Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-05143-018-00
- Quailty Cards N-7128
- Inset text reads: "So many thoughtful things you've done, So many tender words you've said To make me cherish days gone by And know there's happiness ahead; Without you, life would lose all charm, But with you, every joy is mine And words...
- Undated
- Hallmark 50X589-3
- Inset text reads: "You've done so many things, Sweetheart, To make my dreams come true, So much that makes me realize There's no one else like you, So much to bring me happiness, That no one else could be The perfect Wife and Sweetheart too, That...
- Circa 1943
- Greetings From Burma
- Inset text reads: "Merry Christmas Greetings This jolly card I send you, To greet this festive day, To wish you perfect gladness In the age old Christmas Way, May every hour be joyful Yet filled with peace and rest. A day that's well remembered for...
- Circa 1956
- Hallmark Christmas Card
- Inset text reads: "You lend a silver lining to every cloud of gray, You lend a ray of sunshine though rainy be the day. You even lend my sunny days an extra bity of cheer -- It isn't any wonder that I love you so, my dear Merry Christmas" From...
- 1932 (?) Dec 18
- Rose Moderine T-538
- Inset text reads: "In my heart there is a picture Of my young and blushing Bride When you promised to be faithful And to be my joy and pride Now we've shared our cares and pleasures, Dear, it brings me joy to say That you're nearer and you're...
- Circa 1943
- Angeli Musicanti Christmas Card
- Inset text reads: "Christmas Greetings and best wishes for the New Year" Image credit - Angeli Musicanti - Fra' Beato Angelico. From the Genevieve Fiore Collection, Auraria Library Archives and Special Collections.
- Circa 1965
- Valentine's Card
- Inset text reads: "I love you, dear, that's something That you already know, But it wouldn't seem like Valentine's Day If I didn't tell you so." From the Genevieve Fiore Collection, Auraria Library Archives and Special Collections.
- Circa 1940
- To My Valentine - Vintage Card
- Inset text reads: "Love is like a flower Blooming in the heart. Bringing sunny fragrance, Setting cares apart Keeping, through all seasons Cheery, bright and true... My love is a flower Blooming just for you!" From the Genevieve Fiore...
- 1937
- West Colfax neighborhood plan: West Colfax on the Rise.
- Alamo Hotel
- View across intersection of Cucharas and Tejon Streets of the Alamo Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows the four-story brick building with stone trim, pediments, inset, arcaded balconies, cast metal bays, and arched windows,...
- Alamo Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- James Rae Arvill house
- View of the James Rae Arvill home in Denver, Colorado; features brick corbeling, an inset porch, and a sign: "Mary-Jo Apartments," and "1055."
- Arvill, James Rae--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Auditorium Hotel
- Side view of the Auditorium Hotel at 1406 Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with decorative brackets, a barber pole, and a large roof sign. Signs read: "Firestone Tires. Auto Tire & Accessory Co.," "Hotel...
- Auditorium Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1928 Jul. 5
- Baker District, Denver
- View of homes in the Baker Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features include shingle imbrication, covered porches, bargeboard, arched windows, corbeled brick, and an inset balcony.
- Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984
- Bank Block, Idaho Springs
- View of the Bank Block at 1535 Miner Street in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two story brick structure has brackets and cornices. An inset plaque reads: "Bank Block 1901." The lower level has two businesses, "The Big Scoop," an...
- Bank Block (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Big Scoop (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Home Centre (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cafes.; Hardware stores.; Commercial facilities.; Bank Block (Idaho...
- 1994
- Barth Hotel
- Exterior photograph of the panel inset on next to the entrance to the Barth Hotel located in Denver, Colorado. The 1882 building was designed by noted architect F.C. Eberley. First used as a warehouse, the four story brick and sandstone building...
- Barth Hotel (Denver, Colo.); Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.); Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Charles Boettcher 12th & Grant
- View of the Charles Boettcher residence at 12th (Twelfth) and Grant Streets in Denver, Colorado; features stone trim, a covered porch, a terrace, an inset balcony, a gable, and leaded glass.
- Boettcher, Charles, 1852-1948--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Flour mill
- Wooden beams, drive belts, and hanging lamps with frosted glass shades borne on curving rods fill the interior of the Boulder Milling and Elevator Company in Boulder, Colorado. Metal sifting cabinets with hoppers and flywheels are against the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Farrand Hall
- Arcaded, inset balconies grace the upper gable ends of these dormitories at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Terra-cotta roofs and capped chimneys top the six-story buildings; two-story community rooms have arched windows and stone...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Residence hall
- Arcaded, inset balconies grace the upper gable ends of these dormitories at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Terra-cotta roofs and capped chimneys top the six-story buildings; two-story community rooms have arched windows and stone...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Farrand Hall
- Arcaded, inset balconies grace the upper gable ends of these dormitories at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Terra-cotta roofs and capped chimneys top the six-story buildings; two-story community rooms have arched windows and stone...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- 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?]
