Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Kremmling
- View of the former gathering place for members of the Trinity Church in Kremmling (Grand County), Colorado; originally serving as the front office of a lumber company; features a false front structure pressed metal siding designed to look like...
- Kremmling (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Kremmling--1950-1970.
- [between 1951 and 1966]
- The houses on Glenarm Street
- View of people and brick houses on Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado. Standing at 2104 are (possibly) John and Martha Shrock with Bina May Conrad in white dress. In front of 2130 is Mary Rebecca Shrock Conrad with children John, Martha, and baby...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Loop House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Loop Hotel in Georgetown, Colorado. The two- story wood construction building has a false front, a cornice with brackets, and tall narrow windows with pediments on the front and side; a sign "Loop House" extends at a right...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Loop Hotel (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Snetzer Block
- Exterior view of Jacob Snetzer's tailor shop, Georgetown, Colorado, at Taos and Fifth Street, looking east. The building is of wood construction, with a false front, an elaborate cornice with brackets, and windows with decorative arches on the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tailor shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Bank of Clear Creek County
- View of the Bank of Clear Creek County in Georgetown, Colorado. The two-story wood construction building has overhanging eaves with brackets; a sign on the second floor reads, "G. Waverly, Dentist." The bank, on the first floor, has a sign with its...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Dug out cabin of the Grand
- A man sits on a rock with a rifle in front of his dugout cabin near the Colorado River, probably in Grand County, Colorado. The cabin has a log front. A wooden trough and a table are in front of the cabin.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Dugout houses--Colorado--Grand County--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1890]
- Bannock Indians
- A Native American (Bannock) man, women and a baby in a cradle board pose in front of a tepee, probably Wyoming..
- Bannock Indians--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Tipis--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Zang's Hotel, Creede, Colorado
- Men, a woman, and three dogs are in front of "Zang's Hotel," and "Zang's Hotel Annex" in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Architectural elements of the building include clapboard siding, a balcony, lattice- work, a false front with a cornice,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Aspen High School basketball team champions
- View of six members of the Aspen, Colorado basketball team sitting on steps in front of a building; features five men wearing the team uniform that includes sleeveless tank shirt, shorts, long knee socks, and athletic shoes; man in the last row...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Aspen, Colorado the cottage
- Three women and a little girl stand on the front porch of a house in Aspen, Colorado. The one story, clapboard house has a gabled roof, fishscale decoration, and bargeboard decoration on the covered porch. Ivy covers the front facade of the house...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Nason's general store, Antlers, Colo.
- View of Antlers, (Antlers Valley, Silt Valley, Cactus Valley) Garfield County, Colorado; includes a wood frame false front and small front gable structure along main street; two men and a women standing on the boardwalk; horse tied to a wooden gate...
- Antlers (Colo.)--1900-1910.; False fronts--Colorado--Antlers--1900-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Antlers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Office M. B. G. & D. R. R. Aboursville, Col.
- Group of men pose on the boardwalk and around a two mule-drawn wagon in front of a false front in Arbourville (Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; men wearing hats, vests, jackets, and kerchiefs around their...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Methodist Church [graphic]
- View of businesses and a church in Leadville, Colorado, seen from a concrete sidewalk across a street muddy with snowmelt. The Methodist Church in the center is a large brick front gable structure with a wood shingle roof, Gothic windows and a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900]
- Tabor house [graphic]
- Exterior view of the side and front facade of Horace A.W. Tabor's house at 160 East Fourth Street, which was built in 1877 at 321 Harrison Avenue. This was the first Leadville, Colorado, home of Horace and his wife, Augusta and was moved from...
- Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1964?]
- Buena Vista
- Frame dwellings and commercial buildings line Lake Street in Buena Vista, Colorado, and extend into the surrounding area. Peaks of the Collegiate Range are in the background.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Graymont Hotel, Colo.
- A man sits in a buggy pulled by a horse in front of the hotel in the town of Graymont, Colorado, in Clear Creek County. Three women, two men, two children, and a dog stand on the sidewalk in front of the building; one of the women holds a child. ...
- Graymont (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Graymont--1880-1890.
- [1884?]
- Oliver Morosco presents Charlotte Greenwood in So Long Letty season 1918-1919
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "So Long Letty," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose in front of the theater. Charlotte Greenwood wears a tam and stands at the front doors and at the end...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Greenwood, Charlotte, 1890-1978.
