Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Lone Valley schoolhouse, southwest of Akron, Colo.
- The Lone Valley schoolhouse stands on a grassy plain southwest of Akron in Washington County, Colorado. The small, weathered, clapboard, one-room schoolhouse has an entry vestibule, front gables, shingle roof, and brick chimney. A merry-go-round is...
- Akron (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Akron--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Washington County--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Trinidad Country Club house
- Exterior view of the Trinidad Country Club in Trinidad, Colorado. This one story, pueblo style adobe building has an open porch, a faux bell tower over the front entry, chimneys, and vigas. Numerous wooden side chairs are on the porch, and two...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Chief Crazy Horse imposter
- Portrait of an unidentified Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a hair pipe breast plate decorated with a medal, dark glasses, and a feather headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--1920-1930.
- 1926 October 8
- Buena Vista, Colo.
- The Chaffee County Courthouse and the Mt. Princeton Hotel, among many other buildings, shows in this view of Buena Vista, Colorado; Sheep Mountain and the Collegiate Range are in the background. The depot of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad is...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Pony Express Riders
- Uniformed Boy Scouts of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, pose with bicycles; some equipped with horns and lamps. Men in cowboy hats, shirts and bandanas are with them; Governor Ralph L. Carr, in a suit and white Homburg hat, holds a scarf. The...
- Boy Scouts of America--1930-1940.; Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- June 29, 1939
- Central City water supply
- The Central City, Colorado, water supply wagon, which delivered water to the city from the eighteen seventies to the mid-eighties, when the city's water pipes were laid. The wagon, which is drawn by two teams of mules, stands next to the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Water supply--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1888?]
- Lace House, Black Hawk
- View of the Lace House, Black Hawk, Colorado, an example of Victorian Carpenter Gothic architecture with board and batten siding, steep pitched roof with finials, arched-pointed windows, elaborate one-story veranda with balustrades, and decorative...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Living room of Martha Crane's log cabin home, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of Mrs. Mary Crane's living room, 809 Mine Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Mrs. Crane, her daughter Martha, and a man sit at the stretcher table playing cards; scene includes doily on top of table, ornate wallpaper, Cripple Creek...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Stoves--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Crane, Mary.
- 1907
- Home in Trinidad
- This three-story Victorian residence on a corner in Trinidad, Colorado has an octagonal tower with a faceted roof and a bull's eye window. A second floor balustraded balcony has a semicircular bay with a conical roof that adjoins the tower. The...
- Architecture, Victorian--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- May 21, 1969
- City Hall, Trinidad, Colorado
- Exterior view of Romanseque style rusticated stone City Hall, Trinidad, Colorado. Features include cornices, spindles and Italianate corner towers. French Renaissance balustrades are across the top and four polished granite ionic columns are in the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; City & town halls--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Central City drug store
- A man dressed in a pharmacist's white coat stands on a ladder and arranges a kerosene lamp on a ledge in a Victorian drugstore in Central City, Colorado. Mortars and other lamps are also along the ledge. A sign that reads "The Pharmacy" is above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.
- [between 1952 and 1953]
- Breckenridge, Colo., Main Street
- View of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows pedestrians and heavily loaded wagons with teams and drivers crowding the dirt street. A buggy with lady passengers is in the foreground. Frame buildings line both sides; the wide corniced,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888?]
- Johnnie Dewer's Place (present town hall)
- Men pose around the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked around the mirror. A cash register and metal sculptures of swordsmen are on it, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- 1894 or 1895
- From Leavick - road to Hilltop Mine (2 1/2 miles) 1966
- The road to the Hilltop mine stretches into the distance near Leavick, Colorado.
- Leavick (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Roads--Colorado--Leavick--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Creede, Colorado
- Two men stand in the open doorway of the Holy Moses Saloon, which is next to the narrow, rocky, canyon walls that surround the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The building is a one-story, clapboard storefront with a broken cornice and...
- Holy Moses Saloon (Creede, Colo.); Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1890?]
- At fire of 10/23/66
- A firefighter in Brighton, Colorado, crouches in his coat and hard hat, and holds an oxygen mask to his face. His outfit includes low topped shoes, a wristwatch, and a wedding ring.
- Brighton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.
- 1966
- At fire of 10/23/66
- During a fire in Brighton, Colorado, the backs of two firemen are in the foreground; letters on one's coat read "West Adams County Fire Dept," and on his hat "WAC;" the other's reads "BFD." Both face a crane that reaches to the top of a brick...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.
- 1966 [October 23]
- During $500,000 fire
- Water floods the street after a fire in Brighton, Colorado, and firemen spray a firehose. A brick commercial building with broken plate glass windows and a metal framed entry has letters over it that read: "[Lad]ies Toggery." One of many signs...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.
