Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Steinbaugh Hardware
- View of Steinbaugh Hardware at 801 Main Street in Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado. The two-story building has a hipped roof behind a false front with a bracketed cornice. The first story has large storefront windows with transoms. The second...
- Steinbaugh Hardware (Louisville, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Louisville (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hardware stores; Noel, Sam--Pictorial works.; Steinbaugh Hardware (Louisville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Eldorado Canyon--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Western Hardware Co., Leadville, Colo.
- View of the Western Hardware Company store located at 431 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colo. Built in 1880, the two-story brick building has a cast-iron storefront, bracketed cornice, and paired windows with segmental arches. The building was...
- Western Hardware Company (Leadville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Western Hardware Company (Leadville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Leadville--Pictorial...
- 1981
- Gunnison
- A two-story stone hardware store on the east side of Main Street in Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado, has a heavy cornice with two pointed-arch shaped elements. The awning over the first floor has written on its edge: "Fishing Tackle Gunnison...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Longmont's Main Street, 300 block, east side
- Early view of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, includes the two- story Moore & Dell Hardware store, grocery stores and a horse-drawn delivery wagons.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1883]
- First hardware store in Akron, 1885
- "Yeamans Bros. Hardware and Furniture" store in Akron, Washington County, Colorado, is a wood frame false front with a roof covering the walkway that runs the length of the building's facade. J.E. (Ed) and Charles N. Yeamans, brothers, pose under...
- Akron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Washington County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Akron--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Washington County--1880-1890.
- [1885]
- 14th Street Viaduct
- Pedestrians, horse drawn carriages and bicyclists cross over Cherry Creek via the completed 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Hotel Topsy Turvy", "Art Metal and Bui?", "Stone Saw Mill", "Moore Hardware and Iron...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 October 3
- Townsend block
- A group of men stand on a wooden plank sidewalk in front of the T. B. Townsend Block in Montrose, Colorado. Two projections on the roof of the building are inscribed with, "Furniture," and, "Montrose Hardware Co." The semicircular projection in the...
- Storefronts--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
- [1916?]
- Don Carlos Hotel, San Luis
- View of the facade of the Don Carlos Hotel (formerly the Salazar Store) at 359 Main Street in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two-story stuccoed adobe structure has vigas protruding from the first and second story. Stepped parapets are...
- Don Carlos Hotel (San Luis, Colo.)--1980-1990.; San Luis (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hotels.; Hardware stores.; Don Carlos Hotel (San Luis, Colo.)--Building--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hardware stores--Colorado--San...
- 1982
- Moffat
- A man, woman, and children stand on the porch of the J. W. Hockaday Hardware store in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. Wagons, wheels, gears, and cans are displayed in the shop window. A large sign on the false front of the building...
- J.W. Hockaday Hardware (Moffat, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Moffat (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Store of a Prominent Pemberton Merchant 20
- Men stand in front of a business in Pemberton, Teller or Douglas County, Colorado, by stoves, kettles, and ironware. A dog is on the street; signs read: "Hardware," "Harness Shop," "Wm. Scott & Son Sash Doors Building Paper Hardware."
- Wm. Scott & Son Hardware (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1910- 1920.; Pemberton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Pemberton--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Gordon Kimball Hardware
- A group of men stand on boardwalk of store lettered: "Gordon Kimball Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Powder and Fuse store," Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A mine ore cart and track, plows, stoves and other hardware are displayed on boardwalk.
- Kimball, Gordon--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Jett Hardware 10th & Main
- Men stand in front of Jett Hardware store, 10th (Tenth) and Main, Springfield, in Baca County (also Las Animas County) Colorado. Items on display in front of the store: a tractors, plows, and other farm equipment.
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1915?
- W.C. Chapman's [hardware store]
- Men, a horse drawn wagon, and an omnibus bus are stopped in front of a hardware store owned by W.C. Chapman, possibly on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a brick building with show windows, arched second story windows, a...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Grand Junction
- Aerial view of the Gamble hardware store building and businesses on Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The two-story brick hardware store building has signs that read: "Gamble Stores" and "Goodyear Tire Service, Tires,...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Manitou shop
- Men pose outside of a hardware shop in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Signs on the store front read: "Hardware Co." and "Plumbers." Posters in windows read "Norris & Rowe's Big Shows, Wed. Aug. 26." A wagon is in front of the store.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- 1903 August 14
- Charles A. Finding building
- Built in 1885, the Charles A. Finding building in Breckenridge, Colorado, was once the town's most substantial building, and housed the Finding Hardware Store. Built of local rusticated stone, the storefront has molding in the kickplates and an...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- 1970
- George Tritch, hardware, stoves, iron & steel, horse shoes, nails, fence wire, shingle and saw mills, blacksmith and miner's tools, Denver, Colorado
- View of a brick storefront in Denver, Colorado, shows stacked merchandise and signs: "Hardware, Stoves, Tin & Copper Ware."
