Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
- The 1887 Denver Directory
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 13
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 May 27
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 5, 1919 May
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Photograph of the United States Air Force insignia in the floor of the lobby to the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1429 Champa, commercial office, exterior, front
- View of the commercial office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company at 1429 Champa St. in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story brick structure with cornice, dentils, and large store-front windows. Carved stone entablatures...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Showing the location of Denver's new City and County Building now under construction
- View of the bronze sea lion sculpture in the fountain pool at Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows the Denver City and County Building steel frame construction with cranes, the Voorhies Memorial, and the United States Mint with an American...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mint of the United States--Buildings--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; City & town...
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Juneteenth '82: A celebration program
- The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building
- North elevation view of the Osage Building, the former Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1175 Osage Street in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three story commercial style building has a decorative...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--2000-2010.; Osage Building (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Commercial facilities.; Mountain States Telephone and...
- 2009
- Henry Solano
- Studio portrait of Henry Solano, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. He sits beside an American flag in a suit and tie, he has a goatee and mustache and wears a cowboy hat. He had previously served as Director of...
- Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Lawyers.; Politicians.; Solano, Henry--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American politicians--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial...
- [1994?]
- Aerial view of Denver, Colorado
- Aerial view of the central business district of Denver, Colorado. Shows Daniels and Fisher Tower, Mountain States Telephone Building, Denver Gas and Electric Building, United States Post Office, United States Customs building, Scottish Rite Masonic...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Aerial view of Denver
- Aerial view of the central business district and Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the State Capitol building, Denver City and County building, Denver Public Library, Hilton Hotel, Security Life Building, Mile High Center,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Denver, Colorado
- Aerial view of the central business district and Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the Colorado State Capitol Building, Mile High Center, Farmers Union Building, Capitol Life Insurance Company Building, Brown Palace Hotel,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1959?]
- Aerial view of Denver
- Aerial view of Denver, Colorado. Shows the central business district and Civic Center park. Buildings include: the Hilton Hotel, Denver City and County Building, Colorado State Capitol Building, Civic Center, Voorhies Monument, Colonnade of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1960 May 2
- Lovers Leap, Colo. & Northwestern Ry.
- Lover's Leap, rock formation, Boulder Canyon, Colorado; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge track center foreground paralleling creek, wooden flume of Silver Lake irrigation ditch center left, and dirt road rounding Lover's Leap...
- Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Boulder Canyon--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Boulder Canyon--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Bridge above Deansbury, Platte Cañon
- View of Platte Canyon and rushing waters of South Platte River along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge track above Deansbury, Colorado; shows metal railroad bridge spanning river and narrow vertical canyon walls.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Looking down Four Mile Cañon, Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- Looking down Fourmile Canyon, Colorado, from Colorado and Northwestern Railway narrow gauge track; Fourmile Creek parallels train on track in canyon below; some snow on surrounding mountains.
- Fourmile Canyon (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fourmile Creek (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Exterior photograph of the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament School was the only...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Exterior photograph of the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament School was the only...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Exterior photograph of the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament School was the only...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Exterior photograph of the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament School was the only...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Exterior photograph of the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament School was the only...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Exterior photograph of the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament School was the only...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Exterior photograph of the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament School was the only...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Exterior photograph of the courtyard at the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament School...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings star window
- Photograph looking out of the glass door and window of the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Photograph of the lobby and main entrance of the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- Photography and Armament School buildings
- Photograph of the lobby to the Photography and Armament School building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1942 Armament and Photography School Buildings are located on the grounds of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The Armament School was the only...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 2001 June
- 1886 Corbett & Ballenger's 14th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 1 and 2, 1924 January-February
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, commercial office, exterior front
- View of the commercial office of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company possibly located at 120 East Kiowa Street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The building is a one story brick structure with large rectangular windows. A...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.;...
