Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; features a rutted road winding by gable roof buildings, two of board-and-batten construction, and the third with a corrugated metal roof; 1940s automobile parked further down the road.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- 125 W 12th Street, Denver
- View of a shop building at 125 West 12th (Twelfth) Street (between Acoma and Bannock Streets) in the Golden Triangle Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features include overhead doors and corrugated metal siding. Signs on the building read:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1993 March
- 1538 Wazee Street, Denver
- View of a building at 1538 Wazee Street (formerly 1528) in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two story brick warehouse (1885) features glass block windows, corbeled brick, and a corrugated false front.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1988 June
- 1882 Corbett & Ballenger's 10th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1905 Corbett & Ballenger's 32nd 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
- 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1930 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.6
- 8050 Brighton Road, Commerce City
- View of a duplex at 8050 Brighton Road in Commerce City, Colorado. The one story brick structure has wrought iron and corrugated Fiberglas awnings. A frame house is nearby; a compact car is parked, and a sign reads: "Offered by Van Schaack, Dave...
- Commerce City (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Duplexes--Colorado--Commerce City--1990-2000.
- 1990 August
- [Sanchez Reservoir, Costilla County, Colorado]
- Panoramic view of the Sanchez Reservoir and dam in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows shoreline, the dam and the overflow intake tower. Text on print includes reservoir capacity and tower, conduit, and dam dimensions. "Contained at date photo was...
- Reservoirs--Colorado--Costilla County.; Dams--Colorado--Costilla County.; Sanchez Reservoir (Colo.)
- 1911
- A prospector's wash tub
- Sam Stevens, a prospector, crouches over a stream and washes his long underwear on a rock near the mining community of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. His other laundry hangs on the branches of a nearby shrub.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Laundry--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Men.; Stevens, Sam T.
- 1901
- Ajax Peak above Smuggler Mill @ Pandora
- View of the Smuggler Mill in Pandora (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows a corrugated metal building with multipaned windows, a smokestack and a ventilator cupola. A road winds up Ajax Peak in the distance.
- Ajax Peak (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pandora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pandora Mill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Pandora--1940-1950.
- 1949 May 28
- Alice post office
- A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, was a Clear Creek County, Colorado. The largest mining camp settled in the early 1880s in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier. The cabin features a side gable,...
- Alice (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Alice--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1904]
- Alice, Colorado, 1904, Mrs. Harper's cabin
- A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, Colorado was a post office in Clear Creek County. Once one of the largest mining camps in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, Alice was settled in the early 1880s....
- Alice (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Alice--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Alley Belle Mine, Romley
- View of the ore loading station for the Alley Belle Mine near Romley (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has slipped and is tipped precariously over the dirt road. The station is a log building with truncated corrugated tin hip roofs. The...
- Alley Belle Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Romley (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Mine buildings.; Building collapse.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Romley--Pictorial works.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Romley--Pictorial...
- 1988
- American Fluorspar, Salida
- View of corrugated metal buildings of the American Fluorspar mine near Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows metal barrels, timber cribbing, a driveway, cars and dirt roads beside the fluorspar processing facility.
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; American Fluorspar Mine Company Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- American Fluorspar, Salida
- View of corrugated metal buildings of the American Fluorspar mine near Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows metal barrels, timber cribbing, a driveway, cars and dirt roads beside the fluorspar processing facility, and snow on mountains in the...
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; American Fluorspar Mine Company Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Chaffee (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Another view of Rudd cabin, now part of museum in Canon City
- This hewn log cabin in Canon City, Colorado, has a corrugated tin roof, a stone chimney, and boards over the window. Goosefoot weeds are in front.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Log cabins--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Architectural field survey #2 roll 4
- View of a building at 2550 Stout Street in the Five Points (Curtis Park) neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one-story building has decorative eaves and corrugated metal walls. A sign on the building reads: "Fukuma Imports Japanese Arts."
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [1976]
- Arvada Flour Mill Museum, Colo.
- View of the Arvada Flour Mill Museum located at 5580 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada, Colo. The 30-foot-tall wooden structure with corrugated metal siding was built to process wheat and then distribute the flour produced as "Arva-Pride." Built in...
- Arvada Flour Mill Museum (Arvada, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Flour mills--Colorado--Arvada--2010-2020.; Arvada (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Arvada Flour Mill Museum (Arvada, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Flour mills--Colorado--Arvada--Pictorial works.; Arvada...
- 2010
- Ashcroft, Summer, 1943 [graphic]
- View of a hewn log residence, Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado; features a board and corrugated metal roof with a pipe smoke stack and a leaning ladder; metal buckets, cans, wash tub, gold pan and wooden crates on a...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Auto equipment, old trucks, white, construction
- A group of workers pose on and around a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company utility truck probably in Denver, Colorado. Some of the men wear overalls and work jump suits, others wear suits. The license plate of the automobile is mounted...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 May 16
- Bakerville No. 252
- A mill, which appears to be under construction, in Bakerville, Colorado, in Clear Creek County is at the base of a hill. The Mill is a rectangular building with a gable and a corrugated tin roof. The front part of the structure is only framed. A...
