Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 9 and 10, 1924 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 3 and 4, 1931 March-April
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- 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
- A Century of Baptist Faith: First Baptist Church of Denver
- Book created by the Fist Baptist Church of Denver regarding the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Church. Included in the book is: a history of the church beginning in 1864, as well as photographs and lists of the different...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1963 December
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- 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.)
- 1930 December 17
- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 28 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.)
- 1942 March 26
- East High spotlight: vol 30 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.)
- 1944 February 17
- The University Park News, Volume 2, Number 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 17, 1911 April 22
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 7, 1918 September
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 5, 1919 May
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 2 and 3, 1920 February-March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 5 and 6, 1927 May-June
- Burros packed with supplies
- View of a pack train of burros loaded with equipment and supplies possibly in Fremont County, Colorado. The burros are loaded with boxes, containers, bed-rolls, and a table. They crowd together on a trail near possibly Fourmile Creek. A railroad...
- Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Doll
- Shows a Native American (Sioux?) doll with braided hair, beaded eyes and fringed dress. Multicolor beads decorated the dress bodice.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Dolls--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- American flag
- Shows the American flag made in Denver, Colorado for the First Colorado Volunteers Cavalry in the Civil War. The flag is made of wool and cotton, has 34 stars, and encased in nylon net.
- Flags--American.--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1865]
- View from the top of a small knoll south of the town of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- A grave is surrounded by a picket fence on a knoll in the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. Brush grows around the grave and a dirt road winds toward the ghost town.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Graves--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- Summer 1975
- Bailey, Colorado
- Mrs. James Lamping sits on a chair with print upholstery and holds her two year-old great-grandson on the day of her fiftieth wedding anniversary, celebrated in Bailey, Colorado. The crying boy wears overalls, a shirt with a rounded collar and...
- Lamping, James A.,--Family.; Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.; Grandparents--1930-1940.
- December 12, 1938
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- West side of the Hotel de Paris, located on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The hotel was built by the Frenchman Louis Dupuy, the proprietor, from three separate buildings, and was completed in 1890. The west side of the building...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- South Park City (Fairplay), 1959 (interior - Rachel's place)
- Interior view of "Rachel's Place," in Fairplay (Park County), Colorado; much detail washed out by light coming in the front door, however, the pot-bellied stove, counter, and overhead lights are discernible.
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stoves--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Exhibit B
- Landscape with Capital Hill along the Ludlow to Trinidad road near the Hogback dike, Las Animas County, Colorado where coal miners marched during the UMW labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- Battery "B" Colorado National Guard just target practice near Ludlow.
- Members of Battery B of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, shoot canons for target practice near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Fort Laramie
- View of Fort Laramie, Wyoming with tents, one and two story frame buildings and a flagpole.
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Military camps--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- [1868?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Twelve small fragments of ancient pottery are laid in three rows of four each on a white surface. The pieces vary in size and are mostly dark colored; however, some of them have light lines on them, possibly decoration. The pieces have rough edges.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1900-1930.
- [between 1907 and 1931?]
- Eldora 1938
- A cluster of houses is in the right midground in this view of Eldora looking west from the Mogul Tunnel in Boulder County, Colorado. (The Mogul Tunnel was planned by John A. (Jack) Gilfillan in 1897 and was financed by Pennsylvania and New York...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Tunnels--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.
- [1938?]
- Eldora, Colo. 1899
- deposit more than 100 feet thick and was soon determined to be an unsuitable site and the plan was relocated to where the present Barker Dam sits east of Nederland. Several log cabins stand at the base of the hill in the background as well as in...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Tree limbs--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Sulfide Flats
- A group of large pine trees stands in the midground near Sulphide Flats west of Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. In 1907, the area was chosen as the site for a new dam to serve as a hydroelectric power source. W. Hollingsworth McCleod, a...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Ashcroft, Colorado
- ball and banquet there. Tabor also reportedly bought rounds of drinks for everyone in each of the town's 13 saloons. At the time, Ashcroft was growing much faster than nearby Aspen. By 1885, it had about 3,500 residents with six hotels and 20...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- 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?]
