Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving examples of work by...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the entrance to Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving examples...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving examples of work by...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of decorated capitols on the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving examples of work by...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building
- Exterior photograph of the entrance to the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building apartment interior
- Interior photograph of an apartment the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Ray Apartments Building apartment interior
- Interior photograph of and apartment in the Ray Apartments building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1906 Ray Apartment Buildings are good local examples of Neo-Classical Revival style during the early 20th Century and are the finest surviving...
- Ray Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2000 October
- Louisville Grain Elevator
- Built in 1908, the elevator is historically and visually the most significant structure associated with the agricultural history of the community. Its frame construction and functional design illustrate an important resource type traditionally...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Louisville.; Historic buildings--Colorado-Louisville.; Architecture--Colorado--Louisville--History.
- Undated
- NYC train, engine number 4212, engine type Multiple unit
- Passenger train; 4 cars. Photographed: near Harmon, N.Y., August 12, 1932.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1932.; Railroad locomotives--New York--Harmon.; New York Central Railroad Company.
- 1932
- Western History Subject Index
- Multiple sclerosis
- Western History Subject Index
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- McPhee and McGinnity Paint Factory/Clock tower Building/Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Building/Styro Building
- Zook Building
- View of the Zook Building at 435 West Colfax in the Central Business District neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Built in 1891, this three story brick flat-iron shaped building has two wrought-iron balconies on the southwest side of the building and...
- Zook Building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Zook Building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1976
- View of the Spire Building from Cherry Creek
- View of the Spire high-rise condominium building at 891 14th Street in the Central Business District of Denver Colorado. The Spire is a 41 story high rise condominium building eight floors with parking and retail space. It has a glass exterior...
- Spire Building (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver Center for the Performing Arts--2000-2010.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2009
- 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
- Cano's Castle, Antonito
- View of Cano's Castle at the corner of 10th Avenue and State Street, in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The eclectic building was built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam War Veteran. The building is built mainly out of scrap...
- Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Buildings.; Espinoza, Donald--Homes and haunts.; Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Buildings--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Outsider...
- 2004
- Salida Performing Arts Center
- View of the east elevation of the Salida Performing Arts Center at Sackett and G Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has multiple additions to a small brick building constructed in 1877. The complex now has two story...
- Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Exhibition buildings.; Theaters.; Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.;...
- 1994
- Gertrude Apartments
- View of the Gertrude Apartments located at 2545 Champa Street (architect-Frederick C. Eberly, 1880) in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The former residence, an example of the Italianate style, is listed on the National Register of...
- Theis, Fritz--Homes & haunts.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apartment houses.; Historic buildings.; Theis, Fritz--Homes and haunts.; Apartment...
- 2008
- Orchard House, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the of Orchard House, a.k.a. Schlater's Mansion, at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site located at 3202 Chambers Way, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The three-story Spanish Revival style residence has shaped parapets, brown shingled roof, and...
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010; Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado...
- 2001
- Midway House, Conifer, Colo.
- View of the Midway House, also known as Broken M Bar Ranch and Meyer Ranch, located at 9345 U.S. Highway 285 near Conifer, Colo. Built in 1889 by Louis Ramboz, the elegant Queen Anne style two-story clapboard ranch house has a hip roof with...
- Dwellings--Colorado--Conifer--2000-2010.; Conifer (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dwellings--Colorado--Conifer--Pictorial works.; Conifer (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- 1420 Gilpin Street
- View of 1420 Gilpin Street (1900) in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two-story red brick Queen Anne-style house with Neoclassical elements such as a garland frieze above the oriel window and multiple fluted porch...
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2008
- 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
- 1750 Forest Parkway, Denver
- View of 1750 Forest Street Parkway (1929 : Burnham F. Hoyt and Merrill H. Hoyt, architects) in the South Park Hill neighborhood (Forest Street Parkway Historic District), Denver, Colorado. The Tudor style house features a semi-hexagonal one- story...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- ca. 2003
- Tandy Leather Company and Broadway Hotel
- View of the Tandy Leather Company at 1535 Broadway and the Broadway Hotel at 1541 Broadway in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story commercial block. The Nineteenth Century commercial-style building has been painted...
- Broadway Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Tandy Leather Company Buildings--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Leather goods stores.; Broadway Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1975
- Sergeant William "Billy" Gallegos
- Sergeant William "Billy" Gallegos stands in the back of a convertible automobile in a parade in his honor in Denver, Colorado. Gallegos, in uniform, a Marine Corps Sergeant and former guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, was held hostage for...
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hostages.; Parades & processions.; Soldiers.; Gallegos, William--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hostages--Iran--Pictorial works.; Iran Hostage...
- [1981 October 1?]
