Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Vest
- A Native American (Ute) beaded vest worn by Buckskin Charley. The vest is made of buckskin which is entirely covered with multicolor beadwork in designs of stylized American flags and geometric shapes on a white background. The interior of the vest...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Vests--1900-1930.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Associated objects.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Anne Evans Mountain House, Evergreen, Colo.
- View of the Anne Evans Mountain House located on Upper Bear Creek Road, Evergreen, Colo. Built in 1910 by Jock Spence, the Rustic Style residence was further expanded by noted Denver architect, Burnham Hoyt in 1924. The front facade has a simple...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--2010-2020.; Evergreen (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Evans, Anne, 1871-1941--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--Pictorial works.; Evergreen (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- Ciriaco Arellano early immigrant to Colorado and self-taught artist displays two of his paintings.
- Ciriaco Arellano, a Mexican immigrant to Colorado and self tough artist, poses with two of his paintings in probably Denver, Colorado. The painting on the left shows a herd of sheep caught in a blizzard, the one on the right is the Mexican national...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Artists.; Paintings.; Arellano, Ciriaco--Pictorial works.; Arellano, Ciriaco.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mexican American...
- ca.1930
- Belt or Headband
- Shows a Native American (Great Lakes; Sioux? Menominee?) loom woven bead headband or belt with fringe on both ends. The beads are red, blue, green and white. The beadwork is in images of stylized leaves.
- Headbands--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Belts (Clothing)--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American (Ute) buckskin pouch. It features multi-color beadwork in floral patterns, a brass nail at the base, fringe and a strap.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Pouches--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875]
- Elks hall, Ouray
- Elks Hall in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado is a brick building with stained glass windows and has a stone plaque that reads "B.P.O.E. [Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks] [18]92", a turret with a modified tent roof and clock, and stylized...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- August 1941
- Trinidad Colorado opera house
- Jaffa Opera House, built in 1882, Trinidad, Colorado, is on the corner of Commercial and Main Streets. This three story edifice of incised sandstone has geometric stylized florets, a cornice with corbeled segments, and flourished pediments. Over...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Drugstores--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.; Opera houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- 1965?
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a leaded glass transom in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. The central motif is a lyre shape crowned with a stylized hydrangea and flanked by spreading leaves. Horizontal and vertical panels of various shades of milk...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Leaded glass windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a leaded glass cabinet door in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. A lyre shape crowned with a stylized hydrangea and flanked by spreading leaves is the central motif in this window. Horizontal and vertical panels of...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Leaded glass windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the front doors at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. Both doors have rectangular carved insets enclosing concentric diamonds. The diamonds are squared off with jigsaw cut flourishes, and have stylized florets at the...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Salish Indians, totem poles
- A white woman in a dark dress and hat is sitting on a wooden wall and is flanked by three Native American (Coastal Salish) totem poles. Two of the poles consist of stylized birds over animals, the third (near) pole has human and animal...
- Coast Salish Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Totem poles--1890-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Headdress, buckskin shirt, necklace
- Mannequin with Native American stylized, carved wood face with a headdress of feathers with long white tips, and beaded headband; heavily fringed buckskin shirt; bead necklaces.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1930.; Costumes--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- Craig, Colorado
- Snow covers the town of Craig, Colorado in Moffat County. Structures in the town include one and two-story, wood-frame houses.
- Craig (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Antonito, Colorado, Frederick Warshauer residence.
- Interior view of the brick fireplace alcove in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; features an oak mantle and built in wood seats next to the fireplace; snuffer with long handle hanging off the mantle;...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.; Interiors.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Antonito, Colorado, Frederick Warshauer residence.
- Interior view of the brick fireplace alcove in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows an oak mantle and built in wood seats next to the fireplace; snuffer with a long handle hanging off the mantle; decorative...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.; Interiors.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Library facing northwest [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of the library in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado, shows scenes depicting pastoral and mythological works framed by stylized laurel leaves and portraits of statesmen, writers, and scientists....
- Antonito (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Libraries (Rooms)--Colorado--Antonito--1910-1920.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Library facing south [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of the library in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado shows pastoral and mythological scenes framed by stylized laurel leaves and portraits of statesmen, writers, and scientists. Beamed ceiling has...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Libraries (Rooms)--Colorado--Antonito--1910-1920.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Library painted by Yens Erickson [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of the fireplace alcove and murals in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; includes a brick fireplace with an oak mantle and built in wood seats, snuffer, and decorative carved posts with Arts and...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Murals--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Library painted by Yens Erickson [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of a painting in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado features a mythological scene of three women wearing. One women wears a breast plate, wings on her flowing blond hair and holds a dagger through...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Murals--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Library painted by Yens Erickson [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of a doorway and mural painting in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; features a mythological scene of a woman wearing a draped gown leaning on a fountain with a pitcher in front of it; Voltaire...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Murals--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Paintings, done directly on the plaster walls, were executed by Yens Erickson, a graduate of the Paris and Copenhagen schools of art [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of mural painting and woodwork in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows an allegorical scene depicting Dante in Florence with Beatrice, portrait of Benjamin Franklin panel, and oak wood crown...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Murals--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Pastor gives sermon on the rooftop
- Reverand Jerald Baxter preaches from a pulpit on a rooftop platform, Church of God of Prophesy, Commerce City, Colorado. A group of men, women and children, black and white, stand below listening to the sermon. The 1955 church is a one-story brick...
