Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1340 Quebec Street
- View of 1340 Quebec street in the East Colfax neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The cottage structure has an oversized false front reminiscent of a commercial style building. The false front facade has a cornice with brackets and dentils and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; East Colfax (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; False fronts.; House.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; East Colfax (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1987
- 1944-50 W. 32nd Ave., Denver
- View of brick buildings in the 19th Century commercial style, at possibly 1944-1950 W. 32nd Avenue in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two story brick building, probably converted to a house, has an arched doorway, a flat roof...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1985 August
- 3758 Osage St., Denver
- View of a one story brick commercial building with a low pitched roof at 3758 Osage Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building is painted along the roof line and on low parapets. A sign in the window facing 38th...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1987 January
- 878 Santa Fe Drive, Denver
- View of commercial buildings on the 800 block of Santa Fe Drive in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building at 878 Santa Fe Drive has a flat roof and brick parapet details, and a narrow tile overhang above the doorway....
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1987 June
- [Indians in doorway of adobe houses] [art original].
- Adobe houses.; Indians in art.; Pueblo Indians--Pictorial works.; Indians of North America--Dwellings--Pictorial works.; Oil paintings.
- [n.d.]
- "Old" police building
- Exterior of the old police building, formerly the old city hall, located on 14th (fourteenth) and Larimer street in Denver, Colorado. A sign above the doorway reads: "Police Building"; another sign on the building reads: "Mobilgas". Automobiles are...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- "Thug suspects" group of men in front of city jail
- A group of male suspects pose outside of a city jail probably in Denver, Colorado. A sign above the doorway reads: "city jail".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Criminals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Jails--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902?
- A gambler and his girlfriend as impersonated by Denver Society folk
- A man and woman are in a Teller House doorway, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. He wears houndstooth pants, a vest, bowtie and cape; she wears a print blouse, a sateen dress with appliqued bands, and has a pocket watch on a long chain....
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- A home in the Blue Ridge Mtns. of Virginia
- A wood plank house and barn sit near a dirt road in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. A woman and child stand in the doorway and on the porch; a duck sits in the yard.
- Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Barns--Virginia--1900-1910.; Houses--Virginia--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A Miner's home
- Shows a miner sitting in doorway of his log cabin (lean-to) built into mountainside with glass window frame; includes two dogs, various tools around entrance, wood chopping area, and other mine buildings and structures in background.
- Mining camps--Colorado--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [ca.1900]
- A Moki farmer
- Native Americans (Hopi) stand at a doorway at Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona. A man wears a cotton shirt with buttons, pants, and moccasins, and he carries a leather and rope bundle, probably a harness. Women have bare feet and wear woven shawls...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Arizona--1890-1900.; Farmers--Arizona--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- A news stand, north side 8th St, Albert Woodbury passing by
- A man, holding his spectacles in his right hand, stands in front of a Greeley, Colorado, newsstand in Weld County. He wears trousers, boots, a long-sleeved shirt, a vest and a hat; he has a mustache. The commercial building behind him is of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Newspaper vendors--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1890]
- A souvenir shop at the fox farm
- View of the souvenir shop on a fox farm in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with a porch railing made of tree branches. A man and a woman stand on the porch. A woman walks away from the porch. Signs over the doorway read:...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Souvenir shops--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.
- 1929
- A summer camp in the Rocky Mtns.
- View of a campsite in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado; large canvas tent is supported by wooden posts with awning extended over front door to make a "covered porch;" three women sit underneath awning (one weaves reed or cane, one reads, one...
- Camping--Colorado--1900-1910.; Camps--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- A woman in costume for Easter sunday
- A woman stands in a church doorway dressed in a robe. She wears palm leaves in her hair and holds a palm frond. A cross on the wall reads "Easter Day".
- Easter--1910-1960.; Churches--1910-1960.; Women--1910-1960.
- [between 1910 and 1960?]
- Administration Building, Chicago World's Fair
- View of the Administration Building at the Chicago World's Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) in Chicago, Illinois. The edifice, designed by Richard M. Hunt, is an octagon with four pavilions at the four corners. The pavilions are Greek Revival...
- Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Pavilions--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
- c1894
- Administration Building, Chicago World's Fair
- View of the Administration Building at the Chicago World's Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) in Chicago, Illinois. The edifice, designed by Richard M. Hunt, is an octagon with four pavilions at the four corners. The pavilions are Greek Revival...
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)--Buildings.; Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Pavilions--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.
- [1893]
- Adobe house & oven
- This L-shaped adobe house has an oven in the yard, a ladder against the wall, and children in the doorway.
- Adobe buildings--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--children--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Agriculture - ranching - woman in work clothes standing in doorway
- A woman stands in the door of a log house in (probably) Colorado; one of her pants legs is rolled up.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Alamosa, Colo., Mander's Building
- View of the two-story Manders Building on the corner of San Juan and Main streets in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The stone building has arched windows, brackets under the cornice, and several storefronts with signs that read: "Groceries and...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Allen's Park
- View of clergymen in the doorway of Saint James Episcopal church, Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Saint James Episcopal Church (Allenspark, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Allenspark (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Allenspark--1950-1970.; Priests--Colorado--Allenspark--1950-1970.
- [between 1955 and 1970]
- Allotment crew ready to divide land at Pine Ridge
- Agent Brennan poses in front of a tent with his son, Billy (William) Garnett, an interpreter, (son of General Richard B. Garnett of old Fort Laramie and a Native American Sioux mother), his wife, daughter and three sons, and a land allotment crew...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian interpreters--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Families--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Surveyors--South...
- [1891]
- Amity, Colorado, the broom industry
- A man wears suspenders and a hat and stands at the doorway of a stone house with a shingle roof in Amity, a Salvation Army colony, in Prowers County, Colorado. Brooms made with straw and wooden handles are on display beside stone walls. The...
- McAbee, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Broom & brush industry--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Brooms & brushes--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Anderson & Sharp's Paint Shop
- This paint store in Canon City, Colorado, has a variety of brushes, paint cans, and wallpaper displayed in the window and entry. Men pose on the boardwalk; two are in suits with gold chains, the rest are in white painter's clothes. One stands on a...
- Paint shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Annual History Book University Park P.T.A. 1961-1962
- Antlers House Livery
- Men pose near the arched doorway of the Antlers House Livery on Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Two carriages decorated with greenery are parked on either side of the group of men. One man sits in each carriage and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [August, between 1893 and 1900?]
- Antlers House Livery
- Men pose near the arched doorway of the Antlers House Livery on Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Two carriages decorated with greenery are parked on either side of the group of men. One man sits in each carriage and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [August, between 1893 and 1900?]
- Ashcroft 1943, Mr. Sawyer
- Mr. Sawyer stands in the doorway of remains of the Ashcroft post office, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado. Weathered signs above the elderly man read: "Ashcroft" and "Post Office." He wears suspenders, a wide brim hat, soiled...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Ashcroft, Summer 1943, Mr. Sawyer unofficial caretaker Ashcroft [graphic]
- Mr. Sawyer stands in the doorway of remains of the Ashcroft post office, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado. The elderly man wearing suspenderss and a wide brimhat looks up at the weathered signs above the door: "Ashcroft" and...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Aspen, Colo. street scenes
- Seven men stand outside the Berg candy store in Aspen, Colorado, a two story, clapboard building with a bay window displaying merchandise. A man, probably the proprietor, stands in the doorway. The building next to the candy store is a...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Confectioneries--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1885?]
- Axial school
- A man, woman, and young girl pose in the doorway of the Axial schoolhouse, Moffat County, Colorado. The building is constructed of hewn logs and chinking.
- Axial (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Axial--1890-1900.; One room schools--Colorado--Axial--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Baileys, Colorado
- View of the frame Colorado and Southern railroad depot in Bailey (Bailey's Ranch), Park County, Colorado. The dilapidated building has broken windows; boards nailed over a doorway; exposed wooden boards on a gabled roof with a porch; and a worn,...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Buildings--1930-1940.; Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.
- [between 1932 and 1940]
- Balcony House, middle rooms, Mesa Verde, Colo.
