Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 45, 1910 November 5
- Morey Musings : vol. 2
- Booklet of poetry written by students of the Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. The book was sponsored by the English and Miss Agnes Govreau of the Art Department. The booklet was hand set by the boys in the printing class.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); School prose, American--Colorado--Denver.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1932 April
- The Good Old Days: Grigsby Family History
- Intensive document covering the Grisby family history starting in the early 1870's in Iowa.
- 2012 June 20
- The charter and ordinances of the city of Black Hawk, Colorado. : Including the names of the members of city council and city officers from organization to 1887, also various acts amending charter / Rev., comp., and codified by Edwin W. Hurlbut,...
- Municipal charter for the City of Blackhawk, Colorado.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)
- 1881
- Decending [sic] trail from Indian Village of Acoma, N.M.
- View of man descending sandy trail from mesa to Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; view framed by rock formations; shows a man carrying folded stool and possibly art supplies tucked under his arm.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Artists--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Acoma, N M
- Native American Pueblo boys and girls with shawl covered heads stand by a white male artist with a sketch pad, canvas and folded easel, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. The deteriorating adobe walls have window openings partially filled with rocks.
- Acoma Indians--Children--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--11890-1920.; Acoma (N.M.)--1890-1920.; Artists--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Miss Josephine Roche
- Josephine A. Roche reads a folded paper and has a book in her lap. Her hair is upswept, and her blouse has lace trim.
- Activists--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roche, Josephine A. (Josephine Aspinwall), 1886-1976.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Phipps Sanatorium
- View of the main building at Agnes Memorial Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients (named for Agnes McCall Phipps), at East 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Quebec Street in Denver, Colorado. The Spanish Colonial structure features stucco walls, arched...
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Stapleton International Airport
- Pikes Peak Ave, Colo. Springs
- View of Pikes Peak Avenue and the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A plume of black smoke rises from the hotel chimney. Horse-drawn buggies are shown along the street, houses along the street are obscured by trees. ...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- Arapahoe County Courthouse demolition
- View of the partially demolished Arapahoe County Courthouse between 15th (Fifteenth) and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets and Tremont and Court Places in downtown Denver, Colorado. Workmen are in the building and debris are nearby.
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1933]
- Charles S. Stobie
- Studio portrait of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He stands in front of a painted backdrop of trees and rocks with his arms folded. He has a beard with a large waxed mustache. He wears a large brimmed cowboy hat, a fringed...
- Artists--American--1870-1880.; Leather garments.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1872 and 1875?]
- Aspen and Aspen Mtn.
- View of the town of Aspen with frame and brick structures and Aspen Mountain in distance. Shows Colorado Midland Railway Company tracks.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.r.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Bastien's Steak House
- View of Bastien's Steak House, 3501 East Colfax Avenue, in the City Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The founding proprietor of the restaurant, William Bastien, Sr., designed this twelve-sided Moderne commercial building himself. Constructed...
- Bastien's Steak House (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Restaurants.; Bastien's Steak House (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 2006
- Black Hawk, Colorado
- Panoramic view of commercial buildings, mine buildings, and houses in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the brick Gilpin Hotel, stone and frame buildings, and stores on Gregory Street with signs that read: "Black Hawk Bakery," "Golden...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1893?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a wash stand at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. A semi-porcelain, floral patterned toilet set sits on a marble topped cabinet in front of a wall papered with a finely flowered print. A shaving mug has a brush...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Washstands--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Bond, J. W.
- A photo of criminal J. W. Bond. His hands are folded in his lap and he wears a jacket that is too tight, vest, hat and tie. An unidentified man is off to the side.
- Bond, J. W.; Criminals--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Interior of Fonda drug store
- Hardwood cabinets filled with apothecary bottles, jars, tins, and cannisters line the interior walls of Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store in Boulder, Colorado. Men pose in the store. Eben G. Fine pours liquid from a glass beaker into a glass container....
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Fine, Eben G.; Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Interior Brown mercantile company, 1409 Pearl
- Hardwood shelves of crockery and tins line interior walls of this mercantile in Boulder, Colorado. Stacked, wood tables are crowded with canning jars, dinnerware, and cooking utensils. Tin buckets and lamps hang from the ceiling; crates in the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Gilfillan, Kemp & Rowley
- From left, John A. Gilfillan, John H. Kemp and J. B. Rowley, all pioneers of the mining town of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, raise their glasses in a toast at a table in front of a log cabin, probably the Kemp family cabin in Eldora. A...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Toasting--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Gilfillan, John A.; Kemp, John H.; Rowley, J. B.
- [1939?]
- Portrait, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a figure seated in the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; White, Mellie Bowman--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.; Interiors.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Watson's store
- In a clothing store in Breckenridge, Colorado, eight men in suits and hats sit and stand around a drum shaped parlor stove at the center of this well stocked business. Piles of folded trousers are in the left foreground, shelves are loaded with hat...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1888 and 1895?]
