Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Glenarm USO Club Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Station
- Salida, Colo.
- View of the town of Salida (Chaffee County) Colorado. Shows the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Depot, freight cars, and passenger coaches on the tracks. A railroad bridge extends over the Arkansas River. A tall smoke stack extends from the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Salida (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Salida--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels
- In this exterior view of roof brackets in Breckenridge, Colorado, a set of four jigsaw cut ornaments is in two pairs; each pair extends from the outside face of a corner, under wide eaves. The upper parts of the cut flourishes have lathe turned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels
- Exterior view of roof brackets in Breckenridge, Colorado. This set of four jigsaw cut ornaments is in two pairs; each pair extends from the outside face of a corner, under wide eaves. The upper parts of the cut flourishes have lathe turned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Office of the Colorado, Glenwood
- View of the office of the Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado; wood counter extends across office space; woman stands behind end of counter, near "Cashier" signage; a lamp, pens, and various ledgers sit on countertop; supporting pillar...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Lobbies--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotel...
- [between 1893 and 1901]
- Morrato Block
- Betty's Take Out
- View of Betty's Take Out at 1959 Park Avenue (1924) in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The triangular shaped building has a hip roof, window dormer, rounded corners and flared eves. Signs painted on the walls read: "Menudo,...
- Betty's Take Out (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Betty's Take Out (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points...
- 1976
- K-C Lounge
- View of the K-C Lounge at 2801 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The modified two story Beaux-Arts Commercial style building has bracketing along the roof line. Small rectangle windows are on the second story. The...
- K-C Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotel Simpson (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Hotels.; K-C Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotel...
- 1978
- Temple Buell mansion
- View of a Georgian Revival house at 2700 Hampden Avenue in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The red brick house has a wooden balcony that runs the length of the facade and is supported by wooden columns. A wooden addition extends from the...
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Foster, Alexis C.--Homes & haunts.; Englewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Mansions.; Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes and haunts.; Foster, Alexis C.--Homes and haunts.;...
- 1995
- Zanza Bar
- View of Zanza Bar at 10601 East Colfax in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a one story commercial building with no windows. A sign on top of the building is shaped like mountains; painted on it is a man with a guitar, floating piano keys, a...
- Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1987
- Cactus motel
- View of the Cactus Motel at 10574 East Colfax Avenue in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The building has an office near the street and a single row of rooms that extends towards the back with the car port adjacent to the office. The building is...
- Cactus Motel (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Motels.; Electric signs.; Cactus Motel (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motels--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Neon signs--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora...
- 1993
- Cine Art Theater
- View of the Cine Art Theater at 1912 South Broadway in the Platt Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick, Spanish revival style commercial building with rock veneer on the facade and side elevation. The flat roof has a shaped parapet...
- Cine Art Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Kitty's Cine-Art (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Marquees.; Motion picture theaters.; Cine Art Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- Holden Hotel
- View of the Holden Hotel at 1817 California Street in the Central Business District neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a four-story, brick, commercial building with pilasters and decorative brick work. A vertical sign which extends from the...
- Holden Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Holden Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1977
- Blue Bird Theater
- View of the Bluebird Theater (1914; Harry Edbrooke) at 3315-3317 East Colfax Avenue in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick theater has a flat roof and a facade with three entry bays. The facade is light tan brick...
- Blue Bird Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Marquees.; Motion picture theaters.; Blue Bird Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Marquees--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1995
- 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--2000-2010.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apses.; Catholic churches.; Doors & doorways.; Historic buildings.; Monasteries.; Statues.;...
- 2009
- Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church (St. Elizabeth's Church, architect Father Adrian, O.S.F. 1898) and Friary (Architect, Jacques Benedict 1936), 1060 St. Francis Way, on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus, Denver,...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Historic buildings.; Monasteries.; Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver,...
- 2009
- Washington Street Exit
- View of the Washington Street Exit, a bar located at 1201 South Pearl Street in the Platt Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one and two story modified commercial building is in the Spanish revival style. It is stuccoed with a shaped...
- Washington Street Exit (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Electric signs.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob); Washington Street Exit (Denver,...
- 1991
- Margarita Bay Club
- View of the facade and north elevation of the Margarita Bay Club at 1301 South Pearl Street in the Platt Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two story commercial style brick building has a recessed entry under a large awning that reads:...
- Margarita Bay Club (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob); Margarita Bay Club (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1991
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church main entrance from Galapago Street before restoration, Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church (St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Doors & doorways.; Gables.; Historic buildings.; St. Joseph Church...
- ca. 2004
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church main entrance from Galapago Street before restoration, Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church ( St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Doors & doorways.; Gables.; Historic buildings.; St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- ca. 2004
- 2663 Champa St. Walters House, Five Points (Curtis Park)
- View of the Walters House (1888; architect-Frederick C. Eberly) at 2663 Champa Street in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. The Queen Anne residence was the home of Leonard Walter, an early Colorado livestock dealer. ...
- Walters, Leonard--Homes & haunts.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Walters, Leonard--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1978
- Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
- View of the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The blond brick church has curvilinear parapets, an entryway that extends from the building and a small cupola with a cross.
- Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sunnyside (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Churches.; Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of our Lord (Denver,...
- 1985?
- Workers near coke ovens
- Two workers stand near a row of coke ovens in the coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man wearing overalls holds a rake. The other man holds a pole that extends into the opening of an oven. The men may be Italian or Hispanic....
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--El Moro--1880-19110.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Workers at the coke ovens at El Moro
- Workers pose near the opening of a coke oven in the coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man holds a trowel and leans against the oven. An old man holds a rake and another man balances a steel rod that extends into the oven.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Mining machinery
- A group of men stand at the base of a tall wood headframe that extends over a mine shaft possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The frame houses mechanical works that serve as a lift for ore cars.
