Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 13, 1910 March 26
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 23, 1911 June 3
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 42, 1911 October 14
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 23, 1912 June 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 26, 1909 August 14
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 10, 1909 April 24
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Number 5, 1923 May
- Morey Musings : vol. 1
- Booklet of poetry written by students of the Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. The book was sponsored by the English and Miss Agnes Govreau of the Art Department. The booklet was hand set by the boys in the printing class.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); School prose, American--Colorado--Denver.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1931 June
- Trinity Echo: Volume IV, Number 10
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal Church -- Colorado -- Denver -- Periodicals.;...
- 1899 February
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado Springs, Colorado Museum. Pioneer Museum.
- San Francisco, Union Square and St. Francis Hotel
- View of Union Square near the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Construction materials for the St. Francis Hotel are in the street. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men and boys lounge on the...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities.; Parks.
- [1903?]
- Pasadena, Cal., residence on Marengo Ave.
- View of a yard and house on Marengo Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a lattice work arbor covered with climbing roses, an orange tree with fruit, a flower bed with lilies and a section of a wood frame house with a carved...
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Arbors (Bowers); Houses.; Orange trees.; Roses.
- [1899]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- San Juan Hill
- Several gravestones stand in the foreground looking toward the back of San Juan Hill in the distance near Santiago, Cuba. The word carved into the stones are illegible. San Juan Hill was the site of a famous battle during the Spanish-American War....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Santiago de Cuba (Cuba)--1890-1900.; Cemeteries--Cuba--Santiago de Cuba--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1898.
- [1899?]
- 2019 Stout St., Denver
- View of Ridgway's Enterprises Inc., at 2019 Stout St. in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one-story brick building has a classical facade with stone columns and Corinthian capitals, dentils and relief torches on either side of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1986, August
- Trinidad Opera House
- View of the two-story stone "Trinidad Opera House" on the 100 block of West Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. An arched stairway leads to the opera house. The building has pediments on the cornice, carved pilaster strips and...
- Trinidad Opera House (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Franklin School in Denver
- View of the Franklin School on the corner of West Colfax and Stout Street in Denver, Colorado, which opened in 1883. The center portion of the building is set back slightly from the side wings and has a set of stone steps leading to its entrance....
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1883 and 1910?]
- Home of Absalom V. Hunter
- Absalom V. Hunter was a vice president at the Carbonate National Bank in Leadville, Colorado. In this interior view of his home, from parlor to dining room, we see that both rooms are ornately furnished and decorated in Victorian style. An archway...
- Hunter, Absalom V.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ninth Street Historic Park Wheeler-Griebling House (1041 Ninth Street)
- View of the Wheeler-Griebling House (ca. 1880), 1041 Ninth (9th) Street, located in the Ninth Street Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick building with a corbeled cornice...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.;...
- 1974
- Masonic Temple, Denver
- Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5, 4135, at 1614 Welton Street, Denver, Colorado; native red sandstone structure with carved arches and columns; business signs read "Fahey-Brockman Clothiers," "Denver Jewelry Co.," "National Shirt Shop," "Walgreens Drug...
- Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [1940-1949?]
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Deterioration of buildings.; Historic buildings.; Windows.; St. Joseph Church (Denver,...
- ca. 2004
- Sand sculpture
- View of a limestone rock eroded by sand from the Colorado River in probably Arizona. A hat is displayed on the rock to show scale. Sand and rocks are in the river bed.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Erosion--Arizona--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Rocks--Arizona--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1872
- Old Spanish record
- View of the carved inscription of Bishop Martin de Elizacochea in the sandstone surface of Inscription Rock (or El Morro rock, later El Morro National Monument) in Cibola County, New Mexico. The inscription translated into English reads: "The 28th...
- Cibola County (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Inscription Rock (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Cibola County--1870-1880.; Inscriptions--New Mexico--Cibola County--1870-1880.; Rock--New Mexico--Cibola County--1870-1880.; Geographical...
- 1873
- Fish Block
- View of the Fish Block, built by Charles R. Fish in between 1887 and 1889, at the northwest corner of Sixth (6th, Alpine) and Rose Streets. The two-story brick building has patterned brickwork and a rounded cornice; at the truncated corner, which...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1891?]
- Ninth Street Historic Park Wheeler-Griebling House (1041 Ninth Street)
- View of the Wheeler-Griebling House (ca. 1880), 1041 Ninth Street, located in the Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick building with a front corner bay,...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.;...
- [1974?]
- Historic Spanish record of the conquest south side of Inscription Rock, N.M.
- Close-up view of a Spanish inscription carved in the sandstone at Inscription Rock (El Morro National Monument), New Mexico. The English translation reads: "By this place passed Ensign Don Joseph de Payba Basconzelos, in the year in which he held...
- El Morro National Monument (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Inscription Rock (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--El Morro National Monument--1870-1880.; Graffiti--New Mexico--El Morro National Monument--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West...
- 1873
- A burro party, Pike's Peak
- Young women or girls and a man ride burros on a trail on Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. The girls wear wide brimmed straw hats and dresses and ride sidesaddle. A man in a suit and overcoat rides a mule and holds a whip. One animal carries...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Riding--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Trails & paths--Colorado--El Paso...
- 1888 October 27
- Ornate wagon
- Shows an ornate wagon from Gentry's Famous Trained Animal Show parked in front of the Broadway Carriage Works, Wright and Olcott proprietors, located at 716-718 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The wagon features carved floral and curved designs, a...
