Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Potting Shed, Colorado State University
- View of the Colorado State University Potting Shed located at 191 West Laurel Street, Fort Collins, Colo. The red brick shed, more formally known as the Agricultural Forcing House, was constructed in 1891 from brick salvaged from the original 1874...
- Potting sheds--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado State University--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Potting sheds--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Snow shed, Alpine Pass
- A long snow shed covers the main line of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad in front of the stone engine house at Alpine Pass, about a quarter of a mile west of the Alpine Tunnel, on the border of Chaffee and Gunnison counties in Colorado....
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Snowsheds--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- The Gilpin Tramway Co.
- Three Gilpin Tramway Company locomotives and gondola cars loaded with frozen ore park on railroad tracks outside the steam shed used to thaw the ore before sent to processing mill in winter. Two men stand on side of locomotive Quartz Hill 3 and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Gilpin Tramway Company.
- [1900 or 1901]
- Gauchos (S.A.)
- Four men, including three South American gauchos, stand in front of a large shed at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. The man second from the right wears a suit with a striped tie. A hose is coiled on the ground...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Gauchos.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Denver Public Library 1937 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1937. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1995
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- Garage & coal shed
- A view of a garage and coal shed located in Genesee Park located 20 miles west of Denver near Evergreen, Jefferson County, Colorado. The shed is constructed of wood slats and a wood shingled roof. A wire fence crosses in front of the structure.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Genesee Park (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Garages--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Lumber shed in Court St. looking north from 4th St.
- View of a lumber shed that was washed onto Court Street in an Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Brick buildings are on either side of the street. Mud and debris are in the street. Carpets, tables, chairs, and cabinets dry near one of the...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building failures--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Lumber--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- [1921 June]
- C.M.St.P.& P. [Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific R.R.], view of Milwaukee train shed, 4 trains headon, Milwaukee, WI
- View of the train shed at the railroad depot in central Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Shows five Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad trains parked at the station, three have steam locomotives. A warehouse is near the tracks. A sign on the...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Milwaukee (Wis.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroad stations.; Railroads.; Warehouses.
- 1945 August 16
- South view of the Willowcroft shed
- Color photograph of the south of the Willowcroft shed located on the Willowcroft Historic Farm in Littleton, Colorado. Originally the home of ranches and politician, Joseph Bowles, who served two terms in the state legislature. Constructed of...
- Willowcroft Manor (Littleton, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Willowcroft Manor (Littleton, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Littleton.; Historic Buildings.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Littleton.;...
- 1993 January 1
- Mary L. and Shirley Trujillo
- Shirley Trujillo holds her niece Mary L. Trujillo in front of a coal shed in the backyard of her house at 943 1/2 10th (Tenth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shirley, a teenager, wears a jacket and jeans. The baby wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Girls.; Infants.; Teenagers.; Trujillo, Shirley--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1956
- Walsenburg, Colo.
- View of a corrugated metal storage shed used by the Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph Company in Walsenburg (Huerfano County), Colorado. The shed has a wooden door, one small window, and sits on the corner of a lot adjacent to a low wooden...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Monte Vista, Colo.
- View of an open-sided shed used by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. The shed has a wood plank back wall and corrugated tin roof. A wagon, wires, and equipment are inside the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Snowshed
- View of a wooden snowshed along a portion of rail tracks, possibly near the Emperius Mine in Mineral County, Colorado. A stream runs along the rocky embankment below the tracks. A pipe runs along the outside of the shed's exterior walls and steps...
- Snowsheds--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1940 and 1950?]
- In Denver Bottoms, Co.
- A landscape watercolor painting of a shed in a meadow with shrubbery, electric and telephone lines are nearby; a road leads up to the shed. Mountains are in the background. The colors are pale brown, blue, pink and white.
- Meadows--1900-1910.; Sheds--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Freight office & house
- A horse is tied to a doorway of the wood Express 201 building in Denver, Colorado. A sign above the doorway reads "Express 201 prompt attention to all orders 1556 Penna. Ave.".
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Cottonwood Ranch near Corbett's
- Men stand in front of a log structure on Cottonwood Ranch near Corbett's Roadhouse at Stinkingwater Crossing in Park County, Wyoming. Shows a log stable, shed and fence; a wagon sits near the shed.
- Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Ranches--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Stables--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Old home of George Simpson
- Exterior view of the George Simpson home, a pioneer, Trinidad, Colorado. This two story, shingle and cross gable roofed structure is made of adobe, and the seams between the bricks are clearly visible. A shed roofed porch in an inside corner is...
- Simpson, George--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Pig sheds & pen
- Pigs walk past the pig shed and pen at the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. The shed is a wood lean-to with multiple doors that lead to the pens. The Denver Farm began in the late 1800's to aid the elderly and indigent, it...
- Denver Farm--1930-1940.; Henderson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Almshouses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Pig houses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Swine--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Columbine - 1942
- View of three dilapidated buildings in Columbine (Routt County), Colorado; shows buildings constructed of horizontal logs with medium gables, large shed with vertical plank wall, and two smaller shed roofs.
- Columbine (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Columbine--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Ilse - 1942 schoolhouse
- View of the schoolhouse in Ilse, Colorado in a sage covered clearing; features a shed on the near side of the building and outhouses in back; flagpole next to the shed.
- Ilse (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Ilse--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Barbecue at the Denver Union Stock Yards
- Men and women prepare food for a barbecue at the Denver Union Stock Yards in Denver, Colorado. Three women work under a cook shed. Sides of beef are laid out over coal pits. Men in aprons stand at tables near the covered cook shed. Thousands of...
- Denver Union Stock Yard Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Barbecues--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1910?]
- Black Hawk depot - 1910 looking up North Clear Creek
- View, looking north along the gulley formed by North Clear Creek, of the Colorado Central railroad depot in Black Hawk, Colorado. It is the second depot used by the town of Black Hawk (the first was located too far from the center of town). The...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Old hog pens
- Rubble and foundations of hog pens at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, fill a flat, central area. Bluffs flank it, and a stone shed, faceted guard tower, and wall are at the far end. Power poles and lines follow one side. A man...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Swine--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1932
- Grizzly Flats R.R.
- Men and a woman pose in front of a Grizzly Flats Railroad locomotive and a caboose in an engine shed at the home of Ward Kimball in Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. Shows the "Emma Nevada," a narrow gauge locomotive, and "Coach 5," a...
- Kimball, Ward--Homes & haunts.; Grizzly Flats Railroad--1940-1950.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1940-1950.; People--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950.; Railroads facilities--California--Los...
- 1941 November
- Perigo Mill in Gilpin County
- Large piles of wood are stacked at the side of the Perigo Mill in Gilpin County, Colorado. The mill has several levels, and two large smokestacks supported by wires protrude from the roof. Several smaller smokestacks also protrude from the roof. A...
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Game hunt
- Dead birds (pheasant, duck, or geese?) hang on a shed and are on the ground in (probably) Colorado; snow covers the ground. A dog is near the shed.
- Dead animals--Colorado--1900-1910.; Game bird hunting--Colorado--1900-1910.; Sheds--Colorado--1900-1910.
- San Luis Central R.R. 2-8-0 #1 Baldwin 1913 Sugar Junction, Colo.
- San Luis Central Railroad locomotive #1 is outside a train shed in Sugar Junction (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Railroad ties and lumber are beside the shed. A farm building, fences and mountains are in the distance.
- San Luis Central Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Sugar Junction (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Sugar Junction--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Sugar Junction--1950-1960.
- 1953 June
- Manitou Springs, Colo.
- shed, freight shed and track grade are at the upper extreme of the town. Pike's Peak and its foothills are in the background.; View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest; shows the Manitou House and Clubhouse, the D.& R. G. Depot, the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1888?]
- Victor, residences
- Exterior rear view of four residences on a slope, Victor, Colorado; four rectangular wooden frame residences, horizontal plank, two two-story with high gable roof, single chimneys offset right; third with mansard roof and cast iron cresting; fourth...
- Victor (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Johnson Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado. The facade of the building includes a two-story gable front with a shed section, barge boards and pointed canopy decorated in a carved vine pattern, and first-floor windows and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1918?]
- D&RGW (2-8-2) 478, Durango, Colo., diesel #50
- Denver and Rio Grande Western diesel locomotive 50 and steam locomotive 478, with a coal tender and boxcar (3468), sit by a steel shed in Durango (La Plata County) Colorado. A sign on the shed reads: "Rio Grande Motorway, Inc." Engineers look out...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1960-1970.; Durango (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1960-1970.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1960-1970.; Warehouses--Colorado--Durango--1960-1970.
