Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Silver Plume
- The front doors of the Catholic Church in Silver Plume, Colorado, are centered on a front gable. They were hand carved in Italy and shipped to Father Volpez when the church was built in 1876. They have been painted a number of times over the years...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1945]
- Lowry Hangar no. 2
- View of Lowry Hangar No. 2 located at 7581 Academy Boulevard, Lowry Field neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The corrugated steel wall and arched roof structure, has twelve large glass and steel doors. Text on the hangar above the doors reads: "Hangar...
- ExtraSpace Storage (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Lowry Field (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Signs (Notices).; ExtraSpace Storage (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hangars--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- 2011
- Central City, Kruse property
- View of one-story, commercial storefront, stone and brick Kruse property in Central City, Colorado. The building, which appears at an angle, has a flat roof, a stucco and brick facade storefront with a cornice, and four doors. The two outer doors...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1910]
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel in Black Hawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- 1965
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel, Blackhawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- [1965?]
- Stapleton International Airport
- Transverse section of a six story and basement office for H. Blickensderfer details of vestibule doors, elevation of bulletin board [and] elevation of doors between corridor and stores
- This item (1 of 117) is from Frank E. Edbrooke's Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1537). This drawing shows details of and materials for the outer vestibule doors, doors between corridor and stores, bulletin board in vestibule...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.); Buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Blickensderfer, J.; California Building (Denver, Colo.)
- [19--?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the front doors at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. Both doors have rectangular carved insets enclosing concentric diamonds. The diamonds are squared off with jigsaw cut flourishes, and have stylized florets at the...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Catholic church
- The front entry to the Catholic Church in Silver Plume, Colorado, features two doors, hand carved in Italy in 1875, which are centered on the gable facade. They are center pointed with a moulded trim and the architrave is plain, with embrasure. The...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1970.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1970.
- [between 1945 and 1970?]
- Aspen residence
- View of the entryway to Pioneer Park, Aspen, Colorado; features double screen and double entry doors with "Welcome" signs on the doors; porch lights on opposite sides of the door; doormat at the top of the steps leading to the porch; urn planters...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Common Aspen front porch decor
- View of the front covered porch and entryway to the Fred Glidden (Luke Short) house in Aspen, Colorado; features bracketed cornice supported by four posts and paneled double doors with "232" on the transom; doors have arched panes of glass with...
- Glidden, Fred--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.; Porches--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Presbyterian Hospital, entrance detail
- View of the main entrance of Presbyterian Hospital, designed by William E. and Arthur A. Fisher, at Franklin Street and 20th (Twentieth) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The doorway consists of double doors set in a...
- Presbyterian Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Staircase
- View of an interior staircase in an unidentified house, probably in Denver, Colorado. Shows wooden stairs with an ornate hand wrought metal railing with filigree. Shows paneling in an arched niche, and arched french doors on the first landing. A...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; French doors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hand railings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Stairways--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1912?]
- Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association, interior
- Interior view of the Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association bank, a modern style building designed by Burnham Hoyt, at 1630 Stout Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows two customer kiosks in the center of the room. Rounded counters provide...
- Industrial Federal Savings and Loan Association (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--1930-1940.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Benches--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1938?
- St. Patrick Mission Church doors
- Photograph of the doors at the St. Patrick Mission Church complex located in Denver, Colorado. Doors are two shown as two different colors. St. Patrick Mission Church complex, comprised of the church, rectory, and an arcaded connecting walkway,...
- St. Patric Mission Church (Denver, Colo.); St. Patrick Mission Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings.;...
- Undated
- Hangar Number 2, Lowry
- View of Hangar Number two at 7581 Academy Boulevard in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a large building with corrugated steel walls and a barrel roof. There is a visor over twelve large doors (250' x 37') that roll open on...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hangars.; Hangars--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [between 2002 and 2008?]
- #238 Paonia, Colorado
- View of a commercial area in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County, shows wood-frame buildings with false fronts and warehouse with stepped cornice and doors open. Signs: "The Busy Corner. The Gibson-Castell Lumber Co.," "Office," "Paint Oil and...
- Gibson - Castell Lumber Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Central City Opera House
- The exterior of the Central City Opera House is of Gilpin County granite. The upper rounded windows have a bracketed balcony with spindles underneath them. The lower, paneled doors, which have painted trim around the panels, have arched entries...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Central City, 1953
- View looking out of the arched doors of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado, toward the arched windows and doors of the Williams' Stable building. A billboard, which is partially visible, is to the right of the arched door. Inside the Teller...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Chimayo, N. M.
