Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 13
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 May 27
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- Kepner Junior High School
- The photograph is of an engraving of Harry V. Kepner's bust for whom Kepner Junior High School is named. The engraving gives details of Harry Kepner's career in Denver Public Schools. It reads "In appreciation for his enduring service to youth....
- Kepner Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Western History Subject Index
- Porter, Rosa
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 8, 1914 January 24
- Fireman gives demonstration
- A fireman stands on a low platform and gives a demonstration of fire extinguishers in a parking lot of Denver General Hospital in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A group of nurses and men stand nearby. Cars are parked in the...
- Denver General Hospital--People--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Fire extinguishers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- The Church Record: vol 1 no 1
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 February 26
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1931 January 14
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- Western History Subject Index
- War chest
- Western History Subject Index
- Boettcher foundation
- Glenarm Branch, Young Men's Christian Association History
- Dolores and Tom Herrera
- Dolores and Tom Herrera stand in front of their home at 1117 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dolores watches as her younger brother Tom crosses his arms and gives a shy smile.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Girls.; Smiling.; Herrera, Dolores--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Tom--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1958]
- That hurt!
- A young Hispanic American girl cries as an unidentified physician gives her an injection at the San Luis Health Center in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. His nurse holds the girl's hand and comforts her.
- San Luis Health Center (San Luis, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clinics.; Injections.; Crying.; San Luis Health Center (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1950]
- Sam Jr, barber shop in Globeville, Sam Maestas Jr.
- Samuel Maestas Jr. gives a customer a hair cut in his barber shop, "Sam's Barber Shop" in Globeville, Colorado. He wears a white barbers smock, barber equipment and supplies are in a case and on a counter behind him.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Barbers.; Barbershops.; Interiors.; Maestas, Samuel--Pictorial works.; Barbers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1958
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Numbers 9 and 10, 1919 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 1 and 2, 1925 January-February
- Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- View of Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows landscaping, a concrete drainage channel, trees, a lawn meridian, and a house with a white picket fence.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, hoisting re-enforcing steel
- Construction workers unload re-enforcing steel from a railroad car at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Workers in hard hats and work clothes attach...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon of Arizona
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The first floor is sheathed with log slab siding complete with finely-honed corner notching that gives the appearance of log construction. The upper stories have rough...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Unid. young woman
- A photo of an unidentified female criminal. She wears a print dress, stripped blouse and a hat.
- Criminals--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Mine broker's office
- A man sits near a desk in a mining office in Colorado. A painting labeled, "The Wabash Railroad" and a chart that gives statistics for "Average Dividends Paid the Last Two Months," are on the walls.
- Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Offices--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [1897]
- Denver Juvenile Court parents chart
- Close-up view of a chart that gives the number of parents and other adults brought before the Juvenile Court in Denver, Colorado and the number of those convicted.
- Juvenile delinquents--Charts, diagrams, etc.--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Hotel Imperial, Longmont, Colo. [graphic]
- View from the paved intersection, of the Hotel Imperial, (formerly the Zweck Hotel, built in 1881) 301 Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the three story painted brick hotel with automobiles parked curbsides. The building features: a corner...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the G. R. Gray House has bargeboard and a pendant in the gable, paired brackets, and balustraded balconies.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural decorations & ornaments--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Balustrades--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Gables--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the G. R. Gray House has jigsawn bargeboard and a pendant in the gable, paired brackets, and a balustraded balcony.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Balustrades--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Gables--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- A view of Middle Park on the Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama shows a man looking over Middle Park, Grand County, Colorado, along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road. The broad valley gives way to evergreen covered slopes.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Middle Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.
- 1904
- El Paso Mine Cripple Creek
- Families pose by the El Paso Mine near Arequa (Teller County), Colorado.
- Arequa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; El Paso Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Arequa--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Arequa--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Inspectors in Eagle Mine
- Inspectors work in a tunnel of the Eagle Mine near Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. They wear miner's lights.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado County--Boulder--1960-1970.; Mine inspection--Colorado--Boulder County--1960-1970.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Eagle Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Coal mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1960-1970.;...
- March 26, 1966
- Coal mining, Primero Colo.
- View of the aftermath of the mine explosion at Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado which occurred January 31, 1910 at 4:30 p.m. Shows spectators, destroyed buildings and equipment, and an undamaged mine building.
- Primero (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1910-1920.; Explosions--Colorado--Primero--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Primero--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Primero--1910-1920.; Ruins--Colorado--Primero--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Colorado State Capitol
- Shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a podium as he gives a speech at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado, during his 1936 presidential campaign.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Podiums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Political campaigns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Presidents--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Public speaking--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1936?]
