Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Snowshed repair
- View of damaged concrete buttresses on a retaining wall near Stevens Pass (King County), Washington. Shows rebar and wooden debris.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Debris--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad facilities--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Reinforced concrete construction--Washington...
- 1917 October 30
- Santa Fe depot
- View of overturned freight cars and wreckage from the Arkansas River flood on Union Avenue in front of the stone Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad depot in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows standing water around trees and piles of debris.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- D.& R.G. bridge timbers at Union Avenue viaduct
- People stand on Union Avenue viaduct above timbers scattered by the Arkansas River flood. Shows railroad tracks under the pile of debris.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Carson, St. Jacob Mine
- View of the abandoned St. Jacobs Mine in Carson (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows a rusted boiler, broken machinery and wood debris. A valley and mine tailings are in the distance.
- Carson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; St. Jacobs Mine (Hinsdale County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.; Boilers--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.; Debris--Colorado--Carson--1960-1970.
- 1963
- Old White Triangle Block, Union Ave. and Main St. 4:30 am June fourth
- View of a two-story brick building with a flat roof and cloth awnings identified as the "Old White Triangle Block" on Union Avenue and Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Flood water from the Arkansas River surrounds commercial...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 4
- Roundhouse, Pueblo flood
- Men remove mud, the result of a flood, from railroad tracks at the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad roundhouse in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows a locomotive, an overturned railroad car, freight cars, stock cars, passenger cars, baggage carts, and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dead animals--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Remains of engine 35 which blew up at Basalt after Uncle Albert just gotten off
- Debris from the engine 35 explosion litters the tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad in Basalt, Colorado in Eagle County. Metal grates, wheels, and scraps from the locomotive are piled next to the tracks. A large locomotive wheel is on the...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [1895?]
- Remains of jail after fire 1946
- View of remains of the county jail in Georgetown, Colorado, a red brick two story building built in 1883, after it burned in 1946. Two glassless windows in the brick wall are charred around the edges, and debris is visible inside. A burned bush...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Jails--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Cornet Creek flood
- View northwest down Colorado Avenue after the Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado; shows First National Bank Building on corner of Fir and Colorado, three false front businesses, the Sheridan Hotel, the San Miguel County...
- Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- July 1914
- Pueblo flood
- View of reconstruction of the railroad platforms after a devastating flood at Union Depot in Pueblo, Colorado. Men work cleaning up debris. New lumber and pipe are piled at the work site. A steam shovel lifts dirt. Twisted and destroyed railroad...
- Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Construction--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Steam...
- 1921
- Approach to Santa Fe coal shutes [sic] at the edge of Peppersauce Dist. note young cottonwood tree weighted down with debris in foreground.
- View of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company coaling tower in Pueblo, Colorado. Houses have washed up near the structure after the Arkansas River flood. Shows a small cottonwood tree covered by mud and debris.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building failures--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- [1921 June]
- Antonito fire
- View of the aftermath of a fire in the town of Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows smoking adobe buildings destroyed by the fire. Hispanic American men, probably firefighters, stand near a wagon loaded with three large barrels filled with...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Antonito (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Business districts.; Fire fighters.; Fires.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Central business...
- 1905
- The Junction
- Men and women stand beside Willow Creek and the rubble of a fire in the business district of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of timber and metal debris. A woman wears a dress and holds probably a horseshoe in the air....
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892 June]
- Cor. Wall St. and Creede Ave., after the fire
- Men stand and pose at the corner of Wall Street and Creede Avenue after a fire in the commercial district of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of timber and metal debris. Buildings with gabled or flat roofs are in the canyon...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892 June]
- Pueblo flood
- A view of damaged wood frame houses after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows trees, a fence and debris.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Burning the obsolete horse cars
- Workers dismantle the chassis and wheels from several old Denver Tramway Company cars in Denver, Colorado. Smoke drifts off a pile of debris.
