Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pioneer Park Avenue, Aspen
- View from the sidewalk next to tree-lined Pioneer Park Avenue in Aspen, Colorado. The sidewalk is covered with snow, and a snow-covered, iron fence separates the trees from the sidewalk. Footprints mark the snow along the sidewalk. Houses are...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Eureka Creek, outside of Central City, Colorado
- View of a wooden sidewalk and railing that span Eureka Gulch and Creek outside of Central City, Colorado. The railing and sidewalk are alongside a dirt road. Two wood-frame houses sit on the hill on the other side of the gulch, where much of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eureka Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Fort Yates, North Dakota
- Fort Yates, North Dakota, empty yard and dirt sidewalk enclosed by picket fences which also surrounds several one-story and two-story wooden frame and brick residences and buildings, group of soldiers in military uniform at end of sidewalk and...
- Fort Yates (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1880-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1889]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- A man wearing a dark suit stands on a brick sidewalk bordering the adobe Hotel Alvarado in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Hotel Alvarado was completed in 1902 to serve lunch to train passengers. The dining room could accommodate up to about 200...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Ninth Street Historic Park Knight House (1015 Ninth Street)
- View of the Knight House (1885) before restoration, located at 1033 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria Higher Education Center (now in Ninth Street Historic Park, in the Auraria Ninth Street Historic District), Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [1974]
- R.R. Depot, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men sit on top of a train, on a timber sidewalk, or near a passenger train and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at a railroad depot in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Supplies and belongings stacked on the sidewalk include a mattress, wooden...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- [1892?]
- Broadmoor Hotel near the terrace
- Men and women walk on a sidewalk beside Cheyenne Lake at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Women wear skirts, sweaters, and sun hats. Men wear suits. A women walks beside a child. Another woman sits in a lawn chair...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cheyenne Lake (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- First National Bank, Creede
- Men and a boy pose on the wooden sidewalk outside the First National Bank building in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The two-story building has a flat roof, projecting windows on the second floor, a balcony, and a corner entrance. Signs read:...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Denver Republican Newspaper building
- View of the Denver Republican Newspaper building at 1118 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians stand along the sidewalk near the stone, four-story building with sash and storefront windows and decorated parapet....
- Denver Republican--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Figueroa St., palms
- View of Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows front yards landscaped with a variety of palm trees, Norfolk Pine trees, ornamental and fruit trees, eucalyptus trees, and a variety of ornamental bushes and flowers. The sidewalk has a...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.; Sidewalks.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. State Normal School
- View of the California State Normal School, located at 5th Street and Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The brick Richardsonian Romanesque style building has two towers, roof dormers, quoins, arched windows, a covered porch with a balconet...
- State Normal School, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Clock towers.; Teachers colleges.
- [1905?]
- South Park Line office
- A woman walks past the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Company ticket office located on 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado. Men and women stand and walk on the sidewalk. Signs read "The South Park Line" and "Union...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1898]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of the brick-lined and cement sidewalk, businesses, and buildings, on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; automobiles and trucks are parked diagonally along street; barber shop pole or post is on sidewalk; signs attached to buildings...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1950-1960.