- Bakerville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mills--Colorado--Bakerville--1870-1880.
- [about 1870?]
- Big Evans Gulch
- View of the exterior of dilapidated mining structures in Big Evans Gluch, northeast of Leadville, Colorado. Wood frame buildings include a front gable with porch and wooden stairs, attached two-story side gable with double-hung pane windows, and...
- Big Evans Gulch (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lake County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Big Evans Gulch--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Boulder County mining
- View of a mining structure, an ore cart track, and a tunnel at the bottom of a low hill bordering a dirt road, Boulder County, Colorado. The shed-like building has a corrugated metal roof, stovepipe, and tar wall covering. A grindstone and a boiler...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Boulder Milling & Elevator Company
- Mill buildings in Boulder, Colorado, are of brick and corrugated tin, and have gable, flat, mansard (with dormers), or monitor roofs. Full burlap sacks, brooms, and bales of straw are on the wooden dock, fronted by bare trees with stumps painted...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Brewery at Telluride
- View of an abandoned brewery in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. The wood, stone, plaster and tin building has a false front and a smokestack. A corrugated tin buildings is nearby.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1960-1970.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Telluride--1960-1970.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Telluride--1960-1970.
- [1963]
- Brown Hotel, 1965
- The Brown Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story, frame structure with a hipped gable roof and a dormer in front. A two story bay window is on the right, and the covered porch in front has a projecting, mitred central section that leads to...
- Brown Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [1965?]
- Brownies
- A group of African American (Black) girls and women pose in the backyard of a house in Denver, Colorado. Most of the girls wear Brownie uniforms and beanies. Two girls stand on top of a slide, and swings are in the distance. Shows a corrugated tin...
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America--Branches, chapters, etc.--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Youth...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Brunswick saloon
- Looking southwest from corner of South Spruce and East Colorado Avenue to exterior of Brunswick saloon, and into red-light district, Telluride, Colorado. Group of variety-theater performers (men in suits and hats, women and small girl in dresses),...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Buildings mining group standing in front with tram track going inside
- Outdoor portrait of a group of miners, women, a girl, and dogs near the entrance to a corrugated metal shafthouse in Colorado. Tramway tracks lead into the building.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Cabin of a gold-mine owner overlooking Clear Creek Canon (E. N. E.) Colo.
- A gold miner poses with his dog in the doorway of his corrugated metal cabin overlooking Clear Creek, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cabin on road near Holy Cross City
- A log cabin near Holy Cross City, Eagle County, Colorado, has a corrugated metal roof, and enamel pans hanging by the front door. A dirt road runs by the front, and tall evergreen trees grow nearby.
- Holy Cross City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Holy Cross City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Camp Bird mine ltd.
- Remains of a mill with corrugated sheet metal, stamp machinery and boilers, Camp Bird mine, Camp Bird, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Camp Nizhoni - unidentified girls
- Three African American campers peer out their second floor cabin window at Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County) Colorado. Their cabin is made of corrugated metal (iron) and wood.
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Capitol Hill Pump Station
- View of the Capitol Hill water distribution plant at 9th (Ninth) Avenue and Elizabeth Street in the Congress Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows the wooden roof over the reservoir, buildings with arched or round windows, smokestacks, and...
- Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- 1893 Corbett & Ballenger's 21st Annual Denver City Directory
- Central City
- A dilapidated building on Lawrence Street in Central City, Colorado. The portion of the building to the left has a clapboard, false storefront; the roof and the sides are of corrugated sheet metal. Two boarded up, rectangular-shaped windows are...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Changing horses Idlewild
- A stagecoach with canvas roof and sides is parked in front of a log building with a corrugated metal roof in Idlewild, Colorado. Idlewild was a stage station and a work camp for the building of the Moffat Tunnel. The driver is seated holding the...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1900-1910.
- 1904
- City Jail, Crippe [sic] Creek fire
- Remains of city jail demolished by first fire, April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; debris includes twisted corrugated tin metal, cage doors and cell block; one brick wall remains; buildings in commercial business district are in the background.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- City Park Dairy
- View of City Park Dairy barn in, Denver, Colorado; shows a corrugated metal barn with gambrel roof and ventilators. Guernsey cows are in the yard; lettering reads: "The City Park Barn."
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Cows--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dairying--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1920?]
- Cliff dwellers, Old Hundred mine
- View shows wooden boarding house and corrugated metal mine buildings precariously built on a steep mountain slope at the Old Hundred mine, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.; Old Hundred Mine (San Juan County, Colo. )--1930-1940.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cliffs--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]