Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Teller School art project
- Photograph of young children from Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during a class art project. In the center of the photograph is an Asian inspired painted screen, standing on each side of the screen in a girl dressed in Asian inspired...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- University Park School Building Plans
- Screen house & flume
- Shows the screen house and the flume at the Denver Sewage Disposal Works plant located at 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado. The screen house is a single story brick building on top of a brick platform.
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Trommal screan [i. e. Trommel screen] San Juan Metal Corp gold recovered by floatation [i. e. flotation]
- A man stands on top of a trommel screen in a creek bed near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. The side of the machinery reads: "San Juan Metals Corp".
- Mining machinery--1930-1940.; Telluride (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Miners--1930-1940.; Mining--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Healy House fireplace screen
- View of a needlework screen in an ornate metal stand at Healy House State Museum, in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The screen has Masonic symbols including the Colorado State Seal, an eye in a pyramid, an Eagle with a banner "Denver Colo. 93"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Fire screens--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1920.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1920.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1920.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Paonia Drive-In
- View of the screen for the Paonia Drive In, in Paonia (Delta County), Colorado. The screen has faded paint and corrugated metal. A neon sign reads: " Paonia Drive In."
- Paonia Drive In (Paonia, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Paonia (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Paonia Drive In (Paonia, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Paonia--Pictorial works.; Paonia (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Tru-Vu Drive In, Delta, Colo.
- View of the Tru-Vu Drive In theater ticket office and projection screen located at 1001 Hwy 92, Delta, Delta County, Colorado. The theater opened in 1954, has one screen and can hold up to 300 cars. The simple, modern marque features a neon sign...
- Tru-Vu Drive In (Delta, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Delta (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Tru-Vu Drive In (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Delta--2010-2020.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2011
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Miners stand at a screen mechanism and process ore on a rocky slope near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. One man hoists a screen using a rope and pulley, others stand by a wheel barrow and a group of barrels.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [1899 or 1900?]
- San Jaun [i. e. Juan] Metals Corp. loading dirt from river bed into Trummal [i. e. trommel]
- View of a mine operation near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. A steam shovel loads a trommel screen with rock which is separated and loaded in a truck via a conveyor. The material is hauled to the Gold Run Mill. The side of the steam shovel...
- Mining machinery--1930-1940.; Telluride (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--1930-1940.; Conveying systems--1930-1940.; Miners--1930-1940.; Mining--1930-1940.; Steam shovels--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Palace of living art and illusions
- Exterior view of Palace of Living Art and Illusions, a mini- palace theater on West Seventh Street, Leadville, Colorado. Built by H.C. Dimick for the Winter Crystal Carnival, the theater opened on January 11, 1896 across from the Ice Palace. The...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Camping in Rock[y] Mt. Lake Park
- A man and woman prepare a meal in the back of a camper at Rocky Mountain Lake Park auto camp (motor camp) in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The grill, coffee pot, pans, tins and other utensils sit on a drawer that slides under the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rocky Mountain Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill (Int.)
- mortars and amalgamated with the gold in the ore. The stamps were periodically stopped and the amalgam was retrieved and then sold to banks or the mint.; The interior of a stamp mill, possibly the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, Colorado, shows...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ore-dressing--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Steck School students with dog
- Photograph of three unidentified students with a dog at Steck Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. A boy and a girl sit on the floor in front of a screen. One boy is reading a book. The girl sits with a dog. She looks at a second boy who is...
- Dogs.; Steck School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Beckwith guest house room with an Oriental screen
- Interior view of the Beckwith residence in (probably) Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; decor includes an ornate rug and a vanity with oval mirrors. An embroidered silk screen with bamboo trim depicts egret birds, and is reflected in the glass.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Mirrors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Reflections--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Unid. man in front of screen door
- An unidentified man is seated in front of a screen door. He wears a suit with a buttoned vest and a tie and has a moustache.
- Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Dump along river bed after being put through trummel screen for San Juan Metal Corp.
- Mounds of crushed ore left by a trommel along the San Miguel River, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.; Rocks--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Screen house
- Shows the screen house at the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant located on 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado. The brick industrial style building is on a raised brick platform. Steps on one side of the building lead to three...
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Proscenium arch, organ screen, etc., details of forward end of auditorium Denver Colo. Theatre Co.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows arch details, organ screen details, and other details for the Denver, Colorado Theater Company (Tabor...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Auditoriums.; Proscenium arches.; Screens.; Theaters.; Colorado Theater (Denver, Colo.); Tabor Theatre (Denver, Colo.)
- 1921 April 4
- Comanche Drive-In
- View of the Comanche Drive Inn sign at 29910 Country Road 351 in Buena Vista, Colorado. The electric movie sign has an image of a Native American man and the word: "Comanche " across the top. A movie screen in is the distance. The theater was...
- Comanche Drive-in (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Drive-in theaters.; Electric signs.; Comanche Drive-In (Buena Vista, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Buena Vista--Pictorial works.; Electric...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Anne Evans Mountain House, Evergreen, Colo.
- View of the Anne Evans Mountain House located on Upper Bear Creek Road, Evergreen, Colo. Built in 1910 by Jock Spence, the Rustic Style residence was further expanded by noted Denver architect, Burnham Hoyt in 1924. The front facade has a simple...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--2010-2020.; Evergreen (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Evans, Anne, 1871-1941--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--Pictorial works.; Evergreen (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- Fuller House, Fort Collins, Colo.
- View of the Fuller House located at 226 West Magnolia Street, Fort Collins, Colo. The two-story brick Queen Anne Style house with asymmetrical facade was once the home of Fort Collins' first architect, Montezuma Fuller. Built in 1895, other...
