Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Georgetown, Colorado, looking north
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, and Alpine (6th, Sixth) Streets, are visible. Most of the buildings are...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1874?]
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel, Blackhawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- [1965?]
- Black Hawk-1937
- View up a dirt street in Black Hawk, Colorado. Two structures built above the street on rock wall foundations are tiered to adjust for the sloping landscape. The structure on the left is two story, white, horizontal clapboard, medium gable. First...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the porch of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his daughter,...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1980.
- [between 1892 and 1974?]
- Georgetown, Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school are partially visible at approximately...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Georgetown, Colo. the center of one of the richest mining [?] in the world in gold, silver, and lead
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the priest's residence, school, and hospital...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1917?]
- Georgetown, Colo., Looking North
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, and Alpine (6th, Sixth) Streets are visible; a tent with many burned...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1866 and 1870?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, Alpine (6th, Sixth) Streets are visible in the grid-plan town....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Presbyterian Church in Georgetown, Colorado, which was dedicated in 1874. The church's square tower, made of native stone, is visible through branches from the other side of the street; it has a door and a window within pointed...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Georgetown Col.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible between Leavenworth and Republican Mountains. Visible landmarks in the sunlit grid-plan town include the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- A Glimpse of Denver
- Panoramic view of Denver, Colorado, looking northwest from a rooftop; Brown Palace Hotel at far left (opened 1892 at 17th & Broadway); steeple of Trinity Methodist Church building visible at center (opened 1888 at 18th & Broadway); Denver High...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Brown Palace...
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Black Hawk
- View to the southwest from a spot north of Chase Gulch in Black Hawk, Colorado. Middle distance on the right is Bates Hill which forms the boundary between Black Hawk and Chase Gulch. The flag in mid-Black Hawk is visible just above the side of...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1899]
- Black Hawk, C.T.
- View northwest of early Black Hawk, Colorado, showing Gregory St. and central business district. North Clear Creek is visible in lower right corner. Business names visible include: Printing Office, Wholesale and Retail Meat Market. ...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- 1864
- Black Hawk, Oct. 1942
- View east on Gregory Street sidewalk, Black Hawk, Colorado. Large wooden planks were used to cover the flume that was built by town residents to minimize damage done to the town as a result of seasonal flooding. A young girl is looking through the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Colorado Central passenger train on trestle above street
- View west on Gregory Street showing the main business section of Black Hawk, Colorado. Visible store names include: Black Hawk Cracker Works and The Post Hardware Store. The Cracker Works was started by A.G. Rhoades in the early 1870's, became a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1910]
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel in Black Hawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- 1965
- Colorado Central passenger train on trestle above street
- View west on Gregory Street showing the main business section of Black Hawk, Colorado. Visible store names are: Black Hawk Cracker Works and The Post Hardware Store. The Cracker Works was started by A.G. Rhoades in the early 1870's, became a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Colorado, Black Hawk, looking south, Gilpin County, 1911
- View south of Chase Gulch, Gregory Gulch, and Black Hawk, Colorado; shows North Clear Creek among the many stamp mills, processing mills and sampling mills that used the water to power their operations. The Gilpin Tram (used to haul ore down to the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Interior, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a dog in a chair in a bay window of the Bowman- White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1980.; Dogs--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1920 and 1974?]
- Morris' Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Morris' Store, Georgetown, Colorado, a one- story wood construction building with a false front and a gabled roof, located at the corner of Taos and Seventh (7th) Streets. The building was also a saloon. Two large mullioned...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1910.
- [between 1870 and 1910?]
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, Entrance at East Side of Peoria
- Black and white print of Hoffman Heights Shopping Center's entrance on the east side of Peoria. Light colored square sign reading ""HOFFMAN/ HEIGHTS/ Shopping Center"" with arrow above it. Street with cars driving visible on left. Two trucks and a...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1967
- Hoffman Heights Development, Original Brick House
- Black and white print of unidentified single story brick house in Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora. Large brick chimney attached to left side of house. Fenced in porch area with overhang containing two chairs and a tricycle in front of large...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Iron Clad Mtn., Ward-Estes Park Auto Road
- View of Iron Clad Mountain taken from Ward-Estes Park Auto Road in Colorado Rocky Mountains; pine-tree lined dirt road in foreground; rear of early automobile in distance, with heads of four passengers visible; rock formation at top of Iron Clad...
- Iron Clad Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- "Texas, owned By J. D. Brunton, Glendale Stock Farm, Colo. Midland Ry
- Close, side view of stallion with bit and bridle; boot and hands of person holding reins visible at right edge; fencing, telegraph pole, and hills visible in background; farm located near Aspen, Colorado.
- Horses--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Central City Opera House, 1934
- The Central City Opera House of Eureka Street is illuminated by its own sconces on either side of the main entrance. The granite structure and the billboards on either side of the door are visible, as is the roof over the entrance. A third light is...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Ski training: standing at attention, a platoon of "G" Company, 87th Regiment.
