Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 December 17
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 8
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1944 February 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 48, 1910 November 26
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 24, 1909 July 31
- East Denver High School Annual: Class of 1918
- 1918 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1918
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- In memoriam, Reverend Robert Hopkin : pastor, First Congregational Church, Denver, Colorado.
- Booklet created to commemorate the life and religious teachings of Reverend Robert Hopkin of the First Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado upon his death in 1927. the bulk of the book is a reproduction of a sermon given by Reverend Hopkin on...
- Hopkin, Robert.; First Congregational Church (Denver, Colorado)--History.; Congregational churches--Clergy--Biography.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1927
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 10
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 February
- Abandoned log cabin, Creede
- View of an abandoned chinked log cabin in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The one story cabin is built into hillside along east Willow Creek in Creede, Colorado. The pitched roof is covered in metal. A broken stove pipe is on the roof....
- Creede (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Log cabins.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Creede (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American (Northern Plains) buckskin pouch. It has lazy stitching, fringe, blue, white, yellow, pink and dark green beadwork. The beadwork is in designs of triangles and rectangles.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Pouches--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Montgomery City - Mt. Lincoln
- This etching of Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, shows cabins, a road, people, and wagons. The conical mountain in the background, erroneously thought to be the highest in the state, was named after president Abraham Lincoln. During its boom, the...
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Gathering at Midway School
- In Midway, Weld County [?], Colorado, men, women, and children pose on the porch of a frame school building. A boy holds a dog; a woman holds a box camera; automobiles are in the background.
- Midway (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Families--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Gathering at Midway School
- In Midway, Weld County [?], Colorado, men, women, and children pose on the porch of a frame school building. A boy holds a dog; others hold straw hats; automobiles are in the background.
- Midway (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Families--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Gathering at Midway School
- In Midway, Weld County [?], Colorado, children pose on a swingset, and women oversee. A dog is to the side.
- Midway (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.; Children swinging--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.
- 1931 May, 5
- Kit Carson's last staging into Aspen on approach of the D.& R.G. R.R.
- View of the last stagecoach run in Emma, Pitkin County, Colorado, shows a crowd around Kit Carson's stagecoaches and horse-drawn wagons, a balloon-stacked engine and freight car of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, foothills are in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Emma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Emma--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Emma--1880-1890.; Carson, Kit 1809-1868.--Homes & haunts.
- 1887
- Georgetown
- A gravestone in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery depicts flowers and reads: "Eliza. Wife of Edward Harvey(?). Died ??. Aged 55 Years. Weep not for me my husband dear, I am not dead but sleeping here. I am not yours but God's...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- A sunset on Mt. Princeton
- Evening view of Mount Princeton and Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado; thought to be L.C. McClure standing behind camera & tripod; box of camera supplies, foreground left; Collegiate Range, Rocky Mountains, and dramatic clouds.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Edna McElveen
- Edna McElveen (Mrs. Claude K. Boettcher) holds a stole and walks on a stone walkway in Denver, Colorado. A group of men and a woman stand nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Boettcher, Claude K. (Claude Kedzie), 1875-1957--Family.; Boettcher, Edna McElveen.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Fire Chief in Horse and Buggy
- A Denver Fireman and officer ride in a parade in a horse and buggy on a street in Denver, Colorado. The passenger is possibly Assistant Fire Chief E. E. Patrick. Shows spectators, signs in the background read "Niles Phonograph Parts Co." and "5...
- Fire chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940]
- Gov. Clarence J. Morely [sic]
- Governor Clarence J. Morley poses with (possibly) Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Mellon at Union Station, in Denver, Colorado, as men in uniform look on. Mrs. Mellon wears a cloche hat and pearls.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Governors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Morley, Clarence J.
- [between 1925 and 1927]
- Helen Bonfils and George Somnes
- Newlyweds Helen Bonfils and George Somnes pose outside of a home. Helen wears a corsage, hat and string of pearls. The pearls may have been a gift given to her by Mrs. Harry H. Tammen, the hostess of the newlyweds wedding breakfast. George Somnes...
- Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bonfils, Helen, 1889-1972.; Somnes, George.
- 1936?
- El Vado del Padres - steps chipped in soft sandstone by Fr. Escalante are almost obliterated
- View of the Escalante Steps, part of the Dominguez-Escalante trail in Kane County, Utah; shows sandstone formations and carved foot holes. Men posing include George Henry Dern, Governor of Utah 1925-1933.
- Dominguez-Escalante Trail--1920-1930.; Kane County (Utah)--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.; Governors--Utah--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Utah--Kane County--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Utah--Kane County--1920-1930.; Dern, George Henry,...
- 1926, April
- Lampings, Bailey
- Mrs. and Mrs. Lamping pose for a portrait on their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Bailey, Colorado. Mrs. Lamping, with her hair pulled back, wearing small, round, wire glasses, sits in a chair. Mr. Lamping wears a suit and stands with his hand on...
- Lamping, James A.--Anniversaries.; Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- December 12, 1938
- Geronimo head cheif [i. e. chief] of the Chiricahua Apaches now on the war path in Seirra [i. e. Sierra] Madres
- Studio portrait (crouching) of Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man. He holds a rifle and wears boot moccasins, a breechcloth, and scarves around his neck.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.
- 1885
- Silver Plume
- Two men are standing at a bar in Silver Plume, Colorado. One of the men faces the camera and holds up a drink; the other speaks to the smiling woman behind the bar. The bar has curved, ornately carved wood which is raised and paneled. Bar stools...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Bars--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1960.; Interiors.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Alida Burton residence
- Cyrus H. McLaughlin poses by a horse-drawn buggy near the Alida Burton house at 100 West Colfax Avenue in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one-story brick house has a pitched roof, chimneys, and a balustrade.
