Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 22, 1910 May 28
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 20, 1909 July 3
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1909 March 6
- Dedication exercises, East High School.
- Program for the dedication of the East High School building on Colfax and Elizabeth Street in Denver, Colorado.
- High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1925 September 25
- DeLaney Round Barn Ceiling
- There are no plans or drawings describing the construction techniques used on the barn so the exact process is unclear. Restoration has provided a glimpse into how the barn may have been built. The barn rested directly on the ground with no...
- Circa 2010
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 M-Z
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 16, 1911 April 15
- Mission of San Diego, Cal.
- View of the ruins of Mission San Diego de Alcala in San Diego County, California. Shows the decaying walls of the church and associated buildings. Some buildings are constructed of stone, others are built with adobe brick. Plaster peals off the...
- San Diego Mission--1880-1890.; San Diego County (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--California--San Diego--1880-1890.; Missions--California--San Diego--1880-1890.; Ruins--California--San Diego--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Foundry and old house from Eureka Street, Central City, 1953
- The ruins of the old foundry are on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Several of the walls have completely crumbled, and the remaining walls are deteriorating. The holes for the windows and doors are visible. A furnace is in the middle...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1941
- Paramount Theatre Denver, Colorado
- Interior view of the seats, balcony, and walls of the Paramount Theater designed by Temple Hoyne Buell at 16th (Sixteenth) and Glenarm Streets in Denver, Colorado. Murals on the walls depict men and women who sit and stand underneath trees....
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Paramount Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Balconies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Motion picture...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- State penitentiary recreation
- Faceted, frame guard towers and electric lights top walls at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Catwalks atop the walls are enclosed by chain link fence; men play baseball in a field and sit on the sidelines. At a lower level, flat...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1918 November
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 1 and 2, 1921 January-February
- Arizona, the Grand Canon, the walls from Bissell's Point
- Panoramic view of eroded sandstone mesas, steep canyon walls, and The Alligator cliff from what is identified as Bissell's Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows sedimentary rock layers, trees, and shrubs.
- Alligator, The (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand Canyon...
- 1900
- Limestone walls, Kanab Wash [sic]
- View of limestone, layered rock walls and talus in a narrow section of Kanab Canyon above Kanab Creek (Coconino County), Arizona.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Kanab Creek (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Streams--Arizona--Coconino...
- 1872
- Fairmount sexton's records, 1891-1953, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
- Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 list over 85,500 burials or entombments. The Fairmount Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange in rough “alphabetical...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado--Genealogy.; Colorado--Vital records.
- 2004
- Forney Transportation Museum and South Platte River formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the red brick Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) building, located at 1416 Platte Street, and Confluence Park in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows concrete retaining walls on the South Platte River, a walkway, steps, low...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Platte River (Colo....
- 1999
- Snowshed
- View of a wooden snowshed along a portion of rail tracks, possibly near the Emperius Mine in Mineral County, Colorado. A stream runs along the rocky embankment below the tracks. A pipe runs along the outside of the shed's exterior walls and steps...
- Snowsheds--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1940 and 1950?]
- San Gabriel Mission
- Interior view of Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in San Gabriel (Los Angeles County), California. Shows the nave, benches, pews, stucco finished walls, the pulpit and decorative alter with sculptured figurines of saints and candle holders. Hung on the...
- Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; San Gabriel (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Missions--California--San Gabriel--1890-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Pasadena, Cal., residence on Orange Grove Ave.
- View of an unidentified home on Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The house is in the Spanish revival style with Moorish elements. The house has tile roofs, arched windows, iron balconets, a loggia with ornately...
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Driveways.; Houses.; Trees.; Yards.
- [1899]
- Interior room
- A man and a woman are seated in an unidentified interior room. The room is decorated with rugs, lace curtains on the windows, wood chairs and table, an upholstered chair, desk, a light fixture that hangs from the ceiling, paintings and photos on...
