Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Interior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Interior photograph of the ceiling supports in the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Interior photograph of the wood ceiling and supports in the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Leeman Auto Company building
- Exterior photograph of the Leeman Auto Company building located in Denver, Colorado. The Leeman Auto Company Building was constructed in 1932 with a large addition constructed in 1934. The building is associated with the development of the...
- Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 February
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 8, 1910 February 19
- Izett Sleeper
- View of an automobile customized with the Izett Sleeper, a mattress that folds out in an automobile, in Denver, Colorado. A sign in the automobile reads: "This Car is Equipped with the Izett Sleeper A Handy Arrangement for Fishing and Camping...
- Mattresses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Marcus Show of 1921, Broadway Theatre, Denver
- Panoramic view of part of the 110 member cast of the "Marcus Show of 1921," a musical revue presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women cast members pose in front of the theater and on a checkered...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921, Oct. 5th
- Five mountain lions killed in 3 days by Government hunter Cleve Miller and party
- Probably Cleve Miller sits behind the wheel of an automobile; mountain lion (puma) carcasses lie on the hood and running board of the automobile and are draped over the wheel wells. Shows storefronts and trees and park benches in the small town...
- Puma--Control--1920-1930.; Automobiles--1920-1930.; Hunting--1920-1930.; Pumas--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Railroads, Denver and Rio Grande
- Men watch an automobile drive onto a Denver & Rio Grande railroad car in Colorado; another automobile has a banner: "2nd Sociability Run Oldsmobile Owners Denver to Mesa Verde National Park."
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Oldsmobile automobile--Colorado--1910-1920.; Automobile rallies--Colorado--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- September 3-11, 1917
- Automobile dealership
- View of an automobile dealership at 14th Avenue and Speer Boulevard in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. An automobile is parked nearby. Signs on the building read: "Tom Botterill" and "All Service at New Building."
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Automobile body shop
- Trucks are parked in a row near an automobile body shop in Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building has decorative brickwork and signs that read: "Automobile & Carriage Painting Trimming & Repiring [sic] a Specialty" and "DuPont Duco...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 53, 1911 December 30
- The first automobile in Meeker
- A crowd gathers around the first automobile in town, in front of Meeker Stables, Harp's Livery, Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. The automobile owned by Horace Simpson Harp, partner in the Harp Stage Line that operated between Grand Junction, Rifle,...
- Harp, Horace Simpson--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Livery stables--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- April 12, 1904
- Paige-Detroit automobile with 'Bathing Beauties'
- Women in bathing suits pose on a Paige-Detroit automobile in Denver, Colorado. One woman holds a banner that reads: "Paige".
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Bathing beauties--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Transportation, automobiles, early automobiles
- Crowd gathers around automobile crew who just completed an "Automobile Endurance Run" parked in front of the Platt-Fawcett Motor Co., 1249-1255 Broadway, Denver, Colorado; car is a Jewett Six model made by Paige, with lettering on side: "San...
- Platt-Fawcett Motor Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1924?]
- W[est] 8th Ave & Santa Fe Dr.
- An African American (Black) man prepares to refuel a woman's convertible automobile at the Sinclair filling station at 8th (Eighth) Avenue and Santa Fe in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man sits in his automobile nearby. Signs...
- African Americans--Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Padilla family
- Sixteen members of the Padilla family stand in front of an automobile in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. Shows men, women and children. One man wears a t-shirt that reads: "Colorado State."
- Padilla family--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Families.; Padilla family--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1940?]
- Recreation touring
- View of an automobile parked on the side of a road in the mountains of Colorado. Another automobile is in the distance.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- The first auto in Meeker
- A crowd gathers in front of Meeker Stables, Harp's Livery, around the first automobile in town, Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. The automobile owned by Horace Simpson Harp, partner in the Harp Stage Line that operated between Grand Junction, Rifle,...
- Harp, Horace Simpson--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Livery stables--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Ouray, street parades
- Four women in flowered bonnets sit in the B. P. O. Elks automobile decorated for the Fourth (4th) of July (Independence Day) parade in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A white elk head is mounted on the front of the car; American flags, fabric, and a...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Car Show, authentic costume, 1:00 PM.
- Dale Stanislawski and another man lean on a the back end of an antique automobile during the first Car Club Show in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. They both wear sunglasses; Dale has on a checked cap and suit with wide lapels; he holds a camera....
- Antique and classic cars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Picnicing [sic] in January in Colorado
- Three men picnic next to an early gasoline-powered automobile near dam site for Standley Lake, Colorado; men eat apples and sit on car seat cushions; scene includes blanket, wicker picnic basket, food items, plates, bottles, a spare tire attached...
