Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Map of Mesa Verde
- View of a contour map of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Included are the roads and railroads that border the north side of the Park, the main road through the Park, and points of interest in the Park.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Maxwell Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Maxwell House, Georgetown, Colorado, at 409 Fourth (4th) Street. Construction began in 1870; house was acquired by B.F. Potter in 1891, who added the tower and decorative elements to the facade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell...
- Maxwell, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Fountain, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the cast iron fountain on the grounds of the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado. The Renaissance Revival style fountain is has a basin in the ground and and two basins on a pedestal; at the top are iron lily leaves and flowers. The larger...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fountains--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Hamill House, located at the corner of Argentine and Third (3rd) Streets in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson and acquired by William A. Hamill in 1874. Between 1874 and 1881 he made various additions...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Sunspaces--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- 1951
- Poncho, Colo.
- Reproduction shows lithographic bird's eye view of Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado, with tree lined streets, houses, churches, commercial buildings, and trains. Printed under image: "Published by J. J. Stoner, Madison, Wis. Beck & Pauli,...
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Leadville, Colo
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with vignettes of municipal buildings, mining facilities, and scenery. Printing reads: "Court House, Post Office, Tabor Opera House, Central School, Ninth St. School, Seventh St....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Central City, Colorado residences
- A vernacular wood frame, L-shaped house with a gabled roof is in front of a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The porch is supported by four pillars. The balcony has a spindle railing and side-entry stairs leading to the entrance of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. Central in the image is the Cliff House Hotel; its north wing is a three story frame structure with a hipped gable roof, a widow's walk, canvas awnings on the windows...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- The town [sic] of Alpine Tunnel, 1944
- View east of the ruins of buildings and abandoned tracks at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes the hand hewn stone Granite Hotel and engine house, wood frame operator's shack and the combination depot, dining room and...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1940-1950.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
- 1944
- Colorado City, 1860
- View of Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows wood frame and stone false fronts and a two- story hotel (known as the El Paso House, Holmes House, Baird & Smith Hotel) with hip roof and dormer; Pikes...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Pressler's
- A dirt road leads from the foreground back to a ranch house at the base of a hill, possibly west of Black Hawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. A log rail fence stands on one side of the road and a wire fence with log posts is on the other side. Tall...
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1920.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1899 and 1920?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Landmarks: St. Mary's Catholic Church, Williams Stables, St. James's Methodist Church, the Gilpin County Court House, the Central City Opera House, and the Teller House. Signs: "Grain,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [1937?]
- Office and carriage House, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the carriage house and office on the grounds of the Hamill House, located at the corner of Argentine and Third (3rd) Streets in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson, and was acquired by William A. Hamill in...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Oldest house, Santa Fe
- A car is parked on dirt street, in front of single story adobe brick and plaster house, the oldest house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. On one side is a wire and wood post fence connecting to another house. There is a house across the street and...
- Oldest House (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1920-1930.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1920-1930.; Houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1920-1930.
- 1925 October 2
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, both in "chateau" style and made out of local granite. On the left is William A. Hamill's office, with a hip roof, a central dormer, and two doors and two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Stables--Colorado--Geogetown--1940-1950.; Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.
- 1942
- Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Fire House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Fire House, located on Fifth (5th) Street near Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The front of the building was built by the company in 1874, with storage for the hose carts on the first floor and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by William A. Hamill in 1874. The facade, part of the earliest section of the house, includes a steeply sloping gable roof with a central gable on...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Bath House, Manitou, Colo.
- Exterior view Manitou Bath House, Manitou Springs, Colorado; shows rock wall bordering Fountain Creek in front of bath house, and a footbridge leading to bath house.
- Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- John Adams Church House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a house in Georgetown, Colorado, built on Rose Street in 1877 by John Adams Church, a speculator in ore processing. It was sold to Professor Albert E. Chase in 1881, who was the master of the Georgetown school until 1895. The building was...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Chase, Albert E.--Homes & haunts.; Church, John A. (John Adams), 1843-1917--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Bowman-White House, in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s, and was passed on to his daughter, Mellie, and her...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1980.
- [between 1892 and 1974?]
- Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Bowman-White House, in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s, and was passed on to his daughter, Mellie, and her...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1980.
- [between 1892 and 1974?]
- Texas Club House
- People pose outside a log and frame building identified as the "Texas Club House" near Slumgullion Pass in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Men, women, and children stand near a stone fence and a false-front structure with an attached, hewn log two-story...
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.
- 1894 August
- Trinidad Opera House
- View of the two-story stone "Trinidad Opera House" on the 100 block of West Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. An arched stairway leads to the opera house. The building has pediments on the cornice, carved pilaster strips and...
- Trinidad Opera House (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Recen
- View of frame houses and road grades in the mountains above the mining town of Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with false fronts, mine buildings and tailings piles. Identification: "1. Stable owned by Prior...