- Houses--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Sweetwater Dam from the Canyon
- View of the Sweetwater Dam in San Diego County, California. The arch dam extends between two canyon walls. Shows concrete walls, a spillway, trees, and scrub growth.
- San Diego County (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Sweetwater Reservoir (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--California--San Diego County--1880-1890.; Dams--California--San Diego County--1880-1890.; Spillways--California--San Diego County--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Indian boy with bow
- A small Native American boy (tribe unknown) holds a bow and looks at an arrow he has just shot into the dirt. A woman with unbound hair dressed in a skirt and shawl stands in a doorway and smiles at him; another woman carries a baby on her back in...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Bows (Archery)--1900-1910.; Boys--1900-1910.; Pueblos--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Interior of Detroit Photographic Co's car
- Interior view of the Detroit Photographic Company railroad car, probably in Chicago (Cook County), Illinois. Men wear suits and sit behind a table covered by a woven rug. Photographic prints are on a table and hang on interior walls. The car has...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Detroit Photographic Co.--Facilities--1890-1900.; Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Interiors--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.;...
- [1898?]
- Mesa Verde, the Cliff Palace
- View of multi-story Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins and rocky cliff walls. Multi-story buildings have square walls. Stones are scattered on the ground, and trees are in the canyon.
- 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.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mesa...
- 1892
- Mission San Juan Capistrano, Cala.
- View of the interior of an abandoned chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano (Orange County), California. Water stains extend down the walls from the roof beams. Large chunks of plaster are eroded from the walls. A stairway...
- Mission San Juan Capistrano--1880-1900.; San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Abandoned buildings--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--California--San Juan Capistrano--1880-1900.; Chapels--California--San Juan...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Royal Gorge
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Railway tracks beside the Arkansas River in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado. Shows boulders near the railroad grade and steep rock walls of the gorge. Hanging Bridge, an A "frame" suspension bridge, is over the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- The Narrows, Clear Creek Canon
- The narrow-gauge track of the Colorado and Southern Railway winds through a narrow portion of Clear Creek Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado; supporting rocks of the railroad bed are shown at left; telegraph poles are halfway up steep canyon wall;...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Nevadaville
- Snowy view of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes crumbling brick walls of the Redman's Lodge and houses with retaining walls around their yards.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- Winter 1940
- Interior Carbonate National Bank
- Reproduction shows interior of the Carbonate National Bank lobby in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Low wooden walls separate office and public areas; teller boxes and cages are to the rear. Framed prints hang on the walls.
- Carbonate National Bank (Leadville, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colorado, Strontia Springs
- View of interior doorways in ruins of the 1884 Strontia Springs Hotel on the Denver, South Park and Pacific line of the Colorado and Southern railroad, Strontia Springs (Deansbury), Platte Canyon, Douglas County, Colorado. Partial brick walls and...
- Strontia Springs Hotel (Strontia, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Strontia Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Ruins--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Colorado...
- 1952
- Strontia Springs
- View of the 1884 Strontia Springs Hotel ruins, once a summer resort at milepost 26.80 of the Denver, South Park and Pacific line of the Colorado and Southern railroad, Strontia Springs (Deansbury), Platte Canyon, Douglas County, Colorado. Partial...
- Strontia Springs Hotel (Strontia, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Strontia Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Ruins--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Colorado...
- 1955
- Central Colo. Power Cos. dam, Barker's Meadow, Denver, Boulder & Western Ry.
- Close view of nearly completed dam at Barker Meadow (later called Nederland Dam) east of Nederland, Colorado constructed by Eastern Colorado Power Company reached by spur via on Denver, Boulder & Western Railway (formerly Colorado & Northwestern);...
