Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Round up
- View of cattle round-up somewhere probably in Colorado; shows three men on horseback, a large herd of cattle covering an open range, a man in a mule-drawn wagon (probably a cook with supplies), cowboys, and men men on horseback in distance heading...
- Cattle-herding--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Pike's Peak,
- View of snow-covered Pikes Peak from bluff above Monument Creek north of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1927]
- State Universaty[sic], Boulder, Colo.
- Looking across University Lake (now called Far City Pond) to University of Colorado's Old Main hidden from view and rising from trees, Boulder, Colorado; cornerstone laid in 1875; campus built on land donated by Marinus G. Smith, George Asa Andrews...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1910.; University of Colorado (Boulder campus)
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The Mansion, Baltimore Resort Tolland Colo.
- A man smokes a pipe in front of a rustic log cabin in Tolland, Gilpin County, Colorado (served by the Denver & Salt Lake Railway, aka Moffat Road)
- Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Log cabins--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Baltimore Resort, Tolland Colo.
- View of the Baltimore Resort in Tolland, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows rustic log buildings, an automobile parked near flagpole, and pine trees.
- Baltimore Resort (Tolland, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Log buildings--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1930.; Resorts--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- W. N. Bowman Co. Architects
- View of the Colburn Hotel at 10th Avenue and Grant Street, Denver, Colorado.
- Colburn Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Platt-Fawcett Motor Co. Denver
- View of the Platt-Fawcett Motor Company at 1249-1255 Broadway, Denver, Colorado; shows parked cars, and rooftop sign: "Jewett."
- Platt-Fawcett Motor Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1924?]
- Grand Valley, Grand Junction, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Grand Valley near Grand Junction, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows fruit orchards, agricultural land with some wood buildings, and stratus and cirrus clouds.
- Fruit--Colorado--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--1900-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- 1908
- Long's Peak, Estes Park
- View of a Ponderosa Pine and Longs Peak in Estes Park (Larimer County) Colorado; also shows dirt road and fields.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pines--Colorado--Estes Park--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Chemical laboratory, Colo. School of Mines
- Students sit at work tables in the chemical laboratory classroom at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Glass bottles, beakers, a funnel and filter, and a crock are on the tables and in the room. A teacher stands...
- Colorado School of Mines--1910-1920.; Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Classrooms--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Laboratories--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Geological labratory [sic], Colo. State School of Mines
- Students sit at long wooden tables and study rock specimens in the geology lab at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Wooden drawers filled with rocks are in front of the students. Two students wear sweaters with...
- Colorado School of Mines--1910-1920.; Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Classrooms--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Laboratories--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Universities &...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- West from terrace, Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs
- View from a terrace at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a terrace with flower beds and an ornate wall beside Cheyenne Lake. Houses, foothills and the Front Range are in the distance.
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Cheyenne Lake (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Terraces--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Elks Club, Ouray, Colo.
- View of the Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), on Main Street between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. The two story brick building has a corner tower with a two...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Denver hospitals & sanatoriums, Agnes Memorial
- View of the Agnes Memorial Sanitarium in Denver, Colorado (built by Lawrence Phipps in memory of his mother, Agnes McCall Phipps; opened in 1904; closed in 1932).
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Denver libraries, public, branches, Woodbury
- External view of the Woodbury Branch of the Denver Public Library in Highland Park at West 33rd and Federal Boulevard, Denver, Colorado (opened 1913)
- Denver Public Library--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Denver business, meat industry & trade, Swift & Co. interior
- Interior view of Swift & Co. meat packing plant in Denver, Colorado; workers carry carcasses into cold storage locker; carcasses are suspended on hooks.
- Swift & Company--Facilities--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Interiors.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Denver education, schools, public, Lake
- View of Lake Junior High School, 1820 Lowell Boulevard, Denver, Colorado (completed in 1926; architects Burnham and Merrill Hoyt); shows Sloans Lake in foreground.
