Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Keables Drug Co. - C. A. Keables, Prop.
- The interior of this drug store in Canon City, Colorado, has bracketed wooden counters, display cases, and glass fronted wall shelving filled with cigars, boxes, and stationery. The soda fountain is fronted with twisted iron stools, and a line of...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1901 and 1908]
- Montezuma, Colorado
- Gable roofed and false fronted frame buildings in Montezuma, Summit County, Colorado, are fronted by power poles. Mountains are in the background.
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Citizen's Bank & Hatcher Hardware, heated by natural hot water
- View of a two-story brick commercial building with an elevated cornice in Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. Citizens Bank and Hatcher Hardware Store are in glass fronted stores on the first floor. Probably a gas pump is near the sidewalk.
- Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Recen
- View of a path in deep snow on a street in Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows false fronted buildings and frame houses. Probably horses are in the distance in the street.
- Recen (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Blizzards--Colorado--Recen--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Recen--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 1421 Champa, interior, offices, general plant, "engineering"
- Four men work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits and work on papers that are scattered across the desk top. Books and papers are...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916
- Mt. Carbon, Colo
- Mount Carbon, in Gunnison County, Colorado, was a coal and timber town. Dusted in snow, it consists here of log cabins and a false fronted business.
- Mount Carbon (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Maysville, Colorado
- In Maysville, Chaffee County, Colorado, also known as Crazy Camp, men and a woman pose on boardwalk fronting a false fronted store. They wear tophats and a draped overdress; a chalked sandwichboard sign advertises boots. Items are displayed in the...
- Maysville (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Maysville--1870-1890.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Maysville--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1882?]
- Minturn, Colo
- Men pose in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, in front of a false- fronted barber shop. The building has storefront windows and a louvered transom over the door; signs on a side extension have barber stripes. An adjacent building has a brick...
- Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Barbershops--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Minturn, Colo
- Men pose in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, in front of a false- fronted business. Two wear white aprons, the others are in vests with gold chains. The double doors have arched windows and bars; lettering over the entry reads: "Restaurant." Signs...
- Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bon-Ton Saloon Main St. Only cold blooded murder in Nevadaville committed just to the right of building.
- This one-story, brick fronted building in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has an arched door and windows. This was Thomas H. Lawry's Bon-Ton Saloon, on Main Street. Window mullions remain; tailings are in the background.
- Lawry, Thomas H.--Homes & haunts.; Bon-Ton Saloon (Nevadaville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Bars--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- Rowling building, Nevadaville
- The Odd Fellow's [?] Building in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a two-story brick fronted structure with millworked storefronts on the ground floor and double hung windows spanning the second floor. The first floor of the Redman's Lodge...
- Grand United Order of Odd Fellows--1930-1940.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- 850 San Antonio, Col D & R G R W
- People crowd the platform outside the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway depot, San Antonio (Antonito), Conejos County, Colorado Boxcars flank the activity; false fronted businesses to the side include one with a sign: "Depot Hotel & Restaurant."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1880-1890.; San Antonio (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--San Antonio--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--San Antonio--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--San Antonio--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Main Street South Arkansas, Colo
- View of Main Street, Trinidad, Colorado with false fronted buildings flanking the dirt street. A sign at the top of a clapboard front reads: "Restaurant." A projecting sign reads: "Harness Shop," where men stand in front of the door. Other signs...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Simpsons Rest & Mexican wood wagons or burrows
- Three burros heavily loaded with firewood stand on the street in Trinidad, Colorado. A gable roofed, false fronted clapboard building and a one story, gable roofed adobe with a chimney are behind; Simpson's Rest is in the background.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Trinidad Plaza (now First Street)
- View of buildings in early Trinidad, Colorado includes several clapboard, false fronted buildings. Two story business with a covered porch has mounted signs reading: "A & H Grocery," "R. Hollingsworth," "Drugs and Stationery." The lettering on the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- February, 1881
- Trinidad, looking north
- View of Trinidad, Colorado, looking northwest. Adobe buildings and walls near the foreground have vigas and hipped, gable roofs. Scene includes the Catholic School, a square building with a cottage roof. A false fronted commercial structure has...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Breckenridge from the east
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west. Shows frame or log dwellings and commercial buildings, including the schoolhouse, a white, two story, gable roofed building with a projecting entry on the right. False fronted buildings are along Ridge...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1889?]
- Breckenridge boys
- Six men of the Breckenridge Volunteer Fire Department of Breckenridge, Colorado, pose with their safety bicycles in front of a false fronted store. Wearing soft hats and suspenders, they have bedrolls and boxes tied to their handlebars. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 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, Colo, from Gibson Hill.
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southwest shows dwellings and commercial buildings of the town. Landmarks include two churches, false fronted structures and, in the foothills, numerous mining facilities. A frame, gable roofed structure is...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890-1899?]
- Breckenridge storefront
- This frame, false fronted, storefront in Breckenridge, Colorado, has dentiled cornices with end brackets at the top and topping the plate glass windows. Diagonal cut borders are under each cornice, and the store's entry is inset and flanked by...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- County administration building
- This two story, gable roofed frame structure in Breckenridge, Colorado, is flanked by flat roofed extensions. Sash windows with arched heads are on the second floor, and a similar window is to the right of the main entry door which is paned glass...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- County administration building
- In this view of a building in Breckenridge, Colorado, a two story, gable roofed frame structure with a false front with a bracketed cornice, and a paned window storefront on the main floor is visible. The four sash windows on the second floor, just...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Fire in Breckenridge
- A fire in Breckenridge, Colorado, devastated all but the frame of the storefront where is was centered. Men stand near it, and spectators line the street in the background. A false fronted storefront to the right of it is also damaged and leaning,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Independence Hose Co
- The Independence Hose Company poses on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, holding the leads to the hose cart which is in the background. They wear conductor's caps, and white, pullover bib shirts with wide lapels. In the background, spectators...
