Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 29, 1910 July 16
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 13, 1911 March 25
- Frank Warren oils up the ore car prepatory to taking tourists through his Spring St. Mine in Central City
- Frank Warren oils a mine ore car at the entrance to the Diamond Lil Tunnel near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Warren, Frank.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Great flood in Denver, May 19th, 1864
- View of frame and brick commercial buildings and houses near downtown Denver, Colorado and the flooded South Platte River and Cherry Creek. People stand beside Cherry Creek near a brick building with a sign that reads: "Drugs, Chemicals, Paints,...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Kremmling, Colorado
- View of a frame storage shed, houses and a business with a sign that reads: "Blacksmith & Auto Repair Shop, Oils, Supplies" in Kremmling (Grand County), Colorado. Shows a sign for the "Gore View Hotel," wooden sidewalks and snow on the ground. Snow...
- Kremmling (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Kremmling--1920-1930.; Sheds--Colorado--Kremmling--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Kremmling--1920-1930.
- 1920?
- State Garage building
- Cars are parked in front of a three-story brick commercial building at the corner of 13th (Thirteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street in Denver, Colorado. A man leans against a car in a garage entrance near signs that read: "State Garage, Quaker State...
- State Garage (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Sinclair Oil Company building
- Exterior view of the brick, two-story Sinclair Oil Company building, possibly in Denver, Colorado. The brick building has a sloped roof, parapet and windows adorned with awnings. People stand upon a loading dock and automobiles are parked near by....
- Sinclair Oil Corporation--Buildings--1910-1920.; Petroleum industry--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Buildings commercial Texaco station at 200 So. Santa Fe, Denver
- An attendant stands near a Six Star filling station at 200 South Santa Fe Drive in Denver, Colorado. A convertible automobile is parked near a fuel pump. A sign on a nearby building reads: "The Six Star Lubricants Co. Home Of Pure Pennsylvania Oils...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Buildings commercial
- View of the Six Star filling station at the corner of Alameda Avenue and Kalamath Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs painted on the building read: "The Six Star Lubricants Co. Inc.", "Home Of Pure Pennsylvania Oils Grades For All Types Of Engines",...
- Six Star Lubricants Co. Inc.--Buildings--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Leadville from the west
- Panoramic view of Leadville (Lake County), Colorado and the Sawatch Mountains. Shows frame houses and The Tabor Opera House and St. George's Episcopal Church among downtown buildings. Signs read "Smoke Little Joker Tobacco", "Little Pittsbur[gh]",...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- San Francisco
- People and horse-drawn carriages are in the street of a commercial area, possibly the China Basin district of San Francisco, California. Trolly tracks extend down a wide street flanked by commercial buildings. Signs on buildings read: "Walter Baker...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Street railroad tracks--California--San...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Buildings on Main Street between 4th & 5th
- View of Main Street businesses between Fourth and Fifth Avenue, Longmont, Colorado, shows a group of four men in front of the Harness and Saddlery Shop. Mr. Warner stands in the doorway and the owner J. C. Wells is outside to the right. A young boy...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Airplane wing walker
- Young children watch as male wing walker poses on the upper wing of a Lincoln Standard plane at a local air show, probably Denver, Colorado. He wears a shirt that reads: "We use Sommer Oils", and a head band.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Biplanes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Daredevils--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Murray Building, Akron, Colo.
- The front facade of the Murray Building in Washington County, Akron, Colorado, is a two-story brick commercial building built in 1887 from brick manufactured locally either in 1887 or 1903. The building features a decorative corbeling and an ornate...
- Akron (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Akron--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver
- Men and women stand near the edge of Cherry Creek as it floods the streets near 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. A sign on a nearby building reads: "Drugs, Chemicals, Oils, Paints, Brushes, & Glass".
