Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- This picture makes it clear that the school lunch is a substantial meal
- African American children eat lunch with their teacher at a school hot lunch program in an unidentified school in Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; National school lunch program--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children eating &...
- [between 1933 and 1950?]
- W. E. Galverts lunch house near Boulder Falls 1880's
- A group of unidentified men stands around a stagecoach pulled by two teams of horses in front of W. E. Galvert's Lunch house near Boulder Falls in the Boulder Canyon in Colorado. Three more men sit on top of the coach. A woman stands outside on the...
- Posthouses--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Horse teams--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Trail back over the divide to Estes Park lunch near timberline, west side of Flattop.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members take a lunch break at timberline on a trail ride on the west side of Flattop Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Riders hold their horses' reins and sit and eat lunch on rocks. The horses graze...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park--1950-1960.; Flattop Mountain (Grand County and Larimer County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.;...
- 1956 July
- Elderly man eating lunch
- An elderly Hispanic American man, probably Mr. Atencio, eats his lunch in his home in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. he sits at table in front of a plate of beans and holds a spoon. He wears a denim shirt. His hat, an enamel cup, and a tortilla...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Eating & drinking.; Interiors.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Dinners and...
- [1950]
- Lt. Wilbur Sheets and Captain Harold Osborne at lunch in Pietra Colora, Italy
- Lt. Wilbur Sheets wearing an army pullover sweater covers his mouth while eating lunch with the Commanding Officer of the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Headquarters Company, Captain Harold Osborne, who is shirtless and is...
- Military life--Italy--Pietra Colora--1940-1950.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Osborne, Harold.; Sheets, Wilbur.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War,...
- 1945
- Skiers lunch at Resolution Pass
- Three Tenth Mountain Division soldiers have a picnic lunch in the snow at Resolution Pass, Colorado. The man in the center looks like the photographer, Jack Caldwell. According to him, his squad, part of the 86th Regiment, Company L, was noted for...
- Picnics--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Resolution Pass--1940-1950.; Caldwell, John C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center background behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent canopy in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Numerous men and women are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Cody, Louisa Frederici.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center midground behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Rocky Bear.; Kidder, Edward E.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Hallett School students at lunch
- Photograph of students at Hallett Elementary School, in Denver, Colorado, during lunch at the cafeteria. Several students sit at a table eating their lunch. One boy walks toward the table carrying his tray of food. Three other students stand...
- Hallett School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1951
- 1346 Palmer Lake Eating House G. G. Russel Prop. D. & R. G. R. R.
- Four men and one woman stand outside of the eating house near the shore of the lake in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad are in front of the building. The "Lunch Room" has a hipped roof, gables,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Palmer Lake Eating House (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1888?]
- Stout Street, Denver 17th
- View of Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; shows cars, bicycles, office buildings, storefronts, and signs: "The American District Telegraph Co." "M & K Lunch," "Bradshaw," "Puritan," and "King's Lunch Room."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- College Inn at Lakeside Amusement Park
- Nighttime view of the College Inn restaurant at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. Art Deco lights illuminate the semi-circular lunch counter that is lined with stools on two sides. A menu board hangs above the...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1950.; Restaurants--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Tolland on the Moffat Road
- Tolland (formerly Mammoth), Colorado, reached via Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later Denver and Salt Lake); shows picnic shelter, Toll Inn, restaurant (lunch room), shoe store, soft drinks and lunch stand, post office, souvenir store,...
- Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Ft. Collins, Colo.
- Trolley number 26 of the Fort Collins Municipal Railroad passes the intersection of Mountain Avenue and College Avenue in the commercial district of Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. The First National Bank Building block is in the...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1950.; Fort Collins Municipal Railway (Fort Collins, Colo.)
- [between 1947 and 1951]
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1918 June
- Rippeteau's Lunch Company
- View of a restaurant at 516 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; window letters read: "Rippeteau Lunch Room."
- Rippeteau's Lunch Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1930?]
