Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 14, 1913 April 26
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 6, 1912 February 10
- Country Club dist.
- View of the Country Club residential neighborhood at First (1st) Avenue and Humboldt Streets in Denver, Colorado; trees obscure two-story residences; shows early automobile parked along curb in distance, dirt road, gutter at corner curb, street...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- Boston Bldg.
- Boston Building, Denver, Colorado, 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa completed in 1890; bicycles and horse drawn wagons parked at curb; wagon delivering ice backed up to curb; lettering on one window states Joel W. Sw(n?)ackelford, real estate, loans,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Informational Sign at Mission Viejo
- View of large, wooden sign with shingled roof by roadway. Red message board with white lettering reads: MASTERS SWIM MEET 16 18/ ADULT SWIM LESSONS 19/ SKI SOCIAL 21/ YOUTH SWIM PARTY 23/ SWIM LESSON BEGIN 24. The sign is placed on a patch of brown...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 32, 1912 August 10
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 6, 1912 December 21
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 6, 1914 December 31
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 23, 1911 June 3
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 34, 1911 August 19
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 3, 1912 January 20
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 10, 1912 March 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 30, 1912 July 27
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1909 March 6
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 31, 1909 September 18
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 8, 1913 January 25
- East side Main Street, Delta, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows storefronts and office buildings with awnings and a sign: "Boston Store." The Delta National Bank has a curved corner entry and a balustrade; an automobile is at the curb.
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah
- View of the Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Temple, Tabernacle and Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows the arched and round windows and spires of the Gothic style Temple, the oval dome roof of the...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Buildings--1900-1910.; Salt Lake Temple--1900-1910.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Mormon temples--Utah--Salt Lake County--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Temple Square...
- Harrison, Ave. Leadville, Colo.
- Pedestrians cross a street near Harrison Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A man holds the hand of a young girl in a wide brimmed hat and dress. A building on the corner has signs that read: "Prussian National Insurance Company of...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; City & town life.; Commercial streets.; Pedestrians.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Colorado Midland RR depot, Leadville, Colo..
- View of the two story Colorado Midland railroad depot which consists of four attached buildings. A man walks down the tracks and two other men sit on a curb nearby. The main building has Victorian style half timbering, shingle imbrication, brick...
- Colorado Midland Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Viewpoint
- A woman and a man (probably the Buckwalters) pose by an automobile in (probably) Colorado; a street lamp is on a concrete curb. Meadows and hills are in the background.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Meadows--Colorado--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Viewpoint
- A man (probably Harry Buckwalter) poses by an automobile in (probably) Colorado; a street lamp is on a concrete curb. Meadows and mountain peaks are in the background.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Meadows--Colorado--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Railroad depot, Glenwood Springs
- People gather near the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company depot in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. The depot is a one story structure with towers and a tile roof. The California Zephyr express train is stopped near the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1940-1950.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1940-1950.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Glenwood...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a weathered residence on West Third Street in Leadville, Colorado features a one story wood frame house with front gable and low bracketed mansard roofs on a projecting bay with four windows, a covered entry door and a decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- Three weathered clapboard two-story houses in Leadville, Colorado, are featured in this photograph. The house on the left has decorative front gable trim, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic window, a first floor...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Lace House in Leadville
- View of the facade of the Lace House in Leadville, Colorado, shows the clapboard false front structure with jigsaw carving, a paired bracketed cornice with wood shingle roof, a central entry with metal screen door and transom, two tall flanking...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Leadville, Harrison Avenue
- This view looking north on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado includes a portion of old Lake County Courthouse after the July fire. Construction men work to brace the remaining structure. Landmark buildings include the American National Bank,...
- American National Bank (Leadville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Delaware Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; First Presbyterian Church (Leadville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Vendome Hotel--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business...
- [1942]
- Morrison, Colorado
- Forking road in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, is the junction of Beaver Creek and Mount Vernon Avenues, paved and dirt streets. A mission style gas station with arcades is at the corner, signs read: "Midwest Motor Oil Mountain Made for...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Grand Imperial Hotel
- Exterior view of the Grand Imperial Hotel, in Silverton, Colorado, looking west; shows storefronts with inset doors, pilasters with acanthus capitals, stepped semicircular arches over the second floor sash windows, mansard roof, chimneys and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Grand Imperial Hotel (Silverton, Colo.)
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Louise Note was brought in upon a mule train similar - will send a better one sometime
- Winter scene in Silverton, Colorado, of the east side of Greene Street, looking south. A mule train heads north on the the muddy street; the lead animal bears a waving man; the mules that follow are loaded with bundles and boxes. Behind piled snow,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Denver Public Library exterior of Main Library
- Automobiles line the curb in front of the Greek revival style Denver Public Library, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The Carnegie building features fluted columns with Corinthian capitols, inscription along frieze reads: "Erected in the year of our...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver Public Library.