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." A Platoon of approximately fifty soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company G stand at attention with their skis balanced on their ski poles. All the men are...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Central City
- Exterior of a two-story brick, flat-roofed building, the lower part of which is not completely visible in Central City, Colorado. Its distinguishing features include, arched windows, stone window sills, an arched doorway, embellishments between the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Buildings in Central City, Colorado
- An earthen staiway leads to a house on a hill in Central City, Colorado. Part of St. Paul's Episcopal Church is visible in the foreground. The church, which is built above a masonry retaining wall, has a gabled roof and a gothic pointed arch...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Spruce Tree House
- View of Spruce Tree House, Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the cliff dwelling's walls. A wooden ladder leans against one of the walls, leading to...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Spruce Tree House (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1908
- Catholic Hospital, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Catholic Hospital in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1880 and which burned in 1911. The two-story brick building has an overhanging cornice at the roofline, seven double-hung windows on the second floor, and four windows and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Catholic Hospital (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1899
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest
- A view of Georgetown, Colorado, in a snowstorm; the town is covered in snow, and the valley between the town and Silver Plume is obscured. In the foreground is a rough stone wall; in the right middle distance is a house with a picket fence that is...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1920.; Snowstorms--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1920.
- [between 1874 and 1917]
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the grounds from the porch of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. On the porch portions of two folding camp chairs are visible, and three square columns can be seen. Beyond the porch is a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. the Georgetown Brass Band is just turning the corner to the left;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Georgetown, Colorado.
- A view of Georgetown, Colorado, north from Leavenworth Mountain. Third (3rd) Street runs horizontally below the shrubbery of the mountain. The Hammill House complex of buildings is clearly visible. The grid layout of the city is visible in the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889]
- Central City business exterior
- The entry door to the McKinley-Newhard Crafts shop in Central City, Colorado, is open and the interior of the shop is visible from the sidewalk. A sign, the front of which is not visible, is on the sidewalk in front of the store. The pane of glass...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Handicraft--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1958]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A corner of a clapboard house with a gabled roof, gingerbread bargeboard around the eaves and under the porch, and rectangular windows is visible above a masonry wall. The porch is supported by posts. Shadows from a tree are cast against the side...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Georgetown, Colo. looking north
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north, the year that the two settlements of Georgetown and Elizabethtown merged into the city of Georgetown. The Hamill House (in its earliest form) with a white fence is visible; behind the house the Hall smelter can...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Tyuonyi- excavation 1/2 complete
- View of the half excavated Tyuonyi ruins, Native American (Anasazi) pueblo ruins at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. A semicircular ring of ruins and one kiva hole are visible. Multiple dirt paths circumscribe the ruins. The north wall of...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1908
- Tyuonyi Looking towards cliff- 1/2 excavated
- View Tyuonyi ruins, Native American (Anasazi) pueblo ruins, near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Park, New Mexico. The ruins stand half excavated and in a semicircular pattern. One kiva hole is visible. A dirt road leads to the ruins. A wall of...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1908
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south. Rocks, bushes, and pines on Griffith Mountain are in the foreground; behind them are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school Main Street at the base of Griffith Mountain. The church...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Tyuonyi & cliff before excavation was complete
- View of Tyuonyi ruins, Native American (Anasazi) pueblo ruins near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The ruins, before complete excavation, stand in a circular pattern with three kivas and a tent in the middle of the...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1909
- Looking north from Georgetown, Colorado, on U.S. No. 6
- View near Georgetown, Colorado, shows U.S. Highway No. 6, a two- lane road lined with telephone poles. In the distance next to the road is a house built by Robert Orchard Old, a noted mining man and financier. It is was subsequently owned by James...
- Old, Robert Orchard--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- July 1945
- Maxwell Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Maxwell House, Georgetown, Colorado, at 409 Fourth Street. Construction began in 1870; the house was acquired by B.F. Potter in 1891, who added the tower and decorative elements to the facade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell...
- Maxwell, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by William A. Hamill in 1874; shows an interior view of Hamill's office, a granite chateauesque building behind the house. On the left is a...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Transoms--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Santa Clara, mother and child.
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) woman and child pose outdoors at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman holds the child and both are wrapped in a fringed blanket. The woman wears wrapped boots and a dress. The photographer's shadow is visible.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1910]
- Jewitt [i.e. Jewett] Valley and the famous Hogback in distance
- View, facing northwest, of the Jewett Valley and Hogback Mountain near Shiprock, New Mexico. A road stands near two wood pole and earthen roofed buildings. Trees stand near the buildings. Other buildings in the valley are visible. Ship Rock stands...
- Hogback, The (San Juan County, N.M.)--1900-1920.; Jewett Valley (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Valleys--New Mexico--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Arlington Hotel at Manitou Colo.
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east. This two-story, cross gabled frame structure has an open side porch and deck with railing. The striped canvas awning that shelters the deck is retracted, and small...
- Bennet, W. A.--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Georgetown
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Georgetown, Colo, 26
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. In the foreground is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, priest's residence, and hospital located at...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]