Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Trinity fourth annual oratorio concert : Mendelssohn's Elijah
- Program for a presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah performed at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 1905. Included in the program are several pictures of prominent performers, list of performers, a detailed listing of the...
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.). Choir--Performances.; Oratorios--Librettos.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver,...
- 1905 March 9
- Paonia, Colorado
- Two men stand on the opposite sides of the entrance to a stationery store in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A third man stands to the side of the store. The building is a one-story, clapboard, commercial storefront with storefront windows. ...
- Richards & Morgan (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bookstores--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Facades--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Stationery trade--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Two soldiers reading magazines
- Taken during the Italian campaign, the photograph shows two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers relaxing in a haystack by reading magazines. In the background are mountains and leafless trees.
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the 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 December 10
- Denver Weekly News
- View of the headquarters of the Denver Weekly News, an African American newspaper, at 2547 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story brick and plaster commercial style building has decorative half timbering on...
- Denver Weekly News--1980-1990.; Fasta Type Setting Company (Denver, Co.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Newspapers.; Printers.; Commercial facilities.; Denver Weekly News--Pictorial works.; Fasta...
- 1981
- Jose Eufemio Trujillo
- José Eufemio Trujillo (right) sits at a table with an unidentified man in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. José wears coveralls, a jacket and a wide brimmed hat, he has a mustache. The unidentified man pours a liquor bottle into a...
- Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mustaches.; Trujillo, Jose Eufemio--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 40, 1911 September 30
- Publicity advertising illustration, living room, 1756 Grape St., McCarthy house
- A telephone sits on an ornate table with books and magazines in the living room of Isabelle McCarthy at 1756 Grape Street in the South Park Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Tattled doilies decorate an upholstered chair. A framed photograph of...
- McCarthy, Isabelle--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Living rooms--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Telephones--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940 February 1
- CMA London / commissary
- Interior view of a commissary at the London Mine possibly near Alma (Park County), Colorado; men pose by glass display cases. Merchandise includes candy and tabloid magazines: "Oh Henry!," "Hershey's," "Walnettos," "Butterfinger," "Baby Ruth,"...
- General stores--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Exchange interior, operator's rest room
- Telephone operators sit in the operator's rest room at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. The women sit in rocking chairs near a table where magazines and a plant are...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Boulder (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1914
- Exchange interior, operator's rest room
- Women read and knit in the lounge room for operators at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Colorado Springs (Teller County), Colorado. The room is decorated with oak mission style furniture. Magazines and an...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1914
- Exchange, interior, operator's rest room
- Operators read and sew in the operator's lounge room at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The women sit in mission style rocking chairs. Magazines are stacked on a table in...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1914
- Persons unid.
- Interior of a house with a group of men and women seated in two rooms separated by a wide entryway with posts, possibly in Denver, Colorado. Several people read books or magazines. A pot of geraniums sits on a table, large patterned rugs cover the...
- Interiors--1890-1910.; People--1890-1910.; Rooms & spaces--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Rocky Mountain News interior
- Interior view of an office at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado; men sit by a roll top desk, a typewriter, a telephone, a table covered with newspapers and magazines, and a full wastebasket.
- Rocky Mountain News--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Typesetting...
- 1902, January 25
- Lutes Drug Co.
- View of the corner E. E. Lutes Drugstore in Longmont, Colorado, show the one-story brick building with large store front windows with transoms. Merchandise is displayed in the windows and a upright scale stands outside the corner post of the entry....
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- December 1926
- Drug Store
- Interior view of a drugstore in Longmont, Colorado, includes glass display cases and counters with cigars, perfumes, lotions, magazines, candy, sign reads: "Special 2 Pkgs. Envelopes, 1 Box Pound Paper, 87 cents", and Christmas garland, icicles...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- December 1926
- Palmer Lake's Library
- Interior view of the Palmer Lake Library, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a magazine table with Life and Holiday magazines, reading tables and chairs, book shelves against walls, a circulation desk and a card catalog with sign above:...
- Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1960-1970.
- May 26, 1966
- 2nd & Grand Streets
- Two people stand in front of a water fountain at the intersection of Second and Grand Streets in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. The brick, commercial storefront has signs that read: "Richards Drug Co." and "Apteekki, Apoteka, Farmacia The...
