Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Emily Griffith Opportunity School welding class
- Photograph of two unidentified men during a welding class at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School located in Denver, Colorado. The both stand next to a large heat treat furnace. One man stands with a welding torch working on one end, the other...
- Welding.; Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1950
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 38, 1909 November 6
- These huge boilers at the Henderson Mine heat water for surface domestic heat
- A technician stands near a group of horizontal tubular boilers at the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Signs on the boilers read: "Cleaver Brooks".
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boilers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- Lobato family
- Studio portrait of the Lobato Family from San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows men, women, older people, boys and girls. They are identified as: Front row, left to right: Adela and Eufelia Espinoza, Manuelita Jaramillo, María Odila,...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Families.; Lobato family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American families--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1908?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 27, 1911 July 1
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 23, 1909 July 24
- Leadville - Harrison Avenue
- View of Harrison Avenue, in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado as pedestrians walk down street. Shows businesses (some with awnings) and horse-drawn carriages. Signs on buildings read: "Virginia Harned Cigars," "Campbell Music Co., Steinway pianos,"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Wash day in a United States Geological Survey camp
- View of a large kettle beside canvas tents at a United States Geological Survey camp in either Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Oil shale burns under a laundry kettle.
- Geological Survey (U.S.)--People--1910-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--1910-1920.; Campfires--Colorado--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1910-1920.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914?
- Dillon, Colorado
- View of probably Main Street in Dillon (Summit County), Colorado. Shows automobiles parked in front of commercial storefronts. Signs read: "Monty's Drugs," "Cafe Bar," "Coors Beer," "Dillon Drug at Dillon," "Al's Package Liquors," "Staghorn Package...
- Dillon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Dillon--1950-1960.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Dillon--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Norton's Cottage Camp
- View of "Norton's Cottage Camp" in Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a man, parked automobiles, a landscaped boulevard, and gable-roof buildings. Signs read: "Norton's Deluxe Cottages and Lunch," "Running Water and Steam Heat,"...
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Motels--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Plant school, Wight Bldg., class
- A class from the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company training school pose on the roof of the Wight Building at 1430 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The men who are training to be telephone installers, repairmen, linemen, and other...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917, July
- Durango exchange, interior business office
- Interior view of the business office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. A wooden partition divides the room into an office area, and a public area. A service counter...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Durango (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Hot spring basin, thumb of lake
- View of West Thumb Geyser Basin at West Thumb bay, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows steam from springs in an area partly denuded by heat and minerals. Pine trees stand near the lake.
- West Thumb (Wyo. : Bay)--1870-1890.; West Thumb Geyser Basin (Wyo. : Basin)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The Artemesia [sic]
- A man stands on a calcareous silica landscape near Artemisia Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The area is denuded by heat and minerals; brush and trees are in the distance.
- Artemisia Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Pulpit Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs
- View of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; shows a place identified as lower pulpit terrace on a hill with naturally formed, stepped terraces of accreted calcareous silica. Shows a landscape encrusted with mineral deposits...
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Virginia Canon
- View of Virginia Canyon, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows road beside a dry creek bed.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Virginia Canyon (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1860-1880.; Roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Apartment building on East 1st Avenue at Emerson Street - "Carmen Court" - "Pueblo Revival style"
- Construction of Carmen Court, a pueblo style stucco apartment building on East 1st (First) Avenue at Emerson Street, Denver, Colorado. Sign reads: "Ask Bert L. Rhoads, these unusual homes are insulated with Balsam Wool, the most efficient heat...
- Carmen Court (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- "Carmen Court" apartment house built by Bert Rhoads
- Construction of Carmen Court, a stucco apartment building on East 1st (First) Avenue at Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado. Sign reads: "Ask Bert L. Rhoads, These Unusual Homes Are Insulated With Balsam Wool, The Most Efficient Heat Insulator...
- Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Three women on street
- Three women walk on the sidewalk past The Jewel Rooming House located at 1226 14th (Fourteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Lunch Room", "Tailor, Cleaning, Pressing", "Large From $1.50 Per Week, Steam Heat."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Interior of Chapel
- Interior of the Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada (Holy Cross Church), Santa Cruz, New Mexico. Shows wood pews, beam ceiling with scroll brackets, altar with railing in front, tapestries, retablos (icons), statues, and stoves for heat.
- Santa Cruz Parish (Santa Cruz, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Interiors--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.
- 1908
- San Carlo Bar 17th and Larimer
- View of Larimer Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows truck and car traffic, businesses and office buildings, and signs: "San Carlo Bar," "Brass Door," "Hotel Clay for men only," and "The Reno Inn," "Barclay Apts. Reasonable - Steam Heat - Elevator...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1962 October 31
- McCrea - demolition
- La Veta apartment building on 2018-2029 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building is five stories tall and has an exterior fire escape. Two men, one is African American, wear construction hats and stand...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Fire escapes--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Laveta [sic] apts.
- La Veta apartment building on 2018-2029 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building is five stories tall and has an exterior fire escape. An African American man wearing a construction hat stands in an...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Fire escapes--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Ouray Western Hotel Theodore Fisher for State of Colorado
- The Western Hotel in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, has a porch/balcony and storefronts; men and women sit on the boardwalk; a Bell Telephone sign projects from the doorframe; window lettering reads: "Coors on Tap," "6% Beer 10 (Cents)," and...
- Western Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Thomas, Shepard & Searing stress tests
- View of engineering tests, in Denver, Colorado; shows men examining an I-beam after a heat and fire test.
