Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado State University
- A college student walks past an academic building on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Bicycles are locked in a rack by the flat-roofed structure.
- Colorado State University--1960-1970.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.
- December 4, 1968
- Paying with gold dust
- View of miners in a general store paying for their goods with gold dust, Yukon, Alaska. The proprietor uses a scale on the counter to weigh the dust.
- Gold--Alaska--1890-1900.; Interiors--Alaska--1890-1900.; Miners--Alaska--1890-1900.; Mining--Alaska--1890-1900.; Paying bills--1890-1900.
- Fall, 1899
- Standard Mine close to Lafayette.
- A man aims an automatic rifle on a tripod near the Standard Mine, part of the UMW strike against RMFC, near Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado. Another man stands in a nearby wooden shelter.
- Rocky Mountain Fuel Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Standard Mine (Lafayette, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine guns--Colorado--Lafayette--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- February 14, 1914
- Members of the Arapahoe County Library Council
- Members of the Arapahoe County Library Council meet at a retangular table in a room lined with bookshelves. They are left to right, Mrs. Miles Davies, Deer Tail; Mrs. Herman Oliner, Englewood; Mrs. George Hores, Allen Bradley, Aurora and Mrs....
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Meetings--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.
- February 18, 1964
- Checking in at Littleton
- "Mrs. Howard Brown, 6623 S. Grant St. gives her son Trevor, 5, one last look at a book before checking in at the Littleton Public Library." The Carnegie funded brick library designed by architect J. B. Benedict was completed in 1917. The brick...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.
- January 24, 1962
- Eaton's new city hall, Eaton, Colo. 1902
- The brick City Hall in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado is Colonial Georgian in style, with a vented tower with clock and weathervane, a tile roof, a central entrance with pilasters, a pediment, lamps, and a fan window; doors with glazed lunettes in...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1930.
- January 31, 1928
- Parade, Estes Park, Colorado
- People watch a parade in Estes Park, Colorado. A stagecoach marked "Elkhorn Lodge and Stable," with two guitar players on top, pulled by two horses, and followed by a man with a sombrero on horseback, rolls down the street past the Hupp Hotel....
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Estes Park--1970-1980.
- July 14, 1970
- Idaho Springs, Colorado residences
- View of tree lined street with residences in Idaho Springs, Colorado; includes the three story Marshall house (advertising steam and board) with three men standing near the house and a woman sitting on the porch; house features a bay window, hipped...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.
- July 23, 1922
- Mrs. James A. Wilson, Children's Librarian, confers with a customer
- A young girl, Lynn Wilson, stands in front of the circulation desk and checks out a book at the Lakewood Public Library in Jefferson County, Colorado. She wears a sleeveless shirt, plaid trouser; her hair is styled in a ponytail with a headband. ...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Librarians--Colorado--Lakewood--1960-1970.; Wilson, James, Mrs.; Wilson, Lynn.
- July 3, 1962
- Swimmers in Natatorium at Glenwood Springs
- Swimmers frolic in the Natatorium in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Two swimmers play with floating logs and ladders. The Stone Bath House and the Wooden Bath House are in the background.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- June 19, 1898
- Holy Cross N. F.
- Small abandoned and dilapidated wood buildings are at the base of a hill in Independence, Pitkin County, Colorado. The hillside, marked by two horizontal roads, has only a few trees, and new trees have been planted. A snowy mountain is in the...
- Independence (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Independence--1930-1940.
- June 5, 1939
- Ribbon snipping opens Northglenn Shopping Center
- At a ribbon cutting ceremony for Northglenn Mall, Adams County, Colorado, Jordon Perlmutter and officials are on stage. A wheel made from carnations and ribbon spokes has names of stores; a crowd looks on.
- Northglenn (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building dedications--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Perlmutter, Jordon.
- March 14, 1968
- John W. Haines, III at Pietra Colora, Italy
- John W. Haines, III, of Company I, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division, faces the camera and smiles with a cigarette in his mouth and a rifle on his back. Behind him are the ruins and rubble of Pietra Colora. Haines was later...
- Pietra Colora (Italy)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; Haines, John W.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company I.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United...
- March 1945
- Restored Cherrelyn horse car
- The restored Cherrelyn horse car in Englewood, Colorado, which ran between 1894 and 1910; two large horses pull the car and a man in a raincoat is on the conductor's platform. The car has glassless windows, a canopy over the platform, and windows...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.); Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Street railroads--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.
- March 7, 1968
- Sluicing at Park Reservoir
- View of hydraulic gold placer mining at Park Reservoir, Sheridan County, Wyoming; shows miners working by embankments, sluices, scaffolding, and holding ponds.
- Sluices--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1910-1920.; Park Reservoir (Wyo.)--1910-1920.; Gold mining--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1910-1920.; Hydraulic mining--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1910-1920.; Miners--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1910-1920.;...
- May 1, 1910
- Fraser, Colo. View Mercantile Co.
- Signs on two story building in in Fraser, Colorado, reads "Fraser Mercantile Company" and "Fraser Valley Cloth Co." The shingled gable roof of the building has a brick chimney with a ladder leading to it and a metal chimney; a shed and another...
- Fraser (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Fraser--1970-1980.
- May 11, 1978
- Eaton High School, Deffke
- Deffke, an Eaton High School track team member, wearing an "E" on his uniform, in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, jumps horizontally over the high jump crossbar while boys and men look on. Bleachers are in the background.
- Eaton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Track athletics--Colorado--Eaton--1930-1940.
