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- Mrs. Newlywed's Busy Day
- Promotional item for the Mrs' Newlywed's Busy day program given at the First Avenue Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the booklet are advertisements, and brief advice columns for a newlywed.
- First Avenue Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)
- undated
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 13, 1913 April 12
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 5
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 December 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 43, 1909 December 11
- Creede Ave., Jimtown, Colo.
- Men stand on sidewalks, ride horses, or drive horse-drawn wagons on Creede Avenue in Jimtown (Creede) in Mineral County, Colorado. Frame buildings have false fronts and flat roofs; a building is under construction. Men wear suits with derby hats...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- A portion of one of the business districts of Pueblo Colo. looking east on Fourth Str.
- View of a busy street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, pedestrians, a bicyclist, a woman in a car with a license plate that reads: "5214KAN," and a man walks beside his motorcycle. Signs on buildings read:...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Main Street, Pueblo
- View of a busy Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, parked cars and trolley car (number "74," Streetline: "Fairmount Park"). A banner on the trolley reads: "All of a Sudden Earnest, Centennial Auditorium, April 19th."...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Street in Lower Creede
- Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts proceed down a busy street in the town of Creede (Lower Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Several buildings are under construction. Architectural elements of the existing buildings include clapboard siding,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Chestnut St.
- View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, in Leadville, Colorado shows a street that has one two-story brick building, and several wood frame false fronts. The street is busy with horse-drawn wagons, covered wagons and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Looking west on Chestnut St., Leadville, 1879
- Looking west on Chestnut Street with distant snowcovered Mount Massive in Leadville, Colorado, is a dirt street lined predominantly with wood frame false fronts. Horse-drawn flatbed and covered wagons and pedestrians make the street a busy one. A...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Building construction--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Longmont's Main St. in horse and buggy days
- View taken from the top of Dickens Opera House, shows part of the 300 block, looking north on Main Street, Longmont, Colorado. The well tracked dirt street is busy with delivery wagons, buggies and pedestrians. Many of the brick commercial...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905]
- Longmont, Colo.
- View from intersection of Third Avenue and Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the commercial district busy with pedestrians and automobiles. Lankmark buildings include the Hotel Imperial with corner entrance and pressed tin corner piece, the...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- November 23, 1926
- Old time scene on Main Street, Longmont, Colorado when horses and buggies were the vogue.
- Copy of a printed reproduction shows a snowy Main Street, Longmont, Colorado. The well tracked street is busy with delivery wagons, buggies, pedestrians and a couple of dogs.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Midland block's mining exchange in Leadville, Colorado
- This interior view of the busy Mining Exchange in the Midland Block in Leadville, Colorado includes men in suits with fedoras, derbys and various other types of hats crowded in the exchange room with two columns, hanging gas lights, and a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1892]
- Meeker Hotel
- Busy scene in front of Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado, shows a stagecoach parked in front with large group of men on boardwalk and guests out on the second floor balcony.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Denver Station
- Image is of a 1870s engraving that depicts a busy scene at Denver's railroad station, at the end of 22nd (Twenty Second) Street, Denver, Colorado. Passengers come and go from three lines, the Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge railroad, Kansas...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company--1870-1890.; Kansas Pacific Railway Company--1870-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1870 and 1881]
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Big snow of December 1913
- Men are busy shoveling Seventeenth (17th) Street and sidewalks of snow, Denver, Colorado. Businesses include the Albany Hotel and a Kodak store.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Denver Tramway electric car #190
- Denver Tramway car 190 heads southbound on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, between Welton Street and Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado. The Denver Dry Goods store shows in distance, before the fifth floor addition. The commercial district is busy with...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Street Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- about 1910
- Larimer (between 16th and 17th)
- View along Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, busy with pedestrians, delivery wagons and bicycles. Trolley tracks show in brick street. The famous Arcade, a gambling den, shows second from the left.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910]
- Montrose, Colo.
- Main Street, Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, patriotically decorated with flags, bunting and a welcome arch for President William H. Taft. President arrived by train for the dedication of the Gunnison Water Diversion Tunnel, a United States...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- #238 Paonia, Colorado
- View of a commercial area in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County, shows wood-frame buildings with false fronts and warehouse with stepped cornice and doors open. Signs: "The Busy Corner. The Gibson-Castell Lumber Co.," "Office," "Paint Oil and...
- Gibson - Castell Lumber Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Main Street, Montrose, Colorado
- Main Street, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is busy with buggies, buckboards, and pedestrians. Brick and frame businesses flank the dirt thoroughfare, including the First National Bank with its faceted corner tower. Trees flank the street...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Salida
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, "F" Street is busy with cars, pedestrians, and a bicycle. A white letter "S" is on Tenderfoot Mountain; signs read: "B. F. Goodrich Peeples Auto and Home Supply," "Fine Candy," "Palace Hotel," "Case," "Hudson," and...
- Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Salida
- View along F Street, busy with cars, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows brick businesses and signs: "Strait," and "McKenna 1902," "Everett Bros. Groceries," "Fulton Market," "Lewis' Candy Ice Cream," "Drugs," "Palace Hotel," and "Fisk."
