Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Woman holds a puppy
- A woman poses with a puppy near a sign that reads: "36 Park Siding" on the Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) route at Park Siding, (Jefferson County), Colorado. Railroad tracks are nearby.
- Park Siding (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Park Siding--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Park Siding--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Woman poses with a puppy
- A woman poses with a puppy near a sign that reads: "36 Park Siding" on the Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) route at Park Siding, (Jefferson County), Colorado. Railroad tracks are nearby.
- Park Siding (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Park Siding--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Park Siding--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ninth Street Historic Park Gardner House (1033 Ninth Street)
- 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 three story...
- 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.; Abandoned buildings.;...
- 1975
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- View of a two story house in Leadville, Colorado shows the original clapboard siding covered with composite siding. There is decorative front gable trim with turned finials, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1962
- Pine Log Inn, Eldora Lake
- Exterior view of Pine Log Inn, Lake Eldora, Colorado; constructed by 1912; two-story hotel, wooden frame building, bottom half exterior constructed of log siding & top half with painted boards or siding, deck or porch, split railing for handrails,...
- Pine Log Inn (Eldora, Colo.); Eldora (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Eldora--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1917]
- Bedrock - 1950
- View of a commercial building in Bedrock, Colorado, showing a two story structure that includes rough cut rock siding (first floor), horizontal clapboard siding (second floor), rectangular bays, open front porch with ceiling and support posts...
- Bedrock (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Bedrock--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Bedrock - 1959
- View of a two story commercial building in Bedrock, Colorado; features rough cut rock siding (first floor), horizontal clapboard siding (second floor), rectangular bays, open front porch with ceiling and corner posts (first floor), second floor...
- Bedrock (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Bedrock--1950-1960.; Gasoline pumps--Colorado--Bedrock--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Bedrock - 1959
- View of a two story commercial building in Bedrock, Colorado; features vertical board and batten siding (first floor), horizontal clapboard siding (second floor), rectangular bays, open front porch with ceiling, second floor balcony with...
- Bedrock (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Bedrock--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Bedrock - 1959
- View of two cars and a two story commercial building in Bedrock, Colorado; features vertical board and batten siding (first floor), rectangular window bays, and horizontal clapboard siding (second floor); lean-to roof covers the first floor porch...
- Bedrock (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Bedrock--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Bonanza, 1942
- View of three dilapidated structures in Bonanza, Colorado; features include: false front backed by a medium gable, rectangular bays with double hung windows, a single leaf door (four panels), hewn log siding, vertical board and batten siding, small...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Bonanza--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Bonanza--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka, Colorado 1942
- View of two structures along a dirt road amid pine trees in Eureka, Colorado; features horizontal clapboard siding and vertical board and batten siding; mountains in the distance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- South Park City (Fairplay) - 1959
- View of commercial buildings along a street in Fairplay (Park County), Colorado; both sides of street lined with false fronted buildings; building materials include stone, vertical board and batten siding, and horizontal clapboard siding; cornices...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.; False fronts--Colorado--Fairplay--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Elisha's house
- View of the Smith-Elisha house, built in 1890 in Aspen, Colorado; features a Queen Anne design with a multi-gable facade, wraparound porch, two story bay window, and a gable roof dormer; other characteristics include fish-scale siding, an oculus, a...
- Architecture, Queen Anne--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1970.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Ilse - 1942
- View of the dilapidated mill in Ilse, Colorado; features patchworked walls with various types of siding; roof topped by a large, gabled projection with vertical board and sheet metal siding.
- Ilse (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Ilse--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Ilse--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Ilse - 1942
- View of the dilapidated mill at Ilse, Colorado; features walls patchworked together with various types of siding; roof topped by a large, gabled projection with vertical board and sheet metal siding; ladder leans against the wall toward the back of...
- Ilse (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Ilse--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Ilse--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Jefferson Community Church [graphic]
- Exterior view of a former schoolhouse used as the Jefferson Community Church in Jefferson (Park County), Colorado. The wood frame building has clapboard siding, shingle hipped roof, brick chimney and a belltower with diagonal pattern shingles. The...
