Vtg Denver Post Real Photo By Red Kelso Gay Interest Diamond Belle Durango Co For Sale

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AUG 24 1957, SEP 12 1957 A Touch of the Old West Complete with pink swinging doors and crimson velvet draperies, the "Diamond Belle" in Durango, Colo., is one of the latest "period piece" bars to open west of the Divide. The Belle occupies the lower right corner of the Strater Hotel and boasts a waxed mahogany and polish rail, rinky-tink piano and waitresses clad as "gay 90'%" chorus girls. Credit: Denver Post