Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Children's Fountain City Park, Denver
- View of a detail of the Children's Fountain in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The statue is a copy (1912) by French sculptor Max Blondet, of a Henry C. Charpeot original in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Italian white marble statue features three...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sculpture.; Vandalism.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Vandalism--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1985
- Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association
- Horse-drawn wagons are beside a Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association building in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A man stands and looks at wagons loaded with boxes of fruit near a covered loading dock. Boxes are stacked against a wall....
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Street Scene, Olathe
- Three men, one in a horse-drawn carriage, wait near the train depot in Olathe (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows a D&RG freight car numbered "13662." There are commercial buildings on the main street, the "Independent Lumber Co." and the "Olathe...
- Olathe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Crested Butte, Colorado looking northeast
- Panoramic view of buildings in the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado and the summit of Crested Butte. The Union Congregational Church with bell tower is among frame houses. Shows smoke above Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coke ovens...
- Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1900-1910.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Grand Junction
- View of cars parked on a downtown street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Brick buildings at the intersection of 5th (Fifth) Street and Main Street are the two-story Fair Building with stone lintels and elaborate brick detail, the...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Centennial High School, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of the four-story sandstone and rusticated stone Centennial High School in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The school building has arched entrances and windows, dormer windows, a central tower with a cupola and finial, rounded corner...
- Centennial High School (Pueblo, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., Pueblo
- Men and women pose on stairs outside a Colorado Fuel and Iron Company building probably at Minnequa Steel Works in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Cars are parked near the staircase of a Station No. 51 building connected to the furnace stack and...
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1930-1940.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Steel...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Broadmoor Hotel and lake
- View of the multi-story cement and plaster Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows Cheyenne Lake and trees on an island. The hotel has hipped, stepped roofs, an American flag on a flagpole, plaster mouldings near...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Cheyenne Lake (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Islands--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1918?]
- Morrison
- A train pulls a load of lime rock through the town of Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado as a man stands on the railroad turntable. Shows engine number "110" and Union Pacific freight car number "24562" of the Denver, South Park & Pacific...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Industries - construction - Alameda subway
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, rails, men working, a wooden tower, and a brick building.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Towers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Young woman
- Studio portrait of a young woman in a chiffon dress. She holds roses and wears a heart shaped pendant.
- Teenagers--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- 1921, February 8
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman sits and poses for a studio portrait. The woman smiles, she wears a dress with a ruffled scoop neck, a gathered waist and gathered, ruffled short sleeves.
- Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Recreation - boating - scene in Washington Park
- View of women in a boat in Smith Lake, in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; men stand on the pier.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Smith Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Piers &...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Parks - scene among flowerbeds
- View of landscaping at (probably) City Park, in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flowers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Keota
- Men, women and children gather in a crowd in Keota (Weld County), Colorado. The men wear suits; the women wear dresses and hold parasols. Shows commercial buildings.
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- 1913 August 8
- Tomichi Ave. west from Main St.
- People stand near businesses on Main Street and Tomichi Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. A horse drawn wagon reads: "Conrad's Budweiser Beer." Signs on commercial buildings read: "Meat Market," "City Lodging, Rooms," "Boston Bakery"...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Virginia Ave. west from Main St.
- View of commercial businesses on Virginia Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Horses are in front of a frame blacksmith shop. Signs on false front or gable roof buildings read: "Swan Bros. Photographic," "The Free Press," "Tailoring"...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1881 Fall]
- Intersection of Tomichi Ave.
- A man wears a cowboy hat with a domed crown and a vest and poses near lumber piles in the intersection of Tomichi Avenue and Pine Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows the hipped tower of the Pine Street School and the "Outcalt...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- North side Tomichi Ave., east from Pine St.
- Horse-drawn wagons and people are in front of commercial buildings on Tomichi Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on frame buildings read: "Livery & Feed," "Office of Gunnison Transfer Co.," "Canadian Restaurant & Saloon" and...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Tomichi Ave. west from Main St.
- People and horse-drawn wagons are on Tomichi Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Commercial signs include: "C. Conrad and Co., Wholesale, Retail, Wines, Liquors, Champagnes, Cigars, Budweiser Beer, Cordials & c.," "Boston Bakery," "City...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1881]
- Main St., north from Tomichi Ave.
- People and horse-drawn wagons are near wooden sidewalks on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows frame commercial buildings, the brick two-story Hartman Block building, and signs on businesses that read: "F.D. Steele & Co....
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Idaho Springs
- View of houses and commercial buildings beside Clear Creek in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows the multi-story brick school house and mine buildings beside the creek.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- West side Main St., north from Tomichi Ave.
