Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- View of room with men handling rolls of paper
- Shows the reel room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. Rolls of newsprint are hung on the columns of metal reels. Crumpled newsprint is strewn on the concrete floor. Workers stand and watch as others load newsprint rolls onto reels.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- William Garrett Fisher mansion
- A cyclist passes by the neoclassical William Garret Fisher mansion, built in 1895, at 1600 Sixteenth (16th) Street at the intersection of Sixteenth Street and Logan Street in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Fisher was the founder of the...
- Fisher, William Garrett, 1844-1897,--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Choir robes were made by church members
- An older woman dressed in a dark suit, a hat, and glasses dresses a small girl, who stands on a folding chair in a church in Bailey, Colorado. The child wears a choir robe, trousers, and shoes. The interior furnishings of the church include metal...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Bailey--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.; Taft, Russell, Mrs.; Tripp, Amy.
- 1958 December 15
- McPhee & McGinnity Paint Factory Building, exterior
- Men at work on printing presses as paper is printed
- Shows employees of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado at work on the presses as newsprint rolls through the printing press.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Paonia Opera House and Odd Fellows Hall
- View of the Paonia Opera House and Odd Fellows Hall in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Small child walking in front of building on unpaved street. Architectural features: two-story, masonry structure with a cornice, a pediment, two occuli, and...
- Grand United Order of Odd Fellows--Buildings--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- July, 1907
- Denver to have the Carter Collection
- Reproduction of a Denver Republican newspaper cartoon; shows man with sign: "The Carter Collection" leading indigenous animals (representing the Edwin Carter museum) from Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Bailey, Colorado
- Mrs. James Lamping sits on a chair with print upholstery and holds her two year-old great-grandson on the day of her fiftieth wedding anniversary, celebrated in Bailey, Colorado. The crying boy wears overalls, a shirt with a rounded collar and...
- Lamping, James A.,--Family.; Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.; Grandparents--1930-1940.
- December 12, 1938
- Freckles
- Two girls dressed in costumes sit side by side at a table at the Aurora Public Library in Aurora, Colorado. One girl wears a dress with a dark bodice and polka-dotted, puffed sleeves and skirt. Her hair is pulled back from her face and a large...
- Aurora Public Library (Aurora, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aurora (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Girls--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Inside of the community church
- Two women and a man stand at the back of a church in Bailey, Colorado. Individual chairs are lined up in rows to face the chancel. Sunlight streams through a large cross on the wall above the altar, which is between two, large, glass windows. One...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Bailey--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.; Taft, Russell L.; Thompson, Roy, Mrs.; Tripp, Gordon, Mrs.
- 1958 December 15
- Lampings, Bailey
- Mrs. and Mrs. Lamping pose for a portrait on their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Bailey, Colorado. Mrs. Lamping, with her hair pulled back, wearing small, round, wire glasses, sits in a chair. Mr. Lamping wears a suit and stands with his hand on...
- Lamping, James A.--Anniversaries.; Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- December 12, 1938
- Aurora Public Library
- A view of the Aurora, Colorado, public library is seen from behind the circulation desk. The silhouette of a globe and plants are in the foreground. A woman stands behind the circulation desk, and a woman borrower stands at the desk, checking out...
- Aurora Public Library (Aurora, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aurora (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.
- April 11, 1962
- Aurora Public Library
- Two librarians from the Aurora Public Library in Aurora, Colorado, sit at a table, partially hidden by piles of books. Behind them are bookshelves full of more books. They each hold open books and book cards in their hands.
- Aurora Public Library (Aurora, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aurora (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors--1950-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.
- September 19, 1962
- Railroad - Georgetown to Silver Plume
- View from Georgetown to Silver Plume, Colorado; shows railroad tracks and roads with a bridge crossing Clear Creek, which is white, possibly frozen. A cluster of wood buildings are in a clearing next to the creek. Silver Plume is visible in the...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Platte Canyon Community Church, gift to Bailey, Colo.
- A man and an elderly woman stand outside a building with a modified Dutch, gambrel roof with eaves that extend to the ground, large windows with square panes, and a large cross cut through the wall and filled with glass bricks in Bailey, Colorado....
- Bailey (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Bailey--1950-1960.; Failing, Grace.; Tripp, Gordon.
- 1958 December 15
- Snow scene 14[?] Washington Ave
- View of a residence on Washington Street in Denver, Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1900 April 5
- Ghost house
- Evening view of the dilapidated, snow-covered Henry Gillespie house in Aspen, Colorado; features a wood frame structure with towers with triangular dormers, pediments, numerous gables, finials, gingerbread ornamentation, and clapboard siding; panes...
- Gillespie, Henry B.--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Hotel Jerome, Aspen
- A swimmer in a bathing suit and a white cap dives in a pike position into the pool at the Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado. A woman in a strapless bathing suit sits at the edge of the pool with her feet in the water. A woman in ski clothes and a hat...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.; Hotel Jerome (Aspen, Colo.)
- 1950 January 2
- Creede, Colorado
- People and horse-drawn carts proceed down a bustling Main Street in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Architectural features of the commercial buildings include cornices, false fronts, clapboard siding, and fire escapes. One of the...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- No. 7 ore-cars D.& R.G.R.R., Creede, Colo.
- Ore cars of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad extend over the tracks in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Wood-frame residences and commercial storefronts parallel the tracks. Railroad buildings and machinery are among the tracks....
