Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Arapaho?) cradleboard. It features decorative opaque, red, white, black and green beadwork in geometric designs. The cradleboard has a leather thong, stained wood, lining dark brown velveteen, canvas backing and 1 calico?.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Main St., Central City
- Two masonry houses stand in front of St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church on Pine Street in Central City, Colorado. Both buildings have flat roofs, cornices, and arched windows. Built above a retaining wall, the first house has a Victorian...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Wooden lattice on North West porch building for Mr. D.A. Millett
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows lattice work for a residence at 860 Vine Street in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado...
- Millett, Daniel Appleton, 1879-1955--Homes & haunts.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood))--1920-1930.; Houses.; Porches.; Trellises.
- 1920 March 25
- Flower-Vaile House
- View of the Flower-Vaile House (1889; Robert G. Balcomb and Eugene Rice, architects) at 1610 Emerson Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade and side elevation of a three-story single detached residence....
- Flower, John S.--Homes & haunts.; Flower Vaile House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Flower, John S.--Homes and haunts.; Vaile, Joel P.--Homes &...
- 1995
- Dwellings - San Luis Valley
- View of a two-story brick house with wooden columns and a lattice work balcony probably in the San Luis Valley in Colorado. Shows a white picket fence and trees.
- San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Fort Lewis, people on stage
- People stand and pose on a stage for (probably) graduation ceremonies at Fort Lewis High School (later Fort Lewis College) in Hesperus (La Plata County), Colorado. The stage is decorated with a banner that reads "Ever Onward", a Colorado state...
- Fort Lewis High School (Hesperus, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Hesperus (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1913?]
- Fort Lewis, soldiers on stage
- Men in military uniforms with rifles, probably cadets, stand on a stage at Fort Lewis High School (later Fort Lewis College) in Hesperus (La Plata County), Colorado. The stage is decorated with a banner that reads "Ever Onward", a Colorado state...
- Fort Lewis High School (Hesperus, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Hesperus (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Cadets--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1913?]
- "Hotel" shotgun style
- View of a long, one-story log building, probably a hotel, in Lay (Moffat County), Colorado. The building has several entrances, lattice work, and a square bell tower or cupola centered on the roof. A person stands beside a pig, chickens, a saddled...
- Lay (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Lay--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Lay--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Pasadena, Cal., residence on Marengo Ave.
- View of a yard and house on Marengo Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a lattice work arbor covered with climbing roses, an orange tree with fruit, a flower bed with lilies and a section of a wood frame house with a carved...
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Arbors (Bowers); Houses.; Orange trees.; Roses.
- [1899]
- Interior of unknown bldg.
- An interior of an unknown building, possibly a hotel, probably Colorado. The ceiling is decorated with molded plaster designs. A rug covers a wood floor. The room is decorated with chairs (possibly wicker), padded wood chairs, a lattice covered...
- Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Verandah, Gally Cottages, Nordhoff, California
- Vacation guests sit on the front porch of one of the Gally cottages in Ojai (formerly Nordhoff), Ventura County, California. Shows Victorian style residences with dormers, eave trim and lattice trim on the veranda.
- Nordhoff (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--California--Nordhoff--1900-1910.; Porches--California--Nordhoff--1900-1910.; Resorts--California--Nordhoff--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Monterey, Hotel Del Monte
- View of gardens and Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. Shows manicured lawns, trees, bushes, vines and paths. The Victorian Hotel Del Monte has a porch with columns, gingerbread arches, and lattice.
