Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Idaho Springs
- View of an unidentified mine and mill in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A man in a hat, white shirt and bow-tie, overalls and high rubber boots stands on a log and a miner is sitting on tailings. Shows a tin sided mill building with...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners.; MIning.; Ore Industry.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- C. Newman and L. Wainright [residences]
- View of the C. Newman and L. Wainright residences probably on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The Newman house is a clapboard sided Victorian bungalow with a bay window, a cross gable roof, and a porch with decorative...
- Newman, C.--Homes & haunts.; Wainright, L.--Homes & haunts.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Eagle County Historical Museum at Chamber's Park
- View of the Eagle County Historical Museum at Chamber's Park (formerly Chamber's dairy barn) in Eagle (Eagle County), Colorado. The gambrel-roofed frame dairy barn constructed in 1882 was moved in 1984 from its original location to Chambers Park...
- Eagle County Historical Society (Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Eagle County Historical Museum at Chamber's Park (Eagle, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Eagle County Historical Society (Colo.)--Museums--Pictorial works.; Eagle County...
- 1999
- School House, Tolland, Colo.
- View of the Tolland School House located on Tolland Road, a.k.a. East Portal Road, in the town of Tolland, Gilpin County, Colorado. Built in 1902, the single-story, vernacular, clapboard sided structure sits upon a stone foundation and has a blue...
- Rural schools--Coloado--Tolland--2000-2010.; Tolland (Colo.)--2000-2010.; One-room schools; Rural schools--Colorado--Tolland--Pictorial works.; Tolland (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2006
- Estemere Estate, Palmer Lake, Colo.
- View of the facade of the Estemere Estate located at 380 Glenway Street, Palmer Lake, Colorado. The three-story clapboard sided mansion has a steep red multi-gabled roof. The central hexagonal tower has elaborate cresting and a variety of gables,...
- Estemere Estate (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Estates--Colorado--Palmer Lake--Pictorial works.; Estemere Estate (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Palmer Lake--Pictorial works.; Palmer...
- 2003
- Chapel, Estemere Estate, Palmer Lake, Colo.
- View of the Chapel located on the Estemere Estate at 380 Glenway Street, Palmer Lake, Colorado. The miniature one-story, ship lap sided chapel has French doors for the front entrance with an open bell tower capped by a cross. Built in the 1890s,...
- Chapels--Colorado--Palmer Lake--2000-2010.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Chapels--Colorado--Palmer Lake--Pictorial works.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2003
- Town Hall, Palmer Lake, Colo.
- View of the facade of the Town Hall Located at 42 Valley Crescent, Palmer Lake, Colorado. The simple, one-story clapboard sided structure has a covered full length front porch with red shingled roof and dark green trim. Two signs in the front gable...
- Town Hall (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Palmer Lak e (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Town Hall (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; City halls--Colorado--Palmer Lake--Pictorial works.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Worst Western Hotel, Fraser, Colo.
- View of the Worst Western Hotel located at 217 Eisenhower Drive, Fraser, Colo. The simple lap sided structure boosts a unique sign above the front entrance with three ski poles and the words "Worst Western Hotel."
- Worst Western Hotel (Fraser, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Fraser--1990-2000.; Fraser (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Worst Western Hotel (Fraser, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Fraser--Pictorial works.; Fraser (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- Town Hall, Gothic, Colo.
- View of the Town Hall located in Gothic, Gunnison County, Colorado. The well-preserved, two-story false-fronted frame building with simple cornice and lap sided front, is one of only five remaining structures in the town. The building, built ca....
- City Halls--Colorado--Gothic--2000-2010.; Gothic (Colo.)--2000-2010.; City halls--Colorado--Gothic--Pictorial works.; Gothic (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Dotty's General Store, Sargents, Colo.
- View of Dotty's General Store located at 71420 Hwy 50 in Sargents, Colorado. The simple, rough hewn sided building underwent major reconstruction in 2004.
