Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 10
- 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 February
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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.)
- 1930 November 26
- Eldorado Springs flood
- Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Peterson pose with their dogs, Useless and Skeeziks, after the flood destroyed their house and nearly took their lives in 1938.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- September 1938
- Gilpin County Tramway
- Three women pose on the front of a Gilpin Tramway Company locomotive in Gilpin County, Colorado. Two of the women are identified as Loretta Doran Paul and Clara Doran. The women wear long dresses, basque jackets with leg-of-mutton sleeves, and...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1880-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Doran,...
- [between 1886 and 1910?]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- 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.)
- 1930 December 17
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- 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 November
- The Huskie Highlights 1939
- 1939 Yearbook from Douglas County High School
- Parker High School (Parker, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Douglas County History Research Center (Castle Rock, Colo.); School yearbooks--Colorado--Douglas County.; High schools--Colorado--Douglas County--Periodicals.
- 1939
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 7 and 8, 1924 July-August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 8, 1920 August
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1948 August
- The Church Record: Vol. II No. 12
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1903 June
- "Thy will be done" : the Prayer Band Ministry of Zion Baptist Church : 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Booklet created for the 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast at Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. This breakfast was to recognize the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastors for all the work they do for the church. Included are photographs of each...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.
- 2004
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- 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.)
- 1943 September 30
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- 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 March 2
- José Ramos Valdez
- José Ramos Valdez, an elderly Hispanic American, former postmaster of San Luis and owner of the Heraldo newspaper stands by a chair in the auditorium of the San Luis Institute in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He is balding, has a...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Valdez, José Ramos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older...
- [1950]
- Holden Hotel
- View of the Holden Hotel at 1817 California Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows a four-story, brick, commercial building next to a vacant lot where the Roosevelt Hotel once stood. The building has pilasters and...
- Holden Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Holden Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1977
- Holden Hotel
- View of the Holden Hotel at 1817 California Street in the Central Business District neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a four-story, brick, commercial building with pilasters and decorative brick work. A vertical sign which extends from the...
- Holden Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Holden Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1977
- Pete's Kitchen
- A woman poses in the doorway of Pete's Kitchen, 1962 East Colfax Avenue, in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This early twentieth-century commercial-style building has red brick walls with tan decorative brickwork, a corner...
- Pete's Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Restaurants.; Pete's Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2001
- Pete's Kitchen
- A View of the neon and metal sign for Pete's Kitchen, 1962 East Colfax Avenue, in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The metal sign, outlined in neon, shows a male cook flipping pancakes. Text on the sign reads: "Open 24 Hours,"...
- Pete's Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Electric signs.; Restaurants.; Pete's Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Neon...
- 2006
- Antonito fire
- View of the aftermath of a fire in the town of Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows smoking adobe buildings destroyed by the fire. Hispanic American men, probably firefighters, stand near a wagon loaded with three large barrels filled with...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Antonito (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Business districts.; Fire fighters.; Fires.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Central business...
- 1905
- Stella and Alex Cordova
- An elderly couple, Stella Cordova, founder and owner of Chubby's, a Mexican restaurant. and her husband Alex Cordova, pose in their home in Denver, Colorado. Alex has his arm around Stella, and she wears a polka dot dress and glasses.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Business people.; Older people.; Women.; Cordova, Alex--Pictorial works.; Cordova, Stella, 1909-2009--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American...
- [2000?]
- Professor Arthur L. Campa at desk
- Professor Arthur L. Campa, Sr. sits at his desk in his office in the Spanish Department at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He would later move to the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. He wears a light colored suit...
- University of New Mexico--People--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Teachers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Pictorial works.; University of New...
- [1935?]
- Pancake race, Alamosa, Colo.
- Women participants in the annual Alamosa Colorado pancake race pose with frying pans and numbers pinned to their aprons in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A woman dressed as Aunt Jemima, in black face, a checkered dress, headscarf and an apron,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Blackface entertainers.; Women.; Jemima, Aunt--Pictorial works.; Zamora, Elizabeth--Pictorial works.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1958
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 3, 1921 March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 3 and 4, 1931 March-April
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 16, 1913 May 31
- Breaking camp
- A survey team breaks camp near Fourmile Creek in Fremont County, Colorado. Burros are loaded with equipment, bedrolls, and a table. A team of railroad surveyors stand interspersed with the burros. One man holds a stadia rod in his hand. A canvas...
- Fourmile Creek (Fremont County and Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Automatic Telephone Co. political cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a telephone, question mark, and referee in a boxing ring. Text includes: "Denver," "Did you make the Bell cut rates in Portland? Has it left town? Why did you leave Portland? Did anyone make the...
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Dog pyramid at Gentry's Trained Animal Show
- A large group of show dogs from the Gentry's Trained Animal Show, stand in a pyramid formation on a circular platform. This exhibition took place at a stop in downtown Denver, Colorado. A wagon with decorative trim, images and the words "Gentry's...
