Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Brownville Band, 70's
- The Terrible Silver Cornet Band, of Brownsville, Jefferson County, Colorado, was named after the Terrible mine. Men in suits and stovepipe hats pose holding a bass drum, a snare drum, bass and treble cornets, and trombones. A frame storefront in...
- Brownsville (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bands--Colorado--Brownsville--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1879]
- Buena Vista, Colo.
- The Chaffee County Courthouse and the Mt. Princeton Hotel, among many other buildings, shows in this view of Buena Vista, Colorado; Sheep Mountain and the Collegiate Range are in the background. The depot of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad is...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- C B & Q Depot Brush, Colo.
- View inside the Colorado, Burlington and Quincy railroad Depot in Brush (Morgan County), Colorado. E.S. Dutton, the agent, and George Stewart, the telegraph operator, sit at telegraph equipment. Dutton, in a bowler hat, taps out a message. The men...
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph--1900-1910.
- 1901
- DNW&P locomotive coaling trestle at Tolland, Colorado, James Peak in distance
- View of James Peak from the depot of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific, Moffat Road, at Tolland (formerly Mammoth), Colorado in Gilpin County, shows wooden coal trestle with gondola cars in foreground.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; James Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- Blue River Hose Co
- The Blue River Hose Company poses on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, holding the leads to the hose cart which is in the background adorned with American flags. Their uniforms include conductor's caps and bib shirts with shield-shaped...
- Blue River 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?]
- Ladies S.J.A. glee club 1897-1900 Breckenridge, Colo
- Members of the ladies' glee club in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose at the piano while Agnes Finding Miner plays the upright, sitting on a three legged stool. They wear high collared, puff sleeved blouses in various patterns and long gold chains, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guitars--1890-1900.; Pianos--1890-1900.; Singers--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1897-1900?]
- Mrs. George Gano residence
- View of Mrs. George W. (Ethel R.) Gano's residence, South University Road, Denver, Colorado, a brick house with arches, picture windows, a flagstone patio, wicker furniture, and potted trees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gano, Ethel R.--Homes & haunts.
- [1931?]
- Aspen
- View of a two story log building in Aspen, Colorado; features a flat, slanted roof with decorated eaves, balcony with decorative panels, and a stairwell that leads up each side of the balcony; evergreen garland decorates the railing of the porch;...
- Jones, Whipple Van Ness--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Log buildings--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1954?]
- Music school
- The music school in Aspen, Colorado occupies the grounds of the former Four Seasons Club. The academic building is a two story structure with a bell-shaped, hipped roof, and a large dormer window. The theater is a large, rectangular structure...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Music education--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of the town of Aspen, Colorado, and the base of Smuggler Mountain taken from Aspen Mountain down a steep, snowy slope with rocks and trees. Mining tramway towers are visible at the bottom of the mountain. The town of Aspen is visible over...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [1953?]
- 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
- E. P. Sutton, by mother, I was born here, Jan 21-1896
- Men, women and children stand on the dock of the railroad depot in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado. The depot is a two-story frame building with signs: "Brush," and "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office." Men and shovels are on a railroad...
- Brush (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1890- 1900.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Battle Mountain
- View of a mine identified as the Eaglebird Mine on the Eagle River near Gilman on Battle Mountain (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a foot bridge, a wood frame aerial tram house, log supports buttressing a tailings pile, and a mine tramway buttressed...
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Old tag-shop and Death house
- Brick buildings at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have flat roofs and are topped by lookout towers and a skylight. Power lines cross in front of a guard standing at the edge; men are in the yard below, one is sweeping. A faceted...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Prisons-- Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Main St. Delta, Colo, Dennis and Carol G.
- A group of people poses in the "Delta House Smith Bro's. Livery and Transfer" wagon, parked in the middle of unpaved Main Street in the town of Delta, Colorado. Men, women, and children sit in the cab, and two people sit on it. A boy sits next to...
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Veta Pass
- View of the caboose end of a narrow gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway excursion train on Veta Pass (La Veta Pass, Huerfano County), Colorado. Well-dressed men stand near and on top of the train. Shows a split rail fence and dirt road. Another train...
- Dump Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Huerfano County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Langford House, Black Hawk
- View of the two-story Langford home in Chase Gulch, Colorado; shows a steep, side gabled roof, an arched entryway, and three bays on the first floor. The house was constructed in 1872 above a rock wall; possibly destroyed in 1915.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Stone walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.
