Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- House of Spring St., Central City, 1953
- A two story, brick house with a hipped roof, chimney, covered porch, and three dormer windows is built above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The dormer windows are arched, while the lower level windows are rectangular and have...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- House on Gregory Street, Central City, 1964
- A clapboard one and one-half story Gothic Revival home is built above a masonry retaining wall on Spring Street in Central City, Colorado. It has a covered porch and an addition to its right. The gabled roof, which has a chimney, is covered with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- House on Eureka St., Central City, 1953
- A gothic revival home along Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, is built above a masonry retaining wall. The L-shaped, one and one-half story, clapboard house has a gabled roof, a stovepipe chimney, and rectangular windows with shutters on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Houses, Eureka St., Central City, 1953
- An L-shaped, clapboard, one-story house is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has a peaked tin roof, a chimney, and a covered porch. The rectangular windows have dark shutters, and an electrical wire is attached to the front...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Old house, Spring St., Central City, 1953
- A dilapidated, two story, brick house is on a hill overlooking Spring Street in Central City, Colorado. It has a flat roof and rectangular windows with several broken panes. A covered porch is visible on the side of the house. The hill is covered...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story L-shaped, Gothic Revival house is built on a masonry foundation in Central City, Colorado. The house, which is painted white, has a gabled roof, a side bay window, rectangular windows, a chimney, and a covered porch that is supported...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A large, two story clapboard house is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has a flat roof with eaves that extend out over the sides of the roof. Two bay windows, one on the upper level and one on the lower level, have...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Residences along a dirt road in Central City, Colorado, are built above a masonry retaining wall. The first house is a two story brick building with flat roof, chimneys, and a double-bracketed cornice. It has rectangular windows and a covered...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, brick, house with a flat roof, chimneys, a double- bracketed cornice, rectangular windows and a covered porch is built above a masonry retaining wall along a dirt road in Central City, Colorado. A gabled, two story house with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residences, Central City, Colorado
- A two story, wood frame house with a gabled roof and covered porch is built above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a pedimnent-like facade on the upper level with decorative columns under the eaves. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Indian hogans
- Two men stand near two Native American hogans, common to members of the Navajo nation, possibly in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. The hogans are hollow mounds of dried earth covered with a layer of dirt, with a single rectangular doorway...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1930.; Navajo Indians--Structures--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hogans--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- The travois, or, the Indian hunter bringing game into camp
- A Native American (Crow) man leads his horse, which pulls a travois, along a snow covered wash or river bed. The man wears hides and leggings. The load on the travois is covered with animal skins and the horse has a blanket on its back.
- Crow Indians--Transportation--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Horses--1900-1920.; Travois--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Register Call printing press
- A desk covered with papers and printing plates is in the Register newspaper office in Central City, Colorado. A stove is next to the desk. A table next to the stove is covered with piles of papers. A large printing press is in the background.
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Interiors--1910-1930.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Central City--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Teller House, Central City
- View of a drawing room that looks into another room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The hardwood floor is covered with a patterned carpet. A rococo revival, round, mirror hangs above a sofa covered with a tasseled spread. A rococo...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Drawing rooms--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Central City residence interiors
- A room in the Prosser house in Central City, Colorado, has an antique stove with a stove pipe that leads out the wall on the right side of the open door. A round table covered with a square, patterned table cloth is in front of the stove. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Art display, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of an art exhibition, possibly a classroom in a Georgetown, Colorado, school built in 1874. The room has high ceilings with picture moulding, three suspended lightbulbs, long blackboards over wainscotting, and a large window in the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Art--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Man seated in front of adobe wall
- Native American (Santa Clara Pueblo) man sits in a chair with a baby, in front of an adobe brick wall, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. He wears a shirt, armbands, flared leggings with bead border, moccasins, and fur covered braids; the baby wears a...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1910?]
- Flower Fiesta Colorado Springs
- A man and women ride in a flower covered horse drawn carriage in the Flower Festival in Colorado Springs. Flowers cover the entire carriage including the horse reins and harnesses. The women wear dresses and hats. One woman carries a flower covered...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1900?]