- George Tritch Hardware Company--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- F. D. Works & Co.
- Governor Peabody's National guardsmen in uniforms with guns and rifles keep order during the labor dispute of 1903-1904, on boardwalk in front of hardware store at Colorado Avenue and South Alder, Telluride, Colorado. Black shopkeeper in apron has...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1904]
- Golden, Colorado
- View of businesses in the 1200 block Washington Avenue, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, with Castle Rock and South Table Mountain in the background include a two-story brick block with decorative cornice and stone window hoods, and an awning...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1890]
- Telluride
- View of main street in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Men stand on wooden sidewalks and in the dirt street, near brick and frame commercial buildings. Signs read: "Hardware," "McCormick Hardware Co.," "Bank," "Drug s[t]ore," "Meat...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A streetcar is on tracks in the paved street and cars are parked in front of commercial buildings. Shows the brick Avalon Theater and American flags near street lights on sidewalks....
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Greene Street, Silverton
- View of Silverton, Colorado, west side of Greene Street, south from Fourteenth (14th) Street. A large mule train heads north, loaded with bundles. Men stand and are mounted on horses and mules. Street scene includes a boardwalk, ditch, elevated...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- In Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, men stand by brick storefronts. Signs read: "Dry Goods Furnishing Goods and Clothing Carpets Hats Boots Shoes Hardware Queensware Groceries & c.," "A. B. Tomlin & Co.," "H. E. Tedmon," "Hardware, Stoves...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Fort Collins--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- For the mines
- A pack train stands loaded with ore cart rails headed for the mines, Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Business signs include: "N. J. Shilling," "San Juan Hardware Co.," "Merchant Tailor Department" and "W. C. Cluckett...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Ouray--1880- 1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- One and two-story commercial brick flat-roof buildings line the west side of South Second (2d) Street prior to 1896 fires, between Bennett and Myers Avenues, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes horse-drawn wagon filled with gunney sacks, men...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893]
- Cripple Creek, S.W. corner of Bennett and 2nd, before the fire, 1893
- One and two-story row of wooden frame and brick commercial buildings on the southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagons are parked along boardwalk; corner building has a recessed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Wells and Lowell Hardware Store
- B. T. Wells, Frank Lowell, W. S. Wells pose with group of children, and other men in front of their hardware store, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado. Three women, with potted plants, sit on the sills of the upper windows of the brick two story...
- Wells & Lowell Hardware (Blackhawk, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Lowell, Frank.; Wells,...
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Lawrence Street, Central City
- View up Lawrence Street toward the intersection of Main and Eureka streets in Central City, Colorado. In the foreground on the right side of the street are several historic buildings, including the Hardware Store and the Edmundson blocks to which...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Businesses in Central City, Colorado
- The Hawley block on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, houses the Hawley Merchandise Co. and the Morrell Hardware Co. The masonry building with arched windows and a flat roof has a bracketed cornice and buildings on either side of it. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1910.
- 1898
- During the winter of the big snow 1898-99
- The banker and city treasurer, George Engle, and his wife, Gertrude, approach through a snow tunnel on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. He wears a topcoat, sack suit and gold chain, and fedora hat. She is in a puff shouldered bodice and...
- Engle, George.; Engle, Gertrude.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- H. W. Michael & Co., hardware, stoves & tinware, galvanized iron cornice, (see picture) 368 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado
- View of the H. W. Michael store on Larimer Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick storefront with a pedimented cornice and a signs: "Stoves, Tin, and Hardware." Men pose by merchandise including shovels.
- H. W. Michael & Co.--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Jensen, Bliss & Co., hardware, cutlery, agricultural implements, and mechanics' tools, Tappan Block, Fifteenth Street, bet. Larimer and Holladay, Denver, Colorado
- View of a business in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick storefront with stone arches, men in stovepipe hats, a scale, handtruck, shovels, and signs: "Jensen, Bliss & Co. Hardware, Mechanics Tools &c.," and "Rocky Mountain Herald."
