Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- San Francisco, Union Square and St. Francis Hotel
- View of Union Square near the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Construction materials for the St. Francis Hotel are in the street. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men and boys lounge on the...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities.; Parks.
- [1903?]
- Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.
- View of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument. The monument is 79 foot granite...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.; Monuments & memorials.; Parks.
- [1905?]
- Hotel Congress Pueblo, Colo.
- Four-story brick hotel in Pueblo, Colorado, has a flat roof with simple pediments at the front end. Arched, street-level windows are canopied, and sedans, touring cars and a delivery truck are parked. Adjacent buildings are three-story Mission...
- Congress Hotel (Pueblo, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Logan County Court House at Sterling
- Two children lie on the grass in front of the Logan County Court House in Sterling, Colorado. Architectural features of the masonry building include: pediments, dormers with pediments, dentils, quoins, pilasters, and cornices. A flagpole and a...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Sterling--1910-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Sterling--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Logan County Courthouse, Sterling, Colo.
- A large crowd stands on the steps and in front of the Logan County Courthouse in Sterling, Colorado, the county seat, possibly for the dedication of the building. Six people stand on the roof of the building. Architectural features of the masonry...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Sterling--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Public school, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the front of the public school in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1874. The building is two-story with a hipped roof and three towers. There is a gable over the center of the facade containing a stone carved with "Public School...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1929?]
- Public school, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the front of the public school in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1874. The building is two story, with a hipped roof, three towers, and a metal chimney, a gable over the center of the facade, and carved stone inserts in the brick...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1892
- School, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the brick school built in 1874 in Georgetown, Colorado. The building is square, two-story, and has a hipped roof with deeply overhanging eaves. The windows are tall and narrow double-hung, with rounded pediments. There are three...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Ninth Street Historic Park after restoration, Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. Houses (1873-1890) are identified (left to right): the Schulz Double House (1047/1045 Ninth...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Conservation &...
- 1992
- 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
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts
- View of the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts, San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a modified Territorial design with vigas and stepped pediments. The building has a two story central core with two wings and entrances covered with...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts...
- [1953]
- 945 Main Street, Silver Plume
- View of the facade and side elevations of 945 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story structure has wooden siding and a false front with a pediment and decorative brackets. An enclosed staircase leads down to an...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- Sopp & Truscott Bakery Silver Plume
- View of the Sopp & Truscott Bakery at 1010 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The one and a half story building has wooden siding and a large square tower with two pediments and decorative brackets that houses the public...
- Sopp & Truscott Bakery (Silver Plume, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Bakeries.; Sopp & Truscott Bakery (Silver Plume, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bakeries--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 2010
- Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Gilpin Hotel located at 111 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. Built in 1870, the three-story brick structure has a second-story porch, and decorative pediments above each window and doorway. Three large floor to ceiling doors with...
- Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk...
- ca. 1990
- Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Gilpin Hotel located at 111 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. This slide was taken after renovations to change the building into a casino in 1991-1992. Built in 1870, the three-story brick structure has a second-story porch, and...
- Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Gilpin Hotel (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk...
- 1996
- B.T. Napier House, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- View of the B.T. Napier House located at 930 Bennett Avenue, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The two story Colonial Revival house built in 1912 features four prominent Greek fluted doric columns on the front porch. Two triangular pediments, over the...
- Dwellings--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1990-2000.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1990-2000; Dwellings--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--Pictorial works.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1993
- First Baptist Church, Lake City, Colo.
- View of the First Baptist Church located at 401 North Bluff Street in Lake City, Colorado. The lap-sided Queen Ann style church has pediments and scrolled wooden trim with Carpenter's Gothic detailing. The 45-foot steeple has a weather vane and...
- First Baptist Church (Lake City, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lake City (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Baptist churches.; First Baptist Church (Lake City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Baptist church buildings--Colorado--Lake City--Pictorial works.; Lake City...
