Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado State Prison convicts marching
- Convicts march with arms crossed at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The rock wall behind them has an open gate and a faceted tower with a balcony, on which is an armed guard. Cell blocks with barred windows, power poles, and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Pueblo Union Depot
- Crowds face a man at a podium in front of the Union Depot in Pueblo, Colorado. The dais and scaffolding are draped with bunting and a United States flag (45 stars), and loudspeakers are mounted around the top. Illumination of the night scene shows...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Public speaking--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1907?]
- Colorado State Prison machine shop
- At the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, men on a raised platform turn the crank of a hand-powered drill press; a uniformed guard poses nearby. Screens, an open-end wrench, a poker and ash shovel hang on the walls.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Guard at lock control, Canon City State Pen.
- Brass buttons, a star, and an oakleaf insignia adorn the uniform of this guard in the interior of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. His hand is in a riveted steel cabinet holding a metal crank that points to numbers on a circular dial...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Interiors.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Moving prisoners state prison
- Convicts in golf hats walk in loose formation at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. They cross over a pipe-railed bridge over the City Ditch. A guard tower and a two-story stone cell block are in the background; men loiter around its...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Prisoner in cell at state prison
- Interior furnishings of this cell at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, include framed portraits of women, a calender, a toilet kit in a pouch, a magazine rack, a bed with patterned cover, a porcelain sink, cannisters on a padlocked...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- State prison boiler room : prisoners doing laundry and playing cards
- Black and white convicts at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, work in the prison laundry. The interior ceiling is open- beamed, and a riveted metal tank below has pipes, valves and a gauge; men stand on it, hanging clothes to dry....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Colorado--Canon City--1920- 1930.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Pueblo flood
- View of an over-turned railroad locomotive and tender, twisted and broken railroad tracks and scattered railroad passenger cars in a railroad yard after a flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Men stand and work in the rubble. Damaged buildings and a viaduct...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921
- Pueblo flood
- View of an over-turned railroad passenger car, box car and debris after a flood in Pueblo, Colorado. A man picks through the rubble. An intact Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe bridge, a damaged Denver & Rio Grande Western Bridge, the Arkansas River, and...
- Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight...
- 1921
- Pueblo flood
- Men with shovels fill wheel barrows with mud that covers railroad tracks after a flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Western boxcars and gondola cars, some are overturned. Lettering on some of the freight cars reads: "D. & R.G....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Laborers--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921
- Central City Opera go-ers
- Four costumed party-goers stand side-by-side in front of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado; shows a Mountain States Telephone sign. The men are in western wear and women wear long gowns, capes, and hats. In the background, people stand on...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--People --1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Theater audiences--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1932 and 1950]
- Central City Opera House, opening night
- A crowd gathers in front of the newly renovated Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado, on opening night. Part of the facade of the granite building is visible, as well as the bracketed balcony, the arched doorways and the billboards...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Crowds--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Central City patrons at the Teller House
- Three people dressed in period costumes stand next to one another in front of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The two men, who stand on opposite sides of the woman, wear suits and string ties. The man on the left holds a cigarette in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Theater audiences--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1932 and 1950?]
- Costume Party at Central City
- Two men dressed in period costumes stand on the wood plank sidewalk in front of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The man on the right is dressed as a mountain man in a buckskin jacket with fringe, a leather belt with a holster, leather...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Theater audiences--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Roulette at Central City's Teller House
- Women in period costume and a man stand around a roulette wheel at the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. A spittoon is on the floor; the women wear long gowns with bustles, lace, and hats.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Street cave-in in Englewood Flood - S. Broadway & Hampden
- A view from above shows the cave-in of the Little Dry Creek Bridge at South Broadway and Hampden in Englewood, Colorado, in 1927. Large sections of the wood plank bridge slant into the river below, and the street is shiny with rain and mud on...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Little Dry Creek (Colo.); Floods--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.
- [1927]
- Raising submarine in Missouri lake
- Workers raise a submarine out of Missouri Lake near Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Men wearing suits and a group of boys stand in the background and watch. The lake is covered with snow and ice.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Missouri Lake (Colo.)
- 1944 January 28
- Canal at Wolhurst
- Trees and rail fence line the City Ditch at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado. A gazebo is in the background.
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Wolhurst interior
- Opulent furnishings at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, include lamp bearing andirons, floor and table lamps with glass and fringed shades, carved and upholstered chairs, a sideboard, brocade pillows, a folding screen, a mantle clock on the brick...
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Wolhurst
- Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, is a three-story mansion with half-timbering and multiple wings. Bare trees dot lawn in the foreground.
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Wolhurst
- Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, is a sprawling three-story mansion with faceted towers, dormers, chimneys and arched windows. Built in a semicircle, this side encloses tree dotted lawn. The concrete edge of a pond is in the foreground, where a...
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Lake house at Wolhurst
- Slab siding finishes this screened boat house at the Wolhurst estate in Littleton, Colorado. Boats are tied up at the edge of the seventeen acre lake; trees and beach are in the background.
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boathouses--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Swimming at Smith Lake
- Young women in bathing suits run along the shore of Smith Lake in Washington Park.
- Swimmers.; Smith Lake (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood);
- undated
- World map (prepared for use by Gates)
- Reproduction shows a world map with Gates Rubber Company shipping lines connecting Singapore, the Panama Canal, Akron, Ohio and New York.
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1930--Maps.; Rubber industry--1910-1930--Maps.; Commerce--1910-1930--Maps.;
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- William Jennings Bryan
- William Jennings Bryan, three time Democratic Party presidential nominee, leaves the Denver Democratic Party Club building. This photo may have been taken during the 1908 Democratic National Convention held at Denver in 1908.
- Pearce, Richard, Denver resident--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Political conventions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Politicians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Bryan, William Jennings, ...
- 1908?
- Bedroom in a miniature doll's house
- View of a doll house interior in Denver, Colorado. Shows furniture, dolls, stuffed animals, a tea set, dresser, dolls in beds, and a Christmas tree with presents.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Dollhouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Dolls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Interiors.; Toys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Women at Union Station in Denver, Colorado
- Four Indian women walk through Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Three of the women wear sarees and one is dressed in a dress and hat.
- East Indians--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Strike line
- Mining trucks and men block a road in Colorado, possibly in Uravan. This may be a strike line at a mining company.
- Miners' strikes--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- West High School
- View of the Sunken Gardens colonnade, landscaping, and West High School, in Denver, Colorado.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Sunken Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Colonnades--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Five Women
- Five women sit at the edge of a body of water, possibly a stream. All of them wear dresses and have removed their shoes. An automobile is parked behind a fence in the background.
- Streams--1920-1940.; Women--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Cracker eating contest, Rocky Mountain Lake Park
- Women stand side by side and take part in a cracker eating contest probably at Rocky Mountain Park in Denver, Colorado. Men, probably judges, look on. The women wear dresses with calf length skirts and hats. A lake and the Front Range are in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Rocky Mountain Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Woman on a doctor's table
- View of a (probably) health care demonstration in Denver, Colorado. A man and woman pose, smiling; she lies on a medical table.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Medical education--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Medical offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]