Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 101 South Broadway, Denver
- View of a building (formerly the Ball Park bathhouse) at 101 South Broadway Street (at West Bayaud Avenue) in the Speer Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has mission style pediments, corner turrets, and shingle pent roofs. Movie...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Speer (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1990 January
- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1930 South Broadway Street, Denver
- View of businesses at 1930 South Broadway Street in the Overland Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has a stepped pediment, awnings, storefronts, and signs: "Night Writers Arts & Signs," "Functional Systems," and "Cinemagraphics...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-2000.; Overland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-2000.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1980-2000.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-2000.; Storefronts--Colorado--Denver--1980-2000.
- [between 1985 and 1995?]
- 1934 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.10
- 1935 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.11
- 1984 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- [Audi]torium and City Hall, Pueblo
- View of classical-style City Hall and Memorial Hall Auditorium in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The three-story structure a has domed cupola, fluted columns with ionic capitals, a United States flag at half mast above a carved "1917," and a...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1923?]
- "Big Chorus" with Henry DeFluites doing great revival hymns
- Interior view of a convention hall decorated with bunting in Denver, Colorado; shows a crowd of people and a movie projection screen.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Social & civic facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- "Sergeant & Man w/ Hook" Royal Gorge Movie "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Actors portraying "Sergeant" (Willard Lewis) and "Man with Hook" pose on the Warner Brother's movie set for "Limited Mail", in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. One man has prosthetic hook. Denver & Rio Grande...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1925
- "Sergeant" (hobo) Royal Gorge Movie "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Willard Lewis, an actor dressed as the character "Sergeant" in the Warner Brother's film "Limited Mail," poses by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. The hobo is smoking a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1925
- "Sergeant" (hobo) Royal Gorge Movie "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Willard Lewis, an actor dressed as the character "Sergeant" in the Warner Brother's film "Limited Mail," poses by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. The hobo is smoking a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1925
- A Brief History of Auraria
- America Theatre
- View of the America theater at 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Cars and people are in the streets; electric roof sign depicts an eagle and shield, and reads: "America Theatre - See America First - Lets go Places a Riot of...
- America Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- At Estes Park, "videographer [sic] of the day" Cap Kemp and Mel Glatz confer.
- Donald "Cap" Kemp and Melvin "Mel" Glatz, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pose with a tripod and a movie camera at the "3R" camp in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The men wear their pants tucked into their cowboy boots. Kemp...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Camping--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.;...
- 1955 July
- Auraria Remembered
- Bank Night
- View of the La Mar movie theater and businesses on Center Street in possibly Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. The art deco style theater has a marquis that reads: "$1750 Cash Club Tonite, "South of Pago Pago" and "Sporting Blood." Shows a ticket...
- Motion picture theaters--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Barnum/Barnum West Neighborhood Plan: a neighborhood plan for the city and county of Denver
- Bide-A-Wee Theater (Movie)
- View of the Bide-A-Wee cinema at 1036 West Colfax Street in Denver, Colorado; a canopy covers the doors, signs read: "Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore - Her Sweetheart [Christopher Beam]," "Day of Reckoning," "Free Ford Car Every Tue. Nite and...
- Bide-A-Wee Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Bluebird Theatre
- Exterior photograph of the Bluebird Theatre located in Denver, Colorado. The 1914 Bluebird Theater opened as the first Denver theater designed specifically for the exhibition of movies. Harry Huffman, premier movie theater owner and promoter,...
- Bluebird Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 December
- Bluebird Theatre
- Photograph of a floor mosaic in the the Bluebird Theatre located in Denver, Colorado. The 1914 Bluebird Theater opened as the first Denver theater designed specifically for the exhibition of movies. Harry Huffman, premier movie theater owner and...
- Bluebird Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 December
- Bluebird Theatre
- Photograph taken from the roof of the Bluebird Theatre located in Denver, Colorado. Photograph is looking east down East Colfax Avenue. The 1914 Bluebird Theater opened as the first Denver theater designed specifically for the exhibition of...
- Bluebird Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1994 December
- 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
- Canon City movie premiere
- Men, probably ushers, pose by a movie poster in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Canon City, Gripping Story of the Sensational Prison Break." The men wear prison uniforms with convict numbers, they have ribbons pinned to their shirts that read:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Motion picture premieres--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Prison uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Ushers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948 July
- Capitol Hill Newsletter: Volume 1 Number 1
- Capitol Hill Review
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Cavallo's Orchestra
- Men pose with musical instruments in front of the Princess Theater at 1620 Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The band leader Rafaello Cavallo, holds a conductor's baton. Musicians wear suits and hold instruments that include: cello, stand...
- Princess Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Conductors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Musicians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1927?]
- City Hall and Auditorium, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of City Hall and Memorial Hall (Auditorium), Pueblo, Colorado; City Hall has domed columned cupola atop hipped roof, built in 1917, designed by W. E. Stickney; Memorial Hall, adjacent bulding designed by Godley & Haskey and built in 1919;...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town halls--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Flags--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [1919 or 1920?]
- Civil Defense promotion
- A woman wearing a Civil Defense armband presents a "State of Colorado Proclamation" to two men in suits in front of the Tabor Theater in Denver, Colorado. Movie posters read: "Invasion USA," and "San Francisco in Flame."
