unseren nächsten Besuch! 🌇 Der dann hoffentlich länger andauert. 🙈😋 #denver #colorado #milehighcity #denvercolorado #denverphotography #denvercity #rockymountains #riversidepark #statecapitolbuilding #mollybrownhousemuseum #mallstreet #travelphotograph #travelgram #traveltheworld #travelphotography #flightbackhome #sunnyday #viewpoint #bestview #zwischenstopp #plushiesontour #plushieslife #plushiesofinstagram
Bei unserem Rückflug von Anchorage nach München, hatten wir einen 9-stündigen Aufenthalt in Denver. Übrigens ging der Flug über die herrlichen Berge von Alaska 😍 Wir hatten einen fantastischen halben Tag in Denver! 🚉 Wir sind mit dem Zug zur Union Station gefahren und haben uns gleich auf den Weg in die Stadt gemacht. Unsere erste Station war das State Capitol, wo wir auf der berühmten Treppenstufe standen, die genau eine Meile über dem Meeresspiegel liegt. Danach haben wir das historische Molly Brown House besucht, das einen Einblick in das Leben der "Unsinkbaren Molly Brown" bietet. Wir waren aber nicht drin im Museum, da noch geschlossen um 9 Uhr morgens 🤣 Anschließend sind wir die Mall Street entlang geschlendert, die leider gerade renoviert wird. Trotz der Bauarbeiten war es spannend, die Atmosphäre dieser zentralen Einkaufsstraße zu erahnen. Geschäfte waren teilweise noch zu, da wir in der Früh da waren. 😅 Das Highlight unseres Tages war der Overlook Hill. Von dort hat man einen atemberaubenden Blick über die gesamte Stadt, aber die majestätischen Rocky Mountains sind da leider nicht im Hintergrund. Da diese hinter uns und dem Overlook sind. 😂 Aber man kann sie überall in Denver sehen. Man schaut immer wieder in die Seitenstraße um sie zu bestaunen. 🙈 **Wissenswertes über Denver:** - Denver wird oft "Mile-High City" genannt, da es genau eine Meile (1609 Meter) über dem Meeresspiegel liegt. - Die Stadt hat über 300 Sonnentage im Jahr, mehr als San Diego oder Miami. - Union Station ist nicht nur ein Verkehrsknotenpunkt, sondern auch ein historisches Wahrzeichen mit Geschäften, Restaurants und einem Hotel. Denver hat uns auf jeden Fall begeistert und wir freuen uns auf unseren nächsten Besuch! 🌇 Der dann hoffentlich länger andauert. 🙈😋 #denver #colorado #milehighcity #denvercolorado #denverphotography #denvercity #rockymountains #riversidepark #statecapitolbuilding #mollybrownhousemuseum #mallstreet #travelphotograph #travelgram #traveltheworld #travelphotography #flightbackhome #sunnyday #viewpoint #bestview #zwischenstopp #gayvacation #gaycouplesofinstagram
#What Is It Wednesday? This 36-room mansion was built sometime between 1908 and 1910 at 8th and Grant. It was sold to the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association in 1938. Attempts to save the house were unsuccessful and it was demolished in 1972. Name the families that once owned it! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Denver #Mansion #Demolished
Happy Tuesday-did you know we are open late tonight??? Swing by during our extended Tuesday hours from 10am until 7pm, with final entry one hour before closing. Get your tickets at the door, or follow the link in our profile! #mollybrownhousemuseum #historicdenver #exploredenver Image Description: A photo of the Molly Brown House Museum exterior during the summer. The photo is taken at dusk and the front of the house is lit up with garden spotlights
Join us this Saturday at our Love Old Buildings Expo! Get ready to pick the brains of our expert tradespeople with all your home restoration/renovation queries. Discover the secrets to researching the history of old buildings, spotting maintenance issues, and enjoy an exclusive maintenance tour of the historic Molly Brown House Museum! Don’t miss out, click the “Events Calendar” link in our bio to RSVP now! 🏛️🔍 #HistoricDenver #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #LoveOldBuildings #HomeRestoration #RenovationExpertise
Helen and Larry in front of 1340 Pennsylvania St. Pre-1900. Photo: History Colorado. Helen, Margaret's daughter once remarked, "When Larry and I were young, we thought we had the best mother in Denver." Margaret also took in he three nieces, Grace, Florence and Helen Tobin, after their mother passed away and raised them as her own children. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #MothersDay #ThisIsPreservation #Family
It's the Eugene Field House in Washington Park, Denver! Built in 1875, this house at 315 Colfax St. was the home of Eugene Field, author of "Wynken, Blynken and Nod." After Field moved to Chicago, the house fell under disrepair and Margaret Brown bought the house and donated it to the City of Denver to prevent its destruction. After its move to Washington Park, the building served as a branch of the Denver Public Library for 40 years. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #Preservation #ThisPlaceMatters
