Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Publicity, old window display, Kohler-McLister Paint Co.
- Cans of paint and candle stick telephones are arranged in a display at the Kohler McLister Paint Company at 1623 Arapahoe Street in Denver, Colorado. Paint cans are stacked in columns and pyramids. Signs in the window read: "Main 4747," "This Store...
- Kohler-McLister Paint Co.--Public relations--1910-1920.; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Products--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Paints &...
- 1916
- Paint Mines Interpretive Park, Calhan
- View of the Paint Mines Interpretive Park located in the Calhan Paint Mines Archaeological District near Calhan (El Paso County), Colorado. This El Paso County park encompasses many multicolored geological structures, spires, hoodoos, and sculpted...
- Paint Mines Interpretive Park (Colo.)--1990-2000.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Paint Mines Interpretive Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic sites--Colorado--El Paso County--Pictorial works.; Parks--Colorado--El Paso County--Pictorial...
- 2006
- The Paint Pot, Yellowstone
- View of the Fountain Paint Pot, a hot spring and geyser in Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Fountain Paint Pot (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1890-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1910.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1910.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Anderson & Sharp's Paint Shop
- This paint store in Canon City, Colorado, has a variety of brushes, paint cans, and wallpaper displayed in the window and entry. Men pose on the boardwalk; two are in suits with gold chains, the rest are in white painter's clothes. One stands on a...
- Paint shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, Kwal Paint Store
- Black and white print of man standing in Kwal Paint Store in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center. Man has hand on kwal Interior Latex paint can display. Boxes and other paint cans visible in background. Sign hanging on wall.
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1965
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of paint removal from the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery) during exterior restoration, the building is located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Conservation & restoration.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.;...
- 2004
- Scene along Taos Street, Georgetown, Colorado, from site of the McClellan Opera House, Alpine Hose Company tower in backyard
- View southwest along Taos Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The white paint of Alpine Hose Company Tower contrasts the background evergreens, red and gray rocky slopes of Leavenworth, Republican and Pendleton Mountains. Also with the dilapidated false...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Sterling, Colorado business
- Two businessmen stand in the entry door of a Sterling, Colorado, business in Logan County. Two folding chairs, a wrought-iron glider with cushions, and a metal table with an adding machine are lined up along the sidewalk adjacent to the exterior...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Advertisements--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- University Park School Building Plans
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, Ace Hardware
- Black and white print of a man standing on a ladder in Ace Hardware in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center. The man, ""Ray"", is dressed in a suit and tie and is wearing glasses. He is holding a can of paint from the top shelf. There are seven...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1967
- Carpenter & paint shop
- Shows the two story brick carpenter and paint shop of the Denver Highway Department located near 8th (eighth) and Walnut Street in Denver, Colorado. Machinery is stored next to the building and a sign on the front door reads: "Paint Shop" and "No...
- Denver (Colo.). Highway Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Paint shops--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Carpenter shops--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Chief Stinking Bear Chief Paint His Horse
- Studio portrait (standing) of Chief Stinking Bear and Chief Paint His Horse, Native American (Sioux) men. Both men wear moccasins, leggings, and feather headdresses. One man wears an ammunition belt and a beaded vest, he holds a war club. One man...
- Dakota Indians--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Paint His Horse.; Stinking Bear.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Shoshone Indian village on the south fork of the Little Wind River
- View of a group of Native American (Shoshone) tepees near the edge of the south fork of the Little Wind River in Wyoming. The camp was constructed as part of the Tim McCoy film, "War Paint." Mesas and mountains stand near the edge of the river.
- Indians of North America--Structures--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Motion picture locations--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Shoshoni Indians--Structures--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Wind River (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Motion...
- [1926]
- McMurtry Manufacturing Company
- View of the McMurtry Manufacturing Company at 1533 Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick building has decorative trim and displays of paint and chemicals in the windows. Lettering on the building reads: "Paint &...
