Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- John Brownlee
- John Brownlee, actor with the Central City Opera House, poses, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. He wears a striped tie and jacket.
- Brownlee, John 1901-1969--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...
- 1941
- Church, Central City
- View of the St. James' Methodist church on Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The granite building has a half steeple and stained glass windows with pointed arches.
- St. James Methodist Church (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- St. James church [sic], Central City, Colo.
- View from the back of St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church on Pine Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Scaffolding and a ladder are placed against the steeple; a brick house is in the foreground.
- St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central...
- [1947?]
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church
- Looking up at St. Paul's Episcopal Church from behind a masonry retaining wall is a view of the church located on East High Street in Central City, Colorado. The gothic revival structure, which is built into the side of a hill, has pointed arch...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Hall of Central City Lodge #2, I.O.O.F., Central City, Colo.
- Seven women gather around the Grand Sire of the Independent Order of Odd fellows in Central City, Colorado. The man wears a suit, with a pin on his jacket. He holds a piece of paper in his left hand and writes on it with a pen in his right hand....
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lodge No. 2 (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- I.O.O.F. building, Central City
- The two story Odd Fellows building on Main Street in Central City, Colorado, finished in 1874, has decorative brickwork, rectangular windows with lintels and the letters I.O.O.F. above the bracketed cornice and written on the second story windows.
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lodge No. 2 (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Lodge no. 2, I.O.O.F., August 25, Central City, Colo.
- Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, wearing suits, pose for a group photograph in Central City, Colorado. They stand under a canopy decorated with lame and fringe, in front of a wall covered with patterned wallpaper. A straight-backed...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lodge No. 2 (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Teller House, Central City
- Entrance to the Teller House, a brick hotel in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado with lanterns, and the Teller House Bar.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- Teller House, Central City
- The black, paneled front door and part of the second story of the brick Teller House are visible in the image. The arched doorway has a sign that reads "Teller House" arched over the door. Two wrought iron gas lights are on either side of the door...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Teller House, Central City
- The Teller House, built in 1871, is on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Located between the First National Bank block and the Opera House block, the four story Victorian building has a flat roof, rectangular windows with lintels and sills,...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Teller House exterior
- A photograph of The Teller House in Central City, Colorado, is held on a piece of pegboard over another photograph. The photograph is taken out of a window looking toward the Teller House. A goldpan, a lamp, and a mining implement are in the...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Central City
- View of Washington Hall on Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Signs read: "City Hall", "Public Library Community House", and "Fire Dept." Attached to the side of the building is a wooden bell tower with a brass bell.
- Washington Hall (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; City & town halls--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Libraries--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.;...
- [1947?]
- Odd Fellows House at Central City
- On the wall above an open door in Central City, Colorado, is the statement "We seek the Widows gushing tears, We seek to calm the trembling Orphan's fears, We seek to raise Humanity above The ills of life by ministries of Love; And when the talk is...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lodge No. 2 (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Gregory Gulch 1947
- Two main dirt roads run through Mountain City on the outskirts of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Houses and buildings stand in clusters along the roads and on a hill in the right midground. Piles of tailings from the area's numerous...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [between 1947 and 1948?]
- John Eastman and Gravey Graves at the Teller House Bar at Central City
- Claude "Gravey" Graves and John Eastman ride out of the Teller House Bar in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. They both ride pinto horses and hold bottles of beer. Spectators are on the sidewalk. Eastman wears chaps.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 July
- The Broncs on the barroom floor, Teller House Bar Joe Dekker, John Eastman, Gravey Graves
- Men identified left to right as: Joe H. Dekker, H. John Eastman, and Claude "Gravey" Graves, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pose on horseback inside the Teller House Bar in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The men wear western...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Eating &...
- 1949 July
- Central City, into the Teller House Bar for refreshments Hank Hankins, Lee Collison.
- J. Harlan "Hank" Hankins and Lee Collison (left to right), members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, ride their horses across a wooden sidewalk into the Teller House Bar in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. People watch them enter the...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.;...