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Gardens--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Trees--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891]
- The Manitou Springs, Colorado
- Guests relax on the veranda of the Cliff House, Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The veranda features a bannister, turned posts, spindles, hanging potted plants and lattice work below. A pool with a Calla Lily fountain shows under the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fountains--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [1909]
- (1896) Oak Street
- Exterior of a Victorian wood frame house with boarded up windows, Oak Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Features projecting gable porch with a decorative cartouche with: 1896, an eyebrow dormer, upper balcony with lattice work.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- August 26, 1979
- Ouray residence
- Exterior of a Victorian frame house, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, with a projecting gable porch, an eyebrow dormer, and an upper balcony with lattice work covered with overgrown ivy. Towering banded cliffs in background.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Ouray residence
- View of roof gables of a Victorian wood-frame house, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Features: projecting gable porch, eyebrow dormer, and upper balcony with lattice work covered with overgrown ivy.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Gables--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Residence of Jonah Maurcie Finn, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's neglected residence, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; nicknamed "the Towers" or "Finn's Folly"; this twenty-six room mansion completed by 1901 was torn down in 1920; features...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- The Towers
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's residence, Placer St. and Pikes Peak Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado; the three-story palatial twenty- six room mansion was completed by 1901 and torn down in 1920; also called "The Towers" or "Finn's Folly";...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- The Towers, palatial home of J. Maurice Finn, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Jonah Maurice Finn's residence, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; nicknamed "The Towers" or "Finn's Folly"; palatial twenty-six room mansion was completed by 1901 and torn down in 1920; features include...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920]
- Palm Theater, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior of Palm Theater, 320 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; five small dogs on show pedestals and five men in three piece suits stand in front of theater; one man props a dog on his palm with dog standing up on its hind paws;...
- Palm Theater (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Street scene, Cripple Creek
- Row of one and two-story medium gable wood frame and log houses probably on north side of Eaton Avenue or possibly Carr Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one is under final stage of construction; dirt street has light snow and wagon tracks on it;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Strontia Springs, one of the most popular summer resorts in Platte Canon
- View over snowcovered Strontia Springs, (Deansbury) a summer resort at milepost 26.80 of the Denver, South Park and Pacific line of the Colorado and Southern railroad, Platte Canyon, Douglas County, Colorado. The two story 1884 brick hotel shows...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1930.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Strontia Springs Hotel (Strontia, Colo.)--1920-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1920-1930.; Strontia Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1929
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines - ballroom & crowd
- Guests sit at tables surrounding the ballroom dance floor, Troutdale-in-the-Pines mountain resort, Troutdale, Jefferson County, Colorado. The bandleader, orchestra, and singer are on stage platform; pine boughs decorate lattice work and ceiling.
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- September 4, 1935
- Colorado Springs residence
- Two women pose with a dog, that is half shaved, in the yard of a two story home in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The house features wood shingle siding, window lattice, awnings and shutters and a livery stable in back yard.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Central City home interior
- The back porch of a Central City home is framed in a dark, round border. The house is brick and has two rectangular windows and lattice work on the right side of the porch. Wood steps lead up to the porch with a wood railing. A planter is next to...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Porches--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- City Park, Denver
- View of an arbor in City Park, Denver, Colorado; structure has four brick columns, lattice roof, and facing wooden benches; shows lake in distance, two people standing near shore, and automobiles parked along roadway.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arbors (Bowers)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1917 and 1920?]
- 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
- Central City, 1953
- A one story house with a stone chimney, flared eaves, and a gabled roof is built above a stone retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The four arched windows are surrounded with decorative brickwork, a wheel window above the porch, and qoinwork....
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- 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]
- Central City, Colorado residences
- A two story brick, box-shaped house is above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has a hipped roof, shingles, two chimneys, and rectangular windows, some much narrower in width than others. The covered porch has simple columns, a balcony...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- 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]
- Residence in Central City
- A one story, painted, clapboard house with a sloping roof and rectangular windows with light trim is in the left foreground in Central City, Colorado. The house and porch are supported by a masonry foundation and columns. Lattice work is next to...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Two hipped box houses stand above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house on the left is a clapboard structure with a chimney, a covered porch supported by simple columns, and a balcony with a spindle railing around the perimeter. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1959]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northwest; shows the porch covering the central entrance and the central gable with its pointed-arch window on the front, the bay window, solarium, oriel window, and entrance on the side. The...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- 1881
- Georgetown - stores, interiors
- Interior view of a store in Georgetown, Colorado, down the center aisle, with glass showcases on bases with carved woodwork, cast iron stools, and shelves with carved woodwork on both sides. Towards the back of the store a man in a dark suit leans...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 to 1910?]
