Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Georgetown, Colorado
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking north, emphasizing the southwest corner of the town. Republican and Democrat Mountains on the west are in sunshine; Saxon and Griffith Mountains on the east are in deep shadow. Railroad tracks and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890.]
- Gravestone, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a gravestone in the cemetery at Georgetown, Colorado, on the north end of the town. The gravestone is scalloped on the top, with a carved hand holding a blossom just beneath the top of the stone. Carved on the stone are the words, "Leroy...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Georgetown, Colorado, view of Sixth Street, looking east
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, east down Sixth Street, from the south side of the street. On the left are the Masonic Lodge and the Fish Block, and four cars are parked in front. The two buildings are connected, but Rose Street runs along the far...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Main Street after the flood of 1893
- Workmen with shovels and picks on Main Street around 3:45 p.m. as pedestrians watch them clear the street after the flood. The men are wearing hats and workclothes; the onlookers are wearing suits and dresses, two are carrying umbrellas. Main...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Main Street, Central City streets
- View of Main Street in Central City, Colorado; shows street flanked by two and three-story nineteenth century storefronts. Half of the street is in the shadows, and the buildings on the right side of the street, which are the only buildings...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Donkeys--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, Co
- United States Air Force soldiers, wearing blue uniforms, white belts, white gloves, berets, and braids over their shoulders, march down Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The band members in the front row are playing drums. Spectators stand...
- United States. Air Force--1970-1980.; Central City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Central City--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1975]
- View of Georgetown, Colorado
- View of 6th (Sixth or Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado, looking west. On the right are the Cushman Block, the Fish Block, and other storefronts. There is an electrical pole in front of the Cushman Block. On the left are other storefronts. A...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Main Street, Central City
- View of Main Street in Central City, Colorado, most of which is in the shadows. The street is flanked by two and three story nineteenth century storefronts. The top stories of the buildings on the right side of the street are in the sunlight, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Georgetown--looking South
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south. The buildings in the foreground are of wood construction and include residences and barns; some are surrounded with rail fences. Tall evergreen trees are visible, but the area is primarily open, with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1875?]
- Office and carriage House, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the carriage house and office on the grounds of the Hamill House, located at the corner of Argentine and Third (3rd) Streets in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson, and was acquired by William A. Hamill in...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Anne Ida - Cliff House
- Portrait of vacationers in the yard of the Cliff House Hotel, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. 14 men and women and 2 girls are under a tree; the men are in jackets, straw hats, vests and ties. A woman is cradling a small animal in her arm, either a...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1885?]
- Manitou House near Mineral Springs
- Exterior view of the Manitou House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. Built in 1872, this three-story gable roof frame structure features chimneys, central dormer, and wrap-around open air porch and balcony. Diamond shaped...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Manitou House
- Exterior view of the Manitou House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. Built in 1872, this three-story gable roof frame structure features chimneys, central dormer, and wrap-around open air porch and balcony. Diamond shaped...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Ruxton Street
- View of Ruxton Street, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. The rails for the Manitou Springs trolley are to the left, and power poles and wires are at the edge of the dirt street, at the base of a steep embankment. On the right are...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Ute Iron Spr., Manitou
- View of Ute Iron Spring Chateau in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking west up Ruxton Street. The hipped-gable roof frame structure with ornamental dormers is draped with garlands, and a sign on the roof reads: Ute Iron Spring. Pedestrians are on...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1900.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Will Rogers Rodeo Manitou
- View of a rodeo in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In the foreground, a cowboy hangs on to a bucking bronco that is in midair, forelegs down, hindquarters raised in full kick. In the background, cowboys are both mounted on horses and standing along the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cowboys--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.; Rodeos--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Manitou House
- Exterior view of the Manitou House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. Built in 1872, this three story gable roofed frame structure features chimneys, central dormer, and wrap-around open air porch and balcony. Well dressed...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground at the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men are in suits and hats, the women are in dresses and elegant hats. A touring car with four...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- School, taken 20 of May, 1891
- Portrait of the students at the old school in Breckenridge, Colorado. The boys are simply dressed; most are hatless. The girls are in a variety of print frocks, many with lace collars. An adult is in the background on the right.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Sister's Mustard Seeds
- Portrait of Agnes Finding Miner and Sister's Mustard Seeds in Breckenridge, Colorado. The founder of this girl's charitable organization is seated in the upper middle and wears a wide brimmed, feathered hat, white dress and dark bodice. The other...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- 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
- Main Street, Breckenridge, Colo, about 1889
- Looking north on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the Arlington House and the Denver Hotel are on the left; a mortar and pestle on a pole fronts the boardwalk. The belfry and hose drying tower of the Fireman's Hall are on the right....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Sand sheds & truck garages
- Shows the sand shed and truck garages of the Denver Highway Department located near 8th (eighth) and Walnut Street in Denver, Colorado. Piles of sand are stored in open wood stalls. Next to the sand are stalls where machinery and tools are stored.
