Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Boulder, Colorado residences
- View of a sideboard in the John McInnes home in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County, features narrow, horizontal drawers, doors, and a shelf; china and a clock displayed on the shelf; crystal, a lamp, and other bric-a-brac displayed on the shelf in...
- McInnes, John--Homes & haunts.; Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Station equipment, booth, open shelf type, one compartment
- View of a pay telephone mounted in a three sided wooden shelf. The phone includes a slot to deposit coins, a dial, coin return, and receiver. The coin repository plate is scratched and worn. A telephone directory in a binder is on the shelf.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1940-1950.; Telephone booths--1940-1950.; Telephones--1940-1950.
- 1948 February 15
- Casey Street, Central City
- View of unpaved Casey Street in Central City, Colorado. Weeds and vegetation grow on the side of the road. The road forms a shelf in the center of the image, under which is a hill. A small, wood-frame house to the left of a telephone pole, has a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a wash stand at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. A semi-porcelain, floral patterned toilet set sits on a marble topped cabinet in front of a wall papered with a finely flowered print. A shaving mug has a brush...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Washstands--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Interior, Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of the interior west end of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado. The altar sits atop two steps and is covered with a white cloth on which "IHS" is embroidered. Two vessels sit on the altar, and two diagonal candelabras and a cross...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Altars--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1940?
- Central City residence interiors
- A chest of drawers with a silver tray, a woman's portrait, and a crystal dish on it, is in front of painted wainscoting in a room in Central City, Colorado. Ornately patterned wallpaper covers the top of the wall. A wall shelf with decorative...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Clothes chests--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- NcKinley-Newhard crafts
- The interior of the McKinley-Newhard craft shop in Central City, Colorado, has a display bench that rests on boxes in the foreground. A shelf supported by cinderblocks is on top of the shelf. Jewelry and other artwork is displayed on the shelves. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Handicraft--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1958?]
- C.A. Finding residence
- In the Finding residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, a wood table with carved, polished legs and a lower shelf has a tasseled cover with a kerosene lamp, a seashell, and a portrait in a palette shaped frame atop it. It is flanked by rocking chairs,...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Rock climbing
- Approximately twenty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers practice rock climbing near Camp Hale, Colorado; three soldiers are scaling a rope to climb onto a rock shelf a few feet above the ground. The rest of the soldiers are divided with half waiting...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rock climbing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Steck School students in front of Discovery of Colorado display
- Photograph of two unidentified girls standing in front of a display entitled "Discovery of Colorado" at Steck Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The two girls each stand at the edge of the display case. Both of them wear badges. They hold...
- Displays.; Steck School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Classroom at Whittier School
- A classroom at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Four children, two girls and two boys, are show in the corner of a classroom. the first boy is looking into the camera as he leans against a wooden table holding a paper castle. One of...
- Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Hoffman Heights Development, House Interior
- Black and white print of unidentified house interior in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Two large light colored dressers pushed together, each with three drawers on top and two drawers in the other three rows. Plant and decorative dishes on...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- West book shelf - left
- View of Native American Hopi Pueblo kachina dolls displayed on bookshelves with a Remington typewriter cover and "Rivera" book on bottom shelf.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1930-1940.; Kachina dolls--1930-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Public library open shelf room John Cotton Dana rm
- Men and women read at tables in the open shelf room in the John Cotton Dana room at the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Stacks and a pedestal are nearby.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bookstacks--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Reading rooms--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Jose Eufemio Trujillo
- José Eufemio Trujillo (right) sits at a table with an unidentified man in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. José wears coveralls, a jacket and a wide brimmed hat, he has a mustache. The unidentified man pours a liquor bottle into a...
- Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mustaches.; Trujillo, Jose Eufemio--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 4, 1911 January 21
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 7, 1910 February 12
- L.C. Phipps residence, Denver, Colorado, garage interior
- Interior view of the garage of the Lawrence Cowle Phipps home in the Belcaro Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A telephone sits on a shelf near fuse boxes, a thermostat, and light switches. Shows hoses, pipes, and a weight system for the garage...
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Belcaro (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Telephones--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 October
- Booth, open type, wood
- View of a phone booth in a building probably in Denver, Colorado. The phone is mounted on the wall of a wood divider. A shelf, ash tray, and seat are built into the booth, and a telephone directory hangs from the wall.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone booths--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1934, May
- Denver Ordnance Plant, Lt. Col. Carl. H. Jabelowsky, construction quartermaster
- A man in uniform, Lt. Col. Carl. H. Jabelowsky, sits at a desk in an office at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A vase with flowers and a telephone sit...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--People--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Military officers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Front bedroom of the Kennicott Ranch house
- Interior view of the Kennicott home on their ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; bed room decor includes a rocking chair, vanity, couch, cushions, a corner curio shelf, and a framed portrait of a cow.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott family--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Jar and bottle dealer
- Interior view of a business in Denver, Colorado; shows a Black man, a desk, a telephone, a shelf of bottles, and cardboard boxes: "Golden State Mason Fruit Jar," and "Glass Smalleys Royal."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Afro-Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Glassware--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Oldest house in Salt Lake
- Men and boys pose at the Pioneer Log Home in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a log cabin with a slab roof and a window; pots line an outdoor shelf. A boy holds a wheeled toy; a man sits on a three-legged stool.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Boys--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Men--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Pueblo women grinding corn in the matate [sic]
- Native American, Pueblo (possibly Laguna) women kneel on the floor of an adobe room and grind corn with manos and metates. A basket and ceramic pot are arranged near their work area. Meat strips hang to dry over their heads and a box of crackers...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Grinding--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Home food processing--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Interiors--New Mexico--1880-1900.; Rooms & spaces--New...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Cabin at Rugby, Colo.
