Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- La Veta, Colo.
- Men stand on the sidewalk near a cafe on Main Street in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows electric light posts along the street, cars (one license plate reads: "116-494"), houses, trees and a barber shop pole. Signs read: "Cafe," "Rooms."
- La Veta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--La Veta (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935]
- Street Scene of Montrose, Colo
- Pedestrians walk down the main street in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings (including the First National Bank), parked cars and electric light posts. Signs on buildings read: "Movies," "Candy," "First National Bank,"...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- A View of Main Street, Meeker
- Pedestrians walk on a sidewalk on a dirt Main Street in Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, electric light posts, dirt road and trees. Signs on buildings read: "First National Bank," "DRUGS," "Dentist."
- Meeker (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- North Main Street scene
- View of North Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, pedestrians, cars, electric light posts and bicycles. Signs read: "First National Bank," "Drugs," "Spoors Smokehouse Billiards," "Hotel," "McCabe Millinery...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Inter-Laken Hotel, Twin Lakes
- People stand and pose outside the Interlaken Hotel in Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado. Young children stand or sit on fence posts near the Hotel entrance; men wear suits and stand nearby. Men and women are on the hotel porch or balcony. The...
- Interlaken Hotel (Twin Lakes, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- General store, Amity, Colo.
- Men and boys stand and pose outside the "Childs Block" building in Amity, a Salvation Army colony in Prowers County, Colorado. Painted signs on the stone building read: "Groceries and Dry Goods" and "Star Brand Shoes Are Better." Date on the stone...
- Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1903?]
- 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?]
- Collbran looking northeast
- Panoramic view of frame and log buildings, barns, and houses in Collbran (Mesa County), Colorado. The frame Collbran Congregational Church on West High Street has a rose window, a steep pitched roof, and a bell tower. Utility poles and hitching...
- Collbran (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Collbran--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- Book Cliffs
- View of layered shale cliffs and hills in Mesa County, Colorado. A wire fence with timber posts and a haystack are in Grand Valley. Sparse trees and shrubs are on the Book Cliffs.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--Mesa County--1900-1920.; Book Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--Mesa County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917?]
- St. Elmo excursionists at the La Veta Hotel, Gunnison
- A crowd of people and horse-drawn carriages are outside the four-story brick and stone Victorian La Veta Hotel at 219 South Boulevard in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The hotel has stone lintels, a mansard roof with a widow's walk, a...
- La Veta Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1885 September 6
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, buildings, exchange, exterior, front
- View of the telephone exchange building in Albuquerque (Bernalillo County), New Mexico. The building is made of stone blocks and is decorated with dentals at the roof line and around the first floor windows and door. A sign on the building reads:...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Telephone companies--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1940-1950.
- 1940 December 12
- Main Street, Wray, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Wray (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows people, parked automobiles, commercial buildings and lamp posts. Signs read: "G. Rinckel," "Cafe," "Record Abstract Co.," "Bank," and "[Ga]rage."
- Wray (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Wray--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Y.M.C.A. [sic] building, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the six-story "Young Women's Christian Association" building in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado at 130 East Kiowa Street. Shows people, Van Briggle tiles, arched portal, balconies, lamp posts and pointed arched windows.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Herbert's house in Alamosa on river bank
- Men pose near a picket fence in front of adobe brick buildings in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. One adobe house has a clapboard gable and a diamond pattern on the roof. A boy holds antlers in the yard; potted flowers are displayed on fence...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pueblo flood
- People stand in mud and debris from the Arkansas River Flood, beside railroad tracks near South Main Street and Union Avenue, in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot, overturned freight cars and...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; People--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Camfield Hotel
- Exterior view of the Camfield Hotel, at 7th (Seventh) Street and 8th (Eighth) Avenue in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. A decorative sign atop the roof of the building reads: "Camfield". The multi-story building has a Mansard roof, encircling...
- Camfield Hotel (Greeley, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 15th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric star shaped lights hang over the street, each garland has a lighted cross that hangs from its center...
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.; Festive decorations.; Fraternal organizations.; Public utility...
- 1913 August 16
- 16th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric lights hang over the street and American flags hang from the lamp posts that support the garlands....
