Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Panning the Platte River
- Men pan or dig for gold in the water, Denver County, Colorado, at (possibly) a hydraulic placer mining class; cars and adobe houses are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Cullen-Thompson Motor Co.
- View of Cullen-Thompson Motor Company at 10th Avenue and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the three-story building that has decorated window frames and pinnacles with crocketts. Signs read: "Low Down Payment" and "1930...
- Cullen-Thompson Motors (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1935 November 5]
- Businesses on Broadway
- A pickup truck and automobile are parked near a building at 869 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The one-story brick building has contrasting trim and decorative accents. Signs read: "Colorado Reo Inc.," "The Latcham Tire Company," "U. S. Tires,"...
- Colorado Reo Inc. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Latcham Tire Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tire...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Cullen-Thompson Motor Company Chrysler
- View of Cullen-Thompson Motor Company's Chrysler automobile dealership at 10th (Tenth) Avenue and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the three-story building that has decorated window frames and pinnacles with crockets. A...
- Cullen-Thompson Motors (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1935 November 5]
- Victor Auto Co.
- View of partially assembled pickup trucks and automobiles parked in a warehouse in the Victor Automobile Company possibly at 3759 Gilpin Street in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A vacuum station is near a vehicle.
- Victor Auto Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Truck...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Colorado and Utah Coal Co. plant
- View of a coal dealership at 27th (Twenty-Seventh) and Walnut Streets, in Denver, Colorado; shows a stucco gasoline station with a tile roof, pumps, and signs: "The Colorado & Utah Coal Co.," "Harris Coal," "Drain Crankcase Here, Real Penn Motor...
- Colorado & Utah Coal Co.--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fuel--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933, April 12
- Thirteenth Street
- View of 13th (Thirteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles, businesses, and signs: "Hotel Howard," "Model Cleaners," "The Shanty," and "O'Meara Ford."
- O'Meara Ford (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- Shell gas station
- View of a Shell filling station in Denver, Colorado. An automobile is parked near the fuel pumps. Signs read: "Today's New Deal," "Greatly Reduced in Price," and "Pennsylvania Tires."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 April 10
- James R. Lowell apts 1020 Sherman
- View of the James Russell Lowell apartments at 1020 Sherman Street in Denver, Colorado; features include ceramic trim. Cars are in the street; sign reads: "Managed by Van Schaack & Co."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- The only Mitzi and her new Packard Brougham
- Mitzi Hajos poses in a car at the entrance of the Broadway Theater in Denver, Colorado. A footman stands by; poster reads: "Mitzi Hajos in the New Comic Opera Pom-Pom."
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Packard automobile--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1930 November
- Albany Hotel
- View of the Albany Hotel, after remodeling designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The modern style hotel has rounded corners, a flat facade with alternating glass brick and plate glass...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1936]
- Cudahy Packing Co. new electric sign
- View of a meat packing plant in Denver, Colorado; shows a concrete building with bays, trucks, cars, a tower, and signs: "The Cudahy Packing Co."
- Cudahy Packing Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Packing-houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Meat...
- 1934 August 14
- Flood at Union Station
- Automobiles and a pedestrian make their way through water by Union Station at 17th (Seventeenth) and Wynkoop Streets during the Cherry Creek flood which resulted from the Castlewood Dam break of 1933, Denver, Colorado. A spare tire cover on the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad Stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 August 4
- Bombed car of gambler Leo Barnes
- Night photograph of gambler Leo Barnes', touring automobile destroyed by a bomb in Denver, Colorado. The license plate reads: 40-872 COLO 1928.
- Barnes, Leo, gambler--Associated objects.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bombings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Crimes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1936 December 8]
- Early office
- Bricklayers work on an extension to a house at 2602 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the edge of the street. The building will be used as Clarence F. Holmes' dental office.
- Holmes, Clarence F., 1892-1978--Homes & Haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Building...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Sixteenth Street
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, automobiles, streetcars, bicycles, the Denver Theater marquee, the Daniels and Fishers tower, Christmas garlands, and signs: "Klinger," "Fontius," "Dundee Clothes," and "KOA."
- Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Street...
- 1933?
- Denver Post building, Champa St. Denver
- View of Denver Post newspaper headquarters at 1544 Champa Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; features cream brick, entablature, a sculpture of Lady Justice, and an electric United States flag. Cars are by the wrought iron entry.
- Denver Post--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Denver Post building, Champa St. Denver
- Nighttime view of Denver Post newspaper headquarters at 1544 Champa Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; cars are parked by streetlights.
- Denver Post--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Street lights--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Cherry Creek flood
- View of Cherry Creek floodwater in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows Speer Boulevard, automobiles, and Sunken Gardens under water.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sunken Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1933 August 3
- Bombed car of gambler Leo Barnes
- Night view of the bombed touring automobile of gambler Leo Barnes on a road in Denver, Colorado. Men stand behind the automobile. The plate on the car reads: "40 872 COLO 1928."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bombings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Crimes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Barnes, Leo, gambler--Associated objects.
