Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pony Express Riders
- Uniformed Boy Scouts of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, pose with bicycles; some equipped with horns and lamps. Men in cowboy hats, shirts and bandanas are with them; Governor Ralph L. Carr, in a suit and white Homburg hat, holds a scarf. The...
- Boy Scouts of America--1930-1940.; Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- June 29, 1939
- Tom Mix in Denver
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado, to see cowboy actor Tom Mix. Police on horses are in the crowd.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cowboys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mix, Tom, 1880-1940.
- 1928 March 31
- Large crowd of baseball fans
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado to view a play-by-play of a 1905 World Series game on the Denver Post's electric scoreboard. Sign reads: "Bulbs Seeds Plants."
- Denver Post--Facilities--1900-1905.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; World series (Baseball)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Mountain Ash Choir of Wales
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado to hear the Mountain Ash Choir of Wales, a men's choral group. News bulletins are posted in office windows; letters read: "One Mile Above Sea Level."...
- Mountain Ash Choir of Wales--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Audiences--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Choirs (Music)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Concerts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1912 September 4
- Northern Colorado football champs
- The Eaton High School football team poses in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado; men and teenage boys wear leather helmets and jerseys with stripes. They are, standing, left to right: Hinds, (coach), M. Ross, Hendon, C. Ross, Falzgraff, Collins,...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Football players--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1940.
- 1925 December 3
- Will compete for state prize
- The Eaton High School chorus in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, poses in three rows. Women wear skirts and blouses or patterned dresses, one with a dropped waist, and have waved hair. The men wear lettermen's sweaters, either cardigan or pullover,...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Singers--1940-1950.
- 1931 May 4
- New temperance leaders
- Officers of the Southern Colorado Women's Christian Temperance Union pose near a wall. A woman identified as Mrs. Harry Friend, corresponding secretary, wears a dark color dress with a lace collar. Recording secretary, Mrs. E. F. Davisson wears...
- Southern Colorado Women's Christian Temperance Union--People--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Temperance--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- 1940 June 20
- Albany Hotel lobby
- A man reads a newspaper on a sofa in the lobby of the Albany Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. A woman sits in the lobby and two men stand near columns. Flower baskets line the stairway and lobby floor.
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Flowers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Lobbies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1938 Jan. 2
- Dinner celebration in Denver for opening
- Newspaper staff and guests sit at round tables at probably the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado, during a dinner to commemorate the opening of the Moffat Tunnel. Men and women are dressed in suits and ties or dresses and wear tall cone party...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banquets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hats--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1928]
- Silver World Printing
- View toward northwest of original 1875 wood frame newspaper office, Silver World Printing, at southwest corner of Fourth and Silver Streets, Lake City, Colorado; shows front gable and false front wing with "Silver World Printing" sign, two...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Wooden Buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.
- 1959
- San Miguel Examiner
- Exterior view of San Miguel Examiner Printing, Telluride, Colorado, one of Tellride's early newspaper and printing offices (the newspaper was published weekly from 1897 to 1929). The false-front building has double-door entry flanked by large four...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.; Newspapers--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1924?]
- Georgetown Courier interior
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Shows a small printing press, probably the Washington hand press that Jesse Summers Randall, the newspaper's editor, bought from the Colorado Miner newspaper, a hand powered...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Publishing industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Taxidermy--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Ford's People's Restaurant, Blake Street, Denver
- Newspaper advertisement announces Barney L. Ford's new saloon, restaurant and barber shop establishment, probably at the Inter Ocean Hotel on Blake Street in Denver, Colorado. Describes a bar "stocked with the very finest liquors and cigars," and a...
- Ford, Barney L.--Homes & haunts.; Inter Ocean Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Advertisements--1860-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1879?]
- Family checks out books at Englewood Public Library, 3345 S. Bannock St.
- A family with their arms full of books and each wearing a heavy coat poses at the Englewood Public Library in Englewood, Colorado. They are, left to right: Mrs. James F. Taylor, Greg Taylor, Anne Taylor, James F. Taylor, and Susan Taylor. Titles on...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Families--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.
- February 17, 1964
- Checking in at Littleton
- "Mrs. Howard Brown, 6623 S. Grant St. gives her son Trevor, 5, one last look at a book before checking in at the Littleton Public Library." The Carnegie funded brick library designed by architect J. B. Benedict was completed in 1917. The brick...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.
