Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- West elevation building for Dr. J.H. Miller
- 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 a residence, presumably in the Denver area, commissioned by Dr. J.H....
- Miller, J.H., Dr.--Homes & haunts.; Houses.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1918 August 6
- Front elevation building for Charles Boettcher
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows elevations, sections and details of the Boettcher Warehouse (Weicker Warehouse Number 1) at 1441-1447...
- Boettcher, Charles.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Warehouses.; Boettcher Warehouse (Denver, Colo.); Weicker Warehouse (Denver, Colo.)
- 1918 April 26
- Frances Douglass, Union High school teacher
- In this standing protrait of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Douglass, she wears a long dark skirt and a long-sleeved blouse with a pin on her collar. He wears a striped shirt, bow tie, and trousers with a leather belt and a waist watch chain. They stand in...
- Adams City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1920.; Douglass, Frances.
- [between 1909 and 1918]
- Filming a movie in Steamboat Springs
- Actors and actresses, members of the cast of the movie "The Wolves of the Street" directed by Otis Thayer and produced by the Art-O-Graph Film Company, pose near the corner of 9th (Ninth) St. and Lincoln in Steamboat Springs (Elbert County),...
- Art-O-Graph Film Company--People--1910-1920.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--American--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Steamboat...
- [1919]
- Anna Held
- Anna held, an actress and singer, stands and holds the reins of a horse beside a railroad passenger coach in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Two men (actors) on horseback wear cowboy outfits with gun belts, chaps, and cowboy hats; one...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Actors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1904]
- Anna Held
- Singer and actress Anna Held is seated on a horse next to a passenger train in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A cowboy with a gun and holster holds the reins.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Actresses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1904]
- Anna Held
- Singer and actress Anna Held is seated on a donkey next to a train in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A boy holds the reins.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Actresses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- [1904]
- Anna Held
- Singer and actress Anna Held is seated on the front of a train in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. She holds a dog.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Actresses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Singers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- [1904]
- Anna Held & unid. group
- Performer Anna Held with members of an acting troupe pose at Hell Gate on the Colorado Midland Railroad route in Colorado. Some sit on or lean out of railroad Engine car No. 1; others stand on or near the tracks. One man leans against a rock wall....
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Actors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Singers--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 May 10]
- Anna Held & unid. group
- Performer Anna Held with members of an acting troupe pose at Hell Gate on the Colorado Midland Railroad route in Colorado. Some sit on or lean out of railroad Engine car No. 1; others stand on or near the tracks. In the background, crew members...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Actors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Singers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 May 10]
- Colorado Midland R.R. Engine No. 1
- Performer Anna Held, a singer and actress, and others pose for a photo at Hell Gate on the Colorado Midland Railroad route in Colorado. Some sit on or lean out of railroad Engine car No. 1; others stand on or near the tracks. One man leans against...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Actresses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passengers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Singers--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 May 10
- Colorado Midland R.R. Engine No. 1 at Hell Gate
- Performer Anna Held and a group pose for a photo at Hell Gate on the Colorado Midland Railroad route in Colorado. Some of them stand on railroad Engine car No. 1, others stand on or near the tracks. Anna Held stands in the center, she wears a white...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Actresses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passengers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Singers--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- 1904 May 10
- Habitat - Polar Bear
- Two polar bears move about in their habitat in the Denver Zoo at City Park, Denver, Colorado. This habitat was part of the large Bear Mountain habitat built in 1918.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver Zoo--1930-1950.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Polar bears--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Zoo animals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Wm. H. Smiley Branch Library
- A view of the William H. Smiley Branch Library located in Berkeley Park in Denver, Colorado. The Smiley branch opened in 1918.
- Denver Public Library. Smiley Branch.--1930-1940.; Berkeley Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Smiley, William H.--Monuments.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Walter Scott and the DeLaney Round Barn
- The Delaney family sold their land to the State of Colorado and the Toll Gate Reservoir and Irrigation Company in 1910, after which time tenant farmers and ranchers rented the property. The Delaney Round Barn, constructed c 1900, was converted from...
- 1918 Oct 1
- Road map at City Park auto camp - City Park
- Men look at a map of Colorado at City Park in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Camping Permitted Any Place in the Mountains Not Fenced In."
