Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Dr. Clarence F. Holmes Oral History
- Cine Art Theater
- View of the Cine Art Theater at 1912 South Broadway in the Platt Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick, Spanish revival style commercial building with rock veneer on the facade and side elevation. The flat roof has a shaped parapet...
- Cine Art Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Kitty's Cine-Art (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Marquees.; Motion picture theaters.; Cine Art Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- Rifle - butcher shop
- Interior view of a butcher shop in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; men, girls, and a toddler pose by sides of beef, pig meat, a scale, a block, and taxidermic deer and antelope heads.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle Drug
- Interior view of a pharmacy in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; wire stools and chairs are on a tile floor by a soda fountain, mirrors, apothecary bottles, a coffee machine, and display cases. Lamps have leaded glass shades; a clock tops shelves...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hampson Bros. Valdez
- Interior view of Hampson Bros. & Valdez, a grocery store in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; men pose by cuts of meat, a "Toledo" scale, and merchandise including crackers and lard tins. Bunting, paper bells, and saws hang from the ceiling.
- Hampson Bros. & Valdez (Rifle, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hampson Bros. & Valdez
- Teenage boys and girls pose on a horse drawn float in front of the Hampson Bros. & Valdez grocery store in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado, with a cash register, glass display case, United States flags, a banner: "Hampson Bros & Valdez," and...
- Hampson Bros. & Valdez (Rifle, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Power electrical stringing wires on old Alameda Street [sic]
- Workmen install electrical wires on utility poles for street lights on Alameda Avenue near a bridge over Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. The Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Operator's first aid room - 1421 Champa
- Interior view at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange first aid room in Denver, Colorado; shows nurses by a woman in a wheelchair.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Infirmaries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921, January
- Gallup Office
- View of Colorado Telephone Company offices on Gallup (later Zuni) Street in the Highland Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; the building has a cornice and an arched entry. Brick shows second story addition; houses are to the side.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1910
- South Office - 25 W. Bayaud
- View of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company offices on Bayaud Street in the Baker Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; the brick building has a cornice and false columns.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Removing poles - lower 15th St, Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; men work with Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company poles by office buildings with signs: "The M. J. O'Fallon Supply Company," and "Balke-Collender Co."
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Cities streets street lighting installing lights on Alameda
- Workmen install electric lamps on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. A bicycle is propped up against the utility pole. The Alameda Avenue subway and a horse-drawn buggy are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street lights--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Construction scene crew working near bridge (streetcar crossing)
- Workmen pour concrete into forms for a gutter near the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado. Denver City Tramway Company trolley car number 361 is nearby.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Concrete--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street...
- [1910]
- Industries construction pipe laying scene on S. Lipan St.
- Workmen dig a ditch and hammer wooden supports into the ground to lay pipe at a construction site near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. A crane with a digging attachment is nearby on temporary railroad tracks. Industrial buildings are in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Colorado Midland RR excursion train
- A group of tourists from a Colorado Midland Railway Company excursion train stand and sit on a grassy slope along a stop on their route. The passengers are dressed in their best. The women wear long dresses and hats and the men wear suits, vests,...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 July 17
- Recreation picnic
- Outdoor portrait of men, women, and children as they picnic at a table, possibly in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The women wear hats decorated with feathers and ribbons. A box on the table reads: "Little Darlings".
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Industries construction excavation probably Alameda subway
- Workmen work with shovels and sledgehammers at the Alameda Avenue underpass in Denver, Colorado. Other workers nearby grade an access road with horse-drawn graders.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Railroads Colo & So. crane working on new bridge over Alameda
- A Colorado and Southern (C&S) Railway railroad crane hoists a metal barrier for a bridge on the tracks over the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Spectators are nearby. The side of the crane reads: "Wrecking Crane C&S...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting...
- [1909]
- Transportation wagons horse-drawn wagon two men
- Two men pose on a loaded horse-drawn wagon on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. A bridge over the South Platte River is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Trinidad
- View across Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, shows dwellings, businesses and Fishers Peak in the background.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cheeseman [sic] Park, Denver
- View from Cheesman Park's dirt road loop towards substantial brick residences along park boundary, Denver, Colorado; trees, lawn, shrubs.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915]
- City waterworks, Akron, Colo.
- View of two-story native stone structure with a windmill on its hipped roof and a tall cylindrical water tank (standpipe) in Akron, Washington County, Colorado. Building once housed city offices, jail, and the water well. Windmill and watertank no...
- Akron (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Akron--1880-1900.; Windmills--Colorado--Akron--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- Grocery store interior
- Interior view of a grocery store in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a woman, cash register, display cases, labels and signs: "Solitaire Grape Juice," "Rice's Seeds," and "Supreme Soda Crackers."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- Toras Chayim Yeshiva, Denver
- View of the Toras Chayim Yeshiva, a Jewish school building, at 1400 Quitman Street in the Barnum West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two story brick building has a garden level, a flat roof, a course of dark and light bricks, a fire escape...
- Toras Chayim Yeshiva (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Mikveh--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Yeshivas--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Barnum West (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.;...
- 1984 July
- 1333 Pennsylvania St., Denver
- View of the three story Molly Brown Apartments at 1333 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has a flat facade and a roof with corbiestep details and a short, projecting tile roof. An awning above...
