Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Georgetown, Colorado, view of Sixth Street, looking east
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, east down Sixth Street, from the south side of the street. On the left are the Masonic Lodge and the Fish Block, and four cars are parked in front. The two buildings are connected, but Rose Street runs along the far...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Main St. Delta, Colo, Dennis and Carol G.
- A group of people poses in the "Delta House Smith Bro's. Livery and Transfer" wagon, parked in the middle of unpaved Main Street in the town of Delta, Colorado. Men, women, and children sit in the cab, and two people sit on it. A boy sits next to...
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Mildred Alexander
- Mildred Alexander of Frisco, Colorado, is shown in a head and shoulders studio portrait. The girl wears a light colored blouse with ruffles around the neck and across the front, and a large bow in her hair, which is in dark ringlets.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Frisco--1880-1910.; Alexander, Mildred.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Lone Valley schoolhouse, southwest of Akron, Colo.
- The Lone Valley schoolhouse stands on a grassy plain southwest of Akron in Washington County, Colorado. The small, weathered, clapboard, one-room schoolhouse has an entry vestibule, front gables, shingle roof, and brick chimney. A merry-go-round is...
- Akron (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Akron--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Washington County--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Johnnie Dewer's Place (present town hall)
- Men pose around the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked around the mirror. A cash register and metal sculptures of swordsmen are on it, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- 1894 or 1895
- Leadville Opera House project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting depicts two women in togas on pedestals flanking a center pedestal...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of two watercolors of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle's as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, one painting is a three panel scene of water and sky; the other is of a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has four elements, each of a room interior with decorative stenciled...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of of a watercolor of Tabor Opera House original scenery, Leadville, Colorado. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has two elements. The left one is of a front end of locomotive...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Northern Colorado football champs
- The Eaton High School football team poses in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado; men and teenage boys wear leather helmets and jerseys with stripes. They are, standing, left to right: Hinds, (coach), M. Ross, Hendon, C. Ross, Falzgraff, Collins,...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Football players--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1940.
- 1925 December 3
- Central City
- Copy of an 1880s photoprint of a burro grazing in the middle of an unpaved street in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Pedestrians along boardwalk along unpaved street. Horse-drawn carriage standing along side of street. Signs:...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1935 and 1941?]
- Burning of Julesburg, C.T.
- Photoprint of a drawing of the 1865 siege of Julesburg, Colorado in Weld County shows smoke billowing from burning buildings, as Native Americans on horses watch.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Julesburg--1860- 1870.; Julesburg (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fires--Colorado--Julesburg--1860-1870.
- [1865]
- Destruction of Julesburg 1865 by Indians
- Photoprint of a drawing of the 1865 siege of Julesburg, Colorado in Weld County shows smoke billowing out of burning buildings, as Native Americans on horses watch.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fires--Colorado--Julesburg--1860-1870.
- 1865
- Red Mountain Colo.
- Panorama of Red Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado; shows people, wagons, and a business with sign: "Restaurant." National Bell Mine, Telluride and Ingram Peaks are in the background.
- Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- President Theodore Roosevelt riding on a carriage through Denver
- Photograph of a photoprint shows President Theodore Roosevelt riding in a carriage through Denver, Colorado on his visit on August 29, 1910. An entourage of men follow the carriage. Shows spectators, police, military men on horseback, downtown...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1910 August 29
- J. G. Rogers' home
- Exterior side view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The end of the building is flat except for a bay window; the angle of the roof is clearly visible, and the front porch is seen from the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- J. G. Rogers' Home
- Exterior side view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado. The end of the building is flat except for a bay window; the angle of the roof is clearly visible, and the front porch is seen from the side. A white picket fence runs...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1965
- James Grafton Rogers home
- View of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The house has a porch which runs the length of the building except in the middle where a gable holding a bay window extends from the roof to the ground...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1790.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- J. G. Rogers' home
- Exterior side view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The end of the building is flat except for a bay window; the angle of the roof is clearly visible, and the ront porch is seen at an angle. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- Rogers' home
- Exterior rear view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The back of the building has a gable on the right end that extends from the roof level to the ground, and contains an arched area of...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- Central City stores
- Butchered beef and other animal carcasses hang over a gravel floor on the perimeter of a meat locker in Central City, Colorado. A marble counter and a wooden counter with decorative carving is in the background. Scales are on either side of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Meat cutting--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Rogers' home
- Exterior rear view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965; shows the section at right angles to the main part of the house, on the back. It is of simple wood construction; the end has a door and two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- Central City fireman's tournament
- Crowds sit on and in front of the buildings on Main Street to watch the firemans' tournament in Central City, Colorado. A brass band is in the street in the foreground. The First National Bank Block, which has a plaque reading "First National Bank...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Leadville at 16 below zero
- This view of snowcovered gabled rooftops in Leadville, Colorado, includes houses with brick chimneys and stovepipes. Three automobiles are on the wide street on the left and the continental divide is in the background.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.
- 1937
- 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
- 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?]
- Star Hook and Ladder Company
- View of members of the Star Hook and Ladder Company of Georgetown, Colorado. Eight firemen stand and two sit on stools in front; they wear uniforms that include conductor-type hats; pull-over bib shirts with chest protectors, each with a star on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- 2401: Georgetown C. C. R. R. Spiral Loop in the Distance
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible; shows Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, school, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- 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]
- Aspen
- View of a two story log building in Aspen, Colorado; features a flat, slanted roof with decorated eaves, balcony with decorative panels, and a stairwell that leads up each side of the balcony; evergreen garland decorates the railing of the porch;...
