Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Earnest Presbyterian: Vol. I No. 1
- Newspaper produced by the Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church, known today as Central Presbyterian, located in Denver, Colorado.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1882 January
- 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
- Peters Paper Co.
- Two bicycles lean on the sidewalk in front of the Peters Paper Co. building at 1625-31 Wazee Street in Denver, Colorado. Sign reads: "The Peters Paper Co. Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags, Twines"
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 36, 1910 September 3
- Larimer Street
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows Larimer Street, horse and buggy traffic, businesses, storefronts, and signs: "Rocky Mountain Views," and "News Block."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1866 and 1867?]
- August Von Rissling
- Portrait of August Von Rissling seated in a wooden chair in Leadville, Colorado. Possibly taken outside on dirt with a drop painted with a balustrade. Von Rissling wears chaps with fringe, a sack jacket and vest and a hat tilted on his head. His...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Von Rissling, August.
- [1879]
- Fort Collins street oiling
- A worker cleans the edge of the gutter with a long hose attached to a tank on a truck on a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. The street is being repaired for its oiling.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945]
- Fort Collins street oiling
- A yardstick is placed in the ground and measures a trench during the oiling of a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. A board is placed across the trench.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Road construction--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945]
- Fort Collins street oiling
- Workers remove the windrowed material before applying a prime coat during the oiling of a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. Large trucks are parked in the middle of the street.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945]
- Fort Collins street oiling
- A dump truck dumps asphalt onto a finisher during the oiling of a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. A workman works on the loader, and three workmen stand around the truck and watch the process.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945]
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse
- Exterior photograph of the Peters Paper Company Warehouse located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a five-story wing added in 1915. The first floor facade...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse
- Exterior photograph of the Peters Paper Company Warehouse located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a five-story wing added in 1915. The first floor facade...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse
- Exterior photograph of the Peters Paper Company Warehouse located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a five-story wing added in 1915. The first floor facade...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse
- Exterior photograph of the Peters Paper Company Warehouse located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a five-story wing added in 1915. The first floor facade...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse
- Exterior photograph of the Peters Paper Company Warehouse located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a five-story wing added in 1915. The first floor facade...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse
- Exterior photograph of the Peters Paper Company Warehouse located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a five-story wing added in 1915. The first floor facade...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse alley
- Exterior photograph of the alley behind and the back of Peters Paper Company Warehouse located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a five-story wing added in 1915. ...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse alley
- Exterior photograph of the back of Peters Paper Company Warehouse located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a five-story wing added in 1915. The first floor facade...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse alley
- Exterior photograph of the alley behind and the back of Peters Paper Company Warehouse, during its renovation, located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- Peters Paper Company Warehouse
- Exterior photograph of the entrance to Peters Paper Company Warehouse, during renovation, located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Gove and Walsh, this four-story beige brick warehouse was constructed in 1899, with a five-story wing added in...
- Peters Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1988 February
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- Stevens School paper flower making
- Photograph of a kindergarten class making paper flowers at Stevens Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Several tables of students are shown. They are painting or drawing flowers. Behind them is a shelf and table with paper flowers. A sign...
- Kindergartens.; Stevens School (Denver, Colo.); Congress Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 1
- Canon of the Rio Las Animas
- A Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company narrow gauge train is on sheer granite cliffs that flank the Animas River (Rio Las Animas), in either San Juan or La Plata County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado. On the left is the outhouse, which has two entrances, one for servants and one for the family. The wood building is topped by a hipped roof with an elaborate wood...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, both in "chateau" style and made out of local granite. On the left is William A. Hamill's office, with a hip roof, a central dormer, and two doors and two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Stables--Colorado--Geogetown--1940-1950.; Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.
- 1942
- Railroad station, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the railroad station, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northeast. In this photograph the station is empty and abandoned. It is a one-story horizontal brick building with a sloping roof, and stands in a field. On the left is the north...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Locomotive Chi. Burlington & Quincy, Burlington Zephyr
- CB&Q Burlington Zephyr No. 9900, at the railyard in Denver, Colorado; high speed silver streamliner of the Burlington Route; also known as Pioneer Zephyr; lettering on buildings read "Pride of the Rockies Flour Mill"," Pikes Peak Mill", "National...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1940-1949?]
- Star Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, showing the Star Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, outside the fire house on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street. The firemen appear to be preparing to take part in a parade; a cart is decorated with American flags. A uniformed man...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1881?]
- Printing shop
- View of the interior of a printing shop in Georgetown, Colorado. Cabinets and trays for type are along one wall, and a row of wood columns are in the middle of the room. A stovepipe, window and door are on the back wall. Three men are at the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Printing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Carter Rice & Carpenter Paper Company
- View of the Carpenter Rice and Carter Paper Company on the corner of 23rd (Twenty-third) and Blake Streets in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The six-story brick building has contrasting trim and a water tower. A sign painted on...