You probably know by now, but it is release day for “Faust”! It’s been an exhausting journey of blood sweat and tears to make it to this point. And we’re incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported us along the way! We want to do a BIG shout out to our amazing crew for our music video, without whom we could not have made this happen ! Danny Fuentes @deadlitstudios for your amazing cinematography, Raquel @raquelchaconbeauty for being our MVP hair and make up pro, and Mike at @mollybrownhouse for letting us film in the amazing Molly Brown House Museum! Extra thanks to the awesome interns @nikkov_43 and @pagedantegis ! . . . #goth #gothic #gothmusic #gothicmusic #industrialmusic #industrialpop #industrialgoth #darkelectro #darkelectronic #darkelectronicmusic #darksynth #darksynthpop #darktechno #ebm #ebmmusic #synthpop #futurepop #whorticulture #mollybrownhousemuseum
In the late 19th century, streets like Lincoln, Grant, Logan and Pennsylvania boasted the most prestigious addresses in the city. Join us on Wednesday, May 22, from 5-7:30 PM for our next installment of Cocktails in Cool Places: Night Out in Capitol Hill. For this event, you'll experience a progressive tour featuring appetizers and drinks at three iconic Capitol Hill locations: Keating Mansion, 🏡 built in 1891 by Jeffery and Mary Keating, just before the silver crash of 1893, showcasing the opulence of the era. Croke Patterson Campbell Mansion 🏠️, a Chateauesque manor constructed of red sandstone in 1891, once owned by Thomas M. Patterson, a prominent U.S. Senator and editor of the Rocky Mountain News. Denver Woman's Press Club 📰, founded in 1898, which played a pivotal role in advocating for women's rights, including the suffrage movement. Expert guides will lead you through each site, allowing you to savor the rich tapestry of architecture, heritage, and libations that define Capitol Hill's unique character. Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience Denver's past while enjoying a Night Out in Capitol Hill! Click the Link in our Profile to buy Event Tickets! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #CapHill #Denver #PreservationMonth
Join us tonight for 1340 Penn! We'll be exploring Mile High Hollywood, how the silver screen brought Margaret Brown's story to light. We look forward to seeing you on the red carpet, and no autographs please! To join us, click the link in our bio. #mollybrownhousemuseum #historicdenver #1340penn #hollywood #silverscreen
#WhatIsItWednesday? This building, the home of a writer and journalist in Denver, was purchased by Margaret Brown and donated to the city of Denver in 1927. As part of the preservation effort, it was moved to its present location in Washington Park. Whose house is it? #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Preservation #ThisPlaceMatters #HistoricDenver
Where could the Moffat Tunnel door in the basement lead to??🚂 Right into the entry hall of the museum! It’s used by our staff as they scurry around the house, during special events, and by school kids who are here on field trips. Have you gotten to use these stairs before? #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #MoffatTunnel #Mural #HiddenStaircase
I definitely did not expect to experience this in Denver. I got to visit the house of Margaret Brown (1867-1932). Posthumously, she is often referred to as the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown’. She was one of the survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. In the 1997 blockbuster movie “Titanic”, Molly Brown was played by the legendary Kathy Bates. The role was originally offered to Reba McEntire but she had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts. Denver, Colorado, USA. Jul 2023 🇺🇸🚢
Historic Preservation isn't just about preserving the structure of a building... It's also about preserving all the little details that make that space unique! These are the original door hinges to the bedroom doors. They don't make 'em like this anymore! What’s your favorite hidden detail in the museum? #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #Preservation #Details
🌟 May is National Preservation Month! 🏛️ Historic Denver is now seeking nominations for our 2024 Awards program starting today! Know a preservation project or person making a difference? Click the nominations link in our bio by May 31 or go to historicdenver.org. 🎉 #preservationmonth #historicdenver #mollybrownhousemuseum
Happy #HistoricPreservationMonth! Built in 1889, The Molly Brown House is a unique blend of Queen Anne Victorian 🔴 and Richardsonian Romanesque 🔵 (say that 5 times fast!) features. Castle Rock rhyolite was used for the walls of the house, and Manitou sandstone was used for the balustrade and accents. Both types of stone were locally used in Denver for buildings built during this time. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Architecture #Preservation #HistoricDenver #HD50
