Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 9, 1914 February 14
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 24, 1914 September 26
- Stevens School flag raising
- Photograph of the flag raising ritual at Stevens Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Pictured are six boys. They all wear light shirts and slacks. One boy raised the American flag up the flag pole, one plays the bugle, and the others salute...
- Flags--American.; Flag salutes.; Flagpoles.; Stevens School (Denver, Colo.); Congress Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938 September
- Stevens School flag raising
- Photograph of the flag raising ritual at Stevens Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Pictured are seven boys. They all wear light shirts and slacks. One boy raised the American flag up the flag pole, one plays the bugle, and the others salute...
- Flags--American.; Flag salutes.; Flagpoles.; Stevens School (Denver, Colo.); Congress Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938 September
- Flag raising Aug. 1936 by Gov. Johnson in which the disputed strip of land was formally annexed
- This view of a flag raising ceremony outside of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes the large scale two story brick structure, with a hipped gable roof and a cupola with paired sash windows on each of its four sides....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Flags--American--1930-1940.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Ebert School color guard
- Photograph of several male students standing outside Ebert Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. One boy raises the American flag. Another boy stands facing him while saluting the flag. The remainder of the boys stand in a straight line facing...
- Flag salutes.; Flags--American.; Bugles.; Ebert School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1928
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 1, 1914 November 14
- American flag
- Shows the American flag made in Denver, Colorado for the First Colorado Volunteers Cavalry in the Civil War. The flag is made of wool and cotton, has 34 stars, and encased in nylon net.
- Flags--American.--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1865]
- Daniel & Fisher flag
- View of the Daniels and Fisher Stores Company, in Denver, Colorado, draped in a United States flag.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Flags--American--1900-1910.; Patriotism--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907?]
- Clayton College
- Boys and teachers participate in a flag ceremony at Clayton College in Denver, Colorado. Members of a marching band play instruments which include trombones, a tuba, saxophones, drums, and trumpets. A group of boys salute the flag near the...
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Flag salutes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1931 November 11
- Knight School color guard raising flag
- Photograph of six members of the Knight Elementary School Color Guard raising a flag outside of the school in Denver, Colorado. Two groups of three students stand on each side of the flag pole. All wear helmets, two begin to raise the flag while...
- Flags--American.; Flagpoles.; Knight School (Denver, Colo.); Belcaro (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhoods); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Service Flag at Grant Junior High School
- Service Flag at Grant Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. Two student hold up a large service flag while two more students, a girl and a boy, play the trumpet next to them. Surrounding them are several students watching the service flag.
- Grant Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- June 1944
- Bromwell School flag retirement ceremony
- Photograph of a flag retirement ceremony at Bromwell School in Denver, Colorado. Included in the picture is an older student standing in front of the old American flag being held by another male student. Towards the front of the picture are two...
- Flags--American.; Bromwell School (Denver, Colo.);Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1900
- Old Delta Bank building
- View of City Hall, the former "Delta First National Bank" building, at 360 Main Street in Delta, Colorado. The building is two levels and constructed of sandstone in the Art Deco style. Dentils run along the underside of the roofline, with ionic...
- City Hall (Delta Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; City & town halls.; City Hall (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; City halls--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Delta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1992
- Eureka Street, Central City
- Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado, is crowded with cars and jeeps in a view that looks toward Central Hill. Four people sit in a jeep in the foreground. A man smoking a cigarette drives the jeep; another man wearing a hat, glasses, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Flags--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Excavation for the Denver City and County Building
- A large hole has been excavated to accommodate the Denver City and County Building, Denver, Colorado. A tall, central support is topped with the American Flag, the Colorado State Flag, and the Denver City Flag; shows the Greek Theater and Colonnade...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; City & town Halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1929
- Edgewater, Colorado, 50th anniversary
- A float in the Edgewater, Colorado, Fiftieth Anniversary Parade has a sign reading "Defenders of Liberty"; on the float are an army soldier holding a gun, a nurse, a sailor, the Statue of Liberty, another military man, a boy on crutches, another...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Anniversaries--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Interior Logan County Court House
- Interior view of the Logan County Court House in Sterling, Colorado. Features in the room include: a jury box with twelve, wooden arm chairs, counsels' tables, the judge's bench, and wooden benches for the gallery. The American flag is displayed...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Courthouses--Colorado--Sterling--1970-1980.; Interiors.
