Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Delta municipal power plant
- View of a section of the Delta Municipal Power Plant (1937) in Delta, Colorado. The complex consists of rectangular buildings. A mural by W. Richard Doherty, "Delta County Ark" (1987), is on one of the structures. The mural depicts the male and...
- Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta Municipal Plant (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Power plants.; Murals.; Delta Municipal Light and Power System (Delta, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Old Delta Bank building
- View of City Hall, the former "Delta First National Bank" building, at 360 Main Street in Delta, Colorado. The building is two levels and constructed of sandstone in the Art Deco style. Dentils run along the underside of the roofline, with ionic...
- City Hall (Delta Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; City & town halls.; City Hall (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; City halls--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Ute Council Tree, Delta, Colo.
- View of the Ute Council Tree, the historical meeting place of the Ute Tribes, at 530 Gunnison River Drive in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. The cottonwood tree is 85 feet tall. A square sign at the base of the tree describes the history of the 200...
- Ute Council Tree (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Trees.; Ute Council Tree (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--Pictorial works.; Historic trees--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.;...
- 1992
- Confluence Park, Delta, Colo.
- View of a tipi and two log cabins with sod roofs in Confluence Park at 301 Main Street in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. A fire hydrant is nearby.
- Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Parks--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Tipis--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Magic Hour, Delta, Colo.
- View of 1193 Highway 50 in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. A large, wooden roller-skate sits atop a sign that reads: "Magic Hour." The skate is white. The paint on the wheels is worn. There are large bushes around the sign. Another sign reads "For...
- Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--Pictorial works.; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Roller...
- 1992
- Country Acres Mobile Park, Delta, Colo.
- View of Country Acres Mobile Home Park at 1205 Highway 50 in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Six mobile homes line the edge of the park. Each structure has a small propane tank and power lines border part of the property. A post and wire fence...
- Country Acres Mobile Home Park (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Country Acres Mobile Home Park (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mobile home parks--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Mobile homes--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Confluence Park, Delta
- View of the historic U.S. 50 four-span through steel truss bridge (replaced 1992) over the Gunnison River and a picnic shelter at Confluence Park in Delta, Colorado. Confluence Park had previously been Delta's dump and Holly Beet Sugar refinery. In...
- Confluence Park (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Shelters.; Truss bridges--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Parks--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Confluence Park (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Tru-Vu Drive In, Delta, Colo.
- View of the Tru-Vu Drive In theater ticket office and projection screen located at 1001 Hwy 92, Delta, Delta County, Colorado. The theater opened in 1954, has one screen and can hold up to 300 cars. The simple, modern marque features a neon sign...
- Tru-Vu Drive In (Delta, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Delta (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Tru-Vu Drive In (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Delta--2010-2020.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2011
- Holly Sugar Co - dumping beets at factory Delta, Colo
- Men watch beets pour from a D.& R.G. railroad freight car at the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Holly Sugar Corporation--Facilities--1910-1920.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar...
- 1920 October 27
- Irrigated wheat crop, Uncompahgre Project, Colo.
- A man in a shirt, pants, vest, and a hat poses near a stack of wheat sheaves in a field near Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Stacks of wheat are in the distance.
- Delta County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Farming--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Harvesting--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Entry Arch, Delta County Fair Grounds, Colo.
- View of the Delta County Fair Grounds entry arch located in Hotchkiss, Delta County, CO. The arch consists of two stone pillars made from local stone, with decorative plaques reading "Established 1919" on the left pillar and "Erected 1938" on...
- Delta County Fair Grounds (Hotchkiss, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotchkiss (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Memorial arches--Colorado--Hotchkiss--Pictorial works; Memorial arches--Colorado--Hotchkiss--2010-2020; Delta County Fair Grounds (Hotchkiss, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2011
- East side Main Street, Delta, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows storefronts and office buildings with awnings and a sign: "Boston Store." The Delta National Bank has a curved corner entry and a balustrade; an automobile is at the curb.
