Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Georgetown - ca. 1892
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, and Alpine (6th Sixth) Streets are visible in the grid-plan town....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Looking west from tunnel six, Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View west from tunnel six of two elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track winding through foothills of Rocky Mountains above Colorado Springs, Colorado; also called Cripple Creek Short Line; passenger...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- East entrance, Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
- Interior view of the east entrance (Seventh Street) to Leadville's Ice Palace, which was built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado. The site is known as Capitol Hill and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce to...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Exhibit, Ice Palace, Leadville Colo.
- Cropped copy image of an 1896 W.H. Jackson photo of a taxidermied wolves exhibit inside Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace, which was built for the Winter Crystal Carnival. Three wolves on ice blocks are covered with snow. The wolf on the left...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Wolves--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Exhibit, Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
- View of the Neef Brothers Denver Brewery's Weiner/Maerzen exhibit in Leadville's Ice Palace built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado. The site is known as Capitol Hill and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Exterior of main entrance, Ice Palace, Leadville Colo.
- Exterior view of the main entrance of Leadville's Ice Palace built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado. The site is known as Capitol Hill and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce to Leiter. Architect C.E. Joy and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
- Exterior front view of Leadville's Ice Palace built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado. The site is known as Capitol Hill, and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce to Leiter. Architect C.E. Joy and Director...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Caribou, Colo.
- View northwest from Goat Hill over Caribou (9800 feet), Boulder County, Colorado, includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-tos structures. Many have external timber braces propped against them for...
- Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944 March 1
- Leadville Opera House project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting depicts two women in togas on pedestals flanking a center pedestal...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of two watercolors of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle's as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, one painting is a three panel scene of water and sky; the other is of a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- This watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery was painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project and includes details of a Rococo doorway arch and decorative panels. In December 1933 a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Anaconda, Colo.
- View northeast across Ananconda, Teller County, Colorado, shows a town of several camps including Squaw Gulch, Mound City, and Barry nestled in valley below Gold Hill. Wood frame gabled houses, log cabins, false fronts, and a smelte fill the...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- 1975
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has four elements, each of a room interior with decorative stenciled...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of of a watercolor of Tabor Opera House original scenery, Leadville, Colorado. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has two elements. The left one is of a front end of locomotive...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of the Tabor Opera House original scenery in Leadville, Colorado. Painted by Muriel Wolle's as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has three elements that include details of Lake County...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Cripple Creek, Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1
- Anaconda firemen pose with their hose wagon in front of two Cripple Creek businesses in Teller County, Colorado. Two boys stand on a ladder leaning on side of wagon with two fireman helmets on top. Small girl in a fancy dress and bonnet sits on...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Facades--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- 1894 May 20
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of the Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House's original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has four elements, with the two pairs stacked and each pair...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- [1933]
- Levi E. Marshal, Colorado pioneer
- Head and shoulders portrait of Levi E. Marshall, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado with short cropped hair and a bushy mustache; fitted sack jacket buttoned all the way up to the small lapels.
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Marshall, Levi E.
- 1859
- Mrs. Mary (John M.) Chesnut, California "49er" Colorado "59er"
- Head and shoulders portrait of Mary Chesnut, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado wearing earings, hair pulled back in a bun and marcels, and dark dress with large puffed sleeves and a lace collar.
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1890.; Chesnut, Mary.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Skating rink, Ice Palace, Leadville Colo.
- Interior view of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace skating rink, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival. Cobble & Kerr built the 80 x 190 foot rink which was designed by architect C.E. Joy. The trussed roof, ice arches along the edge and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice skating rinks--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- View of Grand Canyon
- Panoramic view of rock ledges and the Colorado River at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows boulders, trees and rocks, mesa tops and sedimentary layers.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Ariz.--1870-1880.; Rivers--Arizona--Grand...
- [1872?]
- Castle Peak, Elk Mts.
