Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Central Presbyterian Church School
- A pamphlet that describes the Sunday school for Central Presbyterian Church. It discusses the plan for attendance, and the supplies that will be needed for the students.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)
- undated
- Old Cheltenham School, Irving Street Center
- Photograph of the Old Cheltenham School building, which later became the Irving Street Cents, in Denver, Colorado. Note the tower is removed.
- Cheltelham School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Records of the Auraria town company, from October 1858 to March 1860
- Evans block = photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Pythias Club," "The Hurlbut Grocery Co.," "Lunch, Bill keeps this place, this place keeps Bill," "Special breakfast, pork chops, hot...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- May, 1913
- Evans block
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) St., Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Hurlbut Grocery Co., Columbine butter 30 [cents], Columbine milk 3 gal. for 25 [cents], Coffee 25 [cents] a pound." The Daniels and Fisher...
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- May, 1913
- Evans Block - photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "Evans Block," "The Post Studio," "Morovit Coffee 30 [cents]," "Big fresh roasted peanuts, 1 for 15 [cents], 2 for 25 [cents]," "Hurlbut's,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- May, 1913
- Victor, Colo (during 2nd strike)
- Horse-drawn hearses line Fourth Street in Victor, Teller County, Colorado, at a funeral procession for victims of a terrorist bombing, during a mining labor strike by the Western Federation of Miners; crowds stand in the rain with umbrellas. Ore...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Victor--1900-1910.; Funeral processions--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' unions--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- June, 1904
- The Cosmopolitan Club of Denver, official records.
- Drug Store
- Interior view of a drugstore in Longmont, Colorado, includes glass display cases and counters with cigars, perfumes, lotions, magazines, candy, sign reads: "Special 2 Pkgs. Envelopes, 1 Box Pound Paper, 87 cents", and Christmas garland, icicles...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- December 1926
- Big snow of December 1913
- A young boy poses in front of a tall snowman next to a snowcovered post, downtown Denver, Colorado. Snow piles have American flags stuck in them for decoration. The sidewalks are cleared, while the street shows deep snow heavily tracked. Signs...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Children playing in snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snowmen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Constitution and By-Laws of the Kismet Club
- The constitution is divided into 12 articles with four amendments. It explains the purpose of the club, membership rules and requirements, meeting times, fines for tardiness, order of business for meetings, officers, officer duties, committees, and...
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter...
- circa 1930's
- Gerardi's Market corner Main and Maple
- Jim Gerardi stands behind his Ford pickup truck in front of his grocery store in Trinidad, Colorado. A boy stands on a sidewalk as a customer comes out of the Piggly Wiggly store next door. Lettering on the pickup reads: "Gerardi's," "Meats,"...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business people--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Grocery Stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Gerardi, Jim.
- ca. 1922
- Boulder
- Panoramic view of Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado; shows houses, University of Colorado buildings, the St. Gertrude Academy, Boulder Creek, and the Boulder Sanitarium. Letters on (Yount) flour mill tank read: "10 cents a week, the Denver Times...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- c1908
- Sixteenth Street east Capitol in background
- View on a sunny day east along 16th Street towards the State Capitol, Denver, Colorado, includes pedestrians, carriages, bicycles, Arapahoe County Courthouse, the Tremont Hotel and a building under construction across the street. Awning sign reads:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- between 1898 and 1910]
- Western Hotel Ouray, Colo.
- Men sit on the porch of the Western Hotel on 7th (Seventh) Avenue in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. The three story wooden frame building has a balcony and ornate rooftop pediment. Automobiles are parked nearby. Signs read: "Western Hotel", "Beer...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- August, 1941
- N. S. H. S. Exponent
- This is a newsletter for Northside High School. It provides information on club activities, up coming events, and other happenings around school. It contains a military section and advertisements for local businesses. It is published on the 15th...
- North Side High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.
- April 15, 1893
- Clarko [sic] Hotel
- View of the Clarkson Hotel at 813 East Colfax Avenue in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the San Francisco Book Exchange and the Moorish roof line of the Fillmore Auditorium. Sign reads: "Adult Books. Films. Novelties....
- Clarkson Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [between 1972 and 1978?]
- First Fed. Savings & Loan 5063, W. C. Muchow & Assoc. order, 63278.
- The newly-completed First Federal Savings Bank in Englewood, Colorado, at 4301 South Broadway, is illuminated at night. Light shines from the continuous clerestory window around the top of the walls and from the lower lever windows. Girders are on...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Banks--Colorado--Englewood--1950-1970.
- [between 1959 and 1965?]