- 1948 July
- Central City: John Eastman, Mayor Jenkins
- H. John Eastman, a member of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, and Central City Mayor John C. Jenkins, Jr. sit and hold drinks in probably a bar or hotel in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. John Eastman holds an "8" (eight) billiard ball in...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mayors--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Sitting--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Eastman, H....
- 1948 July
- Central City: Rick Ricketson, 3 R President, President of the Central City Opera, Board of Fox Theaters
- Rick (Frank H.) Ricketson, president of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, rides his horse, "Gold Comet," during a Roundup Riders of the Rockies parade in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. He wears a satin western shirt, a western style tie...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--Central...
- 1948 July
- Teller House Gen. Grant's room, Central City, 1941
- A double bed with a large, curved headboard with oval-shaped moldings and finials and a footboard with molding is in the corner of a room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. A large pillow is on the bed. The wall is covered with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Teller House Gen. Grant's room, Central City, 1941
- Curtained windows on opposite sides of a mirrored chest-of- drawers in the General Ulysses S. Grant bedroom illuminate a room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. A painting hangs above a loveseat. Patterned wallpaper covers the walls.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Clothes chests--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Teller House, Central City, 1941
- A drawing room in the Central City, Colorado, Teller House is roped off from the public. There are three, large rectangular windows with window dressings and lace curtains. A coffee table is in front of the sofa that sits under the center window....
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Drawing rooms--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Teller House, Central City
- View of a drawing room that looks into another room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The hardwood floor is covered with a patterned carpet. A rococo revival, round, mirror hangs above a sofa covered with a tasseled spread. A rococo...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Drawing rooms--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Teller House, Central City, 1941
- A large mirror with a cartouche is between two large windows, dressed with lace curtains and large, heavy, dark drapes in a room in Central City, Colorado. A sofa and a plant are to the right of each window. A table with a mirror and decorative...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Parade through Central City in front of the Opera House
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies ride horseback in their annual parade through Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The men pass the stone Central City Opera House and the brick Teller House. They wear western attire, and cowboy hats.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Parades &...
- 1949 July
- Mountain City
- Two main dirt roads run through Mountain City on the outskirts of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Houses and buildings stand in clusters along the roads and on a hill in the right midground. Piles of tailings from the area's numerous...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [between 1947 and 1948?]
- Opera house, Central City
- View of the Central City Opera House; a two story, granite building on Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Signs by the front doors read: "Central City Opera House, Property of the University of Denver, Colorado Seminary" and...
- Central City Opera House--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House, originally opened in 1878, was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri" and designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado...
- Central City Opera House--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- Central City Opera House
- The Central City Opera House was renovated and reopened in the 1930s. Originally opened in 1878 and described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is...
- Central City Opera House--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Hiway [sic] 119 near foot of Walling Hill 1945
- The Peak-to-Peak Highway (Colorado State Highway 119) is lined with small piles of snow in the foreground north of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Trees stand along the downhill slope in the midground. A ridge of mountains is in the...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Piano player, Central City
- A woman in a long-sleeved blouse and a long skirt plays a piano in the Gilpin County Art Gallery in Central City, Colorado. The piano is against what used to be the judge's bench in this converted courtroom. Matted, labelled, prints hang on the...
- Gilpin County Art Gallery--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pianos--1940-1950.
- 1949
- Gap Ranch/Snowy Range 1945
- View of log cabins, Tremont Mountain and Mount Thorodin in northeastern Gilpin County, Colorado. Strato cumulus clouds form thunderheads in the sky.
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fences--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.;...
- [1945?]
- Gap Ranch/Snowy Range 1945
- A rocky dirt road, possibly Gap Road, winds from the foreground into the background between Mount Thorodin and Tremont Mountain northeast of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand on both sides of the road. Large rocks are...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Ranches--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- Gap Ranch/Snowy Range 1945
- View of log cabins, Tremont Mountain and Mount Thorodin in northeastern Gilpin County, Colorado. Strato cumulus clouds form thunderheads in the sky.
