Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Camp Hale, construction
- Men load wooden or metal frames in the back of a pickup truck at a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a frame doorway and nearby buildings under construction.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Lifting & carrying--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.;...
- [1942?]
- Mine office, Leadville
- View of a concrete brick, one-story mine building in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The mine office has a gabled roof, wrought iron railings and brackets, and a pediment above the doorway.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Mrs. Garrison's mother's house
- Mrs. Anfenson, Ola Garrison's mother, poses in the doorway of her house possibly in Denver, Colorado. The one-story wood frame house has a lean-to addition.
- Houses--Colorado--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mrs. Garrison's mother's home (probably Denver)
- Mrs. Anfenson (Ola Anfenson Garrison's mother) poses in the doorway of her house possibly in Denver, Colorado. The one-story wood frame house has a lean-to addition.
- Houses--Colorado--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- 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]
- Denver Tramway Car #63
- The Denver Tramway Company car #63 is at the Berkeley Loop at the end of the Berkeley - Elitch line at Berkeley Park about 40th (Fortieth) and Yates in Denver, Colorado. Two men stand in the doorway of the tramway car, one man is seated. Shows...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Poultry
- Interior view of a wholesale poultry business in Denver, Colorado; shows men and a woman posing by cages of birds. A chicken is in the doorway; a duck is in a crate.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Chicken industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Poultry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Colorado Midland depot at Colorado Springs
- A view of the Colorado Midland Railway Company train depot in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Carriages are parked on one side of the building, pedestrians walk in front of the depot. A sign above the doorway reads "Union Passenger...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Swift & Co.
- A view of a Swift and Company wood building in the Platte Valley rail yard in Denver, Colorado. An ad poster for Swift and Company is on the front of the building; railroad cars are behind the building and the 16th Street viaduct is in the...
- Swift & Company--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1935?]
- Post office and store
- A group of men stand outside of a single story wood post office. A store is on one side and on the opposite side is an additional store front; the sign above this doorway reads: "Agency Omaha Barbed Wire".
- Post offices--1890-1910.; Stores & shops--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Reynolds
- A photo of criminal Reynolds. He is an elderly man and wears an oversized jacket and dress shirt. An unidentified man stands next to a doorway behind Reynolds.
- Criminals--1900-1910.
- 1902?
- Reynolds
- A photo of criminal Reynolds. He is an elderly man and is posed in a chair with his hands folded in front of himself. Reynolds wears a hat, an oversized jacket and dress shirt. An unidentified man stands next to a doorway behind Reynolds.
- Criminals--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- "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?
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Trinidad
- View of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This rusticated stone building features a round stained glass window, arched doorway, dentil bands, tower, and steeple. Carved stone over the door reads: "Uni Trinoque...
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Trinidad, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1914?]
- Panorama from Gray's Peak
- A man stands in the doorway of the observation house, a rusticated stone structure with no roof and three walls at the summit of Grays Peak in Clear Creek County and Summit County, Colorado. Shows Torreys Peak.
- Grays Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stone buildings--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mission of San Juan Capistrano
- View of a building at Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, California. The building has an arched doorway and columns.
- Mission San Juan Capistrano--1880-1890.; San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Missions--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Pueblo Santa Clara N.M.
- View of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. A Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) woman stands in the doorway of a building with vigas and canales. Hornos and a wooden ladder are nearby.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1880-1900.; Tewa Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1880-1900.; Santa Clara Pueblo...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- Old church at Taos
- Churchgoers exit the Saint Francis de Assisi church in Ranchos de Taos (Taos County), New Mexico, in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. Shows an adobe church with an arched doorway with a sun motif decoration over it, two wood...
- San Francisco de Asis Church (Ranchos de Taos, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ranchos de Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Churches--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1900-1910.; People--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- The red pepper lady, Mishongnovi, Ariz.
- A Native American (Hopi) woman sits outside a doorway at the pueblo at Mishongnovi (Navajo County), Arizona. Long strings of red chili peppers (ristras) hang along the adobe walls.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1900-1910.; Mishongnovi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Doors &...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Navajo camp fire
- Native American (Navajo) women sit near a large campfire at night on Tovar Mesa (Navajo County), Arizona. A man and other women sit under trees nearby. Shows two hogans with a basket and pottery jar at the doorway. The women wear squash blossom...
- Hogans--Arizona--Navajo County--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Navajo County--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Navajo County--1900-1910.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Tovar Mesa (Ariz.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Churc[h] of Guadaloupe
- View of the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe), in Guadalupe Hidalgo (Gustavo A. Madero, Distrito Federal), Mexico. The brick and stone building includes two bell towers, a clock, a center dome and...
- Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico)--1880-1900.; Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexico)--1880-1900.; Basilicas--Mexico--Guadalupe Hidalgo--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Mexico--Guadalupe Hidalgo--1880-1900.
- [from 1882 to 1900?]
- Entrance Revenue Tunnel
- View of the entrance to Revenue Tunnel Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Three men sit on ore carts drawn by a mule along on narrow gauge tracks. A man stands in a building doorway near the tunnel.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ernest Cranmer Building
- View of the Ernest & Cranmer Building at 17th and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, balustrade, roof finials and arched doorway with rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Land and...
- Home Life Insurance Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Land and Mines Company of Colorado--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Insurance...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- People's Bank Building, Denver
- View of the People's Bank Building on 16th and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, balconet, arched doorway with rusticated stone trim and fire escape. Signs read: "Coal $3.00 per ton,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver-Haish Manual Training School, University of Denver
- View of Haish Manual Training School located in the University of Denver Haish Building at 14th (Fourteenth) and Arapahoe Streets, Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapet, and rusticated stone trim....
- Haish Manual Training School (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; University of Denver--Buildings--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Vocational education--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Broadway Theatre and Hotel Metropole, Denver Col.