- November 19, 1977
- Nebraska cowboys
- Several small groups of cowboys stand in front of a group of tents for "Nebraska Cowboys" at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe, possibly in Paris. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center background with a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Elmer Berg's Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch
- View of the Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch in Park County, Colorado. The wooden lodge has log siding. A sign on the building reads: "Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch Lodge." A flag pole is beside the lodge with an American Flag and the "3R" flag. A van with...
- Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch (Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Park County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dude ranches--Colorado--Park County--1940-1950.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Park County--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 July
- Dinner at the Central City Opera House
- Lodge members sit at long dining tables on the floor and the stage of the Central City Opera House, in Central City, Colorado. Empty plates, glasses, and silverware are on the table. The guests look toward the balcony, as if listening to a speech....
- Central City Opera House--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Audiences--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Salvation Army, girls flag lowering, Thorn Lake, 8/4/26
- Men, women, and girls salute an American flag and a Salvation Army flag as they lower them at a camp near Thorn Lake in Gilpin County, Colorado. A trumpeter stands near the group.
- Salvation Army--People--1920-1930.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camps--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Flag salutes--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Flags--1920-1930.;...
- 1926 August 4
- Windows of First Plymouth Congregational Church, Denver, Colorado
- Book created by Rev. Raymond A Waser regarding the significance of the windows in the First Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado.
- Glass painting and staining.; Christian art and symbolism.; Church architecture.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943
- Roberto Torres, Jr.
- Roberto Torres, Jr. carries the flag in the opening event of the Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza during the 100th anniversary of the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. Roberto rides a horse, wearing a traditional Mexican cowboy (charro)...
- National Western Stock Show--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Flag bearers.; Flags--American.; Horseback riding.; Rodeos.; Torres, Roberto, Jr.--Pictorial works.; National...
- [2006 January 1]
- Treasury Tunnel Mine office & flag
- View of a mine office building at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The two story building has tar paper siding, and a hipped roof with a sign that reads: "Sunshine Mining Co., Metals Reserve Company." A United States flag is on a...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Flags--American--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Two women standing together one draped in American flag
- Women pose outdoors, arm in arm, probably in Denver, Colorado. One woman wears a U. S. flag draped over her blouse and dress.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Flags--American--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Ashland Elementary School Color Guard
- Photograph of the raising of the American Flag by the Ashland Elementary School Color Guard in Denver, Colorado. Two unidentified boys are in the process of raising the flag while three other boys salute it and one plays the bugle.
- Flag salutes.; Ashland School (Denver, Colo.); Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1940 April
- Wagon Wheel Gap D.& R.G depot
- View of the former Denver & Rio Grande Depot in Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, 13 miles southeast of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The one and one half story railroad station has cross-gable roof, a brick chimney and bracketed entry canopies. A...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--2000-2010.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad stations.; Historic buildings.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Wagon...
- 2009
- Costilla County Courthouse, San Luis, Colorado
- View of the adobe and stone Costilla County Courthouse (1883) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The building is plastered in concrete and painted gray, it has a cross gabled roof and a wooden cupola with columns and shingles. A silver...
- Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cupolas.; Costilla County Court House (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Domes--Colorado--San...
- [between 2007 and 2008?]
- Immigration rally, Civic Center, Denver
- Young women participate in an immigration rights rally at Civic Center Park in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. One teenage girl is wrapped in an American flag. A young woman beside her holds a sign and a Mexican flag, and wears a Mexico T-shirt. A...
- Mexicans--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civil rights demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Women.; Civil rights demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Illegal...
- [2006 March 25]
- Labor Day Parade, Alamosa
- A man, woman and young boy sit in a horse-drawn buggy next to a decorated truck ready for a Labor Day celebration in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. They wear suits and hats; the young boy has a ribbon sash criss-crossed over his suit that has...
- Labor Day--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Floats...
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Congress Hotel, Pueblo
- View of the Congress Hotel located between 7th and 8th Streets on Santa Fe Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado. The hotel includes two buildings. One structure is a four story brick structure with a mansard roof and dormers. A sign at the roof line reads...
- Congress Hotel (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Georgetown "Boosters" parade
- View of a parade at the intersection of 6th (Sixth, Alpine) Street and probably Taos Street in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A man wears probably a World War I uniform and holds a United States flag. People wear blackface, carry a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1920?
