Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northeast shows frame or log dwellings and commercial buildings, including the Catholic Church, and the Gardner residence. Landmarks include Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"), Illinois Gulch,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Bridge above Georgetown
- A passenger train of the Colorado Central Railroad passes under a bridge in the left background heading east toward Georgetown in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The train travels along the Georgetown Loop, a narrow-gauge railroad that looped about...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Bar interior, Victoria Hotel, Salida
- View of the interior of the tavern in the Victoria Hotel in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a brick wall, with a carved wood back bar with stained glass panes instead of a mirror. A Budweiser chalkboard lists the specials, and hangs above...
- Victoria Hotel & Tavern (Salida, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Salida (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bartenders.; Interiors.; Bars (Furniture).; Victoria Hotel & Tavern (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1989
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of the Hotel De Paris in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story building has a stucco finish and ornate arched lintels above windows. Shows a stone wall and arch with a carved lion above an iron gate. A sign above the front...
- Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Central City streets
- View of two streets in Central City, Colorado. Spring Street is on the left above the rock and wood retaining wall. Another retaining wall is built above Spring Street, and a house, which is almost completely obscured by trees, is above it. ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Stone walls--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Police Station no. 4
- An exterior view of Police Station number 4 located on West 26th Avenue and Federal Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. The single story brick building features cement trim and accents and a shingle roof. A sign above the entrance reads: "Police Dept.";...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City schoolhouse
- A young woman, probably a teacher, stands talking with a small group of children near the steps of the school.; Children play outside in the yard in front of the Clark Elementary School in Central City, Colorado, built in 1901. The stone Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Central City--1900- 1920.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Students--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1915?]
- First National Bank, Central City
- View of facade of the First National Bank building and the Teller House in Central City. The block is bordered by Pine, Eureka, and Main Streets. A strong shadow is cast against the buildings. The bank is a brick, Victorian structure with large,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
- 1953
- Morris' Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Morris' Store, Georgetown, Colorado, a one- story wood construction building with a false front and a gabled roof, located at the corner of Taos and Seventh (7th) Streets. The building was also a saloon. Two large mullioned...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1910.
- [between 1870 and 1910?]
- Odd Fellows House at Central City
- On the wall above an open door in Central City, Colorado, is the statement "We seek the Widows gushing tears, We seek to calm the trembling Orphan's fears, We seek to raise Humanity above The ills of life by ministries of Love; And when the talk is...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lodge No. 2 (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Morrato Block
- Denver Fire Clay Company
- Three skitroopers above Camp Hale
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers cross-country ski above Camp Hale. They appear in silouette in the foreground of the image with the Pando Valley and Camp Hale, Colorado, brightly lit by the sun, in the background. Visible in the air above...
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [February] 1944
- Bridge above Deansbury, Platte Cañon
- View of Platte Canyon and rushing waters of South Platte River along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track above Deansbury, Colorado; shows metal railroad bridge spanning river and narrow vertical canyon walls.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Flies Above, Chief of the Cut-Off Sioux, Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Flies Above, Chief of the Cut-Off Sioux, poses for a full-length portrait in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it. He wears a feather headdress and a breast plate, possibly made of bone. He holds a pistol in his right hand....
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Flies Above.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1886?]
- Mt. Bross above the clouds
- This view down a muddy road across a plank bridge in Alma, (elevation, 10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado, includes a man and a woman in front of large tent. A "Photographing" sign shows on a tall post. Small wood frame buildings, including a...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1886]
- Iron Bound, At a deserted mine above Mammoth Gulch
- An early-day mine bucket made from an old whiskey barrel leans on one edge in front of a log cabin near Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. The bucket is from an old mine above Pile Hill near Apex. Photographer titled the image "Iron Bound."
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pile Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Pails--1940-1950.; Prospecting equipment & supplies--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- View of Colo. Springs from above So. Cheyenne Cañon, on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge tracks through rock embankment above South Cheyenne Canyon; includes push car used by L.C. McClure with two unidentified men in photo; Colorado Springs located in distant background but barely visible;...
- South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Hircules [sic] Pillar from above, Cheyenne Canon
- View of Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado; shows canyon wall and one- lane dirt road below.
- Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- Plains from above No. Cheyenne Cañon
- View towards Colorado Springs, Colorado and the Plains from above North Cheyenne Canyon including Broadmoor Hotel and Casino, Cheyenne Lake, Trianon (later called Claremont, C.A. Baldwin's residence); rock formation Point Sublime on Colorado...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1920.; Plains--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1920.; Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.);...
- [between 1897 and 1917]
- Buffalo Bill with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the left center of a group of Native American chiefs. The group includes, from left, Brave Chief, Eagle Chief, Knife Chief, Young Chief, Buffalo Bill, American Horse, Rocky Bear, Flys Above and Long...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Brave Chief.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Eagle Chief.; Flys Above.; Knife Chief.; Long Wolf.; Rocky Bear.; Young Chief.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Chiefs of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- A group of seven Native American chiefs poses in front of a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in England. Several of the men are wearing feather headdresses. Included in the group are Flies Above on the far left and Standing Bear...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Flies Above.; Red Shirt.; Standing Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Zang Brewing Co.
- View of the Zang Brewing Co. at 2301 7th Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The white-painted brick Italianate style building has two stories and a recessed main entry, a second entrance is on the facade. The second...
- Zang Brewing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Zang Brewing Company (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Alamosa
- View of the wall, gate and sanctuary of Saint Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church (Fisher and Fisher : 1930?) in Alamosa, Colorado. The Mission Revival style church has a stucco exterior. The wall and entrance to the courtyard of the church is...
- Saint Thomas Episcopal Church (Alamosa, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Episcopal churches.; Saint Thomas Episcopal Church (Alamosa, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Anglican church buildings--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Alamosa...
- 1993
- First Baptist Church, Moffat, Colo.
- View of the First Baptist Church on the corner of 4th Street and Lincoln Street in Moffat (Saguache County), Colorado. The church has a two story bell tower above the entrance. The tower has flared eves and a cupola. The roof and tower are covered...
- First Baptist Church (Moffat, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Moffat (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Baptist churches.; First Baptist Church (Moffat, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Baptist church buildings--Colorado--Moffat--Pictorial works.; Moffat (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- Masonic Lodge / Springfield Schoolhouse
- View of the facade of Masonic Lodge No. 158, at 281 West 7th Street in Springfield (Baca County), Colorado. The one story front-gabled building is constructed of dark stone. It has rectangular windows and a rounded arch above the entrance. The...
- Springfield Schoolhouse (Springfield, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Freemasons. Lodge #158 (Springfield, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Springfield (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Masonic buildings.; Springfield Schoolhouse (Springfield,...
- 1988
- Highland Tavern
- View of the entrance to the Highland Tavern at 3400 Navajo Street in the Highland Neighborhood, Denver Colorado. The building is a single story red brick structure with large windows facing an outdoor seating area. A sign above the door is...
- Highland Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Highland Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 2010
- Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Gilpin Hotel located at 111 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. Built in 1870, the three-story brick structure has a second-story porch, and decorative pediments above each window and doorway. Three large floor to ceiling doors with...
- Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk...
- ca. 1990
- Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Gilpin Hotel located at 111 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. This slide was taken after renovations to change the building into a casino in 1991-1992. Built in 1870, the three-story brick structure has a second-story porch, and...
- Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk...
- 1996
- Western Hotel, Ouray, Colo.
- View of the Western Hotel located at 210 7th Avenue, Ouray, Colorado. The three-story large frame hotel has ship lap siding, as well as a full-length front porch with decorative columns and barge board. Above the porch, is a second floor balcony...
- Western Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--2010-2020.; Ouray (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Western Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--Pictorial works.; Ouray (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2011
- House, 2525 Champa
- View of 2525 Champa Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The residence is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing resource to the Curtis Park-Champa Street Historic District. The two-story brick...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2008
- 1640 Logan Street, Denver
- View of 1640 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This Beaux Arts-style, single family residence was constructed in 1886. It has a rough-faced stone foundation with inserted glass block windows and a convex mansard...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1976
- Patsy's Restaurant
- View of Patsy's Restaurant at 2651 Navajo Street in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The facade of this modified commercial style building (1901) features red-brick and faux stone veneer. A green and white striped awning is above the...
