Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1859 flat with wrecked 9305 on top
- Denver and Rio Grande Western flatcar 1859 waits in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado with the wreckage of flatcar 9305.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Debris--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1950 October
- 1879 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 7th Annual Denver City directory
- 1880 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 8th Annual Denver City directory
- 1881 Corbett & Ballenger's 9th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1887 Corbett & Ballenger's 15th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1891 Corbett & Ballenger's 19th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1911 Corbett & Ballenger's 39th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1st grade art work at Central, 1941
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables making art with clay in a first grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some children stand at a blackboard painting on paper with a table of paint jars and brushes behind them. An...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- 2nd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Monroe
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables and weave hot pads in Miss Monroe's second grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Striped shirts are popular among the boys and floral print dresses are worn by most girls. A long coat...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Monroe, Miss.
- 1941
- 346 headlite and cat on stack
- A cat lies on the stack, near the lamp, of Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge locomotive 346 at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Another cat sleeps near the bell.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cats--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- [1951 November]
- 3rd grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a third grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some boys wear overalls and one wears a bow tie. The girls wear print dresses with clips or bows in their hair. Built in bookshelves with...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 3rd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Borego
- In Miss Borego's third grade classroom, number 202, at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks reading books. One boy reads "Sails, Wheels, and Wings." A blackboard has a scene of wisemen and their camels,...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Borego, Miss.
- [1941]
- 463 test run, stopped at Henry
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive and a pilot snow plow in Henry (Alamosa County) Colorado. Men work; numbers read: "463."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Henry (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Henry--1940-1950.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Henry--1940-1950.
- 1949 January
- 482 plow front & postal car 65
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 482 (the San Juan train), with a pilot plow, and postal car no. 65 in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The locomotive vents smoke and steam. The railroad station roof is behind the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad mail service--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 January 8
- 4th grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a fourth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Built in bookshelves with jars of dried weeds on the top shelf are along the back wall. A blackboard is on the side wall near a bulletin...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 6th grade at Boyd, 1941
- In this sixth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks. Two children stand and read at bookshelves built into the back of the room. A boy with a paintbrush works on a mural of the Nativity...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- 8th grade gym class
- In a girls' eighth grade gym class at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, the girls all wear white, short sleeved blouses, belted dark shorts, socks and white tennis shoes. Several girls stand on their heads while pairs of girls hold them up. The...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Acrobatics--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- "The Ghost Flies South" Nov. 1941, Junior class play
- Stage scene during Junior play, The Ghost Flies South, at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado; living room scene includes students in costume: Native American woman (wearing beads and feather headband), house maid (face painted black, maid's...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Students--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Abandoned store, Hooper
- View of an abandoned store in Hooper (Alamosa County), Colorado. The one story, wood, commercial style building has a false front. The building has a tin roof and a brick chimney. A Coca-Cola sign is hanging above the entrance.
- Hooper (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Abandoned buildings.; False fronts.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Hooper--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hooper--Pictorial works.; Hooper (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1979
- Ace Inn, Alamosa
- View of the Ace Inn a one story commercial style building with a brick facade and stuccoed east elevation. A neon sign with a rooster reads: "Ace Inn Cafe." A sign is on the roof of reads: "Ace Inn Cafe Bar." A sign on the building reads: "Fine...
- Ace Inn (Alamosa, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)--Pictorial works.; Ace Inn (Alamosa, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Alamosa...
- 1989
- Adams State College
- Exterior view Adams State Normal School, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado. Built in 1925, named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. Two-story brick building features: a classical entry with ionic columns, and...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1947]
- Adams State, 5/18/47 Roto
- The Casa Bonita Lounge of the Adams State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado has Spanish style carved wood sofas, a table with a woven blanket on top, and a tile fireplace with a wooden mantle and decorative flower arrangements. There are sconces...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.--1940-1950.; Lounges--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Pianos--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Adams State, 5/18/47 Roto
- Exterior view of a back of a two-story stucco building, Adams State Normal School, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado. Built in 1925, named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. Spanish style building features a tile...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Alamosa
- The Manders Building, on the corner of San Juan and Main streets, in Alamosa, Colorado is a two-story building, constructed in 1891, with rusticated stone block, bracketed enriched cornice, corner entry with double wooden panel with large glass...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Alamosa
- One of the buildings moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878, has several store fronts with large pane windows, wood kickplates, pilasters, bracketed cornices and "Field & Hill" with painted faux marbeling. Three men in suits and hats...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [1880]
- Alamosa
- New concrete sidewalks are being installed over the unpaved Main Street of Alamosa, Colorado. Street lamps are in the middle of street, where automobiles park. Two girls on horseback and two dogs are in the street. Brick commercial buildings...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1925]
- Alamosa
- Concrete sidewalks are being poured along the unpaved Main Street in Alamosa, Colorado. Wood plank forms and a shovel are in the foreground. Street lamps are in the middle of the street, where automobiles park diagonally. The brick Alamosa...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Alamosa
- Several buildings were moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878. Men stand on a boardwalk, posing in front of some of them. From the left to right are Sabine, Thomas, Putnam, Hill and Anthony. Thomas has a hand trick with full sacks...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Alamosa
- View of Saint Thomas Episcopal Church in Alamosa, Colorado; shows the mission style church with curvalinear parapet, semicircular window openings, and a rectangular entry with decorative surround; low wall runs along the street to another entrance...
