Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rio Grande style blanket and beater
- View of a hand-woven Rio Grande style blanket made at a WPA sponsored weaving project in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a multi colored striped blanket and two chain rug beaters with wooden handles.
- Hispanic Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Arts & crafts--1940-1950.; Blankets.; Tools.; Blankets--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- WPA railroad at Lowry
- View of railroad tracks under construction by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) from the Union Pacific Railroad line to Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad construction workers near the...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1941 May 27
- WPA workers in Coal Creek Canyon
- Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers in overalls or jeans, gloves, and hats hold shovels and walk in the flood damaged creek bed in Coal Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows flood debris, sand and the eroded edges of Coal Creek.
- United States. Works Progress Administration of Colorado--1930-1940.; Coal Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Laborers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...
- 1938 Sept. 6
- Monument Lake Lodge
- Exterior view of a Pueblo style guest lodge at Monument Lake, thirty eight miles west of Trinidad, Colorado. This split level structure is built on a hillside and has three floors built in steps with terraces on the lower roofs. Built of adobe,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lodges--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Pueblos--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1938?]
- Soldiers and tracks at Lowry Field
- Men in uniform march in formation on a dirt road at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA), an airplane hangar that reads "[U].S....
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military...
- [1941?]
- Railroad construction at Lowry
- Work Projects Administration (WPA) railroad construction workers in overalls and fedoras use a hammers and a crowbar to install rails at a switch on railroad tracks near Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado....
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Crowbars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction...
- 1941 May 27
- Road crew, Costilla County
- Hispanic American men. employed on a WPA road project, pose near a tractor and a road grader on a dirt road probably in Costilla County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and broad brimmed hats. The man who stands on the road grader is...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dirt roads.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery); Laborers.; Road construction.; Tracklaying vehicles.; Gallegos, Diego Antonio--Pictorial works.; Blue...
- [1935?]
- Clearing away the heavy debris from parkways
- A WPA work crew load tree branches and limbs onto a truck for removal from a Denver, Colorado street. The truck's license plate reads: "WPA 597 33T99."
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Train at Lowry
- A soldier stands on a wooden platform in front of Union Pacific Railroad locomotive "451" and Denver and a Rio Grande Western freight car on tracks built by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.
- 1941 May 27
- Western History Subject Index
- Pueblo, Colorado. Parks
- Morrison flood
- In Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, men in trenchcoats and fedoras shovel mud into a dump truck after a flood. Its bed is backed into the entry of a store; the awning and signs read: "Soda-Drugs Store," and "Kodaks Groceries." Lettering on the...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Auditorium, Loveland
- A man adresses the audience from beside a lectern on stage of the auditorium, Loveland Community Building, Colorado. The stage is full of men in suits with a orchestra seated behind them. An American flag is above them on the back curtain drop....
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Interiors.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Auditorium, Loveland, CO
- Interior auditorium view, Loveland Community Building, Colorado, includes a men on a stage with an American flag on the back curtain drop. Two flower arrangements and "USA Work Program, WPA" signs are on the edge of the stage. The audience in floor...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Interiors.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Auditorium, Loveland
- A woman with a corsage stands at a lectern on stage of the auditorium, Loveland Community Building, Colorado. The stage is full of men in suits with a orchestra seated behind them. An American flag is above them on the back curtain drop. Two...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Aspen 1930's ski course construction
- Two women skiers in Aspen, Colorado stand at the top of the ski hill facing downwards. Both women wear trousers, light jackets and scarves on their head. Trees are on either side of the ski slope, and the town is at the base of the hill.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Skiing--Colorado--Aspen--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Tow line construction, Aspen
- View of six people sitting across from one another on a boat tow as it is dragged up Aspen Mountain, Aspen, Colorado; shows vehicle tracks in the snow, snow covered landscape, and bare trees along the path; Aspen house rooftops at the bottom of the...
- Ski lifts--Colorado--Aspen--1930-1940.; Aspen (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Delta, Colorado
- A WPA painting in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County features a farmer on a green tractor in a field of half-cut wheat. A man with a dog is in the middle of the cut field. A farmhouse and barn are in the background.
