Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- A. E. Leikauf Meat Company
- Interior view of the August E. Leikauf Meat Company located at 1013 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows display cases filled with meat, bacon and pork; cans of "Armour's Simon Pure [leaf] lard" sit on the counter with potted ferns....
- August E. Leikauf Meat Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butchers shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meat--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- Seventeenth St., K.T. Conclave
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado, prepared for the Knights Templar Conclave parade. Patriotic bunting and flags hang from the buildings. Flags and the Knights Templar emblem of a cross in a crown hang from the street lamps....
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Sleighing at Sneffles [sic], Colo. Xmas (i.e. Christmas)
- Men, women and children pose by a horse-drawn sleigh near a wood frame house in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado; a dog sits in the sleigh next to a couple with a baby. Men pose under canvas awnings that hang from the facade of the post office and...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896
- 15th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric star shaped lights hang over the street, each garland has a lighted cross that hangs from its center...
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.; Festive decorations.; Fraternal organizations.; Public utility...
- 1913 August 16
- 16th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric lights hang over the street and American flags hang from the lamp posts that support the garlands....
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1910-1920.; Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clock towers.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.;...
- 1913 August 16
- 17th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric lights hang over the street and American flags hang from the lamp posts that support the garlands....
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.; Festive decorations.; Fraternal organizations.; Utility...
- 1913 August 15
- Man peeling potatoes
- A man sits in a kitchen, in a wood chair, as he peels potatoes. A bucket of potatoes is in the middle of the room; a large wood stove (of the John Van Range Company) is along the back wall, a water faucet and large tub is on the side wall, pots...
- Home food processing--1890-1910.; Kitchens--1890-1910.; Potatoes--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Street view, Cripple Creek
- Street scene of frame commercial buildings (possibly First (1st) Street or Carr Avenue), Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes a mine cart with railing, gunny sacks, wooden barrel, two large iron pots stacked in front of buildings on snow-covered...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- #303 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- Phil Eisenkramer holds a plucked goose inside of his meat market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Other plucked birds hang on a rack behind him. Wreaths hang above the rack and the windows. Tins of buscuits from the National Biscuit Company...
- Eisenkramer, Phil--Homes & haunts.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- 1909?
- 1st grade art work at Central, 1941
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables making art with clay in a first grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some children stand at a blackboard painting on paper with a table of paint jars and brushes behind them. An...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Ute group
- Native Americans (Ute), Buckskin Charlie, Towee and unidentified men, women, and baby, pose for a portrait (standing), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; baby is in beaded cradleboard from which print scarf and key...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Group of Utes
- Native Americans (Ute), Buckskin Charlie, Towee and unidentified men, women, and baby, pose for a portrait (standing), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; baby is in beaded cradleboard from which print scarf and key...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Baby and Navajo woman interior of summer hogan
- Native American (Navajo) woman and child sit inside a brush-covered summer hogan. The woman holds a large piece of cloth; the child looks at a sheepskin. Sheepskins, a blanket, and other fur pelts lie on the floor. Others hang from a wooden pole...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Central City residence interiors
- Eight posters hang on the wall next to the corner in the Prosser House in Central City, Colorado. The poster on the top in the center is torn. All of the prints, which are advertisements, are Victorian images of women. Advertisements include...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Central City stores
- Butchered beef and other animal carcasses hang over a gravel floor on the perimeter of a meat locker in Central City, Colorado. A marble counter and a wooden counter with decorative carving is in the background. Scales are on either side of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Meat cutting--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Gilpin County Art Gallery interior
- Paintings hang on the walls and a painting hangs on an open door in a corner of a room in the Gilpin County Art Gallery in Central City, Colorado. Paintings hang on the masonry wall in the next room. There is a wood-picket partition in the room and...
- Gilpin County Art Gallery--1960-1970.; Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Central City residence interiors
- A room in the Prosser house in Central City, Colorado, has an antique stove with a stove pipe that leads out the wall on the right side of the open door. A round table covered with a square, patterned table cloth is in front of the stove. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Interior, Pease Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of Pease Store, in Georgetown, Colorado. A long counter runs the length of the room on the left, with large jars and a paper rack on top. Crates, boxes, and signs read: "Denver, Colo.," "Butter Nut Bread," "Auto Service," "Soda...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Interior of Tabernacle- decorated for Jubilee
- Interior view of the Tabernacle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon Tabernacle), in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Tabernacle is decorated possibly for the centennial celebration of the Mormon Trail. United States flags hang from...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1890-1900.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Mormon churches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.;...