- General Stores--Colorado--Gunnison County--2000-2010.; Sargents (Colo.)--2000-2010.; General stores--Colorado--Gunnison County--Pictorial works.; Sargents (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Dan Hoare Village Smithy, Kremmling, Colo.
- View of the Dan Hoare Village Smithy located on the northeast corner of 2nd Street and Central Avenue in Kremmling, Colorado. The single story, shiplap sided building has a false front with the words "Dan Hoare Village Smithy" painted above the two...
- Dan Hoare Village Smithy (Kremmling, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Grand County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Forge shops.; Dan Hoare Village Smithy (Kremmling, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Forge shops--Colorado--Kremmling--Pictorial works.; Grand County...
- 1991
- Slogar Bar & Restaurant, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the Slogar Bar & Restaurant located at 517 2nd Street in Crested Butte, Colorado. The two-story, clapboard sided building has a false front with a decorative bracketed cornice. The structure was restored and remodeled with the addition of a...
- Slogar Bar & Restaurant (Crested Butte, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Slogar Bar & Restaurant (Crested Butte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Crested...
- 1995
- Temple Israel, Leadville, Colo.
- View of Temple Israel located at 201 West 4th Street, Leadville, Colo. Designed by architect, George E. King, the synagogue was built in 1884 and served a large and active Jewish community until about 1912. The clapboard sided building has...
- Synagogues--Colorado--Leadville--2010-2020.; Leadville (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Synagogues--Colorado--Leadville--Pictorial works.; Leadville (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Depot, Durango, Colo.
- View of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway depot located at 479 Main Avenue, Durango, Colo. Built by O. Ernest Waters, the simple, two-story clapboard sided structure is decorated in the distinctive pale yellow and chocolate brown colors...
- Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad--1990-2000.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Durango--Pictorial works.; Durango (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Durango--Pictorial...
- 1994
- George King House, Leadville, Colo.
- View of the King House located at 212 West 9th Street, Leadville, Colo. Built by O. George E. King in 1880, the two-story Second Empire style clapboard sided house has a mansard roof.
- Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1990-2000.; Leadville (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--Pictorial works.; Leadville (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1997
- Schoolhouse, Stringtown, Colo.
- View of the Stringtown Schoolhouse located just south out Leadville in the ghost town of Stringtown, Lake County, Colo. Built in 1902, the simple, single-story clapboard sided schoolhouse has a central bell tower capped by a flagpole. All windows...
- Rural Schools--Colorado--Lake County--1980-1990.; Stringtown (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Rural schools--Colorado--Lake County--Pictorial works.; Stringtown (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1988
- Hallett House, Estes Park, Colo.
- View of the Hallett House located at 1861 Mary's Lake Road, Estes Park, Colo. The symmetrical, one-and-one-half story, clapboard sided, wood shingled house was built by William H. Hallett in 1881. Halletts Peak inside Rocky Mountain National Park...
- Architecture, Domestic--Colorado--Estes Park--2000-2010.; Estes Park (Colo.)--Homes and haunts--2000-2010.; Architecture, Domestic--Colorado--Estes Park--Pictorial works.; Estes Park (Colo.)--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.
- 2004
- Stanley Hotel Historic District, Estes Park, Colo.
- View of the Stanley Hotel Historic District located at 333 Wonderview Avenue, Estes Park, Colo. The largest building in the complex is the four-story, neo-Georgian style Stanley Hotel that opened in 1909. The structure has a rough-cut sandstone...
- Hotels--Colorado--Estes Park--1990-2000.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels--Colorado--Estes Park--Pictorial works.; Estes Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Stanley Hotel Historic District (Estes Park, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Park Theatre, Estes Park, Colo.
- View of the Park Theatre located at 130 Moraine Avenue, Estes Park, Colo. Built by J. L. Jackson and L. H. Bond in 1914, a beacon was added in 1922. The facade has an eighty-foot, clapboard sided tower over the front entry. The theatre is one of...
- Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Estes Park--1990-2000.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Motion picture theaters.; Park Theatre (Estes Park, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Estes Park--Pictorial works.; Estes Park...
- 1987
- Saint Charles Recreation Center
- View of the St. Charles Recreation Center at 3777 Lafayette in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a concrete block building with a composition roof, a central tower with a six sided roof with parapets and gabled dormer windows. A...
- St. Charles Recreation Center (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Sports & recreation facilities.; St. Charles Recreation Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Recreation...
- 1991
- Jamestown, Colo.
- View of buildings on a street in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows a log cabin, buildings with false fronts and corrugated metal-covered, gabled roofs. A woman stands near a car beside a shingle sided house and a frame church with a...
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- 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
- Gold Hill, alt. 8500 ft. Boulder, Co., Colo.
- Men stand and pose on a dirt road in Gold Hill (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows a two-story clapboard sided hotel with a gable roof. Men are outside the false front Gold Hill Billiard Hall & Sample Room. Shows log and frame houses, commercial...
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Gold Hill--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Gold Hill--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Twin Lakes, Campion home
- View of buildings at the John Francis Campion residence at Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado. Cross gabled, clapboard sided buildings have dormer windows, first floor porches and brick chimneys. United States flags are on a flagpole or draped...
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Vanadium prop.
- View of a U.S. Vanadium Corporation processing mill near Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks. Shows corrugated metal sided buildings and tailings piles on a hillside.
- U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1930-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1930-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1936 and 1945?]
- Treasury Tunnel Mine bunk house
- View of cars parked in front of a three-story bunk house at the Treasury Tunnel gold Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. A sign on the tar paper sided building reads: "Bunk House." Shows utility wires over the building and snow on the San Juan...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Treasury Tunnel Mine, fire pump
- View of a small, tar paper sided shed with a sign that reads: "Fire Pump" at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. Water rushes out of a wooden flume box on the ground. Shows utility poles above the building and San Juan Mountains in...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Flumes--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Change house, Treasury Tunnel
- View of a tar paper sided change house at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The building has a sign above a doorway that reads: "Change House." Shows possibly a flume at the gold ore processing site, tailings piles, lumber debris...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Exhaust blower, Treasury Tunnel
- View of an exhaust blower at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. A ladder is against exhaust ducts or pipes outside a frame and tar paper sided building at the gold ore processing site.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fans (Machinery)--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Unidentified mine, Boulder County
- View of an unidentified mine in Boulder County, Colorado. Men work near piles of lumber and on a retaining wall. Shows stone retaining walls, a log retaining wall, piles of sand, a long log building with a ventilator on the roof and a stove pipe,...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction.; Houses.; Log buildings.; MIning.; Retaining walls.
- 1895 July 25
- Los Angeles, Cal. Figueroa St. south
- View of Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows a dirt street lined with large yards, cement sidewalks and various varieties of trees. Shows lawns, eucalyptus trees, palm trees, ornamental fruit trees, bushes, agave plants, a cement sided...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.; Sidewalks.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Figueroa St. north
- View of Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows a dirt street lined with large yards, cement sidewalks and various varieties of trees. Shows lawns, deciduous trees, palm trees, ornamental fruit trees, bushes, plants, a cement sided ditch,...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.; Sidewalks.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. court house
- View of the Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles Superior Court) located on Poundcake Hill near the corners of Temple and Broadway in Los Angeles, California. The red sandstone structure was built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and...
- California. Superior Court (Los Angeles County)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses.; Stone buildings.
- [1905?]
- Rose trees, Hollenbeck Home, Los Angeles, Calif.
- View of the Hollenbeck Home, a retirement facility located at 573 South Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Shows a multi sided garden house covered in climbing roses. The small building is almost completely covered in rose vines, it has a...
- Hollenbeck Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Garden structures.; Rest homes.; Roses.
- [1906?]
- Industries construction
- Outdoor portrait of a group of workmen near the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado. The men stand near a double sided wooden ramp.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Jesse McDonald's home on W. 7th St.