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Denver
- View of Larimer Street and nearby buildings in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are parked along the street. Signs read: "Ne[ws] Block", "J. S. Dreyfuss Clothing And Gents Furnishings Goods", "Ducey's Sample Room", "Rail Road Tickets Cigars,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- 15 St Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) (F) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wood and brick business district buildings read: "Broadway Store Dry Goods & Clothing Wholesale & Retail", "Tappan & Co.", "Chemicals Paints Oils Brushes & Glass", and "Drugs"....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1863
- Cor 16th & Larimer Sts
- Roof-top view of a building on the corner of Larimer and 16th (Sixteenth, G) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Women lean on the sills of second story windows. Signs on the building read: "George W. Bacon," "Daguerreotypes Photographs," "Wm. Graham...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Filling station
- View of the gas station and pump at the Wellshire Golf Course (Wellshire Country Club) in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked nearby. A sign near the pump reads: "Conoco Germ Processed Parafin Base Motor Oils".
- Golf courses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Wellshire Municipal Golf Course (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gasoline pumps--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Tooley Shoe Shop, Stephenson Drug Store Main St. 1898-99
- False fronted stores in Breckenridge, Colorado, are seen through a trench dug in deep snow. A frame business with a "W.B. Stephenson Druggist Paints Oils Glass Wall Paper" sign and "drugs" lettered in the transom over the door is above a snowbank....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Denver City, C. T.
- Rooftop view of Larimer and McGaa (Market) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the business district buildings read: "Chamberlain's Ambrotype And Photographic Gallery", "Ladies Emporium", "Woolworth & Moffat", "Blank Books School Books Maps",...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Blake St.
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked on the side of Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Sales Day," "Corral," and "Drugs Paints Oils Glass [...]."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Stables--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [either 1865 or 1866]
- Transportation, automobiles, early automobiles
- Crowd gathers around automobile crew who just completed an "Automobile Endurance Run" parked in front of the Platt-Fawcett Motor Co., 1249-1255 Broadway, Denver, Colorado; car is a Jewett Six model made by Paige, with lettering on side: "San...
- Platt-Fawcett Motor Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1924?]
- Denver, Colorado
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on a building read: "Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glass, Fancy Goods." The Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- Norman Garage
- View of an automobile repair garage in Denver, Colorado. The one-story brick building has arched gables and a tile roof. A sign on the building reads: "Norman Garage Gasoline Oils."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver, business, moving & storage
- View of the Kennicott-Patterson Transfer Company storage warehouse at 1535-1547 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado; businesses include Electric Farm Light Co., Monogram Oils and Greases (sign indicates space for sale or lease), and Ferry's Seeds.
- Kennicott-Patterson Transfer Company (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moving & storage trade--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Colorado and Utah Coal Co. plant
- View of a coal dealership at 27th (Twenty-Seventh) and Walnut Streets, in Denver, Colorado; shows a stucco gasoline station with a tile roof, pumps, and signs: "The Colorado & Utah Coal Co.," "Harris Coal," "Drain Crankcase Here, Real Penn Motor...
- Colorado & Utah Coal Co.--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fuel--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933, April 12
- Mechling & Shallcross
- A man sits in a horse-drawn buggy near the Mechling and Shallcross fancy goods store at 14th (Fourteenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. A pillar topped with a large bucket is nearby. Signs read: "Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils,...
- Mechling & Shallcross (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Early model automobile
- View of men and a car in Denver, Colorado; automobile has lettering: "San Francisco to New York and Return, Non-Stop Motor Run," "Jewett Six," and "Veedol Motor Oils." Store and window display in background reads: "The Platt-Fawcett Motor Company,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Racing automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1924]
- Unidentified automobile repair shop
- Interior view of a garage in (probably) Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles, car repair tools, and a sign: "The Famous Harris Oils Greases Sold Here."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Scene in Denver, Col.
- View of Larimer Street near 14th (Fourteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Wood frame and brick buildings line the street. Signs read: "G. W. Clayton," "L. N. Greenleaf Co.," "Fancy Goods Notions Toys," "Cigars Tobacco Pipes," "Drugs...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Cliff modeling a truck of plaster cast in Morrison
- Men pose on and near a pick-up truck loaded with a portion of the bear habitat for the Denver Zoo in Morrison (Jefferson County), Colorado. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Henry F. Wolff," "Graham's Monogram Oils," and "Drugs Ice Cream Soda Cigars...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Animal housing--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1920.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1920.
