Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rooftops of Lizzano, Italy
- View over the rooftops of the town of Lizzano-in-Belvedere toward Monte Tresca. This photograph was one of the pin-up mountains, which ran in the Tenth Mountain Division's newspaper each week.
- April 1945
- Perigo Mill in Gilpin County
- Large piles of wood are stacked at the side of the Perigo Mill in Gilpin County, Colorado. The mill has several levels, and two large smokestacks supported by wires protrude from the roof. Several smaller smokestacks also protrude from the roof. A...
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Snow, December 5, 1913, Central City, Colorado
- An unidentified man wearing a suit and hat stands next to huge piles of snow in Central City, Colorado, after the "Big Snow" in December of 1913. A telephone or telegraph pole stands in the background near some houses.
- [1913]
- Snow, December 5, 1913, Central City, Colorado
- An unidentified man dressed in a suit stands on a sidewalk in Central City, Colorado, holding a shovel. Enormous piles of snow that are taller than the man line Eureka Street in front of him. Signs marking a bank, a millinery, the Teller House and...
- [1913]
- Perspective 9th Street Historic Park District
- Exterior street perspective showing two houses located at 1056 and 1068 9th Street, Auaria neighborhood, Denver, Colo. The houses are part of the 9th Street Historic Park on the Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver. The two story, wood house...
- 9th Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.
- between 1973 and 1975
- Ouray
- Spectators stand in front of the Beaumont Hotel and sit in parked automobiles to watch several bands performing possibly for an July Fourth (4th) (Independence Day) celebration on Main Third (3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Business...
- A. Humphries Merc. Co. (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beaumont Drug Store (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; R. L. Lincoust & Co. (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Matchless mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado with mine building, headframe, snow covered tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- Matchless mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, hoist, tailings, and pond.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- [1950?]
- Abandoned mill
- View of the abandoned Tomboy mine and mill buildings near Tomboy (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Tomboy--1940-1950.; Tomboy (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tomboy Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Tomboy--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Tomboy--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Canon City abbots
- Abbots in Canon City, Colorado, pose in vestments with a stone gothic arch and entablature behind them. Both wear eyeglasses, one wears a cross on a chain.
- Abbots--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- View of Abetaia, Italy
- View of the village of Abetaia, Italy, taken from the road. The Tenth Mountain Division passed through Abetaia during the Italian campaign.
- Abetaia (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.
- [1945]
- AdAmAn Club
- AdAmAn Club members wait in sweaters, jackets, and flannel shirts, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One stands by radios; a hand-lettered notice on the interior wall reads: "Car Stickers 2 for 5 cents."
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Radios--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Press crew
- Press members in military foul-weather gear, crouch in snow among rocks during the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb by the AdAmAn Club. Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One holds food; another talks on a portable radio phone, a...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Journalists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- AdAmAn Club
- A reporter holds a microphone lettered: "NBC", surrounded by members of the AdAmAn Club, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; National Broadcasting Company, inc.--People--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Journalists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- AdAmAn Club
- Men shake hands and pass a piece of paper, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One has a patch on his coat sleeve: "National Ski Patrol;" the other, probably an AdAmAn Club member, wears a billed cap with earflaps.
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; National Ski Patrol System (U.S.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- AdAmAn Club member
- A member of the AdAmAn Club in winter clothes poses with an ice axe, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--People--1930-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- AdAmAn Climbers
- Two AdAmAn club members stand in front of a ice wall with icycles and prepare for the annual New Year's Eve Pikes Peak climb, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The men wear parkas and mittens; one has a backpack with an antenna, the other...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Ice--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Frances Douglass, Union High school teacher
- In this standing protrait of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Douglass, she wears a long dark skirt and a long-sleeved blouse with a pin on her collar. He wears a striped shirt, bow tie, and trousers with a leather belt and a waist watch chain. They stand in...
- Adams City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1920.; Douglass, Frances.
