Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Arapahoe St. cor. of 15th
- Rooftop view of Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians, streetcars, and a horse-drawn delivery wagon are in the street. Buildings include the United States Post Office. Signs read: "W. F. Robinson & C[o] Printers Blank Book...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Masonic Temple Denver Colorado
- Rooftop view of the Masonic Temple at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The five-story rusticated stone building has arched windows, and decorative trim. Pedestrians are on the street.
- Freemasons--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Sixteenth and Arapahoe Streets Denver Colorado
- Rooftop view of 16th (Sixteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Tabor Block. Pedestrians and a streetcar are on the street. Signs read: "Rose & Co. Photographers" and "Gurley Bros. Investment Securities...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Masonic Temple
- Rooftop view of the Masonic Temple at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The five-story rusticated stone building has arched windows, and decorative trim. Horse-drawn buggies, trolley cars, and pedestrians are on the...
- Freemasons--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Equitable Building
- Rooftop view of the Equitable Building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and horse-drawn buggies are in the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Equitable Building
- Rooftop view of the Equitable Building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Italian Renaissance Revival style building has a tower, arched windows, and rusticated stone base. Pedestrians are on the street nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Earnest [sic] and Cranmer Block
- Rooftop view of the Ernest and Cranmer Block at 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Trolley cars and horse-drawn buggies are nearby. Signs read: "The Land and Mines Company of Colorado," "Cobb Wilson & Co. Fire...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Masonic Temple
- Rooftop view of the Masonic Temple at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The five-story rusticated stone building has arched windows, and decorative trim. Horse-drawn buggies and pedestrians are on the street. Signs...
- Freemasons--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Boston Block
- Rooftop view of the Boston Block at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Trolley cars and horse-drawn wagons are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Boston Block
- Rooftop view of the Boston Block at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The building has arched windows and a rusticated stone base.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Boston Block
- Rooftop view of the Boston Building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons are on the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Boston Block Denver Colorado
- Rooftop view of the Boston Building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons are on the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Earnest [sic] and Cranmer Block
- Rooftop view of the Ernest and Cranmer Block at 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Trolley cars and horse-drawn buggies are nearby. Signs read: "The Land and Mines Company of Colorado," "Cobb Wilson & Co. Fire...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Kittridge [sic] Block
- Rooftop view of the Kittredge Building at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Richardsonian Romanesque style building has rusticated stone, arched windows, modillions, and decorative trim.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Kittridge [sic] Block
- Rooftop view of the Kittredge Building at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Richardsonian Romanesque style building has rusticated stone, arched windows, modillions, and decorative trim.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Kittredge Building Denver Colorado
- Rooftop view of the Kittredge Building at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Richardsonian Romanesque style building has rusticated stone, arched windows, modillions, and decorative trim. A trolley car is on...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- People's Bank
- Rooftop view of the People's Bank Building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Commercial style building has a rusticated stone base, arched windows, and modillions.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main St. Ogden Utah
- Rooftop view of Main Street in Ogden Utah. Pedestrians, horse-drawn buggies, and street car tracks are on the street. Signs read: "Wholesale," "[?]'s City Drugstore [?] in Drugs Liquor Paint & C & C," and "Equitable Co-op."
- Ogden (Utah)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Ogden--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1897?]
- The mission garden St. Barbara
- Rooftop view of a garden in the courtyard of Mission Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California. Trees and adobe buildings are nearby.
- Santa Barbara Mission--1880-1890.; Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Courtyards--California--Santa Barbara--1880-1890.; Gardens--California--Santa Barbara--1880-1890.; Missions--California--Santa Barbara--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Los Pueblos de Taos N.M.
- Rooftop view of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. A Native American (Taos) man and woman walk on the adobe buildings. The buildings have vigas and chimney pots. Wooden platforms are above the ground.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Los Pueblos de Taos N.M.
