Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- General view after the fire, Bennett and 4th
- A large group of men, many firemen, survey the destruction caused by the first fire, April 25, 1896, near elevated portion of Bennett Avenue at 4th (Fourth) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; several firefighters wear helmets, raincoats and boots;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1990.
- 1896
- My dad (Will Searing) worked here, Jacksons store, Greeley, Colorado
- Three men loiter in front of the Opera House building in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. Architectural features of the building include: masonry construction, lintels, an elevated cornice with dentils and bargeboard decoration, store front...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [1886?]
- Colorado, Pueblo steel mills
- View of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company blast furnace and stoves, Pueblo, Colorado; shows steel manufacturing and industrial area with smokestacks and elevated railroad track, piles of rock and gravel with Colorado and Southern Railway hopper cars...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Orchard Mesa ditch
- View of large elevated wood-frame Orchard Mesa irrigation ditch leading to ditch in hillside, Mesa County, Colorado; shows gate or water flow control on elevated portion of ditch, orchards, wood-frame buildings and residences, and a cultivated...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Orchards--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Colorado State Assembly, Senate chambers
- Senators, who include Senator Casimiro Barela (right rear), pose in the Colorado State Assembly Senate Chamber in Denver, Colorado. Show men at their desks, boy pages and probably the President of the Senate who sits at an elevated desk.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Legislators.; Interiors.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1890 and 1894?]
- Ninth Street Historic Park Groussman Grocery now known as the Mercantile Café, Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Mercantile Café (formerly Groussman Grocery), located at 906 Curtis Street, in the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. The two...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Conservation &...
- 2000
- María Onofre Paiz at gasoline pump
- María Onofre Paiz, A young woman uses a handle to pump gasoline into an elevated tank outside a tin building on the Paiz Ranch in Gulnare (Las Animas County) Colorado. She wears a dress with short sleeves and her hair is short, parted in the...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Paiz, Maria Onofre, 1895-1934.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.; Gasoline pumps--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- 1245 Newport Street Noel House
- View of 1245 Newport Street in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The red brick mid-century minimal style house has a two front gables, a chimney and elevated porch with an awning. A glass block window is beside the front door. This...
- Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)--Homes and haunts.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1977
- Midwest Steel and Iron Works Co. , exterior view
- Midwest Steel and Iron Works Co. , exterior view
- Ward, Colo.
- View of the Congregational Church (Community Church), a clapboard, Carpenter's Gothic building, and the frame, two-story, Columbia Hotel on a hillside in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. An unadorned frame building with a low pitched, corrugated...
- Hotel Columbia (Ward, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ward (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Citizen's Bank & Hatcher Hardware, heated by natural hot water
- View of a two-story brick commercial building with an elevated cornice in Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. Citizens Bank and Hatcher Hardware Store are in glass fronted stores on the first floor. Probably a gas pump is near the sidewalk.
- Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Sopris, Co.
- View of buildings and houses at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows an elevated railroad grade near wooden shacks at the coal mining camp.
- Company towns--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Colorado Fuel & Iron
- View of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company steel mills in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado; shows smokestacks, Colorado and Southern Railway hopper cars, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad cars on elevated track, ore, and industrial fans.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Glenisle, Platte Canon on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway tracks and the Glenisle depot beside the North Fork South Platte River in Glenisle (Park County), Colorado. The three-story Glenisle Hotel has a rotunda with a final. Cottages on the canyon hillside have low...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Glenisle Hotel (Glenisle, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mining buildings
- View of multi-story, wood frame ore mill facilities, smokestacks, gabled sheds and buildings in Colorado. Shows fences, piles of tailings and elevated bridges.
- Mills--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Mill buildings
- A view of an elevated trestle, mill processing facilities, wood frame buildings and smokestacks in Colorado.
- Mills--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- The Golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park
- A horse drawn wagon and carriage pass along an elevated section of wooden road in the Golden Gate gap, Golden Gate Canyon, Yellowstone National Park.
- Golden Gate (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Roads--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- St. Clair, Mich. Oakland Hotel boathouse.
