Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 5 and 6, 1929 May-June
- Old State Museum, Denver
- View of the Old State Museum (1913), formerly officially known as the Colorado State Museum, 200 West Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke designed this former museum to harmonize with the...
- State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--1990-2000.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Government facilities.; State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--Pictorial...
- 1991
- Old State Museum
- View of the Old State Museum (1913), officially known as the Colorado State Museum, 200 West Fourteenth (14th) Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke designed this former museum to harmonize with the state...
- State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--1970-1980.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; Historic buildings.; State Historical Society of Colorado. State...
- ca. 1970
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 1 and 2, 1925 January-February
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate-style house was built in 1883 for William Newton Byers, founding...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- ca. 2000
- Denver Art Museum Mr. Silber & Pierre Wolf.
- Two men sit in probably the Quorum Restaurant located at Colfax Avenue and Grant Street in Denver, Colorado. The men, Robert L. Silber, President of the Denver Art Museum's Board of Trustees, and Denver restaurateur and owner of the Quorum, Pierre...
- Denver Art Museum--Commemoration--1960-1970.; Denver Art Museum--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Anniversaries.; Restaurants.; Silber, Robert L.; Wolf, Pierre.; Restaurateurs.
- 1968
- Colorado Heritage Center
- View of the Colorado Heritage Center (the Colorado State Museum, later the Colorado History Museum), 1300 Broadway, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the front (south) facade of the state museum. The building, with its...
- State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--1970-1980.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1977
- Colorado Heritage Center
- View of the Colorado Heritage Center (Colorado State Museum, later the Colorado History Museum), 1300 Broadway, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the front (south) facade of the museum. The building, with its Modern...
- State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--1970-1980.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1977
- Gilpin County Mining and Historical Museum
- The Gilpin County Mining & Historical Museum is a two story, brick building with a flat roof, rounded windows, a cornice, and large rectangular doors with arched doorways. A telephone post is next to the sidewalk that runs along the building. Two...
- Gilpin County Mining & Historical Museum (Central City, Colo.)-- 1540-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Narrow Gauge Museum
- View of the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The frame museum, a replica of the Rio Grande Southern depot at Mancos, has flared eaves, a square tower and gable trim. Signs on the building addition read: "South Alamosa" and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge...
- 1955 September
- Eagle County Historical Museum at Chamber's Park
- View of the Eagle County Historical Museum at Chamber's Park (formerly Chamber's dairy barn) in Eagle (Eagle County), Colorado. The gambrel-roofed frame dairy barn constructed in 1882 was moved in 1984 from its original location to Chambers Park...
- Eagle County Historical Society (Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Eagle County Historical Museum at Chamber's Park (Eagle, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Eagle County Historical Society (Colo.)--Museums--Pictorial works.; Eagle County...
- 1999
- Denver Art Museum and Civic Center Park
- View of the Denver Art Museum (1971; Gio Ponti with James Sudler Associates) 100 West Fourteenth (14th) Avenue, and Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows the Denver Art Museum, designed by Gio Ponti, in the distance. The museum resembles a...
- Denver Art Museum--Buildings--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Galleries & museums.; Parks.; Denver Art Museum--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Art museums--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Urban...
- ca. 2000
- Detailed view, west facade, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- Detailed view of the exterior of the Leprino Family Atrium (2002) on the west elevation of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (formerly known as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science) in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The atrium, a three-story...
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science--2000-2010.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Atriums.; Galleries and museums.; Parks.; Reflections.; Denver Museum of Nature and Science--Pictorial works.;...
- 2004
- Planning Committee for Golda Meir House Museum
- Stamp Mill, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of a reproduction 10-stamp mill at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 North Gate Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mill was constructed in 1978 by museum staff using 19th century construction methods. Much of the equipment...
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mills--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010.; Western Museum of Mining & Industry (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Gold...
- ca.2000
- Colorado Heritage Center under construction
- View of the Colorado Heritage Center (the Colorado State Museum, later the Colorado History Museum), 1300 Broadway Street in the Civic Center neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows the east elevation of the three-story museum-office building during...
- State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--1970-1980.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building construction.; Galleries & museums.; State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Pictorial...
- 1976
- Colorado Heritage Center and State Judiciary Building
- View of the Colorado Heritage Center (the Colorado State Museum, later the Colorado History Museum), 1300 Broadway, and the State Judiciary Building, 2 East Fourteenth (14th) Avenue, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a...
- State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--1970-1980.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; Government facilities--Colorado.; State Historical Society of Colorado. State...