- View on Lincoln Ave
- A wagon and team are parked in the ditch by the boardwalk in a street scene from Breckenridge, Colorado. A storefront with an inset, mitred entry is on the right. False fronted buildings line the other side of the dirt street. Lettering on one...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Breckenridge boys
- Six men of the Breckenridge Volunteer Fire Department of Breckenridge, Colorado, pose with their safety bicycles in front of a false fronted store. Wearing soft hats and suspenders, they have bedrolls and boxes tied to their handlebars. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Masons
- Nine young Masons in sack suits, ties and hats pose on a snowy street in Breckenridge, Colorado, in front of frame, gable roofed and false fronted buildings. The two-story building has a glass storefront with a mitred, inset entry and a Masonic...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge storefront
- This frame, false fronted, storefront in Breckenridge, Colorado, has dentiled cornices with end brackets at the top and topping the plate glass windows. Diagonal cut borders are under each cornice, and the store's entry is inset and flanked by...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, two-story, gable roofed buildings on the left are at 123 and 121 South Main, both dating from the 1880's. The near one has a false front with a bracketed cornice and sash windows, and has projecting signs...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- 1968 Mar 14
- Charles A. Finding building
- Built in 1885, the Charles A. Finding building in Breckenridge, Colorado, was once the town's most substantial building, and housed the Finding Hardware Store. Built of local rusticated stone, the storefront has molding in the kickplates and an...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- 1970
- Brighton
- View of the grave of Augusta Beroman, mother, 1876-1934, Brighton, Colorado; shows a grave marker on the ground representing the length of the casket; features wood trim surrounding inlaid plain tiles with a thin, decorative tile inset that...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Brighton--1930-1970.
- [between 1949 and 1966]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels 1965
- A shed on the grounds of the Brown Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a lathe and plaster finish broken off in places above the wooden doors. An inset panel between the tops of the doors has raised letters in it that read: 'T.A. Brown, 1919."
- Brown Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sheds--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [1965?]
- Byers Junior High School
- View of Byers Junior High School (1921: William N. Bowman, architect), 150 South Pearl Street in the Speer Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick Gothic Revival style school has a central tower with buttresses, a shaped parapet, recessed...
- Byers Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Speer (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Schools.; Byers Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1980
- Byers residence
- View of the Frank Byers home in Denver, Colorado; features a covered porch, inset balcony, and white picket fence.
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Campion, John - mansion
- View of the Campion home at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features incised stone, a dentiled cornice, steps, and inset balconies.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1963 December 4
- Nevadaville, James Cannon house on Kenosha St
- The James Cannon house in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, tops a stone retaining wall on Kenosha Street. An inset porch has bargeboard; the windows and doors are all gone. Sheds and snow are in the foreground; a mining facility is in the...
- Cannon, James--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- Old prison carpenter shop striped shirt
- Interior walls of the carpenter shop at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, are hung with calendars, postcards, a metal square, hand and hacksaws, a drill brace, and wire mesh. A tarp covers part of the ceiling, over wooden tool...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carpenter shops--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- The world's most unique fireplace in new municipal building at Canon City
- The brick and stone fireplace at the municipal building in Canon City, Colorado, has inset fossils, vertebrae, a femur, petrified wood, and river rocks. A metate and mano top both hearth ledges; an iron pot hook and ash door are mounted in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- 1928 Jan 28
- Handsome structure
- The brick municipal building and museum in Canon City, Colorado, has a stone foundation, window frames, entablature and square columns. Panel over the inset entry reads: "Municipal Building erected in the year of our lord MCMXX-". Glass skylights...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Municipal services--Buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.
- 1927 Nov 21
- Denver residence
- View of a shingle style residence at 1040 Pennsylvania Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; it has bay windows, a gable, and inset balcony.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 960 Pearl Street, Denver
- View of an apartment building at 960 Pearl Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has a two stories and a raised basement. The facade has a parapet and inset carved stone details. A stairway leads to a...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 May
- Colfax Avenue and Washington Street, Denver
- View of an office building at East Colfax Avenue and Washington Street in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The International Style structure has brick and stucco cladding, glass and metal curtain walls, and an inset corner patio....
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Clinics--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1981 May
- Castle Rock, Colorado
- View of the Castle Centerstone Building, at 399 Perry Street (at 4th - fourth) in Castle Rock (Douglas County), Colorado; the three story brick commercial building has storefronts at street level and offices or condominiums on the upper levels....
- Castle Centerstone Building (Castle Rock, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Castle Rock (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Business districts--Colorado--Castle Rock--2000-2010.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Castle Rock--2000-2010.
- 2002 July
- Vine Street residence
- View of a house, built by Lang & Pugh Architects for O. P. Grove, at 1495 Vine Street, Cheesman Park neighborhood in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick home with a covered porch, an inset balcony, and shingle imbrication.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Grove, O. P.--Homes & haunts.
- 1972
- Residence at 1359 Race Street
- View of a house on Race Street, Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado; features include rough stone, a bay, shingle siding, and an inset balcony. A car is by the garage.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Western History Subject Index
- Childs, Samuel Beresford
- Married couple
- Studio portrait of a man and a woman; she wears a puff shoulder bodice with a pleated inset, pince-nez, and a jeweled sash buckle. He has a goatee and watch fob jewelry.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Spouses--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Cochrane House
- View of the Cochrane House (1886) at 1304 Olive Street in the Montclair Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Italianate style brick house has paired arched windows, an inset, curved gable dormer and scrolled eve brackets. The yard is decorated for...
- Cochrane, Matthias--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Cochrane, Matthias--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1999
- Map of San Juan, Colorado
- Colorado--Maps.;
- [1877]
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado authors. Works
- Parquet, Opera House, Colo. Springs
- View of the parquet in the Opera House, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows ornate cast iron seats with letters on backs: "L, K, J," and a piano in front of stage. The proscenium and walls are painted with decorative borders and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1910.; Seating furniture--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1910.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- 1st prize ponies, Master George Shields young son of the President of the Carnival J. G. Shields accompanied by Miss Augusta Wight
- George Shields and Augusta Wight ride in the first prize Sunflower Carnival Parade entry, a pony cart, adorned with evergreen sprigs and crepe paper flowers, in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear straw hats; hers is wide brimmed...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Artificial flowers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]