Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fireman putting Scotch lite tape on bicycles @ 1540 E. Virginia Ave., Fire Station no. 21
- Two boys with bicycles line up to have reflective tape put on their bicycles by a fireman in Denver Fire Station no. 21. The fireman holds a piece of tape and stands near a firetruck, he smokes a cigar. Another fireman is with the children.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1949 April 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 22, 1910 May 28
- State and city officials and members of the Colorado State Fireman's Association
- Panoramic view and photographic montage of members of the Colorado State Fireman's Association and city officials who pose near the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver, Colorado. Firefighters wear double-breasted dress uniforms and pose on...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Government officials--American--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Municipal...
- 1919 April 3
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 23, 1909 July 24
- Hose wagon - George Kephart Jr.
- A fireman and a dog sit in a hose wagon that is just outside of a fire house garage. Another fireman leans against ladder on the side of the wagon. Writing on the wagon reads: "George Kephart Jr.".
- Dogs--1890-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--1890-1910.; Fire fighters--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver Fire Dept. fire run or parade?
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd the sidewalks watching horses, buggies, and a man in a fireman's hat. A streetcar and Denver Union Station are in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- Six men pull a hose reel up the hill past the Williams' Stables building and Washington Hall in Central City, Colorado. The reel has wrought iron decoration and is being guided by a fireman dressed in fireman's coat and hat. Four other men, two...
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Washington Hall (Central City, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Central City festival
- A fireman, wearing long underwear and shorts, scales a ladder suspended in mid air in the middle of Main Street in Central City, Colorado. People sit on the grandstand on Eureka street. Crowds line both sides of the street, look out the windows of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Firemans Day
- Crowds cover the sidewalks and people hang out of the windows of the buildings of Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, to watch the fireman's races. Many of the spectators wear hats and wave American flags. A large striped arch stretches...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Crowds--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Breckenridge
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest, includes the frame, one story, gable roofed Saint Mary's Catholic Church on the right, with its gothic arched windows and cross on the gable peak. Numerous other frame buildings surround,...
- St. Mary's Catholic Church (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1887?]
- At fire of 10/23/66
- A fireman in Brighton, Colorado, cranks a wrench at the top of a fire hydrant; a fireman behind him points at something. Men in the background work on a pump mounted on the front of a 1940's firetruck. A brick building with a glass-brick window is...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.
- 1966 [October 23]
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story frame building featuring a gable roof with flat side extensions, a belfry, and a plate glass ground floor front with transoms. Lettering on the three front windows reads...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireman's Hall (Breckenridge, Colo)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 9 and 10, 1929 September-October
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 4, 1912 November 23
- Denver fireman Looking at Stutz Motor
- A Denver fireman looks at a Stutz motor on a fire truck, Denver, Colorado. Shows a motor with engraved lettering "Stutz" and a fire hose.
- Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Engines--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Fireman, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a Georgetown, Colorado, fireman with a white bushy moustache holding an American flag. He wears a conductor-type hat and a shirt on which the emblem of the Star Hook and Ladder Company, two crossed ladders superimposed on a five-pointed...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1940.; Flags--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Fireman gives demonstration
- A fireman stands on a low platform and gives a demonstration of fire extinguishers in a parking lot of Denver General Hospital in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A group of nurses and men stand nearby. Cars are parked in the...
- Denver General Hospital--People--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Fire extinguishers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Engr. Volleberg, Fireman Connelly, and Brakemen [sic] Brokate by engine in center of train
- Three men identified as engineer Volleberg, fireman Connelly and brakeman Brokate stand near an unidentified railroad locomotive, hopper nd freight cars. The hopper has lettering: "Rodger Ballast Hart Convertible Class C.S., Designed and Built by...
- Railroad employees--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--1890-1900.; Railroads--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Lawndale Ry. & Industrial Co. 2-8-0 #5 Vulcan 1909 Lawndale, N.C. 3-foot gauge, fireman Bridges at left.
- Two men, one identified as the fireman, lean against a narrow gauge steam locomotive near an enginehouse in Lawndale (Cleveland County), North Carolina. Letters on the locomotive and tender read: "5" and "Lawndale."
- Lawndale Railway & Industrial Company--1940-1950.; Lawndale (N.C.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--North Carolina--Lawndale--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--North Carolina--Lawndale--1940-1950.; Railroad facilities--North...
- 1942 March 28
- Kokomo, Colo.
- Men and women pose beside a Denver & Rio Grande engine number "262" and freight car number "2624" in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. Shows the schoolhouse, frame houses with porches, and the Denver & Rio Grande railroad depot. Some of the men and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Kokomo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Breckenridge, Colo. Hook & Ladder Co. Fire Dept.
- Men pose on ladders or on the street in front of the two story frame Fireman's Hall building with a central cupola and a flagpole in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Men wear fire hats and uniforms, pose and hold buckets or axes. A man holds...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Fire stations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888]
- Animas Canyon near Needleton, Colo.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge steam locomotive no. 61, with a tender, gondola and freight car, stopped near Needleton (San Juan County), Colorado. Numbers and lettering on the freight car and gondola read: "4510" and "D [&]...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1900.; Railroad employees--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--San...
- [ca. 1890]
- Gilpin Tramway work train
- View of a Gilpin Tramway Company work train led by locomotive no. 4. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "G. 4 T." and "4." The engineer and fireman stand in the door and window of the locomotive. A well dressed man in a suit, tie and hat, sits on...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1900-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars.; Railroad employees.; Railroad locomotives.
- 1908
- Denver - Fire Dept. horse drawn fire wagon parade?