- Office Interior, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of two men in an office in Georgetown, Colorado. All four windows have shades with tassels along the bottom and two windows have potted plants on the sill and hanging from the ceiling. On the wall hang framed photographs, diploma...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Offices--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 to 1910?]
- Snowy Leadville street
- A view of a snow covered street in Leadville, Colorado, includes tire tracks, buildings and the continental divide in the scene. A ditch on the right and snow covered gabled roofs and telephone poles are in the middleground.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.
- 1937
- U. S. Signal Station, summit of Pikes Peak
- View of the United States signal station at the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. A man walks near the stone building with two chimneys. A ladder leans against the building. A telegraph pole is covered with snow and ice on one side....
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1890-1910.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- A woman with a feather covered umbrella rides in a foliage covered, horse drawn buggy at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. A man in a riding suit and boots, with a top hat and riding stick, rides on a horse...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a man rides in an enclosed, flower covered, horse drawn wagon with cloth covered wheels; on the side of the wagon, the flowers form a postcard design with a stamp, the address reads...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs: four passengers ride in a flower covered, horse drawn carriage with back to back seating. The wheels are covered in cloth and decorated with star wreaths. They wear white clothing; the women...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a couple in white clothing ride in a foliage covered, horse drawn buggy. The wheels are covered in cloth with a foliage star design. The woman holds a parasol.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parades &...
- [1900?]
- Breckenridge ranch house
- A one story gable roofed house sits in a field in Breckenridge, Colorado. The house is built in an 'ell' shape, with a covered porch in the inside corner and gablets over the sash windows. A log outbuilding is to the left, and rail fences surround...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Parade entry Flower Carnival
- Horse drawn parade float decorated with bunting and greenery, Sunflower (Flower) Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The covered float carries musicians with guitars and banjos; the horses are covered in cloth.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Musicians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [August, 1896]
- Sunflower festival, Colo. Spgs.
- Two women and a man ride in a foliage covered, horse drawn buggy at the Flower (Sunflower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The women wear white dresses, straw hats, and hold umbrellas; the man wears a suit, bow tie and straw hat. They...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades &...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Sunflower carnival, Colo. Spgs.
- Two horse drawn buggys are decorated for the Flower (Sunflower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two women ride in a buggy covered with light and dark flowers, one holds an umbrella. Two women ride in another foliage covered buggy, one...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades &...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Sunflower carnival, Colo. Spgs.
- A boy and girl ride a flower covered, two wheel buggy pulled by a pony at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. They both wear clown outfits; the boy wears a cone shaped hat and white face paint, he holds a standard...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Bonanza, 1942
- View of three dilapidated structures in Bonanza, Colorado; features include: false front backed by a medium gable, rectangular bays with double hung windows, a single leaf door (four panels), hewn log siding, vertical board and batten siding, small...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Bonanza--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Bonanza--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Barton House, Pollard & Barrett, propr's, Georgetown, Colorado.
- View of the Barton House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County) Colorado; shows people, a buggy, and a covered wagon by a frame building with a balcony, covered stoop, and dormers.
- Barton House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Rocks & trees in foreground w/ lake & mtns beyond
- Eroded sandstone knobs frame a snow covered view of the Sangre De Cristo Range and De Weese Reservoir (covered in ice), in Custer County, Colorado.
- Custer County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; De Weese Reservoir (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Custer County--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Gladstone - 1941
- View of discarded mining equipment, dirt covered log wall foundations and dilapidated buildings in Gladstone, Colorado; pine tree covered mountains in the background.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Architectural field survey #17 roll 1
- View of a house at 2217 Julian Street in the Sloan Lake neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one-story house has a covered entryway and a dormer converted to a covered balcony.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sloan Lake (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [1976]
- Man with staff
- Nanise, a Native American Southern Ute sub-chief, is seated in front of a tepee at a fair in New Mexico. He wears a feather headdress, long fur covered braids, a fringed buckskin shirt, hairpipe necklace, a George Washington Peace Medallion,...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Staffs (Sticks)--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Tipis--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Nanise.
- [1900?]
