Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Front of Denver Furniture House deep snow
- View of piles of snow near the Denver Furniture House at 1916 Lawrence Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: "Stoves & Ranges," "Rugs & Carpets," "Furniture Stoves & Rugs," "Cheapest Place in Town," "Buy Here & Save Money," and...
- Denver Furniture House (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Central City
- View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows Eureka Street and Main Street, the Teller House, St. James Methodist Church, Casto Hill and Quartz Hill. Signs along Main Street read: "Temple of Fashion, Dry Goods [?]," "W. Aitcheson,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Gordon Kimball Hardware
- A group of men stand on boardwalk of store lettered: "Gordon Kimball Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Powder and Fuse store," Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A mine ore cart and track, plows, stoves and other hardware are displayed on boardwalk.
- Kimball, Gordon--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Wild West Show kitchen crew
- Men chop wood to fuel the fires under large, kettle stoves used to cook food for the cast and crew of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Central City
- View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the intersection of Eureka Street and Main Street including The Teller House, St. James Methodist Church, Casto Hill and Quartz Hill. Signs along Main Street read "Temple of Fashion, Dry Goods...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Central City
- View of Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado shows the intersection of Eureka and Main Streets including the Teller House, St. James Methodist Church, Casto Hill and Quartz Hill. Signs on the Main Street read: "Temple of Fashion, Dry Goods [?],"...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Stoves
- George Tritch, hardware, stoves, iron & steel, horse shoes, nails, fence wire, shingle and saw mills, blacksmith and miner's tools, Denver, Colorado
- View of a brick storefront in Denver, Colorado, shows stacked merchandise and signs: "Hardware, Stoves, Tin & Copper Ware."
- George Tritch Hardware Company--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- H. W. Michael & Co., hardware, stoves & tinware, galvanized iron cornice, (see picture) 368 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado
- View of the H. W. Michael store on Larimer Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick storefront with a pedimented cornice and a signs: "Stoves, Tin, and Hardware." Men pose by merchandise including shovels.
- H. W. Michael & Co.--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Carload of stoves at Holmes' Hardware Store
- Cast iron cooking stoves are piled up against the side of the brick Holmes Hardware Store at 400 S. Union Avenue near railroad tracks after the Arkansas River flood, in Pueblo, Colorado. Wreckage and debris are piled up near a viaduct. Wooden...
- Holmes Hardware Store (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Stoves--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- Creede, Colo.
- Men and women pose in front of a canvas tent in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The women wear fitted, calico dresses, and the men wear suits and felt hats. Iron stoves are outside the tent. Tents and trees are on the hillside in the distance.
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stoves--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Man in store w/ stoves & furniture
- Interior view of a household furnishing store in Denver, Colorado; shows a man, stoves, brass beds, and a dresser.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Home furnishing stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Stove maker's wagon
- View of a horse drawn wagon in Denver, Colorado; cast iron stoves and furnaces are under a canopy. Banner reads: "Made In Denver by the Highland Foundry Co., Ellis, Son and Stanchfield 1918 Larimer St."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Stoves--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Trinity Echo: Volume IV, Number 10
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal Church -- Colorado -- Denver -- Periodicals.;...
- 1899 February
- Western History Subject Index
- Stoves
- 1891 Corbett & Ballenger's 19th Annual Denver City Directory.
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 3, 1913 November 8
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Number 7 and 8, 1930 July-August
- Creede Ave., Jimtown, Colo.
- Men stand on sidewalks, ride horses, or drive horse-drawn wagons on Creede Avenue in Jimtown (Creede) in Mineral County, Colorado. Frame buildings have false fronts and flat roofs; a building is under construction. Men wear suits with derby hats...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- The Town of Silver Cliff, Colorado
- Panoramic view of buildings in Silver Cliff (Custer County), Colorado. Signs on brick and frame commercial buildings read: "Security House" and "Stoves." Church steeples are amid frame houses. Shows snow in the Wet Mountain Valley and on streets...
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1900-1910.
- 1900?
- Central City, Colorado Territory
- Panoramic view of frame and brick buildings on Main Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows houses and businesses with gabled roofs and false fronts and signs that read: "O.K. Store, Wholesale & Retail," "Central City Bakery,"...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado
- View of a Colorado Fuel and Iron Company blast furnace in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a furnace stack and a row of stoves at Minnequa Steel Works. An engine house, pipes that connect to a boiler house, coke and ore bins, and Denver &...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1900-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Factories--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1930.; Furnaces--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1905 and 1930?]
- Street in Pueblo
- A horsecar is stopped near a cottonwood tree on Union Avenue in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows people and horse-drawn wagons near sidewalks and brick or frame businesses with signs that read: "H. Logan & Co. California Saddles," "A.T....
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1890.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1883]
- Main St., Grand Junction, south side
- View of frame and brick commercial buildings on the 400 block of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Two-story buildings have arched windows and wide eaves with brackets. Signs read: "Hardware & Stoves," "The Famous Clothing,"...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Corner of Fourth and Main Streets
- Men stand and pose outside commercial businesses on the 400 block of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Two-story brick commercial buildings have arched windows, flat roofs, and brackets below the cornice. Signs read: "Cameron &...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Law enforcement officers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Crowley, Tim, marshal.
- [1884?]
