Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Toll Gate Saloon
- View of the brick and stone, three-story Toll Gate Saloon in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows boarded up arched doorways or windows, second story windows with sills and decorative keystones, and a third floor balcony. A sign painted on...
- Toll House Saloon (Blackhawk, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Gilpin Hotel in Black Hawk
- View of the three story brick Gilpin Hotel on Main Street in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. The hotel has a front porch, a second-story balcony, a flat roof, and a painted sign that read "Hotel, Meals, Room." A frame building next door has a...
- Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Gilpin Hotel
- View of buildings on Main Street in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the three story brick Gilpin Hotel with a flat roof, a second floor balcony, and a front porch. Frame and brick buildings with false fronts and flat or gabled roofs are...
- Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Old C&S Engine no. 70
- Colorado & Southern Engine 70 (type 2-8-0) in Blackhawk ready to be moved to Central City, Clear Creek County, Colorado, for exhibition, with shiny new paint, Bear Trap stack, and two cars; shows two wood frame houses on slope above train.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Green's Ranch
- A group of ranchers ropes a cow or a calf in a corral at a ranch, probably the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. One man kneels over the cow in the left foreground, where three other men stand watching. Another man is...
- Hereford cattle--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Green's Ranch
- Ranchers bind a calf in a corral at (probably) the Green Ranch, northeast of Blackhawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. A cowboy on horseback holds a lariat taut to the calf's neck. Hereford cows and calves are along a pole fence, other corrals and pens.
- Hereford cattle--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Miners homes, Blackhawk, Colo.
- A wooden stairway leads up a hill to several houses with stone retaining walls in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Stairways--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Foundation & stack of old mill above Black Hawk, Colo.
- Ruins of an unidentified mill with a brick smokestack in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Toll Gate Saloon, near Blackhawk
- Front view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado. The single-detached building includes: three stories, square building plan, medium gable, offset right, left and right rear chimneys (single stacks), a shed dormer to the rear. First...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- June, 1941
- Black Hawk - 1941
- View of a gabled L residence in Blackhawk, Colorado; shows horizontal clapboard wall construction, medium gable roof, single chimney, boarded-over entry, and loosely-shingled roof. Other residences appear behind the house on the hill supported by a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Stone walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Black Hawk - 1941
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Black Hawk - 1941
- View up a hill of a residence in Black Hawk, Colorado, constructed in Carpenter Gothic style. Features include: gabled L-shape floor plan, horizontal logs, windows that are double hung with two panes per sash, steeply pitched roof and gable...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Stone walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Black Hawk - 1941
- View of rock walls and residences in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows two rows of houses on a hillside. The front row has two houses of carpenter Gothic style, L shape, and open porches. Telephone poles and wires are between the houses and the second...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Stone walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Black Hawk - 1942, post office
- Interior view, facing the exit, of the Black Hawk, Colorado, post office; shows three people posing in the corner of the room, a small dog, two arched windows on either side of the centrally located door, a flower in one of the two vases in the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Post offices--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1942, residence in Chase Gulch
- View of a residence in Blackhawk, Colorado, with mansard roof, single chimney, front gabled dormer, bay window and double hung window on first floor, double hung windows on second floor, and front porch with pilasters. Three children are in front...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Rock walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1943, post office
- Interior view of the Black Hawk, Colorado, post office; shows mail slots, a scale, overhead light, drawers; sunlight lightens the entry and and arched windows.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Post offices--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Black Hawk 1942
- Interior view of a decorated archway in Blackhawk, Colorado. Columns are grooved and have a capital which is square in shape and tiered in design (doric). The arch is semicircular with a keystone. To the right is a ceiling light with a light cover....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Interiors.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1942
- View west on Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows the Richard's and Sullivan buildings built in the 1870's, plank sidewalk which covers the flume to direct seasonal flood water to Clear Creek, and the Rohling block. A man stands on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Panel on door
- View of an arched residential doorway in Black Hawk, Colorado; the door is recessed with overdoor lights, sidelights, a screen door, and a perpendicular representation of a woman painted on the door. The woman lies on her side with her arms and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Safe door in present post office building, at one time a bank building
- View of a door of a safe in Black Hawk, Colorado. On the door is written: Denver Saving Bank Black Hawk Branch. The door has a strong glare on it which obscures some of the detail; view includes an ornate painting of a flowery looking border...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Banks--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Safes--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [between 1941 and 1949]
- Senator Hill's home, Black Hawk - 1942
- View of Senator Hill's two-story home in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows steeply-pitched roof with finial, cross-gable roof, gable dormer, first floor bay window, small open porch with lattice balustrade and decorative columns, and bracketted eaves. A...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback ropes a calf in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A herd of Herefords, including several calves, stands in the background near the log fence of the corral. Tall trees...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback leans to one side as he ropes a calf in a corral at a ranch, probably the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A herd of Herefords stands along the log fence of the corral. Another herd stands in an...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback twirls a lasso in the air as he ropes a Hereford calf in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. Another rancher walks toward the roped calf. Tall trees stand outside of the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A group of Hereford cows runs away from two ranchers on horseback twirling lassos in the air to rope the cows. The herd is in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand outside of...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Horseback...
