Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Aspen, Colorado the cottage
- Three women and a little girl stand on the front porch of a house in Aspen, Colorado. The one story, clapboard house has a gabled roof, fishscale decoration, and bargeboard decoration on the covered porch. Ivy covers the front facade of the house...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his daughter, Mellie, and...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1850-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1974?]
- Decoration Day, Montrose, Colo.
- The Decoration Day (Memorial Day) parade in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado, includes a drum corps in cavalry uniforms, they carry snare or bass drums. Men in uniform carry an American flag and rifles or swords. An officer is on horseback....
- Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Decoration Day flood havoc in south Longmont
- Looking south from the Colorado Central Railroad crossing at Main Street of the Decoration Day Flood of 1894 over the river bottom, south of Longmont, Colorado. A man in a horse-drawn carriage and another mounted on horseback make their way...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Construction of decoration for the Knights Templar Golden Jubilee
- A large white plaster horse is being constructed on Champa Street for the Knights Templar Conclave, Denver, Colorado. A hoist and pulley system is rigged to lift the head of the horse and the knight in place. Pedestrians, workmen, a bicyclist, Post...
- Knights Templar (Masonic order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 August 13 and 14
- Decoration Day Montrose, Colo
- The Decoration Day parade in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, includes a marching band in cavalry uniforms. Men carry drums, rifles, swords, and a United States flag. Brick and frame businesses with cornices flank the street; spectators crowd...
- Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880- 1890.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Decoration Day, Alma, showing upper part of Main St. and Mt. Bross in distance, May 30th 1885
- View northwest along upper Main Street in Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. Uniformed men with American flags march in the Decoration parade. Log cabins, front gable and wood frame residences, and false front commercial buildings line...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bross, Mount (Colo.); Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- 1885 May 30
- Decoration Day, Montrose, Colo.
- View of a Decoration Day parade with a marching band and men in cavalry uniforms in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Men carry drums, rifles, swords, and a United States flag. The Mears Hotel with chimneys is at Cascade Avenue and Main Street....
- Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Marching bands--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Military...
- 1888
- Decoration Day, 1884
- During the Decoration Day Parade down Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, in 1884, spectators line the street of the business district as a dog and the police force lead the parade, followed by a band, then a group mounted on horses, and other...
- Memorial Day--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1884]
- Decoration Day, Leadville 1884
- Spectators lined the street of Leadville, Colorado's business district during the Decoration Day Parade of 1884 as several uniformed marching units, some with rifles, marched down Harrison Avenue. The busy scene includes businesses in two story...
- Memorial Day--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1884]
- Decoration Day, Fort Douglas
- Children pose at a graveyard in Fort Douglas (Salt Lake County), Utah; grave markers read: "Bruner," "Leroy," and "Thomas Lawlor."
- Fort Douglas (Utah)--1880-1900.; Cemeteries--Utah--Fort Douglas--1880-1900.; Children--Utah--Fort Douglas--1880-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Utah--Fort Douglas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Montgomery Court, exterior detail of the main level window decoration
- Cross Arrow Ranch, Los Sauces
- View of the Cross Arrow Ranch in Lasauces (Los Sauces, Conejos County), Colorado. The one story, mission revival style ranch house was built in 1901 by Denver Concrete Contractors. The building has an arcaded facade and tiled roof. A sign with...
- Cross Arrow Ranch (Lasauces, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lasauces (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ranches.; Cross Arrow Ranch (Lasauces, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Ranches--Colorado--Lasauces--Pictorial works.; Lasauces (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Ouray Brewery, Ouray, Colo.
- View of the Ouray Brewery located at 607 Main Street, Ouray, Colorado. The recently constructed red brick structure is simple in design with very little decoration. After some remodeling in 2010, a prominent feature of the building is a roof-top...
- Ouray Brewery (Ouray, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Breweries--Colorado--Ouray--2010-2020.; Ouray (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Ouray Brewery (Ouray, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Breweries--Colorado--Ouray--Pictorial works.; Ouray (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2011
- Fargo's Pizza Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the front facade of Fargo's Pizza Co. located at 2910 East Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Housed in a simple, two-story Victorianesque style structure, globe finials and decorative iron work provide decoration to the roof...