- Children's lunch
- Boys and girls eat at a school lunch program at an unidentified school in Denver, Colorado. Women in uniforms stand nearby.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; National school lunch program--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cafeterias--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Children eating &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Hot lunch program
- A boy in a sweater finishes a plate of food at a school lunch program at an unidentified school in Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; National school lunch program--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Children eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Lunch break on the Colorado River en route to Shadow Mountain Lake "corn on the cob," Dr. Bill Cody, Dr. Buck Evans, John Bruno, Dallas Boyd, Glenn Cody, Garland Palmer.
- Bill Cody, Buck Evans, John Bruno, Dallas Boyd, Glenn Cody and Garland Palmer, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies on a trail ride, eat lunch on a log bridge over the Colorado River in Grand County, Colorado. The men are dressed in western...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1950-1960.; Grand County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bridges--Colorado--Grand County--1950-1960.; Eating &...
- 1955 July
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 9 and 10, 1925 November-December
- Cities buildings restaurants men on benches & standing in front of #1197 (no street) window advertises "Lunch Chili" and "Near Beer 5 [cents]"
- Men pose outdoors near a saloon owned by Abraham J. R. Cort at 1197 West Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the windows read: "Lunch Chile" and "Near Beer On Draught 5 [cents]".
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Cort, Abraham J. R.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Pemberton - Colorado
- A carriage carrying three men is parked in front of a wooden commercial building in Pemberton, Colorado in either Douglas County or Teller County. Five men surround the wagon. The door to the shop is open. Signs: "Headquarters for Wetherald's...
- Pemberton Restaurant & Lunch Room (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Wetherald's Transfer and Stage Line (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Pemberton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Pemberton--1890-1900.;...
- [1895?]
- Apteka Pharmacy, Miss Alpha Sigfrid, lunch hard boiled egg
- Alpha Sigfrid sits at an ice cream parlor table inside the Apteka Pharmacy, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, and eats a hard boiled egg lunch. Merchandise displayed around the store in glass counter cases, on shelves and wire racks includes: "Pro...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drugstores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Sigfrid, Alpha.
- September 1978
- Summit lunch room
- View of families and automobiles near a building at the summit of a mountain, (possibly Pikes Peak) in Colorado. Signs on the building read: "Summit Lunch Room", "Ice Cold Coca Cola Served Here", and "Open".
- Automobiles--Colorado--1930-1940.; Families--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Noodle eater
- A boy eats noodles probably part of a hot lunch program at an unidentified school in Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; National school lunch program--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Children eating &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- State prison lunch line for prisoners
- Convicts hold metal plates in a lunch line at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Steel cooking pots are set into the table, which has spoons piled on it. One prisoner holds a metal cup, and some of the uniformed guards look at him....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bread & soup lines--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Interiors.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Lunch break along the trail Chappie Young, Ken MacKaig, Hugh Griffin, Joe Dekker.
- , Hugh Griffin, and Joe Dekker, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, rest during a lunch break on a trail ride in Colorado. Chappie (Chapman) Young (in a hat), and Ken MacKaig lie in the grass and Hugh Griffin and Joe Dekker are near a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Campfires--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rest...
- 1948 July
- Airplane dropping lunch at Caribou Park, did not work out well
- A single engine plane flies over Caribou Park in Boulder County, Colorado. A parachute and package filled with lunch for members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies is dropped from the plane. Shows clouds.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Airplanes--Colorado--Boulder County--1950-1960.; Parachutes--Colorado--Boulder County--1950-1960.
- 1954 July
- Hot lunch, Lincoln School Sterling, Colo.
- Schoolchildren of the Lincoln Elementary School in Sterling, Colorado in Logan County pose while sitting around rectangular lunch tables. A metal, partitioned plate is in front of each child, as well as an enamel mug. Two cafeteria workers, who...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cafeterias--Colorado--Sterling--1940-1950.; Students--Colorado--Sterling--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- William F. Cody and group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center background behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent canopy in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Numerous men and women are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Cody, Louisa Frederici.; Kidder, Edward E.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the left background with three men behind a large group gathered for lunch under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Seated in the left foreground...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Cody, Louisa Frederici.; Kidder, Edward E.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Lunch stop, Ray Davis, Elmer Berg, Doc Hunt, Bob Hill
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies sit in the grass and eat lunch on a trail ride in Colorado. The men are identified, left to right as: Ray Davis, Elmer Berg, Doc Hunt, and Bob Hill. The men wear western clothing, and cowboy boots and...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Picnics--Colorado--1940-1950.; Berg, Elmer C.; Davis Ray, member Roundup...