- Barker Meadow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Middle Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dam construction--Colorado--Barker Meadow--1900-1910.; Dams--Colorado--Barker Meadow--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Hendrie-Bolthoff's foundry, Central City, June, 1941
- The ruins of the Hendrie-Bolthoff foundry, located on upper Eureka Street, are dusted by snow. A wood building and a masonry building are next to one another. The walls of the wood structure are collapsing, and the walls of the concrete structure...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Ruins--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1941
- Mesa Verde - detail of mesa top structure
- Detail view of the walls of Sun Temple (?), Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, shows a bonding material capping the rock walls to ensure structural rigidity.; SUMMARY.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Spruce Tree House
- View of Spruce Tree House, Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the cliff dwelling's walls. A wooden ladder leans against one of the walls, leading to...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Spruce Tree House (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1908
- Spruce Tree House
- View of Spruce Tree House, a group of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the cliff dwelling's walls. A wooden ladder leans against one of the walls...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Spruce Tree House (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1908
- Bedroom, Hotel de Paris
- Interior view of a second-story guest room at the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado. The hotel was built between 1875 and 1900 by Louis Dupuy, the proprietor. The room is furnished with dark wood double bed with a tall carved Victorian...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1980.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1980.; Dupuy, Louis, 1844-1900.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1954 and 1977.]
- Central City drug store
- Four men in dark suits stand around a display cabinet in the back of Best's drug store in Central City, Colorado. Two display cabinets, one horizontal and one vertical, are in the foreground. The cabinet in the center of the image contains wallets...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1891]
- Grant's bed in the Teller House
- The bed in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado, where President Grant slept when he visited Central City is of mahogany. The arched headboard has finials and a carved, floral design with a similar design on the footboards. The bed has white...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1920-1940.; Interiors--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Mishongnovi
- Mishongnovi pueblo plaza, Arizona; shows two Native Americans (Hopi), a man leaning over several bundles and a woman seated; masonry walls with steps and wood doors; adobe walls with glass pane windows; ladder.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Mishongnovi...
- 1918
- Gertrude Pulsifer residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Gertrude Nash Pulsifer residence on Taos Street, a wood construction building with brick between the inner and outer walls. The house has a gable roof, two brick chimneys, and double-hung mullioned windows. The facade is...
- Pulsifer, Gertrude Nash--s Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Palace of the Governor's Santa Fe, New Mexico During the incumbency of Governor L. Bradford Prince Reception Room
- Interior view of the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Chairs line the wall of the reception room at the Palace. Wall hangings and portraits hang from the walls and sit on easels. Greenery hangs from the chandelier to the walls....
- Prince, L. Bradford (Le Baron Bradford), 1840-1922--Homes & haunts.; Palace of the Governors (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1890-1900.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1890-1900.; Reception rooms--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1893]
- La Cueva Pintada (Painted Cave) Detail of Indian painting
- Close-up view of the Painted Cave near Capulin Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. Petroglyphs on the cave walls represent human, turtle, and other figures. Text on the cave walls reads: "Homi One [...] B. M."
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- [1909]
- Interior of San Augustine[?] church, Isleta, New Mexico
- Interior view of the mission in the Native American pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico, shows a plank floor with three wooden pews against the walls, an altar, a lectern, and walls lined with framed pictures.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Isleta Pueblo--1880-1890.; Isleta Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Isleta Pueblo--1880-1890.; Isleta Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Isleta Pueblo--1880-1890.;...
- [1881?]
- Part of Sullivan Gate
- A view of a portion of the Sullivan Gate erected in 1917 by John Mitchell in honor of Denver banker Dennis Sullivan. Shows stone walls and benches, a lions head is in the center of one of the stone walls. East High School is in the background.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sullivan, Dennis, 1837-1915--Monuments.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- The Sullivan Gate
- A view of the Sullivan Gate erected in 1917 by John Mitchell in honor of Denver banker Dennis Sullivan. Shows stone walls and benches, a lions head is in the center of one of the stone walls.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sullivan, Dennis, 1837-1915--Monuments.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Interior, Church of the Sacred Heart
- Interior view of the Church of the Sacred Heart located at 2760 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a vaulted ceiling, painted walls and ceiling. A mural of Christ with the Sacred Heart and carrying a cross is on the center back wall over...
- Church of the Sacred Heart (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Murals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]