Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado State Register of Historic Properties Nomination Form for Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church
- New Hope Baptist Church/Twenty Third Presbyterian Church
- Park Hill United Methodist Church Historic Building Application Forms
- Front seat: Harry Rhoads and John Gates, back seat: Julia Knapp, Harry's first wife, and (possibly Julia's mother) in a Maxwell.
- View at Inspiration Point, Denver, Colorado, shows Harry Rhoads, John Gates, Julia Knapp Rhoads, and possibly Julia's mother posing in a Maxwell automobile. Julia holds a folding Kodak camera, and Harry Rhoads holds a piece of string used to...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, John.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.; Rhoads, Julia Knapp.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Augusta's Leadville house
- View of the Horace and Augusta Tabor home, at 116 East 5th (Fifth) Street, in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows a frame house with a bay window and bargeboard.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.
- 1955
- Weekend pass
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers look toward the camera seated inside a convertible car at Carl Tack's gas station. Bill Southworth, the photographer, is seated farthest from the camera, in the car behind the driver. In the background, the gas...
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School film class
- Photograph of a film class at Emily Griffith Opportunity School located in Denver, Colorado. Pictured are two unidentified men standing near a film camera. One works the camera while the other watches. A woman sits on a stool in front of the...
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 5
- Two women one with camera near the Alameda Avenue bridge
- Outdoor portrait of two young women near the edge of Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. One girl holds a camera and the other holds an umbrella. A Denver City Tramway trolley car is on the bridge in the distance.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Harry Rhoads with 5" x 7" Graflex camera
- Harry Rhoads stands on a platform, with two American flags and the Colorado State flag, in the middle of a crowd, to take a photo with his 5" x 7" Graflex camera, probably Denver, Colorado. Another photographer is in view, he uses a camera with a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 5 and 6, 1925 May-June
- Girls on a fence (back)
- Group portrait of girls on a rail fence at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; they have their backs to the camera and wear dresses with pleats, blouses with ruffles, wide brim hats, and pony tail hair styles.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- The Old Mining Exchange night session
- Interior view of Old Mining Stock Exchange, Cripple Creek, Colorado; large group of men wearing hats and overcoats have their backs to the camera with their hands raised to bid; night view due to illumination of lamps and camera exposure.
- Mineral industries--Finance--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stock exchanges--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Bennett Avenue, 1930's, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- One and two-story flat-roof brick commerical buildings on Bennett Avenue in 1930's, Cripple Creek, Colorado; storefront windows have transoms, decorated cornices, brackets, pediments, and swags of garlands; automobiles are parked alongside...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Awaiting a train to photograph it on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad between Durango and Hermosa, Colorado
- North of Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, Agostino D. Mastrogiuseppe, special collections librarian and curator of photographs, Western History and Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library, holds his 35mm camera. He wears a pony tail,...
- La Plata County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Librarians--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Photographers--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Mastrogiuseppe, Agostino D.; Richardson, Robert W.
- October 1995
- A sunset on Mt. Princeton
- Evening view of Mount Princeton and Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado; thought to be L.C. McClure standing behind camera & tripod; box of camera supplies, foreground left; Collegiate Range, Rocky Mountains, and dramatic clouds.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Buena Vista--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Harry Rhoads with others in front of a working mine
- Six miners and Harry Rhoads pose in front of an unidentified mine tunnel, Colorado. A dog is on the timbers over the door, Rhoads holds a string in his hand to trigger the camera's shutter.
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A laughing woman is dressed in a plaid cowboy shirt and bandana, and leather chaps. A gentleman with his back to the camera is in a Confederate uniform with embroidered sleeve; just next to his head...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Military uniforms--Confederate.; Reunions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Finn, Eileen.
- August, 1939
- Harry M. Rhoads
- Harry M. Rhoads adjusts his camera prior to taking a picture, Denver, Colorado. His camera is mounted on the back of an automobile and is aimed at an unseen object on the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- 1919
- Harry Mellon Rhoads
- Harry M. Rhoads waves off the camera as he works in his darkroom. Shows a camera on a tripod and prints being dried on a line above Harry. The hand of another man can be seen in the foreground. Rhoads was a photographer for the Rocky Mountain News...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Darkrooms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1930 to 1940?]
- Banquet at the Gates' mountain home
- Interior view shows guests seated for a banquet at the Gates' family Bear Creek home in Colorado. Mr. Charles C. Gates stands at the end of the table; Mrs. Charles (Hazel) Gates is seated with her back to the camera; Mr. John Gates is the third...
- Banquets--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961--Homes & haunts.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Gates, John.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Actors and actresses
- An man and woman clown for the camera in a dressing room possibly in Denver, Colorado. He wears a top hat and house coat; she wears a dancers costume with a feathered boa and applies makeup to his face with a powder puff. Mr. Rhoads' reflection is...
- Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Photographer William L. Ford
- Photographer William L. Ford, stands near his camera in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a trash can and briefcase with lettering that reads: "Wm. L. Ford Photographer 714 18th St." A man looks through the viewfinder of the camera. Automobiles are...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Photographers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Photography--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1932 and 1938]
- Navajo Indians
- A Native American (Navajo) family, a man, women, and children, pose outdoors near a log house, Arizona or New Mexico. Two women have their backs to the camera.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Navajo Indians--1880-1910.; Children--1880-1910.; Families--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Summit of Treasure Mtn.
- View of summit at Treasure Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado, with L.C. McClure behind his camera & tripod; horse stands beside unpacked saddle bags; additional camera case, equipment, and probably crate of glass plates are near McClure; clouds...