- ca. 1977
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate-style house was built in 1883 for William Newton Byers, founding...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver Art Museum--1990-2000.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.;...
- 1998
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 8 and 9, 1922 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- Carter Museum, Breckenridge
- The Carter Museum, in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, hewn log house with white chinking and a shed roofed addition built on the side. A sash window is next to an open door, and stovepipes rise from the roof. A pile of rounded rocks and...
- Edwin Carter Museum (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1920-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1920-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Breckenridge--1920-1970.
- [between 1920 and 1970?]
- Narrow Gauge Museum
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive (2-8-0) #318, and Denver & Rio Grande Western locomotive 346, repainted as Mount Blanca and Western, freight car #1143, and Rio Grande Southern locomotive #42, are on display at the Narrow Gauge...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment &...
- 1954
- Narrow Gauge Museum
- Rio Grande Southern locomotive #20 (4-6-0) and #42 (2-8-0) are on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. #42 hauls stock cars and caboose 0404. Shows curved narrow gauge tracks, and a train beside the frame museum...
- Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.;...
- 1955
- Narrow Gauge Museum
- View of Rio Grande Southern locomotive (4-6-0) #20, Mount Blanca & Western locomotive (2-8-0) #346, Mount Blanca & Western Caboose #05, and Rio Grande Southern locomotive (2-8-0) #42 on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa...
- 1954 February
- Narrow Gauge Museum
- A flatbed truck delivers Rio Grande Southern Railroad 2-8-0 locomotive #42 to the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows "M.B. & W.R.R." (Mt. Blanca and Western Railroad) 2-8-0 locomotive #346 with a tender and caboose, a...
- Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow...
- 1953 November 14
- Narrow Gauge Museum
- View of the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The building has a flared roof, gable trim, a square tower, and a platform with a luggage cart. The museum is a replica of the Rio Grande Southern depot at Mancos, Colorado....
- Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Open-air...
- 1953 July 8
- Colorado Springs, Museum
- View of the Colorado City Museum, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, housed in a two-story brick building with stone trim and arched doors, stone panel reads: "1892;" painted lettering reads: "Colorado City Museum," "Here's Where The West...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Painted and quill-worked hide (buffalo)
- View of a painted and quillworked buffalo hide which resides in the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin, Germany.
- Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1920-1950.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1920-1950.; Leather painting--1920-1950.; Quillwork--1920-1950.; Hides & skins--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Stanford Museum of Art, Palo Alto
- 1883 of typhoid fever. Several campus buildings were heavily damaged in the "great earthquake" of April, 1906.; Palm trees stand on the lawn in front of the large, neoclassical Stanford Museum of Art on the campus of Stanford University in Palo...
- Stanford University--1900-1910.; Galleries & museums--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Saguache County Museum
- View of the Saguache County Museum on the corner of U.S. 285 and San Juan Avenue in Saguache, Colorado. The one story gable-roofed adobe building was built in 1908. A sign in front of the building reads: " Saguache County Museum," "Gift Shop...
- Saguache County Museum (Saguache, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Saguache (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Historic sites.; Saguache County Museum (Saguache, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Museums--Colorado--Saguache--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 2009
- Louisville Historical Museum
- View of the facade and south elevation of the Louisville Historical Museum, at 1001 Main Street in Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado. The one-story wooden building has a gable roof, a false front and store front windows covered with striped...
- Louisville Historical Museum (Louisville, Colo.)--1990-2000; Louisville (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Historic buildings.; Louisville Historical Museum (Louisville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Museums--Colorado--Louisville--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Pine River Heritage Society Museum, Bayfield, Colo.
- View of the Pine River Heritage Society Museum located at the corner of Pearl and Mill Streets, Bayfield, La Plata County, Colorado. This one-story, flat roofed, rusticated cast stone structure has the signs "Pine River Valley Heritage Society" on...
- Pine River Heritage Society Museum (Bayfield, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Bayfield (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Pine River Heritage Society Museum (Bayfield, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Museums--Colorado--Bayfield--Pictorial works.;...
- 2011
- Gunnison Pioneer Museum, Colo.
- View of the Gunnison Pioneer Museum located at 803 East Tomichi Avenue in Gunnison, Colorado. The museum contains 18 historic structures including a Denver & Rio Grande depot moved from Sargents, Colo., a Denver & Rio Grande water tank from...
- Gunnison Pioneer Museum (Gunnison, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Museums--Colorado--Gunnison--2000-2010.; Gunnison (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Pictorial works.; Gunnison Pioneer Museum (Gunnison, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2007
- Arvada Flour Mill Museum, Colo.
