Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Trinity fourth annual oratorio concert : Mendelssohn's Elijah
- Program for a presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah performed at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 1905. Included in the program are several pictures of prominent performers, list of performers, a detailed listing of the...
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.). Choir--Performances.; Oratorios--Librettos.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver,...
- 1905 March 9
- The Church Record: vol 1 no 1
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 February 26
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 13
- 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.)
- 1944 May 25
- East High School Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all students and parents of East High School in Denver, Colo.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1955
- Western History Subject Index
- The Face
- Western History Subject Index
- Federally assisted conservation encouragement
- Western History Subject Index
- Central City, Colorado. Hotels. Teller -house
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, South Face
- Black and white print of the south face of Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center on the east side of Peoria. The top shows a parking lot with cars and three street lights. Visible signs include the Wig Chateau, Dolly Madison Milk-Ice Cream,...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1965
- King Crack
- Ramon Del Castillo, a poet and professor of Chicano Studies at Metropolitan State College performs a poetry reading titled: "Vato Loco Presents: King Crack," in Denver, Colorado. He wears a full length coat, a hood and gloves. His face is painted...
- Mexican Americans--2000-1990.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Poets.; Performance art.; Del Castillo, Ramon, 1949---Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2005?]
- Ronald C. grave, Fairmount cemetery
- View of the dark round table shaped memorial for Ronald C. in Fairmount Cemetery, 430 South Quebec Street in the Windsor Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The marker is shaped like a table, with a stone pillar that has a carved stone cloth draped...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; C., Ronald, 1961-1994.; Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Sepulchral...
- 2010
- Escuela de Guadalupe
- View of the Catholic Escuela de Guadalupe, 3401 Pecos Street in the Highland Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows a two story, red brick building with a fence along the sidewalk with banners that read: "Escuela de Guadalupe." In front of the fence...
- Escuela de Guadalupe (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Church schools.; Murals.; Escuela de Guadalupe (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic schools--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2010
- Colorado Building
- View of the Colorado Building at 1615 California Street from the roof of the Equitable Building at 730 Seventeenth (17th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows the back of the shaped parapet and facade addition. This...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial buildings.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1976
- Young sheepherder enjoying siesta ranch in Las Animas County, Colorado
- A boy sheepherder sleeps under a cholla cactus near two lambs on an unidentified ranch in Las Animas County, Colorado. He uses his cowboy hat to shield his face from the sun.
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sheep.; Shepherds.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Sheep--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Shepherds--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [1939 November]
- Donaciano Córdova and Margarita Santistevan
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Donaciano Córdova and Margarita Yasabel Santistevan Córdova. Donaciano stands beside his wife, he wears a suit and tie, his hair is parted on the side, he has a full mustache and his hand rests on his wife's...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Spouses.; Women.; Córdova, Donaciano, 1861-1941--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Margarita Yasabel Santistevan de, 1865-1943--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1890?]
- Sam Maestas Jr. & Alice Ebel Maestas, about 1947 Denver
- Sam Maestas, Jr. and his wife Alice Ebel Maestas pose in the yard of their house on the corner of 29th and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Spouses.; Women.; Maestas, Samuel--Pictorial works.; Maestas family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1947?]
- Manassa cowboy
- Portrait of an unidentified Hispanic cowboy who trained horses at the rodeo arena in Manassa (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears a dark cowboy hat over his gray hair, has a weathered face and full, gray beard.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Manassa (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Beards.; Cowboys.; Older people.; Beards--Colorado--Manassa--Pictorial works.; Cowboys--Colorado--Manassa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2005 April 16]
- Pancake race, Alamosa, Colo.
- Women participants in the annual Alamosa Colorado pancake race pose with frying pans and numbers pinned to their aprons in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A woman dressed as Aunt Jemima, in black face, a checkered dress, headscarf and an apron,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Blackface entertainers.; Women.; Jemima, Aunt--Pictorial works.; Zamora, Elizabeth--Pictorial works.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1958
- Daniels and Fisher Tower
- Close up view of one face of the Seth-Thomas clock in the Daniels and Fisher Tower at 1601 Arapahoe Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--2000-2010.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clock towers.; Clocks.; Historic buildings.; Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Facilities--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 2007
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 8, 1921 August
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 3 and 4, 1927 March-April
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 3, 1910 January 15
- Mine rescue team
- A group of miners with rescue equipment pose near the mouth of a mine possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Many of the men hold face masks with tubes connected to respirator mechanisms strapped to their chests.
- Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mine rescue work--Colorado--1900-1910.
- c 1900
- Machine mining in tunnel, Georgetown, Colo.