- This view of Jesse McDonald's home on West Seventh Street in Leadville, Colorado shows a large two-story clapboard structure with multi- gabled roofs, decorative fish-scale shingles, a front porch, brick chimneys, several large one sash and transom...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1968
- Baptist Church, Loveland, Colo.
- View of the Baptist Church, Loveland, Colorado. A man walks in front of the brick Gothic church with massive corner tower with four sided steeple, entrance, stained glass windows, and intersecting gable roofs.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Manitou, Soda Springs
- Tourists come and go from the Soda Spring Pavilion, Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The open air pavilion features decorative woodwork with sunburts, rusticated stone foundation, roof cresting, four sided dome with flag pole and fish...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1920.; Soda Spring Pavilion (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1898 and 1912]
- Lobby Beaumont Hotel, Ouray, Colo.
- Interior view of the lobby of the Beaumont Hotel, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows floral rugs on the lobby floor, a two sided writing table, and a door in corner with a sign: "Children Play Room." The front desk has flanking mirrors, and a...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Rugs.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Ouray, 4th St. near Presbyterian Church
- View framed by tree leaves shows clapboard sided house with a double-gable roof, a boardwalk and a chicken-wire fence in front, Fourth (4th) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900]
- Boston Mine Boarding House
- This shingle sided structure in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has one side of its gable roof built into the hillside. John Dumont built the structure, used as a dormitory for employees of the Boston Mine Company (active between 1872...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Dumont, John M.
- 1960
- John M Dumont built this house for the Boston Mine
- This shingle sided structure in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has one side of its gable roof built into the hillside; dormers are at ground level. John Dumont built the structure, used as a dormitory for employees of the Boston Mine...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Dumont, John M.
- June, 1960
- Court House
- View northeast towards the Ouray County Courthouse, 4th (Fourth) Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado. Designed by F. E. Edbrook and Company of Denver, and built by local contractor Francis Carney, with a projecting entry tower with four...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Residence at 304 Poncha Boulevard in Salida, Colorado
- This two-story brick house located at 304 Poncha Boulevard in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, has a cross-gabled roof, arched windows, chimneys, and shingle imbrication. A bent wire iron fence encloses the yard; a corrugated metal sided and...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- San Isabel, Colo
- At San Isabel, in Saguache or Custer County, Colorado, this slab sided, one-story building has a sign: "U. S. Post Office, San Isabel, Colo." Deep snow fills the foreground and covers trees in the background.
- San Isabel (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--San Isabel--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--San Isabel--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Tincup, Colorado, Gunnison County
- View of the Town Hall, built in 1906, Tincup, Gunnison County, Colorado; features a front-gable body with open, one sided window shutters and a corner belltower with decorative shingles and a pyramidal roof topped by an American flag. A Forest...
- Tincup (Colo.)--1970-1980.; City & town halls--Colorado--Tincup--1970-1980.
- August, 1978
- Tiny Town
- Sunny Marie Francis wipes the window on a one-sixth sized, front gable, clapboard sided house in Tiny Town, Turkey Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1940-1950.; Francis, Sunny Marie.
- 1947 July 8
- McFarlane Foundry, Ja 13, 1966
- A tree branch hanging in the foreground partially obscures the old McFarlane foundry building in Central City, Colorado. The one-story structure with a flat roof and a false front is constructed of stone and wood and sided with corrugated tin and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Denver City Hall
- View of Denver City Hall (demolished in the late 1940's) on 14th (Fourteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. The stone and granite building has a clock and bell tower. Shows bicycles on sidewalk, an open sided trolley car, fire hydrant, and hose.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Clock towers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Looking north on Commercial Street in the early 80's, Trinidad
- View of Commercial Street in Trinidad, Colorado, looking north. Men sit on the stoop of the Commercial Hotel and stand in a doorway; one man wears a flat topped hat with a pencil roll brim and a Black man stands behind him. Dirt street is lined on...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1882?]