Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 1, 1918 March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 3 and 4, 1920 April-May
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 2 and 3, 1920 February-March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 11 and 12, 1920 November-December
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 9 and 10, 1921 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 9 and 10, 1929 September-October
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 4, 1912 November 23
- Parade, Gunnison, Colorado
- Native American (Jicarilla Apache) men and women walk in a parade on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Miller's Dry Goods, Haberdashery," "Little Supermarket," "Endner's Hardware," and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Jicarilla Indians--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Parades...
- 1953 July
- Independence, Pitkin County
- View of dilapidated log buildings in the abandoned town of Independence (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows cabins without roofs and an overgrown road grade in a meadow. Dense trees are nearby on mountains in the Sawatch Range.
- Independence (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Independence--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Independence--1960-1970.
- 1963
- First Congregational Church, Colorado Springs
- View of the First Congregational Church at St. Vrain and Tejon Streets in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The Richardsonian-style church has a cross-gable roof, painted, arched windows, a bell tower with a tent roof that rises from the...
- First Congregational Church (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sneffels
- Men pose with skis near a frame building in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows snow covered ground, fir trees, debris and a wood frame lean-to without walls.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1900.; Skiers--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Masonic plaque
- Plaque reads: "In Commemoration Of The Services Of Brothers Julius A. Myers, Cromwell Tucker, Frederick A. Williams, Who, As Trustees Of The Masonic Temple Association, By Their Able And Untiring Efforts In The Conduct Of Its Financial Affairs, And...
- Freemasons--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Plaques--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- [Sixteenth] 16th St. down from Curtis
- Rooftop view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and trolley cars are on the street. The Tabor Opera House is nearby. Signs read: "Teeth Pulled Without Pain Crown and Bridge Work" and "Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 16th St. down from Curtis St.
- View of Curtis Street from 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows the Tabor Grand Opera House, pedestrians, and a trolley car. Signs read: "Teeth Filled Without Pain,", "F. E. Edbrooke & Co. Architects," "Hodgson...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882-1900]
- Brookings, S.D. harvesting on the Oleson farm
- Men and women are in a wheat field on what is identified as the Oleson farm in Brookings (Brookings County), South Dakota. Women wear cotton bonnets and dresses and hold bundles of wheat. A man with a beard wears suspenders and a hat without a...
- Brookings (S.D.)--1880-1900.; Agricultural laborers--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1900.; Croplands--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1900.; Harvesting machinery--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1900.; Harvesting--South Dakota--Brookings--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Corner Harrison & 9th showing 9th St. School (brick bldg)
- This view east from the corner of Harrison Avenue and 9th Ninth Street shows the 9th St. School with St. Mary's Catholic School beyond in Leadville, Colorado. The foreground includes snowcovered ground where a man walks up a hill, bare sidewalk,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- First National Bank of Loveland, Loveland, Colorado
- Exterior view of a remodel job done by W. C. Muchow Associates, Architects on the First National Bank of Loveland, Colorado. The two story building has vertical brick projecting column walls across the facade. A man poses on the front entry steps,...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Banks--Colorado--Loveland--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Old Homestead, elegant parlor house of goldrush [sic] days, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior view of Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence for many years until reopened in 1950's as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [1969 September 16]
- Cripple Creek, Apr. 10th 1892
- Bird's eye view of early Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation); scene includes one and two-story log and wooden frame flat and gable roof buildings and numerous canvas tents scattered throughout town and on hillsides; identified...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 April 10
- A diamond hitch at street events of Skii[joring contest] Carnival, Steamboat Springs
- Spectators gather along the sidewalk of Main Street during a skiijoring contest at the Ski Carnival in Steamboat Springs, (Routt County), Colorado. A woman on a horse pulls four skiers down the snowy street. They all wear head bandanas, patterned...
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--1940-1950.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1940-1950.; Contests--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Steamboat...
- [between1945 and 1949?]
- Irrigating in Colorado
- Unidentified man standing in irrigation ditch somewhere in Colorado; man in boots standing in ditch with water holding a shovel; two two-story wooden frame residences, farm buildings, sheds, outhouse, & canvas tents in background; man, woman &...
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Seven Castles, Colo. Midland
- Photograph of a painting by Charles H. Harmon depicting rock formation Seven Castles near Basalt, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; passenger train is paralleled by Fryingpan River in valley.
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [1907?]
- At Gypsum Passing Track
- View of the Gypsum Passing Track; two sets of Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks show along the Colorado River, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- The Castles, Rock Creek, Cripple Creek Short Line
- Center of panorama shows two elevations of the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad in Teller or El Paso County, Colorado; also shows Castles rock formation and a push car on Rock Creek trestle.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- The depths of North Cheyenne Canõn from Point Sublime, Cripple Creek Short Line
- View into North Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado, from Point Sublime on the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad; a train makes its way along upper cliffs.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1920.; North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a flat of a well-tracked slope with sparse treesin Colorado; two women dressed in skirts, jacket, sunglasses and hats use poles, a man in a stocking cap and jacket is without poles.
- Cross-country skiing--1930-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a flat of a well-tracked slope with sparse trees in Colorado; two women dressed in skirts, jacket, sunglasses and hats use poles, a man in a stocking cap and jacket is without poles.
