Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Central City festival
- A fireman, wearing long underwear and shorts, scales a ladder suspended in mid air in the middle of Main Street in Central City, Colorado. People sit on the grandstand on Eureka street. Crowds line both sides of the street, look out the windows of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Central City parade
- A parade marches past Armory Hall, which has "Central City Fire Department" painted above the door, and City Hall in Central City, Colorado. The House Guards carry rifles and an American flag. They follow another column that marches down Main...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Central City, Colorado, from the southeast. The train depot and the railroad tracks are in the foreground. Main Street is in the center of the image, and landmarks along it include the Alhambra Theater, Armory Hall, Old City Hall, the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Central City, Colorado
- View overlooking Central City from the southeast. The landmarks include the train depot and ball park in the foreground. Along Main Street is Armory Hall, Old City Hall, and Forester's Hall, with Bros. Virginia Pouch acco. painted on the side. ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Central City drug store
- Four men in dark suits stand around a display cabinet in the back of Best's drug store in Central City, Colorado. Two display cabinets, one horizontal and one vertical, are in the foreground. The cabinet in the center of the image contains wallets...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1891]
- Central City, Co
- United States Air Force soldiers march down Main Street in Central City, Colorado. They wear blue uniforms, combat boots, white belts, white gloves, berets, epauletes, and braids over their shoulders. Red, white, and blue flags are strung across...
- United States. Air Force--1970-1980.; Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1975]
- Catherine Vienna Flynn, Central City biog.
- Catherine Vienna Flynn poses for a portrait wearing a floor-length dress with a high neck and beading on the bodice and skirt in Central City, Colorado. She wears a choker with a pendant around her neck, earrings, a bracelet, and a ring. She holds...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flynn, Catherine Vienna.
- [1890?]
- George Laird, veteran editor of Central City Register Call, Central City
- George Laird sits at his desk, covered with papers, as he composes a note in the Register office in Central City, Colorado. He holds a pencil in his right hand and a light fixture hangs over the desk next to his head. Piles of papers are on the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Central City's pony express
- A little boy in overalls, long sleeved shirt, and cap sits on a burro in front of the Central City Opera House. The burro has reins, bridle, and saddle. The granite facade of the Opera House, its paneled dorrs, and its transom are visible. The...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- 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?]
- Central City council
- The mayor and councilmen of Central City, Colorado, gather around an antique stove to discuss business. One of the councilmen holds a set of city maps. A balding councilman with glasses and a pinkie ring, sits to the right. The mayor of Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City council members--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- St. Aloysius Convent and School
- The St. Aloysius Convent and School, a boarding and day school, was opened in 1875 in Central City, Colorado, by the Sisters of St. Aloysius. The Victorian building is a two and one-half story structure that accommodated up to one hundred...
- St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1940.
- [between 1879 and 1935]
- Firemans Day
- Crowds cover the sidewalks and people hang out of the windows of the buildings of Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, to watch the fireman's races. Many of the spectators wear hats and wave American flags. A large striped arch stretches...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Crowds--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Gay 90's miners delight
- An automatic Wurlitzer orchestra machine with a wood cabinet is against the wall next to a door at the Gold Coin Saloon in Central City, Colorado. Clear glass windows on the front of the cabinet show the inside of the machine, which includes...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Musical instruments--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Crags of Creede
- The town of Creede, in Mineral County, Colorado, is built in a narrow valley beneath steep, jagged mountains. Several shacks and wood- frame houses are nestled in the valley among evergreen trees.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- Sept., 1896
- Central City, Colorado
- Panorama of Central City, Colorado. In the foreground a man sits on the ground and looks away from the camera toward the city. Landmarks include Central City School. The barren hills surround the town.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1879]
- Cornishmen's Lodge at Central City
- The members of the Cornishmen's lodge stand in front of two storefronts in Central City, Colorado. They wear uniforms of black trousers and coats with black belts, cuffs, gloves, and medals on their left lapels, as well as caps and a sword. They...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Main Street, Central City streets
- A winter view of the intersection of Main Street and Eureka streets in Central City, Colorado; signs read "Head Quarters Lager Beer Saloon," "Bookstore," "Bank," "Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods," and "Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1862
- Central City, Colorado streets
- View down St. James Street. Vegetation and trees line both sides of the dirt road, as well as two stone walls that are mid-way down the road. The roof of the Central City Opera House is visible in the center of the photograph. Quartz Hill is in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- between 1930 and 1940
- Aspen, Colo.
