Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- State and city officials and members of the Colorado State Fireman's Association
- Panoramic view and photographic montage of members of the Colorado State Fireman's Association and city officials who pose near the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver, Colorado. Firefighters wear double-breasted dress uniforms and pose on...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Government officials--American--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Municipal...
- 1919 April 3
- Denver Fire Dept. fire run or parade?
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd the sidewalks watching horses, buggies, and a man in a fireman's hat. A streetcar and Denver Union Station are in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Firemans Day
- Crowds cover the sidewalks and people hang out of the windows of the buildings of Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, to watch the fireman's races. Many of the spectators wear hats and wave American flags. A large striped arch stretches...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Crowds--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Breckenridge
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest, includes the frame, one story, gable roofed Saint Mary's Catholic Church on the right, with its gothic arched windows and cross on the gable peak. Numerous other frame buildings surround,...
- St. Mary's Catholic Church (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1887?]
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story frame building featuring a gable roof with flat side extensions, a belfry, and a plate glass ground floor front with transoms. Lettering on the three front windows reads...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireman's Hall (Breckenridge, Colo)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Breckenridge, South Park Line
- Looking southeast at Breckenridge, Colorado, the town's churches and the hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall are visible among the many buildings of the town. Mount Baldy and its foothills are in the background.
- Baldy, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890- 1900.
- [between 1890-1899?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, before 1893, showing range of mountains 25 miles away as seen in summer
- Looking north on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Evan's Drugstore, Arlington House, and Denver Hotel are the left. Fireman's Hall with its belfry is on the right. Horses, wagons and pedestrians are parked along the boardwalks on both...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- Breckenridge, Colo. Hook & Ladder Co. Fire Dept.
- Men pose on ladders or on the street in front of the two story frame Fireman's Hall building with a central cupola and a flagpole in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Men wear fire hats and uniforms, pose and hold buckets or axes. A man holds...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Fire stations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888]
- Denver - Fire Dept. horse drawn fire wagon parade?
- View of a Denver Fire Department horse-drawn wagon on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd the sidewalks. Office buildings flank the street; the Tabor Opera...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902]
- Denver Fire Dept. fire run or parade?
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd the sidewalks watching a horse drawn buggy full of firemen. Office buildings flank the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902]
- Denver - Fire Dept. fire run or parade?
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd sidewalks watching firemen in a horse drawn buggy.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902]
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- Six men pull a hose reel up the hill past the Williams' Stables building and Washington Hall in Central City, Colorado. The reel has wrought iron decoration and is being guided by a fireman dressed in fireman's coat and hat. Four other men, two...
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Washington Hall (Central City, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Central City festival
- A fireman, wearing long underwear and shorts, scales a ladder suspended in mid air in the middle of Main Street in Central City, Colorado. People sit on the grandstand on Eureka street. Crowds line both sides of the street, look out the windows of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Fire chief Healy
- Portrait of Fire Chief John F. Healy (chief from 1912 to 1945) in Denver, Colorado. He wears a double breasted fireman's coat with a badge, and a cap.
- Fire chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Healy, John F.
- [between 1930 and 1945?]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Exterior view of residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. A plank fence is in the foreground, and peaks of the Tenmile range are in the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, include one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. The house on the right has two sash windows flanking a paned glass door. A plank fence is in the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Exterior view of residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. A plank fence, clapboard wall, ladder and chair are in the foreground, and peaks of...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge from Shock Hill (west) 1896
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, the frame dwellings and commercial buildings of the town fill the foreground; the school with its ornamented gable is to the east. The Fireman's Hall with its hose drying tower, belfry and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest from atop Barney Ford Hill, the churches and the hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall are visible among the many buildings of the town. Mountains of the Ten Mile Range are in the background,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Breckenridge
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looks west at frame dwellings with fenced yards and the roof of the Arlington House hotel and the hose drying tower of the Fireman's Hall. In the foreground, a man, two women and two Labrador type dogs are posed...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Men--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, the school, Fireman's Hall, dwellings and false fronted commercial buildings are interspersed with evergreens. The sheds, depot and freight cars of the Colorado and Southern Railroad are in...
- Barney Ford Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west; shows the schoolhouse, belfry of the Fireman's Hall, the Denver Hotel, the Arlington House, a frame building with a curvelinear false front and a wide cornice. The Methodist Church and the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Crossing Main St during winter of 1899
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, in deep snow, one of the sawtooth porch uprights of the Denver Hotel emerges, and in the background, the belfry and cornice of Fireman's Hall shows above piled snow. A false fronted commercial building...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899?]
- Football game 1900's
- During a sporting event on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, American flags hang from buildings in the left. People are on the balcony of the Denver Hotel and a sign over them reads "Evans Pharmacy." Taken from the balcony of the Arlington...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Football--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Running races--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Lower Main Street, Breckenridge
- Buildings line either side of the dirt Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Arlington House on the left has a curvelinear false front with a wide cornice and an open porch with a balcony. Other half false fronted buildings flank it; one with...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1891?]
