Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fraternal Club Local 465 Waiters and Porters
- View of 2621 Welton in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building houses the African American Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, Local #465, associated with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The entrance...
- Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, local 465--Buildings--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Railroad employees unions.; Clubs.; Protective Order of Dining Car-Waiters and Porters, local...
- 1981
- Fraternal Club Local 465 Waiters and Porters
- View of 2621 Welton in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building houses the African American Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, Local #465, associated with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The entrance...
- Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, local 465--Buildings--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad employees unions.; Clubs.; Protective Order of Dining Car-Waiters and Porters, local...
- 1995
- Parade with Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
- Uniformed members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks march in a parade and carry flags, Denver, Colorado. Onlookers sit in grand stands and line the street. Bunting decorates the buildings.
- Elks (Fraternal order)--Commemoration--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- A meeting - probably in connection with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in the Auditorium
- View of a packed Denver City Auditorium decorated with bunting, Denver, Colorado. Possibly a meeting of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; People--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Decoration on Champa St. Elks Golden Jubilee
- View of Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk on sidewalks near buildings decorated for a celebration sponsored by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B. P. O. E.).
- Elks (Fraternal order)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks--1910-1920.
- July, 1914
- B.P.O.E. bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 17, 14th (Fourteenth) & California, Denver, Colorado; early automobile & horse-drawn carriage parked at curb, fire hydrant, streetlights; Hotel Auditorium, 14th & Stout, with sign...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks.
- [between 1912 and 1917]
- Western History Subject Index
- TEMPERANCE Colorado. Colorado Springs
- Western History Subject Index
- Protective Guild of the Poor
- Putting America to Work sign, Redstone, Colo.
- View of a "Putting America to Work" sign located near the coke oven restoration project at Redstone, Pitkin County, Colorado. The sign states: "Project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Governor Bill Ritter, Jr." In the...
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--2010-2020.; Redstone (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--Pictorial works.; Redstone (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2011
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 1, 1914 November 14
- Elks Bldg.
- Two men stand on the steps of the Elks Lodge in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The building is a Georgian style structure with monumental columns, dentils, balustrade, stucco exterior, and a tile roof. Letters carved above the entry read:...
- Elks (Fraternal order). Lodge No. 575 (Grand Junction, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1920.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- B. M. Vaughan in front of Vaughan Lodge
- B. A. Vaughan poses with his dog and horse at the hitching post, next to his lodge outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. He smokes a cigarette, wears protective wrist guards, an ammunition belt, and restrains the dog by a chain. His horse...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Vaughan, B. A.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Gold Mining Stock Exchange building, 373-379 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; constructed after 1896 fire and purchased in 1911 by Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - Number 316. Later, the building was called...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.; Gold Mining Stock Exchange Building (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- 1988?
- Elks Club
- A workman finishes some work on the side of the Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), between Fifth (5th) and Foruth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, designed...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Elks Club
- A large group of Elk members pose in front of their Club, decorated with American flag bunting and a white elks head inside a clock above the arched entry, between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main Third, 3rd) Street,...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Elks home, Ouray
- Exterior of the Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE, (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), designed by E. H. Powell, and built in 1904, between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main (3rd, Third) Street, Ouray, Ouray...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1950-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1950-1980.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1974?]
- Elks home
- Two men pose under the projecting arched entry of the newly completed Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE, (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main Street, Ouray, Ouray...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1904 or 1905]
- Ouray, Elks Club
- Two men and two small boys pose under the projecting arched entry of the newly completed Elks Club (Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), designed by E. H. Powell and built in 1904, between Fifth (5th) and Fourth...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Topic Theatre : dance hall and bar in connection
- Interior two-story view of Topic Theater, 313-315 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes private balconies, wooden paneling on ceiling & balconies, piano covered with protective dust cloth, and bronze railing around orchestra pit;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Theaters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Elks hall, Ouray
- Elks Hall in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado is a brick building with stained glass windows and has a stone plaque that reads "B.P.O.E. [Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks] [18]92", a turret with a modified tent roof and clock, and stylized...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- August 1941
- Court Valhalla
- Studio portrait of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks members with banner: "Court Valhalla", Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits, ties, and elk medals on stoles.
- Elks (Fraternal order)--People--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado, gathered around a gaming table play the "chuck-a-luck" game; a cylindrical chrome cage with large dice is mounted on a stand and rotated by a crank. Cigar boxes containing coins on the table read: "Mild...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gambling--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a room with alternating light-and-dark maple and walnut floorboards, walls wallpapered in a flowered pattern...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Elks building 14th & California
- A man walks near the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge number 17, building at 14th (Fourteenth) and California Streets in Denver, Colorado. A man sweeps the street near parked automobiles. Signs read: "B. P. O. E." and "West".
- Elks (Fraternal order)--Buildings--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Colfax Ave removing trees when widening street
- View of a replanted tree, part of the construction project to widen Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. A flat-bed truck is nearby. The Newhouse Hotel is in the distance with a sign that reads: "Protective Finance."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street maintenance & repair--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1928 and 1930]
- Jack party
- View of Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Taos St. west, in Georgetown, Colorado. A group of 21 men, women, and children on burros and horses are lined up across the street and pose for the camera. The women wear various large,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Tourists--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Daniels & Fisher
- Interior view of the Daniels and Fisher store, in Denver, Colorado; shows glass display cases and a protective curtain.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Showcases--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Cooper Bldg. demolition
- View of an explosion during the demolition of the Cooper Building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. A protective fence is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Explosions--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1970
- Cooper Building demolition
- Rooftop view of the Cooper Building during demolition at 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand behind a large metal shield near a protective fence.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Explosions--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1970
- August Von Rissling
- Portrait of August Von Rissling seated in a wooden chair in Leadville, Colorado. Possibly taken outside on dirt with a drop painted with a balustrade. Von Rissling wears chaps with fringe, a sack jacket and vest and a hat tilted on his head. His...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Von Rissling, August.