- Richards Drug & Stationery Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Salida bookstore
- Interior view of a bookstore in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows a woman behind glass display case, wooden shelves with paperback books, magazines and boxes, a toy horse under the counter, flags, bunting, and a sign: "4 of July" hang from...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bookstores--Colorado--Salida--1890-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1896 and 1907?]
- Laying of cornerstone at City and County Building by members of the Masonic Order
- View shows men and members of the Masons, in aprons, on a platform during the placement of the City and County Building's cornerstone, Denver, Colorado.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Freemasons--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- February 21, 1931
- Female sitting outside curio shop on pile of (snow?)
- A woman and boy pose on a pile of flood debris in (possibly) Morrison (Jefferson County) Colorado; business signs read: "Candy, Magazines, Cards."
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938?
- Heap of papers
- Office interior with a woman on the floor covered from her neck down in a large pile of magazines and papers; her high heeled shoes poke up from the pile. Shows file cabinets and drawers in background, Denver, Colorado.
- Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Santa Fe depot in Colorado Springs before present structure was built
- View of an ornate wood souvenir stand with shelves and a raised awning outside of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad station in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Native American items for sale include; blankets, pottery, painted...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Structures--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations.; Souvenir shops.
- [between 1890 and 1893?]
- Girls "B-B" club
- A member of a club reads from a peice of paper at the Rude Park Community Center, 1285 Decatur Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wall read: "Fernandez Post" and "Rules Smoking is not allowed in the house. Gambling is not allowed in the house...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rude Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Community centers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- February, 1934
- East bookshelf
- View of Native American Hopi Pueblo kachina dolls displayed on bookshelves with open patterned curtains above shelves of magazines, including "Fortune."
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1930-1940.; Kachina dolls--1930-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Over Platte River at west Colfax
- A view of a concrete bridge over the South Platte River at West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. The bridge has arched support and a pipe runs along side the side railing. Signs read: "American National Bank", "Denver Steel & Iron Works" in reverse and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Bailey, Colorado
- A two story, wood-frame building with a hipped roof, gablets, large, store windows, and screen doors is "McGraws Groceries and Meats, Dry Goods, Shoes, Stationery, Hardware, Tires & Tubes, Hay & Grain," a convenience store. Steps at the side of the...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; General stores--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Building, Denver
- View of a five-story brick commercial building on corner of 14th (fourteenth) and Stout Streets, Denver, Colorado; signs read: "Cunningham's Pharmacy," "Prescriptions, Magazines, Cigars, Tobacco, Drugs, Toilet Articles," "Headquarters Independent...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- H. A. Marr Grocery Co. & wholesale grocers, Denver
- View of Harry A. Marr Grocery Company and Wholesale Grocers Building, (probably) 17th (seventeenth) and Wynkoop, Denver, Colorado, a brick building with storefront windows; shows tables of merchandise on sidewalk, Union Pacific or Burlington...
- Harry A. Marr Grocery Company (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Library, Denver Philharmonic Society
- Interior view of Denver Philharmonic Society library, Denver, Colorado; shows table, chairs, books, framed photographs, Oriental rug, furnace inset in fireplace, wooden cabinet with glass doors for magazines.
- Denver Philharmonic Orchestra--Facilities--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Daniels & Fisher
- Interior view of the Daniels and Fisher store in Denver, Colorado; shows book shelves, tree branches, and racks of magazines with titles: "The American Boy," "The Etude," and "Rogers Bros."
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bookcases--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Decorations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902?]
- Sioux girls in Arbourezle's store, Mission, S. D.
- Native American (Sioux) girls sit around a table in Arbourezle's store in Mission, South Dakota. Displays of magazines, books, notebooks, candy machines, and postcards, and cash registers are in the store. Fluorescent lights hang from the ceiling....
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Mission--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Mission--1970-1980.; Mission (S.D.)--1970-1980.; General stores--South Dakota--Mission--1970-1980.; Interiors--South Dakota--Mission--1970-1980.;...
