Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- A "Stork" Party at Gates
- Members of the Gates and Rhoads family gather for a "stork" party at the Gates'. Front row of table: John Gates, second from left; Mrs. Addie Rhoads, fifth from right (holding a Gates or Rhoads child); and possibly Mrs. Sadie Rhoads, second from...
- Showers (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Addie Mellon.; Rhoads, Sade.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Group photo at a Gates Rubber Company employee party
- A large group of Gates Rubber Company employees at a formal dinner. Addie Mellon and Harry F. Rhoads (Harry M. Rhoads' parents) are seated in the center, Charles C. and Hazel Rhoads Gates stand directly behind the Rhoads. The room is decorated with...
- Gates Rubber Company--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Dinner parties--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Addie Mellon.; Rhoads, Harry Fisher.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Warehouse building in Central City
- This warehouse on Spring Street in Central City, Colorado, was formerly the Sauer-McShane Mercantile Co. It is a large, masonry building with rectangular windows, a gabled roof and four entrances. A sign above the entrance to the far left reads...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Warehouses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Gates Rubber Co. maypole May Day celebration
- At the Gates Rubber Company's May Day celebration, several women in matching costumes, with headbands and ballet shoes, hold long ribbons attached to a Maypole. The May Day queen sits on a stage with a crown and a bouquet of flowers; John Gates...
- Gates Rubber Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; May poles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gates, John.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Eureka Street, Central City
- Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado, is crowded with cars and jeeps in a view that looks toward Central Hill. Four people sit in a jeep in the foreground. A man smoking a cigarette drives the jeep; another man wearing a hat, glasses, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Flags--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Dragging it into camp
- View of Native American (Navajo) men in a camp, Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. The camp consists of a brush shelter, horses and wagons, and a wooden rail fence in the background. One man sits on the seat of a hitched wagon. A dead cow is tied to the...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Indian...
- [1908?]
- Christmas in a Denver bar
- A man dressed in a long tailed tuxedo and top hat takes a drink at the bar of a local Denver tavern. Three bartenders stand behind the bar, other customers are in the background. Christmas decorations cover the wall behind the bar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Mayor Ben Stapleton with group at Denver Union Station
- Mayor Ben Stapleton poses with a group at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. He stands behind a little boy who wears a cowboy hat. Native Americans dressed in costume pose with the group.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Stapleton, Benjamin Franklin, 1869-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Gravestone, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a gravestone in the cemetery at Georgetown, Colorado, on the north end of the town. The gravestone is scalloped on the top, with a carved hand holding a blossom just beneath the top of the stone. Carved on the stone are the words, "Leroy...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the grounds of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. On the right side of the photograph a path leads to the house in the distance, surrounded by trees. Bushes and flowers grow along the side...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. The mounted police, three men in suits wearing bowler hats and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mounted police--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Catherine Vienna Flynn, Central City biog.
- Catherine Vienna Flynn poses for a portrait wearing a floor-length dress with a high neck and beading on the bodice and skirt in Central City, Colorado. She wears a choker with a pendant around her neck, earrings, a bracelet, and a ring. She holds...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flynn, Catherine Vienna.
- [1890?]
- Courthouse lawn, Central City
- Fire equipment sits on the lawn of the courthouse in Central City, Colorado. The apparatus in the foregroound has four spoked wheels and sideboards. Another piece of equipment with spoked wheels is behind it. A tree is in the background. Two...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Central City--1930- 1940.
- [1938]
- Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a house in Georgetown, Colorado. The two-story building has a hipped roof and a porch with a roof that runs the width of the building. The top floor has three tall windows, and the columns on the first floor porch are covered in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Spencer Penrose
- Two men, including Spencer Penrose, stand behind a counter while another man signs the register in the lobby of the Portland Hotel, Cripple Creek, Colorado. All are dressed in suit and ties, one with a top hat. Behind the counter is a mail rack and...
- Portland Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939.
- [1895?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south. Rocks, bushes, and pines on Griffith Mountain are in the foreground; behind them are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school Main Street at the base of Griffith Mountain. The church...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Interior, Forbes Drug Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of Forbes' Drug Store, in Georgetown, Colorado, on the first floor of the Cushman Block on Sixth (6th) Street. Showcases and shelves display small flat round boxes, a crate of seeds, rolls of wallpaper with an oriental rug hanging...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Looking north from Georgetown, Colorado, on U.S. No. 6
- View near Georgetown, Colorado, shows U.S. Highway No. 6, a two- lane road lined with telephone poles. In the distance next to the road is a house built by Robert Orchard Old, a noted mining man and financier. It is was subsequently owned by James...