- 1937 June 2
- Boulder, Colorado, buildings, exchange exterior, front
- View of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building possibly located at 1319 Spruce Street in Boulder, Colorado. The two-story brick structure has some Art Deco style elements and decorative iron work on the door. A sign...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1940.
- 1938 April 22
- Denver, Colorado, buildings, 1421 Champa St., interior, traffic & employment office, 1st floor
- View of the traffic and employment office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building located at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows desks, chairs, tables, a couch, and mirror. Drapes cover the windows and transom...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942 August 25
- Englewood, Colorado, buildings, exchange exterior
- View of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building located at 3825 South Broadway in Englewood, Colorado. The building is a one-story brick structure with stone decoration at the foundation and around the door. Signs on...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Englewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Englewood--1940-1950.
- 1949 July
- Ford delivery
- View of a Ford delivery truck used by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Denver, Colorado. A bell logo is painted on the side of the truck and lettering reads: "Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Company, Local and Long Distance...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1919
- United States Mint, old
- View of the United States Mint building, located at 16th (Sixteenth) and Market Streets in Denver, Colorado. The two-story building has a crenellated parapet, double-hung sash windows, flag pole, arched portal with hood molding, chimneys and...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Western States Oil Exchange
- View of ornate doorway to Keely Building, 1641 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Keely Building," "Western States Oil Exchange." Posters read: "First To Fight, U. S. Marine corps," and "Want to Fight? - U. S. Marines." Chalkboard...
- Western States Oil Exchange (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1917 and 1920]
- United States Branch Mint at Denver
- Men pose in front of the brick United States Mint at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Holladay Street (later Market Street) in Denver, Colorado. Men wear hats or caps and suits. The building has a central tower with battlements and a round window, a...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Flags--American--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Soldier boarding transport ship
- A U.S. Army soldier walks up a gangplank as he boards a transport ship at an unidentified port in the United States. He carries a pack and a barracks bag and has a rifle slung over his shoulder. He wears a uniform and helmet. A sign on the...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Transportation.; Gangplanks--United States--1940-1950.; Government vessels--American--United States--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1946 April 10
- The women's auxiliary to Western States Baptist Convention : Colorado, Wyoming.
- Booklet produced by the Western States Missionary Baptist Convention honoring Trail Blazers Mrs. Emma Ruth Rogers from Mount Sinai Baptist Church, and Ruby Nell Parks from the Zion Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado.
- Parks, Ruby Nell.; Rogers, Emma Ruth.; Western States Missionary Baptist Convention. Woman's Convention Auxiliary.; African American Baptists--West (U.S.); Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 2008 May 3
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1931 January 14
- 1885 Corbett & Ballenger's 13th Annual Denver City Directory.
- First heavy duty trucks used by company
- Men pose with Mountain States Telephone and Telephone Company trucks on Champa Street, in Denver, Colorado; lettering on vehicles and on an incised stone arch reads: "Telephone Building," "Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company." A house...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Buffalo-hunting on the plains by officers of the United States Army
- United States Army officers on horseback hunt buffalo on the plains. Soldiers in uniform take tongues from dead animals and drink a toast at a dinner table in a tent under United States flags. Includes portraits of Major Albert P. Morrow and...
- Bison hunting--1860-1870.; Eating & drinking--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.; Military officers--American--1860-1870.; Cooper, Wyckliffe.; Morrow, Albert P.
- 1867 July 6
- 1st switchboard, Grand Junction
- Interior view of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph switchboard office area, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows two female switchboard operators behind a wooden spindle balustrade with swinging door. A group of men, women and one boy pose...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.
- 1903
- Prest. Harrison at the Kitchen Hotel, Leadville, Colo
- People crowd the entry, windows, and balcony of the Kitchen Hotel during a visit by United States President Benjamin Harrison in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The president stands on the balcony and points at a large replica of a silver dollar...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Presidents--United States.; Silver question--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1891, May 11
- Rough Riders, USA
- Members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World" pose on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man sits on his horse in front of the rest of the group in the center foreground. The men all have scarves tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1898.
- 1899