- Fargo's Pizza Co. (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fargo's Pizza Co. (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Colorado Springs...
- 1999
- Nolan House, Manitou Springs, Colo.
- View of the Nolan House located at 2 Grand Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado. The ca.1888 three-story Queen Anne style house is constructed of sandstone with wood decoration and includes extensive balconies, porches, and a prominent corner tower...
- Manitou Springs Historic District (Colo.)--2000-2010; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--2000-2010; Manitou Springs Historic District (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial...
- 2000
- Ninth Street Historic Park Gardner House (1033 Ninth Street)
- View of the abandoned Gardner House (1873) before restoration, 1033 Ninth (9th) Street, located in Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows an abandoned three story...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.;...
- 1975
- Ninth Street Historic Park Gardner House (1033 Ninth Street)
- Partial view of the abandoned Gardner House (1873) before restoration, 1033 Ninth (9th) Street, located in Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows an abandoned...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.;...
- 1975
- Louise Campa in Mexican reboso
- Louise Campa, Lucille Campa, a well known dancer and teacher of Mexican, Spanish classical dance and flamenco, poses in a Mexican dress with woven decoration and a striped reboso over her head. She wears a silver bead necklace and oversized...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress.; Dancers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Family--Pictorial works.; Campa, Louise, 1919-2005--Pictorial works.; Clothing and dress--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1946 and 1950?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 2, 1912 January 13
- Denver, Colorado, exchange buildings, south area
- View of a telephone exchange building in Denver, Colorado. The building is a two story structure with terra-cotta decoration and arched entry way.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone Companies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1931 October
- F.H. Reid home, 5335 E. 17th Avenue, Denver, Colorado
- View of the home of F.H. Reid at 5335 E. 17th Avenue in the South Park Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The house is a two-story Italian Revival style structure with a low pitched tile roof, arched colonnade, fanlight windows, and metal...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Reid, F. H.--Homes & haunts.
- 1932 April 16
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, buildings, commercial office, exterior, front
- View of the Mountains States Telephone and Telegraph Company commercial office possibly located at 120 Kiowa Street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The building is a one-story brick structure. Blinds hang in the large rectangular...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.
- 1937 June 2
- Englewood, Colorado, buildings, exchange exterior
- View of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building located at 3825 South Broadway in Englewood, Colorado. The building is a one-story brick structure with stone decoration at the foundation and around the door. Signs on...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Englewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Englewood--1940-1950.
- 1949 July
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby who sits on an upholstered chair. The child wears a light colored dress with crocheted decoration at the hem and neck line.
- Infants--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a fitted bodice with pleats, applique decoration, and collar. A bar pin holds her collar together. Her hair is pulled back straight and tight.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby who poses on a tapestry rug. The child wears a light colored dress with crochet decoration.
- Infants--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman and child
- A woman seated on a stone bench poses for a studio portrait with her arm draped around a baby. The child is propped up on the back of the stone bench and wears a light colored dress. The woman wears a fitted bodice with pleats and applique...
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Orpheum Theater
- Interior view of the multi-level Orpheum Theater in Denver, Colorado at 1515 Welton Street. Shows balcony and gallery seating, the stage, ornate decoration, box seating and orchestra pit with lights and music stands.
- Orpheum Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby who poses on a fur rug. The child wears a light colored dress with lace decoration. She holds a flower in her hand.
- Infants--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who stands. She holds a pair of gloves in her hands and wears a dress with puffy sleeves and ornate applique decoration. A bar pin holds her collar together and she wears a hat with ostrich feathers.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby who poses on a chair draped with a tapestry. The child sits up and wears a white dress with lace decoration.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a capped sleeved dress. The V-shaped neckline of the dress is lined with feather decoration. The ends of the capped sleeves are draped with ball shaped rickrack.
- Dresses--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Hotel del Monte, Monterey
- A view of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, California. Shows an Eastlake style building with gabled roofs, towers, stick decoration, and arched windows and porch decorations. The landscaped grounds, designed by Rudolph Ulrich, have small palm trees...
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Monterey (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gardens--California--Monterey--1890-1900.; Hotels--California--Monterey--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hotel Green, Pasadena, Cal.