- Patsy's Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Patsy's Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- ca. 1980
- Ladies Choice
- View of the Ladies Choice night club at 2549 Welton Street in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The club owned by Charles (Detroit Red) Young & Patsy Gross, is a one story theater with a stucco exterior and a marquis above the...
- Ladies Choice (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Nightclubs.; Marquees.; Ladies Choice (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Nightclubs--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1985
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 3, 1913 November 8
- General view of Morley and store
- View of the mining town of Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, with towers and stucco exterior, sits on the hill above the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande tracks. The workers' four-room...
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Leadville parade
- View of a marching band on Harrison and West 8th (Eighth) Avenues in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Men and women watch the parade from sidewalks. Shows the two-story brick Post Office building with a hipped roof, flared eaves and dormers, a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Sherman
- A man wears a suit and a derby hat and stands on a rocky slope above Sherman (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Log and frame houses are in town, and a mine building, possibly the Black Wonder Mill, is on a hillside. Shows steep mountain slopes above the...
- Sherman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Sherman--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sherman--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sherman--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Broadmoor Hotel and gardens
- Flower gardens are at the front entrance to the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The nine-story Italianate hotel has window awnings, balconies, a cupola with a weathervane, and decorative plaster friezes above the...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gardens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Resorts--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1918 and 1930]
- Pouch
- A tanned leather pouch (Native American Ute) used by Chipeta. The pouch has multicolor lazy stitch beadwork in triangle, diamond and band designs, a flap, strap, thong, sinew and fringe at the bottom.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Arapaho?) cradleboard. It features decorative opaque, red, white, black and green beadwork in geometric designs. The cradleboard has a leather thong, stained wood, lining dark brown velveteen, canvas backing and 1 calico?.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Bag
- Shows a Native American (Ute) leather bag that belonged to Chipeta, wife of Chief Ouray. The bag is decorated with blue, lavender, red, yellow, white, silver, pink, green and brown beadwork. The beadwork designs are of arrow, people, triangles,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1903 and 1923]
- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- The Ledges near Des Moines
- View of sandstone rock walls above Pea's Creek in Ledges State Park (Boone County), Iowa. Women wear dresses and hats and stand near the creek. Trees are beside the river and above the cliffs.
- Boone County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Ledges State Park (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Peas Creek (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Iowa--Boone County--1890-1900.; Streams--Iowa--Boone County--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Farmer Nat'l Bank, Longmont Colo.
- View from intersection of the exterior of the two-story 1917 Farmers National Bank, Colorado, shows the Greek Revival style stone building featuring: columns, Doric capitals, tall windows with transoms, pilasters, pediment lintel above entry door,...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 23
- Telluride vicinity mines at Pandora
- View of Pandora mine facilities, separated by Marshall Creek, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows the multi-structure mill with tailings, Denver and Rio Grande box and coal cars on loading spurs. The Smuggler-Union mine and buildings show high above...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Marshall Creek (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.;...
- [1918]
- Cripple Creek, Colo. Hastings [sic] Market 1st & Bennet [sic]
- Exterior view of C. C. Irwin Groceries (formerly H. A. Hastain's Market), 135 Bennett Avenue, Bell Brothers Building, First (1st) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of building packed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Bell Brothers Building (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1905 or 1906]
- #115 Nelson Bros. Fruit Company view showing packing shed and offices with workers
- Employees of the Nelson Brothers Fruit Company pose on two sets of frame steps at the company packing house and offices in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the building: brick-frame structure with a stepped cornice and...
- Nelson Brothers Fruit Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Fruit storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #305 Eisenkramer's Meat Market
- A bearded customer of Eisenkramer's Meat Market sits in front of the service counter holding a wrapped parcel of meat in his hands. A second parcel of wrapped meat is on the counter next to a ceramic bowl. Two employees stand behind the meat...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- November 22, 1909
- The White Rabbit
- Women work on the front porch of "Estamere" (or Estemere), in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. It is a lodge dedicated to teaching handicrafts to unemployed girls. The women are using looms and spinning wheels.
- Estamere (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Handicraft--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Vocational education--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.
- [1937?]