- People and horse-drawn wagons are near businesses on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows the Frank Adams store, the brick Hartman Building, Steele's Hardware store, the First National Bank Building and the Webster Building...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Houses in Lake City
- A woman, in a leather coat with fringe and possibly quill or bead work, poses in a yard at a house in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. A man, possibly Mr. Haugh, sits on the front porch of a frame house. Shows a garden, a picket fence and...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Couples--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Yards--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Married couple
- Studio portrait of a man and woman; she wears a hat with feathers.
- Spouses--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Middle aged man
- Studio portrait of a man with a goatee.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Married couple
- Studio portrait of a man and woman; she has an upswept hair style.
- Spouses--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Mother and baby
- Studio portrait of a woman with an infant.
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Man from side
- Studio portrait (profile) of a man.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Lower 17th St.
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; a man works with Colorado Telephone Company wires by snow and storefronts with signs: "The Scott Supply & Tool Co." A horse drawn merchant's wagon and Union Station are in the distance.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Pole lines - Wazee & 15th Sts.
- View of the intersection of 15th (Fifteenth) and Wazee Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows Colorado Telephone Company poles, brooms, crates, barrels, trash, and businesses with signs: "Parlin & Orendorff Co.," and "Barteldes & Co. Seeds."
- Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & Supplies--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Construction of the Alameda Ave. subway
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, crane tracks, and the concrete plant.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction of the Alameda Ave. subway
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, crane tracks, the concrete plant, and a man on the railroad bridge.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Antonio Gonzales family
- Studio portrait of the Antonio Gonzales family. Shows a Hispanic man seated in a chair, in a sack coat, a partly buttoned vest, striped pants and leather boots. A young man stands and wears a plaid sack coat and vest, a watch chain and a tie. A...
- Gonzales, Antonio, resident, southern Colorado--Family.; Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- 1891 July 28
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby in a dress and black boots. The baby sits in a velvet arm chair with tassel fringe.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Canal intake at the South Platte
- View of a water diversion dam on the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Dams--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Gardens at City Park
- View of a woman by landscaping and flowers at City Park in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Two men with a cow on the old Alameda Avenue bridge
- Outdoor portrait of men (one with cigar) and a cow on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909?]
- Dam on the South Platte
- View of a frozen spillway on the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Ice--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Spillways--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Small boy and girl with a toy wagon filled with flowers
- Outdoor portrait of a boy, a girl with a magnifying glass and a wagon full of flowers in Denver, Colorado. Lilacs bloom in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Flowers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Toys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Soda fountain / cigar shop
- Interior view of a variety store in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a marble counter, lamp with fringed shade, glass display cases of cigars, "Harvard" pennants, and advertisements: "La Preferencia Cigars."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Tobacco shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Milkman
- View of a horse drawn "[Pur]e Jersey [Dai]ry" milk wagon in Denver, Colorado; a man poses by the cab.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Milkmen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- DSP&P R.R. round house
- Shows the Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad roundhouse. The building is brick with semi-arched windows, Denver, Colorado. Cable cars, salvaged for their parts, are in front of the roundhouse.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colo. Midland R. R. Eng. No. 18 in tunnel
- Engine No. 18 of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company passes through a tunnel in Colorado.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf - Dumont, Co.
- A view of the town of Dumont, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows single and two story residences and wood fences. A Union Pacific Denver & Gulf Railroad freight car sits alone on railroad tracks near town. Trees and rocks dot the hills and flat...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1910.; Dumont (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Dumont--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Unidentified Indian
- An unidentified Native American Ute man poses at (probably) Ignacio (La Plata County), Colorado, by a canvas tent; he wears a hide shirt with fringe, and a feather headdress.
- Indians of North America--Men--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Agriculture - livestock - goats - woman feeding goats
- A woman feeds a mother goat and her kids in (probably) Denver, Colorado; one is on a crate with letters: "Tea Kettle Whisky."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Animal feeding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Goats--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Man, woman and three children in park setting
- Outdoor portrait of a family, a man, woman, boys and girls in a (probably) Denver, Colorado, park; costume includes straw and flowered hats.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Fuller-Greiner Group
- Group portrait of well-dressed men, women, a boy and girls in (probably) Denver, Colorado, on the porch of a house. The girls hold dolls.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1894, January 1
- Fuller-Greiner Group
- Group portrait of well-dressed men, women, a boy and girls in (probably) Denver, Colorado, on the porch of a house. The girls hold dolls.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1894, January 1