Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Londoner Bros., Leadville, Colorado
- Men stand and pose near doorways at the wood frame Londoner Bros. store with a gabled roof and a false front in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Men wear hats, suits or vests, and stand beside store windows and a straw broom display on the wooden...
- Londoner Bros. (Leadville, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1888?
- Alamosa, Colo.
- Men pose outside the Haskins & Ball drug store in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Men wear suits, bow ties, flat brimmed hats and pose near store windows. The commercial building has several stores with signs that read: "Haskins & Ball," "Dr....
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Gerardi's Market corner Main and Maple
- Jim Gerardi stands behind his Ford pickup truck in front of his grocery store in Trinidad, Colorado. A boy stands on a sidewalk as a customer comes out of the Piggly Wiggly store next door. Lettering on the pickup reads: "Gerardi's," "Meats,"...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business people--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Grocery Stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Gerardi, Jim.
- ca. 1922
- Sneffels
- A view of the George R. Porter general store and post office in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. People pose on the boardwalk below the the two-story building. The post office and general store has a false-front facade, canvas awning, sash...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- 1885 Aug
- Harrison Ave., Leadville
- View of Harrison Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, Tabor Opera House, the Corner Book Store, the cupola of City Hall, and telephone poles with ten pin cross arms. Signs on buildings read: "Metz and Powell, The...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Lutes Drug Co.
- View of the corner E. E. Lutes Drugstore in Longmont, Colorado, show the one-story brick building with large store front windows with transoms. Merchandise is displayed in the windows and a upright scale stands outside the corner post of the entry....
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- December 1926
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The right side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Court House, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the central business district; the three-story brick Alamo Hotel at intersection of Cucharras and Tejon Streets, the rebuilt Antlers's...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Denver, Colo.
- Left side of panorama view taken from Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "The Greatest Picture Theatre, Princess, 5 cents, 1620 Curtis St." "Candy Kitchen," "Motorcycles," "Bargain Flower Store," "Japanese Goods Store,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Alamosa
- The Manders Building, on the corner of San Juan and Main streets, in Alamosa, Colorado is a two-story building, constructed in 1891, with rusticated stone block, bracketed enriched cornice, corner entry with double wooden panel with large glass...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Detective at Golden Eagle robbery
- A detective looks over the Golden Eagle Department store the morning after a failed robbery. Robbers had attempted to blow up the store safes which contained $35,000 in cash. Shows shelves and tables of store merchandise. Signs hang from the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Detectives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Robberies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- May 10, 1931
- Georgetown stores interior
- Interior view of men's clothing store in Georgetown, Colorado. A main aisle divides the store. On one side, hats and caps are on a table and glass showcases display ties and handkerchiefs. Shirts are stacked and displayed behind the glass counters...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 to 1910?]
- Aspen, Colo. street scenes
- Seven men stand outside the Berg candy store in Aspen, Colorado, a two story, clapboard building with a bay window displaying merchandise. A man, probably the proprietor, stands in the doorway. The building next to the candy store is a...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Confectioneries--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1885?]
- Evans Block
- A Denver City Tramway Company worker stands near a tramway station and the Central Loop tracks at 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows the W.S. Sanderson & Brothers store, located in the Evans Block at 1124 Fifteenth...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street railroad...
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Early day street scene - Montrose, Colo.
- Men, women, and children, some on a horse-drawn carriage, are outside of the E. J. Mathews and Company, meats and groceries store in Montrose, Colorado. The store is housed in a two story brick building with battlements, decorative engravings under...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Eldora, Colo. 1900
- A large group of residents is gathered on Eldorado Avenue in Eldora, a small mining district in Boulder County, Colorado, for the town's Labor Day celebration. A band plays in the right midground of the crowd. Several businesses face the street,...
- Labor Day--1890-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--1890-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Main Street between 2nd and 3rd on the south side
- Broadwalk and ditch are in front of brick and frame commercial buildings in Canon City, Colorado. Men sit in front of store windows; signs read: "Hardware," "Baldwin House," and "Boot maker." Buggies are in a fenced yard by a gable roofed livery...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Central City, 1864
- City Bakery stands farther down the block next door to the Young American Clothing Hall. Another store has the word "Stoves" painted on its front facade. On the near side of Main Street in the center midground is the two-story, wood frame building...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [1864?]