- View of the Broadway Theatre and Hotel Metropole at 18th (Eighteenth) Street and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Richardsonian Romanesque style building with side towers and light court. "Broadway Theatre " is over center arched doorway,...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotel Metropole (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Denver-Railroad Building
- View of the Railroad Building on Larimer Street between 15th (Fifteenth) and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with arched windows, balustrade and rusticated stone trim. "Railroad...
- Colorado Savings Bank--Buildings--1880-1900.; Midland Electric Co.--Buildings--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Public utility...
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Mining Exchange
- View of the Mining Exchange Building at 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Victorian Romanesque style building with tower, rusticated stone trim and arched doorway. The statue of a miner sits atop the tower. Signs...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Financial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- The Reading Room
- Interior view of the stone bathhouse in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a curtained, arched doorway, table and chairs, ornate lamp, fireplace, carpet, and spittoon.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mariposa Grove [sic], big trees
- Men, who include possibly Israel and Thomas Gamlin, stand near giant sequoias identified as "Columbia" and "General Grant" and in the doorway of Gamlin Cabin in Grants Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, California.
- Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Giant sequoias--California--Kings Canyon National Park--1870-1900.; Log cabins--California--Kings Canyon National Park--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Kings Canyon National...
- [between 1870 and 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?]
- Old mission church, Los Angeles, Cal.
- Men and women gather around the Plaza Church in Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. The church is a stone block building with an arched doorway, ocular window, and a gazebo-like structure mounted on the roof. Shows the faint impressions...
- Plaza Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Churches--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pasadena - the railway station
- Passengers gather near the platform at the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company station in Pasadena, California. The train station is a one-story brick building with an arched doorway, a tower, ocular windows, and fish scale shingles....
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; United States Postal Service--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Mission San Gabriel, Calif.
- View of Mission San Gabriel Arcangel at 428 South Mission Drive in San Gabriel (Los Angeles County), California. The building has an arched doorway, stucco walls, and a stairway that leads up the exterior of the structure.
- Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Gabriel (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Catholic churches--California--San Gabriel--1890-1910.; Missions--California--San Gabriel--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- San Juan Capistrano, Cal.
- View, framed by an arched doorway, of the inner courtyard at Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano (Orange County), California. People sit and stand under the arcade where areas of eroded plaster reveal adobe bricks. The arcade is...
- Mission San Juan Capistrano--1880-1900.; San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Denver Club
- View of the Denver Club at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Victorian Romanesque style building with arched doorway and windows, contrasting rusticated stone trim, and dormers. The First Congregational Church...
- Denver Club (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; First Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Organizations'...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
- View of a multi story building made of ice blocks in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The ice palace, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival, is between West 7th (Seventh) and West 8th (Eighth) Streets from Spruce to Leiter. The building has...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Tabor Opera House, Denver
- View of the Tabor Grand Opera House at 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado. The Victorian Gothic style building has a tower, pointed arches, and contrasting trim. A sign reads: "Special Cloak Sale To-day!" A stone pediment above...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1892]
- Denver Club
- View of the Denver Club at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Victorian Romanesque style building with arched doorway and windows, contrasting rusticated stone trim and dormers. The First Congregational Church...
- Denver Club (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; First Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1889 and 1890]
- Buildings on Main Street between 4th & 5th
- View of Main Street businesses between Fourth and Fifth Avenue, Longmont, Colorado, shows a group of four men in front of the Harness and Saddlery Shop. Mr. Warner stands in the doorway and the owner J. C. Wells is outside to the right. A young boy...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Store interior
- View of a large store interior in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows the manager Joe Luxon in a suit, Jim Hargusin, Axial stage driver in doorway, Burt Rank, butcher in an apron, E. L. Davis, Charlie Groves, clerks and customer Joe Peltier....
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Merchants--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Drug store
- Exterior view of the J. W. Fleming drugstore in Silverton Colorado, on the west side of Greene St. between 13th and 14th. This single story frame building has a false front topped by a bracketed cornice with dentils. Above the door, a sign reads...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1881?
- Long's Peak Inn, Estes Park
- Exterior view of the Longs Peak Inn at Estes Park, Colorado (rebuilt in 1906; burned in 1949); shows dirt road leads to large log cabin-style inn with automobile parked in front; sign at doorway reads "ice cream"; smaller log cabin structure at...
- Longs Peak Inn (Estes Park, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Store and school, Mt. Harris, Colo-Utah Coal Co.
- View of school-children and teachers lined up in front of a two- story, stone-block store and school building in Mt. Harris, Colorado, a coal-mining town owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company; date "1915" is carved in building; post office sign...
- Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.;...
- [1915?]
- Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Gold Mining Stock Exchange building, 373-379 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; constructed after 1896 fire and purchased in 1911 by Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - Number 316. Later, the building was called...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.; Gold Mining Stock Exchange Building (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- 1988?
- Cripple Creek, Colo. Hastings [sic] Market 1st & Bennet [sic]
- Exterior view of C. C. Irwin Groceries (formerly H. A. Hastain's Market), 135 Bennett Avenue, Bell Brothers Building, First (1st) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of building packed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Bell Brothers Building (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1905 or 1906]
- First Bank, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of A. A. Ireland Real Estate and Mining Property, building shared by Bank of Cripple Creek (also called First National Bank), Cripple Creek, Colorado; six men pose on front steps of one-story false front with shed roof wood frame...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- 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?]
- J. L. Niebergall store, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of J. L. Niebergall store in a shed-roof round horizontal log cabin, Cripple Creek, Colorado; same store and site that was located in Fremont, 1892, prior to incorporation of Cripple Creek; man with dog stands in doorway while another...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; J.L. Niebergall Headquarters.
- [1892 or 1893]