Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the 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 December 17
- "The Student Prince" Company Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "The Student Prince," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose in front of the theater entrance. A little girl stands at the center of the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, Oct. 31
- Julesburg, Colorado
- Photoprint of a copy of an ink drawing of Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County, where Indians mounted on horses watch as the buildings of the town burn.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fires--Colorado--Julesburg--1860-1870.
- February 2, 1865
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the 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 December 10
- John Comes Again
- Studio portrait (sitting, profile) of John Comes Again, a Native American (Plains) man. He holds a beaded bag and a blanket. He wears a hair pipe breast plate, scarves around his neck, and a feather warbonnet headdress.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Comes Again, John.
- 1899
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1918 May
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1918 November
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 9, 1920 September
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- Trinity fourth annual oratorio concert : Mendelssohn's Elijah
- Program for a presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah performed at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 1905. Included in the program are several pictures of prominent performers, list of performers, a detailed listing of the...
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.). Choir--Performances.; Oratorios--Librettos.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver,...
- 1905 March 9
- Historical sketch of the Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado
- Booklet compiled for the fiftieth anniversary of the Central Presbyterian Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book are excerpts of correspondence from previous clergy, list of all Elders during the fifty years, and a history of the...
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Trinity Methodist Church, 18th at Broadway, Denver, Colorado : one hundredth anniversary 1859-1959.
- Booklet created to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado in 1959. Included in the booklet is a history of the church, a list of former pastors and photographs of different members of the...
- Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1959
- East High spotlight: vol 30 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.)
- 1944 May 25
- N. S. H. S. Exponent
- This is a newsletter for Northside High School. It provides information on club activities, up coming events, and other happenings around school. It contains a military section and advertisements for local businesses. It is published on the 15th...
- North Side High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.
- April 15, 1893
- First Baptist Church 70th Anniversary Sermon
- Sermon delivered by Dr. Clarence W. Kemper to the First Baptist Church of Denver to commemorate its seventieth anniversary.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1934 May 6
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1914
- 1914 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1914
- Fraternal Club Local 465 Waiters and Porters
- View of 2621 Welton in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building houses the African American Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, Local #465, associated with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The entrance...
- Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, local 465--Buildings--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad employees unions.; Clubs.; Protective Order of Dining Car-Waiters and Porters, local...
- 1995
- Creede Repertory Theatre, Creede, Colo.
- View of the Creede Repertory Theater at 124 North Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The frame three story building was originally built around 1894 as a collection of one, two, and three story buildings and additions. It was...
- Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Theaters.; Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Theaters--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Creede (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- Conrad Moschel memorial
- View of a carved memorial for Conrad Moschel on the face of a rock in Castlewood Canyon near Castlewood Canyon State Park, Douglas County, Colorado. Small trees and shrubs cover other words carved into the stone, and there is a small, white obelisk...
- Castlewood Canyon--1970-1980.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Monuments & memorials.; Moschel, Conrad, d. 1864--Monuments.; Moschel, Conrad, d. 1864--Monuments--1970-1980.; Monuments--Colorado--Douglas County--Pictorial works.; Castlewood...
- 1977
- José Ramón Aguilar
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José Ramón Aguilar, he served in the Colorado General Assembly House of Representatives and later as Las Animas County Commissioner and Mayor of Aguilar which was named in his honor. He wears a jacket, has a...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; Beards.; Legislators--Colorado.; Aguilar, José Ramón--Pictorial works.; Beards--Colorado--Walsenburg--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1881 and 1882?]
- Celestino García
- Studio portrait of Celestino García, a rancher from Conejos (Conejos County), Colorado. For many years he served in the House of Representatives in the Colorado General Assembly. He wears a suit and tie, his gray hair is parted on the side and he...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Legislators--Colorado.; Mustaches.; Older People.; García, Celestino, 1861-1919--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1915 and 1918?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 5 and 6, 1931 May-June
- Tabor Theater
- Interior view of the Tabor Theater (Tabor Grand Opera House) at 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men install the decorated stage curtain, it reads: "So fleet the works of men, back to the earth again, ancient and...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theater curtains--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Tabor Theater curtain
- Interior view of the Tabor Theater, located at 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows the painted curtain, proscenium, parquet seating, orchestra pit and ornate molding. An inscription on the curtain reads: "So...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theater curtains--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- William F. Cody driving Deadwood Stage
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody drives the Deadwood Stagecoach, pulled by three teams of mules, probably in Concord, New Hampshire in 1895. A man sits next to Cody, and several passengers ride inside. A banner reading "1868 Home Again 1895"...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1895?]
- Smuggler, free Silver and Molly Gibson mines, Aspen, Colo.
- View of the Smuggler, Free Silver, and Mollie Gibson mines in full production, Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande railroad adjacent to the mills.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Pitkin County--1900-1910.; Free Silver Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mollie Gibson Shaft (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Smuggler Mine (Pitkin County,...
