Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1429 Champa, commercial office, exterior, front
- View of the commercial office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company at 1429 Champa St. in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story brick structure with cornice, dentils, and large store-front windows. Carved stone entablatures...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- 1889 Corbett & Ballenger's 17th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 85th Regiment, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion
- CENTER ROW left to right: 1) Beauchamp, 2) Berner, 3) unidentified, 4) Moeller; 5) unidentified, 6) unidentified, 7) Jensen, 8) Potter, 9) Strayer? 10) unidentified, 11) Cleaver, 12) unidentified, 13) Mayer or Elkuss, 14) Elkuss or Mayer, 15)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Battalion, 1st.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [June] 1944
- 86th Regiment, Company B
- Group photograph of 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company B. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado. TOP ROW left to right: 1) Kubisiak, 2) Nugent, 3) Horton, 4) Froelicher, 5) Evans, 6) Tyler, 7) Fleck, 8) Fikes, 9) Beck, 10) Gilbert, 11) Whiting, 12)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company B.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [June 1944]
- 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A
- Group Portrait of 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A. Taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, 1942. This was the first mountain troop unit. The men sit on bleachers with barracks behind them, two groups wear white camouflage...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Battalion, 87th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1942
- 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?]
- A portion of Delta from Garnet Mesa
- View of the town of Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Shows houses and pastures. A brick building with curvilinear gables and a dome is in the distance.
- Delta (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Delta--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- A-gath
- A Native American couple, possibly including Agate Ogden Finley, poses on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The woman holds a blanket wrapped over one shoulder and around her waist. Her hair is in braids. The man holds a folded,...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Finley, Agate Ogden.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- A.P. Camp [residence]
- View of the home of Alfred Phineas Camp on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a wooden house with a hip roof, stick style architectural elements that include horizontal siding with vertical studs around windows,...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Camp, A. P. (Alfred Phineas)--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- Aerial view of Lakeside Amusement Park and surrounding area
- Aerial view of Lakeside Amusement Park in Denver, Colorado. The roller coaster, ballroom, Casino Tower, and Lake Rhoda are shown. The park is surrounded by houses, commercial buildings, and fields. Berkeley Lake, and Berkeley Park are in the...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 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]
- 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?]
- Auraria Remembered
- Bank of Clear Creek County, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a wood construction building at Sixth (6th, Alpine) and Rose Streets in Georgetown, Colorado, in Italianate style, with a hipped roof and eaves with brackets. Three business are on the first floor; one has a striped awning that reads "Mrs....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Banks--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1887?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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
- 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]
- Book of words of the festival opening of the great organ
- Program for a concert given at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888.
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888 December 21
- Brick Block
- View of the Brick Block probably on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. A horse drawn wagon is parked in the dirt street in front of brick buildings. The buildings have ornate cornices with brackets and dentils. One buildings has...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Public baths--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Shops & stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Panoramic view of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody posing in the center of a large group of Native American members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Sioux leader Iron Tail stands at Cody's right. Many of the men in the group wear...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1908?]
- Built by H.B. Beighley
- View of a brick house built by H.B. Beighley in Georgetown, Colorado. The building has a cross gable, two double-hung windows, an oculus, and a porch with decorative wood brackets between columns. A woman stands on the porch with her hands folded....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- ca. 1889
- C. Newman and L. Wainright [residences]
- View of the C. Newman and L. Wainright residences probably on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The Newman house is a clapboard sided Victorian bungalow with a bay window, a cross gable roof, and a porch with decorative...
- Newman, C.--Homes & haunts.; Wainright, L.--Homes & haunts.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- 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 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
- 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?]
- Capitol Hill Review
- Central Presbyterian Church bulletin Christmas 1948
- The bulletin contains the order for worship for Christmas Sunday December 19, 1948. The pastor was Rev. Elmer C. Elsea. The bulletin also contains the program for The Nativity performance.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1948 December 19
- 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?]
- Cla-la
- Cla-la, a Native American woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands in a dirt area on the reservation, possibly near the St. Ignatius Mission. Strips of fur are wrapped around her hair, and she wears large, round earrings...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.; Cla-la.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Clothing store interior
- Women salesclerks pose in a clothing store in Colorado. They stand near wood and glass display cases filled with folded shirts. Coats and dresses hang from the ceiling. A sign reads: "Your Choice Ties 25 [cents]."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- 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
- 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?]
- Coke ovens at Gray Creek
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens at Gray Creek, a Victor American Fuel Company coal camp in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and railroad cars.
- Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Gray Creek (Colo. : Town)--1890-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Gray Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- Colton's sectional & topographical map of Colorado
- Colorado--Maps.
- 1872, c1871
- Colton's sectional & topographical map of Colorado
- Colorado--Maps.;
- 1872, c1871
- 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
- Daniels & Fisher interior
- Interior view of the Daniels and Fisher store, in Denver, Colorado; shows wooden counters, an Oriental rug, a palm, peonies, and displays of folded towels.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902?
- 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]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 45, 1910 November 5
- Denver water works
- View of the Lake Archer pumping station on West 12th (Twelfth) Avenue near Lake Archer reservoir in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. The waterworks structure, built by the Denver City Irrigation & Water Company, has a tall...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1880-1890.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Waterworks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- 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
- Dining room at Manitou House
- Garlands decorate the dining room of the Manitou House in Manitou Springs, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The dining room tables are set with white linens and napkins folded in glasses. The hotel was located near the site of the Seven Minute...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Festoons--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1900.; Table settings & decorations--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]