- View of a Denver Fire Department horse-drawn wagon on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd the sidewalks. Office buildings flank the street; the Tabor Opera...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902]
- Denver Fire Dept. fire run or parade?
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd the sidewalks watching a horse drawn buggy full of firemen. Office buildings flank the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902]
- Denver - Fire Dept. fire run or parade?
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd sidewalks watching firemen in a horse drawn buggy.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902]
- Fire the boys are trying to get their clothes on.
- The fireman, just out of their beds in their long johns, jump into their fire pants, upstairs in the firehouse, Loveland, Colorado. One man makes his way down the fire pole.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Loveland--1910-1930.; Fire stations--Colorado--Loveland--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Westminster, Colorado
- A uniformed fireman and Santa Claus pose on a Westminster Fire Department fire engine, Westminster, Adams County, Colorado. Painted on the side of the fire engine: "Westminster Colo. Fire Dept. No."
- Westminster (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Westminster--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Westminster--1960-1970.; Santa Claus--Colorado--Westminster--1960-1970.
- December 19, 1966
- Tom - Chief - Briler
- Fireman Lawrence E. Burns poses with 3 white horses, Tom, Chief, and Briler, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Burns, Lawrence E., 1886-1947.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.
- 1909
- Colorado Springs Fire Department
- View of the Fire Department conducting rescue drills, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a fireman rappelling from the hose drying tower with another man draped over his back and men holding the rope from below. The extension ladder...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department.--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910- 1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Towers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Colorado Springs Fire Department
- View of the Fire Department rescue drills, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a fireman on the ladder of the fire truck carrying down another man on his back. The brick hose drying tower and apartments are in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department.--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Towers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Metropolitan Steamer, purchased Nov. 1898
- Side view of an antique steam fire wagon, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a fireman with a helmet in driver's seat, pinstriped wheels, coupling hoses on racks, brass tank, pumps and nozzles.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950- 1960.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- August 1952
- Picture show, Silverton, Colo.
- View of the abandoned movie theater and adjacent wood frame buildings with false fronts in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Prominent signs read: "Silverton Coal Co. Crested Butte King Iron Fireman Stoker", "Ladies & Gents [G]arments Cleaned...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.
- August, 1941
- Fire Chief in Horse and Buggy
- A Denver Fireman and officer ride in a parade in a horse and buggy on a street in Denver, Colorado. The passenger is possibly Assistant Fire Chief E. E. Patrick. Shows spectators, signs in the background read "Niles Phonograph Parts Co." and "5...
- Fire chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940]
- Fire rescue next door to the Public Service building
- A fireman carries a female victim down a ladder as onlookers watch from windows in the adjacent Public Service building, Fifteenth (15th) and Champa Streets, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Victims--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Fire chief Healy
- Portrait of Fire Chief John F. Healy (chief from 1912 to 1945) in Denver, Colorado. He wears a double breasted fireman's coat with a badge, and a cap.
- Fire chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Healy, John F.
- [between 1930 and 1945?]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Exterior view of residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. A plank fence is in the foreground, and peaks of the Tenmile range are in the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, include one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. The house on the right has two sash windows flanking a paned glass door. A plank fence is in the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Exterior view of residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, shows one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. A plank fence, clapboard wall, ladder and chair are in the foreground, and peaks of...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge from Shock Hill (west) 1896
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, the frame dwellings and commercial buildings of the town fill the foreground; the school with its ornamented gable is to the east. The Fireman's Hall with its hose drying tower, belfry and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest from atop Barney Ford Hill, the churches and the hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall are visible among the many buildings of the town. Mountains of the Ten Mile Range are in the background,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Breckenridge
- This view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looks west at frame dwellings with fenced yards and the roof of the Arlington House hotel and the hose drying tower of the Fireman's Hall. In the foreground, a man, two women and two Labrador type dogs are posed...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Men--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, the school, Fireman's Hall, dwellings and false fronted commercial buildings are interspersed with evergreens. The sheds, depot and freight cars of the Colorado and Southern Railroad are in...
- Barney Ford Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west; shows the schoolhouse, belfry of the Fireman's Hall, the Denver Hotel, the Arlington House, a frame building with a curvelinear false front and a wide cornice. The Methodist Church and the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Breckenridge, South Park Line
- Looking southeast at Breckenridge, Colorado, the town's churches and the hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall are visible among the many buildings of the town. Mount Baldy and its foothills are in the background.
- Baldy, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890- 1900.
- [between 1890-1899?]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Procession, includes several fireman on horseback and foliage covered, horse drawn pumper wagon, Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Spectators line the street, some on bicycles.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1899
- Crossing Main St during winter of 1899
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, in deep snow, one of the sawtooth porch uprights of the Denver Hotel emerges, and in the background, the belfry and cornice of Fireman's Hall shows above piled snow. A false fronted commercial building...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899?]
- Football game 1900's
- During a sporting event on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, American flags hang from buildings in the left. People are on the balcony of the Denver Hotel and a sign over them reads "Evans Pharmacy." Taken from the balcony of the Arlington...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Football--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Running races--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Lower Main Street, Breckenridge
- Buildings line either side of the dirt Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Arlington House on the left has a curvelinear false front with a wide cornice and an open porch with a balcony. Other half false fronted buildings flank it; one with...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1891?]
- Main St 1936
- View of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. A path has been cleared in deep snow which is piled onto both sides of the street. The Denver Hotel and part of the cornice of the Arlington House are on the left; a triangular "Conoco" sign is mounted...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.
- 1936