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- #1 Ranch Road under construction
- In the distance, inmates of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, perform roadwork with horses near them. A 1920's truck is on the dirt road and lumber is piled in the foreground.
- Road construction workers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1932
- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; shows a house with a porch at the top of a hill in the distance looking over a rushing stream below; mountain covered with pines and a road with low bushes passes in front of the house.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- 1 - 1:30 P.M. C & S 605 on spur off west side line, Denver, W 16th Ave. & Bryant St.
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway steam locomotive 605 (2-8-0) crossing a road near the intersection of West 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Bryant Street in Denver, Colorado. The tender is piled with coal. Letters on the locomotive and tender...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1959 January 17
- 105 Fillmore Street, Denver
- View of an office building at 105 Fillmore Street in the Cherry Creek Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features include glass and metal curtain walls, a canopy, and planters. Nearby commercial buildings include one with letters: "Sears." Cars are...
- Cherry Creek (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982 April
- 10:30 A.M. General Motors Aerotrain entering Denver Union Station
- View of the General Motors experimental streamliner the Aerotrain led by a LWT12 locomotive at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The streamlined locomotive has four headlights. A steel viaduct and a flour mill are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1956 March 18
- 10:35 A.M., Rio Grande 5914, 5923 & two shrouded "B" units south at Sedalia
- Denver and Rio Grande Western diesel locomotives 5914 and 5923 with two "B" units lead a freight train near Sedalia (Douglas County), Colorado. Lettering on the locomotives reads: "Rio Grande," "5914" and "5923." Wood frame buildings are in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.
- 1956 June 11
- 10:55 A.M.Union Pacific 3958 extra south at Greeley
- Union Pacific steam locomotive 3958 (4-6-6-4) is stopped beside a water column and caboose in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Signs on the locomotive read: "X3958." Storage tanks are in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Brighton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brighton--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Brighton--1950-1960.
- 1956 November 12
- 1119 Pearl Street, Denver
- View of a stucco sided house at 1119 Pearl Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The house, probably converted into an apartment building, has a cross gabled, tiled roof, bay windows, a partly enclosed porch with an arched...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1983 March
- 11:40 A.M. UP X275 east near Magee, Colo.
- A Union Pacific freight train led by diesel locomotive 275 travels near Magee (Adams County), Colorado. The consist has a gondola car, flatcar, and boxcars. Trees are in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Adams County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Adams County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Adams County--1950-1960.
- 1959 June 20
- 1222 Glenarm Place, Denver
- View of a commercial building at 1222 Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado; features include glass block and storefronts. Transom letters read: "Hotchkiss;" skyscrapers are in the distance and cars are parked at the curb.
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Show windows--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1989 May
- 125 W 12th Street, Denver
- View of a shop building at 125 West 12th (Twelfth) Street (between Acoma and Bannock Streets) in the Golden Triangle Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features include overhead doors and corrugated metal siding. Signs on the building read:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1993 March
- 12:05 P.M., Colorado & Southern 820 & S.F. 2146 south at Palmer Lake
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway diesel locomotive 820 followed by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe diesel locomotive 2146, boxcars and gondola cars near Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. Letters on the lead locomotive read: "Way of the...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1950-1960.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1950-1960. and Santa Fe...
- 1957 September 27
- 12:50 P.M., Santa Fe tr. 31 south at Palmer Lake, diesel 133, etc.
- View of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train no. 31 led by diesel locomotive 133 near Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. The consist has boxcars and tanker cars. Wood frame buildings and houses are in the distance.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1950-1960.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1950-1960.
- 1956 April 22
- 1355 Pennsylvania St., Denver
- View of a brick, three story house with a wide front porch at probably 1355 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign in the yard reads "TIORCO." The house converted into an office building has a low pitched...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- [between 1983 and 1988]
- 1400 Glenarm Place, Denver
- View of a brick commercial building at 14th (Fourteenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado; features include arched windows, a bracketed cornice, and sidewalk level skylights. The entrance canopy reads: "1400 Glenarm Place...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1993 May
- 1416 Blake Street, Denver
- View of a commercial building at 1416 Blake Street in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has a moss rock panel, double-wide door, and wood frame windows. Signs and letters read: "This Property for Lease," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982 August
- 1421 Champa, construction progress excavation
- View of an excavated area filled with brick rubble and wood joists at the site of the Colorado Telephone Company building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. A cut stone wall lines a portion of the hole. Bricks are stacked near a shed-roofed...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902 June 4
- 1429 Champa, commercial office, exterior, front
- View of the commercial office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company at 1429 Champa St. in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story brick structure with cornice, dentils, and large store-front windows. Carved stone entablatures...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- 14th Street and Glenarm Place, Denver
- View of a brick commercial building at 14th (Fourteenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado; features include random ashlar trim and ornaments. Skyscrapers and the City and County Building dome are in the distance; cars are...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1979
- 14th Street Viaduct
- Men walk on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. City Hall, the Tabor Opera House, and the Post Office are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- A workman walks on a partially constructed bridge, a section of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct, in Denver, Colorado. The traveler and crane are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girders--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Structural frames--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- View, from Blake Street, of the partially constructed 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. A railroad bridge crosses Cherry Creek and Colorado and Southern Railway tracks (C&S). Buildings on Platte Street are in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen sit on a horse-drawn wagon at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. A traveler and cranes are in the distance. Light snow covers the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 15 St Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) (F) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wood and brick business district buildings read: "Broadway Store Dry Goods & Clothing Wholesale & Retail", "Tappan & Co.", "Chemicals Paints Oils Brushes & Glass", and "Drugs"....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1863
- 15th Street and Boulder Street, Denver
- View of commercial buildings with storefronts at 2501 West 15th (Fifteenth) Street in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The buildings have brick corbeling, arched windows, a corner entry, and a cornice. Downtown buildings are in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1983 July
- 15th Street and Chestnut Street, Denver
- View of the Grout Electric Company and a parking lot at 2000-30 15th (Fifteenth) Street (corner Chestnut Street) in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a building with a an attached warehouse with a pitched metal roof. Cars...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 October
- 15th Street and Platte Street, Denver
- View of a commercial building at 2373-75 15th (Fifteenth) Street (corner Platte Street) in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; the brick building has show windows, an arched and stepped pediment, and signs that read: "Marshall Mfg....