- View of the Hotel Green complex on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The Hotel Green annex (Castle Green) was designed by Frederick Louis Roehrig. The building is a seven story Islamic Revival style structure with two...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Pedestrian walkways.; Resorts.
- c1905
- Band
- Shows a Native American Sioux band (pouch) made of doeskin, bird bone and red cloth; it has brown seed (possibly juniper) decoration.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1870.; Pouches--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Toy cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard. It is constructed of a rectangular board, buckskin, red velveteen and canvas and decorated with copper, button, fringe, white, blue, red and yellow glass beads. The cradle has a hood and the front was...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Railroad passes
- A Rio Grande Southern Railroad pass of the Silverton Railroad Company. The pass is made of silver with filigree, decoration done entirely with fine wire. The inscription reads: "Issued to Mrs. N. P. Hill and family, No. 534; Otto Mears". Another...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1892]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman, possibly Mrs. I. Levy. She wears a black dress with lace decoration and a high collar that is fastened with a bar pin. Her hair is pulled back and her bangs are puffed near her face.
- Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Old church at Taos
- Churchgoers exit the Saint Francis de Assisi church in Ranchos de Taos (Taos County), New Mexico, in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. Shows an adobe church with an arched doorway with a sun motif decoration over it, two wood...
- San Francisco de Asis Church (Ranchos de Taos, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ranchos de Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Churches--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1900-1910.; People--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Morley, Las Animas County, Colorado
- View of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Morley in Las Animas County, Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, doctor's office, and company boarding house occupy a large mission style structure with towers and a stucco...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Ute Brave
- A portrait of the Ute brave, Pedro, as he poses in a Denver studio. He wears a shell choker and breastplate with hoop earrings, a vest with cowry shell decoration, a print fabric shirt, metal armbands and an eagle's feather in his hair. His two...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Warriors--1900-1910.; Pedro, Ute Indian.
- 1900
- Leadville Drum Corps
- Leadville Drum Corps pose in three rows in front of a vertical board structure. The young men in uniforms wear waistcoats with zig zag embroidery decoration, flat top military caps, trousers with side stripes and gaiters. The first row sits low,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drum majoring--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Bartholf Hose No. 1, Loveland, Colorado
- Bartholf Hose Team Number 1, poses in front of the Larimer County Bank building. They wear uniforms with breast bibs with: "B H 1", caps, white gloves and belts, two men hold horns. American flags hung on bank help celebrate Decoration Day.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1910.
- May 30, 1896
- Helen Ring Robinson
- Head and shoulders portrait of Helen Ring Robinson, educator, writer, politician and first woman State Senator of Colorado. She wears her hair up in a bun, a light dress with dark floral decoration and a pendant around her neck.
- Legislators--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--1910-1920.; Robinson, Helen Ring.
- [1911]
- Big snow of December 1913
- A young boy poses in front of a tall snowman next to a snowcovered post, downtown Denver, Colorado. Snow piles have American flags stuck in them for decoration. The sidewalks are cleared, while the street shows deep snow heavily tracked. Signs...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Children playing in snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snowmen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Becker and Nolon block, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Becker and Nolon block building, 301 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; original site of Johnny Nolon Saloon and Gambling Emporium; rebuilt by Johnny Nolon and Jacob Becker after 1896 fire; this two-story flat-roof brick...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Medical offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek, Colo. residence of the family of Attorney Trowbridge in N.W. Cripple Creek
- Family portrait of Attorney Henry Trowbridge, his wife and two children in front of residence with their pet burros, northwest Cripple Creek, Colorado; woman wears a hat and overcoat, young boy sits on one burro and the girl stands next to another...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- Six men pull a hose reel up the hill past the Williams' Stables building and Washington Hall in Central City, Colorado. The reel has wrought iron decoration and is being guided by a fireman dressed in fireman's coat and hat. Four other men, two...
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Washington Hall (Central City, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Indians, Pueblo, San Ildefonso, dances, eagle
- Native Americans of the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, perform the Eagle Dance, wearing eagle feather headdresses, arm and ankle decoration and kilts. A dark hooded figure watches from the pueblo rooftop.
- Eagle dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--1910-1920.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1918