- Henry Lone Bear
- Studio portrait (standing) of Henry Lone Bear, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, armbands, vest, a beaded and feathered headdress, a hair pipe breast plate, and a fur pelt decorated with metal over his shoulders....
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Lone Bear, Henry.
- [1909?]
- House at 13th and Josephine
- View of a house at 13th (Thirteenth) Avenue and Josephine in the Congress Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building has a covered entryway, arched covered balcony, decorative trim and molding, and a dormer.
- Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Colfax & High
- View of a house at Colfax Avenue and High Street in Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick house, built by Lang & Pugh, architects, has a covered stone porch, New England gambrel roof, covered balcony, and eyelid dormer.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Home of Tom Ellis while mining near Altman, Colo., 1889
- Tom Ellis, withppossibly his wife, a large dog and another miner pose outside their small wood frame home, Altman, Teller County, Colorado. Both men have mustaches, one leans on a stump and wears suspenders. A wooden chair with turned spindles is...
- Ellis, T. (Tom); Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Apache Indian wick-i-up, Arizona
- View of two Native American Apache women outside their cloth covered wickiups in a camp in Arizona. They wear print skirts, blouses and shawls and hold baskets. A basket, pitch covered basket jar, metal coffee pot, cup, can, and a horse show in the...
- Apache Indians--Arizona--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1890.; Wickiups--Arizona--1880-1890.; Women--Arizona--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Tonto camp, San Carlos
- View of Native American San Carlos Apache women and children outside their cloth covered wickiups, San Carlos, Arizona, includes cooking pots, pans, a pitch covered basket jar, and a burro.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1920-1940.; Apache Indians--Arizona--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1890.; Children--Arizona--1880-1890.; Wickiups--Arizona--1880-1890.; Women--Arizona--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Apache Indian camp, Arizona
- View of Native American Apache women, children, and a man seated outside their cloth and brush covered wickiup, Arizona, includes cooking pots, pans, baskets, a pitch covered basket jar, and a pile of supplies.
- Apache Indians--Arizona--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1890.; Baskets--Arizona--1880-1890.; Children--Arizona--1880-1890.; Wickiups--Arizona--1880-1890.; Women--Arizona--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Half House, Aspen, Colorado
- View of a one and one-half story, clapboard structure in Aspen, Colorado; features a steeply pitched half gable, covered porch with tapered spindles, and a balcony replacing the missing section of the roof; includes fish-scale shingles and a border...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- Methdist Church picnic
- View of men, women, and children gathered around a picnic table covered with food in a meadow in Aspen, Colorado; shows boys sitting on a large rock, women and girls standing and facing the table, and several groups of men and boys; evergreen trees...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Picnics--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Col. Wm. E. & S. M. Hughes, cor 3rd Ave & High Sts.
- View of the William E. Hughes residence in the Country Club neighborhood in Denver, Colorado; features a hipped roof, solarium, covered chimneys, arched windows, terrace, and covered porch.
- Hughes, S. M.--Homes & haunts.; Hughes, William E.--Homes & haunts.; Country Club (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Casino Tower at Lakeside Amusement Park
- View of the Casino Tower at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. The contours of this elaborate Italianate domed structure are covered with light bulbs that are strung in geometric patterns. A sign above the door reads:...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1930.; Towers--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Along Lake Garda
- Shows a long line of more than thirty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers waiting for food. The chow-line snakes up a steep street in an Italian town; a few men are eating around a covered jeep. Above the town is a rugged mountain covered with snow;...
- Military cookery--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- April 1945
- Argyle, Colo, looking east in Platte Canon
- View along the Colorado and Southern narrow gauge tracks at the Argyle switch and siding in the Platte Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado; includes the South Platte River frozen and covered with snow and a evergreen covered slope; small log...
- Argyle (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad switching--Colorado--Argyle--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Argyle--1920-1930.
- January 1929
- Bonanza
- A footbridge spans Squirrel Creek outside of the town of Bonanza, Colorado (Saguache County). The banks of the creek are covered with scrub oak; mine tailings are on one bank. A dirt road leads to the buildings of the town, which include gabled,...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Bridges--Colorado--Bonanza--1950-1970.; Streams--Colorado--Bonanza--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]