Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Church Record: Vol. 1 No. 2
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 March
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- The 1887 Denver Directory
- Original Cherry Creek School
- View of the front of the original Cherry Creek School building on the Cherry Creek High School campus located at 9300 East Union Avenue, Greenwood Village (Arapahoe County), Colorado.The one-story clapboard building is in the middle of a paved...
- Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Greenwood Village (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools.; Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Greenwood...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Plácida Baca
- Studio portrait of Plácida Baca Gallegos from San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She wears a dress with puff sleeves and lace inserts on the bodice and sleeves. Her gray hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans y 1880-1890.; Women.; Gallegos, Plácida Baca, 1852---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--San...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 43, 1910 October 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 37, 1909 October 30
- Despondency
- Vase made by Artus Van Briggle. The vase is an inverted baluster shape with a curved shoulder, tapered circular base, a lip and a figure draped over the top lip. The glaze is matte green and the base has an etched carved signature.
- Vases--1900-1910.; Van Briggle Pottery Company.--Products.
- 1901
- Colorado Midland Band
- The Colorado Midland Railway Band, considered the finest in the state at the time, poses in front of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. Members wear band uniforms with a Native American theme and feather headdresses. One...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--People--1890-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colorado Midland Band
- The Colorado Midland Railway Band, considered the finest in the state at the time, poses in front of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. Members wear band uniforms with a Native American theme and feather headdresses. One...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--People--1890-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Chestnut Street from Harrison Avenue
- View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, in Leadville, Colorado; shows muddy street, horse drawn wagons and covered wagons, and pedestrians. Business signs include "Boot & Shoe Store," "St. James Restuarant," "Drugstore,"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Chestnut St.
- View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, in Leadville, Colorado shows a street that has one two-story brick building, and several wood frame false fronts. The street is busy with horse-drawn wagons, covered wagons and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Leadville, Chestnut Street
- View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, of Leadville, Colorado; shows logs on dirt street, wood frame buildings, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians. Business signs include "Darby & Johnson," "Smith Painting," "Wm. Boesch,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1879]
- Brownsville
- View of Brownsville, a small town that was considered a "suburb" of Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows residences along dirt roads near the bottom of Brown's Gulch. It was victimized by a number of snow and mud slides in the late...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1895]
- Denver
- Rooftop view of commercial district, Denver, Colorado, shows brick two, three, and four story buildings and a few wood false fronts. A delivery wagon and carriage park along boardwalk. Signs include: "Confectionery," Denver Athenaeum," "C. T....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1877]
- Larimer Street
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, shows a busy business district with brick, two and three story buildings and a few wood false fronts. Delivery wagons and carriages park along boardwalk. Signs include: "Market," "Frank Winfield...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Teller House, Central City
- The black, paneled front door and part of the second story of the brick Teller House are visible in the image. The arched doorway has a sign that reads "Teller House" arched over the door. Two wrought iron gas lights are on either side of the door...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Pueblo de Taos, Taos County, New Mexico
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows crowds of spectators, Native Americans (Taos Pueblo), and adobe pueblo dwellings during the San Geronimo Festival.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--New...
- 1897 September 30
- Blackfoots lodge
- View of a Native American (Blackfeet, Siksika) encampment comprised of three tepees. The tepee in the center has decorative and symbolic designs that include a ring of otters that are considered "strong medicine." A person sits in the shade of a...
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Siksika Indians--Structures--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Ventura of Taos Pueblo
- Portrait (standing), of a Native American (Pueblo, Taos) man. Ventura wears a shirt, a blanket over one shoulder, bead necklaces, and hair in braids.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Spiritual leaders--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Ventura, Taos Indian.
- 1910
- Crystal River Valley from Red Mtn., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Aerial view of Roaring Fork River & valley from Red Mountain near Carbondale, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Denver & Rio Grande Railroad standard gauge track & timber-through-truss bridge crossing Roaring Fork River, foreground...
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Crystal River Valley from Red Mtn., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Aerial view of Roaring Fork River & valley from Red Mountain near Carbondale, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Crystal River just about to join up with Roaring Fork River but actual junction is out of view, center right; wooden bridge...
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Mt. Sopris and Crystal River Valley, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Aerial view of Roaring Fork River & valley from Red Mountain near Carbondale, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Mount Sopris (elevation 12,823 feet), background; Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (Aspen branch through Carbondale) standard...
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Site of Arapahoe Bar, remains of gold dredge used about 1903-1905
- View of wooden gates in Clear Creek of Arapahoe City, (Arapahoe, Arapahoe Bar), named for the Arapaho Indians; a pioneer placer mining camp considered the earliest town in Jefferson County, Colorado, organized in 1858; dredge used in 1904-1905;...
- Gold dredging--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1920-1930.; Arapahoe City (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- July 1928
- Central school building, Brush, Colorado
- The Central Grade School in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, is of brick with a terra cotta roof, stone entablature, and arched windows and doors with volute keystones. Stone frieze work is under the cornices, and also tops some of the windows. A...
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Handsome structure
- The brick municipal building and museum in Canon City, Colorado, has a stone foundation, window frames, entablature and square columns. Panel over the inset entry reads: "Municipal Building erected in the year of our lord MCMXX-". Glass skylights...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Municipal services--Buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.
