Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #324 Soda Fountain by American Soda Fountain Company possibly in Richard's Drug Store
- View of a soda fountain in the interior of a drug store in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County, shows: spigots in a line, glass bowls and glasses, flowers in vases, stained glass ornament, carved wood, turned supports, cash register, leafy plant....
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- #399 Man in buggy possibly Henry Davis building was originally Paonia High School now (1979) Junior High
- A man, possible Henry Davis, sits in a horse-drawn buggy in front of the newly-built high school in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. He holds the horse's reins in one hand and a whip in the other. The high school is a three-story, masonry...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Davis, Henry.
- [1909?]
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman, possibly Blanche M. McFann, sits at a desk in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The woman is associated with the operator's training school program run by the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 June 9
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen accompany a boiler and crane machinery on a horse-drawn wagon, possibly Blake Street, as part of the construction of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado . Spectators stand nearby. Signs read: "1409", "Denver Brewing Cos...
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boilers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Shows a construction crew working on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver (Denver County) Colorado. Pulleys, cranes and other machinery are in use. Men stand and watch nearby. Wooden structures are near the viaduct, possibly shelters for...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 February 13
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Shows a construction crew working on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Cranes, pulleys, machinery, building materials and work horses are visible. Three men in suits and hats are in the foreground, possibly supervisors or...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 September 20
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Workmen adjust a pulley and rope system attached to a long wooden pole embedded into a dry part of Cherry Creek, possibly a support system. Other men stand on the support beams and the rock wall. Bridges for the Denver & Rio Grande and Atchison,...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge...
- 1899 February 15
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Workmen adjust a pulley and rope system, attached to a long wooden pole embedded into the Cherry Creek river bed, possibly a support system. Other men stand on the support beams and spectators stand on the rock retainer wall. Bridges for the Denver...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge...
- 1899 February 15
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Shows a construction crew paving the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The workers use shovels, gravel, wheelbarrows and water hoses. Bags of sand or concrete and the iron fence used on the viaduct are stacked nearby. A few of...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Pavements--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction...
- June 1899
- 1501 east bound - Brown's canyon ?
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 1501 and passenger coaches pass between rock embankments, possibly in Browns Canyon, La Plata or Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- 16th St. from Arapahoe, Denver
- Busy daytime view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Araphoe Street, Denver, Colorado; shows incomplete view of Daniels & Fisher tower possibly under last stages of construction, Whitney-Steen Company (engineers, contractors, builders) sign attached...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- 17th and Broadway, Denver
- View north on Broadway from 17th (Seventeenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; Trinity Methodist Church (with sign attached to steeple); Hotel Metropole (sign painted on building) opened in 1891 by William H. Bush, later became part of Cosmopolitan...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Trinity...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 1874 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 2nd Annual Denver City directory
- 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 5th Annual Denver City directory
- 1899-1902
- A pile of large rocks stands in front of a large mine and milling complex at the base of a hill, possibly in Gilpin County, Colorado. A wood frame is supported by tree branches in the center foreground. A tree stands in the right foreground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Rocks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 1924 First Baptist Church Directory
- Membership directory for the First Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory are a list of church events, officers and their reports, lists of members, and advertisements.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1924
- 1944-50 W. 32nd Ave., Denver
- View of brick buildings in the 19th Century commercial style, at possibly 1944-1950 W. 32nd Avenue in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two story brick building, probably converted to a house, has an arched doorway, a flat roof...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1985 August
- 2 children bathing
- Two small children, possibly Popovi and Felip, sons of Maria and Julian Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, sit in a round, metal bath tub crying. The tub is set on a wood ledge. The younger child has his arm around the older one,...
- Children bathing--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Martínez, Julián, San Ildefonso Pueblo potter--Family.; Martínez, María Montoya--Family.
- [1915?]
- 3 men & auto in snow (Gr. Canyon?)
- Three men dressed in winter clothing stand in the knee-deep snow alongside a car possibly in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.
- Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Glenwood Canyon--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 3 men in snow (Glenwood Canyon?)
