Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Exterior of South Branch Library at Mission Viejo
- View of the South Branch Library from across the street. The street is split by a median with bushes and trees. Numerous buildings visible in the background. Blue sky overhead.
- Aurora Public Library. Mission Viejo Library.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Exterior of South Branch Library at Mission Viejo
- View of the South Branch Library from the parking lot. Four cars parked in the lot. House visible in the background. Blue sky overhead.
- Aurora Public Library. Mission Viejo Library.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Entrance of South Branch Library at Mission Viejo
- View of the entrance of the South Branch Library. No grass growing-dirt instead. Blue sky overhead.
- Aurora Public Library. Mission Viejo Library.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Interior of Library at Mission Viejo
- Interior of library, facing a desk and a Jr. Fiction section. Carpet is rust colored and the counter is orange. Blue two seater couch and orange chairs, both with wood arms and legs. Bright in background from large windows.
- Aurora Public Library. Mission Viejo Library.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Interior of Library at Mission Viejo
- Interior of library, facing a main desk. Carpet is rust colored and the counter is orange with white stripes dividing into sections. An adult and a child standing at the counter. A blue two seater couch and an orange chair, both with wooden arms...
- Aurora Public Library. Mission Viejo Library.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Interior of Library at Mission Viejo
- Interior of library, facing book shelves in the sections "Fiction" and "Biography". Book cases have seven shelves each and the ends are a royal blue color. The ends have small white signs with letters to indicate what books are held in each row....
- Aurora Public Library. Mission Viejo Library.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Mission Viejo Library in California
- View of the Orange County Library, Mission Viejo Branch in California. A woman dressed in a blue shirt and blue pants is walking up to the building with a young girl dressed in a blue dress with a white blouse underneath. The building is...
- Mission Viejo Library.; Libraries--California--Mission Viejo.
- circa 1980
- Entrance to the Recreation Center at Mission Viejo
- View of Mission Viejo Recreation Center entrance. Numbers reading 15528 positioned on building and appear to indicate address. Red brick steps and metal railing lead up to entrance. Red brick pillars support roof. Door with ENTRANCE over it...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Man and Child Eating at Mission Viejo
- Man with curly hair and sunglasses holding young child with blond hair. Man is wearing white tank top with blue and red ribbing with blue shorts. Child is wearing blue sneakers and has napkin covering its front and is holding a spoon up to its...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Recreation Center at Mission Viejo
- View of Mission Viejo Recreation Center from the parking lot. Red station wagon and blue car parked in the lot next to a bicycle rack with bikes in it. A group children and one adult standing in front of the cars. Brick support pillars and multiple...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Women Walking near Building at Mission Viejo
- Two women with boxes on sidewalk in front of building. One woman is brunette and wearing red sweater and blue pants carrying a brown cardboard box. Other woman is blond and wearing white short sleeve shirt and blue pants and is carrying a white box...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Man and Pickup at Mission Viejo
- Man and pickup truck between two large trees. The pickup is off-white and brown. The man is shaded by the trees. A large building is in the background. A sidewalk and street is in front of the man. Blue sky overhead.
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Recreation Center Entrance at Mission Viejo
- Close-up view of the Mission Viejo Recreation Center entrance. MISSION VIEJO/ RECREATION CENTER spelled out with letters on building, as well as ENTRANCE at doorway. Building is supported by red brick pillars. Roof is dark color and rest of...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Recreation Center at Mission Viejo
- Close-up view of the Mission Viejo Recreation Center lettering on the building. The lettering appears to be light orange or red on a tan exterior. The roof is dark colored. An individual is walking towards the door that says ENTRANCE. Blue sky...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Side of a Building at Mission Viejo
- View of the side of a building. The building is tan colored with dark brown trim. Three windows visible. Lanscaping around edge of building. Brown and green grass, blue sky.
