Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 8, 1914 January 24
- Souvenir hunting, Pietra Colora, Frank Hagen and Dick Car-Skaden examine a Berretta
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, Frank Hagen and Dick Car-Skaden, examine a Berretta in Pietra Colora, Italy. According to the photographer, souvenir hunting was popular after a battle and German...
- Pietra Colora (Italy)--1940-1950.; Handguns--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italy--1940-1950.; Hagen, Frank.; Car-Skaden, Dick.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 5, 1919 May
- Oil shale refinery
- Men examine a retort at an oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; also shows machinery, pipes, and sheds.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- 1922 March 24
- Brown Retort
- Men examine a Brown retort under construction at an oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; part of the retort is in a shed.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1922?]
- West Port[al] CD timbering action
- Men examine metal shoring near the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- General Electric Moisture Indicator
- Men in suits and hats examine a machine identified as the General Electric Moisture Indicator in a room connected with the Carlton Tunnel in Teller County, Colorado. Signs hang on the wall and read: "This Plant is Making Material Essential to the...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Measuring--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1960.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1955?]
- People admiring flowerbeds in a park
- People examine landscaping in a Denver, Colorado park; flowers include phlox, cannas, and zinnias.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; People--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- East side of Tolland summer biology lab
- University of Colorado college students, three men and two women, examine specimens under microscopes and magnifying glasses at benches inside of their laboratory, in Tolland, (Gilpin County) Colorado. Interior includes chalk boards, a pennant,...
- Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Laboratory schools--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Turret, Colorado
- Customers sample the goods outside of "F. A. Cole and Co., Groceries, Meats," in the mining community of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. They sit on apple crates and flour sacks, whittle wood, write on a pad of paper, grind coffee in a grinder,...
- Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Denver
- View along Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, shows the busy business district with brick two story buildings and a few wood false fronts. Teams of oxen with yokes pull supply and delivery wagons. Signs on the Fillmore Block include: "Heywood...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1878]
- Denver officers examining murder site.
- Interior view of a small room as four Denver Police officers examine a murder site. Shows a blood stained bed and pillows.
- Crime scenes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Beds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Blood--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- On-her nose
- Men examine unidentified biplane at Langley Field, Virginia.
- Langley Field (Va.)--1910-1920.; Aircraft accidents--Virginia--Langley Field--1910-1920.; Biplanes--Virginia--Langley Field--1910-1920.
- [1919?]
- Possibly an experimental airplane
- People examine the debris of a small airplane crash, probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Aircraft accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- People and flood / car debris
- Men and a woman examine an automobile buried in flood debris.
- Automobiles--1930-1940.; Floods--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Men looking at car wreckage in trees
- View of (possibly) flood damage, near Morrison (Jefferson County) Colorado; men examine automobile parts and debris among trees.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938?
- Demolished car
- Men in winter coats and hats examine an automobile with severe damage from a wreck.
- Automobiles--1930-1940.; Spectators--1930-1940.; Traffic accidents--1930-1940.
- 1935?
- Train wreck / derailed
- Onlookers and investigators examine debris from the wreck of a derailed Colorado and Southern Railway train, Colorado.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1940.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--1920-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Denver business - luggage
- Interior view of the luggage department in a Denver, Colorado business; customers examine steamer trunks; signs on walls advertise shoes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors.; Leather goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Luggage--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- D&RGW movie train second locomotive derailed in Royal Gorge (note wooden beam to support movie camera) "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Men with Warner Brother's movie "Limited Mail" examine wheels of a derailed Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Fremont County--1920- 1930.; Motion picture...
- 1925
- Idaho waterwheel
- View of gold mine ore processing facility ruins in Idaho; men examine the collapsing frame structure and waterwheel.
- Abandoned buildings--Idaho--1940-1960.; Hydraulic mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Waterwheels--Idaho--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Craig Colony
- Men, probably doctors, examine a patient in bed at the Craig Colony (Craig Hospital) a tuberculosis sanitarium in Edgewater (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear suits.
- Craig Colony--1910-1930.; Edgewater (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.; Physicians--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.; Sick persons--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Apples
- Men and women examine apples on a table in a Colorado orchard. Men stack wooden crates to the side.
- Apples--Colorado--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Assayers
- Assayers examine a piece of ore on a table with a magnifying glasses.
- Assayers--Colorado--1880-1910.; Hand lenses--Colorado--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Custer City
- A man and two young boys examine remnants of Custer City, Custer County, Colorado. The main street of the town once extended half way up the background mound.
- Custer City (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Cranmer Park, Denver
- Men examine a panoramic mountain index at Cranmer Park in the Hilltop Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; mountain names and elevations are rendered in stone tile.
