Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Orphan home, Denver
- View of the Denver Orphans' Home at East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Race Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a Second Empire Style, brick, three-story residence with gables, a widow's walk, and bay windows. A fence...
- Denver Orphans' Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1880-1910.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Orphans--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1902?]
- Union Depot, Denver, Colorado
- View of the loading area at Union Station, in Denver, Colorado; shows people, trains, and snow.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1880-1910.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Wolfe Hall, Denver Col.
- View of Wolfe Hall, a woman's seminary, on Clarkson Street, between 13th (Thirteenth) and 14th (Fourteenth) Avenues in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A four-story, rusticated, stone school building designed by architect John W....
- Wolfe Hall (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1910]
- Interior, St. John's Cathedral, Denver, Colo.
- Interior view of 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 altar, apse, arcades, groin vaults, pews, and stained glass.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- Interior of St. Johns' Cathedral
- Interior view of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) at 20th (Twentieth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- Interior of St. John's Cathedral
- Interior view of the altar at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) at 20th (Twentieth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- St. John's Church in the Wilderness
- View of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) at 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado; features arched doors and a rose window.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- Interior of St. John's Cathedral, Denver
- Interior view of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) in Denver, Colo.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Organs--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- Interior of St. John's Cathedral
- Interior view of 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.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- St. John's Cathedral in Denver
- View of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) on the corner of East 20th (Twentieth) Avenue and Welton Street in Denver, Colorado
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- St. John's Cathedral, Denver
- View of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) at 20th (Twentieth) and Welton streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- St. John's Cathedral, Denver
- View of the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (also known as St. John's Church in the Wilderness and Saint John's Cathedral) at 20th (Twentieth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- St. John's Cathedral
- View of the Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (St. John's Cathedral, St. John's in the Wilderness) at East 20th (Twentieth) Avenue and Welton Street in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. The brick church has Queen Anne...
- Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- Denver High School
- Close view of Denver High School, located at 19th Street between Stout and California Streets in Denver, Colorado, opened 1882; also known as East Side High School; several students seated on wall fronting the school.
- East Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- First Baptist Church
- Baptist Church, Stout Street between 17th (Seventeenth) and 18th (Eighteenth) streets in downtown Denver, was dedicated on May 8 1883. The church shown has three front entrances, all with round arches above them. A large, round, stained-glass...
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Stained...
- [between 1883 and 1910?]
- Interior of First Baptist Church, Denver
- Interior view, including a large pipe organ, pulpit, balcony, and altar, of the First Baptist Church on Stout Street between 17th (Seventeenth) and 18th (Eighteenth) streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Banners read: "The Gospel That I Preached...
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Altars--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Organs--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1883 and 1910?]
- North Denver High School
- View of North Denver High School at 29th (Twenty-ninth) and Firth Court in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a Second Empire style building with a central pavilion topped by a tower with roof cresting and porthole windows, arched...
- North Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1902]
- North Denver High School
- View of North Denver High School at 29th (Twenty-ninth) and Firth Court in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a Second Empire style building with a central pavilion topped by a tower with roof cresting and porthole windows, arched...
- North Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1902?]
- Denver Globe Smelter
- View of Globe Smelter at 52nd (Fifty-second), Logan and Washington Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows numerous brick masonry buildings, smelter chimneys, plumes of smoke, and a mule-drawn ore cart on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks near a...
- Globe Smelter--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1910?]
- Denver Globe Smelter
- View of the work yard at the Globe Smelter at 52nd (Fifty-second), Logan, and Washington Streets in Denver, Colorado. A worker pushes an ore cart on the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge railroad tracks past a pile of loose rails. Shows brick...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1910.; Globe Smelter--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1910?]
- Windsor Hotel in Denver
- The Windsor Hotel, which opened its doors June 23, 1880, at the northeast corner of 18th (Eighteenth) and Larimer streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, was built by an English firm under the direction of James Duff. The exterior of the Windsor...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Stone...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Residence at 16th and Grant Street, Denver
- A stone wall stands in the foreground bordering a large yard filled with trees in front of the large stone residence of Charles Brewer Kountze at 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Grant Street in Denver, Colorado. The home spanned 22 lots on the block...
- Kountze, Charles Brewer, 1844-1911--Homes & haunts--1880- 1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1883 and 1910?]
