Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rocky Mountain News, 389 Larimer St.
- View of the Rocky Mountain News building shared with the Overland Stage Line on Larimer Street between 15th (Fifteenth) and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style brick two-story...
- Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company--Buildings--1880-1890.; Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.;...
- 1885
- Published daily and weekly, by News Printing Company, Denver, Jefferson.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Advertising--Colorado--1860-1870.; Rocky Mountain news.; Advertising--Newspapers--Colorado--To 1876.; Denver (Colo.) 1860.
- 1860
- Demolition of the Rocky Mountain News Building
- View of the partially demolished Rocky Mountain News Building, 500 West Colfax Avenue in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a 20th century modern style building with granite panels and a curved wall with a sign that reads:...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demolition.; Newspapers.; Rocky Mountain news--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--2000-2010.; Newspaper buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2007
- Demolition of the Rocky Mountain News Building
- View of the partially demolished Rocky Mountain News Building, 500 West Colfax Avenue in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a 20th century modern style building with granite panels and a curved wall with a sign that reads:...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demolition.; Newspapers.; Rocky Mountain news--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--2000-2010.; Newspaper buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2007
- Grand Central Hotel
- View of the Grand Central Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) and Lawrence Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The four-story building has a tower and arched dormers. Horse-drawn buggies are parked nearby. A sign on the building reads: "Rocky Mountain...
- Grand Central Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1882?]
- Byers Branch
- Exterior of Byers Branch of Denver Public Library, 675 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado; small rectangular Neoclassical building; one- story buff stucco over brick with arched windows and entrance and a tile roof; named for William N. Byers,...
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Byers Branch.--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920]
- Byers Branch
- Exterior side and facade of Byers Branch of Denver Public Library, 675 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado; small rectangular Neoclassical building; one-story buff stucco over brick with arched windows and entrance and side gable tile roof with a...
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Byers Branch.--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920]
- Denver pioneers
- Group portrait of men wearing Masonic regalia including sashes, stars, and medals, in Denver, Colorado. They are (L to R): Edward H. Collins, art supply dealer, Lawrence N. Greenleaf, toy store owner, and William N. Byers, founder of the Rocky...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business people--American--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Pioneers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.; Collins, Edward H., 1829-1920.;...
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- Byers, Mrs. William N.
- Portrait of Elizabeth Minerva Byers (Sumner), Denver artist and wife of William N. Byers, founder of the Rocky Mountain News. She wears lace and brocade, and sits by a potted rose.
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Family.; Spouses--1880-1890.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Group in front of Rocky Mountain News building at 17th Street and Glenarm Place in the Continental Oil Bldg. Promotional for Conoco
- Men and a woman pose with a gasoline pump by an office building in Denver, Colorado, with signs: "Continental Oil Building," and "The Rocky Mountain News."
- Rocky Mountain News--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Note from Nettie Moore to the Rocky Mountain News after the Denver 150-year event
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate house has a front, second story bay over a porch, iron roof...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2008
- Charles S. Stobie and his two Indian scouts
- Photograph of a newspaper clipping. Illustration shows Charles S. Stobie flanked by his North American Indian (Ute) scouts. (Left) Wanzito (Antelope), and (right) Chief Piah (Black Tail Deer.
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1860-1870.; Clippings.; Military scouts.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1865 and 1869?]
- Early Rent-A-Car Agency on Welton Street
- 1928 Buicks are lined up along Welton Street at an early Rent-A-Car Agency in Denver Colorado. Shows a trolley tracks, and businesses. Signs read: "Scholtz Mutual Drug Co.," "Moose Building," "Rinote Family Hotel," and the "Rocky Mountain News."
- Automobile leasing and renting--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Lease & rental services--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- October 19, 1927
- Harry Mellon Rhoads
- Portrait of Harry M. Rhoads, photographer for the Denver Times and Rocky Mountain News.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Holy Cross National Forest, Colorado
- A man with a fishing pole poses near a tent at Snowmass Lake (later part of the Holy Cross Wilderness) in Pitkin County, Colorado. Snowmass Peak in the distance covered with snow.
- Pitkin County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Snowmass Lake (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Snowmass Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Pitkin County--1920-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate-style house was built in 1883 for William Newton Byers, founding...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.;...
- 1998
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum located at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989 restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The house has roof cresting, corbeled chimneys, covered porches and an enclosed...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2008
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate-style house was built in 1883 for William Newton Byers, founding...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- ca. 2000
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate-style house was built in 1883 for William Newton Byers, founding...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver Art Museum--1990-2000.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.;...
- 1998
- Six army tanks hauling box car out of street in front of Union Depot
- United States Army tanks, hooked in tandem, haul an overturned freight car on probably Union Street in Pueblo, Colorado, after an Arkansas River flood. Men sit or stand nearby. Brick buildings in the distance have signs that read: "Laboratories,"...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pulling--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Tanks (Military science)--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Tiny Town
- Jerald Lee Fitzmier poses next to the corner store in the business district of Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Radio towers and a Dutch windmill show in background. The miniature village is built at one-sixth size scale...
- Turner, George 1859-1932--Homes & haunts.; Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Fitzmier, Jerald Lee.
- July 8, 1947
- Tiny Town
- Harry Altig, engineer, drives engine No. 1700, a small scaled coal burning steam engine with passenger and freight cars and a caboose, around the miniature village of Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Altig, George.
- July 8, 1947
- Tiny Town
- Harry Altig, engineer, drives engine No. 1700, a small scaled coal burning steam engine with passenger and freight cars and a caboose around the miniature village of Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Altig, George.
