Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rocky Mtn. News printing press
- A printing press from the Goss Printing Press Company of Chicago, IL, fills the printing room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. A newspaper rolls through the complex system of rolls and cog wheels. To the right is a short flight of...
- Rocky Mountain News--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Peerless Printing Company employees
- A group of well dressed employees who include men and women and their children pose outdoors near the Peerless Printing Company, 20th Street and Broadway in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A maintenance man stands on the roof of...
- Peerless Printing Company (Denver, Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Women.; Printing industry.; Employees.; Peerless Printing Company (Denver,...
- [1950?]
- Leadville, Colo
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with vignettes of municipal buildings, mining facilities, and scenery. Printing reads: "Court House, Post Office, Tabor Opera House, Central School, Ninth St. School, Seventh St....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Printing
- View of two men working at a printing press at Smith-Brooks Printing Company in Denver, Colorado.
- Smith-Brooks Printing Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Printers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1914]
- Printing
- A printer sits at a table, working with printing blocks at the Smith-Brooks Printing Company in Denver, Colorado; shows ink bottles, company name, and July 1914 calendar posted on wall.
- Smith-Brooks Printing Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Printers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- San Miguel Examiner
- Exterior view of San Miguel Examiner Printing, Telluride, Colorado, one of Tellride's early newspaper and printing offices (the newspaper was published weekly from 1897 to 1929). The false-front building has double-door entry flanked by large four...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.; Newspapers--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1924?]
- Transcript Printing Company Oscar Goety and Eva Nixon Ashland.
- Interior of the Colorado Transcript Printing Company, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows Oscar Goety and Eva Nixon Ashland with the printing presses, desks, and center caste iron stove.
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors.; Printing industry--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.; Ashland, Eva Nixon.; Goety, Oscar.; Colorado Transcript Printing Company (Golden, Colo.)
- 1912
- Men at work on printing presses
- Shows employees of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado at work on the printing presses. A printed newspaper rolls through the printing press. An article on the newspaper reads: "Sunday Magazine Section, Feb. 1902 Revival of the Dealth...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Rocky Mountain News printing plant - promotion using little people
- Seven male midgets tend the printing press at the Rocky Mountain News' printing plant, Denver, Colorado. The men were participating in a promotional campaign.
- Rocky Mountain News--1920-1930.; Midgets--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Georgetown printing office
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier printing office, Colorado. Neal Randall, with ink stained hands, wears a vest and tie and poses with a small dog. The room is filled with printing equipment that includes: presses, type drawer files, a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Printing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1930-1940.; Randall, Neal.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Printing office
- An instructor teaches Native American Ute boys and young men printing; some set type from type boxes, near the printing press, Grand Junction Indian School, (Teller Institute) Mesa County, Colorado.
- Teller Institute (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boarding schools--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Education--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Children--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1911?]
- Eames Brothers Printing company
- View of the Eames Brothers printers building at 1842 Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the three-story brick building with decorative trim. Signs read: "The Bowen Publishing Company," "Linotype," "Eames Bros....
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1931 January 14
- Poster "Attack on Pearl Harbor"
- A Office of War Information World War II poster made by the United States Government Printing Office. The poster has images of a tattered American flag at half staff, a tribute to those who died in the bomb attack on Pearl Harbor. The text reads:...
- World War, 1939-1945--Posters.
- 1942
- Rocky Mountain News men removing lead sheet from inside roller
- Shows employees for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado as they work in the printing room. The room is filled with printing equipment. One employee lays out a lead sheet in a roller, another man watches nearby. Two men pour a hot liquid...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Rocky Mountain News men working with type on rollers
- Shows employees of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado as they work in the printing room. The room is filled with printing equipment. Three employees work with type on rollers. Other men work on type at work tables.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Central City Register Office
- A older, bespectacled, balding man works on a printing press in the Register office in Central City, Colorado. He holds wood blocks in his hands. A copy of the "Weekly Register-Call" newspaper lies on some tarps in the foreground. A young man...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Printing presses--1950-1960.
- 1952
- Register Call printing press
- A desk covered with papers and printing plates is in the Register newspaper office in Central City, Colorado. A stove is next to the desk. A table next to the stove is covered with piles of papers. A large printing press is in the background.
