Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Noel Resolution and Keyes Case
- Stapleton International Airport
- Informational Notice to All Families and Individuals Living In Model Cities Target Areas #1 and #2
- Alamo Placita Park historic planting plan
- Photograph of the historic planting plan for the Alamo Placita Park located in Denver, Colorado. Alamo Placita and Hungarian Freedom Parks illustrate the early plan to develop parks facing each other on opposite sides of Speer Boulevard and Cherry...
- Alamo Placita Park (Denver, Colo.) Arlington Park (Denver, Colo.) Hungarian Freedom Park (Denver, Colo.) Parks--Colorado--Denver.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver.; Speer (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.;...
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- Alamo Placita Park
- Photograph of Alamo Placita Park located in Denver, Colorado. Alamo Placita and Hungarian Freedom Parks illustrate the early plan to develop parks facing each other on opposite sides of Speer Boulevard and Cherry Creek. The formal Italian gardens...
- Alamo Placita Park (Denver, Colo.) Arlington Park (Denver, Colo.) Hungarian Freedom Park (Denver, Colo.) Parks--Colorado--Denver.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver.; Speer (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.;...
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- Alamo Placita Park
- Photograph of Alamo Placita Park located in Denver, Colorado. Alamo Placita and Hungarian Freedom Parks illustrate the early plan to develop parks facing each other on opposite sides of Speer Boulevard and Cherry Creek. The formal Italian gardens...
- Alamo Placita Park (Denver, Colo.) Arlington Park (Denver, Colo.) Hungarian Freedom Park (Denver, Colo.) Parks--Colorado--Denver.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver.; Speer (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.;...
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- Alamo Placita Park
- Photograph of homes located near Alamo Placita Park located in Denver, Colorado. Alamo Placita and Hungarian Freedom Parks illustrate the early plan to develop parks facing each other on opposite sides of Speer Boulevard and Cherry Creek. The...
- Alamo Placita Park (Denver, Colo.) Arlington Park (Denver, Colo.) Hungarian Freedom Park (Denver, Colo.) Parks--Colorado--Denver.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver.; Speer (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.;...
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- Hungarian Freedom Park
- Hungarian Freedom and Alamo Placita Parks illustrate the early plan to develop parks facing each other on opposite sides of Speer Boulevard and Cherry Creek. The formal Italian gardens of the Alamo Placita Park section were designed to be viewed...
- Alamo Placita Park (Denver, Colo.) Arlington Park (Denver, Colo.) Hungarian Freedom Park (Denver, Colo.) Parks--Colorado--Denver.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver.; Speer (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.;...
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- Hungarian Freedom Park, Hungarian Freedom Uprising Memorial
- Hungarian Freedom and Alamo Placita Parks illustrate the early plan to develop parks facing each other on opposite sides of Speer Boulevard and Cherry Creek. The formal Italian gardens of the Alamo Placita Park section were designed to be viewed...
- Alamo Placita Park (Denver, Colo.) Arlington Park (Denver, Colo.) Hungarian Freedom Park (Denver, Colo.) Parks--Colorado--Denver.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver.; Speer (Denver, Colo.) Memorials.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
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- Hungarian Freedom Park Benedict Fountain
- Hungarian Freedom and Alamo Placita Parks illustrate the early plan to develop parks facing each other on opposite sides of Speer Boulevard and Cherry Creek. The formal Italian gardens of the Alamo Placita Park section were designed to be viewed...
- Alamo Placita Park (Denver, Colo.) Arlington Park (Denver, Colo.) Hungarian Freedom Park (Denver, Colo.) Parks--Colorado--Denver.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver.; Fountains.; Speer (Denver, Colo.) Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
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- #280 Grables' Harness Shop note: "Drummer" on right
- Two women and three men stand in front of a tack shop in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Two saddles are mounted on luggage trunks on opposite sides of the entrance to the store. A plate of peaches is on top of a trunk. An elderly man stands...
- Paonia Harness Boot & Shoe Shop (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saddlery--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Saddles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 13, 1908
- Fairplay, Colorado
- View looking the wood-plank boardwalk in the town of Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County; shows a wood-picket fence in foreground and houses opposite unpaved street.
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Picket fences--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.
- October, 1960
- Records of the Auraria town company, from October 1858 to March 1860
- R.R. and foot bridge Boulder, Colo.
