Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Lincoln School in Sterling, Colo.
- The Fifth Grade class from Lincoln Elementary School in Sterling, Colorado in Logan County harvest vegetables, including carrots, potatoes, and turnips. Several boys dig into the ground with shovels. The girls sit on the ground and sort the...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Harvesting--Colorado--Sterling--1940-1950.; Students--Colorado--Sterling--1940-1950.
- October, 1942
- Residence of Ouray, chief of the Tabequache Utes, and head-man of the Ute Nation
- Reproduction of a sketch of the fenced residence of Ouray, Chief of the Native American Tabequache Utes, provided by the United States government includes log and wood buildings, dwellings, store-houses, underground store rooms for vegetables,...
- Ouray--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Montrose--1870-1880.; Tabeguache Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Montrose--1870-1880.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- 4-H canning club
- The 4-H club of Montrose, Colorado, consists of five girls and three women. They stand behind a display of their wares, which includes jarred fruits and vegetables placed on boxes of mason jars and a small table. A trophy cup and ribbons are on...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1930-1940.; 4-H clubs--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.; Home food processing--Colorado--Montrose--1930-1940.
- [1936?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 25, 1909 August 7
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 5 and 6, 1928 May-June
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 4, 1914 November 28
- Ouray
- View of the entrance to Kramer's Fresh Fruit & Vegetables, possibly in Olathe, Montrose County, Colorado, signs read: "Kramers Farm Market, local potatoes, dried fruit, nuts, oranges, pinon nuts, apples, grapefruit, beans, onions," "Open," and...
- Olathe (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Olathe--1980-1990.; Markets--Colorado--Olathe--1980-1990.; Vegetables--Colorado--Olathe--1980-1990.
- 1985
- Grand Valley products, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Display of variety of fruits, vegetables & grains grown by C.D. Harmon, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots, corn, variety of squash, variety of melon, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumbers,...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Grains--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Vegetables--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Trinity Echo: Volume IV, Number 10
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal Church -- Colorado -- Denver -- Periodicals.;...
- 1899 February
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- How we cook in Colorado : choice recipes
- Cookbook created with submissions from the Ladies of First Baptist Church.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1907
- The women's auxiliary to Western States Baptist Convention : Colorado, Wyoming.
- Booklet produced by the Western States Missionary Baptist Convention honoring Trail Blazers Mrs. Emma Ruth Rogers from Mount Sinai Baptist Church, and Ruby Nell Parks from the Zion Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado.
- Parks, Ruby Nell.; Rogers, Emma Ruth.; Western States Missionary Baptist Convention. Woman's Convention Auxiliary.; African American Baptists--West (U.S.); Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 2008 May 3
- Western History Subject Index
- Vegetables
- Western History Subject Index
- Vegetables
- Western History Subject Index
- Vegetables
- Golden Gate Grocery
- View of the Golden Gate Grocery located at 3701 Williams Street in the Cole neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story brick commercial style building has a decorative brick parapet. A sign on the parapet reads: "Golden Gate Grocery." Signs...
- Golden Gate Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grocery stores.; Graffiti.; Golden Gate Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Grocery trade--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1978
- Seattle Fish Co.
- View of the facade of the Seattle Fish Co., a seafood supplier 1533-1545 Market Street, in the Lower Downtown Historic District (LoDo), Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This rectangular commercial style complex is comprised of two...
- Seattle Fish Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Seafood stores.; Seattle Fish Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1980
- John Varone Grocery
- View of the John Varone Grocery located on Quivas Street probably in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows a commercial style brick building with a cornice and shaped parapet. Plaques on the parapet read: "1912" and "Grocery." Signs on...
- John Varone Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grocery stores.; John Varone Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Grocery trade--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1977
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 26, 1911 June 24
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 8 and 9, 1923 August-September
- Leadville grocery store
- Men pose in front of a frame building with a gabled roof and a sign that reads "M.R. Mitchell Groceries, Meats & Vegetables" in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Men stand on a porch near wooden ladders and a snowy sidewalk. Faded, painted signs...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 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
- Fruit store - Anita coming out
- View of a produce stand in the Valverde neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; a man and woman are by boxes and bushel baskets of apples, potatoes, and cabbage. Signs read: "Western Slope Potatoes," "Wholesale & Retail Fruits & Vegetables 1207," and...