- [between 1909 and 1918]
- Grammar school at Adams City
- The four-room grammar school building in Adams City, Adams County, Colorado was built in 1907. The light colored brick building features a rambling floorplan with two stories. The two end sections have hipped roofs and open double-hung windows. A...
- Adams City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams City--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1910.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Adolph Coors Company
- Copy of an early painting of the Adolph Coors Golden brewery, Golden, Colorado, shows wood frame and stone plant buildings with dark smoke pouring from a tall smokestack. There are also residences, a pond with a man in a boat and swans, and a woman...
- Adolph Coors Company--1880-1890.; Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Golden, Colorado
- View southwest of multi-building operation of Adolph Coors Brewery, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, includes Coors residence and Castle Rock on South Table Mountain.
- Adolph Coors Company--1900-1910.; Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- Golden, Colorado
- View over Adolph Coors Company plant, Jefferson County, Colorado, with the Colorado School of Mines "M" on Mount Zion in background.
- Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Adolph Coors Company
- View southeast over the Adolph Coors Company brewery plant, Golden, Colorado, shows multi-story buildings, dark smoke pours from the tall smokestack, railroad freight boxcars and rooftop sign: "Coors Pure Malted Milk." Coors was the world's largest...
- Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dairying--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.
- [between 1935 and 1940]
- Adolph Coors Company
- View over the Adolph Coors Company brewery plant, Coors residence, gardens, and greenhouses, Golden, Colorado. The sign in foreground "The Home Of Coors Pure Malted Milk" is made of planted flowers. Coors was the world's largest producer of malted...
- Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dairying--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935]
- Coors delivery truck
- A Ford Coors delivery truck parks on a Colorado street with cases of beer showing through side door. Lettering on truck reads: "Adolph Coors Co. Denver" and "Coors Brewer of Fine Beer."
- Adolph Coors Company--1940-1950.; Golden (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Coors delivery truck
- A fleet of shiny refrigerated Coors delivery trucks park diagonally against the Adolph Coors Company Warehouse, 1736 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Adolph Coors Company--1940-1950.; Golden (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Coors delivery truck
- A Coors refrigerator delivery truck parks in front of the "Trucks International Harvester Company," brick building, Colorado. Lettering on the International truck reads: "Southern Colo. Distribution, Martin Area, Phone 585#" "Coors, America's Fine...
- Adolph Coors Company--1940-1950.; Golden (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trucks--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Adolph Coors Company
- Aerial view over the Adolph Coors Company Golden brewery between Table Mountains, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows rooftops, construction of storage sheds and retaining wall, semi-trucks, parking lots, ponds, "Coors" smokestack and Colorado and...
- Adolph Coors Company--1950-1960.; Golden (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1950-1960.
- 1950
- A. J. Beckwith Grocery Company, Denver
- View of Adolphus J. Beckwith Grocery Company, 408-410 16th (sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows ceiling fan over entryway, displays of fruit, vegetables, canned goods, and window lettering: "Fresh meats," "Poultry & Fish," "Eggs," "Butter,"...
- Adolphus J. Beckwith Grocery Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900- 1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920]
- Artillery Barrage, Italy
- Artillery hits sites on the upper part of a mountain in Italy, while a town down the hill is spared. In the background are more mountains; trees have budding leaves.
- Aerial bombings--Italy--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Clara Brown
- "Aunt" Clara Brown, at about age 70, poses in a dark dress and crocheted cap. Born a slave, this businesswoman was the first Black inductee into the Society of Colorado Pioneers.
- African Americans--1870-1880.; Slaves--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Brown, Clara.
- [between 1875 and 1880?]
- Storefronts, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of storefronts in Georgetown, Colorado, probably on Sixth (6th) Street or nearby. The central storefront is one story with a half-story false front across the top. The double door is flanked by two large mullioned windows. A sign...
- African Americans--1870-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Facades--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Children outside Central City Opera House
- Children and adults sit on a hill near the Central City Opera House. The children, including a few Black children, appear to be schoolage. A man dressed in a suit stands in the foregound. The Opera House is above a stone retaining wall behind the...
