Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 5 and 6, 1929 May-June
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1920 October
- Destruction caused by second fire, Cripple Creek
- Rubble and debris caused by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; twisted sheet metal, chimneystack, canvas tents amidst rubble.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Destruction caused by second fire, Cripple Creek
- Rubble and destruction caused by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; piles of twisted sheet metal, canvas tents amidst rubble, railroad tracks in foreground; view across fire devastated area toward distant view of remaining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- 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 10
- 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.)
- 1944 March 23
- Father José Lara
- Father José Lara stands in front of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 1209 West 36th Avenue, in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Father Lara is flanked by United Farm Workers of America (UFW) boycott organizer Mary Ann Alonzo and the...
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- [1971]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 34, 1912 August 24
- Cyclone, Yuma Colo.
- View of the debris caused by a tornado in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows men, an overturned safe, a wagon on its side, bricks and a damaged barn.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- [1916] May 20
- Cyclone, Yuma, Colo.
- View of the damage and debris caused by a tornado in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows women, a gable-roofed house and downed trees.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- 1916 May 20
- Pueblo flood
- View of the damage and debris caused by the Arkansas River flood probably near Second and Third Streets in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows an overturned freight car, a corrugated roof, train tracks and multi-story commercial buildings. The...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- View of the debris and damage caused by the Arkansas River flood near Second and Santa Fe Streets in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the Central Block and McCarthy buildings, gutted storefronts, broken windows, an automobile and people.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Cripple Creek fire
- View of destruction caused by a fire in downtown Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows rubble, twisted sheet metal, brick foundations, residents, a horse-drawn fire wagon and smoldering ash.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896?]
- Sneffels
- Men pose near a wood frame building, skis and debris caused by an avalanche in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Skis are planted in the snow vertically and lean against the roof of the building. A man sits on a crate near an overturned chair and...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Avalanches--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Cabins--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bennett Ave. after the fire
- Large group of men and on-lookers view destruction, debris and remains of two-story brick wall on Bennett Avenue caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; mule-drawn wagon loaded with wooden barrels is parked along edge of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Bennett Ave. looking west
- Destruction west on Bennett Street caused by second fire on April 29, 1986, Cripple Creek, Colorado; groups of men and two men on horseback in street survey rubble and remains of once thriving commerical business district; shows utility poles with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Bennett Ave.
- View of destruction west on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, caused by second fire on April 29, 1896; groups of men and solitary men survey remaining debris; smoke still rises from ashes and utility poles with fallen wires border street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cor. Tutt and Penrose blk.
- Destroyed corner section of Tutt and Penrose Building caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story commercial stone and brick building burned with corner demolished to rubble; remaining structure includes cornice with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Cripple Creek
- Aftermath of destruction caused by April, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men, women and children stroll down street that has debris and rubble left from fire; foreground includes woman holding baby, boy drinking from fire hydrant, canvas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Destruction from second fire, Cripple Creek
- Destruction caused by second fire, April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows rubble, debris, twisted sheet metal, brick foundation, two-story wood and brick commercial buildings with false fronts in background.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- General view after the fire, Bennett and 4th
- A large group of men, many firemen, survey the destruction caused by the first fire, April 25, 1896, near elevated portion of Bennett Avenue at 4th (Fourth) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; several firefighters wear helmets, raincoats and boots;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1990.
- 1896
- The only [illegible] Bennett Ave.
- Fire-gutted exterior view of two-story, flat roof, single story brick commercial building, Bennett Avenue, caused by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; decorative cornice.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Palace Drug Store, Midland Ticket Office
- Smouldering debris and remains of Palace Drugstore and Midland Ticket Office, Bennett Avenue and Second Street, caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; water boiler or tank, rubble, pipe, brick school building, and other...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Part of First St. saved from the fire
- Destruction on First Street caused by second fire, April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; remains include stone or cement block foundations, clustered groups of high-backed chairs, tables, stool, wood commode and wagon wheels; man walks down dirt...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Bennett [illegible] and Penrose Blk
- Destruction on Bennett Avenue caused by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; groups of men poke through smouldering remains and debris; scene includes burned-out two-story Tutt and Penrose building with flat roof and ornamental...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Bennett Ave. after 2nd fire
- View of Bennett Avenue's desolation and total destruction caused by second fire of 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; destruction includes burnt telegraph or utility poles and scattered debris of timbers; groups of men survey remains and destruction;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Crippl [sic] Creek in 1876
- Exterior view of Welty log cabin and springhouse in 1876, Broken Box Ranch, future site of Cripple Creek, Colorado; log cabin has gable roof, wooden roof shingles, small windows boarded over, and native stone chimney on side; additional smaller log...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Cripple Creek fire, early 1890's
- View of destruction caused by 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes remains of twisted sheet metal, ashes and burnt timbers, and former business and commercial district; canvas tents are scattered amidst fire debris; remaining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Wreckage of Conrad & French Garage
- People survey damage caused by a tornado in Yuma, Yuma County, Colorado. The Conrad and French Garage is in ruins; bricks and boards are on top of automobiles.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Garages--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- May 22, 1916
- Cripple Creek
- Snow-covered street and terrace view of one and two-story wooden frame and brick flat-roof commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of early fire department building; scene includes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Green Lake, looking west
- View across Green Lake, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows a evergreen and mountain reflection, with a mountain slope in background.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Green Lake (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Reflections--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Explosion used to detonate German mines
- A black cloud from an explosion rises in the middle ground of the image. Leafless trees and snow covers the ground. In the background buildings stand on the ridge above the valley in the vicinity of Mount Belvedere during the Italian Campaign....
