Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Poindexter's Groceries, 25th and Gray, N.W. Corner, Edgewater, Colorado
- Poindexter's Food Store at the corner of 25th and Gray in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado, is a clapboard false front building with a Coca-Cola sign, with the image of a smiling woman on either side of the store's name, above the door; the...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Edgewater--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 9
- 1934 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.10
- City Park Sundries
- View of the exterior of City Park Sundries at 2101 York Street in the City Park West neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story commercial building has shaped parapets, an oversized cornice and brackets and small iron balconies on the second...
- City Park Sundries (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ice cream parlors.; City Park Sundries (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Ice cream parlors--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- John Varone Grocery
- View of the John Varone Grocery located on Quivas Street probably in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows a commercial style brick building with a cornice and shaped parapet. Plaques on the parapet read: "1912" and "Grocery." Signs on...
- John Varone Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grocery stores.; John Varone Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Grocery trade--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1977
- Looking south on Main Street, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, a trolley car, parked cars, rows of electric street lights, pedestrians (including a newspaper boy with his sack). Signs on buildings (including lighted ones)...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Leadville grocery store
- Men pose in front of a frame building with a gabled roof and a sign that reads "M.R. Mitchell Groceries, Meats & Vegetables" in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Men stand on a porch near wooden ladders and a snowy sidewalk. Faded, painted signs...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of brick, two-story commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows the "F.B.& L. Block," the Fairley Brothers & Lampman Block Building at 300 E. Bennett Avenue. Signs on commercial buildings read "Wm....
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1920-1940.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1920-1940.
- [between 1929 and 1935?]
- Del Rio Hotel, Dolores
- View of the Del Rio Hotel in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. The three-story Chateau-style hotel has a stucco surface, a steep gabled roof, dormer windows, a corner entrance, and large windows on the first floor. Men stand on the sidewalk...
- Del Rio Hotel (Dolores, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dolores (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Dolores--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Hotchkiss
- Men and women stand on sidewalks in front of the Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company store in Hotchkiss (Delta County), Colorado. Women wear long dresses and elaborate hats; a man wears a suit, and a boy is on a tricycle. Window displays show neckties,...
- Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company (Hotchkiss, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Wazee Street, Denver
- View of brick, two-story commercial buildings at 1528, 1534, and 1538 Wazee Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Men pose on horse-drawn delivery wagons that read: "The Denver Towel Supply Co., 1534 Wazee St. No. 1 Phone...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Gerardi's Market corner Main and Maple
- Jim Gerardi stands behind his Ford pickup truck in front of his grocery store in Trinidad, Colorado. A boy stands on a sidewalk as a customer comes out of the Piggly Wiggly store next door. Lettering on the pickup reads: "Gerardi's," "Meats,"...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business people--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Grocery Stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Gerardi, Jim.
- ca. 1922
- Anita / coming across street in Valverde
- View of businesses in the Valverde neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; a woman walks by fruit and a storefront. Signs read: "Quality Meats & Groceries 1205," and "Valverde Feed Store." Window displays read: "Purina Chows, Startena, Growena, and...
- Valverde (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Feed stores--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fruit--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Looking north from Ellsworth
- View of Broadway at Ellsworth Street, looking north in Denver, Colorado. Multi-story commercial buildings, street lamps and street railway tracks line the street. Notable buildings include the Broadway Bank building and the Queen Theater. A person...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Butcher shop
- Interior view of a meat market in Denver, Colorado; shows a man, slabs of meat, scales, and lard cans. Signs read: "Louis Grover Choice Meats," and "Sulzberg Majestic Boiled Hams."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Butchers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Boys with sled in front of stores
- Boys play with a sled by a store at 1301 West Alameda Avenue, Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Hardware and Tinware," "J. R. Hargreaves Groceries and Meats."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1914?]
- Peinze's Market
- This business in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, has storefront windows and double doors. Lettering reads: "Solitaire Coffee Peinze Mercantile Co. Groceries Meats Supplies." A sheetmetal and neon sign projects from the building; the maker's...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Morrison--1920-1950.
- [between 1924 and 1946?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo. Hastings [sic] Market 1st & Bennet [sic]
- Exterior view of C. C. Irwin Groceries (formerly H. A. Hastain's Market), 135 Bennett Avenue, Bell Brothers Building, First (1st) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of building packed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Bell Brothers Building (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1905 or 1906]
- A. VanCamp Mountain City, cash market
- Printed advertisement from Mountain City, Gilpin County, Colorado, reads: "A. Vancamp. Mountain City, Cash Market C. P. Dupree's Sugar Cured Hams & Bacon. Dealer In Fresh & Salt Meats, Salt Fish, Butter, Lard, Eggs, Vegetables, &c. Central City,...
