Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bayfield, Colo.
- View of the town of Bayfield (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows houses, barns, churches, and fences. Signs on commercial buildings read: "General Merchandise, 1902," and "W.O.W" (Woodsmen of the World). A person mounted on a horse is on a dirt road...
- Bayfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bayfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Unidentified coal camp
- View of an unidentified coal camp in either Las Animas or Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows miners houses including four-room square duplexes. A large structure, probably a store sits on a hill. The Spanish Peaks are in the distance.
- Mining camps--Colorado--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Coke ovens at Gray Creek
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Gray Creek, a Victor American Fuel Company coal camp in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and railroad cars.
- Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Gray Creek (Colo. : Town)--1890-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Assessment Hole
- View of an assessment hole at the Lady Belle mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; a man holds a pick.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Lady Belle Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Hotchkiss, Colorado
- View of the town of Hotchkiss (Delta County), Colorado. Shows houses, commercial buildings, the public school, and the high school. Mount Lamborn is in the distance.
- Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lamborn, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- The Campus, Colorado School of Mines, Golden
- View of the Colorado School of Mines, Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Campus buildings include Samuel Guggenheim Hall, Gymnasium, Assaying Laboratory & Powerhouse plant, Stratton Hall, and Dean's residence. Young trees border cement sidewalks.
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.; Colorado School of Mines--1900-1910.
- [between 1908 and 1910?]
- Wagon Wheel Gap, hotel and cottages
- View of the Hot Springs Hotel and baths Wagon Wheel Gap in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows cottages, a bathhouse, and building with porches or verandas. Wooden walkways connect the buildings.
- Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo. : Town)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.; Resorts--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Seventeenth Street, Denver's financial & railway district
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the Boston Building, the First National Bank, and the Equitable Building. The Colorado National Bank has columns and classical entablature.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Sixteenth Street, Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, traffic, automobiles, a streetcar, and horse drawn buggies and wagons. Street lights, a clock and the Daniels & Fisher Tower line the sidewalks; signs read: "Starr" and "Gano...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Pike's Peak from Manitou Colo.
- A man in a horse-drawn carriage holds a whip while driving down a Manitou street (El Paso County), Colorado near a trolley car ("63" "Santa Fe"). Shows a snow-covered Pikes Peak, utility poles and a parked horse-drawn wagon.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Street view Manitou, Colo.
- View of a park in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado at the junction of Manitou and Canon Avenues with a clock tower and statue. Shows Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church (behind the town clock), Manitou Mineral Water Company's Bottling Works'...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Manitou Colo.
- View of a street in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, utility poles, houses, and hotels.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Residential streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Main St., Pueblo Colo.
- View of Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages & wagons, automobiles, bicycles, trolleys, brick buildings (including the Pueblo Opera House) and a mailbox on the corner. Signs on buildings read:...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910]
- Manitou, Colo.
- Panoramic view of houses, commercial buildings, and hotels in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows Hiawatha Gardens, a frame structure with gables, dormers, and a fenced, landscaped yard. The charred stone foundation of the Manitou...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1903]
- Street scene, 16th and Lawrence, Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, traffic, Denver City Tramway streetcars, and horse drawn buggies and wagons. Signs read: "Kistler," "The Standard," and "The American."
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Seventeenth Street, Denver
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows office buildings, storefronts, pedestrians, automobiles, the Denver Club, the Daniels and Fisher tower, and signs: "Fred Hoffman Carpenter Shop."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Littleton
- View of Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado; shows the train depot and (possibly) Denver Central Railroad tracks. A crossing signal is in the foreground; automobiles are by stone buildings, and the Littleton Public Library has a cupola and tile...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Littleton--1910-1920.; Railroad signals--Colorado--Littleton--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Littleton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Littleton--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Great Western Sugar Company
- View of a Great Western Sugar Company beet processing factory in (probably) Colorado; shows tanks, a smokestack, and catwalks.