- Standley Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Standley Lake--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Standley Lake--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--Standley Lake--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- On the Mt. Evans Road
- View of the automobile road in Denver Mountain Park, west of Denver, Colorado; automobile parked on pine tree-lined dirt road; rock formations on tree-covered bluff at horizon.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]
- Vista on Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- Close view of the rear of an automobile parked on a curve of the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado; automobile has 1916 Colorado license plate; "Keep to Right, Blow Horn" warning sign is posted on pine tree trunk.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Bombed car of gambler Leo Barnes
- Night view of the bombed touring automobile of gambler Leo Barnes on a road in Denver, Colorado. Men stand behind the automobile. The plate on the car reads: "40 872 COLO 1928."
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bombings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Crimes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Barnes, Leo, gambler--Associated objects.
- [1936 December 8]
- Accident
- A crowd gathers around an accident between Denver Tramway Company trolley #807 and an automobile in Denver, Colorado. A bloody, dead man lies on the sidewalk; police and reporters view another body on the driver's side of the mangled automobile.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dead persons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Reporters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad accidents--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Auto/drug store accident
- A crowd looks at wreckage of an automobile that crashed into the front of a drugstore, in Denver, Colorado. Awnings lie across the front of the automobile and a bench is overturned. Men help to remove the debris.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Car wreck w/ bodies @ side
- View of a automobile crash scene; men look at the two bodies next to the wrecked automobile.
- Automobiles--1920-1930.; Dead persons--1920-1930.; Spectators--1920-1930.; Traffic accidents--1920-1930.; Victims--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Garage 2221 Stuart
- An automobile is parked near the garage at the Sloans Lake Park caretakers house at 2221 Stuart Street in Denver, Colorado. The automobile has a license plate that reads: "Colorado 1939 1-21294".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sloans Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [1939]
- Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Denver
- President Theodore Roosevelt sits in a horse-drawn buggy as part of a parade on Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Members of the Rough Riders, an automobile, and other horse-drawn buggies follow in the distance. Signs on buildings read: "Cottrell...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--1910-1920.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- 1910, August 29
- Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Denver
- President Theodore Roosevelt sits in a horse-drawn buggy as part of a parade on Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Members of the Rough Riders, an automobile, and other horse-drawn buggies are also in the procession. Signs on buildings read: "Cottrell...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--1910-1920.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- 1910, August 29
- Mrs. White Bull on left
- Two Native American (Sioux) women pose near a horse with a travois and an automobile. One of the women is identified as the wife of White Bull. Both women wear long, dark skirts, belts, and shirts with elk tooth decoration. Painted on the door of...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Automobiles--1900-1920.; Women--1900-1920.; White Bull, Mrs.; White Bull, Joseph, 1849-1947.--Family.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- "Charley" C. M. Wood
- C. M. Wood stands near a right-hand drive automobile parked in front of Frank L. Woodward's residence at 1357 Williams Street in Denver, Colorado. His wife sits in the passenger seat of the convertible automobile.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wood, C. M.; Woodward, Frank Lincoln, 1866-1930.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Coyote pelts
- A dog sits behind the steering wheel of an automobile next to a display of coyote and cougar pelts propped against the bed, wheels and canvas top of a wagon. A saddled horse stands between the automobile and a canvas tent. Rifles stand propped...
- Coyote--Control--1920-1930.; Automobiles--1920-1930.; Coyote hunting--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1927?]
- D&RGW, Carracas, Colo.
- A conductor stands beside a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad train as D&RGW narrow gauge locomotive 473 (2-8-2) approaches Carracas (Archuleta County), Colorado. Train 215 and 216 are both "San Juan" trains. A man stands beside an...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Carracas (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Carracas--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Carracas--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1945 October 8
- Church of Immaculate Conception
- Distant exterior view of Immaculate Conception Cathedral, East Colfax and Logan, Denver, Colorado; shows large residences, crank operated automobile, rear view of automobile parked at curb, horse-drawn van crossing intersection of Colfax and Logan,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 51, 1911 December 16
- The 1907 Thomas Flyer, on its way to win the 1908 New York to Paris round the world race
- View in a snowy Cheyenne, Wyoming, shows four men riding in a 1907 Thomas Flyer during the New York to Paris Round the World Race. This car went on to win the race.
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Automobile racing drivers--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Automobile racing--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Automobile dealership
- View of an automobile dealership at 324 South Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The one-story brick building has decorative brickwork, two garage doors, and signs that read: "Viner Motor Sales Co." and "Chevrolet."
- Viner Motor Sales Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Washington Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]