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Recreation Center Van at Mission Viejo
- Blue and white van with words MISSION VIEJO/ RECREATION CENTER on side. Blue is on the top and bottom, and a white strip runs through the middle. Blue pickup truck with topper and blue car also visible in what appears to be a parking lot. Large...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Interior of Building at Mission Viejo
- Looking down from overhead in interior of building. Brunette woman is sitting in chair and typing. Man is standing behind a counter and wearing and red and blue shirt with blue pants. Woman on the other side of the counter wearing a yellow shirt...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Woman in Office at Mission Viejo
- Blond woman on the phone while sitting at a desk. She is wearing a dark shirt and a flowered skirt and is talking into a light colored phone. There is office equipment, books, flowers, and papers on the desk. Baskets and a poster are hung on white...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Man in Office at Mission Viejo
- Brunette man seated at desk in a room with a number of other desks. He has a mustache and is wearing a light blue t-shirt. Desks covered with papers, books, and envelopes. There are trash cans in front of two of the desks. Calendars, papers, and a...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Man and Young Child Eating at Mission Viejo
- Man with curly hair and sunglasses holding young blond child in front of long board. Man is wearing white tank top with red and blue ribbing with blue shorts. Child is holding a spoon to its mouth and wearing a napkin on front if its shirt while...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Swimming Pool at Mission Viejo
- View of indoor swimming pool. The pool has alternating red and white triangle flags over it which have numbers on them. There are black stripes painted on the bottom of the pool. Silver ladders to get out of the pool on either side. Windows on two...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Shopping Center at Mission Viejo
- View from parking lot onto entrances of multiple stores of a strip mall shopping center. Large pile of snow in the front and snow covering other portions of lot. Signs on exterior of building indicate stores for Karmelkorn, Gigantic...
- Shopping centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Shopping Center at Mission Viejo
- View from a parking lot onto the entrances of multiple stores of a strip mall shopping center. A pile of snow visible in the corner of the photo. Numerous vehicles parked throughout lot. Signs on exterior of building indicate businesses there,...
- Shopping centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Key Savings and Jefferson Bank East at Mission Viejo
- View from a parking lot onto two separate buildings. The first has a sign that reads KEY SAVINGS, the other JEFFERSON BANK EAST. There is a blue Jeep parked next to the bank, and a green car in the corner of the frame. The sky overhead is blue.
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Intersection by Albertsons at Mission Viejo
- View of a major intersection with an Albertsons store in the background. A median with small trees and large streetlights divide the two sides of the road. Large trees and a low brick wall partially obscure the view of Albertsons. Cars visible in...
- Grocery stores--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Mission Viejo Sign by Albertsons
- View of Mission Viejo sign in front of Albertson's store from a street intersection. Wooden sign with dark orange lettering in front of trees and a brick wall. Numerous lamp posts in the Albertsons parking lot; some cars also visible in the lot....
- Grocery stores--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Intersection by Albertsons at Mission Viejo
- View of the intersection in front of Albertsons store. Medians divide the two sides of the road. Large trees and a brick wall on the corner, with a sign in front of them. Numerous lamp posts in the parking lot of the store; cars also parked in the...
- Grocery stores--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- 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
- Jefferson Bank East and Key Savings at Mission Viejo
- View of Jefferson Bank East and Key Savings from across a parking lot. One car in the parking lot in front of the bank, and another vehicle in the drive through of the bank. Large lamp posts throughout the parking lot. Houses visible in the...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Eating Ice Cream at Mission Viejo
- Adults and children standing in front of a long foil topped board. Various flavors of ice cream sit on the foil. A wooden fence and a metal fence visible in the background, along with trees and sky.
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Jefferson Bank East at Mission Viejo
- View of Jefferson Bank East building from parking lot. Multiple vehicles in drive through, and one parked in lot. Yellow stripes for parking spots on paved lot. Numerous lamp posts visible. Building appears to be made of brick and has white...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Mission Viejo Sign
- Wooden Mission Viejo sign. Sign has two slats across front with red lettering spelling MISSION/ VIEJO. A small wooden portion across top says CHAMBERS-HAMPDEN ENTRANCE in light colored lettering. Small portion on bottom says POPULATION 1440. Grass...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Parking Lot and Buildings, Mission Viejo
- View of the road, a parking lot and numerous buildings. A median with bushes divides the road. Trees and bushes in a grass patch surround the parking lot. Lamp post in the parking lot, along with a white station, an orange pickup truck, and a...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Sales and Information Building, Mission Viejo
- View of building with wooden fence in front. Building is two story and has words Welcome to/ MISSION VIEJO in red and yellow lettering between windows. Two wooden slats on side of building say SALES AND/ INFORMATION in yellow lettering. Sign that...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Large Building, Mission Viejo
- View of a large building made of brick and brown wooden siding. Landscaping with bushes and trees around the building. Numerous windows and doors around the building. The grass is green and the sky is blue.