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Sugar industry--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Chamberlin Observatory, University of Denver
- A man poses on the steps of the Chamberlin Observatory at Fillmore Street and Warren Avenue on the Campus of the University of Denver, in Colorado. The Richardsonian Romanesque structure, designed by Robert S. Roeschlaub, is constructed from...
- Chamberlin Observatory (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; University of Denver (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Astronomical observatories--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Curtis Street at night
- Night view of Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado; shows snow and movie theaters. Electric signs read: "Marquette," "Iris Theater," "Isis," and "The Nanking Chop Suey, Pool."
- Iris Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Isis Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Motion picture...
- [between 1913 and 1919?]
- One of Denver's residence streets
- View of a residential street in the Country Club neighborhood, in the fall, in Denver, Colorado; automobiles are parked by sidewalks, trees, and stone houses.
- Country Club (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Autumn--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Residential...
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak
- View of the brick Antlers Hotel on Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The hotel has square towers with lookouts and an arcade entrance. Cars are parked on Pikes Peak Avenue near commercial buildings. A sign reads:...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Antlers Hotel garage
- View of the brick Antlers Garage on West Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The building has ornamental brick work; an arched, rooftop facade with an elk or deer head and antlers; tile roof accents; and a sign that...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garages--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak
- View of the five-story Antlers Hotel on Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The hotel has square towers and an arcade entrance. People, cars, and trolley tracks are on Pikes Peak Avenue. Signs on businesses read:...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Creede, Colorado
- View of commercial buildings in Upper Creede (Jim Town, Mineral County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grand Railroad tracks extend through town and past a water tank. Snow covers the steep canyon walls.
- Denver and Rio Grand Railroad--1900-1920.; Creede (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Creede--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Bird's-eye view of Almont, Gunnison County, Colorado
- Aerial view of Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows the confluence of the Taylor and Slate (East) Rivers, and the Gunnison River. Bridges and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks span the water; houses, cabins, the Depot, and fruit trees dot...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Almont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Slate River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Taylor River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Gothic from hill at N. end
- Two men walk down a dirt road in the town of Gothic (Gunnison County), Colorado. Abandoned frame houses and out buildings are on either side of the road. Mount Crested Butte is in the distance. The town became the Rocky Mountain Biological...
- Gothic (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Gothic--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Crested Butte
- Panoramic view of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Prominent buildings in town include the Crested Butte Community Church, School, and Elk Mountain House. A large white house sits on a hill. Smoke rises from the smokestacks of...
- Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1890-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. The house of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company superintendent sits on a hill outside town. Prominent buildings in town include Union Congregational Church, Crested Butte school house,...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1900-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- C F & I coke ovens, Crested Butte, Colo
- Denver and Rio Grande box cars carry bituminous coking coal at the C. F. & I. coke ovens, Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Smoke and fumes rise from ovens; Crested Butte mountain is in the background.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1910-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Crested Butte--1910-1920.; Industrial...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Lady Belle Mine, Eagle Mining District, Colo.
- Men pose by tailings and scrub trees on a slope at the Lady Belle Mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; mountains are in the background.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lady Belle Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Redstone
- View of the Redstone Castle near the Crystal River, a valley, and manicured grounds of the Cleveholm Manor in Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Built by John Cleveland Osgood, the stone and half-timbered Redstone Castle has turrets and several...
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Cleveholm (Redstone, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1930.; Estates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1930.
- [between 1902 and 1925?]
- Grade of new, 2nd track in Eagle River Canon
- View of Eagle River Canyon and the Eagle River, in Eagle County, Colorado; shows rock retaining walls, a mine building and headframe, and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Almont, Colorado
- A Denver and Rio Grand railroad bridge crosses the Gunnison River near the town of Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. The town includes a railroad depot, log cabins, clapboard structures, and a tent. A wagon bridge crosses the river nearby.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Almont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Almont, Colo. Looking West
- View of the town of Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. A Denver and Rio Grand railroad bridge, and a wagon bridge are over a river, probably the Gunnison River. Shows a railroad depot, log cabins, and wood frame structures.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Almont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Aspen, Colorado and Roaring Fork River
- View of the town of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. The Roaring Fork River meanders past the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks. Prominent buildings include the Pitkin County Courthouse and possibly the Sampler Mine or the Argentum-Juniata Mine....