- Three men stand in knee-deep snow, possibly in Glenwood Canyon, Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, with the Colorado River in background. They wear winter clothing, including boots, long overcoats with fur collars, and hats.
- Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Glenwood Canyon--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 3400 block of South Broadway
- WPA (Works Progress Administration) workmen are resurfacing one side of South Broadway in Englewood, Colorado. A rope barracade runs down the middle of the street between two sets of trolley tracks; trolley wires are overhead. A trolley is in the...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Street maintenance & repair--Colorado--Englewood--1930- 1940.; Streets--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 600 acres of Colorado wheat
- Colorado Front Range wheat field, possibly in the South Platte Valley.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- 7:30 mine
- Snow fills a large portion of an abandoned building of the 7:30 (Seven-thirty) Mine, Brown's Canyon near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Possibly the result of an 1899 avalanche that took several lives and other mine buildings.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- ? - Residence, Co. Park & Jefferson
- View of a residence, possibly in Jefferson or Park County, Colorado. The two story brick structure has arched windows, fishscale imbrication, roof cresting, and a covered front porch.
- Houses--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1893?
- [Denver General Hospital] DGH 4
- This item (1 of 123) is from the Eugene Sternberg Architectural Records (C MSS WH1003). This drawing shows a rendering of Denver General Hospital, West 7th Avenue and Cherokee Street, Denver, Colorado and was commissioned possibly in the 1960s.
- Buildings.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver.; Denver General Hospital.; Denver (Colo. )--1960-1970.
- [196-?]
- [Denver Tramway Company
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing is a rendering of the Tramway Building 1100 14th Street in the Central Business District of Denver,...
- Office buildings.; Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.); Central business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- [Fifteenth] 15th Inf.
- Members of the 15th Infantry Ski Patrol cook at a camp for a training film in Washington. Men from possibly the Signal Corps stand nearby with cameras. This ski patrol was part of the early training groups for what would become the 10th Mountain...
- Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Military training--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Motion picture cameras--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Outdoor cookery--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Washington (State)--1940-1950.;...
- [1941]
- [Four] 4 men and a boy standing in front of a store
- Men, boys, and a woman pose near and in a train station possibly in DeBeque (Mesa County), Colorado. A sign reads: "Denver and Rio Grande Western."
- Railroad stations--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- [Interior detail, elevation dining room]
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows interior elevations and details for a residence at 765 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill...
- Berger, William B., 1872-1931--Homes & haunts.; Dining rooms.; Houses.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [1927?]
- [Interior detail, elevation living room]
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows interior elevations and details for a residence at 765 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill...
- Berger, William B., 1872-1931--Homes & haunts.; Houses.; Living rooms.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [1927?]
- [J?]ump Canon, Kaibab Plateau, Ariz.
- Panoramic view of layered rock formations, towers, talus slopes and a valley at Kaibab Plateau, Coconino County, Arizona. Shows possibly Jumpup Canyon and layered, eroded cliff walls.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- [Office building rendering]
- This item (1 of 123) is from the Eugene Sternberg Architectural Records (C MSS WH1003). This drawing shows a rendering of an unnamed building, possibly commissioned in the 1960s.
- Buildings.
- [196-?]
- [Plot plan] estate of John Evans Esq.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing is a plot plan for the area surrounding the residence at 2001 East Alameda Avenue in the Speer neighborhood...
- Houses.; Yards.; Evans, John, 1884-1978--Homes & haunts.
- [1910?]
- [Proposal Albany Hotel
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows a proposal for the Albany Hotel at 1720 Stout Street in the Central Business District of Denver,...
- Hotels.; Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.); Central business districts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [1963?]
- [Proposal] [Midland Savings]
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows a proposal for the Midland Savings building located at 444 17th Street in the Central Business...
- Banks.; Office buildings.; Midland Federal Savings (Denver, Colo.); Central business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- [Sketch] research building, University of Colorado School of Medicine
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing is a sketch of a research building at the University of Colorado School of Medicine located at 4200 East...
- Research facilities.; Universities & colleges.; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. School of Medicine.
