Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Pueblo Laundry Co.
- View of Pueblo Laundry Company, 230 Victoria Street, Pueblo, Colorado, a two-story flat-roof business building with brick falsefront and parapet entablature; shows "Pueblo Laundry" lettered on front of building with canopy hood over entrance,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Laundry--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1936 May 17
- Pearl Dak Laundry
- View of the Pearl Dak Laundry at 395 South Pearl Street in the Washington Park West Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This commercial style building has large storefront windows, a shaped parapet and decorative brickwork. The sign reads "Pearl Dak...
- Pearl Dak Laundry (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cleaning establishments.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob); Pearl Dak Laundry (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Self-service...
- 1991
- A general all over view of a section of the Granada Relocation Center, looking north and west
- Overview of the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado, shows rows of prefabricated army-style barracks (120 x 20 feet.) Twelve of these one-story side gable barracks with tar-paper roofs made a block which...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Relocation camps--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.
- 1942 December 12
- Life on Capitol Hill: A Fair on the Hill
- Women washing clothes in the laundry room at Overland Park
- Women lean over wash tub sinks in the laundry room at Overland Park in the Overland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The women wear work dresses and aprons as they scrub clothing on wash boards. A pan full of wet, clean clothes is at the foot of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Laundry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business Laundry I
- Enterprise Laundry street scene 17th & Champa
- Men walk on the sidewalk near the Enterprise Laundry at 1719 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: "Enterprise Hand Laundry Shirts 5 [cents] First Class Work Our Specialty [Me]nding Free," and "Aurum Assay Office Curtis...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business Laundry
- Wash day in a United States Geological Survey camp
- View of a large kettle beside canvas tents at a United States Geological Survey camp in either Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Oil shale burns under a laundry kettle.
- Geological Survey (U.S.)--People--1910-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--1910-1920.; Campfires--Colorado--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1910-1920.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914?
- Speer & Lincoln old auto on 7th Ave
- View of the intersection of Speer Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue in Denver, Colorado; shows a drinking fountain / street lamp / horse trough, landscaping, a truck, the Western Columbia Laundry, and Cherry Creek with concrete flood control walls.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Intersections--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Watering...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Housing Ft. Lupton
- Interior view of a laundry room in a migrant worker camp near Fort Lupton (Weld County), Colorado. Metal sinks are in the room.
- Labor camps--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1950-1960.; Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1950-1960.; Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1950-1960.
- 1950 July
- Old Capitol cabin had another use
- Facade of the Sam Wah Chinese Laundry, Colorado Avenue, Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows a clapboard false front. Signs read: "Dixie Queen," "Old Virgin," and "Sam Wah L-aundry."
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Colorado City--1890- 1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Campers at Rocky Mountain Lake Park motor camp
- A woman stands at the entrance of a tent at Rocky Mountain Lake Park auto camp in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man sits on the ground near the doorway and a sign reading: "Tent For Sale" hangs on the tent. A man with a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rocky Mountain Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1917 and 1920?]
- Laying of cornerstone of the Mt. Moriah lodge. No. 89.
- A crowd in Canon City, Colorado, gathers for the laying of the cornerstone of the Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge, at the southeast corner of 5th (Fifth) and Main. People carry umbrellas and cornets, and wear uniforms, sack suits and hats. Horses and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Colorado Springs in 1885
- View of Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows the Antlers Hotel, with dormers, a stepped pediment, and a round tower with a bell cast roof. Pedestrians, a wagon and team, and businesses flank Pikes Peak Avenue;...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Leadville
- Horse drawn wagons loaded with goods are in this early view of a main street, later West 3rd (Third) Street, in Leadville, Colorado. Pedestrians walks on the dirt street, handbills can be seen on telephone and telegraph poles, and the street is...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Curtis Street
- View of Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street and streetcar no. 123 is in the distance. Shows a hamburger stand with a crenelated parapet, signs read: "Jack's White Castle no.1" "Hamburgers 5 cents...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts.; Commercial streets.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business Laundry
- Ideal Laundry, view of side building and sidewalk
- Ideal Laundry, close view front door
- Ideal Laundry, close up of sign
- Ideal Laundry, interior stairway and planter
- Ideal Laundry, view of side
- Ideal Laundry, view of door
- Ideal Laundry, view of side and corner of building
- Ideal Laundry, interior stairway and planter
- Ideal Laundry, view of side and corner of building
- Ideal Laundry, view of door
- Ideal Laundry, close up view window
- 3733 Franklin Street
- View of 3733 Franklin Street in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade of a small, abandoned, single-story brick building, which was constructed in 1886. A ghost sign over a single entrance door reads "Railroad Overall...
