Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #106 Paonia, Colorado
- A horse-drawn wagon is parked in front of a warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Men and women gather under the covered area of the building. Architectural features of the one-story, clapboard building with a gable, a chimney, and a...
- Paonia Fruit Exchange Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.;...
- [1911?]
- #109 Apple packers at Roberts #2
- Apple packers pose in front of the North Fork Fruit Growers Association Warehouse No. 2 in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A group stands under the covered porch adjacent to the building. A second group congregates around a pile of crates near...
- North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- October 13, 1908
- #112 Canning Factory, Paonia, Colo.
- View of the facade of the canning factory in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Structures: rectangular, brick warehouse with window and two-story, frame commercial building with front gable and side entrance.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- 1908
- #115 Nelson Bros. Fruit Company view showing packing shed and offices with workers
- Employees of the Nelson Brothers Fruit Company pose on two sets of frame steps at the company packing house and offices in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the building: brick-frame structure with a stepped cornice and...
- Nelson Brothers Fruit Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Fruit storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #116 Nelson Packers in auto
- A man drives a carload of six women past a fruit-packing warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Warehouse fruit-packers stand behind stacks of fruit crates under the covered area adjacent to the building. Crates read: "North Fork Fruit, The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Crates--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 22, 1909
- #129 Fruit Sheds on 2nd Street
- View of fruit warehouses in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Scaffolding and boards are in front of the building in the foreground. Planks, boards, and debris litter the foreground in front of the outhouses. Other warehouses in the background.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #280 Grables' Harness Shop note: "Drummer" on right
- Two women and three men stand in front of a tack shop in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Two saddles are mounted on luggage trunks on opposite sides of the entrance to the store. A plate of peaches is on top of a trunk. An elderly man stands...
- Paonia Harness Boot & Shoe Shop (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saddlery--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Saddles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 13, 1908
- #303 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- Phil Eisenkramer holds a plucked goose inside of his meat market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Other plucked birds hang on a rack behind him. Wreaths hang above the rack and the windows. Tins of buscuits from the National Biscuit Company...
- Eisenkramer, Phil--Homes & haunts.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- 1909?
- #306 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- A man sits on a stool in front of the customer counter in Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A man wearing an apron and a man in a suit stand behind the counter. Animal carcasses, including a pig, birds, and beef, hang...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Pork--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- November 22, 1909
- #307 Miller Mercantile Company Dry Goods & Dept. Store
- Three employees, two men and a woman, of the Miller Mercantile Company Dry Goods & Department Store stand behind a display counter in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Items on display include window coverings and bolts of fabric.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Showcases--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #312 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- View of the interior of the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Items on display: jackets, hats, hat boxes, luggage, and items in glass cases.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #316 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- A butcher stands on a wooden stool next to a row of beef carcases hanging on hooks in Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Items in front of the customer counter: a crate of apples, a stool, and a barrel. Items on the...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- April 28, 1909
- #319 Paonia Meat Market Eisenkramer's
- Interior view of the Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Man holding wrapped package of meat sitting on stool in front of customer counter. Butcher behind counter wearing apron. Items on counter: scale and cash register...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- #321 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- View of shelves stacked with shoeboxes in the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Ladders lead to the top shelves of the store. Items for display in the store cases include: socks and handkerchiefs. Penants hang...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #322 Cobbler at work - rear of Emry Shoe and Clothing Company
- A cobbler repairs the sole of a shoe in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. The shoe is mounted on an iron that the cobbler holds between his feet as he sits on a wooden bench. He taps the sole with a hammer. His box of tools in on the bench next...
