Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Los Angeles
- Panoramic, aerial view of commercial buildings, frame Victorian houses, and trees in Los Angeles, California. Signs on multi-story buildings read: "Harness & Saddlery," "Franklin," and "Highland Villa, 1886." A brick building has tunnel archways....
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.; Houses--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Hot Springs
- Panoramic view of stone buildings on Main and River Streets in Hot Springs (Fall River County), South Dakota. The stone Gillespie Hotel has balconies, a mansard roof with dormers, and a corner turret with a conical roof and a finial. A carriage and...
- Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad--1900-1910.; Gillespie Hotel (Hot Springs, S.D.)--1900-1910.; Fall River (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Hot Springs (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--South Dakota--Hot Springs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--South...
- [1900?]
- Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Cal.
- View of the waterfront of the town of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a building with a conical roof and a wood frame commercial building on the shore by the beach. Signs on the buildings read: "Drugs," "Seal...
- Avalon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Beaches--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Boats--California--Avalon--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
- View of a multi story building made of ice blocks in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The ice palace, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival, is between West 7th (Seventh) and West 8th (Eighth) Streets from Spruce to Leiter. The building has...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Manitou, Colo. Cliff House
- View of Manitou Springs (El Paso County) Colorado and a stone bridge over Fountain Creek. Shows a horse drawn carriage near the Soda Spring Pavilion and Navajo Springs, a conical stone building over a hot spring. Shows the timber Cliff House Hotel...
- Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898?
- Trinity M.E. Church
- View of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church at 18th (Eighteenth) Street and Broadway in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The stone building has a bell tower topped with a conical spire, stained glass windows decorated with...
- Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1892?]
- Hotel Princeton, Buena Vista, Colo. A.L. Roeder & Co. Props.
- View of the four story, Hotel Princeton in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The frame hotel has brick chimneys, dormer windows, and a front rounded turret with windows, a conical dome and finial. A lake at City Park is next to the hotel...
- Hotel Princeton (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1890-1900.; St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Montgomery City - Mt. Lincoln
- This etching of Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, shows cabins, a road, people, and wagons. The conical mountain in the background, erroneously thought to be the highest in the state, was named after president Abraham Lincoln. During its boom, the...
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Charline [sic] Place
- Charlene Place, early Denver, Colorado, apartment building, 1421-41 Pennsylvania. Originally a group of four large connected houses built in 1890 by architects, Varian and Sterner. Romanesque Revival features include: stone construction, steep...
- Wadleigh, Frank A.--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Charlene Place (Apartment House: Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Estamere House
- The Estamere (or Estemere) House in Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado, has turrets with conical and mansard roofs, dormer windows, gables, covered balconies, finials, shingle and fish scale siding. A stone retaining wall surrounds the...
- Estamere (Palmer Lake, Colo.); Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Estates--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Saints John, Colorado
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, men pose near frame dwellings and sheds behind them, including a round one with a conical roof. A camera on a tripod is among the men; one holds a dog.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cameras--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Circular buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- St Elmo City Hall and cabins on Main St. Slamm structure at left City Hall was telegraph station on the DSP&P railroad.
- Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, a gable roofed frame building has a belltower and sign: "St. Elmo Fire Co & City Hall." A cylindrical privy nearby has a conical roof and hinged door. Log and frame dwellings are in the background.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1930-1940.; City & town halls--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1930-1940.; Fire stations--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1930-1940.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Sts. John, Colorado smelter
- At Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, the smelter is comprised of frame and log buildings, a flume, and a masonry structure with a square stack. Smoke issues from a chimney on a monitor roof, firewood is piled throughout, and a round shed with a...
- Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Smelters--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Rocky Mountain sugar factory pulp dryer
- View of American Cystal Sugar Company factory, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, shows cylindrical and conical tanks with lettering: "NADCO," and a railroad hopper car lettered: "A T S F 309 07."
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- 1978
- "Westminster University" Denver, Colo.
- View of people and buggies in front of Westminster University or College, 3455 West 83rd Avenue in Westminster (Adams County), Colorado. Features include: sandstone construction, 175-foot tower with a hipped roof, conical towers, square towers,...
- Westminster College (Westminster, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Westminster (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Westminster--1890-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Westminster--1890-1910.
- [between 1893 and 1905?]