- Panoramic view of Castle Peak, the Elk Mountains, and the Maroon Bells, Pitkin County, Colorado. Shows snow and rocky slopes on mountains.
- Castle Peak (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Maroon Bells (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Pitkin County--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--Pitkin...
- [1873]
- Pikes Peak & Garden of the Gods
- Panoramic view of Pikes Peak and Gate Rock, sandstone rock formations, at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A dirt road is near eroded rock formations.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Rock...
- [1873]
- Pike's Peak & Garden of the Gods
- Panoramic view of Pikes Peak and the Gateway (Gate Rock) sandstone rock formations at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A dirt road is near eroded rock formations.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.;...
- [1873]
- The Colorado or Front Range from near Gold Hill
- Panoramic view of a lake and snow on the Indian Peaks in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows Left Hand Park Reservoir and Pawnee Peak, Little Pawnee Peak, Mount Toll, Paiute Peak, Mount Audubon and probably Sawtooth Mountain.
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Indian Peaks (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Little Pawnee Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pawnee Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Sawtooth Mountain (Boulder County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions &...
- [1873]
- Marble Pinnacle, Kanab, Can[yon]
- View of a steep marble tower in Kanab Canyon (Coconino County), Arizona. Shows layered rock formations, cliffs, and boulders in probably Kanab Creek.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Creek (Utah and Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Rock...
- [1872 September 5]
- Porter Sanatorium and Hospital
- Exterior view of Porter Sanitarium and Hospital located at 2525 South Downing Street in the Rosedale neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three-story institutional brick structure has a brick porch entrance. Lettering at the roof line reads:...
- Porter Sanitarium and Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rosedale (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 May 13
- East Portal, Colo., site of Moffat Tunnel
- Gable-roofed workers' residences and business buildings at the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado are on the north mountainside and in the valley of the approach to the tunnel. Train tracks run in front of the buildings and into the...
- East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Camp of Colo. State Militia, Bull Hill, Colo. [?] 12 [?]
- Panoramic view, probably during a mining labor strike, of frame buildings in the town of Altman (Teller County), Colorado and tents in rows at a military encampment in a nearby meadow. A flagpole with an American flag is near tents, and soldiers in...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Military camps--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [1894]
- Inspiration Point, C.C.R.R.
- View of Colorado Central Railroad tracks along Clear Creek in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a mile post and a rock formation identified as Inspiration Point.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1860-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1860-1890.; Rock...
- [between 1868 and 1920?]
- Lake Garda
- View of Lake Garda, Italy, taken while the photographer was serving in the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign.
- Lakes & ponds--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.
- April 1945
- Early day caboose on exhibit at Silver Plume, Colorado.
- A Colorado and Southern caboose is parked on on wooden blocks in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The caboose has an observation area on the roof with windows on all sides. Letters on the caboose read: "Colorado and Southern" and...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Office of County Clerk, S. B. Harvey County Clerk and also Register of Deeds
- Possibly County Clerk S. B. Harvey stands in the doorway of his office, in Gunnison, Colorado. Six women pose in front of the administration building, with potted plants and wooden chairs. The small wood frame structure features one story, a hipped...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1870-1880.; County clerks--Colorado--Gunnison--1870-1880.; Harvey, S. B.
- [between 1980 and 1995]
- New York Central R.R., 5284 4-6-4? with first section passing Berea Sta. [tion] Berea, Ohio.
- Smoke rises from New York Central Railroad Company locomotive #5284, the passenger train passes Berea Union Depot in Berea (Cuyahoga County), Ohio. An automobile and luggage carts are parked beside the stone, Gothic style building. The depot has a...
- New York Central Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Berea (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Ohio--Berea--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Ohio--Berea--1940-1950.; Railroads--Ohio--Berea--1940-1950.
- 1947 October 19
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- Reproduction by Francis Rizzarri of an original William Chamberlain shows several people, some on horses outside the original log structures near the hot springs, Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado. An American flag flies on pole in front...
