Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- How we cook in Colorado : choice recipes
- Cookbook created with submissions from the Ladies of First Baptist Church.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1907
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Heart of the Rockies Medical Center, Salida
- View of the Salida Hospital (later Heart of the Rockies Medical Center, previously the Railroad Hospital) at the corner of 1st and B streets in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building is a large, two-level light brick building with a wide...
- Salida Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Salida (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hospitals.; Salida Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hospitals--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.; Salida (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- Father Jose Lara and Jesús Valderrama at protest in front of the Denver City & County Building
- Cesar Chavez and farmworker Jesús Valderrama, pose beside a hand lettered copy of the Bill of Rights outside the Denver City and County Building in Denver, Colorado. They were part of a protest against the incarceration and trial of United Farm...
- United Farm Workers of America--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Agricultural laborers.; Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993--Pictorial works.; Valderrama, Jesús--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of...
- 1975
- Confluence Park, Delta
- View of the historic U.S. 50 four-span through steel truss bridge (replaced 1992) over the Gunnison River and a picnic shelter at Confluence Park in Delta, Colorado. Confluence Park had previously been Delta's dump and Holly Beet Sugar refinery. In...
- Confluence Park (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Shelters.; Truss bridges--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Parks--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Confluence Park (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Henry Solano
- Studio portrait of Henry Solano, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. He sits beside an American flag in a suit and tie, he has a goatee and mustache and wears a cowboy hat. He had previously served as Director of...
- Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lawyers.; Politicians.; Solano, Henry--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American politicians--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial...
- [1994?]
- Plácida Baca
- Studio portrait of Plácida Baca Gallegos from San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She wears a dress with puff sleeves and lace inserts on the bodice and sleeves. Her gray hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans y 1880-1890.; Women.; Gallegos, Plácida Baca, 1852---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--San...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Seal Lion Fountain, Denver Zoo
- Water spouts from Sea Lion Fountain (previously known as Seal Fountain; Louis Paul Jonas, 1961), a bronze fountain with two sea lions, located in a large, round pool at the Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele Street, in City Park, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Zoo--1970-1980.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parks.; Sculpture.; Zoos.; Denver Zoo--Pictorial works.; Bronze sculpture, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Urban...
- 1977
- The trail in Mancos Canyon
- Men and women mounted on horses stand on a rocky, dirt trail in Mancos Canyon, Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Mancos Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Montezuma County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Montezuma County--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Montezuma County--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Montezuma County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Bartholf Hose Team with a new 4 wheeled cart.
- Loveland's first fire department poses in four rows with their new four wheeled fire cart in front of the firehouse, Loveland, Colorado. They wear straight and bow ties, caps and wide belts.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Loveland--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Cascade Avenue Montrose, Colo No. 16
- Cascade Avenue in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is crowded with horses, buggies, men and children. Boards cover the ditch in the foreground; a waterwagon is further back. Signs and building identification read: "Grocers," "Buddecke & Diehl,"...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1887 May 2
- Main St Dallas, Colo
- Dallas, Ouray County, Colorado, is a line of frame businesses. Signs read: "Saloon," "Restaurant," "Drugs," "Groceries," "Meat Market," "Montrose Merc Co's Branch House," and "Dallas [Ho]te[l]." Plows, lumber, and covered wagons edge the boardwalk,...
- Dallas (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Dallas--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Dallas--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Montrose, Colo, From Flouring Mill
- Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, consists of dwellings, businesses, and the public school. Hills are in the background; Denver & Rio Grande[?] railroad tracks are in the foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Montrose, Colorado
- Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, consists of dwellings and businesses. Trees and a bridge are in the foreground; low bare hills are in the background.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- House occupied and owned by Mrs. Fred K. McFarlane
- A two story, box house is built in front of a tall retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a bay window, a screen door, and decorative moldings by the entryway. The shades are pulled down in most of the rectangular...
- Lightburn, James E.--Homes & haunts.; McFarlane, Fred K.,--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Unidentified man
- Portrait of an unidentified man. He wears a suit, tie, and a pince-nez.
- Men--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Silver Plume, Colo. after the big fire Nov 1884
- View west in Silver Plume, Colorado, after the fire on November 4, 1884; shows burned foundations that previously housed the town's central business district; men are surveying the damage along Main Street; a carriage in the near foreground has...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume-- 1880-1890.; Fires--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Old smelter at Ouray
- Remains of the Wanakah Smelter with smokestack, sluice, and elevated rail in the Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1940.; Smelters--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1940.
