Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Green Brothers Fruit & Produce
- View of delivery trucks and drivers at 1541-55 Market Street in Denver, Colorado; advertising art, cutouts, and painted panels depict vegetables, a rooster, waiters, and game birds. Signs read: "The Green Brothers Co.," "W. K. Harding Produce...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Post Office
- View of the United States Post Office (later the Customs House) at 16th (Sixteenth) and Arapahoe Streets, Denver, Colorado; businesses include: W.F. Robinson Printing Company (at 1508-1514 Arapahoe), and the P. Casey Building with a sign which...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Denver, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Denver, Colorado, northwest from Colorado State Capitol building towards Colfax Avenue & 16th (Sixteenth) street; identifiable businesses and buildings include Arapahoe County Courthouse, City Auditorium, Daniels & Fisher tower...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Denver City Railway Company Building/Sheridan Building
- Exterior photograph of the Sheridan Heritage Building, formerly the Denver City Railway Company Building undergoing restoration. Building is located in Denver, Colorado. Union Station can be seen behind the building. The four-story red brick...
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.) Sheridan Heritage Building (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1993 August 1
- Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.
- View of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument. The monument is 79 foot granite...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.; Monuments & memorials.; Parks.
- [1905?]
- Interior, Will B. Ronaldson & Co.'s Carpet Store
- An interior view of the Will B. Ronaldson and Company's carpet store, located between 1539 and 1541 Champa in Denver, Colorado. Shows a room with rolls of decorative rugs and curtains on display.
- Will B. Ronaldson & Co.--Facilities--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Floor coverings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Home furnishings stores--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- Denver Union Stockyards [sic] Company, pens
- View of Denver Union Stock Yards Company and meat-packing warehouses in Denver, Colorado; shows holding pens filled with cattle, factory buildings, and letters: "The Colorado Packing & Provision Company."
- Colorado Packing & Provision Company--1910-1920.; Denver Union Stock Yard Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beef cattle--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Street in San Francisco
- Two young men are stopped in the right foreground on a cobblestone street in San Francisco, California. One of the young men leans on a bicycle. A horse-drawn wagon is in the left midground in front of the Liverpool & London Globe Insurance...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--California--San Francisco--1900- 1910.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Inter-Ocean Hotel in Denver
- The Inter-Ocean Hotel opened on October 29, 1873, at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, built by Barney L. Ford, a prominent African American businessman. Two horse- drawn wagons are stopped on Blake...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- National Safety Vault bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of National Safety Vault building, 1536 Welton, Denver, Colorado, with four composite columns (acanthuses and scrolled). Offices within include Willner Hahn Investment & Securities Company, Stark & Martin law offices, and Aegis Life...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Dancers, Cinco de Mayo, Denver
- Girls, members of Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero's Fiesta Colorado Dance Company pose near Civic Center Park during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Denver, Colorado. The girls wear traditional Mexican style dance costumes in bright colors decorated with...
- Fiesta Colorado Dance Company (Lakewood, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dancers.; Girls.; Fiesta Colorado Dance Company...
- [2009?]
- Dancers, Cinco de Mayo, Denver
- Men, women, girls and teenagers, members of Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero's Fiesta Colorado Dance Company pose on Broadway during Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Denver, Colorado. The girls and women wear traditional Mexican style dance costumes in bright...
- Fiesta Colorado Dance Company (Lakewood, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dancers.; Girls.; Fiesta Colorado Dance Company...
- [2009?]
- Treasury Tunnel Mine office & flag
- View of a mine office building at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The two story building has tar paper siding, and a hipped roof with a sign that reads: "Sunshine Mining Co., Metals Reserve Company." A United States flag is on a...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Flags--American--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the Emery, Bird Thayer & Co. Dry Goods Company. The building has a first floor arcade, arched windows and a covered entrance. Unidentified buildings crowd the area. Signs read: "Furniture &...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.; Dry goods stores.
- [1906]
- Railroad passes
- A Rio Grande Southern Railroad pass of the Silverton Railroad Company. The pass is made of silver with filigree, decoration done entirely with fine wire. The inscription reads: "Issued to Mrs. N. P. Hill and family, No. 534; Otto Mears". Another...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1892]
- Industries construction crew at work at Alameda subway
- Workmen, who include Idaho and a boy, pose near a Nagle vertical center crank water pump in the bottom of an excavation pit at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Clayton Ryan, on horseback, is near Idaho.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Holes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Water...
- [1909]
- Street scene, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of a building located on the corner of Commercial Street and Plum Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man looks at shovels and a wagon displayed on the sidewalk. Signs on the building read: "Cash Bargain Store, 2nd Hand Goods,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Lead, Homestake Mine
- Panoramic, aerial view of frame buildings in Lead, in the Black Hills (Lawrence County), South Dakota. Shows frame houses, mine buildings, and smokestacks of the Homestake Mining Company. Trees are on hillsides, and utility poles and fences are...