- View of the boat house for the Oakland Hotel in St. Clair (St. Clair County), Michigan. A sign on the building reads: Oakland Boat House. A wooden walkway leads to a dock on the St. Clair River. Part of the walkway and the dock are elevated on...
- Oakland Hotel (St. Claire, Mich.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Saint Clair River (Mich. and Ont.)--1900-1910.; St. Clair (Mich.)--1900-1910.; Boathouses.; Hotels.; Piers & wharves.; Resorts.; Walkways.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver, Leadville & Gunnison RR
- A group affiliated with the National Association of Post Office Clerks pose on the elevated Georgetown Loop railway in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado with Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf train number 162.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; United National Association of Post Office Clerks (U.S.)--pEOPLE--1890-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.;...
- 1896 September 17
- Houses at Cripple Creek
- View of a house in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. One section is burned and an elevated addition has stairs that lead up to it. Signs on the wood frame house read: "Smoke Bull Durham" and "For Rent."
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- American Smelting and Refining
- A view of the American Smelting and Refining building in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows factory buildings next to elevated railroad tracks, tall smoke stacks and silos. Railroad cars are on the tracks in the background and near the buildings.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- American Smelting and Refining
- A view of the American Smelting and Refining building in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows factory buildings, elevated railroad tracks, trains, silos (?) and tall smoke stacks.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Smelter - unid.
- A view of mining and a smelter building possibly in Colorado. One mining building is elevated on wood platform structure, tracks for transport lead out of one side. Smoke stacks for the smelter are in the background. Railroad tracks, a horse and a...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- High Line Canal, Platte Canon
- A man sits on the wood framework of an elevated portion of the Highline Canal aqueduct in probably Douglas County, Colorado. A horse and buggy sits near the wooden supports.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Highline Canal (Douglas County-Denver County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Aqueducts--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Irrigation canals & flumes--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Devil's Gate bridge, Georgetown Loop
- View of the Devil's Gate bridge on the Georgetown Loop near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A Colorado Central locomotive and passenger cars sit on the elevated bridge. Shows a Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company train on the...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1880-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Lake George. Typical camp life, Camp Iroquois at Glen Eyrie
- A woman rests in a hammock under shade trees and gazes out at Lake George while a male companion reads to her at Camp Iroquois in probably Warren County, New York. He sits in front of a canvas tent pitched on rock pillars. Shoes sit under the...
- George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)--1900-1910.; Warren County (N.Y.)--1900-1910.; Camps--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Hammocks--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Reading--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Tents--New...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Coal tipple
- View of a tipple at an unidentified coal camp possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows coal cars, elevated narrow-gauge tracks, coal chute, industrial building, houses, and probably a school. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company and...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tipples--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Combined high school building for Johnstown, Colorado Mountjoy & Brewer Architects, Denver.
- Architectural drawing of the Combined High School building in Johnstown, Colorado in Weld County shows a cornice, pilasters, dentils, and two elevated cornices on the horizontal masonry building.
- Johnstown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Johnstown--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Johnstown, Colorado
- View of the Eureka Block, a commercial block in Johnstown, Colorado in Weld County. Cars parked vertically along the concrete sidewalk. Buildings along the street include a two story, masonry building with an elevated cornice, a bracketed cornice,...
- Johnstown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Greene Street, Silverton
- View of Silverton, Colorado, west side of Greene Street, south from Fourteenth (14th) Street. A large mule train heads north, loaded with bundles. Men stand and are mounted on horses and mules. Street scene includes a boardwalk, ditch, elevated...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Bennett Ave. after the fire
- Large group of men and on-lookers view destruction, debris and remains of two-story brick wall on Bennett Avenue caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; mule-drawn wagon loaded with wooden barrels is parked along edge of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Quincy Western #1
- A train Crew poses next to Quincy Western Railway Engine No. 1 in Feather River Canyon at Hartwell, California. Locomotive built by American Locomotive Company.
- Feather River Canyon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--California--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--California--1900-1910.; Railroads--California--1900-1910.; American Locomotive Company.; Quincy Western Railway Company.
- [1909]
- Crapper Jack's Saloon, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of Crapper Jack's Saloon, Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men and women line up at the bar with drinks in hand posed for a toast, the women wear aprons or petticoats over their dresses, they are possibly prostitutes; behind the...
