Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Unidentified mine, Boulder County
- View of an unidentified mine in Boulder County, Colorado. Men work near piles of lumber and on a retaining wall. Shows stone retaining walls, a log retaining wall, piles of sand, a long log building with a ventilator on the roof and a stove pipe,...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction.; Houses.; Log buildings.; MIning.; Retaining walls.
- 1895 July 25
- Residences, present day Central City
- Homes are built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. A street is supported by a retaining wall in the foreground. Telephone posts are on opposite sides of the street. The houses are one story, wood- frame homes with gabled roofs,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, masonry house is built above a retaining wall at the intersection of two streets in Central City, Colorado. The house has a flat roof, a chimney, two side bay windows, rectangular windows with lintels, and a covered porch that extends...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story wood frame house with a mansard roof and three dormer windows is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has two bay windows on opposite sides of the front wall. The covered front porch is built behind a masonry...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, brick house with a front gable that intersects a hipped roof is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has three chimneys and wrought iron roof cresting. The upper window under the gable is arched with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Several run-down houses are above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The masonry, two-story house in the foreground, although not completely visible, appears to have a flat roof. It has rounded windows and a rounded doorway. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residences, Central City, Colorado
- A two story, wood frame house with a gabled roof and covered porch is built above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a pedimnent-like facade on the upper level with decorative columns under the eaves. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Littleton RTD light rail station
- View of the Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Depot (now the RTD Littleton downtown light rail station), Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The one story rhyolite depot has a retaining wall in the foreground. The wall has a mural of...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--History--2000-2010.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Littleton (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad stations.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad...
- 2001
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- A man, in a long cloak and hat, and two young girls, in long coats and hats, pose on snow covered tailings at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. A log and wood tipple, mine buildings and a man...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Miners.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.
- [1895?]
- Central City streets
- View of two streets in Central City, Colorado. Spring Street is on the left above the rock and wood retaining wall. Another retaining wall is built above Spring Street, and a house, which is almost completely obscured by trees, is above it. ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Stone walls--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, Colorado residences
- A vernacular wood frame, L-shaped house with a gabled roof is in front of a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The porch is supported by four pillars. The balcony has a spindle railing and side-entry stairs leading to the entrance of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Home of William F. McGlone, Central City, Colorado
- A clapboard house is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house, which is only partially visible, has a gabled roof, two chimneys, rectangular windows, and a covered porch with a lath balustrade railing, spindles along the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Houses on 2nd High St., Central City, Colo.
- Several houses are built above a masonry retaining wall along Second High Street, a dirt road in Central City, Colorado. The house in the center is a two story brick with two gables that intersect a hipped roof. It has three chimneys, wrought iron...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- James B. Belford home, Central City, 1948
- James B. Belford's home, in Central City, Colorado, is a two story brick house, built above a masonry retaining wall. The house has a flat roof with a brick cornice and rectangular windows with lintels and sills. The porch, a concrete slab, has...
- Belford, James B. (James Burns), 1837-1910--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story brick house with a flat roof and brick cornice is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The duplex has rectangular windows with lintels, sills and paneled doors. The shades are drawn in three of the four windows in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A vernacular wood frame house is in the middle of a field above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The building's main portion has a gabled roof, a chimney, and a window. The addition has a sloped roof, three windows, and a stovepipe on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A one and one-half story, clapboard house with a gabled roof, a stove pipe chimney, and gingerbread bargeboard around the eaves is built above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house is painted white and has two doors and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Idaho Springs
- View of the Silver Plume band in front of the Blue Ribbon Mineral Springs near Idaho Springs, Colorado; features fast running water in front of a horizontal board retaining wall; Silver Plume band, a sheriff, women, men, and children posed behind...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1908]
- Children outside Central City Opera House
- Children and adults sit on a hill near the Central City Opera House. The children, including a few Black children, appear to be schoolage. A man dressed in a suit stands in the foregound. The Opera House is above a stone retaining wall behind the...
- African Americans--Children--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--[1890-1910]; Children--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Central City Opera House.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Commodore Mine, Creede, Colo.
- View of the Commodore Mine on Colorado 503, one mile north of Creede, Colorado. Shows log retaining walls, a trestle and ore house.
- Commodore Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Abandoned mines.; Trestles.; Retaining walls.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Trestles--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Retaining...
- 2009
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Construction scene retaining wall
- View of a retaining wall at a construction scene on the Archer Canal possibly near South Lipan Street, in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910?]
- Showing retaining wall Market St.
- View of the construction of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct and City Hall on Market Street in Denver, Colorado. Workmen and horse-drawn carriages are near the concrete retaining wall on Cherry Creek. A sign on a building reads: "Butters &...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898 November 15
- 14th Street Viaduct, Retaining Wall
- Shows the rock ashlar retaining wall for the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. A residential apartment building and the D.S. Waugh Machine Shop are behind the wall on Wazee Street. The viaduct began at 14th and Wazee and ended...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899 January 13
- Glenwood Springs Hotel, Hotel Colorado
- View of the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado; shows a brick and stone building with towers and landscaping. The Colorado River and timber retaining walls are in the foreground.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Hotel Colorado...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Lake Tahoe from Cave Rock
- Men and women stand on a wooden bridge erected on Cave Rock, overlooking Lake Tahoe, in Douglas County, Nevada. A road along the cliff is supported by a rock retaining wall. Mountains are in the distance.