- Fort Bridger, commanding officers quarters
- This frame hotel at Fort Bridger (Uinta County), Wyoming, was once the commanding officer's barracks. Sign reads: "Hotel."
- Fort Bridger (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Barracks--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1930-1940.; Historic sites--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1930-1940.; Hotels--Wyoming--Fort Bridger--1930-1940.
- 1931 October 29
- Ashcroft, Colo. Remains of Hotel 1943
- An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Ashcroft, Colo. Remains of Hotel 1943
- An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- W. E. Galverts lunch house near Boulder Falls 1880's
- A group of unidentified men stands around a stagecoach pulled by two teams of horses in front of W. E. Galvert's Lunch house near Boulder Falls in the Boulder Canyon in Colorado. Three more men sit on top of the coach. A woman stands outside on the...
- Posthouses--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Horse teams--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Site of Bailey Mill Dam, Eldora 1900
- began operating in the summer of 1899 but was forced to close down a few months later when Bailey's main financial backer in New York City was killed in a fire. In desperation, Bailey turned to his family for financial backing. The treatment...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Interior of Colorado State Capitol
- A large chandelier hangs over the chamber of either the House of Representatives or the Senate in the Colorado State Capitol between Colfax and 14th (Fourteenth) Avenues and Lincoln and Grant Streets in Denver, Colorado. The capitol building was...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Central City First National Bank, Colorado
- Fifteen men stand on the sidewalk in front of the First National Bank at the corner of Main and Eureka streets in Central City, Colorado. The men are dressed in suits and hats and many hold cigars. H.H. Lake is third from the left in the middle row...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banking--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Businessmen--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rough Riders, USA
- Members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World" pose on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man sits on his horse in front of the rest of the group in the center foreground. The men all have scarves tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1898.
- 1899
- Rough Riders, USA
- Members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World" pose on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man sits on his horse in front of the rest of the group in the center foreground. The men all wear hats and have...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1898.
- 1899
- Rough Riders, USA
- Members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World" pose on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man sits on his horse in front of the rest of the group in the center foreground. The men all wear uniforms and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1898.
- 1899
- Caroline Bancroft High School Scrapbook
- Scrapbook created by Caroline Bancroft pertaining to her years as a student at North Denver High School. Included in the scrapbook are photographs of students, dance cards, news paper clippings, and dance photographs of students. Some pages have...
- Bancroft, Caroline--Archives.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; North Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1910-1920
- Capitol Hill Neighborhood Plan
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN), INC. By-laws
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 9
- Exterior of the William Smith House
- Exterior photograph of the William Smith house in Aurora, Colorado. Smith was prominent in the development of Aurora's public schools in the late 19th century and served 50 years as secretary of the school board. Denver architect Joseph Wilson...
- Smith, William.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Aurora.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Aurora.; Architecture--Colorado--Aurora--History.
- Undated
- Bedroom in the William Smith house
- Interior photograph of a bedroom of the William Smith house, located in Aurora, Colorado. Smith was prominent in the development of Aurora's public schools in the late 19th century and served 50 years as secretary of the school board. Denver...
- Smith, William.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Aurora.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Aurora.; Architecture--Colorado--Aurora--History.
- Undated
- Parlor of the William Smith house
- Interior photograph of the parlor in the William Smith house, located in Aurora, Colorado. Smith was prominent in the development of Aurora's public schools in the late 19th century and served 50 years as secretary of the school board. Denver...
- Smith, William.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Aurora.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Aurora.; Architecture--Colorado--Aurora--History.
- Undated
- Staircase in the William Smith house
- Interior photograph of main staircase and grandfather clock in the William Smith house, located in Aurora, Colorado. Smith was prominent in the development of Aurora's public schools in the late 19th century and served 50 years as secretary of the...
- Smith, William.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Aurora.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Aurora.; Architecture--Colorado--Aurora--History.
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