Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Buena Vista
- Frame dwellings and commercial buildings line Lake Street in Buena Vista, Colorado, and extend into the surrounding area. Peaks of the Collegiate Range are in the background.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate house has a front, second story bay over a porch, iron roof...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2008
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate-style house was built in 1883 for William Newton Byers, founding...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- ca. 2000
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate-style house was built in 1883 for William Newton Byers, founding...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.;...
- 1998
- Gebhard Mansion
- View of the Gebhard Mansion (1883) at 2253 Downing Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the east and west elevations of the asymmetrical, two-story, residence in a combination of the Italianate and Second Empire Style....
- Smith family--Homes & haunts--1970-1980.; Gebhard, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Mansions.; Gebhard, Henry--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Smith family--Homes and...
- [between 1975 and 1980?]
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Crosses.; Deterioration of buildings.; Historic buildings.; Priests.; Fisher, Father, C. S. R....
- ca. 2000
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Crosses.; Historic buildings.; Priests.; Fisher, Father, C. S. R....
- ca. 2004
- 2127 Tremont Place
- View of 2127 Tremont Place (1883) in the Clements Historic District in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver. The two story brick Italianate style structure has stone keystones above the segmental arched windows. Decorative wood work is on the...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1978
- 2135 Tremont Place
- View of an abandoned house located at 2135 Tremont Place (ca. 1883) in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Denver Square style house has a hip roof, a front, a square bay, windows with keystone arches and a covered porch with square...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Abandoned buildings.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Abandoned houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- Fajardo residence
- View of a house identified as the Fajardo residence located at 2127 Tremont Place (1883) in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Denver Square style house has a hip roof, a front, a square bay, windows with keystone arches and a...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1976
- Buena Vista Grace Church
- View of the Buena Vista Grace Church (United Methodist and Episcopal) 203 West Main Street, in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The wooden church has an enclosed entry with Gothic arched double doors.. The steeple has a small bell and is...
- Buena Vista Grace Church (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Episcopal churches.; Methodist churches.; Historic buildings.; Buena Vista Grace Church (Buena Vista, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Anglican church...
- 1995
- Mancos, Colorado
- People stand and pose outside the Hotel Lemmon in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado. A log, one story house has a sign that reads "Hotel Lemmon" on a low-pitched roof. A two story frame building is adjacent to the log structure and has a...
- Hotel Lemmon (Mancos, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mancos (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Mancos--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Mancos--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1895?]
- Red Cliff, Summit Co. Col.
- Men in a group stand on a timber sidewalk and pose beside a false front commercial building that reads: "M. Edwards, Drugs and General Merchandise, Post Office, Battle Mountain Stage Office" in Red Cliff, Eagle County (formerly Summit County),...
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Businesses in Las Animas
- Men stand outside businesses on a street in probably Las Animas (later covered by John Martin Reservoir) near the present day Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows false front frame buildings and signs that read: "G.M. Woodworth's Livery...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1883?]
- Silver Dollar Saloon
- The Silver Dollar Saloon, 315 Harrison, Leadville, Colorado, was known as the Clipper building when George King built it in 1883. It originally housed the Board of Trade Saloon. The exterior front facade is shown here covered with weathered board...
- Silver Dollar Saloon (Leadville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Silverton, 1883
- View in Silverton, Colorado, looking south along the west side of Greene Street. In the right is the old Silverton Hotel, a two-story frame structure with a false front and balcony and a sign: "Silverton Hotel." Men sit in chairs on the boardwalk....
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking northwest. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1977?]
- Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking west. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry with...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1977?]
- Silverton Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking northwest. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Old Trinidad courthouse and group of men
- Men pose in front of the Trinidad courthouse, Trinidad, Colorado. This two story brick building has a rusticated stone foundation, stone quoins, gables topped by sharp finials and square mansard roof tower with widow's walk. The elaborate portico...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Garcia, Eugenio.; Hill, Orlando.; Jennings, John.; Maes, Edward.; Millikani, William.; Sipe, Burney.; Vaight, P. S.; Valdez, Caledonio.; Wallace, S. S.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Central City fireman's tournament
- Crowds sit on and in front of the buildings on Main Street to watch the firemans' tournament in Central City, Colorado. A brass band is in the street in the foreground. The First National Bank Block, which has a plaque reading "First National Bank...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south. Rocks, bushes, and pines on Griffith Mountain are in the foreground; behind them are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school Main Street at the base of Griffith Mountain. The church...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Old jail, 1912
- Exterior view of the county jail in Georgetown, Colorado, a red brick two story building with overhanging eaves with brackets, built in 1883. Windows have lace curtains, an American flag, a banner with a star and "452," and a Red Cross flag. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Flags--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Jails--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Alpine Street east
- Early view down Alpine Street (6th, Sixth), Georgetown, Colorado. Mainly wood frame and false front businesses line muddy wagon wheel tracked street. The three-story brick Cushman Block shows in the distance and the old firehouse with belltower on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1883]
- Foster home about 1883
- Exterior view the Foster home in Georgetown, Colorado. Two-story wood frame square house with Italianate features. The flat top low pitch hipped roof with two brick chimneys has overhanging eaves supported by brackets, double hung pane windows with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1978
- Georgetown, Colorado - 1883
- View of Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street in Georgetown, Colorado; shows the Monti and Guanella Building, the Cushman Blocks, a false front building, covered wagons, women, men, a boy, and horses. Outfits include dresses, suits and hats; a mine is at the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Georgetown - Fire dept.