- 1909
- 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
- Silverton, Colorado
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking south; shows Kendall, Sultan, and Grand Turk Mountains. Numerous gable roofed, frame residences with chimneys and sash windows fill the scene, many of them surrounded by rail fences. In the background is the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Electric block, cor. Main & 3rd St., Grand Junction, Colo. for Orson Adams, esq.
- Exterior view of proposed Electric Block building, corner of Main and 3rd (Third) Streets, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows an architectural sketch of a multi-story, flat-roof, brick building with boxed cornice, dentils, street-level windows, and...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- 1977 November 15
- Opening of the Manitou & Pike's Peak Ry. 1891 June 30
- and are numbered 1 through 6 on the photoprint from left to right. Trees and mountains are behind the depot. In the immediate foreground is a power pole with glass insulators.; Exterior view looking south at the Pike's Peak Cog Railway Depot in...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- 1891
- Mesa County Bank building, Grand Junction, Colo.
- Exterior view of proposed Canon Block building, Main & 3rd (Third) Streets, Grand Junction, Colorado, is shown in an architectural sketch of the two-story brick and stone building with a domed cupola on its corner. The Mesa County State Bank is...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- 1977 November 15
- County officials and employees on Court House steps
- County officials and employees, twelve man and one woman, of Weld County pose on the steps of the Weld County Court House in Greeley, Colorado.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Government employees--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Eleanor Weckbaugh's pool & supper party for "St. Joan" Central City cast
- Cast members of the Central City "St. Joan" production dine with their guests on a summer evening in Central City, Colorado. Caroline Bancroft, at the head of the table, holds a cup in her hand.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.
- 1956
- Lamar, Colo.
- Citizens of Lamar, Colorado (Prowers County), stand outside a commercial block. Architectural features of the two-story brick building: a bracketed cornice and an elevated cornice, lintels, and storefront windows. A man sits in a cart hitched to...
- Lamar (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Lamar--1890-1900.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Lamar--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- President's house
- Horace M. Hale, President of the University of Colorado at Boulder, is in a folding, wicker porch chair, reading a paper. Martha Hale sits by him on the open, wrap-around porch of a two-story brick house with dormers, chimneys, stone sills and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Coffin, Gineva.; Hale, Horace M.; Hale, Martha.; Sanford, Minnie.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Englewood P. O. construction
- The post office in Englewood, Colorado, is in the early stages of construction; a surveyor's instrument and tripod stand in the middle of piles of re-bar and wood planks. Wood frames for pouring the concrete foundation, with some concrete already...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Building construction--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.
- June 23, 1938
- Erie Colorado
- A view of Erie, Weld County, Colorado, includes a group of wood houses on flat terrain, with a mountain range in the distance, and a dirt road and trees in front. A large building has a sign reading, "Erie House;" others are marked "Feed and...
- Erie (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- June 1876
- 15th & Mapleton Mrs. Norton
- Posing on the boardwalk in her yard in Boulder, Colorado, this woman wears a white bonnet and shawl. A spinning wheel is in the foreground; fenced gardens, trees, and frame residences are in the background, including one with bargeboard.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Art gallery
- Funded by a grant from local art admirer Frank Lounsberry, the art hall at Chautauqua in Boulder, Colorado, is a frame, twenty-two foot square, cottage-roofed structure with a faceted turret-entry, and transom windows all around. Lettering above...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Art exhibitions--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Mrs. Frasier Earl bldg 1320 Pearl St Eph Pound
- Men, women, children and a dog pose on the sidewalk in Boulder, Colorado. A white picket fence encloses a yard with bare trees and a frame, gable roofed house with a shingle roof, dormer, and signs: "Mr[s. Fra]sier Rest[a]urant," and "Board and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Restaurants--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Hot pool after division
- The hot pool at Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, has a waterfall of naturally hot water which comes from outside and over a large rock into the pool, which is surrounded by stone walls. The stream was divided and a wall was built to make a pool for...
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1940.; Interiors.; Resorts--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1940.; Springs--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1940?]
- Burning of Julesburg, C.T.
- Photoprint of a drawing of the 1865 siege of Julesburg, Colorado in Weld County shows smoke billowing from burning buildings, as Native Americans on horses watch.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Julesburg--1860- 1870.; Julesburg (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fires--Colorado--Julesburg--1860-1870.
