Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #324 Soda Fountain by American Soda Fountain Company possibly in Richard's Drug Store
- View of a soda fountain in the interior of a drug store in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County, shows: spigots in a line, glass bowls and glasses, flowers in vases, stained glass ornament, carved wood, turned supports, cash register, leafy plant....
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- 1421 Champa, construction progress
- View of the Colorado Telephone Company building (1413-1425 Champa) under construction in Denver, Colorado. The building is a four story brick facade with dentals along the flat roof line. A carved stone over the door reads: "Telephone Building."...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902
- 1421 Champa, construction progress
- View of the partial facade and internal framework of the Colorado Telephone Company building, 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. Carved stone over the main entryway reads: "Telephone Building." Men stand on the sidewalk and look up at the...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902, September
- 1429 Champa, commercial office, exterior, front
- View of the commercial office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company at 1429 Champa St. in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story brick structure with cornice, dentils, and large store-front windows. Carved stone entablatures...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- 1514 Blake Street, Denver
- View of a commercial building at 1514 Blake Street (built 1863 - at onetime Barney Ford's People's Restaurant) in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three story business has stone lintels, star braces, storefront windows,...
- Ford, Barney L.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Show windows--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1981 March
- 1554 Race Street
- View of 1554 Race Street (1890) in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three story Queen Anne style house has intricate spindles and wood work over the entry porch and second story balcony. The house is red brick with...
- City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Wyman Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 2002
- 1640 Logan Street, Denver
- View of 1640 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This Beaux Arts-style, single family residence was constructed in 1886. It has a rough-faced stone foundation with inserted glass block windows and a convex mansard...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1976
- 1875 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 3rd Annual Denver City directory
- 1900 Wazee Street, Denver
- View of a commercial building at 1900 Wazee Street in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three story brick building has a dentiled cornice, carved stone lintels, and storefront windows. Sign reads: "For Lease, Ross, Brad Brown."
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Show windows--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 March
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1st National Bank, Gunnison, Colo. left to right Sam P. Spencer, E. J. Schimer, Joe Miller.
- Sam P. Spencer, President, stands outside the tellers cage, E. J. Schimer, Book Keeper, Joe J. Miller, Cashier, stand behind the tellers cage window, First National Bank, northwest corner of Main and Virginia, Gunnison, Colorado, built 1882 and...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Gunnison--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- 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
- 2247 Federal Boulevard, Denver
- View of a house at 2247 Federal Boulevard in the Sloan Lake Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; the brick home has shingle imbrication, a Palladian window, bargeboard, and lathe turned porch uprights. The arched window has carved stone voussoirs, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sloan Lake (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1981 August
- 2357 and 2361 Curtis Street
- View of 2357 and 2361 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a pair of matching Queen Anne-style single family residences. The one-story brick houses have a pedimented front gable window bay, scroll-sawn...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- 75th Anniversary Booklet for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Anniversary booklet detailing the seventy five year history of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado. Included are pictures of the Cathedral from its beginning to 1987.
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colorado) -- History. ; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Catholic Church -- Colorado -- Denver.
- 1987 October
- 960 Pearl Street, Denver
- View of an apartment building at 960 Pearl Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has a two stories and a raised basement. The facade has a parapet and inset carved stone details. A stairway leads to a...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 May
- [Audi]torium and City Hall, Pueblo
- View of classical-style City Hall and Memorial Hall Auditorium in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The three-story structure a has domed cupola, fluted columns with ionic capitals, a United States flag at half mast above a carved "1917," and a...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1923?]
- "Clyde Jackson, Aug 4" carved in rock & couple (?)
- A man and woman lie on a rock. The words "Clyde Jackson Aug 4" are carved in the rock face, probably in Colorado.
- Graffiti--Colorado--1920-1940.; Rocks--Colorado--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--1920-1940.; Jackson, Clyde--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- A Brief History of Auraria
- 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
- A Chinese interior
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, two Chinese men dressed in silk jackets, dark trousers and skullcaps sit in a room on a Chinese style divan. Shows embroidered wall hangings behind the divan, ornate wood carving on the...