- Cave Rock (Nev.)--1880-1900.; Douglas County (Nev.)--1880-1900.; Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Nevada--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Retaining walls--Nevada--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Nevada--Douglas...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Rocky point , Alpine Pass, D. & S.P.
- View of a rock retaining wall and Denver, South Park and Pacific narrow gauge railroad tracks on The Palisades, a cliff on the west side of Alpine Pass, near Alpine Station in Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palisades, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cliffs.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad tracks.; Retaining walls.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Unidentified mine entrance
- View of an unidentified mine entrance in the side of a hill. A wooden frame with a door is surrounded by a stone and log retaining wall. Shows ore car tracks.
- Doors & doorways.; Mining.; Retaining walls.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Trail to Nevada Fall
- View of men and packhorses on a granite rock trail with retaining walls leading to Nevada Fall, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Packtrains--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Retaining walls--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Lake Tahoe & Cave Rock
- Men and women stand on a wooden bridge erected on Cave Rock overlooking Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, Nevada. The road along the cliff is supported by a rock retaining wall. Mountains are in the distance.
- Cave Rock (Nev.)--1880-1900.; Douglas County (Nev.)--1880-1900.; Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Nevada--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Nevada--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Retaining walls--Nevada--Douglas...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Lake Tahoe fr. [sic] Cave Rock looking north
- A man stands on a road near Cave Rock overlooking Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, Nevada. Shows a steep rocky slope and the road supported by a stone retaining wall. Mountains are in the distance.
- Douglas County (Nev.)--1880-1900.; Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Nevada--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Nevada--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Retaining walls--Nevada--Douglas County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The toll gate, Pike's Peak carriage road
- View of Pikes Peak Toll Gate and road in El Paso County, Colorado. Shows log retaining walls, horse-drawn wagons with men, and a frame toll house.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Retaining walls--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Toll...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Boulder, Univ. of Colorado
- View of a stone retaining wall, a grassy field, trees, and the rooftop of the Hale Scientific Building on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. The Richardson Romanesque building has steep pitched roof...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Green Mountain (Boulder County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Meadows--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Universities &...
- [1900?]
- 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
- Central City newspaper offices, Register Call, Colo.
- In the narrow space between the Register building and the Williams Stables a wooden staircase ascends a hill. A two story house, built above a retaining wall, is at the top of the hill.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Stairways--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- 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
- Denver Viaduct looking toward City Hall retaining wall
- Workmen stand near the Cherry Creek retaining wall of the partially constructed 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. City Hall is in the distance.
- Stream channelization--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- View of the retaining wall and partially constructed bridge, part of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct, in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girders--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen stand by the retaining wall for Cherry Creek, near Wazee Street, at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. Cranes and a traveler are nearby.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Berwind, Colorado
- View of Berwind, Las Animas County, Colorado, during a UMWA coal miners' strike against CF&I; shows stone houses, retaining walls, and a horse and buggy on sloping roads.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Berwind (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Berwind--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Berwind, Colorado
- View of Berwind, Las Animas County, Colorado, during a UMWA coal miners' strike against CF&I; shows frame houses and stone retaining walls.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Berwind (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Berwind--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- A man stands in a ditch with a wagon and workhorse. The Denver City Hall on 14th (Fourteenth) Street, a rock retaining wall and a metal railroad bridge over Cherry Creek are visible in the background.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; City & town...
- 1898 December 5th
- Mount Vernon gardens at Washington Park
- View of flower beds and pathways in the Mt. Vernon garden at Washington Park in Denver, Colorado. The garden is partially enclosed by a cut stone retaining wall. Steps extend down into the garden.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Mt. Vernon Gardens, Washington Park
- View of the cut stone retaining wall and flower beds in the Mount Vernon Garden at Washington Park in Denver Colorado. Flowers are in bloom. Shows stairs, trees, car.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- The toll gate Pikes Peak carriage road
- Men pose on an near a mule-drawn wagon at the toll gate on a road with a log retaining wall on Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. A wood frame building is nearby.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Retaining walls--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Toll...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The Narrows, Canon Creek
- A man and dog walk the narrow dirt Ouray and Silverton Toll Road built by Otto Mears on a rocky hillside in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a log retaining wall, a gorge with Canyon Creek, snow-covered San Juan Mountains, and pine forests. A man sits...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Cherry Creek after landscaping
- View of a section of Cherry Creek near Speer Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. Landscaping by S.R. DeBoer shows various shrubs and trees above a concrete retaining wall. Grass and shrubs are shown by the creek's bank.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Parkways--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1931]
- First Ave., Lafayette & Speer Blvd.
- View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado; shows drainage pipes, retaining walls, washed out stream banks, a steel bridge, people, and houses in the Country Club neighborhood.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Country Club (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1912 July 14]
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Lawrence St. looking down
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, bridge ruins, and people. Signs read: "Brown's Star Bakery" and "Leather Shoes Wool Pelts, Robes & Tallow."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Retaining...
- 1878 May 22
- Denver, Cherry Creek after improvements
- View of Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete retaining walls and City Hall with clock tower.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Clock towers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Erosion protection works--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1918?]