- Jefferson (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Churches.; Jefferson Community Church (Jefferson, Colo.)
- 1981
- Newman Mine on Castle Creek near Aspen
- Three buildings from the Newman mine, in Pitkin County (near Aspen), Colorado, stand in a valley amid pine trees, and Aspen trees. They each have gabled roofs, and two have clapboard siding. The third has vertical board siding. Spoked machine...
- Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1941
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- First Baptist Church and parsonage
- Exterior view of front facade of First Baptist Church and front and side view of parsonage on Bluff Street at base of Crystal Peak, Lake City, Colorado. First church service was held 1891. Church shows a front gable and intersecting side gable,...
- Parsonages--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; Lake City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; First Baptist Church (Lake City, Colo.)
- 1935
- First Baptist Church and parsonage
- Exterior view of front facade of First Baptist Church and front and side of parsonage on Bluff Street at base of Crystal Peak, Lake City, Colorado. First service was held in 1891. Shows church with front gable and intersecting side gable, shingle...
- Parsonages--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1950.; Lake City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1950.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1950.; First Baptist Church (Lake City, Colo.)
- [between 1935 and 1942]
- Lawndale Ry. & Industrial Co. Lawndale Junction, N.C. 3-foot gauge 2-6-0 #4, Seaboard Airline Ry #387 doubleheader train passing.
- A narrow gauge Lawndale Railway and Industrial Company train sits on a siding as a Seaboard Air Line Railway doubleheader freight train passes on the main track in Lawndale Junction in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Men stand near and climb on...
- Lawndale Railway & Industrial Company--1940-1950.; Cleveland County (N.C.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--North Carolina--Cleveland County--1940-1950.; Railroads--North Carolina--Cleveland County--1940-1950.; Water tanks--North...
- 1942 March 28
- Crystal Lake, Platte Cañon on the C. & S.
- Crystal Lake, Platte Canyon, Colorado; includes picnic shelter, Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge railroad track and siding, wooden platform leading to boardwalk from siding, and a wooden frame residence.
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Lakes & ponds--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Piney Ridge from Azure on the Moffat Road
- Piney Ridge from Azure, Colorado reached via Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) on the Moffat Road; view towards Colorado River; standard gauge track with box cars and caboose parked on loop siding, flat...
- Azure (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and...
- [between 1907 and 1913]
- Bachelor's club in Leadville
- Exterior view of the bachelors club and tennis courts. The club is a wood frame front gable structure with an intersecting side gable. The front gable has split log vertical siding with a band of horizontal; the side gable has clapboard siding. A...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1920.; Tennis courts--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Gabled house in Leadville
- This angled side view of a two story front gable house in Leadville, Colorado shows the original clapboard siding covered with composite siding, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs and decorative brackets, an arched attic window,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Loop Siding, Moffat Road
- Loop siding with parked freight cars on Moffat Road; includes cut timber and partially denuded slope alongside standard gauge railroad track and view of snow-capped peaks in background; south side of loop flanked with construction materials for...
- Snowsheds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad sidings--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- East bound psgr @ Pando ? stock cars on siding
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger cars pass by cattle cars on a siding; possibly in Eagle County, Colorado. Snow covers the tracks; a water tower is to the side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Water towers--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Ruby Canyon - Shale Siding
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction at Shale Siding, Mesa County, Colorado, consists of men posing in a gondola car engine. Lettering reads: "Heiselt Construction Co. Salt Lake City." Other machinery, the Colorado River, and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Mesa County--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Mesa...
- 1927
- MTR freight siding at Cripple Creek
- View of Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad and Midland Terminal box cars on a siding in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Midland Terminal Railway--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- First CZ meet, Grizzly
- Two California Zephyr express trains meet at a railroad siding (Grizzly) in Garfield County, Colorado, beside the Colorado River. The Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives and passenger cars travel in opposite directions on parallel tracks....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grizzly (Colo. : Railroad siding)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield...
