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]
- 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--Maps.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1910-1930--Maps.;
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- 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]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- 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 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?]
- Bell ringer Opera House Central City, Colorado
- Photograph of a Central City Opera House Bell Ringer. He is standing in the middle of unpaved Eureka Street with his back toward the Opera House. He is dressed completely in a black frock coat with satin lapels, black trousers, and black, leather...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bells--Colorado--Central City--1830-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Central City Opera House.
- 1933
- Performance of "Camille"
- A view of a crowd standing in front of the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The Opera House is built completely of granite, except for the top and sides. One of the two arched doorways is open, and people are standing inside of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Central City Opera House.
- 1932
- Mr. Boardman Robinson house
- A two story, clapboard house with rectangular windows and shutters is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has a gabled roof, a chimney, a screen door, and steps leading up to the front porch. A picket fence encloses...
- Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952--Homes & haunts.; Scott, Walter, Mrs.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- St. Louis House, Leadville, Colorado
- A small dog sits on a wooden crate near a carved wooden picket fence in front of the St. Louis House in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The building has a false front, decorated with a cornice, dentals and spindles. The three story building has...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings.; Dogs.; Fences.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- Hoffman Heights Development, Original Brick House
- Black and white print of unidentified brick house in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Street and sidewalk visible at bottom of print. Bushes and plants along edge of house and in front lawn. Overhang over front door. Three paned windows...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1952
- 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
- Central City, 1953
- A vernacular, two story, wood frame house is on the side of a hill in Central City, Colorado. The house has a clapboard front, gabled roof with a side dormer and rectangular windows, A decorative lintel is above each window and the door. A large...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Denver
- Rounded arches top two bands of windows on the second level of a large stone house in Denver, Colorado. The house has a large front porch that extends the length of the house. The property is bordered by a stone wall. Trees stand in the foreground...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Glenwood Springs hot springs
- In the foreground, white swans swim in the Swan Fountain at the Hot Springs in Glenwood Springs, Colorado in front of the wood bath house. Above the wood bath house, in the background, stands the stone bath house. A pool (called the natatorium)...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1940.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1940.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- A scene in Manitou
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north at the Soda Spring Pavilion and the Cliff House. The Pavilion is a frame structure with a cross-gable roof and a cupola with flagpole; the foundation is knee- high rusticated stone. The east half is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880- 1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff...
- [between 1885 and 1887?]
- Hoffman Heights Development, Original Brick House
- Black and white print of unidentified single story brick house in Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora. Drain pipe visible at corner of house. Single car garage. A large window, door, and two other large windows across the front. Each window has...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Residence of Dr. & Mrs. F. J. Bancroft - S.W. corner 16th & Stout
- View of the Bancroft house at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the Bancroft family, a horse, a lamb, and a bent wood shelter with benches.
- Bancroft, F. J.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- Tabor house [graphic]
- Exterior view of the side and front facade of Horace A.W. Tabor's house at 160 East Fourth Street, which was built in 1877 at 321 Harrison Avenue. This was the first Leadville, Colorado, home of Horace and his wife, Augusta and was moved from...
- Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1964?]
- 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
- Wooden house
- View of a two story Native American wooden house. The house has a covered porch and one chimney. A utility building is near the house.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1880-1910.; Houses--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- The one and one-half story, L-shaped, painted, clapboard Kruse Center house is below a hillside covered with trees in Central City, Colorado. It has a gabled roof and a chimney. The trim on the house is painted a darker color than the siding. It...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- Over a ledge and down a hill is a wood frame and board-and- batten house in Central City, Colorado. The house has a gabled roof, two chimneys, rectangular windows and a side bay window. An outhouse is on the hill above the house. A man and a woman...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Girls "B-B" club
- A member of a club reads from a peice of paper at the Rude Park Community Center, 1285 Decatur Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wall read: "Fernandez Post" and "Rules Smoking is not allowed in the house. Gambling is not allowed in the house...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rude Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Community centers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- February, 1934
- Wooden cabin
- View of a Native American (Shoshone) one story wooden house. The house has a stove pipe and a lean-to extension. Laundry hangs on a clothesline near the house. A pile of wood is in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Structures--1880-1910.; Shoshoni Indians--Structures--1880-1910.; Houses--1880-1910.; Log buildings--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Del Norte residences
- A man, two women, and four children stand outside of the French family home in the town of Del Norte, Colorado in Rio Grande County. Features of the L-shaped house include board-and-baten siding, a front gable, shingles, and two chimneys. A small...
