Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- McPhee and McGinnity Paint Factory/Clock tower Building/Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Building/Styro Building
- Glenarm USO Club Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Station
- Owl canyon School
- Girls, Hispanic students, pose in and near the doorway at Owl Canyon School in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. They wear winter coats.
- Owl Canyon School (Fort Collins, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Students.; Schools.; Girls.; Owl Canyon School (Fort Collins, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1937 November 18]
- Downing Street Entrance to Tammen Hall at Children's Hospital, Denver
- View of the Downing Street entrance to Tammen Hall (1930) at the Children's Hospital at 1056 East Nineteenth (19th) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the entrance to the Art Deco building. Inscribed above the...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Doors & doorways.; Hospitals.; Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1993
- Elbert County Public Library housed in former St. Ann Catholic Church
- View of the Elbert County Library located in the old St. Ann Catholic Church building (1903), 331 E. Comanche Street, Elbert (Elbert County), Colorado. The Romanesque stone church building has a steep gabled roof, rough-cut walls made from local...
- Elbert County Public Library (Elbert, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Elbert (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Elbert County Public Library (Elbert, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Elbert--Pictorial works.; Public...
- 1980
- Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Gilpin Hotel located at 111 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. Built in 1870, the three-story brick structure has a second-story porch, and decorative pediments above each window and doorway. Three large floor to ceiling doors with...
- Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk...
- ca. 1990
- Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Gilpin Hotel located at 111 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. This slide was taken after renovations to change the building into a casino in 1991-1992. Built in 1870, the three-story brick structure has a second-story porch, and...
- Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk...
- 1996
- Pete's Kitchen
- A woman poses in the doorway of Pete's Kitchen, 1962 East Colfax Avenue, in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This early twentieth-century commercial-style building has red brick walls with tan decorative brickwork, a corner...
- Pete's Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Restaurants.; Pete's Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2001
- John Varone Grocery
- View of the John Varone Grocery located on Quivas Street probably in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows a commercial style brick building with a cornice and shaped parapet. Plaques on the parapet read: "1912" and "Grocery." Signs on...
- John Varone Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grocery stores.; John Varone Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Grocery trade--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1977
- Frank Herrera
- Frank Herrera, poses in front of his home at 1126 12th (Twelfth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. He is bare chested and wears pleated pants. His wavy dark hair is parted on the side and combed back. His brother, Skipper (Jim)...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Teenagers.; Herrera, Frank--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Joe--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1941
- Frances Montez family
- Unidentified members of the Frances Montez family gather around a table filled with food in Denver, Colorado. Shows an older woman, middle aged women and a young girl. The girl reaches for the hand of a young boy who hides in the doorway of the...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Children.; Families.; Women.; Montez, Frances--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez family--Pictorial works.;...
- [1987?]
- Molly Nuñez in door of So Loose
- Molly Nunez, owner of So Loose Fashions, poses in the doorway of her shop probably in Aurora, Colorado. She wears loose pants and a T-shirt. A rack of clothes is nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Business people.; Clothing stores.; Women.; Nuñez, Molly--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American...
- [1990?]
- 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
- London Derry [sic] Mine, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- A group of miners pose near a mine building at the Londonderry Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. The men wear work clothes. Two women sit on the ground nearby. The building is made from wood planks, has a corrugated tin roof, and...
- Londonderry Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.;...
- [1899 or 1900]
- Bride and groom on couch holding each other
- A bride and groom pose on a sofa while members of the wedding party look on in a house in Denver, Colorado. The bride wears a veil and the groom wears a boutonniere.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Brides--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Grooms (Weddings)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hugging--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Wedding costume--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Union Depot, Grand Junction
- View of Union Station in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The two-story brick building has a hipped, tile roof; arched windows and doorway; columns; monumental pilasters; and a one-story addition. Cars are parked on the sides of a street and...
- Union Station (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1945?]
- Fort Bellamy
- Women and children pose beside a two-story log cabin in Hahns Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Young women wear calico dresses with puffed sleeves and ruffled collars or shoulders, stockings, and laced boots. A man wears an apron and stands nearby....
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Evolution of the jail, White Ave.
- View of brick and frame buildings and trees on White Avenue in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the second Mesa County Jail building, a two-story brick building with a hipped roof, bars on windows, and a porch. A frame building with a...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Calvary Episcopal Church
- A man and a boy, probably a priest and an acolyte, wear vestments and stand on stairs in front of the frame Calvary Episcopal Church in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The church has a gabled shingled roof, stained glass windows, a...
- Calvary Episcopal Church (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.; Priests--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Schools - Del Norte
- View of Del Norte High School in Del Norte (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Shows a stone and brick building with a round, arched doorway and windows with four by five style panes.
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Del Norte--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Victor
- Men wear hats, suits, vests or suspenders, and pose on wooden sidewalks in front of frame commercial buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A horseshoe is above the door at the Victor Daily News building near a sign that reads "Law Office."...
- Rohde & Goss Real Estate (Victor, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Real estate business--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Rohde, W. E.
- [between 1890 to 1898?]
- Victor, CO
- Panoramic view of frame and brick buildings in downtown Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows the two-story Victor City Hall building with a central cupola on Victor Avenue, a Texaco station and the four-story Bank Building nearby. The Masonic...
- Victor (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Victor--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Homelands of member of Salvation Army Colony, Amity, Colo.
- View of a frame farm house with a hipped roof and a dormer window on a farm in Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. Shows a dog by the doorway, laundry on a clothesline, a carriage near the house, and haystacks behind trees on the farm.
- Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of a brick warehouse and a frame horseshoeing business on East Warren Street in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men and a woman pose on the wooden sidewalk, and a man is on a horse-drawn wagon with lettering that reads: "W.J[?]. Hill,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Workshops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Shinkle, Frank S.