- [1950]
- Bennett Ave. from the Teller Co. court house to the depot
- View of Bennett Avenue from sidewalk by Teller county courthouse (courthouse building not in view) east towards Midland Terminal Railway station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; distant view includes one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Bennett Avenue in 1969, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Sidewalk view of Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; an unidentified woman stands in an open doorway of Riis Johnson Antique and Imports business; numerous cars are parked along Bennett Avenue; parts of the sidewalk are in disrepair,; business...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Antique stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- Bennett Avenue in 1969, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Business and sidewalk partial view of one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings have decorated boxed cornices and recessed entryways; man walks on stone slab sidewalk that is in...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Barbershops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- Teller House, Central City
- The black, paneled front door and part of the second story of the brick Teller House are visible in the image. The arched doorway has a sign that reads "Teller House" arched over the door. Two wrought iron gas lights are on either side of the door...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Teller House, Central City
- The Teller House, built in 1871, is on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Located between the First National Bank block and the Opera House block, the four story Victorian building has a flat roof, rectangular windows with lintels and sills,...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Businesses on Eureka Street, Central City
- Businesses along Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, include "The Grubstake Inn" and "The Chandler House of Gifts," which are in the Mellor block. The Grubstake Inn has several signs on it, including "Cafe," "Coors," and "Howdy Folks Cafe...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Central City, Colo. residences
- A one and one half story log cabin with a front gable roof with shingles and a chimney is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. Snow dusts the ground, street, sidewalk, and boards near the house. Steps lead from the sidewalk to...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Haber & Gebhard Meat Market, Central City
- Two steers, one held by a boy and one held by a man in a butcher's apron, stand in front of the commercial buildings along unpaved Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. A man in a butcher's apron and a cowboy hat sits on a horse behind the boy...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1879]
- Residences, Central City, Colorado
- A two story, wood frame house with a gabled roof and covered porch is built above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a pedimnent-like facade on the upper level with decorative columns under the eaves. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Central City business exterior
- The entry door to the McKinley-Newhard Crafts shop in Central City, Colorado, is open and the interior of the shop is visible from the sidewalk. A sign, the front of which is not visible, is on the sidewalk in front of the store. The pane of glass...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Handicraft--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1958]
- Teller House exterior
- A photograph of The Teller House in Central City, Colorado, is held on a piece of pegboard over another photograph. The photograph is taken out of a window looking toward the Teller House. A goldpan, a lamp, and a mining implement are in the...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Businesses in Central City, Colorado
- The Hawley block on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, houses the Hawley Merchandise Co. and the Morrell Hardware Co. The masonry building with arched windows and a flat roof has a bracketed cornice and buildings on either side of it. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.
- 1898
- To Acacia Park. Colorado Springs Colo.
- View, facing north, of Acacia (North) Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado. A boy in knickers and a hat stands on a sidewalk in the park. Men sit on benches. The bandstand is near a tree-lined sidewalk. The El Paso Club stands in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Park (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bandstands--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Santa Fe Old Capital [i.e. Federal Building]
- View of the Federal Building in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A man stands on the sidewalk near the two story stone building. The building has arched window sills and small covered porches. A metal rail fence separates the grounds from the sidewalk.
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Main Street, July 4, 6 A.M.
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Denver Hotel is on the left, its paired gables sharing a low false front. Half round windows are set in the gable ends, and second floor doors are boarded where they opened into the balcony, now...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Groceries and provisions store
- View of a storefront in Georgetown, Colorado, probably on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street. The wood false front building has "Groceries and Provisions" written the width of the building above the door. The front door is recessed and "Chas. W. Pollard,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Window displays--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Barrett, George.; Strouse, Sam.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Packing burros and automobile
- View of Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street, looking west. The Kneisel- Curtis-Seifried Building is on the left side of the street, with signs that read "Bakery," and Kneisel and Anderson;" a sign over the sidewalk with an American flag nearby reads "10...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Hyman Avenue
- Lamb's Drug Store occupies the center building along a block on Hyman Street in Aspen, Colorado. The buildings are two story, clapboard, structures with cornices (some have brackets). Men in dark suits stand on the sidewalk in front of the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [1888?]
- New 30,000 county court house, Burlington, Col.
- The Kit Carson County court house is in the town of Burlington, Colorado. Architectural features of the three-story structure include a hipped roof, pediments, cornices, quoins, arched windows, covered entrance, and steps that lead from the...
- Burlington (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Burlington--1920-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Colorado State Penitentiary
- Stone walls of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, are lined with bare trees and sidewalk. A few men walk along the sidewalk. A faceted tower with sash windows, a balcony, and battlements are in the foreground. Smoke rises from inside...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver party Del Norte
- A man stands in the middle of the sidewalk holding a tuba under his arm in the town of Del Norte, Colorado, in Rio Grande County. Men wearing hats with white bands sit on a bench next to a building. Other men crowd onto the sidewalk. A commercial...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Marching bands--1920-1930.
- June 19, 1922
- Housing project, Lincoln Park Homes
- View of the Lincoln Park Homes public housing complex located at Colfax Avenue and Mariposa Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows brick and cinder block residential buildings and a sidewalk between the structures....