- 1993
- Ogden Theater, Denver
- View of the Ogden Theatre (1917; Harry Edbrooke) at 935 East Colfax in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the two-story Mediterranean Revival-style theater. The walls of the theater are brick and the roof is covered in...
- Ogden Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Marquees.; Motion picture theaters.; Ogden Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Marquees--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- ca. 2000
- Ninth Street Historic Park the Schulz House (1045/47 Ninth Street)
- View of the restored Schulz House (architect J.J. Backus, 1890), 1045/47 Ninth (9th) Street, located in the Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick double...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Conservation &...
- 2009
- 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
- M. J. Cranmer House, Frank E. Edbrooke House, and the E. W. Merritt House, Denver
- View of the M. J. Cranmer House (1888), Frank E. Edbrooke House (1885), and E. W. Merritt House (1889), at 925, 931, and 941 East Seventeenth (17th) Avenue in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three single family...
- E. W. Merritt House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Frank E. Edbrooke House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; M. J. Cranmer House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; E. W....
- 1991
- The Burlington Hotel
- View the Burlington Hotel (1891; Frank E. Edbrooke, architect) at 2201 Larimer Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the Larimer Street elevation of a corner commercial building. The three-story red brick structure has a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Larimer Street (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Commercial facilities.; Hotels.; Storefronts.; Thrift shops.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1977
- North High School
- View of the south elevation of North High School (1911: David Dryden, architect), 2960 North Speer Boulevard in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Beaux-Arts style building features an entry with recessed arched portals, Ionic...
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Schools.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2005
- Victor, CO
- Panoramic view of frame and brick buildings in downtown Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows the two-story Victor City Hall building with a central cupola on Victor Avenue, a Texaco station and the four-story Bank Building nearby. The Masonic...
- Victor (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Victor--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Main St. looking East
- Boys wear knickers, jackets, ties and caps, and stand near a dog on Main Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. A boy holds a hoop and a stick. Brick and stone commercial buildings have flat roofs or decorative pediments with overhanging...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- 1896 April 3
- Grand Junction
- View of the three-story Post Office at the corner of Rood Avenue and Fourth Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The building has arched windows on the first story, pediments above third story windows, and a balustrade on the roof. Men...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1930.; Post offices--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1930.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- U.S. Post Office, Grand Junction, Colorado
- View of the three-story stone Post Office building at the corner of Rood Avenue and 4th (Fourth) Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The Post Office has column light posts beside two stone staircases, arched windows and doorways on...
- United States. Post Office (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Post offices--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Mineral Palace, Pueblo
- View of gardens, roads, and paths on the grounds of the Colorado Mineral Palace in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Men and women pose in horse-drawn carriages and in a car near a lake, manicured grass, and trees. Lawn sprinklers water gardens...
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Mineral Palace Park (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Mineral Palace, Pueblo
- View of the stone Mineral Palace and a manicured park in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The Egyptian-style stone structure has pediments, a portico, a gabled roof, and square corner columns topped with world globe spheres.
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1920.; Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1920.; Mineral Palace Park (Pueblo, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1891 and 1915?]
- Pueblo County Court House
- View of the County Courthouse at 10th and Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The classical-style building has columns with Corinthian capitals, decorative balustrades, pediments with dentil details, and a rounded, central dome. "Vox...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.
- [between 1912 and 1925?]
- Court House, Pueblo
- View of the County Courthouse at 10th and Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The classical-style building has columns with Corinthian capitals, decorative balustrades, pediments with dentil details, and a rounded, central dome with...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1930.
- [between 1912 and 1925?]
- Electric bus
- View of an electric, rubber-tired trolley coach on Lincoln Avenue and the Colorado State Capitol building in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Denver Tramway Corporation electric bus reads: "DTC" and number "535" and is...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Street...
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Administration Building
- View of the exterior of Cranford Hall, an administrative building on the campus of Colorado State Teachers College (University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Ivy grows on the three story masonry building; architectural...
- Colorado State Teachers College--1910-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Trinidad Opera House
- View of the two-story stone "Trinidad Opera House" on the 100 block of West Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. An arched stairway leads to the opera house. The building has pediments on the cornice, carved pilaster strips and...