- Crapper Jack's Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Women--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Zang Brewing Company.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Cripple Creek - after the fire
- View west on Bennett Avenue between 4th (Fourth) and 5th (Fifth) Streets after first fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows commercial business district with many two-story flat-roof brick buildings including the National Hotel;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek
- View of standard or narrow gauge railroad tracks circling past mining smelter on edge of town, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes one-story log building and adjacent shed with vertical planks and gable roo; frame structure or smelter with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Saints John, Colorado
- Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, consists of frame mining sheds and administration buildings. The Assay Office (2) is connected to the mill (1) by an elevated frame walkway. Glacier Mountain, in the background, is dotted with tailings;...
- Glacier Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saints John (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Saints John--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Saints John--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of Myers Street (possibly) from elevated railroad track, Cripple Creek, Colorado; possibly High Line Electric Interurban line of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway; scene includes hoist or headframe with tailings and rows of one...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Beaver Station
- View of Beaver Brook Station, on Beaver Brook (or Beaver Creek), Clear Creek Line, Colorado Central Railroad, Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows the two story depot, dance pavilion, wood water tank and coal shed. Several people stand on the depot...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Beaver Brook (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Beaver Brook--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1875 and 1878]
- Bessemer Steelwks., Pueblo, Colo.
- Exterior view of Bessemer Steelworks, Pueblo, Colorado; Denver & Rio Grande Railroad stock cars parked on siding; additional freight & hopper cars parked on elevated track nearer industrial plant.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1920.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1920.; Bessemer Steelworks (Pueblo, Colo.)
- [between 1909 and 1915]
- Gold Pan Mining Co, pit
- Miners pose near the scaffolding of the Gold Pan Pit near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Elevated conveyor belts are nearby.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold Pan Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Holes--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1913]
- London Bostomonger, A. E. Rofe
- A. E. Rofe, London Bostomonger, sits in a donkey-drawn cart parade entry for the Flower (Sunflower) Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The man, with upside-down pipe, holds the reins and wears a corduroy suit with numerous...
- Rofe, A. E.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Handicapped persons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1895
- Glenwood Springs
- View over Glenwood Springs, in the broad valley of the Grand (Colorado) River, Garfield County, Colorado includes the Hotel Colorado, facilities for the Denver and Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland, State Road 82 viaduct, business district, and a...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1910-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- [Summer 1912]
- Pactolus placer
- View of a placer mine with an elevated pipe system, tailings, and ponds in Pactolus (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Pactolus (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Pactolus--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Pactolus--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Setting up test equipment on a test tower
- Workers at the Martin-Marietta plant set up test equipment on a metal elevated platform, probably Denver, Colorado.
- Martin Marietta Corporation--Equipment & supply--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Industrial technicians--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Testing--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1969?]
- Harry M. Rhoads at top of ladder, he never went anywhere without a ladder in his car
- Harry M. Rhoads stands on top of a ladder to get an elevated shot with his camera during an event in Denver, Colorado. Several other photographers hold up their cameras to Mr. Rhoads.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Harry M. Rhoads at top of ladder, he always had a ladder in his car
- Harry M. Rhoads stands on top of a ladder to get an elevated shot with his camera during an event in Denver, Colorado. Several other photographers hold up their cameras to Mr. Rhoads.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Ruins McElmo Dist J 40
- View of Native American (Anasazi) ruins, three ancient cylindrical mud and stone towers, which stand on elevated rocks at Hovenweep National Monument, Montezuma County, Colorado. Sage and scrub bushes dot the rocky desert landscape which surrounds...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Ruins McElmo Dist - J 77.
- Native American (Anasazi) ruins, two cylindrical and one D-shaped ancient mud and stone towers, stand on elevated rocks at Hovenweep National Monument, Motezuma County, Colorado. Two ruins stand together, one of which has an opening, possibly a...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Fountain, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the cast iron fountain on the grounds of the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado. The Renaissance Revival style fountain is has a basin in the ground and and two basins on a pedestal; at the top are iron lily leaves and flowers. The larger...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fountains--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942