Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- D&RGW kitchen galley for 4-36 seat diners built May 1927 by American Car & Foundry Co.
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car kitchen; shows a Black man in uniform, food trays with dinnerware and cutlery, and stainless steel cooking pots.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; African Americans--Employment--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Kitchens--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Daniels & Fisher kitchen
- Interior view of a Daniels and Fisher store kitchen, in Denver, Colorado; shows a woman with a knife. Loaves of bread are under a table; ice boxes are in the background.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903 January
- Daniels & Fisher kitchen
- Interior view of a Daniels and Fisher store kitchen, in Denver, Colorado; shows a woman in a chef's hat with food. Shelves hold dinnerware and crockery.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cooks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903 March
- Daniels & Fisher kitchen
- Interior view of a Daniels and Fisher store kitchen, in Denver, Colorado; shows a woman in a chef's hat cutting cheese. Shelves hold dinnerware and crockery; ice boxes are by the wall.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cooks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903 March
- Daniels & Fisher kitchen
- Interior view of a Daniels and Fisher store kitchen, in Denver, Colorado; shows a woman with a hand crank apple corer / peeler. Ice boxes are by the wall.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cookery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903 January
- Kitchen
- Interior view of the kitchen at the John Albert Ferguson house at 700 Washington Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Cabinets with glass doors, a stove, chair, and calendar are in the room.
- Ferguson, John Albert--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948
- The kitchen, Hawk Creek trail, Redstone
- View of Hawk Creek trailhead or "the kitchen", Redstone, Colorado; four split post benches are situated next to rock wall or overhang.
- Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trails & Paths--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Exterior of old kitchen
- Stone and concrete buildings at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have hipped gable roofs, vent stacks, factory windows, roll up sectional garage doors, rain gutters and downspouts. A pediment tops the entry; letters on it read "CSP...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1950
- Kitchen
- Women work in the kitchen of the Lutheran Hospital sanatorium for tuberculosis patients at West 38th (Thirty-eighth) Avenue and Brentwood Street, Wheat Ridge (Jefferson County), Colorado. The women have bobbed haircuts, wear drop-waist dresses, and...
- Lutheran Hospital (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1920-1930.; Kitchens--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1920-1930.;...
- 1927 June 2
- Tastes Good! - at soup kitchen for unemployed
- Men hold bowls and sandwiches at a soup kitchen in Denver, Colorado; sign reads: "Un-Employed Welcome." One man eats a sandwich.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Food relief--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Unemployed--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Soup kitchen for unemployed
- Interior view of a soup kitchen for the unemployed in Denver, Colorado; African American (Black) and white men and boys sit or stand at tables with bowls of soup and bread. Shows a coffee urn and cafeteria employees.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cafeterias--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Food relief--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Unemployed--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Kitchen, Camp Bryan
- Men and women gather around an outdoor kitchen at campsite in a forest in Gunnison County, Colorado. Tents and a suspended canopy form a seating area around the stove. Shows a folding chair, a pile of firewood and cooking utensils. The women wear...
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.
- 1896 August
- Prest. Harrison at the Kitchen Hotel, Leadville, Colo
- People crowd the entry, windows, and balcony of the Kitchen Hotel during a visit by United States President Benjamin Harrison in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The president stands on the balcony and points at a large replica of a silver dollar...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Presidents--United States.; Silver question--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1891, May 11
- 4444 Leetsdale Drive, Denver
- View of two restaurants at 4444 Leetsdale Drive in Glendale (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Building features include used brick, and towers with gables and awnings. Signs read: "Elly May's Kitchen" and "Wellington Broker;" cars are parked.
- Elly May's Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Wellington Broker (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Glendale (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Glendale--1980-1990.
- 1986 June
- Office, kitchen, assembly room, new locker rooms under construction
- Exterior of the Y. M. C. A., Littleton, Colorado, shows the cinder block construction of the addition of offices, kitchen, assembly room and locker rooms. The original modern flat roof building with YMCA sign is behind the new construction.
- Littleton (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Building construction--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1970.; Young Men's Christian Association (Littleton, Colo.)
- [between 1950 and 1965]
- Knight School staff in kitchen
- Photograph of an unidentified man and woman standing in a kitchen at Knight Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The woman stands in the corner by the sink and stove. She is facing a man who is leaning against a cabinet directly across from her.
- Knight School (Denver, Colo.); Belcaro (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhoods); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1952
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- Trinity Methodist Church, 18th at Broadway, Denver, Colorado : one hundredth anniversary 1859-1959.
- Booklet created to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado in 1959. Included in the booklet is a history of the church, a list of former pastors and photographs of different members of the...
- Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1959
- Kitchen in the field; Breaking camp at Camp Dewey
- Kitchen sink in the David W. Brown House
- Interior photograph of the porcelain kitchen sink and wood counters in the David W. Brown House in Englewood, Colorado. Built in the Prairie style by David Brown, a founder of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. George Williamson was the...
- Brown, David W.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Englewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Englewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Englewood--History.
- 1978 September
- Kitchen cabinets in the David W. Brown House
- Photograph of a section of wooden kitchen cabinets in the David W. Brown House in Englewood, Colorado. Built in the Prairie style by David Brown, a founder of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. George Williamson was the architect. A...
- Brown, David W.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Englewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Englewood.; Architecture--Colorado--Englewood--History.
- 1978 September
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner kitchen
- Photograph of the kitchen in the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner kitchen
- Photograph of the kitchen in the Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner located in Lakewood, Colorado. The diner is an exceptionally well-preserved example of prefabricated stainless steel diner construction. Even at the time of its completion in 1957, it was...
