Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 10 Mile [?]llow wheel
- View of snow covered mountainside with plowed railroad tracks, Summit County, Colorado.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- 1000 mile tree U.P. RWy.
- View of the 1000 Mile Tree near Union Pacific Railway Company tracks in Weber Canyon, Utah. A sign on the tree reads: "1000 Mile Tree." Telegraph poles are nearby.
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1880-1900.; Weber Canyon (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Utah--1880-1900.; Trees--Utah--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1897]
- 11 days work
- Workmen for W. Johnson, in Brighton, Colorado, pose in bib overalls, aprons, sack suits, ties and gold chains, with a line of new houses behind them. The dwellings are frame, one-story, and gable roofed; some have covered porches, all have brick...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.
- April 9, 1917
- 12th Ave. and Grant
- View of the home of Samuel B. Morgan located at 1200 Grant Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The house is constructed of cut sandstone and features porches, a turret, rounded arch windows, and transom windows.
- Morgan, Samuel B.--Homes & haunts.; Capital Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- 15th & Lawrence Sts., Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) and Lawrence Streets, Denver, Colorado; shows street railway car number 313 with passengers boarding, men crossing street, and bicycles. Businesses include John Thompson Grocery Company, Dr. Grant Seely (dentist), Grand...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.
- [between 1898 and 1915]
- 15th St. from Champa, Denver
- View northeast on 15th (Fifteenth) Street from Champa towards Arapahoe, Denver, Colorado; shows Gas and Electric building, Charles building, Mining Exchange building, Central Savings Bank, electric street railway cars and tracks, trolley number 330...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- 15th Street N. W. Denver
- View of 15th Street in Denver, Colorado; business signage includes: R. C. Benight Furniture and Carpets (920 15th Street); Book Bindery, Steele Grocery Co. (northwest corner of 15th and Champa Streets), H. W. French & Co. (910 15th Street); street...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1901]
- 15th Street, Denver
- View of 15th (fifteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows Mining Exchange Building, Denver Gas and Electric Light Company (DG & E) Building, signs: "Kenyon Hotel," "Athens Candies," and "Strikers Sample Store." Electric streetcars, pedestrians, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1917]
- 15th Street, Denver
- View of intersection of Fifteenth and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows street railway tracks, the Coronado building, cars, and signs "Jefferay - Men's Wear," "James C. Clark, Optometrist," "Saul's" "Denver Music Co.," and "Surety on Bonds,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1919]
- 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]
- 16th and Broadway, Denver
- View of Broadway from 16th (Sixteenth) avenue, Denver, Colorado; circular pedestrian median with decorative streetlight on pedestal, several men on median; early automobiles parked at curb; Denver Auto Goods Company (1600 or 1614 Broadway,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1912]
- 16th Ave. and Broadway, Denver
- View east down 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue from Broadway, Denver, Colorado; several early automobiles on street & parked at curb, horse-drawn wagon, man riding bicycle; Denver Auto Goods Company (1600 or 1614 Broadway), Young Men's Christian...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1912]
- 16th St. down from Curtis
- View of Curtis Street from 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Tabor Grand Opera House, pedestrians, and a trolley car. Signs read: "Teeth Filled Without Pain,", "F. E. Edbrooke & Co. Architects," and "Hodgson Architect." "1880"...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- 16th St. from Arapahoe, Denver
- Busy daytime view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Araphoe Street, Denver, Colorado; shows incomplete view of Daniels & Fisher tower possibly under last stages of construction, Whitney-Steen Company (engineers, contractors, builders) sign attached...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- 16th St. from Arapahoe, Denver
- 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colorado; shows street railway car number 42 (forty-two) on track, the Tabor Opera House, Joslins Dry Goods, and the Capitol building in distant background. Also shows many people on sidewalk...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 16th St. from Curtis St., Denver, Colo.
