Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Landmark Designation Application for Clarence Holmes' residence.
- Grace Church Call
- Reproduction of several versions of a newsletter produced by Grace Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Dates included in the newsletter are: October 10 1878, March 9 1889 and March 14 1943.
- Grace Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
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- Ashley Elementary School
- Exterior photograph of Ashley Elementary School located at 1914 Syracuse Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Ashley School (Denver, Colo.); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
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- North High School with shops in back
- Photograph taken of North Denver High School with the school's shops in the background.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; North High School (Denver, Colo.); Highlands (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public...
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- North High School exterior
- Photograph taken at the west side of the lawn looking towards the main entrance to North High School in Denver, Colorado.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; North High School (Denver, Colo.); Highlands (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public...
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- North High School main entrance at night
- Photograph of the main doors into North Denver High School at night. A light is coming through the doors and a porch light is lit above the door.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; North High School (Denver, Colo.); Highlands (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public...
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- McGrath's Men and Women who arrived in what is now Colorado prior to January 1, 1861
- List of Colorado Pioneers. Includes list of men and women with name, residence, date of arrival, from state, birth and death dates.
- Pioneers--Colorado--Indexes.; Colorado--History--Indexes.
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- Union Station
- Photograph of Union Station looking down 17th Street in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Union Station
- Photograph of Union Station looking down 17th Street in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Unions Station
- Photograph of Unions Station, in Denver, Colorado, looking to the Southwest. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Union Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Different surface layers of occupation can be seen in the walls of the trench. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Unions Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Union Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Different surface layers of occupation can be seen in the walls of the trench. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Unions Station
- Photograph of Union Station looking down 17th Street in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The station represents the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
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- Navarre building before renovation
- Exterior photograph of the Navarre Building, before renovation, located in Denver, Colorado. The four-story, brick Victorian structure, was built in 1880 and served as the permanent edifice of the Brinker Collegiate Institute until 1880. From...
- Old Navarre (Denver, Colo.) Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Navarre Cafe (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
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- Navarre Building
- Exterior photograh of the Navarre Building, before renovation, located in Denver, Colorado. The four-story, brick Victorian structure, was built in 1880 and served as the permanent edifice of the Brinker Collegiate Institute until 1880. From 1889...
- Old Navarre (Denver, Colo.) Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Navarre Cafe (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
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- Navarre building after renovation
- Exterior photograh of the Navarre Building, after renovation, located in Denver, Colorado. The four-story, brick Victorian structure, was built in 1880 and served as the permanent edifice of the Brinker Collegiate Institute until 1880. From 1889...
- Old Navarre (Denver, Colo.) Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Navarre Cafe (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
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- World War I Civilian Registration Index of Colorado Minorities.
- List of men of ethnic minority between the ages of 18 and 45 who were required to register for the United State Selective Service during World War I. List is taken from Microfilm Rolls # 1509 CO 1-CO 2, and CO 6-CO 9, for Alamosa, Arapahoe,...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System-- Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914 -1918.; United States....
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- Membership Roster of General Henry W. Lawton Camp No. 1 United Spanish War Veterans
- Transcription of a document from 1931 pertaining to the history of Camp No. 1, and its past soldiers.
- United Spanish War Veterans. General Henry W. Lawton Camp No. 1 (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; Spanish-American War, 1898--Veterans--Societies and clubs--Periodicals.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
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- Forbes, Colorado
- View of a mine processing facility, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I, in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado; shows a concrete structure with a hopper and turbine housing.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- September, 1914
- Forbes
- View of a mining ore loading trestle in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, possibly during the UMF labor strike against CF&I; shows sheds, railroad cars, and ties.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.;...
- September, 1914
- Forbes, Colorado
- View of a sloped coal mine building in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado with a rooftop vent and covered water power wheel.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- September 1914
- Forbes
- Coal mine building with a covered, water power wheel and "Danger" sign in Forbes (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Waterwheels--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- September 1914
- Colo. National Bank bldg., W. E. & A. A. Fisher architects, Seerie brothers construction Co.
- View of Colorado National Bank building construction, 17th (seventeenth) and Champa Streets, Denver, Colorado; shows horse-drawn wagons, Tabor Opera House, statue atop Mining Exchange Building, and signs: "L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Company,"...
- Colorado National Bank--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- September 15, 1914
- Royal gorge - traveling passenger agents' special train westbound at Hanging Bridge, Colorado, with open-top observation on rear of train
- People pose in Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado, by tracks and a train of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; Hanging Bridge, the Arkansas River, and cliffs are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Arkansas River--1910-1920.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1910-1920.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont County--1910-1920.; Railroad observation...
- October, 1914
- 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
- U. S. troops at Louisville, Colo.
- Camp of U. S. troops, called in to suppress the UMW strike against RMFC, near Louisville, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military camps--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Military personnel--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- May, 1914
- Ludlow strike Federal troops unloading at Ludlow, Colorado.
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, that include Homer Lockett, stand near the railroad depot in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- May 4, 1914
- Troops of the 11th U.S. Cavalry enroute to Trinidad
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose in a train car en route to Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre at the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.;...
