Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Graham School for Boys, Denver
- A group of young boys in football uniforms pose on the steps of the Graham School for Boys in Denver, Colorado. Some boys hold leather football helmets and pads. One boy holds a football with the year "1907" lettered on it. A man in a suit and tie...
- Graham School for Boys (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Chief Ouray's squaw, Chipeta
- Chipeta, a Native American (Ute) woman and wife of Chief Ouray, sits beside woven baskets and blankets probably in western Colorado. She wears a flowered shawl with fringe and a flowered dress.
- Indians of North America--Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Chipeta.
- 1907
- Sam Achee with instrument
- A man identified as Sam Achee, a Native American (Ute) musician and instrument maker, holds a rasp (morache), probably in western Colorado. He wears hoop earrings, a shirt with a starched collar, a tie, a vest with a button pin which reads "Labor...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Music--Colorado--1900-1910.; Musicians--Colorado--1900-1910.; Achee, Sam.
- [1907?]
- Emma Calve
- Signed portrait of dramatic opera soprano Emma Calve dressed as Carmen, she wears an embroidered shawl, flowers, a hair comb, and she holds a cigarette.
- Opera singers--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.; Calvé, Emma, 1858-1942.
- 1907
- Denver Post
- Nighttime view of Denver Post newspaper headquarters on 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; storefronts are illuminated. Signs read: "The Post" and "Daniels and Fisher."
- Denver Post--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907?]
- A distinguished group
- A group of unidentified Native American and white men poses on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Several of the Native American men hold patterned blankets around their shoulders. Most wear their hair in braids. A few of the men...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.
- [1907]
- Joe Vanderburg (Yellow Rock)
- Joe Vanderburg (also knwn as Yellow Rock), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, dances in a field on the reservation. He wears a striped loincloth and several long, beaded necklaces. Strips of fur and bells...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Yellow Rock.
- [1907]
- Yellow Rock - I'kaubut S'shensh
- Yellow Rock (also known Joe Vanderburg and I'kaubut S'shensh), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands in a field on the reservation. He wears large round earrings, numerous beaded necklaces, a choker...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Yellow Rock.
- [1907]
- Reproduction of Cliff Dwellings, Manitou. Colo.
- Reconstructed Cliff Dwellings, Manitou Springs; shows men using tools, ladders, shovels, and cement mixing boxes to work on reconstructed prehistoric ruins on private property in southwestern Colorado. The ruins were purchased by W. S. Crosby and...
- Cliff Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Crosby, W. S.
- [1906 or 1907]
- Smiths Lake, Washington Park, Denver
- Smiths Lake, Washington Park, Denver, Colorado; shows tree-lined unimproved shoreline with boats and small boathouse (or storage shed) and a woman sitting along shore. Smith's Lake was leased by city in 1897 and named Washington Park in 1899....
- Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boathouses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1907]
- Y.M.C.A. Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) building, East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street, Denver, Colorado; designed by architects Willis Adams Marean and Albert Julius Norton (Marean-Norton firm), built in 1907,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1900- 1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Yarmany [sic], Colo., Moffat Road
- Yarmony, Colorado located 20 miles west of Kremmling was end of line for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) and construction camp for winter of 1907 and 1908 on the Moffat Road. Box cars used for offices,...
- Yarmony (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Denver,...
- [1907 or 1908]
- Yarmany [sic], Colo., Moffat Road
- Yarmony, Colorado located 20 miles west of Kremmling was end of the line for Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) during winter of 1907 and 1908 on the Moffat Road. Construction camp, tents, lodging, store,...
- Yarmony (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Laundry--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Yarmony--1900-1910.; Stores &...
- [1907 or 1908]
- Three of my boys
- Three young men in baseball uniforms, Victor High School, Victor, Colorado; identified by Mabel Barbee Lee as "three of my boys": Henry Black, Homer Huffaker & Leslie Schoen. They wear padded knickers, baseball gloves & caps, and initials "V.H.S."...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball players--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- 1907
- North side elevation C.S. Morey residence
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation for the residence at 1074 Race Street in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of...
- Morey, C.S., esq.--Homes & haunts.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- 1907 June 20
- North side elevation C.S. Morey residence
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation for the residence at 1074 Race Street in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of...