- Looking down 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Curtis Steet, Denver, Colorado; Tabor Grand Opera House, Federal Custom House with Post Office, Continental Trust Company and bank buildings on left; automobile, horsedrawn carriages, street railway car and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- 16th St. from Glenarm, Denver
- Ernest Morris, Lawyers.; View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado; shows Kittredge building and Masonic Temple with United States flag flying from atop roof, horse-drawn carriages, delivery wagons (Campbell-Sell Baking...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1908]
- 16th St. from Stout St., Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from a three-story building on Stout Street, Denver, Colorado; identifiable businesses and buildings include Gano-Downs (721-739 16th) and Colorado Building with Frederick W. Hedgcock & H.C. Jones Specialty Store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- 16th St. up from Larimer Street
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Tabor Block and the Daniels and Fisher Dry Goods Store at 16th and Lawrence Streets. Signs read: "Rose & Co. Photographers," "Hotel Brunswick," and "United States...
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- 16th Stree [sic], Denver
- Overview looking southeast on Sixteenth Street of downtown Denver, Colorado; shows a busy time of day with many automobiles parked on the streets, pedestrians on sidewalk, street railway cars and cables, lamp posts, and buildings including the Post...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935]
- 16th Street
- View on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows men in suits and bowler hats and women in long skirts on sidewalk by cast metal lamp posts and a clock; automobiles, horse-drawn carriages and trolley tracks are in the thorougfare. Business...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1909]
- 16th Street
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles, a horse-drawn carriage, bicyclists, pedestrians, an electric street car "Union Depot - #244," a clock, Daniels & Fisher tower construction, and signs: "The Braman Co.," "A. J....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1909 or 1910?]
- 16th Street illumination
- Night time view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; illuminated signs include A.T. Lewis and Son Dry Goods (800 to 818 16th and corner of Stout), Joslin Dry Goods Company (16th and southwest corner of Curtis), the May Shoe and Clothing...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- 16th Street Looking North
- View of 16th Street in Denver, Colorado, looking north; circus banner hangs across street in foreground; pedestrian, bicycle, horse-drawn carriage, and street car traffic appears; man at far right stands on ledge; building in distance has banners...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1901]
- 16th Street, Denver
- View northwest from California Street down 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles, horse-drawn wagons, delivery wagons & carriages, street railway car & tracks, Daniels & Fisher tower, streetlights with electric tramway...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- 16th, Denver
- Bird's eye view northwest on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; Kittridge building, Equitable building, steel frame for building under construction; numerous businesses including Carter Brothers Hardware (James S. & Oscar E., 301-303 16th),...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- 16th. Stree[t] Denver
- View of Sixteenth Street, Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, streetlights, clocks, automobiles, streetcars, bicycle, and United States flags. Signs read: "Graysons - Good Clothes," "Shraiberg's Flowers," "Perini's," "Denver Daily," "Sun," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1932]
- 17th and Broadway, Denver
- View towards Trinity Methodist Church, Hotel Metropole and edge of Brown Palace on Broadway from 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue, Denver, Colorado. Edge of trolley or street railway car, left foreground; early automobiles, streetlights, assay office and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1909
- 17th and Broadway, Denver
- View north on Broadway from 17th (Seventeenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; Trinity Methodist Church (with sign attached to steeple); Hotel Metropole (sign painted on building) opened in 1891 by William H. Bush, later became part of Cosmopolitan...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Trinity...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 17th Ave. entrance, City Park, Denver
- 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue entrance to City Park, Denver, Colorado; street railway tracks.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 17th St. from California, Denver
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street, Denver, Colorado, toward distant Union Station; businesses include California Building with Colorado Midland Railway office, Wagner Jewelry, Equitable Building, Union and Pacific Railway office, Boston Building,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1908]
- 17th St. from Tremont, Denver
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) street from Tremont Place, Denver, Colorado; shows small wrought iron arch spanning street and bicycles & horse-drawn carriages parked at curb; businesses include Mexican & Indian Curio store, C.L. McFadden (taxidermist),...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1907 or 1908]
- 17th St. from Union Station, Denver
- Welcome Arch at Union Station in Denver, Colorado; view of 17th (Seventeenth) street, street railway car number 248, men and women walking towards Union Station (not in view), horse-drawn carriages and a touring sightseeing coach parked at curb,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- 17th St. Looking N. W. Denver
- Rooftop-level, northwestward view of 17th Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; pedestrian, street car, and horse-drawn carriage traffic on street; business signage at left: Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Home Diary Cafe, J. J. Russell Merchant Tailor;...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- 17th St. up from Arapahoe St.
