Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1983 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 1984 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 1st Bergen school at Bergen Park
- The first schoolhouse in Bergen Park, Colorado, (Jefferson County) is a square box of hewn logs with a rectangular door, a gable, and shingles. Rotting steps lead from the weed-covered ground to the entrance of the building. Debris litters the area...
- Bergen Park (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Schools--Colorado--Bergen Park--1970-1980.
- [1970?]
- 1st grade art work at Central, 1941
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables making art with clay in a first grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some children stand at a blackboard painting on paper with a table of paint jars and brushes behind them. An...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- 24th Street Public School
- 24th Street School
- 24th Street School
- Exterior of the back of the old 24th Street School with its playground and separate buildings. This school was later replaced by Crofton Elementary School, in Denver, Colorado.
- Crofton School (Denver, Colo.); Twenty-Fourth Street School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- 24th Street School exterior
- Exterior of the old 24th Street School, later replaced by Cowell Elementary School, in Denver, Colorado.
- Twenty-Fourth Street School (Denver, Colo.); Crofton School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- 2nd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Monroe
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables and weave hot pads in Miss Monroe's second grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Striped shirts are popular among the boys and floral print dresses are worn by most girls. A long coat...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Monroe, Miss.
- 1941
- 3rd grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a third grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Some boys wear overalls and one wears a bow tie. The girls wear print dresses with clips or bows in their hair. Built in bookshelves with...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 3rd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Borego
- In Miss Borego's third grade classroom, number 202, at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks reading books. One boy reads "Sails, Wheels, and Wings." A blackboard has a scene of wisemen and their camels,...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Borego, Miss.
- [1941]
- 4th grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a fourth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Built in bookshelves with jars of dried weeds on the top shelf are along the back wall. A blackboard is on the side wall near a bulletin...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 6th grade at Boyd, 1941
- In this sixth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado, boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks. Two children stand and read at bookshelves built into the back of the room. A boy with a paintbrush works on a mural of the Nativity...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- 7th Ave.
- View along Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the schoolhouse with 1893 addition and two identical frame houses with front gables and side porch entrances. A banded cliff is in the background.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- 85th Regiment, Company F
- Group portrait of Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, Company F. TOP ROW left to right: 1) unidentified, 2) Bowen, 3) Boyajian, 4) unidentified, 5) Christie, 6) unidentified, 7) Blasius, 8) St. Louis, 9) Logan, 10) unidentified, 11) Cossin? 12)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Company F.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [June 1944]
- 8th grade gym class
- In a girls' eighth grade gym class at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, the girls all wear white, short sleeved blouses, belted dark shorts, socks and white tennis shoes. Several girls stand on their heads while pairs of girls hold them up. The...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Acrobatics--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 919 Newport Street Van Sickle / Ball House
- View of a two story red brick house (Frank E. Edbrooke : 1890) located at 919 Newport Street in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Queen Anne style house has a front porch supported by columns, a second story balcony, bookend...
- Van Sickle/Ball House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Van Sickle/Ball House (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- ca. 1999
- [A]llan B. MacNeill
- Studio bust portrait of Allan Benjamin MacNeill, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. MacNeill's hair is parted to the side, and he wears a morning coat, a necktie and a shirt with an upright collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; MacNeill, Allan B. (Allan Benjamin); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- [A]melia L. Glaser
- Studio bust portrait of Amelia Louise Glaser, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Cooper poses in profile, with her long hair worn in a coronet twist. Her fitted dress bodice has a straight collar and a bar pin.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Glaser, Amelia L. (Amelia Louise); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1885
- [Barney Ford Elementary School murals]
- Barney Ford Elementary School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Children--Pictorial works.; Schools--Pictorial works.
- [2010]
- [Details] building for Junior high school
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows outer wall details for a junior high school (Morey Middle School) at 14th and Clarkson Avenues in the...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools.; Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Morey Middle School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1920 March 1
- [E]dwin S. Kassler
- Studio bust portrait of Edwin Stebbins Kassler, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kassler's hair is parted in the middle and he has a moustache. He wears a morning coat, a cravat with a tie pin made to look like an insect, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kassler, Edwin S. (Edwin Stebbins); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- [Elevations and plot plan] building for Junior high school
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows elevations and plot plans for a junior high school (Morey Middle School) at 14th and Clarkson Avenues...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools.; Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Morey Middle School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1920 March 1
- "Barnum school pupils prepare book as gift to boy, 11, in Prague," news clipping (unidentified source)
- "East End" schoolhouse on our lands
- View of East End School, near Brighton (Adams County) Colorado, a frame salt box structure with sign: "East End, 1906, Dist. No. 27," and a water pump.
- Brighton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; One-room schools--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1910.