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Bayfield, San Juan Basin
- View of the town of Bayfield (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows houses, barns, commercial buildings, and possibly a school house. Cultivated fields and mountains are in the distance.
- Bayfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bayfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Aspen, Colo on the Colorado Midland Ry.
- Aerial view of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks wind past industrial smoke stacks near the Smuggler, Silver King, and Mollie Gibson Mines. Prominent buildings in town include St. Mary's Church, and the Wheeler...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Capitol City
- Two children and a dog run on a dirt road in Capitol City (Galena City), Hinsdale County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame barn and buildings. Chickens stand on the side of the road. Mountains are in the distance.
- Capitol City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Capitol City--1880-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Capitol City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View overlooking Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows a row of buildings that line Main Street including the Harris Block and the Van Deren Building. Signs on commercial structures read: "The Glory Hole Tavern," "Central Cafe," "Macks...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [1958 January 10]
- Cedaredge, Colorado
- View of the town of Cedaredge (Delta County), Colorado. Shows animal feeding bins, houses, a church (probably Methodist Episcopal Church), and commercial structures. Sign painted on a building reads: "The Livery Feed Barn and Stable."
- Cedaredge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cedaredge--1900-1920.; Containers--Colorado--Cedaredge--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cedaredge, Colorado
- View of the town of Cedaredge (Delta County), Colorado. Shows houses, businesses, and a church, probably the Methodist Episcopal Church. Grand Mesa is in the distance.
- Cedaredge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand Mesa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cedaredge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cedaredge, Colorado
- A man in an automobile sits on a dirt road overlooking the Surface Creek Valley in Delta County Colorado. The town of Cedaredge and Grand Mesa are in the distance.
- Cedaredge (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Grand Mesa (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Cedaredge--1910-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cedaredge--1910-1930.; Valleys--Colorado--Cedaredge--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Panorama of Climax, Colo.
- Aerial view of the molybdenum mining town of Climax (Lake County), Colorado. Shows workers houses, industrial buildings, trestles and the frozen settling basin.
- Climax Molybdenum Company--1940-1950.; Molybdenum mines and mining--Colorado--Climax--1940-1950.; Climax (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1940-1950.; Settling basins--Colorado--Climax--1940-1950.
- [between 1943 and 1944]
- Cebolla, Colorado
- View of the summer resort hotel at Cebolla on the Gunnison River (Gunnison County), Colorado. The hotel is a two story brick structure and a one story long log cabin structure. Tents and outbuildings are in the yard and a bridge extends over the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Cebolla (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Cebolla--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cebolla--1890-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Sportsman's Home, Cebolla, Colo.
- View of the resort hotel owned by J. J. Carpenter in Cebolla (Gunnison County), Colorado. The hotel is a two story brick structure and a long one story log building. Passengers sit in an open car on a Denver & Rio Grande Railroad train. A bridge...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Cebolla (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Cebolla--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cebolla--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Cebolla--1910-1920.;...
- 1910
- Collbran
- Aerial view of the town of Collbran in the Plateau Valley, (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows wood frame commercial buildings, houses, a church, and a large brick structure with curvilinear gables.
- Collbran (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Plateau Valley (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Collbran--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Collbran, Colo.
- Aerial view of the town of Collbran in the Plateau Valley (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows wood frame commercial buildings, houses, a church, and barns. Mesas are in the distance.
- Collbran (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Collbran--1920-1930.
- 1920
- Collbran, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the town of Collbran in the Plateau Valley (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows wood frame commercial buildings, a church, log cabins, and barns. Mesas are in the distance.
- Collbran (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Collbran--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Collbran, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the town of Collbran in the Plateau Valley (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows wood frame commercial buildings, houses, and a church. Mesas are in the distance.
- Collbran (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Collbran--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]