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt making a speech from his car
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives a speech from his touring car on his way to the Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado, during his 1936 presidential campaign.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Political campaigns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Presidents--United States--1930-1940.; Public speaking--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- October 13, 1936
- Georgetown from Griffith Mt.
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest; shows brush and rocks on Griffith Mountain, Methodist Church, old Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the old school, the Cushman Block, Leavenworth Mountain, and the narrow valley...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Georgetown, taken from Giffith Mt.
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest; shows a large boulder on Griffith Mountain in deep shadow, the Methodist Church, fenced town blocks, the smokestack on Chimney Rock, valley leading to Silver Plume, Leavenworth and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Confederate reunion
- View of an elderly men flanked by two women in cowboy hats at convention, Trinidad, Colorado. Gentleman with a black eye wears double breasted confederate topcoat with medals, piping and brass buttons. A woman in the background wears a bonnet with...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Military uniforms--Confederate.; Atkinson, Homer T.; Powe, Peggy.; White, Anne, fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Georgetown looking north
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, north down Rose Street. Landmarks include: the old Our lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the old school, the Cushman Block, the Yates House hotel, the Teal Building, and the Eldridge House.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1886.]
- Stagecoaches at Boulder Canyon halfway house
- Men and women pose on and near two stagecoaches on the Eldora Line at the halfway house in Boulder Canyon (Boulder County), Colorado. Carl Talmage and John Lilly, owners of the coaches, stand near the wheels of the covered coach.
- Talmage & Lilly Company--1890-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stations--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Transportation--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1910.; Wooden...
- [between 1898 and 1904]
- Debating class
- A student gives a speech to fellow students in debate class at Rude Park Community Center, 1285 Decatur Street, in Denver, Colorado. The teacher sits nearby. A sign on the wall shows the alphabet and reads: "Denver Colo".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rude Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Adult education--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Community centers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Educational facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- February, 1934
- Gold exhibit at their office, consisting of specimens of native gold
- View of gold ingots in a metal cage, some from mines of the Ibex and Antioch Mining Companies of Leadville, Colorado.
- Antioch Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.)--Products--1880-1900.; Ibex Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.)--Products--1880-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Gold exhibit at their office, consisting of specimens of native gold
- View of gold ingots, some from mines of the Ibex and Antioch Mining Companies of Leadville, Colorado.
- Antioch Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.)--Products--1880-1900.; Ibex Mining Company (Leadville, Colo.)--Products--1880-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Edgar H. Coykendall's residence
- View of Edgar H. Coykendall's house at 1898 Gaylord Street in Denver, Colorado. The one-story brick masonry house has a covered porch, dormer, and two chimneys.
- Coykendall, Edgar H.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Jesse and Frank James
- Studio portrait of Jesse and Frank James. They pose with revolvers and wear suits. Identity of these men as the James brothers has been disputed.
- Outlaws--1860-1880.; Criminals--1860-1880.; James, Frank, 1844-1915.; James, Jesse, 1847-1882.
- [between 1866 and 1876?]
- Jack Alterie
- Studio portrait of Leland Varain, alias J.A. Varain, alias Louie Alterie, alias Diamond Jack in Colorado. He wears a large ten gallon cowboy hat.
- Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Ranchers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Varain, Leland, d. 1935.
- 1927, July 24
- The Italian Banditti
- Filemeno Gallotti, Leonardo Deodato, Michale Ballatti, Guiseppe Campigne, Frank Valendre "The Miner", Henry Ferandez, John Arrati, Leonardo Allesandre, and "The Ranchman", a group of criminals, pose outdoors in Denver, Colorado.
- Italian Americans--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Criminals--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Transplanting trees
- S. B. Sharp, Ray Miller, and other workmen uproot a tree in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Two horses are used to pull the tree out of the ground with the assistance of a patent hoist invented by A. L. Cornman.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914 March 10
- Transplanting trees
- S. B. Sharp, Ray Miller, and A. L. Cornman pose in a tree at City Park, Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Cornman, A. L.; Miller, Ray, resident, Denver, Colo.; Sharp, S. B.
- 1914 March 10
- Railroad car involved in "Wild Bunch" robbery
- Men and women pose on and near a destroyed railroad car in Denver, Colorado. The train car was involved in a hold up by the "Wild Bunch" in Wilcox, Wyoming.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1904, June 12
- George Washington Carver day care center dedication
- Dorothy Reeves gives a speech during the George Washington Carver Day Care Center dedication ceremony at 2260 Humboldt Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Other women sit nearby and look on.
- City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Building dedications--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Reeves, Dorothy.; George Washington...
- [1966]
- West Colfax Viaduct construction
- View of the demolition of part of a building for the construction of the West Colfax Viaduct at 1st (First) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. Boilers and engines are near the building. A sign reads: "130 Lari[mer] Arthur D [?]yon Machin[e]ry.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914 June 9