Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cliff House Manitou Springs
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Wheeler, Jerome--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887 April 20
- Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Wheeler, Jerome--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- County Hospital (was Charlie Sutton house) [graphic]
- Built as a residence for Charlie and Mary Sutton, the Summit County Hospital in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story, gable roofed, frame structure with a shed roofed side extension and a gable roofed addition in back. An open porch extends the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 March 26
- C.A. Finding residence
- Interior of a study in the Finding residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes a full bookcase in the left background, and in the right, a cluttered wooden table with a drawer and glass top. On it is a woman's portrait in an ornate frame, open...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- M. E. parsonage, Altman, Colo.
- Five views of the Methodist parsonages in Altman, Colorado, include; upper left corner image: the first parsonage located between Altman and Independence. A small lean-to shack with an open entry door and a four pane window. Upper right image: a...
- Pingree, H. M.--Homes and haunts--1880-1890.; Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- Pike's Peak from Papetown [sic]
- View of Pikes Peak (elevation 14,110 feet) from Papeton (formerly Curtis), Colorado, northeast of Colorado Springs; original site named Curtis by W.W. Curtis who opened Curtis Coal Mine, relocated & renamed Papeton by striking coal miners in 1903...
- Papeton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Papeton--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Papeton--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- The open pit at Climax mine near Leadville, Colorado.
- View of an open pit Molybdenum mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; mining machinery includes a scoop-crane, a dump truck, a tracklayer tractor, and a truck.
- Climax Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1940-1970.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Dump trucks--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1970.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- East 70 Drive-in
- View of the entrance sign and the back of the projection center of the East Drive-in Movie Theatre at 12800 East Colfax Avenue in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The sign reads: "Drive-in theatre East 70, Open Nightly True Lies, Speed. Box Open."...
- East Drive-in Theatre (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Drive-in theaters.; East Drive-in Theatre (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1994
- Alexander Lake Lodge
- View of the historic Alexander Lake Lodge at 21221 Baron Lake Drive on Grand Mesa in Cedaredge (Delta County), Colorado. The log building has a steep pitched metal roof and a stone chimney. A full length porch is on the side of the building with a...
- Alexander Lake Lodge (Cedaredge, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cedaredge (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Grand Mesa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Alexander Lake Lodge (Cedaredge, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Cedaredge--Pictorial works.; Cedaredge...
- 1992
- Los Angeles, Cal. West Lake Park
- View of MacArthur (formerly Westlake Park) in the Westlake Neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Shows sidewalks, trees, and park benches. A boathouse is beside the lake, the round, open building has an arched arcade and is topped with a large...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Westlake (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Boathouses.; Boats.; Lakes & ponds.; Parks.
- [1905?]
- J.H. Kilday & W. Weld, prop.'s, White-House saloon, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of White House Saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; J. H. Kilday & W. Weld (proprietors), group of men stand in front of bar, two men wear aprons, one of whom holds a box of open cigars; additional men stand at bar with feet propped on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; White House Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1893 or 1894]
- The Winchester Tunnel entrance
- View is marked with various points on South Mountain above Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado. "1. Annie Open Cut mine, 2. The Winchester Tunnel entrance, 3. The Winchester Ore House, thru which has passed over 1/2 million dollars, 4. The...
- South Mountain (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Summitville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Bingham copper mine
- View of the Bingham Copper Mine, in Bingham Canyon, Utah. Shows an enormous open pit mine with tiers, mine railroad tracks, freight cars filled with ore, and electric towers for the railroad.
- Kennecott Copper Corporation. Utah Copper Division--1920-1950.; Bingham Canyon (Utah)--1920-1950.; Bingham Copper Mine (Salt Lake County, Utah)--1920-1950.; Utah--1920-1950.; Copper mining--Utah--1920-1950.; Mine railroads--Utah--1920-1950.;...
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Blown safe at Golden Eagle Dry Goods store
- Police officers and detectives stand next to the damaged safe of the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Department Store in Denver, Colorado. Robbers had attempted to blow up this safe which contained $30,000 open but only managed to bend one safe door open....