- Mountain City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Advertisements--1860-1870.
- [between 1866 and 1870]
- Main Street in Rangely, Colorado
- Aerial view of paved Main Street, Rangely, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, includes: people, cars, trucks at a gas station and flat roofed businesses. Signs read: "GHC Delicatessen Fine Foods Meats Boxed Lunches Baked Goods," "Liquor Coors Beer,"...
- Rangely (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Oil wells--Colorado--Rangely--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Rangely--1940-1950.
- [between 1945 and 1950?]
- Toponas, Colo. general store
- View of the general store, Toponas, Routt County, Colorado, includes a truck backed up to front of building; signs include "The Toponas, Colorado People's Store General Merchandise," "Conoco," "Phone," "National Forest Warden, Report Forest Fires...
- Toponas (Colo.)--1970-1980.; General stores--Colorado--Toponas--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 12
- Turret, Colorado
- Customers sample the goods outside of "F. A. Cole and Co., Groceries, Meats," in the mining community of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. They sit on apple crates and flour sacks, whittle wood, write on a pad of paper, grind coffee in a grinder,...
- Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- On Bennett Avenue looking east in 1892-93
- View east on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado (formerly Fremont prior to incorporation); street scene includes horse-drawn wagons, boardwalk, flagpole, dogs, unhaltered colt, and one and two-story flat-roof commercial wooden frame buildings...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 or 1893
- Apex, Colorado
- Reproduction of newspaper advertisement from Apex, Gilpin County, Colorado, reads: "Bobstock & Hoag, The Grocers A Nice Fresh Line of Staple and Fancy Groceries Fresh and Salt Meats, Constantly on Hand, Game in Season. 1st Door South of Town Hall,...
- Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Advertisements--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Town Hall ('Old Glory' in a Gale)
- Shows Town Hall, Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, a frame building with cupola, storefront windows, and signs: "Town Hall," "Meats, Groceries, and Hardware." People and a buggy stand by.
- Empire (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Blatz candy display
- Display of ribbon-tied candy boxes reads: "Blatz Candy, Assorted Flavors, Bittersweet Creams, Milk Chocolate Creams, Chocolate Assorted, Assorted Flavors, Assorted Nut Meats Covered With Milk Chocolate, Milk Cluster and Net Weight One Pound."
- Candy--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Groussman brothers meat counter
- Interior view of Groussman Brothers grocery store at 1301 Curtis Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows butchers behind the display counter, meats with prices, scales, and hanging cuts of meat. Signs read: "Rath Packing Co, Hams And Bacon, Groussman...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- J.J. Harvey Market
- Beef, poultry, pork, venison and shellfish are in a meat market in Central City, Colorado. Carcasses hang around the perimeter and a wooden counter with a marble top is covered with meats. A cash register is in the background. A butcher and another...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Meat cutting--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Pine Ridge Agency, S.D., General Miles and staff at mess
- Interior tent view of General Nelson A. Miles and his staff of officers at mess during the Native American Sioux campaign at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The oilcloth-covered table is set with plates, coffee cups and saucers, hardtack, meats,...
- United States. Army.--People--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Bailey, Colorado
- A two story, wood-frame building with a hipped roof, gablets, large, store windows, and screen doors is "McGraws Groceries and Meats, Dry Goods, Shoes, Stationery, Hardware, Tires & Tubes, Hay & Grain," a convenience store. Steps at the side of the...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; General stores--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Clifford Rhodes in wagon, Sam Drake standing, taken in front of Sherwood Pool Hall
- Clifford Rhodes, who wears a suit, cap, long boots, and a bow tie, holds the reins of a delivery cart of the "Basalt Supply Co." in Basalt, Colorado, in Eagle County. The cart, which has "Basalt Supply Co. and Meats" painted on the side, has spoked...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Drake, Sam.; Rhodes, C. (Clifford)
- [1900?]
- Central loop
- View of Denver Tramway trolleys, number 301 route 8 and number 31 route 64, parked at the Central Loop on Arapahoe and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets next to Loop Market in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Loop Market Parking Exclusively For Loop Market...
- Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1949, August 14
- Leadville, Colo from east end of 7th St.