- A woman stands near her one-room house at the coal camp of Rugby (Las Animas County), Colorado. The woman wears a blouse with a ruffle and a skirt. A tin, jar, and sugar bowl sit on a shelf near a window. A barrel sits outside the door and a coal...
- Rugby (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- Bank building, Cripple Creek
- View of 1st (First) National Bank Building (also known as Bank of Cripple Creek), 347 Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; building constructed after fires of 1896 by J. M. Parker; features of the restored two-story flat-roof brick commercial...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1976]
- Crapper Jack's Saloon, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of Crapper Jack's Saloon, Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men and women line up at the bar with drinks in hand posed for a toast, the women wear aprons or petticoats over their dresses, they are possibly prostitutes; behind the...
- Crapper Jack's Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Women--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Zang Brewing Company.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Cripple Creek, Colo. Hastings [sic] Market 1st & Bennet [sic]
- Exterior view of C. C. Irwin Groceries (formerly H. A. Hastain's Market), 135 Bennett Avenue, Bell Brothers Building, First (1st) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of building packed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Bell Brothers Building (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1905 or 1906]
- Cutting out marble at Yule, Colo.
- Men move huge chunks of marble, at the Colorado Yule Marble Company quarry, on a sheer face of Ragged Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado. The blacksmith shop, boilers and compressors used to power the machinery are perched on an excavated shelf....
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912]
- Kerr Stone Co, Howard, Colo
- Men pose on a rock quarry shelf at Kerr Stone Company in Howard, Fremont County, Colorado. Tools and machinery surround the workers.
- Howard (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Quarrying--Colorado--Howard--1890-1900.; Kerr Stone Company.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek residence
- Exterior view of residence, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story house has gabled roof, side gable, encircling porch with balustrade, bargeboard, series of two double-sash windows with shelf on both floors, television antennae on second story porch,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- #305 Eisenkramer's Meat Market
- A bearded customer of Eisenkramer's Meat Market sits in front of the service counter holding a wrapped parcel of meat in his hands. A second parcel of wrapped meat is on the counter next to a ceramic bowl. Two employees stand behind the meat...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- November 22, 1909
- #327 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A man walks through the interior of Emry Shoe and Clothing Company carrying a rectangular clothing box under his arm. He wears a suit, a hat, and holds gloves in his right hand. Items for sale include: jackets hanging on clothes racks, hats in...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Hats--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Old Homestead, elegant parlor house of goldrush [sic] days, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior view of Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence for many years until reopened in 1950's as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [1969 September 16]
- Teller County Court House
- Exterior view of Teller County Court House erected in 1904, 101- 105 W. Bennett, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this two-story flemish-bond brick building has a natural stone foundation and/or basement, quoins, double- wide recessed entryway in center...
- Teller County Court House (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Courthouses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- 1988?
- Near Ward, Colo.
- Two men walk down a shelf road above the town of Ward, Boulder County, Colorado. Shows wood-frame buildings.
- Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Fireplace, Charles N. Miller's residence, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Interior view of fireplace, Charles N. and Josephine Miller's former residence, 127 West Carr, Cripple Creek, Colorado; fireplace has ornate wooden carved mantle, columns, mirror, and shelf above mantle; room includes a Rococo Revival chair, a low...
- Miller, Charles N.--Homes & haunts.; Miller, Josephine--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Homestead House, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Homestead House, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated for twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; man and...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house in red-light district that operated for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- 3rd grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a third grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some boys wear overalls and one wears a bow tie. The girls wear print dresses with clips or bows in their hair. Built in bookshelves with...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 4th grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a fourth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Built in bookshelves with jars of dried weeds on the top shelf are along the back wall. A blackboard is on the side wall near a bulletin...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 6th grade at Boyd, 1941
- In this sixth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks. Two children stand and read at bookshelves built into the back of the room. A boy with a paintbrush works on a mural of the Nativity...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Central City residence interiors
- A sink, with a tall backsplash from which the faucets extend, forms one side of an L-shaped counter in a corner of a Central City kitchen. The other side of the L is a counter with a backsplash over drawers with round drawer pulls. Next to the sink...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Kitchens--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Central City residence interiors
- A breakfront with a marble top and a mirror with a curved, carved woodwork frame sits in front of a wall with patterned wallpaper. It has two drawers, two cupboard doors, and shelves on either side of the mirror. Each shelf and the marble top have...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Buffets (Furniture)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Cripple Creek area
- A person stands in the middle of an unpaved shelf road possibly near Cripple Creek, Teller County or El Paso County, Colorado.
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Road on cliff w. auto & family near Redcliff, Colo.
- View of a shelf road near Redcliff, Eagle County, Colorado; shows people, a car, and a cliff.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roads--Colorado--Red Cliff--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Road near Redcliff, Colo.
- View of a shelf road near Redcliff, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Roads--Colorado--Red Cliff--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- Road near Redcliff, Colo
- View of a shelf road near Redcliff, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Roads--Colorado--Red Cliff--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]