- Valverde (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fruit--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Canning
- Girls can fruits and vegetables at a school probably in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. They wear dresses, aprons, and bonnets.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canning & preserving--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; School children--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Home economics display
- View of a home economics class display probably at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Dresses hang on the wall near a table with displays of canned vegetables and baked goods.
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dresses--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Home economics--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Horse-drawn wagon
- Outdoor portrait of a man driving a horse drawn vegetables wagon on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Chinatown, Los Angeles, Cal.
- View of a street in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles (Los Angeles County), California. Vegetables sit on top of a crate by the side of the road. Wagons are parked near brick buildings with second story porches.
- Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.; Ethnic neighborhoods--California--Los Angeles--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Early day grocery store at Lyons, Colo
- Interior view of a grocery store, Lyons, Colorado, operated by Major Small, far left, next to him is a small boy, Harry St. Clair, and other men unidentified. They pose a dog on a chair with a hat on its head and a pipe in its mouth. Merchandise...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Interiors.; Small, Major.; St. Clair, Harry.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Cripple Creek, Colo. Hastings [sic] Market 1st & Bennet [sic]
- Exterior view of C. C. Irwin Groceries (formerly H. A. Hastain's Market), 135 Bennett Avenue, Bell Brothers Building, First (1st) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three horse-drawn wagons are parked in front of building packed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Bell Brothers Building (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1905 or 1906]
- A. VanCamp Mountain City, cash market
- Printed advertisement from Mountain City, Gilpin County, Colorado, reads: "A. Vancamp. Mountain City, Cash Market C. P. Dupree's Sugar Cured Hams & Bacon. Dealer In Fresh & Salt Meats, Salt Fish, Butter, Lard, Eggs, Vegetables, &c. Central City,...
- Mountain City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Advertisements--1860-1870.
- [between 1866 and 1870]
- Rock Cliff, Colorado
- In Rock Cliff, Colorado, a man poses in a tent by a display of grain, vegetables, fruit, a trophy cup, a mirror, a United States flag, and signs: "The Farmer Feeds Them All," "Our Boys," "Don't Handle the Exhibits" and "Rock Cliff."
- Rock Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941?]
- Main Street, Westcliffe, looking west
- View west on Main Street, Westcliffe, Custer County, Colorado; shows cars, trucks, signs: "Groceries, Vegetables, Meat," and "Phillips 66."
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Westcliffe--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Westcliffe--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Alamosa
- Several buildings were moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878. Men stand on a boardwalk, posing in front of some of them. From the left to right are Sabine, Thomas, Putnam, Hill and Anthony. Thomas has a hand trick with full sacks...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Dry farm products, Routt Co. Hayden Colo.
- Interior view of exhibit building at the Routt County fairgrounds in Hayden, Colorado; produce on shelves includes potatoes, assorted vegetables, and potted plants; bunting, flags, banners, taxidermied animal heads and sheaves decorate the...
- Hayden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Agricultural exhibits--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1920.; Fairs--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1920.; Farm produce--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [1916]
- Idaho vegetable peddler
- A Chinese man carries vegetables in wicker baskets with a yoke on a street in Idaho City, Idaho. Wood frame houses are nearby.
- Chinese-Americans--Idaho--Idaho City--1890-1910.; Idaho City (Idaho)--1890-1910.; Peddlers--Idaho--Idaho City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Emil Anderson in Kneisel - Anderson Store, built 1893
- Interior view of the Kneisel and Anderson grocery store, on the south side of 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. Emil Anderson, co- owner, wears a white apron and stands along a counter. Wooden display cases with glass tops are filled with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Georgetown, grocery store
- Interior view of a retail grocery store in the Hamill Block, Georgetown, Colorado. Two men in aprons, possibly the owners, pose with three boys in background. Store includes carcasses hanging on hooks, shelves stocked with canned goods, wooden...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- 1895?