- Bassick Mine near Querida
- A dry goods store, a grocery store and a drug store stand across from the Bassick Mine near Querida in Custer County, Colorado. Men are gathered in front of the stores; piles of tailings are near the mine.
- Custer County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Querida (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Querida--1870-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Querida--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Street scene in San Francisco
- Palm shrubs stand in the lawn in front of a row of buildings in San Francisco, California. The Call Building, which was destroyed during a fire in 1906, stands in the center background. The M. Friedman & Company furniture store is in the left...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- 16th St. from Stout St., Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from a three-story building on Stout Street, Denver, Colorado; identifiable businesses and buildings include Gano-Downs (721-739 16th) and Colorado Building with Frederick W. Hedgcock & H.C. Jones Specialty Store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Grand Lake, Colorado
- View of four horseback riders in front of Matilda G. Humphrey's store in Grand Lake, Colorado, includes a man adjusting a woman's stirrup prior to a horseback ride. All riders wear hats or caps. Humphrey's store, with extended window awning and...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Lake--1920-1940.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Grand Lake--1920-1940.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Grand Lake--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Leadville, Colorado, Chestnut St.
- In this early view of a dirt Chestnut Street in Leadville, Colorado, horses and horse-drawn covered and flatbed wagons are in the street, and pedestrians are on the boardwalks. Telephone or telegraph poles with handbills are on the left. False...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Fulford New York Mountain in background, White Quail Gulch
- The Lannet (Lanning) Sisters Hotel and the O. W. Daggett Store Building are visable among the wood buildings in White Quail Gulch, Fulford, Colorado. Snow covers the buildings and the ground, including stumps in the foreground and New York Mountain...
- Fulford (Colorado)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Fulford--1900-1910.
- 1902
- 400 block Main
- View along the 400 block of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the one, two and three story mainly brick commercial buildings with horse-drawn carriages along the dirt street after the cottonwoods were cut down in 1901. The Longmont National...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- East side of Harrison Avenue in Leadville Colorado
- This view of businesses on the east side of Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado includes several two story false front wooden structures with bracketed cornices, large store front windows and panel kickplates, and striped awnings. One small...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1879]
- Le Resume: 1947
- Yearbook for the year 1946 for Parker High School, located in Parker, Colorado.
- Parker High School (Parker, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Douglas County History Research Center (Castle Rock, Colo.); School yearbooks--Colorado--Douglas County.; High schools--Colorado--Douglas County--Periodicals.
- 1947
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, U.S. Royal
- Black and white print of U.S. Royal store on east side of Peoria in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center. Overhang on left side has car underneath and a sign. The store front and side covered with windows, many with signs in them. The sign...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1967
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, Woolco
- Black and white print of Woolco store in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center. Store front shown, with large ""WOOLCO"" sign attached above roof. Glass windows and doors along entire front of store. Two sets of doors with three each. Parking...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1965
- Safeway at Mission Viejo
- View of Safeway store from parking lot across the street. The store is white on bottom and brown on top, with a red SAFEWAY running across the middle. Numerous vehicles in parking lot, which also has a number of large lamp posts. Road in front of...
- Grocery stores--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Safeway at Mission Viejo
- View of Safeway store from across the street. Bottom of the store is white with a green top; red SAFEWAY lettering across the green front. Snow on the ground, indicating wintertime. Median lamp posts. Houses visible behind the store. The sky...
- Grocery stores--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Grape boycott at Safeway store
- AFL-CIO United Farm Workers of America supporters picket a Safeway Store in support of the grape boycott in Denver, Colorado. Anglo and Hispanic women, men and a little girl carry signs that read: "United Farm Workers," "Union Picket Line AFL-CIO...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Safeway Stores, Inc.--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Pickets.; Boycotts.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1973 and 1975?]
- Ben Franklin 5-10
- View of the facade of the Ben Franklin 5-10 store on Main Street in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The brick storefront has a sign that reads: "5-10 Ben Franklin 5-10." The door has a closed sign in the window. In the windows at each end...
- Ben Franklin Store (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Variety stores.; Ben Franklin Store (Buena Vista, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Variety stores--Colorado--Buena Vista--Pictorial works.; Buena Vista...