- African Americans--Children--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--[1890-1910]; Children--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Central City Opera House.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a man in a white gown and headband rides a chariot pulled by two horses. A few boys, one African American, walk along. Spectators line the street.
- African Americans--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chariots--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: two African American men, in top hats and long double breasted coats, hold on to the bridle of a horse as it pulls a buggy covered with flowers and decorated with an American flag made...
- African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Sailors and soldiers
- A group of men, one African-American, in military uniforms (Navy and Army) relax around a Howard upright piano, probably in Denver, Colorado. Shows partial view of a Red Cross flag, sheet music, sign reads: "Free Shower Baths In Basement."
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sailors--American--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Ouray
- Men are roped together, possibly in a reenactment of a Black slave auction, under a "Welcome" arch decorated with American flags at the intersection of Main (Third, 3rd) Street and Third Avunue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; African Americans--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Arches--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- African American woman
- An unidentified African American woman jumps over a table in a camp at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She wears a dark cowboy hat and a striped and checkered dress. A horse stands next to a large tent in the background.
- African Americans--Women--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Agnes Memorial
- Tuberculosis patients in Denver, Colorado, enjoy fresh air on the balcony of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium, built by Lawrences Phipps in 1903 and named for his mother Agnes McCall Phipps. The men sit in wicker rockers next to metal-framed beds...
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Sick persons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tuberculosis--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920]
- Inside Rover Joe's observation point
- Shows four soldiers facing away from the camera in observation point that controlled air support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. The location is a hole in the ground overlooking a valley, a...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Warplane taking off from airstrip, Aleutian Islands
- Warplane taking off from an airstrip in the Aleutian Islands. Shows four other planes on the ground and a view of the base on the bluffs above the airstrip. The 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment served in the Aleutians with Amphibious Taskforce 9.
- Airplanes, Military--Alaska--1940-1950.; Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Alamo hotel
- Pedestrians cross the cobblestones in front of the Alamo Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) and Market Streets in Denver, Colorado. A banner reads: "U. S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station."
- Alamo Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Airstrip and base, Aleutian Islands
- View of an airstrip and base in the Aleutian Islands that shows a canal, an airstrip, various planes and materiel. Above the strip on the dunes is a base with more buildings, tents and materiel. The 87th Mountain Infantry Division served in the...
- Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Aleutian Island Harbor
- View of a harbor in the Aleutian Islands, showing an artillery emplacement, a battleship and additional warships in the distance. The 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment served in the Aleutians as part of Amphibious Task Force 9.
- Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Aleutian Islands
- View from one Aleutian Island [probably Kiska] towards another showing an island, the sea and muskeg. The 87th Mountain Infantry Division served in the Aleutian Island as a part of Amphibious Task Force 9.
- Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Airbase, Aleutian Islands
- View of an airbase in the Aleutian Islands, showing a U.S. warplane, tents, materiel, and battle ships in a harbor behind the airstrip. The 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment served in the Aleutian Islands as a part of Amphibious Task Force 9.
- Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Alma Library
- This exterior view of the Alma Library, in Park County, Colorado, features the small one-story plaster finish building with front gable and a wood entry door with small gable bracketed roof flanked by two sash windows. A sign "Alma Library", hangs...
- Alma (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Libraries--Colorado--Alma--1970-1980.
- September, 1973
- Alpine, Colorado
- View along the dirt main street in Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows large carriages in front of false front, log, and tent businesses, including the "Mining Agency," and the Badger Hotel. An American flag flies middleground.
- Alpine (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Alpine--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1882]
- Alpine Station
- Exterior view of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office, Alpine Tunnel, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows the dilapidated small front gable clapboard structure with an "Alpine Station, built 1884 by D.S.P.P. R.R., El. 11,546', abandoned 1910"...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1960-1970.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Spectators crowd the porches and rooftop of The Alta Vista Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to view the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade. Bunting and American flags decorate the brick building; a row of chairs flank the steps.
- Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1900?]