- Near 22nd & York, City Park
- Electric street car conductors pose on two empty streetcars near 22nd (Twenty-second) Street and York Street in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The drivers wear double breasted jackets, ties and flat topped caps. Shows cars 293 and...
- City Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1880-1900.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1901]
- Ivy Chapel
- Ivy Chapel, at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado; features a steeple and buttresses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.); Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1903?]
- Tabor Grand Opera House, Denver
- Tabor Grand Opera House, 16th and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado, opened 1881 and razed in 1961.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1881 and 1910?]
- East Denver High School, 19th and Stout
- Exterior view of old East Denver High School, (1889-1925) 19th (Nineteenth) and Stout, Colorado, shows a brick building with stone trim; three-story middle section with massive dome and center bay, two-story wings and stone foundation.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1905]
- Sixteenth Street
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians and horse-drawn wagons are in the street. Signs on buildings read: "Bank" and "Dentists."
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1901]
- Normandie Apts 15th & Lawrence - John Thompson Grocery
- View of the Normandie Apartments at Lawrence and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets in Denver, Colorado; features of the Queen Anne gothic structure include bay windows, pediments, and storefronts. Signs read: "The John Thompson Grocery Co.;" buggies and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Gettysburg Building
- A group of men stand near the Gettysburg Building on Champa Street between 17th (Seventeenth) and 18th (Eighteenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Another group of men sit and stand on the roof of the brick facade. Signs on the octagonal...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1883 and 1905]
- Opulent parlor
- Interior view of a room in Denver, Colorado; decor includes Oriental carpet, upholstered chairs, a carved wood mantle, oil paintings, flower arrangements, chintz wallpaper, molding, and a crystal chandelier.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Sitting room
- Interior view of a room in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a piano, a rocking chair, bookcases, a fireplace, china vases, a depiction of a human skull, and a desk.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Dining room
- Interior view of a room in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a buffet, table and chairs, lace, china plates, lamps, framed portraits, chintz wallpaper, open-beamed ceilings, and leaded glass windows.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Foyer
- Interior view of a home in Denver, Colorado; decor includes stairs, a china vase, a cloak, lamps, carved wood, coffered ceilings, marble, sculpture, and mosaic wall coverings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Entrance halls--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Elegant sitting room
- Interior view of a home in Denver, Colorado; decor includes an Oriental rug, plaster molding, a crystal chandelier, a fireplace, lace coverlets, porcelain figurines, and sculpture including a replica of Michelangelo's "David."
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Formal dining room
- Interior view of a home in Denver, Colorado; decor includes carpet, a fireplace, a built-in sideboard, a leaded glass lamp, table and chairs, and framed art.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Stair hall
- Interior view of a home in Denver, Colorado; decor includes carpet, stairs, a bench, a chair, and a niche with sculpture.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Stairways--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Sitting room
- Interior view of a home in Denver, Colorado; decor includes carpet, a leopard rug, upholstered couches and chairs, plants, an "S" shaped love seat, and a replica of Michelangelo's "David."
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Card room
- Interior view of a room in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a fireplace, built-in cabinets, leaded glass, carved wood, pewter, silver, china, a candelabra, and an Oriental rug.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Sitting room
- Interior view of a home in Denver, Colorado; decor includes an upholstered chair, plants, and an "S" shaped love seat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Sitting room
- Interior view of a home in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a piano, rocking chair, lamps, book shelves, framed art and portraits.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Living rooms--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Well appointed bedroom
- Interior view of a home in Denver, Colorado; decor includes Oriental rugs, a bed with carved frame, a desk, rocking chair, fireplace, dresser, mirrors, a porcelain lamp, framed art, and a clock.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Evans Chapel
- Exterior of the Evans Chapel, Denver, Colorado; a small grand, Gothic, stone structure features: a steep front gable with a stone cross, side entry vestibule, stained glass windows, and roof cresting; built in 1873-1878 by Dr. John Evans,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Wooden pipe
- Construction workers lash together wooden planks to form a large diameter pipe probably in Denver, Colorado. The workers use metal braces to piece together the pipe in a deep trench. Planks are stacked on the side of the trench.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Lumber--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Franklin School in Denver
- View of the Franklin School on the corner of West Colfax and Stout Street in Denver, Colorado, which opened in 1883. The center portion of the building is set back slightly from the side wings and has a set of stone steps leading to its entrance....
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1910.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1910.
- [between 1883 and 1910?]