Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Della Marie Lovato
- Studio portrait of baby Della Marie Lovato of Trinidad (Las Animas Couty), Colorado. She sits in a large wicker chair and wears a loose fitting dress and a large bow in her hair.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Girls.; Infants.; Lovato, Della Marie, 1910-2005--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Trinidad--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1911?]
- Arthur L. Campa, parents and siblings
- Group studio portrait the Campa family. They are identified as Delfina Lopez de Campa, Daniel Campa, David Campa, Armida Campa, and Arthur L. Campa. Arthur L. Campa, later became a renowned scholar, historian and professor of cultural anthropology...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Families.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Family--Pictorial works.; Campa family--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1909?]
- Greenbriar Inn
- View of the entrance of the Greenbriar Inn (1873) at 8735 North Foothills Highway in Boulder, Colorado. The one story fieldstone restaurant has blue clapboard around the entrance. A carved wood sign on the building reads: "Greenbriar Inn."
- Greenbriar Inn (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Greenbriar Inn (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.; Boulder (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1918 May
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 8 and 8, 1929 July-August
- Gothic from hill at N. end
- Two men walk down a dirt road in the town of Gothic (Gunnison County), Colorado. Abandoned frame houses and out buildings are on either side of the road. Mount Crested Butte is in the distance. The town became the Rocky Mountain Biological...
- Gothic (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Gothic--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Grand Canon of the Colorado
- View of rock formations from an overlook in the Grand Canyon in what became Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1890.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Grand Canon of the Colorado
- Panoramic view of the sandstone canyons of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in what became Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows vegetation on rock layers, steep slopes, and eroded rock walls and mesas in the distance.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Four pistols
- Four pistols descriptions follow images from right to left. The first pistol was made by H. Aston & Co. from Middletown, Connecticut; U.S. Arsenal. The percussion pistol (US model 1842, military cap lock pistol) is single shot made from walnut with...
- Handguns--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1875]
- Close-up of petrified log
- A close up view of a petrified log in the Petrified Forest National Monument in Arizona. The monument later became a national park in 1962.
- Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1920.; Petrified wood--Arizona--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Williams Canon
- View of a natural amphitheater and the steep walls of Williams Canyon, north of Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Signs on a wood frame building read "Cave Trail" and "Cave Open", a reference to what later became Cave of the Winds. Shows...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Early day grocery store at Lyons, Colo
- Interior view of a grocery store, Lyons, Colorado, operated by Major Small, far left, next to him is a small boy, Harry St. Clair, and other men unidentified. They pose a dog on a chair with a hat on its head and a pipe in its mouth. Merchandise...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Interiors.; Small, Major.; St. Clair, Harry.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Kermack cabin, Magnolia, Colorado
- A woman sits in a folding wood and canvas chair with a child and a dog, on the porch of the Kermack cabin, Magnolia, Boulder County, Colorado. The L-shape wood frame cabin has intersecting gables, two screen doors, corrugated metal roof and...
- Magnolia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children--Colorado--Magnolia--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Magnolia--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1911]
- Portrait of Louis Wyman
- Studio portrait of Louis Wyman, of Silverton, Colorado. This head and shoulder image shows Wyman at about 35 years of age, in a buttoned corduroy jacket. He has a moustache, close cropped hair, and a striped silk cravat. Wyman was a freighter in...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wyman, Louis.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Doc Susie headed for college at Cripple Creek home
- Susan Anderson, at age 23, (1870-1960) stands outside her log cabin in Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Two men sit on log stumps next to neatly stacked split firewood. An ax is in a large log on cross stands. Susan graduated from medical...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Physicians--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1893?
- In my fighting clothes
- Standing portrait of Nat Love, in front of a painted studio backdrop. A Black cowboy, also known as Dead Wood Dick for his shooting abilities, later became a Pullman porter. He wears long hair, a wide brim hat, leather chaps, bullet (ammo) belt and...
