Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1421 Champa, interior offices, general plant engineering
- A group of engineers work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Plans and and documents are stacked on the desks. One man leans over and confers with...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916
- 1421 Champa, interior offices, general plant, "engineering."
- Men and women sit at desks in a crowded office in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building in 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The women work on typewriters and adding machines at library tables in the center of the room....
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916 February
- 1421 Champa, interior, offices, general plant, "engineering."
- Men work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Most of the desks are arranged in the center of the room. The men work on papers that are organized on the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916 February
- 1421 Champa, interior, offices, general plant, "engineering"
- Four men work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits and work on papers that are scattered across the desk top. Books and papers are...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916
- Offices
- Interior view of Swift and Company offices in Denver, Colorado; shows men working and a telephone.
- Swift & Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Office workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917?
- J. E. MacDonald, office, 1421 Champa
- Interior view of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company office in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a roll top desk, a safe (Charpiot Safe Co.), ceiling lamp, telephone, Oriental rugs, a bell, rubber stamp and pad, thermometer, Arts and...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; MacDonald, James...
- 1912
- Wight Building, eastern division, accounting department
- Men and women work at desks in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company accounting office in the Wight Building, 1430 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows office supplies, adding machines, telephones, and file cabinets. Coats and hats...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Wyoming Building - Chief Engineer
- Interior view of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company office in Denver, Colorado; shows a man at a desk, a telephone, file cabinet, chairs, a calendar, and framed photographs.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1919, February
- Office
- Interior view of an office in Denver, Colorado; shows a woman, a roll top desk, a calculator, and a calendar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914 November
- Office interior
- Men pose in an office in Denver, Colorado. They sit near a roll top desk and a safe. Calendars on the wall read: "Felting Machinery and Shredders," "Smith & Furbush Machine CO. Philadelphia," and "H. C. Lawer Co. Gents' Furnishings Jewelry Harness...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [October, 1914]
- Assay office
- Interior view of an assay office in Denver, Colorado; shows a man, a spittoon, scales, a cash register, and glass display cases.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Office
- Interior view of an office in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, filing cabinets, a roll top desk, and a stove.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Office
- Interior view of an office in Denver, Colorado; shows a man, a woman (in fur coat), a teenaged boy, and a "Union Pacific" calendar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Office
- Interior view of an office in Denver, Colorado; shows men and a woman, a calculator, a telephone, a calendar, a wall clock, and a taxidermied deer head.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914, December
- Office
- Interior view of an office in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, a desk, a safe, a "Winchester" poster, and a calendar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914, December
- Man in office
- Interior view of an office in Denver, Colorado; shows a man, a roll top desk, a telephone, calendar, building floor plan, and ornate wallpaper.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914, December
- Possibly the News-Times office
- Rocky Mountain News reporters (men and women) work at a table with typewriters in Denver, Colorado; newspapers and notes are piled on the table.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Reporters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Charles C. Gates in his office
- Interior view of an office at the Gates Rubber Company, Denver, Colorado with Mr. Charles C. Gates seated at a desk, he holds a pen and paper. Items on the desk include: carnations in a vase, a telephone, a framed family photograph, and baskets of...
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Gates Rubber Company
- Interior of a workroom at the Gates Rubber Company in Denver, Colorado. Shows workers, stacks of papers, rubber belts, and printing machinery.
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rubber industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917]
- Hendrie Bolthoff
- Men work in the offices of the Hendrie and Bolthoff Manufacturing Supply Company at 17th (Seventeenth) and Wynkoop Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Machinery that includes a side crank engine is near the offices and on the balcony on the...
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Interior of American Woodmen's Association's first office
- Interior view of the American Woodmen's Association office at 1622 Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Desks, typewriters, and chairs are in the office. Portraits hang from the walls.
- American Woodmen--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Insurance companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1911]
- Swift and Company meat packers
- Group portrait of Swift and Company meat packing employees in Denver, Colorado; shows men, an office interior, a clock, and a telephone.
- Swift & Company--People--1910-1920.; Packing-house workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917?
- Swift and Company office
- Interior view of a Swift and Company office in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a woman, a teenaged boy, a display case with cigar boxes, and a "Union Pacific System" map of the United States.
- Swift & Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Office workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917?
- Swift and Company office
- Interior view of a Swift and Company office in Denver, Colorado; shows men, women, and a "Union Pacific System" map of the United States.
- Swift & Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Office workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917?
- Swift and Company factory
- Interior view of Swift and Company offices in Denver, Colorado; shows columns, ceiling lamps, and people at desks.
- Swift & Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Office workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917?
- Meeting
- Interior view of Swift and Company offices in Denver, Colorado; shows men at a table. Metal lockers are in the background.
- Swift & Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917?
- Denver Public Library librarians office
- Interior view of a librarian's office in the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A desk, chair, file cabinets, telephone, and bookcase are in the room.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Western Union Telegraph Office
- Interior view of Western Union telegraph office in Denver, Colorado; shows a delivery boy in uniform, a man in a suit, and a woman by a telephone. Calendar and lamp read: "Western Union Telegraph and Cable."