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Corp plant, Delta, Colo
- View of a Holly Sugar Corporation beet processing factory in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows cars, cement buildings, a smokestack, and a mesa.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1924, January 21
- Sugar beets at the factory, Delta, Colorado
- View of the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows sugar beets and railroad cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Holly Sugar Corporation--Facilities--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1925 September
- Holly Sugar Co. factory, Delta, Colorado
- View of the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows a brick building, smokestack, elevators, bins, men in a horse drawn wagon, and a guard shack.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1920 October 27
- Delta Sugar Factory
- View of part of the Holly Sugar facility in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; the concrete building has a smokestack and metal roofs.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Factory - Holly Sugar Co - Delta
- View of the Holly Sugar facility in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows a smokestack, brick buildings, and mill frames.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Main St. Delta, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Shows two-story, brick buildings, including the First National Bank tower. Horse-drawn buggies, carriages and people line the dirt road. A sign reads: "Corbin & Sanders."
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- 1897 May
- Delta, Colorado
- Horse drawn carriages are on a dirt road that looks over the town of Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Shows houses, privies, coal sheds, and out buildings. Prominent buildings in town include the public school and high school. Grand Mesa is in the...
- Delta (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Mesa (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1912?]
- Can sealing machine & cooker basket, Delta Canning Factory
- Men work at a canning machine in the Delta Canning Plant in the town of Delta, Colorado in Delta County. Vegetable pulp oozes out of the machinery as the conveyor belt shuttles cans into the machine.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Colorado Obituary Project 1969-1990, Revised
- The Colorado Obituary Project is a statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990. Researchers may request a copy of the full text obituary through the Western History and Genealogy Department.
- Colorado--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.;Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
- Delta, Colorado
- View of Main Street in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows businesses, storefronts, and the First National Bank tower. People pose with horse drawn buggies and wagons; signs read: "Roy R. Bowen, Blacksmithing, Satisfaction Guaranteed," "Shearman...
- Delta (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Beet sugar factory at Delta, Colorado
- View of a three-story brick factory with windows, a mansard roof and a smokestack in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Cars parked beside a fence near the sugar factory include folding soft-topped cars. A man stands near the fence, and a man is on...
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Delta Exchange equipment - switchboard
- Interior view of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company office in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows telephone operators working at a switchboard.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Delta (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Delta--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Delta--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Delta--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1914
- E.J.M. Cattle Co, Delta, Co
- View of cattle in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; sign reads: "These Cattle Owned by E. J. M. Cattle Company, Delta, Colo. For Sale by the American Commission Company."
- Delta (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Beef cattle--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Main Street, Delta
- View of Main Street in Delta Colorado. The buildings are generally two stories and constructed of brick, with long narrow windows on the second level. Various paint and moldings on the facades of the buildings highlight each building's unique...
- Main Street (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial streets.; Business districts.; Streets--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Central business districts--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Main Street (Delta,...
- 1992
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 42, 1911 October 14
- Unidentified building built by Joseph Vaessen
- Men in work clothes and a suit (who include Joseph Vaessen) stand near a stone building under construction in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Some of the masons hold tools which include: saws, steel squares, a trowel, possibly hand tampers and a...
- Delta (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Delta--1880-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Delta--1880-1920.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Delta--1880-1920.; Stonework--Colorado--Delta--1880-1920.; Vaessen, Joseph.
- [between 1881 and 1920?]
- Delta, Colorado
- View of the town of Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Shows houses, outhouses, and coal sheds. Prominent buildings in town include the public school, high school, Baptist Church, Presbyterian Church and the steeple of the First Methodist Church. A...
- Delta (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1912?]
- Delta, Colo.
- Carriages and wagons on Main Street, Delta, Delta County, Colorado with brick and wood frame buildings, including the First National Bank tower. Signs read: "Roy R. Bowen, Blacksmithing, Satisfaction Garanteed," "Shearman House," "Gaysty Theatre,"...
- Delta (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Delta, Colo.
- View of Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows sheds and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad car number 4056.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Large electric generator at Holly Sugar Co. Delta, Colo.
- Machinery fills a room at the Holly Sugar plant in Delta, Colorado in Delta County.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Electric generators--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Sugar.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Some of pumps at Holly Sugar Co. Delta, Colo.