- July 8, 1947
- Tiny Town
- Sunny Marie Francis wipes the window on a one-sixth sized, front gable, clapboard sided house in Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Francis, Sunny Marie.
- 1947 July 8
- Tiny Town
- Train No. 1700, a small scaled coal burning steam engine, pulls passenger and freight cars and a caboose around the village of Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Harry Altig, engineer in cab checks on his passengers. Sunny...
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1947 July 8
- Tiny Town
- Sunny Marie Francis and Jerald Lee Fitzmier look at the one- sixth scale Majestic Theater in Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Theaters--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Fitzmier, Jerald Lee.; Francis,...
- 1947 July 8
- Tiny Town
- Sunny Marie Francis and Jerald Lee Fitzmier stand on the arched bridge leading to the Dutch windmill in Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. It is one of many structures in a village built at one-sixth size scale.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Fitzmier, Jerald Lee.;...
- 1947 July 8
- Tiny Town
- Sunny Marie Francis and Jerald Lee Fitzmier stand on the front steps of the twin spired church flanked by tall pines in Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. It is one of many buildings in a village that is built to one-sixth...
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Fitzmier, Jerald Lee.; Francis,...
- 1947 July 8
- Tiny Town
- Sunny Marie Francis and Jerald Lee Fitzmier look on from beside Train No. 1700, a small scaled coal burning steam engine pulling passenger and freight cars and a caboose around the village of Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County,...
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Altig, Harry.; Fitzmier, Jerald Lee.; Francis,...
- 1947 July 8
- Tiny Town
- Engineer Harry Altig drives Train No. 1700, a small scaled coal burning steam engine, across a bridge in Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Jerald Lee Fitzmier rides behind him on top of the tender.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- July 8, 1947
- Bird's-eye view of Denver, 1887
- Denver (Colo.)--Maps.; Denver (Colo.)--Aerial views.;
- 1887
- $400,000 bequest aids hospital
- Carl Struefert, hospital administrator, stands with Lewis Fahrenbrink at Lutheran Hospital, 8300 West 38th (Thirty-eighth) Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Lutheran Hospital (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)-- 1960-1970.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1960-1970.; Fahrenbrink, Lewis.; Streufert, Carl.
- January 4, 1965
- Western History Subject Index
- Newspapers, Weekly Rocky Mountain News. Denver. COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- Rocky Mountain News. Pony express
- Western History Subject Index
- Rocky mountain news. Pony express
- Western History Subject Index
- Rocky Mountain News. Round the world holiday
- Western History Subject Index
- Rocky Mountain News. Scholarships
- Joe Dekker with Jack Foster, head of the Rocky Mountain News
- Joe H. Dekker, vice president of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, and Jack Foster, Editor of the Rocky Mountain News, pose near horses and a shed in Colorado. Jack Foster wears a tie, holds a drink and pets Jack Dekker's horse. Dekker wears a...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1940-1950.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Newspaper editors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Dekker,...
- 1948 July
- Central City Opera House dancers
- Photograph of nine people, one is caller Larry Wylie, and the other eight are square-dancers. The caller is wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, a vest, and a bolo tie. The male dancers are wearing black trousers, white long-sleeved, Western...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dancers--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Square dancing--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Hubert Graf
- Hubert Graf, singer with the Central City Opera House, poses, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. He wears a striped tie and jacket.
- Graf, Hugo--Performances--1940-1950.; Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Opera singers--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- John Brownlee
- John Brownlee, actor with the Central City Opera House, poses, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. He wears a striped tie and jacket.
- Brownlee, John 1901-1969--Performances--1940-1950.; Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Opera singers--Colorado--Central...
- 1941
- Old mine above Ouray
- View of the remains of an old mine above Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, with San Juan Mountains in background.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Broadmoor
- Aerial view of the Broadmoor Hotel complex, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes the nine-story Italianate structure, surrounded by annexes, parterred gardens, a circular drive, the Broadmoor Lake, and trees. The Pauline Chapel and...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1940- 1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Trianon
- Exterior view of Grand Trianon, formerly called Claremont, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, with elaborate landscaping and sculptures. The one story U-shaped residence features Ionic columns, French windows and doors with arched...
- McLaren, Thomas--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- 1952
- Trianon
- Exterior view of Grand Trianon, formerly called Claremont, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, built in 1908 by architect Thomas McLaren.
- McLaren, Thomas--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- 1952
- Trianon
- Exterior view of Grand Trianon, formerly called Claremont, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, with elaborate landscaping and sculptures. The one story U-shaped residence features Ionic columns, French windows and doors with arched...
- McLaren, Thomas--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- 1952
- Greg Mueller
- Standing portrait of Greg Mueller, Denver Assistant District Attorney, Denver, Colorado; he wears a jacket and tie. Mr. Mueller later served as a Denver County Judge from 1970 t0 1987.
- Public prosecutors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Lawyers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Mueller, Greg.
- November 11, 1951
- Looking at "Face on the barroom floor," Teller House bar
- A little boy wearing a jacket and a straw hat leans over the wood barrier that surrounds the "Face on the Barroom Floor" at the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The image was painted by artist Herndon Davis.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Art--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1957
- Bide-A-Wee Theater (Movie)
- View of the Bide-A-Wee cinema at 1036 West Colfax Street in Denver, Colorado; a canopy covers the doors, signs read: "Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore - Her Sweetheart [Christopher Beam]," "Day of Reckoning," "Free Ford Car Every Tue. Nite and...
- Bide-A-Wee Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1934