- The town of Aspen, Colorado, is situated between Aspen Mountain, formerly known as Ajax, and Shadow Mountain. Railroad tracks wind through the sparsely built foreground into the town. The Roaring Fork River runs through the trees on the right. ...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Aspen, Colorado, The Silver Queen
- The town of Aspen, Colorado, is situated at the base of Aspen Mountain, formerly known as Ajax. Brush covers the terrain in the foreground, and roads lead from the town to the edge of the plateau, where several wood frame structures are built. ...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Central City Teller Opera House, Colorado
- The Central City Opera House was reopened in 1932 after renovation. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect R.S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Teller House Garden
- The garden between the Teller House and the Opera House was planted in 1934. A pathway surrounded by grass leads to wooden steps that lead to the Mine Museum path. Several masonry retaining walls support the earth around the path, and flowers and...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Teller House garden
- View of a garden between the Teller House and the Opera House in Central City, Colorado; shows an arrastra, balconies, people, and stairs on the hillside.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Stairways--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1934 and 1960?]
- Central City, Colo., theatre opera house
- Originally opened in 1878, the Central City Opera House, Central City, Colorado, was designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub of Gilpin County granite. Located on Eureka Street, the two-story building has a shingled, mansard roof with an oculus...
- Central City Opera House--1900-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Central City fire department
- Spectators flank Main Street in Central City for the firemen's races in Central City, Colorado. The car in the foreground has an NBC/KOA antenna on the top of it. The door of the car has "Engineering Department Mobile Unit No. 4 KOA Denver" written...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Crowds--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Racing--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Central City, Co
- Antique cars are parked along Eureka Street in front of the Teller House and the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The Gilpin County Court House is in the background on the right side of the street. Motorcycle riders wearing red...
- Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.; Motorcycles--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1975]
- Court at Teller House, Central City, Colo, 1934
- View from above the dining room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado, to patrons dining at tables set on a polished hardwood floor and covered with checkered tablecloths, plates of food, and beverages. Flower boxes in front of a balcony...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.
- 1934
- J.J. Harvey Market
- Beef, poultry, pork, venison and shellfish are in a meat market in Central City, Colorado. Carcasses hang around the perimeter and a wooden counter with a marble top is covered with meats. A cash register is in the background. A butcher and another...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Meat cutting--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Murals in bar room at Teller House, Central City, Colo., June
- Two men stand behind the bar in the Teller House in Central City. One leans against the bar, holding a cigarette with an empty beer glass in front of him; the other fills a beer glass from a pressurized machine. A large coffee urn is on the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Barrooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Central City, Co
- United States Air Force soldiers, wearing blue uniforms, white belts, white gloves, berets, and braids over their shoulders, march down Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The band members in the front row are playing drums. Spectators stand...
- United States. Air Force--1970-1980.; Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1975]
- Col. Geo. E. Randolph residence and Judge Witherow residence
- The gothic revival Smith house on Casey Avenue in Central City, Colorado, is built above a masonry retaining wall and is a two story structure with a steeply-pitched, gabled roof with shingles, a chimney, and bargeboard gingerbread around the...
- Randolph, Geo. E.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Witherow, Judge--Homes & haunts.
- 1888
- Pine Street, Central City streets
- Winter view looking south on Pine Street in Central City, Colorado. The dirt road is covered with slush and bordered by snow on both sides. A white, wood-construction house, which stands above a stone retaining wall, has a peaked roof, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1990.
- [between 1969 and 1990?]
- Barr Lake Rod and Gun Club
- Two buildings make up the Barr Lake Rod & Gun Club in Barr Lake, Colorado. One is a two story, L-shaped, wood-frame structure with a false front, shingles on the roof, a gable, a stovepipe chimney, and a weathervan duck atop the false front. A...
