Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cripple Creek
- Aftermath of destruction caused by April, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men, women and children stroll down street that has debris and rubble left from fire; foreground includes woman holding baby, boy drinking from fire hydrant, canvas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Destruction caused by second fire, Cripple Creek
- Rubble and debris caused by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; twisted sheet metal, chimneystack, canvas tents amidst rubble.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Destruction caused by second fire, Cripple Creek
- Rubble and destruction caused by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; piles of twisted sheet metal, canvas tents amidst rubble, railroad tracks in foreground; view across fire devastated area toward distant view of remaining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Auditorium, Alamosa High School, Apr 26, 1930
- Interior view of the burned out auditorium in the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado includes partial outside walls around rubble, charred wood beams and bent metal structural interior supports. The metal framework of...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- A pithouse of Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, stands in the foreground. Large pieces of rock form part of a ring along the front side of the pithouse. Boxes and bags are on the far ledge. A pick ax lies in the right...
- Nordenskiold House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- 2121 Tremont Terrace
- View of the demolition of 2121 Tremont Terrace in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Men pick through the rubble on the construction site. The remains of a wall and staircase are behind a chain link fence. A construction worker with a...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Demolition.; Debris.; Wrecking--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Construction and demolition debris--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1976
- Demolition of Boulder Central School
- View of the demolition of the historic Boulder Central School on Boulder, Colorado. A wrecking ball is hovering above the rubble of the school. The roof trusses are visible.
- Central School (Boulder, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boulder (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Schools.; Demolition.; Wrecking balls.; Central School (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Schools--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.;...
- 1972
- St. Cajetan's Catholic Church
- View of St. Cajetan's Catholic Church (now St. Cajetan's Center), 1190 9th (Ninth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The church is surrounded by rubble, the remains of buildings destroyed for the Auraria Higher Education Center...
- St. Cajetan's Church (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Catholic churches.; Debris.; Demolition.; St. Cajetan's Church (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial...
- [1973?]
- The Junction
- Men and women stand beside Willow Creek and the rubble of a fire in the business district of Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of timber and metal debris. A woman wears a dress and holds probably a horseshoe in the air....
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892 June]
- Sopris washery, the fire
- View of the ruins of the washer building at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal mine at Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows rubble, coal carts, and a damaged building. A group of men stand on a narrow-gauge railroad bridge in the distance.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1930.; Sopris (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Sopris Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Sopris--1900-1930.; Mine...
- [between 1902 and 1928?]
- WPCD mucking left 3/4
- A man loads rubble onto an ore car in a tunnel at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado.
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Laborers--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- WPCD mucking right 3/4
- Men load rubble onto ore cars in a tunnel at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado.
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Laborers--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- WPCD mucking bucket spilling
- Men load rubble in a tunnel at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. One man smokes a cigarette.
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Laborers--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- W.P.C.D. mucking
- Men load rubble onto ore cars in a tunnel at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. The men wear work overalls, hard hats, and electric mine lamps....
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1930-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Mine...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- 1421 Champa St., construction progress, framing around cable shaft
- View of iron beams and brick walls around the cable shaft under construction at the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. A ladder is braced against the wall and brick rubble is piled on scaffolding.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902 September 9
- 1421 Champa, construction progress excavation
- View of an excavated area filled with brick rubble and wood joists at the site of the Colorado Telephone Company building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. A cut stone wall lines a portion of the hole. Bricks are stacked near a shed-roofed...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902 June 4
- 1421 Champa, construction progress, excavation
- View of excavation at the construction site of the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a cut stone foundation, stone rubble, iron pipes, iron fittings, and construction debris. Two winches are set up...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902, June 4
- Mission of San Capistrano
- View of the ruins of an arcade at Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano (Orange County), California. Plants grow from the top of a colonnade, and rubble is piled against a wall.
- Mission San Juan Capistrano--Buildings--1880-1910.; San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1910.; Missions--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Cripple Creek fire
- View of destruction caused by a fire in downtown Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows rubble, twisted sheet metal, brick foundations, residents, a horse-drawn fire wagon and smoldering ash.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896?]
- Looking toward Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of Telegraph Hill from North Beach after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California. People walk among the ruins of buildings and houses. Rubble litters the landscape. Sailing and steamships are in the harbor and San Francisco...
- North Beach (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Telegraph Hill (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Looking toward Telegraph Hill, from Stanford mansion, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view of North Beach and a part of Telegraph Hill after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California. A man stands in the rubble near the remains of a destroyed mansion on Nob Hill. The damaged St. Francis of Assisi Church (now the...
- Golden Gate (Calif. : Strait)--1900-1910.; North Beach (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Telegraph Hill (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Yerba Buena Island...
- c1906
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view from Nob Hill of San Francisco, California. Shows the shell of Temple Emanuel on Sutter Street, the building has two towers, but is missing the onion domes that topped the towers. Shows the steel structure of a building under...
- Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Temple Emanuel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Hotels.; Ruins.; Synagogues.
- c1906
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view from Nob Hill of San Francisco, California. Shows the damaged dome of the Claus-Spreckles Building (known as the Call Tower), the Mutual Bank Building, the tall "birdcage" frame of the Whittell Building (then Union League Building),...
- Claus-Spreckles Building (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Mutual Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Whittell Building (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Office buildings.;...
