Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House, originally opened in 1878, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado...
- Central City Opera House--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House, partially obscured by a tree branch, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s and was described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house...
- Central City Opera House--1960-1970.; Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- Central City residence interiors
- Straw and cloth hats hanging on a hatrack are reflected in an oval mirror in the Prosser house. Sunlight illuminates the left side of the image. The mirror has a rectangular frame and scroll-work around the edges. Another mirror is visible in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Mirrors--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- Central City residence interiors
- A framed, needlepoint picture that reads "There is no place like home" hangs from a picture hanger attached to a patterned metal strip that spans the wall in the Prosser home in Central City. The frame is made of wood, and the needlework is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- Central City, Colorado residences
- A flagstone stairway winds up the side of a steep hill covered with trees, shrubs, and other vegetation in a back yard in Central City, Colorado. A sundial is in front of the stairway.
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Backyards--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- Eureka Street, Central City
- Eureka Street in Central City is framed by two trees without leaves. The Henry M. Teller Law offices and the Opera House are in the foreground. The Teller House is in the center of the image, and the First National Bank block is in the background....
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central...
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a group of men ride on a wagon pulled by a horse and a burro and decorated with several American flags. Spectators watch from the side of the street, one on a bicycle.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- Curley, Crow Scout, left foot on stump, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Curley, Crow male scout for General George Custer, holding rifle bag, standing with foot on rock in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Rifles.; Curly.; Crow Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- Rep. Clare Booth Luce visits Division
- Tenth Mountain Division General George P. Hays, Representative Clair Booth Luce, and probably S/Sergeant Richard A. Rocker converse during Luce's visit. In the background are three jeeps. Luce rests her hand on a pole with the division's insignia...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987.; Rocker, Richard A.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- Mills and houses in Chase Gulch
- View of four small wood buildings in Chase Gulch, Black Hawk, Colorado, with central building showing smoke from the chimney. Small Aspen tree occupies center of photo. Man visible in front of left building and is standing on road.
- Hale, J. A.--Homes & haunts.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mills--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- 1861
- Main Street, Central City streets
- A winter view of the intersection of Main Street and Eureka streets in Central City, Colorado; signs read "Head Quarters Lager Beer Saloon," "Bookstore," "Bank," "Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods," and "Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1862
- Main Street, Central City
- View looking south down unpaved Main Street in Central City, Colorado, at about 9:00 a.m. The buildings consist of one and two-story clapboard storefronts with false fronts and rectangular windows. The street is littered with building materials,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Main Street, Central City
- View looking north on Main Street toward Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The block consists of mostly wooden, clapboard, one and two-story storefronts. The unpaved street is littered with garbage and debris. In the foreground, two men,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Empire, Colorado
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, with houses and the west fork of Clear Creek.
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Boulder, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the town of Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Best's Pharmacy in Central City, Colorado
- The Harley B. Morse block on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, houses Best's Pharmacy. The two story commercial storefront has arched windows with lintels and a cornice with brackets on each end. "Drugs & Chemicals" is painted below the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Central City transportation
- Two stagecoaches are in the foreground. One is being drawn by four horses and is pulling out of a wood barn with a chimney and a gabled roof. The driver sits on top of the cab. The second stagecoach is parked alongside the front of the barn, with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Central City, Colorado storefront
- Several people stand in front of the Register building on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The three story, brick building has a bracketed cornice and rounded windows. The signs attached to the building read "The Daily Register" "Boots &...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Leadville banking certificate
- This Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, banking certificate has printing: "James H. B. McFerran, President, Geo. W. Trimble, Cashier, The Miner's Exchange Bank of Leadville, Colorado," and inked script: "Leadville Nov 29, 1879, Wm. B. Bergen Esbash...
- Signatures (Writing)--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cutshaw, Ed.
