Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1918 November
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 4, 1912 November 23
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 9 and 10, 1921 September-October
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the 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 December 17
- Five Points Area Residents' Survey
- Denver Neighborhood History Project, 1993-94: Five Points Neighborhood
- 1750 Forest Parkway, Denver
- View of 1750 Forest Street Parkway (1929 : Burnham F. Hoyt and Merrill H. Hoyt, architects) in the South Park Hill neighborhood (Forest Street Parkway Historic District), Denver, Colorado. The Tudor style house features a semi-hexagonal one- story...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- ca. 2003
- Road crew, Costilla County
- Hispanic American men. employed on a WPA road project, pose near a tractor and a road grader on a dirt road probably in Costilla County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and broad brimmed hats. The man who stands on the road grader is...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dirt roads.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery); Laborers.; Road construction.; Tracklaying vehicles.; Gallegos, Diego Antonio--Pictorial works.; Blue...
- [1935?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 5 and 6, 1929 May-June
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 6, 1910 February 5
- Industries construction crew at work at Alameda subway
- Workmen, who include Idaho and a boy, pose near a Nagle vertical center crank water pump in the bottom of an excavation pit at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Clayton Ryan, on horseback, is near Idaho.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Holes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Water...
- [1909]
- Stanley hostess
- A woman employed by the Stanley Hotel poses outdoors probably near Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. She wears a dress and metal shell belt.
- Stanley Hotel (Estes Park, Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Estes Park--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Estes Park--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Coal Miners at Mt. Harris, Colo. Utah Coal Co.
- Miners, employed by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company, pose in front of a two-story building at Mt. Harris, Colorado.
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Charcoal kilns at Webster, back view
- View of twelve beehive-shaped coke kilns at Webster, Park County, Colorado. The kilns are beside the tracks of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Webster (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Webster--1890-1900.; Kilns--Colorado--Webster--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Webster--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Wild West Show butcher
- A butcher for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show butchers an animal on a wood block in a camp for the show. He wears a long apron with blood stains on it. The man's saw rests on the side of meat. A young man drags something in the background behind the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Meat cutting--1900-1910.; Slaughtering--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- Two cooks from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stand near a kitchen wagon in the right midground in a camp for the show. The man on the far right wears a long white coat. Another cook prods a fire in a large stove in the left midground. Several...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- Cooks for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pour water into iron kettles over cooking fires using buckets at the ends of poles. Also shows a canvas tent and piled logs. The Wild West Show reportedly employed seven cooks, two pastry chefs and two...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- A group of cooks from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stands near a group of large kettles for boiling water in a camp for the show. The man on the far right wears along white coat. The man in the center holds a long pole with a round bucket at one...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Y.W.C.A. baby health check
- Women have their infants weighed for a health check at the Y.W.C.A. in Denver, Colorado. One woman holds her baby in her arms. Posters on an interior wall read: "YWCA Community Service - Three Boarding Homes, Business Girls, Young Employed Girls,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Wild West Show dishwasher
- In the foreground, a dishwasher for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pours a large bucket of water into a washing basin in preparation of washing many stacks of dishes, pots and pans. He wears a hat and a long apron. A man sits in the shade under a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Dishwashing--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Rocky Mountain News employee
- Portrait of a man employed by the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado. He wears a suit and tie.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Wild West Show butcher
- A butcher for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show butchers an animal on a wood block in a camp for the show. He wears a long apron with blood stains on it and holds a saw in his right hand. A young man stands in the right background watching the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Meat cutting--1900-1910.; Slaughtering--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Group of Indian boys, from Dakota territory, taken after about fifteen month's residence at Hampton, Virginia. They have since returned home.
- Group portrait of Native American (Dakota) men dressed in suits, some hold books and others hold hats, Hampton Virginia. Identification reads: "Beginning at your left, rear row: White Breast: returned home August, 1880. U-har-ke-um-pa: returned...
- Dakota Indians--Virginia--Hampton--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Virginia--Hampton--1870-1880.; Hampton (Va.)--1870-1880.
- March, 1880
- West Colfax Viaduct
- View of the partially constructed West Colfax Viaduct in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915 February 18
- Placer mining, Umcompahgre [sic] Creek, Colorado
- View of hydraulic gold placer mining in Mesa County, Colorado; shows jets of water, hills, and Uncompahgre Creek.
- Mesa County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Colorado National Bank Bldg
- View of the partially constructed Colorado National Bank Building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs nearby read: "Seerie Brothers Construction Co. Builders Continental Building Denver" and "The May Co."
- Colorado National Bank--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915 February 18
- Women's Christian Temperance Union buys war bonds
- Nina Bear, treasurer of the Colorado Women's Christian Temperance Union hands a check to Louis M. Montania, administrator of the United States War Bonds Office. In return he hands her an envelope of war bonds. Bertha Teller sits at a table with her...
