Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #168 in Black Canyon
- Narrow gauge locomotive number 168 (engine type 4-6-0) pulls a train through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Delta County, Colorado. The Gunnison River is adjacent to the tracks.
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1910.;...
- [1904?]
- 1020 9th Street Historic Wallpaper and Paint Samples
- 1033 9th Street Historic Wallpaper and Paint Samples
- 1045-47 9th Street Historic Wallpaper and Paint Samples
- 10th Mountain Division Name Lookup Index
- Database of 32,213 records of men who served with the “Mountain Troops” from 1941-1945. You may use the Name Lookup Index to determine if a person was a member of the 10th Mountain Division, and the company or Regiment with which he served.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, Inc.; Military records.; Colorado--Genealogy
- 2002
- 10th Mountain Division ski trooper
- Photomechanical reproduction of a painting shows a ski trooper with the 10th Light Division (Alpine) [later renamed the 10th Mountain Division] kneeling in snow and holding a rifle. He has on skis and wears dark snow goggles and a winter jump suit...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski Troopers--American--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Saturday evening post.
- 1943
- 10th Mountain troops debark at Leghorn, Italy
- Uniformed artillerymen, members of the 10th Mountain Division, descend a gangplank from a transport ship in the city of Livorno, Italy. The men wears uniforms and carry packs, duffel bags and rifles. Open army trucks are filled with soldiers on a...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Livorno.; World War, 1939-1945--American--Destruction & pillage--Italy--Livorno.; Livorno (Italy)--1940-1950.; Gangplanks--Italy--Livorno--1940-1950.; Government...
- 1945 January 24
- 1246 Ninth Street demolished, date unknown.
- View of 1246 Ninth (9th) Street, located in Ninth Street Historic Park, in the Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. The brick house has a gabled roof, arched windows with flat (gauged) arches, a...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.;...
- 1974
- 1295 Tucson, Hoffman Heights Development
- Black and white print of the exterior of 1295 Tucson in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. The land around the house is all dirt, indicating the house is not completed. The house is brick with a single car garage on the left side. Two windows on...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1951
- 15th Street Denver, Colorado
- View, facing northwest, of the Mining Exchange Building and 15th (Fifteenth) Street from Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk on and near the street. Trolley tracks are in the center of the street. A sign reads: "Sample Store".
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 17 St. between Water & Gross Sts.
- Four men mounted on horses pose in front of a stable in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Clothing includes hats, scarves, and revolvers. Each has a rope and other gear attached to the western saddle. Patches of snow and water are on the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- 1750 Forest Street Parkway
- Merrill and Burnham Hoyt designed this Tudor Revival style house, built in 1928. It was built for poet Jamie Sexton Holme and her husband, Peter. The V-shaped plan provides one wing for entertaining and one wing for family.
- Holme, Jamie Sexton--Homes and haunts.
- undated
- 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 5th Annual Denver City directory
- 1878 Denver High School Commencement Program
- Program for the second Graduation of the Denver High School in 1878.
- Miles, Emily Hannah, 1860-1918.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1878
- 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1921, 409 N. Union Ave. flood
- View of flood damaged storefronts on Union Avenue after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Men work with shovels to remove deep mud that washed against the buildings. Shows a utility pole and a lamp post in the street. Hats, clothing...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June 3]
- 1950's Television Set
- Black and white print of a 1950's television set. Television screen surrounded by wooden frame. Wooden shelves below with two doors and open area with music collection. Tile floor. Bookshelf with books and curtains visible on left side of print.
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- 1st St. looking west at Santa Fe Ave.
- View of the intersection of 1st (First) Street and Santa Fe Avenue after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows a street covered in mud with deep ruts, a truck in the intersection, debris, pedestrians, and an Atchison, Topeka and Santa...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight...
- [1921 June]
- 20th Anniversary Sermon
- The pamphlet contains the text for the sermon given by Rev. Frank T. Bayley in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, CO, 1911.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1911
- 24th Street Public 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
- 3435 Albion Street
- Advertisement from John Cook, Jr.'s advertisement in The Denver Republican shows floor plan and sketch of house at 3435 Albion St.
- Advertisements.
- 1889
- 9th Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, street view
- 9th Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, street view
- [Prairie fire] [art original].
- Grassland fires--Pictorial works.; American bison in art.; Oil paintings.
