Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Automobile dealership
- An automobile is parked near a dealership at 1249 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the building read: "Platt-Fawcett Motor Co.," "J. E. Lindsay Studio," and "Paige."
- Platt-Fawcett Motor Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Automobile parts warehouse
- Interior view of an automobile parts warehouse in Denver, Colorado. Stocked wooden shelves and bins are in the room.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile equipment & supplies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Shelving--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Automobile repair garage
- Mechanics work on an automobile at a garage in Denver, Colorado. An air compressor and tools are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air compressors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mechanics (Persons)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Automobile dealership
- View of the Chevrolet Motor Company automobile showroom in Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick and stone building has arched windows and signs that read: "Chevrolet," "Power Capacity Economy," and "We Close at 1 p.m. on Saturdays."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Tom Botterill automobile dealership
- View of the Tom Botterill automobile dealership at 1270 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building has arched windows and decorative brickwork. Automobiles, one with a spare tire cover that reads: "Commercial Car Browns & Caine...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Automobile service garage
- View of an automobile repair garage at 1400 Oneida Street in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked nearby. Signs read: "Coca-Cola," "Brake Service," and "Auto Service."
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1976
- Convertible automobile on display
- An early convertible automobile sits in the showroom of the Metzger Motor Car Company, possibly in Denver, Colorado. A portion of another vehicle is in the right foreground. Two people sit in the shadows behind a counter in the right background....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1909?]
- Anita Apodaca Alire and friend
- Anita Apodaca Alire, in a long coat, poses with a gas station attendant as she puts gas into an automobile. The license plate on the car reads: "1-44792 5 Colorado 49."
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobile service stations.; Women.; Alire, Anita Apodaca--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Service stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- [1949?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 19, 1909 June 26
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 6, 1918 August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 6 and 7, 1920 June-July
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 14, 1913 April 26
- Automobile
- Close-up view of a convertible automobile parked on a street in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Automobile and horse-drawn wagon on bridge
- Men pose in and near a horse-drawn buggy and an automobile on the Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Buildings commercial Texaco station at 200 So. Santa Fe, Denver
- An attendant stands near a Six Star filling station at 200 South Santa Fe Drive in Denver, Colorado. A convertible automobile is parked near a fuel pump. A sign on a nearby building reads: "The Six Star Lubricants Co. Home Of Pure Pennsylvania Oils...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Herbert Garage
- Mechanics sit and stand near the frame and under carriage of an automobile in Herbert Garage at 3660 Downing Street in Denver, Colorado. Tools, car parts, and a workbench are nearby. A sign that reads: "Herbert Garage" is on the wall.
- Herbert Garage (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mechanics--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Men and woman in automobile
- Men and a woman sit in an early automobile probably in Denver, Colorado. They wear coats and hats. Snow is on the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Woman and automobile
- A woman, probably Katherine Buckwalter, poses near an automobile that is parked on a road in the mountains of Colorado.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Automobile in a field
- A woman, probably Katherine Buckwalter, sits in an automobile in a field in Colorado.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Automobile in a field
- A woman, probably Katherine Buckwalter, sits in an automobile in a field in Colorado.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Automobile on road
- View of a convertible automobile on a road in Colorado. A mountain is in the distance.
- Convertible automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Overland cars corner of East Main & Ash trolley tracks
- View of Overland automobiles parked near Bennett and Dale automobile dealership on East Main Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. One-story brick buildings with decorative trim are nearby. Signs on the automobiles read: "Overlands in...
- Bennett & Dale (Trinidad, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Garage interior
- Interior view of an automobile repair shop probably in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Automobiles and parts are in the room.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 1st Ouray Car Club Show, 8:30 PM. on Main Street passing in front of Bear Creek Store!
- A couple drives their antique Ford Model A automobile along Main Street during the first Car Club Show in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The two-tone car has running boards with a spare tire.
- Antique and classic cars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ford Model A automobile--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Exhibitions--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 22, 1979
- Auto races at Overland Park
- View of automobile races at Overland Park in Denver, Colorado. Spectators sit in grandstands. One man in a pit crew wears coveralls that read: "Baker Special".
- Pit crews--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Racing automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- 4th Annual New-Times Marathon
- The start of the 4th Annual Mountain Marathon sponsored by the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Times, Denver, Colorado. A banner that hangs across the street reads: "Start. 4th Annual Mountain Marathon June 3rd. News-Times." Shows bystanders, a...
- Denver Times--Public relations--1900-1930.; Rocky Mountain News--Public relations--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Auto races at Overland park
- Crowds fill the grandstand to watch dirt track automobile racing at Overland Park in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Grandstands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Racetracks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Racing...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Electric automobile, early 20's
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry and Addie Mellon Rhoads, parents of Harry M. Rhoads sit inside an electric automobile in front of City Park pavilion, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Electric automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Addie Mellon.; Rhoads, Harry Fisher.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.--Family.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Kahare kar service & garage (6th & Ogden)
- Automobiles and a panel truck are parked in front of Kahre Kar Service & Garage near 408 E. 7th (Seventh) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Shell Gasoline", "Complete Automobile Service", "Garage, Drive In", and "Day And Night Service." The...