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fences--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.;...
- [1945?]
- James McFarlane home, 1948, Central City
- View of a brick house in Central City, Colorado, with brackets, a bay window, a covered porch, and a stone retaining wall. A wrought iron fence encloses the yard where a woman stands; the adjacent house has bargeboard.
- McFarlane, James--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Central City, Colo.
- View of a Queen Anne style brick house on Pine Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado, with two turrets, a porch with steps, a wheel window under the gable, and a stone retaining wall.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [1947?]
- Central City, 1942
- The Smith house, built by mining magnate Eben Smith, is above a masonry retaining wall overlooking Casey Avenue in Central City, Colorado. It is a gothic revival, board-and-batten house with a steeply pitched gabled roof, shingles, and gingerbread...
- Smith, Eben, 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- 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
- James B. Belford home, Central City, 1948
- James B. Belford's home, in Central City, Colorado, is a two story brick house, built above a masonry retaining wall. The house has a flat roof with a brick cornice and rectangular windows with lintels and sills. The porch, a concrete slab, has...
- Belford, James B. (James Burns), 1837-1910--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Central City newspaper office, Register Call, Colo.
- A bespectacled, balding man sits in a swivel chair at a wood desk with shelves and wooden doors in the Register office in Central City, Colorado. Papers, books, and photographs cover the top of the desk. A second man, with a camera around his neck,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Central City, 1942
- A partial view of the Smith house, a Gothic Revival, board-and- batten house in Central City, Colorado, shows the gables and the front porch of the two story, L-shaped structure with a steeply pitched roof with shingles, bargeboard gingerbread...
- Smith, Eben, 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Coeur d' Alene, Central City, Colo.
- A sign reads: "Coeur d' Alene. Keep Out." above the entrance to the Coeur d' Alene mine in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The metal gate is locked with a chain.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Coeur d'Alene (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Denver Public Library exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank in the Teller House
- The wood and glass neoclassical counter of the Rocky Mountain National Bank in Central City, Colorado, is in the front of the Denver Public Library Western History Department exhibit. A display board is to the left of the window and has photographs...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Denver Public Library Western History Dept. exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank in the Teller House
- Paintings, photographs, and maps hang on the walls at an exhibit presented by the Denver Public Library Western History Department in Central City, Colorado. A table with a plant and flatwork on it sits against a wood-panelled partition. A large,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Denver Public Library Western History Dept. exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank in the Teller House
- An exhibit in Central City, Colorado, presented by the Denver Public Library Western History Department, is surrounded by a neoclassical facade with glass panes and large, globe-shaped light fixtures above the frames in the Teller House's Rocky Mt....
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Denver Public Library, Western History Dept. exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank in the Teller House
- Wood exhibit cases are along the walls of the Rocky Mountain Bank in Central City, Colorado, in the Denver Public Library's exhibit. Wood exhibit cases are partially visible to the left and right. Two wood- panelled doors are on the back wall. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Denver Public Library Western History Collection exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank Teller House
- The Denver Public Library, Western History Department exhibit in the Teller House's Rocky Mt. National Bank in Central City, Colorado, is visible through a neoclassical facade with the word "Gold" carved at the top. A plant is in the open arch and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Exhibition at Central City, Colo. double-hand hard rock drilling
- Miners in Central City, Colorado, are: "A. Frank Eccker" (swinging sledgehammer) and "E. J. Eccker" (turning drill). Men and boys watch the demonstration of mining techniques; brick buildings and timber retaining walls are in the background.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Contests--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Eccker, A. Frank.; Eccker, E. J.
- July 6, 1946
- Central City, Colo. Railroad Stations
- A group of students from a school band stands in front of Colorado & Southern Railroad Engine #71 in Central City, Colorado; shows a crowd of people gathered in the left midground near a truck, a house on the hill in the background with a car...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; People--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Stone walls--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--Central...
- [1941?]