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1910-1920.; Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clock towers.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.;...
- 1913 August 16
- 17th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric lights hang over the street and American flags hang from the lamp posts that support the garlands....
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.; Festive decorations.; Fraternal organizations.; Utility...
- 1913 August 15
- Grand Canyon, Hotel El Tovar
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows a wing of the hotel with shingled mansard roofs pierced by dormers. The building has porches with jigsawn balusters, the end porch has a gazebo attached to the entrance and...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.; Rock formations.
- c1905
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon of Arizona
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The first floor is sheathed with log slab siding complete with finely-honed corner notching that gives the appearance of log construction. The upper stories have rough...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Fort Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park
- View of Fort Yellowstone located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Fort was built to house United States Army troops charged with protecting Yellowstone National Park from poachers, souvenir hunters and developers. Shows multi-storied...
- Fort Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Military facilities.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon
- View of a wing of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The building has mansard roofs, dormers, porches with jigsawn balusters, the end porch has a gazebo attached to the entrance and tapered posts topped with trefoils.The...
- Hotel El Tovar--1890-1900.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The building is on the edge of the Grand Canyon, a stone wall is near the rim of the canyon. The hotel has multiple roofs at different levels. The center section of the hotel has a...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Embossing instrument
- Shows an embossing instrument made by Charles Williams Jr., from Boston, Massachusetts. The base is stained brown, the instrument is brass with screws, cog wheels cylinders, copper wire and posts. Inscription on the instrument reads: "C. Williams...
- Tools--1850-1880.
- [between 1852 and 1875]
- Navajo blanket weavers
- Two Native American (Navajo) women weave blankets from wool. Their looms hang from sticks supported by trees or posts.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Navajo textile fabrics--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Family group on porch
- A family sits on the porch of a wooden house, probably in Denver, Colorado. A hammock hangs between posts, the number "121" is above the front door.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hopi house at Grand Canyon
- A view of a three story Native American (Hopi) house at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Ladders lead up to the upper levels and two hitching posts are in the front of the house.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Structures--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Structures--1890-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Persons unid.
- Interior of a house with a group of men and women seated in two rooms separated by a wide entryway with posts, possibly in Denver, Colorado. Several people read books or magazines. A pot of geraniums sits on a table, large patterned rugs cover the...
- Interiors--1890-1910.; People--1890-1910.; Rooms & spaces--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Frying Pan
- Fish hang from support posts near a tent pitched probably near Frying Pan Creek in Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Bee-hive house, Salt Lake City
- A man stands by the Eagle Gate next to the Beehive House, the home of Brigham Young, in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a two-story house with a porch, balcony and widows' walk, and concrete posts.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Gates--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Eagle Gate, Salt Lake City
- Telegraph posts and wires stand in front of the Eagle Gate in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Four stone pillars with four arches support a center structure capped by an eagle that grasps a beehive. Shows the porch, balcony, and widow's...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Gates--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Santa Cruz, grove of big trees
- Men stand near the trunks of a grove of large trees in Santa Cruz, California. Wood benches and posts are arranged under the trees. Shows two wood frame buildings in the distance.
- Santa Cruz (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Benches--California--Santa Cruz--1870-1900.; Trees--California--Santa Cruz--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Genl. Grant
- View of a Redwood tree named "General Grant" probably in Big Tree Grove near Felton, Santa Cruz County, California. Shows wood benches, posts, and a shed in the distance.
- Big Tree Grove (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Redwoods--California--Santa Cruz County--1870-1900.; Sheds--California--Santa Cruz County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Wagon Whee[l]
- View of the Rio Grande River at Wagon Wheel Gap (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows a dirt road and a bridge over the river and a line of posts in the ground.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rio Grande--1880-1890.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Mineral County--1880-1890.
- [between 1800 and 1883?]
- Yosemite, Wawona Hotel
- View of white frame buildings, part of the Wawona Hotel complex in Wawona, Yosemite National Park, California. A building known as the Long White or Clark Cottage has dormers, a veranda beneath a skirt roof, posts with curved brackets, and a...
- Wawona Hotel--Buildings--1880-1910.; Wawona (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Hotels--California--Wawona--1880-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1902?]