- Carpenter Rice and Carter Paper Company (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Paper industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- National Hotel, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View of the National Hotel, in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado; men, women, and children and dogs pose on the porch and balcony. Paper included in photo reads: "National Hotel, Silver Plume Colo, owned and operated by parents of B. H....
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; National Hotel (Silver Plume, Colo.)
- [between 1899 and 1905]
- Valley of the Platte, near Fort Steele
- View along South Platte River, near Fort Steele, Wyoming, includes large wood piles, wagons and cattle across the river. Wood frame structures are beyond cottonwoods and broad valley in the background. Fort Steele was once a military post just...
- Fort Steele (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Fort Steele--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- Creede, Colorado
- A group of people in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, stand on the porch of a store and along the dirt road in front of it and look into the distance. A man sits on a horse, and several of the men hold shovels and picks over their...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Crowds--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Estes Park, North St Vrain, 1920's
- A rustic cottage with a gable roof with a dormer and a large evergreen beside it sits amid tall flowering bushes in the St. Vrain Valley near Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Snowy mountain peaks are in the distance.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cabins--Colorado--Estes Park--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- J.L. Hill, miner
- In this portrait of J.L. Hill, a miner, taken in Leadville, Colorado, Mr. Hill wears an overcoat with wide lapels and a jacket or vest with a striped collarless shirt buttoned to the neckband. His hair is slicked back and he has a full beard and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hill, J. L., Miner.
- [1877 April 23]
- Portrait of a youth and his guardian, Leadville, Colorado
- In this studio portrait of a young man standing with a seated older man in Leadville, Colorado, both men wear coats, vests and hats. Both smoke cigars and have tucked their trouser legs inside their boots. The younger man wears a bandana around...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Garden of the Gods
- Panoramic view of the Gateway sandstone rock formation with Pikes Peak in background, in Garden of the Gods, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado; fence and two horses with buggy and driver in foreground.
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Barker's. Manitou.
- entry; men, women and children crowd the sidewalk. A stagecoach has a man on the roof; horse-drawn delivery wagons read:"Manitou Transfer" and "N.E. Miller". Buckboards are to the side; a power lines and a hanging electric arc light are overhead.;...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1990.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado, on Sixth (6th) Street (constructed by Louis Dupuy from three separate buildings and completed in 1890); shows the porch on the west side of the building on the ground level. On the left...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1942
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- Three schoolchildren, two boys and a girl, proudly pose behind their stand-up paper dolls in a schoolroom in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. Paper hearts of construction paper and lace doilies are tacked on the wall.
- Valentine decorations--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Valentine's Day--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- International comparison of National Bureau of Standards' radio broadcasts is an important part of the Bureau's work in supporting the efforts of national and international scientific organizations which are trying to establish accurate world-wide...
- At the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado, John Milton targets a rolling graph paper with a mechanical pencil. The date on the paper is: "Jul 23 1968." The glass, metal, and rubber gasket cover is opened, and the surrounding metal...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Computers--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Milton, John.; United States. National Bureau of Standards.
- 1968
- Central City, Colorado
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Eureka and Main Streets are visible.
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Samuels School art project
- Photograph of two older students from Samuels Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during an art and craft project. Both of the girls are working with paper discs with tissue paper centers. One girl appears to be gluing them together into an...
- Samuels School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1975
- Samuels School art project
- Photograph of an older male student from Samuels Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during an art and craft project. He is working with paper discs with tissue paper centers, gluing them together into an sphere the other girl seems to be glue...
- Samuels School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1975
- Teller School Indian project
- Photograph of a Native American class project at Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Several boys sit cross legged on the floor in front of a paper teepee. One boy stands in front of him with his hand raised. Another is pretending to...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Twenty-Forth Street School elective project
- Young children participate in an elective project at Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, re-named Crofton School in 1959. Three young boys stand next to a large sheet of paper, on the other side of the large piece of paper a...
- Twenty-Fourth Street School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- University Park School students with model airport
- Photograph of sixth grade students at University Park Elementary School in Denver, Colorado helping younger students with a class made airport model. Four older students and two younger students stand around a table covered in butcher paper and...
- University Park School (Denver, Colo.); University Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1947
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 10
- Home Missionary Society
- A card for the Home Missionary Society of Central Presbyterian Church. It contains the date, subject, and leader of the devotional for each meeting through out the year. The back cover has a list of the officers for the group, and their home...
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1893, 1894