- African Americans--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Railroad porters--1890-1900.; Love, Nat.
- [between 1894 and 1899]
- Pajarito Park
- A Native American man stands next to a tuff cliffside with eroded holes enlarged by ancestral Pueblo Indians for dwellings and ceremonial spaces, Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico; became Bandelier National Monument in 1916.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Pajarito Plateau (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Pueblo...
- [between 1900 and 1916?]
- Pajarito Park
- View of cliffs formed of volcanic tuff deposits, Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico. Area became Bandelier National Monument in 1916.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Pajarito Plateau (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Volcanic rock--New Mexico--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1916?]
- Grand Tetons
- View across meadow and evergreens to the jagged peaks of the Grand Tetons, Wyoming; became Grand Teton National Park in 1929.
- Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1910-1930.; Meadows--Wyoming--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Louise Jeanette Bulkley
- Wedding portrait of Louise Jeanette Bulkley wearing a high collared gown, flowered hat, lace, and organdy.
- Wedding costume--1900-1910.; Bulkley, Louise Jeanette.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Bedrooms in the noted "Palace of Pleasure", the Homestead
- Interior view of second-story bedroom of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district operated for nearly 20 years until closed in 1916; later became a residence...
- Old Homestead ( Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums-- Colorado--Cripple Creek.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1969?]
- Street scene Nevadaville Colo
- Main Street, looking east, is flanked by businesses and residences in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. Brick commercial buildings have arched windows; the City Hall/Fire Department has a frame bell tower. The cottage-roofed house is the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Colorado Portland Cement Co.
- View of the Colorado Portland Cement Company, Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, with smokestacks, monitor roof and signs: "The Colorado Portland Cement Co. Manufacturers of Ideal Cement Lime & Plaster" and "Ideal Cement & Plaster Colorado...
- Portland Cement Plant (Portland, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Portland (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cement industries--Colorado--Portland--1920-1930.
- [between 1924 and 1930?]
- Platoro, Conejos County, Colo.
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado, includes log cabins, Platoro Hotel in canvas tents, sheds, saddled horses, people in front of the general store with United States flag, and Red Mountain in the background.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- The Old Homestead one of the few buildings left on Myers Ave.
- Exterior view of Herman Conrow's residence, formerly the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this prominent "parlor or sporting" house operated for nearly 20 years then became a private residence until it reopened in...
- Conrow, Herman--Homes & haunts.; Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- School at Petersburg, Colo
- Children holding hats, lunch pails and baskets pose with their teachers in front of a frame schoolhouse, Petersburg (later became Englewood), Arapahoe County, Colorado. The schoolhouse has double hung windows, shutters, doors with transoms, a...
- Petersburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Old Homestead, elegant parlor house of goldrush [sic] days, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior view of Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence for many years until reopened in 1950's as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [1969 September 16]
- The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek, parlor
- Interior view of refurbished parlor of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor" or "sporting" house of red-light district that operated for twenty years and later became a residence until it reopened...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Saints John, Colorado
- Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, consists of frame sheds, mining facilities, and a flume. Originally called Coleyville, this settlement became a company town of the Boston Mining Company. It was unusual for having a library but no saloons.
- Boston Mining Company--1880-1890.; Saints John (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Flumes--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- School at Willard, Colorado
- Students and faculty pose outside the Willard, Logan County, Colorado, school. They are, "l to r, back row: Elbert Coats (principal) Bernice Cannon, Trellis Pickle, Edna Brown, Rachel Clark, Lula Flint, Beulah Pickle, Helen (Cannon), Hazel Solders...
- Willard (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Willard--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Willard--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Ernest Apel farm, covers much of present town, W. 45th & Wadsworth
- Men and women pose on Ernest Apel's farm, land that later became Wheat Ridge, West Forty-fifth and Wadsworth, Jefferson County, Colorado. A man stands behind a horse-drawn plow; a woman holds a basket. Agricultural fields show in background.
- Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1890-1900.; Plowing--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1890-1900.; Plows--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Fremont, Cripple Creek Dist.
- View of Bennett Avenue, Fremont, Colorado, July 14, 1892, prior to incorporation of town and area as Cripple Creek, Colorado; view includes canvas tent with wooden frame, and one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings (some with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fremont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Gaming room of Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of refurbished gaming room of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated until 1916 and later became a residence until reopened as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Gambling--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Homestead dining room, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of refurbished dining room of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor" or "sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years; it later became a residence and...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Homestead House, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Homestead House, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated for twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; man and...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- The inevitable "parlor" where girls entertained in elegant splendor
- Interior view of refurbished parlor of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated until 1916 and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 September 16
- The Old Homestead of Pearl de Vere, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of a refurbished bedroom of the Old Homestead, 357 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district once operated by Madame Pearl de Vere in 1916 for nearly 20 years, later...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Old Homestead
- Interior view of refurbished bedroom of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" (1916) house of red-light district that operated for nearly 20 years and later became a residence until...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of refurbished second-floor bedroom of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor" or "sporting" house of red-light district that later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house in red-light district that operated for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Irwin
- A monument in the Irwin, Gunnison County, Colorado, cemetery reads: "The bright promise of Ruby Silver drew 5000 people to this area in 1879, from as far as England and Scotland. Irwin became a ghost town when silver was demonetized in 1884. This...
- Irwin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Irwin--1960-1970.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Irwin--1960-1970.
- 1964
- C.D. Hoyt's residence on Rio Grande, 1885, Gov. A.C. Hunt's residence in 1878, Alamosa
- Alexander Cameron Hunt's residence is across the calm surface of the Rio Grande river in Alamosa, Colorado. Hunt was the Republican Governor of the Colorado Territory from 1867-1869. Originally the residence of District Judge C.D. Hoyt, until 1878,...
- Hoyt, C. D.--Homes & haunts.; Hunt, Alexander Cameron 1825-1894.--Homes & haunts.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887]
- Central City new school house, 1901
- The new, three and one-half story Central City Clark School, built in 1901 for the elementary grades, has a hipped roof, a front dormer window, and rectangular windows with decorative brickwork over the top. Steps lead to the entrance on the side...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- 1901
- First building in Colorado Springs
- A man with a cane and a dog sit outside the front door of the Log Cabin, a restaurant, one of the first buildings built in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. It became the station restaurant when the Denver and Rio Grande railway came...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1880.; Log Cabin (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Colorado...
- July 1871
- Stone school house, 1901
- The granite Central City school was completed in 1870 and was one of the oldest permanent school buildings in Colorado. It has a flat roof with four chimneys, a cornice, tall, narrow arched windows with decorative brickwork, wide, overhanging...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Bank of Alamosa, Colo. 6th & Hunt, ca. 1890
- Alamosa, Colorado's first bank is on the corner of 6th (Sixth) and Hunt Streets. The building later became the First National Bank, then the Rio Grande Hotel. The two-story brick corner building has a corbeled cornice, large pane windows with...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Denver Police Chief and his horse
- Denver, Colorado, Police Chief Washington A. Rinker poses in full uniform as he stands next to his horse. Rinker became Chief of Police for Denver in 1925 and served for several years.
- Police chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rinker, Washington A.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Auto races at Overland Park race track
- Spectators watch as race cars line up at the start of a race at Overland Park in Denver, Colorado. A tow truck from AAA is parked in front of the car line; shows pit crews and race drivers. Overland Park race track became a golf course in the...
- Pit crews--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile racing drivers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Chappell House - Art Museum
- A woman stands beside a totem pole in front of the Chappell House located on 1300 Logan Street in Denver, Colorado. The home was presented to the Denver Art Association by the heirs of Delos Chappell. The mansion became the Denver Art Museum in...
- Chappell House (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver Art Museum--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Totem poles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]