Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ninth Street Historic Park Gardner House (1033 Ninth Street)
- Partial view of the abandoned Gardner House (1873) before restoration, 1033 Ninth (9th) Street, located in Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows an abandoned...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.;...
- 1975
- Nevada City
- View of a gravestone and stone plot foundation, in the Nevadaville, (Nevada City) cemetery, Gilpin County, Colorado, features: a carved rectangular stone with a curtain, tassels, a wreath, and a relief of a scroll. The inscribed epitaph on the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Colfax bridge going over Cherry creek
- Four unidentified men (man with scroll is possibly George Norlin) in dark suits and hats walk by the steel framed Colfax Street bridge that crosses Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. One man smokes a pipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Nevadaville
- View of a rectangular gravestone in the cemetery in Nevadaville, Colorado; features a stone with a raised representation of a curtain draped over the top; raised scroll inscription: "Dedicated to Mary L., who died Nov. 9, 1877, at the age of, 24...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Perspective 9th Street Historic Park District
- Exterior street perspective showing two houses located at 1056 and 1068 9th Street, Auaria neighborhood, Denver, Colo. The houses are part of the 9th Street Historic Park on the Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver. The two story, wood house...
- 9th Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.
- between 1973 and 1975
- 3200 block of Bryant Street
- View of the 3200 block of North Bryant Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a block of two-story, Queen Anne, residential buildings (c. 1880-1910) in the Potter-Highlands Historic District. The single family detached...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Potter-Highlands Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses.; Residential streets.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1988
- Flower-Vaile House
- View of the Flower-Vaile House (1889; Robert G. Balcomb and Eugene Rice, architects) at 1610 Emerson Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade and side elevation of a three-story single detached residence....
- Flower, John S.--Homes & haunts.; Flower Vaile House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Flower, John S.--Homes and haunts.; Vaile, Joel P.--Homes &...
- 1995
- Entrance to Lowry Air Force Base Headquarters
- View of the main entrance to the Lowry Air Force Base Headquarters (1940) at 200 Rampart Way in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows double doors set in a three-story Spanish Baroque-style stone brick entry on the side of a blond...
- Lowry Technical Training Center--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Military facilities.; Lowry Technical Training Center--Pictorial works.; Military bases--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1998
- Walsen Colored Club
- View of the Walsen Colored Club, a miners' club building for African-American miners at the mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with clapboard siding and a false front. Clerestory windows sit on top of a...
- African Americans--Structures--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Walsen
- View of the coal mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows rows of wood frame one story homes and unpaved streets. Smoke rises from the power plant chimney stacks.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- General view of Morley and store
- View of the mining town of Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, with towers and stucco exterior, sits on the hill above the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande tracks. The workers' four-room...
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Colo. Supply Co. Store Morley
- An automobile sits in front of the Colorado Supply Company store, camp doctor's office and boarding house in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a mission style stucco building with vigas and towers. Boys stand in the corner of the building.
- Colorado Supply Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Medical offices--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Morley school
- Teachers stand with their pupils in front of the elementary school in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a mission style stucco building with a dormer.
- Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Segundo School
- View of the elementary school in the mining town of Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame two story building with covered entryway. The sign above the door reads: "Jerome School. Dist. No. 61. Segundo."
- Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1909?]
- Cardiff
- View of the coal bins above the Colorado Midland Railway tracks in Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows miners houses and boarding houses, and the post office in a long building with a false front near the railroad tracks. The schoolhouse...
- Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1902?]
- A.T. & S.F. depot
- Spectators stand on the banks of the flooded Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado, across the river from the demolished Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot. Shows the arched walls of the Cardenas Hotel arcade.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Morley club
- View of the miners' club building in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a stucco building with a false front and a fence. A shed roof shades the front entrance.
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- Segundo ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Train cars sit on tracks near the Colorado and Wyoming Railway roundhouse.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Trinidad flood across from Cardenas Hotel
- View of flood damage on the banks of the Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a residence with collapsed exterior walls and damaged wooden fence. Flood waters rise to the front door of the house.
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Company houses Morley
- A chicken stands in the dirt road that runs in front of miners' houses built by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows square four-room stone residences with hipped roofs and covered entryways.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company town architecture--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Redstone ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Coal cars sit on Denver & Rio Grande railway tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1900 and 1909?]
- Primero Club
- View of the miner's club house in Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wood frame building with a front porch.
- Primero (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Primero school
- View of the elementary school in the mining town of Primero (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wood frame with a covered entry and cupola. The sign above the door reads: "Gass School. District No. 61. Primero."
- Primero (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Primero--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio club
- View of the miners' club in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with a covered porch, false front and flag pole. A horse stands tethered to the front porch pole.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio, Mexican church at Torres
- View of a probably Catholic church in the mining town of Torres, in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a stucco building topped by a cupola with a bell.
- Torres (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Torres--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Torres--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio school
- View of the school in the mining town of Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a two story wooden structure with a covered entryway and cupola.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- Tercio washery and ovens
- View of the coal washers and coke ovens in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows coal cars and tracks of the Colorado and Wyoming Railway.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Mine...
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Tabasco washery
- View of the coal washer and bins at the Tabasco Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. A man, probably mine manager James Cameron, stands at the stairs.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tabasco Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Redstone
- View of the mining camp at Redstone (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows the company store with hipped roof and front porch. The sign over the door reads: "The Colorado Supply Co. 1900." Shows the corner of the Redstone Inn.
- Redstone (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Redstone--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Hotel Green, Pasadena, Cal.
- View of the Hotel Green complex on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The Hotel Green annex (Castle Green) was designed by Frederick Louis Roehrig. The building is a seven story Islamic Revival style structure with two...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Pedestrian walkways.; Resorts.
