Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Belt or Headband
- Shows a Native American (Great Lakes; Sioux? Menominee?) loom woven bead headband or belt with fringe on both ends. The beads are red, blue, green and white. The beadwork is in images of stylized leaves.
- Headbands--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Belts (Clothing)--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Breckenridge Hotel
- A two story, low gable roofed hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, has been sided with tin and painted white. A projecting sign reads "Hotel", and other lettering is illegible. A shaded bulb on a rod is over the sign, and it is flanked by sash windows....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City residence interiors
- A room in the Prosser house in Central City, Colorado, has an antique stove with a stove pipe that leads out the wall on the right side of the open door. A round table covered with a square, patterned table cloth is in front of the stove. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Clarko Hotel, Denver
- View of the Clarko Hotel at 813 East Colfax in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This is a two-story twentieth-century brick building that has been painted white. The entrances to the businesses are recessed. There is a...
- Clarko Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Clarko Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1974
- Col. Geo. E. Randolph residence and Judge Witherow residence
- The gothic revival Smith house on Casey Avenue in Central City, Colorado, is built above a masonry retaining wall and is a two story structure with a steeply-pitched, gabled roof with shingles, a chimney, and bargeboard gingerbread around the...
- Randolph, Geo. E.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Witherow, Judge--Homes & haunts.
- 1888
- Complimentary supper to Gen. P.E. Connor.
- Parties--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Connor, P. E. (Patrick Edward), 1820-1891.; Suppers--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1865
- Confederate reunion
- Parade in Trinidad, Colorado, features a Boy Scout band with horns and two drum majorettes. Dressed in a brocade, sleeveless, short jumpsuit and white mesh pumps, a young lady holds a baton and marches on the bricks in front of the crowd. Another...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Drum majorettes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Shadford, Elaine.
- August, 1939
- Crown Around Santa Claus at Mission Viejo
- A crowd of adults and children around a man dressed in a red and white Santa Claus suit. The man dressed as Santa and numerous others are wearing red hats trimmed with white. The crowd of people is dressed in winter jackets and the photo appears to...
- Christmas.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 476, engine type 2-8-2
- Train #116, San Juan; 5 cars Kodacolor negative. Photographed: near Cumbres, Colo., June 9, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- Domestic scene among the Navajoe Indians
- Native American (Navajo) women and men sit beside a summer hogan constructed of logs and brush, in Arizona or New Mexico. One woman weaves at a loom made of logs and sticks. Shows wool thread and woven rugs.
- Hogans--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Weaving--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Dr. Donald F. Hornig
- Men, one in a suit, sit on a bulldozer at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A dump truck is next to them, in the same hole, with air horns on its roof and lettering on the radiator: "White." Semi-truck containers, buildings, trees, and cars...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1960-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1968?]
- Dubois St., Chase Gulch
- View above the entrance to Chase Gulch, near Black Hawk, Colorado, with Highway 119 and North Clear Creek on the right. A large two- story house is on the right with bay windows on first floor, double hung on second, single chimney, front porch...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1970-1980.
- 1971
- East end of Balcony House
- A man wears a hat and laced boots and sits on a timber rafter platform at Balcony House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Stone cliff dwellings with windows are near a rock wall. Graffiti on a stone wall reads: "TM McKee, SW Thomas, CH White,...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1900-1910.; Balcony House (Colo.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- Elevations, section, details Gates Science Building, Graland Country Day School
- Elevations (south, west) for the modern style Gates Science Building, Graland Country Day School, 30 Birch Street, Hilltop neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca. 1961. The exterior is defined by a large pyramid hip roof with skylight, (need to...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hilltop (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Private schools.
- 1961, March 24
- Elite Liquors and Ginn Mill Bar in the Brandenburg Building, Denver
- View of 1627 (Elite Liquors) and 1633 (Ginn Mill Bar in the Brandenburg Building) Larimer Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building at 1627 Larimer Street, is a two-story brick commercial structure (constructed c....
- Brandenburg Building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Elite Liquors (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ginn Mill Bar (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Larimer Street (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver,...
- ca.1971
- Fire Station No. 1, Denver
- Firemen pose in a fire truck at Fire Station Number One at 1375 Tremont Place in downtown Denver, Colorado; the vehicle has pinstripes, lanterns, a bell, letters that read: "D.F.D. No. 2," and chrome letters that read: "White."
- Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fire...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Flour mill
- Wooden beams, drive belts, and hanging lamps with frosted glass shades borne on curving rods fill the interior of the Boulder Milling and Elevator Company in Boulder, Colorado. Metal sifting cabinets with hoppers and flywheels are against the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Gold Nugget Grill and Elite Liquors, Denver
- View of 1623 and 1627 (Elite Liquors) Larimer Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Gold Nugget Grill is at 1623 Larimer Street, (constructed in 1880), the building is a four-story Italianate-style commercial structure...
- Elite Liquors (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Gold Nugget Grill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Larimer Street (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Liquor...
- 1972
- Grand inauguration hop, of the Shaffenburg National Park : on Friday evening, December 7, 1866.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.) 1866.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1866
- Grand new year's ball : The Nevada Dancing Club will give a select party, at Nevada Hall, Nevada City, on Thursday evening, December 31st, 1863.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Nevada City--1860-1870.; Nevada City (Colo.) 1863.; Nevada City (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1863
- Grand opening ball at the Griswold House : formerly the "Everett."
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Blackhawk (Colo.) 1864.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1864
- 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]
- In Denver Bottoms, Co.
- A landscape watercolor painting of a shed in a meadow with shrubbery, electric and telephone lines are nearby; a road leads up to the shed. Mountains are in the background. The colors are pale brown, blue, pink and white.
- Meadows--1900-1910.; Sheds--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Inauguration ball of the Denver Turn Verein on Wednesday evening, October 13, 1866 at McClelland's Hall.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.) 1866.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1866
- Iron Springs, 405
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Springs Chateau, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. The lower level of the west end of this building has a stone arcaded patio, topped by an enclosed, frame second floor with hipped gable roof and a sign...
- Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Joseph W. Fassett House, Denver
- View of the Joseph W. Fassett House (1890) at 50 South Alcott Street in the Valverde neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick residence which has been painted white. The house has hip roofs, gables, gabled dormers, bays, a balconette and...
- Fassett, Joseph W. Homes & haunts--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Valverde (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Fassett, Joseph W.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1980
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the New York Life Insurance Building designed by McKim, Mead, and White. The Italianate Renaissance Revival style building has an H-shaped footprint with a central tower and two wings. In the...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.
- [1906]
- Leggings
- Native American (Sioux) woman's leggings made of buckskin with applied beadwork in red, blue, yellow, green, and white.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1930.; Leggings--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Looking down valley from plant, Frisco, Colo.
- A view down a valley towards Frisco, Colorado, includes pink and green hillsides and a road with telephone poles along it; a craggy rock cliff in next to the road in the foreground. White clouds are in the blue sky.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Valleys--Colorado--Frisco--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Magic Hour, Delta, Colo.
- View of 1193 Highway 50 in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. A large, wooden roller-skate sits atop a sign that reads: "Magic Hour." The skate is white. The paint on the wheels is worn. There are large bushes around the sign. Another sign reads "For...
- Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--Pictorial works.; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Roller...
- 1992
- Masonic Lodge / Springfield Schoolhouse
- View of the facade of Masonic Lodge No. 158, at 281 West 7th Street in Springfield (Baca County), Colorado. The one story front-gabled building is constructed of dark stone. It has rectangular windows and a rounded arch above the entrance. The...
- Springfield Schoolhouse (Springfield, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Freemasons. Lodge #158 (Springfield, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Springfield (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Masonic buildings.; Springfield Schoolhouse (Springfield,...
- 1988
- Miniature cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) miniature cradleboard with a doll inside of it made by Chipeta. The cradleboard is decorated with multi-colored beads and thread, and buckskin fringe on the bottom. The doll has black cotton thread hair and painted...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Dolls--1880-1890.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- 1880
- Miss Nadeen Piatt in her young days
- Studio portrait of Nadeen Piatt. She wears a sleeveless dress and a wide-brimmed hat elaborately decorated with feathers.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Piatt, Nadeen.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Montana, Blackfeet
- Group portrait of five men and one woman, Montana. Three of the men are Native Americans (Blackfeet, Siksika), the others are white. They stand in a wheat field belonging to Bull Calf, who is included in the image. Legible identifications on the...
- Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1930.; Siksika Indians--Montana--1900-1930.; Bull Calf.; Curly Bear.; Mountain, Siksika Chief.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Muddy Waters On The Platte
- View of 2557 15th Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building housed The Muddy Waters On The Platte, a coffeehouse, book shop, and home of The Slightly Off Center Theater. The two story brick building is painted white. ...
