Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Stores, Silver Plume
- View of dilapidated store fronts in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Both have false fronts, one with an arched cornice.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Storefronts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- June 2, 1940
- Snyder, $1200, Santa Fe Ave., Pueblo, between 5th and 6th Streets
- View of store fronts along Santa Fe Avenue between Fifth (5th) and Sixth (6th) Streets, Pueblo, Colorado. The stores are wood and brick with false fronts and awnings.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- March, 1895
- Scene along Taos Street, Georgetown, Colorado, from site of the McClellan Opera House, Alpine Hose Company tower in backyard
- View southwest along Taos Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The white paint of Alpine Hose Company Tower contrasts the background evergreens, red and gray rocky slopes of Leavenworth, Republican and Pendleton Mountains. Also with the dilapidated false...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Georgetown
- View of a street, probably Sixth (6th, Alpine), in Georgetown, Colorado. A team of five pack burros loaded with bags and boxes stand in the street in front of a group of store fronts with false fronts and gable roofs. Signs on the buildings read,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1881?]
- Bonanza
- A man sits on a horse and holds the reins of a saddled horse in the middle of Main Street in Bonanza, Colorado, in Saguache County. Empty wagons and a carriage are on the upaved street, which includes one and two- story commercial store fronts with...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Bonanza--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Bonanza--1890-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Bonanza--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Creede, Colo. early days
- Two men, one holding a child, two women, and a dog stand outside a building in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The cliffs of the rocky canyon that surrounds the town are immediately behind the buildings. Architectural elements of the one and...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Tiny Town
- A young girl stands next to a gas station and a brick building with store fronts at Tiny Town, a miniature village, in Jefferson County, Colorado. A cut-out automobile is near the gas station and a building with a tile roofed porch is near the...
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, North Side
- Black and white print of north side of Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center. Parking lot shown with a few cars parked in it. Large lamp post over cars. Store fronts with signs for Schiff Shoes, Mr. ""S"" Men's Shop, Fantasy Beauty Salon, and...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1965
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, North Side
- Black and white print of north side of Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center. Parking lot over bottom half of print with a few cars parked under large lamp post. Numerous store fronts shown, signs on building for Aurora Plaza Liquors, Schiff...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1965
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, West Side
- Black and white print of west side of Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center at 6th and Peoria. Parking lot full of cars. Numerous large lamp posts in lot. Store fronts visible in background, including King Soopers, Walgreens, Aurora Plaza...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1966
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, West Side
- Black and white print of the west side of Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center at 6th and Peoria. Parking lot with cars in it. Two large lamp posts visible in lot. Store fronts visible in background, including Walgreens, Aurora Plaza Liquors,...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1966
- Lower Downtown Denver, view of store fronts
- Jamestown, Colo.
- View of frame buildings, some abandoned, with timber or corrugated metal siding, false fronts and gabled roofs on a dirt street in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. Smoke is above a smokestack of a mill in the canyon. Trees and brush are on...
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Bonanza
- Men and women pose on a dirt street in Bonanza (Saguache County), Colorado. Frame buildings have false fronts and signs that read: "F.F. Roby Assayer" and "Second Hand Goods." Miners hold pick axes, shovels, sledge hammers and pose near a pile of...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Assayers--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Pagosa Main St.
- View of Main Street in Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. Shows commercial store fronts with awnings, pedestrians, a parked car. A sign on an awning reads: "Groceries." A sign on a building reads: "Citizens Bank of Pagosa Springs."
- Citizens Bank of Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archuleta County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1900-1910.; False...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Silverton
- A packtrain of burros and donkeys, with bales of hay and burlap sacks, is stopped in a street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Men and boys stand near the pack train. Commercial frame buildings with false fronts are nearby. Signs on the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Main St., Upper Creede
- View of North Creede (Upper Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with clapboard siding and false fronts; some are under construction. Signs read: "Grande Restaurant [Beer] and Chop House" and "Liquors and Cigars." Two men...
