Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- View of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings Building"...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925 November 19
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- View of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings Building"...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925 November 30
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- View of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near a covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings Building,"...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925 December 16
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Cranes and buildings supplies that include steel beams are on the building. Automobiles...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 January 14
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near a covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings Building,"...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 February 3
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near a covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 March 15
- Paramount Theater
- View of the art-deco style Paramount Theater building, designed by Temple Hoyne Buell, at 16th (Sixteenth) and Glenarm Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked nearby. Signs in the window read: "Richard Barthelmess Dawn Patrol...
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Paramount Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Georgetown Courier Building, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Georgetown Courier building, Georgetown, Colorado, where the town newspaper was printed. The building is of wood construction, is gable-roofed, and has a false front with a heavy cornice. The front of the building has a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Georgetown Courier--Buildings--1950-1960.
- 1951.
- The Courier office
- Exterior view of the Georgetown Courier building where the town newspaper was printed in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The wood building has a gable-roof, a stone foundation, and a false front with an oversized cornice. A heating oil...
- Georgetown Courier--Buildings--1950-1960.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Miners
- Miners pose on and near a building at the entrance to a mine in Ouray County, Colorado. Snow covers the ground. A pair of snowshoes is stuck in the snow.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Tivoli Brewery
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows the Tivoli Brewery in the Auraria neighborhood, surrounding warehouses, and office buildings. Snow dusts front range mountains in the background.
- Tivoli Union Brewing Company--Buildings--1970-1980.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Cityscapes--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1972 December 18
- Summer scene of American City
- Panoramic view of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The buildings include the Smug Harbor and Louisiana cabins, the office of the American Mining Company, and the shafthouse of the Mascot Mine.
- American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.
- Summer [between 1895 and 1905]
- Snug Harbor crowd time
- Men and women pose on the porch of the Snug Harbor cabin near the mining town of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. One woman holds a rifle and wears an ammunition vest.
- American City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Aged persons--Colorado--American City--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--American City--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--American City--1900-1910.
- August 28, 1900
- Tiny Town
- Several visitors look over a fence at the one-sixth scale buildings of Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Town include a business district, radio tower, gas station and residences. The Tiny Town Express comes along the...
- Turner, George 1859-1932--Homes & haunts.; Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Dante Gold Mining Company, Shaft No. 2, Teller County
- Men pose on a walkway above Colorado Midland Railroad tracks at the Dante Gold Mining Company's number two shaft, Teller County, Colorado. The walkway connects mining buildings on either side of the tracks.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Dante Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Pedestrian...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Fairmount [sic] School bay window in the kindergarten
- Interior view of Fairmont School in Denver, Colorado; shows a bay window, a frieze of farm animals, seats, pillows, and a hanging lamp.
- Fairmont School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bay windows--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Telluride, Colorado
- View northeast Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado, with San Juans in background and dirt mining roads and streets forming gridlines in town. Landmark buildings include: old schoolhouse, San Miguel County Courthouse, Sheridan Hotel, Rio Grande...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1903]
- Denver and Rio Grande Depot at Alamosa, Colorado, May 1893
- The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot in Alamosa, Colorado, is a two-story wood fram Victorian structure with intersecting gables with decorative aprons, cresting roof, octagonal shingles, bracketed overhanging lower eave, and clapboard siding...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- 1893
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east on Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Argentine Streets. The Empire Hook and Ladder team is in the distance, preparing to pull their hose cart west on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east on Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Argentine Streets. The Empire Hook and Ladder team is in the distance, pulling their hose cart. A man on horseback...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- View NW from Arapahoe School tower
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Houses and buildings line the street. Light snow covers the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Mesa Verde Natl. Park, superintendent and ranger quarters
- View across arroyo to Mesa Verde National Park Service superintendent and ranger quarters, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado, built in pueblo style with native stone and support timbers (vigas.)
- United States. National Park Service--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Stone buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Columbine Castle
- View of the snow covered Columbine Castle possibly in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Log buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Winter scene of American City
- Panoramic view of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The buildings include the Snug Harbor and Louisiana cabins, the office of the American Mining Company, and the shafthouse of the Mascot Mine.
- American Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.
- Winter [between 1895 and 1905]
- Ogden Theater
- View of the Ogden Theater on Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The two-story building has a tile roof and a marquee that reads: "James Garner Debbie Reynolds 'How Sweet It Is' 'No Way To Treat A Lady.'"
- Ogden Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [1968]
- St Elmo City Hall and cabins on Main St. Slamm structure at left City Hall was telegraph station on the DSP&P railroad.
- Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, a gable roofed frame building has a belltower and sign: "St. Elmo Fire Co & City Hall." A cylindrical privy nearby has a conical roof and hinged door. Log and frame dwellings are in the background.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1930-1940.; City & town halls--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1930-1940.; Fire stations--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1930-1940.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Walker Castle
- View of Walker Castle (Castle of Culture and Commerce) in Riverfront Park, Denver, Colorado. The stone castle has a round turret and battlements.
- Walker, John Brisben, 1847-1931--Homes & haunts.; Walker Castle (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Riverfront Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Georgetown, Colorado, 1942
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, south from approximately Sixth (6th, Alpine) and Griffith Streets. Visible are Grace Episcopal Church, Snetzer's Tailor Shop, the new school, and the Tower of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 firehouse, among other...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Georgetown building
- View of a false front wood frame building in Georgetown, Colorado. Two women in long sleeve blouses and skirts and a dog stand on boardwalk in front of building. The two-story structure has clapboard siding, double door entry, and a side lean-to...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- 1978
- Rocky Flats, Colorado looking south
- View of Rocky Flats in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado (a Department of Energy site that manufactures plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons); shows buildings, fields, a water tower, and mountains.