- 1949 Mar. 21
- CZ meet at Grizzly
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #601 as it pulls the California Zephyr through Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. Another California Zephyr waits at the Grizzly siding on parallel tracks. The Colorado River and the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grizzly (Colo. :...
- 1949 Aug. 28
- Wabash Ry. #2428 on siding, caboose 2438 in background, Okolona, Ohio.
- Smoke rises from Wabash Railway #2428, with a mixed consist, on a siding in Okolona (Henry County), Ohio. Shows a tank car and caboose #2438 nearby. A truck beside the tracks reads: "Home Oil Co., Cities, Service, Gas & Oils."
- Wabash Railway Company--1940-1950.; Okolona (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Ohio--Okolona--1940-1950.; Railroads--Ohio--Okolona--1940-1950.
- 1940 November 16
- D&RGW, San Luis std. R.G. at Codo on La Veta Pass used 1961 Xmas card, printed 3/82, (4-8-2) 800 in snow on siding.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company standard gauge locomotive 800 (4-6-2), with passenger train "The San Luis," is stopped on a siding in snow on Veta Pass (La Veta Pass) at Codo (Huerfano County), Colorado. Steam rises from the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Codo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Veta Pass (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Codo--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Codo--1950-1960.;...
- 1951 April 1
- Akron & Barberton Belt engine # 16 & train at Beaver St. siding, Akron, Ohio
- View of Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad steam locomotive # 16 and a consist of freight cars near the Beaver Street siding in Akron, Ohio. Shows an abandoned passenger platform and a factory.
- Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Akron (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- 1947 August 23
- Emma's Hacienda
- View of Emma's Hacienda and El Patio Inn at 355 Main Street in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story commercial structure has a stucco exterior on the first floor and wood siding on the second. A Budweiser delivery truck is parked...
- Emma's Hacienda (San Luis, Colo.)--1990-2000.; El Patio Inn (San Luis, Colo.)--1990-2000.; San Luis (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Emma's Hacienda (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; El Patio Inn (San Luis,...
- 1994
- Weaver town site, livery stable
- View of the abandoned livery stable on the Weaver town site in Mineral County, Colorado. The one and a half story barn has wooden siding and tar paper on the exterior. An adjacent building has collapsed and the roof is falling in. A dirt road is...
- Mineral County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Weaver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ghost towns.; Abandoned buildings.; Stables.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Mineral County--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Mineral County--Pictorial works.;...
- 2009
- Abandoned town hall, Moffat, Colo.
- View of the abandoned Moffat Town Hall building at the northwest corner of Lincoln and Moffat Way in Moffat (Saguache County), Colorado. The one story building has a false front and clapboard siding. Two front windows frame the entrance. The words...
- Moffat (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; City & town halls.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Moffat--Pictorial works.; City halls--Colorado--Moffat--Pictorial works.; Moffat (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- Bemis Farm House
- View of the Bemis Farm House at the Littleton Historical Museum, 6028 South Gallup Street in Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The one-story Queen-Anne style house has wood siding and gray roof tiles. The house has dark trim and bargeboard on...
- Bemis, Fred, 1862-1947--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Littleton Historical Museum (Littleton, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Littleton (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Farmhouses.; Bemis, Fred, 1862-1947--Homes and haunts.; Littleton Historical Museum...
- 1999
- Two Buttes Library Museum
- View of the Two Buttes Library & Museum at 440 Main Street in Two Buttes (Baca County), Colorado. The one-story white frame building has wood siding and a shingled gable roof. The front of the building is a window enclosed porch. A sign over the...
- Two Buttes Library Museum (Two Buttes, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Two Buttes (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Galleries & museums.; Two Buttes Library Museum (Two Buttes, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Two Buttes--Pictorial...
- 1988
- Steinbaugh Hardware
- View of Steinbaugh Hardware at 801 Main Street in Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado. The two-story building has a hipped roof behind a false front with a bracketed cornice. The first story has large storefront windows with transoms. The second...
