Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 3, 1912 November 9
- Longmont Fire Department
- Two firemen in an open cab fire engine pause outside the vehicular door of the two-story brick fire department station, Longmont, Colorado. A domed belltower with a flagpole is on the flat top roof. Kodaks and The Quality Creamery are next door. A...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- December 1926
- Quality Hill Park
- Park Hill Actionews
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 7 and 8, 1927 July-August
- Quality Hill, Silverton, Colo.
- View of frame two story houses with gambrel or mansard roofs, porches with gingerbread details, and fenced yards, and possibly St. John's Episcopal church on Snowden Street, in what is identified as "Quality Hill," an area near the base of Anvil...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1905?]
- Bike shop "Fisk Quality"
- Interior view of a bicycle store and repair shop in Denver, Colorado; shows a man posing, bicycles, tires, inner tubes, head lamps, a stove, and signs: "Fisk Quality $4.00 anti-cactus guaranteed for $3.45."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bicycle shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Feltman & Curme Quality Shoes
- View of the Feltman and Curme shoe store at 610 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows footwear in display windows and a neon sign: "Feltman & Curme Quality Shoes."
- Feltman & Curme (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Shoes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Window displays--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1928 and 1940?]
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- 1924 First Baptist Church Directory
- Membership directory for the First Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory are a list of church events, officers and their reports, lists of members, and advertisements.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1924
- Christianity : a sermon preached in First Congregational Church, Denver, Colorado
- An undated, published sermon given by Reverend Robert Hopkin of the First Congregational Church, in Denver, Colorado.
- Hopkin, Robert.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- Undated
- East High spotlight: 21st year no 9
- 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.)
- 1943 March 4
- Plymouth Notes
- This is a news letter for the congregation of Plymouth Congregational Church. There is an article about raising money for different church projects. They would like to have an auditorium and a pipe organ. The newsletter has notices for...
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1898 January 30
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc., Issue 18
- Safeway Distribution Center Historic District Eligibility Form
- Auraria Parkway: Environmental Assessment
- Landmark Designation Application for Clarence Holmes' residence.
- Denver Inner City Parish
- View of the Denver Inner City Parish, a non-denominational, human service nonprofit organization in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood, 1212 Mariposa Street in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story blond brick structure with a standing seam,...
- Denver Inner City Parish--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Charitable organizations.; Murals.; Denver Inner City Parish--Pictorial works.; Charities--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mural painting and...
- 2010
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 31, 1911 July 29
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 8 and 9, 1923 August-September
- Gerardi's Market corner Main and Maple
- Jim Gerardi stands behind his Ford pickup truck in front of his grocery store in Trinidad, Colorado. A boy stands on a sidewalk as a customer comes out of the Piggly Wiggly store next door. Lettering on the pickup reads: "Gerardi's," "Meats,"...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business people--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Grocery Stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Gerardi, Jim.
- ca. 1922
- Fruit store - Anita coming out
- View of a produce stand in the Valverde neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; a man and woman are by boxes and bushel baskets of apples, potatoes, and cabbage. Signs read: "Western Slope Potatoes," "Wholesale & Retail Fruits & Vegetables 1207," and...
- Valverde (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fruit--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Anita / coming across street in Valverde
- View of businesses in the Valverde neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; a woman walks by fruit and a storefront. Signs read: "Quality Meats & Groceries 1205," and "Valverde Feed Store." Window displays read: "Purina Chows, Startena, Growena, and...
- Valverde (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Feed stores--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fruit--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- CMA-1942
- Interior view of chairs, a caned couch with cushions, a radiator, signs and possibly a stone monument, probably at a Colorado Mining Association conference in Denver, Colorado. A crate labeled: "Dupont" rests atop a table and is surrounded by...
- Colorado Mining Association--Meetings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibit booths--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Publicity, old window display, Kohler-McLister Paint Co.
- Cans of paint and candle stick telephones are arranged in a display at the Kohler McLister Paint Company at 1623 Arapahoe Street in Denver, Colorado. Paint cans are stacked in columns and pyramids. Signs in the window read: "Main 4747," "This Store...
- Kohler-McLister Paint Co.--Public relations--1910-1920.; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Products--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Paints &...
- 1916
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the triangular Second Empire style Kansas City Star building (Vaughn's Diamond Building) at the intersection of Main, 9th and Delaware. The building has a tower, a sign on the building reads:...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.
- [1906]
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the triangular Second Empire style Kansas City Star building (Vaughn's Diamond Building) at the intersection of Main, 9th and Delaware. The building has a tower, a sign on the building...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.
- [1906]
- Restaurant
- A man and woman pose in a restaurant in De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Stools are near a wooden bar. Posters and advertisements on the wall read: "Quality Sells Exports Cigar 5 [cents]," "The DeBeque New Era," "4th of July [...] Grand Ball In...
- De Beque (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--De Beque--1910-1930.; Restaurants--Colorado--De Beque--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Denver residences Croke - Patterson
- View of Senator Thomas MacDonald Patterson's residence (Croke - Patterson Mansion on Quality Hill) at 430 East 11th Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The ornate mansion has turrets and chimneys.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Patterson, Thomas McDonald, 1840-1916--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Early Longmont, Colorado hose company drilling at Fourth & Coffman
- View of a Longmont fire department pulling a hose cart in the intersection of Fourth (4th) Avenue and Coffman Street, Colorado. The first schoolhouse building moved from Main Street serves as their fire station. Next door is the Quality Creamery...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Main Street Sterling, Colo
- Automobiles are parked and driving on Main Street in Sterling, Logan County, Colorado. Awnings shade businesses lining sidewalks; signs read: "Jos. M. Strutzer clothier," "Shoes," "New Method Cleaners," and "B. Schnitzer for quality clothes." The...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Sterling--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Sterling--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Sterling--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Ophir Loop, Colo. Alta Tram Terminal, Post Office and dwelling
- View of Ophir Loop, west of Ophir, San Miguel County, Colorado; shows Belmont-Wagnor Mining Company's Alta tramhouse, Rio Grande Southern Railroad cars, the depot, Mrs. Skillen's store, the Oilton Club, bridge 45-B, and signs: "Texaco," and "Cafe &...
- Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1940-1950.; Ophir (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- April 2, 1947
- W. A. Watson family - Wetmore, Colo.
- The thirteen members, which include two women and six children, of the W. A. Watson family pose, with the family dog, around a table in their home in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado. Older men sit in chairs, the younger men stand in a row behind...
- Watson, W. A.--Family.; Wetmore (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; Watson, W. A.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colorado Springs barbershop
- Interior view of a barbershop, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows barbers with customers in their chairs, patterned wallpaper and flooring, a pressed metal ceiling with coving, mirrors, an Ohio map, coat rack, a pigeon-hole cabinet...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barbers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Barbershops--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- 1909 June 15
- Nevada Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- View of Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a paved thoroughfare divided by a lawn median strip, with curbs, cast iron streetlamps, flanked by two-story houses.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- 1925?
- Old Ophir loop
- View of Ophir Loop (San Miguel County), Colorado, shows bridge 45-B of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, mill buildings, houses, and businesses. Sign reads: "Quality Store General Merchandise."
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1940-1950.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Ophir Loop--1940-1950.; Trestles--Colorado--Ophir...
- [1940?]
- Ophir
- A dirt road winds through Ophir (Ouray County), Colorado past houses and a Rio Grande railroad car. An automobile is parked in front of a store. Business signs read: "Quality Store, General Merchandise" and "Gates Tires."
- Ophir (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Ophir--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ophir--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Ophir--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Ophir--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Taos Pueblo
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American adobe pueblo dwellings, ovens, and shelters.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1940-1950.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1940-1950.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1940-1950.
- 1941 August 16
- Mr. Rhoads with camera
- Mr. Rhoads holds up his camera in front of the Union Depot Store in Denver, Colorado. Signs in the display windows read: "Candy, Soda, Parcels Checked, Information Bureau, [Ma]gazines, Van Dyck Quality Cigars."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [1920?]
- Indian woman and papoose
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American Ute woman holding a baby in a cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--1880-1910.; Cradleboards--1880-1910.; Infants--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Soda Springs
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north at the Navajo Soda Spring and Cliff House Hotel. Men and women are gathered around the Navajo Spring stone ring. The Fountain Creek bridge is to the right, and directly behind the group is the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- Assaying precious metals in Leadville, Colo., $3,723 in two gold bricks on scale pan
- Interior view of a mine assay laboratory in Leadville, Colorado; shows furnaces, a cabinet balance-scale, ore samples, and a man working with tongs.
- Assaying--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Leadville (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Emmerson & Case 284 Fifteenth St. Evans' Block, Denver, Col.
- View of a storefront in Denver, Colorado, on Larimer Street; shows men posing by display windows, merchandise, and lettering: "J. H. Ham Cash Grocer."
- Emmerson & Case--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Basalt, Colorado
- Aerial view of seven beehive-shaped charcoal kilns in Basalt (Eagle County), Colorado. Basalt is nestled in a valley near the Fryingpan River. A railroad train and dirt roads are in the town. Foothills are in the distance.
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Charcoal kilns.; Rivers.
- [1900?]
- Chataqua
- The Basalt, Colorado, Chataqua Club gathers as a group below an unpaved, graded road. Three members stand, and the rest sit. Their attire includes long dresses with high collars, suits, high-collared shirts, and neckties.
- Chautauqua Club (Basalt, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- D.R.C. Brown
- D.R.C. Brown, a pioneer in the Roaring Fork Valley who contributed to the development of both Aspen and Basalt, Colorado, poses, seated, for a three-quarter length studio portrait. He wears a pin-stripe suit, a striped shirt with a plain, rounded...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Brown, D. R. C.
- [1910?]
- Fred Carlson, Jake Lucksinger
- Fred Carlson and Jake Luchsinger of Basalt, Colorado, pose in front of a brick wall, wearing suits, shirts with collars, ties, and hats. Carlson has one hand in his pocket and the other on his hip; Luchsinger has both hands on his hips.
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carlson, Fred.; Luchsinger, Jake.
- [1900?]
- Fred Carlson, Phil Smith, Charley Hanson
- Three men (Fred Carlson, Phil Smith, and Charley Hanson) from Basalt, Colorado, hold rifles and stand over the corpse of a dead mountain lion lying in the snow. The men wear hunting clothes and one man rests his right hand on the head of a sitting...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Basalt--1910-1920.; Carlson, Fred.; Hanson, Charley.; Smith, Phil.
- [1910?]
- Genie Hyrup Murray
- Genie Hyrup Murray of Basalt, Colorado, poses in the shadows with her hands on her hips. She wears a long-sleeved, button-down shirt with a bow at the neck, a long skirt, and an apron. Her hair is parted down the middle of her head and pulled to...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Murray, Genie Hyrup.
- [1915?]
- Mr. & Mrs. (Frank & Anne) Blair
- Frank and Anna Blair pose on the concrete foundation of their boarding house in Basalt, Colorado. Mrs. Blair wears an apron over her dress and a granny cap. Mr. Blair wears overalls. The boarding house has a stone foundation, hewn logs, a gable...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Blair, Anna.; Blair, Frank.
- [1895?]