Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Clear Creek County Court House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Clear Creek County Court House, Georgetown, Colorado. The wood construction building, built in 1868, is at its original site at Fifth (5th) and Argentine Streets. Originally the Ohio Bakery, it became the court house in 1874....
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Courthouses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Old Jail, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the old jail in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1883 for $700 behind the courthouse at Fifth (5th) and Argentine Streets. It was used to house "drunks and brawlers" separately from other criminals at the county jail. The building...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Jails--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- Three weathered clapboard two-story houses in Leadville, Colorado, are featured in this photograph. The house on the left has decorative front gable trim, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic window, a first floor...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a false front residence in Leadville, Colorado, features a weathered clapboard structure with fish-scale pattern shingles on a mansard front roof, a projecting gable porch with diamond pattern shingles covering the front entry, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Timberline Tree "Timberline Majesty"
- The trunk of a tree, possibly a Limber Pine, splits in two to form a V-shape on a ridge at timberline near Pile Hill west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the foreground and background. Large clouds are in the sky....
- Limber pine--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Timberline--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clouds--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Timberline Gray's & Torrey's Peaks 1941
- Tall pine trees and shrubs stand along a creek in the foreground of a view looking toward Gray's and Torrey's Peaks in the distance on the border of Clear Creek and Summit Counties in Colorado. Small patches of snow remain on the distant peaks.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1940-1950.; Shrubs--Colorado--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Residence in Leadville, Colorado in 1941
- This view of the exterior of a large clapboard two-story residence in Leadville, Colorado shows a wood frame building with a front gable with porch and upper balustrade, an attached two-story side gable, double-hung pane windows, four brick...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Victorian style home in Leadville, Colorado
- Detail of the corner tower of a two-story Victorian house in Leadville, Colorado, includes decorative patterned shingles on the tower with a conical roof topped by a finial, tall narrow windows with drip moldings, clapboard siding, a brick chimney,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Nino Ruisi
- A photoprint of an Nino Ruisi, an actor from the Central City Play Festival, is set against a dark background in Central City, Colorado. He wears an Egyptian style costume with an ornate, pointed hat, a wig that has metal pendant hanging from it,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--1940-1950.; Ruisi, Nino.
- 1941
- Robert Nicholson, Robert Edmund Jones
- Head and shoulder, studio photographs of two actors from the Central City Play Festival are attached to a board with clips. The actor in the photo to the left wears a jacket, white shirt, and a tie. His hair is combed away from his face, and he...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--1940-1950.; Theatrical producers & directors--1940-1950.; Jones, Robert Edmund, 1887-1954.; Nicholson, Robert.
- 1941
- Stella Andreva, Margit Boker, Anna Kaskas
- Three head and shoulder, studio portraits of actors are clipped to a board in Central City, Colorado. Two of the prints are clipped next to each other, the third is sideways under the other two. One actress wears a chiffon dress with a square...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actresses--1940-1950.; Andreva, Stella.; Boker, Margit.; Kaskas, Anna.
- May, 1941
- Big Evans Gulch
- View of the exterior of dilapidated mining structures in Big Evans Gluch, northeast of Leadville, Colorado. Wood frame buildings include a front gable with porch and wooden stairs, attached two-story side gable with double-hung pane windows, and...
- Big Evans Gulch (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lake County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Big Evans Gulch--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Clapboard house in Leadville
- This weathered clapboard two-story house in Leadville, Colorado, has decorative front gable trim with turned finial, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, arched attic window, first floor large window flanked by two small...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Clapboard house in Leadville, Colorado
- Detail view of a projecting bay window with sash windows in a house with gingerbread trim in Leadville, Colorado. The house has weathered clapboard siding and a bay roof with decorative brackets continues over the front of the side porch. The...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- The old Granger Hall from which the back portion has been torn away
- The vacant meeting hall in the town of Gold Hill, Colorado, in Boulder County is situated near a one-story log cabin with a gable. The meeting hall has a hipped roof with a cupola, wood siding with peeling paint, two entry doors, and rectangular...
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; City & town halls--Colorado--Gold Hill--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gold Hill--1940-1950.
