Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Post Office
- Four employees work in the Post Office in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. Two men stand by the wood counter with drawers; a third man puts mail into the mail slots. A woman stands behind them. The top of the counter along the wall has numerous...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Postal service employees--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Hedgcock & Jones
- Interior view of the Hedgcock & Jones Store on 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows display cases filled with gloves, lace lappets, and women's hosiery. Boxes are stacked on shelves behind the cases. Rolls of wrapping paper are on the...
- Hedgcock & Jones Specialty Store Co. (Denver, Colo.) 1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Treasurers office, old court house
- Interior view of the treasurer's office in the old Jefferson County courthouse (1877-1963) on Washington Avenue, Golden, Colorado, shows Al, Geo Townsend, and Jameson behind a framed ornate wall counter, in a room with large record books; a...
- Golden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Feed store
- Ornate wallpaper finishes the interior of this feed store in Boulder, Colorado. Full burlap sacks are piled in back and to the sides; a man wheels one on a handtruck. Wire-handled, wooden buckets are by a counter; shelves are filled with boxes,...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Feed stores--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Interior of Fonda drug store
- Hardwood cabinets filled with apothecary bottles, jars, tins, and cannisters line the interior walls of Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store in Boulder, Colorado. Men pose in the store. Eben G. Fine pours liquid from a glass beaker into a glass container....
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Fine, Eben G.; Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Poley drug store, Howard's resturant location [sic]
- Ornate hardwood cabinetwork finishes the interior of this business in Boulder, Colorado, filled with apothecary jars, bottles, and cannisters. Cigar boxes in curved glass display cases and a scale top the counter, and whisk brooms hang from it....
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Wilson-Keppel Mercantile Company Englewood, Colorado.
- In an interior view of the Wilson-Keppel Mercantile Company in Englewood, Colorado, a woman sits on one of a row of metal stools in front of a counter; a man and a woman pose behind the counter. The store has shelves and cases on either side...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Englewood--1890-1920.; Wilson-Keppel Mercantile Company (Englewood, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Smedley Dairy
- Photograph of several students playing in the "Smedley Diary" at Smedley Elementary School located in Denver, Colorado. The "Diary" was part of a school diary project. Two girls stand behind the counter with fake ice cream and other dairy...
- Dairy products industry.; Dairy products.; Smedley School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938
- Cole Junior High garden project staging area
- Photograph of a staging area for an eighth grade garden project at Cole Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. Visible is the planting area on a long counter underneath some windows. Various containers and packaging can be seen scattered over...
- Gardening.; Cole Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1931
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, Walgreens Pharmacy
- Black and white print of two men behind counter in Walgreens Pharmacy in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center. Man on left identified as Art Perico, on right as Sam Goldblatt. They are holding piece of paper that says ""the STORY/ OF/ IDL""....
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1967
- Interior of Library at Mission Viejo
- Interior of library, facing a main desk. Carpet is rust colored and the counter is orange with white stripes dividing into sections. An adult and a child standing at the counter. A blue two seater couch and an orange chair, both with wooden arms...
- Aurora Public Library. Mission Viejo Library.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Lane's Tavern interior
- Interior photograph of the counter in Lane's Tavern located in Lakewood, Colorado. Two unidentified women stand behind the counter.
- Lane's Tavern (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lakewood (Colo.)
- circa 1950
- Interior view of Rhythm Records and Sporting Goods with Leroy Smith behind the counter.
- Man standing at cafeteria counter
- A man poses behind the counter of a cafeteria in Colorado. A display case with pies and dishes is on the wall nearby.
- Cafeterias--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1910-1930.; Showcases--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- 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?]
- Cafe interior
- Men pose by a counter at the American Lunch Room in Denver, Colorado. Napkins and condiments are on the bar. Plates and coffee urns are near a grill. A menu that reads: "Short Order" is on the wall.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Counter stools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Counters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- People at cafe counter
- Men sit and eat at a counter in a cafe in Denver, Colorado. Shelves with cooking utensils and pots are behind the bar. Menus are posted on the wall.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Counters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Lunch counter
- Interior view of a cafe or restaurant in Denver, Colorado; shows a man, a counter, stools, condiments, and a stove.