- [1865]
- Depot at Jaroso steps broken down.
- View of a dilapidated building in Jaroso, Colorado, in Costilla County shows the board-and-baten siding, a side gable with shingles, a chimney, and wooden porch with broken stairs, and double entry doors. Weeds and brush are on the ground in front...
- Jaroso (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Jaroso--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Court house Julesburg, Colo.
- View of the Sedgwick County Court House in Julesburg, Colorado. Architectural features include a hipped roof, a pediment, a large cupola with a clock, quoins, lintels, and a bracketed cornice. Two boys with bicycles in foreground. Water tower in...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Depot at Jaroso, in use but in ruins
- View of the dilapidated train depot in Jaroso, Colorado, in Costilla County shows board-and-baten siding, gables with shingles, and a chimney. Signs include "Railway Express Agency."
- Jaroso (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Jaroso--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Garage Johnstown, Colo.
- A man loads an item onto a flat-bed pickup truck that is parked in front of a garage in Johnstown, Colorado, in Weld County. A gas pump is on the corner, and tires are displayed in the window.
- Johnstown (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Johnstown--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- High school, Congregational Ch., parsonage Julesburg, Colorado.
- Four people, including one child stand next to the Congregational Church in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County on a snowy day. The one- story, horizontal church has a side steeple with a bell tower, and a gable. The high school and the...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Julesburg--1910-1920.
- March, 1912
- Jefferson, Colo.
- A cow grazes next to the tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railroad at Jefferson, Colorado, in Park County. The depot building has clapboard siding, a gable, a square bay, and two chimneys.
- Jefferson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Jefferson--1930-1940.
- June, 1937
- Junction City, Col.
- Panoramic view of the town of Junction City (also known as Garfield), Colorado in Chaffee County, shows log cabins and wood-frame structures in the small community. Patches of snow are on the ground and signs include "Hotel," "Bakery Restaurant,"...
- Junction City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Junction City--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1884]
- Longmont, Colo.
- View of the two-story brick public school, Longmont, Colorado, shows small children beside a small wood lean-to basement entry. The school features an F-shape plan with gabled projecting wings flanking the simple columned entry and two long metal...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- November 30, 1926
- Longmont, Colo.
- Exterior of 1883 Methodist Church, Longmont, Colorado; features brick construction, an intersecting gable roof, L-plan with a large corner entry tower and open bell tower capped with faceted steeple and arched stained glass windows.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- November 30, 1926
- Longmont, Colo.
- View of a brick public school in Longmont, Colorado, shows the small multi-gabled building with a series of five windows on each of the front gabled wings. A hipped dormer and an American flag are above the center double door entry.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- November 30, 1926
- News-Times Longmont Band [graphic]
- The Longmont Boys' Band poses in front of the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Times building on Glenarm Street, Denver, Colorado. The band members wear white shirts with "L" on sleeve, straight ties and soft peaked hats. The conductor and baton...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Youth bands--Longmont--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1924 May 9
- Bryant School
- Exterior of the Bryant School, Longmont, Colorado, shows the two- story brick building with hip roof and projecting front gable entry. Other features include a round tower, stone beltcourses, bracketed overhanging eaves, and a side metal tube fire...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- Catholic school & church, Longmont, Colo.
- View of the two-story with basement brick Catholic school associated with St. John the Baptist Church, Longmont, Colorado, shows the rectangular building with arched entry and pedestrians on sidewalks.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Church schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Longmont, Colo.)
- November 30, 1926
- Columbine School
- Exterior of the Columbine School, Baker Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the two-story and basement brick building with hip roof, bracketed overhang eaves, projecting entry with gable pediment and arched entry. A metal tube fire escape is on side...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- Chestnut St.
- View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, in Leadville, Colorado shows a street that has one two-story brick building, and several wood frame false fronts. The street is busy with horse-drawn wagons, covered wagons and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- High School, Longmont, Colo.
- View of a new public high school in Longmont, Colorado, shows the rectangular three story brick with flat roofline, next to the gable roof main building with curved parapet over entry.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- First Cong. Church
- Exterior of First Congregational Church, Longmont, Colorado; features brick construction, intersecting gables, L-shape plan with corner louvred belltower and large arched stained glass windows.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; First Congregational Church (Longmont, Colo.)
- November 1926