Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 11th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair
- Program from the 1972 Capitol Hill People's Fair. Includes list of vendors, sponsors, and map of booths during the fair.
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.
- 1982
- 13th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide Official Program
- Official program from the 1984 People's Fair. Includes list of vendors, sponsors, and map of booths during the fair.
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.
- 1984 May 19 and 20
- 1876 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 4th Annual Denver City directory
- City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1876.
- Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
- 1876
- 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 5th Annual Denver City directory
- City directory of all residents and businesses in the Denver area in the year 1877.
- Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
- 1877
- 1965 E day
- Professor Frush looks on as Colorado School of Mines students compete in the Engineers' Day mucking contest, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. The students shovel ore into a ore cart until it is full, then will push it to the end of the tracks...
- Golden (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Contests--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
- 1965
- 1980 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- Guide from the 1980 People's Fair. Includes list of vendors, sponsors, and map of booths during the fair.
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.
- 1980
- 4th of July 1904
- Crowds gather for a Fourth (4th) of July bucking bronco contest given at Bennetts' Beaver Ranch, in Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado. Men wearing suits and women and girls in lacy dresses and bonnets line the road; carriages and horses are near...
- Conifer (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Conifer--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Conifer--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Conifer--1900-1910.
- 1904 July 4
- "Mucking" contest
- Colorado School of Mines Professor Frush, in suit and tie, and student Myron Beck, dump an ore cart load of rocks as a group of students, including George Olson and Dick Moore, look on during Engineer's Day celebrations in Golden, Jefferson County,...
- Golden (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Contests--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
- February 1968
- A diamond hitch at street events of Skii[joring contest] Carnival, Steamboat Springs
- Spectators gather along the sidewalk of Main Street during a skiijoring contest at the Ski Carnival in Steamboat Springs, (Routt County), Colorado. A woman on a horse pulls four skiers down the snowy street. They all wear head bandanas, patterned...
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--1940-1950.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1940-1950.; Contests--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Steamboat...
- [between1945 and 1949?]
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- After the wedding of "Sleepy" Hetzel and Jean Drake
- View of a wedding party at Lakeside Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. Well dressed men, women, boys and girls pose by signs and banners: "Ice Sitting Contest Starts 9 O'clock Tuesday Nite," and "Your Master of Ceremonies is Henry...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.; Weddings--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Aspen, Colo. fire department
- Fire fighters (dressed in shorts and sleeveless shirts) are harnessed to a hose reel ready for a race on an unpaved Aspen, Colorado, street. Four men stand behind the hose reel ready to push. A man in a white, long-sleeved shirt, a vest,...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Racing--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Auraria Remembered
- Oral history of former residents of the Westside neighborhood that were displaced by the building of the Auraria Higher Education Center in the 1970s.
- Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--History.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Biography.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1991
- Bareback riding - Cheyenne Frontier Days
- A man clings to a bucking horse at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo in Cheyenne (Larimer County), Wyoming; men and horses are in the background.
- Cheyenne Frontier Days--1910-1930.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Broncos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Cowboys--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.; Rodeos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Beautiful, beautiful, zion! : the majesty of God's power and grace, First Chronicles-Chapter 20, Verse 11.
- Booklet created detailing the clerical and building history of the Zion Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included are several photographs of different pastors and their families, changes to different church buildings to the year 2003.
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver--History.; Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 2003
- Beaver Ranch, 1904
- A crowd gathers for the Fourth (4th) of July bucking broncho contest given by the Bennetts at their Beaver Ranch, Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado. Men wearing suits and women and girls in lacy dresses and bonnets sit and stand along road, arbor...
- Conifer (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Conifer--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Conifer--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Broncho [sic] contest
- A man rides a bucking bronco horse at a rodeo contest at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Laramie county), Wyoming. Other men, horses and spectators are in the background.
- Cheyenne Frontier Days--1900-1910.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Broncos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Spectators--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- C B & Q Depot Brush, Colo.
- View inside the Colorado, Burlington and Quincy railroad Depot in Brush (Morgan County), Colorado. E.S. Dutton, the agent, and George Stewart, the telegraph operator, sit at telegraph equipment. Dutton, in a bowler hat, taps out a message. The men...
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Capitol Hill Newsletter: Volume 1 Number 2
- Monthly newsletter pertaining to the neighborhood events of the Capitol Hill Neighborhood.
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver--Newspapers.
- 1978 June 2
- Capitol Hill People's Fair: Spring in the City 1977
- Program from the 1977 Capitol Hill People's Fair. Includes list of vendors, sponsors, and map of booths during the fair.