- [Between 1930-1940?]
- New slide, bunk, & ore house
- View of Slide Mine buildings (later the Newsboy Mine) in the Paquin Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; News Boy Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Slide Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Old C block
- Men look at the two-story, rusticated stone walls of the old "C" block at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The windows are boarded over and show smoke damage. A new, concrete cell block adjoins; it has barred windows, turban vents...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1950
- Calvary Episcopal Church
- A woman stands in front of the Calvary Episcopal Church in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The Spanish Gothic style of architecture features a low gable roof, Spanish (Mission) style roof tiles, semicircular bays (with decorative brickwork to accent the...
- Calvary Episcopal Church (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Architecture, Spanish--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.; Harber, Opal M.
- [between 1965 and 1980]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- A group of men digs at the base of a rock overhang in Fewkes Canyon in Mesa Verde National Park. Dressed in work clothes, several of the men are huddled over. Several shovels rest on the ledge above where the men dig. Another man stands on the...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Woodland Flats 1937
- An unidentified man on snowshoes stands in a clearing at Woodland Flats west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. A group of tree stumps is in the foreground. Pine trees, some with bare branches, stand on the ridge behind the man. A track of...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Meadows--Colorado--1930-1940.; Snowshoeing--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Winter--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.
- [1937?]
- Kemp's Falls
- Water cascades around large rocks in Kemp's Falls west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. The falls were named for photographer Donald C. Kemp's father, John H. Kemp, who staked a claim on the Happy Valley Placer on September 5, 1891. Kemp had...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Nederland Lakewood (Primus) Mill 1916
- The Lakewood Mill was the largest tungsten concentrator in the world when it was built near North Boulder Creek in Boulder County, Colorado, in 1908 by the Primos Company of Primos, Pennsylvania. The mill was managed by Chauncy F. Lake, who...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.; Tungsten mines and mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1910- 1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1916?]
- Nevadaville, Colorado 1900
- The remains of the Ophir Mine stand in the foreground on Quartz Hill in a view looking toward Nevadaville, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. A large wood hoist is in the right foreground. Several buildings remain standing in the town,...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1950.; Hoisting...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Residence at 1575 Grant Street, Denver
- The residence of Colonel William Edgar Hughes at 1575 Grant Street in Denver, Colorado, previously owned by Donald Fletcher and later by Frank J. Hearne.
- Hughes, William Edgar, 1840-1918--Homes & haunts--1890- 1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1906?]
- Pueblo de Taos
- Stereographic view of Pueblo de Taos near Taos, New Mexico. Wood ladders are propped against several of the flat-roofed, adobe buildings at the pueblo.
- Taos (N.M.)--1870-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Interior of St. John's Cathedral
- Interior view of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) in Denver, Colorado.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- Pueblo de Taos
- Stereographic view of Pueblo de Taos near Taos in New Mexico. Wood ladders are propped against several of the flat-roofed, adobe buildings at the pueblo.
- Taos (N.M.)--1870-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Black Hawk - 1958
- View west up Gregory Street in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows two white horizontal clapboard buildings that have been in Black Hawk since the early 1870's (used recently for antique shops, previously for other businesses, such as ice cream parlors,...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 32, 1912 August 10
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 3, 1913 November 8
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 12, 1919 December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 1, 1920 January
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 11 and 12, 1920 November-December
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 1, 1910 January 1
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1949 November
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- 1924 First Baptist Church Directory
- Membership directory for the First Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory are a list of church events, officers and their reports, lists of members, and advertisements.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1924
- 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
- Trinity Methodist Church, 18th at Broadway, Denver, Colorado : one hundredth anniversary 1859-1959.
- Booklet created to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado in 1959. Included in the booklet is a history of the church, a list of former pastors and photographs of different members of the...
- Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1959
- A Century of Baptist Faith: First Baptist Church of Denver
- Book created by the Fist Baptist Church of Denver regarding the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Church. Included in the book is: a history of the church beginning in 1864, as well as photographs and lists of the different...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1963 December
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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.)
- 1930 November 26
- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 10
- 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.)
- 1942 February