- Barr Lake Rod & Gun Club (Barr Lake, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barr Lake (Colo. : Reservoir)--1910-1920.; Hunting & fishing clubs--Colorado--Barr Lake--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Barr Lake--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Aspen 1930's ski course construction
- Two women skiers in Aspen, Colorado stand at the top of the ski hill facing downwards. Both women wear trousers, light jackets and scarves on their head. Trees are on either side of the ski slope, and the town is at the base of the hill.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Skiing--Colorado--Aspen--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Aspen, Colo., no. 2
- The town of Aspen, Colorado, is situated at the foot of Aspen Mountain. Buildings are predominately one and two story wood-frame houses; the grid of the streets is visible. Evergreen trees grow at the base of the mountain.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Eureka Street; foreground includes the crest of a hill of the left and the roofs of several houses on the right. The back side of the Teller House is in the center of the image, and the Opera House is to the left. The Post Office, the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City, Colorado, ca. 1866
- Central City, Colorado; shows mostly wood frame houses. Most of the structures in the image burned with the fire of 1874.
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [1866?]
- Guthrie dinner party
- Guests of the Guthries gather on one side and end of the dinner table in Gunnison, Colorado; 1. Mrs. Henry F. Lake, Sr. -- 2. Jesse Corum - - 3. Mrs. Jesse Corum -- 4. Mr. R. H. Guthrie -- 5. Mrs. R. H. Guthie -- 6. Henry (Hank) Bright, brother of...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Gunnison--1920-1930.; Dinner parties--Colorado--Gunnison--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Central City, Colorado
- Four funeral wreaths are arranged in front of a wall painted with draperies, steps, and a table covered by a tablecloth in Central City, Colorado. The wreaths are made of roses, carnations, lilacs, lilies, and ferns. One arrangement is lyre-shaped...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Wreaths--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Cutting ribbon on door to newly decorated dining room, Teller House
- Mrs. Spencer Penrose, wearing an evening gown and a corsage, cuts the ribbon on the door of the Teller House dining room in Central City, Colorado, while Ed Stanton stands next to her and holds a bouquet of roses.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1954
- Newly decorated dining room, Teller House
- Two men and two women pose for a photo at the Central City Play Festival during the dedication of the dining room of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. Mrs. Spencer Penrose smiles up at the man on the left and holds a bouquet of roses in...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1954
- Walter Llezak, Thorwald in A doll's house, by opera house fence
- Walter Llezak, poses for a full torso portrait outside of the Opera House fence in Central City, Colorado. His costume includes a knotted rope belt, a bandana around his neck, and a hat. A piece of paper sticks out of his open left pocket. He has...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--1930-1940.; Llezak, Walter.
- 1937
- Dinner at the Central City Opera House
- Lodge members sit at long dining tables on the floor and the stage of the Central City Opera House, in Central City, Colorado. Empty plates, glasses, and silverware are on the table. The guests look toward the balcony, as if listening to a speech....
- Central City Opera House--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Audiences--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Corner of General Grant Room at Teller House, Central City, Colo, 1933
- General Grant's bed is in the corner of a room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The bedstead has carved woodwork and paneling with a finial on each side of the headboard. The bed is covered with a quilted spread. A dresser is next to...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bedrooms--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.
- 1933
- The Ninomiya family in their barracks room at the Amache Center
- Interior view of the Ninomiya family's barracks at the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, southeastern Colorado; shows Tosh Ninomiya at a folding card table reading a newspaper with a pipe in his mouth, Mrs. Ninomiya across the table from him,...
- Ninomiya family--Homes & haunts--1940-1950.; Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention...
- 1942 December 9
- Piano player, Central City
- A woman in a long-sleeved blouse and a long skirt plays a piano in the Gilpin County Art Gallery in Central City, Colorado. The piano is against what used to be the judge's bench in this converted courtroom. Matted, labelled, prints hang on the...
- Gilpin County Art Gallery--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pianos--1940-1950.
- 1949
- Ouray flood
- View of the 1909 flood debris brought down by Portland Creek flood, along Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows men digging through the rocks, timber, lumber and silt to clear the creek. Buildings include the Elk Boarding House, Doran...
- Portland Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Central City water supply
- The Central City, Colorado, water supply delivered water to the town of Central City and the surrounding areas from the early eighteen seventies to the mid-eighteen eighties, when the city's water pipes were laid. The wagon, which is drawn by a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Water supply--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1888?]