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Golden Cycle Mine
- View of the Golden Cycle Mine near Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Golden Cycle Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Alamosa High School, burned Apr 1930
- The burned out Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is a two-story brick shell, which burned April 26, 1930. Townspeople gather outside the smoke blackened brick building with its missing roof. Automobiles and trucks fill the...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Alamosa High School building, 1941
- The Alamosa High School, in Alamosa, Colorado, is a two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930, was rebuilt and then occupied again in August 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat roof, brick chimney, and pane sash...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Murray Building, Akron, Colo.
- The front facade of the Murray Building in Washington County, Akron, Colorado, is a two-story brick commercial building built in 1887 from brick manufactured locally either in 1887 or 1903. The building features a decorative corbeling and an ornate...
- Akron (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Akron--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer
- Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer, smiles for the camera. He wears a dark pin striped suit and bowler hat. He stands near two automobiles.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Speer, Robert Walter, 1855-1918.
- [between 1904 and 1918]
- Mayor Ben Stapleton at Red Rocks
- Mayor Ben Stapleton poses with a group of men at Red Rocks Park in Morrison, Colorado. Mayor Stapleton is fifth from left. He served as mayor of Denver from 1923 to 1931 and again from 1935 to 1947.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1920-1950.; Morrison (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1920-1950.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1920-1950.; Stapleton, Benjamin...
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Colorado Governor Edwin C. Johnson
- A man and a woman stand in front of Colorado Governor Edwin C. Johnson's desk. The woman is dressed in a short coat, hat, silk or satin blouse. The man wears a suit, tie and glasses. Johnson served two terms as Governor of Colorado from 1933 to...
- Johnson, Edwin Carl, 1884-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Governors--Colorado--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Gravestone, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a gravestone in the cemetery at Georgetown, Colorado, on the north end of the town. The gravestone is rounded on the top, and has a laurel wreath within the curve. Carved on the stone are the words, "We shall meet again. Ulysses E....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of an elderly men flanked by two women in cowboy hats at convention, Trinidad, Colorado. Gentleman with a black eye wears double breasted confederate topcoat with medals, piping and brass buttons. A woman in the background wears a bonnet with...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Military uniforms--Confederate.; Atkinson, Homer T.; Powe, Peggy.; White, Anne, fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Indian Medicine man
- Standing portrait of Strong Eagle, Native American Spokane, wearing feather headdress, kilt, leggings, and necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Spokane Indians--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Strong Eagle, Chief.
- [between 1900 and 1907?]
- 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
- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, includes tents, frame and log dwellings and commercial buildings dotting the flats next to the Blue River which winds up to and through town. The foothills of Boreas Mountain are in the left, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Over Cherry Creek Broadway & 7th
- Shows a metal truss bridge over Cherry Creek at the intersection of Broadway and 7th (Seventh) in Denver, Colorado. A billboard with a working clock in the background reads: "Chevrolet Chevrolet's First Again". Writing on a building reads: "Sure...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Medicine tepee
- An old Native American woman (Dakota) sits in front three tepees by an animal skin staked for tanning, probably the Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tanning--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota...
- 1882?
- Placer mining. Tail flume - Columbia Gulch, Tuolumne County
- View of a wooden flume and hydraulic gold mine structure, in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California.
- Columbia (Calif.)--1860-1880.; Flumes--California--Columbia--1860-1880.; Hydraulic mining--California--Columbia--1860-1880.; Mining--California--Columbia--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1880?]
- Pine Ridge Indians Pine Ridge Indian Resv. So. Dak.
- A Native American (Sioux) man and woman pose outdoors at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The man wears traditional clothes that include a feather headdress, beaded moccasins and leggings, and a necklace made of teeth. The woman wears...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1930-1940.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1930-1940.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Shelters--South...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Navajo weaver
- A Native American (Navajo) woman poses near a loom. She is wrapped in a blanket.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1880-1910.; Weaving--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- North Empire Copper Cone Gold Fissure Mine.
- View of the abandoned shafthouse, tailings, and buildings of the Gold Fissure Mine near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold Fissure Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Copper mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Lakeside billboard
- View of a Lakeside Amusement Park billboard in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado reads: "Yes Sir! It's Lakeside Again, Now Playing Kay Kyser and his Host of Radio Stars. Dancing. Boating. Swim. The Greatest Amusement Park in The West," and...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.; Billboards--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.
- 1937 August 19
- Lakeside billboard
- A Lakeside Amusement Park billboard tops a Chinese restaurant at 1700 Broadway Street, in Denver, Colorado. The sign reads: "Yes Sir It's Lakeside Again, The Greatest Amusement Park In The West," and "Now Playing Vincent Lopez," and "General...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Chinese restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1933 and 1939]
- G M Anderson's Frivolities of 1920 Broadway Theatre Denver Colo. enroute from coast to coast
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "Frivolities of 1920," presented at the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men, women and children pose at the stage door entrance to the theater. Producer G.M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theatrical producers & directors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Anderson, Gilbert M.,...
- 1920, June 5
- Little Whopper Co., Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Little Whopper," a musical comedy presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose at the front entrance to the theater. A woman holds up the arms of a little girl. A man holds...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1920, Oct. 6