- Commerce City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Commerce City--1960-1970.
- November 20, 1966
- National Jewish Hospital, ent. detail
- View of the arched entryway to the B'nai B'rith Building at National Jewish Hospital at East Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in the Congress Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick structure, designed by William E. and Arthur A....
- National Jewish Hospital (U.S.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Entrance to Children's Hospital, Denver
- Exterior view of the entrance to Children's Hospital located at 2221 Downing Street in Denver, Colorado. The doorway is framed by terra-cotta decoration. In the keystone position above the door is the sculpted figure of a child framed by the petals...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1930?]
- Police Building
- A man and a woman walk down the steps of the Police Building located at Fourteenth Street and Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. The entrance is decorated with truncated, stylized pillars and sunburst carvings. The image of a woman's face...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940 March 31
- Perspective-view toward northwest Denver Botanic Gardens Tropical Conservatory
- Perspective of the southeast side of the modernist style Mitchell Hall, Gates Hall, tropical conservatory and library at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca.1962. The site is dominated by...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Botanical gardens.; Greenhouses.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Buildings--1960-1970.; Conservatories.
- between 1961 and 1963
- North Elevation Denver Botanic Gardens Tropical Conservatory
- Elevation of the north side of the modernist style Mitchell Hall and tropical conservatory at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street., Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca.1962. The walls and ceiling of the tropical conservatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Botanical gardens.; Greenhouses.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Buildings--1960-1970.; Conservatories.
- between 1961 and 1963
- Perspective, first floor plan Epiphany Episcopal Church - Denver
- Perspective (color) and first floor plan for the Epiphany Episcopal Church, 100 Colorado Boulevard, Hilltop neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, commissioned by Reverend Robert A. Russell in the late 1930s. Although primarily unadorned, the structure...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hilltop (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches.; Episcopal churches.; Episcopal Schools.
- 1940, August 7 (plan); 1940, August 6 (perspective)
- South elevation Highland Park Branch Library
- Front elevation of the Woodbury Branch Library, an Italian renaissance revival style public library located at 3265 Federal Boulevard, West Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, commissioned by the Denver Public Library, ca. 1912. The blueprint...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; West Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Public libraries.; Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch--Buildings--1910-1920.
- 1912, July 10
- Billboard for American National Bank
- View of a billboard in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that read: "Alden Sign Co." The bottom of the sign...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1920-1930.; American National Bank (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks.; Billboards.; Pyramids.; Great Sphinx (Egypt)
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Billboard for General Electric refrigerators and Public Service Company of Colorado
- View of a billboard located in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame is in an Art-Deco style with stylized newel posts on either side, molding and a cornice mounted on the top that reads: "Public Service Company of Colorado." A small plaque...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; General Electric Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Public Service Company of Colorado--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards.; Public utility companies.; Refrigerator...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Mahogany furniture
- Carved wood and ornate fabric comprise this side chair at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado. The back upholstry appears to be needlepoint, and the feet are stylized claw forms.
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Chairs--Colorado--Littleton--1930-1950.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Fitzsimons General Hospital Main Hospital Building decorative banister
- Interior photograph of the Fitzsimons General Hospital Main building's staircase and bannister, located in Aurora, Colorado. Bannister has a stylized metal emblem in banister. Built as a federally funded public works project during the 1930s, the...
- Fitzsimons Army Medical Center--1990-2000.; Hospitals--Colorado--Aurora--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Aurora.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Aurora.; Architecture--Colorado--Aurora--History.
- 1998 November
- Zion Baptist Church 138th church anniversary, November 9, 2003.
- Anniversary booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church, located in Denver, Colorado for its 138th Anniversary. Included in the booklet is a brief church history, letters from various local and state politicians, worship service programs, and...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 2003 November 9
- Art sculpture stylized figure "temperance"
- Close-up view of a statue that depicts a woman who pours liquid from a pitcher into a cup. She wears a robe.
- Statues--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Art stylized design harvest
- Close-up view of an illustration that depicts cups, a horn-shaped pitcher, and harvested grain.
- Grains--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Art stylized design learning
- Close-up view of an illustration that depicts books, a telescope, and charts that read: "Arithmetic" and "Geometry."
- Science--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Art stylized design battle
- Close-up view of an illustration that depicts men in battle.
- Campaigns & battles.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Stylized borders of leaves in green and orange and hand-carved wood designs "framed" the paintings [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of a wall mural and portion of a beamed ceiling in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado, depicts a Roman chariot race between two contestants each driving four horses; area filled with spectators and...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Murals--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Western History Subject Index
- Artists. Parnall, Peter
- Western History Subject Index
- Artists. Sherman, James Russell