- Railroad Overall Laundry (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; Railroad Overall Laundry (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned...
- 1991
- Boiling Spring in Queen's Laundry
- View of the Queens Laundry hot spring in the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows Sentinel Creek.
- Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Queens Laundry (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Sentinel Creek (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Streams--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Hot Springs in the Queen's Laundry
- View of a round hot springs pool, the Queens Laundry, and mineral deposits in the Sentinel Meadows Group in Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Steam and a calcium carbonate cone are nearby.
- Terraces (Geology)--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Queens Laundry (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [1883?]
- Laundry facility at Agnes Memorial Sanatorium
- Men and women workers stand in the laundry room at Agnes (Phipps) Memorial Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado. Two women stand at ironing boards and iron hospital gowns. A woman with a bobbed haircut stands near a large folding table where sheets are...
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Laundry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business Laundry
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business Laundry
- Silver State Laundry Company building 2441 Broadway
- View of a late ninetieth-century three-story brick commercial building at 2441 Broadway in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (now the Silver State Lofts). Shows the rear elevation of a building constructed on a triangular lot between...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Laundries.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 9 and 10, 1930 September-October
- Cities Denver celebrations parade (Knights of Columbus) passing Wah-Chong laundry
- A marching band plays in a Knights of Columbus parade on 21st (Twenty-first) Avenue, in Denver, Colorado. Other participants hold a banner that reads: "The Landing of Columbus". Spectators line the street. Signs on the nearby buildings read:...
- Knights of Columbus--Commemoration--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915]
- Silver Cliff, Colorado
- View of a clapboard business / residence in Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; includes picket fence and sign: "Sing Kee Laundry," owned by Chinese immigrant Lew Sing Kee from 1885 till his death in 1927.
- Sing Kee, Lew d.1927--Homes & haunts.; Sing Kee Laundry--Buildings--1880-1890.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- College laundry about 1432 No. Tejon Eastend
- Colorado College laundry, Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, is a frame building with gable and dormer.
- Colorado College--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1900.
- 1882
- Denver streets
- View shows store fronts on Fifteenth (15th) and Tremont, Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "French Art, Embroidery works, M. Silverman, designer," "Pennants," "Imperial Laundry, shirts 5 (cents) and up," "Clason (?) Map Company," "The Suess Plumbing...
- Imperial Laundry (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Suess Plumbing Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Map industry and trade--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Mercantile...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Service building laundry kitchen dining rooms
- A view of the three story brick service building for Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The service building was constructed in 1931 and housed the laundry, kitchen and dining rooms.
- Denver General Hospital--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Eating & drinking facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Laundries (Rooms &...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Colfax street
- Panoramic view of a three-story, brick building at Colfax Avenue and Grant Street in Denver, Colorado. Businesses include "The Colorado Music Co." and "Colfax Laundry."
- Colfax Laundry (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Music Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Music...
- [1913?]
- Craig Colony
- A man delivers laundry from a cart at the Craig Colony (Craig Hospital) a tuberculosis sanitarium in Edgewater (Jefferson County), Colorado. He wears a tie and straw hat.
- Craig Colony--1910-1930.; Edgewater (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.; Laundry--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1925?]
- Laundry, J.C.R.S.
- Exterior view of the one story brick laundry building at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) sanatorium, 1600 Pierce Street, Lakewood, Colorado. Small dormers extend from the low pitched roof. Carved stone over the entrance reads: "The...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings--1910-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1950.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1950.
- [between 1912 and 1940?]
- A prospector's wash tub
- Sam Stevens, a prospector, crouches over a stream and washes his long underwear on a rock near the mining community of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. His other laundry hangs on the branches of a nearby shrub.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Laundry--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Men.; Stevens, Sam T.
- 1901
- GI laundering with paesana
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier launders at a public laundry with two Italian women.
- Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Italy--1940-1950.; Laundry--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- State prison laundry
- Black and white convicts at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, work in the prison laundry. The interior ceiling is open- beamed, and a riveted metal boiler tank below has pipes, valves and a gauge. Men stand on it, hanging clothes to...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Colorado--Canon City--1920- 1930.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- State prison boiler room : prisoners doing laundry and playing cards
- Black and white convicts at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, work in the prison laundry. The interior ceiling is open- beamed, and a riveted metal tank below has pipes, valves and a gauge; men stand on it, hanging clothes to dry....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Colorado--Canon City--1920- 1930.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]