On April 29, 1912, Margaret arrived back in Denver, having stayed in New York, having remained in New York for several days ensuring that survivors were taken care of. When she arrived in Denver, she stayed in a suite at the Brown Palace Hotel and fielded many requests for interviews about what had happened. When asked about her own efforts aboard the Titanic she responded, "As I went on deck [when] the boats were being lowered, I found many opportunities to be useful and I was glad to be. The less you think of yourself at such times, the better off you are." #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Unsinkable #BrownPalace #Denver #Local #Colorado #Titanic
Votes for Women to the Rescue. Woman's Journal. April 27, 1912. Text: "When women cannot vote the ship of state is like the steamship "Titanic" with only half enough lifeboats" In 1912, the loss of so many lives of men on the Titanic created a debate between feminists, suffragists and anti-suffragists about the righteousness of women and children first in lifeboats. Many anti-suffragists used this event to suggest that giving women the right to vote would be the end of chivalry. Suffragist rebutted this claim saying that women can also be chivalrous, as proven by the efforts of Margaret Brown in the lifeboats and that social issues are intrinsically women's issues. Credit: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #Suffrage #SteadfastSuffragists #MuseumFromHome #ThisIsPreservation #HistoricDenver #1912
Stephanie, our curator and Heather, our Director of Learning and Engagement were so honored and excited to meet Robert Ballard last month when he was in Denver! In exchange for searching for two sunken navy submarines, the Navy allowed Ballard to use Argo, an unmanned deep sea camera sled to search for the Titanic. After locating the debris trail of the imploded submarines, Ballard used the Argo to sweep the floor for the debris trail from the Titanic. On September 1, 1985, they discovered the boiler of the Titanic laying 14,000 below the surface of the water on the ocean floor. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #TitanicHistory #Titanic #Titanic1912 #HistoricDenver
Just performed the Unsinkable Molly Brown program at Lockport Library. Look at this beautiful sunset out the library window. #lockportlibrary #mollybrownhousemuseum #lynnrymarzstoryteller #lynnrymarz
Detached rusticles below port side anchor of the Titanic. Lori Johnston, RMS Titanic Expedition 2003, NOAA-OE. The Titanic lies at 3,800 meters or about 12,500 feet on the ocean floor. This area of the ocean is known as the Bathyal zone. The deterioration of the Titanic is a natural process. Although salinity plays a factor in the dissolving of metals, the Titanic is being dissolved by a microbe called Halomonas titanicae. This bacteria, found in deep sea environments, eats wrought iron, forming rusticles, the rust icicle-like structures found on the Titanic. “In 1995, I was predicting that Titanic had another 30 years,” Henrietta Mann, one of the researchers who studied the bacteria, said. “But I think it’s deteriorating much faster than that now. Perhaps if we get another 15 to 20 years out of it, we’re doing good … eventually there will be nothing left but a rust stain.” #Titanic #Rusticles #TitanicToday #RMSTitanic #MollyBrownHouseMuseum
Today, the Ludlow townsite and the adjacent location of the tent colony, located 18 miles northwest of Trinidad, Colorado, is now a ghost town. The massacre site is owned by the United Mine Workers of America, which erected a granite monument in memory of those who died that day. The Ludlow tent colony site was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 16, 2009, and dedicated on June 28, 2009. Photos: John Deffenbaugh, Historic Denver CEO #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Ludlow #LudlowMassacre #LudlowColorado #ColoradoHistory
On this day... April 20, 1914 An attack on the striking coal miners and their families by the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards at Ludlow, Colorado resulted in the deaths of 25 people including 11 children. Protesting low pay and abysmal working conditions in the coalfields, the miners and their families were evicted from their houses owned by the mining company and set up tent cities. On April 20, The National Guard opened fire on the camp, soaked the tents in kerosene and set them on fire. In one cellar, 11 children and 2 women were found burned and suffocated. After the massacre, Margaret spoke out in support of striking miners and their families., even though her own money came from the work of Colorado miners. #mollybrownhousemuseum #strike #laborstrike #unions #ludlow #colorado
New York, April 1912 – To The Denver Post, Denver, Colo. – “Tell my Denver friends I’m safe,” said Mrs. James J. Brown, to a Post reporter who found her in the Carpathia’s hospital, nursing 100 hysterical women that were unable to get off the ship. “Tell them I’m crazy with grief, but that it isn’t my own grief, for my daughter Helen is safe in Paris, thank God!” These were the first words that came from the brave little woman to the outside world that was clamoring for news of the Titanic’s dead. On April 19, the Denver Post published an interview given by Margaret while she was on the Carpathia in New York City. The Carpathia docked on April 18th but Margaret spent an extra night aboard making sure that the other survivors were taken care of before she left the ship. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #Titanic1912
