Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Portrait of a nun
- Studio bust portrait of a nun. The woman wears a habit and a wrapped skirt or sheet of patterned fabric. Shows a plain backdrop and a photographic lighting panel above the woman.
- Nuns--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man and woman in front of a painted backdrop. The woman has her hair pulled back and wears a patterned dress with a skirted basque, a gathered front panel and puffed sleeves. The man wears a striped sack suit, tie, and watch...
- Couples--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man and woman
- Studio portrait of a man and a woman in front of a painted backdrop. The woman stands and wears a dress with puffed sleeves and a panel of gathered fabric on the bodice and decorative cord lapels. The man has a moustache, sits on a bench, and wears...
- Couples--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Switchboard operators at work
- Mountain States Telephone Company operators work at a switchboard probably in Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit at the switchboard panel.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Bag
- A doeskin bag (Native American Mescalero Apache) used by a woman. The bag is decorated with a panel of floral designs with multicolor beads. A drawstring is at the top of the bag and fringe decorates the edges.
- Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Mescalero Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1910.; Bags (Containers)--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Olla
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) Olla, a large bulbous, usually wide mouthed vessel with design panel of a rosette (images of roses).
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Zuni pottery--1880-1920.; Ollas--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Arapaho?) cradleboard. It features decorative opaque, red, white, black and green beadwork in geometric designs. The cradleboard has a leather thong, stained wood, lining dark brown velveteen, canvas backing and 1 calico?.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Dress
- A photo of a full length two piece velvet dress used by Mrs. George Tritch. The bodice is white and green lined silk; the collar is boned and stands up; the skirt has a green taffeta pleated train in the back and the front panel is decorated with...
- Dresses--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1875]
- Coal dealer's scale house
- Interior view of a weighing room for a coal dealer in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, a hand-crank printer or calculator, a scale control panel, and a safe with letters: "[Econo]my Coal Co." A wagon is outside the window.
- Coal industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Scales--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Electronics radio - rear view
- Shows a rear view of an early vacuum tube radio. The top and back panel are off to expose the internal radio components.
- Radios--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Electronics instrument (radio ?)
- Shows a rear view of an early radio. The top and back panel are off to expose the radios components.
- Radios--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of possibly Levy Frunk and his family. The man wears a dark wool suit and sits in an upholstered chair with a baby in his arm. The woman stands behind the chair. She wears a one-sided draped skirt that is pulled low on the hip. The...
- Families--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a weathered residence on West Third Street in Leadville, Colorado features a one story wood frame house with front gable and low bracketed mansard roofs on a projecting bay with four windows, a covered entry door and a decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Office of W.H. Rose, Civil Engineer and Surveyor
- View of the exterior of W.H. Rose's office, in Leadville, Colorado. Rose was a civil engineer and surveyor. The small front gabled structure with board and batten construction has a panel entry door with "92" on the jamb and a sash pane window....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Offices--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Rose, W. H.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Ordnance workers
- Women at the Remington-operated Denver (Colorado) Ordnance Plant handle ammunition belts; shows metal boxes for storage, a woman working over a bin of bullets, and a man working at a lathe.
- Women employees--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Firearms industry--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Old Tascosa Court House Tascosa, Texas
- The Oldham County courthouse in Tascosa, Texas, is a two-story stone building with a gable roof, chimneys, and shutters. A stone panel tops the entry; a man, boy, and dog pose in the picket-fenced yard.
- Tascosa (Tex.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Texas--Tascosa--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Redman's Hall "Rising Sun Tribe" Nankervis Butcher Shop in lower part - Built 1883 Main St.
- View of the dilapidated two story Redman's Hall, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows the brick front of the stone structure with arched windows and broken glass. An incised panel under the cornice reads: "Rising Sun Tribe No. 2 1887."
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1935 and 1937?]
- Leonard Nichols, last resident of Nevadaville, Colorado
- Leonard Nichols grins and walks on Main Street in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. A residence tops a stone retaining wall behind him. The Masonic Lodge has a brick front with arched windows on both floors and an incised panel under the...
- Nichols, Leonard.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1935?]
- Collins Block
- View of a two-story brick commercial building with stone trim, imbrication, an arched window and an incised panel: "McKenna 1902." Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. Lumber and ladders piled around the block.
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1905?]
- Old "Central" School Salida, Colorado
- Well-dressed men, women and children pose in front of Central School, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The two-story brick building has stone trim, quoins, belfries, and a projecting, mansard roofed tower with incised panel: "Public School 1884."...
- Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Salida Business
- View of a two-story brick commercial building with stone trim, arched windows, and an incised panel: "Strait," Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, Storefront windows read: "Crawford & James Groceries." A horse and buggy are parked on the dirt street.
- Crawford and James Groceries (Salida, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Salida, Colorado
- Facade view of one-story brick terrace apartments in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, features porches, awnings, an incised panel reading: "The Swell - 1903," and four women.
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- Opera house and Masonic Temple at New Windsor
- Brick commercial building with incised panel: "1902." and storefronts on the ground floor, New Windsor (Windsor), Weld County, Colorado,. Signs read: "The Racket Store," "Harness and Saddlery," "We Sell Gold Coin," "Everything half price, save 50...
- Windsor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bakeries--Colorado--Windsor--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Windsor--1900-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Windsor--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- Colorado Springs, Museum
- View of the Colorado City Museum, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, housed in a two-story brick building with stone trim and arched doors, stone panel reads: "1892;" painted lettering reads: "Colorado City Museum," "Here's Where The West...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 1955 (schoolhouse) Alice
- A wood frame schoolhouse on a hill in Alice, Colorado, was built in 1915 and operated until 1939. A small boy stands in front of the school and an automobile is parked on the side of the building. The schoolhouse has a hipped roof with a triangular...
- Alice (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Alice--1950-1960.
- 1955
- Alamosa
- The Manders Building, on the corner of San Juan and Main streets, in Alamosa, Colorado is a two-story building, constructed in 1891, with rusticated stone block, bracketed enriched cornice, corner entry with double wooden panel with large glass...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Back yards, Silver Plume, Colo.
- View from the back of several wood panel, one-story residences with porches and fences in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Broadwell Hotel, Alamosa
- The Broadwell House on the corner of Hunt and 6th (Sixth) streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is one of the buildings moved into Alamosa from old Garland City. Men pose on the boardwalk on the corner in front of the two-story clapboard building. One man...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Water pumps--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- 1933
- Old Denver frame houses
- Shows three old frame houses in Denver, Colorado. The homes have flat wood panel siding, shingle roofs, a single front door and a single window. A broken wooden fence is in the front of the three homes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 to 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]
- Kahare kar service & garage (6th & Ogden)
- Automobiles and a panel truck are parked in front of Kahre Kar Service & Garage near 408 E. 7th (Seventh) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Shell Gasoline", "Complete Automobile Service", "Garage, Drive In", and "Day And Night Service." The...
- Kahre Kar Service & Garage (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Mt San Rafael Hospital 1888
- Exterior view of the San Rafael Hospital in Trinidad, Colorado. This three story rusticated stone building has a hipped gable roof and features a central wing with an arcaded porch topped by a balustraded terrace, and two end wings. The wing in the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hospitals--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Salt Lake City - Liberty Park - 1852 mill
- View of Chase Mill, Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. A panel on the vine-covered building reads: "1852."
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Trinidad Colorado opera house
- Jaffa Opera House, built in 1882, Trinidad, Colorado, is on the corner of Commercial and Main Streets. This three story edifice of incised sandstone has geometric stylized florets, a cornice with corbeled segments, and flourished pediments. Over...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Drugstores--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.; Opera houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- 1965?
- Rice school
- The Rice School, in Trinidad, Colorado, is a brick and rusticated stone building with a high gabled, terra-cotta tiled roof, and a projecting square tower with a high pavilion roof. The windows have rusticated stone lintels and sills. Above the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- City Hall, Trinidad, Colorado
- Exterior view of Romanseque style rusticated stone City Hall, Trinidad, Colorado. Features include cornices, spindles and Italianate corner towers. French Renaissance balustrades are across the top and four polished granite ionic columns are in the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; City & town halls--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Mission Church Santa Clara
- View of the Native American Santa Clara Pueblo mission church, New Mexico, shows the adobe building with wood panel double entry doors, side access ladders, and a parapet with a bell and cross.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1920.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Catholic...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Door, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a doorway on a Victorian house in Georgetown, Colorado. It is a double door, with the door knob on the right panel and the door bell on the left. Each half has a vertical etched glass window, and the transom is also etched glass. The...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Promotion for the Merchant's & Transfer Co.
- Young women and teenaged girls smile and pose in swimming suits in front of a panel truck full of snow or other material. Four of the women sit on the snow? or other material in the truck bed.
- Bathing beauties--1910-1930.; Bathing suits--1910-1930.; Teenagers--1910-1930.; Trucks--1910-1930.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson and later mine owner acquired by William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a suspended metal light fixture in a shadowy room, made of four glass panels, each...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Maxwell residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Maxwell House, Georgetown, Colorado, at 409 Fourth Street. Construction began in 1870; the house was acquired by B.F. Potter in 1891, who added the tower and decorative elements to the facade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell...
- Maxwell, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Lawn bowling office
- View of the octagonal lawn bowling office in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. The wood panel building has a window box and covered entrance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Chlorine plant
- View of the chlorine plant at Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. The wood panel building has a covered stovepipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Concession near west side tennis courts
- View of the concession stand near the tennis courts on the western side of Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. The side of the wood panel building is open and a sign reads: "Rocky Mountain Beverages Pepso Orange Root Beer Cherry Lime Grape 5...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Food vendors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Caretaker's residence 2215 Stuart
- View of the Sloans Lake Park caretaker's house at 2215 Stuart Street in Denver, Colorado. The two story brick and wood panel house has a covered entryway.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sloans Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1939]
- Superintendants [sic] residence Rosedale Park 300 East Iliff
- View of the Rosedale Park superintendent's home at 300 East Iliff in Denver, Colorado. The one story wood panel home has a covered porch and rose trellises.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rosedale Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Garage Rosedale Park 300 E. Iliff
- View of a garage in Rosedale Park at 300 East Iliff Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The wood panel building has two garage doors.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rosedale Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Modoc indian police
- A group of Native American (Modoc) policemen pose in front of a wood panel building, probably in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). They wear hats, uniforms, badges and carry revolvers. On the ground are rifles and a musical instrument case. One man...
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian reservation police--Indian Territory--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Mandan painted buffalo hide
- Native American (Mandan) painted bison hide shows: outline border with geometric figures connected to a double rectangle panel of stripes and triangle shapes. Collected by Maximilian Prince of Wied from the upper Missouri riverbanks around 1844.
- Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867--Associated objects.; Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1840-1850.; Leather painting--1840-1850.; Mandan Indians--Arts &...
- [1900?]
- Emil Anderson in Kneisel - Anderson Store, built 1893
- Interior view of the Kneisel and Anderson grocery store, on the south side of 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. Emil Anderson, co- owner, wears a white apron and stands along a counter. Wooden display cases with glass tops are filled with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1893 and 1900]