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Treasure Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1920.; Photography--Colorado--Gunnison County--1900-1920.; McClure, Louis...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- 1929 Prison riot at Canon City
- Guards carrying rifles and wearing ammunition belts stand outside the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, during the 1929 riot. A man in the foreground holds a camera. Others stand around a camera on a tripod, by the one-story stone shop....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Soldiers with two tanks
- Photograph of the back of two tanks on a rocky Italian dirt road. One tank has slipped off. Two soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division appear to be having a discussion near the tank that has slid, another soldier is walking toward them. A soldier...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1945.; Tanks (Military science)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Two GIs in hospital beds, Italy
- Two soldiers look towards the camera from hospital beds; closest to camera is Tenth Mountain Division Private James T. Millo, holding a newspaper; behind the beds are boxes and bottles; in far background, partial view of another patient.
- Hospitals--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Millo, James T.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Group of soldiers on Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado
- Seven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are dressing and playfully posing for the camera in this photograph, which was taken on the slopes of the Mount of the Holy Cross. One is identified, Earl Clark, second from the right of the image. He is...
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clark, Earl.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1944
- Maneuvers
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit in the snow by the side of a slush covered road. The man closest to the camera has turned his head to watch a "weasle," a snowy terrain vehicle, that is driving down the road. One soldier is...
- Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Me on maneuvers
- John C. "Jack" Caldwell poses for a portrait while on maneuvers at Camp Hale, Colorado, in 1943. He is standing on a trail surrounded by golden aspen and pine trees. He is wearing a helmet, khaki shirt and pants, and carrying a rifle. Behind him is...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Caldwell, John C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Queen of the May
- Three Tenth Mountain Divsion soldiers dressed as women, in tight sweaters, short skirts and army boots, stand in the snow. The one closest to the camera is wearing a gun hoster around his waist and a wig made from a mop.
- Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- David B. Allen
- Portrait of the photographer in front of the door to a barracks. He is wearing a cap and a field jacket and is standing in such a manner that the Tenth Mountain Division insignia, "the mountain patch," on his sleeve faces the camera.
- Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Toboggan
- A boat tow is used at Aspen, Colorado, to transport skiers to the top of the slope. The photographer, William A. "Bill" Southworth, turns his head toward the camera. He is wearing his Tenth Mountain Division skiing uniform and sunglasses. A group...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military uniforms--1940-1950.; Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski lifts--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943, 1944]
- Winter march
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers taken during a winter march on a snow-packed road. Members of the group are carrying snowshoes, one is carrying a small handcase and another is wearing sunglasses. Two other soldiers are walking away from the...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- J.B. Sturdevant [sic] (Rocky Mt. Joe) 1898
- Photographer J. B. Sturtevant, nicknamed "Rocky Mountain Joe," stands near a large camera tripod in front of a studio backdrop painted with a landscape scene. Sturtevant, born in Boston, Massachusetts, became the first regular photographer in...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Photographic apparatus & supplies--1890-1900.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.; Sturtevant, J. Bevier (Joseph Bevier),...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Highland Mary Falls 1940's
- Two unidentified women stand on a rock ledge near Highland Mary Falls (also known as Kemp's Falls) about 4 miles west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand near the women. Both women both wear checkered shirts and pants. One...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.; Rock formations--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Wolhurst fete
- Party guests at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, sit on the porch of a shingle style building. In a high-collared white dress and holding a broad brimmed straw hat, a lady looks at a box camera held by a man in a suit. He wears a felt hat and...
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Garden parties--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Wolhurst fete
- Party guests at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, sit on the porch of a shingle style building. In a high-collared white dress and holding a broad brimmed straw hat, a lady laughs with a man in a suit holding a box camera and a cigar. He is...
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Garden parties--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.
- 1898
- West High School motion picture project filming
- Photograph of filming during Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". Two male students stand with their backs to the camera while they work the motion picture camera and lights. A female students...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- Valverde School dandelion picking project
- Photograph of kindergarten students at Valverde Elementary School in Denver, Colorado after they finished picking dandelions off the school's lawn. Pictured are two rows of students, the boys standing facing the camera, with the girls kneeling...
- Kindergartens.; Valverde School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Classroom at Whittier School
- A classroom at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Four children, two girls and two boys, are show in the corner of a classroom. the first boy is looking into the camera as he leans against a wooden table holding a paper castle. One of...
- Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- George Washington High film students
- Photograph of an unidentified male and female student during a film class at George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado. The boy stands at the movie camera adjusting a lens, the girl stands behind him holding the cord to the camera.
- George Washington High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1980
- South High School Motion Picture Project student filming
- Photograph of an unidentified student from South Denver High school standing next to a film camera which is situated near the base of a snow covered mountain. His back is to the camera, his gear is laid out behind him. He looks to two figures in...
- Motion picture production.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- Lieutenant John Jay with motion picture camera, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Portrait of Lieutenant John Jay of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) holding a small motion picture camera. Jay is wearing a head-band that covers his ears, dark goggles, a gold watch with a leather band, and a khaki anorak. Taken...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Jay, John.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 7
- Dr. Clarence Holmes with camera
- Three girls on a bridge with picnic basket and a camera
- Outdoor portrait of three girls near the Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. They hold a picnic basket and a camera. Signs on the bridge read: "Pyle[?] Pearline" and "Use Traylo[r's] Veter[?] [C]rem[e]".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Picnic baskets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Entertainment motion pictures production Polyscope camera
- View of a movie camera; shows reels and a chain drive.
- Motion picture cameras--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Entertainment motion pictures production equipment Polyscope Camera
- View of a Polyscope movie camera; shows mechanical parts and film reels.
- Motion picture cameras--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]