Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1290 series lounge interior
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western California Zephyr lounge car. Men and women sit on upholstered chairs and couches and at booths. The men wear suits and ties and the women wear dresses or skirts and sweaters. Bottles of coke are on...
- Interiors--1950-1960.; Railroad lounge cars--1950-1960.; Women--1950-1960.
- 1951 Apr
- 1800 Glenarm Place, Denver
- View of the Glenarm Place Building at 18th (Eighteenth) Street and (1800) Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. The fourteen story brick and glass curtain wall building has rounded corners and a glass enclosed lobby, exposed structural...
- Glenarm Place Building (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.;...
- 1990 July
- 1875 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 3rd Annual Denver City directory
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1980 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 2721 Welton Street, Five Points
- View of 2721 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story brick commercial style buildings have decorative corbeling. A hand painted sign for "Young's Soul Food Cafe" is hung on the facade of the building, next...
- Young's Soul Food Cafe (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; 20th Century Barber Shop (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Kapre Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.;...
- 1978
- Adams County Golf Clubhouse, Henderson, Colorado
- View of the newly-constructed Adams County Golf Clubhouse in Henderson, Colorado. Architectural features: steeply-pitched roof with shingles, a glass facade, a concrete foundation, and glass, globe light fixtures. Three golf carts are parked...
- Henderson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Golf--Colorado--Henderson--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Adams State, 5/18/47 Roto
- The Casa Bonita Lounge of the Adams State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado has Spanish style carved wood sofas, a table with a woven blanket on top, and a tile fireplace with a wooden mantle and decorative flower arrangements. There are sconces...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.--1940-1950.; Lounges--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Pianos--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Albany Hotel, bar
- Interior view of the bar and lounge at the Albany Hotel, after remodeling designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The modern style decor includes a bar with rounded corners and a rounded...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Barrooms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bars (Furniture)--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Dining tables--1930-1940.;...
- [1936]
- Albany Hotel, cocktail lounge
- Interior view of a cocktail lounge, or nightclub at the Albany Hotel, after remodeling designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Chairs, couches and low, round tables are set up in the carpeted...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Dance floors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1936]
- Amitie Club cocktail
- View of an Amitie Club function. An African American (Black) couple sit on bar stools probably at the Capri Lounge on Welton Street in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a gray suit and tie, has a glass of beer in his hand, and his arm around the...
- Amitie Club (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Antonita García (Tonie), José García
- Studio portrait of Antonita (Tonie) García and her brother José García. They pose on a prop railroad car platform in front of a painted drop of a railroad lounge car. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves and a gathered V neck, a necklace, a...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; García, Antonita, 1907---Pictorial works.; García, José--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Brothers and...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Athletic Club's new addition
- View of the Denver Athletic Club building on Glenarm Street in Denver, Colorado, during construction; shows a brick and stone structure with arched windows. Apartments are at the corner of 13th (Thirteenth) Street.
- Denver Athletic Club (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Athletic clubs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 May 5
- Barnum/Barnum West Neighborhood Plan: a neighborhood plan for the city and county of Denver
- Billboard for Boggio's Rotisserie
- View of a billboard located in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame is in an Art-Deco style. A plaque on the molding at the bottom of the sign reads: "General Outdoor Adv. Co." The sign shows a portrait of a man, he has his hair combed back...
- Boggio's Mount Crest Motel (Lakewood, Colo.)--Public relations--1940-1950.; Boggio's Rotisserie (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1940-1950.; General Outdoor Advertising Co.--Products--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Billboards.; Motels.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Boggio's Parisienne Rotisserie
- View of Boggio's Parisienne Rotisserie, a restaurant and lounge located near the corner of Tremont Place and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The building has a tile overhang roof and arched windows and entrances. Signs on the building read: "Air...
- Adolph Coors Company--Public relations--1940-1950.; Boggio's Rotisserie (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1940-1950.; Boggio's Rotisserie (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; General Outdoor Advertising Co.--Products--1940-1950.; Denver...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Brighton Depot Steakhouse
- View of the Brighton Depot Steakhouse at 269 East Bridge Street in Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. A former Union Pacific railroad station, the one story, wood clapboard building has a gabled roof, bargeboard, a brick chimney and glass enclosed...
