Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Black Hawk-1937
- View up a dirt street in Black Hawk, Colorado. Two structures built above the street on rock wall foundations are tiered to adjust for the sloping landscape. The structure on the left is two story, white, horizontal clapboard, medium gable. First...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Lawndale Ry. & Industrial Co. 2-8-0 #4 Double Shoals, N.C. 3-foot gauge.
- View of a narrow gauge Lawndale Railway and Industrial Company freight train near Double Shoals (Cleveland), North Carolina. The train consists of engine #4, freight cars, and a combine car. Lettering on the locomotive and railroad cars reads: "4,"...
- Lawndale Railway & Industrial Company--1940-1950.; Double Shoals (N.C.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--North Carolina--Double Shoals--1940-1950.; Railroad depots--North Carolina--Double Shoals--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--North...
- 1942 March 28
- Oppenheim Double Buggy
- A man poses with an Oppenheim Double Buggy; he wears a suit and top hat.
- Oppenheim Manufacturing Company--Public relations--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--1870-1880.
- [1876?]
- Oppenheim Double Buggy
- A man poses with an Oppenheim Double Buggy; he wears a suit and top hat. He demonstrates how to open the back seat.
- Oppenheim Manufacturing Company--Public relations--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--1870-1880.
- [1876?]
- Oppenheim Double Buggy
- A man poses with an Oppenheim Double Buggy; he wears a suit and top hat. He demonstrates how to open the back seat.
- Oppenheim Manufacturing Company--Public relations--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--1870-1880.
- [1876?]
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 D
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Ninth Street Historic Park after restoration, Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. Houses (1873-1890) are identified (left to right): the Schulz Double House (1047/1045 Ninth...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Conservation &...
- 1992
- Ninth Street Historic Park after restoration, Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. The houses (1873-1890) are identified (Left to right): the Mullen House (1061 Ninth [9th]...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1980-1990.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Conservation &...
- 1980
- Erinea Trujillo Vigil and grandchildren
- Group portrait of Erinea Trujillo Vigil and her grandchildren in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. They are identified as Front row L to R: Jususita Romero, Tonita Romero, Adelia Vigil; Back row L to R: Luis Romero, Magdalena Vigil, Erinea...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children.; Families.; Older people.; Women.; Vigil, Erinea Vigil--Pictorial works.; Grandparent and child--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1918
- Portrait of a man
- Double exposure studio portrait of a man who wears a buttoned suit jacket and neck tie. Eyeglasses are balanced on his nose and his hair is parted on the side.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Industries construction equipment steam power steam tractor and workmen
- A workman poses on a M. Rumley & Company double cylinder steam tractor at a construction site in Denver, Colorado. A chute used for moving dirt and a man are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tractors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Portrait girl & boy
- Studio portrait of a girl and boy in Colorado. The boy holds a fancy double harmonica and sits on a wooden bench.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Near Wheatland, Iowa
- View of Chicago & North Western Railway Company double tracks on a railroad grade near Wheatland (Clinton County), Iowa. A covered bridge is over tracks in the distance, and trees and grass are beside the tracks. A sign reads: "Wheatland One Mile."
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Clinton County (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Iowa--Clinton County--1890-1900.
- [1898?]
- Lake City Episcopal church
- Saint James the Less Parish Episcopal church, Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado, is a one room structure with a cross atop the gable. In this double exposure, the Presbyterian church appears to be across the street to the east; in fact, it is...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1970.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]
- Fire house, Georgetown
- Features of the Old Missouri fire house, on Taos Street, Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado, include: false front, double hung windows, bell tower and bell, and double wide door to accommodate fire engines. The building was constructed in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bell towers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- April 4, 1940
- Members of the Crusade for Justice picket Denver post office
- Spanish American men and women protest by a marble ram sculpture at the United States Post Office in Denver, Colorado. Picket signs read: "Mexican-Amer. Suffers Under Double Standards," "The Post Office Practices Discrimination Against Mexicans,"...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Politics and government.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Post...
- February 4, 1969
- Eureka, Colorado 1942
- View of a two story false fronted structure in Eureka, Colorado; shows double hung windows, single leaf doors with four panels, and double door with transom and entabulature; lean-to roofs ascending to a flat roof on either end of building; false...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- F. Bowen Livery Stable
- Exterior view of the F. Bowen Livery Stable in Georgetown, Colorado. A man and woman are on horseback; a couple sits in a horse-drawn carriage on the boardwalk outside the open stable door. A man with a whip stands in center. The stable is a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Aspen residence
- View of the entryway to Pioneer Park, Aspen, Colorado; features double screen and double entry doors with "Welcome" signs on the doors; porch lights on opposite sides of the door; doormat at the top of the steps leading to the porch; urn planters...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Jewish Synagogue, Leadville
- This exterior view of the side and front of a Jewish Synagogue in Leadville, Colorado, shows a long plain wood frame structure with a front gable, a double panel door entry flanked by smaller pane windows and a larger window above, a side entry...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Synagogues--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.
- [1968]
- Methodist Church [graphic]
- This street view has a Methodist Church, a small one-story house and a commercial block. The church is a large brick structure with a front gable, a wood shingle roof, Gothic windows, a double door entry with wood- panel doors and a transom above...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900]
- Dr. J. W. Rockefeller & Dr. J. D. Walker, in Dr. R's office in Crested Butte, Gunnison Co., Colo., 1896
- John W. Rockefeller, (left) long time Crested Butte, Colorado doctor, banker and electric company businessman sits back in his chair, while Dr. Walker sits beside him on top of his desk. The office includes diagonal board paneling, wainscot,...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Offices--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Black Hawk - 1942, residence in Chase Gulch
- View of a residence in Blackhawk, Colorado, with mansard roof, single chimney, front gabled dormer, bay window and double hung window on first floor, double hung windows on second floor, and front porch with pilasters. Three children are in front...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Rock walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Blackhawk - 1957
- View of Carpenter Gothic style residence in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows a steeply gabled roof, pilaster corner boards, horizontal clapboard, finial, gingerbread bargeboard, two double hung two pane windows on the first floor and one on the second....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Residences--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.
- 1957
- The Transcript
- Exterior of a two-story brick false front built by George West and Dr. James Kelly in 1870, 1115 Washington Avenue, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. The commercial structure features a corbeled cornice, double door entry flanked by two windows...
- Golden (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Drugstores--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.; Newspapers--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado firehouse 5/10/78
- The Central Hose House, in Idaho Springs, Colorado, is a single story, rectangular structure with a hipped roof, overhanging bracketed cornice, and attached square bell tower. The first floor has two double wide doors for equipment access, which...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fire stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1970-1980.
- 1978 May, 10
- Presbyterian Church and Manse
- arches. Manse is a two-story frame structure with window pediments. Tall cottonwoods flank church, and white picket fence surrounds both buildings at Fifth Street and Gunnison Avenue. Double exposed image of residences, telephone lines and silver...
- Parsonages--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.
- [1959?]
- County Court House
- View of east facade of Hinsdale County Courthouse, Henson Street, Lake City, Colorado. Built in 1877, the simple two-story wood frame structure has a front gable, double hung pane windows with lintels, double door entry with transom window,...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Lake City--1960-1970.
- [1966]
- Lawndale Ry. & Industrial Co. 2-8-0 #4 Double Shoals, N.C., 3-foot gauge.
- View of the top of a narrow gauge freight car and Lawndale Railway and Industrial Company locomotive number #4 as it travels through Double Shoals (Cleveland County), North Carolina. Smoke rises from the locomotive's stack. Shows a dirt road and a...
- Lawndale Railway & Industrial Company--1940-1950.; Double Shoals (N.C.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--North Carolina--Double Shoals--1940-1950.