- Cross-country skiing--1930-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Yankee Doodle Lake and James Peak, Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama shows two elevations of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway tracks on the Moffat Road looping around Yankee Doodle Lake, Boulder County, Colorado; shows Tunnel number thirty- two (32, Needle's Eye Tunnel).
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Yankee Doodle Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Yankee Doodle Lake and James Peak, Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama shows two elevations of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway tracks on the Moffat Road looping around Yankee Doodle Lake, Boulder County, Colorado; James Peak in distance.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; James Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Yankee Doodle Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Auditorium, Alamosa High School, Apr 26, 1930
- Interior view of the burned out auditorium in the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado includes partial outside walls around rubble, charred wood beams and bent metal structural interior supports. The metal framework of...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- Eureka Street, Central City
- Eureka Street in Central City is framed by two trees without leaves. The Henry M. Teller Law offices and the Opera House are in the foreground. The Teller House is in the center of the image, and the First National Bank block is in the background....
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central...
- Kitchen in Central City, Colorado
- A stove and a side cabinet with a marble top are in a kitchen in Central City, Colorado. A gas fixture hangs over the cabinet, and the walls are covered with patterned wallpaper. Bric-a-brac on and around the stove include a kettle, an iron, a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Interiors--1900-1930.; Kitchens--Colorado--Central City--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Copy of Rocky Mountain News Dated April 23, 1859
- Shows a copy of the April 23, 1859 Rocky Mountain News, Vol.1, No.1, it's first edition. The paper is staged and clipped on a board for the photo. Under the banner "The Mines And Miners Of Nebraska;" headlines read: "The Opening Of Japan,"...
- Rocky Mountain News--Products--1850-1860.; Newspapers--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- No. 2, Lincoln School, Class of 1919
- A group of students pose on the steps of Lincoln School in Denver, Colorado. They are identified as: 1. Chester Johnston, 2. Elmer H. Flieger, 3. M. G. Johnson, 4. May L. Smith, 5. J. H. Dodds (1912), 6. Harold B. Oaks Brutus, 8. Sade Rowland, 9....
- Lincoln School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1912
- Old foundry, Central City, 1953
- The ruins of the old foundry in Central City, Colorado, are overgrown with weeds and vegetation. In the foreground, one of the outer walls has completely crumbled and the adjacent wall is in decay. The roof has rotted away and the windows are...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Winter sport
- Three nordic skiers on a well-tracked slope with sparse trees; two women use poles and wear skirts, jackets, and hats; a man without poles wears a stocking cap and jacket.
- Cross-country skiing--1910-1930.; Skiers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story brick house with a flat roof and brick cornice is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The duplex has rectangular windows with lintels, sills and paneled doors. The shades are drawn in three of the four windows in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story wood frame house with a mansard roof and three dormer windows is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has two bay windows on opposite sides of the front wall. The covered front porch is built behind a masonry...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A large, two story clapboard house is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has a flat roof with eaves that extend out over the sides of the roof. Two bay windows, one on the upper level and one on the lower level, have...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A balding man in a dark suit with a ribbon on his lapel looks at a balding man in light colored slacks, white shirt and tie, who is holding a tobacco pipe and pouch. Other people are in the background,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Adams, Alva Blanchard, b. 1875.; Beshoar, John.; Santelmann, Wiliam F.
- August, 1939
- From left to right: ?, Hazel Rhoads, Harry M., Julia Knapp, - others unknown
- Four men, three women, and a young girl wade knee-high in water, Colorado. Harry Rhoads is the only man without a fishing pole, and two of the women are identified as Hazel Rhoads, and Julia Knapp.
- Fishing--Colorado--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.; Rhoads, Julia Knapp.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Storefront
- Three men, two with aprons, stand at the entrance of J. D. Miller's Meat Market at 1035 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. A large display of turkey carcasses hang from hooks across the front of the store, signs read: "Miller's Home...
- J. D. Miller's Meat Market (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Butchers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Children with clown
- A group of (possibly) Down's Syndrome boys and girls watch as a boy squeezes a clowns nose in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Clowns--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Residences, present day Central City
- Homes are built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. A street is supported by a retaining wall in the foreground. Telephone posts are on opposite sides of the street. The houses are one story, wood- frame homes with gabled roofs,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A one and one-half story, clapboard house with a gabled roof, a stove pipe chimney, and gingerbread bargeboard around the eaves is built above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house is painted white and has two doors and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D. looking west
- View west over the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows people on main street, agency buildings including the boarding school on the far end, water tank, and wall tents of the U.S. Army.
- United States. Army.--Facilities--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North...
- 1891
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- Looking north on Main Street, in Breckenridge, Colorado, is the Silverthorn Hotel, a two-story, frame, gable roofed structure, with sash windows on both floors. A covered merchant's wagon is parked in front, without horses. People stand at the...
- Silverthorn Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1860-1870.
- [between 1864 and 1867?]
- "Big Alec's" wife and her garden
- A Native American (Paiute) woman, identified as the wife of Big Alec, stands in a cultivated garden, Deep Creek, Nevada. She wears a scarf over her head, and a print blouse and skirt, and holds a garden tool. Family members stand in the background.
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Paiute Indians--Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Deep Creek (Nev.)--1910-1920.; Gardening--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Big Alex--Family.
- 1913
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a tall cut stone in the shape of an obelisk without the pyramid on top; portion of the stone shows the raised image of two hands clasping, inside of...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]