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Los Angeles
- Aerial, panoramic view of multi-story brick buildings in downtown Los Angeles, California. Shows the Orpheum Grand Opera House, Italianate commercial buildings, and buildings with domed cupolas, balustrades on cornices, and corner turrets. Signs...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--California--Los Angeles--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--California--Los Angeles--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1902?]
- Crested Butte
- View of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, churches, and houses. Prominent buildings include: Union Congregational Church, Crested Butte school house, and Elk Mountain House. Mount Crested Butte is in...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Crested Butte (Mountain: Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Exterior view of Colorado Liquor House, Myers Avenue and Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story frame flat roof building has recessed corner entryway, storeroom windows with transom near double-wide entry, double-sash flat windows...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Colorado Liquor House (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1895 or 1896]
- Cripple Creek, saloons
- Colorado Liquor House (saloon and bar), southeast corner of Myers Avenue and Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the two-story, wood frame, flat roof rectangular commercial building has recessed entryways with an arch, storeroom windows...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Maysville, Colo
- Reproduction of a bird's eye view map of Maysville, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows dwellings, commercial and civic buildings, trains, and streets. Mountains are labelled: "Mt. Aetna" and "Mt. Shavano." Place names include: "School House," "Post...
- Maysville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1942 and 1950?]
- The John Zanett family owned and lived in this house from 1918 - 1953
- Exterior view of the John Zanett house, 529 Fourth (4th) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Two men, a young boy on a rocking horse, a woman and young girl on a two-seat swing glider pose in the front yard.
- Zanett, John--Family--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Zanett, John--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Children--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Gliders (Outdoor furniture)--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Hobby...
- [between 1919 and 1925]
- Birds Eye View of Leadville Lake County, Colo. 1879
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado as dwellings, mining facilities, and mountains. Printing reads: "Court House, Jail, Public School, M. E. Church, Roman Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church, Office of the Daily...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Ouray
- View southwest along Fourth (4th) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes: a group of young children with a burro, St. John's Episcopal Church and bell tower, Judge Story's house and the Swanson house.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D&RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Reproduction of bird's eye view lithograph, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows: 1. Methodist Church 2. Public School; (stamp mills): 3. Empire 4. Polar Star 5. Black Hawk 6. Gregory 7. New York 8. Campbell & Pierce 9. Randolf 10....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Summitville, Colo.
- View shows Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado, South Mountain, and mines. Hand written notes on front of image point to: "Iowa (mine), Winchester (mine), Annie open cut (mine), French (mine), Chandler (mine), Mill, Gauge boarding house,...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.; South Mountain (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Summitville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.
- September, 1935
- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House, partially obscured by a tree branch, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s and was described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house...
- Central City Opera House--1960-1970.; Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- Winter scene of American City
- Panoramic view of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The buildings include the Snug Harbor and Louisiana cabins, the office of the American Mining Company, and the shafthouse of the Mascot Mine.
- American Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.
- Winter [between 1895 and 1905]
- Central City Opera House
- A billboard on the left side of the Opera House entrance reads "Central City Opera House Association, Inc., Sixth Annual Play Festval July 17 to August 7, 1937 Mr. Richard Aldrich Presents Miss Ruth Gordon, Mr. Dennis King, Mr. Walter Slezak, Mr....
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Teller House exterior details
- A crowd waits along the wood plank sidewalk in front of the Teller House before attanding a performance in the Opera House. The ushers of the Opera House, who are dressed in nineteenth century dress, walk along Eureka Street ringing bells to notify...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City, 1942
- The Smith house, built by mining magnate Eben Smith, is above a masonry retaining wall overlooking Casey Avenue in Central City, Colorado. It is a gothic revival, board-and-batten house with a steeply pitched gabled roof, shingles, and gingerbread...
- Smith, Eben, 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- House occupied and owned by Mrs. Fred K. McFarlane
- A two story, box house is built in front of a tall retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a bay window, a screen door, and decorative moldings by the entryway. The shades are pulled down in most of the rectangular...
- Lightburn, James E.--Homes & haunts.; McFarlane, Fred K.,--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Old McFarlane home, upper Eureka St., Central City, Colo., 1932
- A two story, vernacular wood-frame, clapboard house with a side gable, two chimneys, and rectangular windows is built at the bottom of a hill in Central City, Colorado. A small addition with a sloping roof is at the far end of the house. A small...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- 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 wood frame, two story structure is built along a concrete sidewalk in Central City, Colorado. The duplex has a rectangular window on either side of the upper level of the house. A door with a window in it, and a side window are on either side of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Duplexes--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The house has a porch which runs the length of the building except where a gable holding a bay window extends from the roof to the ground level. Iron...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- J. G. Rogers' home
- Exterior side view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The end of the building is flat except for a bay window; the angle of the roof is clearly visible, and the front porch is seen from the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- J. G. Rogers' Home
- Exterior side view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado. The end of the building is flat except for a bay window; the angle of the roof is clearly visible, and the front porch is seen from the side. A white picket fence runs...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1965
- James Grafton Rogers home
- View of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The house has a porch which runs the length of the building except in the middle where a gable holding a bay window extends from the roof to the ground...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1790.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965