Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- YMCA Grand Junction
- View of 5th (Fifth) Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association), a stone building with a portico and rooftop terrace, is under construction. Wood scaffolding surrounds the front entrance. A sign...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Industries construction equipment steam power
- A group of workmen pose near a steam engine and vertical tubular boiler at a construction site in Denver, Colorado. A wooden scaffolding and a building are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of an unidentified coal processing mill in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame coal mill, timber scaffolding, a brick powerhouse with smokestacks, and piles of lumber on the ground near buildings. Smoke rises from coke ovens...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of a coal elevator at an unidentified coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows mine buildings, timber scaffolding under an elevator, horse drawn coal cars and smoke above stone coke ovens. Buildings in a town are in...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Green Mountain Dam - Grizzly
- View of construction at Green Mountain Dam in Summit County, Colorado; shows graded earth, scaffolding, and power lines. Cirrus and cumulus clouds span the sky.
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- The Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Co.
- View of brick structures and a building under construction at the Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company plant in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows piles of bricks, iron scaffolding on a stone foundation and mesas in the distance.
- Colorado Sugar Manufacturing Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1900.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1900.
- 1899 July 1
- Roof over Kibler Stove Foundry, Irondale, Colo.
- Men pose on scaffolding or stand on the floor of the Kibler Stove Factory in Irondale (Adams County), Colorado. Shows iron beams of the unfinished roof. Men wear hats and suspenders or vests. A dog is nearby. Partly constructed brick walls have...
- Irondale (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Building construction--Colorado--Irondale--1880-1890.; Construction workers--Colorado--Irondale--1880-1890.
- [1890?]
- Green Mountain Dam
- View of the construction site of the Green Mountain Dam project in Summit County, Colorado. Shows leveled earth, construction vehicles with rollers, dump trucks and scaffolding.
- Earthmoving machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Construction workers work at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Masons construct pillars and bricks are piled on scaffolding nearby. The men wear work...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, steam plant under construction
- A crew of construction workers build the framework for the Steam Plant at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Three boilers and pipe systems are enclosed in...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Construction workers assemble walls of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building's framework consists of I-beams and corrugated metal...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, painters
- Two painters work on windows at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men are in coveralls and hats and stand on scaffolding and paint the window casings...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, nearly completed buildings
- At a construction site piles of cast iron pipe lay on the ground at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Wooden barrels, boards, ladders and other...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance industry--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- WPCD locomotives in yard
- View of the locomotive yard at the West Portal construction site of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. Shows men, mine locomotives, corrugated sheds, power station, a...
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1942?]
- 1421 Champa St., construction progress, framing around cable shaft
- View of iron beams and brick walls around the cable shaft under construction at the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. A ladder is braced against the wall and brick rubble is piled on scaffolding.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902 September 9
- 1421 Champa St., construction progress, framing around cable shaft
- View of construction in the interior of the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa St, Denver, Colorado. Shows brick walls and iron beams. A vat for mixing mortar sits on wood scaffolding and a ladder rests against the wall.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902 September 9
- Pando, Camp Hale construction
- Construction workers erect a brick structure at Camp Hale in the Pando Valley (Eagle County), Colorado. The men wear hats and gloves. Shows gabled-roofed buildings and wooden scaffolding with ladders that hold the men
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Pando, Camp Hale construction
- View of the construction site at Camp Hale in the Pando Valley (Eagle County), Colorado. A man wears a hat and saws the frame on wooden scaffolding that supports him. Shows metal tanks, a steel frame and an arched roof.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carpentry--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Pando, Camp Hale construction
- View of construction equipment at the Camp Hale site in the Pando Valley (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows steel scaffolding that holds coned feeders. Concrete pours from the bottom feeder into the top of a cement truck. Shows a man, dirt road and...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Concrete mixers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Machinery--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Ore and metals mill, Leadville
- View of a wooden, framed mill building under construction in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows scaffolding, tailings piles and trees in a valley.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Building construction--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Ore industry--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Ore and metals mill, Leadville
- View of a frame building at a mine processing facility in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The building, under construction, has barn doors on the first floor, and scaffolding attached to a large second-story opening. A man walks on a ramp and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Building construction--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Ore industry--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Camp Hale construction
- View of a building under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows steel tanks, probably boilers, wooden scaffolding, and the metal framed roof of a building.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Laying brick, Camp Hale
- Bricklayers work on a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Men wear gloves, overalls or work clothes with suspenders, caps and stand beside a brick wall. A man holds a mallet. Shows a pile of bricks, scaffolding, frame windows...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Brick layers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Construction at Camp Hale
- Construction workers are on wooden scaffolding beside a multi-story building under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. A crane is on the roof. A man holds a wooden rafter and men stand on the ground beside the brick and probably...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- View of a two-story building, probably barracks, during construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The building has a gable roof, a balcony and clapboard siding. Wooden scaffolding and construction debris are nearby.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Barracks--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Mill at Leadville
- View of corrugated metal-sided mine buildings in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows an elevator supported by timber scaffolding, and probably a road beside unidentified mine buildings.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Mine
- View of a mining compound with gabled, wood frame buildings, mill facilities, tailings, wooden scaffolding, smokestacks and a tree spotted hillside, possibly near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mills--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Group portrait at Sheridan Mine
- Men, sit and stand, on and near a building under construction at the Sheridan Mine in Marshall Basin, San Miguel County, Colorado. The building, possibly a mill, has a smokestack secured by guy-wires. Shows scaffolding, lumber, rafters, and...
- Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sheridan Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.;...
- [ca. 1890]
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view from Nob Hill of San Francisco, California. Shows the shell of Temple Emanuel on Sutter Street, the building has two towers, but is missing the onion domes that topped the towers. Shows the steel structure of a building under...
- Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Temple Emanuel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Hotels.; Ruins.; Synagogues.
- c1906
- Construction of concrete embankments
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete walls and men with scaffolding and forms.
- Concrete construction--Formwork--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Retaining...
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction of concrete embankments
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete walls and men with scaffolding and forms.
- Concrete construction--Formwork--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Retaining...
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction of the Alameda Ave. underpass
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows a concrete wall, scaffolding, and men.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction of the Alameda Ave. underpass
- View of construction in Denver, Colorado; shows shows scaffolding, men, and a canal.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- Construction scene excavation
- View of (probably) Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado; shows men digging, scaffolding, wagons, and sheds.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction scene
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men working, excavation, scaffolding, and machinery.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction earth moving horse-drawn scoops at Alameda subway
- Workmen stand near horse drawn graders at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Another man is on scaffolding in the distance.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction
- Workmen wait in line with wheelbarrows for mixed cement at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Wooden scaffolding on the street is by a side-dump car on a temporary railroad track.
- Concrete construction industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industry maybe sugar factory
- View of possibly a partially constructed sugar beet processing plant in Colorado. Scaffolding with pulleys surrounds a cylindrical tower.
- Building construction--Colorado--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Cheeseman [sic] Dam under const.
- View of Cheesman Dam, Douglas County, Colorado under construction. Shows scaffolding, cranes, pulleys, and lumber.
- Cheesman Dam (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Douglas County--1900-1910.; Dam construction--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Sugar beets Holly, Colo. sugar mill-- vacuum pan
- A man poses near a vacuum pan in a sugar mill near Holly (Prowers County), Colorado. Another man crouches nearby on the metal and wood scaffolding.
- Sugar beet industry--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Holly (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.
- 1905, August 28
- Sugar beets Holly, Colo. sugar mill filter presses and danek [?] station
- View of the filter presses in a sugar mill near Holly (Prowers County), Colorado. The mill consists of a roof supported by metal scaffolding.
- Sugar beet industry--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.; Holly (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Holly--1900-1910.
- 1905, August 20
- Swink / Holly sugar mill construction top of diffusion battery
- Workmen stand on scaffolding near the top of the diffusion battery at the Holly Sugar Company's mill near Swink (Otero County), Colorado. A series of pipes and valves are nearby.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
- 1905, August 24
- Industries construction scene at new Alameda bridge
- A painter stands on scaffolding attached to the Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Street lights line the road.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Painting--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction Alameda subway
- Workmen dig with shovels and load a side-dump car, on a temporary railroad track at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site, in Denver, Colorado. Wooden scaffolding is nearby.
- Dump cars--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction building Alameda bridge
- Men, women, and children stand near the Alameda Avenue bridge construction site in Denver, Colorado. Workmen work near a wooden scaffolding and a vertical tubular boiler.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Denver - Panorama - State Capitol
- View of the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver, Colorado from the Central Presbyterian Church tower on Sherman Street. The dome of the capitol building is under construction and scaffolding braces are in place inside the tower. The First...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Glasgow, [?], Glasgow & Missouri [sic] R.R.
- Aerial view of Glasgow (Howard County), Missouri and the Alton Railroad Bridge of the Chicago and Alton Railway over the Missouri River. Shows houses, trees, and smokestacks beside the river and scaffolding for the new steel railroad bridge in the...
- Chicago and Alton Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Glasgow (Mo.)--1890-1900.; Missouri River--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Missouri--Glasgow--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Missouri--Glasgow--1890-1900.; Rivers--Missouri--Glasgow--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Industries construction scene during construction of Alameda subway
- View of the Alameda Avenue underpass in Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand near horse-drawn side-dump railcars and wooden scaffolding.
- Dump cars--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910]
- Construction scenes
- View of two scenes of the Alameda underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Wooden scaffolding is near the site.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Panorama from Mt. Tamalpais, Cal.
- View of the Tavern of Tamalpais on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California. Shows men and probably piles of roofing material on the roof of the timber and brick building. Scaffolding is around the tavern. A path or railroad grade is on the...
- Tavern of Tamalpais (Marin County, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Marin County (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Tamalpais, Mount (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Taverns (Inns)--California--Marin County--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]