Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 2 no 1
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1925 April 15
- Looking west to Mt. Caroline, Fall River Country
- A small log cabin stands at the end of a dirt road in this view looking toward a large mountain in the distance, possibly Mt. Caroline near the Fall River, a stream in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1950.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 5
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 December 9
- West from Bobtail Hill, December, 1898
- A railroad track, possibly for the Gilpin Tramway, winds around the hillside in the left foreground of this view looking toward Central City in the distance. Patches of snow cover the ground. The remains of a stone building stand on the hill above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Church schools--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
- [1898?]
- Classroom at Whittier School
- A classroom at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Four children, two girls and two boys, are show in the corner of a classroom. the first boy is looking into the camera as he leans against a wooden table holding a paper castle. One of...
- Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D. looking west
- View west over the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows people on main street, agency buildings including the boarding school on the far end, water tank, and wall tents of the U.S. Army.
- United States. Army.--Facilities--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North...
- 1891
- Section thro' chancel, section thro' church looking West [and] section thro' church looking East
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows sections for St. Stephen's Church (Church of the Holy Redeemer) located at 2552 Williams Street in...
- Churches.; St. Stephen's Church (Denver, Colo.); Whittier neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1908 September 26
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 10
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 February
- Los Pinos Valley, looking east
- A man sits on a rock above the valley of the Rio de los Pinos (Los Pinos River) and Denver and Rio Grande tracks in Conejos County, Colorado, or Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Shows a man in the door of a caboose on a rail spur, trees, rocks, the...
- Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1890.; Railroad cabooses--1880-1890.; Valleys--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Looking north from Ellsworth
- View of Broadway at Ellsworth Street, looking north in Denver, Colorado. Multi-story commercial buildings, street lamps and street railway tracks line the street. Notable buildings include the Broadway Bank building and the Queen Theater. A person...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Georgetown, looking south, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick commercial buildings, houses and dirt streets in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A railroad trestle is over Clear Creek near tailings piles in the canyon. Shows the rounded spire of Our Lady of Lourdes...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Trinidad, looking north
- View of Trinidad, Colorado, looking northwest. Adobe buildings and walls near the foreground have vigas and hipped, gable roofs. Scene includes the Catholic School, a square building with a cottage roof. A false fronted commercial structure has...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking south
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. View is from Griffith Mountain early in the morning, looking down on the grid-patterned town. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass, view looking toward Alpine Tunnel station and hotel from west (lower) side, August 6, 1939
- View looking west toward Alpine Tunnel station, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado, includes abandoned railroad tracks, ruins of the hand-hewn stone engine house, two-story frame boarding house, railroad signal and telegraph office. Town was...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine Tunnel--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
- 1939 August 6
- Looking east on Eighth Street in Leadville
- Looking east down a snow covered Eighth Street in Leadville, Colorado is a view of residences on the north side of the street and a church steeple and the cupola of St. Vincent's Hospital down the hill in the distance. On the left, a person shovels...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Looking toward town from International Harvester
- View of Denver, Colorado from the International Harvester building. Shows the Daniels and Fisher Tower, Mountain States Telephone Building, the Colorado State Capitol building, Arapahoe County Courthouse, Moffat Depot, and the Mining Exchange...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1930 October 29
- Looking north on Oak St. Eaton, Colo.
- A view of Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, looking north on Oak Street includes one- and two-story brick or wood commercial buildings with false fronts. A group of men stand by the bank on the corner; signs on the buildings read: "Bank," "[?] & Rea,"...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Eaton--1900-1930.
- [between 1902 and 1930?]
- Looking south from water tower, Eaton, Colo.
- A view of Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, taken from the water tower looking south, includes a row of hipped-roofed houses on probably Cottonwood Avenue, next to the park; the house on the end has a steep gable, and rubble lies in the field beside...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Eaton--1900-1930.
- [between 1902 and 1930?]
- Diamond Lake - Looking toward Arapaho Peak
- Two pine trees stand among large rocks on the near shore of Diamond Lake in Boulder County in this view looking toward Arapaho Peak in the distance on the border of Boulder and Grand counties in Colorado. Small patches of snow are on Arapaho Peak.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Diamond Lake (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Looking south from Prespytearian [sic] Church
- Overview of streets, residences and buildings looking south on Sherman from Central Presbyterian Church to Colorado's State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado; First United Presbyterian, 14th (Fourteenth) and Lincoln, center right; 16th...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Looking down Four Mile Cañon, Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- Looking down Fourmile Canyon, Colorado, from Colorado and Northwestern Railway narrow gauge track; Fourmile Creek parallels train on track in canyon below; some snow on surrounding mountains.
- Fourmile Canyon (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fourmile Creek (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Smiley Junior High School looking at books and photos
- A photograph of a group of students and a teacher from Smiley Junior High School. They are looking at pictures and books. Behind the group is a world map hang on the wall.
- Smiley Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.; Books.
- 1951 April
- Hoffman Heights Development, Looking South to Bicentennial Park
- Black and white print of Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora, looking south from 1140 Troy to Bicentennial Park. Dirt, bushes, and sidewalk along bottom of print. Part of building overhang visible on right side of print, with drain running from...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1952
- Hoffman Heights Development, Looking West from 1140 Troy
- Black and white print looking west from backyard of 1140 Troy Street in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Chain link fence in bottom left corner of print. Side of brick house on right side of print. Grass lawn on ground. Numerous other brick...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1952
- Juvenile Court - 7 pictures
- Composite of seven photographs shows boys in Denver, Colorado; titles read: "No School For Me," "Street Arab," "Looking For A Job," "Contentment," "Innocent Amusement," "Looking Into The Future," and "Playing Truant." One boy wears a jacket with a...