- Oct 23, 1966
- Noland, Colorado, Boulder County
- The interior of a dilapidated, roofless, two story building, in Noland, Colorado, features three brick and plaster walls with rectangular window bays, a brick stringcourse between floors, and a set of bricks along the top that provide evidence of...
- Noland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Noland--1940-1950.; Interiors.
- 1942
- Franklin, Colorado
- Three men and a horse pose in front of one of the only buildings ever built in Franklin (Summit County), Colorado. Most of the building is obscured by pine trees, but the gable and open front porch are visible. Records do not exist for why the town...
- Franklin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Franklin--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Franklin--1880-1890.
- 1881
- View from hill 1/2 mile southwest of Montrose, Uncompahgre River in foreground, also showing south edge of Montrose
- View of residences, farm plots, and the Uncompahgre River, in Montrose, Colorado.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre Valley (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Pueblo, Colorado, towards Colorado Fuel & Iron Steel Corporation (Pueblo Steel Works) industrial complex.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]. 300 1 photoprint ;; 19 x 25 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Main Street, Gunnison City
- View north on Main Street from Tomichi Avenue, Gunnison, Colorado, shows the dirt street lined with commercial buildings, a few pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons along edge. Business include: Frank Adam's Groceries, F. D. Steele Hardware, First...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Ceremonies marking completion of paving of Frederick, Colo's entire 4 1/2 mile street system
- Long shadows are cast by rows of chairs set up in an intersection to celebrate the paving of the entire four and one-half mile street system in Frederick, Colorado. Scene includes people seated and standing, a woman near the microphone on a table...
- Frederick (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Frederick--1960-1970.; Celebrations--Colorado--Frederick--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Frederick--1960-1970.
- October 2, 1966
- Jefferson County Public Library
- Two members of the Republican "Elephant Stompers" and two members of the Jefferson County Library board pose in front of the Bonfils Stanton regional library in Lakewood, Colorado in Jefrerson County. Three of the women wear plain dresses; one...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Lakewood--1960-1970.; Women--Colorado--Lakewood--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Passenger Depot Greeley, Colo.
- Wide, bracketed eaves shelter this one-story stone railroad depot in Greeley, Colorado. Flanked by chimneys, a sign on the tiled roof reads: "Union Pacific Colorado Southern Passenger Station." A sign in the gable reads: "Greeley Elevation 4548...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.
- 1924 January 27
- Henderson, John 505 Maple St. Atlantic Iowa and grand daughter Mrs H owns E 1/2 SE 1/4 20-9-60 at Keota.
- Posing in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, this man and woman are dressed in a plaid shirt and shorts. The one-story brick building behind them has a gable-roof, a mitred entry, plate glass windows, and a sign: "Keota Post Office."
- Keota (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Post offices--Colorado--Keota--1950-1960.
- June 1958
- Dr. Walter Orr Roberts director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) presents a check for more than 2 1/2 million dollars to G.G. Harrington, district manager for the Control Data Corporation. The check covers the final payment on...
- G. G. Harrington, in a bowtie, laughs and receives a check from Dr. Walter Orr Roberts at this National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.) ceremony in Boulder, Colorado. Men in suits look on, and the Flatirons meet a cloudy sky in the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Harrington, G. G.; Roberts, Walter Orr.; National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.)
- 1967
- Bear Creek snow scenes, Idledale.
- A man in cap and overcoat and a boy with snowy feet pose by the Idledale bridge in Idledale, Colorado. A sign on the log bridge reads, "Idledale, Fishing, Boating, by the Day, Week, or Season, Furnished Rooms and Board, J. C. Starbuck, Prop., Tel....
- Idledale (Colo.)--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Snow scene Bear Creek, Idledale bridge.
- Two 1910s or 1920s automobiles with chains on their tires are stopped on a snowy road by frozen Bear Creek in Idledale, Colorado. A log bridge over the creek has a sign which reads: "Idledale, Fishing, Boating, by the Day, Week, or Season,...
- Idledale (Colo.)--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Ashcroft
- View into valley of Ashcroft (Castle Forks City) Pitkn County, Colorado, shows weathered wood frame buildings along a main street, with the two-story hotel with false front gable apex on edge of mining town.
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- C. & S. Narrow Gauge at Jefferson, Colo. looking south, before rails were pulled up
- View of the train depot in Jefferson, Colorado, in Park County. Shows tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad in front of the building. Architectural features include clapboard siding, a side gable and chimneys.