- Shoes--Maintenance and repair--Colorado--Paonia--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoemakers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #329 Art Ward's barber shop
- Three barbers shave their customers in a barber shop in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Each customer lies back in the barber's chair with a sheet draped over his chest. A seventh man wearing coveralls stands by the mirror in the background.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barbers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Barbershops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Shaving--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- #357 Studio wrestling
- Studio portrait of two men wrestling with one another in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Both men have bare torsos and wear wrestling tights. The man in the dark tights twists the arm of the second man behind his back as he grasps his legs. A...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Posing.; Wrestling--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #375 Arrival of Denver & Rio Grande passenger train
- A steam locomotive of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad pulls into the Paonia, Colorado train station in Delta County. Spectators, all men, stand on both sides of the tracks to watch the entrance. Crates of fruit are stacked next to the depot...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 19, 1908
- #390 Barom's Tent Packing Shed
- View of Barom's Tent Packing Shed in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Smaller tents pitched next to the large tent. Fruit crates stacked outside of the tent.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- 1911
- #399 Man in buggy possibly Henry Davis building was originally Paonia High School now (1979) Junior High
- A man, possible Henry Davis, sits in a horse-drawn buggy in front of the newly-built high school in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. He holds the horse's reins in one hand and a whip in the other. The high school is a three-story, masonry...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Davis, Henry.
- [1909?]
- #451 Ice packing scene
- Men holding ice hooks manipulate floating pieces of cut ice in a pond in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Two men stand at the edge and watch. Snow blankets the ground.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ice industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- January 13, 1911
- #483 Ice cutting scene
- Two men cut ice with an ice cutter pulled by two horses on a pond in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A third man stands by and watches. Snow blankets the ground.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Ice industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- January 13, 1911
- #533 Exterior - Methodist Church
- The congregation of Paonia Methodist Church stands outside of the church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the L-shaped, masonry building: gable roof, gothic windows, fish-scale siding, and a belltower with a hipped...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #728 Nelson Bros. Fruit Company Shed
- View of a warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Features of building: masonry construction, gable, false front with stepped cornice, and vents. Man on horse next to building. Signs: "Nelson Bros. Fruit."
- Nelson Brothers Fruit Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- #735 Exterior of Methodist Church
- Exterior view of the Paonia Methodist Church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the L-shaped, masonry building: gable roof, gothic bays, fish-scale imbrication, and a belltower with a hipped roof.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #745 Interior of Methodist Church Christmas Party
- Two rows of girls holding baby dolls perform in the Christmas pageant at the Methodist Church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Baby cradles and miniature brooms are in front of the girls in the front row. Christmas trees flank the stage. The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #96 North Fork Fruit Growers Association offices and shipping sheds at Colburn's, Colorado
- A man stands on the deck of a produce warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. The two-story frame building has a gable and covered porches on opposite sides of the building. Painted on the gableboard: "The North Fork Fruit Growers...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1910- 1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage...
- 1911
- #97 Apple packers Robert's #1
- Apple packers pose in front of the Fruit Growers Association Warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. One group stands under the covered porch adjacent to the building. A second group congregates around a pile of crates near the building. ...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1900-1910.; North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Food storage...
- October 13, 1908
- 1433 Creede
- Pedestrians and horse drawn wagons proceed down the bustling street in the town of Creede, Colorado in Mineral County. Architectural features include one and two-story, wood-frame residences and commercial storefronts with flat roofs, gables,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1890
- 1442 Creede by W.H. Jackson.
- People bundled in coats stand in front of shanties in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. One of the rectangular, wood-frame buildings has a gable with roofing; the gables of the other buildings are covered with tent material. Stacks...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
- [1885?]
- 15 Alliot, Glenwood - Valley of the Grand
- Panoramic view overlooking the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known as Defiance), in Garfield County. Tracks of Denver and Rio Grande Western parallel with Colorado River. Visible landmarks: Hotel Colorado, hot springs, bathhouses,...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1902]
- 17 St. between Water & Gross Sts.
- Four men mounted on horses pose in front of a stable in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Clothing includes hats, scarves, and revolvers. Each has a rope and other gear attached to the western saddle. Patches of snow and water are on the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- 1899 Inn, La Veta, Colo.
- View of the 1899 Inn located at 314 South Main Street, La Veta, Colo. Built in 1909, the two-story, vernacular stone structure has 18-inch walls with a full-length front porch, generous dormers and a mansard roof. The sign in front of the Inn reads...
- 1899 Inn (La Veta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; La Veta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; 1899 Inn (La Veta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; La Veta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1991
- 18th St.
- Water floods the streets of Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Structures engulfed by the water include: one and two-story wood-frame houses and a fence.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894
- 1939 Douglas County High School Graduation Program
- Graduation program for the graduation ceremony of Douglas County High School located in Castle Rock, Colorado.