- View of Leadville, Colorado; shows Seventh Street, houses, yards, privies, laundry, the Lake County Courthouse, the High School, the Church of the Annunciation, and the Sawatch Mountains. Signs read: "H. G. Eckhardt Meats and Groceries," and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Edward McAlister, 13th and Downing
- The proprietor, identified as Edward McAlister, poses with his employees inside his grocery store, 13th (Thirteenth) and Downing Streets, Denver, Colorado. Store supplies include canned goods, produce, meats, and bulk items. Signs: "Cocoanut...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; McAlister, Edward.
- 1914
- Broadway
- View of Broadway at 2nd (Second) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles, a streetcar, and a horse-drawn buggy are in the street. Signs on buildings read: "Geo. C. Davidson Groceries Meats," "The Broadway Bank," "1st Ave Hotel," and "Harry Angerman...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Eighteenth and Champa
- View of businesses on the corner of Champa and 18th (Eighteenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are parked nearby. Signs on the buildings read: "Koal Union Coal and Coke Co.," "Stratton & Storm's Owl Cigar," "Groceries...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- A. J. Beckwith Grocery Company, Denver
- View of Adolphus J. Beckwith Grocery Company, 408-410 16th (sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows ceiling fan over entryway, displays of fruit, vegetables, canned goods, and window lettering: "Fresh meats," "Poultry & Fish," "Eggs," "Butter,"...
- Adolphus J. Beckwith Grocery Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900- 1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920]
- Jack party
- View of Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Taos St. west, in Georgetown, Colorado. A group of 21 men, women, and children on burros and horses are lined up across the street and pose for the camera. The women wear various large,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Tourists--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- F St. Salida, Colo.
- View of "F" Street, Salida (Chaffee County) Colorado; shows brick businesses, the Presbyterian Church, pedestrians, cars, a bicycle, a horse-drawn merchant's wagon, and signs: "E. (Edward) C. Berrian, Real Estate, Insurance, Notary Public," "F. W....
- Salida (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1914 or 1915?]
- Home furnishings 1513-1523 Champa
- View of Lunt and Company building at 1513 Champa Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn wagon is parked nearby. Signs read: "Easy Payments," House Furnishers," "The Easy Payment House," and "Meats & Poultry."
- Lunt and Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Home furnishings stores--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- O.P. Skaggs grocery store
- Nighttime view of the O.P. Skaggs grocery store in Denver, Colorado. Displays of produce, canned goods, and meat are in the windows. A sign reads: "Meats Skaggs Food Stores Efficient Service System Groceries."
- O. P. Skaggs (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Window displays--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Temple Court Bldg.
- View of the Temple Court Building at 15th (Fifteenth) and California Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles and pedestrians are nearby. A sign reads: "The Market Co. Strictly Corn-fed Meats."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Colorado, Cedaredge, street scenes, Main St.
- View along a main Street in Cedaredge, Surface Creek Valley, Delta County, Colorado, includes: brick commercial buildings, wood frame false fronts and gabled businesses, and automobiles parked on the dirt street. The two-story First National Bank...
- Cedaredge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Cedaredge--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Eldora
- The buildings on Main Street in Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado, include one with a false front and signs with the Coca-Cola logo that read "Quality Meats" and "Picnic Supplies;" a small log building with seven mailboxes in front; and a...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Eldora
- The buildings on Main Street in Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado, include a log building with a false front with decorative shingles, a sign with the Coca-Cola logo which reads: "Quality Meats," and a hanging sign over the door which reads "Log...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Eldora--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Flats on Santa Fe Drive
- View of a one-story adobe apartment building at 1211 and 1219 Santa Fe Drive in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A porch is supported by wooden columns and a railing with spindle details. Address number "1211" is above a door, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Colorado town
- Aerial view of frame and brick buildings and houses in a town probably in Colorado. Railroad tracks are near a depot building, and freight cars hold possibly sand. Dirt roads are on a butte, and cars are on a street lined with commercial buildings....
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1910-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Early day street scene - Montrose, Colo.
- Men, women, and children, some on a horse-drawn carriage, are outside of the E. J. Mathews and Company, meats and groceries store in Montrose, Colorado. The store is housed in a two story brick building with battlements, decorative engravings under...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Leading store of Montrose
- Five men and a woman stand in a grocery store in Montrose, Colorado. Three of the men are behind the counter, two of whom are dressed in butcher's aprons. Walls and shelves are lined with canned goods, meats, and knick-knacks.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- 1905
- Nan Kervis (sic) Meat Market, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Interior view of the People's Market Co. (J. H. Nankervis, prop.) in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado; a young man and woman are behind a meat counter, in a butcher's coat and hair ribbons. Decor includes a clock, a taxidermy mounted...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1930.; Interiors.; Markets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1930.
- [between 1906 and 1923]