- Building materials--Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; I-beams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Interior of St. Johns Cathedral, Denver
- Interior view of St. John's Cathedral (also known as Saint John's Church in the Wilderness and Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist) in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows stone columns and steam heat radiators.
- Saint John's Cathedral (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.;...
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Soldiers and Sailors' Monument, Cleveland
- View of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Cleveland, Ohio; the monument built to honor the lives sacrificed in the Civil War is comprised of four bronze statuary groupings depicting the Infantry, the Artillery, the Cavalry, and...
- Cleveland (Ohio)--1900-1910.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.; Monuments & memorials--Ohio--Cleveland--1890-1900.
- 1900
- Dillon, Colorado M-1512
- A man walks down the sidewalk in the town of Dillon, Colorado, in Summit County. Cars are parked in front of the one and two-story commercial storefronts along the unpaved street. Signs include: "Monty's Drugs," "Coors Beer," "Al's Package...
- Dillon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Dillon--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Dillon, Colorado
- Two women and a man pose in front of the white picket fence that surrounds the "Heart of the Rockies Cabins Showers Gas Heat," Motel in the town of Dillon, Colorado, in Summit County. Women hold their purses and coats in their arms. Cars and...
- Dillon (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Motels--Colorado--Dillon--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Dillon--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Dillon, Colorado
- View of the "Heart of Rockies" motel in the town of Dillon, Colorado, in Summit County; shows white picket fence around the property, Dillon church in background, and signs: "Dillon, Colo.," "Skiers Special Group Rates," "Office," and "Cabins...
- Dillon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Motels--Colorado--Dillon--1950-1960.
- [about 1950]
- Housing project, Lincoln Park Homes, interior
- Interior view of a living room in an apartment at the Lincoln Park Homes public housing project in Denver, Colorado. A baseboard for electric heat runs around the perimeter of the room. Shows an electrical outlet, linoleum floor, door, and window....
- Lincoln Park Homes (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Housing--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Living...
- 1993 November
- Barclay Apartments
- View of the side of the Barclay Apartments in the Barclay Block at 17th (Seventeenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a five-story Italianate style building with pediments and arched windows. Sign painted on the side of the...
- Barclay Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1950 Jun. 20
- Be sure to soap all over, brr-rr!
- A group of African American campers from Camp Nizhoni bathe on the bank of South Boulder Creek in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. The teenage girls wash clothes and wear swim suits and caps. Camp buildings are in the distance.
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Boulder Creek...
- 1932
- Camp Nizhoni
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-91] The 'gang' going to the creek for the daily dip. Did anyone mention styles? No, we are not going to fight anyone; the sticks are to keep us from floating away, [ARL-92] 'Hawky' (Eleanor Hawkins)...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Boulder Creek...
- 1932
- Chestnut St. from Harrison St., Leadville, Colo.
- This view west on Chestnut Street from Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado includes crushed automobiles, a van and a wrecker on the north corner. A sign for "Motel, steam heat, TV, wall to wall carpeting" lays on the south corner. The street is...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Hospitals--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Residential streets--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Granby, Colo. looking east
- View east along main street, Agate Avenue (Highway 40), in Granby, Grand County, Colorado, shows the business district with automobiles along the wide paved street. Business signs include: "Trading Post," "Dayton Tires," "Middle Park Auto," "Ford,"...
- Granby (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Granby--1970-1980.
- May 11, 1978
- Mess hall, Camp Hale, Colorado
- View of the tables set with white ceramic plates for a meal in a mess hall at Camp Hale, Colorado. One Tenth Mountain Division soldier is setting a table in the center of the image. Pictures are placed on the walls in between the windows and a pot...
- Mess halls--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Main Street Idaho Springs
- Cars are parked along the street in this view looking east down Miner Street, in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Many Queen Anne style buildings with decorative brickwork and bracketed cornices comprise the central business district. Signs include:...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Rhythm, the open hearth
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; six male employees perform hot work of "tapping out" blast furnace, or the process of removing clay plug.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1950-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Denver, Colorado
- Views of buildings and landmarks in Denver and Colorado, these include: 1. Oxford Hotel Office. 2. Robertson-Doll Carriage Co. 3. Colorado Dry Goods Co. 4. Jackson-Smith Photographic Co. 5. Daniels & Fishers. 6. Denver Normal and Preparatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898, October
- Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado
- In this view looking southeast on Harrison Avenue, the business district of Leadville, Colorado, a man in a suit and hat and a women in a long dress and hat walk arm in arm on the concrete sidewalk. Other pedestrians are behind them on the dirt...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Street scene in Las Animas, Colorado
- Early automobiles park along Bent Avenue business district, Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. Businesses in the two-story brick commercial blocks include: "Snodrass," "Vallet Hardware Co.," "Hotel Peer," Sewell's Grocery," "Hotel Irwin, Steam...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Lamar--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Lamar--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- East High spotlight: vol 2 no 1
- 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.)
- 1925 April 15
- Winks Lodge: Wood Stove
- Two unidentified people sitting next to the wood stove used for heat in the winter (not original) at Winks Lodge in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County). Built in 1925 by architect Wendall Hamlet, the lodge was a place for African Americans to escape the...
- Lincoln Hills (Colo.)
- 2004 July
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc., Issue 15
- Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 7
- W. H. Stanton, Company M, 1st Colorado Volunteers - correspondence sent to Frank B. Milner: original
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 34, 1910 August 20
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 51, 1910 December 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 25, 1911 June 17