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Lead (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mine Buildings--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Mack Colorado, Uintah houses
- View from the water tank over Mack, Mesa County, Colorado. A company town named for John Mack, president of Barber Asphalt Paving company and the Uintah Railway Company. Two houses, the Uintah Railway office building and the Uintah Hotel show on...
- Mack (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Lawrence St., Methodist
- The Salvation Army's barracks on the east corner of 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence, Denver, Colorado, once housed the Lawrence Street Methodist Church. Brick church built in 1865 with a front gable, square entry tower and flanked by square corner...
- Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-; Salvation Army--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Main Street, Central City streets
- A winter view of the intersection of Main Street and Eureka streets in Central City, Colorado; signs read "Head Quarters Lager Beer Saloon," "Bookstore," "Bank," "Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods," and "Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1862
- The Moquis Pueblos
- Book page engraving shows Native American (Hopi) pueblo dwellings, Arizona, atop eroded ridges.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Cliff House-Manitou
- View of the Cliff House and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The Pavilion is a cross gabled structure with ridgecresting, a cupola, and lattice work in the form of sunbursts in the gables of the open east end. It has a knee-high...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- E. H. Tobey & Co., commission merchants and warehousing, grain, produce and provisions, storage for household goods, baggage and merchandise. No. 378 Holladay Street, Denver, Col.
- View of E. H. Tobey and Company in Denver, Colorado; shows a storefront with lettering: "Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company. Men pose in stovepipe hats.
- E. H. Tobey & Co.--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- The Essex apartments at Sixteenth Avenue and Washington Street
- View of The Essex apartments at 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Washington Street in Denver, Colorado; features include balconies and stone finials.
- Essex, The (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1912 November 3
- Start of B'way Viaduct at Walnut and B'way
- View of the entrance to the Broadway Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The McPhee McGinnity Building is near the bridge. Signs on and near buildings read: "The Silver State Laundry Co.," "Minehart-Traylor Co.," and "Joel L. Shackelford Realty Company."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1923
- Empress Theater
- View of the Empress Theater at 1615 Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. A group of pedestrians cross the street nearby. Signs on the building read: "Empress Vaudville," "Electra-Vita," "10 & 20 [cents]," and "John T. Doyle & Company."
- Empress Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- One of a series of violent and destruction lightning storms over Denver
- A lightning storm over Denver, Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, a sign reads, " A. D. Wilson and Company." A water tower in the distance reads, "Smith-Brooks Printers."
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Lightning--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Storms--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Water towers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940 September 2
- Air compressor and dynamo, Toltec Tunnel
- A man stands near an air compressor and dynamo located in the power building at the Toltec Tunnel mine, Conejos County, Colorado. Shows a General Electric brand dynamo and an air compressor made by the J. George Leyner Engineering Works Company.
- Conejos County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Toltec Tunnel (Conejos County, Colo. : Mine)--1900-1920.; Air compressors--Colorado--Conejos County--1900-1920.; Electric generators--Colorado--Conejos County--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Conejos...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Gimme!
- Girls and boys crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado, to get ice cream and cake offered by the O. P. Baur Company.
- Denver Post--Public relations--1920-1930.; O. P. Baur Confectionery Co.--Public relations--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Newspaper...
- 1928 July 14
- YWCA, Glenarm, 15th
- View of the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) building at 1545 Glenarm Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a six story Georgian style brick building. Cars sit on Glenarm Street. Sign reads: "[?]ckett Electric. [?]ply Company....
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Telephone company girls give dolls to firemen for Xmas
- Mayor Ben Stapleton (in glasses) poses with women, Fire Chief Allie Feldman, and donated dolls in Denver, Colorado. A fireplace and wreath are in the background.
- Fire chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Telephone companies--Employees--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Charity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Dolls--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fire...
- 1940 December
- Telephone Co. girls give dolls to firemen for 1940 Christmas
- Mayor Ben Stapleton (in glasses) poses with women, Fire Chief Allie Feldman, and donated dolls in Denver, Colorado.
- Fire chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Charity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Dolls--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1940
- Dams & Reservoirs - Boulder Co.