- El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico, an adobe church with two bell towers, wooden doors, and a walled courtyard with wood doors at the arched gate with cross on top.
- Santuario de Chimayo (Chimayo, N.M.)--1910-1920.; Chimayo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Chimayo--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Chimayo, N. M.
- El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico, an adobe church with two bell towers, wood doors, and a walled courtyard with doors at the arched gate with cross on top.
- Santuario de Chimayo (Chimayo, N.M.)--1910-1920.; Chimayo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Chimayo--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Chimayo, N. M.
- El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico, is an adobe church with two bell towers, wooden doors, and a walled courtyard with wood doors at the arched gate with cross on top.
- Santuario de Chimayo (Chimayo, N.M.)--1910-1920.; Chimayo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Chimayo--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Chimayo, New Mexico
- El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico is an adobe church with two bell towers, wooden doors,and a walled courtyard with wood doors at the arched gate with cross on top.
- Santuario de Chimayo (Chimayo, N.M.)--1910-1920.; Chimayo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Chimayo--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- The Santuaria de Chimayo, N. M.
- El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico is an adobe church with two bell towers, wooden doors, and a walled courtyard with wood doors at the arched gate with cross on top.
- Santuario de Chimayo (Chimayo, N.M.)--1910-1920.; Chimayo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Chimayo--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Chimayo, N. M.
- El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico is an adobe church with two bell towers, wooden doors,and a walled courtyard with wood doors at the arched gate with cross on top.
- Santuario de Chimayo (Chimayo, N.M.)--1910-1920.; Chimayo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Chimayo--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Allen's Park
- View of the Saint James Episcopal Church in Allen's Park, Colorado; shows a single story, horizontal log structure with medium gable, and overhanging eave, gabled bell tower with a cross on top, horizontal clapboard siding, double wide open door...
- Allenspark (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Allenspark--1930-1970.; Log buildings--Colorado--Allenspark--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Allen's Park
- View of the single story, horizontal log structure, Saint James Episcopal Church in Allen's Park, Colorado; shows overhanging eave, gabled bell tower with a cross on top, louvers, horizontal clapboard siding, double wide open door with two single...
- Allenspark (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Allenspark--1930-1970.; Log buildings--Colorado--Allenspark--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Allen's Park
- View of the single story, horizontal log structure of Saint James Episcopal Church in Allen's Park, Colorado; shows overhanging eave, gabled bell tower with a cross on top, horizontal clapboard siding, double wide open door with two single leaf...
- Allenspark (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Allenspark--1930-1970.; Log buildings--Colorado--Allenspark--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Gene Luby of Eagle & C.L. Danielson
- Gene Luby and C.L. Danielson of Basalt, Colorado, pose in front of a brick building. Luby wears trousers, a long-sleeved shirt, suspenders, and a tie. Danielson wears a suit, shirt, a t-shirt under the shirt, and a hat. Both men hold their arms...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Danielson, C. L.; Luby, Gene.
- [1955?]
- Gunnison River state bridge
- Two women, a man, and a dog stand on the porch of a masonry boarding house near Austin, Colorado. The three story building has a hipped roof and a chimney on either side of the roof. A wrap-around second story balcony, upheld by tapered spindles,...
- Austin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Austin--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- Dining room, Tyson Dines house
- Interior view of the Tyson Dines residence on Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows an oval dining room table with chairs, a linen centerpiece and potted daffodils, a corner china cabinet with leaded glass doors,...
- Dines, Tyson M., 1885-1965--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the facade of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado, on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street. The hotel was built by the Frenchman Louis Dupuy between 1875 and 1890 from the Delmonico Bakery and two other buildings, which were joined by the stucco...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels 1965
- A shed on the grounds of the Brown Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a lathe and plaster finish broken off in places above the wooden doors. An inset panel between the tops of the doors has raised letters in it that read: 'T.A. Brown, 1919."
- Brown Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sheds--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [1965?]
- Continental Oil Company building
- View of the lobby of the Continental Oil Building located at 18th (Eighteenth) Street and Glenarm Place in Denver, Colorado. The walls of the lobby are travertine, there are two elevators with textured bronze doors, a groined brick ceiling with...
- Continental Oil Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Elevators.; Interiors.; Lobbies.; Murals.
- [1929?]
- Fifty Gold Mine Corp.
- View inside the Fifty Gold Mine Corporation steam plant closed in 1912, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows a row of "Hendrif & Bolthoff Mfg. & Supply Co." horizontal tubular boilers or furnaces with doors. "March 21st" written on two of the...