- Molly Brown Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1980 September
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, S-Z
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, L-R
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 6, 1919 June
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, A-D
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, E-K
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- Leggings
- A pair of buckskin leggings that belonged to Chipeta. They are decorated with geometric designs in multicolored beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Leggings--1875-1915.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Saddle bag
- A saddle bag (Native American Ute Indian) used by Chipeta who died in 1924. The saddle bag is made of buckskin cut into a rectangular shape. It has a canvas backing that is edged with brass studs, wool trim and fringe. It is decorated with zigzag,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Saddlebags--1870-1920.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Vest
- A Native American (Ute) beaded vest worn by Buckskin Charley. The vest is made of buckskin which is entirely covered with multicolor beadwork in designs of stylized American flags and geometric shapes on a white background. The interior of the vest...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Vests--1900-1930.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Associated objects.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Van Cleave & Harvey, Plumbers
- Men pose on a wagon in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado, with a toilet, sink, bathtub, bunting, United States flags, and a banner: "Van.Cleave & Harvey Plumbers."
- Van.Cleave & Harvey Plumbers (Rifle, Colo.)--People--1900-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Plumbers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Plumbing fixtures--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man (bust) who wears a dark colored suit jacket, a vest, a shirt and a bow tie. The man has a moustache and parts his hair.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Cliff House-Manitou
- View of the Cliff House and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The Pavilion is a cross gabled structure with ridgecresting, a cupola, and lattice work in the form of sunbursts in the gables of the open east end. It has a knee-high...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Iron Springs, 405
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Springs Chateau, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The lower level of the west end of this building has a stone arcaded patio, topped by an enclosed, frame second floor with hipped gable roof and a sign...
- Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main Street, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View west of downtown Silver Plume, Colorado, shows a crowded street with most of the people looking east. Many of them are on horses or burros, some are on carriages, and one man is on a bicycle. A saloon is on the south side of the street; coffee...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Old C. and S. railroad pavilion - Silver Plume, Colo.
- The pavilion at Silver Plume, Colorado, was used by the Argentine Central Railroad as a waiting area for tourists taking the ride to the top of Mt. McClellan. The building has a hipped roof, rectangular shape, one story, and arched windows and...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Advertisements--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Pavilions--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1938 and 1950]
- New Windsor Hotel, Silver Plume
- The New Windsor Hotel is in Silver Plume, Colorado. Prior to being the New Windsor Hotel (1902), this property was the Windsor Hotel, both of which were owned and operated by the Lampshire family. The New Windsor hotel features two stories, a...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; New Windsor Hotel (Silver Plume, Colo.)
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- Eldorado Springs bird's-eye view
- The bird's-eye view of the resort in Eldorado Springs, Colorado, shows the two swimming pools, South Boulder Creek, Crazy Staircases, and the cottages that were available for rent. People are gathered around the pool to watch swimmers and divers.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Resorts--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1909]
- The Santa Fe depot in Littleton, CO. prior to its remodeling into the Depot Art Center
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad depot, Littleton, Colorado, shows the weathered station with peeling paint and broken windows. Railroad tracks are behind the station. Later renovated and used by the Depot Art Center.
- Littleton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Littleton--1970-1980.
- September 3, 1972
- Morrison from Rocky Point
- Passing through Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, are an engine, freight and passenger coach of the Colorado and Southern Railroad. A two-story, cross gabled residence with an open porch is to the side, and the three-story stone hotel (built by...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- Map of the town of Basalt
- Reproduction of map; shows Basalt, Eagle County, Colorado, with street names, lot numbers, water mains, "G. Lucksinger," the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan Rivers.
- Basalt (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Fishers Peak
- View of Fishers Peak, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, shows the mesa with snow and scrub on its slopes.
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Meeker, Colorado; the old Paradice [sic] mine owned by the Fairfield family
- View shows the Fairfield family, of Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado, and owners of the Paradise mine, on a picnic outing. The men and women are gathered under a trestle with their horse-drawn carriages and dog.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Open pit mining comes to Butte - to stay
- View inside the Berkeley copper open pit mine, Silver Bow County, Montana. Shows Steam shovels and trucks.
- Berkeley Pit (Silver Bow County, Mont.)--1950-1960.; Silver Bow County (Mont.)--1950-1960.; Copper mining--Montana--Silver Bow County--Butte--1950-1960.; Mining--Montana--Silver Bow County--Butte--1950-1960.; Steam shovels--Montana--Silver Bow...
- October 27, 1957
- The Pioneer Quartz Mill, first to the Hills, a pulverizer
- Men pose near an ore pulverizer at the Pioneer Quartz mill, South Dakota. A denuded hill is in the background; cut lumber is near the machine.
- Lawrence County (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Milling machines--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1870-1880.; Mills--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1870-1880.; Mining--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1870-1880.
- September, 1876
- Hidden Treasure mine
- View shows roughly built log and wooden mining buildings of the Hidden Treasure mine at the base of a denuded hill, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
- Mine buildings--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1870-1880.; Hidden Treasure Mine (Lawrence County, S.D.)--1870-1880.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Mining--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Yellow Dog
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Crow) man, identified as Yellow Dog. He wears a loose shirt, various types of necklaces including a hair pipe choker and one with bells and a pendant, earrings, strips of fur binding his braids, arm...
- Crow Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Yellow Dog, Crow Indian.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]