Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A one and one-half story, clapboard house with a gabled roof, a stove pipe chimney, and gingerbread bargeboard around the eaves is built above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house is painted white and has two doors and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- The Earnest Presbyterian: Vol. I No. 1
- Newspaper produced by the Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church, known today as Central Presbyterian, located in Denver, Colorado.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1882 January
- The Coloradan: Vol. II No. 3
- Article and front cover of The Coloradan, pertaining to First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1893 May 1
- Old city jail, Alamosa
- View of an abandoned timber building at 713 8th (Eighth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado. The one story wood building has a boarded up door, and windows, one with a wood shutter and the other with metal bars. Tall grass grows in front of the structure....
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings.; Jails.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Jails--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Alamosa (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1993?
- Coal miners
- Three miners pose outside a mine at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Electric mine lamps are attached to their caps and battery packs are at their...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Olathe
- Three women sit on the embankment of an irrigation ditch near the town of Olathe (Montrose County), Colorado. Scrub foliage grows on the edge of the ditch. Cultivated fields, pastures, and houses are in the distance.
- Olathe (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Olathe--1900-1920.; Irrigation canals & flumes--Colorado--Olathe--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Olathe--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Administration Building
- View of the exterior of Cranford Hall, an administrative building on the campus of Colorado State Teachers College (University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Ivy grows on the three story masonry building; architectural...
- Colorado State Teachers College--1910-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- San Luis Rey from n.w.
- A tree grows in the courtyard of the San Luis Rey Mission in San Diego County, California. Shows the cloisters, a bell tower with dome and curvilinear gables.
- San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)--1880-1900.; San Luis Rey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Courtyards--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Missions--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892?]
- The Mission of San Fernando, Cal.
- Pigs stand near San Fernando Mission in San Fernando (Los Angeles County), California. The pillars of the arcade are eroded and plaster peals from the walls. A small bell tower extends from the buckled tile roof. An animal feeding trough, a buggy,...
- San Fernando, Rey de España (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)--1880-1890.; San Fernando (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--San Fernando--1880-1890.; Missions--California--San Fernando--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mission of San Luis Rey, Cal.
- View of the ruins of the cloister at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in San Diego County, California. Grass grows around the base of the columns of the roofless arcade. The dome, bell tower, tile roof, and curvilinear gables of the mission building...
- San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)--1880-1900.; San Luis Rey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Courtyards--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Missions--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892?]
- The cloister, San Luis Rey
- View of the cloister at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in San Diego County, California. Plaster peals from the columns of the arcade and low grass grows in the courtyard.
- San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)--1880-1900.; San Luis Rey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Courtyards--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.; Missions--California--San Luis Rey--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892?]
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
- View of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows a fence by an overlook on the edge of a cliff. A thick forest of pine trees grows on the slope of the canyon.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Cliffs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Salida residence
- This two-story brick house in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, has crossed gables, bay windows, dormers, chimneys, shingle imbrication, and white picket fence. The covered porch is supported by columns; a new tree with plank supports grows by the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Totem Rock
- Five men pose on rocks around Totem Rock, near Green's Gulch, north of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado. A pinon tree grows on top of the rock formation.
- Green's Gulch (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- View from the top of a small knoll south of the town of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- A grave is surrounded by a picket fence on a knoll in the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. Brush grows around the grave and a dirt road winds toward the ghost town.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Graves--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- Summer 1975
- Central City buildings
- View of a white, clapboard, one-story house with a peaked roof, and gingerbread decorations around the eaves. The house, formerly the law offices of Henry M. Teller, sits off of a street above a small, stone retaining wall. The two large,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1955
- On Denver Mtn. Park Auto Road
- View of Rocky Mountains from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado; in foreground, a pine tree grows at a diagonal angle with "Overlook Point" sign posted on its trunk; mountains are in distance.
