Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mercury Cafe
- View of the Mercury Café, 2199 California Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building, a former warehouse, has a stepped parapet, a row of five double-hung windows on the second floor and a row of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cafes.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1990
- Mercury Café 2199 California
- View of the Mercury Café, a former warehouse located at 2199 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the rear (southwest) and side (southeast) elevations of a two story brick building. There is a colorful...
- Mercury Café (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cafes.; Murals.; Mural painting and decoration--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2003 August
- Art - sculpture - Mercury
- View of a carved stone statue of Mercury, with winged feet, a helmet, and a caduceus. Pedestal reads: "Flying Mercury," and "Class of 1893."
- Gods (Greek)--1890-1900.; Sculpture--1890-1900.; Mercury (Greek mythology)
- 1894, March 18
- Mercury Cafe
- View of the interior of the Mercury Café, 2199 California Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A boy sits at a counter in a swivel chair, and customers sit at long tables. Shows a waitress, open dessert rack, and track...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cafes.; Interiors.; Waitresses.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1990
- Mercury Cafe
- View of the interior of the Mercury Café, 2199 California Street, in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an employee writing food specials on a chalk board. Marilyn Megenity opened the Mercury Caf́ in this building, the site...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cafes.; Employees.; Interiors.; Signs (Notices); Employees--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- 1990
- Mercury Cafe
- View of the interior of the Mercury Café, 2199 California Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. People sit at a counter with swiveling chairs. Shows tables, chairs, booths and stained glass hanging lights. A painted sign on...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cafes.; Counters.; Interiors.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1990
- Mercury Printing Shop next to the corner of 5th and Main Streets on the north side
- Men and a woman pose on the boardwalk in Canon City, Colorado. Storefronts behind them have a gabled false front, corbeled cornice, and arching windows. The woman wears a checked dress with a fur hat. A man wearing striped prison pants and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Facades--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Mercury Café 2199 Calif. St.
- View of an exterior door of the Mercury Café at 2199 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A mural painted on a door and brick wall shows two gray cats below stars and a moon. In addition to serving food, the...
- Mercury Café (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cafes.; Doors & doorways.; Murals.; Doors--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mural painting and...
- 2003
- Mercury by Paschal Quackenbush, Teller House, Central City
- Mercury, who stands on a stone in a darkened arch, holds his torch and is painted in a corner of the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. He is wearing a tunic with a sash and holding a lit torch in his left hand. He looks toward the left. A...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Mercury (Roman deity)
- 1932
- Western History Subject Index
- Mercury
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 11 and 12, 1928 November-December
- Walsenburg Bank building built by Frederick Walsen (Heinrich Guton [?] Frederick).
- This Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, bank is a two-story brick structure with stone trim and fanlights. Signs read: "First National Bank," "Star Market," "South 25," "West 160," "South 85," and "South 87." A car, parking meters, trash cans,...
- Walsenburg Bank (Walsenburg, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Banks--Colorado--Walsenburg--1970-1980.
- June 1, 1972
- Minturn, Colo views
- Frame dwellings line Main Street in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado. Power poles edge the pavement; vines climb one topped by a mercury vapor lamp. Foothills are in the background.
- Minturn (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Minturn--1970-1980.; Utility poles--Colorado--Minturn--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Baca House in Trinidad
- Exterior view of the Baca House (1869), Trinidad, Colorado, possibly the oldest structure in Trinidad. A rusticated stone retaining wall wraps the corner on which the house is situated, and large trees behind the wall obscure most of the structure...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Toltec Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- The Toltec Hotel in Trinidad, Colorado is a three story structure built in 1910-11, and is a Victorian adaptation of the Tudor style. Finished with glazed tile, it has a slightly projecting cornice with square ornaments and dentils. The main floor...
- Toltec Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Manitou Avenue, 700 Block
- Exterior view of the 700 block of Manitou Avenue, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. In the left, a two-story brick building with stone quoins, pedimented windows, and a bracketed cornice has a striped, scalloped awning and a sign:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1985?]
- Wheeler Clock
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, of the Wheeler Clock and environs, looking north. The clock was donated by Jerome Wheeler to the town of Manitou Springs to commemorate the opening of the Manitou Mineral Water Bottling Company in 1890. Made of...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Clocks & watches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1980-1990.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1980- 1990.
- 1983
- Honeymoon cottage, 1981
- The 'Swan's Nest,' near Breckenridge, Colorado, built near the Swan River in the 1890's by Ben Stanley Revett is a two-story, gable roofed frame residence with flanking wings set at angles from the main section. An open porch follows the inside...
- Revett, Ben Stanley--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1980-1990.
- 1981
- Blackhawk
- Interior view of the Fifty Gold Mines Corporation assay laboratory, in Blackhawk, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a man with water hoses and a brick retort furnace; tongs and crucibles are on a table. The bucket is for collecting mercury used in the...
- Fifty Gold Mines Corporation--1900-1910.; Assaying--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Furnaces--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Gold--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Placer mining, Umcompahgre [sic] Creek, Colorado
- View of hydraulic gold placer mining in Mesa County, Colorado; shows jets of water, hills, and Uncompahgre Creek.
- Mesa County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- At fire of 10/23/66
- During a fire in Brighton, Colorado, the backs of two firemen are in the foreground; letters on one's coat read "West Adams County Fire Dept," and on his hat "WAC;" the other's reads "BFD." Both face a crane that reaches to the top of a brick...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.
- 1966 [October 23]
- NYC locomotive, engine number 4915, engine type 4-6-2
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end; streamlined, lettered "Mercury". Photographed: Toledo, Ohio, August 9, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad locomotives--Ohio--Toledo.; New York Central Railroad Company.