- Davies' Chuch Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lakewood.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Lakewood.;...
- 1997 January
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274 kitchen
- Photograph of the gutted kitchen in the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Diner-Kitchen-Sleeper RGX-3274. Starting its life as a dining car, the D&RGW's Burnham Shops refitted the retired car to perform maintenance-of-way functions. In service...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998 November
- Gates Mansion kitchen
- Photograph of the kitchen in the Gates Mansion located in Denver, Colorado. The 1892 home of Russell and Elinor Gates is an excellent example of the Shingle style of residential design. The house also exhibits elements of the contemporaneous...
- Gates, Russell--Homes & haunts.; Gates, Elinor--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 August
- 1882 Corbett & Ballenger's 10th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- Hoffman Heights Housing Development, Interior Original Brick House, Kitchen
- Black and white print of Hoffman Heights house interior in Aurora. Kitchen from an original brick house, address unidentified. Lower cabinets with drawers above. Dark countertop with canisters, a teapot, and a cake holder. Upper cabinets break for...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1952
- Hoffman Heights Development, Kitchen Interior
- Black and white print of unidentified kitchen interior in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Wooden table and wooden chairs with wicker seat on left. Light colored bottom cabinets under sink. Electrical outlet and marbled back splash behind...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner kitchen
- Photograph of the kitchen in Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.); Restaurants--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.)
- Undated
- Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner kitchen
- Photograph of the kitchen in Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner (Lakewood, Colo.); Restaurants--Colorado--Lakewood.; Lakewood (Colo.)
- Undated
- Pauline and Josephine Chavez
- Pauline Gallegos Chavez (middle) stands next to her sister Josephine Chavez and an unidentified girl in their kitchen in Denver, Colorado. Josephine sits at a dinette table, she wears eyeglasses. Pauline, who was present at the Ludlow Massacre, was...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Women.; Older people.; Girls.; Interiors.; Chavez, Pauline Gallegos, 1887-1986--Pictorial works.; Chavez, Josephine--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1963 and 1967?]
- Highland Tavern
- View of the entrance to the Highland Tavern at 3400 Navajo Street in the Highland Neighborhood, Denver Colorado. The building is a single story red brick structure with large windows facing an outdoor seating area. A sign above the door is...
- Highland Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Highland Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 2010
- Teresa Vigil
- Portrait of Teresa Vigil, an expert in medicinal herbs (curandera) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She poses in her kitchen in a blouse and sweater. A stove, cutting board and pots and pans are nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Healers.; Interiors.; Older people.; Women.; Vigil, Teresa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2005 April 16]
- Frances Montez family
- Unidentified members of the Frances Montez family gather around a table filled with food in Denver, Colorado. Shows an older woman, middle aged women and a young girl. The girl reaches for the hand of a young boy who hides in the doorway of the...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Children.; Families.; Women.; Montez, Frances--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez family--Pictorial works.;...
- [1987?]
- Interior, La Cueva restaurant
- Interior view of La Cueva restaurant located at 9742 E. Colfax Ave in Aurora, Colorado. Molly and Eva Nuñez stand behind the cash register, an older woman, owner Norma Nuñez stands with her hand on a chair. Tin mirrors are over the window to...
- La Cueva (Aurora, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Women.; Nuñez, Eva--Pictorial works.; Nuñez, Molly--Pictorial works.; Nuñez,...
- [1985?]
- Frances Miera Montez makes tortillas
- Frances Miera Montz stands at table in her small kitchen and mixes dough for tortillas in Denver, Colorado. Her hair is pinned up and she wears a plaid dress and an apron.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cookery.; Women.; Montez, Frances Miera 1905---Pictorial works.; Cooking--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 23, 1911 June 3
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 1, 1913 October 11
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 11 and 12, 1927 November-December
- Clear Creek Highway - cooks
- Interior view of a kitchen in (probably) Clear Creek County of Jefferson County, Colorado; men pose in cook hats and aprons by trays and cooking utensils.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cooks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Kitchens--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- 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]
- Baby vaccinated at State Home for Dependent Children
- Lillian sits near a stove in the kitchen of the State Home for Dependent Children in Denver, Colorado. Laundry hangs from clothelines strung between walls.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Orphans--Colorado--Denver--1800-1910.
- [1901, January 25]
- A scene in Cripple Creek
- This restaurant in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado, consists of a canvas tent with sign: "Matts. American Kitchen Regular Meals 25 cents." Log buildings are to the sides.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Leadville
- Panoramic view of houses on probably West 7th (Seventh) Street and downtown buildings in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows two-story residences, wooden plank sidewalks, the bell tower of the 9th (Ninth) Street School, an American flag on top...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Residential streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Leadville--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?]
- Residence in Salida, Colorado
- People sit outside their canvas tent in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. A man wears bib-overalls and has a broom at his feet; boys scowl; a girl wears a checked dress and holds a cat. A primitive outdoor kitchen with a stovepipe is by the open...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beds--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Kitchens--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Baker at oven
- A baker removes baked rolls from a oven with a wooden paddle in the kitchen of the mountain resort, Troutdale-in-the-Pines, Troutdale, Jefferson County, Colorado. He wears white chef's uniform with a baker's hat. Baked bread and pies cool on a...
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Baking--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Ovens--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- 1937 June 30
- Chef at typewriter
- The restaurant chef sits at a typewriter inside the kitchen of the Troutdale-in-the-Pines mountain resort, Troutdale, Colorado in Jefferson County. His chef's uniform consists of a neck scarf, apron, and a chef's hat.
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cooks--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Kitchens--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- 1937 June 30