Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Nevadaville looking NW
- View northwest of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows a few remaining houses and tailings.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Nevadaville City Hall
- A two-story frame civic building in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has double doors and lettering: "City Hall Fire Dept." Mill housings, mining sheds, and tailing piles are in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City & town halls--Colorado--Nevadaville--1950-1960.; Fire stations--Colorado--Nevadaville--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Conqueror Boarding House at North Empire
- The Conqueror Boarding House in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, dormer, covered porch, and stone foundation. Wooden steps lead up the slope; doors and windows are missing. The smaller...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Pryor, W. S.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Redstone Inn
- View of the Redstone Inn in Redstone, Pitkin County, Colorado; the tudor-style building has a tower with a clock, arcades, dormers, and half-timbering.
- Redstone Inn (Redstone, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Redstone (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Saints John
- Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings at the base of tree covered slopes. A square, masonry smokestack is to one side. Some milling was done here as part of the Chalk Creek mining district.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1950-1960.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saints John--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- St. Elmo #57
- Frame dwellings and businesses line dirt street in Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado. Some have false fronts; a car is parked, and slopes are in the background.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Rosita
- View of two abandoned houses in Rosita, Custer County, Colorado, shows one cross gabled frame house with bargeboard, a covered porch, an unreadable sign over the entry and missing or boarded over windows.
- Rosita (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Rosita--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Tincup
- View of Tincup, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows scattered buildings in a meadow including the Town Hall.
- Tincup (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Waldorf
- View of Waldorf Mine, Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows frame ruins, tailings, and a Quonset hut.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1965]
- Central City corner
- Reproduction of a Rebecca Enos oil painting; shows St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Comstock mine shaft house in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Reproduction of pencil rendering; shows Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with houses, businesses, bridges, and a United States flag.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- April 1, 1958
- Midnight Central City - lithograph
- Reproduction of a Boardman Robinson lithograph; shows Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church and St. Aloysius's Academy.
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Alice (Rio Grande County), Glory hole
- View shows dilapidated buildings and tailings piles from the Glory Hole mine, Alice (Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Copper mine - Summitville
- View shows dilapidated mine buildings at an unidentified copper mine, Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summitville--1940-1960.; Summitville (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Summitville--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Central City home interior
- A dining room table in a Central City dining room has a white tablecloth with a brocade stripe criss-crossing it. A tea service and other silver pieces sit on a breakfront, which has a mirror and a marble top. In front of the lace curtained window...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Central City home interior
- The back porch of a Central City home is framed in a dark, round border. The house is brick and has two rectangular windows and lattice work on the right side of the porch. Wood steps lead up to the porch with a wood railing. A planter is next to...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Porches--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Central City home interior
- A Central City living room is furnished with a Victorian sofa, two roundback chairs, a coffee table with a lamp and books on it, and a chandelier that hangs from the ceiling in the center of the room. Lace curtains cover the windows.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.; Living rooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Central City home interior
- A Central City living room is furnished with a sofa, an upholstered rocking chair, a bookcase with a clock and other bric-a-brac on it, and a chandelier that hangs in the middle of the room. The patterned wallpaper has a border around the top, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.; Living rooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Alice, view looking southwest
- Southwest across Alice, in Clear Creek County, Colorado is one of the largest mining camps in the Fall River valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, settled in the early 1880s. Widely scattered ruins of the small boom town include mines and...
- Alice (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Alice--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Teller House exterior details
- A crowd waits along the wood plank sidewalk in front of the Teller House before attanding a performance in the Opera House. The ushers of the Opera House, who are dressed in nineteenth century dress, walk along Eureka Street ringing bells to notify...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Teller House Garden
- The garden between the Teller House and the Opera House was planted in 1934. A pathway surrounded by grass leads to wooden steps that lead to the Mine Museum path. Several masonry retaining walls support the earth around the path, and flowers and...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Teller House garden
- View of a garden between the Teller House and the Opera House in Central City, Colorado; shows an arrastra, balconies, people, and stairs on the hillside.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Stairways--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1934 and 1960?]
- Central City Play Festival
- The renovated Central City Opera House, seen from the east, was described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1937]
- Buildings in Central City, Colorado
- An earthen staiway leads to a house on a hill in Central City, Colorado. Part of St. Paul's Episcopal Church is visible in the foreground. The church, which is built above a masonry retaining wall, has a gabled roof and a gothic pointed arch...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- The Kruse-Center house, a one and one-half story, L-shaped, painted, clapboard structure in Central City, Colorado, has a gabled roof and chimney, is below a hillside covered with a forest of trees. The trim on the house is painted a darker color...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- The Kruse-Center house, a one and one-half story, L-shaped, painted, clapboard house in Central City, Colorado, has a gabled roof and a chimney and sits below a hillside covered with a forest of trees. The trim is painted a darker color than the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- View of a brick house in Central City, Colorado, with chimneys, wrought iron roof cresting, arched and bay windows. A man and woman sit on the steps.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, brick house with a front gable that intersects a hipped roof is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has three chimneys and wrought iron roof cresting. The upper window under the gable is arched with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Residences along a dirt road in Central City, Colorado, are built above a masonry retaining wall. The first house is a two story brick building with flat roof, chimneys, and a double-bracketed cornice. It has rectangular windows and a covered...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Several run-down houses are above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The masonry, two-story house in the foreground, although not completely visible, appears to have a flat roof. It has rounded windows and a rounded doorway. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, brick, house with a flat roof, chimneys, a double- bracketed cornice, rectangular windows and a covered porch is built above a masonry retaining wall along a dirt road in Central City, Colorado. A gabled, two story house with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- The houses on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado, are built of wood and brick. The houses in the foreground on Nevada Street, which are built above a retaining wall, are two story, brick buildings with flat roofs and decorative brick cornices....