- 1905
- [Totem design] [original print] / Unknown.
- Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific.; Totems--Pictorial works.; Woodcuts.
- [n.d.]
- [Untitled] [art original] / [unknown].
- Painting, American.; Oil paintings.
- [n.d.]
- "Barnum school pupils prepare book as gift to boy, 11, in Prague," news clipping (unidentified source)
- "Students to Give Frontier Pageant", news clipping (unidentified source)
- A deserted mining-camp near Aspen, Colorado
- A Native American (tribe unknown) man stands in an abandoned mine camp. He looks at a bottle.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Mining--1890-1900.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- A foot race
- Spectators watch from the stands as four Native American women (tribe unknown) line up for a foot race in a stadium at the Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. They wear dresses, moccasins, and shawls.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Running...
- [1900?]
- A group of Co I on deck of S.S. China; Spanish guns on inside of walls surrounding old Manila.
- A mirage on the desert. H. Betts
- Photograph of a painting by Harold Harrington Betts. Against the backdrop of a jagged mountain range, a Native American (tribe unknown) gestures as he speaks to a white man who holds a rifle. Another man sits on a rock and listens, as does a Native...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Covered wagons--1900-1910.; Deserts--1900-1910.; Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A survey of human service needs and utilization patterns among Mexican-American residents in the Auraria Barrio of Denver
- A view of Cliff Palace, Cliff Palace Canon, Colorado
- View of Cliff Palace, North American Indian (Ancestral Puebloan) cliff dwellings in Cliff Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Shows crumbling, square and round, stone and masonry dwellings and kivas beneath a large cliff overhang. Trees are...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park 1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park 1890-1900.; Chapin Mesa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cliff...
- c1899
- A view of Spruce Tree House, Navajo Canon, Colorado
- View of Spruce Tree House, North American Indian (Ancestral Puebloan) cliff dwellings in Spruce Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Shows crumbling, square and round, stone and masonry dwellings beneath a large cliff overhang. Trees are in...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park 1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park 1890-1900.; Mesa Verde National Park...
- c1899
- 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 Walking Tour of the Ninth Street Historic Park
- A. E. Leikauf Meat Company
- Interior view of the August E. Leikauf Meat Company located at 1013 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows display cases filled with meat, bacon and pork; cans of "Armour's Simon Pure [leaf] lard" sit on the counter with potted ferns....
- August E. Leikauf Meat Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butchers shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meat--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- A.D. Breed, Eben Smith, Wm. Bryant
- From left, Abel D. Breed, William Bryant and Eben Smith sit at a small table examining a piece of ore, possibly from the Caribou Mine in Boulder County, Colorado, owned by Breed. Breed holds a magnifying glass in his right hand. Smith and Bryant...
- Capitalists and financiers--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Supervisors, Industrial--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Caribou (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- A.P. Camp [residence]
- View of the home of Alfred Phineas Camp on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a wooden house with a hip roof, stick style architectural elements that include horizontal siding with vertical studs around windows,...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Camp, A. P. (Alfred Phineas)--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- 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
- Abe Pollock newspaper man
- Abraham Pollock, a newspaperman (far right) and unidentified men pose in an office in Denver, Colorado. A framed newspaper page and an illustration are on the wall.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Pollock, Abraham.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- ACL train, engine number 1511, engine type 4-6-2
- Freight, southbound, dark day. Photographed: Site unknown, October 10, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- Adams Street School Addition
- Exterior photograph of the construction on the addition building to Adams Street Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The school was originally built in 1925, opened in 1926; and then changed its name to Harrington Elementary School in 1949.
- Adams School (Denver, Colo.); Harrington School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949 April 6
- Adams Street School exterior
- Exterior photograph of the newly built Adams Street Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The school was originally built in 1925, opened in 1926; and then changed its name to Harrington Elementary School in 1949.
- Adams School (Denver, Colo.); Harrington School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1926
- Adams Street School exterior
- Exterior photograph of the newly built Adams Street Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The school was originally built in 1925, opened in 1926; and then changed its name to Harrington Elementary School in 1949.
- Adams School (Denver, Colo.); Harrington School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1926
- Adams Street School exterior
- Exterior photograph of the newly built Adams Street Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The school was originally built in 1925, opened in 1926; and then changed its name to Harrington Elementary School in 1949.
- Adams School (Denver, Colo.); Harrington School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1926