- Architecture, Domestic--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fuller, Montezuma, 1858-1925--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 11, 1912 March 16
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 6, 1918 August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 1, 1918 March
- History of Denver
- York office, construction progress
- View of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company construction on York Street in Denver, Colorado; features pilasters and dentils. Men work with bricks and a hod, a bicycle is by lumber, a barrel and a sifting screen, and houses are in the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Pueblo Exchange Bldg. business office
- Interior view of a Colorado Telephone Company exchange office in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado; shows a metal screen, chairs, and coffee maker.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1910
- View of the bed in the front bedroom
- Interior view of the Kennicott home on their ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; bed room decor includes a carved wood bed frame, a tapestry or screen, and chintz wallpaper.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott family--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Milwaukee man, forgery
- An unidentified man is seated in front of a screen door, probably in Colorado. He wears a suit and tie with a hat.
- Men--1900-1910.
- 1901 November 12
- Man & woman in costume
- A woman holds a screen door open as she turns to talk to a man. Both are dressed in costume. He wears a baggy suit, pants and holds a hat in his hands. The woman wears a tattered full length dress, vest, white blouse and a hat.
- Costumes--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek
- Men pose with wheelbarrows by the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A separator screen is nearby.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893?]
- Chums
- A man poses with a burro carrying a mining screen in an unidentified town in Colorado; buildings, businesses, and rocky crags are in the background.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Interior, Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Col.
- Interior view of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) at 20th (Twentieth) and Welton Streets in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows arched...
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1903?]
- Woman and child in coal camp
- A woman and child stand on the porch of a house in a mining camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The woman wears a loose fitting calico dress. The boy wears a light colored shirt and cap. The house is made from planks. Screen is tacked to...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Lace House in Leadville
- View of the facade of the Lace House in Leadville, Colorado, shows the clapboard false front structure with jigsaw carving, a paired bracketed cornice with wood shingle roof, a central entry with metal screen door and transom, two tall flanking...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Kermack cabin, Magnolia, Colorado
- A woman sits in a folding wood and canvas chair with a child and a dog, on the porch of the Kermack cabin, Magnolia, Boulder County, Colorado. The L-shape wood frame cabin has intersecting gables, two screen doors, corrugated metal roof and...
- Magnolia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children--Colorado--Magnolia--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Magnolia--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1911]
- The Curtis coal mine
- View of the Curtis coal mine in northwestern Colorado; men work on a hillside; cart stands in front of mine shaft at left; men load horse- drawn wagons with coal; at center a man works with a screen; mule grazes at bottom of slag pile.
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mining equipment--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Wheeler residence
- Detailed view of the cherry wood fireplace mantel with tile and wire screen inside the log house built by Indian Agent Wheeler in the early 1880s, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Wheeler, Walter F.--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Mantels--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Log cabin home of Martha & Mary Crane, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Log cabin residence of Martha and Mary Crane, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one woman sits on upper part of split rail fence, another woman stands near fence gate and one man stands in front of cabin; former residence of Ralph Carr, ex-Governor of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Crane, Martha.; Crane, Mary.
- 1909
- Plant of Ideal Cement Co. under construction at Portland, Colo. adjacent to original plant started there in 1899.
- View of the Ideal Cement Company plant under construction in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, shows concrete supports, steel pipes towering over men working on scaffolding, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight car, crane, sifter, and girders...
- Portland (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1948?
- Residence, Cripple Creek
- Exterior residence number 421, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one story log cabin has wood frame hipped gambrel roof, single entry off- center main fascade, opened screen door and carved front door with window, one double-sash window, small plain window...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896?]
- Salida residences
- These brick dwellings in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, are one or two-story flat roofed structures with modest corbeling and gauge arched doors and windows. Bicycles are in the yard; new trees edge dirt street; numbers over a screen door read:...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salida sitting room
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, this marble corner fireplace is topped with a taxidermied eagle, busts on pedestals, a Greek vase, a plaster camel and lion, and a beer stein. Rope, tassels and fringe are mixed with photographs of Native...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Mantels--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- P. W. A. [sic] mining class - Denver
- View shows W. P. A. students learning the art of placer mining by using a rocker on the banks of an unidentified stream, Denver, Colorado. A rocker consists of a screen box on top draining to a larger box below which is inlaid with riffles to catch...
- United States. Works Progress Administration of Colorado.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- Gold King Mine Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Miners pose with wheelbarrows by the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A separator screen is nearby.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Hodgetts
- Interior view in the Albert G. Hodgetts residence, 132 West Del Norte, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes a tile fileplace with screen and tools, wicker furniture, Oriental rugs, cabinet, table and vase, framed paintings hung on...
- Hodgetts, Albert G.--Homes and haunts--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Lamps--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.
- July 1929
- Main dining room
- Interior view of the main dining room in Grand Trianon, formerly called Claremont, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes a Chippendale dining set with a table runner and silver tureen, ornate plaster work on the walls, mirrors,...
- Giddings, Ralph--Homes & haunts.; McLaren, Thomas--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- 1963 December 8
- Main dining room, chandelier of gold on bronze
- Interior view of the main dining room in Grand Trianon, formerly called Claremont, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes a Chippendale dining table and chairs set with silver, china, stemware and flowers. The room has ornate plaster...
- Giddings, Ralph--Homes & haunts.; McLaren, Thomas--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1963 December 8
- Mill equipment
- View of an abandoned trommel or rotary screen encased in a support structure, probably in San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Milling-machines--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- House occupied and owned by Mrs. Fred K. McFarlane
- A two story, box house is built in front of a tall retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a bay window, a screen door, and decorative moldings by the entryway. The shades are pulled down in most of the rectangular...
- Lightburn, James E.--Homes & haunts.; McFarlane, Fred K.,--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933