- The Star Hook and Ladder Company firemen pose in the center of Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The fourteen firemen wear long white underwear and trunks or knee breeches, and several wear star insignia; men in the back stand...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado from the east
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado shows a large bath house along Clear Creek, the Bryan house (castle), Miner Street's flat topped commercial structures, Colorado Street, and Colorado Central Railroad track and water station. Flirtation...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Looking south and west from Hatfield's house
- The view shows Main Street in Silver Plume, Colorado, during a time when there were nine saloons, two churches, a jail, and an opera house. Many of the buildings have false fronts; a popular style in mining towns that lends an impression of...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889]
- Old school house Silver Plume in 1883, 84, or 85?
- The first schoolhouse in Silver Plume, Colorado, was constructed around 1872, and burned in 1893. Many young children and their teacher (seated at right), are arranged in a semicircle near the building. Most of the children are holding open their...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1885]
- Annie Oakley, 1883, Alma Colo. Park Co. Colo.
- Annie Oakley poses with another woman, two young ladies, and a man by their mules in Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. The man holds a rifle; Annie has a bullet belt (ammunition belt) around her waist, and the others carry strapped...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mules--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Bross, Mount (Colo.)
- 1883
- Chaffee
- Monarch (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Monarch--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883]
- School house, Crested Butte, Colo.
- Several children play in the snow in front of the old Rock Schoolhouse, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Built in 1883 out of fieldstone, it was the first permanent school in town and operated until 1911, when a larger brick schoolhouse...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Jail at Canon City
- Stone buildings of the State Prison in Canon City, Colorado are three stories with low gabled roofs and chimneys. Frame or brick structures and a smokestack comprise the rest of the complex, which is enclosed by a stone wall with square towers. In...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1883 and 1886?]
- My dad (Will Searing) worked here, Jacksons store, Greeley, Colorado
- Three men loiter in front of the Opera House building in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. Architectural features of the building include: masonry construction, lintels, an elevated cornice with dentils and bargeboard decoration, store front...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [1886?]
- Bratt brothers
- Studio portrait of the Bratt brothers (railroad pioneers) shows the four men in sack coats and vests standing around a decorative prop concrete ballustrade with a painted landscape backdrop behind them. Two children sit in front of the ballustrade.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1883]
- Edgar L. Miller
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Edgar L. Miller, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a wool sack coat and collared vest with a bow tie; his hair is parted and neatly combed with rolled ends on his large mustache and beard.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miller, Edgar L.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- Fred G. Zugelder, pioneer contractor
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Frederick G. Zugelder, pioneer stone mason contractor, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a wool sack coat and vest with a cravat.
- Masonry--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stonemasons--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- Ed Creighton
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Ed Creighton, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a tweed wool sack coat with narrow lapels with top button fastened and a cravat. He has short combed hair and a heavy mustache.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Creighton, Ed.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- M. L. Morrison, T. R. Morrison
- Studio portrait of M. L. and T. R. Morrison, Gunnison, Colorado; shows the brothers behind a decorative ballustrade prop with a painted backdrop of vegetation. They wear loose fitting sack coats, trousers and vests.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Morrison, M. L.; Morrison, T. R.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- Mrs. P. C. Riley, mother of Jud and Joe Riley
- Standing studio portrait of pioneer woman, Mrs. P. C. Riley, Gunnison, Colorado; she wears a dark dress with pleated skirt and decorative lace front bodice; her hands rest on a tapestry upholstered chair with a heavy drape hung over it.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Riley, P. C. Mrs.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- Pat Trainor, early day prospector
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Pat Trainor, an early day prospector, Gunnison, Colorado; he wears a wool sack coat with top button fastened and short cropped hair and a long mustache.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prospecting--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Trainor, Pat.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- Pioneer woman
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of pioneer woman, Gunnison, Colorado; she wears a dark dress with puffed sleeves and a decorative crocheted lace standup collar.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- Taylor River
- Picnicers lounge on a slope along Taylor River, Gunnison, Colorado; left to right, Jones Longs, Mrs. Longs (wearing a fur coat), Larry Lawrence, Melvin Morrison, Professor Lake, Frank Egan. Some lie on a blanket with a picnic basket, metal bucket,...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Taylor River (Colo.); Picnics--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- A burro pack train in Gunnison Main Street looking slightly to southwest, from near corner of Tomichi Avenue
- Men gather in front of the F. D. Steele Hardware store with their burro pack train, Main Street, Gunnison, Colorado; shows empty sacks strapped on burros' backs, men on horse-drawn wagons, a bank, a bakery, and the two-story brick Hartman...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- April 1883
- The old monarch, Pueblo, Colorado
- View of large cottonwood tree called "The Old Monarch" in the center of the block, next to the boardwalk, between "C" and "D" Streets on South Union Avenue, in downtown Pueblo, Colorado. A ladder leans against the tree and a man stands in front of...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trees--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Hotchkiss town hall
- "Hotchkiss Town Hall" appears on the door on a small flat-roofed brick building in Hotchkiss, Colorado. A stone sign at the roofline over the entrance reads, "1883, 1903, Bank of North Fork." In front of the building are an American flag, a fire...
- Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1980-1990.; City & town halls--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Jamestown, Boulder County, the new mining center
- Reproduction of a drawing of the new mining community of Jamestown, Colorado, in Boulder County, shows buildings and mines situated in a narrow mountain valley. Miners work near a shaft in the foreground.
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Jamestown--1880-1890.
- March 18, 1883
- Jamestown, Colorado
- Members of a fraternal organization pose as a group in front of a commercial building in Jamestown (also known as Jimtown and Elysian Fields), Colorado, in Boulder County. Most of the men wear suits and sashes with gold medallions. Several sit in...
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Organizations--Colorado--Jamestown--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Junction City, Col.
- Panoramic view of the town of Junction City (also known as Garfield), Colorado in Chaffee County, shows log cabins and wood-frame structures in the small community. Patches of snow are on the ground and signs include "Hotel," "Bakery Restaurant,"...
- Junction City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Junction City--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1884]