Loved being a part of Titanic week. Wonderful audience at Cherry Valley Library. #titanic #mollybrownhousemuseum #lynnrymarzstoryteller #lynnrymarz
I was going through some notes from my visit to the @mollybrownhouse last fall and realized the maid whose clothing the museum staff had set out included a detachable pocket! Isn't it fun how some things just keep on popping up? #pockets #19thcenturyfashion #fashionhistory #mollybrown #mollybrownhousemuseum #Denver #historicalcostume #edwardian
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Museum and some of the Denver architecture! @jessannv @sick_pny #milehighcity #mollybrownhousemuseum #votes for women #denvermuseums #denverarchitecture #thingstodoindenver #hangingoutwithfriends #Colorado #theunsinkablemollybrown #titanicanniversary #cathedraloftheimmaculateconception #coloradocapitol
#OnThisDay... 🚢 April 15, 1912 Margaret describes the process of getting into a lifeboat... "I again looked out [of my room], and saw a man whose face was blanched, his eyes protruding, wearing the look of a haunted creature. He was gasping for breath, and in an undertone he gasped, "Get your life-saver."... I hurriedly mounted the stairs to A deck, and there I found possibly fifty passengers, all putting on their life belts. Strapping myself into mine, I afterwards was told to go up on the storm deck... On reaching the storm deck we found a number of men trying to unravel the tackle of the boats to let them down, which seemed at the time very difficult... Suddenly I saw a shadow, and a few seconds later, I was taken hold of, and with the words "You are going, too," I was dropped fully four feet into the lowering life-boat." 📷 : Lifeboat #6 including Margaret Brown and Frederick Fleet, lookout on the Titanic #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #1912
Meet our Margaret 'Molly' Brown interpreter before the 6:30pm showing of "UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold" on April 16th, 17th and 18th to hear about her ‘unsinkable’ experience. Only showing at the Regal UA Colorado Mills! Museum staff will also be on hand to answers questions for the Monday, April 15th 6:30pm showing and the Wednesday, April 17th 3:40 showing. See Unsinkable then Be Unsinkable at the Molly Brown House Museum! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #UnsinkableTitanicUntold #Denver #Regal #ColoradoMills #Titanic
#OnThisDay...🚢 April 14, 1912 11:40pm In her account published in May of 1912, Margaret describes the moment the Titanic hit the iceberg... "Anxious to finish a book I stretched on the brass bed at the side of which was a lamp. So completely absorbed in my reading, I gave little thought to the crash that struck at my window overhead and threw me to the floor. Picking myself up I proceeded to see what the steamer had struck ... All seemed to be quietly listening, thinking nothing serious had occurred, though realizing at the time that the engines had stopped immediately after the crash and the boat was at a standstill and as there was no confusion of any kind, the book was again picked up." #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #1912
#OnThisDay... 🚢 April 14, 1912 Margaret reported that the temperature dropped perceptibly lower. All donned heavy furs and warm clothing... "Dinner time found few inclined to shed their warm clothing for dinner dress. Even the innumerable brides, who on various occasions appeared in a different Paris creation each night, could not be induced to change. Though the board groaned with viands, the passengers found it uncomfortable to sit through the many course dinner. Many sought their staterooms immediately afterwards." 📷 : The Veranda Cafe and Palm Court. Titanic. 1912. LOC #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #1912
Many years ago, I was the sales representative for a very small company (As-Pen Arts) that made souvenirs. I have always been fascinated by Margaret Tobin Brown (Molly Brown), so these were an idea I had for refrigerator magnets for the @mollybrownhouse museum gift shop. They sold a lot of these. I am glad I kept a set for myself. #mollybrown #mollybrownhousemuseum #margaretbrown #titanic #margarettobinbrown #jjbrown #mollybearown #jjbearown
Oh Hi Margaret!👋 Our life-size Margaret is visiting the Regal Colorado Mills to celebrate the premiere of "UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold" setting sail April 12! Don't forget to take a selfie with her if you see her on your way to seeing "UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold" only in theaters through April 18! Buy tickets at regmovies.com! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #UnsinkableTitanicUntold #Unsinkable #Titanic #DenverRegal #ColoradoMills #Titanic1912
