Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Two men sitting on shore of river
- Outdoor portrait of two men near the edge of a river possibly near Glenisle (Park County), Colorado. They wear suits, ties, and bowlers. One man wears a watch chain.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- [Two] 2 men carrying overcoats on Alameda Ave bridge
- Outdoor portrait of men on the wooden sidewalk of the Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. They wears three-piece suits, ties, and bowlers.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Clarendon Hotel Saloon
- Rendering of the Clarendon Hotel in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, shows an ornate bar with mirrors, entablatured wood, globed lamps, and a coffered interior ceiling. Dandies in tophats or bowlers are drinking; other men are in the room; a...
- Clarendon Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Dandies--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- First newspaper in Montrose The Messenger
- This frame business in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has storefront windows and signs: "The Messenger Publishing and Printing." A girl and men in suits wearing gold chains, bowlers, slouch, or planter hats stand on the boardwalk. A house is...
- Messenger Publishing and Printing (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose Messenger (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 August 22
- Denver and Rio Grande depot, Salida, Colorado
- Men and boys in frock coats, bowlers, and bib overalls pose by the Denver and Rio Grande Railway depot in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The stone structure has a gable roof, dormer, and bracketed eaves. A short engine (No. 106) has a baffled...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Parade in Salida, Colorado
- Men in suits and bowlers approach on "F" Street during a Fourth of July Parade in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Spectators include a woman holding a baby; bunting and United States flags decorate the brick businesses; banner reads: "Enjoy...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Infants--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Parades &...
- 1903?
- Parade in Salida, Colorado
- Men in suits, bowlers, and straw hats approach on "F" Street during a Fourth of July Parade in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Brick commercial buildings have metal cornices, canvas awnings, and signs: "Baths," "Dr. R. R. Baird," "Cigars." A...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- 1903?
- St Johns near Montgomery
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, a woman sits sidesaddle on a white horse. Men in suits and bowlers pose on the deck of a log house with a stone foundation and lace curtains; one appears to be a midget. This silver mining center was also...
- Midgets--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dwarfs--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Saints...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Salida businessmen
- Men pose in front of a brick industrial building, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. They wear suits, bowlers hats, pince-nez, and bow ties; one holds a horse shoe, another a cigar. Horses are tethered by curved, bolted metal tanks;
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Businessmen--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- People pose on the front porch of "The Denver," a two-story frame hotel, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. The men wear suits, bowlers, and goatees; a woman wears a bustle, draped blouse, and feathered hat. A sign atop the porch reads "Rooms."
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- June 3, 1896
- Colorado and Southern Train Depot, Georgetown, Colorado
- An exterior view of the Colorado and Southern Train Depot in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north. The train station, a one-story brick building with a gabled roof, was built in 1877. A crowd gathers around the south end of the depot; most look...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Arlington Hotel at Manitou Colo.
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east. This two-story, cross gabled frame structure has an open side porch and deck with railing. The striped canvas awning that shelters the deck is retracted, and small...
- Bennet, W. A.--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Silverthorne Hotel, George Smith, jeweler in doorway
- The Silverthorne Hotel and George Smith Jewelry Store in Breckenridge, Colorado, are housed in a two story frame structure with a shingled, gable roof. False fronted, gable roofed buildings, with plate glass windows and curtains all share a common...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Brighton pioneers
- These South Platte Valley pioneers, probably at the Hagus homestead in Brighton, Colorado, include men women, and children in sack suits, bowlers, puff shouldered blouses and jabot collars. They are identified as: back row, left to right, Nick...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Brighton--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1891]
- 1st office of Rocky Mt. News
- Five men stand in front of the Rocky Mountain News building near 1301 Walnut Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single story wood frame building with brick chimney. Four men wear dark suits and straw boaters or bowlers....
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1850-1860.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1850-1860.; Denver (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.
- 1859
- Glen Eyrie the first
- dog are posing at a branch-fence, where one sits and whittles wearing a conductor's hat. The others stand, wearing bowlers and holding rifles, butts on the ground. Eagle Cliff and formations of the Garden of the Gods are in the background.; View of...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909.
- [between 1871 and 1873?]
- Iron Springs Hotel
- People pose in front of the first Iron Springs Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado; costume includes suits, tophats, bowlers, indian blankets, and capote hats. The Hotel is a frame building with a covered porch. A buggy and a Tally-Ho are parked in...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Iron Springs Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [1878]
- Wild West Show original company, ca. 1884
- The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
- Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
- [1884?]