- Delta (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Art--1980-1990.; Farmers--Colorado--Delta--1980-1990.; Tractors--Colorado--Delta--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Delta, Colorado
- A WPA painting in the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County, includes a farmer on a green tractor in a field of half-cut wheat. A man and dog are in the middle of the field. A farmhouse and barn are in the background.
- Delta (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Art--1980-1990.; Farmers--Colorado--Delta--1980-1990.; Tractors--Colorado--Delta--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Colorado Museum of Natural History workers
- Young men sit at a table and carve wax figurines for an exhibit at the Colorado Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado; a hot plate and tools are on the table.
- United States. Work Projects Administration--People--1930-1940.; Colorado Museum of Natural History--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Figurines--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- Mayor Stapleton at microphone, Gov. Vivian seated behind mayor
- African American and white men and women stand and sit by Mayor Benjamin Stapleton and Governor John Vivian at an armed forces service center in Denver, Colorado. They stand by United States flags and bass drums with letters: "Forty & Eight Drum...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Drum and bugle corps--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1943 and 1945?]
- Armed forces service centers
- African American soldiers in uniform and women laugh as they stand near, or sit on, a piano at a W.P.A. armed forces center in Denver, Colorado. The women wear dresses, one has on strap heeled shoes.
- United States. Army.--People.; United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Sculptor
- A man models clay probably in Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Modeling (sculpture)--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sculptors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1944?]
- Railroad being constructed
- Men in overalls push a handcar on tracks under construction by the Work Projects Administration at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Construction workers are on tracks in the distance. Shows a railroad...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1941 May 27
- Lowry Field railroad
- View of a dedication ceremony with men in military uniforms, or suits and overcoats, at Lowry Army Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The men watch an officer hammer a spike into railroad tracks constructed by the...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dedications--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Lowry Air Force Base--1940-1950.; Military...
- [1941?]
- Railroad construction at Lowry
- Work Projects Administration (WPA) railroad construction workers in overalls and fedoras stand on rails at a switch on railroad tracks near Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A construction crane hoists...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- [1941]
- Man on railroad bridge near Lowry
- A man in a suit stands on a wooden railroad bridge and track constructed by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) over an irrigation ditch near Lowry Air Force Base in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows telephone lines beside...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Irrigation canals & flumes--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1941 May 27
- Building constructed on park improvement project, City of Pueblo, Colorado 1939
- This one-story, flat roofed park maintainance building in Pueblo, Colorado, is of pale, random stone with dark grout. Windows and doors are in the walls, which have stepped tops. A 30's car is in the background, and a sign reads: "USA Work Program...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Camp Roosevelt - Boy Scout Overnight Cabin - Located in S.W. Corner, Pueblo, City Park. Used for overnight and week-end camp for Scout Troops of Pueblo District.
- Boy Scout overnight cabin in Pueblo, Colorado, is a one-story, random ashlar stone building. Vigas follow the walls which are sloped and narrower at the top. A ladder and sawhorse are in the dirt yard, and bare trees are in the foreground. Sign...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boy scouts--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camping--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Camp Roosevelt - Boy Scout Overnight Cabin - City Park Pueblo, Colorado
- Boy Scout overnight cabin in Pueblo, Colorado, is a one-story, random ashlar stone building. Vigas follow the walls which are sloped and narrower at the top. The projecting fireplace and chimney follow the same angles. Windows flank the fireplace,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boy scouts--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camping--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Victor, residences
- Exterior rear view of four residences on a slope, Victor, Colorado; four rectangular wooden frame residences, horizontal plank, two two-story with high gable roof, single chimneys offset right; third with mansard roof and cast iron cresting; fourth...
- Victor (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Gunnison Post Office painting
- Interior view of the Gunnison Post Office, Colorado includes: the WPA painting "Wealth of the West," by Ila McAfee Turner. The painting depicts a cattle drive with two cowboys, a miner gold panning in a river as a burro stands by loaded with his...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1980]
- Gunnison Post Office
- Copy of a WPA painting "Wealth of the West," by Ila McAfee Turner in the Gunnison Post Office, Colorado; depicts a cattle drive with two cowboys, a miner gold panning in a river as a burro stands by with his supplies, a fisherman fishes in the...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Stamping paper sacks used in packaging bulk commodities for distribution to Colorado relief families.
