Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #357 Studio wrestling
- Studio portrait of two men wrestling with one another in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Both men have bare torsos and wear wrestling tights. The man in the dark tights twists the arm of the second man behind his back as he grasps his legs. A...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Posing.; Wrestling--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- 11th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair
- 13th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide Official Program
- 1416 Blake Street, Denver
- View of a commercial building at 1416 Blake Street in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has a moss rock panel, double-wide door, and wood frame windows. Signs and letters read: "This Property for Lease," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982 August
- 1421 Champa, interior offices, general plant engineering
- A group of engineers work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Plans and and documents are stacked on the desks. One man leans over and confers with...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916
- 15 Years at the Fair: The People's Book
- 17th Street, Denver
- View northeast on 17th (Seventeenth) from California Street, Denver, Colorado; identifiable buildings include California, Equitable, First National Bank, Boston, Ernst & Cranmer, & Quincy buildings; street railway car number 231 (17th Street) and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911 or 1912]
- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- 1874 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 2nd Annual Denver City directory
- 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 5th Annual Denver City directory
- 1878 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 6th Annual Denver City directory
- 1884 Corbett & Ballenger's 12th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1890 Corbett & Ballenger's 18th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1924 First Baptist Church Directory
- Membership directory for the First Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory are a list of church events, officers and their reports, lists of members, and advertisements.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1924
- 1936, cont'd.
- Text and annotations on album page read: [ARL-136] "Don't look so forlorn; there'll be another year. Woody must be going to Denver, she's all 'dressed' up, [ARL-137] First Week, 'Andy Family' 1936, [ARL-138] Take the picture quick; the train's...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- 1936
- 1936, Open season for first aid, splints, and wild rides
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-131] Breakfast out of doors first week. Such hard workers!!!, [ARL-132] Kin I help, Snippy? Now, where are the eggs? Mmm, I smell bacon!, [ARL-133] What's the matter, Andy, isn't Snippy doing it right?...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- 1936
- 1951
- View of a branch of Clear Creek, in Georgetown, Colorado. The creek is reinforced with logs and stones along its banks. A small wood construction gable-roof building is next to the creek; a bridge with a wood railing crosses the creek; another...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streams--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- 1983 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 1984 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 1st Nat. Bank, 20 yrs. ago, A. H. Hunt, cash, at window
- Interior view of the First National Bank, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features coffered wood ceilings and an ornate, three-windowed tellers box and brass footrails under writing shelves. A. H. Hunt, the cashier is behind beaded...
- First National Bank (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bank tellers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banking--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 2 views of Acoma mission
- of grass are in the foreground. Standing on top of a large mesa, the mission is thought to have been built between 1629 and 1641 by Fray Juan Ramirez.; The Pueblo Acoma Mission and convent in New Mexico is flat-roofed as shown in this photo of a...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Missions--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- 20th Anniversary Sermon
- The pamphlet contains the text for the sermon given by Rev. Frank T. Bayley in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, CO, 1911.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1911
- 2470-90 Main Street, Littleton
- View of businesses at 2470-90 West Main Street (corner South Nevada Street) in downtown Littleton, Colorado. One has a stucco finish with a stepped cornice and ceramic tile wainscots; another has pilasters, ogee arched windows, and dentiled eaves....
- Littleton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Beauty shops--Colorado--Littleton--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Littleton--1970-1980.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Littleton--1970-1980.
- 1979
- 2nd grade at Central, 1941, Miss Monroe
- Boys and girls sit around rectangular tables and weave hot pads in Miss Monroe's second grade classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Striped shirts are popular among the boys and floral print dresses are worn by most girls. A long coat...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Monroe, Miss.
- 1941
- 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
- 346 headlite and cat on stack
- A cat lies on the stack, near the lamp, of Denver and Rio Grande Western narrow gauge locomotive 346 at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Another cat sleeps near the bell.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cats--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- [1951 November]
- 4th of July celebration
- Crowds gather around the bunting-draped flagpole and grandstand on Main Street and Fifth (5th) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado; the Magnolia Band is in the center with parade floats on Main (Third, 3rd.) United States flags, streamers, and evergreens...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- 5207 W. 25th Avenue, Fred Fortney in white cap, Edgewater, Colorado
- A 1920s truck is parked in front of Express Coal and Feed, a business in a one-story flat-roofed brick building in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado. Fred Fortney in a white hat and another man in coveralls pose near the door; signs on the...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal--Colorado--Edgewater--1920-1930.; Feed stores--Colorado--Edgewater--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Bliss House
- McNulty House
- 75mm howitzer in action
- Six soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division fire a 75mm howitzer uphill from a shelter made of sandbags. One gives orders to fire while the others crouch against the blast. In the background downslope are a few Italian farm houses, a dirt road, a...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- 75th Anniversary Booklet for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Anniversary booklet detailing the seventy five year history of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado. Included are pictures of the Cathedral from its beginning to 1987.
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colorado) -- History. ; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Catholic Church -- Colorado -- Denver.
- 1987 October
- 8th grade gym class
- In a girls' eighth grade gym class at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, the girls all wear white, short sleeved blouses, belted dark shorts, socks and white tennis shoes. Several girls stand on their heads while pairs of girls hold them up. The...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Acrobatics--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- "Abie's Irish Rose" at the Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Abie's Irish Rose," a comedy presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose at the theater's front entrance; two little girls stand at center. A sign above the door reads:...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, July 22
- "Auto racer" in mountains - car is possibly a Ford speedster
- A man and woman ride in a car in the mountains; another automobile is in the background.
- Convertible automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Couples--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1922
- "Old" police building
- Exterior of the old police building, formerly the old city hall, located on 14th (fourteenth) and Larimer street in Denver, Colorado. A sign above the doorway reads: "Police Building"; another sign on the building reads: "Mobilgas". Automobiles are...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- "Taking Some Steps Back in Time" speech
- "The Negro's Place" by Clarence F. Holmes
- A "Buffalo Bill" look alike arriving at Union Station on railroad engine.
- A Buffalo Bill look alike poses on a train next to a Native American. Two men on the train wear suits, one man is dressed like a prospector and another man wears a dress shirt with a tie and holds a flag. Spectators stand on either side of the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Impersonation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- A Brief History of Auraria
- A Buffalo Bill look alike at Union Station
- A Buffalo Bill look alike poses on a Locomotive next to a Native American and a man dressed as a prospector. Two other men on the train wear suits and another man wears a dress shirt with a tie and holds a flag. Spectators stand on either side of...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Impersonation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- A cowboy camp
- Cowboy camp somewhere in Colorado; man standing by campfire with numerous cooking pots hanging over it and dutch ovens nearby; canvas tents, wagon and saddled horses in background; larger group of men standing around another campfire, center...
- Campfires--Colorado--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Cripple Creek mine (the Logan)
- Groups of men work around a building at the Logan Mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado. One man dumps an ore car; another man chops wood. A team of horses stands by.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1930.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1925?]
- A Grand Valley packing house, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of fruit-packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; women with aprons individually wrapping & packing peaches & pears in crates; wooden crate with label "Superior quality peaches grown at Cross...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Pears--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- A Grand Valley packing house, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of fruit-packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; dozens of stacks of wooden crates packed with peaches & pears, one man pushing dolly loaded with crates of pears labeled "Grand Valley pears...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Pears--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1910 and 1918]