- Shopping center, Pueblo
- View of Midtown Shopping Center, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows the parking lot with a large "Shop Midtown, center of everything" sign, and the "Midtown National Bank," with one-story flat-roof shopping district in background. Automobiles and rows of...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.
- [1967?]
- Shopping center, Pueblo
- View of Midtown Shopping Center, Pueblo, Colorado, shows a one- story flat-roof shopping mall with signs on the building's front including "Bakery," "Grove Drug," "Walgreens," "Lounge," "Liquors" and "Bowlers." Automobiles and parking lot lights...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.
- [1967?]
- Shopping center, Pueblo
- View of Midtown Shopping Center, Pueblo, Colorado, shows a parking lot with a row of potted evergreen shrubs and one-story, flat-roof shopping district in background. Signs in front of mall buildings include "Walgreens," "Lounge," "Liquors,"...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.
- [1967?]
- Denver Leadville & Gunnison the old South Park Line Locomotive No. 197 and excursion passenger train at Palisades above Pitkin, Colorado.
- Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railroad engine number 197 near Pitkin (Gunnison County) Colorado. Men in suits and bowlers pose on the cowcatcher; smoke billows from the balloon stack. Passengers are in the background, on the track base, and atop...
- Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1900.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890- 1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Red Rocks
- Men and women pose on wooden ladders and rocks on a sandstone rock formation at Red Rocks Park in Jefferson County, Colorado. Four of the men have box cameras; one of the photographers stands near a hole in the rock. The women wear long dresses and...
- Denver Mountain Parks--1890-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cameras--Colorado--Jefferson County--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Jefferson...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Drilling in contest at Longmont, Colorado on Main Street
- Greeley firemen in Longmont, Colorado, pose in undershirts, leggings, shorts and cloth caps, holding the leads of their hose wagon. One holds a nozzle. Men in suits and tophats or bowlers are behind them; brick storefronts are in the background....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- National Education Association Estes Park, Colorado.
- People pose in front of the new one story board-and-batten school house in Estes Park, Colorado. The men, women, and a few children are attending a summer meeting of the National Education Association. Many of the women wear dark basque jackets...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Teachers--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1890.; National Education Association of the United States.
- 1888
- American Natl. Bank, Leadville
- This view looks down on a festive mob scene, possibly in the intersection in front of the American National Bank building in Leadville, Colorado. Flags, bunting and banners hang from poles and buildings. Crowds of men, mostly in suits, wear straw...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Crowds--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903]
- Old medical building
- Men and women pose on the open porch of the medical building at the University of Colorado at Boulder, in suits, ties, bowlers, and gold chains. The two-story brick building has a cottage roof, arched, paired sash windows, and a gable roofed...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1898?]
- Univ. of Colo. medical hall, Boulder
- Well dressed people pose at the University of Colorado at Boulder in front of a two-story brick building with an imbricated gable, a dormer, and a shed roofed extension. The men wear suits, bowlers and top hats. One woman is in a dress with wide...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1880-1890.; Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1888 or 1889?]
- Whitney drug store
- Ornate spandrels top colonettes between windows of this storefront in Boulder, Colorado. A beaded mortar and pestle in the foreground tops a pole, and men posing on the sidewalk are dapper in their suits, gold chains and bowlers. Adjacent steps...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 1100 block on Pearl, south side
- Frame and brick false fronted stores line Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. Men and boys pose on the boardwalk in suits, bowlers, and a chef's apron and hat. Cornice lettering reads: "Bush & Co. Jewelers.," and a pole edging the dirt street bears...
- Shold, P. M.; Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Boulder--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Professional bowlers association
- Denver Tramway Company, bowling team
- Interior view of a bowling alley in Denver, Colorado; shows lanes, scorekeepers lettered: "Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.," and rows of seated men wearing Denver Tramway Company conductor's hats.
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bowlers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Bowling alleys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Joe "Awful" Coffee's championship women's bowling team
- Group portrait of women in Denver, Colorado. They are (L to R) Helen Pinney, Dora Esarey, Margaret Morgan, Jo Jericho, and Dottie Smith (Captain).
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bowlers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Coffee, Joe Awful--Friends & associates.
- 1954?
- Western History Subject Index
- Bowling
- Western History Subject Index
- Bowling
- Western History Subject Index
- Bowling
- Western History Subject Index
- Bowling. Denver
- Western History Subject Index
- Bowling
- Western History Subject Index
- Jones, Bob
- Western History Subject Index
- Jones, Bob
- Western History Subject Index
- Women in sports