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Home of Wm. Doyle, dynamited December 17, 1903 at New Castle, Colo. [graphic]
- William Doyle's home, in New Castle, Garfield County, Colorado, has severe damage from dynamite planted in a personal attack on five residences. Interior furnishings are among the debris. The homeowner was a prominent official in a mine that was on...
- Doyle, William--Homes & haunts.; New Castle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bombings--Colorado--New Castle--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--New Castle--1900-1910.
- 1903 December 17
- West Portal Moffat Tunnel
- View of the sawmill at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Grand County, Colorado. Power station next to wood-frame, industrial building with gable. Piles of lumber, tree stumps, and debris.
- West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Power plants--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
- [1926 or 1927?]
- Auto/drug store accident
- A crowd looks at wreckage of an automobile that crashed into the front of a drugstore, in Denver, Colorado. Awnings lie across the front of the automobile and a bench is overturned. Men help to remove the debris.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Climax, Colo., "slushing" on the white level
- View of a miner standing in a hole next to a piece of slushing equipment, Climax, Lake County, Colorado. The slusher is used as a scraper loader to remove debris.
- Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Climax Mine (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Machinery--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Arkansas Valley flood view looking east at Bridge 126BE showing washed-out double tracked main line, near Goodnight, Colorado (mp. 124.1)
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Bridge 126BE and Arkansas River flood damge at milepost 124.1, near Goodnight (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows twisted tracks and ties, shovels, mud and debris.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Goodnight (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Disasters--Colorado--Goodnight--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Goodnight--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921
- Main Street, Central City
- View looking north on Main Street toward Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The block consists of mostly wooden, clapboard, one and two-story storefronts. The unpaved street is littered with garbage and debris. In the foreground, two men,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Demolishing Wazee Market bldgs.
- View of the partially demolished Wazee Market in downtown Denver, Colorado. Piles of bricks are near the debris. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Lumber Supply Company," "Vulcanite Roofings," "National Welding," and "John Deere."
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Markets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Native American women, Yosemite National Park
- Two Native American (Miwok) women pose near a dilapidated wooden shack in Yosemite National Park, California. One woman, wearing a striped dress, sits holding a basket she is weaving. The other woman stands behind, wearing a long dress with leg o'...
- Indians of North America--California--1890-1910.; Miwok Indians--California--1890-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.); Basket making--California--1890-1910.; Bears--California--1890-1910.; Huts--California--1890-1910.; National parks &...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Denver Theater demolition
- View of the demolition of the Denver Theater in Denver, Colorado. Interior walls are exposed amid debris.
- Denver Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1980 June 7
- Campion, John - mansion
- View of the Campion home wreckage at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; a wall remains standing among debris. Cardboard boxes have labels: "Qupak Contact Lens Cases."
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1963 December 4
- Creede
- Smoke rises from the smoldering ashes of the fire that destryoed part of the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Spectators gather around the ashes and debris. Trees dot the hills in the background.
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Denver urban renewal, Lincoln Park project
- Men work to demolish a building as part of the Denver Housing Authority Lincoln Park project located between 13th Avenue and Colfax, and Mariposa and Osage Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows bricks, wood and debris. A sign on the building reads,...
- Lincoln Park Homes (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Old cabins there
- A man packs supplies into the saddle of his horse outside of a collapsing, wooden building in the abandoned mining camp of Gold Park, Colorado, in Eagle County. Blankets lie on the ground in debris. A man walks around them and watches. A...
- Gold Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Horses--Colorado--Gold Park--1920-1930.
- 1922
- D wing building of medium security unit 56
- Aerial view of the medium security facility complex at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Buildings are surrounded by construction debris. A tilled field is across a dirt road, and a gambrel roofed barn is labelled: "Midway." Other...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1956 and 1960?]
