Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Old home of George Simpson
- Exterior view of the George Simpson home, a pioneer, Trinidad, Colorado. This two story, shingle and cross gable roofed structure is made of adobe, and the seams between the bricks are clearly visible. A shed roofed porch in an inside corner is...
- Simpson, George--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 20, 1912 May 18
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 U-V-W
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs
- Two women, one possibly H.H. Lake's wife, Theodora, stand in the garden in a courtyard at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. A stone sidewalk cuts through the grass in the foreground. Vines grow around the arched windows behind the...
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1930.; Vines--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1920-1930.; Lake, Harry...
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Monastery at Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Friary, at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church (St. Elizabeth's Church), designed by architect Jacques Benedict in 1936 and located at 1060 St. Francis Way, on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus, Denver, Colorado....
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Apses.; Catholic churches.; Doors & doorways.; Historic buildings.; Monasteries.; Statues.;...
- 2009
- Saco R. DeBoer's office
- View of Saco R. DeBoer's office (architect-Lester Varian) at 515 East Iliff Street in the Rosedale neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a Tudor-style cottage, with a hip roof and tower, covered in vines and obscured by trees. Saco R. DeBoer...
- DeBoer, S. R.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Rosedale (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dwellings.; DeBoer, S. R.--Homes and haunts.; Cottages--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Rosedale (Denver,...
- 2007
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 12, 1910 March 19
- Giacomo Toller's home in Tollerburg
- A family poses in a car beside a two-story frame and brick house in Tollerburg near the Toller Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Girls wear dresses and hair bows or braids pinned up on their heads. Boys wear hats, knickers, and leather boots....
- Tollerburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Tollerburg--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Tollerburg--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Tollerburg--1910-1920.; Toller, Giacomo--Family.
- [between 1910 and 1920.]
- Court of the Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- View of the Hotel Colorado courtyard in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. The brick and rusticated stone hotel is a multi-story building with balustrades, balconies and a frame, ivy-lined arcade in the garden. Shows trees, and vines...
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Broadmoor Hotel near the terrace
- Men and women walk on a sidewalk beside Cheyenne Lake at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Women wear skirts, sweaters, and sun hats. Men wear suits. A women walks beside a child. Another woman sits in a lawn chair...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cheyenne Lake (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Portrait of a man
- Full-length studio portrait of a man who poses near an ornate backdrop depicting a stone fence and vines. He stands with his hand in the pocket of his pants. He wears a long overcoat, cap, and suit.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Log house built in 1869 by Frank Langdon Kennicott
- View of the Kennicott home in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; the log cabin has a covered porch, stone chimney, and vines.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott, Frank Langdon--Homes & haunts.; Kennicott family--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Portrait of a couple
- Studio portrait, probably a wedding portrait, of a man and woman. The man rests his arm on the woman's shoulder and wears a suit with a white tie and a boutonniere. The woman wears a white dress made of a sheer fabric with a ruffled bodice, fitted...
- Brides--1890-1910.; Grooms (Weddings)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Hollenbeck Home, the drive
- View of the Hollenbeck Home, a retirement facility located at 573 South Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles, California. A cast iron arbor covered in vines is near the driveway.The two story modified Mission Revival Style building is in the distance....
- Hollenbeck Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Rest homes.
- [1905?]
- Rose trees, Hollenbeck Home, Los Angeles, Calif.
- View of the Hollenbeck Home, a retirement facility located at 573 South Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Shows a multi sided garden house covered in climbing roses. The small building is almost completely covered in rose vines, it has a...
- Hollenbeck Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Garden structures.; Rest homes.; Roses.
- [1906?]
- Hotel Colorado pool
- A group of bathers stand on a staircase attached to a slide in front of the Hotel Colorado pool in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Next to the slide is a lean-to covered with vines, a few men are seated on a bench underneath.