- Chinese Americans--Men--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Houses--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A pit is carved out to house the primary crusher at the Henderson Mill.
- Construction site of the primary crusher pit at the Henderson Mine and mill, Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows: cars, trucks, and a round foundation.
- Empire (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Excavation--Colorado--Empire--1980-1990.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1980-1990.
- September 6, 1980
- Adams State, 5/18/47 Roto
- The Casa Bonita Lounge of the Adams State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado has Spanish style carved wood sofas, a table with a woven blanket on top, and a tile fireplace with a wooden mantle and decorative flower arrangements. There are sconces...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.--1940-1950.; Lounges--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Pianos--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Admission of Colorado to the Union
- An oil painting that depicts Miss Colorado being accepted into the Union by Madame Columbia. A group of men stand next to Miss Colorado and Madame Columbia who holds a Union flag. They all stand next to a stone archway that has the words "State of...
- Statehood (American politics)--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1884
- Alley view, Cripple Creek
- Back alley, Cripple Creek, Colorado; station wagon parked in alley with a distant view of Imperial Hotel over rear view of brick commercial buildings; back porch with a carved post is in foreground.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Alleys--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Imperial Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1960?]
- Alonzo Hartman residence
- Interior detail view of the fireplace in the entrance hall foyer of the 1892 Dos Rios mansion, built by Alonzo and Annie Hartman, Gunnison, Colorado; shows the pinkish brown tile fireplace with Italian relief figures at the top and sides was...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Hartman, Alonzo--Homes & haunts.; Hartman, Annie--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Alonzo Hartman residence
- Interior detail view of the fireplace in the entrance hall foyer of the 1892 Dos Rios mansion, built by Alonzo and Annie Hartman, Gunnison, Colorado; shows the pinkish brown tile fireplace with Italian relief figures at the top and sides, purchased...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Hartman, Alonzo--Homes & haunts.; Hartman, Annie--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Alonzo Hartman residence
- Interior detail view of an oak door in the 1892 Dos Rios mansion, built by Alonzo and Annie Hartman, Gunnison, Colorado; shows the five panel door, frame with carved top and bottom corner blocks, and an Admiral television console aside of it with a...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Hartman, Alonzo--Homes & haunts.; Hartman, Annie--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Alonzo Hartman residence
- Interior detail view of a stained glass window in the 1892 Dos Rios mansion, built by Alonzo and Annie Hartman, Gunnison, Colorado; small round beads connected by lead form border of the window with rectangular shapes around an interior beveled...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Stained glass--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Windows--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Hartman, Alonzo--Homes & haunts.; Hartman, Annie--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Alonzo Hartman residence
- Interior view of the entrance hall in the 1892 Dos Rios mansion, built by Alonzo and Annie Hartman, west of Gunnison, Colorado, shows white oak staircase circling up the tower. The bannister has S-shaped balustrades and a domed newel cap. Italian...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Hartman, Alonzo--Homes & haunts.; Hartman, Annie--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Alonzo Hartman residence
- Interior view of the entrance hall in the 1892 Dos Rios mansion, built by Alonzo and Annie Hartman, just west of Gunnison, Colorado, shows white oak staircase circling up the tower. The bannister has S-shaped balustrades and a domed newel cap....
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Hartman, Alonzo--Homes & haunts.; Hartman, Annie--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Altar of the old San Miguel Church, Santa Fe, N. Mex.
- Interior view of the adobe San Miguel Mission (Church, Chapel) at 401 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Shows the altar, communion rail, a tabernacle and candlesticks. Paintings or prints hang on the wall over and beside...
- Mission San Miguel (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Altars--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Interiors--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Altar of the old San Miguel Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Interior view of the adobe San Miguel Mission (Church, Chapel) at 401 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Shows the altar, communion rail, a tabernacle and candlesticks. Paintings or prints hang on the wall over and beside...