- People stand on this flood damaged railroad bridge in Boulder, Colorado. The tracks and ties twist downward where the piers have been washed out, and a waving man, a boy, and a dog walk on a swinging footbridge that crosses the creek and is lashed...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- June 1, 1894
- Ouray Gun Club
- The Ouray Gun Club poses with their rifles outside a board-and- batten shack on a snowy day north of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. They include, left to right: Gus Arps in cart drawn by a small burro, unidentified man, Albert Arps, Otto Arps,...
- Ouray Gun Club (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Clubs--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Armstrong, Alf.; Armstrong, George.; Arps, Albert.; Arps,...
- February, 1909
- S.A. Grimm Block/Leland Hotel/Reed Apartments
- Woodbury Branch employees
- Photograph of two unidentified employees of the Woodbury Branch library in Denver, Colorado. The two women stand behind a u-shaped desk. One is on the phone, the other using a computer. An unidentified young man uses a public computer opposite...
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- circa 1985
- Franklin School with children in front
- Photograph of the exterior of Franklin Elementary School located in Denver, Colorado. The picture was taken looking towards the main entrance of the school. Children are in front of the school. Two girls stand on the opposite side of the street...
- Franklin School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1950
- Columbian School Kindergarten traffic safety lesson
- Photograph of a kindergarten class at Columbian Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during a traffic safety lesson dramatic play exercise. One boy stands with his arm raised, blowing a whistle by a "Stop" sign dressed as a traffic officer. One...
- Kindergartens.; Traffic police.; Traffic signs and signals.; Columbian School (Denver, Colo.); Berkeley (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1939
- Barnum elementary School: Ghosts of the Five Frontiers play script
- Smith Lake
- A woman and girl gaze across Smith Lake. A couple are in a row boat in the lake. The opposite shore is very crowded and there is a diving tower.
- Smith Lake (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)
- circa 1920
- Barry, Colo., from Gold Hill no. 472
- A panorama of the mining camp of Barry, Colorado, in Teller County, a component camp of Anaconda, shows a main street surrounded by wood-frame, commercial storefronts with false fronts and one-story, wood- frame, box-shaped structures with gables....
- Barry (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.
- April 4, 1893
- Glenwood Springs park
- Boys and girls sit and stand on a grassy hill near the swimming pool in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. The bathouse is on the opposite side of the pool.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.
- [May, 1887]
- View of Cutigliano, Monte La Serra, and Cappel d'Orlando, Italy
- View of Cutigliano, Italy, Monte La Serra, and Cappel d'Orlando. The Tenth Mountain Division held positions in the town, at the bridge of Sestaione directly under the mountain opposite and at Pian d'Ontani up the valley, while the German Army held...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [February,] 1945
- Construction laying pipe
- Workmen dig a trench for pipe at a construction site near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. They work near a mobile hoist that is braced against the opposite side of the ditch.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Bosworth-Sullivan stock exchange J.W. Coxhead, Jr., J.F. Toner.
- Men sit in the offices of Bosworth, Sullivan & Company, Inc., a brokerage firm located in Denver, Colorado. Men, identified as J.W. Coxhead, Jr. and J.F. Toner sit on opposite sides of a large desk. A man behind them talks on the phone. A large...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Offices.; Stockbrokers.; Cox, J. W.; Toner, F. W.
- [between 1967 and 1968]
- St. Anthony's Church
- Situated on South Third Street in Sterling, Colorado in Logan County, St. Anthony's Catholic Church was rebuilt in 1936 after a fire. The masonry building is L-shaped with two towers on opposite sides of the entrance; one tower is roof-level, and...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Sterling, Colorado
- Two men stand on opposite sides of a pile of money sorted in five and ten dollar bills in a bank in Sterling, Colorado, in Logan County. Both men wear suits, and one man examines a stack of money that he holds in his left hand. The door of the...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Banks--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Money--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Tractor pull
- Spectators gather around the participants in the tractor pull competition at the Logan County Fair in Sterling, Colorado. A man is in the driver's seat of each tractor. The two tractors face opposite directions and are connected to each other...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fairs--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Tractors--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Aspen residence
- View of the entryway to Pioneer Park, Aspen, Colorado; features double screen and double entry doors with "Welcome" signs on the doors; porch lights on opposite sides of the door; doormat at the top of the steps leading to the porch; urn planters...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Old Missouri fire house, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Old Missouri fire house, Georgetown, Colorado, the home for the town's first fire company, the Georgetown Fire Company No.1. Located on Taos Street, the building has a tall false front with a square bell tower and a bell on the roof,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Sterling - St. Anthony's Catholic Church
- Situated on South Third (3rd) Street in Sterling, Colorado, in Logan County, St. Anthony's Catholic Church was rebuilt in 1936 after a fire. The masonry building is L-shaped with two towers on opposite sides of the entrance; one tower is...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story wood frame house with a mansard roof and three dormer windows is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has two bay windows on opposite sides of the front wall. The covered front porch is built behind a masonry...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- St. Cajetan's parishioners after mass
- Parishioners gather after Mass near the steps of St. Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 9th (Ninth) Street in the Auraria Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The "Perkins Epeneter Pickle Co." is on the opposite side of the street.