- January 24, 1962
- Members of the Arapahoe County Library Council
- Members of the Arapahoe County Library Council meet at a retangular table in a room lined with bookshelves. They are left to right, Mrs. Miles Davies, Deer Tail; Mrs. Herman Oliner, Englewood; Mrs. George Hores, Allen Bradley, Aurora and Mrs....
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Meetings--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.
- February 18, 1964
- This is the Cherry Crest Branch of Littleton Public Library
- A women with two small children is at the door of the Cherry Crest branch of the Littleton Public Library, 5979 South University Boulevard, Colorado. The modern strip mall building has a overhanging roof with large library name on it with...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.
- February 18, 1964
- This is the Littleton Public Library at 5707 S. Rapp St.
- "This is the Littleton Public Library at 5707 South Rapp Street. It may be replaced if city voters approve a $376,000 bond issue at election to be held March 31. This building may become police headquarters." The rectangular brick building designed...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.
- 1964 February 18
- Denver Republican Newspaper building
- View of the Denver Republican Newspaper building at 1118 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians stand along the sidewalk near the stone, four-story building with sash and storefront windows and decorated parapet....
- Denver Republican--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Probably Post delivery boys & girls
- A group of children, probably delivery boys and girls, pose outside of the Denver Post newspaper office on 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. A sign reads: "The Denver Post, Every Day In The Year." In front of the group is a dog.
- Denver Post--Buildings--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Newspaper carriers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Abe Pollock newspaper man
- Abraham Pollock, a newspaperman (far right) and unidentified men pose in an office in Denver, Colorado. A framed newspaper page and an illustration are on the wall.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Pollock, Abraham.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Street vendor from Denver Republican newspaper
- A vendor for the Denver Republican newspaper poses on a street corner holding the day's issue, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Republican--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Newspaper carriers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Tom Payne - newsboy
- Portrait of Tom Payne, a Denver Post newspaper delivery boy in Denver, Colorado. He wears bib overalls and holds newspapers.
- Denver Post--People--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Newspaper carriers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Newspapers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Payne,...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Scott Brady, and newspaper front page about prison break
- Scott Brady, star of "Canon City," and a man with a Denver Post newspaper, look at the headlines in an office in Denver, Colorado. The headline, about the 1947 prison break on which "Canon City" was based, reads: "2 Slain, 9 Captured, In State Pen...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Newspaper headlines--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Reading--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Brady,...
- 1948 July
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- 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.)
- 1931 January 14
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- 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 March 26
- Western History Subject Index
- Women in newspaper work
- Colorado Statesman : index of funeral notices, obituaries, and news articles : 29 October 1904 - 17 April 1954.
- Index of funeral notices, obituaries, and news articles from the leading weekly newspaper serving the African American community from 1904 to 1954.
- Colorado statesman --Indexes.; Obituaries--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.
- 2001
- Morrato Block, historic photograph possibly newspaper photo
- Denver Newspaper Agency, 101 W. Colfax, Denver
- View of the Denver News Agency Building (Newman, Cavender & Doane; 2006), a modernist style white coated steel and glass building with green glass balconies located in Civic Center at 101 W. Colfax in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Voorhies Memorial...
- Voorhies, John H. P.--Monuments--1980-1990.; Denver Newspaper Agency--Buildings--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Arches.; Colonnades.; Monuments & memorials.; Newspapers.; Voorhies, John H....
- 2007
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 11 and 12, 1921 November-December
- The Pilot building, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Men sit in a horse-drawn carriage and pose on a dirt street in front of a building with a sign that reads: "The Pilot" in Steamboat Springs (Routt County), Colorado. The newspaper building has two stories and a false front with decorative brackets.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Trinidad Advertiser office, Trinidad, Colorado
- Men, a woman, and a boy stand and pose in front of the Morning Advertiser newspaper office in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Mrs. Sam Schuyler wears a pleated dress, a fitted shirt with a bow, and a decorated hat. S.H. Stevens, the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Hotel in Rifle
- Men, women, and a baby pose on a hotel porch in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; signs by United States flags read: "Marker Hotel," "Pioneer," and "Rifle Reveille" on the front of the newspaper's office.