- AdAmAn Club
- AdAmAn Club members wait in sweaters, jackets, and flannel shirts, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One stands by radios; a hand-lettered notice on the interior wall reads: "Car Stickers 2 for 5 cents."
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Radios--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Lawrence and 15th Street, Denver
- View of the 15th (Fifteenth) and Lawrence Street corner, in Denver, Colorado; shows stucco and stone apartments / businesses with signs: "J & B Buffet Tavern," "Lee's Bargain Store," "Hamms Beer," "Salman's," and "Bar Whisky Double Shot 35 Cents."...
- J & B Buffet Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Apartments--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1947 and 1955?]
- Ft. Collins, Colo.
- Trolley number 25 of the Fort Collins Municipal Railway passes the rodeo grounds in a residential neighborhood in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. Signs outside of the fairground read: "Colorado A & M College" and "Colorado A & M College...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Street railroads--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1960.; Fort Collins Municipal Railway (Fort Collins, Colo.)
- [between 1947 and 1951]
- Not a damn bit like an Indian
- Copy of an original Armand Wetcker drawing, shows a cigar store Indian smoking a peace pipe, outside a Golden, Colorado, cigar shop. A man, possibly the owner, and a customer stand in the doorway looking at the sculpture. The storefront window has...
- Golden (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Cigar store Indians--Colorado--Golden--1860-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1980]
- Indians trading at a frontier town
- Native American (tribe unknown) men and women trade with white men in a town. One woman wears a cradleboard. Prominent signs read: "Cigars", "Shaving 25 [cents]", "Hair Cutting 45 [cents]", and "Western Clo[thing]".
- Indian traders--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Dunkin' Doughnut
- A teenaged boy and girl purchase popcorn at a stand festooned with balloons in (probably) Denver, Colorado. A sign reads: "Popcorn by Dunkin' 10 cents a Bag," a scale and shelves of liquor bottles are in a nearby concession; a neon sign reads:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Popcorn--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Dunkin' Donuts (Firm)--Public relations.
- [between 1940 and 1955?]
- Concession near west side tennis courts
- View of the concession stand near the tennis courts on the western side of Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. The side of the wood panel building is open and a sign reads: "Rocky Mountain Beverages Pepso Orange Root Beer Cherry Lime Grape 5...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Food vendors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Children's march on Governor, Mayor, protesting lay off
- Boys and girls crowd an office in Denver, Colorado, with picket signs: "Mr. Mayor and Mr. Governor, How Can We Get Milk?," and "Mr. Mayor and Mr. Governor, When We're Set Out, Will You Take Us In?," and "Mr. Mayor and Mr. Governor, We Are Existing...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Pickets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Boggio's Parisienne Rotisserie
- View of Boggio's Parisienne Rotisserie, a restaurant and lounge located near the corner of Tremont Place and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The building has a tile overhang roof and arched windows and entrances. Signs on the building read: "Air...
- Adolph Coors Company--Public relations--1940-1950.; Boggio's Rotisserie (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1940-1950.; Boggio's Rotisserie (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; General Outdoor Advertising Co.--Products--1940-1950.; Denver...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Banner American mill, Ouray, one of the few to operate with silver as low as 26 cents
- View of the Banner American Mill, Paquin District, Ouray County, Colorado shows: shaft house, ore cars, automobiles.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Pony rides
- Ponies stand in a corral in City Park in Denver, Colorado. Pony rides were offered as one of the many amusements in the park. A sign next to the corral reads: "Pony rides 10 [cents]".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Corrals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Ponies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Poates Barber Shop- haircuts .15 [cents] [sic]
- Boys line up outside Poates Barber Shop at 2921 West 25th Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Children Hair-cut 5 [cents]", "Until Barbers Get Standard Prices Haircuts 15 [cents] First Class Work Clean Linen Used", and "3 Barbers".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Barbershops--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Central City, Colorado, looking north toward Gunnell Hill. In the foreground is depression in the ground surrounded by a fence. Behind it is a rundown house and a telephone post. Several cars are parked next to the telephone post. A man...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Denver Y W C A
- Women who include Fairfax B. Richey (Holmes) eat in the dining room the Phyllis Wheatley Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association in Denver, Colorado.
- Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Colfax Avenue
- View of Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles drive on the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Inn Budweiser," "A & B Hamburgers 5 [cents]," and "Gulf Motor Tune-up Service Station." The Colorado State Capitol building and the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Billboard for Ambrose Wine
- View of a billboard located at East 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue and Grant Street, Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; Ambrose Wine (Calif.)--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards.; Wine industry.; Wine.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Telephone Building
- View of the Mountain States Telephone Company Building at 14th (Fourteenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Other buildings and a gas station are nearby. Signs read: "Cars Greased 75 [cents]," "Auto Park," and "Vandermoer-Taylor...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1929 and 1935?]