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- St. Aloysius Convent and School
- The St. Aloysius Convent and School, a boarding and day school, was opened in 1875 in Central City, Colorado, by the Sisters of St. Aloysius. The Victorian building is a two and one-half story structure that accommodated up to one hundred...
- St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1940.
- [between 1879 and 1935]
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Central City
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church is on East High Street in Central City, Colorado, next to the old Central City School. The gothic revival structure was built into the side of the hill above a masonry retaining wall and has pointed arch windows and a...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Central City drug store
- A man dressed in a pharmacist's white coat stands on a ladder and arranges a kerosene lamp on a ledge in a Victorian drugstore in Central City, Colorado. Mortars and other lamps are also along the ledge. A sign that reads "The Pharmacy" is above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.
- [between 1952 and 1953]
- Central City Register Office
- A older, bespectacled, balding man works on a printing press in the Register office in Central City, Colorado. He holds wood blocks in his hands. A copy of the "Weekly Register-Call" newspaper lies on some tarps in the foreground. A young man...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Printing presses--1950-1960.
- 1952
- Central City residence interiors
- Two bookcases filled with books are on opposite sides of a fireplace in Central City, Colorado. Miners candle holders hang along the top of the bookcase. A standing lamp is in front of the bookcase on the right. The fireplace has a large gilded...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Teller House bar, Hera, Apollo, Venus, Libera in murals
- Patrons of the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado, visit in formal evening attire. Men and women socialize; an older woman holds a cape over her shoulders. Men, some in white hats, hold newspapers. Classical frescoes depict the gods Hera,...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bars--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Sculpture--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Teller House interior
- Teller House custodian polishes the Face on the Barroom Floor in Central City, Colorado. The elderly man wears a felt hat and a suit witha sheriff's star pinned to the lapel. Image was painted by artist Herndon Davis.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Art--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Bars--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City council
- The mayor and councilmen of Central City, Colorado, gather around an antique stove to discuss business. One of the councilmen holds a set of city maps. A balding councilman with glasses and a pinkie ring, sits to the right. The mayor of Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City council members--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A one story, clapboard house with a side gable is partly visible on the crest of a hill in Central City, Colorado. The house has a walk-out basement with a door, rectangular windows, a paneled door with a makeshift tin roof over the top, and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Residence in Central City
- A one story, painted, clapboard house with a sloping roof and rectangular windows with light trim is in the left foreground in Central City, Colorado. The house and porch are supported by a masonry foundation and columns. Lattice work is next to...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- Over a ledge and down a hill is a wood frame and board-and- batten house in Central City, Colorado. The house has a gabled roof, two chimneys, rectangular windows and a side bay window. An outhouse is on the hill above the house. A man and a woman...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- View of a frame house in Central City, Colorado, with a screened porch and ornate piers on an open porch. Men, women, and girls work in the yard; costume includes a print dress, suits, and a chauffeur hat.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Eureka
- View of the foundation of the Sunnyside Mill and tailings from the Sunnyside Mine on the steep slopes surrounding Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1960.; Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Concert Hall, Central City
- View of two-story Concert Hall and Billiard Rooms in Central City, Colorado. The building is between a two-story, flat-roofed masonry structure with the words "Stage Line" written at the top and a two-story building with a balcony that has a flat...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bands--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.; Brass instruments--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1872?]
- Allenspark citizens at Clara Belle mine while it was still in operation
- A group of Allenspark citizens pose around an ore cart on a cable at Clara Belle mine, eight miles north of Ward, in Boulder County, Colorado. The group includes young boys and one small girl, women in long skirts and bonnets, and men in white...
- Allenspark (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Allenspark--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Altman
- View northeast over remains of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, shows a few wood frame structures. Mine shaft headframes and tailing dumps show on the slope. Pikes...
- Altman (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Mining tramway and shaft house
- Miners stand near the shaft house of a mine. One man pushes a bucket car loaded with an ore bucket.
- Mine buildings--1880-1900.; Mine railroads--1880-1900.; Miners--1880-1900.; Mining--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Pat Casey mine, later Ute Opher above Nevadaville, on the Burroughs Lode of Quartz Heel
- View of the abandoned head frame of the Ophir-Burroughs mine, owned by the Ophir Gold Mining Company, near Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. The ruins of the shaft house are nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ophir-Burroughs Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1948