- Marker Hotel (Rifle, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Couple posed in garden man holds newspaper
- Outdoor portrait of a man and woman in a garden in Denver, Colorado. The man holds a newspaper on his lap.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Rocky Mtn. News printing press
- A printing press from the Goss Printing Press Company of Chicago, IL, fills the printing room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. A newspaper rolls through the complex system of rolls and cog wheels. To the right is a short flight of...
- Rocky Mountain News--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Rocky Mt. News composing room typesetting linotype machines
- Men work at at linotype machines in the composing room of the Rocky Mountain News newspaper building in Denver, Colorado. A supervisor looks on.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Soldier's barracks [graphic] : first newspaper office of Meeker Herald, editor Mr. Little.
- View of an old army barracks and then first home of the Herald newspaper in 1885, Meeker, Colorado; long rectangular building with a front gable; later building torn down and the IOOF Hall built on the site.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Barracks--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Views in Leadville, Colorado from photographs by Jackson and Collier, Denver, Colorado
- Reproduction shows scenes in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, as printed in "The Daily Graphic." Vignettes are identified as: "Chestnut Street, Leadville, Carbonate Hill, Evergreen Lake, Lower Falls Twin Lakes, Leadville from Capitol Hill, Fryer...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--New York City--New York--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Views in Leadville, Colorado from photographs by Jackson and Collier, Denver, Colorado
- Reproduction shows scenes in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, as printed in "The Daily Graphic." Vignettes are identified as: "Harrison Avenue, corner of Third, Daniels & Fisher's Store; Boettcher's Hardware Store; Goldstein & Brodie, Watches and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Views in Leadville, Colorado from photographs by Jackson and Collier, Denver, Colorado
- Reproduction shows scenes in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, as printed in "The Daily Graphic." Vignettes are identified as: "Main Street, Robert E. Lee Mine, Harrison's Smelter, Grant Smelter, Court-House and Post Office, State Street, and Tabor...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Government facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Newspapers--New York City--New York--1880-1890.
- 1882
- West side of Main Street Springfield, Colorado newspaper office, two story Jones Hotel, Abstract Office and old Court House facing corner
- View west on Main Street, Springfield, Baca County (now Las Animas County), Colorado, shows men on the deserted street with commercial storefronts; "The Springfield Herald," newspaper office, two story Jones Hotel, Abstract Office and old Court...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Office of the Turret Gold Belt Newspaper
- View, Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows abandoned office of Turret Gold Belt newspaper.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.; Newspapers--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- November 1975
- Street in Gregory Gulch, Pike's Peak
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with men, wagons, cabins, and signs: "Rocky Mountain Gold reporter," and "Express Office."
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Roy Howard
- Newspaperman Roy W. Howard poses outdoors and holds a newspaper in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Executives--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Rocky Mountain News employees
- Interior view of women, in an informal pose at a desk, in the Rocky Mountain News building at 1720 Welton Street in Denver, Colorado. A typewriter and phone are on the desk and calendars hang on the wall.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1935]
- Morning Advertiser, Trinidad
- The staff of the Morning Advertiser poses in front of the newspaper's office in Trinidad, Colorado. Two wooden, lathe turned spiral posts flank the glass doors, with lettering that reads: "Advertiser." The doorframe below the transom has the number...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Beshoar, Michael, 1833-1907.; Garcia, Jesus Moria.; Hines, J. H.; Robinson, Bob.; Shumway, Ed.; Shumway, Will.; Single, George.; Snyder, Willy.; Stevens, S. H.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Oficina de "El Progreso," Trinidad, Colo.
- Exterior view of the office of the El Progreso newspaper in Trinidad, Colorado. This one story frame building has a false front with lettering on it that reads: El Progreso. The awning over the porch is supported by lathe turned posts, and the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Denver Post building
- View of the Denver Post (newspaper) offices, in Denver, Colorado. Cars are parked along Champa Street.
- Denver Post--Buildings--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Colorado, the late outbreak and massacre at the White River Agency, the ruins after the fire and massacre
- Reproduction of a sketch of the Meeker tragedy at the White River Ute Indian Agency, September 29th 1879, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows soldiers surveying the destruction from the fire and battle between Native American Utes and Nathan Meeker,...
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Tomb.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. White River Agency (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--Meeker--1870-1880.; Meeker...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]