Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19
- Clayton College
- Exterior photograph of Clayton College located in Denver, Colorado. The City and County of Denver established the George W. Clayton Trust and College in 1911 through a bequest by George W. Clayton. Clayton sought to provide for the guardianship...
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1981 September
- Clayton College
- Exterior photograph of Clayton College located in Denver, Colorado. The City and County of Denver established the George W. Clayton Trust and College in 1911 through a bequest by George W. Clayton. Clayton sought to provide for the guardianship...
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1981 September
- 1983 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1918 November
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 2, 1952 October 20
- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the 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 December 10
- Citizens for Auraria: Vote 4 Auraria Nov. 4 Pamphlet
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 6
- Glenarm USO Club Hose Co. No. 3 Fire Station
- Creede Volunteer Fire Department
- View of the entrance to the Creede Volunteer Fire Department in Willow Creek Canyon outside, Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The fire house is in a man-made cave to provide the fire equipment with shelter from the winter conditions. The door to...
- Creede Volunteer Fire Department (Creede, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Creede (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Caves.; Fire stations.; Creede Volunteer Fire Department (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Caves--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Volunteer fire...
- 1994
- Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- View of the Hotel Colorado located at 526 Pine Avenue., Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Built between 1891-1893, the design is a replica of the Villa de Medici by architect, Edward Lippincott Tilton, The six-story brick Italian Renaissance Revival...
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1990-2000.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--Pictorial...
- ca. 1990
- 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
- Coke ovens, Redstone, Colo.
- View of four beehive shaped coke ovens located in Redstone, Pitkin County, Colorado. Construction on the complex began in 1899 to provide coke for the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Pueblo, Colorado. By the early 1900s more than 144 of the coke...
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--2010-2020.; Redstone (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--Pictorial works.; Redstone (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2011
- 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
- El Paso County Court House, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the facade of the El Paso County Court House located at 215 South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Designed by local architect, August j. Smith, the three-story Renaissance Revival structure features a foundation of rough-cut...
- El Paso County Court House (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; El Paso County Court House (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Fargo's Pizza Co., Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the front facade of Fargo's Pizza Co. located at 2910 East Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Housed in a simple, two-story Victorianesque style structure, globe finials and decorative iron work provide decoration to the roof...
- Fargo's Pizza Co. (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fargo's Pizza Co. (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Colorado Springs...
- 1999
- Odd Fellows Home, Canon City, Colo.
- View of the facade of the Colorado Odd Fellow & Rebekah Home that provides services for senior citizens located at 1020 North 15th Street in Canon City, Colorado. The symmetry of the three-story white brick structure is emphasized by the squared...
- Colorado Odd Fellow & Rebekah Home (Canyon City, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Canon City (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Odd Fellow & Rebekah Home (Canyon City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Congregate housing--Colorado--Canon City--Pictorial works.; Canon City...
- ca.2000
- The Rapids Lodge, Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of The Rapids Lodge located at 209 Hancock Avenue, Grand Lake, Colo. Built in 1915, the walls of the structure are adorned vertically and horizontally with slabs of lodge pole pine. Prominent third-story dormers provide additional details to...
- The Rapids Lodge (Grand Lake, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Grand Lake--1990-2000.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lodges.; The Rapids Lodge (Grand Lake, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Grand Lake--Pictorial works.; Grand Lake...
- 1994
- The American Mountaineering Center, Golden, Colo.
- View of the American Mountaineering Center located at 710 10th Street, Golden, Colo. Originally built as Golden High School in 1923 from designs by the Denver architect Eugene Gove, the three-story Beaux-Arts style school building is constructed...
- Golden High School (Golden, Colo.)--2000-2010.; High Schools--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; American Mountaineering Center (Golden, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Golden High School (Golden, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; High...
- 2001
- Clear Creek History Park, Golden, Colo.
- View of historic structures at the Clear Creek History Park located at 11th and Arapahoe Streets, Golden, Colo. Many of the buildings found at the park were originally from the Pearce Ranch, located in Golden Gate Canyon. They were moved to their...
- Clear Creek History Park (Golden, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clear Creek History Park (Golden, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Golden--Pictorial works.; Golden...
- 2003
- Auraria's Camp Malo
- Two boys identified as Gary and Mike, stand outside a building at Auraria's Camp Malo, south of Evergreen on Turkey Creek Road, in Jefferson County, Colorado. The camp was sponsored by the Auraria Community Center and West Side Youth Development...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Camps.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Camps--Colorado--Jefferson County--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Jefferson...
- 1973
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 34, 1909 October 9
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 12, 1919 December
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 6, 1912 December 21
- Mac Warnell, a HELP volunteer, builds cabinets at the Adams County Library
- Mac Warnell saws a board in the Adams County Library, Northglenn, Colorado. He wears a fringed rawhide vest and buttons reading: "Be Like Me," "Go" and "Junior Chamber of Commerce."
- Northglenn (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building construction--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Warnell, Mac.; Adams County Public Library (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- October 7, 1964
- The "Loop" C. C. R. R. Georgetown, Colorado
- Three trains ascend the Georgetown Loop on the Colorado Central narrow gauge railway, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The Loop was built to provide access between Georgetown and Silver Plume and included the Devil's Gate High Bridge.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890- 1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.
- 1890 June 26
- Rodeo, the Precision
- The Precision Riding Troop of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. This view shows four uniformed riders with flags attached to their stirrups.
- Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo--1960-1970.; Royal Canadian Mounted Police--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mounted police--Canada--1960-1970.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Uniforms--Canada--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer near an igloo, at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Arctic explorer, Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson stands beside an igloo in a snowfield at Camp Hale, Colorado. He taught lessons in snow-craft to the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Igloos--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Septembeer, 1943
- Women's "T.B." ward
- Shows the women's ward of the tuberculosis hospital of Denver General Hospital located on 7th (Seventh) and Cherokee in Denver, Colorado. The single story structure was built in 1920 to provide care to sufferers of tuberculosis.
- Denver General Hospital--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Men's T.B. ward
- Shows the men's ward of the tuberculosis hospital of Denver General Hospital located on 7th (Seventh) and Cherokee in Denver, Colorado. The single story structure was built in 1920 to provide care to sufferers of tuberculosis.
- Denver General Hospital--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Stretcher with wounded man, from Battle of Slim Buttes
- View a two-horse litter with a wounded soldier, possibly First Lieutenant Adolphus H. Von Luettwitz, and an attendant along French Creek, Black Hills, Dakota Territory. The soldier is covered with a plaid blanket and tree boughs serve as a head...
- Dakota Territory--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Slim Buttes (S.D.), Battle of, 1876--Casualties--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Litters--Dakota...
- 1876
- Eagle Gate, spanning North State Street at South Temple, in Salt Lake City, Utah
- View of the Eagle Gate, in Salt Lake City, Utah; shows cast iron streetlamps, the Brigham Young residence (Beehive Mansion), streetcar tracks, pedestrians, and the intersection of North State and South Temple Streets.
- Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1910-1920.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Gates--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Streets--Utah--Salt...
- 1910
- Hydraulic gold mining
- Three braced pipes descend an eroded cliff at this placer gold mine operation in California or Colorado. Wood trestles provide support; the penstock tops the bluff.
- Gold mining--1870-1890.; Hydraulic mining--1870-1890.; Mining--1870-1890.; Penstocks--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Placer mining, Umcompahgre [sic] Creek, Colorado
- View of hydraulic gold placer mining in Mesa County, Colorado; shows jets of water, hills, and Uncompahgre Creek.
- Mesa County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Casa Blanca, old Pima home
- View of a Native American (Pima) home in Arizona. It is a dome structure with wood rods bent over rafters to form a frame, bundles of brush are tied to the frame to shed rain, the roof is covered with more brush and earth to provide weather...
- Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Pima Indians--1870-1900.; Houses--1870-1900.; Wickiups--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- The ore tunnel at Henderson extends 9.6 miles under the Continental Divide
- Miners stand near the headframe of a ventilation shaft of the Henderson Tunnel in Grand County, Colorado.
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Grand County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Miners--Colorado--Grand County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1974 and 1976]
- These huge boilers at the Henderson Mine heat water for surface domestic heat
- A technician stands near a group of horizontal tubular boilers at the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Signs on the boilers read: "Cleaver Brooks".
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boilers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- An aerial view of the restabilization of the Urad reclamation
- Two dump trucks are parked in the reclamation area at the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Crushed rock from the Henderson mine was hauled here and used as tailings cover and substrate for vegetation. The mill is in the background.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Tourists on vacation in Colo. were amoung [sic] the many persons stranded by yesterdays flooding
- Mr. and Mrs. John R. Guilford and their two children from Southington Connecticut are shown enjoying a meal of Army Field Rations at the emergency relief center in Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado. Sgt. Damron and SP5 Shockley of the 249th...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Castle Rock--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Castle Rock--1960-1970.; Soldiers--Colorado--Castle Rock--1960-1970.; Guilford, John R.; United States. Army.
- 1965
- Noland, Colorado, Boulder County
- The interior of a dilapidated, roofless, two story building, in Noland, Colorado, features three brick and plaster walls with rectangular window bays, a brick stringcourse between floors, and a set of bricks along the top that provide evidence of...
- Noland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Noland--1940-1950.; Interiors.
- 1942
- Grand Lake
- View of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. Mount Craig and cumulus clouds are in the distance.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1920-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950]
- Band concert - Civic Center
- People crowd the plaza at the Greek Theater and the Colonnade of Civic Benefactors at Civic Center in Denver, Colorado; an orchestra is on the stage, and folding wooden chairs provide seating for the audience. The Colorado State Capitol,...
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Audiences--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Colonnades--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Band concert - Civic Center
- People crowd the plaza at the Greek Theater and the Colonnade of Civic Benefactors at Civic Center in Denver, Colorado; the Denver Municipal Band is on the stage, and folding wooden chairs provide seating for the audience.
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Audiences--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Congressional act - 1911
- Photo of a document with text: "Sixty second Congress of the United States of America ... An Act to provide a suitable memorial to the memory of the North American Indians ... by Mr. Rodman Wanamaker," and signature "Approved Dec. 8th, 1911, Wm. H....
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Documents--1910-1920.; Legislation--United States--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [1911?]
- Inside Rover Joe's observation point
- Shows four soldiers facing away from the camera in observation point that controlled air support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. The location is a hole in the ground overlooking a valley, a...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Water supply, dams and reservoirs, Eagle Nest (New Mexico)
- sizeable community.; The Eagle Nest Dam in New Mexico is built around a large rock formation creating a semi-circular structure with a narrow road on its top. Mountains provide the backdrop behind the dam. The Eagle Nest Lake is in the left...
- Eagle Nest Lake (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Moreno Valley (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Dams--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Rock formations--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1931?]