- Overlook Point (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920]
- Overlook Point, Denver Mountain Park Auto Road
- View of Rocky Mountains from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado; in foreground, a pine tree grows at a diagonal angle with "Overlook Point" sign posted on its trunk; at center is a fenced and mown...
- Overlook Point (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Overlook Point, Denver Mountain Park Auto. Road
- View of the Rocky Mountains from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado; in foreground, a pine tree grows at a diagonal angle, with "Overlook Point" sign posted on its trunk; pine trees at center, and...
- Overlook Point (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Central City
- Exterior of a two-story brick, flat-roofed building, the lower part of which is not completely visible in Central City, Colorado. Its distinguishing features include, arched windows, stone window sills, an arched doorway, embellishments between the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Central City, 1953
- A two-story brick structure with a flat roof, decorative cornice, and chimney, stands on the side of a hill in Central City, Colorado. It has arched windows with sills on the top level and a rectangular window with a mantle on the bottom level. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Donkeys--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- House of Spring St., Central City, 1953
- A two story, brick house with a hipped roof, chimney, covered porch, and three dormer windows is built above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The dormer windows are arched, while the lower level windows are rectangular and have...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- The Kruse-Center house, a one and one-half story, L-shaped, painted, clapboard structure in Central City, Colorado, has a gabled roof and chimney, is below a hillside covered with a forest of trees. The trim on the house is painted a darker color...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A one story hipped box with a chimney at its apex is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has rectangular windows, surrounded by moldings which are painted a darker color than the rest of the house. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, masonry house is built above a retaining wall at the intersection of two streets in Central City, Colorado. The house has a flat roof, a chimney, two side bay windows, rectangular windows with lintels, and a covered porch that extends...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story wood frame house with a mansard roof and three dormer windows is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has two bay windows on opposite sides of the front wall. The covered front porch is built behind a masonry...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story brick house is built above a retaining wall on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The white painted house has a hipped roof, double brackets under the eaves, rectangular windows, a front bay window, and a covered porch supported...
- Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
- 1971
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- An L-shaped, vernacular wood box has a "For Sale" sign in front of it in Central City, Colorado. The one story, clapboard house has a hipped roof and two chimneys. The covered porch, upheld by columns, has a railing with spindles. Steps lead from...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1060?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- The one and one-half story, L-shaped, painted, clapboard Kruse Center house is below a hillside covered with trees in Central City, Colorado. It has a gabled roof and a chimney. The trim on the house is painted a darker color than the siding. It...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Cornish dry masonry wall
- Cornish dry masonry wall , built in the 1870s, along Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado; height of the wall is uneven. Vegetation grows along the top of the wall.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Stone walls--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Cornish dry stone masonry wall, Central City
- View of a Cornish dry masonry wall, built in the 1870s, along Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. A large notch separates the two walls. Vegetation grows on top of the wall.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Stone walls--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Fruit trees Antlers, Colo.
- A man stands next to a peach tree in an orchard near Antlers, Garfield County, Colorado. He wears a three piece suit, tie, and straw hat. Dry grass grows around the trees.
- Antlers (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Peach orchards--Colorado--Antlers--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1915?]
- Castle Rock Fruit Ranch Antlers, Colo.
- View of Castle Rock Fruit Ranch near Antlers, Garfield County, Colorado. Apple trees stand in an orchard with a sandstone rock formation in the distance. Dry grass grows around the trees.
- Castle Rock Fruit Ranch (Antlers, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Antlers (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Castle Rock (Garfield County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Apple orchards--Colorado--Antlers--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Antlers--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1915]
- The city of Trinidad has a municipal mountain park at Stonewall
- A rock formation in Trinidad, Colorado has an upthrust layer of weathered stone standing exposed and almost perpendicular. Evergreens dot the talus at the base of the formation in the background, and a cottonwood grows by the near end. Signs on...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- J. G. Rogers home
- View of the grounds of the James Grafton Rogers house (formerly the Olds House), Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. A garden urn stands in front of a white picket fence, and the trunk of a tree fills the right side of the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- Car on mountain road
- Men sit in a "Twin Six" automobile on the side of a dirt road in Colorado. A tree grows between lanes.