#OnThisDay April 13,1912🚢 "After luncheon, or about two-thirty, the favorite and popular place was the reading room, where the passengers settled themselves comfortably with some chosen book from the well-equipped library on the ship. Others were taking a quiet siesta on the deck, wrapped in heavy steamer rugs. Few remained in their staterooms, for the sea was perfectly calm and no vibration was felt. Consequently, there was little or no mal-de-mer." -Margaret Brown, talking about her journey on the RMS Titanic on the days before it hit the iceberg. Photo: The First Class Reading Room. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #Titanic #Titanic1912
The Molly Brown House Museum is proud to partner with Regal UA Colorado Mills to promote the Denver premiere of "UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold" setting sail today, April 12! 🚢 Experience a true story that has never been told. In UNSINKABLE, Senator William Alden Smith and undercover investigative journalist Alaine Ricard pursue the truth in the aftermath of the Titanic tragedy, unraveling a real-life tale of rushed investigations, political interference, and the pursuit of corporate accountability, intricately woven with heart-wrenching flashbacks of heroism and sacrifice on the deck of the Titanic. This movie is only at Colorado Mills Regal and only in theaters April 12 through the 18th! Tickets at regmovies.com! 🎥Official Movie Poster 🎥Cotter Smith as Senator Smith 🎥Fiona Dourif as Alaine Ricard 🎥Jayne Wisener as Maggie Malloy 🎥Karen Allen as Nancy Smith #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #UnsinkableTitanicUntold #Regal #Titanic #Denver
#OnThisDay...🚢 April 11, 1912 At 11:30am, RMS Titanic drops anchor in Queenstown, Ireland. 123 new passengers boarded the ship- most of whom were Third Class. 7 passengers also got off of the Titanic in Queenstown, including Father Francis Browne, who had taken final photographs of the ship. At 1:30pm, the anchor was raised and Titanic set off on its journey across the Atlantic. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #1912
Colorado Theatre in Non-Traditional Spaces is coming to the museum to share stories of notable people through the medium of theater! On April 13 at 7:00 PM join us for the 110th anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre of southern Colorado to see a production of "Mother! The Story of Mary Harris Jones" written by Mike Broemmel and Jennifer Dempsey and directed by Jennifer Dempsey. Click the link in our profile for tickets! And don't forget to check out all of our Titanic events in April too! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #MotherJones #Ludlow #ColoradoHistory #Theater #MuseumTheater
Come learn about Mary "Mother" Harris Jones, once described as the "most dangerous woman in America" because of her work organizing for the United Mine Workers of America. This Saturday April 13th, we'll bring her story to life through a first-person theatre piece on the Museum's 3rd floor. Join us for this fascinating look at one of Margaret Brown's contemporaries. Get your tickets today by clicking the link in our bio! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #MotherJones #Ludlow #ColoradoHistory #Theater #MuseumTheater
#OnThisDay... 🚢 April 8, 1912 Provisions continue to be loaded onto the Titanic in preparation for its anticipated 6 day journey across the Atlantic. C.G. Hibbert and Company provided 15,000 bottles of beer. 🍻 Other provisions include: 🍷 1500 bottles of wine 🍪 10,000 pounds of sugar 🐔 25,000 pounds of poultry and game 🥔 80,000 pounds of potatoes 📷:Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #1912
#OnThisDay...🚢 April 7, 1912 Passengers of the Titanic were making their way to Cherbourg, France in anticipation of boarding the Titanic. John Jacob Astor and his wife Madeline, arrived in Rome for Easter. According to her nieces, Margaret and Helen were with the traveling with the Astors in Europe and Egypt. It is likely that they too were in Rome on April 7 on their way back to Paris. 📷: John Jacob Astor and Madeline Astor. 1911. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #1912
Around April 6, 1912, Margaret's nieces, Florence and Helen Tobin, received word in a letter that Margaret would be returning to the United States on the Titanic. 🚢 After word of the sinking reached Denver, journalists speculated whether or not Margaret was on board and what her fate was. On April 16, the Denver Post cited this letter to her nieces to confirm that she was onboard. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #1912 #History