- Westminster College, now Pillar of Fire Church Harry Rhoads behind steering wheel
- Harry M. Rhoads, behind the steering wheel, poses in a convertible with passenger in front of Westminster University or College, at 3455 West 83rd Avenue in Westminster (Adams County), Colorado. Animals graze in the barren field in which the...
- Rhoads, Harry Mellon 1880 or 81-1975.; Westminster College (Westminster, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Westminster (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Westminster--1890-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Westminster--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Hawkins Chimney Sweep, for many years a well known figure on C. S. streets, [Nev]ada Ave.
- A man poses in his horse drawn wagon, wearing a pointed, conical hat, Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Lettering on wagon reads: "Hawkins Chimney Sweep, leave orders at Mat Conways 19 Pikes Peak Avenue."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Chimney sweeps--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Broadmoor grounds from the Casino
- View of the grounds of the Broadmoor Hotel and Casino, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows lawn, benches, gravel paths, and a faceted bandstand gazebo with pole mounted speakers, a man on horseback at entrance gates, and a residence...
- Broadmoor Hotel and Casino (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bandstands--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Casinos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1896 and 1897?]
- Cliff House and Soda Spring
- View of the Cliff House Hotel and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. The Cliff House, a four story frame and stone structure with hipped, gabled roof, dormers, open porches, balustraded balconies, towers and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Glen-Isle Resort Lodge
- Elderly men and a woman pose on the lawn of the Glen-Isle Resort Lodge in Glen-Isle (Glenisle, Park County), Colorado. The large three story turret comprises one wing of the building. The turret has a round, conical roof with leaded glass windows,...
- Glen-Isle Resort Lodge--1950-1960.; Glenisle (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Aged persons--Colorado--Glen Isle--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Glen Isle--1950-1960.; Resorts--Colorado--Glen Isle--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Home in Trinidad
- This three-story Victorian residence on a corner in Trinidad, Colorado has an octagonal tower with a faceted roof and a bull's eye window. A second floor balustraded balcony has a semicircular bay with a conical roof that adjoins the tower. The...
- Architecture, Victorian--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- May 21, 1969
- Trinidad Country Club house
- Exterior view of the Trinidad Country Club in Trinidad, Colorado. This one story, pueblo style adobe building has an open porch, a faux bell tower over the front entry, chimneys, and vigas. Numerous wooden side chairs are on the porch, and two...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Seminole college
- View of the Native American (Seminole) college building near Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It is a three story structure made of brick and stone and features twin conical towers on two corners, a squared middle facade flanked by hipped roof...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Seminole Indian Agency--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--Oklahoma--Wewoka--1900-1920.; Seminole Indians--Structures--Oklahoma--Wewoka--1900-1920.; Wewoka (Okla.)--1900-1920.; Universities &...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Looking down canon from Sun Temple
- View, facing north from Sun Temple, of Cliff Canyon at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. A large conical rock formation stands on the edge of Chapin Mesa. The tree-lined canyon stands between Chapin and Park Mesas.
- Cliff Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; National Parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Main Street Tucumcari New Mexico
- View of Main Street, Tucumcari, New Mexico. Men, women, and children stand on sidewalks near hitched wagons and buggies. One and two story buildings with false fronts and flat roofs line the dirt street. Prominent signs read: "Whitmore The Old...
- Tucumcari (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Boys--New Mexico--Tucumcari--1900-1920.; Business districts--New Mexico--Tucumcari--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Denver residence
- A stone residence features rough cut, uncoursed stone, covered front porch, turret with conical roof, roof cresting, and arched windows, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Denver, residences
- View of a stone and brick residence on an unidentified street in Denver, Colorado. The three story structure features multiple gables and chimneys, arched windows, a turret with a conical roof, and decorative gableboard.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Navajo Bath House
- View of a Native American (Navajo) sweat hogan. The mud covered conical hogan stands near a tree and possibly a corn field.
- Hogans--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Social life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Structures--1900-1910.; Sweatbaths--1900-1910.