- Short order cooks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Lunch counter
- Interior view of a restaurant or cafe in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, a counter, stools, and condiments.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Waiters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Ticket counter, Los Angeles Central Station
- Interior view of Central Station the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroad terminal in Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. People crowd the ticket counter; men work by telephones. Shows lamps on columns beside the ticket windows.
- Central Station (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1930-1940.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940.
- 1937, June
- Keota Store C. L. Stanley @ counter
- Men pose in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, at an interior store counter. One wears a cowboy shirt made of a tropical print and a straw hat. The other holds a pen and paper and wears a visor. Cabinets and shelves in the background are full of boxes;...
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Stanley, Clyde L., 1887-1976.
- 1915 June 27
- Western History Subject Index
- Newspapers Denver Denver Post
- Denver Public Library 1993 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 1993.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 1994
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner counter
- Photograph of the counter in the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner woman at counter
- Photograph of a woman sitting at the counter in Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.); Restaurants--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.)
- Undated
- Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner pick-up counter
- Photograph of the pick-up counter in Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.); Restaurants--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.)
- Undated
- Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner two men at counter
- Photograph of two unidentified men sitting at the counter in Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.); Restaurants--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.)
- Undated
- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-01314-027-00
- Barth Hotel
- Interior view of the Barth Hotel (1882; architect-Frederick C. Eberly), at 1514 17th (Seventeenth) Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. An employee stands behind the check-in counter. A signs reads: "Room Rent Due in...
- Barth Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Interiors.; Barth Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Mr. Ferris Cassius
- Interior view of City Park Sundries at 2101 York Street in the City Park West neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Ferris Cassius, an African American, the proprietor of City Park Sundries, draws a beverage from the soda fountain behind the...
- City Park Sundries (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; African Americans--1970-1980.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ice cream parlors.; Interiors.; Cassius, Ferris--Pictorial works.; City Park Sundries (Denver,...
- 1976
- Pagosa Bar
- Interior view of the Pagosa Bar at 460 North Pagosa Boulevard in Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. Men in cowboy hats and jeans drink around the bar. A woman bartender stands behind the bar. The backbar is dark wood. The bar has round...
- Pagosa Bar (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bartenders.; Interiors.; Bars (Furniture).; Pagosa Bar (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1982
- Getting a haircut
- Hispanic American Grace Rodriguez Serna, wife of Xavier Serna, watches as her son Rodney gets a haircut from local barber Adonaise De Herrera, San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Grace rests her hand on Rodney's knee. She wears a long vinyl coat....
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; San Luis (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Serna, Grace Rodriguez--Pictorial works.; Serna, Rodney--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Adonaise de--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1970?]
- Store interior
- View of the interior of an unidentified clothing store. A woman stands at a counter waited on by Pablo C. de Baca, the owner in a dark suit with a mustache. The woman wears a long white jacket, a mid-ankle straight skirt and a large, wide brimmed...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Clothing stores.; C. de Baca, Pablo, 1874-1940.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Clothing trade--Pictorial works.; Women--Pictorial works.
- [ca. 1915]
- Sam Jr, barber shop in Globeville, Sam Maestas Jr.
- Samuel Maestas Jr. gives a customer a hair cut in his barber shop, "Sam's Barber Shop" in Globeville, Colorado. He wears a white barbers smock, barber equipment and supplies are in a case and on a counter behind him.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Barbers.; Barbershops.; Interiors.; Maestas, Samuel--Pictorial works.; Barbers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1958
- Mercury Cafe
- View of the interior of the Mercury Café, 2199 California Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A boy sits at a counter in a swivel chair, and customers sit at long tables. Shows a waitress, open dessert rack, and track...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cafes.; Interiors.; Waitresses.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1990
- Mercury Cafe
- View of the interior of the Mercury Café, 2199 California Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. People sit at a counter with swiveling chairs. Shows tables, chairs, booths and stained glass hanging lights. A painted sign on...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cafes.; Counters.; Interiors.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1990
- L.C. Phipps residence, Denver, Colorado, butler's pantry
- A telephone sits on the counter top in the butler's pantry in the Lawrence Cowle Phipps home in the Belcaro Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. China and crystal are stored in the glass front cupboards that line the walls. A work table is in the...