#OnThisDay April 5, 1912 🚢🚩 RMS Titanic was “dressed” in a panoply of flags and pennants for a salute to the people of Southampton. It was the only occasion she was ever “dressed.” Photo 1: Photograph of the Titanic from across the harbor Photo 2: Colorized photograph of the Titanic from the dock in Southampton #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Titanic #HistoricDenver #Titanic1912 #TitanicHistory
Join Historic Denver & Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods for "Women in Herstory" - Amazing Colorado Women and Their Impact! To celebrate Women's History Month and the vital role of women in Colorado history, CHUN's History Matters committee and Historic Denver are hosting a special "Women in Herstory" event featuring our own Director of the Molly Brown House Museum, Andrea Malcomb and a Chief Storyteller of Denver and film producer, Rowena Alegria, as well as a panel of other "Women in Power" from Colorado. Click the link in our profile for tickets! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #CHUN #Capitol Hill #Denver #WomensHistory
🚢 On April 3, 1912, one week before the sailing of the Titanic, Helen Brown, Margaret's daughter, wrote a letter from Paris to her sister-in-law stating that she would not be traveling on the ship with her mother. 🚢 "Mamma almost persuaded me to make the return trip with her on this boat as a great crowd will be aboard. It is the first trip, you know, and there will be much to do away with the monotony of the ordinary trip." Eileen, Helen's sister-in-law, did not receive the letter before the news broke that the ship had sunk. 📷: Helen and Margaret Brown. 1911. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #TitanicToday #Titanic #HeroineoftheTitanic #Titanic1912
Margaret Brown was a woman from the West, but was firmly seated in the East coast society. She would often combine her love of Western culture with her love of Eastern society. Margaret spent the most part of the 1910's in Newport, Rhode Island where she rented out a cottage known as Mon Etui. Her new friends were intrigued by the West, and Margaret loved showing the multicultural complexity of it. She decorated Mon Etui with Navajo blankets and a papier-mâché cave that delighted guests. She also would wear furs and drape them over furniture to show off her keepsakes from hunting trips with her son, Larry. Many of these were popular customs to show off her Western heritage before there was a greater awareness of wildlife preservation and the awareness cultural appropriation. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #MonEtui #Newport #Navajo #WildlifePreservation
Join the Molly Brown House Museum and the Center for Colorado Women’s History’s book club! The next meeting will be April 7, from 12:30-2pm at the Center for Colorado Women’s History. Discussion will be on “Gold Fated Family: J.J Brown-Husband of the Unsinkable Molly Brown,” written by MBHM’s very own Jody Pritzl! #mollybrownhousemuseum #historicdenver #centerforcoloradowomenshistory #bookclub Image Description: A stack of multiple copies Jody Pritzl’s book, “Gold Fated Family,” in the Molly Brown House Museum gift shop
What is this brown tool on Margaret's vanity? 🧤 It's a glove stretcher! Glove stretchers were widely used because of the popularity of women's kid leather gloves like you can see in the second picture! These gloves were generally very tight fitting, and the wearer often needed aid from a mechanical device to put them on. The glove stretcher worked by placing the narrow end into a glove finger and then squeezing the handle, thereby expanding the two halves of the narrow end and stretching the glove finger wider apart. They were also useful in maintaining the overall shape of kid leather gloves, which when washed were prone to wrinkling and could turn quite stiff. Trivia: What type of animal do we get Kid Leather from? #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #Gloves #MuseumCollection
We're at 33rd and Decatur, the former home of Ellis Meredith. 🤩 Meredith was a journalist and fervent advocate for women’s rights. It is believed that she led Colorado's 1893 ballot initiative to grant women voting rights. In her column, A Woman’s World, she argued for women’s suffrage. 💜 After Colorado’s successful campaign, Meredith continued to be involved in politics and elections. She served as the City Election Commissioner from 1910 to 1915. ⛰️ As the move towards national women's suffrage national continued to pick up traction, Meredith joined the national movement. In 1917 she left Colorado for Washington D.C. to work at the Women’s Bureau of the Democratic Party. 🇺🇸 This was the Ellis’s family home which she purchased from her father in 1909 and lived here until moving to Washington D.C. 🏠️ #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #ElllisMeredith #DenverHistory #ColoradoHistory #Election #WomensHistoryMonth