- North Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--North Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Upper Creede, looking north
- Men and boys pose on probably Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Men identified as A.L. Moses and C.L. Graves stand on a wooden sidewalk in front of "Miner's Bank", and wear cowboy hats, jackets and ties. Men and boys pose beside a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1889 and 1898?]
- In the Cripple Creek "Boom Days", April, 1892
- Group view of ten men standing on boardwalk, Cripple Creek, Colorado in front of wooden frame buildings with false fronts; commercial business district of 4th (fourth) Street; sign attached to building reads "Tutt & Penrose,"; partial view of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Garstin, William.; Maury, Frank.; Pendleton, Jack.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.
- 1892
- Crippe [sic] Creek the terrace on Bennett Ave.
- Street and terrace view of one and two-story, wooden frame and brick, flat-roof commercial buildings with false fronts on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes light snow on ground, man crossing street, horse-drawn wagons and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Eureka, Colo. Main Street
- View of Main Street in Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado. A sign on one of the wooden frame buildings with false fronts reads: "Pool Hall Cigars Tobacco Candies Soft Drinks".
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Store fronts, Blacksmith shop, Silverton, Colo.
- View shows brick and wooden store fronts in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. A Texaco gas pump is in front of a building with "Laundry" painted near the cornice, and another, unidentified building, is the Blacksmith's shop.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Storefronts--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.
- August, 1941
- Stores & P. O. Breckenridge, Colo.
- A man stands near one and two story wood frame buildings with false fronts in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Prominent signs read: "U. S. Post Office Breckenridge, Colo." "Quaker State Motor Oil", and "Gates Tires".
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Breckenridge--1940-1950.; Stores &...
- July 10, 1940
- Como - 1941, possibly an Episcopalian Church
- View of two connected weathered wooden buildings with stepped false fronts, Como, Park County, Colorado; one building with a bell tower on the roof, a cross at the top, and large windows flanking the door; small white church in the distance.
- Como (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Como--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Como--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Kokomo - 1941
- View of Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado, showing two connected storefronts, both with false fronts; taller building with sign on nearby tall pole: "Cafe & Bar"; additional signs and advertising posters for Day's Work chewing tobacco and...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.
- 1941
- 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
- South Park City (Fairplay) - 1958 part of street of old buildings for Centennial
- View of three commercial buildings with false fronts and bracketed cornices in Fairplay (Park County), Colorado; one made of cut stone, the other two are wooden; "Rachel's Place" (faded) painted under the cornice, and two strips of lumber support...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.; False fronts--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Animas City
- View of main street businesses in Animas City, two miles north of of Durango, La Plata County, Colorado; includes a canvas top stage coach drawn by six horses pausing in front of three wood frame false fronts; men gathered on boardwalks of...
- Animas City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Crested Butte, 1980's
- View southeast down Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows historic false fronts with apex gables. The old town hall built by Jacob Kochevar in 1883, features a belltower, arched window transoms and scalloped cornice sign. A...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1980-1990.; False fronts--Colorado--Crested Butte--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Crested Butte--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1989]
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- View includes the dilapidating clapboard residences of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Their son Jacob, "Jakie" built the newer false front and decorated the second-story with...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Clapboard siding--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- View along Elk Avenue includes both of the dilapidating clapboard residences of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Both of the weathered wood false fronts have broken windows and sagging...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Crestone, Colo.
- View along a main street, Crestone, Saguache County, Colorado, includes wood frame and false fronts buildings; commercial signs read: "The Geo. C. Stainer, Prescription Drug Store," "Restaurant."
- Crestone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; False fronts--Colorado--Crestone--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Crestone--1900-1910.
- June 1901
- Amos H. Root Building store fronts
- Photograph of several canopies in front of some store fronts located in the Amos H. Root building in Denver, Colorado. Built for Amos H. Root, the three-story building has a first floor of cast iron column and beam construction, while the upper...
- Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1987 May
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church (St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Leaded glass windows.; Stained glass.; St. Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2006 December 1
- 4th Street, Saguache
- View of 4th (Fourth) Street in Saguache (Saguache County), Colorado. One story commercial style buildings line the street. Shows the Saguache County Bank building with a neoclassical facade with a pediment and fluted columns. Letters on the frieze...
- Saguache (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Banks.; Commercial Streets.; Banks and banking--Colorado--Saguache--Pictorial works.; Streets--Colorado--Saguache--Pictorial works.; Saguache (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1993
- Kit Carson, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Kit Carson (Cheyenne County), Colorado. Shows brick buildings with false fronts. Signs read: "K-C Bar" and ""Wood Mercantile." Cars are parked in front of the bar. Wood Mercantile is abandoned.
- Kit Carson (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial streets.; Abandoned buildings.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Commercial buildings--Colorado--Kit Carson--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Kit Carson--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1981
- Strathmore Hotel, Canon City, Colo.
- View of the facade of the Strathmore Hotel located at 323-331 Main Street, Canon City, Colorado. Built in 1874 by William H. McClure, the three-story, L-shaped, red brick structure is crowned with a garland frieze and has a detailed cornice with...
- Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--2010-2020.; Canon City (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--Pictorial works.; Canon City...
- 2011
- Market Street Mall
- View of a building known as the Market Street mall located at 1810 Market Street in the Lower Downtown Historic District (LoDo), Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This one-story commercial building features several store fronts and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1979
- Washington Street Exit
- View of the Washington Street Exit, a bar located at 1201 South Pearl Street in the Platt Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one and two story modified commercial building is in the Spanish revival style. It is stuccoed with a shaped...
- Washington Street Exit (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Electric signs.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob); Washington Street Exit (Denver,...
- 1991
- Forney Transportation Museum formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a red brick building and the South Platte River. A red caboose is next to the building. The southeast elevation,...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Platte River (Colo....
- 1999
- Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church restoration of tower, Lincoln Park.
- View of Saint Joseph Church (St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of Denver, Saint Joseph Redemptorist Catholic Church) located at 605 West 6th (Sixth) Ave. (NE corner Galapago St.), in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The parish was...
- Saint Joseph Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Leaded glass windows.; Stained glass.;...
- ca. 2004
- Lower Downtown Denver, view of storefronts
- Lower Downtown Denver, view of storefronts
- Lower Downtown Denver, street view
- Lower Downtown Denver, street view
- Jamestown, Colo.
- View of buildings on a street in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows a log cabin, buildings with false fronts and corrugated metal-covered, gabled roofs. A woman stands near a car beside a shingle sided house and a frame church with a...
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Jamestown, Colo.
- View of buildings on a street in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows frame buildings with false fronts and corrugated metal-covered, gabled roofs. A frame church with a bell tower is beside the stone town hall. The Jamestown Mercantile...
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.; City & town halls--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Creede Ave., Jimtown, Colo.
- Men stand on sidewalks, ride horses, or drive horse-drawn wagons on Creede Avenue in Jimtown (Creede) in Mineral County, Colorado. Frame buildings have false fronts and flat roofs; a building is under construction. Men wear suits with derby hats...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- Golden City, Colo.
- View of frame and log buildings in Golden (Golden City), Jefferson County, Colorado. Shows houses with fenced lots for livestock, commercial buildings with false fronts, and a bridge over Clear Creek. A man with a hat sits on a rock and poses in a...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Golden (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Golden--1860-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1860-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Golden--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1872?]
- Freighting out-fit, Rico, Colo.
- Pairs of oxen harnessed to covered wagons stand or lie on a dirt street in Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Oxen have yokes and are connected by chains. A boy wears a hat and sits nearby. Commercial buildings on the street have signs that read:...
- Rico (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Ox teams--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.
- 1890