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Interiors--1910-1930.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Central City--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Georgetown, Colo. printing office "the Courier" interior.
- View of the Georgetown Courier printing office in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows a hand printing press, type file drawers, a clock with hands at 4:20, a "Historical Map Of Early Colorado," and two framed photographs of Georgetown....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.;Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1950-1960.
- [1951?]
- Clayton College boys at Denver Post press
- Boys and a teacher from Clayton College look on as a man operates a printing press at the Denver Post printing plant in Denver, Colorado. Buckets of ink are suspended from the ceiling nearby.
- Denver Post--Facilities--1910-1920.; George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Newspaper...
- 1913 January 8
- Silver World Printing
- View toward northwest of original 1875 wood frame newspaper office, Silver World Printing, at southwest corner of Fourth and Silver Streets, Lake City, Colorado; shows front gable and false front wing with "Silver World Printing" sign, two...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Wooden Buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Harry Lacey, Ott Brulduim, Moreys
- Interior of a printing company, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows four men wearing soiled aprons at their work stations with type boxes filled with letters, printing press, cans of inks, ink rollers, drying racks, tables and desks. A...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Printing industry--Colorado--Golden--1880-1910.; Brulduim, Ott.; Lacey, Harry.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Western History Subject Index
- Smith-Brooks printing company
- Colorado Tax Assessment List 1862-1866
- Federal Internal Revenue assessment lists for the Territory of Colorado 1862-1866. Includes resident and absentee property holders.
- Internal revenue--Colorado.; Colorado--Vital Records.; Tax collection--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy.
- 2005
- Grand Junction Cornet Band
- Members of the Grand Junction Cornet Band hold brass instruments or drums and pose in a row on Main street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The men wear suits and hats, they hold musical instruments and are identified left to right as:...
- Grand Junction Cornet Band--People--1880-1890.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Longmont's Main St. in horse and buggy days
- View taken from the top of Dickens Opera House, shows part of the 300 block, looking north on Main Street, Longmont, Colorado. The well tracked dirt street is busy with delivery wagons, buggies and pedestrians. Many of the brick commercial...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905]
- Saints John
- Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings at the base of tree covered slopes. A square, masonry smokestack is to one side. Some milling was done here as part of the Chalk Creek mining district.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1950-1960.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saints John--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- The Midland Block & Tucker's Rest
- Buggies with blanketed horses park on Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, in front of th Midland Block. The two-story brick commercial building has corbeling, storefronts, awnings, and signs: "Tucker's Imported & Key West...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Advertisements--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Out West Printing
- Men pose in front of the "Out West Book Newspaper & Job Printing" office, South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One man sits in the window above the entry with arched transom.
- Out West Printing Company--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspapers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Printing industry--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mercantile building on the corner of 15th and Arapahoe streets
- View of the Mercantile Building, 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe Streets, Denver, Colorado with business signs: "Dean Drug Co., Toilet Articles", "Watches Sam May[a]r Jewelry" "Cigars" and "$2.00 Hats." Adjacent business signs read: "W. F. Robinson...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Trinidad, Colorado, Fisher's Peak in the distance
- View of Trinidad, Colorado, southeast from Simpsons Rest toward Fisher's Peak. Two men sit on a rocky precipices looking at the town of Trinidad below.
- Fisher's Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1879?]
- Looking up the Purgatoire River from Simpsons Rest
- View of Trinidad, Colorado, from Simpson's Rest. A man stands on a ledge of a rock escarpment looking towards the northeast end of the town below. Several dwellings are visible, some have hipped or cross gabled roofs. The plains recede into the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Looking up the river from Lower Bridge South Arkansas
- View of the Purgatoire River, in early Trinidad, Colorado. A man standing in the foreground looks towards the wooden suspension bridge that crosses the river. The town scene in the background includes clapboard buildings, tents and covered wagons.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Suspension bridges--Colorado--Trinidad.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Main Street South Arkansas, Colo
- View of Main Street, Trinidad, Colorado with false fronted buildings flanking the dirt street. A sign at the top of a clapboard front reads: "Restaurant." A projecting sign reads: "Harness Shop," where men stand in front of the door. Other signs...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Simpsons Rest & Mexican wood wagons or burrows
- Three burros heavily loaded with firewood stand on the street in Trinidad, Colorado. A gable roofed, false fronted clapboard building and a one story, gable roofed adobe with a chimney are behind; Simpson's Rest is in the background.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Children of Jerome Dingerson
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Two little boys, the children of Jerome (Jerry) Dingerson, who was an employee of the Courier, lie on their stomachs on top of printing type set into frames for printing;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Dingerson, Jerry--Family.