- Burton, Alida--Homes & haunts.; McLaughlin, Cyrus H.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- First hotel, Glenwood Spgs.
- Patrons and employees stand outside Fred Barlow's Grand Springs Hotel, a one-story log cabin with a sod roof in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Participants in the wedding celebration are...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Weddings--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Hamilton, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the town of Hamilton, Colorado, in Park County. Horse and buggy are on unpaved road; structures include wood-frame buildings and log cabins.
- Hamilton (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- 1932 (cont'd)
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-95] Declora James, Zudora Blakey, Me, 'Woody,' Ruby Hawkins, Ethel Wood, Marie Yarbra, 'Hawky,' Everybody's happy except Marie, Musta been somethin' she e't, [ARL-96] 'Smitty,' Eleanor Smith, 'Woody,'...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- 1932
- 2 views of Acoma mission
- of grass are in the foreground. Standing on top of a large mesa, the mission is thought to have been built between 1629 and 1641 by Fray Juan Ramirez.; The Pueblo Acoma Mission and convent in New Mexico is flat-roofed as shown in this photo of a...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Missions--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Indians Pueblo, Acoma Missions
- convent are thought to have been built by Fray Juan Ramirez between 1629 and 1641.; The ruins of the Pueblo Acoma Mission and graveyard stand on top of a large mesa in northern New Mexico. The flat-roofed mission has two square steeples and is made...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Missions--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma missions
- has a hand-carved, wooden railing. The remains of another wall are in the distance. Built on top of a large mesa, the mission is thought to have been built between 1629 and 1641 by Fray Juan Ramirez.; The Pueblo Acoma Mission and convent in New...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, missions
- A corner of the 40-foot high, graveyard wall at the San Estevan del Rey Mission and convent at the Acoma Pueblo "Sky City" in New Mexico stands in the foreground. The small scale of two men, one standing at the top of the wall, one seated near him...
- Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Convents--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Mission churches--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Stone walls--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, missions
- known as the "soldier guards," were added to the top of the wall during World War I. A dirt path has formed on the ground at the base of the wall from people walking around it.; The massive scale of the graveyard wall at the San Estevan del Rey...
- Convents--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Mission churches--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Stone walls--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, missions
- structure are in the foreground. Additional mesas, including the "Enchanted Mesa," stand in the distance. The mission and convent are thought to have been built by Fray Juan Ramirez between 1629 and 1641.; The Pueblo Acoma Mission and convent...
- Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Mesas--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, missions
- levels and has a large porch with a hand-carved, wooden railing on the top corner. Smaller, protruding walls support the exterior side of the structure. Built on top of a large mesa, the mission and convent are thought to have been built by Fray...
- Convents--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Mission churches--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Stone walls--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926]
- Stockyard
- View of an unidentified stockyard. Three men stand near a pen with cattle. Railroad cars with "Wabash" inscribed on them are seen in the distance.
- Stockyards--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Oldest house in Santa Fe
- View of a dilapidated adobe house located at 215 E. De Vargas Street, Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The house has vigas and a stone buttress. Shows barrels beside the building, a sheep, and a ladder. This is thought to be the oldest house...
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Building deterioration--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Sheep--New Mexico--1880-1890.
- 1887?
- The oldest house, Santa Fe
- A woman poses in front of a dilapidated adobe house located at 215 E. De Vargas Street, Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The house has vigas, canales (wooden rainspouts) and a stone buttress. This is thought to be the oldest house in the...
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Building deterioration--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1895?]
- Oldest house in the United States, Santa Fe, N.M.
- View of a dilapidated adobe house located at 215 E. De Vargas Street, Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The house has vigas, chimneys and a stone buttress, and is thought to be the oldest house in the city. Shows a woman with a basket on her...
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1890-1910.; Building deterioration--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1905?]
- The oldest house in the United States, Santa Fe, N.M.
- View of an adobe house located at 215 E. De Vargas Street, Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The house has vigas, chimneys and a stone buttress, and is thought to be the oldest house in the city. Shows an adobe out building, a ladder and...
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Building deterioration--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Town Co's Office, Grand Junction
- View of Grand Junction Town & Development Company's first office, on 2nd (Second) and Ute Streets, in Grand Junction, Colorado, with R.D. Mobley and Mrs. Jackson posed in front of the small one-room log cabin with sod roof. A "dress making" sign is...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Wild West Show actors
- A Native American man, possibly Walks-Under-the-Ground, and Kishvardi Makharadze, a Russian Georgian Cossack, both members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose in front of a log cabin with the words "Ranch Home Col. John Nelson Scout"...
- Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Homes & haunts--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Walks-under-the-Ground.; Makharadze, Kishvardi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- More About Morey : vol. XIV no. 3
- Newspaper published by the students at Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Junior high schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1935 December
- The Story of All Saint's Episcopal Parish
- A brief history of the All Saint's Episcopal Parish from 1874 to 1864. Included is a list of all priests who served within the parish for those years.
- All Saint's Episcopal Parish (Denver, Colo.)
- 1964
- Gully Family House
- This photo shows the Gully Family Homestead House in its original location near the present intersection of Chambers Road and Mississippi Avenue in Aurora.The City of Aurora relocated the house in 1983 to the newly opened DeLaney Open Space Area...
- Circa 1925