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A young boy works to hold down a calf in a corral at a ranch, probably the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small group of ranchers sits on the ground in the corral behind the young boy. A herd of Herefords stands...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- corral. Several pieces of wood lie scattered on the dirt ground in the corral and among the trees in the background.; Two ranchers and a young boy hold a calf down as a third rancher brands it with a long branding iron in a corral, probably at the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle branding--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback holds a rope attached to a calf in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. Two ranchers and a young boy hold the roped calf down to inspect it. Another rancher walks toward the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A rancher on horseback twirls a lasso in the air as he ropes a calf in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A herd of Herefords, including several calves, stands near the log fence of the corral....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Roping--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- A group of ranchers holds two calves down to inspect them in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A young boy lies on his side holding the hind legs of a calf. One rancher stands apart from the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Branding at Green's Roundup 1940
- Two ranchers on horseback rope a calf in a corral, probably at the Green Ranch northeast of Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A third rancher walks toward the roped calf. A Hereford cow watches from the right foreground. Tall trees stand...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cattle ranches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cattle--Colorado--1940-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Cowboys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Horseback...
- [1940?]
- Black Hawk - 1942
- View south over the old hardware building fronting Gregory Street and down Main Street along Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows the top of the Stroehle Sheet and Iron Works factory, Bull Durham's the Gilpin Hotel, and the former train...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1942
- View east, of Horn Gulch near Black Hawk, Colorado. Residences are visible across the gulley; mine is in upper left corner. In the near foreground is a wooden trestle with tracks used to transport ore in small cars from mines to processing sites...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Horn Gulch (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Trestles--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1942
- South view, from above, of downtown Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Rohling Block fronting Gregory Street. This building was one of the first built in the 1860's with semicircular windows. Other items include: flagpole, North Clear Creek, and Main...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1942, schoolhouse built in 1872
- Exterior view of schoolhouse and Presbyterian church in Black Hawk, Colorado. The two-story square school has a medium center gable roof shape, horizontal clapboard siding, and pilaster corner boards. The entry way is a center door at the main...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Education--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1942, schoolroom
- Interior view of schoolroom, toward sunlit windows in Black Hawk, Colorado. In corner of room is a chalkboard, teacher's desk (covered with books) and chair, two chairs against the wall under the chalkboard, and a cylindrical trashcan. Student...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Education--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1942
- View south, of downtown Black Hawk, Colorado; shows the Rohling Block on Gregory Street. This building was one of the first built in the 1860's and was used primarily as a dry goods store. It may have been the home of Elizabeth McCourt Doe (Baby...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk, Oct. 1942
- View east on Gregory Street sidewalk, Black Hawk, Colorado. Large wooden planks were used to cover the flume that was built by town residents to minimize damage done to the town as a result of seasonal flooding. A young girl is looking through the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk-1941
- View toward a steep hill with residences lined up horizontally in Black Hawk, Colorado. At base of hill is an automobile of 1930's vintage (rear window missing) and a sheepherder's mobile home on blocks (only slightly larger than the car) with an...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Mine portal under schoolhouse, Black Hawk - 1942
- View of rock wall in front of a school building in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows stairs, railing and first floor of the school. At the bottom of the wall is an arched mine entrance. A square hole is above the arch.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Stone walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Miss Gibbons schoolroom, Black Hawk, 1942
- Interior view of schoolroom in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows heating stove with stovepipe, four rows of student desks facing chalkboard, support beam in middle, calendar hanging on wall, and clock hanging over chalkboard at front of room. Bright...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Education--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Miss Gibbons schoolroom, Black Hawk, 1942
- Interior view of schoolroom, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows two women seated against a chalkboard adjacent to the entry, a large support beam in middle of the room, students' desks in three rows, stove and stovepipe, and a piano.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Education--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk-Chase Gulch 1942
- View of a Chase Gulch near Black Hawk, Colorado, gulley with mine tailings lining the far side. Residence and road are at bottom of gulley floor. Telephone poles are on left; narrow gauge line are on right. A large mine occupies the end of the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Chase Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942