- Jefferson, Colorado
- View of a Conoco service and gas station and the Jefferson Store in Jefferson (Park County), Colorado. Shows a United States flag on a flag pole and a sign on the store that reads: "Food, 3.2 Beer, Pop, Ice, Tackle." A Chevrolet Suburban and a...
- Jefferson (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Jefferson--1970-1980.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Jefferson--1970-1980.
- 1978 August
- Hot Springs Hotel
- View of a wooden ramp and patio at the Hot Springs Hotel in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A man sits on a railing below an awning that reads: "Hot Springs Hotel." A United States flag is on a flag pole nearby. The hotel is a...
- Hot Springs Hotel (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Flags--America--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Las Animas, Colo.
- Panoramic view shows teams of oxen hitched to covered wagons on a race track at the Bent County Fair in Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Crowds of men, women and children are beside the fenced track; shows parked cars and people in a frame...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cover wagons--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Fairs--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Ox teams--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- London Mine, women workers
- A woman works in a mill building for a London Mine near Alma (Parker County), Colorado. She wears overalls and a flag motif flag in her hair. She holds a tool in her hand and works on machinery.
- Women employees--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Swink's birthday
- Three men stand beneath a large flag on a tall pole that is supported with rope in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. The flag reads "Holly Sugar Company."
- Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Flags--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
- 1906 February 21
- Italian lodge
- Members of a fraternal organization pose outdoors in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. They stand with a U. S. flag and another flag. A portrait is near the flags.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Elks Club
- A large group of Elk members pose in front of their Club, decorated with American flag bunting and a white elks head inside a clock above the arched entry, between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main Third, 3rd) Street,...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Platoro, Conejos County, Colo.
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado, includes log cabins, Platoro Hotel in canvas tents, sheds, saddled horses, people in front of the general store with United States flag, and Red Mountain in the background.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- Ku Klux Klan rally
- Klansmen exchange documents with one another in front of a burning cross and an American flag as other members of the group watch at a rally of the Boulder Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Meetings--1920-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Miss Lorraine Morrison singing "America the Beautiful"
- Lorraine Morrison sings "America the Beautiful" to a crowd assembled for the naming of Mount Wilcox, (13,412 feet), Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Helen B. Wilcox and Edward B. Wilcox stand beside the singer; Ben Draper is by a United...
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wilcox, Mount (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Singers--Colorado--Waldorf--1940-1950.; Morrison, Lorraine.
- August 1, 1948
- Mayor Speer
- Mayor Robert W. Speer stands in a car in Denver, Colorado, holding an American flag. A United States flag is on the vehicle and men stand in the back seat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Speer, Robert Walter, 1855-1918.
- [between 1904 and 1918]
- Rocky Mountain Consistory No. 2
- Group portrait of uniformed Freemason members posed on the stage inside the El Jebel Freemason Temple in Denver, Colorado. Shows American flag, A.A.S.R. (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite) Freemasonry flag and a banner that reads: "Rocky Mountain...
- Freemasons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Old jail, 1912
- Exterior view of the county jail in Georgetown, Colorado, a red brick two story building with overhanging eaves with brackets, built in 1883. Windows have lace curtains, an American flag, a banner with a star and "452," and a Red Cross flag. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Flags--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Jails--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Sunflower carnival parade
- A group of men ride on a horse drawn float at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The men wear uniforms, one holds an umbrella, one holds a drum and one holds a unidentified flag. The driver wears a jacket with...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Flags--American--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Bicycle parade float
- A man stands in a bicycle float shaped like a steam ship, Sunflower Carnival parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The float is decorated with paper and flowers. One of the masts bears a flag that reads: "Colorado". A U. S. flag flies...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- [August, between 1893 and 1900?]
- Gateway
- Two rock masonry pillars stand as a gateway at Red Rocks Park, Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. One rock pillar has an American flag on top and the other has a Colorado state flag on top.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Armistice Day parade
- Men, women, and children march in a parade to commemorate the end of World War I, on 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. The marchers carry a banner that reads: "German Flag", an effigy, and a U. S. flag. Spectators line the street.
- Armistice Day--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Effigies--1910-1920.; Flags--American--1910-1920.; Military parades...
- [1918 November 11]