- 1908
- The Temple Pyramid, nine miles away: height 4000 feet.--Extreme right butte, twenty miles distant. --North-east from Trail (full power telephotograph)
- View of the Temple Pyramid in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The conical rock formation stands in the middle of the canyon. Other buttes stand in the distance
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Arizona--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Arizona--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- The celebrated Mineral Springs at Manitou
- View of the Navajo and Soda Springs, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The cylindrical stone basin around Navajo Springs is in the foreground; a man in a sack suit, silk cravat and Homborg hat sits on the edge of the stone basin...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Cliff House and Soda Springs
- Exterior view of the Cliff House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Built in 1872, this three-story frame structure features hipped gable roof, widows' walk, wrap around porch, and canvas awnings. The junction of Fountain Creek and Ruxton Creek is in...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- The Cliff House and Soda Springs, Manitou, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, a three-story frame building with hipped gable roof, widows' walk, wrap around porch, and balcony. Ladders lean on the the south wing; horses, coaches, buggies, and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1875?]
- Cliff House-Manitou
- View of the Cliff House and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The Pavilion is a cross gabled structure with ridgecresting, a cupola, and lattice work in the form of sunbursts in the gables of the open east end. It has a knee-high...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Donkey party at Iron Spring, Manitou
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The frame octagonal pavilion has latticework and projecting bays with a shingled, faceted conical roof with ornamental dormer, vent-cap top and flagpole. The...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Manitou and the Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- The Manitou Soda Springs
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking west. The low stone wall edging the unpaved Manitou Avenue is interrupted by stepped walls bounding the walk down to Fountain Creek. The round, finial topped conical roofed shelters over Navajo and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1887 and 1895?]
- Manitou Spring, Manitou, Colo.
- View of the Manitou Soda Spring in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. The conical, faceted roofed rustic gazebo with its branch uprights and branch benches around the perimeter is in the center; unstripped rail fence extends to the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- Manitou Springs
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The octagonal pavilion with its latticework and projecting bays, its hipped gable roof and widow's walk has its dagged canvas awning partly retracted and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1887 and 1891?]
- Wichita Indian tepee
- View of a Native American Wichita conical shaped grass lodge with an open wood front door and a raised platform beside it, plains, possibly in Oklahoma.
- Indians of North America--Structures--Oklahoma--1870-1890.; Wichita Indians--Structures--Oklahoma--1870-1890.; Lodges--Oklahoma--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The Navajo Soda Spring, Manitou
- View of Soda Springs, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north west; shows the rustic, conical roofed gazebo with its branch uprights and benches with men, women and children gathered around it. The ring containing Navajo Spring is in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Soda Springs and Cliff House
- View of the Soda Spring Pavilion and Cliff House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, from the balcony of the Barker House. On the left, the Soda Spring Pavilion with its cross gabled roof, latticed gables and knee-high stone foundation...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1887 and 1892?]
- Sulphur Springs, Manitou
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. In the left is the Soda Spring Pavilion, a cross gable roofed structure with a cupola and ridgecresting; latticework in the gable apexes forms sunbursts. The eastern half of the building is open...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ute Iron Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A one-story frame structure, the octagonal pavilion with its latticework and projecting bays has a two horse tally-ho parked nearby. Its shingled, faceted...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1883 and 1885?]
- Ute Iron Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, Manitou Springs, Colorado. This one story frame structure was a popular destination for hundreds of tourists every summer day in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In the center, the octagonal pavilion with its...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Ute Iron Spring Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, Manitou Springs (El PasoCounty), Colorado. In the foreground is the bridge across Ruxton Creek. The octagonal pavilion with its latticework and projecting bays has a horse and buggy to the right of it....
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887?]
- Ute Iron Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau. This one story frame structure has an octagonal pavilion with latticework and projecting bays, there are numerous excursionists gathered around the building. One man is wearing a pith helmet. Its...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Ute Iron Spring, Manitou. D. R. G. R. R.
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The frame octagonal pavilion has latticework and projecting bays; a man and a woman stand in one of the entries. The pavilion has a shingled, faceted...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Ute Iron Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, looking northeast. This one story frame structure was a popular destination for hundreds of tourists every summer day in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In the center, the octagonal pavilion with its...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Cliff House
- Exterior view of the Cliff House in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This four-story frame building with wrap around open air porch, balcony, bays, and dormers features a turret with conical roof on the near corner and a projecting...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1960-1970.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1962 and 1969?]
- Mineral Springs near Colorado City
- View of the gazebo at the Navajo Spring, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, a rustic struture with faceted conical roof and uprights of rough tree branches surrounded by tourists. Two men stand on the roof; one wears a tall, shiny stovepipe hat. One...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gazebos--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1882?]