- Muddy Waters On The Platte (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Coffeehouses.; Muddy Waters On The Platte (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Coffeehouses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Neighborhood Health Center
- A doctor listens through a stethoscope to the chest of an African American (Black) child at the Neighborhood Health Center at 2900 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The doctor's name tag reads: "Dr. White. Medicine."
- Neighborhood Health Center (Denver, Colo.)--People--1960-1970.; African Americans--Health & welfare--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Clinics--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1966 and 1970?]
- North Elevation Denver Botanic Gardens Tropical Conservatory
- Elevation of the north side of the modernist style Mitchell Hall and tropical conservatory at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street., Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca.1962. The walls and ceiling of the tropical conservatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Botanical gardens.; Greenhouses.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Buildings--1960-1970.; Conservatories.
- between 1961 and 1963
- Olla
- Native American (Zuni) earthenware water jar with step, lightning, hatching, scroll, and rain cloud patterns in black and red paint on white.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Zuni pottery--1880-1920.; Jars--1880-1920.; Ollas--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Ornament
- A Native American Sioux circlet ornament made or purchased in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It features blue and white beadwork, a thong, red and white quillwork, purple buckskin, a tin jingler and chicken feathers dyed white.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Ornament--1870-1890.; Rosettes--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Perspecitve Sunset Plaza, Volunteers of America
- Preliminary exterior elevation and site plany study of the modernist style Sunset Plaza housing facility for low income and disabled residential units built by the Volunteers of America in the early 1970's. The drawing shows an exterior...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Housing.; Housing developments.; Volunteers of America--Sunset Plaza--1970-1980.
- between 1969 and 1971
- Perspective 9th Street Historic Park District
- Exterior street perspective showing two houses located at 1056 and 1068 9th Street, Auaria neighborhood, Denver, Colo. The houses are part of the 9th Street Historic Park on the Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver. The two story, wood house...
- 9th Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.
- between 1973 and 1975
- Perspective Porter Library, Colorado Woman's College
- Perspective of the Porter Library, Colorado Woman's College, 7039 East 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue, East Colfax neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, commissioned ca. 1961. The front of the structure is dominated by a large bay window that extends three...
- Colorado Woman's College--Buildings--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; East Colfax (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges.; Libraries.
- between 1961 and 1962
- Perspective, interior Denver Botanic Gardens Tropical Conservatory
- Perspective of the interior of the modernist style conservatory at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca.1962. The walls and ceiling of the conservatory are constructed out of cement formed...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Botanic gardens.; Green houses.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Buildings--1960-1970.; Conservatories.
- between 1961 and 1963
- Perspective-southwest Morfit residence
- The drawing shows the southwest exterior elevation of the Morfit House, South Steele Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado in 1961. The overall design is horizontal in emphasis. This rear view of the structure is characterized by a flat roof line...
- Houses.; Greenwood Village (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1961, September
- Perspective-view toward northwest Denver Botanic Gardens Tropical Conservatory
- Perspective of the southeast side of the modernist style Mitchell Hall, Gates Hall, tropical conservatory and library at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, Cheesman Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, ca.1962. The site is dominated by...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Botanical gardens.; Greenhouses.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Buildings--1960-1970.; Conservatories.
- between 1961 and 1963
- Pioneer Park Lane, Aspen, Colorado
- Several women dressed in winter coats and hats gather on snowy Pioneer Park Lane in Aspen, Colorado. They are surrounded by snow covered trees and a fence.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Pouch
- A tanned leather pouch (Native American Ute) used by Chipeta. The pouch has multicolor lazy stitch beadwork in triangle, diamond and band designs, a flap, strap, thong, sinew and fringe at the bottom.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Residence in Central City
- A one and one half story house with an addition is below a weed- covered hill in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a front gable, shingles, a chimney, and rectangular windows. A white, wood bench sits on a concrete and masonry front...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Rowley & White, John
- J. B. Rowley and John White, pioneers of the mining town of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, sit at a small wood table in front of a wallpapered wall, probably in a building in Eldora. Rowley is loading bullets into a gun while White looks on...
- Holsters--1930-1940.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bullets--1930-1940.; Firearms--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Rowley, J. B.; White, John C.
- [1939?]
- Second grand annual masquerade ball of the Denver Turn Verein at Cole's Hall.
- Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Masquerades--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.) 1868.; Denver (Colo.)--Social life and customs--To 1876.
- 1868