Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Blacksmith works
- View of a frame, two-story blacksmith shop with dormer windows and a gabled roof in Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Men stand and pose near a front entrance. Signs on the building read: "Blacksmith Works" and "Weeks & Ventress...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Ben Williams, blacksmith shop, 2031 12th
- Men and a little girl pose at the open, double doors of this blacksmith business in Boulder, Colorado. They wear leather aprons. The frame, gable roofed building with brick chimneys has a false front and ornate signs: "Plows harrows Weir sulkies...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Blacksmith shop in Salida
- Men and a boy stand and pose in front of a one-story brick blacksmith shop in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Men wear leather aprons, boots, and shirts with suspenders. A man holds blacksmith tongs; another man holds a hatchet. Signs on the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- The Blacksmith
- View of a blacksmith working in a lean-to, probably in Colorado. Shows a smithy using a hammer and anvil set on a tree stump. A young man, a water barrel, large bellows, and a pickax are in the wooden structure.
- Blacksmithing--Colorado--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Binson's blacksmith shop
- Binson's blacksmith shop in Berthoud, Colorado, (Larimer County) is a one-story masonry building with flat roof, rectangular windows with lintels, quions, and a voussior arch over the entry door. A small sign in front of it reads "1893," its date...
- Berthoud (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Forge shops--Colorado--Berthoud--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1987]
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith stands working in the blacksmith's tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another man sits in the right midground. A coat hangs on a line in the left midground. A large anvil is on a wood stool in the center foreground. The...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Blacksmithing--1900-1910.; Blacksmiths--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith stands working in the blacksmith's tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another man sits in the right midground. A coat hangs on a line in the left midground. A large anvil is on a wood stool in the center foreground. The...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Blacksmithing--1900-1910.; Blacksmiths--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Two men in front of blacksmithing shop
- Men pose near a blacksmith's shop in Colorado. One man holds a hand drill while the other man holds a hammer and mallet. An anvil is in the shop.
- Blacksmiths--Colorado--1900-1920.; Forge shops--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Alamosa
- One of the buildings moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878, has several store fronts with large pane windows, wood kickplates, pilasters, bracketed cornices and "Field & Hill" with painted faux marbeling. Three men in suits and hats...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [1880]
- Shop of J. Max Clark, south side 7th St. between 8th & 9th Avenues
- Two workmen and five customers stand in front of a Greeley, Colorado blacksmith's shop in Weld County. One of the workmen wears an apron, and the second one holds a blacksmith's implement in his hand. Two of the workers hold cigars in their hands....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1890]
- Grand-pa Jones
- Sheriff Sol Jones, town blacksmith, stands with a small boy in the doorway of a two-story board and batten barn, Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado. The barn or livery is weathered with worn wood shingle roof and broken windows. Scrap...
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Barns--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Jones, Sol.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith identified as Hilario Herminio Paiz (Herman), poses outside of a wood building on his ranch in Gulnare (Los Animas County, Colorado. He wears a cap, leather apron, leather gloves and holds a metal handle drift. A man beside him wears...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paiz, Hilario Herminio, 1898-1983--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.; Gulnare (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- [ca. 1915]
- Bimson Blacksmith Shop, Berthoud, Colo.
- View of the Bimson Blacksmith Shop located at 224 Mountain Avenue, Berthoud, Colo. The rough-hewn stone structure has sandstone accents and a flat-roof. The shop was constructed in 1893 by Alfred G. Bimson and operated by him until 1943. It is...
- Blacksmiths--Colorado--Berthoud--1990-2000.; Berthoud (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bimson Blacksmith Shop (Berthoud, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Little Thompson Valley Pioneer Museum (Berthoud, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1994
- Blacksmith believed to be 1st blacksmith in Morrison Mt. Vernon Ave.
- Men, women, and children pose in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, in front of a frame blacksmith shop. A team of oxen, wagon wheels, and buckboard are in the area.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Morrison--1870-1880.; Forge shops--Colorado--Morrison--1870-1880.
- 1870
- 1911 Corbett & Ballenger's 39th Annual Denver City Directory
- Men in front of possible blacksmith shop two on horseback
- A group of men pose near possibly a blacksmith's shop in Denver, Colorado. Two men are on horseback and other men wear long aprons.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Blacksmith shop
- A blacksmith poses in his shop in Denver, Colorado. He stands near a brick chimney and an anvil. Tools are on the wall and nearby workbenches.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Forge shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Blacksmith shop at Turret, Colo.