- The Mission of San Antonio, Cal.
- View of the abandoned San Antonio de Padua Mission in Monterey County, California. Shows an arched arcade and an adobe church with a brick facade and bell tower, and cross. Two busts sit on wooden posts.
- San Antonio de Padua (Mission)--1880-1910.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Abandoned buildings--California--Monterey County--1880-1910.; Catholic churches--California--Monterey County--1880-1910.; Missions--California--Monterey...
- [Between 1880 and 1902]
- Gen. Grant, Santa Cruz Grove
- A man stands at the base of a Redwood tree named General Grant, probably in Big Tree Grove near Felton, Santa Cruz County, California. Shows wood benches, posts, and a shed in the distance.
- Big Tree Grove (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Santa Cruz County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Redwoods--California--Santa Cruz County--1870-1900.; Sheds--California--Santa Cruz County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- DeBusk Store & Post Office, Hoehne, Colorado
- Sam W. DeBusk and a group of men stand near the DeBusk store in Hoehne, Las Animas County, Colorado. Sam DeBusk wears a light colored shirt, a vest and stands near the front porch of the store. Other men are mounted on horses. One young man stands...
- DeBusk Store & Post Office (Hoehne, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoehne (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business people--Colorado--Hoehne--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Hoehne--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Hoehne--1910-1920.; DeBusk, Sam W.
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- The walls of the Grand River, Glenwood Extension D.& R.G.R.R.
- View of Glenwood Canyon in Garfield County, Colorado. The Grand River (Colorado River), the railroad tracks of the "Glenwood Extension" of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad line, telegraph poles, and wooden posts are nearby.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1900.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a false front residence in Leadville, Colorado, features a weathered clapboard structure with fish-scale pattern shingles on a mansard front roof, a projecting gable porch with diamond pattern shingles covering the front entry, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Chestnut St. & Carbonate Hill
- View east on Leadville, Colorado's Chestnut Street with Carbonate Hill in the background includes a dirt street lined predominantly with wood frame false fronts of varying sizes, which create a stair step effect. The two-story "Grand Hotel" in the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Lace House in Leadville
- View of the facade of the Lace House in Leadville, Colorado, shows the clapboard false front structure with jigsaw carving, a paired bracketed cornice with wood shingle roof, a central entry with metal screen door and transom, two tall flanking...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Longmont Colo.
- View from across street of the front of the Boise Payette Lumber Company, Longmont, Colorado, shows three brick one-story buildings with open gates between them. Signs read: "Shingles," "Boise Payette, Lumber Co.," and "Lime, Cement, Plaster,...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- December 4, 1926
- Meeker, Colorado
- Copy image of a 1887 H. A. Wildhack original of the first quarters of the J. W. Hugus and Company general merchandisers and bankers, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, with three men standing on the boardwalk and another on horseback. The wood...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1900.
- 1887
- North from Third Street on Harrison Avenue
- View of Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; shows businesses and signs including: "Mountain Claims Office," "Claredon Hotel," "Thos. Ro[?], Wholesale and Retail Grocer, Hay and Grain," the Tabor Opera House, "Riley & Flood," "Club...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1889]
- Meeker, Colorado
- A group of men gather on the boardwalk and on horses in front of the first building of the J. W. Hugus and Company general merchandisers and bankers, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The wood false front building once was an army barracks...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Mt. Lincoln from Empire Colo., Clear Creek Canon
- View of snow-covered, 14,284-foot Mount Lincoln from Clear Creek Canyon at Empire, Colorado; shows tree-lined and rocky Clear Creek, fence posts, utility wires overhead, and mountains in distance.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lincoln, Mount (Park County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Crippe [sic] Creek
- Exterior view of Pikes Peak Block building, 2nd and Warren (or Myers?), Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story flat-roof single detached brick commercial building includes Hotel Portland, The Rocky Mountain Liquor House (S. Lang, proprietor) and Wines...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- The Manitou Springs, Colorado
- Guests relax on the veranda of the Cliff House, Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The veranda features a bannister, turned posts, spindles, hanging potted plants and lattice work below. A pool with a Calla Lily fountain shows under the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fountains--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [1909]