- Western Union Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917 May 9
- In D. & R. G. pass. dept. office, Equitable Bldg. Denver, Sect. to Gen. Pass. & ticket agent, Frank A. Wadleigh
- Photographer's self portrait in the Denver and Rio Grande Passenger Department Office, Equitable Building, Denver, Colorado, shows Beam, in his official position as Secretary to the General Passenger and Ticket Agent, at his desk with typewriter...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Typewriters--1910-1920.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- July 1910
- Purchasing department
- Interior view of Gates Rubber Company offices in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women working, file cabinets, a clock, a telephone, and a (possibly) cylinder recording device. Sign reads: "Purchasing."
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rubber industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1919?]
- Dispatch room (?)
- Interior view of (probably) a telegraph office in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women at desks with a telephone and telegraph equipment; men in uniform sit against the wall.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Messenger service
- Interior view of a telegraph office in Denver, Colorado; shows men at desks with typewriters, telegraphic equipment, and telephones. Switches are on the wall by a sign: "Postal Telegraph Messengers Furnished."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Big snow of December 1913
- Pedestrians walk on cleared sidewalks with deep snow piled on sides of and in Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The Post Office shows across street.
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- United States Post Office
- View of the Main Post Office, a granite, Neoclassical building with Ionic columns on Stout Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a park, pedestrians, and parked automobiles.
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920?]
- Denver - Post Office Building
- A view of the former downtown Denver Post Office located on 1823 Stout Street. The building is constructed of Colorado white marble in a neoclassical style, it opened in 1916. The post office was moved to a 20th and Curtis location in 1994 when the...
- Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- U.S. Post Office Building - Denver
- A view of the former downtown Denver Post Office located on 1823 Stout Street. The building is constructed of Colorado white marble in a neoclassical style, it opened in 1916. The post office was moved to a 20th and Curtis location in 1994 when the...
- Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Elks Golden Jubilee
- View of an elk statue atop a log arch on Stout Street in Denver, Colorado, during an Elks Club convention. Businesses and the United States Post Office flank the exhibit.
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Elks (Fraternal order)--Meetings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Elk--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914, July 13-19
- Colo. Midland
- American and German flags and bunting decorate the Colorado Midland Railway building, 17th (Seventeenth) and California Streets, for the 31st Bundesturnfest in Denver, Colorado. Signs in window read: "Midland Route, Best Route To Glenwood Springs",...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- [June 1913]
- AT&SF ticket office at 17th & Welton Streets, Denver
- View of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad ticket office at Seventeenth and Welton Streets, Denver, Colorado, a brick building with bracketed cornices. People are on sidewalks, edged by automobiles, streetlamps, a fire hydrant, and a...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Dentist's office Clayton College
- A dentist examines Christie Butterfoss at Clayton College in Denver, Colorado. Dentist's tools and chair are in the room.
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dental offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dentistry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Western Union, Denver
- Interior view of Western Union Telegraph and Telegram office in Denver, Colorado; shows men operating telegraph equipment and flywheels. Calendars and advertising posters are on the wall.
- Western Union Telegraph Company--Facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- July, 1915
- Brotherhood Railway Car-Men Local no. 146 Denver
- Panoramic view of members of the Brotherhood of Railway Car Men at the U. S. Post Office at 1823 Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The men and boys wear overalls and hold banners that read "B. R. C. A. No. 148."
- Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Labor unions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916 September 4
- Messengers of the Western Union Telegraph Co.
- Panoramic view of a group of young men on the steps of the United States Post Office at 1961 Stout Street in Denver, Colorado. Western Union Telegraph Company messengers pose in uniforms that include jackets with metal buttons, notepads in breast...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Western Union Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Messengers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917
- Denver & Rio Grande employees
- Fisheye view. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad employees, men and boys, pose by a horse drawn railroad boxcar in front of the Stout Street Post Office, in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on the boxcar reads: "In Unity There Is Strength," "D&RG,"...
- Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America--People--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banners--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Horse...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Colorado Midland ticket office
- Nighttime view of the Colorado Midland Railway Company ticket office at 17th (Seventeenth) and California Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Lettering on the windows reads: "Colorado Midland Railway Midland Route," "Best Line to Tonopah," "Best...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1918?]
- U. S. Post Office Denver
- View of the U. S. Post Office at 1823 Stout Street in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk near automobiles parked along 18th (Eighteenth) Street.
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- United States Post Office
- View of the Main Post Office, Denver, Colorado, a granite, Neoclassical building with Ionic columns on Stout Street. Shows a park, pedestrians, and parked automobiles.
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920?]
- New Denver Post Office
- View of the United States Post Office in Denver, Colorado; shows arched windows, columns, and classical entablature.
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Seely dentist
- American and German flags, pennants, and stars decorate 15th (Fifteenth) Street during the 31st Bundesturnfest in Denver, Colorado. Business signs read: "[P]oultry-Meat Market" and "Dr. Grant Seely, Dentist."
- Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dental offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores &...
- [June 1913]
- Seely dentist
- American and German flags, pennants and stars decorate 15th (Fifteenth) Street during the 31st Bundesturnfest in Denver, Colorado. Business signs read: "Market-Fish" and "Dr. Grant Seely, Dentist."
- Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dental offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores &...
- [June 1913]