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1980
- 15th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric star shaped lights hang over the street, each garland has a lighted cross that hangs from its center...
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.; Festive decorations.; Fraternal organizations.; Public utility...
- 1913 August 16
- 15th Street, Highland neighborhood
- View of 15th Street looking North from the 15th Street Bridge and I-25. The west side of 15th street has a three-story brick building with decorative cornices. The east side of the street has two three-story brick buildings. The bell tower of the...
- Old Highlands Business Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial streets.; Commercial facilities.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Commercial...
- 1974
- 1651 Washington Street, Denver
- View of an apartment building at 1651 Washington Street in the North Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three story brick building has quoins, corbeling, a pedimented cornice, porch / balconies, and swastika ornaments. Sign reads:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; North Capitol Hill (Denver Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 May
- 16th and Wazee Street, Denver
- View of commercial buildings at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Wazee Street, in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; the brick building has a corner entry, storefronts, and a sign: "Alfredough's." High rises and the Daniels and Fisher...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Show windows--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 June
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 16th Street Looking North
- View of 16th Street in Denver, Colorado, looking north; circus banner hangs across street in foreground; pedestrian, bicycle, horse-drawn carriage, and street car traffic appears; man at far right stands on ledge; building in distance has banners...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1901]
- 16th Street, Denver
- Rooftop view of commercial buildings in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Multi-story brick and stone buildings on 16th (Sixteenth) Street include the Hotel Brunswick (Clarke Building), the corner Tabor Block and the "New York...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- 17th & Market Streets, Denver
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street at Blake Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the four story Barth Hotel building on the corner. Construction fences and scaffolding are around the building. The Oxford Hotel building...
- Barth Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Railroad...
- 1984 May
- 17th & Market, Denver
- View of construction cranes above high rise buildings under construction near the intersection of 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue and Market Street in the Central Business District of downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows multi story apartment or office...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1981 August
- 17th and Arapahoe Street, Denver
- View of downtown Denver, Colorado; shows the Westin Hotel (with light reflections), the May D & F clock tower, and Larimer Place Condominiums. Office buildings include Denver National Bank (round corners). Pedestrians walk on 17th (Seventeenth)...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1986 February
- 17th St.
- View northwest on Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colorado, shows multi-story buildings, skyscrapers, Denver National Bank, cars, pedestrians, and signs: "Hotel Colorado," "Midland Savings, Bldg." "Majestic Savings," "Hotel Kenmark," "Kohlberg's...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1959
- 17th Street
- View along Seventeenth (17th) Street, Denver, Colorado, includes the Brown Palace Hotel with the Savoy Hotel in distance. Pedestrians walk on sidewalk near a Victorian cast iron streetlamp and decorative arch; automobiles, bicycles and a man on...
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1917]
- 17th Street, Denver
- View southeast at Tremont Street and Seventeenth Street to Brown Palace Hotel (1892); "The Albet Sechrist Mfg. Co." show rooms on left; sign for "factory 1717 Logan", lamps in showroom windows with signs for "Electro Plating", "Electric repair",...
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916
- 1874 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 2nd Annual Denver City directory
- 1875 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 3rd Annual Denver City directory
- 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 5th Annual Denver City directory
- 1878 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 6th Annual Denver City directory
- 1878 Lawrence Street, Central City, Colorado
- right background.; Stereographic view of the offices of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co.'s Express on the second level of a brick building on Lawrence Street in Central City, Colorado. On the first level of the building are the offices of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- 1889 Corbett & Ballenger's 17th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1890 Corbett & Ballenger's 18th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory