Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Opera house at Central City, Colo., interior after restoration in 1932
- View of the stage and the lower seating level of the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Empty wood chairs that face the stage are in the foreground with a partition. A classical winged pegasus being held by a man in a tunic is...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Stages (Platforms)--1930-1950.
- [between 1932 and 1950?]
- Central City High School interior
- Two women and five men sit in a row on the auditorium stage in Central City, Colorado, possibly for a graduation ceremony. A man in the center of the row sits behind a small table with flower arrangements on and under it. The women wear light...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Park Hill School students playing cafeteria
- The photograph is of students from Park Hill Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Behind the students is a sign that reads "Park Hill Cafeteria". On either side of the sign are boards that list menu items and their prices. Six students are...
- Park Hill School (Denver, Colo.); South Park Hill (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.;Cafeterias.; Children Playing.
- undated
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 20, 1909 July 3
- Manhattan, Nev
- View, from Mustang Hill, of Main Street, Manhattan, Nevada. Men and women walk on the dirt street. Wooden buildings, some with false fronts, line the street. Prominent signs read: "Pioneer Manhattan Insurance [?] Co." and "Painting". Tents dot the...
- Manhattan (Nev.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Nevada--Manhattan--1900-1910.; Streets--Nevada--Manhattan--1900-1910.; Tents--Nevada--Manhattan--1900-1910.; Wooden buildings--Nevada--Manhattan--1900-1910.
- [either 1905 or 1906]
- In memoriam, Reverend Robert Hopkin : pastor, First Congregational Church, Denver, Colorado.
- Booklet created to commemorate the life and religious teachings of Reverend Robert Hopkin of the First Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado upon his death in 1927. the bulk of the book is a reproduction of a sermon given by Reverend Hopkin on...
- Hopkin, Robert.; First Congregational Church (Denver, Colorado)--History.; Congregational churches--Clergy--Biography.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1927
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- Oriental Theater
- View of the facade of the Oriental Theater at 4335 West 44th Avenue in the Berkeley neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The brick exotic revival structure has a stepped parapet with an ornate frieze and a large marquee with a vertical sign that reads:...
- Oriental Theater (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Berkeley (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Theaters.; Oriental Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Berkeley (Denver,...
- 2005
- Padilla family
- Members of probably the Padilla family pose for a portrait with an unidentified older priest, in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. Two of the women are nuns, and they wear habits. An older woman in a print dress and an older man in a white...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Priests.; Older people.; Nuns.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Priests--Colorado--Fort...
- [between 1950 and 1958?]
- Brown's Sandwich Shop & More
- View of Brown's Sandwich Shop in South Fork (Rio Grande County), Colorado. The white one-story commercial building has a large central pedimented parapet with "smiley faces" on either end. Signs on the building read: "Brown's Sandwich Shop &...
- Brown's Sandwich Shop (South Fork, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Video Flicks (South Fork, Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Fork (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Stores & shops,; Brown's Sandwich Shop (South Fork, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Video Flicks (South...
- [1995?]
- La Garita Cash Store
- View of the La Garita Cash Store on Colorado Road G in La Garita, Colorado. The one-story, commercial style building has a log exterior and a covered front porch. A sign is mounted on the roof and reads "La Garita Cash Store Groceries Gas Oil."...
- La Garita Cash Store (La Garita, Colo.)--1990-2000.; La Garita (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Grocery stores.; La Garita Cash Store (La Garita, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Grocery trade--Colorado--La Garita--Pictorial works.; La Garita (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2000?
- Rio Grande County Courthouse, Del Norte, Colo.
- View of the Rio Grande County Courthouse located at 925 6th (Sixth) Street in Del Norte (Rio Grande County), Colorado. The rusticated stone modernist style building has smooth dressed stone vertical elements with vertical windows, blank stone...
- Rio Grande County Courthouse (Del Norte, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Del Norte (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Courthouses.; Rio Grande County Courthouse (Del Norte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Del Norte--Pictorial works.; Del Norte...
- 2009
- Clear Creek in Silver Plume
- View of Clear Creek in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The water level is high. The stream banks are reinforced with stones and retaining walls. There are structures on either bank of the creek, these include a bandstand, St....
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Streams.; Houses.; Catholic churches.; Bandstands.; Saint Patrick's Catholic Church (Silver...
- 2010
- Campo Cafe
- View of the Campo Cafe at 425 Main Street in Campo (Baca County), Colorado. The one story brick and stucco building has a small parapet over the entrance. There are two large windows on either side of the entrance with signs with a coffee cup that...
- Campo Cafe (Campo, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Campo (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Campo Cafe (Campo, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Campo--Pictorial works.; Campo (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1988
- Buena Vista Grace Church
- View of the Buena Vista Grace Church (United Methodist and Episcopal) 203 West Main Street, in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The wooden church has an enclosed entry with Gothic arched double doors.. The steeple has a small bell and is...
- Buena Vista Grace Church (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Episcopal churches.; Methodist churches.; Historic buildings.; Buena Vista Grace Church (Buena Vista, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Anglican church...
- 1995
- Buena Vista Coal Company
- View of the abandoned Buena Vista Ice Coal Company building in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The faded wood building has a shaped parapet. There is a garage door with warped wood and a window with several broken panes. Two windows on...
- Buena Vista Coal Company (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Buena Vista Coal Company (Buena Vista, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Buena Vista--Pictorial works.; Buena...
- 1981
- Father José Lara
- Father José Lara, a Hispanic American priest, stands at a lectern probably in Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 1209 West 36th Avenue, in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. He has a beard, and wears eyeglasses and a chasuble with the...
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Vestments.; Interiors.; Lara, José, Father--Pictorial works.; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca. 1970]
- San Pablo Cash Store
- View of an abandoned store in San Pablo (Costilla County), Colorado. The deteriorating, wooden false front building has a wood porch, steps, partially boarded up display windows on either side of the entrance and a single second story window. A...
- San Pablo Cash Store (San Pablo, Colo.)--1950-1960.; San Pablo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Stores & shops.; San Pablo Cash Store (San Pablo, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--San Pablo--Pictorial works.; Stores,...
- [1950]
- Elderly woman in headscarf, San Luis, Colo.
- Portrait of an unidentified elderly Hispanic woman, probably of Native American descent from either San Luis or Chama in Costilla County, Colorado. She has a checkered headscarf over her gray hair.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- 1950 September
- Surface Creek Winery
- View of the Surface Creek Winery and Oddfellows Lodge at 12983 Highway 65, Eckert (Delta County), Colorado. The dark stone building has two stories, a curvilinear parapet and a double door entrance with a window on either side. The second story has...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--Buildings--1990-2000.; Surface Creek Winery and Gallery (Eckert, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Eckert (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Surface Creek Winery and Gallery...
- 1992
- Old Delta Bank building
- View of City Hall, the former "Delta First National Bank" building, at 360 Main Street in Delta, Colorado. The building is two levels and constructed of sandstone in the Art Deco style. Dentils run along the underside of the roofline, with ionic...
- City Hall (Delta Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; City & town halls.; City Hall (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; City halls--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Egyptian Theatre, Delta
- View of the front of the Egyptian Theatre at 452 Main Street in Delta, Colorado. The theater has an Egyptian deco design, with a winged sun disc over the entrance and marquee, and panels with Egyptian designs and hieroglyphs on either side of the...
- Egyptian Theatre (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Egyptian Theatre (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Union Station construction sign
- View of a construction sign on the wall of the entrance to the closed subterranean pedestrian tunnel on Wewatta Street near Union Station in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The sign reads: "Pedestrian Tunnel Closure." "Effective,...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Signs.; Construction.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2010
- Garfield County Bank, Parachute, Colo.
- View of the Garfield County Bank, now known as the Bank Saloon, located at the southeastern corner of 1st Street and Parachute Avenue, Parachute, Colorado. Built in about 1890, the one-story brick corner building has decorative corbels on either...
- Garfield County Bank (Parachute, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Parachute (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Banks; Bars (Drinking establishments); Garfield County Bank (Parachute, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Banks and banking--Colorado--Parachute--Pictorial works.; Banks...
- 1991
- Williams' Stables, Central City, Colo.
- View of the Williams' Stables located at 124 Eureka Street, Central City, Colo. Built in 1876, the simple, two-story stone and brick structure has rounded windows and doorways with a decorative brick cornice and brackets at either side. "Williams...
- Williams' Stables (Central City, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--1980-1990.; Central City (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Williams' Stables (Central City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--Pictorial works.;...
- 1981
- Old Rock Schoolhouse, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the Old Rock Schoolhouse located at 504 Maroon Ave. in Crested Butte, Colorado. Built in 1893, the two-story, coursed, rough-faced stone building has a central, square front bay with separate boys' and girls' entrances on either side. The...
- Schools--Colorado--Crested Butte--2000-2010.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Schools--Colorado--Crested Butte--Pictorial works.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Entrance, Denver Turnverein also known as the German House
- View of the front entrance of the Denver Turnverein (1921; George L. Bettcher, architect), also known as the German House, a German social and athletic club, at 1570 Clarkson Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The...
- Denver Turnverein (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clubs.; Doors & doorways.; Denver Turnverein (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 2006
- Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colo.
- View of the Tabor Opera House located at 308-312 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colo. Designed by architect, Thomas Roberts in 1879, the three-story Italianate opera house incorporates a central pedimented pavilion with round-arched, fan lighted...
- Tabor Opera House (Leadville, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1990-2000.; Leadville (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Tabor Opera House (Leadville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--Pictorial works.; Leadville...
- 1993
- National Jewish Hospital
- View of the B'nai B'rith Building, a part of National Jewish Health (National Jewish Hospital), 3800 East Colfax Avenue, in the Hale neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick Renaissance Revival style brick building has a gabled, tile roof,...
- National Jewish Health (U.S.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hale (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Health care facilities.; National Jewish Health (U.S.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Medical centers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2007
- Collins Finer Food Restaurant
- View of Collins Finer Food Restaurant at 501 Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a one-story brick commercial building on the corner of Fourteenth (14th) and Glenarm Streets. The building has a brick...
- Collins Finer Food Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Doors & doorways.; Restaurants.; Collins Finer Food Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- Monastery at Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church Auraria Higher Education Center
- View of the Friary, at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church (St. Elizabeth's Church), designed by architect Jacques Benedict in 1936 and located at 1060 St. Francis Way, on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus, Denver, Colorado....
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Colonnades.; Historic buildings.; Monasteries.; Sculpture.; Auraria Higher...
- 725 Newport
- View of the south elevation of 725 Newport Street located in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This "TB style" home was designed to allow light and air into the building as a cure for tuberculosis. The house features prominent...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1998
- Los Cordovas Church
- View of Los Cordovas Catholic Church in Los Cordovas, a settlement located along the Purgatory River, approximately two miles east of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The adobe building has a gable roof, wooden, shingled bell tower with a...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches.; Older people.; People.; Córdova, José Benito--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Marina Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Catholic...
- ca. 1895
- 2814 Champa St. Owned by George Apodaca until 1978 and known as "The Indian House" locally
- View of 2814 Champa Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The eclectic style brick house has a fish scale, gable roof, a front dormer with a gambrel roof, gabled side dormers and a covered porch with brick pillars and a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dormers.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Dormers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1978
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 17, 1914 June 13
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 1 and 2, 1923 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 8, 1920 August
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 18, 1913 June 28
- On the new road hauling ore from Last Chance Mine to the cars, Creede, Colo.
- Men drive horse drawn wagons loaded with ore on a plank road near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Steep rock faces are on either side of the road.
- Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Plank...
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Miners
- A group of miners pose near a mine entrance at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Some of the men have electric mine lamps attached to their caps, and...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Coal miners
- Three miners pose outside a mine at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Electric mine lamps are attached to their caps and battery packs are at their...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Monte Vista
- Stone and brick commercial buildings line the street in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Shows parked cars and a truck loaded with potato sacks. Pedestrians either stand or sit by buildings. Signs on buildings read: "Fassett," "J.C....
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Hagerman Pass, Colorado Midland Ry.
- Colorado Midland Railway tracks loop down Hagerman Pass from Hagerman tunnel in either Lake County, Colorado. Shows the wooden Hagerman trestle.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Wash day in a United States Geological Survey camp
- View of a large kettle beside canvas tents at a United States Geological Survey camp in either Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Oil shale burns under a laundry kettle.
- Geological Survey (U.S.)--People--1910-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--1910-1920.; Campfires--Colorado--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1910-1920.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914?
- Gothic from hill at N. end
- Two men walk down a dirt road in the town of Gothic (Gunnison County), Colorado. Abandoned frame houses and out buildings are on either side of the road. Mount Crested Butte is in the distance. The town became the Rocky Mountain Biological...
- Gothic (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Gothic--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a family from Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The woman wears a dress with a lace yoke; a teenage man and girl are by a boy in knee pants.
- Families--Colorado--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914, September 26
- McLearn family
- Studio portrait of the McLearn family, men and women pose in suits and dresses with pleats and a sash.
- Families--1910-1920.; McLearn family.
- 1915, February 13
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a family, the man and woman sit with teenage girls, boys, and a toddler.
- Families--Colorado--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1918, October 30
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of men and women; outfits include suits and beaded dresses with pleats and a corsage.
- Families--1910-1920.; McLearn family.
- 1915, February 13
- Elk
- View of a grazing elk with antlers.
- Elk--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]