- Interior view of three miners who stand near a rock face in a mine shaft in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The men stand near an iron tunnel brace and machinery. Boulders and rocks litter the ground.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pueblo
- View of bustling Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, horse-drawn carriages, cars, pedestrians, bicyclists, trolley tracks and electric street lights. Signs on buildings read: "Calkins-White Furniture,"...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- General Electric [sic] trolley coach, night
- Pedestrians walk down a sidewalk near the Denver Theater at 510 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. The illuminated theater marquee reads: "Betty Grable," "Son of the Islands," and "Canal Zone." A driver sits behind the wheel of a J.G....
- Buses, Electrics--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Marquees--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- TT, loading holes
- Miners load explosives into holes drilled in the wall of a mine in Colorado. The men wear coats and hard hats with electric lights. One man rests a box of explosives on drilling machines. Labels on the box read: "Gold Metal Explosives, Division...
- Blasting--Colorado--1930-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--1930-1950.; Miners--Colorado--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Clear Creek, loading Pioneer
- Men work in a tunnel excavated for Highway 6 in Jefferson or Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear work clothes, hard hats, and electric mine lamps. Ankle deep water fills the cavern. Explosives are placed in holes that are drilled in the rock...
- Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--1940-1950.; Highway construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Girl on bench
- Studio portrait of a toddler in a dress with pleats, a jacket, and a bow.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Girl
- Studio portrait of a girl in a dress with lace and embroidery.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Circus performers
- Circus performers pose in front of a canvas tent at probably the Dokey Circus in Denver, Colorado. Men dressed as clowns wear costumes that include: knickers, bow ties, hats or caps and a polka dotted clown suit with oversized feet. Clowns balance...
- Dokey Circus--People--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Clowns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1931?]
- Circus clowns
- Clowns pose in front of a canvas circus tent at probably the Dokey Circus in Denver, Colorado. A clown pretends to spank a clown with a straw broom. Men circus performers' costumes include: face paint, caps, knickers, a ruffled pants suit decorated...
- Dokey Circus--People--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Clowns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Show tents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1931?]
- Mirror Lake
- View of Mirror Lake with a reflection of the steep rock face of Mt. Watkins, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Mirror Lake (Mariposa County, Calif.)--1880-1910.; Watkins, Mount (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Lakes & ponds--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Denver exchange equipment, York office, operating room
- Rows of operators sit at switchboards that line two walls of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building on York Street in Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard....
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1916
- Denver exchange equipment, main, 1421 Champa, operating room
- Operators work at switchboards at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard. Each work station is identified by a...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1915
- Colorado Springs, exchange equipment, operating room
- Operators work at switchboards in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face their work stations. Cords are strung...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1915
- Denver exchange equipment, south office, 25 W. Bayaud St., operating room
- Operators work at switchboards at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph exchange building at 25 West Bayaud Street in the Baker Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard. Cords...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone switchboard--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Denver exchange equipment, 1421 Champa St., operators school switchboard
- Women training to be operators work at a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard. Supervisors or...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1915
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a dress with a lace collar held in place with a pin at the neckline. Her hair is pulled back from her face and her short curly bangs are styled over her forehead.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a dress with a fitted bodice, pleats, and close-set, cloth buttons. Her hair is pulled back from her face and her short curly bangs are styled over her forehead.
- Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a fitted bodice with close-set buttons that run partially up the front of the dress. Flowers are pinned at her neckline. He hair is pulled back from her face.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman and a painting
- Full length studio portrait of a woman who poses near an ornate backdrop and rests her hand on the frame of a painting. She wears a dress and cape trimmed with feathers. He hair is pulled back from her face and her short curly bangs are styled over...
- Paintings--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a woman and child
- Studio portrait of a woman and child. The woman wears a dress with dropped shoulders, wide, open sleeves, a lace collar, and a crucifix around her neck. The face of the baby who sits on her lap is scratched out. Shows the molded design of the...
- Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Studio portrait of a family
- Full length studio portrait of a family who pose near an ornate backdrop. The man is seated and wears a suit and furry hat. A baby in a light colored dress sits on his lap. The woman, possibly pregnant, rests her hand on her husbands shoulder. Lace...
- Families--1890-1900.; Fathers & children--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who wears a dress with a pleated front. Her hair is pulled back from her face and her short curly bangs are styled over her forehead.
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman
- Full length studio portrait of a woman who faces the side and rests her hands on a fur rug. She wears a dress with a small bustle and slightly puffy sleeves. Her hair is pulled back from her face and her short curly bangs are styled over her...
- Dresses--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who stands between two heavy drapes. She holds on to the fabric and rests her face on the edge of a tapestry. She wears a pleated skirt, loose bodice, and choker. Her hair is pulled back on top of her head. A fur rug...
- Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a plaid wool suit jacket, patterned silk vest, and plaid knotted neck tie. His hair is parted on the side and swept back from his face on one side.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a mother and child
- Studio portrait of a woman and her daughter. The young girl rests her head on her mother's shoulder and she holds a doll in her arms. Her mother wears a plaid dress with slightly puffy sleeves and gathered at the neckline. Her hair is pulled back...
- Girls--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890