- View of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins at Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. A two-story structure built up to the rock ceiling has windows and vigas. A man, probably a guide, is in a doorway.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Balcony House (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Ballad of Baby Doe
- A man and a woman stand outside a brick building on the set of The Ballad of Baby Doe in Central City, Colorado. The woman wears a striped dress and hat and the man wears a frock coat and trousers. The set includes a door with large windows and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Barbershop interior
- An Asian-American barber cuts a man's hair in a barbershop in Denver, Colorado. A cash register and bottles are on a counter near mirrors on the wall. Children sit and stand by a nearby sink. Numbers on the windows above a doorway read: "1907."
- Asian Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barbers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Barbershops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Barry's gallery at Fort Buford, Barry standing in doorway
- David Barry's prefabricated gallery, Fort Buford, North Dakota; Barry stands in doorway, Chief Shields stands next to him outside doorway; wind picked up and destroyed this gallery during storm at Fort Custer, Montana, 1883.
- Fort Buford (Fort Buford, N.D.--1880-1890); Galleries & museums--North Dakota--1870-1880.; Barry, D. F. (David Frances), 1854-1934.
- [between 1878 and 1883]
- Bear
- A bear sits in the doorway of a log structure in a metal pen, probably at the Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver Zoo--1920-1940.; Bears--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Cages--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Bebee [sic] House, Idaho Springs
- People pose on the porch of the Beebee House hotel in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story clapboard hotel has decorative brackets beneath a second story balcony with a railing. Men wear flat brimmed hats and suits. Women...
- Beebee House (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1860-1890.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1890.
- [between 1869 and 1881]
- Bennett Avenue in 1969, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Sidewalk view of Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; an unidentified woman stands in an open doorway of Riis Johnson Antique and Imports business; numerous cars are parked along Bennett Avenue; parts of the sidewalk are in disrepair,; business...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Antique stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- Bent County Courthouse
- View through trees of the lower portion of the Bent County Courthouse, Bent Avenue, Las Animas, Colorado; shows the brick building with cut stone trim, rusticated stone foundation, stepped entry with arched doorway and first floor windows.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Bethesda Sanatorium
- Partial view of Bethesda Sanatorium (sanitarium), Denver, Colorado; shows "Bethesda" lettered on brick wall above doorway, vine- covered trellis or side porticos, a brick building with gabled mansard roof, second story with enclosed porch, and...
- Bethesda Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1926 and 1930?]
- Bethesda Sanatorium
- View of Bethesda Sanatorium (sanitarium), Denver, Colorado; shows landscaped walkway with flowering bushes, "Bethesda" lettered on brick wall above doorway, vine-covered trellis, and a brick building with gabled mansard roof, covered front stoop,...
- Bethesda Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1926 and 1930]
- Biography, unidentified groups
- A large group of unidentified men in suits poses in three rows in front of a large doorway with a round arch of windows on its top. The men in the front row kneel on one knee.
- [between 1910 and 1931?]
- Bishop's house
- View of the Bishop George Maxwell Randall house at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The two-story Second Empire style house has a Mansard roof, dormers, belt course, and arched doorway and windows.
- Randall, George M. (George Maxwell), 1810-1873--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Black Hawk - 1957
- View up a steep, tree filled incline in Black Hawk, Colorado. Four residences are on hillside. Center house is two-story, with horizontal clapboard, medium gable, a single-centered chimney with brick base and stovepipe top, a single-pane square...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Black Hawk looking down from mouth of Chase Gulch
- View of unidentified structures in or near Black Hawk, Colorado. Horse and carriage appear in center foreground. Structure at left has vertical plank wall construction, one chimney, two windows, a door, and a lean-to attached. Structure to the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [186-?]
- Boy standing in doorway
- Studio portrait of a boy in Denver, Colorado. He stands on a pillow and wears kinckers, a coat, and cap.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Boys in Manual Training High School
- Students stand near a doorway after a fire at Manual Training High School at 27th (Twenty-seventh) Avenue and Franklin Street in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Manual Training High...
- [1953]
- Boys physical education, Durango, Colo.
- Boys participate in exercises during a physical education class inside the gymnasium of Durango High School in La Plata County, Colorado. They stand in straight lines with their arms extended out to their sides and their fingertips touching....
- Durango (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gymnasiums--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Physical education--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Durango--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Breckenridge - Episcopal church
- St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Breckenridge, Colorado; shows a one story structure with a high gable, gabled bell tower with a cross on top, horizontal clapboard siding, rectangular window with parapet surround (second floor), rectangular...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1966]