- May 1934
- Command post kitchen scene, Cave del Predil
- Tenth Mountain Division soldiers T/4 Leo Tyler (left) and T/5 "Red" Neiman (right) cooks of Headquarters Company, 86th Regiment, in their modern kitchen in the command post in the town of Cavo del Predil.
- Mess halls--Italy--1940-1950.; Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Neiman, Red.; Tyler, Leo.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Georgetown, Colorado May 1946
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking north, taken from Leavenworth Mountain. The grid plan of the town is clearly visible; many of the blocks have large unbuilt areas. Recognizable landmarks include Chimney Rock, the Cushman Block, the old school,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- May 1946
- Climax Molybdenum Company officials
- Officials of Climax Molybdenum Mining Company look at a podium; W. J. Coulter (mine company manager) is second from left. A gavel is on the table.
- Meetings--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1950.; Coulter, W. J.
- May 5, 1941
- Ruins of "Old Main" just after fire
- Smoke rises from smoldering ruins of "Old Main," an academic building on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado.
- Colorado State University--1970-1980.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fires--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.
- May 9, 1970
- Ruins of "Old Main" just after fire
- People look the ruins of "Old Main," on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. A crane is in the smoking rubble.
- Colorado State University--1970-1980.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fires--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.
- May 9, 1970
- Left to the dogs - Rico, Colorado view north up Main Street
- View of Main Street, Rico, Dolores County, Colorado; shows brick, stone or frame buildings, cars and trucks, and sign: "Shell."
- Rico (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Rico--1980-1990.
- November 5, 1982
- Dr. Mc Namara standing
- A man leans against a brick cornerstone in front of the framing of the hospital in Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County.
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building sites--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.
- October 27, 1965
- Fairplay hospital
- Two nurses work in a hospital in Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County. One nurse writes in an open medical chart; the other works over a table with a bottle of "Ioprep" on top of it. Medical supplies are on a cart underneath four cabinets. An IV...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Medical equipment & supplies--Colorado--Fairplay--1960- 1970.; Nurses--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.
- October 27, 1965
- Fairplay hospital
- A woman wearing a print dress arranges sheets in a crib in a hospital nursery in Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County. Another crib is next to her. An incubator is in front of an oxygen tank.
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Medical equipment & supplies--Colorado--Fairplay--1960- 1970.; Nurseries--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.
- October 27, 1965
- Fairplay, Colorado
- A nurse ascends the stairs in a hospital in Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County. She wears a nurse's uniform (white dress, cap) and holds a medical chart in her left hand. A gurney with medical equipment is beneath the stairs. An open door leads...
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Nurses--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.
- October 27, 1965
- Independence Mine and Mill, Cripple Creek Dist.
- View of the Independence Mine and Mill, Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The town of Independence is in the distance.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Victor (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.;...
- October 6, 1910
- Mending and repairing books
- Mrs. Orlando Romero (left) and Mrs. Lois Dockter repair books in the Adams County Library, Northglenn, Colorado. Titles include: "Little Bear Bumble," "Whitey Takes A Trip" and "Cowboys and Indians."
- Northglenn (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Adams County Public Library (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- October 7, 1964
- Bridge across the Platte River
- View looking down the footbridge that spans the North Fork of the South Platte River in Ferndale, Colorado, in Jefferson County. Steel cables support part of the wooden bridge.
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Ferndale--1930-1940.
- September 21, 1939
- Burros loaded with track iron for mines at Silverton
- Street scene in Silverton, Colorado; shows a train of burros loaded with track for mines and a burro with an ore car strapped to its back. Frame, gable-roof and false front buildings on Thirteenth (13th) Street include the two-story San Juan Herald...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- September, 1887
- Idaho Springs 1900s
- The view looking north, in downtown Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows two young boys standing next to a burro which has a saddle blanket and an equipment harness on its back. The boys are dressed in suits and ties; one wears a flat cap, the other...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- September, 1900
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado Routt County, Pioneer Day celebration taken from Onyx Quarry? Hill toward N.E.
- Spectators gather on the slopes of Quarry Mountain and in buggies around the perimeter of a field to watch the baseball game during the Pioneer Day festivities in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (Moffat...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Steamboat...
- September, 1908
- Mercantile store, Ashcroft
- Mr. Sawyer stands inside a dilapidated store in Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado. The elderly man has a cigar in his mouth and looks up as sunlight streams in through the missing roof boards above the rafters. His...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Interiors.
- Summer 1943
- Miss Elizabeth Kuhn taught school in this building in Turret in 1929
- View of an abandoned, dilapidated, hewn log schoolhouse in the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County, shows a front gable, chinking, front window and door and peeling tar paper on roof.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.; Schools--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.; Kuhn, Elizabeth--Homes & haunts.
- Summer 1974
- View from the top of a small knoll south of the town of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- A grave is surrounded by a picket fence on a knoll in the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. Brush grows around the grave and a dirt road winds toward the ghost town.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Graves--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- Summer 1975
- Park Hill School students playing store
- The photograph is of five students from Park Hill Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Four boys are wearing paper hats and aprons pretending to be store clerks. One girl is dressed up and carrying a basket for shopping. They are all standing...
- Park Hill School (Denver, Colo.); South Park Hill (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.;Grocery stores.; Children Playing.
- undated
- An exterior view South High School.
- A black and white photograph of the entrance of South High School taken from the north west and across the street. The tract from a street car line runs down the middle of East Louisiana Street.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Caroline Downing