- Convertible automobiles--Colorado--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Sun Temple- Mesa Verde
- View of ancient Native American (Anasazi) surface ruins near Fewkes Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The ruins of two stone masonry above ground kivas stand in the middle of the Sun Temple, surrounded by stone walls. A...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sun Temple (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1915
- Mesa Verde- Sun Temple
- View of Native American (Anasazi) surface ruins near Fewkes Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The ruins of stone masonry above ground kivas stand in the middle of the Sun Temple, surrounded by adobe brick walls. A small...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sun Temple (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1916
- Central City, 1942
- A partial view of the Smith house, a Gothic Revival, board-and- batten house in Central City, Colorado, shows the gables and the front porch of the two story, L-shaped structure with a steeply pitched roof with shingles, bargeboard gingerbread...
- Smith, Eben, 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Central City, 1953
- A vernacular, two story, wood frame house is on the side of a hill in Central City, Colorado. The house has a clapboard front, gabled roof with a side dormer and rectangular windows, A decorative lintel is above each window and the door. A large...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Mr. Boardman Robinson house
- A two story, clapboard house with rectangular windows and shutters is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has a gabled roof, a chimney, a screen door, and steps leading up to the front porch. A picket fence encloses...
- Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952--Homes & haunts.; Scott, Walter, Mrs.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Residence in Central City
- A clapboard one and one-half story house is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has a tin roof, two doors off of the porch, decorative bargeboard around the eaves, and rectangular windows. Electrical wires are attached...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Baldy, Colo., with wagons and people
- One-story, wood-frame storefronts are in front of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks in the prairie town of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County. Women wearing dresses and aprons stand in front of the buildings. Bundles are piled next to the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Bldgs. left in Bachelor on back residential street looking northwest
- Houses of the former town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, decay on a grassy hill. An L-shaped house with a double gable, torn tar paper on the roof and a ladder leaning against the side is nestled against a clump of trees. A box-shaped...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Buildings left in Bachelor on back residential street looking n.w.
- Houses of the former town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, decay on a grassy hill. An L-shaped house with a double gable with torn tar paper on the roof and a ladder leaning against the side is nestled against a clump of trees. A...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Clifford Smith, Greta Pottenger
- Clifford Smith and Greta Pottenger of Basalt, Colorado, pose as they sit on the edge of the front bumper of a car. She wears a light- colored, short-sleeved, print dress with a long, ruffled collar, light- colored hose, and leather shoes. She...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pottenger, Greta.; Smith, Clifford.
- [1925]
- Fred Carlson, Phil Smith, Charley Hanson
- Three men (Fred Carlson, Phil Smith, and Charley Hanson) from Basalt, Colorado, hold rifles and stand over the corpse of a dead mountain lion lying in the snow. The men wear hunting clothes and one man rests his right hand on the head of a sitting...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Basalt--1910-1920.; Carlson, Fred.; Hanson, Charley.; Smith, Phil.
- [1910?]
- Gene Luby of Eagle & C.L. Danielson
- Gene Luby and C.L. Danielson of Basalt, Colorado, pose in front of a brick building. Luby wears trousers, a long-sleeved shirt, suspenders, and a tie. Danielson wears a suit, shirt, a t-shirt under the shirt, and a hat. Both men hold their arms...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Danielson, C. L.; Luby, Gene.
- [1955?]
- Old Methodist Church converted to a residence
- The clapboard Methodist church in Aurora, Colorado, which is along an unpaved street, has a roof with a large gable, rectangular windows, and a side entry with a gable. Steps with handrails lead up to the covered porch. A round cupola with shingles...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Churches--Colorado--Aurora--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Aurora--1980-1990.
- 1980