- Independence Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Masonic Lodge F F & A M going west on Lincoln
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest on Lincoln Street, is of a parade of some fifty men in suits, hats, and white Masonic aprons heading east on the dirt street toward the camera. A man with a waist-mounted bass drum leads....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Celebrations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Silverthorne Hotel, George Smith, jeweler in doorway
- The Silverthorne Hotel and George Smith Jewelry Store in Breckenridge, Colorado, are housed in a two story frame structure with a shingled, gable roof. False fronted, gable roofed buildings, with plate glass windows and curtains all share a common...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge, between Adams and Jefferson on French St.
- A wagon and team, its driver and an onlooker are on French Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. A one-story, frame, gable roofed dwelling is in the background; its entry and front windows have wooden awnings. Frame, false fronted commercial buildings...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Forge shops--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Horse teams--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Breckenridge, Colo., Main Street
- View of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows pedestrians and heavily loaded wagons with teams and drivers crowding the dirt street. A buggy with lady passengers is in the foreground. Frame buildings line both sides; the wide corniced,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888?]
- 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?]
- Looking north on Main Street, Breckenridge, Colo.
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking north, shows one-story log buildings, and some two-story frame commercial structures. The one with its gable roof running north-south is the Silverthorne Hotel. A false fronted structure is in the distance. A...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1860-1865.
- [between 1860 and 1865?]
- 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., winter 1898-9, U.S. mail on snowshoes
- On south Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, a two-story, false fronted building on the left has a sign reading "Miner's Home Saloon." The next building, with its low false front flanking the gabled roof has a banner below its three sash windows...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1898 or 1899
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- On the west side of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the two-story Denver Hotel is to the right. Its paired gables share a low false front. A projecting sign reads "Evans Pharmacy." A false fronted store in the center has a large, bare light...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Masons
- Nine young Masons in sack suits, ties and hats pose on a snowy street in Breckenridge, Colorado, in front of frame, gable roofed and false fronted buildings. The two-story building has a glass storefront with a mitred, inset entry and a Masonic...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Tooley Shoe Shop, Stephenson Drug Store Main St. 1898-99
- False fronted stores in Breckenridge, Colorado, are seen through a trench dug in deep snow. A frame business with a "W.B. Stephenson Druggist Paints Oils Glass Wall Paper" sign and "drugs" lettered in the transom over the door is above a snowbank....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- View on Lincoln Ave
- A wagon and team are parked in the ditch by the boardwalk in a street scene from Breckenridge, Colorado. A storefront with an inset, mitred entry is on the right. False fronted buildings line the other side of the dirt street. Lettering on one...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Winter of 1899
- On the west side of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, during the winter of 1898-99, a narrow path has been dug out along the storefronts, and deep snow drifts fill the street. Elk antlers are mounted atop a false fronted building next to the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Bonanza, 1942
- View of a false fronted building in Bonanza, Colorado; shows a single, square,structure with false front (cornice, entabulature), and two large windows (four panes each) on either side of a single, double leaf door with transom and lights; vertical...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Bonanza--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka 1942
- View of one and two-story false fronted structures on a dirt road in Eureka, Colorado; features cornice with brackets and rectangular bays; cliff bands, mountains, and a deep valley in the distance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka 1942
- View of three false fronted structures, single and two-story, in Eureka, Colorado; features bracketted cornice, horizontal clapboard siding, covered porches, and rectangular bays; hills rise sharply behind the structures and in the distance; corner...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka, Colo. 1942
- View of false fronted buildings in Eureka, Colorado; shows false fronts (some with cornices) vertical board, and horizontal clapboard siding; a late 1930s model automobile on dirt road in front of the buildings; steep cliffs behind the buildings;...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka, Colorado 1942
- View of a two story false fronted structure in Eureka, Colorado; shows double hung windows, single leaf doors with four panels, and double door with transom and entabulature; lean-to roofs ascending to a flat roof on either end of building; false...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Jane Dyde
- View of a woman and a saddled horse on the outskirts of Carson, Colorado; shows four buildings including the false fronted saloon building; features vertical plank siding and medium and steeply gabled roofs.
- Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Carson--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Carson--1940-1950.; Dyde, Jane.
- 1946
- La Plata - 1942
- View of a car driving along a dirt road in La Plata City, Colorado; road fronted by two cabins; one is fenced in by a log fence, and the other has timber supports under the overhanging eave; mountains in the distance.
- La Plata (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Roads--Colorado--La Plata--1940-1950.
- 1942
- South Park City (Fairplay) - 1959
- View of commercial buildings along a street in Fairplay (Park County), Colorado; both sides of street lined with false fronted buildings; building materials include stone, vertical board and batten siding, and horizontal clapboard siding; cornices...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.; False fronts--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Idaho Springs
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado shows the central business district and its many flat topped and false fronted commercial buildings along Miner Street. Methodist and Presbyterian churches, Clear Creek and Colorado Central Railroad...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1884]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- The view looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district in downtown Idaho Springs, flat topped and false fronted commercial structures along Miner Street, the Wilson House, and the schoolhouse. Also included are the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- August 3, 1887
- Looking east on Miners St., Idaho Springs.
- View looking east on Miner Street, Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows electric street lights hanging over the street, electric utility poles, dirt street, horse and carriage, men and women standing on a corner, and horses in the distance; Queen Anne...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- Looking north east over Idaho Springs
- The view looking northeast, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, includes a water holding pond, the central business district with many flat topped and false fronted commercial buildings, Virginia Canyon with residences, the Methodist church, and the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1920.
- [between 1885 and 1915]