- 1927 Nov 21
- The home of Geo. Rockafellow, Sr., between first and second Streets on the north side of Main
- This two-story residence in Canon City, Colorado, has a cottage roof with a square gazebo at the peak. The portico is topped by a balcony; a ladder leans against it, and people pose on it. A picket and stone fence encloses the yard, and a man and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1872
- Robert "Bob" Lake, in Pietra Colora
- chance to rest.; Portrait of Robert "Bob" Lake of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company I. According to the photographer this photograph contains many items that were considered luxurious after being relieved from combat duty. They...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italy--1940-1950.; Lake, Robert.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Mountain City, 1899
- A train engine emits a large cloud of smoke along the snow- covered hillside above Mountain City, Colorado, in the winter. (Mountain City was never considered its own municipality but part of Central City in Gilpin County.) The train is heading up...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Mountain City, Packard Gulch
- Part of a railroad track winds around a hillside above Mountain City in the right foreground and continues on to Central City in the distance. Mountain City was on the outskirts of Central City and was never considered its own municipality. Several...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Lieutenant-Governor of the Zuni Indians
- A Native American (Zuni Pueblo) man, identified as the Lieutenant-governor, poses at Zuni, New Mexico. The man holds a silver capped cane, sits wrapped in a woven blanket and wears a headband and a multi-strand turquoise bead necklace. People are...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--New Mexico--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the...
- 1873
- Mountain City
- The Gregory Buell Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company stands in the left foreground of this winter view of Mountain City, Colorado. Mountain City was never considered its own district but rather part of Central City in Gilpin County,...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Mountain...
- [1899?]
- Denver, Colorado
- Views of buildings and landmarks in Denver and Colorado, these include: 1. Oxford Hotel Office. 2. Robertson-Doll Carriage Co. 3. Colorado Dry Goods Co. 4. Jackson-Smith Photographic Co. 5. Daniels & Fishers. 6. Denver Normal and Preparatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898, October
- Mountain City, Colorado
- Image of Mountain City, Colorado, in a winter scene that shows the hillside and the gulch filled with houses and several mines. The road that leads to the town of Blackhawk is in the center of the picture. The mountains on the left side of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Johnny Baker on horseback
- Johnny Baker, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show known as the "Cowboy Kid," poses on horseback wearing leather chaps with tassles and a wide-brimmed hat. A rope is coiled and hangs from the saddle horn. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Johnny Baker
- Johnny Baker, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show known as the "Cowboy Kid," poses in front of a brick building in a camp for the Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. He holds a cigarette in his mouth and wears a striped sash tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Johnny Baker
- Johnny Baker, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show known as the "Cowboy Kid," poses on horseback in the left foreground in a camp for the show. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody considered Baker to be his foster son, and Baker was a member...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Johnny Baker (shooting)
- Johnny Baker, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show known as the "Cowboy Kid," shoots his rifle toward a target in the air. He looks down toward a small table standing next to him with several additional rifles propped on it. Two men in cavalry...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sharpshooting--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- View from southeast approach Denver Botanic Gardens Tropical Conservatory
- The drawing shows a preliminary version of the entrance and tropical conservatory buildings at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, 1961. In contrast to the modified catenary arch eventually...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Botanical gardens.; Greenhouses.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Buildings--1960-1970.; Conservatories.
- 1961, November 30
- Potato bake at Monument
- People crowd booths at the potato bake in Monument, El Paso County, Colorado. The town was the central shipping point for local potatoes, considered the best in the country. Windblown United States flags are overhead, and a sign reads: "Potato Bake...
- Monument (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Monument--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Park Hill Topics Volume 4 No. 14
- The Park Hill area of Denver, an integrated community?: A report on the Greater Park Hill area
- Barnum/Barnum West Neighborhood Plan: a neighborhood plan for the city and county of Denver
- Gebhard Mansion
- Photograph of the Gebhard Mansion and barn located in Denver, Colorado. Located within the San Rafael Historic District, the well-preserved 1883 Gebhard Mansion is considered to be one of Denver's finest residential examples of the Italianate...
- Smith family--Homes & haunts.; Gebhard, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890; Houses.; Mansions.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- circa 1887
- Gebhard Mansion
- Photograph of the Gebhard Mansion located in Denver, Colorado. Located within the San Rafael Historic District, the well-preserved 1883 Gebhard Mansion is considered to be one of Denver's finest residential examples of the Italianate style. The...
- Smith family--Homes & haunts.; Gebhard, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Mansions.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1992 January
- Gebhard Mansion
- Photograph of the Gebhard Mansion and barn located in Denver, Colorado. Located within the San Rafael Historic District, the well-preserved 1883 Gebhard Mansion is considered to be one of Denver's finest residential examples of the Italianate...
- Smith family--Homes & haunts.; Gebhard, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Mansions.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1992 January
- Gebhard Mansion
- Photograph of the parlor in the Gebhard Mansion located in Denver, Colorado. Located within the San Rafael Historic District, the well-preserved 1883 Gebhard Mansion is considered to be one of Denver's finest residential examples of the Italianate...
- Smith family--Homes & haunts.; Gebhard, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses.; Mansions.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1998 June
- Gebhard Mansion
- Photograph of the stair case in the Gebhard Mansion located in Denver, Colorado. Located within the San Rafael Historic District, the well-preserved 1883 Gebhard Mansion is considered to be one of Denver's finest residential examples of the...
- Smith family--Homes & haunts.; Gebhard, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses.; Mansions.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1988 June
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Main Hospital
- Exterior photograph of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society's Main Hospital located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered too ill to...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) Main Hospital
- Exterior photograph of the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society's Main Hospital located in Lakewood, Colorado. The Jewish Consumptive Relief Society was incorporated in 1904 to serve tubercular patients other institutions considered too ill to...
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--Buildings; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- Undated