Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Public Library 1935 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1935. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northeast shows frame or log dwellings and commercial buildings, including the Catholic Church, and the Gardner residence. Landmarks include Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"), Illinois Gulch,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, includes tents, frame and log dwellings and commercial buildings dotting the flats next to the Blue River which winds up to and through town. The foothills of Boreas Mountain are in the left, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the 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.)
- 1942 December 10
- Comes Out Holy, Oglala Sioux
- A Native American (Oglala Sioux) man, identified as Comes Out Holy, poses on horseback. He wears moccasins, tights, bells, a breech cloth, a fur piece around his neck, face paint, and plumage in his hair. Attached to his side is a shield, and in...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--1890-1910.; Indian encampments--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.; Comes Out Holy.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- John Comes Again
- Studio portrait (sitting, profile) of John Comes Again, a Native American (Plains) man. He holds a beaded bag and a blanket. He wears a hair pipe breast plate, scarves around his neck, and a feather warbonnet headdress.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Comes Again, John.
- 1899
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 1 and 2, 1929 January-February
- War Bonnet
- Front view of a Native American Sioux war bonnet made by Scout Comes from Sky of Rosebud, South Dakota. The bonnet is made of chicken feathers dyed yellow, eagle feathers, white down, beadwork and red flannel.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- War Bonnet
- Back view of a Native American Sioux war bonnet made by Scout Comes from Sky of Rosebud, South Dakota. The bonnet is made of chicken feathers dyed yellow, eagle feathers, white down, beadwork and red flannel.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- 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?]
- Trinity fourth annual oratorio concert : Mendelssohn's Elijah
- Program for a presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah performed at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 1905. Included in the program are several pictures of prominent performers, list of performers, a detailed listing of the...
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.). Choir--Performances.; Oratorios--Librettos.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver,...
- 1905 March 9
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- 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.)
- 1943 September 30
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 35, 1909 October 16
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 11 and 12, 1927 November-December
- 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
- Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway
- Shows the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway engine number 800 with coach and passenger cars, as it comes out of a tunnel on Moffat Road in Colorado.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Ad for radios
- View of a display window at a store in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The display includes radios, a taxidermic mountain lion, taxidermic sheep, and a sign that reads: "Whether March Comes in Like a Lion or Goes Out Like a Lamb, You'll...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Radios--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Window displays--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Tiny Town
- Several visitors look over a fence at the one-sixth scale buildings of Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Town include a business district, radio tower, gas station and residences. The Tiny Town Express comes along the...
- Turner, George 1859-1932--Homes & haunts.; Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Potosi Caribou mine, Caribou, Colo.
- View of the deteriorating mill of the Potosi Caribou mine near Caribou, Boulder County, Colorado. It features two towers connected by a wooden chute and other, shed roofed buildings. It stands atop a large tailings pile and borders a road.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Potosi Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Snowy Range from Bellview Mtn. [graphic]
- The right side of the panorama view from a rocky slope of Mount Bellview, Gunnison County, Colorado, looks over vast expanse of mountains with a snowy range in distance.
- Bellview, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado Gunnison County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Union Refining Company fire
- View of a fire at the Union Refining Company in Denver, Colorado. A man lifts a hose; smoke comes from tanks and barrels.
- Petroleum refineries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- December 16, 1932
- Ute Indians, from southern Colorado
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute), costume includes fur, feathers, and a hair pipe breastplate.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- 1895 October 17
- Shawnee Indians
- Group portrait of Native Americans (Shawnee) and whites in a tent camp, possibly in Oklahoma. Identification: "1. Fred Neal (by the horse), 2. Cal Sherman, 3. Daniel Chilson, 4. Thomas W. Alford (Shawnee), 5. L. G. Neal, 6. Lee Taylor, 7. A one...
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1880-1910.; Shawnee Indians--Women--Oklahoma--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Rotary snowplow on Boreas Pass, winter 1898-9
- View of a rotary snowplow on Boreas Pass, southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. The steam dome and smokestack of a train show through deep snow and a strong blast of smoke comes from the stack. Men and equipment are ranged on the snowbank...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899?]
