Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Picketing Super Serve Drugs
- Senator Richard Castro pickets with supporters of the United Farm Workers, who include Jerry Ryan and Mike Wilzoch, in boycott of Gallo Wine at the Pecos Super Serve Drugs at West 44th (Forty-Fourth) Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside...
- Super Serve Drugs (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Sunnyside (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.;...
- [1975]
- Gallo Wine boycott press conference
- State Senator Richard Castro, boycott organizer Mike Wilzoch, boycott director Jerry Ryan, and UFW member Jesús Valderrama hold a press conference near a trailer outside of Super Serve Drugs and Liquors on 44th and Pecos Street in Denver,...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Legislators--Colorado.; Press conferences.; Boycotts.; Castro, Richard Thomas, 1946-1991--Pictorial...
- [1975]
- Farm workers in front of trailer
- Jerry Ryan, with a beard and dark eyeglasses, and Jesús Valderrama, with an umbrella, members of the United Farm Workers Union of America and three supporters stand in front of a trailer in front of the Super Serve Drugs on West 44th...
- Super Serve Drugs (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Sunnyside (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Agricultural...
- [1975]
- Alpini in chow-line
- In the center of a town two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers serve food to a group of Alpini [Italian Mountain soldiers] as a young boy looks on. It was common practice to serve the civilian population once U.S. soldiers had eaten. Trees in the...
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy 1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italian--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Billboard for Coca Cola
- View of a billboard located near the Speer viaduct, Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps topped with balls, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that read:...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; Coca-Cola Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Beverage industry.; Billboards.; Carbonated beverages.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 13
- 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.)
- 1943 May 27
- Regional Transporation District Newsletter: Volume 7 Number 8
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 S
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 1 and 2, 1930 January-February
- The Story of Trinity choir : 1859-1903.
- Brief history of the Trinity Methodist Church's choir. Included are photograph of prominent performers, a list of performers by their vocal classification, a reproductions of programs for earlier performances.
- Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colorado). Choir--History.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colorado)--1900-1910
- 1902
- In memoriam, Reverend Robert Hopkin : pastor, First Congregational Church, Denver, Colorado.
- Booklet created to commemorate the life and religious teachings of Reverend Robert Hopkin of the First Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado upon his death in 1927. the bulk of the book is a reproduction of a sermon given by Reverend Hopkin on...
- Hopkin, Robert.; First Congregational Church (Denver, Colorado)--History.; Congregational churches--Clergy--Biography.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1927
- Zion Baptist Church 138th church anniversary, November 9, 2003.
- Anniversary booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church, located in Denver, Colorado for its 138th Anniversary. Included in the booklet is a brief church history, letters from various local and state politicians, worship service programs, and...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 2003 November 9
- 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
- State Senator Rich Castro
- Senator Richard Castro speaks to reporters about the Gallo Wine boycott at a press conference held at Super Save Drugs located near West 44th Avenue and North Pecos Street in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mike Wilzoch stands on...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Press conferences.; Legislators--Colorado.; Wilzoch, Mike--Pictorial works.; Castro, Richard Thomas,...
- [1975]
- Charles Boettcher School
- View of the Charles Boettcher School, originally named the Boettcher School for Crippled Children (1940, architect-Burnham Hoyt; 1955 addition, architect-Edwin Francis) at 1900 Downing Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. ...
- Charles Boettcher School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Schools.; Charles Boettcher School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Children with...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Downing Street waiting station
- View of the Downing Street waiting station (1904), located on the corner of Downing and Bayaud Streets, in the Washington Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a green structure topped by a pyramidal roof covered in wood shingles. The open...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bus stops.; Site elements.; Bus stops--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- Visitor's Center, Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, Lakewood, Colo.
- View of the Deer Creek School on the grounds of the Denver Botanic Garden at Chatfield located at 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road, Lakewood, Colo. The one-room schoolhouse built in 1885, was relocated to its present site to serve as the facility's...
- Denver Botanic Gardens--2000-2010.; Visitors' centers--Colorado--Lakewood--2000-2010.; Lakewood (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Pictorial works.; Visitors' centers--Colorado--Lakewood--Pictorial works.; Lakewood (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- c. 2000
- Colorado Free University formerly the Lowry Air Force Base Fire Station and Communication Center
- View of Colorado Free University at 7653 East First (1st) Place in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a Spanish Eclectic-style building with walls of light and dark yellow brick and a hipped red tile roof. Constructed in 1940...