- McMurtry Manufacturing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Glass industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rocky Mountain Paint Shop
- Children pose with a dog and a burro in blinders on a dirt street in Boulder, Colorado. A woman in a plaid blouse stands in the door of the storefront behind them. The sign above depicts a country scene with a waterfall and a troubadour on...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Artists materials--1880-1890.; Facades--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, painters
- Two painters work on windows at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men are in coveralls and hats and stand on scaffolding and paint the window casings...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Pando, Camp Hale construction
- Interior view of construction workers as they paint the window frames of a building at Camp Hale in the Pando Valley (Eagle County), Colorado. A saw rests against the wall, a hand plane lies on the floor, a paint can sits atop a sawhorse and the...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Painting--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Mojave runner & squaw
- A Native American (Mohave) man and woman pose by a brick wall and a strip of corrugated metal, probably in Arizona or California. The man wears a long-sleeved cotton shirt with arm bands and a fabric waist belt, a vest with a pocket watch chain,...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Mohave Indians--1880-1900.; Men--1800-1900.; Women--1800-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mission of San Diego, Cal.
- View of the ruins of Mission San Diego de Alcala in San Diego County, California. Shows the decaying walls of the church and associated buildings. Some buildings are constructed of stone, others are built with adobe brick. Plaster peals off the...
- San Diego Mission--1880-1890.; San Diego County (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--California--San Diego--1880-1890.; Missions--California--San Diego--1880-1890.; Ruins--California--San Diego--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Seal Rocks, Cypress Point, Cal.
- View of the Pacific Ocean and Seal Rock at Cypress Point, Monterey County, California.
- Cypress Point (Monterey County, Calif.)--1890-1910.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Pacific Ocean--1890-1910.; Seal Rock (Monterey County, Calif.)--1890-1910.; Capes (Coasts)--California--Monterey County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The right side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Court House, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the central business district; the three-story brick Alamo Hotel at intersection of Cucharras and Tejon Streets, the rebuilt Antlers's...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Little boy and girl
- Two children play by the front steps of a house in Denver, Colorado. The boy wears a cowboy outfit with boots and a hat. He holds a paint brush and a palette and paints on the back of a girl's coat. On the ground is a small saddle, a bottle, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Children drawing & painting--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Children playing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Boy & girl painting
- A girl sits on a stool in front of the porch of a home in Denver, Colorado. A boy is seated behind her and uses a paint brush on the back of the young girl's coat. On the ground is a palette with brushes, paint cans, and a bottle.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Children drawing & painting--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Children playing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Trio of dancers
- Photomechanical reproduction of Native American (Hopi) snake dancers dressed in body paint; blanket kilts with buckskin; fringed buckskin boots; necklaces and feathers. One dancer has a snake in his mouth, Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--1890-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1930.; Snake dance--Arizona--1890-1930.
- [between 1895 and 1925?]
- Buffalo dance, San Ildefonso
- Native American (San Ildefonso Pueblo) men and woman perform a buffalo dance at the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Men wear buffalo headdresses with horns, one headdress with antlers, body paint, kilts, pelts, feathers, and carry arrows. The...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San...
- 1918
- Whoa boy
- A person dressed in a clown costume and face paint rides a paint colored donkey in the stadium at the Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. The donkey has a wreath of flowers around its head and a pair of cloth leggings on its legs.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clowns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Corn Dance- Tabla
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) women and children pose outdoors at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear mantas, body paint, and tablita headdresses and hold evergreen sprigs. The boys wear skunk pelts around their ankles, body paint,...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- Tabla Dance San Felipe
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) men, women, and boy pose outdoors at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear mantas, shawls, beaded necklaces, body paint, and tablita headdresses. The men and boy wear kilts, fur pelts that hang from leather...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- Corn Dance San Felipe
- Native American (Pueblo, Keresan) men and women take part in a Corn Dance at San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico. The women wear wrapped boots, mantas, shawls, body paint, and tablita headdresses. The men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts that hang from...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Felipe Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Felipe Pueblo...
- 1915
- Locomotive Chi. Burlington & Quincy, Burlington Zephyr
- CB&Q Burlington Zephyr No. 9900, at the railyard in Denver, Colorado; high speed silver streamliner of the Burlington Route; also known as Pioneer Zephyr; lettering on buildings read "Pride of the Rockies Flour Mill"," Pikes Peak Mill", "National...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1940-1949?]
