Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Zion Baptist Church 138th church anniversary, November 9, 2003.
- Anniversary booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church, located in Denver, Colorado for its 138th Anniversary. Included in the booklet is a brief church history, letters from various local and state politicians, worship service programs, and...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 2003 November 9
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc., Issue 15
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 9
- Cutting gauze at Colorado General Hospital
- A Work Projects Administration (W.P.A) worker uses a power saw to cut gauze into strips in a room at Colorado General Hospital, University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a white shirt and has his sleeves rolled up to...
- United States. Work Projects Administration--People--1940-1950.; Colorado General Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gauze--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1942 September
- Making natural dye
- A Spanish American woman, a participant in a Work Projects Administration program, makes natural vegetable dye in Colorado. She stirs a metal pot as she adds probably Mormon Tea to the mixture. She wears a floral print dress and a polka-dot apron.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1950.; Dye plants--Colorado--1930-1950.; Dyes & dyeing--Colorado--1930-1950.; Spanish Americans--Employment--Colorado--1930-1950.; Public service employment--Colorado--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1939 and 1943?]
- Weavers
- A Spanish American man and woman, participants in a Federal Work Projects Administration program, weave rugs on large wooden upright looms. A skein of wool and a pair of scissors hang from the side of one of the looms. The woman wears a striped...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1950.; Spanish Americans--Employment--Colorado--1930-1950.; Looms--Colorado--1930-1950.; Public service employment--Colorado--1930-1950.; Weaving--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1943?]
- Weaver
- A Spanish American woman, a participant in a Federal Work Projects Administration program, holds a wool shuttle and the beater on an upright wooden loom as she weaves. She wears a striped dress with criss-crossed ribbon on the bodice, and a lace...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1950.; Spanish Americans--Employment--Colorado--1930-1950.; Looms--Colorado--1930-1950.; Public service employment--Colorado--1930-1950.; Weaving--Colorado--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1939 and 1943?]
- Manufacturing clothes
- A group of women, participants in a Work Projects Administration program, sit hunched over Singer sewing machines in a large open room probably in Denver, Colorado. Large spindles of thread on stands are near each sewing machine. Pieces of denim,...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Clothing industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Public service employment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sewing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1939 and 1943?]
- Canning fruit for hot lunch project
- A man and two women work in a kitchen canning apricots or peaches for the hot lunch project for the Work Projects Administration in Colorado. One woman stands at a cast iron stove and sterilizes a can in hot water while the other woman stands at a...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado--People--1930-1950.; Canning & preserving--Colorado--1930-1950.; Public service employment--Colorado--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Children in WPA day nursery
- Children read and draw in a day nursery, part of a Work Projects Administration program probably in Denver, Colorado. Boys and girls sit at a low table in chairs made from barrels. They draw with crayons, use scissors or read. A girl stands at an...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--People--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Day care--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Drawing--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1939 and 1943?]
- Manual High, class in woodcarving
- Students work on woodcarving projects in a workshop at Manual Training High School at 27th (Twenty-seventh) and Franklin Streets in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a room with brick walls, exposed ceiling, and ductwork. Girls...
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
- West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 10
- Larimer Square
- Street view of Historic Larimer Square located in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1993 November
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square looking north in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square looking west in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1993 November
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undates
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square looking north in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Architectural Model of Larimer Square
- Photograph looking down on an architectural model of Historic Larimer Square located in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square looking north in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1996 July
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1996 July
- Larimer Square building identification illustration
- Photograph of an illustration identifying each building within the Historic Larimer Square, located in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Lincoln Hall
- Photograph of Lincoln Hall, one of the buildings within the Historic Larimer Square located in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1981 August
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Household aid - projects for providing aid for needy families during sickness, etc.
- A home health aide offers a tray of food to a woman in a bed in Denver, Colorado. Items include a teapot, cereal, and salt and pepper shakers.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Home health aides--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Nursing--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- River channel projects
- Men dig a ditch in Denver, Colorado; houses, neighborhoods, a fuel tank, and a smokestack are in the distance. African American men dig with shovels.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1950?]