- Main St 1936
- View of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. A path has been cleared in deep snow which is piled onto both sides of the street. The Denver Hotel and part of the cornice of the Arlington House are on the left; a triangular "Conoco" sign is mounted...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Main St, Breckenridge
- Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, has the Denver Hotel on the left, with its paired gable roofs, shared low false front, and balcony topped porch with sawtoothed arches. A projecting "Evans Pharmacy" sign is above. Pedestrians are on the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- Looking northeast on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a view of the Arlington House to the left, showing the rear supports for its wide corniced false front and its balcony topped porch. The belfry and hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall...
- Arlington House Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge, Colo, about 1889
- Looking north on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Arlington House and the Denver Hotel are on the left; a mortar and pestle on a pole fronts the boardwalk. The belfry and hose drying tower of the Fireman's Hall are on the right....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Main Street, Breckenridge.
- Businesses line both sides of snow covered Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. On the left, the Denver Hotel has a projecting sign reading "Evans Pharmacy." The two-story frame building features paired gables that share a low false front. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Denver Hotel is on the left, with its paired gable roofs and shared low false front. It has a balcony topped porch with sawtoothed arches, and a projecting "Evans Pharmacy" sign. Pedestrians are on the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Colorado Bldg., Denver
- Northwestern view of the Colorado Building (also known as the Hayden, Dickinson, and Feldman Building) at 16th (Sixteenth) and California Streets in Denver, Colorado; businesses include Hedgcock & Jones Specialty Store Co., A. J. Stark & Co.,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- V. F. Axtell, in his office, Crested Butte, Colo.
- V. F. Axtell sits in his chair beside his desk in his lumber, loan, and insurance business office, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. The room includes: a large electric bulb hanging over the desk, books, papers, a "Fireman's Fund Insurance...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Offices--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.; Axtell, V. F.
- 1896
- Breckenridge, Colo.
- View of Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Shows the schoolhouse, the belfry of the Fireman's Hall, the Denver Hotel, and the Arlington House, a frame building with a curvelinear false front and a wide cornice. The Methodist Church and the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Engine No. 5
- Interior view of (probably) fire station number 5 (Five) in Denver, Colorado; men by iron beds pull pants on over long underwear. Two men slide on poles into holes in the floor.
- Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1905 February?]
- Veterans Volunteer Firemen's Association of Denver
- Panoramic view of members of the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association who pose near the City Hall Building near 14th (Fourteenth) Street and Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. The men stand in a line and hold a rope attached to a hand pumper...
- Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town Halls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fire...
- 1912 October 16
- Breckenridge and the Ten Mile Range
- View of Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado; shows homes, the school, Fireman's Hall, Arlington House Hotel, the Ware-Carpenter Concentrator sheds, and Tenmile (Ten Mile) Range mountains.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Off to the showers - Hot Stuff! General Sage Kester, Doc Lamb
- Wayne "Sage" Kester and "Doc" (Dr. Howard E.) Lamb, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pose in their underpants near a tent in Colorado. Lamb pulls out the waistband of General Kester's underpants which have a picture of a woman dressed...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Joking--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Underwear--Colorado--1950-1960.; Kester, Wayne O.; Lamb, Howard E., osteopathic surgeon.
- 1954 July
- La Junta, Colorado
- Firemen pose in a line next to a hosereel in La Junta, Colorado in Otero County. Each man wears a uniform and a fireman's hat.
- La Junta (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--La Junta--1880-1890.
- 1883
- The Parade
- A parade moves down Main Street in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Spectators stand on the boardwalks and watch the spectacle. Signs: "C. Weitfle" and "J. Collier's Photographic Gallery."
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 21
- West High School bond drive "Beauty Queen"
- Photograph of Adolph Mitterer, as he is crowned the winner of a "Beauty Contest" held at West High School in Denver, Colorado. Juanita Burke, another student at the school puts a paper crown on his head. Burke is standing on a small wooden barrel...
- World War, 1939-1945.; War bonds and funds.; Beauty contestants.; Beauty contests.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1945 April
- Western History Subject Index
- Fireman's fund insurance company
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Museums
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 6, 1913 December 27
- Railway employee records for Colorado : Volume III
- Index of Colorado Railway Employee records for the: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Colorado & Southern Railway in Denver, Leadville & Gunnison Railway, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad , Union Pacific Railway. Information includes name...
- Railroads--Colorado--Employees--Names.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company--Employees.; Colorado and Southern Railway--Employees.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Employees.; Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway...
- 2005
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. AMUSEMENTS
- Western History Subject Index
- Greathouse, B S
- 1933 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.9
- 1934 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.10
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. AMUSEMENTS