Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- McFarlane Foundry, Ja 13, 1966
- The McFarlane Foundry is located on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The dilapidated building is constructed of wood and corrugated tin siding and covered with tar paper, which is peeling off the side wall. The building has...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1966
- McFarlane Foundry, Ja 13, 1966
- A tree branch hanging in the foreground partially obscures the old McFarlane foundry building in Central City, Colorado. The one-story structure with a flat roof and a false front is constructed of stone and wood and sided with corrugated tin and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Leadville, Colo
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with vignettes of municipal buildings, mining facilities, and scenery. Printing reads: "Court House, Post Office, Tabor Opera House, Central School, Ninth St. School, Seventh St....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Central City, 1953, old foundry
- The ruins of the old foundry in Central City, Colorado, are overgrown with vegetation and weeds but two of its masonry walls are connected. Two doors with lintels and concrete steps are along the wall. The old foundry on upper Eureka Street was...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- [Three] 3 men standing outside company building
- Outdoor portrait of men at a foundry building in Denver, Colorado. One man wears a vest, tie, and watch chain and rests his foot on a crucible. A sign on the building read: "Positively No Admittance Ring Bell".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Denver foundry and machine shop James W. Jackson, manufacturer of steam engines, mills, mining machinery, Cheyenne Avenue, near Larimer St., Denver, Colorado
- View of Denver Foundry and Machine Shop, in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing by a brick building with boilers and a horse-drawn wagon.
- Denver Foundry and Machine Shop--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879?]
- Mountain Iron Works
- View of horse-drawn wagons on Osage Street in Denver, Colorado; also shows piles of scrap metal and debris, men working, and a brick factory with lettering: "Foundry, The Mountain Iron Works Co.," "Sand Blast Room," "Foundry," and "Pattern Shop."
- Mountain Iron Works Co. (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1911 and 1921]
- Central City, Colo. 1890-1899 circ. (prints)
- A horse-drawn carriage travels up Eureka Street in the foreground of this view of Central City, Colorado. The stone McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop is in the right foreground at the base of a hill. Tailings from the Huddleston Mine...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Central City, Colo., residence - H.H. Lake
- The stone McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop stands in the foreground on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Large houses line the far side of the street. The Gilpin County Courthouse, built between 1899 and 1900, is in the far right...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- View of Central City area
- The stone McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop stands in the right foreground on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. A wagon is parked at the side of the foundry. Houses line the streets above Eureka Street.
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business Foundry
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business Foundry
- Trinidad Stockyards and Trinidad Foundry & Machine Co.
- View of the Trinidad Stockyards and the Trinidad Foundry and Machine Company in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Industrial buildings and smokestacks are near the buildings and wooden fence.
- Trinidad Foundry and Machine Company (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Foundries--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Machine shops--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Stockyards--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [1901 and 1920?]
- Men at foundry
- Interior view of a foundry in Denver, Colorado; shows men working with molds and sand.
- Foundry workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Founding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Colorado Brass Foundry Company
- People watch a fire at night at the Colorado Brass Foundry Company at 941 Santa Fe Drive in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A fire truck is in the background.
- Colorado Brass Foundry Company (Denver, Colo.)--Disasters--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1941 March
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. business
- 1st Foundry in Colo. Central City
- Reproduction of Herndon Davis watercolor; shows a foundry in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Hendrie-Bolthoff's foundry, Central City, 1941
- Snow covers the ruins of the Hendrie-Bolthoff Foundry in Central City. A decaying water sluice pours water into the creek below. The creek banks are muddy and partially covered with snow. The wood, masonry, and tin walls are crumbling and in decay....
