Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. The ballroom interior is an ornate variety of carved plaster and stenciling in Arabesques, scallops, knotwork, gilt, and tile. Columns support arches...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Vaults (Architecture)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, has a Moorish interior, featuring plaster carved with Arabic inscriptions. Muqarnas follow the ceiling coves; the walls are stenciled with arabesques, and columns flank scalloped arches. Veined...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, of "The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobility of the Mystic Shrine," is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. The ballroom has ornate stenciled borders; columns support the beamed ceiling....
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. The ballroom interior is an ornate variety of carved plaster and stenciling in Arabesques, scallops, knotwork, gilt, and tile. Columns support a...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Mezzanines--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, dedicated 1907, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. This room interior has angled walls, carved plaster brackets, cartouches, and garlands. An arched frame holds a mirror; a leaded glass...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers, was dedicated in 1907. The ballroom interior has ornate stenciled borders; columns support the beamed ceiling. Swinging doors lead to a room with pointed...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, was dedicated in 1907. This room has wainscoting and beamed ceilings, hanging lamps, and stenciling. Leaded glass windows top a small service door, and armchairs are against the interior walls.
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chairs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Rocky Mountain News
- View of the Rocky Mountain News and surrounding buildings in Denver, Colorado, in Arapahoe County (later the City and County of Denver). Signs on buildings read: "Rocky Mountain News," "Printing," "Rocky Mountain House," and "Tremont House."
- Rocky Mountain News--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Newspapers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1864?]
- Royal Tiger Mines Co.
- View of Royal Tiger Mine, mill, and mining ore processing facility in San Juan County, Colorado; buildings include the carpenter shop, machine shop, and concentrator. A car is by tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Royal Tiger Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.
- August 22, 1923
- Coal mine underground Lafayette, Colo.
- Miners work with a pneumatic drill and a pick near a mine ore car in a mine tunnel near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Lafayette coal mine
- A miner works with a pneumatic drill in a tunnel of a mine near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. He wears a hat and a miner's light.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.
- 1921
- View of Riva Ridge with jeep, Italy
- View of Riva Ridge lightly dusted with snow. In the foreground a covered jeep is parked pointing toward the mountains along a gravel road. An open field covered with snow and some woods fill the middle ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [February] 1945
- Summer scene of American City
- Panoramic view of American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. The buildings include the Smug Harbor and Louisiana cabins, the office of the American Mining Company, and the shafthouse of the Mascot Mine.
- American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.
- Summer [between 1895 and 1905]
- Baby Tabor, age 24 months
- Studio portrait of Elizabeth Bonduel Lillie Tabor (daughter of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor), in a lace dress with cut flowers on the bodice.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Tabor, Elizabeth Bonduel Lillie, 1884-1946.
- [1886 July]
- Broadway and 11th, Denver
- View of the intersection of 11th (Eleventh) and Broadway Streets, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick apartment building with storefronts and signs: "11th Ave. Hotel," "11th Ave Liquor," and "Safeway."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1928, May 23
- Radium Co of Colo Tejon Plant
- View of the shaft house the Radium Company of Colorado's Tejon Plant in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Mine buildings
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings and smokestacks.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Radium mine
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Two automobiles are parked near the side of a dirt road.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium Company of Colorado
- Assayers work in a laboratory at the Radium Company of Colorado mine in Colorado.
- Assayers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Early placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Pell's Oyster House
- Interior view of Pell's Oyster House in Denver, Colorado; shows men, women, dishes, light fixtures, and a sign: "Pay Here."
- Pell's Oyster House (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Navajoe Indian squaw and child
- A Native American (Navajo) mother and child pose seated beside large rocks in Canyon de Chelly (later Canyon de Chelly National Monument), Arizona. The woman wears a bil (dress) and a bead necklace. The boy stands on a woven blanket.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Colorado, the late Ute outbreak and massacre at the White River Agency
- View of log and frame buildings near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows people and horses near the residence of Chief Ouray, North American Indian (Tabequache Ute) chief. Bust portraits show Ute "Joe"(probably scout Joseph Rankin), with a...
- Indian scouts--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1870-1880.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Generals--1870-1880.;...
- 1879 December 6
- The Texas cattle trade
- View of cowboys on horseback and herds of cattle in Texas. Men herd cattle on trails, on the prairie or in wooden corrals. Shows a camp scene with a fire, men at a table, and saddles on the ground. Scenes in Kansas show covered wagons and...
- Wichita (Kan.)--1870-1880.; Camping--1870-1880.; Cattle herding--Texas--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Kansas--Wichita--1870-1880.; Meat industry--Texas--1870-1880.
