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- Denver Colorado
- View, from the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Larimer Streets, of Denver, Colorado. A man leans against a wooden pole near a building with a sign that reads: "[Gro]cery Store". Other signs read: "Fenton & Pursell", and "Sloan House".
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [either 1865 or 1866]
- Images left to right: top-Larimer Street; unidentified; bottom-Colorado Seminary; U.S. Denver Branch Mint.
- Photograph of four cartes de visites of Denver, Colorado, held together with paperclips, from top left: Larimer Street with horses, wagons, and businesses; two large, unidentified houses; Colorado Seminary; first U.S. Denver Branch Mint on Market...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Larimer Street
- Men stand near businesses on Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Broadway Sto[re]", "Dry Goods & Clo[thes] Wholesale & Ret[ail]", "Tappan & Co", "Groceries Wines & Liquors At Wholesale & Retail". Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Denver scenes in early times
- Rooftop view, facing northeast, of Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "C. O. D. Grocery", "Dentist", "Livery", "W. W. Coles World Famous Circus", and "Furniture".
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1865]
- Lawrence St. Church
- View of the Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church at 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. The building is has a square entry tower and spires.
- Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1870]
- 15th St. below Holiday St Denver
- Men stand on the sidewalk at the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy is parked near the business district buildings. Signs read: "Printing Office", "Colorado National Bank", "United States...
- Colorado National Bank--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- [either 1866 or 1867]
- Cor Lawrence & 15th St
- Men stand on the sidewalk in the business district on the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy is parked near the Hughes Block, a brick building with windows set in an arched facade, outside...
- Denver Book Store--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1870]
- Denver
- Men and women stand near the edge of Cherry Creek as it floods the streets near 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. A sign on a nearby building reads: "Drugs, Chemicals, Oils, Paints, Brushes, & Glass".
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Denver
- View, facing east, of Denver, Colorado. Wolfe Hall, at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets, is among the houses and churches.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1870]
- Col Jas. A. Archer residence
- View of Colonel James A. Archer's house at D (13th, Thirteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado. The home has a wrap-around porch and balustrade, decorative trim, and arched trimmed windows.
- Archer, James A.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1875]
- Old view of Denver
- View, facing east, of Saint John's Church in the Wilderness ( Episcopal), at 14th (Fourteenth) and Arapahoe Streets, and homes in Denver, Colorado.
- Saint John's Church in the Wilderness (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Old view of Denver
- View of the Charles and Cork homes in Denver, Colorado. Other houses are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Old view of Denver
- View of Denver, Colorado. Saint John's Church in the Wilderness (Episcopal) at 14th (Fourteenth) and Arapahoe Streets is near houses in a residential area.
- Saint John's Church in the Wilderness (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Old view of Denver
- View, facing east, of Denver, Colorado. The Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church at 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence Streets is near groups of houses in a residential area.
- Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Cherry Creek at time of flood Blake St. Denver
- A man stands on the edge of Cherry Creek as it floods Blake Street in Denver, Colorado. A building is nearby.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- 15 St Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) (F) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wood and brick business district buildings read: "Broadway Store Dry Goods & Clothing Wholesale & Retail", "Tappan & Co.", "Chemicals Paints Oils Brushes & Glass", and "Drugs"....
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1863
- Cor 16th & Larimer Sts
- Roof-top view of a building on the corner of Larimer and 16th (Sixteenth, G) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Women lean on the sills of second story windows. Signs on the building read: "George W. Bacon," "Daguerreotypes Photographs," "Wm. Graham...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Larimer St. Denver
- View of businesses on Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Men stand near the two story brick and wood buildings. Signs read: "Dry Goods" and "Alfred Dolittl[e]".
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Larimer St
- View of Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Two-story wood and brick buildings line the street. Signs read: "Chamberlains Ambrotype & Photographic Gallery", "Bookstore The News Depot", and "Graham's Pioneer Drug Store".
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1861
- Larimer St. Denver
- An ox train pulls a boiler and covered wagons on Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: "W. B. Daniels", "Post Office", "Denver Theater", and "Sloan House".
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Boilers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon...
- 1862
- Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado. Brick and wood frame houses line the residential streets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Wolfe Hall
- View of Wolfe Hall, a women's seminary school at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with a mansard roof, gables, a cupola, and tracery. Girls and women are in the yard; Forester Guard Hall, businesses,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Larimer Street
- View of a portion of the business district on Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on the two-story brick buildings read: "Stoves Sheet Iron Copperware", "Hardware Cutlery Tinware", "Jewelry Manufactory", "J. H. Hense & P. Gottesleben", and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [either 1867 or 1868]
- Denver, Colorado
- Roof-top view of businesses on Market (Holladay) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on buildings read: "Bank", "Oswald and Hanemann Meat & Vegetable Market", "Goss & Reter Storage And Commission", "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission",...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [either 1867 or 1868]
- Denver City, C. T.
- Rooftop view of Larimer and McGaa (Market) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the business district buildings read: "Chamberlain's Ambrotype And Photographic Gallery", "Ladies Emporium", "Woolworth & Moffat", "Blank Books School Books Maps",...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Lawrence Street Methodist Church
- View of the Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church on the corner of 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1865]
- Corner Blake & 15th
- Horse-drawn covered wagons are parked near buildings at 15th (Fifteenth) and Blake Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the wood frame buildings read: "Platte House," "Keith & Bond Auction Commission & Storage," and "Meat Market [?]...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Blake St.