- Gentry's Trained Animal Show--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Dog shows--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Trained animals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1901]
- Tom Hughes, early day photographer in Meeker
- Seated portrait of Tom Hughes, taken in Mrs. William A Keller's front room of the ranch house outside of Meeker, near Coal Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A ornate rug serves as a backdrop, other props includes a small marble top table with a...
- Keller, William A.--Family--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hughes, Tom.
- between 1897 and 1898
- First Meeker Hotel
- Men pose on boardwalk in front of the Meeker Hotel, a converted adobe army barracks with wood false front and pediment window hoods, Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. The hotel was founded by Susan C. "Annie" Wright, one of the founders of Meeker. Her...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- Man and pack horse
- Joseph E. (Joe) Peltier poses with his sons, Edgar, George, or Ralph and a pack horse at his ranch home about a half mile below the forks of White River, upper White River area near Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Peltier packed out tourists...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Pack animals--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Peltier, Joseph E.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Meeker, Colorado
- Men pose on boardwalk in front of the Meeker Hotel, a converted adobe army barracks with wood false front, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. The hotel was founded by Susan C. Wright, one of the founders of Meeker. Her brother Reuben Sanford Ball...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [1896]
- Bowie Coal Mines wide angle view from old tipple and mine on hill
- View from old tipple over Bowie Coal Mine structures, Delta County, Colorado. Steep incline with ore cart tracks leads to mine entrance. A Denver and Rio Grande gondola car shows under the new tipple. Formerly Juanita Coal and Coke before Alexander...
- Bowie Coal Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Delta County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Delta County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- St. Patrick's Church
- View of St. Patrick's Catholic Church on Sixth (6th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, The front gable church built in 1877, features clapboard siding, front entry belltower topped with a cross, shingle roof and stained glass windows.
- St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 7:30 mine
- Snow fills a large portion of an abandoned building of the 7:30 (Seven-thirty) Mine, Brown's Canyon near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Possibly the result of an 1899 avalanche that took several lives and other mine buildings.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Central City corner
- Reproduction of a Rebecca Enos oil painting; shows St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Comstock mine shaft house in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- New workings in Winchester tunnel, Summitville, Colo.
- Jack Pickens in the Winchester Tunnel in Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Summitville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Winchester Tunnel (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Summitville--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Summitville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1920-1930.; Pickens, Jack.
- July, 1929
- Cheeseman [sic] residence, Denver
- Exterior view of Walter Scott Cheesman's residence (later called Cheesman-Evans-Boettcher mansion & Governor's mansion), 400 East 8th (eighth) Denver, Colorado; Colonial Revival architecture with formal portico topped with balustraded balcony,...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Columns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Georgetown
- A gravestone in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery depicts flowers and reads: "Eliza. Wife of Edward Harvey(?). Died ??. Aged 55 Years. Weep not for me my husband dear, I am not dead but sleeping here. I am not yours but God's...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Charles A. Lindbergh coming out of hanger
- Charles A. Lindbergh walks out of a airplane hanger, possibly at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado. An unidentified man walks next to Mr. Lindbergh. A crowd and a Denver Police Officer follow behind them. This took place during Charles Lindbergh's...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air pilots--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a rodeo in Trinidad, Colorado. A cowboy wearing chaps with conchos hangs onto a bucking horse. Other cowboys are in the background, many standing, some sitting on a rail fence.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rodeos--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of a concert in Trinidad, Colorado. People crowd around an enclosure in which the Marine Band plays. The streetlights, with cast iron, four-sided brackets and white glass globes have bunting strung between them, and the Columbian Hotel has...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Concerts--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Military bands--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Ennis House Hotel, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Ennis House Hotel, Georgetown, Colorado, opened by A.B. Leggett in 1869 at Fifth (5th) and Taos Streets. The hotel became the Ennis House when Miss Kate Ennis took over. The two-story building is in Italianate style, with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1900.; Ennis House Hotel (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1900.
- [between 1869 and 1892.]
- Charley the vet
- A man identified as Charley, a veterinarian, poses astride a horse at the Boston Ranch, Crowley County, Colorado, by a barn. He wears woolies (chaps).
- Boston Ranch (Crowley County, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Veterinarians--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Crowley County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.
- 1902, February
- Wells Fargo stage barn
- View of a Wells Fargo stage barn in Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado; shows a frame stable with Dutch doors.
- Wells, Fargo & Company--1920-1930.; Loveland (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Loveland--1920-1930.; Transportation--Colorado--Loveland--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Ft. Lupton
- View of a stone and cement tapered rectangular monument near Fort Lupton, Weld County, Colorado. A metal plaque on the monument reads: "This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado Due west 1/4 mile is the site of Fort Lupton established...
- Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1930-1940.
- June 23, 1931