- Old, Robert Orchard--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- July 1945
- Maxwell Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Maxwell House, Georgetown, Colorado, at 409 Fourth Street. Construction began in 1870; the house was acquired by B.F. Potter in 1891, who added the tower and decorative elements to the facade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell...
- Maxwell, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Spring Street, Central City streets
- View of a brick house the edge of a hill on Spring Street in Central City, Colorado. The house is a one-story structure with a porch, a bay window with large rectangular windows, and a flat roof. A stone wall is on the left side of the house, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Saloon, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a saloon in Georgetown, Colorado. The dark wood bar with carved arches and columns is viewed diagonally; the bartender behind the bar wears a vest, a white shirt with a high collar, a tie, and a handlebar moustache; he holds a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Jerome Dingerson, operator of Courier (?-1950)
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Jerome (Jerry) Dingerson, in a plaid shirt, apron, and pin- striped trowsers, kneels to the left of a row cabinets holding printing type and places type into a tray from an...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Typesetting--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Dingerson, Jerry.
- [between 1945 and 1950?]
- The Cliff House and Soda Springs, Manitou, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, a three-story frame building with hipped gable roof, widows' walk, wrap around porch, and balcony. Ladders lean on the the south wing; horses, coaches, buggies, and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1875?]
- Manitou Spring, Manitou, Colo.
- View of the Manitou Soda Spring in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. The conical, faceted roofed rustic gazebo with its branch uprights and branch benches around the perimeter is in the center; unstripped rail fence extends to the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- A scene in Manitou
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north at the Soda Spring Pavilion and the Cliff House. The Pavilion is a frame structure with a cross-gable roof and a cupola with flagpole; the foundation is knee- high rusticated stone. The east half is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880- 1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff...
- [between 1885 and 1887?]
- Sode Spring, Manitou
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north. The bridge across Ruxton Creek is in the foreground, and the rustic gazebo over Soda Spring is behind it. The ring around Navajo Spring is in the foreground on the right, and on the left a horse and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1873?]
- Soda Springs
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north at the Navajo Soda Spring and Cliff House Hotel. Men and women are gathered around the Navajo Spring stone ring. The Fountain Creek bridge is to the right, and directly behind the group is the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- Barber shop in Breckenridge
- In the interior of a barbershop in Breckenridge, Colorado, a man in a white shirt and bow tie leans on a barber chair. He wears rimless glasses and his hair is parted in the middle. To the right, a man gets his hair cut. Behind them is a potted...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barbershops--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Interiors.--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Breckenridge boys
- Six men of the Breckenridge Volunteer Fire Department of Breckenridge, Colorado, pose with their safety bicycles in front of a false fronted store. Wearing soft hats and suspenders, they have bedrolls and boxes tied to their handlebars. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Capt. Smith's Veteran Company, Insley Guards: Major N. E. Insley [graphic]
- Captain Smith's Deputy Army Veteran Company pose at Camp Boynton in Beaver Park, Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado. A row of men kneel behind a dirt barricade, another row of men stand behind them, all hold rifles. Two cooks with...
- Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1894.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Barricades--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cooks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Militias--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners'...
- 1894
- Hardware store 1910
- In this hardware store in Breckenridge, Colorado, high shelves to the left are laden with dinnerware and cooking utensils. A glass case on the floor to the left displays gloves; a man in stocking feet leans on it. The wall of shelves and cases...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- 1910
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground at the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men wear suits and hats and the women are in dresses and elegant hats. Within the crowded...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a man, in a tutu standing on a wooden horse, and a clown ride on top of a small cart pulled by a group of Black men in hooded, striped gowns. A man and woman ride bicycles behind the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Cycling--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- Bicyclists pose on a street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Starry bunting is woven into their spokes, and American flags hang from their handlebars. Two men are in a buggy behind the cyclists; frame residences and commercial buildings are behind them,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1900?