- Colorado Women's Christian Temperance Union--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942 April 22
- Teachers on tour
- Men, women, a girl and a boy pose with a Stanley Steamer tour bus in Salt Lake City, Utah. I. J. Boyd (Panama hat and bow tie) poses with the teachers.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1910-1920.; Buses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Passengers--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Teachers--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Tourists--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Caribou, Colo. early mine machinery 1941
- A long, covered, wooden platform is supported by wood frames along a steep hill near Caribou, a mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. The platform possibly houses a tramway used to haul ore from a mine near the top of the hill. Tramways were...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ores--Transportation--Colorado--Caribou--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Site of Bailey Mill Dam, Eldora 1900
- began operating in the summer of 1899 but was forced to close down a few months later when Bailey's main financial backer in New York City was killed in a fire. In desperation, Bailey turned to his family for financial backing. The treatment...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eldora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1900-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Eldora, Colorado water supply
- Court, four of the nine men were released for lack of evidence. The remaining men were found not guilty. The Bailey Mill was never operated for any extended periods of time after Bailey's death. Several different owners tried varying ore treatment...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dams--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Gen. Miles and Buffalo Bill viewing hostile Indian camp near Pine Ridge, S.D., Jan. 16, '91.
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops his horse on a ridge near Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to point toward something with his left hand. In the center midground, also on horseback, is Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, who employed Cody to...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith stands working in the blacksmith's tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another man sits in the right midground. A coat hangs on a line in the left midground. A large anvil is on a wood stool in the center foreground. The...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Blacksmithing--1900-1910.; Blacksmiths--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith stands working in the blacksmith's tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another man sits in the right midground. A coat hangs on a line in the left midground. A large anvil is on a wood stool in the center foreground. The...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Blacksmithing--1900-1910.; Blacksmiths--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A group of men works to cook food in the kitchen wagon for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in a camp for the show. Two smokestacks protrude from the top of the wagon. The large stoves are wood-fired. A large tent is set up in the background. The Wild...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Outdoor cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- The Colorado School of Mines geophysics labratory
- "The Colorado School of Mines geophysics laboratory, showing Professor C. A. Heiland using a pair of geophones. This accoustic method, an outgrowth of trench warfare in Europe, is employed in connection with seismic prospecting. Seismographs in the...
- Golden (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Western History Subject Index
- Labor. Colorado
- North Capitol Hill/City Park West plan: final discussion draft
- Relocation Survey of Residents in the Proposed Auraria Urban Renewal Project Area
- Gerald Bliss House
- Exterior photograph of the Gerald Bliss House located in Denver, Colorado. The Bliss House is one of a series six designed by prominent Denver architects William Lang and Marshall Pugh for real estate developer Ralph Voorhees. Dr. Gerald Bliss...
- Bliss, Gerald--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Gerald Bliss House
- Exterior photograph of the Gerald Bliss House located in Denver, Colorado. The Bliss House is one of a series six designed by prominent Denver architects William Lang and Marshall Pugh for real estate developer Ralph Voorhees. Dr. Gerald Bliss...
- Bliss, Gerald--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Gerald Bliss House
- Exterior photograph of the Gerald Bliss House located in Denver, Colorado. The Bliss House is one of a series six designed by prominent Denver architects William Lang and Marshall Pugh for real estate developer Ralph Voorhees. Dr. Gerald Bliss...
- Bliss, Gerald--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Tilden School for Teaching Health clinical building
- Exterior photograph of the Tilden School for Teaching Health clinical building located in Denver, Colorado. The Tilden School for Teaching Health is an example of an early 20th century sanitarium utilizing nontraditional health techniques. The...
- Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Medical offices--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 November
- Tilden School for Teaching Health sunroom and porch
- Exterior photograph of the Tilden School for Teaching Health sunroom and porch located in Denver, Colorado. The Tilden School for Teaching Health is an example of an early 20th century sanitarium utilizing nontraditional health techniques. The...
- Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Medical offices--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 November
- Tilden School for Teaching Health main building
- Exterior photograph of the Tilden School for Teaching Health main building located in Denver, Colorado. The Tilden School for Teaching Health is an example of an early 20th century sanitarium utilizing nontraditional health techniques. The school...
- Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Medical offices--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 November
- Tilden School for Teaching Health main building
- Exterior photograph of the Tilden School for Teaching Health main building located in Denver, Colorado. The Tilden School for Teaching Health is an example of an early 20th century sanitarium utilizing nontraditional health techniques. The school...
- Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Medical offices--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 November
- Tilden School for Teaching Health patient apartment building
- Exterior photograph of the Tilden School for Teaching Health patient apartment building located in Denver, Colorado. The Tilden School for Teaching Health is an example of an early 20th century sanitarium utilizing nontraditional health...
- Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Medical offices--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 November
- Tilden School for Teaching Health sunroom interior
- Photograph of the interior of the sunroom of Tilden School for Teaching Health located in Denver, Colorado. The Tilden School for Teaching Health is an example of an early 20th century sanitarium utilizing nontraditional health techniques. The...
- Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Medical offices--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 November
- Tilden School for Teaching Health complex
- Exterior photograph of the Tilden School for Teaching Health complex located in Denver, Colorado. The Tilden School for Teaching Health is an example of an early 20th century sanitarium utilizing nontraditional health techniques. The school was...
- Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Medical offices--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 November