- Georgetown - stores, interiors
- Interior view of a store in Georgetown, Colorado. On either side of the center aisle are glass showcases on bases with carved woodwork, cast iron stools, and shelves with carved woodwork. A man in a dark suit leans on a case towards the back of...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 to 1910?]
- Eldodt Brothers - general merchandise original picture burned with San Juan Mercantile Co.
- View of Eldodt Brothers trading post at San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. Adults and children, including Native Americans, are by the covered porch; sign reads: "Eldodt Bros, Post Office." Shows lattice walls and an adobe church with belfry.
- Eldodt Brothers Trading Post(San Juan Pueblo, N.M.); Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1890.; Tewa Indians--Structures--New Mexico--San Juan...
- between 1880 and 1885?
- Cliff House-Manitou
- View of the Cliff House and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The Pavilion is a cross gabled structure with ridgecresting, a cupola, and lattice work in the form of sunbursts in the gables of the open east end. It has a knee-high...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hotel Navajo
- Exterior view of the Hotel Navajo, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This four story hip-gabled roof structure with dormers, wrap around open air porch, and faceted corner tower with bell roof was originally known as the Barker House, and was purchased...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Hotel Navajo (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Indians, Umatilla
- View of two crying Native American Umatilla babies tied in cradleboards and propped up against a lattice fence.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Umatilla Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Play ground of children of Wyandotte Mission
- Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) girls pose, in cotton dresses, with their instructors on the grounds of the Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. Some girls stand on or behind the lattice rail of a pavilion.
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1880-1900.; Wyandot Indians--Kansas--1880-1900.; Missions--Kansas--1880-1900.; School children--Kansas--1880-1900.; Schools--Kansas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ladies rest room
- View of a women's restroom building in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. A lattice work barrier surrounds half the building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Public comfort stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, William Forman residence
- Exterior view of a two-story frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado. Originally the home of William Forman, county clerk and town mayor in the 1890's, this cross gabled, clapboard sided house has a square bay window with embossed molding and a...
- Forman, W. (William)--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, William Forman residence
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, through a wooden lattice of the porch of the former William Forman residence. The cupola of the Summit County Courthouse, peaks of the Tenmile range, and dwellings are visible. Jigsawn porch brackets flank the cloud...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Colorado house
- View of a two-story house in Colorado. The house has an arched porch entrance, rooftop balcony, and lattice work near the steps.
- Houses--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Men's & women's rest rooms Platt Park
- View of the men's and women's restroom building in Platt Park East Iowa Avenue and South Logan Street in Denver, Colorado. the stone building has lattice privacy screens and signs that read: "For Women" and "Men".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Public comfort stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Cripple Creek (Episcopal)
- View of the Episcopal Church in Cripple Creek, Colorado; features a steep, three step gable, fish scale imbrication on the gableboard, gabled dormers, brick walls, stairs leading up to the entrance which is a single leaf door, and a cross on top of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Foster home about 1883
- Exterior view the Foster home in Georgetown, Colorado. Two-story wood frame square house with Italianate features. The flat top low pitch hipped roof with two brick chimneys has overhanging eaves supported by brackets, double hung pane windows with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1978
- Elaborate archway between the parlor and diningroom
- Interior view of the John Owen house in Idaho Springs, Colorado shows semicircular archway between the parlor and dining room; filling the space from the top of the arch and down about two feet is an intricately carved wood piece that shows...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Owen, John--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1965 and 1980]
- Idaho Springs
- Sitting man with crossed legs and standing boy wrap their arms around the turned posts on a porch in Idaho Springs, Colorado. A hat is next to the man who wears a suit and glasses. Boy leans into the picture, smiling, and has a flat cap on his...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]