- Kahre Kar Service & Garage (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Auto race at Overland Park
- View of automobile racing at Overland Park, in Denver, Colorado; people crowd bleachers by a water tower, and men watch race cars at the finish line.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Harry's Hudson
- View of a Hudson automobile in (probably) Denver, Colorado; women are by a house in the background.
- Hudson automobile--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Sade Rhoads and daughters at City Park in their 1925 Hudson Super Six Coach
- Sade, Mary Elizabeth, and Harriet Rhoads pose with a Hudson automobile at City Park, in Denver, Colorado. The girls carry parasols; the Thatcher Monument and fountain are in the background.
- Hudson automobile--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1925 and 1927?]
- Two unidentified men with automobile tires
- Two unidentified men hold worn rubber automobile tires for display. Possibly part of a promotional campaign for the Gates Rubber Company.
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Tire industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- An early Studebaker - Garford, manufactured from 1904 to 1911 probably in association with the 1908 New York to Paris Round the World Race, near Cheyenne
- A Studebaker-Garfield and another automobile are mired in mud near Cheyenne, Wyoming, during the 1908 New York to Paris Round the World Race.
- Automobile racing--Wyoming--1900-1910.; Mud--Wyoming--1900-1910.; Roads--Wyoming--1900-1910.
- 1908
- "Boss Rubber Co." tire station with News-Times press car during one of Pike's Peak early hill climbs
- A Packard Twin Six, used as the Rocky Mountain News press automobile, is stopped at the tire station on the Pikes Peak Highway, Colorado Springs, Colorado. A man stands next to a tire display. A sign tied to a tent reads: "Boss Rubber Co. Tire...
- Rocky Mountain News--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Packard automobile--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Tire industry--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Old race car
- People watch from the side of a dirt road as a racing automobile rounds a turn in a News-Times car marathon.
- Automobile racing--Colorado--1900-1930.; Racing automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Automobile off the road
- Men and a woman stand near an automobile that has run off a rocky dirt road, in (probably) Colorado.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1910-1930.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1930.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Pike's Peak highway entrance
- A Packard Twin Six, used as the Rocky Mountain News press automobile, begins the Pikes Peak Highway ascent, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mountain road entrance has a stone gateway and fence attached to a small building.
- Rocky Mountain News--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parkard automobile--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- New - Times Marathon
- Race car #3 crashed into a wooden pole during a contest between the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Times newspapers. A group of people stand around the automobile.
- Accidents--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Gold seal dairies
- A worker loads cases of milk bottles into a delivery truck at Gold Seal Dairies Inc., 1230 13th (Thirteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Next door business signs read: "Kahre Kar Service Garage, Complete Automobile Service", "Storage, Repairing,...
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc.--1930-1940.; Kahre Kar Service & Garage (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Dairy products...
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Trolley car and automobile accident
- A man stands outside of a trolley car door. In the background a crowd gathers around an automobile and trolley car accident.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Street railroad accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Automobile in snow
- View of an automobile on a high, snowy road in Colorado. The 1920 Overland Four is equipped with tire chains. A mesa or butte is in the distance.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- A sky line boulevard
- Two men with a 1914 Cadillac automobile have stopped to view Mt. Massive from the summit of Tennessee Pass, Lake County, Colorado. The unpaved road is the abandoned right of way of the D. & R. G. (Denver & Rio Grande) railroad narrow gauge tracks.
- Cadillac automobile--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1920.; Lake County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1920.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920?]
- Road race #6 car
- View of an automobile race in (probably) Colorado; number reads: "6," spectators look on.
- Automobile racing--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Car #17 - road race
- View of an automobile race in (probably) Colorado; number reads: "17."
- Automobile racing--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Automobile near a waterfall
- An automobile is parked near a stone wall probably in Colorado. Water flows over the wall.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Stone walls--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Automobiles dealership
- View of the Rogers Platt Chevrolet Co., automobile dealer located at 2120 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, and Weicker Warehouse (storage facility built 1925-1926).
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1929 and 1935]
- Royal Gorge westbound Scenic Limited stopped at Hanging Bridge, with Chrysler Automobile representatives posed at rear of train
- Chrysler Automobile representatives (men and women) pose on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad "Scenic Limited" observation car at Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Chrysler Corporation--Employees--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [September, 1940?]
- Royal Gorge westbound Scenic Limited stopped at Hanging Bridge, with Chrysler Automobile representatives posed at rear of train
- Chrysler Automobile representatives (men and women) pose with the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad "Scenic Limited" observation car on Hanging Bridge, Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Chrysler Corporation--Employees--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- [September, 1940?]
- Carpenter Chevrolet Co. Denver
- View of the Carpenter Chevrolet automobile dealership, 2120 East Colfax (at Gaylord) Street, in Denver, Colorado. A man poses, electric sign reads: "Chevrolet," and the Weicker Storage and Transfer Company warehouse is in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1928