- Barber shop in Breckenridge
- In the interior of a barbershop in Breckenridge, Colorado, a man in a white shirt and bow tie leans on a barber chair. He wears rimless glasses and his hair is parted in the middle. To the right, a man gets his hair cut. Behind them is a potted...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barbershops--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Interiors.--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Fox Inter-mountain Theater Managers Convention, Broadmoor Hotel, Colo. Springs
- Panoramic view of a group of Fox theater managers at the Fox Inter-mountain Theater Managers Convention held at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; they pose near Broadmoor Lake. The men wear suits and neck ties....
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fox Film Corporation--People--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business people--American--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1950.; Meetings--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1941 April
- Blossom Time Company, Broadway Theatre, Denver, Colo.
- The cast of "Blossom Time" poses in front of the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. A woman in the front row holds a newspaper folded to read: "Welcome. The Denver P[ost]." A little boy on a woman's lap wears a sailor hat with a...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 Nov. 10
- Survey members at work
- Members of the Hayden Expedition team work on a rocky slope in probably Wyoming. One man sits with surveying equipment, or drawing tools on his lap. Another man stands with his arms folded and looks over the shoulder of the surveyor. An umbrella...
- Buttes--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Surveying--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Surveyors--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Women's cell
- The interior of this cell at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, has a steamer trunk and an iron bed. A wooden dresser with a mirror and brass drawer pulls has items on it including portrait photographs, a brush and comb, books, keys, a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cells--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1900
- Canon City, Colorado from Skyline Drive
- Aerial view of Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows churches, houses, and commercial buildings. Identifiable buildings include the Canon City high school.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Canon City
- View of a section of Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. A man fishes from a row boat in a pond in a park. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway cars sit on tracks nearby.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Canon City
- Panoramic view of Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows houses, churches, and civic buildings including the tower of the Fremont County Courthouse. Shows a small reservoir.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Doorway leading into cell house #7
- Convicts with arms folded walk through an interior gate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A uniformed guard looks on, and prison buildings can be seen outside behind the entering men.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Interiors.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1954?]
- Canon City diners
- Men sit in a restaurant in Canon City, Colorado. One is in a striped shirt with a pencil over his ear, the other wears a toy derby with a nametag on it reading "Pete." Plastic cups, squeeze mustard bottle, napkin holder, salt and pepper shakers,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Jukeboxes--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.
- 1957
- A Burro and Wagon
- A burro stands hitched to a two wheeled wagon on a well-traveled dirt path. Folded blankets are on the wagon. A four wheeled wagon stands in the distance. Mountains and trees are visible in the distance.
- Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Donkeys--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- H.H. Lake
- H.H. Lake poses for a portrait in a suit with a polka-dotted tie, possibly at his home in Central City, Colorado, where he worked at the First National Bank for 47 years. He wears small glasses and has a large moustache. A fern stands on the table...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Furnishings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Lake, Harry H., 1860-1952.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Clouds above Cheesman Memorial
- Cumulus clouds float over the Doric colonnade of Cheesman Memorial in Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado. The pavilion is a neo-classical style structure designed by Willis Adams Marean.
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clouds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1922, January, February
- Unidentified coal town
- Aerial view of an unidentified mining town possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a large town with substantial brick and frame buildings including a church. Smoke rises from the smoke stacks of mine processing buildings. Frame houses sit...
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- History of Denver
- Garden layout at City Park, Denver
- View of an open grass area and curvilinear pathways probably at City Park in Denver, Colorado. Shows a white ornamental urn.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ice skating
- Men and women skate on a frozen lake probably at City Park in Denver, Colorado. Two men hold hands and spin in a circle.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ice skating--Colorado--Denver--City Park.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--City Park.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- West Colfax Revitalization Plan
- Coke ovens during construction
- View of coke ovens in an unidentified coal camp possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The ovens are under construction and are made from local stone shaped into roughly square blocks. The ovens consist of two stone walls and two rows of circular...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--1880-1900.; Coke ovens--Colorado--1880-1900.; Construction--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mine rescue team
- A group of miners with rescue equipment pose near the mouth of a mine possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Many of the men hold face masks with tubes connected to respirator mechanisms strapped to their chests.
- Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mine rescue work--Colorado--1900-1910.
- c 1900
- Coal miners
- Three miners pose outside a mine at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Electric mine lamps are attached to their caps and battery packs are at their...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Coke ovens at El Moro
- Smoke rises over the coke ovens at the coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. Loose bricks, ladders, and tools are nearby.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Coke ovens at El Moro
- View of a row of coke-ovens at the coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The washer building is in the distance.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; El Moro (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--El Moro--1870-1900.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Oldest house in Upper Arkansas Valley : near Howard's built by Mr. Stout in the '70's
- A single story, hewn log cabin stands among wild flowers in a clearing in the Arkansas Valley, Colorado.
- Colorado--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Colton's sectional & topographical map of Colorado
- Colorado--Maps.
- 1872, c1871
- Colton's sectional & topographical map of Colorado
- Colorado--Maps.;
- 1872, c1871
- Glenwood from the so. w.
- Ariel view of Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado showing Glenwood Canyon, Colorado River, Roaring Fork River, Lookout Mountain, Denver and Rio Grand Railroad tracks and bridges and the bath house.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1900.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1891?]