We’re at 26th and Adams, the former home of Rachel B. Noel. Noel was the first African American member of the Denver School Board in 1965, making her the first African American woman elected to public office in Colorado. In 1968 she authored the Noel Resolution, which aimed to provide equal opportunity to Denver’s school children. When the Noel Resolution was repealed by the Denver School Board, Wilfred Keyes organized a group of parents to sue the school system. Keyes v. School District 1 was a precedent setting Supreme Court case. 🚌 In 1971, Rachel B. Noel founded the department of African American studies at Metropolitan State University, and served on their board of directors. She was the first woman to serve as Chair of the Board of Regents when she was elected in 1978. 🏛️ #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #DenverHistory #ColoradoHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
Where would you rather spend an afternoon reading? 📕 Image 1: The Library, complete with cozy chairs and floor to ceiling bookcases Image 2: The Sunroom, complete with a horsehair sofa and music players #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #Reading #Library #Sunroom #HistoricDenver #ReadingMonth
We’re at Charline Place on Pennsylvania and 14th! The apartments were built in 1890 by Varian and Sterner. From about 1915 to 1923, room 1 was rented by Josephine Roche. Roche was Denver’s first policewoman, in 1912. She later worked as Director of the Girls Department in Denver’s Juvenile Court. 👮🏻♀️ When her father died, she inherited his shares of Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. Embroiled in a strike, Roche borrowed money to purchase a majority share in the company and institute changes that improved miners’ living and working conditions, as well as allowing them to unionize. 🪧 In 1935, Roche ran for governor of Colorado, after losing in the primary Roosevelt appointed her as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under FDR. After, she returned to Colorado and became the first woman to head a major coal company and advocate for workers’ rights. 🏛️ #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #WomensHistoryMonth #HistoricDenver #DenverHistory #ColoradoHistory
#WhatIsItWedndesday Warm, reliable, and a must have for every household, what could this "MAJESTIC" sign belong to? #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #Warm #Coal #Majestic
Join Museum Director Andrea Malcomb tonight at 6pm for a special Insider Tour! In honor of Women’s History Month, the Molly Brown House Museum will be hosting a conversation about the power of women when they come together from Margaret’s time to present day. Tickets are $20 for members, $24 for non-members, get yours by clicking the link in our bio. #mollybrownhousemuseum #historicdenver #womensrights #suffrage #specialtour Image Description: A suffrage parade on October 23, 1915. Women dressed in white carrying signs March down the middle of the street while both men and women line the sidewalk watching on
Margaret Tobin Brown wore many hats in her lifetime... Activist, Suffragist, Survivor, Humanitarian. But her roots were founded in her Irish Catholic heritage. Born to Irish immigrants, her father coming to America because of famine and unrest and her mother a descendant of fighters in the Irish Resistance, Margaret had a fighting spirit. The Irish diaspora of the 1800’s meant that 40% of the US immigrants from 1845- 1855 were coming from Ireland. The Irish population was met with discrimination and hard labor, especially in mining communities. Margaret and J. J. Brown did what they could give back to their Irish Catholic community, often by hiring other Irish Catholics for their staff. These workers were a part of the same working class that Margaret and J. J. were previously a part of, and they came from similar background; either as immigrants like their parents or were first- generation Irish American’s like themselves. Denver was a very protestant town at the time, but Margaret wanted to help the growing Irish Catholic community by helping with the founding of the Cathedral Basilica of Immaculate Conception, just two blocks from her house. The funding for this new cathedral would come from her work on The Carnival Nations, where nations from around the world would have tents set as “villages”, including Ireland. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #WhoIsItWednesday #IrishHistory #StPatricksDay #MelodyEpperson #WomensHistoryMonth
It's a Ballot Box! National Ballot Box. Pat'd June 17, 1884. Manufactured by Amos Pettibone, Chicago. This National Ballot Box originally would have had a wood box around the glass featuring locks to secure ballots. This glass ballot jar is typical of the transparent devices used to secure paper ballots. In 1884, only women in the Wyoming Territory, Utah Territory and Washington Territory have full suffrage rights. Other states only allowed women to vote in school elections. Most states did not allow women to vote in any elections. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #BallotBox #Vote! #HERstory #Collections #WomensHistory