- 1879
- Businesses in Central City
- The Sauer McShane Mercantile Company on Eureka Street is crowded with merchandise, including boxes of soap, baking powder, fruits, nuts, and chandeliers. The shopkeeper, in a vest, is behind the counter. Men lean against the sales counters looking...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Interiors--1870-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Leadville pioneer homes
- Pioneer Leadville residents pose in front of their early homes in 1879, Colorado. The man and woman in the center, dressed in their finest, stand with their baby girl on a wood chair. Two men and another woman stand next to them, with a nursing...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Pioneers--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Tabor Hose Team
- H.A.W. Tabor Hose Cart Team poses on May 4, 1879, in u-shape formation on Harrison Avenue, a dirt road in Leadville, Colorado. The firemen are in uniforms with jackets, hats, gloves and belts. The cart donated by Tabor is decorated with American...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Gall, Dakota Chief, standing, holding bow, full length
- Standing full-length studio protrait of Gall, Dakota Chief, with one feather in hair, earrings, braids wrapped in fur, scarf tied at neck, vest, shoulders and forearm painted or tattoos, decorated hide wrapped around lower torso, holding bow and...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.
- 1880
- The Greeley Tribune
- Men pose in front of brick commercial buildings in Greeley, Colorado. The two-story structures have a bracketed cornice and gauge arched windows. Wooden livery doors serve the fire department; the hose drying tower rises from the roof. A sign...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Adolph Coors Company
- Copy of an early painting of the Adolph Coors Golden brewery, Golden, Colorado, shows wood frame and stone plant buildings with dark smoke pouring from a tall smokestack. There are also residences, a pond with a man in a boat and swans, and a woman...
- Adolph Coors Company--1880-1890.; Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Kit Carson, Colorado
- Commercial buildings in Kit Carson, Colorado, have flat or gable roofs and false fronts. Signs read: "Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco. The Old Reliable," and "Rhoades Waggoner General Merchandise;" with a depiction of a bull. Buckboards are in...
- Kit Carson (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Kit Carson--1880-1890.
- 1880?
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, consists of churches, residences, and commercial buildings. Signs read: "Cheap Store Come In," and "F. B. Park Cheap Store."
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northwest; shows the porch covering the central entrance and the central gable with its pointed-arch window on the front, the bay window, solarium, oriel window, and entrance on the side. The...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- 1881
- Gall, Dakota Chief, standing, holding fan-shaped object, 3/4 length
- Gall, Dakota Chief, 3/4 length standing studio portrait; wearing one feather in hair, buffalo skin with design wrapped around shoulders, earrings; holding feather fan-shaped object.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.
- 1881
- Early Manitou bird's eye
- Bird's eye view of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east, from the summit of Mount Manitou; shows the Cliff House, The Mansions, Manitou Bath House, and Manitou School. Grade has been cut for the D. & R. G. Railroad, no track has been laid....
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Harrison Avenue in September
- View southwest on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado includes the old Lake County Courthouse, with Lady Justice and her scales crowning the tower. Other brick and wood businesses line the street, some with awning. Pedestrian are on the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Mr. and Mrs. Raynolds and friends
- Lounging in sidechairs on a storefront's boardwalk in Canon City, Colorado, these men, women and girl are identified as: R. S. Lewis, Fred Skeele, Dr. T. H. Craven, F. A. Raynolds, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Skeele, Mrs. Raynolds, T. N. Harding, Frank...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1882
- [Pier at night]
- Piers--Pictorial works.; Moon--Pictorial works.
- 1882
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- The Fort Collins Volunteer Fire Department poses by the fire house in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, with a hose-reel and a ladder carriage. Sign on adjacent storefront reads: "Free Reading Room."