- Brighton Depot Steakhouse (Brighton, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Brighton (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Brighton Depot Steakhouse (Brighton, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Brighton--Pictorial works.; Brighton (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1995
- Broadway businesses, Denver
- View of storefronts on the east side of Broadway Street, between 15th (Fifteenth) and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Businesses include Capitol Novelty, Universal Studios Photography, Rifle Sport Shooting Gallery, Char Broiler Steak...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1965 and 1969?]
- Brown Palace
- Smoke rises from the gutted Casanova Lounge at the Brown Palace Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Broadway in Denver, Colorado; neon letters top windows by street lamps and a fire truck.
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1935 May 20
- C&S car
- Observation lounge car, Silver Flash, on the Texas Zephyr. Photographed: Denver, Colo., Union Station, 1960.
- Railroads--Cars--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1960.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Denver.; Railroad lounge cars.; Railroad observation cars.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1960
- Capitol Hill Newsletter: Volume 1 Number 2
- Capitol Hill State Bank building
- View of the Capitol Hill Bank building (1919) at 2239 East Colfax Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story Classical Revival-style commercial building constructed of red brick. There are four two-story...
- Capitol Hill Bank (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; New Yorker Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;Bars (Drinking establishments); Capitol Hill Bank (Denver,...
- 1976
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Captiol Under Construction - 2011
- Many of us who work at Denver Public Library watched the demolition of the Colorado History Museum and the subsequent construction of the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center from the staff lounge.
- 2011 Apr 17
- Tivoli Brewery: a feasibility study Part 1
- Centennial Race Track Joe Coffee's Ringside Lounge Purse
- Montage of Centennial Race Track in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado. The upper photographic print shows the winning horse (Haydutie), the second place horse (Marine Salute), the third place horse (Air Point) and jockeys as they race to the...
- Centennial Race Track (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Haydutie (Race horse)--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.; Littleton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horse racing--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.; Horses--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.;...
- 1957 August 3
- Centennial Race Track The Joe's Awful Coffee Lounge
- Montage of horse racing at Centennial Race track in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado. The upper photo shows the winning horse (Say Boba), the second place horse (Naya's Day), the third place horse (Shifty Jean) and jockeys as they race toward...
- Centennial Race Track (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Say Boba (Race horse)--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.; Littleton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horse racing--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.; Horses--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.;...
- 1956 July 6
- Centennial Year: History of the University Park United Methodist Church, 1894-1994
- Central City Parade, "directors all" Claude "Gravey" Graves (theater owner), Mel Glatz (theater executive), Dick Dickson (theater executive), Rubin Craig (auto dealer).
- Claude "Gravey" Graves, Mel Glatz, Dick Dickson, and Rubin Craig, ride on horseback in a Roundup Riders of the Rockies Parade in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The men wear western attire which includes cowboy hats, chaps, bandanas, vests...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.;...
- 1954 July
- Champa Street bldgs
- View of buildings on Champa Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: "Champa Bar Nick & Pauli's Restaurant & Lounge," "Munt-Brooks Dance Studio," "Changing Scene Office," "Yankee Dollar Restaurant," and "Pepsi Cola the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1983 February 20
- Chester Morey residence
- A woman poses in the backyard at the Chester Morey house at 1555 Sherman Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A lounge chair, lawn furniture, grass, and garden are in the yard.
- Morey, C. S. (Chester Stephen)--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Backyards--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Chi Psi Boulder
- Wood panelling finishes the interior walls of this fraternity lounge at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Books and trophies fill shelves; sidechairs, a leather couch, floor, wall and table lamps, a free standing ashtray, and carved wood...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Fraternities & sororities--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1940.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1940.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr lounge
- A Chicago, Burlington and Quincy porter snuffs out a cigarette in an ashtray in a Denver Zephyr lounge car. The African American (black) porter wears a white uniform and cap. Well dressed men and women passengers sit in upholstered chairs with...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--People--1940-1950.; African Americans--Employment--1940-1950.; Denver Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Passengers--1940-1950.; Railroad lounge cars--1940-1950.; Railroad porters--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R., car 96 owned by Intermountain Chapter, National Railway Historical Soc., Deadwood, S.D.