- Ernie
- Portrait of a man identified as Ernie, he was a rancher and operated a barbershop in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He sits in a chair next to a heater. He wears a dark shirt, jeans,and cowboy boots. He has a mustache and wears eyeglasses.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Barbers.; Ranchers.; Barbers--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [2005 March 5]
- Ivy Chapel, Fairmount Cemetery
- Professor Tom Noel poses in the entry of the Ivy Chapel (1890: Harry T.E. Wendell, architect) in Fairmount Cemetery, 430 Quebec Street in the Windsor neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The French Gothic Revival style chapel has a multiple arch entry,...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Windsor (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Chapels.; Historic buildings.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob); Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Denver Ordnance Plant, parked cars
- Cars are parked in the parking lot at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. People in work clothes walk in the distance. A white building with windows and...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Parking lots--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Pole lines crossing R. R.
- View of telephone poles with multiple cross arms on a dirt road in Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. A sign near a railroad crossing reads: "Look Out, The Cars." Houses and trees are in the distance.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Crossings, high potential, Frederick, Colo.
- View of telephone poles along a dirt road in Frederick (Weld County), Colorado. The poles have multiple cross arms. Shows barbed wire fences and open fields.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Frederick (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Frederick--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Frederick--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Pole lines, transcontinental, east of
- View of telephone poles positioned along a dirt road in Broomfield (Boulder County), Colorado. Each pole has multiple cross arms. Shows barbed wire fence lines, open fields, and woods.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Broomfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Broomfield--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon of Arizona
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The first floor is sheathed with log slab siding complete with finely-honed corner notching that gives the appearance of log construction. The upper stories have rough...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The building is on the edge of the Grand Canyon, a stone wall is near the rim of the canyon. The hotel has multiple roofs at different levels. The center section of the hotel has a...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Building under construction
- A view of large brick building under construction in a field. The building has multiple stories, arched windows and curvilinear gables. In front of the building are horse drawn carriages, a hay stall, a large building with wood paneling and...
- Building construction--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Building under construction
- A view of large brick building under construction in a field. The building has multiple stories, arched windows and curvilinear gables. Piles of lumber and dirt are next to the building.
- Building construction--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 14th & Lawrence
- A view a multiple story building at the intersection of 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence streets in Denver, Colorado. Piles of wood and other construction materials are on the streets in front of the building. Shows other local businesses, utility...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Gentry's trained animal show
- Shows three elephants of the Gentry's Trained Animal Show posed around a man seated at a table in the center. The elephants are seated on round barrels. The Gentry's Trained Animal Show presented in Denver, Colorado multiple times in the early...
- Gentry's Trained Animal Show--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Elephants--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Trained animals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1901]
- Independence mine
- A view of the Independence gold mine at Victor, Teller county, Colorado, owned by Winfield Scott Stratton. Shows multiple buildings, smoke stacks and a dirt road that leads to the mine.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Independence Mine
- A view of the Independence gold mine at Victor, Teller county, Colorado, owned by Winfield Scott Stratton. Shows multiple buildings, smoke stacks and a dirt road that leads to the mine.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Stratton Independence Mine (Victor, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- House of the Captain of Shemopave
- View of a stone and adobe house identified as the home of the Captain of Shemopave at Mishongnovi, Arizona. The house has multiple levels, exterior staircase, flat roofs, and vigas.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1900.; Mishongnovi (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Adobe...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Main St., Salt Lake City
- View of Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a dirt Main Street with pedestrians and electric streetcars, wide sidewalks lined with multi-story masonry commercial buildings, some with smoke stacks, and flag poles; twenty-two telephone...
- Salt Lake Temple--1890-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Mormon churches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main St. Salt Lake City
- View of Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a dirt Main Street, a gas streetlight, and the Templeton, a six story brick masonry Gothic style apartment building with Italianate elements. Shows electric streetcars, sidewalks, pedestrians,...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Apartment houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pueblo de Taos, Taos County, New Mexico
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows crowds of spectators, Native Americans (Taos Pueblo), and adobe pueblo dwellings during the San Geronimo Festival.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--New...
- 1897 September 30
- Spies On The Enemy, Crow
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Crow) man, identified as Spies On The Enemy. He wears a hide shirt decorated with bead work and fur, a multi-string necklace with fur accent, multiple braids bound by cloth, yarn, and beads, and a...
- Crow Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Spies On The Enemy.
- 1898
- Denver, Boettcher residence
- The Charles Boettcher house, 1201 Grant Street, Denver, Colorado, features cupola, multiple gables, roof cresting, stone foundation, and a covered front porch.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Boettcher, Charles, 1852-1948--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Denver, residences
- View of a stone and brick residence on an unidentified street in Denver, Colorado. The three story structure features multiple gables and chimneys, arched windows, a turret with a conical roof, and decorative gableboard.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Tyuonyi- excavation 1/2 complete
- View of the half excavated Tyuonyi ruins, Native American (Anasazi) pueblo ruins at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. A semicircular ring of ruins and one kiva hole are visible. Multiple dirt paths circumscribe the ruins. The north wall of...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1908
- Unidentified residence - exterior
- An unidentified residence in Denver, Colorado, features multiple gables, balcony, brick and wood construction, and open front porch.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897