- 1942 March 28
- Black Hawk, 1968
- Front view of two story home in Black Hawk, Colorado. It is square, single-detached, with 3 front bays (center door and double hung windows on either side), horizontal clapboard siding, center gable up front with 3 center pointed windows, sawtooth...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- 1968
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1910]
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel in Black Hawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- 1965
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel, Blackhawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- [1965?]
- Public school, Black Hawk, Colo.
- Exterior front view of schoolhouse, Black Hawk, Colorado. Building is rectangular, two story, single detached structure. It has horizontal clapboard siding with pilaster corners, and has ten bays on the front facade. The roof is center gable with a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1960.; Education--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1960.; Stone walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1960.
- [between 1880 and 1960]
- Building of Victor Miners' Union, no. 32
- Exterior view of Miners' Union Hall, number 32, 118-122 North Fourth Street, Victor, Colorado; two-story commerical brick building, center double entryway with ornamental wrought iron over doorway stating Victor Miners Union No.32 W.F.M.A., second...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' unions--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- City Hall, Victor
- Exterior view of City Hall, Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado, constructed in 1900, a two-story brick building, central tower, central pavilion topped by low triangular pediment, round arched recesses on second floor with pair of arched windows in a...
- Victor (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City & town halls--Colorado--Victor--1950-1960.
- [1951?]
- W.F.M.A. Union Hall, Victor, Col.
- Exterior view of Miners' Union Hall & street scene, 118-122 North Fourth Street, Victor, Colorado. Shows several two-story & one-story commercial brick buildings with storeroom windows & displays, window awnings, men, women & dog (out-of-focus) on...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.; Miners' unions--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.
- [1903?]
- Western Federation Miners Union, no. 32
- Exterior view of Miners Union Hall, 118-122 North Fourth Street, Victor, Colorado; top floor of commercial brick building used by Western Federation of Miners Union, number 32; two-story commercial brick building with three double entry doorways,...
- Victor (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.; Miners' unions--Colorado--Victor--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Montezuma, Colorado Catholic Church built in the early 80's - exact date unknown.
- This one-story, frame church in Montezuma, Summit County, Colorado, has a gable roof, double doors, and a double hung sash window. Montezuma, a mining town, was settled in 1863, near the site of Colorado's first silver discovery.
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Montezuma--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Hanigan-Canino Terrace
- Exterior photograph of the Hanigan-Canino Terrace located in Denver, Colorado. Hanigan-Canino Terrace, a ten unit two-story brick structure, built as five double bays with each double bay stepped higher as the buildings advances up its inclined...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1985 September
- Hanigan Canino Terrace
- Exterior photograph of the Hanigan-Canino Terrace located in Denver, Colorado. Hanigan-Canino Terrace, a ten unit two-story brick structure, built as five double bays with each double bay stepped higher as the buildings advances up its inclined...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1985 September
- Hanigan Canino Terrace
- Exterior photograph of the Hanigan-Canino Terrace located in Denver, Colorado. Hanigan-Canino Terrace, a ten unit two-story brick structure, built as five double bays with each double bay stepped higher as the buildings advances up its inclined...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1985 September
- Hanigan Canino Terrace
- Exterior photograph of the Hanigan-Canino Terrace located in Denver, Colorado. Hanigan-Canino Terrace, a ten unit two-story brick structure, built as five double bays with each double bay stepped higher as the buildings advances up its inclined...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1985 September
- Equality of Educational Opportunity...in Denver, Colorado
- Industries - construction - double exposure
- View of construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a wheelbarrow, and the Alameda Avenue underpass.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- New double track fill
- "New double track fill at Dotsero from Station 2605 looking west; man at left on old grade, Dotsero Cut in back ground," Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, shows the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- Double staircase
- View of an interior double staircase in an unidentified house, probably in Denver, Colorado. Shows parallel wooden staircases with curved banisters and wood spindled balusters. An entryway and a glass door is between the staircases. Shows a coved...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Balusters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Entrance halls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hand railings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Stairways--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1912?]
- The Aeronaut of South Side High School: 1923
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1923.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1923
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30