- 1897
- Johnnie Dewer's Place (present town hall)
- Men pose around the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked around the mirror. A cash register and metal sculptures of swordsmen are on it, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- 1894 or 1895
- Johnnie Dewer's Place
- Two men with long white beards sit on the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a cane and one holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked to the mirror border. A cash register and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899?]
- Ice rink in the Leadville Ice Palace, 1895
- Interior view of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace skating rink, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival. Cobble & Kerr built the 80 x 190 foot long rink with wooden trussed roof designed by architect C.E. Joy. Ice arches are along the edges of...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice skating rinks--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1895 and 1896]
- Private room at hospital
- View of a private hospital room at Denver Homeopathic Hospital and Medical College in Denver, Colorado. A wood dresser with a mirror sits in the corner. Lace curtains hang on the window, and pictures hang on the wall. A bed with a cast iron frame...
- Denver Homeopathic Hospital and Medical College--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Wyo. state hunters, Eagles Nest Nov. 1921 catch, 80 coyotes, 1 bobcat, 2 badgers.
- Three tiers of coyote pelts hang from a wood and stone slab frame near Wamsutter in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Two bandoliers of rifle cartridges stretched between boards hang below a bobcat pelt. Two badgers lie on the ground near axes stuck in...
- Coyote--Control--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1920-1930.; Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Coyote hunting--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1920-1930.; Dead animals--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--Wyoming--Sweetwater...
- 1921 Nov
- Downtown Denver street scene
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver. The Gano & Company Men's Outfitters occupies the first floor of the Steele Building on the southeast corner; awnings hang over the windows, a sign advertises furnished rooms, and...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Business...
- [between 1896 and 1897?]
- State Street in Leadville, Colorado
- Stereographic view of a man leaning against a metal railing in front of the Bank of Colorado on State Street in Leadville, Colorado. A young boy sits on the wood sidewalk next to a barrel; a group of men is gathered in the dirt street. A sign...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Awnings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Race Street, Denver
- A woman wearing a full-length skirt and hat walks on the sidewalk beside the home of H.S. Babcock on Race Street in Denver, Colorado. Shutters hang from the windows on the house. Curtains hang on the interior of the windows. A brick wall borders...
- Babcock, H. S.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- A summer camp
- Camping in the mountains of Colorado; shows large canvas tent supported by posts with awnings over front entrance and providing protection for tables with pots, pans and buckets. Three women appear under the front awning; entrance to tent is...
- Camping--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Winch house
- A man stands on an elevated metal platform between steam powered engines and a winch with cable in a wooden winch house. Shows steam pipes, a wheel to operate the winch, and a wheel with numbers. Posters, pictures and an American flag hang on the...
- Hoisting machinery--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.; Steam engines--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Interior
- View of a dining room decorated with garlands of artificial leaves, and artificial plants and flowers. Shows a round claw-foot table, with a lace tablecloth and a large rose center piece and small basket table decorations, and chairs. A brick front...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Artificial flowers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Decorations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Dining tables--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1912?]
- Green Mountain Townhouses
- A man and a woman pose in a bedroom of a show unit at the Green Mountain Townhouses in Lakewood, Colorado. The room has a Queen sized bed with mirrors behind the headboard. Chandeliers that hang from chains hang over bedside tables. The woman wears...
- Green Mountain Townhouses (Lakewood, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms.; Beds.; Couples.; Mirrors.
- [1965?]
- A stock company at the Opera House in its heyday
- A theater troupe performs on the stage of the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The orchestra and the audience's heads are in the foreground. Some cast members sit in chairs on the stage, and others stand behind them. The cast is...
- Central City Opera House--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Stage props--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Horace Capes and his shoe repair shop
- Lace-up boots and shoes clutter a table at this cobbler's business in Boulder, Colorado. The interior wall is hung with posters, calendars, coats, and a paper clock reading: "no tick here." Tools hang from shelves full of boxes and a jug; a steamer...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Shoemaking--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Poley drug store, Howard's resturant location [sic]
- Ornate hardwood cabinetwork finishes the interior of this business in Boulder, Colorado, filled with apothecary jars, bottles, and cannisters. Cigar boxes in curved glass display cases and a scale top the counter, and whisk brooms hang from it....