- c1905
- Olla
- Native American (Zuni) earthenware water jar with step, lightning, hatching, scroll, and rain cloud patterns in black and red paint on white.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Zuni pottery--1880-1920.; Jars--1880-1920.; Ollas--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Olla
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) Olla (Water jar). It has a constricted neck and black and red on cream coloring. Designs painted on the olla include Rainbird, scroll, stepped line, terrace, hatching, framing line and triangle.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Zuni pottery--1880-1900.; Ollas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Side chair
- Made in Mexico City, Mexico, this wooden chair is decorated with yellow, red, green and gold paint, and has a scroll carved back.
- Chairs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Hurlburt [sic] Gate, Water Works Park, Detroit
- A man walks near Hurlbut Memorial Gate in Water Works Park, Detroit (Wayne County), Michigan. The monument is adorned with scroll figures and a dome topped with a stone eagle.
- Hurlbut, Chauncy--Monuments.; Detroit (Mich.)--1890-1910.; Water Works Park (Detroit, Mich.)--1890-1910.; Gates--Michigan--Detroit--1890-1910.; Monuments & memorials--Michigan--Detroit--1890-1910.; Parks--Michigan--Detroit--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Church of Santa Cruz, Interior
- Interior view of the Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada (Holy Cross Church) in Santa Cruz (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Shows adobe walls, hand-hewn wooden ceiling beams with scroll brackets, an altar and railing, tapestries, retablos (icons),...
- Santa Cruz Parish (Santa Cruz, N.M.)--1880-1890.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1880-1890.; Interiors--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Interior of a residence
- This interior view of a room in a residence in Leadville, Colorado, includes an elaborately ornamented cast iron stove, a sofa with pillows and crocheted blankets, floral print wallpaper and hanging framed pitures. A gilt bronze clock with...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Interior of a parlor
- Interior view of a parlor in Leadville, Colorado; shows an ornate combination book case with a beveled mirror, a writing desk and a library case filled with glasses, a decanter, liquor bottles, a vase, and photographs. The writing desk has a open...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ouray, school house
- View north down the Uncompahgre River Valley, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes a frame house, residential area and the public school. A family poses on a porch, with ornate scroll brackets, of their one-story house.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1890]
- St. Elmo Hotel
- Possibly Kitty O'Brien (Heit) stands with others on the snow cleared boardwalk of her St. Elmo Hotel, next door to her Bon Ton Restaurant, Main Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The 1898 two story brick hotel features painted wood central...
- St. Elmo Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Heit, Kitty O'Brien.
- [between 1898 and 1900]
- Georgetown
- A gravestone in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery has scroll designs and a cross.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Gilpin County, Colo.
- A gravestone in a Gilpin County, Colorado, cemetery depicts a wreath of flowers and a scroll reading: "My Wife's Grave."
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]
- Opera House, Central City
- Signs next to the entrance of the Central City Opera House in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado read: "Central City Opera House, Watch for Announcements of the 1947 Festival" and "Central City Opera House, Property of the University Of Denver,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Balconies--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- Unid. couple
- An unidentified man and woman stand next to a decorative well decorated with carved stone, scroll shaped ironwork and a pulley, probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Wells--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Gate
- View of an iron scroll gate, stucco wall, and bells at an unidentified home on East Virginia Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Steps lead to the porch.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Interior of Chapel
- Interior of the Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada (Holy Cross Church), Santa Cruz, New Mexico. Shows wood pews, beam ceiling with scroll brackets, altar with railing in front, tapestries, retablos (icons), statues, and stoves for heat.
- Santa Cruz Parish (Santa Cruz, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Interiors--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Santa Cruz (Holy Cross)
- Interior of the Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada (Holy Cross Church), Santa Cruz, New Mexico. Shows beam ceiling with scroll brackets, wood pews, altar with railing in front, large cross, tapestries, statues and retablos (icons).
- Santa Cruz Parish (Santa Cruz, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Interiors--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Interior of Rancho de Taos
- Interior of Saint Francis of Assisi church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. Shows ceiling beams with scroll brackets, plaster walls, railing, hanging lamp, statues (santos), and retablos (icons).
- San Francisco de Asis Church (Ranchos de Taos, N.M.)--Building--1910-1930.; Ranchos de Taos (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1910-1930.; Interiors--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1910-1930.
- [1915 or 1925?]
- Interior of Rancho de Taos
- Interior of Saint Francis of Assisi church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. Shows ceiling beams with scroll brackets, stove (heater), wood pews, table, altar, railing, retablos (icons) and santos (statues).
- San Francisco de Asis Church (Ranchos de Taos, N.M.)--Building--1910-1930.; Ranchos de Taos (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1910-1930.; Interiors--New Mexico--Ranchos de Taos--1910-1930.
- [1915 or 1925?]
- Juno by St. George Stanley, Teller House bar
- A fresco of Juno is painted on a wall in the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. She stands perched on a rock in a darkened arch. The nude has a cloth draped around her, and is looking down toward the right. The image has a border with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Juno (Roman deity)
- [1932?]
- Sing Lee Chinese servant of Dr. and Mrs. T. L. McCarty with their Water Spaniel Don Pedro
- Studio portrait of Sing Lee, a Chinese man in Dodge City, Kansas. He poses near a table with a fan and scroll anda Spaniel dog sits on the floor. The man's hair is styled in a queue.
- Chinese-Americans--Kansas--Dodge City--1880-1900.; Dodge City (Kan.)--1880-1900.; Dogs--Kansas--Dodge City--1880-1900.
- 1889 September