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- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 23, 1909 July 24
- Dan's Corner Tavern
- A woman poses in front of Dan's Corner Tavern, 5302 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The bar, a former residence, has a cross-gabled roof, brick facing and several additions. Signs read, "AMAZINGLY LOW!!,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Elyria Swansea neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Signs (Notices); Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- 1980
- Woman seated on ground next to picnic table
- A man and woman pose outdoors in Denver, Colorado. The man prepares to pour the contents of the bottle on the woman's head. Other beer bottles: "Milwaukee [...]," are on a nearby picnic table.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Basket
- Shows a Native American (Jicarilla Apache) coiled basket used as a water bottle. The bottle features a pitched coiled design method. The foundation is made of rod pieces and the handle of horsehair.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Jicarilla Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Water bottles--1900-1930.; Baskets--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- J.B. Rowley & John A. Gilfillan 1937
- J. B. Rowley, left, and John A. Gilfillan, right, sit at a table in front of a log cabin, probably in Eldora, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado. The two men were pioneers of the town in the 1890s. Rowley was a prospector and a small mine...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Gilfillan, John A.; Rowley, J. B.
- [1939?]
- Gilfillan, Kemp & Rowley
- From left, John A. Gilfillan, John H. Kemp and J. B. Rowley, all pioneers of the mining town of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, raise their glasses in a toast at a table in front of a log cabin, probably the Kemp family cabin in Eldora. A...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Toasting--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Gilfillan, John A.; Kemp, John H.; Rowley, J. B.
- [1939?]
- Western History Subject Index
- The Bottle
- Hoffman Heights Development, Ground Breaking
- Black and white print of five individuals at Hoffman Heights Development ground breaking in December 1950. Woman at left holding a small bottle in each hand. Man in chef's hat passing a bottle to another gentleman. Woman in a clown suit standing...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- Dec-50
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 16, 1909 June 5
- Park Hillboy
- Newsletter produced by Park Hill Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado. Newsletter was aimed at the young men in the congregation and area and includes information pertaining to the youth activities and events pertaining to the church.
- Park Hill Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1912 November
- Bottle cap from Tivoli beer, bottled by the Tivoli-Union Brewery
- View of a beer cap (ca.1901-1915) from the Tivoli-Union Brewery in Denver, Colorado. Shows a gold colored bottle cap with a central image of the sun and rays that radiate outward on a field of gray clouds. The words: "Trade Mark" and "Tivoli" are...
- Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Products--1900-1920.; Cap closures.; Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Caps and closures--Pictorial works.
- 1981
- Squaw & water bottle
- Portrait of a Native American woman wearing a blanket and looking into a bottle or jar shaped basket.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Baskets--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Whiskey bottle on to of Zook Bldg. could be seen from Capitol steps & appeared to be on top of County Bldg.
- View of the City and County Building in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Soldier's Monument and a cannon are nearby. An advertisement shaped like a whiskey bottle is on the Zook Building in the distance.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Advertisements--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1952 March 30
- Whiskey bottle on top of Zook Bldg. could be seen from Capitol steps & created quite an uproar from the City fathers as it appeared to be on top of the County Bldg.
- View of the City and County Building in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Soldier's Monument and cannons are nearby. An advertisement shaped like a whiskey bottle is on the Zook Building in the distance.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Advertisements--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1952 March 20
- Western History Subject Index
- Protocrats club
- Park Hill Topics Volume 7 No. 37
- Tremont House, Burnett's Cocaine bottle artifact
- 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Jose Eufemio Trujillo
- José Eufemio Trujillo (right) sits at a table with an unidentified man in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. José wears coveralls, a jacket and a wide brimmed hat, he has a mustache. The unidentified man pours a liquor bottle into a...
- Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mustaches.; Trujillo, Jose Eufemio--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Blanca, Colo.
- View of the 600 block of Main Street in Blanca, Colorado. Two businesses are on the street. At 610 Main Street is the Trinchera Irrigation Co. The one story stucco building has a garage door, two entrances, and two windows. Next door is the...
- Corral (Blanca, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Trinchera Irrigation Company (Blanca, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Blanca (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Corral (Blanca, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Trinchera Irrigation Company (Blanca,...
- 1992
- Feliberto Gonzáles
- Feliberto Gonzales stands behind a bar with a marble top probably in a saloon in Gulnare (Las Animas County), Colorado. He wears a tie, jacket and brimmed hat and holds a bottle of beer. A mirror, cash register, and bottles of liquor are behind...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Interiors.; Gonzáles, Feliberto, 1885-1960--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- [ca. 1915]
- Two bottles of Tivoli beer, bottled by the Tivoli-Union Brewery
- View of two bottles of beer (ca.1901-1915) from the Tivoli-Union Brewery in Denver, Colorado. Shows dark colored bottles with gold caps. The label on the bottle reads: "Tivoli Beer," "The Tivoli-Union Brewing Co. Denver, Colo." and "All Natural...
- Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Products--1900-1920.; Bottles.; Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Beer bottles--Pictorial works.
- 1981
- 2801 Champa St. Five Points (Curtis Park)
- View of Purity Food Store, 2801 Champa Street, in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an abandoned two-story red brick building with a truncated hipped roof, a cornice and brackets. The second story windows have keystone...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Awnings.; Historic buildings.; Stores & shops.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1978
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 34, 1911 August 19
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 29, 1909 September 4
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- Miners
- A group of miners pose near a house made of stone, mud, and wood possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men and a boy wear work clothes including: overalls, pants, boots, bandanas, and hats. One man balances a bottle of liquor on his knee. A...