- The pumps at the Delta, Colorado, canning plant in Delta, Colorado are surrounded by pipe fences.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Sugar--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Bean cleaning machine Delta Canning Factory
- Women work around benches near a bean cleaning machine in Delta, Colorado (Delta County). Beans pour out of the cylindrical tube in the foreground.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Beans--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Delta, Colo. from Garnet Mesa
- A panoramic view of the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County in the plain of the Gunnison River Valley includes residences and commercial buildings.
- Delta (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Delta, Colo. from Garnet Mesa
- A panoramic view of the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County includes the plain of the Gunnison River Valley in the background and residences and commercial buildings in the foreground.
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Delta, Colo. from Garnet Mesa
- A panoramic view of the town of Delta, Colorado, in Delta County, includes the plain of the Gunnison River Valley in the background. Structures include residences and commercial buildings.
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Delta, Colo. from Garnet Mesa
- A panoramic view of the town of Delta, Colorado in Delta County, includes the plain of the Gunnison River Valley in the background. Structures include residences and commercial buildings.
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- United Methodist Church, Delta, Colo.
- View of the United Methodist Church (1910 : Samuel A. Bullard) at 477 Meeker Street in Delta, Colorado The building is a mix of styles, though predominately Neo-Gothic. The towers have stepped battlements, with a peaked roof over the main entrance....
- United Methodist Church (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Methodist churches.; United Methodist Church (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Methodist church buildings--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Egyptian Theatre, Delta
- View of the front of the Egyptian Theatre at 452 Main Street in Delta, Colorado. The theater has an Egyptian deco design, with a winged sun disc over the entrance and marquee, and panels with Egyptian designs and hieroglyphs on either side of the...
- Egyptian Theatre (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Egyptian Theatre (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Century 21 Old Homestead Realty
- View of a for sale sign and a small clapboard structure on US 50 north of Delta, Colorado. The sign reads "15%DN For Sale 7% INT 1157 Acres with Terms can be split into 40's Ron Thalman Andy Popejoy," the Century 21 logo, and "Century 21 Old...
- Century 21 Old Homestead Realty (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Real estate business.; Houses.; Century 21 Old Homestead Realty (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Real estate office buildings--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Egyptian Theatre, Delta
- View of the renovated front of the Egyptian Theatre at 452 Main Street in Delta, Colorado. The theater has an Egyptian deco design, with a winged sun disc over the double entrance doors. The facade is pale stucco, with darker paint trim along the...
- Egyptian Theatre (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Egyptian Theatre (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Delta, Colorado
- View of Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows residences, a fountain, sidewalks, lawns, and a horse and buggy.
- Delta (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Residential streets--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.
- 1910
- A portion of Delta, Colo.
- View of Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows houses, a wood sidewalk, stairs, churches, and commercial buildings. Bluffs and plains of the Gunnison River Valley are in the background.
- Delta (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Delta--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Street scene in Delta, Colo
- View of Main Street in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; shows automobiles and horse drawn wagons and buggies. Pedestrians and a dog are by storefronts; signs read: "Western Union," "Royal Cafe," and "Hollands." The First National Bank tower is in...
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Sugar beet factory, Delta
- View of a sugar beet factory in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; features a smokestack. Grand Mesa is in the background.
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Delta Colorado
- View of the town of Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Shows houses, prominent buildings include the public school, high school, Baptist Church, Presbyterian Church, and the steeple of the First Methodist Church. A wood plank sidewalk extends up a...
- Delta (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1912?]
- Delta
- View of a renovated Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Delta, Delta County, Colorado, shows gothic features: cross gables, pointed arches, brick walls, and a wheel window. A sign with the name of the church on it is on the lawn in front of the church.
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church (Delta, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Delta (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Delta--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Delta, Colo.
- View down Main Street in Delta, Colorado in Delta County includes horse-drawn wagons, cars, and signs: "The Western Union Telegraph Company," "2nd Hand Furniture," "Royal Cafe," "Shoe Shop," and "Cafe."
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Canning factory Delta, Colo. peeling tomatoes
- Women workers can tomatoes at a Delta, (Delta County) Colorado canning plant, by benches of tin cans. A man picks up pails; a conveyor belt, pulleys, belts, and other machinery are in the background.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]