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked on the side of Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Sales Day," "Corral," and "Drugs Paints Oils Glass [...]."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Stables--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [either 1865 or 1866]
- Larimer Street
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows Larimer Street, horse and buggy traffic, businesses, storefronts, and signs: "Rocky Mountain Views," and "News Block."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1866 and 1867?]
- Denver, Colorado
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows houses, businesses, storefronts, and signs: "Lumberyard," "Paint," and "Denver Theater."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1860 and 1869?]
- Larimer Street
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows Larimer Street, horse and buggy traffic, businesses, storefronts, and signs: "Rocky Mountain Views," and "News Block."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1866 and 1867?]
- Fifteenth Street, Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses with signs: "J. H. Voorheis" (on hanging boot), "Warren Hussey & Co Bank," and "Watches and Jewelry." Also shows a barber pole, the First National Bank (under construction),...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1861
- [Sixteenth] 16th St. East side
- Rooftop view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Larimer Street and Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on buildings read: "Pacific House" and "Denver Theatre." Shows a building construction site.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Sixteenth Street, Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows construction, houses, and frame buildings with signs: "Pacific House," "Contractors and Builders," and "Denver Theater."
- Pacific House (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Denver, 15th Street below Larimer
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, storefronts, horses, buggies, and covered wagons. Signs read: "Denver Photographic Rooms," "H. Voorhies," and "D. G. Peabody."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1865
- Fifteenth street, Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows horses, buggies, businesses and signs: "Wells Fargo," "D. G. Peabody," "Heywood," "Hartford Fire Insurance," and "Fillmore Block."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869?]
- Fifteenth Street looking down or NW
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses identified as: "Warren Hussey & Co. Bank - nw corner of Holladay & F (15th st.); First Nat. Bank nw cor F & Blake." Sign reads: "People's Market."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869?]
- Life on the plains
- Views of men in the assay room at the U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado; an overturned covered wagon, wagon train and tents in a storm; women cooking out of doors near tents; Native Americans shoot at settlers and a wagon train; North American Indians...
- Mint of the United States--Buildings--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Massacres--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Outdoor...
- 1866 October 13
- Denver
- Rooftop view of Larimer and McGaa (Holladay, Market) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Homes and businesses line the street. A sign reads: "Ladies Emporium".
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1861 and 1870]
- Planters House
- View of people, horses, and covered wagons on a dirt street in Denver, Colorado. Shows men, carriages, and wagons in front of the Planters' House building; a two-story, frame hotel and stage stop at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Blake...
- Overland Stage Line--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- Larimer St.
- Rooftop view of a Fourth of July parade on Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons make their way past a marching band. Signs on nearby buildings read: "L. W. Greenleaf & Co." and "Queensware at Wholesale and Retail."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Parades &...
- 1868 July 4
- Larimer Street Denver, Colorado
- Teams of oxen pull wagons, one loaded with a horizontal tubular boiler, on Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The wagons are near one and two story wood frame buildings with false fronts. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Post Office,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Boilers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1862 and 1864]
- Arrival 1st steam boiler Denver, Colo.
- Teams of oxen pull wagons, one loaded with a horizontal tubular boiler, on Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The wagons are near one and two story wood frame buildings with false fronts. A sign on nearby a building reads: "Post Office."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Boilers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1862 and 1864]
- Larimer St. between 15th and 16th Sts.
- Teams of oxen pull wagons, one loaded with a horizontal tubular boiler, on Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The wagons are near one and two story wood frame buildings with false fronts. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Post Office" and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Boilers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1862 and 1864]
- Denver, 15th Street below Holiday [sic] St - (Market now)
- View of businesses on 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows storefronts, horses, a wagon, merchandise, furs, and signs: "- National Bank," "Louis F. Bartels & Co.," "McCool & Johnson," "Samuel Shell," and "D. G. Peabody."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1868?]
- Fifteenth Street, Denver
- View of the intersection of 15th (Fifteenth) and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows a street lamp and the First National Bank, a brick structure with arched windows and a mansard roof.
- First National Bank of Denver--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869?]
- Fifteenth Street
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows horses, buggies, and signs: "Londoner & Brother Grocers," "Exchange Bank," and "City National Bank."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Blake Street, Denver
- View of Blake Street (south side), between F and G streets (later 15th - Fifteenth), in Denver, Colorado; shows business and signs: "Gallitan Saddlery," "Empire Bakery Restaurant," and "Cheesman Druggist." Horses and wagons are by a mortar and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- Denver
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked near buildings on Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Oxen and horses are beside wagons. Signs on frame and brick commercial buildings read: "Wholesale Groceries," "H. Burton Storage & Commission," and "Missouri...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Cor Blake & 15th St. 1860
- Painting of the corner of Blake and 15th (Fifteenth) streets, in Denver, Colorado. Shows covered wagons, people, and false front businesses. Signs read: "Meat Market, Shaw-Bailey & Co.," "Keith & Bond, Auction, Commission & Storage," "Daniels &...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]