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Hendrie-Bolthoff's Foundry, Central City, June, 1941
- View of the Hendrie-Bolthoff Foundry in Central City (Gilpin county), Colorado; snow dusts split rail fence around the stone building along Eureka Street, and cirrus clouds span the sky.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Hendrie-Bolthoff's foundry, Central City, June, 1941
- The ruins of the Hendrie-Bolthoff foundry, located on upper Eureka Street, are dusted by snow. A wood building and a masonry building are next to one another. The walls of the wood structure are collapsing, and the walls of the concrete structure...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1941
- McFarlane Foundry, Central City, Colorado
- The old Central City Foundry is located on upper Eureka Street in Central City. The building is constructed of tin and covered with tar paper. Several of the panes in the rectangular windows are broken. The warehouse has two large doors, one on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Foundry and old house from Eureka Street, Central City, 1953
- The ruins of the old foundry are on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Several of the walls have completely crumbled, and the remaining walls are deteriorating. The holes for the windows and doors are visible. A furnace is in the middle...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1941
- Old foundry, Central City, 1953
- The ruins of the old foundry in Central City, Colorado, are overgrown with weeds and vegetation. In the foreground, one of the outer walls has completely crumbled and the adjacent wall is in decay. The roof has rotted away and the windows are...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Main bay of Stearns-Roger Foundry
- Men work near large in-ground ovens at the Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Company Foundry in Denver, Colorado. Forms, a mobile crane in the rafters, and finished metal discs are in the warehouse building.
- Stearns-Roger Incorporated--Facilities--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- McFarlane Foundry in Black Hawk pulled down with new road was put in.
- Interior of the McFarlane Foundry in Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado. Machinery in the building includes: a drill press, fly wheels, belts, and electric powered lathes.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Foundries--1900-1920.; Interiors--1900-1920.; Machinery--1900-1920.; Mining--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 1600 Block of Blake
- View of businesses on Blake Street, Denver, Colorado; brick buildings have stone trim and signs: "Tom Moore, Henry George and Little Tom cigars; The Denver Type Foundry Co.," "The Ault & Wiborg Co. Printing Inks"," Carter, Rice & Carpenter Paper...
- Carter, Rice & Carpenter Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver Type Foundry Co. (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Type & type founding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Paper...
- [between 1905 and 1913]
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business Foundry
- Western History Subject Index
- Central City. Colorado. Business. Manufacturing
- Peerless Printing Company employees
- A group of well dressed employees who include men and women and their children pose outdoors near the Peerless Printing Company, 20th Street and Broadway in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A maintenance man stands on the roof of...
- Peerless Printing Company (Denver, Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Women.; Printing industry.; Employees.; Peerless Printing Company (Denver,...
- [1950?]
- Starr Kempf Sculpture Garden and Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the Starr Kempf Sculpture Garden and Gallery located at 2057 Pine Grove Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two large abstract metal sculptures adorn the front lawn of this former residence of Starr Kempf (1917-1995). Kempf was a sculptor,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Sculpture gardens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1990-2000; Starr Kempf Sculpture Garden and Gallery (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Starr Kempf Sculpture Garden and Gallery (Colorado Springs,...
- 1998
- Tom Vigil
- Tom Vigil poses in front of the Foundry near 12th (Twelfth) and Curtis Streets in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The teenage boy wears a dark shirt and pants with the cuffs rolled up. His dark, curly hair is parted on the side.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Teenagers.; Vigil, Tom--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1941
- Hoist, Colo.-Utah Coal Co. Mt. Harris Colo.
- Interior view of hoisting machinery owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; machine has label: "manufactured by Litchfield Foundry and Machine."
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- View of Leadville from Capitol Hill
- Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, shows a "View of Leadville from Capitol Hill," and close-ups including: "Clarendon Hotel, Streeter & Chapin, Proprietors, A. R. Meyer & Co's Sampling Works, W. S. Haswell, Druggist, Lake County Sampling Works,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Reproduction of bird's eye view lithograph, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows: 1. Methodist Church 2. Public School; (stamp mills): 3. Empire 4. Polar Star 5. Black Hawk 6. Gregory 7. New York 8. Campbell & Pierce 9. Randolf 10....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Blake St.