- Snap Cleaners - Dyers
- A roadster and sedan automobile are parked in front of a three-story building at 1982 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. A sign on an awning reads: "Snap Cleaners - Dyers," "Cleaning - Dyeing - Repairing." A sign over a door reads: "Eugene G. Groves,...
- Snap Cleaners (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1935]
- Dokey Circus, Denver
- View of circus tents, and an arched wooden entrance sign to "Dokey Circus" at an intersection on East 5th (Fifth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Advertisements on a sign read: "Coca-Cola, Every Bottle Sterilized," "The Model Cleaners and Dyers, Men's...
- Dokey Circus--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Advertisements--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Show tents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1931?]
- H A T - 354 Dumont, All State Camp - Near Idaho Springs
- Five people stand or sit on the porch of a two-story country store in Dumont, Colorado, in Clear Creek County; a woman stands in front of the store. It is a two-story structure with a front gable. Other, smaller structures are behind it. Signs...
- Dumont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; General stores--Colorado--Dumont--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Cullen-Thompson Motor Company, Denver
- Cars are parked outside the Cullen-Thompson Motor Company at 1000 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Shows streetcar tracks on Broadway. The flat-roofed building has gothic elements that include crockets, quatrefoils and arched windows. Signs read:...
- Cullen-Thompson Motors (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver Theaters Rivoli 1741 Curtis
- View of the Rivoli Theater at 1741 Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. A group of men stand on the sidewalk nearby. Signs read: "Eat," "Musical Comedy," "All Kinds of Hats Cleaned and Blocked 50 [cents]," and "Musical Girlie Parade."
- Rivoli Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Queues--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Ride at Lakeside
- View of an attraction at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado; ticket booth reads: "15 cents."
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1920-1930.; Amusement rides--Colorado--Lakeside--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Curtis Street
- View of Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street and streetcar no. 123 is in the distance. Shows a hamburger stand with a crenelated parapet, signs read: "Jack's White Castle no.1" "Hamburgers 5 cents...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts.; Commercial streets.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Smiley Br.
- Exterior of Smiley Branch of Denver Public Library, 4501 West 46th (forty-sixth), Denver, Colorado; L-shaped brick bungalow with tile roof and entry vestibule; named for Denver Public School teacher and superintendent, William H. Smiley.
- Smiley, William H.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Smiley Branch.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1925]
- Byers Branch
- Exterior of Byers Branch of Denver Public Library, 675 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado; small rectangular Neoclassical building; one- story buff stucco over brick with arched windows and entrance and a tile roof; named for William N. Byers,...
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Byers Branch.--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920]
- Cavallo's Orchestra
- Men pose with musical instruments in front of the Princess Theater at 1620 Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The band leader Rafaello Cavallo, holds a conductor's baton. Musicians wear suits and hold instruments that include: cello, stand...
- Princess Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Conductors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Musicians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1927?]
- Brule & Bourk Com. Co.
- View of vegetable dealers at 1522 Market Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, delivery trucks, a horse and buggy, bicycle, crates of merchandise, and signs: "The Brule & Bourk Com. Co., Wholesale Fruits and Produce," "It's Always Better at The...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Markets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Buffalo Bill Warpath
- Suede finish card stock album cover has an embossed art nouveau flourish and depiction of a mermaid holding a sunburst. Letters read: "Badger Gem." Ticket stub (probably) glued to cover reads: "Sells Floto Circus, Home of 1001 Wonders, Admission 25...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--Public relations--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--Public relations--1910-1920.; Album covers--1910-1920.; Tickets--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1916?]
- Soda shop counter
- Men pose near the counter at a soda fountain probably in DeBeque (Mesa County), Colorado. Advertisements read: "Hopale or Malt Tea 20 [cents] Two For 35" and "Coca Cola or Ironport 10 [cents] A Pint."
- Interiors--Colorado--1910-1930.; Soda fountains--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Restaurant
- A man and woman pose in a restaurant in De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Stools are near a wooden bar. Posters and advertisements on the wall read: "Quality Sells Exports Cigar 5 [cents]," "The DeBeque New Era," "4th of July [...] Grand Ball In...
- De Beque (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--De Beque--1910-1930.; Restaurants--Colorado--De Beque--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Packing burros and automobile
- View of Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street, looking west. The Kneisel- Curtis-Seifried Building is on the left side of the street, with signs that read "Bakery," and Kneisel and Anderson;" a sign over the sidewalk with an American flag nearby reads "10...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]