Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 S
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- East High spotlight: vol 30 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.)
- 1944 May 25
- Colorado World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- The Colorado registration cards are on 40 rolls of microfilm (v.1 through v.40), Denver Public Library catalog number G973.91, W893co. The draft registration cards are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are...
- 2005
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- Graduation at CU Boulder Dr. Walter Roberts, speaker.
- Graduation ceremony at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado at Boulder. An orchestra is near the central dais on the grass, which holds seated spectators and a United States Flag. Campus buildings are behind the stadium, and further back are...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1968
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the 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 December 10
- Western History Subject Index
- Doe, William H
- Denver Public Library 1993 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 1993.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 1994
- 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1881 Corbett & Ballenger's 9th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 1, 1918 March
- Station equipment - old telephone, apartment house vestibule
- View of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company apartment paging system; shows a speaker, microphone, and buttons with numbers.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Intercommunication systems--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Station equipment - telephone portable set #265
- View of Colorado Telephone Company telephone equipment; microphone, speaker, and wires are in a wood case.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Telephones--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Windy Gap
- View of the Buckwalter encampment at Windy Gap (Grand County), Colorado; shows Harry Buckwalter operating radio equipment. A dog looks into the speaker.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Windy Gap (Grand County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Radios--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- 1922, August 19-27
- Windy Gap
- View of the Buckwalter encampment at Windy Gap (Grand County), Colorado; shows an automobile and radio equipment including batteries, antennae, and a speaker.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Windy Gap (Grand County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Radios--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- 1922, August 19-27
- Windy Gap
- View of the Buckwalter encampment at Windy Gap (Grand County), Colorado; shows Katherine Buckwalter operating radio equipment. A dog looks into the speaker.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Windy Gap (Grand County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Radios--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- 1922, August 19-27
- Windy Gap
- View of the Buckwalter encampment at Windy Gap (Grand County), Colorado; shows Katherine Buckwalter operating radio equipment. A dog looks into the speaker.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Windy Gap (Grand County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Radios--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- 1922 August 19-27
- Windy Gap
- View of the Buckwalter encampment at Windy Gap (Grand County), Colorado; shows Katherine Buckwalter operating radio equipment. A dog looks into the speaker.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Windy Gap (Grand County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Radios--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- 1922 August 19-27
- Windy Gap
- View of the Buckwalter encampment at Windy Gap (Grand County), Colorado; shows Katherine Buckwalter operating radio equipment. A dog looks into the speaker.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Windy Gap (Grand County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Radios--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- 1922, August 19-27
- 50th anniversary of White River National Forest
- John T. Barnett, President of Colorado State Planning Commission, deliver an address on the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, on the side of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, Meeker, Colorado. Townspeople listen to the...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Barnett, John T.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary of White River National Forest
- Regional Forester Allen S. Peck responds to address of welcome at the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, on the side of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, Meeker, Colorado. Governor Ralph L. Carr sits on left with two other...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Courthouses--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Carr, Ralph L. (Ralph Lawrence), 1887-1950.; Peck, Allen S.
- 1941 October 11
- Rally in Salida, Colorado
- People at the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, include porters in white uniforms, women in flowered hats, and men in suits. The crowd watches a speaker waving his arm. Men sit on the gabled roofs of the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Public speaking--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salida station
- People at the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, include porters in white uniforms, women in flowered hats, and men in suits. The crowd attends a speaker waving his arm. Men sit on the gabled roofs of the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Public speaking--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 1st grade art work at Central, 1941
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables making art with clay in a first grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some children stand at a blackboard painting on paper with a table of paint jars and brushes behind them. An...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Singing at Central, 1941, Miss Crosier
- Boys and girls in a group at the side of a studio piano in classroom number 208 at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, while Miss Crosir plays from sheet music. The blackboard behind the piano contains a list which includes "2. What is in, 3. The...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Music education--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.;...
- 1941
- American Legion convention
- A large crowd gathers at the American Legion Convention held in Denver, Colorado. A band stands in the middle of the crowd and a speaker speaks at a microphone on a stage. Some spectators sit on the edge of a roof in the background. Signs on a wall...
- American Legion--Meetings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Military organizations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Public...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Ruin (425 feet long) in Cliff Canon (View taken from opposite side of gorge.)
- View, facing east, of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The Cliff Palace stands underneath a cliffside overhang which is stained from...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1901
- Cliff Palace- Mesa Verde
- View, facing northeast of Cliff Palace, ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry and mud mortar cliff dwellings stand underneath a...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1901
- Ruin (425 feet long) in Cliff Canon (View taken from opposite side of gorge.)
