Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Knight School children in nurse's office
- Photograph of two children visiting the nurse's office in Knight Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. One boy sits at the nurse's desk with a bandaged left hand. He sits sideways in the chair and is turned to watch the nurse and another child...
- Nurses.; Knight School (Denver, Colo.); Belcaro (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhoods); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Pauline Apodaca, Cadet Nurse
- Studio bust portrait of Pauline Apodaca, a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps. She wears a uniform with brass buttons and a sleeve patch that reads: "Cadet Nurse" and a beret with a metal insignia.
- United States. Cadet Nurse Corps--People--1940-1950.; Nurses.; Apodaca, Pauline--Pictorial works.; United States. Cadet Nurse Corps--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American nurses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1945
- Health Training at Whittier School
- Health training at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Two women sit in chairs, one is wearing a nurse uniform and is wrapping the second women's ankle with gauze. Behind the nurse stands two women watching the nurse and holding first...
- Nurses.; Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 9, 1914 February 14
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 2, 1910 January 8
- Nurse with a baby
- A nurse smiles and holds a baby in her arms in Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The nurse wears a white uniform with her shirt sleeves rolled up. Her hair is styled in a bobbed haircut. Her white shoes are stained and scuffed.
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Baby in an incubator
- Interior view at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. A nurse smiles and sits beside a crib which holds an infant who is contained in an incubator. The child, identified as Mexican-American, has dark hair. The baby's head extends out of the...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Infants (Premature)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children's furniture--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Edgewater, Colorado, 50th anniversary
- A float in the Edgewater, Colorado, Fiftieth Anniversary Parade has a sign reading "Defenders of Liberty"; on the float are an army soldier holding a gun, a nurse, a sailor, the Statue of Liberty, another military man, a boy on crutches, another...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Anniversaries--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Fairplay, Colorado
- A nurse ascends the stairs in a hospital in Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County. She wears a nurse's uniform (white dress, cap) and holds a medical chart in her left hand. A gurney with medical equipment is beneath the stairs. An open door leads...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Nurses--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.
- October 27, 1965
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- East High spotlight: vol 30 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.)
- 1943 September 30
- Western History Subject Index
- Nurses and nursing
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 15, 1911 April 8
- Nurse & baby
- A nurse cradles a newborn baby in a blanket. She wears a uniform with a cap, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Nurse with GI in hospital, Italy
- A nurse takes the temperature and pulse of Tenth Mountain Division soldier, S/Sergeant George V. Geiss as he lies in his hospital bed in Italy.
- Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; Geiss, George V.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Medicine, Military.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Doctor and nurse in a laboratory at Denver General Hospital
- A doctor sits on a stool and looks into a microscope at a laboratory at Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. A nurse sits on a stool nearby and observes the doctor. A rack of test tubes, papers, books, and medicine bottles are on the table....
- Denver General Hospital--People--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Laboratories--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Nurse's station
- Nurses stand at a nurse's station at General Rose Memorial Hospital (Rose Medical Center) in Denver, Colorado. The nurses wear white uniforms and caps and work behind the glassed enclosure.
- General Rose Memorial Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Nurse with a baby
- A nurse sits in a chair and holds a baby in her arms in Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The woman wears a uniform and has her dark hair in a bobbed haircut. The baby has long dark hair and is wrapped in blankets. Hospital beds are in the...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Western History Subject Index
- Burke, Edna
- Western History Subject Index
- Nurse of the year
- Western History Subject Index
- Nurses and nursing
- Western History Subject Index
- visiting nurse association
- Western History Subject Index
- Visiting Nurse Association
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Mardi Gras Ball
- That hurt!
- A young Hispanic American girl cries as an unidentified physician gives her an injection at the San Luis Health Center in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. His nurse holds the girl's hand and comforts her.
- San Luis Health Center (San Luis, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clinics.; Injections.; Crying.; San Luis Health Center (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1950]
- Teresa Vigil
- Portrait of Teresa Vigil, an expert in medicinal herbs (curandera) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She poses in her kitchen in a blouse and sweater. A stove, cutting board and pots and pans are nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Healers.; Interiors.; Older people.; Women.; Vigil, Teresa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2005 April 16]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 26, 1909 August 14
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 6, 1910 February 5
- Aimee healing during services in Auditorium
- Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson hugs a young girl standing up from her wicker wheelchair, during an International Church of the Foursquare Gospel meeting at the City Auditorium, Denver, Colorado. "Sister Aimee" wears a white nurse uniform. Her...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Evangelists--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Healing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.; Schaffer, Emma.; International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- January 17, 1927
- During crusade held at Denver Auditorium
- Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson preaches from a ornate wooden lectern decorated with live roses, crusading for converts for her International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, City Auditorium, Denver, Colorado. She wears a nurse uniform and cape.
