Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Tolland, Colorado Mountain Laboratory for Biology/ Botany Tolland Laboratory Class
- Ten biology and botany students, five men and five women, from the University of Colorado pose on a snowy mountainside near Jenny Lake above Tolland, Colorado in Gilpin County. One man holds a butterfly net; another holds a snowball. Denver & Salt...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Laboratory schools--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Tolland--1900-1910.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- Central City residence interiors
- A sink, with a tall backsplash from which the faucets extend, forms one side of an L-shaped counter in a corner of a Central City kitchen. The other side of the L is a counter with a backsplash over drawers with round drawer pulls. Next to the sink...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Kitchens--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- View of Colorado Central Narrow Gauge Railway yards
- A winter view of the Colorado Central Narrow Gauge railyards shows the one-story Central City building and the one story Black Hawk building. The Central City building has a gabled roof, a window, and a sign that reads "Central City 8475 Ft above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Central City--1950-1970.; Railroads--Colorado--Central City--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Central City, 1953
- A one story house with a stone chimney, flared eaves, and a gabled roof is built above a stone retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The four arched windows are surrounded with decorative brickwork, a wheel window above the porch, and qoinwork....
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- View of two adjacent brick structures in Central City, Colorado. The brick building on the left, whose door and windows have been boarded up, has a peaked roof and two signs attached to it that read, "Black Hawk" and "8032 Ft above sea level." The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Chemistry class at High School, 1941
- In a chemistry classroom at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado, students in heavy aprons work at lab tables with beakers and jars with stoppers. Pane sash windows on the left side of the classroom allow sunlight to stream in the laboratory....
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Laboratories--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Science--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story wood frame house with a mansard roof and three dormer windows is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has two bay windows on opposite sides of the front wall. The covered front porch is built behind a masonry...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A large, two story clapboard house is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has a flat roof with eaves that extend out over the sides of the roof. Two bay windows, one on the upper level and one on the lower level, have...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, brick house with a front gable that intersects a hipped roof is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house has three chimneys and wrought iron roof cresting. The upper window under the gable is arched with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Several run-down houses are above a masonry retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The masonry, two-story house in the foreground, although not completely visible, appears to have a flat roof. It has rounded windows and a rounded doorway. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Central City
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church is on East High Street in Central City, Colorado, next to the old Central City School. The gothic revival structure was built into the side of the hill above a masonry retaining wall and has pointed arch windows and a...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Warehouse building in Central City
- This warehouse on Spring Street in Central City, Colorado, was formerly the Sauer-McShane Mercantile Co. It is a large, masonry building with rectangular windows, a gabled roof and four entrances. A sign above the entrance to the far left reads...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Warehouses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Catholic Hospital, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Catholic Hospital in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1880 and which burned in 1911. The two-story brick building has an overhanging cornice at the roofline, seven double-hung windows on the second floor, and four windows and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Catholic Hospital (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1899
- Navajo girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheep skin [sic] over her lap
- Interior view of a Native American (Navajo) woman who sits in a brush shelter, and prepares ground cornmeal; a pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman; above the woman's head is a...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Central City Art Gallery
- A tall sculpture and a low, round table with a ceramics display on it are in the Gilpin County Art Gallery in Central City, Colorado. Paintings are displayed on the wall in the background, where a ladder rests next to an arched window. A chair is...
- Gilpin County Art Gallery--1960-1970.; Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Central City drug store
- A man dressed in a pharmacist's white coat stands on a ladder and arranges a kerosene lamp on a ledge in a Victorian drugstore in Central City, Colorado. Mortars and other lamps are also along the ledge. A sign that reads "The Pharmacy" is above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.
- [between 1952 and 1953]
- Central City, view in Teller House, 1932
- Looking from the third floor of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado, onto the hardwood and flagstone floors of the dining tables below, there are three round tables, a square table, and a rectangular table. Two people dine at the round...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Teller House interior
- A room in the Teller House, Central City, Colorado, is illuminated by light from two large windows decorated with draperies and lace curtains. A large, gilt mirror hangs above a square grand piano with ornate legs and an upholstered bench. A round...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- House on the Casey, Central City
- The Smith residence, a Gothic Revival house, is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It is an L-shaped building with a gabled roof, a chimney, and gingerbread bargeboard around the eaves. The covered porch has spindles along the...