- 1919, Jan. 8th
- Oliver Morosco presents Charlotte Greenwood in So Long Letty season 1918-1919
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "So Long Letty," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose in front of the theater. Charlotte Greenwood wears a tam and stands at the front doors. A dog lies...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Greenwood, Charlotte, 1890-1978.
- 1919, Jan. 8
- Coast to coast tour of the New York Symphony Orchestra Walter Damrosch, conductor, with Efrem Zimbalist, violin soloist
- Panoramic view of the New York Symphony Orchestra, enroute [sic] to Denver, Colorado for a performance at the Broadway Theater in Denver, Colorado. Men in hats and coats sit and stand in front of luggage and instrument cases at the Greeley railroad...
- New York Symphony Orchestra--1910-1920.; Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Musicians--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.; Orchestras--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.; Zimbalist, Efrem.
- 1917, May 4
- Broadway Theatre Denver
- Panoramic view of the cast of "George White's Scandals of 1919," a musical revue presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose at the theater front entrance. A sign in the theater window reads: "The...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1920, Sept. 8
- Byers Home for Boys
- View of the front of the E. M. Byers Home for Boys at 64 West Alameda in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a square Italianate style house with dentils and front porch. Trees set in a grass lawn frame the front concrete walkway. A...
- Byers Home for Boys (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Passing Show of 1918
- Members of the cast of "The Passing Show of 1918" pose in front of the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Eugene and Willie Howard sit at center; a dog sits between them. Signs read: "Metropole Restaurant," "Mason Tire & Rubber...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Howard, Eugene.; Howard, Willie, 1886-1949.
- 1920
- 7th Avenue & 9th Street
- View of the newly settled community of Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. An L-shaped, wood frame house is situated across the street from a one-story commercial, false-fronted, lumber storefront; a man and a woman stand in front of the building....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- The old Methodist Church, built 1871 taken Jan. 8, 1906, just before the razing of the old to build the new church.
- Parishoners of the Old Methodist Church, built in 1871, pose in front of the building on a winter day in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. Architectural features of the church include a front gable and a steeply- pitched roof, two lancet windows...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- 1906 January 8
- Billy Marchant's place
- Billy Marchant provided, "Hot and Cold Baths and Lodging," for 25 cents in Montrose, Colorado, in 1885. The building he used was a single story, wooden, false front structure without windows and only a single front door. Six men are in the image,...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Truck at Civic Center
- The Idaho Springs, Colorado, fire truck is in front of the Denver Civic Center. The truck is equipped with an axe, two fire extinguishers, ladders, fire hooks, a small, pressurized water container, a fire bell, a large head lamp mounted where the...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920- 1930.; Social and civil facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 June 1
- Truck at Civic Center
- The Idaho Springs, Colorado, fire truck is in front of the Denver Civic Center. The truck is equipped with two fire extinguishers, ladders, fire hooks, a small, pressurized water container, a fire bell, and a large head lamp mounted where the...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920- 1930.; Social and civil facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 June 1
- Wagon with passengers
- People, on an open horse-drawn coach, pose in front of the Oasis Hotel in Greeley (Larimer County), Colorado. The passengers and bystanders are well dressed and wear hats. An ornate wooden porch wraps around the front of the brick hotel on an...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Wagon Wheel Gap
- Several logs lie on the ground in front of small cabins at Wagon Wheel Gap, southeast of Creede in Mineral County, Colorado. A horse-drawn wagon is stopped in front of one of the cabins. Several men sit in front of another cabin. Two large trees...
- Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.; Logs--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Falls City, 12000 Ft. Sierra Blanco, Colo.
- Riding equipment, including a saddle and reins, lies on a rack in front of a cabin built on a mountaintop above timberline near Falls City, Colorado. Patches of snow cover the shale fields above the cabin.
- Falls City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Falls City--1890-1900.
- 1899
- First Baptist Church and parsonage
- Exterior view of front facade of First Baptist Church and front and side view of parsonage on Bluff Street at base of Crystal Peak, Lake City, Colorado. First church service was held 1891. Church shows a front gable and intersecting side gable,...
- Parsonages--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; Lake City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; First Baptist Church (Lake City, Colo.)
