Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 8, 1918 October
- Denver Tramway, car #32 on 17th Street
- View of Denver Tramway street car number 32, intersection of Arapahoe and Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colorado; shows business district with automobiles, buses and pedestrians. Signs read: "Help Complete Your General Rose Memorial Hospital,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1949
- Burlington, Colo., looking n.e.
- Workers complete the water tower in Burlington, Colorado (Kit Carson County). The steel structure is complete, except for the top. A man stands on the rim of the structure; another worker stands on the ground near the materials for the water tank....
- Burlington (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Water towers--Colorado--Burlington--1910-1920.
- 1915
- "Bailey Bridge" at Malandrone, Italy
- The bridge at Malandrone was needed to support the Tenth Mountain Division's attack on March 3, 1945. To complete it many men died. The Germans shelled the draw continuously while the work was under way, and twice knocked it out. Once complete, the...
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [March] 1945
- School Dist. No. 6
- Greeley, Colorado, schoolchildren, one girl and three boys, complete projects in a classroom in Weld County. One boy stands on a chair and hangs a drawing of a bird on a blackboard with other bird drawings. Another boy kneels and examines a...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Birds--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.
- 1941
- First American ponton bridge across Po River at San Benedetto Po, Italy
- Major General Willis D. Crittenberger and other high ranking officers watch the 5th Army, 1554th Engineering Heavy Ponton Battalion complete the first ponton bridge (an M-2 Treadway pontoon bridge) built across the Po River at San Benedetto Po...
- World War, 1939-1945--Engineering & construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po.; San Benedetto Po (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bridge construction--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Military occupations--American--Italy--San Benedetto Po--1940-1950.; Pontoon...
- 1945 April 25
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- 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.)
- 1931 January 14
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 2, 1913 November 22
- The University Park News, Volume 2, Number 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 41, 1910 October 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 44, 1910 October 29
- Tyuonyi & cliff before excavation was complete
- View of Tyuonyi ruins, Native American (Anasazi) pueblo ruins near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The ruins, before complete excavation, stand in a circular pattern with three kivas and a tent in the middle of the...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1909
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- Historical sketch of the Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado
- Booklet compiled for the fiftieth anniversary of the Central Presbyterian Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book are excerpts of correspondence from previous clergy, list of all Elders during the fifty years, and a history of the...
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- First Baptist Church Worship Program 1937
- Worship program for First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado for Sunday February 28, 1915.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1937 March 28
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 1
- Tremont House, complete view of excavated chamber
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, L-R
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- McPhee and McGinnity Paint Factory/Clock tower Building/Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Building/Styro Building
- King's Chef Diner, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the King's Chef Diner located at 110 East Costilla Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The pink, white and purple structure mimics a castle, complete with crenelated parapet and corner towers, and first opened in 1956. The sign in front...
- King's Chef Diner (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; King's Chef Diner (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Diners...
- 1999
- Clear Creek History Park, Golden, Colo.
- View of historic structures at the Clear Creek History Park located at 11th and Arapahoe Streets, Golden, Colo. Many of the buildings found at the park were originally from the Pearce Ranch, located in Golden Gate Canyon. They were moved to their...
- Clear Creek History Park (Golden, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clear Creek History Park (Golden, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Golden--Pictorial works.; Golden...
- 2003
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 12, 1910 March 19
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 3, 1912 January 20
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 17, 1912 April 27
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 10, 1914 February 28
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 28, 1909 August 28
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 11 and 12, 1927 November-December
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 3, 1910 January 15
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 8, 1910 February 19
- Parade, Gunnison, Colorado
- Native American (Jicarilla Apache) men and women walk in a parade on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Miller's Dry Goods, Haberdashery," "Little Supermarket," "Endner's Hardware," and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Jicarilla Indians--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Parades...