- 1927
- Cripple Creek - 1960 Imperial Hotel
- Exterior side view of restored Imperial Hotel, Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; single detached three-story rectangular flat roof brick commercial building has a covered entryway advertising Imperial Hotel, storeroom windows, cornice with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Conservation & restoration--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960- 1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Rain & mist, Texas tourist - Model 'A' 5:30 PM.
- View along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows automobiles parked diagonally against the curb. A classic Model A with Dallas plate frame has wide whitewall tires.
- Ford Model A automobile--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- July 3, 1979
- Cripple Creek, 1948
- Street and terrace view of one and two-story brick flat roof commercial buildings along Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; 1940's automobiles are parked alongside curb; banner across street reads "Imperial Hotel Presenting, July & Aug., Old...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1948
- 16th Ave. and Broadway, Denver
- View east down 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue from Broadway, Denver, Colorado; several early automobiles on street & parked at curb, horse-drawn wagon, man riding bicycle; Denver Auto Goods Company (1600 or 1614 Broadway), Young Men's Christian...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1912]
- Robbins Building, Colorado Springs
- View of the "Robbins" clothing store, Tejon Street and Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the two-story brick commercial structure with stone trim, mission-style pediments, a terra-cotta stepped cornice, balconies,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver County Court House
- Bird's eye view of old Denver County Courthouse (also called Arapahoe County Courthouse), bounded by 15th & 16th Streets and Tremont & Court Places, Denver, Colorado; completed in 1883, demolished in 1933; well or fountain behind courthouse, early...
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Denver County Court House
- Bird's eye view of old Denver County Courthouse (also called Arapahoe County Courthouse), bounded by 15th & 16th Streets and Tremont & Court Places, Denver, Colorado; completed in 1883, demolished in 1933; well or fountain behind courthouse, early...
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Map of the town of Basalt
- Reproduction of map; shows Basalt, Eagle County, Colorado, with street names, lot numbers, water mains, "G. Lucksinger," the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan Rivers.
- Basalt (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Elitch's Garden, Denver
- Elitch's Gardens, Denver, Colorado; men and women with numerous children (boys & girls) seated at curb by decorative water fountain; view towards rides, refreshment stand, tree-lined walkway.
- Drinking fountains--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Walkways--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Public Library, Denver
- Exterior view of the Denver Public Library, at Civic Center, Bannock and Colfax, Denver, Colorado, dedicated in 1910; view across Colfax shows horse-drawn carriage, bicycles and automobile parked at curb.
- Public libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver Public Library.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- 16th and Broadway, Denver
- View of Broadway from 16th (Sixteenth) avenue, Denver, Colorado; circular pedestrian median with decorative streetlight on pedestal, several men on median; early automobiles parked at curb; Denver Auto Goods Company (1600 or 1614 Broadway,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1912]
- 17th Street, Denver
- View northeast on 17th (Seventeenth) from California Street, Denver, Colorado; identifiable buildings include California, Equitable, First National Bank, Boston, Ernst & Cranmer, & Quincy buildings; street railway car number 231 (17th Street) and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911 or 1912]
- First National Bank bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of First National Bank building, 17th (Seventeenth) & northwest corner of Stout Streets, Denver, Colorado; opened January 1, 1911; early automobiles, horse-drawn wagons and carriages parked at curb; Menter, Rosenbloom & Company (1629...
- First National Bank of Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1912]
- The Gas-Electric building, Denver
- Exterior view of Gas & Electric Company building, 15th (Fifteenth) & northwest corner of Champa, Denver, Colorado; opened November 10, 1910 with dazzling display of 10,000 light bulbs illuminating building; Public Service Company moved to another...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Electric lighting--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gas & Electric Company (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1910 and 1912]
- Princess Theatre, Denver
- Exterior view of Princess Theater, 1620 Curtis Street, Denver, Colorado; ornately exterior decorated theater, ticket booth in alcove entrance; horse-drawn carriages, bicycles and early battery powered automobile parked at curb. men, women &...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Princess Theater (Denver, Colo.)
- 1911
- Woman and child feed pigeons
- A woman and a child feed pigeons near a fountain in an urban park, probably in California. People sit on concrete curb that surrounds the fountain, others walk by.
- California--1900-1930.; Animal feeding--California--1900-1930.; Fountains--California--1900-1930.; Pigeons--California--1900-1930.; Women--California--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 to 1930?]
- Businesses on Eureka Street, Central City
- Businesses along Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, include "The Grubstake Inn" and "The Chandler House of Gifts," which are in the Mellor block. The Grubstake Inn has several signs on it, including "Cafe," "Coors," and "Howdy Folks Cafe...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Seventh Ave. Garage with two model-A Fords owned by the Gold Seal Delivery
- View of Gold Seal Delivery Inc. panel trucks parked in front of the 7th (Seventh) Avenue Garage in Denver, Colorado. Business signs on building read: "Repairing, Tires And Tubes, Drive In, Gas & Oil."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Fire in pool hall at 18th Street
- A crowd watches as a pool hall fire is extinguished, Denver, Colorado. Fire hoses lie across the street and sidewalk. Automobiles are parked next to the curb and fire engines are parked in the streets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hoses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]