- [1936 December 8]
- Colorado game hunters
- Two men pose next to their automobile with the carcasses of two bucks and a bear tied on the front of the car.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Big game hunting--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hunting trophies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Woman looking at stocking
- An unidentified young woman stands in a street behind a Ford automobile, probably in Denver, Colorado. She wears a plaid dress with a cape and hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- City street
- View of a street in Denver, Colorado; shows cars and pedestrians.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Broadway viaduct
- A view of the Broadway viaduct at Broadway and Walnut Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company building. Automobiles are parked next to the viaduct.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Citizens' Mission
- View of a rooming house in Denver, Colorado, at 1617 Larimer Street; shows a stucco building. Neon sign and lettering on an automobile read: "Citizens' Mission Val Higgins - Supt," and "Colorado Neon Sign Co."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Market Street
- View of Market Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows automobile traffic, trucks, warehouse buildings, a man with a crate, and advertising signs: "Seattle Fish Co.," "Sunkist," "Amato & Sons," and "Katz Fruit Co." Silhouettes of men are on a clothes...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1938?]
- Nineteenth and Welton Streets
- View of a building on the corner of 19th (Nineteenth) and Welton Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are nearby. Signs read: "Printing," "Laundry," "Ramble Inn Cafe," "Hub Cafe," and "Cut Rate Liquors."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Parking garage on Stout Street
- Automobiles make their way into a parking garage at 1420 Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men stand near the entrance to the six-story building. Signs read: "Denver Motor Hotel," "Conoco," "Raybestos Brake Service," "Theatre Parking 25...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parking garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Men by an automobile
- Men pose near an automobile in Denver, Colorado. They wear overcoats and hats. Lettering on a nearby window reads: "Pontiac."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Old Wazee Market bldgs.
- View of automobiles and pick-up trucks at the Wazee Market in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on the side of the trucks read: "Louis Coo[...] Plumbing [...]" and "Dachman Produce Co. Fruits Vegetables & Eggs." The Daniels and Fisher Tower is in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Markets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Blake Street between 14th & 15th
- View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows debris, people, automobiles, office buildings, and signs: "Hotel Revere," "Sharp Bros," and "Standard Machinery & Supply."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 August 3
- Sixteenth and Wazee Streets
- View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows 16th (Sixteenth) Street, mud, automobiles, storefronts, people, and signs: "Postal Telegraph," "Barteldes Seed Warehouse," "Great Western Stove Co.,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 August 3
- Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association
- View of the Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association bank, a modern style building designed by Burnham Hoyt, at 1630 Stout Street in Denver, Colorado. The bank has tall, glass doors and matching transoms, with art deco style tracery. The two...
- Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Doors &...
- 1938?
- Gold Panning in the Platte River
- View of (probably) a Public Works Administration hydraulic gold placer mining class, in Denver, Colorado; shows crowds of people panning in the South Platte River, houses, and cars.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining...
- [between 1940 and 1943?]
- Gold Panning in the Platte River
- View of (probably) a Public Works Administration hydraulic gold placer mining class, in Denver, Colorado; shows crowds of people panning in the South Platte River, a water tower, and cars.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1940 and 1943?]
- Gold Panning in the Platte River
- View of (probably) a Public Works Administration hydraulic gold placer mining class, in Denver, Colorado; shows crowds of people with pans in the South Platte River, houses, and cars.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1940 and 1943?]
- Ice skating at Evergreen Lake in Colorado
- Ice skaters on Evergreen Lake in Evergreen, Colorado. Automobiles are parked next to the lake shore.
- Evergreen (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Evergreen Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Ice skating--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Ice skating at Evergreen Lake in Colorado
- Ice skaters on Evergreen Lake in Evergreen, Colorado. Automobiles are parked next to the lake shore.
- Evergreen (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Evergreen Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Ice skating--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking from touring Sedan
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks into a microphone from his touring sedan at Fitzsimons General Hospital, he's protected by police and secret service agents. A crowds gathered behind the Sedan.
- Fitzsimons Army Medical Center--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Presidents--United States--1930-1940.; Secret service--American--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1936
- Funeral procession, F. G. Bonfils
- Spectators watch as a line of vehicles form a procession at the funeral of F. G. Bonfils, in Denver, Colorado. Some of the vehicles carry floral tributes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Funeral processions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bonfils, Frederick Gilmer, 1860-1933--Death & burial.
- 1933 February 4
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt making a speech from his car
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives a speech from his touring car on his way to the Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, during his 1936 presidential campaign.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Political campaigns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Presidents--United States--1930-1940.; Public speaking--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- October 13, 1936
- Car in parade
- An unidentified man waves to the crowd from the back of a convertible automobile in Denver, Colorado. Governor Edwin C. Johnson sits to the man's right. Business sign reads: "Uptown Salon."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Governors--Colorado--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884-1970.
- 1936
- Old model touring sedan
- Men and women ride in a convertible touring car.
- Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Ruined stockings
- A woman poses as though angry at the passing car that splashed her with water and ruined her stockings, possibly in Denver, Colorado.
- Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Man and woman in a car
- A man and a woman in the front seat of a car, pose for a photo. The man wears a suit, hat and glasses. The woman wears a hat and coat.
- Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]