- DTC central loop, 15th street between Arapahoe & Lawrence streets
- Denver Tramway Company trolley cars Englewood number 50 and Leyden number 71 are parked at a covered stop on 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; people are seated on benches. Downtown business signs read: "Enlargements, Rembra[?]", "The...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Manhattan Beach
- View of Manhattan Beach amusement park in Denver, Colorado; shows a man and woman on the porch of a building with signs: "Laugh and Trouble is Gone," "Laugh You Can't Help It," "Laugh at Others They Laugh at You," "Laughter No Sorrow Here,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Manhattan Beach (Denver, Colo. : Amusement Park)--1890-1910.; Sloan Lake (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1890-1910.; Amusement arcades--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1906?]
- Looking down 16th St Denver Colo.
- Rooftop view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Broadway in downtown Denver, Colorado. A streetcar and automobiles are on the street. Buildings include the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Daniels & Fisher Tower, Flat Iron Building, and the Brown Palace...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Cottages So. Penn
- View of Pennsylvania Street (ca. 900 block south), in Denver, Colorado; shows brick residences, young trees, and landscaping.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Washington Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Night 16th St
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, at night; shows cars, office buildings, theaters, and signs: "Glasses Ford's Kodaks" (with eye), "Martha Washington Candies," "Kress," "America," "The Texas Company Petroleum Products," "F & C...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925?
- Seventeenth Street, the banking and hotel district of Denver, and Union Station in distance
- View of the Brown Palace Hotel, in Denver, Colorado; also shows downtown buildings, Seventeenth Street, automobile and streetcar traffic.
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.
- 1930?
- Victory Theater
- View of the Victory Theater at 1620 Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the arched entry, entablature, and cars. Marquee and neon signs read: "Here Comes the Band, Wallace Ford, Another Face," and "Sobule's Liquors."
- Victory Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1935]
- Grandpa Dollis at Creede
- George Washington Dollis, wearing a long, heavy coat, boots, and a hat, sits on a step in front of a tent in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The canvas tent is supported by a wood "a-frame" and has a wooden door. A large, curved...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Dollis, George Washington.
- [1890?]
- Healy House, Leadville, 1941
- In this interior view of a bedroom in the Healy House Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, a glare of sunlight comes through the window on the left side, illuminating a rocker with an...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1941
- Canon of Grand River
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive on narrow gauge tracks beside a rock outcrop near the Colorado River in probably Garfield County, Colorado. A plume of smoke comes from the engine. Shows an embankment and telegraph poles.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- "Lace House" - Black Hawk, 1958
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Black Hawk - 1941
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Boiler room, sugar factory, Eaton, Colorado
- The boiler room at the sugar factory in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, includes a long row of large boilers; workers pose next to them. One man appears to be inserting a long rod horizontally into a boiler, with a wheelbarrow beneath the rod. Light...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Eaton--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Black Hawk - 1957, "Lace" House
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Black Hawk, residences, Lace House
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1945]
- Black Hawk, Lace House
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Colorado penitentiary interior
- Inmates (one Black) and officials at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose among metalworking machines with rollers, flywheels and belted pulleys. An axle mounted on an interior wall drives a drill press and a stamp mill, which has...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Metalworking--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1918
- Lace House roof, Black Hawk
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1980.
- [between 1964 and 1974]
- Lace House, Black Hawk
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- 1969
- Lace House, Black Hawk
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1975]
- Lace House, Black Hawk
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Lace House, Black Hawk
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1980.
- [between 1964 and 1974]
- Lace House, Black Hawk
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- 1964
- 85th Regiment, Company G
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company G. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, spring 1944. LEFT TO RIGHT TOP ROW: 1) Bennett, Henry, 2) Bergelt, Edward, 3) Berlow, Ralph F., 4) Lutz, James, 5) Gogolin,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Company G.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- Spring 1944
- Idaho Springs
- A headstone at the cemetery in Idaho Springs, Colorado is rectangular at its base and comes to a point at the top. The inscription reads: " Sylvester H., Son of H. & D. Terrel, Died June 21, 1880, Aged 2 yrs. 1 mo. 21 ds." A line forms a border...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]