- 1995
- City Drug Store, Rifle
- People pose in front of the City Drugstore, a two-story brick commercial building with arched windows and a flat roof, in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men and a woman stand on the sidewalk beneath a sign that reads: "City Drug Store." Boys...
- City Drug Store (Rifle, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Famous Department Store, Trinidad, Colorado
- A man and woman stand on the sidewalk near The Famous Department Store on Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The two story brick building has projecting bay windows, arched windows, and awnings. A sign on the building reads:...
- Famous Department Store (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Our Neighborhood, report
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 33, 1912 August 17
- General view of Morley and store
- View of the mining town of Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, with towers and stucco exterior, sits on the hill above the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande tracks. The workers' four-room...
- Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Clothing store
- Interior view of men and women who pose in a clothing store in Denver, Colorado. One man stands near glass cases with displays of clothing. Fitting rooms line one side of the store.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- General store and Black Wonder Mill
- View of two men and two women with a horse and a dog in front of the General Store in Sherman (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Behind the store is the Black Wonder Mill.
- Sherman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; General stores--Colorado--Sherman--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Sherman--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Sherman--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Post office and store
- A group of men stand outside of a single story wood post office. A store is on one side and on the opposite side is an additional store front; the sign above this doorway reads: "Agency Omaha Barbed Wire".
- Post offices--1890-1910.; Stores & shops--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Goldman's Grocery Store, Central City, Colorado
- Men stand or sit and pose in front of the Miller Block Building on the corner of Main Street and Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado, "1874" is carved in a corner pediment on the cornice, Young men sit in the Goldman's store...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Store interior
- View of a large store interior in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows the manager Joe Luxon in a suit, Jim Hargusin, Axial stage driver in doorway, Burt Rank, butcher in an apron, E. L. Davis, Charlie Groves, clerks and customer Joe Peltier....
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Merchants--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Drug store
- Exterior view of the J. W. Fleming drugstore in Silverton Colorado, on the west side of Greene St. between 13th and 14th. This single story frame building has a false front topped by a bracketed cornice with dentils. Above the door, a sign reads...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1881?
- Post office early days of Cripple Creek
- View of N.W. Savage Jr. second-hand store or post office, Cripple Creek (Fremont prior to incorporation in 1893), Colorado. Signs read: "N.W. Savage Jr. Second Hand Store, Branch of Pueblo;"
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; N.W. Salvage Jr. Second Hand Store.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Lauman and Bonewell store, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Lauman and Bonewell Grocers, hardware and miner's supplies store, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prior to incorporation in 1892, Cripple Creek was called Fremont; the grocer is housed in a two- story flat-roof wood frame rectangular...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893?]
- New Castle drug store
- This drug store in New Castle, Garfield County, Colorado, is a frame business with a false-front, mitred entry, storefront windows, and signs: "Drug Store.," "Drink Coca Cola Delicious and Refreshing," and "Cafe." Posterboards in the windows...
- New Castle (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--New Castle--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Scene at Tabernash, Colo.
- View of L. C. Hinds Cash Store, Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado, shows the two story false front with covered walkway. An automobile with its top down parks in front of the store. A foreground sign with an arrow reads: "Bart Inn Cafe, meals &...
- L. C. Hinds Cash Store (Tabernash, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Tabernash (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Tabernash--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- General Merchandise store
- Five men pose outside of "Baker and Kaiser General Merchandise," Springfield, between 9th (Ninth) and 10th (Tenth) on Main Street, Baca County (earlier Las Animas County), Colorado. One man holds a dog; a convertible car is parked in front of the...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- [1914?]
- Toponas, Colo. general store
- View of the general store, Toponas, Routt County, Colorado, includes a truck backed up to front of building; signs include "The Toponas, Colorado People's Store General Merchandise," "Conoco," "Phone," "National Forest Warden, Report Forest Fires...
- Toponas (Colo.)--1970-1980.; General stores--Colorado--Toponas--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 12
- Seiferts Store first Post Office in Walden
- View of Seifert's Store, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado; shows men on horses including Harvey Lawrence and Billy Donavan (center). Jack and Thomas Keenan are by a sign on the log business: "This Store Will Be Closed Sundays."
- Walden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Walden--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Walden--1880-1890.
- 1885