- French, J. Cary--Homes & haunts--1870-1880.; Del Norte (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Del Norte--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Oldest House in Salt Lake
- View of the oldest house in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a one story hewn log cabin with chinking and a hewn board roof, a double horizontal window with panes of glass, a door and stone chimney. A man and two young boys stand and...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Gardens--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Toys--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Residences, Central City, Colorado
- A two story, wood frame house with a gabled roof and covered porch is built above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a pedimnent-like facade on the upper level with decorative columns under the eaves. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Georgetown residence
- Exterior view of a home possibly in Georgetown, Colorado. Wood frame house with side gable, clapboard siding, small porch over entry, double hung pane windows with pediment hoods and an intersecting lower gable back addition. A group of men in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Residence in Denver, Colorado
- A bicycle is propped against a stone wall in front of a large brick house in Denver, Colorado. Columns support the covered front entrance to the house. A man works in the yard in the left midground while a horse grazes in the lot adjacent to the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Fences--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Stone walls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 1127 Pennsylvania St., Denver
- View of a stuccoed carriage house at 1127 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has a steep pitched roof, and corner windows on the front side of the house. Shows a mailbox, and bushes planted near...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1995 March?
- Glenwood Springs, bath house
- Panoramic view of hot springs buildings at Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. The stone bath house has dormers and rounded turrets, and the hot springs pool is behind the wooden bath house. An American flag is on a pole on top of a bath...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Ouray, Colorado
- Center image of a panorama view of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, looks east over town and towards the Amphitheater and Cascade Falls. Landmark builings include the public school, City Hall, County Courthouse, Beaumont and Western Hotels, and the...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Opera House, Central City
- The Central City Opera House was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Central City Opera House
- View of Central City Opera House on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, after 1930's renovation. Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County granite. The main roof, a shingled,...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1935?]
- Wilbur Williams House
- Exterior photograph of the upper balcony on the Wilbur Williams house. House is located in Boulder, Colorado. The 1937 International style brick house, as designed by noted Modernist architect James M. Hunter, included a two-story center section...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
- 1980
- Wilbur Williams House balcony
- Exterior photograph of the upper balcony on the Wilbur Williams house. House is located in Boulder, Colorado. The 1937 International style brick house, as designed by noted Modernist architect James M. Hunter, included a two-story center section...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
- 1980
- 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?]
- 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.
- J.A. Turk and Co., drug store, Arlington House, Levi Clothing store
- The Arlington House hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a low false front flanking the gable roof. Its cornice is dentiled. Two flanking buildings have similar roofs. All three are two story frame structures, with second floor sash windows. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [1880 or 1881?]
- Alfred Bromfield residence
- Exterior view of the Alfred J. Bromfield Jr. residence, a modern style house designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 4975 South University Boulevard in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Shows the two story brick house comprised of cube shapes,...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Lawns--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Terraces--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Bromfield, Alfred--Homes & haunts.
- [1936]
- Wilbur Williams House bay window
- Exterior photograph of a curved bay window on the ground floor of the Wilbur Williams house. House is located in Boulder, Colorado. The 1937 International style brick house, as designed by noted Modernist architect James M. Hunter, included a...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
- 1980
- Hoffman Heights Development, Original Brick House
- Black and white print of unidentified single story brick house in Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora. Large brick chimney attached to left side of house. Fenced in porch area with overhang containing two chairs and a tricycle in front of large...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Hoffman Heights Development, Original Utility/Economy Model House
- Black and white print of original utility/economy model house in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Grass and sidewalk leading to door visible. Bushes and trees along front of house. Window with shutters. Front door with small entry way with...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Chief Ouray's houses in Montrose
- View of the original house owned by North American Indian (Southern Ute Tribe) Chief Ouray and his wife (Uncompahgre Ute Tribe) Chipeta on their ranch near Montrose (Montrose County) Colorado. The abandoned building is constructed of adobe brick,...
- Chipeta, 1843-1924--Homes & Haunts.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Structures.; Ute Indians--Structures.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Abandoned buildings.; Adobe buildings.; Houses.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]