- Perkins Epeneter Pickle Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Food industry.; Perkins Epeneter Pickle Co. (Denver,...
- [between 1947 and 1950?]
- Grand Jct. Church interior
- The interior of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Grand Junction, Colorado, features a gable ceiling, an ornate alter with crucifix and candles, two dividers, with cross patterns on them, on opposite sides of the church, hanging lights, wooden...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Grand Junction--1940-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1945 and 1967]
- Grand Junction
- The interior of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Grand Junction, Colorado, features a gable ceiling, an ornate alter with crucifix and candles, two dividers with cross patterns on them on opposite sides of the church, hanging lights, wooden pews,...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Grand Junction--1940-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1945 and 1967]
- Aerial view of Norlin, Ketchum and Life Sciences
- Campus buildings lie below in this aerial view of the University of Colorado at Boulder. All part of the Charles Z. Klauder design, they have terra-cotta roofs of varied slopes. The semi-circular bay windows of the Norlin Library open to trees and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Libraries--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1943 and 1950?]
- Equity bldg
- Two African American men stand under a lamp post on a street corner probably in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. On the opposite street corner is Johnnies Buffet. Cars are parked on the street.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Cafeterias--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Mrs. Saunders bldg.
- Two African American men stand under a lamp post on a street corner probably in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. On the opposite street corner is Johnnies Buffet. Cars park on the street.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Cafeterias--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Central City Opera House
- The exterior of the Central City Opera House is of Gilpin County granite. The upper rounded windows have a bracketed balcony with spindles underneath them. The lower, paneled doors, which have painted trim around the panels, have arched entries...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Central City 1890s. Funeral procession
- A long funeral procession led by a band walks down Main Street in Central City, Colorado, probably during the 1890s, possibly for Sheriff R. B. Williams who was fatally shot by Samuel Covington, a quartz hauler from Nevadaville, in April of 1896....
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Sheriffs--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Funeral...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Puzzler
- Two dilapidated log cabins are on opposite sides of a clearing in Puzzler Gulch, Puzzler, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Puzzler (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Puzzler--1930-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Puzzler--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site, designated for two people, marked by a large cut stone; top portion of the stone shows the raised images of two children, standing side by side, with a...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a large cut stone and designated for two people; top portion of the stone shows the raised images of two children, standing side by side, with a...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of the front facade of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. A light fixture with the words "Teller House" painted on the sides of it hangs over the front entrance. Two streetlights are on opposite sides of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
- [between 1933 and 1960?]
- Central City patrons at the Teller House
- Three people dressed in period costumes stand next to one another in front of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The two men, who stand on opposite sides of the woman, wear suits and string ties. The man on the left holds a cigarette in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Theater audiences--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1932 and 1950?]
- Central City home interior
- A dining room table in a Central City dining room has a white tablecloth with a brocade stripe criss-crossing it. A tea service and other silver pieces sit on a breakfront, which has a mirror and a marble top. In front of the lace curtained window...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Central City residence interiors
- Two bookcases filled with books are on opposite sides of a fireplace in Central City, Colorado. Miners candle holders hang along the top of the bookcase. A standing lamp is in front of the bookcase on the right. The fireplace has a large gilded...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Teller House interior
- A parlor room in Central City, Colorado, has four large windows on either side of the corner. They are covered with lace curtains and large ornate draperies. An rococo sideboard with a mirror is against the wall. Parlor chairs are on either side...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.; Parlors--Colorado--Centra City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- City Park race track grand stand
- A view of the grand stands at the City Park race track in Denver, Colorado. A dirt track crosses in front the wooden stands with a tile roof overhead; a wood fence is on the opposite side of the race track. The grand stands were built in 1898 and...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grandstands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]