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Woman with bicycle in front of porch
- Outdoor portrait of a woman with a bicycle in (probably) Denver, Colorado; vines cover a brick wall in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Woman standing with bicycle in front of house
- Outdoor portrait of a woman with a bicycle in (probably) Denver, Colorado; vines cover a brick wall and arched window in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Placita in private residence
- A man, woman, and girls pose a courtyard in at their house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The family sits and stands near a planter and vines that grow from the roof of the house.
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Courtyards--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Families--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Plant containers--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Monterey, Hotel Del Monte
- View of the gardens at Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. Shows manicured lawns, trees, vines, a bench, and paths. The Victorian three-story Hotel Del Monte is in the distance.
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif)--1880-1900.; Gardens--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Lawns--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Trees--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891]
- Monterey, Hotel Del Monte
- View of gardens at Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. Shows manicured lawns, trees, vines and paths. The Victorian three-story Hotel Del Monte has a steep gabled roof, dormers, balconies, and a porch with columns and...
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Gardens--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Lawns--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891]
- Monterey, Hotel Del Monte
- View of gardens and Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. Shows manicured lawns, trees, bushes, vines and paths. The Victorian Hotel Del Monte has a porch with columns, gingerbread arches, and lattice.
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Gardens--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Trees--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1891]
- Old adobe near the [?]
- View of an adobe house in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Vines climb up the porch. An orchard is in the distance.
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Adobe houses--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.; Orchards--California--Pasadena--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Wapiti (Elk)
- Studio photograph of a taxidermic bull elk head. Shows a head with antlers on probably a fake rock podium scattered with dried vines and leaves.
- Elk--1880-1900.; Taxidermy--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Interior view, St. James Episcopal Church, Meeker, Colorado
- Interior of St. James Episcopal Church, 368 Fourth (4th) Street, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows the sanctuary decorated with sheaths of wheat and grape vines wrapped on decorative brass framework in front of the pulpit. The wooden altar...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Interiors.; St. James Episcopal Church (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Minturn, Colo views
- Frame dwellings line Main Street in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado. Power poles edge the pavement; vines climb one topped by a mercury vapor lamp. Foothills are in the background.
- Minturn (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Minturn--1970-1980.; Utility poles--Colorado--Minturn--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Auntie Stone's house Ft. Collins
- View of Elizabeth Stone's house in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. The house has dormers and chimneys; vines cover a screened porch.
- Stone, Elizabeth Hickok, 1801-1895--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1950.
- [between 1910 and 1950]
- Wheeler residence
- View of the cook's shack behind Indian Agent Wheeler's residence, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The wood structure is overgrown with vines and other vegetation.
- Wheeler, Walter F.--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Outbuildings--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Portrait of two Ouray men
- Standing portrait of two men, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows them in (possibly) Knights of Pythias uniforms with cross isignia, thigh length coats, wrist guards, gloves, caps, swords and seaths hanging from their belts. Painted backdrop...
- Knights of Pythias--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1896]
- Post office
- View of the Rosita Post Office, (active between 1875 and 1966) Custer County, Colorado, shows the frame, cross gabled house with weathered siding and climbing vines. Sign reads: "U.S. Post Office Rosita, Colo."
- Rosita (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Young couple in Salida, Colorado
- A man in a suit and a woman in a white dress with yoke sit on the wood porch of a one-story brick house in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The dwelling has a cross-gabled roof, chimneys, and shingle imbrication; a bicycle is by the door. Vines...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Auditorium First Baptist Church
- Interior view, First Baptist Church, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows vaulted ceilings, chandelier, apse, stained glass windows, Star of David, and painted vines with words: "I am the vine, Ye the branches, Abide in me and I in...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Covered walk from Hotel to Casino Broadmoor
- View along the tree-lined drive of the Broadmoor Casino and Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows the covered walkway between the Casino and the Hotel with vines growing on it, and mountains.
- Broadmoor Hotel and Casino (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890- 1900.; Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Casinos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Covered walks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1895 and 1897?]