- Water pours over the edge of Barker Dam near Boulder, Colorado. A pile of branches and other debris is in the foreground. A sign hangs on the side of the dam reading: "Danger No Trespassing $25.00 Reward for information leading to conviction of...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Hotel Graystone, San Francisco
- The Hotel Graystone stands in the center background on a cobblestone street in San Francisco, California next to the J.J. Pfisters Knitting Company. A man stands near the hotel entrance, and a group of mem is gathered on the street corner in the...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Street scene in San Francisco
- Palm shrubs stand in the lawn in front of a row of buildings in San Francisco, California. The Call Building, which was destroyed during a fire in 1906, stands in the center background. The M. Friedman & Company furniture store is in the left...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Gilman, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Belden Mine in Eagle River Canyon shows Gilman, Colorado, a small town canyon side. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad standard gauge tracks with safety rail and siding are on both sides of the canyon. Mine surface buildings and...
- Gilman (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gilman, Colorado
- Partial view of Gilman, Colorado, shows on the Eagle River Canyon wall. A snowy slope with one and two-story wood frame buildings is along the ridge. The company town was built by Empire Zinc Company.
- Gilman (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1969]
- Ernest Cranmer Building
- View of the Ernest & Cranmer Building at 17th and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, balustrade, roof finials and arched doorway with rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Land and...
- Home Life Insurance Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Land and Mines Company of Colorado--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Insurance...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 257th Quartermaster Pack Company
- Group portrait of the 257th Quartermaster Pack Company. Taken at Camp Swift, Texas, 1944. Few identified. LEFT TO RIGHT THIRD ROW: tenth is Cillo; thirteenth is Walsh. LEFT TO RIGHT FIRST ROW: ninth, Dean Thomas (sitting).
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Quartermaster Pack Company, 257th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1944
- Cheyenne Building Phantom Canyon Brewing Company
- View of the Cheyenne Building located at 2 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The three-story red brick classical revival structure includes arched windows, a cornice and modillions, pilasters with decorative...
- Cheyenne Building (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Phantom Canyon Brewing Company (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Cheyenne Building (Colorado Springs,...
- 2007
- Approaching Hell Gate, Col. Midland R.R.
- View of the Colorado Midland Railway Company train "23" near Hell Gap (Hell Gate) in Pitkin County, Colorado. The engineer and a worker pose in the locomotive. Shows boxcar labeled: "11050" of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company. A...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Hell Gap (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897?]
- Approaching Hell Gate, Col. Mid. Ry.
- View of a Colorado Midland Railway Company train near Hell Gap (Hell Gate) in Pitkin County, Colorado. The engineer and a worker pose in the locomotive. Shows boxcar #11050 of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company. A man sits on top of...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.
- [1888]
- West on Fifteenth, from Arapahoe Street
- Passengers ride on a trolley car (probably Denver Tramway Company) down the unpaved Fifteenth (15th) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a trolley car and trolley car lines, local businesses, utility poles, and a traffic signal. Words on trolley car...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)
- [1889]
- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. #1263 2-8-0 switching freight house, Fort Worth, Texas.
- Smoke rises from St. Louis and San Francisco Railway locomotive #1263 on a switching freight house track, in Fort Worth (Tarrant County), Texas. Shows snow on the ground, a railroad crossing and a Texas Pacific locomotive nearby. A sign on a...
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company--1940-1950.; Fort Worth (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Texas--Fort Worth--1940-1950.; Commercial facilities--Texas--Fort Worth--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Texas--Fort Worth--1940-1950.;...
- 1947 January 2
- Niederhut Carriage Company Workers
- Denver, Leadville & Gunnison Railway at Pine, Colorado
- Shows two passenger and one cargo railroad cars parked on railroad tracks at the town of Pine (Jefferson County), Colorado. One passenger car is of the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway Company, the other is from the Union Pacific, Denver and...
- Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1900.; Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Pine (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Pine--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Studebaker building & Motor Company
- View of Studebaker Colorado Vehicle Corporation, 1431-1439 15th (Fifteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado, a brick building with adjacent business: "The Western Seed Company." Also shows an automobile, a horse drawn wagon, a fire hydrant, and trash cans.
- Studebaker Colorado Vehicle Corporation--1910-1920.; Western Seed Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Seed trade--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1919]
- Glenwood Springs and Hotel Colorado
- Panoramic view of Glenwood Springs, Mesa County, Colorado, at the confluence of the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers. Shows the Hotel Colorado and the Hot Springs Bathhouse and pool, houses, and the railroad bridges of the Denver and Rio Grande...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork...
- 1901
- Haystack Mountain and plant site of the Mid-Continent Shale and Refining Co.
- Men stand beside a car on a dirt road near Haystack Mountain in Garfield County, Colorado. Sagebrush, a haystack, trees, a fence, and Parachute Creek are in the valley. Shows layered shale on the Roan Cliffs and talus on mesas near the plant site...
- Mid-Continent Shale and Refining Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Haystack Mountain (Garfield County,...
- [1920 August]