- Colorado Free University (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Free schools.; Colorado Free University (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Free...
- 2002
- Lowry Redevelopment Authority Director's residence
- View of the Lowry Redevelopment Authority Director's residence at 7400 East Sixth (6th) Avenue in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a white stucco Spanish Eclectic-style house with vigas and a red tile roof. The two-story...
- Lowry Redevelopment Authority--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Lowry Redevelopment Authority--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2008
- Sundial at the Lowry Redevelopment Authority Director's residence
- View of a sundial in the yard of the Lowry Redevelopment Authority Director's Residence (1904; Aaron Grove and Thomas Walsh, architects) at 7400 East Sixth (6th) Avenue in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. In the foreground is a...
- Lowry Redevelopment Authority--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field Neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Sundials.; Lowry Redevelopment Authority--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- [2008?]
- Marie Wormington waving from her house
- Hannah Marie Wormington waves from the main entrance to her brick French eclectic-style house (ca.1920-ca.1940) located at 4600 East Seventeenth (17th) Avenue Parkway, in the South Park Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The entrance is set in...
- Wormington, H. M. (Hannah Marie), 1914-1994--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; South Park Hill neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses.; Wormington, H. M. (Hannah Marie), 1914-1994--Pictorial works.; Wormington, H. M. (Hannah...
- 1986
- Harman Town Hall / Greenleaf Masonic Temple
- View of the Harman Town Hall / Greenleaf Masonic Temple (1891: Franklin E. Kidder and Ida Humphreys, architects), 400 Saint Paul Street in the Cherry Creek Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The eclectic style building has round-arched second story...
- Harman Town Hall - Greenleaf Masonic Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lawrence N. Greenleaf Masonic Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cherry Creek (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Harman Town Hall -...
- 1974
- Harmon Town Hall / Greenleaf Masonic Temple
- View of the Harman Town Hall / Greenleaf Masonic Temple (1891: Franklin E. Kidder and Ida Humphreys,architects), 400 Saint Paul Street in the Cherry Creek Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The eclectic style building has round-arched second story...
- Harman Town Hall - Greenleaf Masonic Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Lawrence N. Greenleaf Masonic Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cherry Creek (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Harman Town Hall -...
- 1987
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1918 June
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 5 and 6, 1930 May-June
- Mining machinery
- A group of men stand at the base of a tall wood headframe that extends over a mine shaft possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The frame houses mechanical works that serve as a lift for ore cars.
- Hoisting machinery--Colorado--1900-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Buildings commercial filling stations
- View of the Crystal gas station possibly at 683 South Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The pumps are near the station building. Signs read: "We Served In France We Want To Serve You", "Gas 15", and "Courtesy And Consideration".
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Children sitting on the porch of a log cabin
- African American (Black) children and a man sit in front of a log cabin in an unknown location. The man wears a jacket, short pants, and sits on the porch near wood buckets and chairs. One boy sits on a pile of rocks that serve as steps. He wears a...
- Afro-Americans--Children--1870-1900.; Children--1870-1900.; Log cabins--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Bowen, Colorado
- A telegraph operator stands outside the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office in Bowen, a Victor American Fuel Company town in Las Animas County, Colorado. The operator is probably a Hispanic man who wears pants, suspenders, a light colored...
- Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Bowen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Bowen--1900-1910.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Bowen--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Longmont, Colo.
- View of the two-story brick public school, Longmont, Colorado, shows small children beside a small wood lean-to basement entry. The school features an F-shape plan with gabled projecting wings flanking the simple columned entry and two long metal...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- November 30, 1926
- Early Longmont Colorado home talent group, probably in Dickens Opera House
- A group of actors of various ages pose in costume on stage, probably at the Dickens Opera House, Longmont, Colorado. The center figures are of royalty, a king and queen, with guards holding halberds crossed above their heads. Young girls sit in...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Duckets Market, Ouray, Colo., 10:00 AM.
- Two butchers work behind the meat counter in Duckets Market as a customer waits for his order, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The meat in the refrigerated counter is labeled with name and price; other goods include packaged gravy and spaghetti...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Butchers--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors.