- Saint Thomas Episcopal Church (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1970.; Mission churches--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1966]
- Alamosa - streets
- View of Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado; shows storefronts, a church with a belfry, streetlights, automobiles, and signs: "Chevrolet," and "Fourth St."
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Alamosa 1907
- The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad yards in Alamosa, Colorado are wood frame false fronts from Sixth Street to the Rio Grande River in the background. A few rooming houses and saloons are on Sixth Street between Hunt and Denver streets, which...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- 1907
- Alamosa city jail, Alamosa, Colo. 7-15-50f
- The city jail in Alamosa, Colorado, is a small one-story building with bars on the windows. There is a gas or oil tank with a wood frame and a glass gallon jug and steel barrels sit to the side of wood door entry. A larger brick structure and wood...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Jails--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Alamosa Colo.
- View of the Alamosa passenger station of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (Alamosa County), Colorado, a two-story brick structure with overhanging hipped roof. A suspended decorative iron awning is over the entry. Shows pedestrians, horse-drawn...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Alamosa County, County Court House, July 1966
- The courthouse in Alamosa, Colorado was built in 1938 with W.P.A. assistance and has Mission-style architecture with U-shape plan, brick construction, curvilinear gables, tile roof and an arcade along the interior courtyard with flowers. Two...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Alamosa County--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Alamosa--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Alamosa County, County Court House, July 1966
- The Alamosa Courthouse in Colorado was built in 1938 with W.P.A. help and has Mission-style architecture with U-shape plan, brick construction, curvilinear gables, tile roof and an arcade along the interior courtyard with flowers. A car and a truck...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Alamosa County--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Alamosa--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Alamosa High School building, 1941
- The Alamosa High School, in Alamosa, Colorado, is a two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930, was rebuilt and then occupied again in August 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat roof, brick chimney, and pane sash...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Alamosa High School, burned Apr 1930
- The burned out Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is a two-story brick shell, which burned April 26, 1930. Townspeople gather outside the smoke blackened brick building with its missing roof. Automobiles and trucks fill the...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Alamosa High School, rebuilt and occupied in Aug 1932
- The side view the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is of the two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930 and was then rebuilt and occupied in August, 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- Alamosa Hospital, Dr. E.L. Freiberger
- View of the Alamosa Hospital at 503 Main Street (the corner of Hunt and Main) in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado). A sign reads: "C.I. Stephenson, Osteopath."
- Osteopathic hospitals--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1915?]
- Alamosa Shop Band Denver, @ state capital [i.e. capitol] Denver
- The Alamosa Shop Employees Band of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad poses in three rows, in front of State Capitol, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. Each wears a uniform and holds an instrument. Standard-bearers hold the American flag and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- Alamosa yard
- A Denver and Rio Grande Western train with a locomotive 482 (with a pilot plow) vents smoke in the yard at Alamosa, (Alamosa County), Colorado. Conductor Young talks to the engineer; a narrow gauge engine switches standard gauge cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Alamosa.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad...
- 1951 February 15
- Alamosa yard
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train pulled by locomotives 490 and 484 in the railroad yard at Alamosa, (Alamosa County), Colorado. Tank and gondola cars are in the train. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1953 January 18
- Alamosa, 1891
- Dark smoke pours from the Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co. in Alamosa County, Colorado. Several men in suits and hats, and two in white work clothes, pose on a platform with a cart loaded with white sacks of flour. Another man in a suit stands alone...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flour & meal industry--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.
- [1891]
- Alamosa, Adams State College
- Adams State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado, was built in 1925 and named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. The two-story brick building has a classical entry with ionic columns, pediment, stone quoins, u-shape...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Alamosa, Colo.
- Men pose outside the Haskins & Ball drug store in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Men wear suits, bow ties, flat brimmed hats and pose near store windows. The commercial building has several stores with signs that read: "Haskins & Ball," "Dr....
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Alamosa, Colo.
- A float from the Narrow Gauge Museum, a caboose body mounted on a truck, and marching bands move down a street during a parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Alamosa's founding in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows two brass marching...
- Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Founders' Day commemorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Marching bands--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Parades &...
- 1953 October 24