- Gentry's Famous Trained Animal Show--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Circus wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Sayer Mckee Drug Co
- Business signs from right to left read "Olde Tyme Portaits, Antiques and Finery," "Baby Doe Fashions," "Sayer McKee Gift Shop" and "Sayer McKee, Bed & Bath Boutique". Pictures, clothing, and t-shirts are displayed in windows. "Open" and "Ski...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Leadville saloon
- Interior view of (possibly) Hyman's Saloon in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows well dressed men, a bar, and a carved wood barback. Decor includes a punch bowl, frosted chip glass, swinging doors, liquor bottles, and taxidermy mounted deer...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1889]
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church main entrance from Galapago Street before restoration, Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church (St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Doors & doorways.; Gables.; Historic buildings.; St. Joseph Church...
- ca. 2004
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church main entrance from Galapago Street before restoration, Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Doors & doorways.; Gables.; Historic buildings.; St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- ca. 2004
- Maude B. Gass
- Studio bust portrait of Maude Bell Gass, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Gass in a dress with a gathered, upright collar, gathered sleeves with ribbon bows. She has bangs and wavy hair pulled back and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Gass, Maude B. (Maude Bell); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Moffat Tunnel
- Smoke rises from a Denver & Salt Lake Railway Company locomotive at the entrance to the Moffat Tunnel at the west portal near Winter Park in Grand County, Colorado. Shows snow and icicles, the dates "1923" and "1927" carved on both sides of the...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1920-1930.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- [1928?]
- Proposed colossus to be carved above each portal entrance to Moffat Tunnel
- Close-up view of a clay sculpture of a proposed Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company tunnel entrance to be built at both portals of the Moffat Tunnel. The figure of a nude man holds a torch in the air with one hand, and a model of probably the...
- Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Maquettes--1920-1930.; Models--1920-1930.
- 1923, October, November or December
- Ezra Meeker on the Oregon trail, calking [sic] wagon bed to cross the Loup
- Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, kneels beside a wooden wagon bed near the Loup River in probably Nance County or Platte County, Nebraska. He has long white hair, wears a striped shirt, slacks and boots, and holds a hammer. Wooden wagon wheels on an...
- Loup River (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Pioneers--Nebraska--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Residence on Washington Street, Denver
- Full trees stand in the front yard of the home of James D. Whitmore and his wife, Annie Goodell Whitmore, on Washington Street in Denver, Colorado. The driveway is in the left midground and leads to a covered entrance on the side of the house. The...
- Whitmore, James D.-- Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Whitmore, Annie Goodell--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1893 and 1910?]
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Crosses.; Dormers.; Historic buildings.; Steeples.; St. Joseph...
- ca. 2004
- Miramont Castle
- Exterior view of the Miramont Castle in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north. This 28 room mansion was built in in 1897 by the Gillis brothers for Father Francolon, a French priest and nobleman. Manitou green stone and wood are the materials;...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior details of the bar in the Columbian Hotel (1879), Trinidad, Colorado, include carved and lathe turned wood covering the front of the bar and cornices over the mirror in back. The coffered ceiling has hammered tin insets with painted scenes...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.; Interiors.; Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The Arcade
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the old Arcade, buildings at 1609-1615 Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado; business signs read: "Gold Nugget Grill," "St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau;" it features a carved stone pediment. The Arcade,...
- Chase. Ed--Homes & haunts.; Chucovich, Vaso L.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Despondency
- Vase made by Artus Van Briggle. The vase is an inverted baluster shape with a curved shoulder, tapered circular base, a lip and a figure draped over the top lip. The glaze is matte green and the base has an etched carved signature.
- Vases--1900-1910.; Van Briggle Pottery Company.--Products.
- 1901
- Sideboard
- Shows a mahogany sideboard in Chippendale style. It has end cabinets, six legs, pierced and carved gallery, four drawer, carved applique details and a glass top.
- Buffets (Furniture)--1900-1930.
- [between 1905 and 1925]
- Byron Carr
- An oil portrait of the bust of Byron Carr. He has black and gray hair, moustache and beard; he wears a white collar shirt, black suit with a vest and jacket and a gold collar pin. The frame is gilded, gesseoed, carved and molded wood.
- Carr, Byron.; Men--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- General Maurice Rose
- An oil painting of the bust of General Maurice Rose. His hair is gray; he wears a green khaki military uniform, an overcoat and a two star insignia pin. An American flag is in the background. The frame is gilded, carved and molded wood.
- Rose, Maurice General.; Military personnel--American--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Scraper and awl
- A Native American (Sioux) scraper tool made from elk horn and a steel blade. The scraper has a natural color, dots and lines carved into the handle portion, hollow depression and there is a thong piece of buckskin wrapped around the blade. This...
- Arapaho Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Scrapers (tools)--1880-1900.; Cases (containers)--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1900]
- War club
- Shows a Native American Sioux war club from Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The club features a beige chert head carved to points on both sides; a wood handle decorated with blue, silver color and green faceted beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Clubs (Weapons)--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- War club
- Shows a Native American Sioux war club made by White Whirl Wind of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The head of the club is made of carved oblong stone which is painted with blue and red poster paint. The handle is wood and is decorated with red, blue,...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Clubs (Weapons)--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Cane
- A wood cane (Native American White Mountain Apache) with carved images of a snake, lizard and diamonds. The color yellow, green, black and red are painted on the cane. At the bottom is a knob.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; White Mountain Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Staffs (Sticks)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Pipe cleaner
- A carved wood pipe cleaner (Native American Sioux Indian) with red and black paint. At the end is an openwork cage with balls inside.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Pipe cleaners--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]