- August 1978
- Northwest on 15th Street, from Welton Street, during Knights Templar 32nd Triennial Conclave
- Night view northwest on Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado, shows stars and a knight on a horse illuminated on a wire spanning Fifteenth Street which serve as decorations for the Knights- Templar 32nd Triennial Conclave. American flags and...
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 August 12 - 15
- Trianon interior
- View of the ornate wood surround fireplace in Trianon, formerly called Claremont, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Telamons and caryatids serve as the support columns for the mantel. A equesterain sculpture sits on the mantel. Wing back...
- Giddings, Ralph--Homes & haunts.; McLaren, Thomas--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Mantels--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1063 December 8
- Clay "shredding" machine used to manufacture bricks
- A man monitors production from a "shredding" machine, possibly in Denver, Colorado. The machine may serve to pulverize clay to make it suitable for the manufacture of brick. Product from the machine is loaded into adjacent rail cars.
- Brick industry--Colorado--1900-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Probably a circus parade on 16th Street
- Both sides of Sixteenth (16th) Street are packed with people watching a circus parade, Denver, Colorado. Modified horse drawn carriages serve as cages.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Circus parades--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- George C. Marshall
- Shows George Catlett Marshall Secretary of State to President Truman from 1947 to 1949. He became the first military person to serve as Secretary of State.
- Cabinet officers--United States--1940-1950.; Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959.
- [between 1947 to 1949]
- Public bath house
- A view of the public Bath House located on 20th (Twentieth) and Curtis streets in Denver, Colorado. The 2-story building was built in 1908 to serve Denver's poor, it included a gymnasium and bathing facilities. Signs on the building next to the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bathhouses--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
- Central loop
- View of Denver Tramway trolleys, number 301 route 8 and number 31 route 64, parked at the Central Loop on Arapahoe and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets next to Loop Market in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Loop Market Parking Exclusively For Loop Market...
- Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1949, August 14
- Evans block = photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Pythias Club," "The Hurlbut Grocery Co.," "Lunch, Bill keeps this place, this place keeps Bill," "Special breakfast, pork chops, hot...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- May, 1913
- Seventeenth Street
- Rooftop view of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles and pedestrians are in the street. Signs on buildings read: "Bennett's Restaurants Serve Millar's Coffee," "Schlitz," "Kodak," "Brown Chambers," "Colorado,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941 June
- Seventeenth Street
- Rooftop view of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are on the street. Signs on buildings read: "Bennett's Restaurants Serve Millar's Coffee," "Schlitz," "Kodak," "Brown Chambers," "Colorado," "Western Union," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Labor strike
- African-American men prepare and serve food in a Colorado National Guard camp during the Westerner Federation of Miners labor strike, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Shows camp stoves, pans, and vent pipes.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; African Americans--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cookery--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1903
- Montgomery Ward building
- View of the newly constructed Montgomery Ward building at 501 South Broadway in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Automobiles and pedestrians are nearby. A sign near the building reads: "The New Rocky Mountain Home of Montgomery Ward &...
- Montgomery Ward--Buildings--1920-1930.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1928?]
- Weicker Trans & Storage Co. Stock show
- Interior view of a garage in Denver, Colorado; shows a wagon and banner with letters: "Weicker Transfer and Storage Company," harness, flowers, and a sign: "We Serve Windsor Dairy Products."
- Weicker Transfer and Storage Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Moving & storage...
- 1928
- Painted boy
- Seated studio portrait of a Native American Mescalero Apache boy, he holds a quiver and wears body paint, a long shirt, breechcloth, head band, neck scarf, bead necklace, and earrings. A basket, pot, woven blanket and painted backdrop serve as...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Mescalero Indians--1880-1890.; Body painting--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Elks Opera House
- Exterior view of Elks Opera House, 308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado. In 1879, Horace Tabor contracted J. Thomas Roberts to build this massive three-story stone, brick and iron structure, trimmed in Portland cement. Tabor lost the building...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- First station at Craig were these boxcars
- Two railroad boxcars of the Denver & Salt Lake railroad serve as the train station in the town of Craig, Colorado. The cars are situated end to end next to the rails. Steps lead from the ground to the entrance of the boxcars. A man with his hands...
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Old 1915 women's inst.
- This cell-block interior at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is illuminated by windows on both floors of the back wall, with potted plants in the upper ones. Bracketed balconies serve barred doors on the second floor, and steam...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cells--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1915