- Morey, C.S., esq.--Homes & haunts.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- 1907 June 20
- 400 block Main
- View along the 400 block of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the mainly brick commercial buildings with horse-drawn carriages along the dirt street. The Longmont National Bank is on the far corner and the 1907 Idependent Order of Odd Fellows...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 N
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Casimiro Barela
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a tie and stickpin and an upright wing collar. He has a full, bushy mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mustaches.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1895 February]
- Gillaspie House
- View of the Gillaspie House at the corner of Highway 119 and Highway 72 in Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. The wood frame building has a cross gable roof, dark wood siding, and white trim and shutters. The paint on the shutters on the windows...
- Gillaspie House (Nederland, Colo.)--1990-2000; Nederland (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Gillaspie House (Nederland, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historical museums--Colorado--Nederland--Pictorial works.; Nederland (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Moises Vialpondo at Chama cemetery
- Two men stand at the grave of Maria Ursulita Vialpondo in the cemetery in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. An elderly Hispanic American man stands with his hat in his hand. Beside him stands possibly his son, Moises Vialpondo. A large cross is...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Costilla County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Vialpondo, Maria Ursulita, 1877-1940--Tomb--Pictorial works.; Vialpondo, Moises--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1950]
- Antonita García (Tonie), José García
- Studio portrait of Antonita (Tonie) García and her brother José García. They pose on a prop railroad car platform in front of a painted drop of a railroad lounge car. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves and a gathered V neck, a necklace, a...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; García, Antonita, 1907---Pictorial works.; García, José--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Brothers and...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Pearce-McAllister Cottage
- View of the Pearce-McAllister Cottage (1900; Frederick J. Sterner, architect) at 1880 Gaylord Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade (west elevation) of the two-and-one-half-story Dutch Colonial...
- Pearce-McAllister Cottage (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Pearce-McAllister Cottage (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1980
- Charles J. Hughes House
- View of the Charles J. Hughes House at 2036 Emerson Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade of a brick, three-story Queen Anne-style building with a hipped roof. The front of the house has a semi-circular front...
- Hughes, Charles J. (Charles James), 1853-1911--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Hughes, Charles J. (Charles James), 1853-1911--Homes and haunts.;...
- 1988
- Pearce-McAllister Cottage
- View of the Pearce-McAllister Cottage (1899; Frederick J. Sterner, architect) at 1880 Gaylord Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade (west elevation) and south elevation of a two-and-one-half-story Dutch...
- Pearce-McAllister Cottage (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Pearce-McAllister Cottage (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1985
- Reinert House
- View of the Reinert House built for Edward G. Reinert (1907 : Glen W. Huntington, architect) at 1101 Oneida Street in the Montclair Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The white stucco, mission revival style house has a red tile roof and curvilinear...
- Reinert House (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Reinert, Edward G.--Homes & haunts.; Reinert, Edward G.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Reinert House...
- 1975
- Miners Eloy Cruz and Leandro Vigil
- Coal miners Eloy Cruz (left) and his brother-in-law Leandro Vigil pose near the entrance to the Frederick Mine in Valdez (Las Animas County), Colorado. Eloy wears a jacket, a cap with a battery operated lantern, safety boots and holds a bucket and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Frederick Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal miners.; Cruz, Eloy--Pictorial works.; Vigil, Leandro--Pictorial...
- [1920?]
- Former Arapahoe County Courthouse
- View of the former Arapahoe County Courthouse, under renovation to become the Littleton Municipal Courthouse, at 2069 West Littleton Boulevard, Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The two story Mission Revival style building is constructed of...
- Littleton Municipal Courthouse (Littleton, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Littleton (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Courthouses.; Littleton Municipal Courthouse (Littleton, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Littleton--Pictorial works.; Littleton...
- 1999
- Shamrock Bar
- View of the Shamrock Bar at 54 South Broadway in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This one story brick commercial style building has modified windows and a recessed entry way. The brick has been painted beige with green shamrocks, a...
- Shamrock Bar (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Speer (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Commercial facilities.; Shamrock Bar (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1983
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 50, 1911 December 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1909 March 6
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 12, 1909 May 8
- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Barbershop interior
- An Asian-American barber cuts a man's hair in a barbershop in Denver, Colorado. A cash register and bottles are on a counter near mirrors on the wall. Children sit and stand by a nearby sink. Numbers on the windows above a doorway read: "1907."