- Salida (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Salida--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Salida, Colorado
- Left side of a panorama view over Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, inlcudes the busy Denver and Rio Grande Railroad roundhouse and shops with engines, including Nos. 913 and 268. The Railroad Hospital, coldframes, businesses, and houses are across...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Arkansas River--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Harrison Av., Leadville
- View along Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado, busy with pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons. The Lake County Courthouse with Lady Justice and scales atop is on the west side of the street. Business signs include: "519 Congress Hall" and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Tejon Street
- View north on Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows F. E. Robinson Druggist on one corner and the First National Bank on the opposite corner.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Tejon Street, north, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View north on busy Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows carriages and delivery wagons, including a dairy wagon along the side of the rutted, tree lined dirt street.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Colorado Springs from the air looking southwest
- Aerial view of downtown Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, businesses, wide streets busy with cars, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, yards and depot, Monument Creek with Huerfano Street bridges. Landmarks include the First...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver
- View along Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, shows the busy business district with brick two story buildings and a few wood false fronts. Teams of oxen with yokes pull supply and delivery wagons. Signs on the Fillmore Block include: "Heywood...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1878]
- Larimer Street
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, shows a busy business district with brick, two and three story buildings and a few wood false fronts. Delivery wagons and carriages park along boardwalk. Signs include: "Market," "Frank Winfield...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Pikes Peak Avenue
- Pikes Peak Avenue is busy with horse drawn carriages, street cars and pedestrians in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The Antlers Hotel at end of street was designed by Peabody and Stearns of Boston, was built in 1883, and burned in...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1898]
- Colo. Springs, looking N. on Tejon
- View north on Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows workmen of the Colorado Springs Interurban Railway with picks and shovels rebuilding tracks at the Huerfano Street crossing, and the business district busy with...
- Colorado Springs and Interurban Railway--People--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Street...
- 1901
- Manitou Spring Pavilion
- Exterior view of the Soda Spring Pavilion looking north, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This ground level closeup affords an exceptional look at the open air pavilion on a busy midsummer noon, during which some 4,000 glasses of sparkling water were...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Dawson, New Mexico
- View of a busy street scene in the mining town of Dawson, New Mexico. Shows pedestrians, store fronts, and wagons.
- Dawson (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--New Mexico--Dawson--1910-1920.; Mining--New Mexico--Dawson--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--New Mexico--Dawson--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Alamosa
- Several buildings were moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878. Men stand on a boardwalk, posing in front of some of them. From the left to right are Sabine, Thomas, Putnam, Hill and Anthony. Thomas has a hand trick with full sacks...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- 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
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A man standing speaks to a seated woman holding a crutch. A U. S. Mailbox is on the wall under a sign that reads: "Young Ladies Desiring Escorts Register Here - Escort Committee." On the wall in the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mathes, Ben.; Paylor, I. Irvin.
- August, 1939
- Harrison Avenue in Leadville
- This view to the northwest of busy Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a street filled with pedestrians on boardwalks, carriages and horse drawn wagons, one with milk cans. The three story brick commercial block on the corner has a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Harrison Ave.
- This view northeast on Harrison Avenue from Third Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows a two story brick Mountain Claims Office on the corner with the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Office next to it. Next, numbered on the print, are (1) the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- Looking north on Main Street, in Breckenridge, Colorado, is the Silverthorn Hotel, a two-story, frame, gable roofed structure, with sash windows on both floors. A covered merchant's wagon is parked in front, without horses. People stand at the...
- Silverthorn Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1860-1870.
- [between 1864 and 1867?]
- Evans Block - photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "Evans Block," "Hurlbut's," "W. S. Sanderson & Bro." "Ross'," "The Busy Corner," "The Prescription Drug Store," "Cigars." A tram car is on...
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- May, 1913
- Evans Block - photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "Evans Block," "The Post Studio," "Morovit Coffee 30 [cents]," "Big fresh roasted peanuts, 1 for 15 [cents], 2 for 25 [cents]," "Hurlbut's,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- May, 1913
- Old Union Station, Denver, Colo.
- Northwest facade of old Union Station, Eighteenth and Wynkoop streets, Denver, Colorado; railroad gothic style; opened in 1881; this view prior to the 1894 fire, after which a larger clock tower was added; shows railroad tracks busy with standard...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [Between 1880 and 1900]
- Welton Street
- View of Welton Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows warehouses, cars, and business signs: "The Angelus, Busy Bee Lunch Room," "Drink White Ribbon," "The American Bank & Trust Co," "Harvey Hotel," "Hotel Hillard," "Reiter Wallpaper & Paint Co," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Welton Street
- View of the Welton and 15th (Fifteenth) Street intersection, in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, streetcar tracks, pedestrians, the Orpheum Theater dome, and signs: "Busy Bee Lunch Room," "Drink White Ribbon," "The American Bank & Trust Co,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Intersections--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- McCrea demo
- Intersection of a busy street filled with cars probably in Denver, Colorado. The surrounding buildings have shops at the street level. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk. The Granite Hotel is in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Alma, Colo.
- View east along a street busy with people and automobiles in Alma, (10,353 feet) Park County, Colorado, includes wood frame businesses, the post office, a grocery, and "Bargain Spot, Denver Prices." Tailing waste shows in background.
- Alma (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]