- Denver (Colo.). Highway Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sand--Storage--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sheds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Baldy, Colo., with wagons and people
- One-story, wood-frame storefronts are in front of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks in the prairie town of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County. Women wearing dresses and aprons stand in front of the buildings. Bundles are piled next to the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Baldy, Colo. tent camp of a plowing crew
- Clouds gather over the small community of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County, where three tents are pitched together in an enclosed area near a one-story, clapboard structure with a gable and a chimney. A smaller, wood-frame shack is near it....
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Aurora Fire Department truck
- An Aurora Fire Department truck is parked on an unpaved street in front of a plaza in Aurora, Colorado. It has two, large, water tanks with large gauges on top. Three fire extinguishers are on its running boards. The truck has whitewall tires, and...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Aurora--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Old Pres. Church at Georgetown
- Exterior view of the First United Presbyterian Church, 8th (Eighth) and Taos Streets, on the south bank of South Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. First service held September 20, 1874. Minister in black suit with white collar stands outside a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; First United Presbyterian Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking north
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, and Alpine (6th, Sixth) Streets, are visible. Most of the buildings are...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1874?]
- Students, Georgetown, Colorado
- A group of students pose for a group photograph in Georgetown, Colorado. The students are in three lines in front of a brick wall (probably the two-story brick school built 1874.) Two children's faces are dimly seen in one of the windows. The boys...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; School children--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Students--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pine Street, Central City streets
- Winter view looking south on Pine Street in Central City, Colorado. The dirt road is covered with slush and bordered by snow on both sides. A white, wood-construction house, which stands above a stone retaining wall, has a peaked roof, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1990.
- [between 1969 and 1990?]
- Georgetown - ca. 1868
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking north. The grid pattern of the town is vaguely discernible, and many simple wood construction buildings and tall pine trees are visible; large open sections are fenced. The two branches of Clear Creek are on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [1868?]
- St. Mary's Catholic Church
- A priest and three altar boys pose in their vestments in front of the altar of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Aspen, Colorado. Pews are in the foreground; two chandeliers with glass globes hang from the ceiling. Geometrical patterns are painted on...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Altars--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Interiors.; St. Mary's Catholic Church (Aspen, Colo.)
- 1885
- 1442 Creede by W.H. Jackson.
- People bundled in coats stand in front of shanties in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. One of the rectangular, wood-frame buildings has a gable with roofing; the gables of the other buildings are covered with tent material. Stacks...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
- [1885?]
- Craig, Colorado
- Railroad cars of the Denver & Salt Lake railroad are at the depot at Craig, Colorado (Moffat County). The depot building is a two-story structure with a chimney and a tile roof. Sandbags are piled in rows near the tracks. Smaller buildings are...
- Craig (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Craig--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Craig--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Creede, Colorado
- The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad are laid through Creede (Jimtown, Upper Creede), in Mineral County, Colorado, beneath a cone-shaped rock on the mountainside. Boxcars are on the tracks that lead into the canyon. Piles of...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899]
- Grain elevators at Bennett in the Kiowa Valley
- Three grain elevators, one behind the other, are in a row behind a smaller building in Bennett, Colorado, in Adams County. Two of the grain elevators are similar; the third has two cylindrical structures with a rectangular structure on top. A dirt...