- Denver Public Schools--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Denver business, Gano-Downs Clothing, men's clothing & Furnishings
- View of the Gano-Downs Clothing Store in the Steele Building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Gano-Downs Clothing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Denver business, Smith-Brooks Printing
- View of the Smith-Brooks Printing Company at 1733-1747 California Street in Denver, Colorado; shows automobile with 1914 license plate, advertising posters, and boarding house; businesses include: Richmond Suction Cleaners and M.L. Foss (bicycle...
- Smith-Brooks Printing Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Denver business - clothing, men's clothing & furnishings
- Nighttime view of the Gano-Downs Clothing Company at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows shoes arranged in lighted window displays, awnings retracted, and streetcar track.
- Gano-Downs Clothing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Chair Mt.
- Distant view of 12,721-foot Chair Mountain near Marble, Colorado, taken from tree-lined dirt road; aerial wires visible.
- Chair Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Marble--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Denver education, schools, public, Colfax
- View of the Colfax Elementary School at 1526 Tennyson Street in Denver, Colorado (built 1920; razed 1987).
- Denver Public Schools--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1920]
- Den with fireplace
- Interior view of a den or living room in an unidentified house in probably Denver, Colorado. Shows a fireplace with an elaborately carved marble mantel, and brass andirons. The room has a rug, velvet covered armchairs and a carved table. Shows...
- Fireplaces--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Living rooms--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- John Evans II house
- View of a gated entrance to the John Evans II house at Alameda Avenue and Race Street in the Washington Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The gate is made of wrought iron and the entrance is flanked by two stucco columns with planters and...
- Evans, John, 1884-1978--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Walls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Woman and metate
- A North American Indian woman (Pueblo) poses with her hands on a grinding stone at a large metate. The stone sits in an adobe receptacle. She wears a manta made from a printed fabric.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Metates--1910-1920.; Grinding--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 505 off for the fire
- A horse-drawn steam pumper races from Engine Company No. 1 firehouse at Colfax and Broadway; three-story brick gabled Victorian structure with decorative vergeboard and pointed arched windows; two-story brick Denver Omnibus & Cab Co., Metropole and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fire stations & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Dickinson Branch
- Interior of Dickinson Branch (West Denver Branch) of Denver Public Library, southwest corner of Hooker and West Conejos Place, Denver, Colorado; 1914 Italian cottage design with a single reading room includes: Allen True paintings, "Trappers,"...
- Denver Public Library. Dickinson Branch.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Dickinson, Charles E.--Monuments.
- [1914]
- Warren Branch
- Interior of Warren Branch of Denver Public Library, (formerly East Denver Branch) 3354 High Street, Denver, Colorado; Italianate structure; interior shows a high ceiling with skylight, elaborate moldings and brackets, Allen True's painting "The...
- Denver Public Library. Warren Branch.--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Warren, Henry White, 1831-1912.--Monuments.
- [1913]
- Illustrated relief map of Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway line
- Reproduction of an illustrated relief map depicting bird's eye view of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) standard gauge line winding through foothills and Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1902--Aerial views.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1902--Maps.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--Aerial views.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--Maps.;
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Photograph of an illustrated relief map of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway line
- Reproduction of an illustrated relief map depicting bird's eye view of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line) standard gauge line winding through foothills and Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1902--Aerial views.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1902--Maps.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.;
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Map of Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts
- Photograph of a map produced by Smith-Brooks depicting mines located near Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield, (Teller County Colorado mining districts) along the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short...
- Mine maps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.; Midland Terminal...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Byers Branch
- Interior of the Byers Branch of Denver Public Library, 675 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado; shows sunlight streaming in vertical sash windows with arched transoms, bookshelves along perimeter walls with sign: "Handicraft Books On Shelf Below,"...
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Byers Branch.--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1918]
- Byers Branch
- People, holding umbrellas or United States flags, crowd the opening dedication ceremonies for the Byers Branch of the Denver Public Library, 675 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado. Boys climb on an automobile by the stucco - brick building with tile...
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Byers Branch.--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building dedications--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [June 23, 1918]
- Byers Branch
- Exterior side and facade of Byers Branch of Denver Public Library, 675 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado; small rectangular Neoclassical building; one-story buff stucco over brick with arched windows and entrance and side gable tile roof with a...
- Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Byers Branch.--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920]
- Denver residences, interior
- Interior view of a Denver, Colorado, residence; dining room furnishings include a brick fireplace, wood paneling, molding, Art Nouveau wallpaper, a pedestal table, leather upholstered wood chairs, Oriental rug, stained glass lamp, built-in buffet,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 16th Street
- View on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows men in suits and bowler hats and women in long skirts on sidewalk by cast metal lamp posts and a clock; automobiles, horse-drawn carriages and trolley tracks are in the thorougfare. Business...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1909]
- Bankers Trust Company
- View of Bankers Trust Company, 724 Seventeenth (17th), Denver, Colorado, shows cast bronze doors with flanking lamps and windows with transoms and voussoirs. Signs read: "Saving And Checking Accounts, Complete Trust Service, Municipal And...
- Bankers Trust Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Park Hill United Methodist Church
- Exterior side view of the newly constructed Park Hill United Methodist Church, 5209 Montview Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, a southwestern style structure with a domed bell tower, curvilinear parapets, tile roof, stucco finish and stained glass...
- Park Hill United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Park Hill United Methodist Church
- Exterior side view of the newly constructed Park Hill United Methodist Church, 5209 Montview Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, a southwestern style structure with a domed bell tower, curvilinear parapets, tile roof, stucco finish and stained glass...
- Park Hill United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Park Hill United Methodist Church
- Exterior view of the Park Hill United Methodist Church, 5209 Montview Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, shows southwestern style structure with a central domed bell tower, curvilinear parapets, tile roof and a stucco finish.
- Park Hill United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Hicks Dry Goods Co.
- View across intersection to corner two-story flat-roofed brick building, 3401 West 32nd (Thirty-second Avenue), Denver, Colorado; business signs read: "Hicks Dry Good Co. 3603 Dry Goods & Millinery 3601, Millinery, Gents Furnishings," "Barber...
- Hicks Dry Good Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1923]
- Broadmoor Hotel
- Exterior view of the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows flower gardens fronting the Italianate structure.
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1925]
- Catholic Church, Manitou Springs, Colorado
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Ruxton Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado; shows rock fence leading to shrine of the Virgin Mary (center left) and wooden frame residences with canvas tarps over rooftops on hillsides.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Santiago
- Head and shoulders portrait of Santiago, an elderly Native American (Pueblo) with white hair and crowsfeet; he wears a woven patterned blanket over his head and shoulders and a beaded choker.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1890-1920.; Santiago, Pueblo Indian.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Map of Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts
- Copy of a map produced by Smith Brooks depicts Teller County mining districts, Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield along the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Florence and Cripple Creek...
- Mine maps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.; Midland Terminal...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Denver Public Library 1906-1956 (Civic Center)
- Interior of the (Carnegie) Main Public Library, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado; features columns, ornate stenciled beams with moldings and dentils separating ceiling bays and a geometric pattern tile floor. The circulation desk is by catalog...
- Denver Public Library--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1938]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of three elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway standard gauge track above Colorado Springs, Colorado; group of men coasting in push car, foreground; distant view of tunnels six & eight of "Cripple Creek Short Line"...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Weld County Court House
- Weld County Courthouse in Greeley, Colorado, has Classical Revival features: four stories, columns with Corinthian capitols, pediments, radiating voussoirs, central rooftop clock and flag pole.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Redstone Castle, Cleveholm estate
- Exterior view length of houseline, Redstone Castle, Cleveholm estate, Redstone, Colorado; stone sidewalk with cut stone fence leads to front door. Residence is of John C. Osgood.
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Castles & palaces--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Woodbury Branch Public Library
- Interior of Woodbury Branch of Denver Public Library, West 33rd and Federal Boulevard, Highland Park, Denver, Colorado; one-story brick Renaissance villa; reading room features: high beamed ceiling with hanging globe lamps, large arched windows,...
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Woodbury, Roger Williams, 1841-1903--Monuments.
- [between 1913 and 1920]