- 1964 August 14
- Terrible Mine
- View of the Terrible Mill and Mine at Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Children play by a shed, one sits in a ore car. The shed has a smokestack.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Terrible Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 1889 Corbett & Ballenger's 17th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 S
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1911 March 4
- #390 Barom's Tent Packing Shed
- View of Barom's Tent Packing Shed in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Smaller tents pitched next to the large tent. Fruit crates stacked outside of the tent.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Casa (house) wagon shed, tepee poles Towaoc, western end of reservation
- View near Towaoc, Ute Mountain Indian Reservation, Montezuma County, Colorado, of a wood (small log and slat) and mud house that stands next to a brush shelter; tepee poles lean against brush shelter, one lies on roof which connects to roof of the...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Shelters--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Street cleaning division - truck shed
- Trucks and street cleaners are parked in the long wood truck shed of the Denver Highway Department located near 8th (eighth) and Walnut Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.). Highway Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Street cleaners--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sheds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Snow shed and old County Road, San Juan County now Million Dollar Highway
- View of a snow shed built over tracks of the Silverton Northern Railroad, in San Juan County, Colorado; shows a surrey on an Otto Mears toll road (Million Dollar Highway) bridge.
- Mears, Otto, 1840-1931--Homes & haunts.; Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Carriages &...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Work shed
- A railroad employee stands in the doorway of a work shed near a coal hopper, railroad tracks and a sheet metal railroad water tank on supports.
- Railroad facilities--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--1880-1900.; Sheds--1880-1900.; Water tanks--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Black Panther Society at U.S. Justice Dept. Office in Denver
- Black Panther Society members at the United States Justice office in Denver, Colorado are identified as (L to R): Lauren R. Watson, Deputy Minister of Defence; Sorrell Shed, Minister of Justice; Ronnell Stewart, Minister of Communications; and...
- Black Panther Party--People--1960-1970.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Activists--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Shed, Sorrell.; Stewart, Ronnell.; Watson, Clark.; Watson, Lauren R.
- 1968 December 12
- Train in snow shed on Marshall Pass, Col.
- Men pose in an interior view of a timber supported snow shed on Marshall Pass in Saguache County, Colorado. Men wear suits and hats and stand beside Denver & Rio Grande tracks and an engine. Engine number "421" reads "Baldwin Locomotive Works,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cattle shed of A.A. Spaugh at Bel Pre' Ranch
- Interior view of a cattle shed. A woman poses beside a calf in a snow-covered barn in probably Niobrara County, Wyoming. Snow piles and icicles are on rafters, against the ceiling and beside a wall in Addison A. Spaugh's barn at what is identified...
- Spaugh, Addison A. (Addison Augustus), 1857-1943--Homes & haunts.; Niobrara County (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Barns--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.; Beef cattle--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.; Icicles--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1880-1890.;...
- 1889 June 8
- Interior view of snow shed, C.P.R.R.
- A view of the interior of a snow shed on the Central Pacific Railroad. A young man sits on the railroad tracks inside the timber structure.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1890.; Interiors--1860-1890.; Snowsheds--1860-1890.
- [between 1865 and 1890?]
- Snow shed construction
- View of construction of a snowshed near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. Workmen are on Great Northern Railway tracks or on the shed roof with a traveling crane. Shows debris from a rock slide and an eroded, fire damaged hillside.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Landslides--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction &...
- 1917 July 14
- Entrance to snow shed
- View of a Silverton Northern Railroad snow shed between Eureka and Animas Forks in San Juan County, Colorado; shows narrow gauge tracks and timber retaining walls. The Animas River valley is to the side.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Snow sheds--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Silverton Northern Railroad Company.
- 1904
- House and lumber shed in Court Street, looking south from 5th St.
- View of a house and a lumber shed that washed into Court Street in an Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows a street covered in deep mud, men, debris, an automobile and brick buildings.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building failures--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- Dedication exercises, East High School.
- Program for the dedication of the East High School building on Colfax and Elizabeth Street in Denver, Colorado.
- High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1925 September 25
- Denver Public Library 1929 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1929. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010