Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1891 Corbett & Ballenger's 19th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 32nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
- 60mm. mortar practice, Camp Hale
- Four men, members of the 10th Mountain Division C Company Mortar Squad, kneel or lie on the ground as they prepare to fire a practice round with a 60 mm. mortar near Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows dust from an explosion on a hillside...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Mortars (Ordnance)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army....
- 1944
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- 1893 Corbett & Ballenger's 21st Annual Denver City Directory
- CMA 1942 parade
- View of the Colorado Mining Association convention parade as it passes spectators near Tremont and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows people, parked automobiles, a "V" float, the Tremont Hotel building, storefronts and the...
- Colorado Mining Association--Public relations--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Co. G 86th Inf. preparing to fire practice round
- Two soldiers on maneuvers, members of Company G of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, prepare to fire a practice round with 60 mm mortar from Resolution Mountain in Eagle County, Colorado. The men, identified as Thomas Boulson and Howard...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mortars (Ordnance)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Eagle County--1940-1950.; War games--Colorado--Eagle County--1940-1950.; Boulson, Thomas J.;...
- 1944 April 3
- D&RGW 472, NG 2-8-2, and 1703, SG 4-8-4, meet at Salida, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotives (one narrow gauge) are at Salida, Colorado; one is equipped with a snow plow. Men and a dog walk in the area.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Salida (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1930-1940.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1930-1940.
- 1937 April 8
- Demonstrating machine guns to police officers
- A. H. Hardy, an ordnance expert, demonstrates machine guns to police officers near City Hall in Denver, Colorado. Sergeant George W. Dorsey holds the barrel of the gun. Officer Jesse J. Andis examines the gun sites and touches the butt of the gun....
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Machine guns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Andis, Jessie A.; Dorsey, George W.; Hardy, A. H.
- 1921 March
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 15, 1910 April 9
- Denver Ordnance Plant, ambulance squad
- Three men stand near an ambulance near a wooden building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Two men wear uniforms with badges. The third man wears...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ambulances--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Private...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, arc welding on steel roof
- A construction worker uses arc welding equipment as he perches on a steel beam at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building under construction...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Construction workers work at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Masons construct pillars and bricks are piled on scaffolding nearby. The men wear work...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Bricklayers work from scaffolding at the Denver Ordnance plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Masons construct window casings with brick. Laborers wear work clothes and hats...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Construction workers assemble walls of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building's framework consists of I-beams and corrugated metal...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, chem. storage & mix bldgs
- Construction workers excavate a trench near brick mix buildings at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A man in uniform walks between the buildings and the...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, entry gate no.1
- An officer in uniform stops to check a pick up truck at an entrance to the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A truck labeled "BUILDINGS" and "H295" stops at...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Private...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, guard & plat plan
- A man stands in an open field and looks over construction at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The man wears a uniform and rest his hand on a measuring pole....
- Denver Ordnance Plant--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Surveying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, hoisting re-enforcing steel
- Construction workers unload re-enforcing steel from a railroad car at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Workers in hard hats and work clothes attach...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, hoisting window frames into place
- Construction workers hoist window frames up to the second story of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear work pants, t-shirts, and hard...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, installing netting over mix houses
- Construction workers install chain link netting over mix houses at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, interior, TNT house
- Interior view shows a construction worker inside a dynamite house at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The man wears overalls and a cap with a possible...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Facilities--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, Lt. Col. Carl. H. Jabelowsky, construction quartermaster
- A man in uniform, Lt. Col. Carl. H. Jabelowsky, sits at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A vase with flowers and a telephone sit...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, lt. col. D.G. McGregor & stenographer
- Lt. Col. D.G. McGregor, in uniform and a female stenographer sit at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The desk is covered with...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Office workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.;...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, lt. col. D.G. McGregor comm. officer
- Lt. Col. D.G. McGregor, in uniform sits at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. He holds a cigarett in one hand. The desk holds...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, Maj. Seth Wiard executive officer
- Major Seth Wiard, in uniform sits at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. He holds a phone to his ear and writes notes. On the desk...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, men coming off shift
- Construction workers prepare to exit the site of the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Some buildings are partially completed and construction vehicles are...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, nearly completed buildings
- At a construction site piles of cast iron pipe lay on the ground at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Wooden barrels, boards, ladders and other...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, painters
- Two painters work on windows at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men are in coveralls and hats and stand on scaffolding and paint the window casings...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, parked cars
- Cars are parked in the parking lot at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. People in work clothes walk in the distance. A white building with windows and...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Parking lots--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, refreshment stand
- Workers stand at a refreshment stand at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. One man leans on the counter near a box labeled "Herbert Tareyton, Modern...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Facilities--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Food vendors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, steam plant under construction
- A crew of construction workers build the framework for the Steam Plant at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Three boilers and pipe systems are enclosed in...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, steel worker
- A construction worker perches on an I-beam and adjusts rivets at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The worker wears work clothes, gloves, a hat and holds...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; I-beams--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, Swensson, E.E. Gen. Man. Remington Arms
- E.E. Swensson, general manager of Remington Arms, sits at his desk at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. He holds a pen in his hand. A telephone and...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Remington Arms Company--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.;...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, TNT storage house
- Construction workers excavate a trench near a dynamite house at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear work clothes and hard hats. The bunker is a...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, water tank framework, hoisting steel, long shot
- Construction workers hoist steel beams onto the framework of a water tank at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. One workman holds a rope and guides the beam....
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, water tanks, man drinking
- A worker stands near a square wooden water tank at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. He is shirtless, and has a possible employee identification number...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Draft Copy of Cemetery to Conservatory
- History of Denver
- Inspection of bayonets
- A. H. Hardy, ordnance expert, shows a rifle with a bayonet to Denver Police Department officers outside City Hall in Denver, Colorado. Men in suits lean on the wall of City Hall in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rifles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1921 March]
- JB4 Hiway
- View of the Remington Ordnance Plant (later called the Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County) Colorado; a man installs road reflectors with a jackhammer. Sign reads: "War Department - Quartermaster Corps - Construction Division - Denver...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Street maintenance & repair--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Machine gun squad at Civic Center
- Members of the machine gun squad of the Denver Police Department pose with weapons at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. Captain George Merritt lies on the ground and leans on one elbow near officers who demonstrate the use of a machine gun....
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Machine guns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1921 March]
- Mobil Air JB4 Hiway
- View of the Remington Ordnance Plant (later called the Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County) Colorado; men install road reflectors by a (probably) striping truck, with a compressor in tow. Sign reads: "War Department - Quartermaster Corps...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Roads--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 10, 1918 December