- 1935
- First Baptist Church and parsonage
- Exterior view of front facade of First Baptist Church and front and side of parsonage on Bluff Street at base of Crystal Peak, Lake City, Colorado. First service was held in 1891. Shows church with front gable and intersecting side gable, shingle...
- Parsonages--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1950.; Lake City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1950.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1950.; First Baptist Church (Lake City, Colo.)
- [between 1935 and 1942]
- Lake City street
- View down a gravel street, Lake City, Colorado, showing front facades of dilapidated wood frame structures on right, false front livery? with diagonal plain entry doors in foreground, and a two-story false front store. Front end of automobile is...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Lake City--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Lake City--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Occidental Hotel
- View of the front facade of the Occidental Hotel, formerly the American Hotel, located on the corner of Fourth and Silver Streets, Lake City, Colorado. Shows a two-story wooden false front structure with a central veranda. Two automobiles are...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; Occidental Hotel (Lake City, Colo.)
- [between 1930 and 1937]
- Ames mining community
- A large group of men stands on the sidewalk in front of a group of businesses in Ames, a mining community near the Ophir Loop in San Miguel County, Colorado. A billiard hall is in the left foreground with a false front. The Ames Hotel and...
- Ames (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Ames--1870-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ames--1870-1900.; Men--Colorado--Ames--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Flathead Indian Council
- A group of Native Americans gathers for a group portrait in front of several teepees on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Several of the men, including Ka-Ka-She, wear tall, feather headdresses and long beaded necklaces; several...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.
- [1906]
- The Pride of Leadville, Col. U.S.A.
- This view, from the south, of horse drawn wagons and carriages up Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, includes brick commercial blocks with awnings, the old Lake County Courthouse with Lady Justice and her scales, and the Tabor Grand Hotel in...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Telegraph...
- 1890
- Wild West Show original company
- The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
- Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
- [1884?]
- Black Hawk, 1968
- Front view of two story home in Black Hawk, Colorado. It is square, single-detached, with 3 front bays (center door and double hung windows on either side), horizontal clapboard siding, center gable up front with 3 center pointed windows, sawtooth...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Blackhawk, Colo.
- Interior view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows arched entry windows, swinging front doors, stove in front left foreground, wooden floor with stains, and calendar from 1897 on entryway wall. Three men occupy the saloon. One...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1890.
- 1897
- Bank of Victor
- Exterior view of Bank of Victor, Victor, Colorado; bank rebuilt after 1899 fire, photo dated to September 11, 1899; one-story, front gable, wooden frame (vertical planks) building. Shows two men on front steps; R.H. Atchison, bank official, on...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Elk's Club building, Victor, Colorado
- Exterior view of Elk's Club social building, 3rd Street, Victor, Colorado, a two-story brick building with large columned facade constructed in 1899. Shows front gable with flared eaves forming overhang at front & sides with rafters exposed, pairs...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Victor--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- John Adams Church House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a house in Georgetown, Colorado, built on Rose Street in 1877 by John Adams Church, a speculator in ore processing. It was sold to Professor Albert E. Chase in 1881, who was the master of the Georgetown school until 1895. The building was...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Chase, Albert E.--Homes & haunts.; Church, John A. (John Adams), 1843-1917--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- McCreedy Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of three houses along Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The middle house is brick, with a full-length gable on the left, two double-hung windows and a round window above, and a porch across the section to the right. There is a flower garden...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Sites-Randall Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a house in Georgetown, Colorado. The house has a full-length brick gable on the left with a bay window, and the part of the house which extends to the right is of wood construction and has a porch on the front. The house has...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth (5th) Street. Ten women ride bicycles with decorated wheels; other bicyclists, both children and adults, follow. Carriages carrying city...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth (5th) Street. The float sponsored by Strousse's store is reaching the corner; two white horses wearing bunting and flags pull a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth (5th) Street. A decorated wagon pulled by two horses carries schoolgirls wearing dresses and crowns. Behind them another float and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking west. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry with...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1977?]
- Mr. and Mrs. George Mills, Mrs. Harvat and an unidentified woman
- Studio group portrait of Mr. George Mills, his wife (left rear), a woman identified as Mrs. Harvat (right) and an unidentified woman who sits beside him, residents of Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. They pose in front of a painted...
- Mills, George, resident Georgetown, Colo.--Family.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Families.; Women.; Harvat, Mrs.; Mills, George, resident Georgetown, Colo.