- Vegas cut at m.p. 126
- Men wear overalls and fedoras, hold shovels and stand near flood damaged Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks and a washed out bridge over a creek bed in possibly Pueblo County, Colorado. African American (Black) men work at milepost 126...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; African Americans--Employment--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Snowshed construction
- A man stands on Great Northern Railway tracks at a wooden snowshed near Stevens Pass in King County, Washington. A workman is on the snowshed roof beside a traveling crane. Shows piles of lumber and debris.
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--1910-1920.; King County (Wash.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--King County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- [1917?]
- San Juan Chief mill
- View of the partially collapsed stamp mill for the San Juan Chief Mine in Mineral Point (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows rusted metal and wood debris. The San Juan Range is in the distance.
- Mineral Point (Colo.)--1960-1970.; San Juan Chief Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Ore industry--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Mineral Point--1960-1970.
- 1967
- People and flood / car debris
- Men and a woman examine an automobile buried in flood debris.
- Automobiles--1930-1940.; Floods--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Flood debris in canyon
- Men and a woman stand by a stream and flood debris.
- Floods--1930-1940.; Rivers--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Caribou, Colorado
- Panoramic view of dilapidated frame buildings and ruins of the stone Potosi Mine Boarding House in Caribou (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows a barren depression in a mountain valley, rocks and timber debris. Mount Thorodin is in the distance.
- Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Thorodin Mountain (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Caribou--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Caribou--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Dobson's Hotel, Squaw Gulch
- Men and women stand and pose in front of a one-story log building with a low pitched roof in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men wear vests, suits, hats and overcoats and stand beside a woman who wears a fitted dress. Men are identified as...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dobson, Doyle.; Guyot,...
- 1892 February
- 1421 Champa, construction progress, excavation
- View of excavation at the construction site of the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a cut stone foundation, stone rubble, iron pipes, iron fittings, and construction debris. Two winches are set up...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902, June 4
- Flood damage
- Flood damage in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of a stacked stone wall, mud and debris. Cars and a schoolbus are on Bear Creek Avenue, and businesses are in the background. Signs read: "Schneider Drug Fountain Service Cold Drinks...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1940-1950.
- June 1941
- Palace Hotel
- Brick rubble and partial walls of Palace Hotel, Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, destroyed by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; smouldering debris.
- Palace Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Hancock, Colorado
- View of a dilapidated mining building, Hancock, Colorado, shows a trestle that straddles the dirt road and scattered debris.
- Hancock (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hancock--1930-1970.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Hancock--1930-1970.; Trestles--Colorado--Hancock--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1968]
- Ruins of the Antlers Hotel
- View of the Antlers Hotel ruins, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, after the October 1, 1898 fire, includes portions of stone walls, a chimney, and the shell of a tower surrounded by debris. Combined losses from the fire were reported by...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Gates plant
- Interior view of the Gates Rubber Company factory under construction in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete columns, lumber and construction debris.
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Main Street, Central City
- View looking south down unpaved Main Street in Central City, Colorado, at about 9:00 a.m. The buildings consist of one and two-story clapboard storefronts with false fronts and rectangular windows. The street is littered with building materials,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Cyclone, Perry Park
- Aftermath of a storm in Perry Park (Douglas County), Colorado shows downed trees, building debris.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Perry Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.; Storms--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Fourteenth Street viaduct
- View of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado; also shows apartments, a warehouse, bricks, and debris.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Refuse--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- The Mine & Smelter Supply Co. fire damage
- Interior view, after a fire, of The Mine & Smelter Supply Company, in Denver, Colorado; shows columns, a steam radiator, and debris.
- Mine & Smelter Supply Company (Denver, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- St. John's Church fire
- Interior view of fire damage at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) in Denver, Colorado; shows the apse and debris.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Damaged room
- Interior view of a house in Denver, Colorado; shows square and round rooms and debris.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Campion, John - mansion
- View of the Campion home at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features incised stone, a dentiled cornice, steps, and inset balconies.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1963 December 4