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Belcaro (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Denver--Colorado--1930-1940.; Pantries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Telephones--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 October
- Publicity advertising illustration, kitchen, 831 S. Gaylord, Grinstead house
- A woman stands in a kitchen and holds a phone receiver to her ear in the home of Gilbert H. and Katherine J. Grinstead located at 831 Gaylord in the Cheesman Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The phone is mounted on the wall of the room near...
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Grinstead, Gilbert H.--Homes & haunts.; Grinstead,...
- 1940 February 5
- Publicity advertising illustration, kitchen, 831 Gaylord, Grinstead house
- A smiling woman stands in a kitchen and holds a phone receiver to her ear in the home of Gilbert H. and Katherine J. Grinstead located at 831 Gaylord in the Cheesman Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The phone is mounted on the wall of the...
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Grinstead, Gilbert H.--Homes &...
- 1940 February 5
- Publicity, advertising illustration, kitchen, 831 S. Gaylord, Grinstead house
- A woman stands in a kitchen and holds a telephone receiver to her ear in the home of Gilbert H. and Katherine J. Grinstead located at 831 Gaylord in the Cheesman Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. She holds a note pad and pencil in one hand....
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Grinstead, Gilbert H.--Homes &...
- 1940 February 5
- Mrs. Huntington in kitchen
- A woman identified as "Mrs. Huntington" works at counter with a mixing bowl. Cooking supplies include dishes, rolled oats, "Chicken of The Sea," and "Maxwell House Coffee."
- Cookery--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.; Kitchens--1940-1950.; Women--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Stapleton Airport - United Airlines desk
- A man and woman pose by an airlines ticket counter at Stapleton International Airport, in Denver, Colorado. She wears a corsage; signs read: "United Airlines Check Baggage."
- Stapleton International Airport--1940-1950.; United Airlines--Facilities--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Bullard and Rough Bill[i]ard Parlor, Greeley
- Men pose behind a glass counter that displays cigars at the Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor on 9th (Ninth) Street in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Cigar boxes read: "Fatima, A Sensible Cigarette," "Harvester," "Meditation," "Galdos" and...
- Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor (Greeley, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Cigars--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.;...
- 1920?
- Kramer Mines Inc.
- A man works in an assay office at the Kramer Mine in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Test tubes and chemistry equipment sit on a counter top. The worker wears his shirt sleeves rolled up.
- Kramer Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Assayers--Colorado--Salida--1930-1950.; Assaying--Colorado--Salida--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Treasury Tunnel, office force
- View of an interior office of the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. Men and a woman stand or sit at desks in the office. Shows a typewriter on a desk, calendars and a telephone on the wall, and a man at a counter near a sign that...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.;...
- [1943 July 24]
- Durango exchange, interior business office
- Interior view of the business office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. A wooden partition divides the room into an office area, and a public area. A service counter...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Durango (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Interior bank notary public
- A teller poses behind a counter and metal barrier in a bank probably in DeBeque (Mesa County), Colorado. A nearby sign reads: "German American Insurance Company New York."
- Bankers--Colorado--1910-1930.; Banks--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Interior general store
- Men stand in a general store probably in DeBeque (Mesa County), Colorado. Displays of food are in a glass-top counter and on nearby shelves. Advertisements and signs read: "White Borax Naptha Soap," "Pearl White," and "Dr. Price's Cream Baking...
- General stores--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Interior drug store
- Men sit at a bar and at a table in a drugstore probably in DeBeque (Mesa County), Colorado. Displays of dishes, cigars, and postcards are in and on a glass counter. Signs read: "Coca Cola," and "Columbia [...]"
- Drugstores--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1910-1930.; Soda fountains--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Moccasins
- Shows a pair of Native American (Ute) men's moccasins. They are made of buckskin and have a rawhide sole, lacing and a thong. Embroidered on the top of the moccasins in red, white, orange, yellow blue, green, and light green translucent glass beads...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Moccasins--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]