- Fifty Gold Mines Corporation.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Furnaces--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Industry--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
- 1940
- A typical barracks building
- Japanese children play in front of one of the twenty-nine blocks, used as living quarters at Camp Amache, Prowers County, Colorado. The one-story, army-style barrack, (120 x 20 foot) is divided into six units, generally one per family. The...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Political...
- December 12, 1942
- Colo. Taxi Co. (wagon)
- A dilapidated, one-story clapboard building has a false storefront, a tin roof, wood doors, and boarded windows. A wagon wheel and wooden bench are against the building. The faded lettering on the side reads "Aspen Lumber Co., Cash, Doors &...
- Hackney coaches--Colorado--Aspen.; Aspen (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Taxicabs--Colorado--Aspen.; Buildings--Colorado--Aspen--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 13
- Como round house
- View of the dilapidated six stall stone roundhouse, Como yards, Park County, Colorado, shows missing stones and doors. Stone arches with keystones, frame the large diagonal board doors. The railroad tracks have long been pulled and overgrown with...
- Como (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Como--1960-1970.
- 1960
- DeWolf Hopper & Co. in The Better 'Ole
- Panoramic view of the cast of "The Better 'Ole," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats stand at the back of the theater. A poster of De Wolf Hopper as Old Bill in different poses sits...
- Hopper, De Wolf, 1858-1935.--Associated objects.; Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1920
- Housing project, Lincoln Park Homes
- View of a Lincoln Park Homes public housing building located at West Colfax Avenue and Mariposa Street in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the juncture between a two and three-story brick and cinder block residential...
- Lincoln Park Homes (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Housing--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1993 November
- Idaho Springs, Colorado firehouse 5/10/78
- The Central Hose House, in Idaho Springs, Colorado, is a single story, rectangular structure with a hipped roof, overhanging bracketed cornice, and attached square bell tower. The first floor has two double wide doors for equipment access, which...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fire stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1970-1980.
- 1978 May, 10
- Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Ry. motor train taking water after breakdown near Trinity, Tex.
- The front doors are open on a Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railway motor car near Trinity in Trinity County, Texas. Lettering on the doors reads: "W.B.T & S. 1." A railroad worker in overalls stands in front of the motor car.
- Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railway Company--1940-1950.; Trinity County (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Texas--Trinity County--1940-1950.; Railroad motor cars--Texas--Trinity County--1940-1950.
- 1946 October 5
- Charles Pollard Grocery Company, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a store in Georgetown, Colorado. The owner, Charles Pollard, was a pioneer groceryman in Georgetown and ran the Barton House hotel from 1874 to 1876 and from 1884 to about 1896. The man on the left in the photoprint is George...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.
- [between 1870 and 1910?]
- Club room, Cleveholm, Redstone
- View of the club room at Cleveholm (Osgood Castle), the home of John Cleveland Osgood in Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows a wood paneled room with a fireplace, French doors, and a coffered ceiling. The furniture includes leather arm...
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Cleveholm (Redstone, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dens--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1920.; Estates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1920.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Interior Crawford Hill house
- View of the entry hall to the Crawford Hill house at at 969 Sherman Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The room has a rug on the floor, carved plaster columns, brackets, and beams. A crystal vase with a flower arrangement...
- Hill, Crawford, 1862-1922--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Entrance halls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Staircases--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Tables--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Boulder H. S. sculptures by Marvin Martin
- Three stories of doors and louvered windows in concrete casements are flanked by local sandstone walls at the high school in Boulder, Colorado. Letters on the awning read: "AD 1937," and "High School." Topping the windows are sculptures of a man...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architectural sculpture--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1940?]
- Englewood High School
- Three 1920s or 1930s automobiles are parked in front of Englewood High School, which opened in 1920 on Broadway between Jefferson and Kenyon Avenues. The large two-story light-colored brick building has a central main entrance with an attic; the...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, Boulder
- Robed priests pose by doors in recessed, stone arches in Boulder, Colorado. Incised flourishes are in the spandrels; the metal doors have bas-relief images of Biblical characters, and symbols are in the transoms. Raised letters read: "and God...
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church (Boulder, Colo.)--1970- 1980.; Boulder (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Boulder--1970-1980.; Priests--Colorado--Boulder--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1979?]
- (Cripple Creek District) Independence Station (after destruction by strikers) wrecked platform where 14 men were killed.
- The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors has been broken out, torn shingles...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
- [1904?]