Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 19, 1909 June 26
- Christianity : a sermon preached in First Congregational Church, Denver, Colorado
- An undated, published sermon given by Reverend Robert Hopkin of the First Congregational Church, in Denver, Colorado.
- Hopkin, Robert.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- Undated
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- 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 March 26
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- 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.)
- 1943 September 30
- Catholic church, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the Catholic Church in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The building is constructed of cinder block with a white stucco exterior. The large steel-framed windows have clear glass. A glass block cross light the stairwell of the...
- San Francisco Church (San Francisco, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; San Francisco Church (San Francisco, Colo.)--2000-2010; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; San...
- 2001
- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2000?
- San Acacio Mission
- View of the San Acacio Mission Church on County Road 15 in Viejo San Acacio Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has 18 inch thick walls and a pitched roof. The structure has thick buttresses and an open bell tower above the entrance. The...
- San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Viejo San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Adobe buildings.; San Acacio Mission (Viejo San Acacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Viejo San...
- 2001?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building has doors and shuttered windows....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. An open bell tower is on the pitched roof. The building's roof creates an overhang...
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1970-1980.; San Francisco (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 1972?
- Morada, San Francisco, Colo.
- View of the Morada in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story adobe structure has a stucco exterior and a pitched roof covered in tar paper. A white wooden cross is hung near the buildings entrance with the initials F.P.D.N.P.J....
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; San Francisco (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Churches.; Adobe buildings.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Moradas--Colorado--San Francisco--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- 2001?
- San Acacio Catholic Church
- View of San Acacio Catholic Church in San Acacio (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe church has buttresses and is surrounded by and adobe wall with a gate. The building has a shingled roof and a shingled bell tower.
- Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; San Acacio (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Catholic churches.; Adobe churches--Colorado--San Acacio--Pictorial works.; Catholic church...
- [2005 April]
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Cities streets street lighting scene working on street light
- An arc-light trimmer poses with a lowered arc lamp on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. His bicycle rests on a nearby utility pole with signs, one of which reads: "Pyle's Pearling". The bridge over Archer Canal is nearby.
- Electric lighting, Arc--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Street lights--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1923]
- Doll
- Shows a Native American (Southern Plains (Ute?)) doll. The head is buckskin with buffalo fur for hair; the body is muslin and is covered with a blue wool dress trimmed with red cotton binding. The sleeves are long with purple stripes; the yoke,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Dolls--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Alpine tunnel
- A view of the Alpine Tunnel, East Portal, on the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway in Chaffee County, Colorado. This is as it appeared on May 25, 1895 while it was being inspected prior to reopening. Railroad ties lie in a pile in front of the...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Alpine Tunnel (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1895 May 25
- Denver & South Park Alpine tunnel opening
- A view of the Alpine Tunnel, East Portal on the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway in Chaffee County, Colorado. This is as it appeared on May 25, 1895 while it was being inspected prior to reopening. Railroad ties lie in a pile in front of the...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Alpine Tunnel (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1895 May 25
- Platoro, Colo.
- Scattered log and tent structures, many under construction, make up the gold mining town of Platoro in the Platoro - Gilmore Mining District, Conejos County, Colorado; shows people in front of residences and stores along the wide center street.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.
- May 31, 1913
- Poster ad from Georgetown Courier
- Copy of an advertisement that appeared in the April 1, 1886 edition of the Georgetown Courier. Ad reads "2d Silver Benefit McClellan Opera House, One Night Only. Saturday Evening, April 3d. The Only and Original Buffalo Bill Hon. W.F. Cody, Late...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1925?]
- Parade entry, Flower Carnival
- Well dressed men and women wearing fedora or flowered hats, carry white parasols and pose in a horse drawn buggy draped in sprigs of sagebrush (artemesia), and other flowers, during the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parades &...
- July 4, 1906
- 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]
- Frederick G. Bonfils Funeral
- A large crowd gathers outside of Frederick G. Bonfils' residence on the day of his funeral. Funeral cars are parked outside of the home. Frederick G. Bonfil's was the editor and publisher of the Denver Post.
- Denver Post--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Capitalists & financiers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper editors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Processions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- February 4, 1933
- Lady in lily pond
- View of a woman sitting by a lily pond, throwing a slice of bread.
- Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills" : Illustrating the one hundred and twenty-first Psalm
- Woman wears a long dress with a shawl over her head and shoulders, her arm around a girl in a long belted dress and sandals. They stand on steps next to a wall in a stone, pueblo like dwelling with mountains in background.
- Women--Israel--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- Matchless Mine
- View of the Matchless Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows a headframe, shop, privy, and shed, tailings, and the home of Baby Doe Tabor.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- 1928, May 24
- Pres[sic] and Reuben[sic] Montoya
- Press (on left) and his brother Ruben Montoya converse in an interior dining room. Ruben and Press Montoya were activists in Fort Lupton that lead the fight against alleged police harassment. Ruben Montoya was in his second term serving as Town...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1970-1980.; Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montoya, Press.; Montoya, Ruben.
- 1971 March 2
- Japanese Chamber of Commerce
- Both photos are of the members of the business inspection committee of the Kyoto, Japan Chamber of Commerce Party. Members in the top image from left to right: Kanbei Kawase, Mitsuzo Honjyo, Kitaro Asozu and Satorn Kasuga. In the bottom image are...
- Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Chambers of commerce--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 July 3
- Shaft houses and gallows-frame Tabor's Matchless Mine Leadville, Colo
- View of the restored headframe and mine building of the Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Mine shafts--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- June, 1941
- Apex, Colo. recreation hall interior, piano on stage
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with square piano and painted backdrop of trees; flanked by arched doorways with steps leading onto stage; wood paneling in...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [May 1957]
- Buena Vista
- Frame dwellings and commercial buildings line Lake Street in Buena Vista, Colorado, and extend into the surrounding area. Peaks of the Collegiate Range are in the background.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Springs visitors
- A woman (identified as Elva Roy, Miss Colorado, 1929) does a back dive off of a platform into the swimming pool at the resort in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. Onlookers surround the pool.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Diving--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1920-1930.
- June 28, 1929
- Upper Creede, Colorado
- People stand on the wood-plank sidewalk and in the unpaved, littered street in the town of Creede, Colorado, (Upper Creede) in Mineral County. The one and two story buildings have clapboard siding, gables, cornices, and false fronts. A street light...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Clayton College, Denver, Colo.
- Boys and staff members pose on the steps of the dining hall at Clayton College at 32nd (Thirty-second) and Colorado Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. The boys wear suits and ties and hold their hats. An arrow points to Angus (A.E.) Gowans, the first...
- Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Orphans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Teachout's Ranch
- A view of Teachout's Ranch near Edgerton, Colorado, includes a two-story gable-roofed building with a porch with Victorian decorative woodwork, and a smaller building nearby; numerous people stand near a board fence in front, including a seated...
- Edgerton (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.; People--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.; Ranches--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1878?]
- Brown Palace Hotel, Denver
- The Brown Palace was built on a triangle of land between Broadway, Tremont and 17th streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, in 1892 by Denver real estate developer Henry C. Brown, Maxcy Tabor (son of Horace Tabor) and Bill Bush, manager of the...
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street lights--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Chief Geronimo
- Apache Chief Geronimo poses for a half-length portrait. He is wearing a feather headdress and a buckskin shirt with tassles. He holds a pistol in his right hand. A pile of hay is directly behind where he sits. Geronimo appeared in Colonel Cummin's...
- Apache Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Sitting Bull wears a long, feather headdress and a buckskin shirt. Cody wears a wide-brimmed, Stetson hat, a shirt embroidered with...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry. Sitting Bull wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull
- Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull poses for a bust portrait while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears his hair in braids with fur wrapped around their ends and has an embroidered sash across his chest. A scarf is pinned around his...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull
- Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull poses for a bust portrait while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears his hair in braids with fur wrapped around their ends and has an embroidered sash across his chest. A scarf is pinned around his...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull
- Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull poses for a half-length portrait while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a feather headdress and has his hair in braids with fur wrapped around their ends. He also has an embroidered sash across...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Sitting Bull & Buffalo Bill
- Hand-colored postcard of full-length studio portrait of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull. Image is a copy of original photograph by W. Notman in Montreal in 1885 and later copyrighted by D.F. Barry....
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1885?]
- Cavalry maze
- A man, probably an announcer, sits on a wood platform in an arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Numerous horseback riders representing different nationalities perform a cavalry maze in...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horse shows.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- WHJ as he reached Salt Lake in the fall of 1866
- Portrait of William Henry Jackson as he appeared upon his arrival in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a season as a bullwhacker on the Overland Trails. He is dressed in a ragged hat, coat and pants. He has on high boots and holds a bullwhip. Lettering...
- Bullockies--1860-1870.; Photographers--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.; Whips--1860-1870.; Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- [Cartoon] [art original].
- Text on cartoon: Stadium tax, victory, a quieter but more enduring victory here, library bond win.
- Political cartoons.; Drawing, American.; Pen drawing, American.
- 1990
- Arapahoe County courthouse Littleton, Colorado.
- View of the addition on the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Littleton, Colorado, shows the modern three-story brick building with the domed cupola of the 1908 courthouse behind it. A row of automobiles park in the lot in front of the building, Denver...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.
- August 1, 1964
- The Aeronaut of South Denver High School: 1920
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1920.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1920
- South Broadway Church interior
- This is a recent photo of the South Broadway sanctuary, ca. 2010-2012, after the completion of the chancel and organ restorations. The sanctuary is almost exactly as it would have appeared at the first service in the building in 1892. The South...
- 2010-2012
- Ghost Building
- Exterior photograph of the renovation of the Ghost Building located in Denver, Colorado. Scaffolding surrounds the bottom floor of the building, the bottom windows have been removed, and the interior of the building can be seen. The design of the...
- Ghost building (Denver, Colo.); Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Ghost Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ghost Building located in Denver, Colorado. The design of the 1889 Richardsonian Romanesque style three-story building is attributed to William Lang, one of Denver's most prolific residential architects of the late 19th...
- Ghost building (Denver, Colo.); Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Ghost Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ghost Building located in Denver, Colorado. The design of the 1889 Richardsonian Romanesque style three-story building is attributed to William Lang, one of Denver's most prolific residential architects of the late 19th...
- Ghost building (Denver, Colo.); Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
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