- Golden Eagle Dry Goods Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Detectives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Robberies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Safes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- May 10, 1931
- Prohibition "bust"
- People watch men open cases of liquor from the Blue Valley Distillery Company during a Prohibition arrest in Colorado. The men use crowbars to open the wooden cases.
- Alcoholic beverages--Colorado--1920-1930.; Law enforcement--Colorado--1920-1930.; Police raids--Colorado--1920-1930.; Prohibition--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Hefferman's Trading Post - inside corral
- View of two white men standing outside of Hefferman's Trading Post, a brush and branch roofed porch surrounded by a wood and wire fence, possibly near Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. A one story adobe and stone building behind the porch has a gable...
- Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Interior view of Trinidad Country Club, Trinidad, Colorado
- The Trinidad Country Club, in Trinidad, Colorado, has an open log beam ceiling; squared beams with corbel ends run the other direction at a lower level. An adobe fireplace fitted with andirons is in back, with trophies on its mantle; Navajo urns...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Navajo textile fabrics--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1925?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a suspended brass chandelier, originally gas but converted to electricity, with six curvilinear...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a suspended brass chandelier, originally gas but converted to electricity, with six curvilinear...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Arlington Hotel at Manitou Colo.
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east. This two-story, cross gabled frame structure has an open side porch and deck with railing. The striped canvas awning that shelters the deck is retracted, and small...
- Bennet, W. A.--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Cliff House-Manitou
- View of the Cliff House and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The Pavilion is a cross gabled structure with ridgecresting, a cupola, and lattice work in the form of sunbursts in the gables of the open east end. It has a knee-high...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hotel Navajo
- Exterior view of the Hotel Navajo, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This four story hip-gabled roof structure with dormers, wrap around open air porch, and faceted corner tower with bell roof was originally known as the Barker House, and was purchased...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Hotel Navajo (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Manitou and the Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Sulphur Springs, Manitou
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. In the left is the Soda Spring Pavilion, a cross gable roofed structure with a cupola and ridgecresting; latticework in the gable apexes forms sunbursts. The eastern half of the building is open...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge, Colo., Main Street
- View of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows pedestrians and heavily loaded wagons with teams and drivers crowding the dirt street. A buggy with lady passengers is in the foreground. Frame buildings line both sides; the wide corniced,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888?]
- C.A. Finding residence, Breckenridge 1890
- The Finding family poses by the fence, near the open cutworked gate, at their home in Breckenridge, Colorado. A saddled horse and two dogs pose with them. Holding the horse's reins, Mrs. Finding is in a corseted black bodice with jockey points,...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Johnnie Dewer's Place (present town hall)
- Men pose around the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked around the mirror. A cash register and metal sculptures of swordsmen are on it, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- 1894 or 1895
- Johnnie Dewer's Place
- Two men with long white beards sit on the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a cane and one holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked to the mirror border. A cash register and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899?]
- Eureka 1942
- View of a single, detached residence in Eureka, Colorado; features a one story with a "U" shaped floor plan; open end of the U with gabled facade on both sides; projecting open porch with gable in the middle of the U, and brackets on the support...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Red Cross fruit ranch, Clifton, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Red Cross Ranch, Clifton, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; wooden frame structures in middle of orchard; residence, garage and barn; several unhitched wagons and carriages stored in open sheds and early automobile; ceramic pitcher in...
- Clifton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1910.; Red Cross Ranch (Clifton, Colo.)
- [1907?]
- Summer 1940, "Sandiago"
- View of a two door automobile in front of a large two-story weathered horizontal board building in Georgetown, Colorado. The car door is open, a bucket seat leans forward and a person shows in the back seat. The building has tin roof, a screen door...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1978
- Cherrelyn horse car
- Several women, two young girls and a man pose on the Cherrelyn horse car with the horse on the back platform, Cherrelyn, (district incorporated into Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. The horse car is on a wooden trestle. The women wear hats and...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Cherrelyn horse car
- John Bogue (conductor, driver and lessee) and his passengers pose on the Cherrelyn horse car with the harnessed horse, on the back platform, Cherrelyn, (district incorporated into Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. The women wearing decorated...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Manitou Bath House
- View of the Manitou Bathhouse in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a three story Queen Anne style structure with gable roofs, ridge cresting, square corner towers that extend one floor above the main building, a tower with a...