- [1874 May 2]
- Birdseye view of Black Hawk
- A bird's eye view of Black Hawk, Colorado, looking west up Gregory Gulch and taken from Swede Hill; shows Gregory Street from east to west: Black Hawk Cracker Bakery, Ed. C. Hughes' Meat Market, Hardware and Stoves, Drugs. Flagpole is prominent in...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [1872]
- Colorado, mountain scenery
- View to the northwest of the east side of Bates Hill as it descends to North Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows the processing mills that cover the creek to process ore from mines further up the gulch. Nathaniel Hill's Boston and Colorado...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Nevadaville about 1888
- View of Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows log dwellings, Quartz Hill, Pozo Mill, a monitor roofed mining facility, firewood, a buckboard, smokestacks, and tailings piles.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Ore...
- 1888?
- L'evacuation des kommandos sur lea routes (Evacuated commandos on the road)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and guards on a road outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945 April
- Oil painting
- Framed, landscape painting shows a sod house and grass.
- Houses--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Chestnut St. & Carbonate Hill
- View east on Leadville, Colorado's Chestnut Street with Carbonate Hill in the background includes a dirt street lined predominantly with wood frame false fronts of varying sizes, which create a stair step effect. The two-story "Grand Hotel" in the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Knights of Pythias
- Knights of Pythias, Leadville Lodge, No. 1, pose in Aspen, Colorado. The Grand Lodge of the Grand Jurisdiction of Colorado was organized in 1879. Members in full uniform including dark jackets, trousers, epaulets, striped belts, white gloves and...
- Knights of Pythias. Leadville Lodge No. 1 (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Geo W. Cook's original Drum Corps, Leadville
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drum majoring--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1891]
- Morrison 7 miles up Bear River (Creek) Parmby Gulch - Pennyweight Gulch.
- Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, is dusted in snow. Tracks of the Colorado and Southern Railroad are in the foreground near a frame dwelling with a square tower and balcony. The school is on a rise, and foothills are in the background.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Myer's cabin - Montgomery, Colo.
- Well dressed men and women in Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, pose on the deck of a long, one-story log cabin. A birdcage [?] is by the double hung window. Lumber, a fence, and horses are in the foreground; dwellings and mountain slopes are in...
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.; Log cabins--Colorado--Montgomery--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. This room has wood trim and Japanese murals in the freizes. Interior leaded glass windows with floral patterns top a small service door; electric lamps...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. This spacious room has high wood wainscoting, stenciled freizes and brackets. The ceiling beams alternate with plaster coffering in geometric rosettes,...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ceilings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- The Gilpin Tramway Co.
- Three Gilpin Tramway Company locomotives and gondola cars loaded with frozen ore park on railroad tracks outside the steam shed used to thaw the ore before sent to processing mill in winter. Two men stand on side of locomotive Quartz Hill 3 and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Gilpin Tramway Company.
- [1900 or 1901]
- Overview - Tiny Town, Colorado
- A young girl stands among the miniature buildings in a panoramic view of Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Tiny Town
- A young girl wearing a winter coat stands on a slope below the miniature industrial section of Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Tiny Town, Colo. - residential house
- A young girl wearing a winter coat examines a miniature house in Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. The Spanish-style, stucco house has a tile roof and two chimneys.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature houses--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Tiny Town, Colorado - church & library
- View of the miniature Tiny Town Community Church and library in Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. The library is a one-story, horizontal building with doric columns. The church has twin steeples.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Libraries--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Tiny Town
- A young girl stands next to the miniature commercial district in Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. The girl is bundled in a winter coat and a hat. Signs: "Western Union," "Real Estate," and "Tiny Town Mercantile Co."
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Tiny Town, Colorado - miniature steamboat
- The miniature riverboat S. S. Columbine is anchored in a man-made lake in Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. The boat has three decks and two smokestacks.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Steamboats--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Tiny Town, Colorado - overview
- Panoramic view of the miniature town of Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Tiny Town, Colorado
- A young girl stands next to the miniature commercial district in Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. The buildings include miniature storefronts. Miniature electrical towers are in the background.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Tiny Town, Colorado
- A young girl stands near the miniature train depot and the tracks of the Tiny Town railroad in Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. The train is stopped over the iron bridge that spans a man-made lake. A sign "Lakeside Drive" is attached to a...
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Overland park - auto races
- Spectators in the stands watch as seven racecars speed around a turn at the race track at Overland Park in the City and County of Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Racetracks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- May 30, 1927
- A. VanCamp Mountain City, cash market
- Printed advertisement from Mountain City, Gilpin County, Colorado, reads: "A. Vancamp. Mountain City, Cash Market C. P. Dupree's Sugar Cured Hams & Bacon. Dealer In Fresh & Salt Meats, Salt Fish, Butter, Lard, Eggs, Vegetables, &c. Central City,...
- Mountain City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Advertisements--1860-1870.
- [between 1866 and 1870]
- Only building standing on Bennett Ave. after fire
- View of two images depicting first fire, April 26, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; top image depicts flames and smoke moving towards Bennett Avenue; large crowds are on boardwalk and horse-drawn wagons and enclosed commercial wagons are on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Fremont in early days the present townsite of Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view of early sparse settlement of Fremont, Colorado in 1891; consolidated and renamed Cripple Creek in 1892; several log buildings under construction are interspersed with several canvas tents; distant view of hillsides.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1891 November 1