- Jones, Whipple Van Ness--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Log buildings--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1954?]
- Music school
- The music school in Aspen, Colorado occupies the grounds of the former Four Seasons Club. The academic building is a two story structure with a bell-shaped, hipped roof, and a large dormer window. The theater is a large, rectangular structure...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Music education--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of the town of Aspen, Colorado, and the base of Smuggler Mountain taken from Aspen Mountain down a steep, snowy slope with rocks and trees. Mining tramway towers are visible at the bottom of the mountain. The town of Aspen is visible over...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [1953?]
- Cotopaxi
- The Arkansas River flows past the town of Cotopaxi, Colorado, in Fremont County. Buildings in the town consist of a boarding house, several, wood-frame structures, and several tents. Trees grow on the banks of the river, and the mountains that...
- Cotopaxi (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Apex, Colo. recreation hall interior, piano on stage
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with square piano and painted backdrop of trees; flanked by arched doorways with steps leading onto stage; wood paneling in...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [May 1957]
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of the Tabor Opera House original scenery in Leadville, Colorado. Painted by Muriel Wolle's as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has three elements that include details of Lake County...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House, 1933
- This interior view of the Tabor Opera House from the upper balcony across the circular loge towards the stage in Leadville, Colorado, includes a curved rail, Andrews patent ornate cast iron opera chairs with upholstered seats and backs, mounted...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Brush baseball team
- The Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, baseball team poses in uniforms, cleats, and ribbons reading: Brush. Some are identified as Finney, O'Dell, Jones, Gilmore, Rogers, Thompson, and Bolinger.
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- August 9, 1913
- Brush high school basketball team
- The Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, girl's basketball team poses in uniforms consisting of bloomers, sailor shirts with bandanas, and scarves around their heads. One holds a basketball. They are identified as: Ann White, Bertha Jones, Ada Grill (or...
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Brownville Band, 70's
- The Terrible Silver Cornet Band, of Brownsville, Jefferson County, Colorado, was named after the Terrible mine. Men in suits and stovepipe hats pose holding a bass drum, a snare drum, bass and treble cornets, and trombones. A frame storefront in...
- Brownsville (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bands--Colorado--Brownsville--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1879]
- Harmony Ranch [at] Estes Park
- A sculpture of an elephant is in the center of a lake at the Harmony Guest Ranch, a motel known also by its Swahili translation, Amani Mgeni Uwanda. (The owner of the ranch was a big game hunter; an elephant's head was the ranch's logo.) The dining...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.; Sculpture--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Eldora
- One-story buildings are along Main Street in Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado, including a log gas station with gas pumps in front, a false front building with a tall door, a gable-roofed building with a bay window on the front, and a long building...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Eldora--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Eldora--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Group portrait of Muriel Wolle's December, 1933, University of Colorado scenery project team at the Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colorado. Left to right are Max Vawter (Herald-Democrat press reporter), Frank Geck, Mr. Jolly (stage manager from...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Central school building, Brush, Colorado
- The Central Grade School in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, is of brick with a terra cotta roof, stone entablature, and arched windows and doors with volute keystones. Stone frieze work is under the cornices, and also tops some of the windows. A...
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Hurd W. Twombly
- Hurd W. Twombly, pioneer of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, poses in his suit and tie. He is bald and elderly, and has a pin with a cross in it on his lapel.
- Brush (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Twombly, Hurd W.
- May 5, 1941
- Pony Express Riders
- Uniformed Boy Scouts of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, pose with bicycles; some equipped with horns and lamps. Men in cowboy hats, shirts and bandanas are with them; Governor Ralph L. Carr, in a suit and white Homburg hat, holds a scarf. The...
- Boy Scouts of America--1930-1940.; Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- June 29, 1939
- Anderson & Sharp's Paint Shop
- This paint store in Canon City, Colorado, has a variety of brushes, paint cans, and wallpaper displayed in the window and entry. Men pose on the boardwalk; two are in suits with gold chains, the rest are in white painter's clothes. One stands on a...
- Paint shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- The southeast corner of Main and 4th Streets, 1878, showing James Clelland's store and Engleman & Thompson's store
- This two-story brick building in Canon City, Colorado, has a bracketed wood cornice with pendants and letters reading: "Engleman Clelland's." Window lettering reads: "Millinery fancy goods boots and shoes dry goods notions clothing groceries and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Millinery--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1878
- Fairplay, Colo. in background
- Panoramic view of a placer mine and the town of Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County; shows stream in foreground and town on horizon.
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1860-1870.
- [about 1860]
- Granite public drinking fountain erected by Weld Co.
- A granite fountain in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, was erected by Weld county; on the stone above the basin is inscribed, "Erected A. D. 1928," flanked by leafy carved decorations. A bronze plaque below reads, "In memory of Dr. John C. Carlson,...
- Carlson, John C.--Monuments--1920-1940.; Eaton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Fountains--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1940.
- [between 1928 and 1935?]
- Thos S. Old and Courtney Tyley Cooper - Idaho Springs Days of '59
- A young man shakes hands with an older man at the Idaho Springs Days of '59 Festival in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The younger man wears a cowboy hat, long sleeved shirt, gun belt, and boots with his pants tucked in the top. The older, bearded man...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1930.; Cooper, Courtney Ryley, 1886-1940.; Old, Thomas S.
- [between 1915 and 1930]