Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Aerial construction, setting anchor
- A group of workers dig a hole for a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company telephone pole in a rural area of Colorado. The men hold shovels and tools dangle from their belts. A barbed wire fence runs along a dirt road. Shows open fields.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Gallup Office
- View of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company offices on Gallup (later Zuni) Street in the Highland Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; the brick building has a cornice and an arched entry. Letters read: "The Colorado Telephone Company;"...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- York Office - front view
- View of Colorado Telephone Company offices on York Street in Denver, Colorado; the brick building has a cornice and letters: "The Colorado Telephone Company."
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Pueblo Exchange Bldg. front
- View of the Colorado Telephone Company exchange office in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado; sign reads "Long Distance Telephone," (bell logo) and "Pay Station." Features include a tile roof and stepped pediment; adjacent duplex has corbeled brick...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Duplexes--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Leadville Exchange
- View of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company office in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; features include an arched entry, false columns, and a cornice. Letters read: "The Colorado Telephone Company;" a wheelbarrow is by lumber.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Office buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Leadville Exchange - District manager's office
- Interior view of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company office in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; a man sits by roll top desk and telephone.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Station equipment - telephone portable set #265
- View of Colorado Telephone Company telephone equipment; microphone, speaker, and wires are in a wood case.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Telephones--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Denver, telephone building 931 14th St. exterior from auto park lot.
- View of Mountain States Telephone Company building at 931 14th (Fourteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado (built in 1927). Flag of the telephone company flutters on a flagpole.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1928 and 1935?]
- Street in front of power house looking west towards telephone bldg.
- Men with horse teams remove mud from a street after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Showa a large puddle of water, telephone and utility poles, and commercial buildings which include the three story Mountain States Telephone and...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Horse teams--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Street maintenance &...
- [1921 June]
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 13, 1914 April 11
- Plant school, Wight Bldg., class
- A class from the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company training school pose on the roof of the Wight Building at 1430 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The men who are training to be telephone installers, repairmen, linemen, and other...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917, July
- Pole lines, Lafayette, Colo., north of
- View of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company telephone poles near a dirt road and reservoir north of Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows barbed wire fences, trees, and fields.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Utility...
- 1914
- Exchange equipment, operating room
- A row of operators work at a switch board at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. Plugs and cords are stretched over the work surface. The women sit on tall chairs and...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Fort...
- 1914
- Fort Morgan switchboard
- Interior view of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange in Fort Morgan (Morgan County), Colorado; operators with headsets sit at a switchboard with a clock and kerosene lamp. Women's outfits include a shawl and upswept hair...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Fort...
- 1914
- Operating room
- Operators work at a bank of switchboards that line three walls in the Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Wires and plugs crisscross the switchboard panels. A supervisor sits at a desk in...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Denver exchange equipment, York office, operating room
- Rows of operators sit at switchboards that line two walls of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building on York Street in Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard....
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1916
- Denver exchange equipment, main, 1421 Champa, operating room
- Operators work at switchboards at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard. Each work station is identified by a...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1915
- Colorado Springs, exchange equipment, operating room
- Operators work at switchboards in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face their work stations. Cords are strung...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1915
- Denver exchange equipment, south office, 25 W. Bayaud St., operating room
- Operators work at switchboards at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph exchange building at 25 West Bayaud Street in the Baker Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard. Cords...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone switchboard--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Arvada, Colo., exchange equipment, old exchange switchboard
- Operators work at a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Arvada (Jefferson County), Colorado. The operators wear headsets and sit in tall chairs. Cords are stretched across the work station. A fire...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Arvada (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Arvada--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Arvada--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1915
- Denver exchange equipment, 1421 Champa St., operators school switchboard
- Women training to be operators work at a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard. Supervisors or...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1915
- Aerial construction, attaching guy wire
- Two workers hang from a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company telephone pole in a rural area in Denver. A crew of workers on the ground tighten the guy wire. A man stands by a barbed wire fence near a sign that reads: "Otto Vogel." An...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914
- 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
- Pole lines, office pole
- View of telephone poles and lines on a street in Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows store fronts and a car. A sign in one window reads: "Groceries." A sign with a bell logo and the words: "Local Long Distance Telephone" hangs from the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.
- 1914
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman measures the height of a student at the operator's school at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The student wears a wool skirt and jacket. The other woman wears a cotton...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman, possibly Blanche M. McFann, sits at a desk in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The woman is associated with the operator's training school program run by the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 June 9
- Main switchboard - subscribers - 1421 Champa
- Interior view of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange in Denver, Colorado; shows women operators in long dresses and upswept hair styles. They sit at switchboards.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Toll switchboard and operators - 1421 Champa
- Interior view of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange in Denver, Colorado; shows women working at a switchboard. Stenciled letters read: "13."