- Juvenile courts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Juvenile delinquents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek
- Looking west on Bennett Avenue from Third (3rd )Street are one and two-story brick flat-roof commercial buildings, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings are decorated with cornices and pediments and many have awnings extended over storefront windows;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- U.S. Mint Building
- A view of the U.S. Mint Building looking east from West Colfax. The Second Renaissance Revival style building was constructed in 1897 by architect James Knox Taylor.
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Dragging it into camp
- View of Native American (Navajo) men in a camp, Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. The camp consists of a brush shelter, horses and wagons, and a wooden rail fence in the background. One man sits on the seat of a hitched wagon. A dead cow is tied to the...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Indian...
- [1908?]
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. the Georgetown Brass Band is just turning the corner to the left;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. The mounted police, three men in suits wearing bowler hats and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mounted police--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Main Street, Central City
- View looking south down unpaved Main Street in Central City, Colorado, at about 9:00 a.m. The buildings consist of one and two-story clapboard storefronts with false fronts and rectangular windows. The street is littered with building materials,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Arizona, on the Line of the Santa Fe Ry.
- View of El Tovar Hotel from near Maricopa Point, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The hotel stands near the edge of the canyon, surrounded by a rocky desert landscape.
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1920.; Bright Angel Trail (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Arizona--1900-1920.; Hotels--Arizona--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--1900-1920.; Trails &...
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Cliff House in fog
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three story frame structure with hipped gable roof and wrap around porch and balcony was the premier hotel in the west, featuring 110 rooms, hot and cold...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- September 1887
- Breckenridge, Colorado banks
- Exterior view of the original bank of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west [sic]. This white, two story frame building has a double door flanked by sash windows, with cement steps on the ground floor. Three sash windows with arched heads are on the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Banks--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, loooking northwest from Nigger Hill
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest, from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"). Snow capped Tenmile range towers behind the fledgeling town, whose buildings are in the center. New growth surrounds spindly, burned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1889?]
- Evans block = photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Pythias Club," "The Hurlbut Grocery Co.," "Lunch, Bill keeps this place, this place keeps Bill," "Special breakfast, pork chops, hot...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- May, 1913
- Evans block
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) St., Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Hurlbut Grocery Co., Columbine butter 30 [cents], Columbine milk 3 gal. for 25 [cents], Coffee 25 [cents] a pound." The Daniels and Fisher...
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- May, 1913
- Evans Block - photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "Evans Block," "Hurlbut's," "W. S. Sanderson & Bro." "Ross'," "The Busy Corner," "The Prescription Drug Store," "Cigars." A tram car is on...
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- May, 1913
- Evans Block - photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "Evans Block," "The Post Studio," "Morovit Coffee 30 [cents]," "Big fresh roasted peanuts, 1 for 15 [cents], 2 for 25 [cents]," "Hurlbut's,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- May, 1913
- Lawrence between 15th & 14th
- View of Lawrence Street, in downtown Denver, Colorado; shows storefronts with signs: "Hurlbut Grocery Co," a horse and buggy, Denver Tramway Company tracks, and the Daniels and Fisher clock tower.
- Hurlbut Grocery Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Clock towers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 May
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east on Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Argentine Streets. The Empire Hook and Ladder team is in the distance, pulling their hose cart. A man on horseback...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east on Sixth (Alpine) Street at the corner of 6th and Argentine Streets. The Empire Hook and Ladder team is in the distance, preparing to pull their hose cart west on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Main Street, Central City
- View looking north on Main Street toward Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The block consists of mostly wooden, clapboard, one and two-story storefronts. The unpaved street is littered with garbage and debris. In the foreground, two men,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Main Street Happy Valley No 2
- The view looking west, shows five men, surrounded by wooden buildings, standing on Main Street in Eldora (Happy Valley), Colorado. The snow capped Continental Divide is in the distance.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Buffalo Bill Cody and Pawnee Bill, sitting at table, both wearing buckskins, full length
- William Frederick Cody "Buffalo Bill" and Gordon W. Lillie "Pawnee Bill," full length studio portraits, seated at a table with painted backdrop; Lillie wears hat and fringed buckskin clothing looking down at paper holding a pen; Cody wears...
- Wild West shows--1900-1930.; Entertainers--1900-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.
- [between 1900 and 1926]
- Uncompahgre Project Colorado
- View looking east from a hill on the west side of Montrose, Colorado. The central business district, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad cars, residences, and the Methodist church are included. Flat Top mountain is in the distance.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940]
- Central City, Colo.
- The Central City public high school stands in front of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the right background of this view of Central City, Colorado, looking east toward Mountain City in the distance. Snow lightly covers the rooftops of buildings as...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Houses line the hillside above St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Central City public high school, both in the right background. A corner of the Teller House juts into the left midground. A log pole stands in the center foreground. A building in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1901?]
- Nevadaville, Colo.
- A large mine shafthouse stands in the foreground of this view of Nevadaville, Colorado, located north of Central City between Quartz and Gunnell hills in Gilpin County. The town's Episcopal and Methodist churches stand near each other at the far...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Eldora 1938
- A cluster of houses is in the right midground in this view of Eldora looking west from the Mogul Tunnel in Boulder County, Colorado. (The Mogul Tunnel was planned by John A. (Jack) Gilfillan in 1897 and was financed by Pennsylvania and New York...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Tunnels--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.
- [1938?]