- A. J. Beckwith Grocery Company, Denver
- View of Adolphus J. Beckwith Grocery Company, 408-410 16th (sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows ceiling fan over entryway, displays of fruit, vegetables, canned goods, and window lettering: "Fresh meats," "Poultry & Fish," "Eggs," "Butter,"...
- Adolphus J. Beckwith Grocery Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900- 1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920]
- Old Wazee Market bldgs.
- View of automobiles and pick-up trucks at the Wazee Market in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on the side of the trucks read: "Louis Coo[...] Plumbing [...]" and "Dachman Produce Co. Fruits Vegetables & Eggs." The Daniels and Fisher Tower is in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Markets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Elati and Third Streets, Denver
- View of businesses at 3rd (Third) and Elati Streets, in Denver, Colorado; a car at the curb has a loudspeaker mounted on it. Pedestrians are by a storefronts with signs: "Piggley Wiggly Groceries Meat Fruits and Vegetables," (282 Elati Street) and...
- Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1941 June
- Green Brothers Fruit & Produce
- View of delivery trucks and drivers at 1541-55 Market Street in Denver, Colorado; advertising art, cutouts, and painted panels depict vegetables, a rooster, waiters, and game birds. Signs read: "The Green Brothers Co.," "W. K. Harding Produce...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Bourk Donaldson Taylor 1621 - 18th at Wynkoop
- Interior view of a produce cooler in Denver, Colorado; shows men posed with bananas.
- Walk-in coolers and freezers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Farm produce--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1929?]
- Arcade Grocery & Market
- Interior view of Home Public Market, in Denver, Colorado; shows a cashier, shoppers, a turnstile, and signs: "NRA - We Do Our Part," "Refrigerated Fruits and Vegetables," "Polyanna," "Katrinka's," and "Piggley Wiggly."
- Home Public Market (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Markets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Green Brothers market
- View of the upper floor of the Green Brothers market at 1541 Market Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Images of fruit and vegetables are on the building as well as a sign that reads: "Poultry Those Green Bros. Wholesale Fruits."
- Green Brothers Fruit & Produce Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Routt County, Hayden, Colo.
- View of an agricultural exhibit in the interior of a display hall at the Routt County fair in the town of Hayden, Colorado. Produce on display: grains, cabbages, carrots, turnips, beets, onions and other vegetables. Quilts are draped over rafters;...
- Hayden (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1950.; Fairs--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1950.; Flags--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1950.; Interiors.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- Routt County, Hayden, Colo.
- Items on display at the Routt County Fair in the town of Hayden, Colorado, include grains and vegetables, including squashes, potatoes, onions, melons, and carrots. American flags decorate the exhibit. Signs: "Welcome Routt County Fair," "Twin...
- Hayden (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1950.; Fairs--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1950.; Interiors.
- [between 1917 and 1941]
- Gardens surrounding the Indian Pueblo of Zuni
- View of Native American (Zuni Pueblo) fields and walled gardens at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Subsistence activities--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Subsistence activities--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Cooley's Ranche [sic]
- View of log buildings and fences at Corydon Eliphalet Cooley's Ranch in Navajo County (later the Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Livestock, crops and log farm buildings are in a meadow near trees and hillsides in the White Mountains.
- Cooley Ranch (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Ranches--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Cooley, Corydon Eliphalet--Homes &...
- 1873
- The Crews-Beggs Mercantile Co.
- View of Crews-Beggs Mercantile Company building, Main Street and southeast corner of 4th (Fourth), Pueblo, Colorado, a two-story flat-roof brick commercial building with signs "Dress making," "Millinery," "Groceries and Queensware," and "Dry-goods,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Colorado, the late Ute outbreak and massacre at the White River Agency
- View of log and frame buildings near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows people and horses near the residence of Chief Ouray, North American Indian (Tabequache Ute) chief. Bust portraits show Ute "Joe"(probably scout Joseph Rankin), with a...
- Indian scouts--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1870-1880.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Generals--1870-1880.;...
- 1879 December 6