- El Pomar, Retreat Center, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the landscaped gardens of the El Pomar Retreat Center, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes, fountains, sculpture, arbors with vines, and metal lawn funiture.
- El Pomar Retreat Center (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fountains--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- James B. Belford home, Central City, 1948
- James B. Belford's home, in Central City, Colorado, is a two story brick house, built above a masonry retaining wall. The house has a flat roof with a brick cornice and rectangular windows with lintels and sills. The porch, a concrete slab, has...
- Belford, James B. (James Burns), 1837-1910--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Main St., Central City
- Two masonry houses stand in front of St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church on Pine Street in Central City, Colorado. Both buildings have flat roofs, cornices, and arched windows. Built above a retaining wall, the first house has a Victorian...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Home in Trinidad
- This three-story Victorian residence on a corner in Trinidad, Colorado has an octagonal tower with a faceted roof and a bull's eye window. A second floor balustraded balcony has a semicircular bay with a conical roof that adjoins the tower. The...
- Architecture, Victorian--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- May 21, 1969
- Las Animas County Bloom mansion, Trinidad
- Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings. Built in 1882, this four story brick, French Victorian residence has metal-covered mansard roofs and widow's walk railing on the top two...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Baby
- A baby climbs a low stone wall, by Virginia Creeper vines.
- Children playing outdoors--1920-1930.; Infants--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a house in Georgetown, Colorado. The two-story building has a hipped roof and a porch with a roof that runs the width of the building. The top floor has three tall windows, and the columns on the first floor porch are covered in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Residence at 627 ?
- A brick and wood residence in Denver, Colorado, has a porch covered with vines, and a balcony.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1950.
- [between 1910 and 1950?]
- Briarhurst overgrown
- Exterior view of Briarhurst Mansion, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Rebuilt in 1888 after a fire, this Tudor style two-story residence features dormers, circular bays, carved lintels, ornamented stone chimneys and roofcrests, jigsaw work in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1950-1960.; Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.
- 1958
- Meat storage
- Shows the meat storage unit at the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. The building is semicircular with a small door in the front. Vines cover the roof and sides. The farm served Denver's indigent and elderly from the late...
- Denver Farm--1930-1940.; Henderson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Almshouses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Tomatoes
- Tomato plants in an irrigated field in the Platte River Valley, Front Range, Colorado; large lush leafy plants with thick vines support many tomatoes.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tomatoes--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Section houses - tunnel, De Beque Canyon, Colo.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks pass by a frame house with vines around the window and a shed, Garfield County, Colorado; buttes are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Gabe Luchsinger family
- People from Basalt, Colorado, including, India Reeves Luchsinger, Mrs. Gabe Luchsinger, Iona Rutherford, Charles Luchsinger, and Zella Luchsinger, pose standing in a line. One girl wears a sailor shirt, one man smokes a cigar, and an elderly woman...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Luchsinger, Charles.; Luchsinger, Gabe,--Family.; Luchsinger, India Reeves.; Luchsinger, Zella.; Rutherford, Iona.
- [1910?]
- Foster home about 1883
- Exterior view the Foster home in Georgetown, Colorado. Two-story wood frame square house with Italianate features. The flat top low pitch hipped roof with two brick chimneys has overhanging eaves supported by brackets, double hung pane windows with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1978
- Grapes
- Grapevine rows, possibly Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado; leafy vines loaded with grapes; shows tall poplar trees.
- Grapes--Colorado--1900-1930.; Grapevines--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1929]
- Hotel de Paris
- Exterior view of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado, on the east end of Sixth (Alpine) Street. The hotel was constructed by Louis Dupuy, the proprietor, from three separate buildings, and was completed in 1890. The front and side of the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1951
- Georgetown Courier
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Shows a small printing press, probably the Washington hand press that Jesse Summers Randall, the newspaper's editor, bought from the Colorado Miner newspaper, and a large...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Printing presses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]