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.
- 1977
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Meeting minutes of the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board. Minutes include list of members present as well as administrative and community issues facing the board. Specifically, the Education Committee on possible school closures,...
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Land use, Urban--Colorado--Denver.; Zoning--Colorado--Denver.; City planning--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver.; Parks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1979 March 22
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Meeting minutes of the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board. Minutes include list of members present as well as administrative and community issues facing the board. Specifically, CHUN Board Vacancies and funding, Neighborhood Assemblies,...
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Land use, Urban--Colorado--Denver.; Zoning--Colorado--Denver.; City planning--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver.; Parks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1980 February 28
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Meeting minutes of the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board. Minutes include list of members present as well as administrative and community issues facing the board. Specific issues addressed in the meetings include the People's Fair,...
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Land use, Urban--Colorado--Denver.; Zoning--Colorado--Denver.; City planning--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver.; Parks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1981 January 22
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Meeting minutes of the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board. Minutes include list of members present as well as administrative and community issues facing the board. Specific issues addressed in the meeting minutes include the People's...
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Land use, Urban--Colorado--Denver.; Zoning--Colorado--Denver.; City planning--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver.; Parks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1981 March 26
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Document includes agenda for May 14th meeting and minutes from the March 26th meeting of the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board. Minutes include list of members present as well as administrative and community issues facing the board....
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Land use, Urban--Colorado--Denver.; Zoning--Colorado--Denver.; City planning--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver.; Parks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1981 May 7, 1981 March 26
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods, Inc. Historic Houses Narratives
- Three separate narratives pertaining to different historic houses
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Land use, Urban--Colorado--Denver.; Zoning--Colorado--Denver.; City planning--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver.; Parks--Colorado--Denver.
- Undated
- Caroline Bancroft award to Bonnie Bogue of Steamboat Springs, 3rd prize, Colorado Day contest, Central City, Williams Stables
- Caroline Bancroft, standing at a microphone, hands a book to Bonnie Bogue in Central City, Colorado. Bonnie wears a print dress, sash, charm bracelet, ring, and earrings. She has short hair and is smiling. Bancroft is holding papers in her left...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Awards--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.
- 1959
- CMA-1942
- A man participates in a contest probably at a Colorado Mining Association conference in Denver, Colorado. Shows men in the back of a truck with a hammer, a spike, and a block of possibly stone. The truck has a sign that reads: "[?]er Co. Metal...
- Colorado Mining Association--Meetings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Contests--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- CMA-1942
- A man drives a spike into a rock with a hammer as part of a contest, probably at a Colorado Mining Association convention in Denver, Colorado. Shows the men in the back of a truck and spectators. Signs on the wall read: "Produce More Metals,"...
- Colorado Mining Association--Meetings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Contests--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Contest between volunteer fire companies, Cripple Creek
- Volunteer firemen wearing shorts and undershirts race down the street pulling firehose apparatus, Cripple Creek, Colorado (probably Bennett Avenue); many spectators, men, women and children, line the streets; some spectators sit on bleachers and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Running races--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 4
- Cracker eating contest, Rocky Mountain Lake Park
- Women stand side by side and take part in a cracker eating contest probably at Rocky Mountain Park in Denver, Colorado. Men, probably judges, look on. The women wear dresses with calf length skirts and hats. A lake and the Front Range are in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Rocky Mountain Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Crow Creek
- View of two teams of Native American Lakota Sioux women in a tug-of-war contest, Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota, includes a policeman with a billy club and spectators.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Crow Creek Indian Reservation (S.D.); Games--South Dakota--1910-1920.; Indian reservation police--South...
- 1915?
- More About Morey : vol. XIV no. 3
- Newspaper published by the students at Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Junior high schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1935 December
- More About Morey : vol. XIV no. 4
- Newspaper published by the students at Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Junior high schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1935 January
- More About Morey : vol. XIV no. 5
- Newspaper published by the students at Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Junior high schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1935 February
- D.H.S. North Annual: By the Class of 1914
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1914
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 1, 1909 February 20
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909 February 20
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 14, 1909 May 22
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909 May 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 21, 1909 July 10
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909 July 10
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 25, 1909 August 7
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909 August 7
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 39, 1909 November 13
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909 November 13
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 41, 1909 November 27
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909 November 27
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 42, 1909 December 4
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909 December 4
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 8, 1909 April 10
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909 April 10
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 1, 1910 January 1
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910 January 1
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 17, 1910 April 23
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910 April 23