- Grinding and mixing paints McMurtry Manufacturing Co. Denver
- Workmen pose near paint mixing vats at the McMurtry Manufacturing Company in Denver, Colorado. Flywheels and a motor attached with belts are in the room.
- McMurtry Manufacturing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paint machinery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Paint mixing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of the Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado, including the Big Tent; shows buidlings of Aspen, outline of the Aspen racetrack, an access road through the valley, and snow-covered peaks behind Aspen Mountain.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tents--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1969]
- Aspen, Colorado in 1967
- View of west side of Aspen, Colorado, including the Big Tent, Aspen High School, and Seminar Building. Scene includes houses and trees in the background at the foot of Aspen Mountain, outline of the former Aspen racetrack, an access road through...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tents--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Allen True, the Denver artist
- Allen True, a Denver artist, poses with a paint brush on a scaffold at the Voorhies Memorial in Civic Center Park, Denver Colorado. True was commissioned to paint the murals for the memorial.
- Voorhies, John H. P.--Memorials.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Artists--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; True, Allen.
- [between 1919 and 1922?]
- Housing
- Frank Zoumbrink and Bill Feland paint the interior of a migrant worker's house in Colorado. A ladder and bench are in the room.
- Migrant agricultural laborers--Housing--Colorado--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--1970-1980.; Painting--Colorado--1970-1980.; Feland, Bill.; Zoumbrink, Frank.
- 1971
- Denver
- Rooftop view of Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Denver Club Building. Signs read: "The Hallack Paint Oil and Glass Co. Jobbers of Window and Plate Glass Paint and Varnish Makers," "Mining Reporting Printers and Publishers," "Western...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902 May]
- Antonito, Colorado, Frederick Warshauer residence.
- Interior view of a wall mural in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; depicts grape bunches on leavy vines and portion of a beamed ceiling; portions deteriorated and retouched with paint; Yens Erickson, a...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Murals--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- 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
- Logan County Fair Parade
- Logan County Realtors' parade float in Logan County Fair parade, Sterling, Colorado, is a confetti-decorated float shaped like an art easel with dabs of paint & paint brushes and lists members or Board of Realtors. background shows downtown...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Floats (Parades--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- between 1963 and 1965
- Canon of Paint Rock
- View of Paint Rock Creek in probably Paintrock Canyon, Big Horn County, Wyoming. Shows sandstone strata of the canyon walls.
- Big Horn County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Paint Rock Creek (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Wyoming--Big Horn County--1890-1900.; Streams--Wyoming--Big Horn County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Fording Paint Rock Creek
- Men on horseback lead pack horses through Paint Rock Creek in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
- Big Horn County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Paint Rock Creek (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Wyoming--Big Horn County--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Big Horn County--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Wyoming--Big Horn County--1890-1900.;...
- 1892
- Police Dept. paint & sign shop
- An exterior view of the Denver police department's paint and sign shop. The two story warehouse features cement or concrete accents and large multi-paned windows.
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Paint shops--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Kohler-McLister paint business, Denver
- View of a Denver, Colorado business; shows a stone building with arched windows, pilasters, and storefronts. Sign reads: "Paints, Glass, Kohler-McLister Wall Paper;" window displays paint cans and wallpaper.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1920?]
- The "Paint Pot," Yellowstone National Park
- View of the Fountain Paint Pot, a hot spring and geyser in Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Fountain Paint Pot (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.
- 1898
- The Paint Pot, Yellowstone National Park
- View of the Fountain Paint Pot, a hot spring and geyser in Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Fountain Paint Pot (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.
- 1902
- McPhee & McGinnity Paint Factory Building, exterior
- McPhee & McGinnity Paint Factory Building, view front
- McPhee & McGinnity Paint Factory Building, view of clock tower
- McPhee & McGinnity Paint Factory Building, street view
- McPhee & McGinnity Paint Factory Building, street view of side of building