- Jefferson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Jefferson--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Longmont mall
- A man with narrow straight legged pants and loafers walks along the sidewalk of a covered loggia outside the brick mall, Longmont, Colorado. Signs read: "Classic Cleaners & Laundry," and "White's Drive In Service."
- Longmont (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Longmont--1960-1970.
- 1969 February 11
- Longmont
- Students walk under the covered walkway of a flat roofed school [?] building featuring a tile mosaic with a map of the United States, numbers, male and female biology symbols, and abstract design elements.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Longmont--1960-1970.
- 1969 February 11
- Lindbergh winner of the first peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor and Distinguished Flying Cross
- Charles A. Lindbergh, American Aviator, poses in front of his airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis." Also known as "Lone Eagle," and "Lucky Lindy," for his historic first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 3600 miles in 33 1/2 hours.
- Air pilots--1920-1930.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.; Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
- [1927]
- Locomotive #203, NG 2-8-0 at lower snowshed slide, MP 492 1/2, Silverton Branch
- Engine #203, narrow gauge 2-8-0, of the Silverton Branch at lower end of snowshed slide. Large pieces of debris, timbers, show in the deep snow from avalanches along the railroad tracks on the upper reaches of the Rio de Las Animas, on the approach...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.
- April or May 1909
- Charline [sic] Place
- Charlene Place, early Denver, Colorado, apartment building, 1421-41 Pennsylvania. Originally a group of four large connected houses built in 1890 by architects, Varian and Sterner. Romanesque Revival features include: stone construction, steep...
- Wadleigh, Frank A.--Homes & haunts--1900-1910.; Charlene Place (Apartment House: Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Strontia Springs
- Snow covers the old Denver, South Park and Pacific line of the Colorado and Southern railroad bed, adjacent to the South Platte River near Strontia Springs (Deansbury), (Douglas County), Platte Canyon, Colorado. The town was once a summer resort at...
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1950-1960.; Strontia Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Rivers--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.;...
- 1955
- High school bldg. Stoneham
- View of Stoneham High School, Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado, shows the T-shaped clapboard building with belfry over the front entrance.
- Stoneham (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Stoneham--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- D&RGW narrow gauge locomotive 74
- View of men and a girl posing by a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway tender and baggage car pulled by locomotive number 74 (type 280) near Scofield, Carbon County, Utah. The train's engine has a balloon smokestack and headlight.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1880-1890.; Scofield (Utah)--1880-1890.; Girls--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad cars--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- 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
- The Winchester Tunnel entrance
- View is marked with various points on South Mountain above Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado. "1. Annie Open Cut mine, 2. The Winchester Tunnel entrance, 3. The Winchester Ore House, thru which has passed over 1/2 million dollars, 4. The...
- South Mountain (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Summitville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Mountain Lion Mine Summit County
- A miner poses by a log cabin at the entrance to the Mountain Lion Mine in Summit County, Colorado.
- Mountain Lion Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Pack train being loaded with 4 1/2 miles of cable for Red [?] tramway at Georgetown, Colo.
- A team of pack burros are loaded with a continuous line of cable for transport to a mine in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Cables--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.; Packtrains--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.
- February 25, 1901
- Mesa Verde
- Interior view of Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. A man stands on a wall.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- H.F. Rhoads' residence
- A view of the residence of Harry F. Rhoads, Harry M. Rhoads' father, located in Denver, Colorado. Shows a 2 1/2 story brick home with a covered porch.
- Rhoads, Harry Fisher--Homes & haunts--1900-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Farmington, New Mexico, view west along Main Street from Orchard Avenue
- View of a street in Farmington, New Mexico; shows people, dogs, buggies, a barber pole, and businesses with signs: "Martin & Martin Grocery Bakery," "Baths," "Tin Shop," "Hunter Mercantile Co," "Millinery," and "St. Clair Stoves & Ranges."
- Farmington (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.; Streets--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.
- 1906?
- D&RGW open platform observation "Glenwood Canon" at Burnham Yards for "Panoramic" publicity photos.
- Men and women pose on the observation platform of the "Glenwood Canon" Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger coach at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado. Ladies in bathing suits and top hats pose with lanterns.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bathing beauties--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- D&RGW open platform observation "Glenwood Canon" at Burnham Yards for "Panoramic" publicity photos.
- Men and women pose on the observation platform of the "Glenwood Canon" Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger coach at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado. Ladies in bathing suits and conductor's hats pose with lanterns.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bathing beauties--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- D&RG open observation at Hanging Bridge, Colo, with traveling passenger car 791 agents special train
- People crowd an open-observation car of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad at Hanging Bridge, in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1910-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Fremont County--1910-1920.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- October, 1914