- Maps, Pictorial--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Cranmer Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hilltop (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Evening Vocational High School
- Teenaged boys identified as Bolt, Williams, and Fugassi examine an electric motor at Evening Vocational High School in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Engines--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Vocational education--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Beaver ditch
- Three boys examine the contents of St. Louis Creek, which runs along a two-track road near Fraser, Colorado. The boys are guests at the Byers Peak Ranch for Boys.
- Fraser (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.; Streams--Colorado--Fraser--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- The judge at work
- Men examine Ford Model F vehicles near store fronts in Livermore (Larimer County), Colorado.
- Ford Model F automobile--Colorado--Livermore--1900-1910.; Livermore (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Livermore--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Colorado Museum of Natural History display
- A man and woman examine an exhibit at the Colorado Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado. A diorama features a covered wagon, people, horses, and an adobe building with vigas and a balcony.
- Colorado Museum of Natural History--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dioramas--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Showcases--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- Red Cross response
- Anna Scott and Mary Leslie (holding dog) examine a soup tureen with Philip Madonna, a Red Cross worker, after a flood of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Philip Madonna wears a garrison cap.
- American Red Cross--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Leslie, Mary, Denver,...
- [1965 June?]
- Examining the tunnel fortifications along the Lake Garda road
- A group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers examine a tunnel's fortifications along the Lake Garda road.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Waiting in line for a bus
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers stand waiting in line for a bus, near three wooden buildings probably located somewhere in Texas. They are all in khaki uniforms and wearing berets. Two young boys examine the group with curiosity....
- Military life--Texas--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Texas--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1944]
- Gilfillan, John A.
- 1897. The project was financed by Pennsylvania and New York capitalists. The large portal was near the base of Spencer Mountain and contained two sets of tracks to haul loaded ore cars from mining points to bins near the portal, where the ore could...
- Mining engineers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cats--Colorado--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Gilfillan, John A.
- [1939?]
- The wreck of the John C. Bell
- Men, probably J.E. Pelton, J.A. Curtis, M.F. Hovey, and E.B. Anderson, examine the wrecked rowboat, the John C. Bell, among boulders and rocks on the Gunnison River, in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado.
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Accidents--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Discovery &...
- 1900 September
- Art display Northeastern Junior College
- Two men hold and examine a painting at an art exhibit at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado in Logan County. A landscape painting rests on an easel behind them in front of a curtain.
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Art exhibitions--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Northeastern Junior College (Sterling, Colo.)
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- From the Logan Co. grand stand fair day
- View overlooking the Logan County Fair in Sterling, Colorado. Entrants hold their horses, who wear only harnesses, in front of the seating area as spectators walk around and examine the animals. Other spectators watch the tractor and farm...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fairs--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Pete Youngers, N. J. C. Art Dept.
- Two men examine a sculpture held by Pete Youngers of the Northeastern Junior College Art Department in Sterling, Colorado (Logan County).
- College teachers--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sculpture--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Youngers, Pete.; Northeastern Junior College (Sterling, Colo.)
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Clear Creek and Gilpin Tunnel Mine
- Interior view of the Clear Creek and Gilpin Tunnel Mine (Corporation of American Mines) in Dumont (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Miners and a man in a cap, jacket, jodhpurs, and boots examine the walls of the mine with carbide lamps. Spikes rest...
- Corporation of American Mines--Buildings--1920-1930.; Clear Creek and Gilpin Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dumont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Dumont--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Dumont--1920-1930.; Mining...
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Science fair
- Three Sterling High School boys examine exhibits for the science fair in Sterling, Colorado in Logan County. The exhibits, displayed on two tables, include pistons, a valve cover, and an engine block.
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Science projects--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Ford sedan
- Teenage boys examine a 1932 [?] Ford sedan in Denver, Colorado. One has a "cowlick."
- Ford automobile--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Air and truck freight
- View of a Ringsby Freight Systems semi truck and trailer, and a Flying Tiger Line cargo plane (Lockheed Constellation) at Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado. Men examine a baggage cart.
- Flying Tiger Line--Equipment & supplies--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Shipping--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Ernest McChesney and Dorothy Lunt
- Two actors, a man and a woman, from the Central City Play Festival examine an antique safe set into a hillside. The safe is rectangular and has etchings on the door. The woman wears a dress and holds a wooden stick in her left hand with her right...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lunt, Dorothy.; McChesney, Ernest.
- 1933
- Homemade snowshoe found at Holy Cross City in 1922
- Men examine a wooden snowshoe in Holy Cross City, Eagle County, Colorado. One sits on plank steps wearing cleated, tall, lace-up boots, laced seam trousers, a sweater, and a hat with earflaps. A shovel leans on the wall behind.
- Holy Cross City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Snowshoeing--Colorado--Holy Cross City--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 33, 1912 August 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1909 March 13
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1949 November
- The Earnest Presbyterian: Vol. I No. 1
- Newspaper produced by the Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church, known today as Central Presbyterian, located in Denver, Colorado.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1882 January