- Asian Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barbers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Barbershops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Johnstown, Colorado
- View of the Eureka Block, a commercial block in Johnstown, Colorado in Weld County. Cars parked vertically along the concrete sidewalk. Buildings along the street include a two story, masonry building with an elevated cornice, a bracketed cornice,...
- Johnstown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Catholic sisters & girls bldg., Longmont, Colo.
- View of the old college structure converted into the St. Joseph's Academy Catholic School by Franciscan Sisters, Fifth Avenue between Baker and Atwood Streets, Longmont, Colorado. A 1907 sleeping porch addition has been added on the south side of...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Church schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- Longmont, Colorado
- View of 400 block of Main Street, Longmont, looking southeast, includess the Odd Fellows Hall, built in 1907. Many of the commercial buildings have awnings. Early automobiles are on the dirt street lined with a tall wide concrete sidewalk.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Old Man Topping and the first log cabin in Cripple Creek
- "Old Man Topping" with a miner's pick over his shoulder and his dog pose in front of first log cabin in Cripple Creek, Colorado; the cabin is small, flat-roof and rounded with a gold pan on exterior cabin wall and a shovel propped against cabin...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Prospecting--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- Auditorium, El Jebel Temple, Denver
- Interior view of El Jebel Temple, Denver, Colorado; local Masonic order of El Jebel Shriners (building dedicated November, 1907); shows stage area of auditorium with chairs and bench on stage, backdrop, curtain draped open, wall mural painted by...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Eriksen, Jens.; El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)
- [1909 or 1910]
- El Jebel Temple, Denver
- Exterior view of El Jebel Temple, 18th (Eighteenth) & Sherman, Denver, Colorado; local Masonic lodge of El Jebel Shriners, full name "The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobility of the Mystic Shrine"; temple dedicated November, 1907.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)
- [1909 or 1910]
- 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]
- Creede
- Saint Augustine's Mission Episcopal Church, Creede, Mineral County, Colorado, was built in 1907 and features: a front gable with a Celtic cross on top, a covered entryway, clapboard siding, and pointed windows. Cars are parked in the parking lot...
- Saint Augustine's Mission Episcopal Church (Creede, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Creede (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Creede--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1965]
- Alamosa, where a trip into narrow gauge country began
- The Alamosa Division headquarters and passenger station of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in Alamosa County, Colorado, is a two-story brick structure with overhanging hipped roof. It was built after the old frame building burned in 1907. The...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Humane Alliance watering fountain at the intersection of Colfax & Tremont
- A man boys and girls pose on horseback at the Humane Alliance watering trough at Colfax Avenue and Tremont Place in Denver, Colorado. A plaque on the fountain reads "1907 Presented by the National Humane Alliance Hermon Lee Ensign Founder." A...
- National Humane Alliance--Commemoration--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Denver and Rio Grande Depot at Alamosa, Colorado, May 1893
- The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot in Alamosa, Colorado, is a two-story wood fram Victorian structure with intersecting gables with decorative aprons, cresting roof, octagonal shingles, bracketed overhanging lower eave, and clapboard siding...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- 1893
- [South Broadway Christian Church interior]
- Interior view of the South Broadway Christian Church located at 23 Lincoln Street, Denver, Colorado. The view shows the pulpit, pews, cross, stained glass windows, and arched ceiling. The church organ located behind the pulpit was built and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1901 and 1930?]
- New York to Paris
- View of automobiles with passengers in Cheyenne (Laramie County) Wyoming; on left is a 1907 Thomas Flyer and winner of the New York To Paris Round The World Race. On right is probably a Studebaker-Garford. A saloon and a brick building are in...
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Automobile racing--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Racing automobiles--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Bull Goes Hunting
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Crow) medicine man, identified as Bull Goes Hunting. He was also known to tribesmen of the Whistling Waters clan as Sees the Living Bull and Goes Around All the Time. He has a bird painted on his hide shirt,...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Aged persons--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Bull Goes Hunting, Crow medicine man.
- 1906
- The McLellan Gate
- A view of the McLellan Gate located at the East Eighteenth Avenue entrance to City Park in Denver, Colorado. The granite gateway was a gift to the city from Denver pioneer William W. McLellan in 1907. It was later moved to the East 21st...
- McLellan, William W.--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]