- Boys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- View on Main St, Pueblo
- View of a crowded Main Street filled with pedestrians in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings (including the Grand Opera House), horse-drawn carriages, cars, a trolley car and rows of electric street lamps. A sign on the...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Red Cliff, Summit Co. Col.
- Men in a group stand on a timber sidewalk and pose beside a false front commercial building that reads: "M. Edwards, Drugs and General Merchandise, Post Office, Battle Mountain Stage Office" in Red Cliff, Eagle County (formerly Summit County),...
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Dokey Circus, Denver
- View of circus tents, and an arched wooden entrance sign to "Dokey Circus" at an intersection on East 5th (Fifth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Advertisements on a sign read: "Coca-Cola, Every Bottle Sterilized," "The Model Cleaners and Dyers, Men's...
- Dokey Circus--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Advertisements--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Show tents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1931?]
- Cactus hedge near San Gabriel, Cal.
- Workmen hold a bottle in a cactus hedge near San Gabriel (Los Angeles County), California. The men wear hats.
- San Gabriel (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Cactus--California--San Gabriel--1880-1900.; Hedges (Plants)--California--San Gabriel--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- A woman and a teenage girl sit on the ground and have a picnic beside Clear Creek, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark wool double-breasted jacket and a long skirt. She sits beside a leather case and a large straw sun...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Picnics.; Streams.; Teenagers.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- An elderly man, a woman and a young girl sit on the ground and have a picnic in Clear Creek Canyon, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The man wears a jacket, vest and a hat; he holds a sandwich. The woman wears a wool suit with a...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Older people.; Picnics.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Sargents tank 7
- Men, women and children pose in front of a tent probably near Sargent in Saguache County, Colorado. An older woman stands near a wicker baby carriage, she wears a blouse with a large ruffled bertha collar. A teenage girl, in a dark dress with...
- Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Camping.; Families.; Teenagers.; Tents.; Women.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Basket
- Native American (Ute) coiled willow basket used as a water bottle with attached horsehair and cloth.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Baskets--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Basket
- Native American (Ute) straw basket used as a water bottle with handles made of horsehair.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Water bottles--1880-1900.; Baskets--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Woman scarf wrapped around head
- Studio portrait of a woman feeding a baby from a bottle in Colorado. She wears necklaces and a scarf on her head.
- Infants--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mothers & children--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Short line engine no. 2
- A women uses a bottle of champagne to christen the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek train No. 2 in Colorado. "Schenecady Locomotive Works" is stamped on the engine door.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1910.; Dedications--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Navajo dinner on the desert
- Portrait of Native American Navajo man (cooking food) and children; the man stirs a pot and holds a bottle. A coffee pot is in the fire; wagons are in the background.
- Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Outdoor cookery--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Little Indian girl
- Portrait of Native American girl in (probably) Colorado, standing by a bottle shaped basket. A man looks out from a tipi.
- Indians of North America--Girls--Colorado--1900-1910.; Baskets--Colorado--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Ute woman and child
- Portrait of a Native American Ute woman and child in a cradleboard with beadwork and a bottle in a pouch.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--1900-1910.; Mothers & children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Group
- Studio portrait of a group of young men. They pose with a pistol, bottle of liquor, and a cigar. They wear suits, vests, ties, and wide-brimmed hats.
- Men--1900-1910.
- [either 1901 or 1902]
- Recreation - picnic - large group
- Outdoor portrait of men, women, girls, teenagers, a boy and baby at a picnic in a Denver, Colorado park; a man holds a beer bottle.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Interior of Hance's Cabin at foot of trail
- Men sit and eat inside the ruins of Hance's cabin at the foot of Hance Trail in the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. One man holds a frying pan over a fire and another pours from a bottle into a tin cup. Cans, plates, cups, and a coffee pot...
- Hance, John--Homes & haunts.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Cabins--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Eating & drinking--Arizona--Grand Canyon National...
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Mining household
- A group of miners, a woman, and children pose on the porch of a clapboard house probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. One man slings a gun over his shoulder and another pours beer from a bottle into a glass. A man standing on the porch pretends...
- Children--Colorado--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Fort - Morrison - Sam Arnold & "Sissy" Bear
- A chained brown bear drinks from a bottle near Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, at The Fort restaurant. Sam Arnold (in bolo tie), owner of the restaurant, shares a chain-link enclosure with the animal; women look on from the outside.
- Fort (Restaurant)--1970-1980.; Morrison (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bears--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.; Restaurants--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.
- 1970
- Boulder Wolle residence
- Interior view of the Muriel Sibell Wolle residence, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado; shows dinnerware and a wine bottle on a table. A paper fish and dove (a pinata?), hang from the ceiling; woven figures (cowboy and burro) are on stairs, and a...
- Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977--Homes & haunts.; Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.
- [between 1945 and 1970]
- Tucker's Restaurant
- Interior view of Tuckers Restaurant, 110 East Pikes Pike Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the dining area of the long rectangular space divided with a wood partition wall with heavy curtains. The wood dining tables have...
- Tucker's Restaurant (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining tables--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Future homemakers at High School, 1941
- Girls in aprons stand at tables inside a classroom at Alamosa High, Alamosa County, Colorado. Front table has tub of "Crisco," covered tin of sugar, vanilla bottle, milk jar, flour sifter, bowl and hand beaters, "Calumet" baking powder and "Betty...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Home economics--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Harry Mellon Rhoads
- Harry Mellon Rhoads looks at one of his photoprints while he drinks from a Coke bottle. He wears a hat, apron, shirt, vest and bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1940-1960]