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Unidentified coal town
- Aerial view of an unidentified mining town possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a large town with substantial brick and frame buildings including a church. Smoke rises from the smoke stacks of mine processing buildings. Frame houses sit...
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Cabin at curve station, Amethyst tramway near Creede, Colo.
- Men and women, who include Jim Grant and Mrs. J. Grand, pose near a log cabin, part of the aerial tramway of the Amethyst Mine, in Weaver, near Creede, (Mineral County), Colorado. The women wear dresses and coats. Two women sit on a wood bridge...
- Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- D. & R.G. in Trinidad
- The waters of the Purgatoire River flow over the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company tracks in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. People stand on a railroad bridge that extends over the river.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [1904]
- Sopris club
- Men work on the construction of the clubhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The building is a concrete block structure with a low pitched, hipped roof. Prominent buttresses support the two...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Mary Reed Library, University of Denver
- View of the Mary Reed Library (later Mary Reed Hall), 2199 S. University Boulevard, Denver, Colorado. The building is a brick structure with prominent bays, and some gothic windows. A tower extends above the main entrance to the building.
- University of Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1933?]
- Hurricane, Utah
- View of Hurricane (Washington County), Utah. Shows barns, rolls of hay, orchards, fields, and houses. A dirt road extends into an expansive valley in the distance.
- Hutticane (Utah)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Utah--Hurricane--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Salida, Colo.
- View of the town of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Depot, freight cars, and passenger coaches on the tracks. A railroad bridge extends over the Arkansas River. Shows brick buildings in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1920.; Arkansas River--1890-1920.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Salida--1890-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Tenderfoot Hill, Salida
- A cable suspension bridge extends over the Arkansas River in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad yards including a depot, wooden water tower, frame buildings, passenger coaches, and boxcars parallel the river at...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad--1890-1910.; Arkansas River--1890-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Tenderfoot Hill (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Salida--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- L.C. Phipps residence, Denver, Colorado, tennis court, exterior, east front
- View of the tennis pavilion on the grounds of the Lawrence Cowle Phipps home in the Belcaro Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick and stone structure is a combination of Tudor and Mediterranean styles and features a glassed roof over the...
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Belcaro (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tennis courts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 October
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit jacket, patterned neck tie, and plaid shirt. His moustache is long and extends to the level of his chin on the sides.
- Men--1890-1900.; Mustaches--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a buttoned suit jacket and neck tie. He has short hair, a receding hairline, and full moustache that extends almost to his chin on the sides.
- Men--1890-1900.; Mustaches--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby girl who sits in a chair draped with a tapestry. She wears a light colored gown that extends past her legs. The gown is sleeveless and has a patterned hem.
- Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby who sits in a chair. The baby wears a light colored gown that extends past its legs. The gown has a decorated hem. An ornate backdrop is behind the chair. A patterned blanket or tapestry is slung over the chair.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Portraits of a girl
- Studio portraits of a girl who wears a dark colored dress with embroidery, a patterned yoke, and collar. The girl has long hair that extends past her shoulders. She holds long stem flowers and leans on a blanket.
- Flowers--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl who wears a dark colored dress with puff sleeves, earrings and a necklace. Her hair extends to her shoulders and she has bangs.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl who wears a dark colored dress with puff sleeves, earrings and a necklace. She leans on a chair with a lace covering and crosses her arms. Her hair extends past her shoulders and she has bangs.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family, they pose in front of a painted backdrop. The man sits in a chair and wears a suit, vest, a shirt and a striped necktie, and boots. The baby sits on the man's knee in a long white dress that extends past his legs. The...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Hotel Green, Pasadena, California
- View of one of the buildings in the Hotel Green resort complex located on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The building is four-story Moorish Colonial and Spanish style structure with a two-tier arched arcade. A pedestrian...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hotel Green, Pasadena, California
- A view of the Castle Green, part of the Hotel Green resort complex, located on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a seven-story Moorish Colonial and Spanish style structure with a two-tier arched arcade, a pedestrian...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.; Hotels--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.; Resorts--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hotel Green, Pasadena, California
- A view of one of the buildings in the Hotel Green complex located on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a four-story Moorish Colonial and Spanish style structure with a two-tier arched arcade. A pedestrian bridge with...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.; Hotels--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.; Resorts--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pasadena - Green Hotel
- View of the Hotel Green complex on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The Green Hotel is a four-story Mission Revival style structure designed by Strange and Carnicle. The building has hipped tile roofs, brick chimneys,...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Pedestrian walkways.; Resorts.
- c1905
- Pasadena - Green Hotel
- View of the Hotel Green complex on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The original Green Hotel is a four-story Mission Revival style structure designed by Strange and Carnicle. The building has hipped tile roofs, brick...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Pedestrian walkways.; Resorts.
- c1905
- Los Angeles, Cal. Spring Street
- View of Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. Pedestrians, horse-drawn buggies and wagons, bicyclists, trolley cars are in the street and pedestrians crowd the sidewalks. The Douglas Building is on a corner, it has a curved front,...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.
- [1905?]
- Pouch
- A tanned leather pouch (Native American Ute) used by Chipeta. The pouch has multicolor lazy stitch beadwork in triangle, diamond and band designs, a flap, strap, thong, sinew and fringe at the bottom.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Arapaho?) cradleboard. It features decorative opaque, red, white, black and green beadwork in geometric designs. The cradleboard has a leather thong, stained wood, lining dark brown velveteen, canvas backing and 1 calico?.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]