- Trinidad Opera House (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Greeley, Colo.
- People are on sidewalks, and cars are parked diagonally on 7th (Seventh) Street in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Buildings along the street include two-story commercial storefronts. The Camfield Hotel has a mansard roof, dormers with pediments,...
- Camfield Hotel (Greeley, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1925?]
- Old administration bldg., Colo. state teacher's College, Greeley, Colo.
- View of the Cranford Hall building at Colorado State College of Education at Greeley (later University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The four-story building has columns with Corinthian capitals, pediments and finials on...
- Colorado State College of Education--Buildings--1930-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Educational facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.; Teachers' colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Mission of San Luis Rey, Cal.
- View of San Luis Rey Mission, a Franciscan mission in San Diego County, California. The adobe structure has arcades, pediments, curvilinear gables, niches and a belfry. A brick building and a fence lie in front of the church. Much of the building...
- San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; San Diego County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Missions--California--San Diego County--1890-1910.; Ruins--California--San Diego County--1890-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- State Capitol
- Exterior view of the granite Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado. Shows the gold leafed dome and Capitol grounds. The Capitol building has a Renaissance features, triple-arched central entrances, triangular pediments and bas relief...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Denver Municipal Auditorium
- Exterior view of the Denver Municipal Auditorium at 920 14th (Fourteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. The brick building has Neoclassical features including terra-cotta trim, domes, pediments, quoins, dentiled cornice and corner towers. Flagpoles...
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- East High School
- View of Denver High School (East Side High School) at 19th (Nineteenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Victorian Gothic structure features, dormers, mansard roof, pediments, bracketed cornices, arched windows and entry. Trees...
- Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; High Schools--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- St. Pauls Cathedral, London
- A view of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England. The church has a central domed roof and towers on either side with cupolas. The towers have windows in niches and porticos with pediments. The entryway has fluted columns with Corinthian capitals.
- St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)--1890-1910.; London (England)--1890-1910.; Anglican churches--England--London--1890-1910.; Cathedrals--England--London--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs
- Front view of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a U-shaped building with a porte-cochere or covered entry, pediments, square towers with arcaded lookouts, chimneys, balconies, and arched windows.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- c1901
- University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
- View of the University of California campus at Berkeley, California. Buildings include North Hall, in the Victorian Second Empire style, it has mansard hip roofs with cast iron cresting, an attic with round arched dormers with hood molding and...
- University of California (1868-1952)--1900-1910.; Berkeley (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Educational facilities.; Universities & colleges.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. residence, Figueroa St.
- View of an unidentified house on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows a rusticated stone house in a gothic style with ivy, stepped pediments, ogee arches, crow stepped chimneys, bays, roof dormers, crenelated roof cresting and an...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Driveways.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Stone buildings.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Palm Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif..
- Rows of palm trees line Palm Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Houses are on either side of the dirt street. Architectural features on the wood frame houses include gabled roofs, bays, chimneys, cornices, brackets, arched windows, windows with...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.
- [1905?]
- East High School
- Architectural drawing shows details of north and south pediments for East Denver High School at 19th (Nineteenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Schools--1880-1890.; Schools--1880-1890.; East Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Court House, Denver
- Rooftop view of the Arapahoe County Courthouse on Court Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Federal Revival style building has a tower, cupola, pediments, and columns.
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- U. S. Post Office Denver
- Rooftop view of the U.S. Post Office at 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Second Empire style building has a tower with Mansard roof, pediments, columns, and arched windows. Pedestrians and horse-drawn buggies...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mission San Luis Rey
- View of San Luis Rey Mission, a Franciscan mission in San Diego County, California. The adobe structure has arcades, pediments, and a belfry.
- San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Luis Rey (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Missions--California--San Luis Rey--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Nebraska State Building, Omaha
- View of the Nebraska Building during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The temporary structure has a wooden frame with plaster of Paris and staff overlay. The building, designed by J.H. Craddock...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]