"I am a daughter of adventure." -Margaret Brown Heading through Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood you may have noticed signs for the Molly Brown House Museum - or even seen the house itself. But who was the Unsinkable Molly Brown? Read our latest blog at the link in our bio to find out! #mollybrown #mollybrownhousemuseum #denver #exploredenver
Need some last minute things for you leprechaun traps? Our gift shop has everything you need! Come shop our Museum Store open Tuesday- Sunday 10am-4:30pm! Por shop online from the comfort of your house by clicking the link in our profile! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #MuseumStore #StPatricksDay #Leprechaun
Denver, Summer 2021. Denver Art Museum, Molly Brown House Museum, & Downtown. #denver #denverartmusuem #denverart #colorado #mollybrown #mollybrownhouse #mollybrownhousemuseum #35mmfilmphotography #35mmcamera #35mm #photo #photography #photographer
#WhatIsItWednesday? This glass tube doesn't have a bottom and it has a hole on top. The clear glass would allow the inspectors to see exactly what was inside. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #WhatIsIt #Elections
Join us next Friday for a book signing with author Penelope Carlevato! She will be signing books in the Museum Store from 11am - 1pm. Penelope is the author of "Tea on the Titanic: 100 Years Later", "The Afternoon Tea: From Downtown Abbey to Titanic" and "First Class Etiquette: From Titanic to Now... Manner Matter." All these will be available in our store for purchase! We hope to see you there! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #MuseumStore #PenelopeCarlevato #TeaOnTheTitanic #TheArtOfAfternoonTea #BookSigning #HistoricDenver
Attention history buffs and architecture enthusiasts! Have you had the chance to visit the fascinating Molly Brown House Museum? @mollybrownhouse This Denver landmark offers a glimpse into the life of the legendary "Unsinkable" Molly Brown and showcases the stunning Victorian architecture of the era. If you haven't already explored this historical gem, be sure to add it to your must-visit list! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #History #Architecture 🏛️🔍
Happy International Women's Day 🎉 How did women band together to change the world?🧐 The late 1800’s marked a sea change for the women’s rights movement. Tired of being treated as second class citizens, women in Colorado and beyond were taking a stand: demanding the right to vote, running for public office, and pursuing their own interests and careers outside of their homes and marriages. Always outspoken and never one to shy away from controversy, Margaret was quoted as saying “It is a mistake to think that Western women are crude and provincial. There are hundreds, thousands, of wonderfully brilliant women in Colorado. They are largely the flower of womanhood from the East, the North, the South – women who have dared leave their native homes to come out where they might expand, found new homes, enlarge their horizon.” Come learn more about Organizing Women during our Insider's Tour featuring Andrea Malcomb, Director of the Museum! Click the link in our profile for tickets! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #InsiderTours #DenverWomen #HERStory #WomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensDay
Exactly 54 years ago today, Historic Denver open the doors of the Molly Brown House Museum for the first time!🎉 Excited Denverites were eager to visit our city's most famous home. By the end of March over 4,500 people had visited, with one Saturday seeing a line down the block and 1,350 visitors! What is your favorite memory of visiting the museum? #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #HistoricDenver #MuseumAnniversary #DenverMuseum
Helen Henderson Chain🏔️ Rosa Bonheur🎨 From Salon de Paris to en plein air, the “New Women” of the late 19th century were bucking trends and pushing societies limits. Join us March 14 to explore the female artists who Margaret celebrated by hanging their works in her home and other artists who fought for the same recognition as male painters. Click the link in our profile to learn more and purchase tickets! #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #WomenArtists #DenverEvent #MuseumEvent #1340Penn
While riding the train to see her folks in Denver, Leonel "Nellie" Campbell Ross O'Bryan (1857-1938), also known as Polly Pry, got offered a gig writing for the brand new "Denver Post." As a staff writer, Polly covered the arrest and trial of Alferd Packer, the struggles in the mines, the fight for women's rights, and the Mexican Revolution, among other things. Later on, she even started her own newspaper, "The Polly Pry". Her brother Charles bought this house in 1896. The 1900 census shows Nellie living in this West Highland home with her folks and both brothers. The family owned the house until 1932. #MollyBrownHouseMuseum #DenverWomen #DenverHerstory #Herstory #DenverNewspapers #Women'sHistory