Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Anderson & Sharp's Paint Shop
- This paint store in Canon City, Colorado, has a variety of brushes, paint cans, and wallpaper displayed in the window and entry. Men pose on the boardwalk; two are in suits with gold chains, the rest are in white painter's clothes. One stands on a...
- Paint shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- John Flores
- Painter John Flores, a Chicano artist from Denver, Colorado, poses with paint brushes as he works on a painting.
- Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Painters.; Flores, John--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American painters--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1991
- Great flood in Denver, May 19th, 1864
- View of frame and brick commercial buildings and houses near downtown Denver, Colorado and the flooded South Platte River and Cherry Creek. People stand beside Cherry Creek near a brick building with a sign that reads: "Drugs, Chemicals, Paints,...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- L.C. Phipps residence, Denver, Colorado, ladies retiring room, 1st floor
- A telephone sits on a table in a women's rest room on the first floor of the home of Lawrence Cowle Phipps in the Belcaro Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Hand towels hang near a marble sink. Brushes and cosmetic boxes sit on a table under a...
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Belcaro (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bathrooms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Telephones--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 October
- Jamieson's Department Store, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of Jamieson's department store on Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Glass display cases are used to exhibit hair brushes, cosmetic products, shirts, stockings, and hats. Blouses are mounted on mannequins. Hats and...
- Jamieson's Department Store (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Department stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mainstreet of Mesa
- Mesa, Mesa County, Colorado, consists of frame commercial buildings flanking dirt street; shows cars parked and driving, women by a glass tank gas pump, canvas awning, a flagpole, cream cans, and a false- front building with sign: "Post Office."
- Mesa (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Naturita, Colorado
- View of Naturita, a uranium mining town, Montrose County, Colorado, includes frame dwellings, commercial buildings, ranches with haystacks and meadows along the San Miguel River valley.
- Naturita (Colo.)--1930-1940.; San Miguel River (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Dr. Rowan's Drug Store, Post Office in rear
- Customers and employees pose inside Dr. William W. Rowan's Ouray Drug Company, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Counters, glass cases and shelves display: "Rat Cheese," rum, cigars, medicine, book, hair brushes and combs; framed pictures and...
- Rowan, William W.--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- 1st grade art work at Central, 1941
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables making art with clay in a first grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some children stand at a blackboard painting on paper with a table of paint jars and brushes behind them. An...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Boy & girl painting
- A girl sits on a stool in front of the porch of a home in Denver, Colorado. A boy is seated behind her and uses a paint brush on the back of the young girl's coat. On the ground is a palette with brushes, paint cans, and a bottle.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Children drawing & painting--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Children playing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Drug store interior, Central City
- Glass display cabinets are in the foreground in Best's Drug store in Central City, Colorado. One contains wallets and has white, glass bottles on top of it. A sign on the side of the cabinet reads "Shaving Cream 25 cents and 50 cents." Glass...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1891]
- Interior, Forbes Drug Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of Forbes' Drug Store, in Georgetown, Colorado, on the first floor of the Cushman Block on Sixth (6th) Street. Showcases and shelves display small flat round boxes, a crate of seeds, rolls of wallpaper with an oriental rug hanging...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Georgetown - stores, interiors
- Interior view of a store in Georgetown, Colorado, down the center aisle, with glass showcases on bases with carved woodwork, cast iron stools, and shelves with carved woodwork on both sides. Towards the back of the store a man in a dark suit leans...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 to 1910?]
- Georgetown - stores, interiors
- Interior view of a store in Georgetown, Colorado. On either side of the center aisle are glass showcases on bases with carved woodwork, cast iron stools, and shelves with carved woodwork. A man in a dark suit leans on a case towards the back of...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 to 1910?]
- Denver
- Men and women stand near the edge of Cherry Creek as it floods the streets near 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. A sign on a nearby building reads: "Drugs, Chemicals, Oils, Paints, Brushes, & Glass".
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Denver
- View of Larimer Street and nearby buildings in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are parked along the street. Signs read: "Ne[ws] Block", "J. S. Dreyfuss Clothing And Gents Furnishings Goods", "Ducey's Sample Room", "Rail Road Tickets Cigars,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- 15 St Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) (F) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wood and brick business district buildings read: "Broadway Store Dry Goods & Clothing Wholesale & Retail", "Tappan & Co.", "Chemicals Paints Oils Brushes & Glass", and "Drugs"....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1863
- Cor 16th & Larimer Sts
- Roof-top view of a building on the corner of Larimer and 16th (Sixteenth, G) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Women lean on the sills of second story windows. Signs on the building read: "George W. Bacon," "Daguerreotypes Photographs," "Wm. Graham...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Denver City, C. T.
- Rooftop view of Larimer and McGaa (Market) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the business district buildings read: "Chamberlain's Ambrotype And Photographic Gallery", "Ladies Emporium", "Woolworth & Moffat", "Blank Books School Books Maps",...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Teller House murals
- A faux niche surrounding a nude is painted on an interior wall at the Teller House Hotel in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. A woman with drapery, a cupid, and a quiver, bow, and arrows are depicted; artist Paschal Quackenbush poses with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Quackenbush, Paschal.