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
- West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 2
- Colorado Museum of Natural History workers
- Young men sit at a table and carve wax figurines for an exhibit at the Colorado Museum of Natural History in Denver, Colorado; a hot plate and tools are on the table.
- United States. Work Projects Administration--People--1930-1940.; Colorado Museum of Natural History--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Figurines--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- Day nurseries
- A woman offers a book to a girl in bed in probably an infirmary in a W.P.A. day nursery in Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Infirmaries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1933 and 1950?]
- Day nurseries
- Toddlers feed bunnies in a sand box at a W.P.A. day nursery in Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children & animals--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Rabbits--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- W.P.A. nursery school - Colorado
- Children eat at tables in a W.P.A. nursery school in Denver, Colorado; food includes cake and tin cups of milk.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Children eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Nursery...
- [between 1933 and 1950?]
- Day nurseries
- Toddlers use crayons, paint brushes, an easel, and scissors at a W.P.A. nursery school in Denver, Colorado. Chairs are made from nail kegs.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children drawing & painting--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Nursery schools--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Day nurseries
- Toddlers read picture books in a W.P.A. nursery school in Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children reading & writing--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Nursery schools--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Day nurseries
- Toddlers eat a snack at a day nursery school in Denver, Colorado; a woman teacher looks on.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Nursery schools--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- A good illustration of the use of tin cans and pressure cookers on a small canning unit
- Women and an African American man can food probably for school lunch programs in Denver, Colorado. Shows cans, large pots and pressure cookers.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Canning and preserving--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Food industry--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Noodle eater
- A boy eats noodles probably part of a hot lunch program at an unidentified school in Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; National school lunch program--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Children eating &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- This picture makes it clear that the school lunch is a substantial meal
- African American children eat lunch with their teacher at a school hot lunch program in an unidentified school in Denver, Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; National school lunch program--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Children eating &...
- [between 1933 and 1950?]
- Music project
- Girls pose with tambourines, triangles, cymbals, and a piano in Denver, Colorado; a woman in a wicker wheel chair directs the band.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Music education--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Youth...
- [between 1933 and 1950?]
- Mayor Stapleton at microphone, Gov. Vivian seated behind mayor
- African American and white men and women stand and sit by Mayor Benjamin Stapleton and Governor John Vivian at an armed forces service center in Denver, Colorado. They stand by United States flags and bass drums with letters: "Forty & Eight Drum...
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; Drum and bugle corps--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1943 and 1945?]
- Armed forces service centers
- African American soldiers in uniform and women laugh as they stand near, or sit on, a piano at a W.P.A. armed forces center in Denver, Colorado. The women wear dresses, one has on strap heeled shoes.
- United States. Army.--People.; United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Women spinning wool
- Hispanic American women, hand spin wool in probably Southern Colorado. The women hold wood spindles and saucers and sit on a wooden bench.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Spinning--Colorado--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1944?]
- Weaver
- An Hispanic woman works with a loom probably in Colorado. She holds a shuttle in her hand.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Weaving--Colorado--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1944?]
- Weavers
- A Hispanic American man and woman work on traditional wooden treadle looms probably in Southern Colorado. The woman works on a Rio Grande style weaving.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1930-1950.; Looms--Colorado--1930-1950.; Weaving--Colorado--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1944?]
- Sculptor
- A man works with a clay nude sculpture of a male probably in Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Modeling (sculpture)--Colorado--1930-1950.; Sculptors--American--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1944?]
- Sculptor
- A man models clay probably in Colorado.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Modeling (sculpture)--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sculptors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1944?]
- School Dist. No. 6
- Greeley, Colorado, schoolchildren, one girl and three boys, complete projects in a classroom in Weld County. One boy stands on a chair and hangs a drawing of a bird on a blackboard with other bird drawings. Another boy kneels and examines a...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Birds--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.
- 1941