- Lincoln Park Homes (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Housing--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.;...
- 1993 November
- Black Hawk - 1942
- View west on Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows the Richard's and Sullivan buildings built in the 1870's, plank sidewalk which covers the flume to direct seasonal flood water to Clear Creek, and the Rohling block. A man stands on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk, Colo. - 1926
- View west on Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows plank sidewalk covering the cement flum built to control flood water, weathered buildings with false fronts and/or gable roofs, a wood wood fence, a fire hydrant, Sleepy Hollow Mine, and a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Black Hawk 1953
- View east from upper Gregory Street (paved), Black Hawk, Colorado; shows High Street(?) lined with residences, plank sidewalk covering the concrete flume built by the city to control flood waters, three people on the sidewalk, and Swede Hill in the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City 1891. Baxter House Eureka St.
- A man and young child, possibly John H. Kemp and one of his sons (either Robert or photographer Donald as a young boy), stand on a dirt road in front of a one-story house with a long front porch in Central City, Colorado. Another child sits on a...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Family--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hammocks--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Cathedral in Santa Fe
- steeple on each tower. (The steeples were never built.) A large, round, stained-glass window stands between the two towers.; Two men walk on the sidewalk in front of the St. Francis Cathedral on Cathedral Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Trees with...
- Cathedral of San Francisco de Asis (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1900-1920.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Cathedrals--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1920.; Men--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1920.; Streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1911?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- Building" above another rectangular sign saying: "Indian Building Fred Harvey." Additional men and women walk along the sidewalk. Several men sit on bicycles in the left background.; Native American women with shawls wrapped over their heads...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Baskets--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Indians of...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- another rectangular sign saying: "Indian Building Fred Harvey." Additional men and women walk along the sidewalk looking at the displays. Several men sit on bicycles in the left background.; Native American women with shawls wrapped over their...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Baskets--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Indians of...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque
- street in front of them. A sign reading: "Street Cars Stop Here" hangs from one of the poles in front of the hotel. Street car rails line the street. A horse- drawn wagon is being led up the wide dirt road in the right background.; Two women step...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Street railroads--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Swine--New...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Hotel Alvarado, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- car stop in front of the hotel.; Two women, one possibly H.H. Lake's wife, Theodora, stand on a brick sidewalk in front of the adobe Hotel Alvarado in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Hotel Alvarado was completed in 1902 to serve lunch to train...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Telecommunication lines--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900- 1920.;...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- San Francisco Street, Santa Fe
- sidewalk in the right midground. A second person walks on the sidewalk in the background. Telegraph or telephone poles line the dirt road. A sign for a printing shop hangs above a door in the left midground.; The St. Francis Cathedral stands at...
- Cathedral of San Francisco de Asis (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1900-1920.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Cathedrals--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1920.; Stained glass--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1920.; Streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1911?]
- Central City Parade: Harold Johnson, our head wrangler's son Chet Johnson packing the beer
- Chet Johnson rides a pony and leads a burro packing a beer keg in the Roundup Riders of the Rockies parade in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. He wears a cowboy hat, jeans and a vest. Spectators stand on a sidewalk near the Central City...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Beer--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Children riding horses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Donkeys--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Pack...
- 1954 July
- Central City, Colorado banks
- Facade of the First National Bank Building, erected 1874, Central City, Colorado. The Victorian, brick building is bordered by Main, Pine and Eureka Streets. The building has large, arched windows on the lower level and small rectangular-shaped...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- McCreedy Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of three houses along Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The middle house is brick, with a full-length gable on the left, two double-hung windows and a round window above, and a porch across the section to the right. There is a flower garden...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Grand Central Hotel, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Grand Central Hotel, Georgetown, Colorado. the wood construction building has a hipped roof with a brick chimney and overhanging eaves, a balcony, and a small room added on the back. A large sign hanging from a post at the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1910.; Grand Central Hotel (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1870 and 1910?]
- Morris' Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Morris' Store, Georgetown, Colorado, a one- story wood construction building with a false front and a gabled roof, located at the corner of Taos and Seventh (7th) Streets. The building was also a saloon. Two large mullioned...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1910.
- [between 1870 and 1910?]