- Mission San Miguel (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Altars--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Interiors--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Andren Sylvester's saloon, Georgetown
- Andren Sylvester poses behind a bar at his saloon in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He has a moustache, wears a v-neck sweater and a beret, and stands near shelves of liquor bottles, an ornate mirror with a carved pediment, a wall...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Bartenders--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Sylvester, Andren.
- [between 1892 and 1900]
- Anfenger House 2900 Champa
- View of the Anfenger House (1884), 2900 Champa Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Milton Louis and Louise Anfenger, both immigrants from Germany, were active in the Jewish community of early Denver. They were involved in the...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Anfenger, Milton Louis, 1874-1952.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 2008
- Antonito, Colorado, Frederick Warshauer residence.
- Interior view of a carved oak post and beam in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows a portion of a art nouveau mural above the woodwork, bare electrical wires, beamed ceiling, and stained glass lanterns.
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Woodwork--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Antonito, Colorado, Frederick Warshauer residence.
- Interior view of the brick fireplace alcove in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; features an oak mantle and built in wood seats next to the fireplace; snuffer with long handle hanging off the mantle;...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.; Interiors.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Antonito, Colorado, Frederick Warshauer residence.
- Interior view of the brick fireplace alcove in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows an oak mantle and built in wood seats next to the fireplace; snuffer with a long handle hanging off the mantle; decorative...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.; Interiors.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Apts of Miss Mary McLean Bancroft
- Interior view of the Bancroft house in Denver, Colorado; decor includes ceiling coves, a carved wood chair, and a curio cabinet.
- Bancroft, Mary McLean--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- between 1900 and 1909
- Arapahoe Co. Hospital, Training School
- View of the Training School building at Arapahoe County Hospital (Denver General Hospital) located near West 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Cherokee Street in Denver, Colorado. The building is a three story structure with a three tier porch and glassed-in...
- Arapahoe County Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1900.; Nursing schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dormitories--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Arapahoe-Cheyenne encampment, Denver
- An oil painting of an Arapahoe-Cheyenne encampment in Denver, Colorado by Ester Yates Frazier. The painting is of a plains landscape with mountains in the background, native american figures, teepees and sky with clouds; the view is westward from...
- Arapaho Indians--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cheyenne Indians--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Indian encampments--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1861 April
- Arastra in Buckskin Gulch above Alma
- View of an arrastre (or arrastra) by Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a man kneeling by a water-filled, circular hole, used by miners for grinding ore.
- Buckskin Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Arch at the center of The Peristyle, Chicago World's Fair
- Men and women walk on the sidewalk near the Columbian Arch of The Peristyle at the World's Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) in Chicago, Illinois. The Arch is ornate and Romanesque in design. Corinthian colonnades extend from both sides of the...
- Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Arches--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Colonnades--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
- c1894
- Archaeology, Colorado
- People have carved names into several trees that stand in the foreground near a dirt path. A large cliff formation stands at a distance at the base of a hillside. Trees line the surrounding terrain.
- [between 1915 and 1931?]
- Archaeology, Mexico
- A decorative figure head is carved into a large stone wall among the Mayan ruins near Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
- Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--Mexico--Yucatan Peninsula--1910-1920.; Indians of Central America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1910-1920.; Sculpture--Mexico--Yucatan Peninsula--1910-1920.; Stone...
- [between 1910 and 1913?]
- Argonaut Hotel
- View of the Argonaut Hotel at Colfax and Grant Streets in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style five-story building with two wings, parapets, and decorative eave brackets. A horse-drawn buggy and wagon...
- Argonaut Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Arroya [sic]
- An arroyo, dried out, water carved landscape.
- Arroyos--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1902?]
- Art - sculpture - Mercury
- View of a carved stone statue of Mercury, with winged feet, a helmet, and a caduceus. Pedestal reads: "Flying Mercury," and "Class of 1893."
- Gods (Greek)--1890-1900.; Sculpture--1890-1900.; Mercury (Greek mythology)
- 1894, March 18