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Thatcher Fountain, City Park
- A group of men stand near the Thatcher Memorial Fountain in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Inscription on the base of the statue reads: "The Gift of Joseph Addison Thatcher to the City of Denver, 1918." In the center of the fountain is a bronze...
- Thatcher, Joseph A.--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1923 May
- Still in Pueblo, Colorado
- A man sits near a moonshine still in Anton Herbenich's home in Pueblo, Colorado. The still consists of a covered metal container, pipes, and barrels. Bottles and jars of liquor are arranged on a counter.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Confiscations--Colorado--Pueblo y 1910-1920.; Stills (Distilleries)--Colorado--Pueblo y 1910-1920.; Herbenich, Anton--Homes & haunts.
- 1918
- Off the stage view of the members of the New York Winter Garden's supreme spectacular musical extravaganza, Show of Wonders
- Panoramic view of part of the 150 member cast of "Show of Wonders," a vaudeville revue presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. A woman with a feather in her hat stands between the stars of the show, Eugene and Willie...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Howard, Eugene.; Howard, Willie, 1886-1949.
- 1918, Feb. 11
- Sun shelter at Sunken Gardens
- View of a rustic sun shelter at the Sunken Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The central pillar and bench are made of unshaped stone. A wood roof covers the bench. Small pine trees are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sunken Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Shelters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1918 May
- Birdeye [sic] view of unit #10 from tower
- Overlook view of Unit #10 boiler house construction of at the Gates Rubber Company in Denver, Colorado. Shows wood foundation, lumber, shadow of a tower, buildings.
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Camping in Rocky Mt. Park
- A man and woman prepare a meal in the back of their camper at Rocky Mountain Lake Park in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The grill and cooking utensils sit on a drawer that slides under the truck. A dog sniffs at a platter of corn,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rocky Mountain Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Celestino García
- Studio portrait of Celestino García, a rancher from Conejos (Conejos County), Colorado. For many years he served in the House of Representatives in the Colorado General Assembly. He wears a suit and tie, his gray hair is parted on the side and he...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Legislators--Colorado.; Mustaches.; Older People.; García, Celestino, 1861-1919--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1915 and 1918?]
- Cyrus Chapin
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Cyrus Chapin, Civil War veteran, Denver real estate agent, and pension attorney.
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Lawyers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Chapin, Cyrus, d. 1918.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Home of Henrietta Bromwell 646 Williams
- View of the Henrietta Bromwell residence at (possibly) 646 Williams Street, in Denver, Colorado; features hipped gables.
- Bromwell, Henrietta E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)--Homes & haunts.; Country Club (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a leaded glass window in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This window is inset in a swinging door, and has two brass rails crossing the lower part. A clear rectangular inset with the word "Buffet" frosted into it is in...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Leaded glass windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Monti Gate - City Park
- View of the Joshua Monti Gateway and the Colorado Museum of Natural History on Colorado Boulevard, City Park, Denver, Colorado. The gateway was constructed of granite by Richard Phillips in 1916 and dedicated to Joshua and Victoria Monti, Denver...
- Colorado Museum of Natural History--1910-1920.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments &...
- [between 1916 and 1918?]
- Main Street, July 4, 6 A.M.
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Denver Hotel is on the left, its paired gables sharing a low false front. Half round windows are set in the gable ends, and second floor doors are boarded where they opened into the balcony, now...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Broadmoor Hotel, Colo. Spgs.
- View of the facade of Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado in El Paso County (built in 1918.); shows Italiante architecture with tower, narrowly-pitched tile roof, and a decorative border around the upper edge of the building.
- Broadmoor Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Main Street, Strasburg, Colo.
- Shows unpaved Main Street, Strasburg, Colorado; includes general merchandise, hotel, restaurant and hardware buildings, cars and horse- drawn wagon on street, and school at end of street.
- Strasburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Strasburg--1910-1920.
- D&RGW
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (2-8-2) locomotives #484 and #495 push a rotary snowplow eastbound on tracks near Chama, New Mexico, in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, or Conejos County, Colorado. Smoke rises from the locomotives, and deep...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--1950-1960.; Snow removal--1950-1960.; Snow--1950-1960.
- 1952 March 28
- Robert W. Speer, 1916-17-18
- Studio portrait (seated) of Robert W. Speer, Mayor of Denver, Colorado, from 1904 to 1912 and from 1916 to 1918. Mayor Speer is balding and wears a suit and bow tie.
- Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Speer, Robert Walter, 1855-1918.
- [between 1916 and 1918?]
- Robert W. Speer, 1904-12
- Studio profile portrait of Robert W. Speer, Mayor of Denver, Colorado, from 1904 to 1912 and from 1916 to 1918. Mayor Speer wears a jacket and tie.
- Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Speer, Robert Walter, 1855-1918.
- [between 1904 and 1912?]
- Residence at 700 Washington Street, Denver
- The residence of John Albert Ferguson stood at 700 Washington Street in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The Elizabethan style house had a tiled roof and striped awnings hung over the windows. Rounded arches line the balcony on...
- Ferguson, John Albert--Homes & haunts--1890-1910.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- City Park, Denver
- Northward view of City Park and Denver Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado; shows rustic, log park benches under cottonwood trees and parked automobiles. Museum was built in 1908, left wing completed in 1918.
- Denver Museum of Natural History--1910-1920.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Elkhorn, Colorado
- View along a dirt road in Elkhorn, Colorado includes a two story false front building, single story log cabin with balustrade and open front porch, and a single story log cabin with chinking; rangeland bordered by fencing surrounds the area.
- Elkhorn (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Elkton--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Denver Public Library 1918 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1918.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1994
- Portland Cement manager
- E. N. Leh and Peg McGovern pose in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, on dirt street. He is in a suit; she wears a sailor shirt and bandana. Muddy ruts are flanked by two-story brick Colorado Portland Cement Company dormitories in the background.
- Portland Cement Plant (Portland, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Portland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cement industries--Colorado--Portland--1910-1920.; Leh, E. N.; McGovern, Peg.
- 1918
- Missouri mining accidents: 1895-1896 & 1902-1918
- List of accident victims, indexed from Annual report of the State Mine Inspectors of the State of Missouri, 1896; Annual report of the State Coal Mine Inspector of the State of Missouri, 1902; and Annual report of the Bureau of Mines, Mining and...
- Mine accidents--Missouri--Indexes.
- 2007
- 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....
- undated
- The gold miner
- View of miner panning for gold in placer mining district of (possibly) Clear Creek west of Denver, Colorado
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Clear Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
- Mabel Landrum Torrey's "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" statue on stood in a Washington Park Water Fountain, placed there in 1918.
- Statues.; Fountains.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood);
- undated
- Western History Subject Index
- Politics Colo. 1918. Democratic
- "The State of Colorado Fountain" also known as the Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial Fountain
- View of the fountain titled "The State of Colorado Fountain" (sculpted in 1917 by Lorado Taft), also known as the Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial Fountain, on the north end of City Park Esplanade in City Park, in the City Park neighborhood of...
- Thatcher, Joseph Addison--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fountains.; Parks.; Public sculpture.; Thatcher, Joseph Addison--Monuments.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Public sculpture,...
- 1985
- "The State of Colorado Fountain" also known as the Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial Fountain
- View of the fountain titled "The State of Colorado Fountain" (sculpted in 1917 by Lorado Taft), also known as the Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial Fountain, on the north end of the City Park Esplanade in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows a bronze...
- Thatcher, Joseph Addison--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fountains.; Parks.; Public sculpture.; Thatcher, Joseph Addison--Monuments.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Public sculpture,...
- 1985
- "The State of Colorado Fountain" also known as the Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial Fountain
- View of the fountain titled "The State of Colorado Fountain" (sculpted in 1917 by Lorado Taft), also known as the Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial Fountain, on the north end of City Park Esplanade in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows a bronze...
- Thatcher, Joseph Addison--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fountains.; Parks.; Public sculpture.; Thatcher, Joseph Addison--Monuments.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Public sculpture,...
- 1998
- Denver Public Library, William Byers Branch
- Exterior view of the William N. Byers branch of the Denver Public Library at 675 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado; opened in 1918.
- Denver Public Library--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 10, engine type 2-6-0
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Denver, Colo., July 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1918
- [Elevation] building for Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church
- 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 Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church in the Congress Park neighborhood...
- Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Churches.; Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1918 December 28
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific locomotive, engine number 811, engine type 4-6-2
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Denver, Colorado, 1918.
- Locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1918.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co.
- 1918