- [1945?]
- [Unidentified hearth and bookcases]
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an interior wall elevation for the residence at 2420 Ash Street in the North Park Hill neighborhood...
- Pullen, George A.--Homes & haunts.; Bookcases.; Fireplaces.; Houses.; Interiors.; North Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [1933?]
- "A. P." Mine
- Two prospectors pose with a barrel hoist under a log frame at the A.P. Mine, possibly in Teller or Douglas County, Colorado; shows wood plank structure with open door on roof and opening for an ore car on side, rock pilings, team of horses, and a...
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- "Auto racer" in mountains - car is possibly a Ford speedster
- A man and woman ride in a car in the mountains; another automobile is in the background.
- Convertible automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Couples--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1922
- "Big Jim's" cabin and daughter
- A Native American (Shawnee) woman holds a baby, identified as the grandson of Chief Tecumseh, outside of a small log cabin, possibly in Oklahoma. She wears a full length print dress and a scarf around her neck. A white woman stands next to her.
- Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813--Family.; Indians of North America--Women--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Shawnee Indians--Children--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Log cabins--Okahoma--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- "Buttercup" early steam train arriving in Denver
- A crowd greets the "Buttercup," an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad steam locomotive, at Union Station in Denver, Colorado.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- "Catalla Wa Cheepee" a Squaw Dance S...? P.R. Ag
- Native American Lakota Sioux women gather in a circle, possibly to play a game of dice on the ground, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The Presbyterian church shows on the east end of agency's main street.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891 May 8
- "Correr el Gallo," Sunday sports in southern California
- A man on horseback reaches for the neck of a partly buried rooster in an event described as "Correr el Gallo" or "Running the Cock" in California. Men spectators wear hats and sit on horseback or on the ground. Shows a man with a lasso, and...
- Horseback riding--California--1870-1880.; Roosters--California--1870-1880.; Spectators--California--1870-1880.; Sports--California--1870-1880.
- 1877 March 3
- "Katalla Wachee-pee," a Squaw Dance at P.R. Agency, S.D. 4th of July, A.D. 1891
- Native American Lakota Sioux women gather in a circle possibly to dance, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Spectators on horses and bleachers show in background.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891 July 4
- "Native" workers, possibly rubber re: Gates rubber co.
- Interior view of the Gates Rubber Company's Singapore factory in China. Chinese laborers work at a table with rectangle containers, a man runs a press, a boy kneels by several metal buckets.
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Singapore--1910-1920.; Interiors--Singapore.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- "Pauvre Italia!" destroyed landscape
- Landscape showing destruction caused by German artillery, Possibly where the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company L was located on "Punchboard Hill" above Malandrone, Italy.
- War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [March] 1945
- "The Captain" Canon of Grand River
- View of tents and men (possibly a work camp) between Denver & Rio Grande Railway tracks and the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon, probably Garfield County, Colorado. Shows a rock formation identified as The Captain, and a railroad bridge.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1881 and 1888?]
- "The Delight Makers" home. Tyuonyi, the most interesting ruin in Pajarito Park
- View of the Native American (Anasazi) Tyuonyi ruins in Pajarito Park (later Bandelier National Monument), New Mexico. A circular group of foundations of Pueblo style buildings circumscribe possibly three round kiva holes. A wooden rail fence...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Archaeological sites--New...
- [between 1900 and 1916]
- "Waiting for Gabriel's trumpet," Indian burial, Crow, Montana, near Pryor
- A covered casket (?) sits atop a wooden burial platform on a hilltop, possibly on the Native American Crow Reservation in Montana. Signs of frost line the securing ropes and platform poles.
- Crow Indians--Social life--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1900.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1890-1900.
- 1900
- A "Stork" Party at Gates
- Members of the Gates and Rhoads family gather for a "stork" party at the Gates'. Front row of table: John Gates, second from left; Mrs. Addie Rhoads, fifth from right (holding a Gates or Rhoads child); and possibly Mrs. Sadie Rhoads, second from...
- Showers (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Addie Mellon.; Rhoads, Sade.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]