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Bank Building. Sign reads: "Knight & Atmore. Furnishers & Merchant Tailors." A trolley and pedestrians are in the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- 17th Street, Denver
- Bird's eye view of 17th (Seventeenth) Street from Champa Street, Denver, Colorado; shows Boston, American National Bank and Equitable buildings; two men on scaffolding with rope pulley paint Denver National Bank building; men, women, automobiles,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- 17th Street, Denver
- Southeastward view of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows Railway Exchange, Ideal Cement, Ernest & Cranmer, Colorado National Bank, Boston Building, First National Bank, Equitable Building, Hotel Kaiserhof (later Hotel Kenmark),...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1917]
- 17th Street, Denver
- View northeast on 17th (Seventeenth) from California Street, Denver, Colorado; identifiable buildings include California, Equitable, First National Bank, Boston, Ernst & Cranmer, & Quincy buildings; street railway car number 231 (17th Street) and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911 or 1912]
- 17th Street, Denver
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street near Tremont intersection toward Savoy Hotel on Broadway; shows Brown Palace on left, street railway tracks and cars, early automobiles, horse-drawn carriage, bicycles parked on curb, ornate street lamp, men in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907]
- 17th Street, Denver
- View southeast at Tremont Street and Seventeenth Street to Brown Palace Hotel (1892); "The Albet Sechrist Mfg. Co." show rooms on left; sign for "factory 1717 Logan", lamps in showroom windows with signs for "Electro Plating", "Electric repair",...
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916
- 17th Street, Denver
- View northwest on 17th (Seventeenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; early automobiles & horse-drawn wagons parked at curb, street railway tracks, streetlights supporting electric tramway wires, distant view of Union Station (old) with tower clock,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1912 or 1913]
- 1st meat market in Gunnison
- Townspeople and shopkeepers pose on west side of Main Street between Virginia and Georgia, Gunnison, Colorado. J. D. Miller and James Keenan are in front of the "Meat Market," with carcasses hung by door. Other businesses include: "City Bakery,"...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1880
- 20th St. Viaduct
- View of 20th (Twentieth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado; shows a bridge above railroad tracks, a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad box car, and the Empire Seed and Fuel Company warehouse. Background landmarks include Webster School, St. (Saint)...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Empire Seed and Fuel Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1911 or 1912?]
- 2d & 3d Town Co's. office, Grand Junction
- View of Grand Junction Town and Improvement Company's buildings, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows two different views which include a one- story log cabin with sod roof and a two-story gable roof brick building with falsefront. Men and a woman...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1882
- 2nd cutting, alfalfa, Westlake Ranch
- View of alfalfa field with three large stacks of alfalfa in background, Westlake (or West Lake) Ranch, Larimer County, Colorado; man stands in thigh-high alfalfa; field is ready for second seasonal cutting.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agriculture--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Alfalfa--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- 2nd money Mt. Harris, Geo Bird on Jeronimo
- Cowboy George Bird hangs onto bucking bronco, Geronimo, at the rodeo grounds in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. Spectators watch from their automobiles.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Broncos--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1920-1930.; Cowboys--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1920-1930.; Rodeos--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1920-1930.; Bird, George.; Helgesen, T. E.
- 1921
- 3 Falls, S. Cheyenne Canon
- View from the base of Three Falls waterfall in South Cheyenne Canyon, southwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado; wooden walkway crosses pool in foreground; stairs are parallel to waterfall.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Three Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- 30 ft. snowcut, Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Denver and Salt Lake Arrow Turn (passenger car) parked east of Corona snowshed by thirty foot snowbank cut, Rollins Pass, Colorado; shows men, women and railroad employees posed behind train, on roof and on snowbank and standard gauge track.
- Rollins Pass (Colo.); Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- 32nd Avenue at Mead, Denver
- View of 32nd (thirty-second) Avenue in Denver, Colorado; shows brick commercial buildings, streetcar railway tracks, intersection of Mead Street, horse-drawn wagon, an automobile, and signs: "Long Distance Telephone," "Millinery," "Denver Bible...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- 3rd cutting, alfalfa, Markley Ranch, Vernal Utah Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- Freshly-cut alfalfa field near Vernal, Utah; shows farm implements, baled grain, and hoists.
- Vernal (Utah)--1910-1920.; Alfalfa--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Croplands--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Harvesting machinery--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.
- [1915?]