- Gene Luby of Eagle & C.L. Danielson
- Gene Luby and C.L. Danielson of Basalt, Colorado, pose in front of a brick building. Luby wears trousers, a long-sleeved shirt, suspenders, and a tie. Danielson wears a suit, shirt, a t-shirt under the shirt, and a hat. Both men hold their arms...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Danielson, C. L.; Luby, Gene.
- [1955?]
- Issuing rations
- A Native American (Sioux) man holding a pipe squats in front of a tepee camp, probably the Dakota Territory. Shows U.S. officers and their families with Sioux sitting and standing behind them waiting for the distribution of rations.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Food relief--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Military...
- 1882?
- Old Methodist Church converted to a residence
- The clapboard Methodist church in Aurora, Colorado, which is along an unpaved street, has a roof with a large gable, rectangular windows, and a side entry with a gable. Steps with handrails lead up to the covered porch. A round cupola with shingles...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Churches--Colorado--Aurora--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Aurora--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Students at High School
- Schoolchildren pose in two rows in front of the Basalt schoolhouse in Basalt, Colorado. Ten boys and girls sit on a bench; older boys and girls stand in a back row. A man in a dark suit and a bow tie stands in the background. The girls wear...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Mill site at Fall River Rd, 1955
- View of Fall River, Clear Creek County, Colorado, a town on Fall River Road, at the confluence of Fall River and Clear Creek, near Idaho Springs; shows reinforced road along side of mountain, gable-roof house with a rockpile behind it, and man and...
- Fall River (Colo. : Town)--1950-1960.; Roads--Colorado--Fall River--1950-1960.
- 1955
- Central City Play Festivals
- Two people buy tickets from a woman behind a counter at the ticket office in Central City, Colorado. The woman, who has her back toward the camera, wears a jacket and print shirt, and the man wears a suit jacket, a white shirt with a pointed...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Theater audiences--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Drugstore interior
- Interior view of the Schultz Drug Co. on 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Men and a woman stand behind the display cases and African American men, who include Clarence F. Holmes, Sr., stand behind the lunch counter.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Gilpin County
- View of gravestones at a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; one stone surrounded by a small metal fence with spiked metal posts between the flat metal corner posts; tall wire fence behind the stones, and trees behind that.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Georgetown, Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking down from Republican Mountain into the valley, with Griffith Mountain behind. Large rocks, brush, and pine trees are in the foreground; in the valley the Hamill House is visible from behind the carriage house...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Possibly July 4, 1912
- View of a parade of Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado, looking west; shows the Cushman Block the Monti and Guanella Block, the Fish Block, and Masonic Lodge. The parade is probably a Fourth of July celebration; American flags hang...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Flags--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.;...
- [1912?]
- Sign, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a building in Georgetown, Colorado, on which a sign has been painted. The corrugated roof of the rectangular building reads, "Read the Great Divide, it sets people talking." A smaller shed roof attached reads, "Curran Co. adv'g signs,...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- "Mrs. Josie Clark," July 4, 1903
- View of a group of men in front of the Star Hook and Ladder Company fire house in Georgetown, Colorado. Ten men crouch in the front row; eight wear shortsleeved jerseys and knee-length pants, and the other two wear the company's uniform, including...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Loretto Heights Service camp, World War I
- Commander Scotland (possibly), matron in charge, sits on a wire bench, Mrs. Sharp stands behind, and another woman (in uniform) holds a ball behind her back as she shakes the paw of a dog at Loretto Heights service camp grounds, Denver, Colorado.
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Craig
- Interior view of a church in Craig, Colorado; shows a large crucifix hanging behind a simple alter; podium with a cross on the front next to the alter, and a doorway on the other side of the alter; wall behind the alter has a large wooden...
- Craig (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Craig--1930-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Idaho Springs
- View of the Silver Plume band in front of the Blue Ribbon Mineral Springs near Idaho Springs, Colorado; features fast running water in front of a horizontal board retaining wall; Silver Plume band, a sheriff, women, men, and children posed behind...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1908]
- Firemen, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a firemen's Fourth of July parade float in Georgetown, Colorado. Twelve boys in overalls and caps stand holding a rope attached to the hose cart, where two other boys sit; the cart is decorated with stars-and-stripes bunting. Two firemen,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1940.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]