- May 2-6, 1914
- Enroute to Trinidad
- Members of the 11th U.S. Cavalry, pose in a train car en route to Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado. The 11th Cavalry was called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre at the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.;...
- May 2-6 1914
- Western Pacific - two Bucyrus-built gold dredges at work near Oroville, California
- View of Bucyrus (Royal Equipment) gold dredges near Oroville, California; a man poses by the machinery, pulleys, and conveyor belts.
- Dredges--California--Oroville--1910-1920.; Oroville (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Gold mining--California--Oroville--1910-1920.; Mining--California--Oroville--1910-1920.
- June 1913
- Eagle - D&RG (RGW) baggage 668 and chair car 935 in eastbound train at Eagle, Colorado
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot in Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; shows a crowd of people, frame buildings, an automobile, a Rio Grande Western baggage car, and a passenger coach.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Eagle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Passengers--Colorado--Eagle--1910-1920.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Eagle--1910-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Eagle--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- July, 1915?
- Decoration on Champa St. Elks Golden Jubilee
- View of Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk on sidewalks near buildings decorated for a celebration sponsored by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B. P. O. E.).
- Elks (Fraternal order)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks--1910-1920.
- July, 1914
- Cornet Creek flood
- View east down mud and debris-filled street from the disastrous Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado; shows two-story false front, Iowa House on corner, other wood frame businesses, and residences. Men and woman make their way...
- Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Cornet Creek flood
- View north towards businesses on Colorado Avenue after the Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado. Mud and debris fill street in front of three false front wood frame structures between Sheridan Hotel and First National Bank,...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Cornet Creek flood
- Interior of Sheridan Hotel Bar with mud and high-water marks from the disastrous Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado. Calendar on back wall marks date; room includes a clock high on left wall, stuffed bird with outstretched...
- Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bars--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Sheridan Hotel (Telluride, Colo.)
- July 1914
- Cornet Creek flood
- View northwest down Colorado Avenue after the Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado; shows First National Bank Building on corner of Fir and Colorado, three false front businesses, the Sheridan Hotel, the San Miguel County...
- Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Cornet Creek flood
- View north up mud and debris-filled street from the disastrous Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado; shows two-story false front, Iowa House on corner, and residence across street.
- Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Cornet Creek flood
- Oak Street filled with mud and debris from the disastrous Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado. Jack Hawkins' two-story wood frame Victorian with front wraparound porch and second-story bay window tilts on side from flood...
- Hawkins, Jack--Homes & haunts--1910-1920.; Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Cornet Creek flood
- Street scene after the Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado. Mud and debris fill street with damaged wood-frame structures; Miner's Union Headquarters and Hospital are in background.
- Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Cornet Creek Flood
- Two men stand on top of debris brought down by the Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado. Mud and debris fill street with damaged wood frame structures; Telluride Hospital is in background with building leased to San Miguel...
- Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Cornet Creek flood
- View south down Oak Street filled with mud and debris from the disastrous Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado. Townspeople survey damage. Jack Hawkins' two-story wood frame Victorian with front porch and second story bay window...
- Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Jack Hawkins residence, Cornet Creek Flood
- Exterior view of Jack Hawkins residence, on Oak Street, filled with mud and debris from the disastrous Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado; shows two-story wood frame Victorian with front porch and second story bay window...
- Hawkins, Jack--Homes & Haunts--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Cornet Creek flood
- View southeast down Cornet Creek after the flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado. Jack Hawkins' two-story wood frame Victorian with front porch and second story bay window tilts on side from flood waters in centerground; smaller destroyed...
- Hawkins, Jack--Homes & haunts--1910-1920.; Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Gorham
- Interior view of the shafthouse and an electric hoisting motor at the Gorham Mine near Gorham (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Gorham (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gorham Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.
- February, 1914
- Gorham
- View of a brick building underneath the covered tramway at the Gorham Mine near Gorham (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Gorham (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gorham Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.
- February 7, 1914
- Gorham
- View of the covered tramway and Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) ore and boxcars at the Gorham Mine near Gorham (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Gorham (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gorham Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.;...
- February 7, 1914
- Excavation for erection of church, Willard, Colorado
- View of excavation for First Methodist Episcopal Church, Willard, Logan County, Colorado. Men and wagons are around a hole with rock and dirt piles.
- Willard (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Excavation--Colorado--Willard--1910-1920.; Methodist Episcopal Churches--Colorado--Willard--1910-1920.
- February 28, 1914
- Standard Mine close to Lafayette.
- A man aims an automatic rifle on a tripod near the Standard Mine, part of the UMW strike against RMFC, near Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado. Another man stands in a nearby wooden shelter.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Standard Mine (Lafayette, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine guns--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- February 14, 1914
- Tommas Standard
- Men pose near an automatic rifle on a tripod near a wooden shelter, a part of the UMW strike against the RMFC, at the Standard Mine near Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado. A woman is in the shelter.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Standard Mine (Lafayette, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine guns--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- February 14, 1914