- [1879]
- The southeast corner of Main and 4th Streets, 1878, showing James Clelland's store and Engleman & Thompson's store
- This two-story brick building in Canon City, Colorado, has a bracketed wood cornice with pendants and letters reading: "Engleman Clelland's." Window lettering reads: "Millinery fancy goods boots and shoes dry goods notions clothing groceries and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Millinery--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1878
- The old Livery barn on the southwest corner of 6th and Main Streets
- This two-story brick livery in Canon City, Colorado, has stone window heads and corbeling atop the false front. A projecting sign reads: "Canon City Livery Feed Sale Stables." Men and horses stand by the open door, which has a carriage in it; a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stables--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1871
- J.L. Hill, miner
- In this portrait of J.L. Hill, a miner, taken in Leadville, Colorado, Mr. Hill wears an overcoat with wide lapels and a jacket or vest with a striped collarless shirt buttoned to the neckband. His hair is slicked back and he has a full beard and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hill, J. L., Miner.
- [1877 April 23]
- The home of Geo. Rockafellow, Sr., between first and second Streets on the north side of Main
- This two-story residence in Canon City, Colorado, has a cottage roof with a square gazebo at the peak. The portico is topped by a balcony; a ladder leans against it, and people pose on it. A picket and stone fence encloses the yard, and a man and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1872
- Portrait of a youth and his guardian, Leadville, Colorado
- In this studio portrait of a young man standing with a seated older man in Leadville, Colorado, both men wear coats, vests and hats. Both smoke cigars and have tucked their trouser legs inside their boots. The younger man wears a bandana around...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Concrete conduits
- Workers weld joint rings to steel cylinders at the Lock Joint Pipe Company in Denver, Colorado. The welders wear protective masks and lean over welding torches.
- Lock Joint Pipe Company (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Pipe industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1936 September
- Denver Police Memorial
- Workmen lower a marble panel onto a platform at the Denver Police Memorial located in the courtyard of the Police Administration Building at Cherokee Street and Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Civic Center Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Commemoration.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.;...
- [1991]
- Denver Police Memorial
- Darvin and Mrs. Hendee pose by the Denver Police Memorial in the courtyard of the Police Administration Building at Cherokee Street and Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Civic Center Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Flowers and a memorial wreath are...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Commemoration.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.;...
- [1991]
- The house at Gregory Point - (Black Hawk) home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederich Kruse 188?-1939, Ben Draper, March 1940
- Front view of two-story horizonal-clapboard Kruse residence in Black Hawk, Colorado, featuring three front bays, sawtooth gables, two chimneys, open first-story porch with posts supporting a projecting roof, and balustrades making up the bargeboard...
- Kruse, Frederich--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1939]
- Stopping for lunch in the woods
- Three men prepare a meal at their campsite in the woods. One man opens a can near a cloth on the ground set with eating utensils. Another places potatoes in a saucepan near a pile of firewood with a coffee pot placed over it. The third man cuts...
- Camping--1920-1930.; Outdoor cookery--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- B.P.O.E. Bldg., Boulder, Colo.
- Exterior view of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks' Lodge Number 566, Boulder, Colorado; group of men posed at right side of porch; Quong Eee's laundry adjacent to building; Boulder's Chapter Number 566 formed in 1900.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1920.; Elks (Fraternal order)
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Main Street, Grand Junction
- View east on Main Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, a paved street with automobiles parked on either sides. A Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.) street banner shows, and United States flags fly on lamp posts. One, two and...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1940-1950.
- 1942
- B.P.O.E. Lodge-367, Victor, Colo.
- Group view of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Lodge 367, Victor, Colorado posed in front of Donnelley building, 412 West Victor Avenue; men are posed (seated or standing) in three-piece suits, many with silk top hats or derby hats with...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Partial view of B.P.O.E. Lodge-367, Victor
- Partial group view of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Lodge 367, Victor, Colorado; shows five rows of men in three-piece suits with silk top hats or derby hats, young boy in three-piece suit with silk top hat seated in front row, front door...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Prager, MGM training film in Sun Valley
- Walter Prager, 10th Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry, jumps off a cornice on Bald Mountain on skis while he is filmed for a production of an MGM Army training film at Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. He wears a white winter parka and cap...
- Bald Mountain (Blaine County, Idaho)--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski...
- 1942
- Elks Club, Ouray, Colo.
- View of the Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), on Main Street between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. The two story brick building has a corner tower with a two...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- St. Malo Church on South St. Vrain Road, about 12 Mi. from Estes.
- St. Malo Church near Estes Park, Colorado, is made of rough stone and has tall slender rounded windows within varigated stone arches. The building has multiple gabled sections, and a tower with a cross. Large boulders, brush, and evergreens...
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Larimer County--1930-1970.
- [between 1930 and 1970?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Child and Animal protective league
- Western History Subject Index
- union citizen's protective
- Western History Subject Index
- People'sparty of the United States. Colorado