- Rooftop view of the Taos Pueblo (Native American), New Mexico. The adobe buildings have chimney pots and vigas.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- "Estufa" in south pueblo Taos
- Rooftop view of Native American adobe buildings and a closed kiva at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The buildings have canales and vigas. Hornos, wooden platforms, and ladders are nearby.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Kivas--New...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Union Depot, Denver
- A rooftop view of Union Station on Wynkoop Street between 16th (Sixteenth) and 18th (Eighteenth) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Richardson Romanesque style building with skylights, dormers and a clock tower. Horses, carriages and people stand...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1900]
- Denver S.W. from Presbyterian church
- Rooftop view of Denver to the southwest, probably from the Presbyterian church belfry at 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue and Sherman Streets. Shows the cable car power house at Colfax and Broadway, with a "Denver Tramway Co." sign visible.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Denver looking So. West
- Southwest, rooftop view from the Central Presbyterian Church at 17th (Seventeenth) and Sherman Streets. Shows cable car power house at Colfax and Broadway and the Peoples Theatre at the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Cleveland. The Argo smelter is...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1892]
- Denver W. from Presb'y Church, Denver S.W.
- Southwest, rooftop view from the Central Presbyterian Church on 17th (Seventeenth) and Sherman Streets. Shows the Peoples Theatre at 15th (Fifteenth) and Cleveland. An advertisement reads "The McNamara Dry Goods Co. Corner 16th and California...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1892]
- Denver Post Office
- Rooftop view of the Post Office at 16th (Sixteenth) and Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Streetcars, pedestrians, and horse-drawn wagons are on the street. The Mining Exchange is in the distance. A sign on a building...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Charles Building, Denver, Col.
- View of the Charles Building at 15th and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with rusticated stone trim, tall windows and rooftop finials. "Charles Building" is engraved on the pediment. Signs read: "Fa[?] Shoe...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Fowler Kettridge [sic] Blk
- Rooftop view of the Kittredge Building at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Richardsonian Romanesque style building has rusticated stone, arched windows, modillions, and decorative trim. A trolley car is on...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- San Diego, South from Hotel del Coronado
- Rooftop view from Hotel del Coronado toward Glorietta Bay and houses of Coronado (San Diego County), California. Shows part of the turret above the entrance to the hotel.
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1890-1910.; Coronado (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Glorietta Bay (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Coronado--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--California--Coronado--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Los Angeles, up Broadway
- View near 235 Broadway from a rooftop in Los Angeles, California. Shows multi-story masonry Romanesque and Gothic Revival style commercial buildings, storefronts with striped awnings over windows, broad avenues, streetcar tracks, streetcars,...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1870-1900.; City & town life--California--Los Angeles--1870-1900.; Commercial streets--California--Los Angeles--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Chinese [children]
- Two Chinese American girls sit cross-legged under a parasol, on a city rooftop near a sign written in Chinese. The young children wear embroidered silk jackets and pants; one child holds a fan. Shows glazed ceramic pottery and plants.
- Chinese Americans--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Girls--1880-1900.; Roofs--1880-1900.; Umbrellas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Chinese [children]
- Two Chinese American children stand on a city rooftop near a sign written in Chinese. The children wear embroidered silk jackets and pants. Shows glazed ceramic pottery and plants.
- Chinese Americans--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Children--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Roofs--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Chinese [children]
- Two Chinese American children stand on a city rooftop near a sign written in Chinese. The children wear embroidered silk jackets and pants. Shows glazed ceramic pottery and plants.
- Chinese Americans--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Children--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Boulder, Univ. of Colorado
- View of a stone retaining wall, a grassy field, trees, and the rooftop of the Hale Scientific Building on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. The Richardson Romanesque building has steep pitched roof...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Green Mountain (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Meadows--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Universities &...
- [1900?]