- Jensen, Bliss & Co.--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- 14th Street Viaduct
- Shows part of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct at Wazee Street. The completed viaduct features, a iron rod fence, asphalt roads, flagstone sidewalks and rock ashlar retaining walls. Here it crosses Cherry Creek. Local businesses are in the...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899 October 3
- Post Office Building - corner of 15th & Lawrence Str.
- View of the intersection of 15th (Fifteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Post Office is in the Hughes Block, a brick building with windows set in an arched facade, an outside staircase, and a covered porch with signs that read:...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1870 and 1879?]
- Bilbrough Jones Hardware
- Interior view of Bilbrough Jones Hardware store at 1015 17th Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Displays include: birdcages, lanterns, thermoses, and boxed items.
- Bilbrough Jones Hardware (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Ouray Main Street, Colo.
- View along blocks between Second (2nd) and Main Streets, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes back alley, residences with laundry lines and sheds. In distance the Beaumont Hotel, Arps Brothers Hardware Co., City Hall, Elks Rooming House,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Mantou Springs--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Mantou Springs--1900-1920.
- [1906]
- Cooper Avenue west from Post Office Block
- A man walks on unpaved Cooper Avenue in Aspen, Colorado, across from the Post Office block. Some storefronts have awnings over windows, telegraph posts are on both sides of the street, and people walk on the wooden sidewalks. Signs attached to...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1910.
- [between 1894 and 1902]
- Hyman Avenue
- Lamb's Drug Store occupies the center building along a block on Hyman Street in Aspen, Colorado. The buildings are two story, clapboard, structures with cornices (some have brackets). Men in dark suits stand on the sidewalk in front of the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [1888?]
- Arvada Chamber of Commerce street scene at festival
- Grandview Avenue is filled with festival goers, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. A banner hangs across street advertising: "3rd Annual Harvest Festival, Friday & Saturday, Sept. 16th & 17th, Free Dancing Each Evening," sponsored by the Arvada...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Panoramic photograph of Eldora, looking north.
- Panoramic view of Eldora (Boulder County), Colorado; numbered locations are: "1. power house, Mogul Tunnel, 2. Bank of Eldora, 3. residence of Mick Langley, 4. grocery store, J. Greenlee, 5. Weldon House (board), 6. residence, John H. Kemp, Happy...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- 1899 August
- Telluride
- L.G. Denison's grocery store stands next to S.R. Fitzgarrald's law office on Main Street in Telluride, Colorado. Farther down the block are J. Tryan's hardware store, Charles Oderfeld's general merchandise shop and a meat market. Across the street...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Telluride--1870-1900.; Telluride (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1870-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Telluride--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Main Street between 2nd and 3rd on the south side
- Broadwalk and ditch are in front of brick and frame commercial buildings in Canon City, Colorado. Men sit in front of store windows; signs read: "Hardware," "Baldwin House," and "Boot maker." Buggies are in a fenced yard by a gable roofed livery...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Between Second & Third St's.
- Covered and freight wagons are parked on Main Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows wood and brick false front commercial buildings, and one and two story buildings. Signs read: "Boot Maker," "Hardware," "Baldwin House," "C. Makley...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Sterographs.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Sterling
- View looking down a commercial street in Sterling, Colorado, in Logan County. Cars parked along sides of street; one car drives down street. Boy walks down sidewalk along one and two-story commercial storefronts. Signs: "Sterling Grocery...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Sterling--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Keota from windmill tower
- View overlooking the town of Keota, Colorado, in Weld County shows wood-frame commercial storefronts in the foreground and a water tower and farm on the prairie in the background. Signs include "The J.R. Craig Hardware Company Paint Hardware...
- Keota (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Keota--1930-1940.
- July, 1936
- N.D.H.S. Exponent, March 1892, Vol. II, No. 1
- Newspaper devoted to the interest of North Denver High School . It has four pages of articles covering the following subjects: school clubs, sports, military, around school, and class socials. The front cover has a picture of the high school. The...
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.
- March 1892
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Business. Hardware
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado. Business. Hardware stores
- Hart's Corner Hardware
- Photograph of two unidentified men standing outside of Hart's Corner hardware shop in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Hart's Hardware (Lakewood, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)
- 1946