- View of the Arvada Flour Mill Museum located at 5580 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada, Colo. The 30-foot-tall wooden structure with corrugated metal siding was built to process wheat and then distribute the flour produced as "Arva-Pride." Built in...
- Arvada Flour Mill Museum (Arvada, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Flour mills--Colorado--Arvada--2010-2020.; Arvada (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Arvada Flour Mill Museum (Arvada, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Flour mills--Colorado--Arvada--Pictorial works.; Arvada...
- 2010
- National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum, Leadville, Colo.
- View of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum located in the former Lake County High School, 120 West 9th Street, Leadville, Colo. Built in 1900, the two-story brick structure has ornate pedimented dormers with urn finials and corbeled...
- National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum (Leadville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; High school buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Silver mines and mining--Museums--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; National Mining Hall...
- 1989
- Colorado Historical Society and Colorado History Museum
- View of the Colorado Historical Society and the Colorado History Museum, formerly known as the Colorado Heritage Center, 1300 Broadway, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the front (south) facade of the museum-office...
- Colorado History Museum--Buildings--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Galleries & museums.; Colorado History Museum--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Museums--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Civic...
- 2000
- Restored B-52 bomber Wings Over the Rockies Museum, Hangar No. 1, and Hangar No. 2, Lowry
- View of a B-52 bomber, Hangar Two (Building 402) and the Wings Over the Rockies Museum located in Hangar One (Building 401) at 7731 East Academy Boulevard in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two airplane hangars are located on...
- Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bombers.; Hangars.; Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum--Pictorial works.; B-52 bomber--Pictorial...
- 2002
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 11 and 12, 1927 November-December
- Mr. Edwin Carter and wolf
- Naturist and Taxidermist Edwin Carter from Breckenridge, Colorado stands next to a taxidermied wolf possibly in the Carter museum. Other prepared animals are on display in the background.
- Taxidermists--Colorado--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1900.; Taxidermy--Colorado--1890-1900.; Wolves--Colorado--1890-1900.; Carter, Edwin, Taxidermist.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Midland Terminal Station, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Cripple Creek District Museum (formerly Midland Terminal Railway Station), Cripple Creek, Colorado; building was constructed in 1896, closed in 1949 after railroad halted operations, and reopened in 1953 as a private nonprofit...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- General Mesa Verde headquarters ruins
- cross over the building. People have made tracks walking in the snow in the foreground.; The museum at Mesa Verde National Park sits on a gently sloping hillside covered in snow. Juniper trees line the front of the museum, built by Jesse Nusbaum,...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--1920-1930.; Stone buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1931?]
- Capitol Hill Newsletter: Volume 1 Number 2
- Byers-Evans House
- Exterior photograph of the Byers-Evans House located in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Denver Art Museum can be seen in the background. The house was built in 1883 for Rocky Mountain News publisher William Byers. He sold it to the William Gray...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; Historic...
- 1976 April
- Bemis Farm House
- View of the Bemis Farm House at the Littleton Historical Museum, 6028 South Gallup Street in Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The one-story Queen-Anne style house has wood siding and gray roof tiles. The house has dark trim and bargeboard on...
- Bemis, Fred, 1862-1947--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Littleton Historical Museum (Littleton, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Littleton (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Farmhouses.; Bemis, Fred, 1862-1947--Homes and haunts.; Littleton Historical Museum...
- 1999
- Denver & Rio Grande Engine 5771
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Engine No. 5771 currently on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 West 44th Avenue, Golden, Colo. Between 1971-1983, this diesel engine powered the last non-Amtrak intercity passenger train in the United...
- Colorado Railroad Museum--2000-2010.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Pictorial works.; Colorado Railroad Museum--Pictorial works.; Diesel...
- 2009
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Number 7 and 8, 1930 July-August
- Colorado Museum of Natural History (From N.W.)
- A view of the Colorado Museum of Natural History building, name was changed to the Denver Museum of Natural History in 1948. The neoclassical style building was constructed on the east side of City Park in Denver, Colorado in 1901.
- Colorado Museum of Natural History--1930-1950.; Natural history museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Colorado Museum of Natural History (From N.E.)
- A view of the Colorado Museum of Natural History building, name was changed to the Denver Museum of Natural History in 1948. The neoclassical style building was constructed on the east side of City Park in Denver, Colorado in 1901.
- Colorado Museum of Natural History--1930-1950.; Natural history museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Colo. Museum of Natural History, Denver
- Interior view of Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado; dioramas with mountain goats and birds, small stuffed bear displayed on floor.
- Natural history museums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bears--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Birds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Dioramas--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1901 and 1910]