Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Archaeology, Colorado
- The remains of a stone wall, probably in southeast Utah or southwest Colorado, stand in the foreground. Small clusters of long grass lie in the area in front of the wall. A portion of the wall is shorter than the rest, possibly a window opening.
- Archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1920-1930.; Stone walls--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- A portion of Pithouse A of Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, stands in the foreground. A small pile of rocks creates a wall that winds through the ruin. The ground is dirt. A small, metal trowel is propped against the far...
- Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Antlers Hotel. Parlor - Nederland
- An ornate lamp and a large bible sit on a table in the center of the parlor of the Antlers Hotel in Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado. A piano is against the wall in the background with two large plants on it. A chair is next to the piano. A love...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Nederland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Furniture--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1910.; Lamps--1900-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1910.; Pianos--1900-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Portrait
- A woman sits in a room filled with pillows decorated with images of Native Americans, deer, horses, and bugling elk. Several buck skins are similarly decorated and hang from the wall above where the woman sits. A telephone with a telephone...
- Telephones--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Church of Sta. Guadaloupe, Santa Fé
- View of the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe on 100 S. Guadalupe Street in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The adobe building has a ruined three tier bell tower, and is surrounded by an adobe wall. A graveyard is inside the wall....
- Santuario de Guadalupe (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1880-1890.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Building deterioration--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Eureka Street, Central City streets
- Winter on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado; the street is bordered by a dry-masonry wall. The wall was built by Cornish craftsmen, probably in the nineteenth century. Snow covers the top of the wall, which is entirely built without...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Masonry--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Stone walls--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado, on Sixth (6th) Street. The hotel was constructed by Louis Dupuy, the proprietor, from three separate buildings, and was completed in 1890; shows west side of the hotel stuccoed to look...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1939
- Denver South Park & Pacific
- View of an unfinished rock retaining wall built to support a Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad grade on Ohio Pass (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows scree on the steep slope beside the wall.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ohio Pass (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1950-1960.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Gunnison County--1950-1960.; Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1955 August 6
- William P. Horan Burial Index 1900-1956
- Index to burial records in the Horan Mortuary Records (WH842), a manuscript collection in the Western History Dept. Gives name, age, color/race, year of burial, page number. Additional information may be found in the records.
- Funeral homes--Colorado--Denver--Records--Indexes.; Burial--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Records--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; W.P. Horan (Firm).; W.P. Horan & Son.; Horan Mortuary.
- 2000
- Denver Public Library 1942-1943 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the years 1942 and 1943.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 1994
- Hoffman Heights Living/Dining Room
- Black and white print of living/dining room interior from unidentified house in Aurora's Hoffman Heights. Two armless chairs with decorative print upholstery in middle, with low brick wall behind chairs. Brick wall divides two rooms and has plants...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 29, 1909 September 4
- Wall Street
- Reproduction shows painting of Wall Street (Delphi), Boulder County, Colorado; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railroad tracks; businesses include: hotel, store, barn, boarding house, blacksmith shop, and Wall Street Tunnel.
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company--1890-1900.; Wall Street (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- Denver Public Library microfilm obituaries 1944-1959.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post, and other newspapers for the years 1944-1959.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Under the Temple wall, Salt Lake City
- View of a tree-lined sidewalk and wall outside Temple Square in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows the granite Salt Lake Temple with spires with finials, turrets, niches, and battlements.
- Salt Lake Temple--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Temple Square (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Mormon churches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Walls--Utah--Salt Lake...
- [1900?]
- Cornish dry stone masonry wall, Central City
- View of a Cornish dry masonry wall, built in the 1870s, along Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. A large notch separates the two walls. Vegetation grows on top of the wall.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Stone walls--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Part of wall- Old mission at Santa Clara
- Two Native American (Tewa) men stand in front of a partially demolished adobe wall, a part of the old Mission at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. A large unpaned window and an entryway with wooden doors are still intact. Above the entryway stands...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Missions--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Ruins--New Mexico--Santa...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Taos Pueblo Back of south Pueblo- homes, wall, wagon sheds
- View of a street near Native American south Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. A dirt road winds its way under a wooden balcony bridge that stands near a group of adobe cluster homes with wooden vigas, canales, and adobe chimneys. Near the end of the bridge...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Taos Pueblo South Pueblo- adobe wall
- View of adobe cluster homes at the south-side pueblo, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The three and four story pueblo homes have wooden vigas, canales, and adobe chimneys. An adobe brick wall separates the homes from a dirt road. A hitched wagon stands...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Frijoles Canyon Built up wall- cliff house
- View of a Native American (Anasazi) stone masonry wall near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The ruin stands near the canyon wall. Rocky desert landscape covers the ground.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.;...