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Civil defense--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Proclamations--1950-1960.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Civil Defense promotion
- Women wearing Civil Defense armbands hold a sign: "Civil Defense," in a theater lobby in Denver, Colorado. A poster behind them shows soldiers and reads: "SOS ! Calling All Blood [Dono]rs." A movie poster advertising "Down Among the Sheltering...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Civil defense--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Intreriors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1953?]
- Clayton College auditorium
- Interior view of the auditorium at Clayton College in Denver, Colorado. A movie screen and chandeliers are in the building.
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948 May 26
- Comanche Drive-In
- View of the Comanche Drive Inn sign at 29910 Country Road 351 in Buena Vista, Colorado. The electric movie sign has an image of a Native American man and the word: "Comanche " across the top. A movie screen in is the distance. The theater was...
- Comanche Drive-in (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Drive-in theaters.; Electric signs.; Comanche Drive-In (Buena Vista, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Buena Vista--Pictorial works.; Electric...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Curtis at corner of 16th
- Rooftop view of Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Daniels & Fisher Tower is nearby. Signs on buildings read: "Agents Opera House Building Horace W. Bennett & Co.," "Isbell-Kent-Oa[...] Dry Goods Drapery Bedding," "The Henneberry Co.,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Curtis Street at dusk - early 1900's, known as "Theater Row"
- A view down Curtis Street, referred to as "Theater Row" or "Great White Way", in Denver, Colorado. It was known as the best lit street in the world and featured a string of popular movie palaces. Some of the theaters include the "State," the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sunrises &...
- [between 1927 and 1930]
- Curtis Street at night
- Night view of Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado; shows snow and movie theaters. Electric signs read: "Marquette," "Iris Theater," "Isis," and "The Nanking Chop Suey, Pool."
- Iris Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Isis Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Motion picture...
- [between 1913 and 1919?]
- More About Morey : vol. XIV no. 3
- Newspaper published by the students at Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Junior high schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1935 December
- D&RGW (2-8-0) 345 painted as "268" with 319 at Rockwood, Colo. for use in Paramount file "Denver & Rio Grande" business car B-7 at rear.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 345 (2-8-0), painted as number 268 for the movie "Denver and Rio Grande"), sits with locomotive 319 and a business car at Rockwood (La Plata County), Colorado. A log building and a cart are nearby.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Rockwood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rockwood--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Rockwood--1950-1960.
- 1951 June 24
- D&RGW (2-8-2) 476 Durango, Colo. as modified for movie "Night Passage"
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 478 (2-8-0) and coal tender, at Durango (Durango County), Colorado. The cowcatcher, diamond stack, and pilot headlight were added for the Universal International Pictures movie, "Night Passage."...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.
- 1956
- D&RGW movie set with actors l to r: Willard Lewis (hobo), child actor Monte Blue, west of gorge siding, Royal Gorge, "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Actors Willard Lewis, dressed as a hobo, Monte Blue, and child actor, Jackie Huff, pose with the movie train set of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad for the Warner Brothers movie "Limited Mail," in Royal Gorge, along the Arkansas River,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.;...
- 1925
- D&RGW movie train actors Jackie Huff and Monte Blue, gorge siding, Royal Gorge, "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Monte Blue, an actor on the set of the Warner Brother's film, "Limited Mail," holds a girl, child actor Jackie Huff, by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks and the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Child...
- 1925
- D&RGW movie train cameramen with water spray "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers.
- Actors and crew members of Warner Brother's film "Limited Mail" work in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks. The people have equipment including cameras, lights, mirrors, and umbrellas. An overhead...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.;...
- 1925
- D&RGW movie train filming at east end of Royal Gorge with locomotive no. 1523 "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Film crew members stand on a flatbed railroad car by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive, engine type 4-8-2, at the film set of the Warner Brother's film "Limited Mail" in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River --1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Fremont County--1920- 1930.;...
- 1925
- D&RGW movie train filming in Royal Gorge with locomotive no. 1523 "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Men stand near Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks with movie equipment and carrying cases, as locomotive 1523 approaches the set location of the Warner Brother's film, "Limited Mail" in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River --1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Fremont County--1920- 1930.;...
- 1925
- D&RGW movie train filming westbound passenger train at gorge siding, Royal Gorge, "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Actors and crew watch a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive approach the location shoot of the Warner Brother's film, "Limited Mail," in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. They have a tripod and camera.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River --1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Motion picture...
- 1925
- D&RGW movie train movie set with actors l to r: Willard Lewis (hobo), Monte Blue, and child actor Jackie Huff west of gorge siding, Royal Gorge, "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Actors Willard Lewis, dressed as a hobo, Monte Blue, and child actor, Jackie Huff, pose by a cabin with a tar paper roof, stovepipe, and potted plants, for the Warner Brothers movie "Limited Mail," in Fremont County, Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.;...
- 1925
- D&RGW movie train second locomotive derailed in Royal Gorge (note wooden beam to support movie camera) "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Men with Warner Brother's movie "Limited Mail" examine wheels of a derailed Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Fremont County--1920- 1930.; Motion picture...
- 1925