- View of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado shows (town founder) Peter J. Schlosser's blacksmith shop, a log building.
- Schlosser, Peter J.--Homes & haunts.; Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Forge shops--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- May 1975
- Old blacksmith's shop Frisco, Colo.
- View of an abandoned blacksmith's shop in Frisco (Summit County), Colorado. The wood building has a false front, two wide gate-style doors, and a wagon wheel propped against a door.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Blacksmith shop
- View of the blacksmith shop and the mess hall at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado. Skis, a sled, and chickens are outside the mess hall.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Forge shops--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mess halls--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Store fronts, Blacksmith shop, Silverton, Colo.
- View shows brick and wooden store fronts in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. A Texaco gas pump is in front of a building with "Laundry" painted near the cornice, and another, unidentified building, is the Blacksmith's shop.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Storefronts--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.
- August, 1941
- Blacksmith shop
- View of the blacksmith shop at Echo Lake Park, part of the Denver Mountain Parks System (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1940.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Echo Lake Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Forge shops--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1940.; Wooden...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Blacksmith shop
- View of a blacksmith shop in Genesee Park located 20 miles west of Denver near Evergreen, Jefferson County, Colorado. The shop is constructed of slats of wood.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Genesee Park (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Forge shops--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Sand house & blacksmith shop
- Shows the Sand house and blacksmith shop at the Evergreen Golf Course in Dedisse Park located 2 miles west of Evergreen, Jefferson County, Colorado. The structure feature vertical siding and a gable roof.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Dedisse Park (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Forge shops--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.; Golf courses--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Jefferson...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Blacksmith shop - Deer Creek Park
- Shows a single story wood blacksmith shop on Deer Creek Denver Mountain Parks land 8 miles south of Morrison, Colorado in Deer Creek Canyon. Tools, buckets and ropes are next to one side of the building.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Forge shops--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Gas & oil house, blacksmith shop garages & auto repairs
- Shows a long warehouse type building with a brick wall and corrugated siding. This building housed the gas and oil house, blacksmith shop and garages at the Denver Asphalt Plant.
- Denver (Colo.). Paving and Oiling Divisions.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Forge shops--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Storehouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Blacksmith shop
- View of a blacksmith shop at 33rd (Thirty Third) and Walnut Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, boys, and signs: "Silver State Shoeing Shop Conlon & Hamilton." Mr. Hamilton (left) holds a doctor's bag, Daniel Conlon wears a leather apron, and...
- Veterinarians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Conlon, Daniel.; Conlon, John J.
- 1887
- Blacksmith shop
- View of a blacksmith shop at 34th (Thirty Fourth) and Walnut Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a boy, and lettering: "Horse Shoers."
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Blacksmith and carriage repair shop
- View of a blacksmith shop in Denver, Colorado; shows men, horse drawn wagons, buckboards, and signs: "Wagon & Carriage Shop," "N.C. Thomson's Farm Machinery," "Buckeye Mowers," and "Studebaker."
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Colorado Central mines the blacksmith shop
- View of the abandoned blacksmith shop at the Colorado Central Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Colorado Central Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Forge shops--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Jim McKay blacksmith shop, Main St. between 4th & 5th
- The interior of this blacksmith shop in Brighton, Colorado, includes men in leather aprons, suspenders and overalls posing with an anvil, a forge, and a hand rockover core machine. Horseshoes, a haymower blade, a suitcase, a wagon tongue, and a...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Brighton--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--Brighton--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Blacksmith shop of "Tip" Balliff
- Two girls stand and sit in front of the blacksmith's shop in the town of Dillon, Colorado, in Summit County. A man holds the reins of a horse. A plow is next to the building with two gables and a sloped roof.
- Dillon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Dillon--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--Dillon--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- M.I.F. Blacksmith shop, Miner's Basin
- Men work in an outdoor blacksmith shop in Miners Basin in the La Sal Mountains (Grand County), Utah. Shows an anvil, a bellows and a forge, pickaxes, hammers, and a woodpile. An Ouray Herald newspaper is on the ground.
- Grand County (Utah)--1890-1900.; La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Miners Basin (Grand County, Utah : Valley)--1890-1900.; Blacksmithing--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Utah--Grand...
- 1897 August 10
- Ben Williams, blacksmith, 12th street
- Buckboards and wagon frames (one on sawhorses) crowd the yard of this business on Twelfth Street in Boulder, Colorado. Men pose in a line; behind them frame shop buildings are topped with chimneys and a sign reading: "Williams Blacksmith."
