Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 4101 Montview Blvd. "Italian spy house"
- View of an Italian Renaissance style house designed by J.J. Benedict (1910) at 4101 Montview Boulevard, in the South Park Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Known as the Italian Spy House, this beige brick home features an arcaded front porch and...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2006
- Mancinelli's Italian Market
- View of the facade and southwest elevation of Mancinelli's Italian Market at 3219-3223 Osage street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two story building (1891) with a modern addition. The original building is brick and has a...
- Mancinelli's Italian Market (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Grocery stores.; Mancinelli's Italian Market (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Grocery trade--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1980
- GI serving food to Italian
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier serves food to an Italian man, possibly a member of the Alpini, Italian Mountain Troops; he wears a plaid scarf, boots, a wool jacket and carrys a rucksack. In the background is a stone building and many U.S....
- Military life--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italian--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Italian hill town
- An Italian hill town, possibly Vidiciatico, encountered by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign. The ground is covered with snow.
- Vidiciatico (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Sgt. Dexter & Italian Alpinis
- Sergeant Barnett Dexter (center, back row), a member of the 10th Mountain Division, poses with a group of Italian Alpini (mule teamsters) in Italy during the Italian campaign of World War II. Mules stand nearby.
- Muleteers--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Collaboration--Italy--1940-1950.; Italy--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Italy--1940-1950.; Dexter, Barnett.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1945]
- Scene in Italian Farmhouse
- Shows six people in an Italian farmhouse, including a woman knitting, and small boy. Col. David M. Fowler, commander of the 87th Regiment of the Tenth Mountain Division holds a map. In the house, sausages hang from the ceiling, tin cans rest on...
- Farmhouses--Italy--1940-1950.; Military officers--United States--1940-1950.; Fowler, David M.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1945]
- Della Montenelli
- Studio portrait of an Italian American woman identified as Della Montenelli, an actress or opera singer. She poses and looks at an object, possibly a mirror, held in her raised hand. Della Montenelli has long, wavy hair and wears a lace and...
- Italian Americans--1890-1910.; Actresses--1890-1910.; Opera singers--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.; Montenelli, Della.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Italian border guarded by an Alpini and two GIs
- An Alpini, one of Italy's mountain troopers, and two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers stand at the Italian border near the guard- house. A sign reads: Italian military or civilians not permitted to cross frontier; mountains and leafy trees in the...
- Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Italian Alpini Mule Train bringing supplies to Pietra Colora, Italy
- Italian Alpini mule train is unpacked in shell-damaged town of Pietra Colora. The Tenth Mountain Division used both Italian mules and eventually U.S. mules to transport supplies in Italy.
- Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Packtrains--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Carbone Italian Sausage House, W. 38th, Denver
- View of a market and deli at 1221 West 38th (Thirty eighth) Avenue, in the Highland Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; window and awning lettering reads: "Carbone Italian Sausage, Home Made Italian Sausages, Wholesale Retail, Ice."
- Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Delicatessens--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Cerrone's Italian Market
- Portrait of Audi Cerrone, butcher and proprietor of Cerrone's Italian Market at 3617 Osage Street in the Highland Neighborhood of Denver. He stands behind a butcher block and holds a cut of meat. Shows the door to a walk in freezer, and a statue of...
- Cerrone's Italian Market (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Grocery stores.; Butchers.; Interiors.; Cerrone, Audi--Pictorial works.; Cerrone's Italian Market (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1980
- Pagliacci's Italian Restaurant
- View of the side of Pagliacci's Italian Restaurant, at 1440 West 33rd Avenue in the Highland Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building has a beige stucco exterior and a red clay shingle roof. There are red geometric accents on the chimney at...
- Pagliacci's Italian Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Electric signs.; Pagliacci's Italian Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Neon...
- 2010
- Men from two divisions meet at Resia Pass, Austrian-Italian border
- Patrols from two divisions meet at the Austrian-Italian border taken from the Austrian side. A sign with "HALT! Grenzkontrolle" is placed on the right side of a wide dirt road. A small wooden barrier marks the border. Seven GIs from the Seventh...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- May 7, 1945
- Equitable building at 17th and Stout was Denver's first high rise when completed in 1892.
- View of the Equitable Building, an Italian Renaissance Revival Style e-shaped structure at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets, Denver, Colorado. Shows automobiles parked on street and "First National Bank" clock.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Jerry droppings!
- An Italian civilian examines a large German gun abandoned along the street in an unidentified Italian city. A large treaded vehicle is parked behind the gun. Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are visible walking down the street away from the camera.
- Military vehicles--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Moving up!
- A mule climbs a steep trail carrying a bale of hay. The mule handlers might be Italian Alpini, who assisted the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign. Other men climbing the trail are wearing U.S. Army helmets. One man is shirtless...
- Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Mo and Friend
- Portrait of the photographer with his arm around an Italian woman. He is not wearing a shirt, only khaki pants. She is wearing a red sweater and a blue skirt. Behind them another man wearing a brown shirt looks on. Taken while the photographer was...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Prisoners accumulating!!!
- View of prisoners being held by a Tenth Mountain Division soldiers during the Italian Campaign. Hundreds of prisoners sit on the pavement in an unidentified Italian town. Two soldiers sit in a jeep facing the group. Three more soldiers wait near a...
- Prisoners of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Veraccio?