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Explosions--Italy--1940-1950.; Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Cleaning up from Cherry Creek - Castlewood Dam flood
- Residents watch crews clean up damage on downtown streets after Cherry Creek flooded and caused the Castlewood Dam to collapse. Shows machinery and flooded buildings.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Flood in downtown Denver
- View of the intersection of 16th and Cleveland Streets after a flood, caused by the break of a water main, in Denver, Colorado. Cars, pedestrians, and a streetcar are in or near the flooded street. Businesses include the "The Automobile Club, Rocky...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Cherry creek
- Young women wade through Cherry Creek flood waters in Denver, Colorado. The flood was caused by the failure of the Castlewood Dam.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Wading--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Detectives at the Golden Eagle Store robbery
- Two male detectives point to a bullet hole in a glass display case at the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Store in Denver, Colorado located at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets. The damage was caused by police gunfire.
- Golden Eagle Dry Goods Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Robberies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1931 May 11
- Breaking New Ground
- A man swings a pick ax at a large rock in Nepera Park, upper Yonkers, New York. The rock sits in an indentation in a small cliff. The man wears a hat.
- Yonkers (N.Y.)--1890-1920.; Miners--New York--Yonkers--1890-1920.; Mining--New York--Yonkers--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Ho-te-moie (Jno. Stink), Osage
- A Native American (Osage) man, identified as Ho ta Moie (Comes Roaring) kneels on a checkered blanket. He wears pants, a shirt, and a scarf on his head. This man had scrofula, a form of tuberculosis which caused offensive body odor, thus his other...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Osage Indians--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.; Comes Roaring.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- CNW scene
- Washout near Hot Springs, S.D., this caused abandonment of the line from Hot Springs to Buffalo Gap, S.D. Photographed: near Hot Springs, S. D., June 11, 1938.
- Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroads--South Dakota--Hot Springs--1930-1940.; Chicago and North Western Railway Company.
- 1938
- City Hall after explosion
- View of destruction caused by a dynamite blast used to create a fire break during the 1893 fire in central business district, Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows a large hole in the side of the old City Hall; building...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town halls--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Elk Avenue, looking east, after fire Jany 9th, 1893
- Snowcovered view of destruction caused by a fire in the central business district, Elk Avenue, Cested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows rubble, firehose carts, and standing false fronts on the north side of street.
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Colorado State College of Education
- Thick, black smoke billows out of the roof of burning Cranford Hall, administrative building on the campus of Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers...
- Colorado State College of Education--1940-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.
- 1949 March 7
- Bologna
- View of the damage caused at a railway station in Bologna, Italy. The Tenth Mountain Division was fighting in the area near Bologna during the Italian Campaign.
- Bologna (Italy)--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--Bologna--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- "Pauvre Italia!" destroyed landscape
- Landscape showing destruction caused by German artillery, Possibly where the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company L was located on "Punchboard Hill" above Malandrone, Italy.
- War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [March] 1945
- Shambles in the small wood at Torre Iussi
- View of the broken trees and strings of wire caused during the battle for Torre Iussi, Italy. The Tenth Mountain Division attacked German positions in the town on April 14-15, 1945.
- Torre Iussi (Italy)--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Shelled house, Italy
- Photograph taken from a hill showing a view of a house with a large hole caused by shell damage. Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are walking away from the camera on the road beside the house. Farther along the road is a jeep. In the...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Colorado, remarkable meterological [sic] display observed at Crisman, on the night of January 7th
- View of a lunar rainbow, caused by light refracted by raindrops, in the sky above Crisman (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows rings around the moon, and snow on mountains.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Moon--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Natural phenomena--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.
- 1887 January 22
- Robert Krague, Chief of Fire Dept - Killed July 31, 1891
- Firemen pose on their horse-drawn ladder wagon in Pueblo, Colorado. The two-story, brick and stone firehouse in the background has ornate, incised arches and spandrels; it is draped with bunting and a sign: "We Mourn our Chief." Streetcar tracks...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Central City after the fire, 1873
- center midground. In the left midground is the office and residence of J.O. Raynolds, general agent for Colorado for a prominent powder company. Part of Turner Hall juts into the right foreground. Originally the Cook & Kimball Mill, Turner Hall was...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Chimneys--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mills--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central...
- [1873?]