- Los Pueblos de Taos, N.M., view from the north side
- Rooftop view of adobe buildings at Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico. Women on rooftops include Native American (Taos) women and a child. Shows multi-story buildings with timber ladders and platforms, gutters and vigas, adobe chimneys, entrances and...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Red Cliff
- View of Red Cliff and mines on slopes above town located at junction of Turkey Creek and Eagle River, Colorado. A wood trestle bridge spans the Denver and Rio Grande's railroad tracks, leading to the white schoolhouse. Only carriages show on main...
- Eagle River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Red Cliff--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Red Cliff--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Red Cliff--1910-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Red Cliff--1910-1920.; Denver...
- [between 1910 and 1916]
- Yellowstone
- View southwest over Old Faithful Geyser to Old Faithful Inn, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The geyser barely steams. The 1904 log hotel has a steep gabled roof and a large rooftop observation platform with six flagpoles.
- Old Faithful Inn (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; Geysers--Wyoming--1910-1930.; Hotels--Wyoming--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Yellowstone
- View southwest over Old Faithful Geyser to Old Faithful Inn, with steep gabled roof and a large rooftop observation platform with six flagpoles, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Tourists climb the terraces around the steaming...
- Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Yellowstone National Park--1910-1930.; Geysers--Wyoming--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Opera House, Ouray
- View of the Wright buildings on corner of Main (Third, 3rd) Street and Fifth (5th) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado includes Ed Wright's 1881 white two story false front commercial building and the ornate two story Opera House built in 1888 by Ed and George...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Opera houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Myer's Ave., Cripple Creek
- Myers Avenue and Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek's infamous red- light district, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one and two-story wooden frame flat-roof and gable commercial buildings, many under construction, line both sides of the street; scene includes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892]
- Depot, Montrose, Colo
- Freight cars are lined up in front of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad depot in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. People wait in a buggy to cross the tracks; covered wagons are parked by town buildings in the background. Rooftop sign reads:...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Jeffers Bldg., 1959 Village Diner
- Possibly Albert Jeffers, in a tall bowler hat, poses with his son in entry of his store, 633 Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The ornate building features: two upper bay windows, bracketed overhanging cornice, triangular rooftop sign,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Jeffers, Albert.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Jeffers Building
- Facade view of the Albert Jeffers store, (building later housed the Kiesel's Millinery, and the Village Diner) 633 Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, features two upper bay windows, bracketed overhanging cornice, triangular rooftop sign...
- Jeffers, Albert--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- The Towers
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's residence, Placer St. and Pikes Peak Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado; the three-story palatial twenty- six room mansion was completed by 1901 and torn down in 1920; also called "The Towers" or "Finn's Folly";...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Ouray
- View of three businesses on Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the Nugget Restaurant in a two story brick commercial building with corner 8th (Eighth) Avenue entrance, decorative cornice with rooftop date sign: 1898; Ouray Liquors...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1980-1990.
- 1985
- Tejon St., looking south, Colo. Springs
- View from rooftop looking south on Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows tall multi-armed telephone poles and business district. Signs read: "F. E. Robinson, Druggist," "Wall Paper & Paints," "Ellis & Pease, Civil...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Utility poles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Dalby Transfer & Storage Co Inc
- View of flat roof industrial buildings, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes signs: "Dalby Transfer & Storage Co. Inc.," "The Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.," "For Sale Padgett Realty Co." A truck parks on Stone Street; lettering reads:...
- Dalby Transfer & Storage Company (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940- 1950.; Moving & storage trade--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940- 1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Denver
- Rooftop view of commercial district, Denver, Colorado, shows brick two, three, and four story buildings and a few wood false fronts. A delivery wagon and carriage park along boardwalk. Signs include: "Confectionery," Denver Athenaeum," "C. T....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1877]
- Larimer Street
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, shows a busy business district with brick, two and three story buildings and a few wood false fronts. Delivery wagons and carriages park along boardwalk. Signs include: "Market," "Frank Winfield...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878]