- [between 1945 and 1950?]
- Watson's store
- In a clothing store in Breckenridge, Colorado, eight men in suits and hats sit and stand around a drum shaped parlor stove at the center of this well stocked business. Piles of folded trousers are in the left foreground, shelves are loaded with hat...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1888 and 1895?]
- The Smith-Brooks Printing Company
- View of The Smith-Brooks Printing Company at 1741 California Street in Denver, Colorado. Large vertical sign reads: "Printers."
- Smith-Brooks Printing Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Denver business, Smith-Brooks Printing
- View of the Smith-Brooks Printing Company at 1733-1747 California Street in Denver, Colorado; shows automobile with 1914 license plate, advertising posters, and boarding house; businesses include: Richmond Suction Cleaners and M.L. Foss (bicycle...
- Smith-Brooks Printing Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Printing
- View of two printers working at the Smith-Brooks Printing Company in Denver, Colorado.
- Smith-Brooks Printing Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Printers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1914]
- Omaha, Neb.
- View of Omaha, (Douglas County) Nebraska; shows commercial business district, residences, a horse-drawn wagon, a windmill, smokestacks, and signs: "Omaha National Bank Building," "Byrnne & Hammer Dry Goods Co.-Oak Brand Shirts," "National Printing...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1910.; Houses--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Kistler's old fashioned office
- Interior view of a display at Kistler's Bookstore, in Denver, Colorado; shows a staged office with a male mannequin, a typewriter, an umbrella holder, a manual printing press, and a clock or musical device.
- W.H. Kistler Stationery Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Denver police officer
- Studio portrait of a Denver Police officer who wears a uniform coat with a single row of brass buttons and rounded police hat. He wears a badge in the shape of a star that reads: "Denver Police, 49."
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--People--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Police--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1891?]
- Grand Hotel Pueblo, Colorado property of J. P. Whitney 1887
- Stone trim finishes the Grand Hotel in Pueblo, Colorado. The four-story building has storefronts at the street level, and mansard corner and entry turrets with dormers, widows' walks, and bracketed cornices. A lettered panel under the central...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.; Grand Hotel (Pueblo, Colo.)
- 1887
- Window view, Lake City
- View through mesh curtain and window panes of old Pueblo House building west to Silver World Printing, Baptist Church and bluff beyond. Original 1875 wood frame office of Silver World Printing is at southwest corner of Fourth and Silver Streets...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Silverton, heart of rich mining district (E.S.E.), foot of Sultan Mountain, Colo.
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast. In the foreground on the right, a boy peeks from behind a rock on the grassy bluff; behind him is the old Silverton School. The Grand Imperial Hotel is in the left, the Congregational Church is on the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911?]
- Main Street, looking west from 6th St.
- View west on Main Street from 6th (Sixth) Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows one and two-story brick and wood frame commercial buildings with gable or flat roofs; many with falsefronts. Men and boys pose along the partial boardwalk or on the...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Georgetown Courier interior
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier newspaper printing office on 5th Street in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Two men work at desks. Shows a hand printing press, type file drawers, bookshelves and paintings and portraits on the...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Taxidermy--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Georgetown Courier interior
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Shows a small printing press, probably the Washington hand press that Jesse Summers Randall, the newspaper's editor, bought from the Colorado Miner newspaper, a hand powered...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Taxidermy--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Boulder, Co. courthouse built 1882
- Bunting drapes the stone portico of the Boulder County Courthouse in Boulder, Colorado. The three-story brick structure features a rusticated stone foundation, a bracketed cornice, mansard roofed towers, widow's walks, and a cupola. A bandstand and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1885-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]