- November 24, 1941
- Caribou, Colo. early mine machinery 1941
- A long, covered, wooden platform is supported by wood frames along a steep hill near Caribou, a mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. The platform possibly houses a tramway used to haul ore from a mine near the top of the hill. Tramways were...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ores--Transportation--Colorado--Caribou--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Torrey's Peak
- A creek runs through the foreground at the edge of a forest of tall pine trees in this view looking toward Torreys and Grays Peaks on the border of Summit and Clear Creek Counties in Colorado. Patches of snow are on the distant peaks.
- Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1941 and 1946]
- Caribou, Colo. early mine machinery 1941
- A wooden drive wheel from an early mine stands in the foreground on a ridge near Caribou in Boulder County, Colorado. A partially-shown person carrying a camera tripod walks in the left background. A tall tree is in the right background.
- Mining equipment--1940-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Eureka Street, Central City streets
- Winter scene on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The hillside is covered with snow. Eureka Street is in the right foreground. In the background on the hill is a two-story structure with a hipped roof. Three other houses stand in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Eureka Street, Central City streets
- Winter on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Eureka Street is in the foreground, and several structures are on the hill above, including a two-story structure with a hipped roof. Mine tailings, partially covered in snow, are at the top...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Eureka Street, Central City streets
- Winter on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado; the street is bordered by a dry-masonry wall. The wall was built by Cornish craftsmen, probably in the nineteenth century. Snow covers the top of the wall, which is entirely built without...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Masonry--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Stone walls--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- The main street, Leadville, Colorado
- A variety of signs hang perpendicular to buildings and are large as part of the automobile age in advertising. On the right side, there are "G.Z. Garage Storage," "Texaco, gasoline, motor oil," "Cities Service," "Hotel Vendome," "Bus Depot,"...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1941]
- Houses on 2nd High St., Central City, Colo.
- Several houses are built above a masonry retaining wall along Second High Street, a dirt road in Central City, Colorado. The house in the center is a two story brick with two gables that intersect a hipped roof. It has three chimneys, wrought iron...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Larry Bolton, Edwina Eustice, Anna Kaskis, Margit Bokar
- Two photoprints of actors from "Orpheus" and "The Barber of Seville" are clipped to a board in Central City, Colorado. Two actresses, one in an iridescent tunic with a floor-length cloak draped over a shoulder and the other in a long, sleeveless...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--1940-1950.
- 1941
- The Cosmopolitan Club of Denver, official records.
- Donaciano Córdova
- Studio portrait of Donaciano Cordova, of Taos, New Mexico, and Trinidad, Colorado. He wears a coat, vest, upright wing collar and bow tie. He has a full mustache and his dark hair is combed back. He managed Juan Santistevan general merchandise...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ranchers.; Cordova, Donaciano, 1861-1941--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Sheep...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Lawrence Rivera and Skipper Herrera
- Lawrence Rivera sits on a tricycle and has his arm around Jim (Skipper) Herrera near 12th (Twelfth) and Curtis Streets in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They pose in front of a brick wall. Lawrence wears a T-shirt, pants and...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bicycles & tricycles.; Boys.; Herrera, Joe--Pictorial works.; Rivera, Lawrence--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1941
- Frank Herrera
- Frank Herrera, poses in front of his home at 1126 12th (Twelfth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. He is bare chested and wears pleated pants. His wavy dark hair is parted on the side and combed back. His brother, Skipper (Jim)...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Teenagers.; Herrera, Frank--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Joe--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1941
- Sam Maestas Jr., home on leave
- Group portrait of the Maestas family and friends in Ocate (Mora County), New Mexico. They pose in front of a large wooden cabin or house. Identification from left to right: Samuel Maestas, Jr., Rosie Maestas, Henry West in uniform), Ben Maestas...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Ocate (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Families.; Maestas, Samuel--Family--Pictorial works.; West, Henry--Family--Pictorial works.; Maestas family--Pictorial works.; Families--New...
- 1941 July 25
- Flood damage
- Mud and debris cover Bear Creek Avenue in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, after a flood. Pedestrians walk in front of businesses, and road graders work in the damaged area. Signs read: "Coca Cola," "Conoco," and "Skelly."
- Morrison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Flood damage
- Flood damage in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of a stacked stone wall, mud and debris. Cars and a schoolbus are on Bear Creek Avenue, and businesses are in the background. Signs read: "Schneider Drug Fountain Service Cold Drinks...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.
- June 1941
- 1st prize float
- The first prize parade float depicts Teddy Roosevelt's big game hunts on the White River with a forested scene and taxidermied elk. Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado....