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Firehouse for Leadville's Hose #1
- Exterior view of La Junque Shoppe, formerly the Hose #1 Fire House and horse street railway car barns, at 704 Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a two story brick building which has a decorative cornice, three second-story windows, a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Fire stations--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 H
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Western History Subject Index
- Vigilantes. Colorado
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 December 17
- Western History Subject Index
- GLIDING AND SOARING
- La Garita Cash Store
- View of the La Garita Cash Store on Colorado Road G in La Garita, Colorado. The one-story, commercial style building has a log exterior and a covered front porch. A sign is mounted on the roof and reads "La Garita Cash Store Groceries Gas Oil."...
- La Garita Cash Store (La Garita, Colo.)--1990-2000.; La Garita (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Grocery stores.; La Garita Cash Store (La Garita, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Grocery trade--Colorado--La Garita--Pictorial works.; La Garita (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2000?
- Poor Farm Bed & Breakfast, Salida
- View of the Poor Farm Bed and Breakfast (now the River Run Inn) at 8495 County Road 160 in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The two story, square brick building has a hip roof and a covered porch. The west side of the building has scaffolding up...
- Poor Farm Bed and Breakfast (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Poor Farm Bed and Breakfast (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bed and breakfast accommodations--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.; Salida...
- 1994
- Old Delta Bank building
- View of City Hall, the former "Delta First National Bank" building, at 360 Main Street in Delta, Colorado. The building is two levels and constructed of sandstone in the Art Deco style. Dentils run along the underside of the roofline, with ionic...
- City Hall (Delta Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; City & town halls.; City Hall (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; City halls--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Collins Finer Food Restaurant
- View of Collins Finer Food Restaurant at 501 Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a one-story brick commercial building on the corner of Fourteenth (14th) and Glenarm Streets. The building has a brick...
- Collins Finer Food Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Doors & doorways.; Restaurants.; Collins Finer Food Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- Collins Finer Food Restaurant
- View of Collins Finer Food Restaurant at 501 Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a one-story brick commercial building with a flat roof. Features include a horizontal band of windows with transoms...
- Collins Finer Food Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Collins Finer Food Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- Aztlan Theater
- View of the Aztlan Theater, 974 Santa Fe Drive in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The brick building has Art Deco elements, a stepped front and low relief designs. Signs read "Aztlan" and "Santa Fe." Banners hang on the front of...
- Aztlan Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Holidays.; Aztlan Theater...
- [1973]
- Magdalena Martinez Arellano, center with her adoptive parents, Porfirio and Teodora Trujillo.
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Magdalena Martinez Arellano with her adoptive parents Porfirio and Teodora Trujillo, in, probably, Southern Colorado. Magdalena wears a pleated dress with slightly puffed sleeves and a high waist. Her father...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Families.; Girls.; Arellano, Magdalena Martinez--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Porfirio--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Teodora--Pictorial works.; Adoptive parents--Colorado--Pictorial...
- ca.1912
- Cokedale Mine marshals Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela
- Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela, marshals at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Cokedale Mines in Cokedale (Las Animas County), Colorado. They pose near a dugout structure with a roof made from pine boughs. Crecencio (left) wears a hat, coat and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cokedale (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Private police.; Barela, Melitón--Pictorial works.; Vigil,, Crecencio--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1913?]
- Ken Bunn in his studio
- Wildlife sculptor Ken Bunn works on a mold in his studio at 1532 Wazee Street, Union Station Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A sculpture of a lion is on a stand beside his work bench. Sculpted faces of people and heads of animals hang on the wall...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Artists' studios.; Sculpture.; Sculptors.; Bunn, Ken, 1938-; Artists' studios--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Sculpture, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1981
- Amethyst, tramway through West Willow Creek gorge
- View of the aerial tramway at the Amethyst Mine in Weaver, near Creed, in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame tower and buckets that hang on a wire through the canyon of West Willow Creek.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Interior of Wapiti Mining Company's Office
- View of the interior of the Wapiti Mining Company office in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. A rocking chair with a cushion sits next to a wood stove and chimney in the center of the room. A lamp hangs over a desk in the corner, next to a...
- Wapiti Mining Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1894 Nov