- View of a an Italian town, possibly Veraccio. All the buildings have suffered heavy damage from artillery or bombing. This town was one of the towns the Tenth Mountain Division encountered during the Italian Campaign. Steep mountains rise in the...
- Veraccio (Italy)--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Au riva diece, Italy!
- View taken from the stern of a ship looking back towards the Italian coastline and showing the ship's wake. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division after the end of the Italian Campaign.
- Ships--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Denver Public Schools Senior High School Guidance Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all High Schools within Denver.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1960
- Western History Subject Index
- Consuls. Italian
- Italian mining families
- A group of Italian families pose near a shop in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. One woman holds a baby in her arms and smiles. The children, dressed in sweaters, coats, and dresses also smile. The men stand behind the women.
- Italian Americans--Colorado--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Italian miners play boccie
- A group of Italian miners pose with boccie (bocce) balls in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Some of the men wear jackets, others wear shirts and vests. Adobe houses are in the distance.
- Italian Americans--Colorado--1890-1920.; Boccie (Game)--Colorado--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Machie, Itilian [i.e. Italian] flying boat 180-H.P. Isoto-Franchisi motor.
- Man poses next to Italian seaplane at Langley Field, Virginia.
- Langley Field (Va.)--1910-1920.; Seaplanes--Italian--Virginia--Langley Field--1910-1920.
- [1919?]
- Holy Trinity Italian Evangelical Church W. 36 Ave. & Lipan St.
- View of Holy Trinity Italian Evangelical Church at West 36th (Thirty-sixth) Avenue and Lipan Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features a square tower and stained glass windows.
- Holy Trinity Italian Evangelical Church (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Consuls. Italian
- Western History Subject Index
- Bilancioni, Julio. (Giulio)
- Western History Subject Index
- Italians in Denver
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Churches. Catholic. Italian chapel
- Pre-1963 Colorado mining fatalities
- An alphabetical listing of people who were killed in mining accidents in Colorado from 1884, when state legislation first required mining companies to report their accidents, through 1962.
- Mine accidents--Colorado. ; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado. ; Colorado--Vital records.
- 1995
- Morrato Block
- The Grace Church Call program
- Coke ovens and Italian coke pueblo at Tercio, Colo.
- Coal miners pose in front of brick and stone coke ovens at Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Possibly Hispanic or Italian men wear overalls or work shirts and ragged slacks and caps. Wheelbarrows, shovels, a hose, and piles of stone are near...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke...
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Family group
- Studio portrait of possibly an Italian man, woman, boy, and girl. The man wears a suit and tie. The woman wears a dress with a sash. The boy wears knickers.
- Italian Americans--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of possibly an Italian man. He leans against a decorative plaster fence and wears a suit and watch chain.
- Italian Americans--Men--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of possibly an Italian man. He poses near a hat, which is on a decorative plaster pedestal, and wears a suit, vest, and scarf.
- Italian Americans--Men--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of possibly an Italian man. He poses near a hat, which is on a decorative plaster pedestal, and wears a suit, vest, tie, and watch chain.
- Italian Americans--Men--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of possibly an Italian man. He poses by a hat, which is on a decorative plaster pedestal, and wears a jacket, vest, watch chain, and tie.
- Italian Americans--Men--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of possibly an Italian man. He poses by a hat, which is on a decorative plaster pedestal, and wears a suit, vest, and tie.
- Italian Americans--Men--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a thin Italian American man, possibly Vigilio Ruggera. He wears a new looking dark colored suit, white shirt, and dark colored necktie. An ornate watch chain with several gold strands is attached to a button hole on...
- Italian Americans--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of an Italian American man, possibly Vigilio Ruggera. He wears a dark colored suit and has several cigars in his jacket pocket.
- Italian Americans--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Miners and their families
- A group of miners and their families pose near a house in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men, women, and children are probably Italian. The women and girls wear dresses and aprons. One boy wears dirty work clothes and...
- Italian Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Tivoli Terrace
- Boys and girls (white, Hispanic, African American, and Italian American) prepare to eat a Thanksgiving dinner in the Tivoli Terrace nightclub at 1900 West 32nd (Thirty-second) Avenue in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A waiter...
- Tivoli Terrace (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Italian Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Thanksgiving...
- 1936 November 26
- POWs head down and GIs up Italian trail
- Nine armed, helmeted, and wearing packs Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb an Italian trail as five German prisoners with their hands on their heads descend it. In the background new leaves are on the trees.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Three soldiers observe an Italian town
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers observe an Italian town from a fenced vantage point. All carry weapons and wear white camouflage coats, one has skis.
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Ski troops--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Checkpoint on Italian border
- Truckload of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers heads away from the camera toward a checkpoint. Three soldiers are waiting at the building beside checkpoint; rugged mountains and pine forest are in background. Sign reads: Italian military or...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Eating chow in Italian hilltown
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers eat in the shelter of an Italian stone building on packing crates surrounded by miscellaneous equipment and wooden barrels. Three soldiers in the background stand by a jeep. A hill is in the far background.
- Military cookery--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Mules and mule drivers in Italian Hills
- Shows four packed mules following a steep trail and one grazing without load while a Tenth Mountain Division mule driver holds its tether. Two mule drivers struggle with a pack saddle in the middle of the trail a few feet away. Photographed in the...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Rest break on Italian trail
- Shows roughly twenty soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division taking a rest break on a steep Italian trail.
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]