- October 11, 1908
- "Faculty Row" Frieze at South High School
- View of the frieze "Faculty Row" (Robert Garrison, sculptor) above the main entrance (west elevation) to South High School (1924; William E. and Arthur A. Fisher, architects) at 1700 East Louisiana Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood of...
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Friezes.; Schools.; South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Friezes--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; High...
- 2005
- "If I Were White" by Clarence F. Holmes (unofficial title)
- "Students to Give Frontier Pageant", news clipping (unidentified source)
- "Taking Some Steps Back in Time" speech
- "Thy will be done" : the Prayer Band Ministry of Zion Baptist Church : 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Booklet created for the 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast at Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. This breakfast was to recognize the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastors for all the work they do for the church. Included are photographs of each...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.
- 2004
- A Brief History of Auraria
- A Century of Baptist Faith: First Baptist Church of Denver
- Book created by the Fist Baptist Church of Denver regarding the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Church. Included in the book is: a history of the church beginning in 1864, as well as photographs and lists of the different...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1963 December
- A corner of Sunnyside showing the school house
- View of Sunnyside, Boulder County, Colorado; shows two story public school with hipped roof and several residences; steep canyon walls in background.
- Sunnyside (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Sunnyside--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Sunnyside--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- A Glimpse of Denver
- Panoramic view of Denver, Colorado, looking northwest from a rooftop; Brown Palace Hotel at far left (opened 1892 at 17th & Broadway); steeple of Trinity Methodist Church building visible at center (opened 1888 at 18th & Broadway); Denver High...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Brown Palace...
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- A Neighborhood Framework Plan for University Park
- A photo of the Ottawa Indian School as represented in it's first opening in 1870
- Native American students and white teachers pose outside of the Ottawa Indian School in Kansas. It is a one room, board and batten structure with two double hung windows on the facing wall and a bell in front.
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1870-1880.; Ottawa Indians--Kansas--1870-1880.; Kansas--1870-1880.; School children--Kansas--1870-1880.; Schools--Kansas--1870-1880.
- 1870
- A picnic
- Native American Utes pause on their way to a picnic in horse-drawn carriages decorated with stars and stripes bunting, Grand Junction Indian School (Teller Institute,)school grounds, Mesa County, Colorado.
- Teller Institute (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boarding schools--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1911?]
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- A. Florence Miller
- Profile studio portrait of Anna Florence Miller, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a blouse with applique and buttons, and a jacket with puff shoulders. Her hair is upswept with a bun and curled bangs.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Miller, A. Florence (Anna Florence); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1890
- A. Gertrude Miller
- Studio bust portrait of Annie Gertrude Miller, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She has curly bangs and hair pulled back. Her dress, possibly brocade, has a front button enclosure with an asymmetrical ruffled lace panel. The...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Miller, A. Gertrude (Annie Gertrude); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1883
- A. Gertrude Webber
- Studio bust portrait of Annie Gertrude Webber, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Webber's curled bangs and her hair pinned back in a loose bun. She wears a large rose corsage on the lace bodice of a dress...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Webber, A. Gertrude (Annie Gertrude); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- A.C. Bartels
- Studio bust portrait of Arthur Calvin Bartels, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Profile portrait of Bartels shows his short hair parted to the side. He wears a coat with a handkerchief in the pocket, a matching vest, and a light...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bartels, A. C. (Arthur Calvin); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Aaron Godfrey Morse
- Studio bust portrait of Aaron Godfrey Morse, senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Morse has short, curly hair. He wears a coat, a vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a patterned necktie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Morse, Aaron Godfrey.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Aaron Godfrey Morse
- Studio bust portrait of Aaron Godfrey Morse, senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Morse has short, curly hair. He wears a coat, a vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a patterned necktie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Morse, Aaron Godfrey.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Aaron Gove
- Photograph of Aaron Gove, Superintendent of School for Denver, Colorado from 1874 to 1890. Later Gove Junior High School was named in his honor.
- Gove, Aaron--1939-1919.; Gove Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1870
- Aaron Gove bust
- Photograph of a bust of Aaron Gove Superintendent of School for Denver, Colorado from 1874 to 1890. Later Gove Junior High School was named in his honor.
- Gove, Aaron--1939-1919.; Gove Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Aaron Gove Junior High, Colo. Blvd. & East 14th Ave.
- View of Gove Junior High School at East 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italian Renaissance Revival style building with quoins and ornamental parapets.
- Gove Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1930?]
- Abraham Lincoln
- View of Abraham Lincoln High School at 2285 South Federal Boulevard in the Harvey Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows rows of windows on a three story building.
- Abraham Lincoln High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1960-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Harvey Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1960-1980.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Ada B. Brown
- Studio portrait of Ada Beatrice Brown, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. She wears a lace blouse and has her curly hair pulled up in a topknot.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Brown, Ada Beatrice.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1894