- Smith, Eben, 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [1953?]
- Courier Bldg.
- Exterior view of the Georgetown Courier building, Georgetown, Colorado. The newspaper began publication in 1878, with Jesse S. Randall as publisher, and was in this building starting in 1877. The wood construction building has a false front with a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- House in Leadville
- This view of the front facade of a Victorian house in Leadville, Colorado shows a two story clapboard structure with patterned shingles. The roof is not shown. An encircling porch has spindles along top frieze, turned posts with decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960.]
- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, includes tents, frame and log dwellings and commercial buildings dotting the flats next to the Blue River which winds up to and through town. The foothills of Boreas Mountain are in the left, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Breckenridge, Colorado, loooking northwest from Nigger Hill
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest, from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"). Snow capped Tenmile range towers behind the fledgeling town, whose buildings are in the center. New growth surrounds spindly, burned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Columbine tunnel
- A miner stands in front of a wood building with a sign above the door that reads: "Columbine Tunnel", Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado. A few yards away, built into the hill, is another entrance with a "Columbine Tunnel" sign and...
- Columbine Tunnel (Mine : Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Tennis courts at City Park
- Shows a tennis court at City Park in Denver, Colorado. The courts were built in 1900. The court is surrounded by a tall metal fence and lights hang from wires above the courts. Shows tennis players.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Tennis courts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Tennis--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Tennis courts in Denver's City Park
- Shows a tennis court at City Park in Denver, Colorado. The courts were built in 1900. The court is surrounded by a tall metal fence with a gate entrance. A sign above the gate reads: "Players Must Wear Tennis Shoes".
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Tennis courts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Dedication of monument of old Red Cloud Indian Agency site between Crawford and Fort Robinson, Neb.
- A group of Native American Dakota Sioux and white people pose in front of the Red Cloud Indian Agency stone memorial marker, Nebraska. "Reading left to right: Karl L. Spence, publisher Northwest Nebraska News, Crawford; A. E. Sheldon, secretary...
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1930-1940.; Red Cloud Agency Historical Site (Neb.)--1930-1940.; Monuments & Memorials--Nebraska--1930-1940.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Red Cloud...
- 1932 May 9
- Heavy snow on Boreas Pass
- A snow tunnel at the top of Boreas Pass (Summit County), Colorado opens into a snowbank near a deep trench with a shovel standing by it. A "Post Office" sign is above the tunnel opening. Above the trench, a man leans on the top of a power pole that...
- Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Boreas Pass--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Boreas Pass--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- BARN used as workshop by N.Y.A.
- A view of a wood barn located near Kenwood Dam in Arapahoe County, Colorado. The barn has beveled wood siding, windows, tiled roof and a sign above the door that reads: "NYA Workshop".
- Arapahoe County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Barns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1935?]
- Main street, Breckenridge
- Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes the Denver Hotel during festivites. The open porch has a crowd on its balcony, bunting hangs on its balustrade, and American flags are behind the spectators. The two- story, frame building features...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Winter of the big snow 1898-99
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, the balcony and second floor of the Denver Hotel show above deep snow. The "Denver Hotel" sign shows above the line of sash windows. A half-round window is centered over each word, in each of the two...
- Denver Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Police department car impounding garage
- A view of the two story police impounding garage located in Denver, Colorado. A sign on the building reads "city shops". An address above the open garage door reads: "1322".
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- "Old" police building
- Exterior of the old police building, formerly the old city hall, located on 14th (fourteenth) and Larimer street in Denver, Colorado. A sign above the doorway reads: "Police Building"; another sign on the building reads: "Mobilgas". Automobiles are...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Alameda Ave underpass
- A truck drives down the Alameda Avenue underpass at the East entrance in Denver, Colorado. A train travels over the tracks above the underpass. Shows utility poles, trolley tracks, a warehouse and a traffic sign that reads: "Keep to the Right".