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Manual High School Opportunity Blacksmith Class
- Photograph of an Opportunity Class (or community class) in Blacksmith at Manual High School in Denver, Colorado. Students pose near smelting pits and anvils.
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1910
- Colorado Tax Assessment List 1862-1866
- Federal Internal Revenue assessment lists for the Territory of Colorado 1862-1866. Includes resident and absentee property holders.
- Internal revenue--Colorado.; Colorado--Vital Records.; Tax collection--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy.
- 2005
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Steinbaugh Hardware
- View of Steinbaugh Hardware at 801 Main Street in Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado. The two-story building has a hipped roof behind a false front with a bracketed cornice. The first story has large storefront windows with transoms. The second...
- Steinbaugh Hardware (Louisville, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Louisville (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hardware stores; Noel, Sam--Pictorial works.; Steinbaugh Hardware (Louisville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Eldorado Canyon--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Frank House, Lake City, Colo.
- View of the Frank House located at 430 Silver Street in Lake City, Colorado. Built by the village blacksmith, Jacob J. Frank in 1880, the one-and-a-half story, hand-hewn log cabin has a one-story addition.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cabins.; Log cabins--Colorado--Lake City--Pictorial works.; Lake City (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1993
- Clear Creek History Park, Golden, Colo.
- View of historic structures at the Clear Creek History Park located at 11th and Arapahoe Streets, Golden, Colo. Many of the buildings found at the park were originally from the Pearce Ranch, located in Golden Gate Canyon. They were moved to their...
- Clear Creek History Park (Golden, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clear Creek History Park (Golden, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Golden--Pictorial works.; Golden...
- 2003
- Black Apartments
- View of the Black Apartments, 1920 7th (Seventh) Street in Boulder, Colorado. This is a one story flat roofed building with an attached section with a side gabled roof. The flat section has murals of historic Boulder scenes and personalities...
- Black Apartments (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Apartment houses.; Murals.; Black Apartments (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.; Mural painting and...
- 1998
- Blacksmiths
- Interior view of a blacksmith shop in probably Colorado. Shows tools, sledges, vises and anvil. Some of the blacksmiths wear aprons, all of the men wear hats.
- Blacksmiths--Colorado--1890-1910.; Forge shops--Colorado--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Virginia Ave. west from Main St.
- View of commercial businesses on Virginia Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Horses are in front of a frame blacksmith shop. Signs on false front or gable roof buildings read: "Swan Bros. Photographic," "The Free Press," "Tailoring"...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1881 Fall]
- Kremmling, Colorado
- View of a frame storage shed, houses and a business with a sign that reads: "Blacksmith & Auto Repair Shop, Oils, Supplies" in Kremmling (Grand County), Colorado. Shows a sign for the "Gore View Hotel," wooden sidewalks and snow on the ground. Snow...
- Kremmling (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Kremmling--1920-1930.; Sheds--Colorado--Kremmling--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Kremmling--1920-1930.
- 1920?
- Farrier
- A farrier in a Colorado National Guard hat, shoes a horse in the Cripple Creek mining district probably in "Camp Goldfield" in Victor (Teller County), Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The farrier files the horse's hoof....
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Metalworking shop
- Interior view of a blacksmith shop in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a forge, bellows, a wagon tongue, and a saw horse.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Forge shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Lynching of Duggan in Denver fight of photographers for view of remains.
- Reproduction of an A. P. Proctor engraving of a scene after the lynching of Sanford C. Duggan, murderer and fugitive, Cherry Street, Denver. The dead man hangs from a rope noose thrown around a leaveless cottonwood tree. A policeman breaks up a...
- Murderers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fugitives from justice--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Lynchings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Duggan, Sanford C.
- [between 1868 and 1870]
- Cutting out marble at Yule, Colo.
- Men move huge chunks of marble, at the Colorado Yule Marble Company quarry, on a sheer face of Ragged Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado. The blacksmith shop, boilers and compressors used to power the machinery are perched on an excavated shelf....
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912]
- Fort Collins
- Blacksmith's shop in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, has a sign: "Jerrys Shoeing & Blacksmithing;" deer antlers are on the roof. One man shoes a horse; others stand by with a dog.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Fort Collins--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- No. 63 Ophir, Colo, east side
- Ophir, Ouray County, Colorado, consists of frame houses and businesses. Laundry hangs in fenced yards; signs read: "Selby and Sebring," "Doors and Windows," "Blacksmith House Coal." Fog drifts among crags in the background.
- Ophir (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ophir--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]