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Man at Mailbox, Mission Viejo
- Man standing in front of mailbox of house. He is wearing a light colored t-shirt and blue pants. He is on the sidewalk, the street is behind him, and green grass and the house is in front of him. Other houses visible next door and down the street....
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Sam Hoffman Supervising Bricklayers
- Black and white print of Sam Hoffman supervising a bricklayer in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Bricklayer at left side of print holding level and trowel to spread the mortar. Hoffman watching him work with leg up on ledge. Another worker...
- Hoffman, Sam--fl. 1950.; Builiding--Design and construction--Colorado--Aurora.; Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Eating Ice Cream around Saw Horses at Mission Viejo
- Adults and children standing in front of a half circle of long foil topped saw horses. There appears to be ice cream on some of the foil. The saw horses are set up on pavement in what appears to be a parking lot. A large building and multiple trees...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Hoffman Heights Development, 1052 Salem
- Black and white print of two unidentified young children playing outside in Aurora's Hoffman Heights. Child on right wearing winter coat and boots and holding on to rope attached to winter sled on which other child is seated. Snow covers ground....
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Hoffman Heights Development, Looking North from 1140 Troy
- Color print taken from roof of house in Aurora's Hoffman Heights development. House identified as 1140 Troy, looking north towards Colfax. Light gray roof shingles cover bottom of print, with two pipes sticking up. Orange and cream colored building...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1977 August 19
- Hoffman Heights Development, Looking East from 1140 Troy
- Color print looking east from 1140 Troy Street in Aurora's Hoffman Heights development. Green grass lawn with numerous large trees. Shrubs and bushes separating lawns. Electrical poles running across top of print. Side of brick house in background,...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1977 August
- Hoffman Heights Development, Bergren, 1052 Salem
- Black and white print of man with two young girls in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Man wearing suit and tie on left side of print under house overhang. Two young girls in similar button up jackets standing next to man. Part of brick house...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Hoffman Heights Development, 11th Avenue and Troy Street
- Black and white print of unfinished road in front of houses in Aurora's Hoffman Heights development. Identified as 11th Avenue and Troy Street. Curb visible along right side of print. Area of road is all dirt and/or mud. Row of houses along top of...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1952
- Hoffman Heights Development, Backyard of 1140 Troy
- Black and white print looking east towards Vaughn School from backyard of 1140 Troy Street in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Grass lawn with chain link fence. Electrical pole by fence. Backs of brick houses on both left and right sides....
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1954
- Hoffman Heights Development, Looking South to Bicentennial Park
- Black and white print of Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora, looking south from 1140 Troy to Bicentennial Park. Dirt, bushes, and sidewalk along bottom of print. Part of building overhang visible on right side of print, with drain running from...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1952
- Hoffman Heights Development, Looking West from 1140 Troy
- Black and white print looking west from backyard of 1140 Troy Street in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Chain link fence in bottom left corner of print. Side of brick house on right side of print. Grass lawn on ground. Numerous other brick...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1952
- Hoffman Heights Fire Engine
- Black and white print of man and two young boys standing by fire engine in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Man on right side identified as George Wortham of 11th and Tucson. Two boys identified as Kirk and Reggie. Both boys wearing jackets,...
- Fire engines--Colorado--Aurora.; Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1953
- Fire Station No. 21
- The original fire station No. 21, built in 1924 in a bungalow style.
- Fire stations.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department--Buildings.;
- undated
- Washington Park Community Church
- Washington Park Community Church with unpaved streets. The architectural style is Classical Revival and the architects were Willis A. Marean and Albert J. Norton. The church was built from 1917 to 1919.
- Washington Park Community Church (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)
- circa 1920