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Pump station
- Shows the single story brick pump station at the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant located at 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado. Lettering above the double front door reads: "Pump Station".
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewerage--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 38th St underpass
- A view of the south entrance of the underpass at 38th Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows utility poles, lamp posts, and local businesses. A train passes over the bridge above the underpass. A sign reads: "Barnett Fuel & Coal Co. 1blk North".
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 38th St underpass
- Automobiles drive in the underpass at 38th Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows above ground storage tanks, lamp posts, and utility poles. Local residences are in the background.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Sludge control & tanks
- Four large circular above ground tanks surround the sludge control building at the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant. The sewage plant was constructed in 1936 and is located at 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewage sludge--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tanks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Sludge pump house
- Shows the sludge pump house of the Denver Sewage Disposal Works Plant located at 50th (Fiftieth) and Emerson Street in Denver, Colorado. The single story brick building features an industrial style architecture with ventilation slats, double doors,...
- Denver Sewage Disposal Works--Buildings--1930-1940.; Sewage disposal plants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sewage sludge--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Sewer flushing department
- Shows the Sewer Flushing Department of the Denver Highway Department located near 8th (eighth) and Walnut Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the two story brick buildings read: "Sewer Flushing" and "Highway Department". An address above the...
- Denver (Colo.). Highway Department. Sewer Flushing Division.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Testing laboratory
- Automobiles are parked in front of the single story brick testing laboratory of the Denver Highway Department located near 8th (eighth) and Walnut Street in Denver, Colorado. Address above two doors of the building read: "811" and "805". Garage...
- Denver (Colo.). Highway Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Testing laboratories--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Carson, 1946
- View of three dilapidated structures in Carson, Colorado; shows vertical board and batten siding and steep gabled roofs on two of the structures, and a false front on the third (saloon); discarded timbers (possibly the remains of a fallen...
- Carson (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Carson--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Kokomo's school, 1963
- View of the weathered schoolhouse sitting on a hill in Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado; features a wooden two-story gable-roofed building with a bell in the tower above the entrance, front door sheltered by a peaked roofed porch, and lunette window...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Governors Day at Georgetown
- Participants of the Governors Day festivities gather in front of the Julius Pohle (a German chemist who become manager of the Lebanon Mining Company) house in Georgetown, Colorado. Historic house in process of relocation to make room for the new...
- Pohle, Julius--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- December 15, 1968
- Hagerman Pass, C.M.RY.
- Hagerman Pass, Lake County, Colorado. Shows Colorado Midland Railway Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel under construction (1891); Midland trains climb mountainside, back and forth to Hagerman Tunnel far above, Douglas City is behind snow shed directly above...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Lake County--1890-1900.; Railroad construction &...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Funicular to Strauss Marble Quarry
- View of a funicular cable tram and ore car used to move marble between the Strauss Quarry and and rail terminal, above Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Inclined railroads--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Valley of the Platte, near Fort Steele
- View along South Platte River, near Fort Steele, Wyoming, includes large wood piles, wagons and cattle across the river. Wood frame structures are beyond cottonwoods and broad valley in the background. Fort Steele was once a military post just...
- Fort Steele (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Forts & fortifications--Wyoming--Fort Steele--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- Alpine Station
- Exterior view of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, Alpine Tunnel, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows the dilapidated small front gable clapboard structure with an "Alpine Station, built 1884 by D.S.P.P. R.R., El. 11,546', abandoned 1910"...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1960-1970.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass
- View from slope above shows the dilapidated boarding house hotel, Western Union Telegraph and Cable office and depot, and stone enginehouse at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado. Two-story boarding house, built by the Colorado...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1930-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
- August 6, 1939
- Silver Plume, residences
- View of a house constructed in the Carpenter Gothic style in Silver Plume, Colorado features a steep, hipped roof with a center gable and finials; horizontal clapboard siding; spindels along the porch frieze; gabled center on the porch roof with...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]