- Manitou Bath House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Dairy barn ranch
- Open beams span the interior ceiling of the State Penitentiary dairy in Canon City, Colorado. Shaded, hanging electric lamps are centered over the concrete floor, which is flanked by feeding Guernsey cows, facing out. Open factory windows line some...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1934
- A news stand, north side 8th St, Albert Woodbury passing by
- A man, holding his spectacles in his right hand, stands in front of a Greeley, Colorado, newsstand in Weld County. He wears trousers, boots, a long-sleeved shirt, a vest and a hat; he has a mustache. The commercial building behind him is of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Newspaper vendors--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1890]
- The house at Gregory Point - (Black Hawk) home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederich Kruse 188?-1939, Ben Draper, March 1940
- Front view of two-story horizonal-clapboard Kruse residence in Black Hawk, Colorado, featuring three front bays, sawtooth gables, two chimneys, open first-story porch with posts supporting a projecting roof, and balustrades making up the bargeboard...
- Kruse, Frederich--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1939]
- Montrose, Colorado, residences
- View of the two story, brick residence in Montrose, Colorado, owned by T. B. Townsend. It is partially obscured by trees, but features brick walls, a double front gable, an open balcony with balustrade, an open front porch with turned posts and...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Montrose, Colorado, residences
- View of a two story, brick residence in Montrose, Colorado. It is partially obscured by trees, but features a double front gable, an open balcony with balustrade, an open front porch with turned posts and spindles along the frieze, and a bay...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Chuck Wagon Cafe
- Exterior of the Chuck Wagon Cafe and Cocktail Lounge, Granby, Grand County, Colorado, shows the stone restaurant with pyramidal roof, covered wagon entrance, and painted log addition. A neon covered wagon sign tops the roof and a pickup truck and...
- Granby (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Granby--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Granby--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Chuck Wagon Cafe
- Exterior of the Chuck Wagon Cafe and Cocktail Lounge, Granby, Grand County, Colorado, shows the stone restaurant with pyramidal roof, covered wagon entrance, and painted log back addition. A neon covered wagon sign tops the roof. Rocky Mountain...
- Granby (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Granby--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Manitou, Colo.
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. There is a dusting of snow throughout. On the right is the remodelled Manitou House, a three story frame and stone building with dormers, projecting bays and open porches with columns. Above it...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.
- [between 1886 and 1909?]
- Black Hawk, 1968
- Front view of two story home in Black Hawk, Colorado. It is square, single-detached, with 3 front bays (center door and double hung windows on either side), horizontal clapboard siding, center gable up front with 3 center pointed windows, sawtooth...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Colorado Springs High School
- Interior view of the cafeteria at Colorado Springs High School, designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The modern style lunchroom has an open beam ceiling, and a wall of windows open to a courtyard and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Architecture--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Cafeterias--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; High schools--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Billboard for Morton Salt
- View of a billboard located at West Colfax Avenue and Tennyson Street in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; Morton Salt Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards.; Containers.; Salt industry.; Salt.; Women.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Jefferson County Public Library
- Two members of the Republican "Elephant Stompers" and two members of the Jefferson County Library board pose in front of the Bonfils Stanton regional library in Lakewood, Colorado in Jefrerson County. Three of the women wear plain dresses; one...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Lakewood--1960-1970.; Women--Colorado--Lakewood--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Physics class
- Light experimentation equipment in this University of Colorado at Boulder classroom consists of an optical bench with an adjustable slit and lamps, prisms, lenses, and filters. An open wooden case contains other instruments; a bi-prism defractor...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Kit Carson Hotel
- Hotel in Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado, is a two-story frame building with a low gabled roof and an open porch. Men and women pose with a baby by the balustrade; a boy has a bicycle, and people sit in an open topped touring car. A dog is in...
- Kit Carson (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children--Colorado--Kit Carson--1900-1920.; Dogs--Colorado--Kit Carson--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Kit Carson--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]