- 1904?
- 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]
- Broadmoor Hotel and gardens
- Flower gardens are at the front entrance to the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The nine-story Italianate hotel has window awnings, balconies, a cupola with a weathervane, and decorative plaster friezes above the...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gardens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Resorts--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1918 and 1930]
- Country Club, Trinidad, Colo.
- The adobe or stucco Mission-style Trinidad County Club in southwest Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado has vigas, a central chimney, a faux bell tower over the doorway, and gutters above a covered porch. A sprinkler waters a lawn surrounded by...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fisher's Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Corner of Fourth and Main Streets
- Men stand and pose outside commercial businesses on the 400 block of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Two-story brick commercial buildings have arched windows, flat roofs, and brackets below the cornice. Signs read: "Cameron &...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Law enforcement officers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Crowley, Tim, marshal.
- [1884?]
- Leadville
- View of the American National Bank on the southeast corner of Fifth and Harrison Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows the Romanesque Revival-style building, constructed of rusticated red sandstone with brick upper stories. Features...
- American National Bank (Leadville, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Walsen bathhouse
- A construction worker stands in the doorway of the bathhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Walsen (Huerfano County), Colorado. The building is a one story rusticated stone structure with two doorways and a shingle roof. Ladders...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Morley bathhouse and lamp house
- A miner leans in the doorway of the lamp house at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company mine at Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The man wears work clothes, boots, and a cap with an oil wick cap lamp. The lamp building is a small cinder block...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Mine...
- 1914 May 7
- Starkville church
- View of a church in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp, Starkville (Las Animas County), Colorado. The church is a frame structure with a round stained glass window over the arched doorway. The steeple is decorated with fish scale shingles...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1930.; Mining camps--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1930.; Starkville (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1930.;...
- [between 1896 and 1922?]
- Interurban car in Grand Junction
- Two men stand at the corner of Main and 3rd (Third) Streets, Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A Grand Junction and Grand River Valley Railway electric street car is at the intersection. The "Electric Building," a two-story, flat-roof, brick...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cabin
- A man sits and poses beside an aspen log cabin probably near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shovels, a pick axe and a metal bucket are against the cabin wall beside a doorway.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Stone house
- Women wear aprons and shawls and pose in the doorway of a stone house with a hipped roof and a central chimney possibly in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and possibly the Colorado River in a valley near the house. Snow is on a...
- Houses--Colorado--1890-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Trinidad, Sopris and Starkville streetcar
- View of a Trinidad, Sopris and Starkville passenger streetcar on the Trinidad Electric Railroad in Las Animas County, Colorado. A woman stands and poses in the doorway of streetcar number "2."
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Westwood, Colorado, buildings, exchange, exterior, front
- View of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building probably in the Westwood Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one story brick building is constructed in the style of a domestic structure with an arched doorway and...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Westwood (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1937 July 16
- Irwin school house
- Men, women and children pose on the stairs of the Irwin school house building in Irwin (Gunnison County), Colorado. Men, teachers, and probably students wear fitted dresses or pinafores. Children and a dog sit on a step. William S. Hinkley stands...
- Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1900.; School children--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1900.; Hinkley, William S.; Shaw, Charles N.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Plaza, La Veta, Colo. Beatty Mt. in background
- People and a horse-drawn carriage are in front of the one-story adobe brick Francisco Plaza fort buildings in La Veta (Spanish Peaks, Huerfano County), Colorado (later the Francisco Fort Museum), this served as the commercial center of the town and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1880.; La Veta (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--La Veta--1870-1880.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--La Veta--1870-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--La Veta--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- State Normal School, Greeley, Colo.
- Women stand at the entrance to the Cranford Hall building on the State Normal School (later University of Northern Colorado) campus in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The four-story brick classroom, library and administration building has a hipped...
- State Normal School of Colorado (Greeley, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1920.; Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.; Teachers' colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1911]
- Gregory Gulch
- View of businesses, frame mine buildings and head frames on a hillside in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. People are in the arched doorway of the Gregory Store beside a horse-drawn wagon. Shows tailings piles on a treeless...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1879
- 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]
- Silverton
- Boys pose in the corner doorway of the "Rexall Drugs" store on Greene Street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Signs on one-story frame or brick businesses read: "Rexall Drugs" and "Ice Cream Parlor." Shows Victorian houses, Saint John's...
- Rexall Drug--Buildings--1900-1920.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Murphy Mahoney Motor Co., Chevrolet
- A man wears an overcoat and a felt hat and poses at the doorway of the Murphy Mahoney Chevrolet dealership at 2986 Speer Boulevard in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Signs on the one-story building next door read: "Lake Place Cafe,...
- Murphy Mahoney Motor Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1934 and 1935]
- Trinidad Garage
- View of a one story brick garage belonging to the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Trinidad, Colorado. One section of the building has a flat roof, double garage doors and decorative brick work along the roof line. The other...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garages--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Change house, Treasury Tunnel
- View of a tar paper sided change house at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The building has a sign above a doorway that reads: "Change House." Shows possibly a flume at the gold ore processing site, tailings piles, lumber debris...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Old exchange exterior, Ault, Colo.
- View of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Ault (Weld County), Colorado. The building is a one story brick structure with corner entrance and arched window. Sign carved in stone above the doorway reads: "Bank."...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Ault (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Ault--1900-1910.
- 1904 November 27
- The Mission of San Juan Capistrano, Cal.
- View of a building at Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano (Orange County), California. The building has an decorated arched doorway and columns. Shows a courtyard, roof tiles and bells hang in adobe niches.
- Mission San Juan Capistrano--Buildings--1880-1910.; San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Missions--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]