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Wyoming Building - Chief Engineer
- Interior view of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company office in Denver, Colorado; shows a man at a desk, a telephone, file cabinet, chairs, a calendar, and framed photographs.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1919, February
- Pueblo Exchange Bldg. front
- View of the Colorado Telephone Company exchange office in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado; the building features arched windows and wide eaves. Bicycles are parked; signs read: "Long Distance Telephone Pay Station (bell logo)," and "Sam Nelson...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Telephone political cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a dog listening to a telephone. Text includes: "'His Maters Value,'" "Promotor," "Los Angeles Capitalists," "Automatic Telephone $$$," and "It Only Works One Way."
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Telephone cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts two men, one representative of the Automatic Telephone Company and the other of Denver, Colorado. Text includes: "23," and "Automatic Telephone Promotor Los Angeles, Calif."
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Telephone political cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a telephone as a snake that reaches from Los Angeles to Denver. Text includes: "Automatic Telephone stock jobbing scheme.
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Automatic Telephone Co. political cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a telephone, question mark, and referee in a boxing ring. Text includes: "Denver," "Did you make the Bell cut rates in Portland? Has it left town? Why did you leave Portland? Did anyone make the...
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado Springs, Kiowa St. between and Tejon and Nevada
- Exterior of the Colorado Telephone Company office, Kiowa Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the two story brick building with contrasting brick window molds, door arch, and decorative cornice. Signs include: "Public Office"...
- Colorado Telephone Company--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado Springs--Colorado--1890-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1910]
- 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
- Telephone company crew brings service to Idlewild
- The telphone crew bringing service to Idlewild, Colorado, poses by a wagon in front of a log building with a corrugated metal roof and a sign reading "Idlewild." The men wear felt hats, several wear turtleneck sweaters, and several wear braces on...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Idlewild--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Idlewild--1900-1910.
- 1904?
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver telephone company
- Telephone Operators
- Photograph of four telephone operators working at the Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph Company in Lakewood, Colorado.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--History; Lakewood (Colo.)
- circa 1940
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 7, 1909 April 3
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 6 and 7, 1920 June-July
- Denver, Colorado, exchange equipment
- A man works at a teletype machine and switchboard in the Long Lines department at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building in Denver, Colorado. Shows machinery and equipment.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1932 July
- L.C. Phipps residence, Denver, Colorado, outlet in maid's sitting, 1st floor
- A telephone and telephone directory sit on a table in the maid's sitting room in the Lawrence Cowle Phipps home in the Belcaro Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Belcaro (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Living rooms--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1933 October
- Publicity advertising illustration, living room, 1756 Grape, McCarthy house
- A woman sits in an upholstered chair and holds a telephone receiver to her ear in the living room of the home of Isabelle McCarthy at 1756 Grape Street in the South Park Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A plant, lamp, and telephone base sit...
- McCarthy, Isabelle--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Living rooms--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1940 February 1
- Switchboard
- View of the switchboard in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Pueblo (Colorado). Shows wires, headsets, speakers, and circuits. A bare electric light bulb hangs from the ceiling.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Telephone...
- 1897 October
- Switchboards, old Kellogg, used at Centro, Colorado
- View of a Kellogg switchboard used in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange in Centro (Conejos County), Colorado. The switchboard is in a mahogany wood cabinet and with forty-five plugs and cords. A circuit panel leans on the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Centro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Centro--1910-1920.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Centro--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Monitor pictures, Old Colorado Telephone Co. baseball team, A. R. Grosheider, manager
- Member of a Colorado Telephone Company baseball team pose near a wooden fence probably in Denver, Colorado. The men wear uniforms including knickers and jerseys with the letters: "C. T. Co." and a bell logo. Manager Arthur R. Grosheider stand in...
- Colorado Telephone Company--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball players--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- 1909
- Exchange interior, operator's rest room
- Women read and knit in the lounge room for operators at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Colorado Springs (Teller County), Colorado. The room is decorated with oak mission style furniture. Magazines and an...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1914
- Exchange equipment, 1421 Champa, toll switchboard under construction
- View of the switchboard room at the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The partially constructed switchboards are pulled out from the wall. Wires are draped on the switchboards and lie in clusters on the...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone...
- 1903, July 14
- Exchange, interior, operator's rest room
- Operators read and sew in the operator's lounge room at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The women sit in mission style rocking chairs. Magazines are stacked on a table in...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1914