- 1953 July
- Teenaged girl
- Studio portrait of young woman in a puff shoulder blouse of brocade and needleworked fabric. Chain jewelry and an upswept hair style complete her outfit.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Teenagers--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon of Arizona
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The first floor is sheathed with log slab siding complete with finely-honed corner notching that gives the appearance of log construction. The upper stories have rough...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Morrison flood
- People in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, clean up after a flood. Men shovel mud and rocks into a dump truck with lettering: "Jefferson County;" glass cylinder gas pumps are beside them. Power poles front businesses, and signs read: "Conoco,"...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Colorado Central Depot in Loveland
- View of the Colorado Central Depot in Loveland, Colorado, built in 1877, shows the rectangular side gable brick building with a water tank and the Loveland Elevator Company building in background.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Lulu Burnett
- Head and shoulders portrait of Lulu Burnett, daughter of Captain Benjamin F. Burnett, born May 13, 1871. The town of Lulu, north of Grand Lake, Colorado, was named for her. Lulu died at the age of 95.
- Lulu City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Women--Colorado--Lulu City--1960-1970.; Burnett, Lulu.
- [between 1960 and 1966]
- I. O. O. F. bldg. construction, V of series
- Fifth in a series of progress documentation views of the construction of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, Main Street, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A workmen pauses from behind the nearly complete first floor corner of the brick...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
- [1897]
- I. O. O. F. building winter construction, VI of series
- Sixth in a series of progress documentation views of the construction of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall, Main Street, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Snow covers the construction site; first floor brick work is nearly complete and...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
- [1897]
- June 13, #2
- Second in a series of views documenting progress of the summer of 1896 construction of the Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. The workmen (and possibly the owner Reuben Sanford Ball) pose on the construction site. The first floor of...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [1896]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, of "The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobility of the Mystic Shrine," is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. The ballroom has ornate stenciled borders; columns support the beamed ceiling....
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Delta, Colo.
- New concrete sidewalks line streets of Delta, Delta County, Colorado. A man in a carriage pauses at the end of a street. A two story house with a flared hip roof has a landscaped corner lot complete with a fountain. A gardener works near planted...
- Delta (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Nan Sunderland as Desdemona Central City
- Actor Nan Sunderland poses as Desdemona from Shakespeare's "Othello," in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Her costume is satin with a bodice and off-shoulder puffed sleeves. Earrings, pearls, and a mob cap complete the outfit; carved wood is...
- Sunderland, Nan--Performances--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actresses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Salida music room
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, a couple poses with a trombone and piano. A fabric canopy is in the corner; framed portraits and prints cover interior walls. Ruffled pillows include one with embroidered playing cards; patterned rugs cover the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Pianos--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Trombones--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Tiny Town
- Moving company owner, George Turner, poses with friends on Main Street of Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. Buildings include a gas station, a replica of his warehouse, complete with its trademark light globes, grocery,...
- Turner, George 1859-1932--Homes & haunts.; Tiny Town (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Tiny Town--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1921]
- Cheeseman [sic] residence, Denver
- Exterior view of Walter Scott Cheesman's residence (later called Cheesman-Evans-Boettcher mansion & Governor's mansion), 400 East 8th (eighth) Denver, Colorado; Colonial Revival architecture with formal portico topped with balustraded balcony,...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Columns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- A Colorado strawberry patch
- View of large strawberry field, West Lake Ranch, possibly Adams County, Colorado; numerous men & women picking strawberries; small wooden frame shed and canvas tent, background left; straw hats & bonnets, dog seated amidst pickers, wooden baskets...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Strawberries--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.
- [1910.]
- High Bridge over the Loop, above Georgetown, Colo., C. & S. Ry
- Complete view of Colorado & Southern Railway's High Bridge with narrow gauge track underneath bridge in Clear Creek Canyon above Georgetown, Colorado; part of Georgetown Loop; retouched double header passenger train crossing bridge; Clear Creek...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890- 1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Salt Lake City from Prospect Hill
- View from Prospect Hill over Salt Lake City, Utah, shows three children looking down on the residences and the construction of the the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) Temple in the distance.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Children--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake
- View of the Tabernacle on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, shows the wood dome building with sandstone supports used by the members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS). A man with an ox cart poses on a walkway of the landscaped grounds.
- Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Mormon tabernacles--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Mormon Temple, Salt Lake
- View of the construction of the spires on the six towers of Temple on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. The granite temple designed by architect Truman O. Angell, was started in 1853 and completed in 1893 for members of the Church of the Latter...
- [between 1883 and 1890?]