- Rocky Flats Plant (U.S.)--1970-1980.; Rocky Flats (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Nuclear weapons plants--Colorado--Golden--1970-1980.
- April 5, 1979
- Downtown Denver 16th Street looking west
- View of the intersection of 16th (Sixteenth) and California Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows automobile and pedestrian traffic, office buildings, the Daniels and Fisher tower, and signs: "B. Dalton Booksellers," "Walgreens."
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Intersections--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1979 April 5
- Downtown Denver 16th Street looking west
- View of the intersection of 16th (Sixteenth) and California Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows automobile and pedestrian traffic, office buildings, the Daniels and Fisher tower, and signs: "B. Dalton Booksellers," "Walgreens."
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Intersections--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1979 April 5
- Anaconda Building 17th Street Denver
- View of the Anaconda Tower on 17th Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and automobiles are near the skyscraper.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Skyscrapers--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1979 April 5
- Downtown Denver, looking West from State Capitol Dome
- View of the central business district of Denver, Colorado from the Colorado State Capitol building. Shows the Hilton Hotel, Petroleum Building, Security Life Building, Republic Building, Kittredge Building, Daniels and Fisher Tower, Voorhies...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- Denver under haze
- View of the skyline of the Denver metropolitan area from Cherry Creek Dam in Arapahoe County, Colorado. A thick haze engulfs skyscrapers and buildings. The Front Range is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1979 April 5
- Confluence Park, Denver
- View of plazas and steps at Confluence Park in Denver, Colorado; also shows the South Platte River, the 15th (Fifteenth) Street viaduct, and the former Denver Tramway Company power house.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Confluence Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1970-1980.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.;...
- 1979 April 5
- Confluence Park, Denver
- View of plazas and steps at Confluence Park in Denver, Colorado; also shows the South Platte River, the 15th (Fifteenth) Street viaduct, the former Denver Tramway Company power house, a train, and a pedestrian walkway. Billboard reads: "Frontier...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Confluence Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1970-1980.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.;...
- 1979 April 5
- Cowboy lunch
- Men pose by a chuck wagon, an ax, and cooking pots. Stone buildings with tin roofs and a dam or spillway are in the background.
- Chuckwagons--1890-1910.; Cowboys--1890-1910.; Outdoor cookery--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- City of SF at Berkeley
- View of the Southern Pacific Railroad depot on University Avenue in Berkeley (Alameda County), California. People walk between the Mission Style building arcades and a Chicago & Northwestern / Union Pacific locomotive and train, the "City of San...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1940-1950.; City of San Francisco (Streamliner)--1940-1950.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Berkeley (Calif.)--1940-1950.;...
- 1943
- Ludlow Station
- The Colorado and Southern Railroad depot in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, is a one-story frame building with a hipped gable roof and chimneys. A semaphore signal with a United States flag is by the entry, where baggage carts, hand trucks,...
- Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1913?]
- Christmas decorations
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows automobile and pedestrian traffic, office buildings, Christmas decorations, and the Daniels and Fisher tower.
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1966 November 25
- McDonalds Ranch Monarch, Colorado
- Snowy McDonald's Ranch, in Monarch, Grand County, Colorado, consists of frame or log buildings, fences, and a watertower.
- Monarch (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Monarch--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Monarch--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Ruby Trust # 4
- View of the shafthouse and tailings of the Ruby Trust Mine near Ouray County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ruby Trust Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Ouray smelter, blown up
- View of a smelter in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado shows: smokestacks, houses, "D. & R. G." railroad cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Tramway tunnel at Red Mountain above Ouray
- View of the Treasury Tunnel Mine on Red Mountain Pass in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a mill and mine buildings.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1940.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Golden Cycle mill, looking west
- Golden Cycle Mine and mill complex, Colorado Springs, Colorado shows: buildings, smokestacks, tanks, flume, Rampart Range in background.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Golden Cycle Mine (El Paso County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.
- 1935
- The Main St. of Frisco I suppose Frisco Hotel on the right. (1906?) 1900-1910.
- A view down the main street of Frisco, Colorado, includes log and false front buildings; a sign reading "Frisco Hotel" is on the right. Men walk down the board sidewalk, and a carriage is in the middle of the dirt road. Mountains are behind.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Frisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Treasure Vault mine near the mine of the same name on Treasure Vault Mountain
- View of the dilapidated mill building of the Treasure Vault mine on Treasure Vault Mountain in Eagle County, Colorado. Tailings, lakes, and peaks above timberline comprise the view from the mine.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1940.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Union Station
- View of the Welcome Arch (reads: "Mizpah"), 17th (Seventeenth) Street office buildings, the Union Station clock tower, pedestrians, traffic and a streetcar in Denver, Colorado.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Welcome Arch (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1910
- Construction of new building shows 60' derrick first piece of Turkey Creek sandstone was set on this date
- Denver Public Library (Carnegie) construction consists of basement and foundation walls and cranes in Denver, Colorado. Civic Center houses, Engine House Number One of the Denver Fire Department, and the Colorado State Capitol are in the background.
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1900-1910.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Foundations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting...
- 1907 February 11