- 1970 February 17
- Pratt Bookstore
- Interior view of The Pratt's Book Store, in Denver, Colorado; shows display cases, books, magazines, and mosaic tile walls. Sign reads: "Pratt's New & Second Hand School Books."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stationery trade--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Crest Hotel Nat'l News Agency - alleged gambling syndicate
- Interior view of a book store in Denver, Colorado; shows books, magazines, and men identified as Detective John Wells (topcoat and fedora hat) and Sam Handler.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Detectives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Handler, Sam.; Wells, John, Denver detective.
- 1934
- Pratt Bookstore
- Interior view of The Pratt's Book Store, in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women employees and customers, glass display cases, magazines, books, and signs: "Tarzan," "Our Circulating Library," and "The Panama Canal."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Denver Tramway Company, reading room
- Interior view of Denver Tramway Company staff reading room in Denver, Colorado; shows men in uniform reading magazines "A.E.R.A." and "Electric Railway Journal," newspapers, or playing cards. One employee writes at a desk; also shows glass enclosed...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- American Guide display - Denver Dry Goods Company
- Interior view of the Denver Dry Goods Store, in Denver, Colorado; shows books and magazines in glass display cases, a woman customer, and a show card with lettering: "American Guide Almanac."
- Denver Dry Goods Co.--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- The Mine & Smelter Supply Co. fire damage
- Interior view of The Mine & Smelter Supply Company, in Denver, Colorado, after a fire; shows books, magazines, a wheelbarrow, shelves, and a printing press.
- Mine & Smelter Supply Company (Denver, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Aspen Leaf
- The interior of a dry good store in Aspen, Colorado, is crowded with merchandise, including books, magazines, Indian rugs, skins, photographs, light fixtures, and leather goods. Animal trophies are mounted on the wall; a cash register is in the...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Jerome Chalet, Aspen, Colo.
- The furnishings inside the Jerome Chalet, Aspen, Colorado, include a rectangular table with drawers, a pen holder, and a telephone, two beds set perpendicular with the walls, rectangular pillows, trash can, a corner table between the beds with a...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Chalets--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1960.; Interiors.
- 1953
- Dillon, Colorado M-1512
- A man walks down the sidewalk in the town of Dillon, Colorado, in Summit County. Cars are parked in front of the one and two-story commercial storefronts along the unpaved street. Signs include: "Monty's Drugs," "Coors Beer," "Al's Package...
- Dillon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Dillon--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Denver Public Library bookmobile
- Interior view of the Denver Public Library bookmobile in Denver, Colorado; Helen V. Watts and Ellen Berner watch Black (African American) boys and girls read books.
- Denver Public Library--Equipment & supplies--1960-1970.; African Americans--Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bookmobiles--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1964 November 4
- Denver Public Library display
- View of an interior display at the Denver Public Library in Denver, Colorado. Lettering reads: "Magazines & Documents." Photos include an image of a gold miner.
- Denver Public Library--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Photographic prints--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Showcases--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- YMCA, lounge
- Men read and sit in the lounge at the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) building at East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows magazines on wooden tables, rocking...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Lounges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Young Men's Christian...
- 1907
- Denver, YMCA
- View of a parlor at the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) at East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a room with papered walls, a bookcase, a rug on a wooden...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Double Coors block on north corner of 15th and Curtis Streets, Denver
- View of the intersection of 15th (Fifteenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado; cars are by storefronts and businesses with signs: "Saratoga," "Coors," "Quincy Hotel," "Pepsi Cola," "Alison's Home Made Candies," "Bernie's Provident...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1963 February 3
- Old U. S. post office Montrose - 1910 : building erected in 1891
- Several men and three women stand in the post office in Montrose, Colorado. The room is long and rectangular in shape. Mail boxes line one of the walls and are filled with various types of mail; mostly newspapers and magazines. "Colorado Peach,"...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Post offices--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Postal service employees--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Postal services--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Montrose drug store
- The interior of the Montrose Drug store features a decorative floor tile pattern, a seating area with tables and chairs, an ornate ceiling, and walls lined with a multitude of products. Among the items on the shelves are cigars, other tobacco...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1920.; Interiors.; Tobacco products--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Brogihans around table
- A group portrait of three men, possibly staff members of the Tenth Mountain Division's newspaper, the Blizzard sit around a table on a terrace studiously looking at magazines.
- War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]