- A woman in a white uniform and a white cap that reads: "First Aid," sits at a table and stamps paper sacks for surplus commodities at the State Grocery Warehouse at 1535 13th (Thirteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Piles of paper bags, an ink pad...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1950.; Public service employment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Surplus commodities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Marvin Martin sculptures for Boulder H. S.
- Gog and May Gog, sculptures at the 1937 High School in Boulder, Colorado, top louvered windows. The male holds blocks on his shoulders, and the female holds vegetal elements. In the bulbous, "proletariat" style of the WPA era, these works of...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architectural sculpture--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1940?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Bridges; -Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Monument Creek, Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Lamar, Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Stratton, Colorado
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts
- View of the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts, San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a modified Territorial design with vigas and stepped pediments. The building has a two story central core with two wings and entrances covered with...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts...
- [1953]
- Entry Arch, Delta County Fair Grounds, Colo.
- View of the Delta County Fair Grounds entry arch located in Hotchkiss, Delta County, CO. The arch consists of two stone pillars made from local stone, with decorative plaques reading "Established 1919" on the left pillar and "Erected 1938" on...
- Delta County Fair Grounds (Hotchkiss, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotchkiss (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Memorial arches--Colorado--Hotchkiss--Pictorial works; Memorial arches--Colorado--Hotchkiss--2010-2020; Delta County Fair Grounds (Hotchkiss, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2011
- María Salomé Córdova spinning wool
- Hispanic American María Salomé Córdova sits in a chair and spins yarn in her yard in Hoehne (Las Animas County), Colorado. She holds a wood spindle in one hand and the wool in the other. The spindle rests in a wood bowl in her lap. The...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Weavers.; Women.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Sand painting
- Native American (Navajo) sand painting with abstract figures and geometric patterns.
- Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1930-1940.; Sandpaintings--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1933]
- Matchless Mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin near the headframe of the Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Matchless Mine
- View of the abandoned headframe and other buildings of the Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Mine shafts--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Typical miner's cabin
- A woman and a young girl pose near a log cabin on a snow dusted landscape as a man driving a wagon approaches in the background, Colorado. The cabin has a plank front with timber walls and roof.
- Girls--Colorado--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Colorado--1870-1880.; Mothers--Colorado--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Cutting gauze at Colorado General Hospital
- A Work Projects Administration (W.P.A) worker uses a power saw to cut gauze into strips in a room at Colorado General Hospital, University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a white shirt and has his sleeves rolled up to...
- United States. Work Projects Administration--People--1940-1950.; Colorado General Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gauze--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1942 September
- Edgewater, Colorado, city hall
- A two-story stuccoed building in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado, includes the fire department, the town hall, and the library. The building was completed with WPA funds. Letters on the facade read, "Fire Dept. No. 12," over a garage door;...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1930-1940.; City & town halls--Colorado--Edgewater--1930-1940.; Fire stations--Colorado--Edgewater--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Edgewater--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Two leaders in the establishment of the soldiers recreational center
- An African American man, in a U.S. Army uniform, and a woman, in a dress and hat, play ping pong at a soldiers recreational center in Denver, Colorado; Andrew Hester, W.P.A. Recreation Director and County Judge C. Edgar Kettering, and soldiers look...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Judges--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Table...
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Views at Fort Caspar dedication
- People sit in the shade during a dedication ceremony at Fort Caspar in Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming. Cars are by the log buildings; a water tower is in the distance.
- Fort Caspar (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Wyoming--Casper--1930-1940.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Casper--1930-1940.; Historic sites--Wyoming--Casper--1930-1940.; Spectators--Wyoming--Casper--1930-1940.
- 1936 July 26
- Found in excavating at Ft Casper [i.e. Caspar]
- View of artifacts found at Fort Caspar in Casper (Natrona County), Wyoming. Shows harness and farrier's tools including a fish plate (from a freighter wagon), a hame and short tug, an axe, a coupling iron, a spoon, a glue pot, a yoke iron, part of...
- Fort Caspar (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Archaeology--Colorado--Fort Caspar--1930-1940.; Equipment--Colorado--Fort Caspar--1930-1940.
- 1936 March 23