- View of a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad train stopped in Deadwood (Lawrence County), South Dakota. Car 96, owned by the National Railway Historical Society, Intermountain Chapter," is on the end of the train. The business car has a rear...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1960-1970.; National Railway Historical Society. Intermountain Chapter.--People.; Deadwood (S.D.)--1960-1970.; Railroad lounge cars.; Sightseers.
- 1964 August 3
- Chuck Wagon Cafe
- Exterior of the Chuck Wagon Cafe and Cocktail Lounge, Granby, Grand County, Colorado, shows the stone restaurant with pyramidal roof, covered wagon entrance, and painted log addition. A neon covered wagon sign tops the roof and a pickup truck and...
- Granby (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Granby--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Granby--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Chuck Wagon Cafe
- Exterior of the Chuck Wagon Cafe and Cocktail Lounge, Granby, Grand County, Colorado, shows the stone restaurant with pyramidal roof, covered wagon entrance, and painted log back addition. A neon covered wagon sign tops the roof. Rocky Mountain...
- Granby (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Granby--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Club 404 Restaurant and Lounge
- View of the Club 404 Restaurant and Lounge at 404 North Broadway in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an early twentieth-century, one-story, brick, commercial building with no windows, a shaped parapet, urn shaped finials and a neon...
- Club 404 (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Speer (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Restaurants.; Club 404 (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1994
- Colorado Hotel, Glenwood Springs, section of rotunda
- Interior view of a lounge or lobby in the Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado; decor includes wicker chairs, a taxidermic elk, a fireplace, and a coffered ceiling. Men read by lamps.
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Lobbies--Colorado--Glenwood...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- View looking northwest at the Columbian Hotel, built in 1879, Trinidad, Colorado. This three story brick and stone structure features bracketed cornices and a mitred entry with a curvelinear pediment. Colonettes and palmettes on the pediment...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Come to Five Points brochure
- Conservatory
- Interior view of the conservatory at the John Albert Ferguson house at 700 Washington Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A rattan lounge chair, table, lamps, plants, and fox rug are in the room.
- Ferguson, John Albert--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Garden rooms--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948
- D & RGW tr. 10 at Volcano, Rocky Mountain R.R. Club Craig trip
- Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train no. 10 is stopped near Volcano in Routt County, Colorado. Members of the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club stand near the train or on the platform of the lounge - observation car. Snow covered hills are in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Rocky Mountain Railroad Club--People--1950-1960.; Volcano (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Volcano--1950-1960.; Railroad lounge cars--Colorado--Volcano--1950-1960.;...
- 1950 April 2
- D&D's Lounge and The 715
- View of D&D's Lounge & Disco located at 2716 Welton Street and The 715 located at 701-715 East 26th Avenue in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story brick commercial style buildings have rectangular windows on the second...
- 715 (Restaurant : Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; D & D's Lounge and Disco (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; 715 (Restaurant : Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; D & D's...
- 1999
- D&RG passenger car lounge observation car "Ogden Canon" with Denver Shop Band, Burnham Shops Denver, Colorado (car on turntable, roundhouse in background)
- Employees Shop Band of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad pose in front of a passenger car on a turntable, Denver, Colorado railroad yards. Each wears a uniform; each holds his instrument (trombones, trumpets, sousaphones, clarinets, and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- D&RGW
- View of the parlor car, "Chama," at the end of passenger train #215, the "San Juan," in Osier (Conejos County), Colorado. Smoke rises from the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive in the distance. Shows deep snow beside the tracks and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad lounge cars--Colorado--Conejos County--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Conejos County--1940-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Conejos County--1940-1950.
- 1948 December 25
- D&RGW lounge-observation "Glenwood Canon" on train #7 "The Panoramic Special" at Denver Union Station
- Men and women pose on the observation deck of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad lounge car "Glenwood Canon," at Union Station, Denver, Colorado. Plaque reads: "Denver & Rio Grande Western Panoramic Special."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad lounge cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- D&RGW open platform lounge observation 'Eagle Canon' at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado
- Men and women pose on a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad train observation platform; sign reads "Denver & Rio Grande Western Scenic Limited."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- June, 1926
- D&RGW open platform lounge-observation in "Canon" series
- Men and women sit on the observation platform of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad lounge car at Burnham Shops, in Denver, Colorado. Sign reads: "Denver & Rio Grande Western Scenic Line;" automobiles are parked to the side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad lounge cars--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1936