- 1949 July
- Lunch break at Stead's Bucky Button, Pete Smythe, Con Becker, Rudy Savage, Jack Lamb, Joe Dekker, Rick Ricketson, Wayne Van Vleet.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members sit beside or lean against a barn door during a lunch break on their annual trail ride, at Stead's (formerly Sprague's) Lodge in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The men wear cowboy hats and boots, chaps,...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Rest periods--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Reading--1950-1960.; Sitting--1950-1960.
- 1956 July
- Lunch on layover day at Grand Lake Lodge Elmer Berg pointing towards the Ike Little and Polly Pollock.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies stand in a lunch line at a chuckwagon outside a log building at the Grand Lake Lodge in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. Elmer Berg raises his arm and points. I.K. "Ike" Little leans against a rock...
- Grand Lake Lodge (Grand Lake, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Chuckwagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1950-1960.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Grand Lake--1950-1960.;...
- 1957
- Lunch at Antelope [i.e. Arapaho] Valley camp Pete Smythe, Doc Gilbert, Frank Johns.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members stand in a line for lunch at the chuckwagon in an alpine meadow on the Arapaho Valley Ranch in Grand County, Colorado. Shows tables near a chuckwagon, and snow on mountain summits in the distance.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Grand County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Chuckwagons--Colorado--Grand County--1950-1960.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Grand County--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Grand County--1950-1960.;...
- 1957
- Lunch at Stead's
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies line up for lunch at Stead's ranch during the group's annual trail ride near Estes Park in Larimer County, Colorado. The men wear western clothing, cowboy hats and chaps. Cooks serve food from aluminum...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Larimer County--1950-1960.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Larimer County--1950-1960.
- 1958 July
- Canning fruit for hot lunch project
- A man and two women work in a kitchen canning apricots or peaches for the hot lunch project for the Work Projects Administration in Colorado. One woman stands at a cast iron stove and sterilizes a can in hot water while the other woman stands at a...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado--People--1930-1950.; Canning & preserving--Colorado--1930-1950.; Public service employment--Colorado--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Dick Kindig, Casey Gilbert, Jack Thode, Ed Haley, Charles Ryland, Mac Poor, Dan Peterson (stooping over fire) & John Ryland having lunch at Alpine Tunnel Station boarding house, Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad
- View of the abandoned and deteriorating boarding house at Alpine Tunnel Station in Gunnison County, Colorado. Railfans Dick Kindig, Casey Gilbert, Jack Thode, Ed Haley, Charles Ryland, Mac Poor, Dan Peterson (stooping over fire) and John Ryland...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Facilities--1950-1960.; Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--Facilities--1950-1960.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1950-1960.; Railfans--Colorado--Gunnison...
- 1953 August 29
- Lunch stop, Allenspark
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies eat lunch at a chuckwagon on their annual trail ride, in Allenspark (Boulder County), Colorado. Riders wear western attire and hold plates. Some men are identified: Tim Tyler, Hal Dahl, Anthony "Tony"...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Allenspark (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Chuckwagons--Colorado--Allenspark--1950-1960.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Allenspark--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Allenspark--1950-1960.; Rest...
- 1953 July
- Slavens student during lunch
- Photograph of an unknown student at Slavens Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, eating sandwich during lunch.
- Slavens School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Smedley School mid-morning lunch
- Photograph of a mid-morning lunch at Smedley Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Lines of younger students stand against the walls of a hallway. In the middle of the room are sawhorses with plywood across the tops. One top of the plywood are...
- Smedley School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- East Denver High School: 1915
- 1915 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1915
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 December 17
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1931 January 14
- East High spotlight: 21st year no 9
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 March 4
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 13
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 May 27
- Denver Public Schools Senior High School Guidance Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all High Schools within Denver.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1960
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1914
- 1914 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1914
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado. School lunch program