- Douglas County High School (Castle Rock, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Douglas County History Research Center (Castle Rock, Colo.); School yearbooks--Colorado--Douglas County.; High schools--Colorado--Douglas County--Periodicals.
- 1939
- 19th St. looking east no. 122
- Water washes down 19th (Nineteenth) Street in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Debris and garbage float on top of the water. A lone wood-frame residence is nearly covered by water.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894
- 19th Street Diner, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- View of the 19th Street Diner located at 1908 Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The exterior of the 1950s style diner has a pink, black and white awning with the sign "19th St. Diner," a large external neon wall clock and a separate...
- 19th Street Diner (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--2010-2020.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--2010-2020.; 19th Street Diner (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Diners...
- 2011
- 1st child born in Greeley
- A couple, Horace Greeley and Bertha Dixon, pose for a formal studio portrait in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. The man, who sits in an upholstered chair with fringe around the edge, wears a suit, a shirt, a vest, and leather gloves. The woman...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dixon, Bertha.; Greeley, Horace.
- 1870 June 18
- 1st High St. Lee House - upper right Central City, Colo.
- View looking up First Street in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Houses, including the Lake house and the Lee house, built above stone retaining walls.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1932 and 1937?]
- 1st National Bank
- Exterior view of the First National Bank in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Building has an arched front window and an offset front entrance. Etched on building facade: "First National Bank A. D. 1903." Signs in window: "Safe Deposit Boxes for...
- First National Bank (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- June 17, 1909
- 2nd & Grand Streets
- Two people stand in front of a water fountain at the intersection of Second and Grand Streets in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. The brick, commercial storefront has signs that read: "Richards Drug Co." and "Apteekki, Apoteka, Farmacia The...
- Richards Drug & Stationery Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- 304 Mill Creek Circle, Vail, Colo.
- View of a house (1960's) located at 304 Mill Creek Circle, Vail (Eagle County), Colorado. Designed by Fitzhugh Scott, this Tyrolean style house has a battered stucco base, wood plank walls, painted shutters, a balcony and window flower boxes.
- Vail (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Vail--Pictorial works.; Vail (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1997
- 4th of July
- Firemen ride in horse-drawn carts down an unpaved street in La Junta, Colorado in Otero County. They wear their uniforms and hats. American flags decorate the carts. A wood-frame building with a belltower is in the background.
- Fourth of July--Colorado--La Junta--1880-1890.; La Junta (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--La Junta--1880-1890.
- 1888
- 4UR Ranch
- View of the buildings of the 4UR Ranch in Wagon Wheel Gap (Mineral County), Colorado. Clapboard and log buildings are in a green field. A barn is nearby. The Colorado Fluorspar Company Mine is in the distance. Shows a fence and a dirt road.
- 4UR Ranch (Wagon Wheel, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dude ranches.; 4UR Ranch (Wagon Wheel, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dude ranches--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--Pictorial works.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- 7th Avenue & 9th Street
- View of the newly settled community of Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. An L-shaped, wood frame house is situated across the street from a one-story commercial, false-fronted, lumber storefront; a man and a woman stand in front of the building....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- 7th Street & 7th Avenue
- View of a box-shaped, masonry, commercial building in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. Features include a bracketed cornice, arched windows, chimneys, storefront windows, and a wooden porch where two men stand. Two men are in a horse-drawn...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- 800 block Main Street, Springfield, Colo.
- View of the corner of the 800 block of Main Street in Springfield (Baca County), Colorado. Signs on a lamp post point towards the "Fairgrounds" and "Springfield Little Britches Rodeo." Shows one and two story, brick and rusticated stone false front...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial streets.; Central business districts--Colorado--Springfield--Pictorial works.; Springfield (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1988
- 9th St. & 8th Ave.
- A row of men stand outside two commercial buildings in the town of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. Seven men, one holding a dog, and a boy stand outside a blacksmith's shop; a one-story, masonry building with a cornice, chimneys and storefront...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- [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
- "Administration Building" Colorado State Teachers College Greeley, Colorado
- View of ivy-covered Cranford Hall, an administrative building on the campus of the Colorado Teachers College (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly known as the State Teachers College, the Colorado State College of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1940.; University of Northern Colorado.
- [between 1911 and 1935]