- 1952
- Teller House murals
- A faux niche surrounding a nude is painted on an interior wall at the Teller House Hotel in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. A woman with drapery, a cupid, and a quiver, bow, and arrows are depicted; artist Paschal Quackenbush poses with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Quackenbush, Paschal.
- 1952
- Teller House murals
- A faux niche surrounding a nude is painted on an interior wall at the Teller House Hotel in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. A woman with drapery, a cupid, and a quiver, bow, and arrows are depicted; artist Paschal Quackenbush poses with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Quackenbush, Paschal.
- 1952
- New Method Cleaners
- Interior view of New Method Cleaners, in Denver, Colorado; shows a man and women working with brushes and laundry. Bottles of dry cleaning fluid are on shelves; signs read: "Spotting Dept.," and "Delivery Dept."
- New Method Cleaners--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- McPhee and McGinnity Lumber Co.
- View of trucks with Christmas trees and men in Santa Claus costumes, by a warehouse at 23rd (Twenty-third) and Blake Streets, in Denver, Colorado; signs read: "Paints, Glass, Varnishes and Brushes - McPhee & McGinnity Co. Lumber and Mill Work -...
- McPhee & McGinnity Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Santa Claus--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1913 and 1930?]
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
- View of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company buildings at Broadway and Walnut Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. An automobile is parked near the four-story brick building that has arched windows and decorative brickwork....
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Glass industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- The Newton Lumber Co. yard (the old Mack lumber Yard) on the northwest corner of 6th and Main about 1885.
- This office in Canon City, Colorado, is a one-story brick building with a gauge arched door and flanking sash windows. Signs read: "Newton Lumber Co.," "paints, oils, varnishes, putty, glass, brushes, plastering, hair plaster of Paris." Men and a...
- Lumberyards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885?
- Patient's room at Agnes Memorial Sanatorium
- Interior view of a patient's room at Agnes (Phipps) Memorial Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado. Shows a double bed with a cast iron frame, wash basin stand, dresser, desk, and wicker rocking chair. Personal items including books, brushes, and pictures...
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Beds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Day nurseries
- Toddlers use crayons, paint brushes, an easel, and scissors at a W.P.A. nursery school in Denver, Colorado. Chairs are made from nail kegs.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children drawing & painting--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Nursery schools--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Hawikuh
- A man squats down and brushes the dirt away from a stone slab at an excavation site at Hawikuh in New Mexico. The handle of a digging tool lies on the ground behind him. The man wears a hat that covers his face as he bows his head toward the...
- Hawikuh (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Inter-Ocean Hotel in Denver
- The Inter-Ocean Hotel opened on October 29, 1873, at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, built by Barney L. Ford, a prominent African American businessman. Two horse- drawn wagons are stopped on Blake...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Logan County Fair Parade
- Logan County Realtors' parade float in Logan County Fair parade, Sterling, Colorado, is a confetti-decorated float shaped like an art easel with dabs of paint & paint brushes and lists members or Board of Realtors. background shows downtown...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Floats (Parades--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- between 1963 and 1965
- Integration of art and history mural depicting Indian ceremonial, Sterling Junior High School, Sterling, Colo.
- Two junior high school boys from Sterling Junior High School in Sterling, Colorado (Logan County) work on a piece of artwork depicting a Native American scene. One boy sits in a chair and draws on the canvas; the second boy paints on a cardboard...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Students--Colorado--Sterling--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Camp barber shop
- Two barbers stand in a barber tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men wear white coats. One man leans his arm against a reclining barber chair. Several mirrors hang on the wall in the left...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Barbering--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Browning Barber Shop 117 West Main St.
- Interior view of the Browning Barbershop, 117 West Main Street, Littleton, Colorado, shows M. V. (Harkey?) Browning and Fred Ewers beside their leather barbershop chairs. The wall behind them has mirrors and pigeon hole shelves full of decorative...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Barbershops--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- 1890
- Teller School art project
- Photograph of several students at Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during and art project activity. Several students are painting figures on a paper mural. Other students work with cleaning brushes, painting on a mural and cutting out...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1928
- Twenty-Forth Street School students doing art project
- Young children work on an art project at Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, re-named Crofton School in 1959. Three young boys and two young girls work on an art project using brushes and paint.
- Twenty-Fourth Street School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Skinner Junior High School
- A photograph of two students painting a mural in the hall of Skinner Junior High School. There is a male student standing on a ladder painting, and a female student kneeling on stool painting. Both students are holding artist pallets and paint...
- Skinner Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Murals.; Students.
- 1940 March
- Western History Subject Index
- Brushes
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 3, 1919 March
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- First Baptist Church 1942 Directory
- Directory produced by the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory is: a list of member, past and present, along with their address in and out of the Denver area, the Churches By-Laws and advertisements from local Denver...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 3, 1911 January 14
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 12, 1912 March 23
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 23, 1912 June 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 29, 1912 July 20
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 5, 1913 December 13
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 6, 1909 March 27
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 6, 1918 August
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 40, 1909 November 20