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary celebration 2nd prize float, "The Meeker Massacre"
- The second prize parade float depicts the Meeker Massacre, with white men dressed in Native American costumes. They wear feather headresses and skin pants, shoot Indian Agent Nathan C. Meeker, and hold a woman captive by her hair. Parade part of...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary celebration
- A group dressed in turn of the century costumes walks in the parade celebrating the fifthieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado. Spectators line the street with bluffs in the distance.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Costumes--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary celebration
- A mounted cowboy unit herds Herefords down Main Street during the parade celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado. Spectators line sides of street, stand on balcony of the Meeker...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary of White River National Forest
- John T. Barnett, President of Colorado State Planning Commission, deliver an address on the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, on the side of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, Meeker, Colorado. Townspeople listen to the...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Barnett, John T.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary of White River National Forest
- Regional Forester Allen S. Peck responds to address of welcome at the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, on the side of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, Meeker, Colorado. Governor Ralph L. Carr sits on left with two other...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Courthouses--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Carr, Ralph L. (Ralph Lawrence), 1887-1950.; Peck, Allen S.
- 1941 October 11
- Stage coach and team of four
- A group of men ride on a historic four horse-drawn stagecoach in a parade celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado. Spectators line the street with bluffs in the distance.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- Exhibition of old time square dancing
- Townspeople gather around two sets of dancers from the White Powell Community Club on lower White River at the 50th anniversary celebration of founding White River National Forest, in front of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse, Meeker, Colorado.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Square dancing--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- Forest Service unit in pageant 50th anniversary celebration
- A ranger in historic costume (coon skin hat with a pack outfit) followed by a modern ranger (with a pickup truck and horse trailor) depict fifty years of progress, in a parade celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest,...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Costumes--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Rangers--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- Auditorium, Loveland
- A man adresses the audience from beside a lectern on stage of the auditorium, Loveland Community Building, Colorado. The stage is full of men in suits with a orchestra seated behind them. An American flag is above them on the back curtain drop....
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Interiors.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Auditorium, Loveland, CO
- Interior auditorium view, Loveland Community Building, Colorado, includes a men on a stage with an American flag on the back curtain drop. Two flower arrangements and "USA Work Program, WPA" signs are on the edge of the stage. The audience in floor...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Interiors.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Auditorium, Loveland
- A woman with a corsage stands at a lectern on stage of the auditorium, Loveland Community Building, Colorado. The stage is full of men in suits with a orchestra seated behind them. An American flag is above them on the back curtain drop. Two...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Stapleton Airport
- Stapleton Airport, Denver, Colorado, United Airlines passenger jet "Mainliner 300 NC37508" is on the tarmac. People stand behind the airplane; the terminal and control tower are in the background. Antennae and wind instruments top the roof.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stapleton International Airport.
- 1941
- Civil & Irrigation Engineering building Colo. State College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts, Fort Collins.
- The Civil and Irrigation Engineering building at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, is a four-story, stone and brick structure with dormers and a Mission-style pediment.
- Colorado State University--1910-1950.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941?]
- Fort Collins
- View of campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado shows buildings, a smokestack, and landscaping.
- Colorado State University--1910-1950.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941?]
- Nevadaville, old Murley house in center burned in 1941 occupied by John Lyng, Rutherford house in upper right corner
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows the Murley and Rutherford houses and a bridge across Nevada Creek.
- Nevada Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Old Nannie Richards house still standing
- The Nannie Richards house, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a dilapidated frame structure with a brick chimney and gable roof. Door and window openings are empty; snow and sheds are in the background.
- Richards, Nannie--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Paonia, Colo. street scenes, Grand Avenue and the surrounding country
- View down Grand Avenue in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Signs read: "North Fork Liquor Store," "Food," "Drink Budweiser," "The County Chairman," "Chevrolet Sales and Service," "Star Mercantile Co.," "The McClure Drug Company," "Apteekki Apoteka...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Paonia--1920-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Paonia--1920-1950.
- [between 1929 and 1941?]
- Hubert Graf
- Hubert Graf, singer with the Central City Opera House, poses, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. He wears a striped tie and jacket.
- Graf, Hugo--Performances--1940-1950.; Central City Opera House Association (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Opera singers--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941