- Bennett (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Bennett--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- Danforth Chapel, FLC, Durango
- Two paned glass walls of the chapel at Fort Lewis College in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, intersect; some of the panes are translucent, and are decorated with patterns of lines and shapes. A parking lot with a pickup truck and other 1940s...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Fort Lewis College.
- [between 1959 and 1970?]
- Frances
- Four cabins in Frances, Boulder County, Colorado (also called Camp Francis or Dew Drop), are at the bottom of a grassy slope. Three are log cabins; one has collapsed. Large evergreens are nearby and evergreen- covered hills are in the distance.
- Frances (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Frances--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Frances--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Frances--1940-1950.
- 1946
- St. Mark's interior, Durango
- A view of the interior of St. Mark's Church in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, includes three pointed arches at the altar end of the church, with a fourth arch over the altar itself; pipes for a pipe organ fill one arch. A hymn board is on one...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Interiors.; St. Mark's Church (Durango, Colo.)
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Buena Vista
- Frame dwellings and commercial buildings line Lake Street in Buena Vista, Colorado, and extend into the surrounding area. Peaks of the Collegiate Range are in the background.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883
- East Portal
- Gable-roofed residences for the workers at the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado are on the north mountainside of the approach to the tunnel. Cars are parked near the buildings; a single figure and a man driving a two- horse wagon are...
- East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
- [1926-1927?]
- High School, Eagle, Colo.
- The newly-completed high school in Eagle, Colorado, is a two- story brick building by John J. Huddard, architect and engineer; textured decorative panels are between the first- and second-story double-hung windows, stairs lead to the central...
- Eagle (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Eagle--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Operations room, Denver Police Department
- A group of men in suits pose in a operations room at the Denver Police Department in Denver, Colorado. An operator sits behind a desk where roles of ticker tape and telegraph machines are arranged. Electrical switches, dials, and light bulbs are...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- West end South Adams village
- View of frame buildings with gabled roofs in a town near hills and trees. Probably an ore pile and ore car tracks are near a river. One or two story buildings are near probably a barn and timber piles. Cultivated crops are near deciduous trees. A...
- Cities & towns--1860-1870.; Croplands--1860-1870.; Mine railroad cars--1860-1870.; Mining--1860-1870.; Rivers--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Manitou series, camping among the foot-hills
- Campers pose at a camp site near Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs or Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Men wear hats and jackets or vests, hold rifles, and pose beside a tent. A woman wears a dress, a hat with a turned down brim and...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Camping--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.; Men--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1885?]
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys pose near a herd of horses on a hillside in Rio Blanco County, Colorado near Yellow Creek. The men are on horseback or stand nearby and wear cowboy hats, jackets, boots with spurs, chaps, gloves and carry lariats. Horses are in a temporary...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco...
- 1911
- Montrose, Colo. parade
- A large crowd gathers to watch a parade in Montrose, Colorado. Most of the people are on street-level sidewalks, while many others are viewing from second story windows. Three parade floats are decorated horse- drawn carriages, and the near float...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Chestnut St. from Harrison St., Leadville, Colo.
- This view west on Chestnut Street from Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado includes crushed automobiles, a van and a wrecker on the north corner. A sign for "Motel, steam heat, TV, wall to wall carpeting" lays on the south corner. The street is...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Hospitals--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Residential streets--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Montrose, Colo. flour mill from the beet dump in Montrose
- New Montrose Flour Milling Company buildings are next to the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks in Montrose, Colorado. Three rail cars are next to the mill, other cars loaded with coal are on a separate track. Automobiles are parked in front of...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1930.
- [between 1914 and 1930]
- Bogged tank, Italy 1945
- curved road. Trees and shrubs near the tank and on the higher hills are leafless.; Shows a frontal view of six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers in a tank on a steep and rocky road on Mt. Belvedere, Italy. All wear helmets, except one who seems to...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [February] 1945