- c1906
- South and west from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Shows the remains of houses, apartment and commercial buildings and St. Boniface Church. Hills and San Francisco Bay area in the distance. A man examines damaged...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Fires.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Antlers fire
- Spectators stand next to the charred rubble of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso county), Colorado. The hotel was destroyed by a fire on October 1, 1898.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898 October 1
- Antlers fire
- A view of the burned remains of the Antlers hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso county), Colorado. The hotel was destroyed in a fire on October 1, 1898. Shows a large section of burned rubble, spectators on the surrounding streets and local...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898 October 1
- Industries construction fire scene at sulphur plant So. Denver
- Boys pose among the rubble of a sulphur and potash processing building destroyed by fire in Denver, Colorado. Some boys wear knickers and caps.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Interior Mission San Fernando
- A man stands in the abandoned Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana in San Fernando, California. Rubble is on the ground.
- San Fernando, Rey de España (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)--1880-1890.; San Fernando (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--California--San Fernando--1880-1890.; Missions--California--San Fernando--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mission of San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
- View of an arcade at Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, California. Plants grow from the top of a colonnade, and rubble is piled against a wall.
- Mission San Juan Capistrano--1880-1890.; San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1890.; Missions--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1890.; Ruins--California--San Juan...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- 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?]
- Ruins of Masonic Temple fire
- View of the ruins of the Masonic Temple and nearby storefronts, Main Street, Longmont, Colorado. "The three story lodge building adjoined Dickens Opera House, shown at extreme right. Thomas Butler Hardware store did not burn, but collapse of Temple...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- 1905 February 13
- Bennett Ave. looking west
- Destruction west on Bennett Street caused by second fire on April 29, 1986, Cripple Creek, Colorado; groups of men and two men on horseback in street survey rubble and remains of once thriving commerical business district; shows utility poles with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cor. Tutt and Penrose blk.
- Destroyed corner section of Tutt and Penrose Building caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story commercial stone and brick building burned with corner demolished to rubble; remaining structure includes cornice with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Civic Center before wrecking of buildings : on Civic Center site
- Workmen sit on small wooden benches and clean bricks in the rubble of the demolition of buildings adjacent to existing Civic Center, 14th (Fourteenth) and Broadway, Denver, Colorado. Stacks of brick and lumber show in and around remaining...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1918]
- Destruction from second fire, Cripple Creek
- Destruction caused by second fire, April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows rubble, debris, twisted sheet metal, brick foundation, two-story wood and brick commercial buildings with false fronts in background.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Examining a safe
- Group of men inspect remaining bank safe amidst debris and rubble from second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one man wears sherriff badge on overcoat.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Safes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Ruins of "Old Main" just after fire
- People look the ruins of "Old Main," on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. A crane is in the smoking rubble.
- Colorado State University--1970-1980.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fires--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.
- May 9, 1970
- Palace Drug Store, Midland Ticket Office
- Smouldering debris and remains of Palace Drugstore and Midland Ticket Office, Bennett Avenue and Second Street, caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; water boiler or tank, rubble, pipe, brick school building, and other...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Palace Hotel
- Brick rubble and partial walls of Palace Hotel, Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, destroyed by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; smouldering debris.
- Palace Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- West half burned 3 days after east half
- View of two images: top image includes second fire on April 29, 1896, as it streaks across town and an explosion occurs from dynamite stored at El Paso Livery and Stable; lower image includes aftermath from second fire, debris and rubble and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Only building standing on Bennett Ave. after fire
- View of two images depicting first fire, April 26, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; top image depicts flames and smoke moving towards Bennett Avenue; large crowds are on boardwalk and horse-drawn wagons and enclosed commercial wagons are on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Aerial view of Cripple Creek
- Aerial view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside of Midland Terminal Railway station, plat of streets, and rubble and debris of demolished commercial business buildings; hillside is dotted with mine tailings; Mount...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Section of principle business st.
- Tornado damage in Yuma, Yuma County, Colorado, consists of roofless storefronts, rubble, and broken trees.
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Storefronts--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Tornadoes--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- 1916
- National Sugar Mfg. Co., Sugar City, Co., Factory site
- View of the ruins of the multi-story National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company factory, Sugar City, Crowely County, Colorado, shows crumbling brick walls with interior full of rubble.
- National Beet Sugar Manufacturing Company (Sugar City, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Sugar City--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- Bryce Canyon, Utah
- Cliff bands give way to stratified rubble and sandstone pillars in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Cosmopolitan Hotel under construction
- Renovation of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, 1760 Broadway, Denver, Colorado, formally the Hotel Metropole. Signs read: "Cosmopolitan Hotel, Wm. N. Bowman Co. Architects & Engineers, Central Savings Bank Bldg., Main 976., 12 Story Fireproof, Gordon M....
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Las Animas County Baca house, west side
- Exterior view of the Baca residence, in Trinidad, Colorado, listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1869, this adobe, two story square dwelling has an enclosed, projecting porch on the right, and a metal, cottage roof with a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Summit County Courthouse, Breckenridge, Colo 1910
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse looking northwest, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows are visible. The lintels, sills, entablature and pendants are of...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Summit County Courthouse
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows is visible. The lintels, sills, entablature and pendants...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Mr. Willis & cabin on Gibson Hill
- Built on a slope, this frame, one story, gable roofed residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a covered, open porch supported by piers; the underside is finished with plank siding. Chairs, antlers, and a round topped display case are on the porch,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]