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire stations--Colorado--Fort Collins--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Salida, Colorado
- View over Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows the Denver and Rio Grande railroad depot, tracks, passenger coaches and an engine, bridge across Arkansas River to residences and businesses, including the Monte Cristo Hotel with the Sawatch Range...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1884
- 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
- Sidesaddle on a burro
- A girl rides a burro in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado, on Main Street. She wears high button shoes, a pleated dress, and a straw hat with ribbons. A building has a balcony / porch and signs "Emery's Photograph Gallery," and "Drug...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Saloon in Morrison, Colorado
- Men pose at a bar, holding glasses of beer, in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. They are (l to r): Clyde Waugh, Selden Tuttle, Jim Parley, Mose Miller, and Tom Morrison. Ed Bishop is behind the bar, by a frosted mirror on the interior wall.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bars--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.; Bartenders--Colorado--Morrison--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Denver and Rio Grande depot, Salida, Colorado
- Men and boys in frock coats, bowlers, and bib overalls pose by the Denver and Rio Grande Railway depot in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The stone structure has a gable roof, dormer, and bracketed eaves. A short engine (No. 106) has a baffled...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Stout, Colorado
- Panoramic view over the railroad depot, water tank and tracks of the Colorado & Southern railroad at Stout (also known as Petra), Colorado in Larimer County; includes the quarry and boarding hotel.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1880-1890.; Stout (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Stout--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Apsen, Colorado
- The young town of Aspen, Colorado, is situated at the base of snowy Aspen Mountain. The town consists of one and two story log, wood- frame, and brick structures. Churches and commercial storefronts are visible along the streets. The summit of...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1886
- One of Sitting Bull's trials, Standing Rock Agency
- between Sitting Bull, Gall and others to lessen Sitting Bull's influence with Dakota Native Americans.; Sitting Bull's trial at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, for allegedly instigating the Crow to go to war; large group of Dakota Native...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Judicial proceedings.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Trials, litigations, etc.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.
- 1886
- Idaho Springs, schools
- A large group of school children and their teachers are in front of a doorway in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Four boys are in front of the group holding three signs that read: "Idaho Springs," "1886," and, "Primary Dept." Two Black children are in the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; African Americans--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Leadville, Colorado
- Reproduction of pencil rendering; shows Harrison Avenue businesses, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with signs: "Paps Theatre," "M. Mankuss," "Cheap Joe's Clothing House," "Ben Loebs Conc. Hall," "O. T. Gates Manager," "Second Hand Store."
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Leadville, Colorado
- Reproduction of pencil rendering; shows Harrison Avenue businesses, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with people and signs: "Drugs," "M. Harris," "S. McMillen," "California Riveted Quick Clothing," "David May," "Hyman's Warfield Fine Cigars,"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Children standing near a creek in Central City, Colorado
- Children in Central City, Colorado, stand next to a rocky stream. The three boys and two girls are dressed in summer clothes and are wearing hats. The terrain around them is rocky and the soil seems to have been eroded away by water. Above them...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Floods--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Col. Geo. E. Randolph residence and Judge Witherow residence
- The gothic revival Smith house on Casey Avenue in Central City, Colorado, is built above a masonry retaining wall and is a two story structure with a steeply-pitched, gabled roof with shingles, a chimney, and bargeboard gingerbread around the...
- Randolph, Geo. E.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Witherow, Judge--Homes & haunts.
- 1888
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story frame building featuring a gable roof with flat side extensions, a belfry, and a plate glass ground floor front with transoms. Lettering on the three front windows reads...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireman's Hall (Breckenridge, Colo)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1888
- National Education Association Estes Park, Colorado.
- People pose in front of the new one story board-and-batten school house in Estes Park, Colorado. The men, women, and a few children are attending a summer meeting of the National Education Association. Many of the women wear dark basque jackets...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Teachers--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1890.; National Education Association of the United States.
- 1888
- Parade in Montrose, Colorado
- On Main Street, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, men in uniforms pose with rifles and United States flags. Spectators include children, women, and a man in tophat. Frame and brick businesses line the dirt thoroughfare; bare fields are in the...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Montrose--1880- 1890.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 February 22