- 1918 June
- Eldora Colo.- Feby. 1899 after the "Big Snow"
- View along Klondyke Avenue in Eldora, Colorado, shows three people standing atop snow drifts left behind by a large snow storm. A sign on a storefront reads: "G. N. Fairman, Hardware, Stoves and Miners Supplies, Paints and Oils."
- Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- 1899
- The Merriam & Pedley Drug Store on the north side of Main Street between 3rd and 4th
- This two-story storefront in Canon City, Colorado, is built of rusticated stone with a wooden cornice. The awning reads: "Merriam & Pedley. Drugs;" other signs read: "Family Drug Store, Paints, Oils & glass." Sponge garlands and apothecary bottles...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1887
- The Newton Lumber Co. yard (the old Mack lumber Yard) on the northwest corner of 6th and Main about 1885.
- This office in Canon City, Colorado, is a one-story brick building with a gauge arched door and flanking sash windows. Signs read: "Newton Lumber Co.," "paints, oils, varnishes, putty, glass, brushes, plastering, hair plaster of Paris." Men and a...
- Lumberyards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885?
- Traffic squad, Denver Police Department
- Members of the traffic squad pose near the corner of 14th (Fourteenth) Street and Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Mounted officers are near policemen who stand in formation. Sergeant Everett M. Hunt, the officer in charge of the traffic squad,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mounted police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hunt, Everett M.
- 1921 March
- Street view in Green River, Wyoming Territory
- Men wear sack suits and overcoats, and hats or caps and pose in a row in front of businesses in Green River (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. Shows a saddled horse, a wagon, and commercial signs that read: "Dixon & Grimes Groceries and Provisions,"...
- Green River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Clothing stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; General stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Central Block, Omaha in 1868
- People and a horse-drawn stagecoach are outside the Central Block, a three-story brick commercial building on Farnam Street between 13th (Thirteenth) and 14th (Fourteenth) Streets in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. Shows sidewalks and telegraph...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Main Street between Second and Third
- Two-story brick and stone storefronts in Canon City, Colorado, have cornices, corbeling, and pediments. Signs read "Fremont County Bank," "New Billiard Hall," "Denver & Rio Grande Railway Express," "Sil[ver] Cliff and Rosita S[ta]ge Office." A...
- Storefronts--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Wabash Ry. #2428 on siding, caboose 2438 in background, Okolona, Ohio.
- Smoke rises from Wabash Railway #2428, with a mixed consist, on a siding in Okolona (Henry County), Ohio. Shows a tank car and caboose #2438 nearby. A truck beside the tracks reads: "Home Oil Co., Cities, Service, Gas & Oils."
- Wabash Railway Company--1940-1950.; Okolona (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Ohio--Okolona--1940-1950.; Railroads--Ohio--Okolona--1940-1950.
- 1940 November 16
- F. D. Works & Co.
- Governor Peabody's National guardsmen in uniforms with guns and rifles keep order during the labor dispute of 1903-1904, on boardwalk in front of hardware store at Colorado Avenue and South Alder, Telluride, Colorado. Black shopkeeper in apron has...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1904]
- Union Block
- Men on a sidewalk and in a wagon pose in front of the Union Block possibly on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a row of one story brick businesses with dentils, bracketed cornices, pilasters, and display windows. Signs on...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- D & RGW tr. 16, engine 800 being serviced at La Veta
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad train no. 16, led by steam locomotive 800 (4-6-2), stopped at the railroad depot in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. A railroad employee oils a side rod, two men chat nearby. Shows a baggage car.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; La Veta (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Colorado--La Veta--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--La Veta--1950-1960.
- 1951 July 3
- Abandoned C. & S. station at Keystone, Colorado
- Railroad depot in Keystone, in Summit County, Colorado, is a one- story, frame building with a gable roof. Signs read: "Garage," "3mi Wild- Wood cabins lunch gas oils." Log cabins and a 20's car are to the side, and mountains are in the background.
- Keystone (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Keystone--1930-1940.
- August 5, 1938
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 23, 1910 June 4
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 31, 1910 July 30
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 36, 1910 September 3
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 41, 1910 October 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 43, 1910 October 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 44, 1910 October 29