- 1936
- NYC train, engine number 4915, engine type 4-6-2
- Mercury, streamlined engine; 9 cars, 75 MPH. Photographed: at Olmsted Falls, Ohio, August 9, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Ohio--Olmsted Falls.; New York Central Railroad Company.
- 1937
- Cherry Creek Shopping Center
- View of a plaza at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "The Denver Dry Goods Co.," "Fontius," and "Barber Shop." Pedestrians include a woman with a baby stroller. Landscaping includes mercury vapor lamps, petunias,...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.--Buildings--1940-1950.; Fontius Shoe Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Cherry Creek (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Plazas--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Shopping...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Cherry Creek Shopping Center
- View of a plaza at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, Colorado; signs read: "Fontius" and "Conoco." Volkswagen cars are parked by landscaped areas and mercury vapor lamps.
- Cherry Creek (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Plazas--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Cherry Creek Shopping Center
- View of a fountain and the Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, Colorado; sign reads: "Walgreens." Cars fill the parking lot by mercury vapor lamps.
- Cherry Creek (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Parking lots--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Cherry Creek Shopping Center
- View of planters and the Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, Colorado. A grocery store sign reads: "Del Farm." Cars fill the parking lot by mercury vapor lamps.
- Cherry Creek (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Parking lots--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill (Int.)
- mortars and amalgamated with the gold in the ore. The stamps were periodically stopped and the amalgam was retrieved and then sold to banks or the mint.; The interior of a stamp mill, possibly the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, Colorado, shows...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ore-dressing--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Silverton, Colo. 9-21-78 Courthouse
- Exterior view of the San Juan County Courthouse, in Silverton, Colorado, looking east. This stone and brick two story building with hipped-gable roof and clocktower was built in 1907. It features a portico with columns, dormers with round windows,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Courthouses--Colorado--Silverton--1970-1980.; Jails--Colorado--Silverton--1970-1980.
- 1978 September 21
- Manitou Springs in the 1980's
- and awnings on the next windows west are striped and dome shaped. A sign between them reads: Manitou Springs Natural Foods. The next building west has a box shaped canopy with light bulbs along the perimeter, and people are milling beneath it. The...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1980-1990.
- [Between 1980 and 1985?]
- D&RGW (2-8-2) 464, south Alamosa, Colo.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 464 (2-8-2 with coal tender) vents smoke at south Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows a neon sign: "Narrow Gauge Motel - Open," mountains, and a billboard: "Mercury."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1949
- Chester Hadden and Travis McGinnis with Soap Box Derby race car
- Chester Hadden and Travis McGinnis work on a Soap Box Derby race car in a garage Denver, Colorado. A Mercury sedan is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Coaster cars--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1950 August 14
- 2385 Broadway Street, Denver
- View of a building at 2385 Broadway Street (at Twenty Fourth Street) in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Plywood covers storefront windows, the entry is in an oblique corner, cream brick provides trim, and a segmented overhead...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Show windows--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.;...
- 1983 March
- Ex-Camfield Hotel Greeley, Colorado
- Brick commercial buildings in Greeley, Colorado, have store fronts and mill housings. Signs read: "Meyer Bros. Chicks Feeds Eggs," "The King Lumber Co." Traffic signals topped by mercury vapor lamps flank the foreground.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Greeley--1970-1980.
- 1978 July 10
- Holly 1983
- This two-story commercial building in Holly, Prowers County, Colorado, has a flat roof and ornamental brickwork on the second floor surrounding gauge arched, double-hung windows. Storefronts include a corner drugstore with sheetmetal, neon, poster,...
- Holly (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Holly--1980-1990.
- 1983
- Weld County General hospital set for its third expansion in five years, is one of the largest and most modern facilities in the Rocky Mountain region. Uniquely low patient costs have drawn attention to its policies and methods of operation.
- Hospital buildings in Greeley, Colorado, are one, four, and six- story, flat roofed brick structures. The parking lot in front is full of cars, and has mercury vapor lamps. Lawn and young trees are in the foreground; residences, water and radio...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hospitals--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- More than 1,800 degree candidates march to the 135th University of Colorado Commencement Friday (June 9) candidates and their families heard the Commencement address delivered by The Hon. Tom. C. Clark, associated justice of the United States...
- Students in caps and gowns at the University of Colorado at Boulder approach in three files, splitting to go around a curb enclosed island in the foreground. Full parking lots flank the street, and women stand behind a chain link fence holding...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1967
- Kit Carson
- Frame and brick businesses line paved street in Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado. A storefront has a battered tin awning and a curved brick pediment. Signs read: "K-C Bar," "Wood Mercantile," and "Speed limit 20." Mercury vapor lamps edge the...
- Kit Carson (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Kit Carson--1980-1990.
- 1989?
- Boulder
- Incised stone tops the brick Oddfellows Building on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, in an ornate pediment reading: "IO 1899 OF." Second floor windows are arched, and the frieze above is of garlands. A flat canopy hangs over storefronts and...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Boulder Lodge--1980-1990.; Boulder (Colo.)--1980-1990.
- 1985
- Harrison St. from Chestnut St.
- In this view north from the middle of paved Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, pickup trucks are filling up at gas pumps at "Clark's Shamrock self serve" gas station on the right. Prices are marked as "54.9 regular," "57.9 unleaded." Business...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Manualian: 1910
- Yearbook for Denver Manual Training High School 1910.
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1910
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Theaters. Magical Mercury Cafe
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Theaters. Mercury theater
- Western History Subject Index
- Jones, Bob Midway Mercury
- Western History Subject Index
- Jones, Bob Midway Mercury
- Western History Subject Index
- Mercury
- Western History Subject Index
- Mercury cafe
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Restaurants. Magical Mercury Cafe
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. RESTAURANTS. MERCURY CAFE
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. RESTAURANTS. MERCURY CAFE