- Steinbaugh Hardware (Louisville, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Louisville (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hardware stores; Noel, Sam--Pictorial works.; Steinbaugh Hardware (Louisville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Eldorado Canyon--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Gillaspie House
- View of the Gillaspie House at the corner of Highway 119 and Highway 72 in Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. The wood frame building has a cross gable roof, dark wood siding, and white trim and shutters. The paint on the shutters on the windows...
- Gillaspie House (Nederland, Colo.)--1990-2000; Nederland (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Gillaspie House (Nederland, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historical museums--Colorado--Nederland--Pictorial works.; Nederland (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Nederland Town Hall
- View of the facade of the Nederland Town Hall at 45 West 1st (First) Street in Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. The two story building has a pedimented false front with wooden siding and a diamond window in the center of the second story....
- Nederland Town Hall (Nederland, Colo.)--1980-1990; Nederland (Colo.)--1980-1990.; City & town halls.; False fronts.; Nederland Town Hall (Nederland, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; City halls--Colorado--Nederland--Pictorial works.; Nederland...
- 1988
- Campo Cafe
- View of the Campo Cafe at 425 Main Street in Campo (Baca County), Colorado. The one story brick and stucco building has a small parapet over the entrance. There are two large windows on either side of the entrance with signs with a coffee cup that...
- Campo Cafe (Campo, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Campo (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Campo Cafe (Campo, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Campo--Pictorial works.; Campo (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1988
- 945 Main Street, Silver Plume
- View of the facade and side elevations of 945 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two-story structure has wooden siding and a false front with a pediment and decorative brackets. An enclosed staircase leads down to an...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- Sopp & Truscott Bakery Silver Plume
- View of the Sopp & Truscott Bakery at 1010 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The one and a half story building has wooden siding and a large square tower with two pediments and decorative brackets that houses the public...
- Sopp & Truscott Bakery (Silver Plume, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Bakeries.; Sopp & Truscott Bakery (Silver Plume, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bakeries--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 2010
- Mill Site Inn
- View of the front and sign of the Mill Site Inn at 44365 Colorado 72 in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. The building has dark shake shingle siding a gabled roof and a window dormer. A sign on the front of the building reads: "Mill Site Inn Fine...
- Mill Site Inn (Ward, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ward (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Mill Site Inn (Ward, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Ward--Pictorial works.; Ward (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1995
- Jackson Hotel, Poncha Springs
- View of the Jackson Hotel at 220 Main Street in Poncha Springs (Chaffee County), Colorado. The two-story hotel has a cross gabled roof, wood siding, and dark trim. There is a balcony over the entrance, and an enclosed porch. A sign that reads:...
- Jackson Hotel (Poncha Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Jackson Hotel (Poncha Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Poncha Springs--Pictorial works.; Poncha Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Arts at Silver Plume, formerly St. Patrick's Catholic Church
- View of the front and side elevations of Arts at Silver Plume (the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church) a commercial gallery on Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The small frame structure, has wood siding and a shingled...
- Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1990-2000.; St. Patrick's Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Churches.; Commercial art galleries.; Bell towers.; Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume,...
- 1994
- Little Church in the Pines
- View of the Little Church in the Pines at 414 Gold Run Road in Salina (Boulder County), Colorado. The wood church has clapboard siding on the ground floor and fishscale shingling around the bell tower. There is a stone retaining wall around the...
- Little Church in the Pines (Salina, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salina (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Churches.; Little Church in the Pines (Salina, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Church buildings--Colorado--Salina--Pictorial works.; Salina (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1990
- Aroya lighthouse
- View of the Aroya Light House in Aroya, Colorado. Shows a wooden building, probably an old gas station, with a large overhanging roof. The building is one level, and the paint is faded and pealing off the wood siding. The overhanging roof is...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sculpture.; Lighthouses.; Abandoned buildings.; Folk art--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Lighthouses--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Aroya (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1981