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Burlington consolidated school, Kit Carson County, Colorado
- Burlington High School, in Burlington, Kit Carson County, Colorado, is a three-story building with large windows, a flat roof, and transoms over the front door. Sidewalks lead through the yard to the building entrance.
- Burlington (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Burlington--1920-1930.
- January 8, 1924
- A town comes of age
- A gravestone at the cemetery in Empire, Colorado features an arched top and rectangular sides. Within the arch is an engraved cross and beneath is an inscription that reads: "Peter Geary, Shot by G. V. Hunter Sept 20, 1864. Aged 35 Years." This...
- Empire (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Empire--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Class at work
- African-American (Black) students and white pupils work arithmetic problems at the blackboard and write at desks in Miss Craig's classroom in Gilpin School at 29th (Twenty-ninth) and Stout Streets in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver,...
- Gilpin School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; African Americans--Education--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blackboards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1903 and 1904?]
- Beth Israel Hospital
- Exterior view of Beth Israel Hospital on 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lowell Boulevard in the West Colfax neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick institutional structure features a row of dormers and decorative Star of David finials. Lettering...
- Beth Israel Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; West Colfax (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Citizen's Mission
- Men eat dinner at the Citizen's Mission at 1617 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Citizen's Mission (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1951 Dec. 26
- Citizen's Mission
- Two women eat Christmas dinner at the Citizen's Mission at 1617 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Christmas table decoration of pine bough and colored bulbs. The women wear scarves and winter coats.
- Citizen's Mission (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Christmas--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Aged persons--Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Christmas...
- 1951 Dec. 25
- Football team of Mount St. Vincent's Home
- Men and boys pose at Mount St. Vincent's Home at 4159 Lowell Boulevard in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado with their coach, J. R. Burns, and the home chaplain, Father A. E. Langlois. Sports gear includes football pads and helmets.
- Mount St. Vincent's Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Berkeley (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Chaplains--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Coaching (Athletics)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Football...
- 1924 Nov. 9
- Colorado State College of Education
- Thick, black smoke billows out of the roof of burning Cranford Hall, administrative building on the campus of Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers...
- Colorado State College of Education--1940-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.
- 1949 March 7
- Colorado State College of Education
- Flames engulf the top floor of Guggenheim Hall on the campus of Colorado State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers College, and Colorado State College) in Greeley,...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fires--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Colorado State Teachers College.
- 1951 May 4
- Colorado State College of Education buildings
- A somber Helen Langworthy, Theater Director, appraises the damage done by the fire in Cranford Hall in March, 1949, on the campus of the Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal...
- Colorado State College of Education--1940-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Langworthy, Helen.
- 1949 March 12
- State Teachers bldg.
- View of the exterior of Gunter Hall, the gymnasium on the campus of the Colorado Teachers College (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State College) in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Colorado State Teachers College.
- 1931 June 14
- Central campus
- Photo of an architectural drawing of the dormitories at the Colorado State Teachers College (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly known as the State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1921
- Colorado State College football
- Four football players, Mickey Holmes, Mike Woolford, Don Millwood, and Hiram Haynes, pose in a line with their hands on their knees on the playing field in on the campus of Colorado State College (also known as the University of Northern Colorado...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Greeley--1960-1970.; Football players--Colorado--Greeley--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1960-1970.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1967 May 12
- Greeley State Teachers College
- Bob Bartlett, Ollie Green, Mel Spencer, and Jeff Keifer, football players at the Colorado State College of Education (or University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County) Colorado, run in their jerseys; one team member carries a football.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Football players--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1938 September 22
- Public Service Company Building, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Public Service Company building located at the west end of Sixth (6th) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The building it is built of cinder block, designed to blend in with local architectur, and surrounded by a black metal fence....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Power plants--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Park Greeley
- Aerial view of the baseball diamond of the Colorado State College of Education (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers College, and Colorado State College) in Greeley, Colorado in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baseball--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1952 April 25
- Mrs. James A. Wilson, Children's Librarian, confers with a customer
- A young girl, Lynn Wilson, stands in front of the circulation desk and checks out a book at the Lakewood Public Library in Jefferson County, Colorado. She wears a sleeveless shirt, plaid trouser; her hair is styled in a ponytail with a headband. ...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Librarians--Colorado--Lakewood--1960-1970.; Wilson, James, Mrs.; Wilson, Lynn.
- July 3, 1962
- It was in 1894 the Greeley minstrel troupe gave their show at the old Hunter opera house, they are shown here on 8th Ave backed by the Greeley band.
- Men in Greeley, Colorado, wear long coats and tophats, and have umbrellas tucked under their arms; marching band in uniform stands behind. The opera house is to the right; the Union National Bank is in the background. Pedestrians, buckboards and...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.
- 1894
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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 November 26
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado. Taxation
- Western History Subject Index
- Montezuma plywood company
- Western History Subject Index
- Holmes, Harleigh R
- Western History Subject Index
- Newspapers. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Newspapers. New Mexico. Roswell
- Western History Subject Index
- Newspapers. Western
- Western History Subject Index
- Inventions. House building
- Western History Subject Index
- Roswell, New Mexico
- Western History Subject Index
- Lumber and lumbering. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Silt, COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- RECYCLING. PAPER. COLORADO