- 1910
- 14th Street Viaduct, Retaining Wall
- Shows the rock ashlar retaining wall for the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. A residential apartment building and the D.S. Waugh Machine Shop are behind the wall on Wazee Street. The viaduct began at 14th and Wazee and ended...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899 January 13
- The Colorado State Penitentiary in 1878, showing the first stone wall
- The penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado, consists of a pair of three-story structures (one with a mansard roof) and the surrounding wall and tower, with a gated arch in the foreground. All are of random ashlar stone. Trees front the main...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1878
- Limestone quarries building of wall
- Men work at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. In the foreground, some load a wagon by the prison farm, others are on a smoking pile of lime by a stone cell block. Ore cars, woodpiles, and barrels follow the City Ditch, which cuts...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1901 and 1902?]
- Denver South Park and Pacific R.R., unfinished stone wall on grade near Ohio Pass, Colo. project abandoned in 1882, track never laid here.
- View of an abandoned and unfinished Denver, South Park and Pacific railroad grade and retaining wall near Ohio Pass in Gunnison County, Colorado. Two men inspect the grade. One stands on the wall.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1960-1970.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ohio Pass (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.
- [ca. 1965]
- Denver Public Library 1928 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 1928. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Denver Public Library 1996 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 1996.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 1997
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Alamosa
- View of the wall, gate and sanctuary of Saint Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church (Fisher and Fisher : 1930?) in Alamosa, Colorado. The Mission Revival style church has a stucco exterior. The wall and entrance to the courtyard of the church is...
- Saint Thomas Episcopal Church (Alamosa, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Episcopal churches.; Saint Thomas Episcopal Church (Alamosa, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Anglican church buildings--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Alamosa...
- 1993
- Manhattan Hotel, Salida
- View of the Old Manhattan Hotel Bed & Breakfast at 228 N F Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building is constructed of brick, with a stone facade. The roofline has a carved stone parapet with pyramidal finials. Round windows are set...
- Old Manhattan Hotel Bed and Breakfast (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Headwaters Outdoor Equipment (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Sporting goods industry.; Old Manhattan Hotel Bed and Breakfast (Salida,...
- 1994
- Bar interior, Victoria Hotel, Salida
- View of the interior of the tavern in the Victoria Hotel in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a brick wall, with a carved wood back bar with stained glass panes instead of a mirror. A Budweiser chalkboard lists the specials, and hangs above...
- Victoria Hotel & Tavern (Salida, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Salida (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bartenders.; Interiors.; Bars (Furniture).; Victoria Hotel & Tavern (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1989
- Downing Street waiting station
- View of the Downing Street waiting station (1904), located on the corner of Downing and Bayaud Streets, in the Washington Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a green structure topped by a pyramidal roof covered in wood shingles. The open...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bus stops.; Site elements.; Bus stops--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- Roxborough State Park visitor's center
- View of the Roxborough State Park Visitors Center (1975) in front of red sandstone rock ridges in Douglas County, Colorado. The Center is a single level, undecorated structure of concrete with a shingled roof. The center of the building has an...
- Roxborough State Park (Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Sculpture.; Parks--Colorado--Roxborough State Park--Pictorial works.; Visitors' centers--Colorado--Roxborough State Park--Pictorial works.; Bronze sculpture, American--Colorado--Roxborough State...
- 1989
- Detail of lion fountain, Greek Theater, Civic Center Park
- Detailed view of a lion head fountain mounted on a wall in the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (1919; Marean and Norton, architects) in Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows a lion with an open mouth above a granite basin....
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fountains.; Sculpture.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Public sculpture, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1986
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- A large, painted wooden cross leans against the unplastered wall of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the cross reads: "F.P.D.N.P.J." Shows a recessed wooden door and window.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Crosses.; Hermanos...