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- North side Tomichi Ave. East from Pine St.
- North side of Tomichi Avenue from east side of Pine Street, Gunnison, Colorado, shows a thriving business district made up of wood frame, canvas tent and brick buildings with wagons parked in front of them. Signs read: "Tire & Bean, Livery & Feed,"...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1882]
- Geology
- Interior view of the geology classroom, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, includes wooden desks with flip top writing tables, landscape paintings of mountains, glass-topped wood cabinets filled with rock and mineral...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Classrooms--Colorado--Golden--1870-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1870-1900.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Porter process shale retort and refinery at Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
- Copy of original Rocky Mountain Photo Company of the interior of the Colorado School of Mines porter process shale retort and refinery, Golden, Colorado.
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Refineries--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1875 and 1885?]
- Gymnasium, West
- Interior view of West Gym, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, includes gymnastic equipment, a pommel horse, balance beam, parallel bars, rings, weights, padded mats, and juggling pins. A cloth bunting and photographs of...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Gymnastics--Colorado--Golden--1880-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1880-1910.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1880 and 1905]
- Javis Hall, Golden
- Copy of a Perry and Bohn lithograph of the original School of Mines, shows the school as part of the Episcopalian college southeast of Golden. Left to right: Mathews Hall, Jarvis Hall and School of Mines, all with landscaped grounds and a fence...
- Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colo.)--Buildings--1870- 1880.; Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Mineralogy
- Interior view of the mineralogy classroom, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, includes wooden desks with flip up writing tables, decorative wooden cabinets, taxidermied eagle or hawk and posters or paintings on walls.
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Golden--1880-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1880-1910.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1880 and 1905]
- The office
- Interior view of the president's office, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, includes wooden desk, table and chairs on Oriental rug, Victorian mirror with hat rack, tile fireplace with wood mantle, and framed photographs...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Offices--Colorado--Golden--1870-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1870-1900.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Bella Vista Hotel
- Horse-drawn wagons and men are in front of the Bella Vista Hotel (originally the St. Bernard), Ford Street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. The three-story brick hotel has a hipped roof, four-sided domed towers, many fireplace chimneys and an...
- Golden (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.; Bella Vista Hotel (Golden, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- County Clerk
- Interior view of the county clerk's office in the old Jefferson County courthouse (1877-1963) Washington Avenue, Golden, Colorado, shows Mr. Blanchard, Frand Bond, and deputy clerk Melch, behind a curved wood counter with a man writting on it, a...
- Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Interiors--1910-1920.
- August 1914
- C.E. Coulehan in his pioneer store, now Hubbell's seed store
- Men pose among stacks of full burlap bags in Boulder, Colorado, wearing vests, ties, straw and derby hats. Hanging from the glossy interior ceiling, a sign reads: "Agents of Baker Wire Co." Barrels, a spindle chair, and a bar handle truck crowd the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Boulder--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1880?]
- Jasper City, Colorado, first mining log cabin in camp
- Three miners pose with a dog outside what is reputed to be the first miner's cabin in Jasper City (Park or Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Jasper City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Jasper City--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Jasper City--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Jasper City--1890-1900.
- January, 1897
- Harbor at Rhodes [art original].
- Watercolor painting captures a scene from 1934 Odyssey Cruise (from July 17 to August 11) on the privately chartered S.S. Cracovia.
- Sea in art.; Painting, American.; Ocean travel--Pictorial works.; Travel in art.; Rhodes (Greece)--Pictorial works.; Mediterranean Sea--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1934
- Capitol Hill Victorian House Tour
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Original Cherry Creek School
- View of the front of the original Cherry Creek School building on the Cherry Creek High School campus located at 9300 East Union Avenue, Greenwood Village (Arapahoe County), Colorado.The one-story clapboard building is in the middle of a paved...
- Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Greenwood Village (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools.; Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Greenwood...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]