- View of girders used for the construction of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct as they are stored on Blake Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows horse-drawn wagons. Prominent signs read: "Butte [?] Carriage And Wagon Painting", "Brass Foundry",...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girders--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Manufacturing, Denver
- View of factory buildings at 30th (Thirtieth) and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado; lettering on the brick buildings reads: "Hendey & Meyer Engineering Co. Erecting and Boiler Shop," "Excelsior Steam Engine Works," "Pattern Shop," and "Foundry."
- Hendey & Meyer Engineering Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Industry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver industrial section, south from Colfax Viaduct
- View of Denver, Colorado, industrial area south from Colfax Viaduct; shows The Capitol Foundry & Mfg. Co.; advertising signs include: "Garden & Porch Furniture," "Warm Air Furnaces," "Gray-Iron Ornamental and [?]," "Dove Nest, Best Eating Candy Bar...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Ironton, looking E.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks pass under a signal scaffold, in Ironton, Utah. Houses and the Columbia Steel Corporation foundry are to the sides.
- Columbia Steel Corporation (Utah)--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Ironton (Utah)--1920-1930.; Foundries--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Railroad signals--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Ironton looking E
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks pass under a signal scaffold at Ironton, Utah. Houses, the Columbia Steel Corporation Foundry, a passenger shelter, and tracks of the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad are to the side.
- Columbia Steel Corporation (Utah)--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Salt Lake & Utah Railroad Corp.--1920-1930.; Ironton (Utah)--1920-1930.; Foundries--Utah--Ironton--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- D&RGW dining car interior after installation of air conditioning
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows tables set with dinnerware, side chairs, lamps, and the kitchen window with frosted glass.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Railroad dining cars--1930-1940.
- June 1934
- Colorado Iron Works Co.
- Men stand near cylindrical and rectangular metal moulds in the Colorado Iron Works foundry at 33rd (Thirty-third) and Wynkoop Streets in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A mobile crane is on the scaffolding in the warehouse...
- Colorado Iron Works Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Machinery industry--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Machinery--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pipe intersection
- View of a steel pipe as its moved on a horse-drawn sledge on probably 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Streetcars are nearby. A sign on the pipe reads: "Citizens Water Co. From Wynetka Queen City Foundry."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Penstocks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Mountain Iron Works
- Interior view of Mountain Iron Works, Denver, Colorado; shows men, castings, foundry equipment, and an elevated operator cage.
- Mountain Iron Works Co. (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Iron & steel workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1911 and 1921]
- Mountain Iron Works
- Portrait of metalworking shop crew in Denver, Colorado; men crowd the front of a brick building with stepped roof line and lettering: "Foundry - The Mountain Iron Works Co."
- Mountain Iron Works Co. (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Foundries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Iron & steel workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1911 and 1921]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Shows a construction crew working on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The men use cranes, pulleys, saws and other materials. The sign on the building in the background reads: "? T Walkers Western Foundry". Two men in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Retaining...
- 1898 September 20
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Construction crews work on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows cranes, pulleys and other machinery. Two men in suits are on the construction site. The sign on the building in the background reads: "T. Walkers Foundry".
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 September 20
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- A construction crew works on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows cranes, pulley, wheelbarrows, work horses and other machinery. Two men use survey equipment, three other men wearing suits and hats observe the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 September 20th
- 14th Street Viaduct - Denver, Colorado
- Shows work crews resting on the nearly completed 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and a bicyclist are on the bridge. The bridges for Colorado and Southern, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, and Denver & Rio Grande...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 May 26
- 14th Street Viaduct
- Shows part of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct at Wazee Street. The completed viaduct features, a iron rod fence, asphalt roads, flagstone sidewalks and rock ashlar retaining walls. Here it crosses Cherry Creek. Local businesses are in the...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899 October 3
- Lower 14th Street at Larimer Street, City Hall, stone building facing Larimer in background
- View along 14th (Fourteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows the 1886 City Hall with stone clocktower, commercial buildings, merchant's wagons, pedestrians, automobiles, and signs: "Colorado Moline Plow Co.," "John Deere Plow Co.," "The Pine Cone...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1908