- [2005 April]
- Cross, Garcia Morada
- A wooden cross lies against the hard plastered adobe wall of the Garcia Morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in Garcia (Costilla County), Colorado. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Garcia (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Chapels.; Crosses.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos...
- [2008 February 1]
- Detailed view, west facade, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- Detailed view of the exterior of the Leprino Family Atrium (2002) on the west elevation of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (formerly known as the Denver Museum of Nature and Science) in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The atrium, a three-story...
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science--2000-2010.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Atriums.; Galleries and museums.; Parks.; Reflections.; Denver Museum of Nature and Science--Pictorial works.;...
- 2004
- Magdalena Martinez Arellano, center with her adoptive parents, Porfirio and Teodora Trujillo.
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Magdalena Martinez Arellano with her adoptive parents Porfirio and Teodora Trujillo, in, probably, Southern Colorado. Magdalena wears a pleated dress with slightly puffed sleeves and a high waist. Her father...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Families.; Girls.; Arellano, Magdalena Martinez--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Porfirio--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Teodora--Pictorial works.; Adoptive parents--Colorado--Pictorial...
- ca.1912
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 21, 1911 May 20
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 11, 1914 March 14
- 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
- General Electric Moisture Indicator
- Men in suits and hats examine a machine identified as the General Electric Moisture Indicator in a room connected with the Carlton Tunnel in Teller County, Colorado. Signs hang on the wall and read: "This Plant is Making Material Essential to the...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Measuring--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1960.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1955?]
- Dairy milking stalls at Brookridge Farm
- View of milking stalls at the Brookridge Farm in Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Stalls line the wall of a large room. Scales, tubes, and milking equipment are mounted near each stall. Tile covers the surface of the floor and parts of the...
- Brookridge Farm (Littleton, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Milking machines--Colorado--Littleton--1940-1950.; Littleton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Agricultural facilities--Colorado--Littleton--1940-1950.; Barns--Colorado--Littleton--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Portrait of a flower cart
- Studio portrait of a wooden cart decorated with flowers and ribbons. The cart rests on a decorated carpet. Ornate wall paper is on the wall in the distance.
- Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a family
- Full length studio portrait of a family who pose amidst ornate studio props that include artificial grass and a stone wall. A bearded man wears a buttoned suit, boots and a vest. A woman holds a baby in a light colored dress. The woman wears a...
- Children--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Bedroom interior
- Interior view of a bedroom, possibly in Colorado. Shows a teddy bear, a doll, pillows, bed, tabletop mirror, framed pictures on the wall, patterned wall paper, table with drawers, curtains, a pitcher and basin, and a chamber pot.
- Bedrooms--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.
- A man, in a long cloak and hat, and two young girls, in long coats and hats, pose on snow covered tailings at the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. A log and wood tipple, mine buildings and a man...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls.; Mine buildings.; Miners.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.
- [1895?]
- 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
- University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
- View of the University of California campus at Berkeley, California. Buildings include South Hall, a Victorian Second Empire style building with mansard hip roofs, cast-iron cresting, string coursing, round dormers, and arched roof dormers, windows...
- University of California (1868-1952)--1900-1910.; Berkeley (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Educational facilities.; Universities & colleges.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Grand Canyon of Arizona from Hotel El Tovar
- Panoramic view of the Grand Canyon from the Hotel El Tovar, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Four women sit on horseback near a wall at the edge of the canyon. Shows buttes and pinnacles in the canyon. Benches are near the wall.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons.; Horseback riding.; National parks & reserves.; Women.
- c1905
- Los Angeles, Cal. Law-Ark-Fawn in his office
- A Chinese man identified as Law-Ark-Fawn poses in his office in Chinatown, Los Angeles, California. He wears a quilted jacket and a silk skull cap. He poses beside a table, probably a Confucian altar, that contains vases full of flowers, a bowl of...
- Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Offices.; Law-Ark-Fawn.; Chinese.
- [1899]
- Pasadena, Cal., residence on Orange Grove Ave.
- View an unidentified home on a low hill on Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The house has a cross gabled roof, bays, wall dormers, a porte cochere, a wrap-around porch, chimneys and a round tower with a widow's...
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Driveways.; Houses.; Porte cocheres.; Trees.; Yards.
- [1899]