- Central City
- View of Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Men and horse-drawn wagons are in the dirt street near lumber piles. Signs on businesses read: "Drug St[ore]," "Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods," "Hardware, Stoves & Tin Ware," "Book...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1865
- Kokomo
- Men wear suits and hats and pose on wooden sidewalks in front of commercial buildings in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. Frame buildings have gabled roofs and false fronts. Signs on businesses read: "Will C. Stainsby, Drugs & Medicines,...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1870-1880.; City & town life--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the spire of the late gothic style St. Mary's Episcopal Church, unidentified churches, houses, apartment buildings, row houses, commercial facilities and factories. Signs and a banner read: "Low...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Dry goods stores.; Furniture stores.; Restaurants.
- [1906]
- Hardware store
- Interior view of a hardware store in Denver, Colorado; shows a man posing, glass display cases of woodworking tools, stoves, meat grinders, cookware, and a sign: "We Sell Disston Saws."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Trinidad streets W. 1st St. kindling wood
- Men and a boy pose near donkeys loaded with firewood on West 1st (First) Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A sign on a nearby building reads: "The Bain Wagon W. E. Howlett & Co Stoves Schuttler Wagons."
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Fuelwood--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Jamieson's Department Store, Trinidad, Colorado
- Exterior view of Jamieson's Department Store in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Sign on the window reads: Jamieson's Home Furnishings. Shows stoves and knickknacks in window.
- Jamieson's Department Store (Trinidad, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Department stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Kitchens - scene in large kitchen
- Interior view of a Denver, Colorado, kitchen; shows a man, stoves, and pans of bread and muffins.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cooks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- 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]
- Main St., Salt Lake City
- View of Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a dirt Main Street with pedestrians and electric streetcars, wide sidewalks lined with multi-story masonry commercial buildings, some with smoke stacks, and flag poles; twenty-two telephone...
- Salt Lake Temple--1890-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Mormon churches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- U.S. Post Office
- View of the United States Post Office at 16th (Sixteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Second Empire style building has a central tower with a mansard roof, pediments, columns, and arched windows. People and horse drawn...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1905?]
- Store interior
- View of a large store interior in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows the manager Joe Luxon in a suit, Jim Hargusin, Axial stage driver in doorway, Burt Rank, butcher in an apron, E. L. Davis, Charlie Groves, clerks and customer Joe Peltier....
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Merchants--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior partial view of Peoples Furniture Company building with horse-drawn delivery wagon in front, First (1st) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; "People's Furniture Co." is lettered on sideboard of wagon; series of signs on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1902]
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- In Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, men stand by brick storefronts. Signs read: "Dry Goods Furnishing Goods and Clothing Carpets Hats Boots Shoes Hardware Queensware Groceries & c.," "A. B. Tomlin & Co.," "H. E. Tedmon," "Hardware, Stoves...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Fort Collins--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Third Street, Ouray, Colo.
- Two covered wagons park on the east side of Main (Third, 3rd) Street, commercial district, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. False front businesses include: A. W. Begole's grocery store, Buenemann Bros. and Gordon Kimball, Hardware, Stoves and...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [1881]
- Freighting in the Rocky Mountains, Hull Transfer Co.'s teams, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Several horse and mule-drawn teams pulling covered wagons and freight wagons block traffic on Bennett Avenue between First (1st) and Second (2nd) Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado; teams identified as Hull Transfer Company, stop in front of Grant...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Moving & storage trade--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890- 1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1893 March 13
- Store of a Prominent Pemberton Merchant 20
- Men stand in front of a business in Pemberton, Teller or Douglas County, Colorado, by stoves, kettles, and ironware. A dog is on the street; signs read: "Hardware," "Harness Shop," "Wm. Scott & Son Sash Doors Building Paper Hardware."
- Wm. Scott & Son Hardware (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1910- 1920.; Pemberton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Pemberton--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Ouray fire
- Townspeople survey the vast destruction of a fire, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. View includes a man and woman on horseback, groups of men, a person on a timber supported boardwalk leading to a plank road, charred trees, parts of stoves and wooden...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek, S.W. corner of Bennett and 2nd, before the fire, 1893
- One and two-story row of wooden frame and brick commercial buildings on the southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagons are parked along boardwalk; corner building has a recessed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Central portion of Silver Cliff, Colo.
- View southwest of Silver Cliff, Wet Mountain Valley, Custer County, Colorado. Shows frame buildings, a church steeple, the Sangre de Cristo Range, and signs: "Palace Hotel," "Stoves" and "Groceries."
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wet Mountain Valley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Near view of ruins Ludlow Tent Colony
- A distraught man stands among the remains of the tent colony of Ludlow, destroyed by fire after the Ludlow Massacre (result of the coal strikes) in Ludlow, Colorado in Las Animas County. The remains include tent frames, bed boxsprings, iron...
- Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miner's strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.
- [1914]
- Harrison Av., Leadville
- View along Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado, busy with pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons. The Lake County Courthouse with Lady Justice and scales atop is on the west side of the street. Business signs include: "519 Congress Hall" and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama over Glenwood Springs, Colorado; shows the business district, brick buildings, the Colorado Midland spur across the Roaring Fork River on a combination trestle and Howe truss bridge, Denver and Rio Grande's depot with twin...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Indians Pueblo Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, stoves, scaffolds, ladders, laundry, and wagons. Native American (Taos Pueblo) men, women, and children mingle with White visitors.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1917
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, stoves, scaffolds, ladders, laundry, and wagons. Native American (Taos Pueblo) men, women, and children mingle with White visitors; a man in the foreground wears a striped blanket.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1917
- The governor of Taos
- Portrait of a Native American (Pueblo) man identified as "governor of Taos" (at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico); he wears a robe with fringe and sits on a ladder, by adobe stoves (hornos).
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--New...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]