- Reproduction of a view of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry and mud mortar Cliff House stands underneath a cliffside overhang...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1901
- Cliff Palace- Mesa Verde
- View, facing southeast, of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry Cliff Palace stands underneath a cliffside overhang. The...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1901
- Cliff Palace- Mesa Verde
- View, facing southeast, of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry Cliff Palace stands underneath a cliffside overhang. The Fewkes Speaker...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1901
- Round Tower & section Cliff Palace
- View, facing north, of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry Cliff Palace pueblo stands underneath a cliffside overhang. The...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1908
- Cliff Palace- looking up cañon
- View, facing north, of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings before excavation on Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry Cliff Palace sits under a cliffside overhang stained by smoke. Most...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1908
- Joseph T. Geuting and Rev. Richard Ryan
- Reverend Richard Ryan, the President of Regis College, poses next to Joseph T. Geuting, the manager of the Utility Airplane council of the Aerospace Industry Association of America.
- Aerospace Industries Association of America--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; College presidents--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Geuting, Joseph T.; Ryan, Richard, President of Regis College.; Regis College (Denver,...
- January 1965
- Press box - announcer - refreshment stand - soft ball field
- Shows two wood structures and benches at a softball field in City Park in Denver, Colorado. One structure, the press and announcer box, is on top of the bleachers. On the roof is a speaker and an American flag. The second structure, the refreshment...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Food vendors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Grandstands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground around a cordoned off area at the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men are in suits and hats and the women wear dresses and elegant hats....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- July 31, 1909
- Along the Chief Ouray Highway between Ouray and Silverton, Colo., dedication of Highway by Brooklyn Eagle Party
- A large group listens to a speaker during the dedication of the Million Dollar Highway (U.S. 550), north of Red Mountain Pass, in the San Juans of the Colorado Rockies. Automobiles park along the improved mountain road. Mine tailings show on a...
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Toll roads--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [July, 1924]
- Wounded veterans tour the Gates plant
- United States Army and Navy veterans tour the Gates Rubber Company factory in Denver, Colorado. Other men in uniforms sit in Jeeps, one with a large speaker on the hood.
- United States. Army--People--1940-1950.; United States. Navy--People--1940-1950.; Gates Rubber Company--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Jeep automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- The Cherokee Nation It's capitol, rulers, and public institutions.
- Shows buildings and people associated with the Native American Cherokee Nation; the Capitol building, the Woman's Seminary, the Insane and Deaf Asylum, a house, D. Bushyhead, principal chief, Sequoyah, and Wilson Hare, speaker of the lower house.
- Cherokee Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Buildings--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Gold Hill's first general store and Post Office was housed in this building about sixty years ago
- View of the abandoned store and post office in the town of Gold Hill, Colorado, in Boulder County. Architectural features include wood siding, front gable, side balcony, and large, storefront windows.
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Gold Hill--1940-1950.
- November 24, 1941
- Women's Christian Temperance Union convention
- Six members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union pose outside the First Presbyterian Church at 131 N. Nevada Street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Participants include: Sarah I. Rounds, Nina Bear, Lillian Michener, Adrianna...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Meetings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Public service organizations--1930-1940.; Temperance--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.;...
- 1934
- Fire alarm system
- A man sits by a switchboard and a map of Denver with lights at fire station locations in a building in Denver, Colorado. He holds an upright telephone by a desk lamp, speaker, clock, and barometer.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Maps--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Switchboards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Mobile orientation unit near Cividale
- Mountains, buildings, and leafy trees are in the background.; Shows the Tenth Mountain Division Information and Education section's Mobile Orientation unit's jeep-top stage parked in the middle of a grassy field during a discussion of the Pacific...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Curry, Ed.; Wright, Bob.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- June 28, 1945
- Orientation on Pacific War near Cividale
- The Tenth Mountain Division Information and Education section's Mobile orientation unit holds a discussion of the Pacific campaign and invasion of Japan with soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division's Quartermaster Battalion. T/4 Theodore "Ted"...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Curry, Ed.; Lockwood, Theodore.; Wright, Bob.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- June 28, 1945
- Western State College, Escalante Terrace
- Interior view of a dormitory room in the Escalante Terrace Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado; Berne, Muchow, Baume & Polivnck, architects; a woman sits reading at a desk; a plaid bedspread covers the bed, built-in drawers, shelves and sink...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dormitories--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Gunnison--1960-1970.; Western State College of Colorado.
- [between 1960 and 1961]
- Residences in Denver
- The large, three-story home of Marcus Mills "Brick" Pomeroy stands at 2949 West 37th (Thirty-Seventh) Street at the corner of Federal Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. Designed by Pomeroy, the home included an art gallery and a speaker's platform. Two...
- Pomeroy, Mark M. (Mark Mills), 1833-1896--Homes & haunts--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dovecotes--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1896?]
- Wayne Patterson
- Wayne K. Patterson, Warden at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado between 1965 and 1972, is at his desk. On it are a tape dispenser, stapler, ashtray, paper clip caddy, eyeglasses, papers, in/out box, and marble based fountain pen...
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1980.; Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Patterson, Wayne K.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1965 and 1972?]
- 1st switchboard, Grand Junction
- Interior view of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph switchboard office area, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows two female switchboard operators behind a wooden spindle balustrade with swinging door. A group of men, women and one boy pose...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.
- 1903