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Evangelists--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.; International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- January 16, 1927
- In Denver, Civic Center Capitol Building in background.
- Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson with members of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel gather on Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. "Sister Aimee" wears a white nurse uniform with a blue cape.
- Civic center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Evangelists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.; International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- August 12, 1937
- In Denver, Civic Center
- Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson with members of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel gather on Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. "Sister Aimee" wears a white nurse uniform with a blue cape and talks with a policeman and another man.
- Civic center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Evangelists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.; International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- August 12, 1937
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Hospital
- Men in suits and pince-nez glasses, and women in nurse uniforms, pose in the yard of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Hospital in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The fountain behind them is a boy sculpture holding a leaky boot. The hospital, in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--1890- 1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Nurses--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Twin Lakes house, T. F. Van Wagener
- View, Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; shows women, girls, a man, a frame house, and a picket fence.
- Van Wagener, Theo F.--Homes & haunts.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Nurses residence building, children's hospital
- View of Tammen Hall (nurse's residence) at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The brick structure has arches, arcades, and corbeling. Sign reads: "M. H. Hoyt & B. Hoyt, Architects; Wm. Tamminga, General Contractor; Johnson & Davis, Plumbing &...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dormitories--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- Mrs. Hazel Gates with newborn
- Interior view with Mrs. Charles (Hazel LaDora Rhoads) Gates and her newborn baby in Denver, Colorado. A nurse stands at the foot of the bed; several flower bouquets decorate the bedroom.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, Hazel...
- [1910?]
- Hazel & newborn
- Mrs. Charles (Hazel LaDora Rhoads) Gates and her newborn baby in Denver, Colorado; a nurse holds the baby next to the bed.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.
- [1910?]
- Nurses home
- A view of the nurse's residence near Denver General Hospital located on Cherokee and 7th (Seventh) in Denver, Colorado. The three story brick building was built in 1927 to accommodate nursing students and was torn down in 1967.
- Denver General Hospital--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Labor housing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Parade
- View of a parade down Taos Street in Georgetown, Colorado. Two uniformed men on horseback with a American flag lead the event, followed by the Columbine Band (with cornets, horns, drums, and tubas), a canvas top automobile with American flag, and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1978
- Red Cross unit
- View of a parade on Taos Street in Georgetown, Colorado, including a Red Cross nurses in uniforms with caps and veils (one nurse carries a parasol), marching units (one with two American flags), and automobiles. Deciduous trees, small wood frame...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Judge Gavin's office Craig Colony
- Men and women nurses pose near a small building at Craig Colony (Craig Hospital) a tuberculosis sanitarium in Edgewater (Jefferson County), Colorado. A sign on the building reads: "Cornelius J. Gavin The People's Judge."
- Craig Colony--1910-1920.; Edgewater (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.; Nurses--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.; Sick persons--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Denver, hospitals & sanatoriums
- Interior view of balcony wing, Bethesda Sanatorium, Denver, Colorado; shows women in beds, a nurse, and a rattan rocking chair.
- Bethesda Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Fairplay hospital
- Two nurses work in a hospital in Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County. One nurse writes in an open medical chart; the other works over a table with a bottle of "Ioprep" on top of it. Medical supplies are on a cart underneath four cabinets. An IV...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Medical equipment & supplies--Colorado--Fairplay--1960- 1970.; Nurses--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.
- October 27, 1965
- Nurses use fire extinguishers
- A nurse practices with a fire extinguisher on a controlled fire in a parking lot at Denver General Hospital in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A group of observers, firemen, and African American (Black) and white nurses look on....
- Denver General Hospital--People--1950-1960.; African Americans--Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Fire extinguishers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Fire...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Nurses learn how to use fire extinguishers
- A nurse uses a fire extinguisher to put out a fire in a box in a parking lot at Denver General Hospital in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Other nurses and fireman stand nearby. A brick structure and a parking lot are in the...
- Denver General Hospital--People--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Fire extinguishers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Fire...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Women's Chronic Ward
- Interior view of the Women's Chronic Ward at Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Women lie in metal frame beds arranged along the wall of a long room. One nurse takes a patient's pulse, and another sits at a desk in the middle of the room....
- Denver General Hospital--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospital wards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sick...
- 1907
- Scenes in the Children's Ward
- Nurses, doctors, men, and women stand near beds in the Children's Ward at Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. Children lie in beds arranged along the walls of a long room. One nurse holds a toddler, and a man cradles an infant in his arms.
- Denver General Hospital--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospital wards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Nurses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- 1907
- Men's Chronic Ward
- Sick men lie in beds and sit in wheelchairs in the Men's Chronic Ward at Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The beds line the walls of a long room. Nurses and orderlies stand near the patients. A nurse sits at a desk in the center of the...
- Denver General Hospital--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospital wards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- 1907