Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 13th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide Official Program
- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- 2932 Lafayette Street - May Bradford Cody Decker
- View of the brick house at 2932 Lafayette Street owned by Mrs. Louise Decker, where William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) died in 1917, Denver, Colorado. Shows stone trim, shingle imbrication, a porch / balcony, and bargeboard.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Bliss House
- McNulty House
- 75th Anniversary Booklet for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Anniversary booklet detailing the seventy five year history of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado. Included are pictures of the Cathedral from its beginning to 1987.
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colorado) -- History. ; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Catholic Church -- Colorado -- Denver.
- 1987 October
- "Bailey Bridge" at Malandrone, Italy
- The bridge at Malandrone was needed to support the Tenth Mountain Division's attack on March 3, 1945. To complete it many men died. The Germans shelled the draw continuously while the work was under way, and twice knocked it out. Once complete, the...
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [March] 1945
- "If I Were White" by Clarence F. Holmes (unofficial title)
- "Thy will be done" : the Prayer Band Ministry of Zion Baptist Church : 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Booklet created for the 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast at Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. This breakfast was to recognize the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastors for all the work they do for the church. Included are photographs of each...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.
- 2004
- A Century of Baptist Faith: First Baptist Church of Denver
- Book created by the Fist Baptist Church of Denver regarding the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Church. Included in the book is: a history of the church beginning in 1864, as well as photographs and lists of the different...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1963 December
- A grave believed to be near Silver Plume
- View of a wooden tombstone beside boulders and a steep cliff wall, probably near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Words painted on a crude timber board read: "Here, Carrie J. Welton, Lay to Rest, Died Alone, Sept. 23 [?] 1884."
- Welton, Carrie J., d. 1884.--Tomb.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892?]
- A Short History of First Plymouth Congregational Church
- A brief history of the First Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado starting with its inception in 1864 going through 1948.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1948
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- A Walking Tour of the Ninth Street Historic Park
- Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado and Lola Estrada Delgado
- Portrait of Chicano poet Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado and his wife, Lola Estrada Delgado of Denver, Colorado. They sit on a love seat in their living room and hold their wedding portrait. Abelardo wears a mustache.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Poets.; Spouses.; Abelardo, 1931---Pictorial works.; Delgado, Lola Estrada; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1981?]
- Adelina Sandoval
- Studio portrait of Adelina Sandoval, a resident of Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. She sits in a chair, wears a simple light colored dress, and her hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women.; Sandoval, Adelina, 1890-1982--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1907]
- Ailie "Dick" Smith shot in shootout with prison escapees
- Rancher Ailie "Dick" Smith, lies in a hospital bed after being wounded in the elbow during a shootout with prisoners at his ranch. The inmates, who included John Klinger, made an escape attempt from the State Penitentiary in Canon City (Fremont...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Crime victims--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Hospitals--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Smith, Ailie, 1902-1997.
- 1948
- Ailie "Dick" Smith, shot in shootout at ranch
- Rancher Ailie "Dick" Smith, grimaces as he lies in a hospital bed after being wounded in the elbow during a shootout with prisoners at his ranch. The inmates, who included John Klinger, made an escape attempt from the State Penitentiary in Canon...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hospitals--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Victims of crimes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Smith, Ailie, 1902-1997.
- 1948
- Alabama Fatal Mining Accidents : 1905, 1912-1921
- List of fatal mining accident victims in 1905 (Virginia City Mine only) and 1912-1921, taken from the 1912-1921 Annual report of coal mines, State of Alabama, and from the website http://www.gendisasters.com/al/ "Alabama mine explosions". Gives...
- Mine accidents--Alabama--Indexes.
- 2007
- Alberto "Albert" Lobato and María Odila Lobato
- Studio portrait of a young Alberto "Albert" Lobato and his sister, the infant, María Odila Lobato. He wears a velvet Little Lord Fauntleroy suit with elbow length sleeves and knickers, an oversized lace collar and a shirt with puffed sleeves. His...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Girls.; Infants.; Lobato, Alberto, 1895-1976--Pictorial works.; Lobato, María Odila, 1899-1993--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Clothing...
- [1899?]
- Allotment crew ready to divide land at Pine Ridge
- Agent Brennan poses in front of a tent with his son, Billy (William) Garnett, an interpreter, (son of General Richard B. Garnett of old Fort Laramie and a Native American Sioux mother), his wife, daughter and three sons, and a land allotment crew...
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian interpreters--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Families--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Surveyors--South...
- [1891]
- Alma Regina (Shelgram) Osgood
- Standing studio portrait of Alma Regina Shelgram Osgood, second wife of John Cleveland Osgood, mining magnate of Redstone, Colorado. She is fashionably dresses in a fitted ridding jacket, bowler hat and gloves. A painted garden wall scene serves as...
- Women--Colorado--1900-1910.; Osgood, Alma Regina Shelgram.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Angel on headstone of Marie Contassot Riverside Cemetery
- View of an angel that sits on the headstone of Marie Contassot (died October 1894), located in block 8, lot 9, of Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876), 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Tombs and sepulchral monuments.; Contassot, Marie, d. 1894--Tomb.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver,...
- 2003
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Annual: North Side High School 1907
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1907
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1907
- Arizona Fatal Mining Accidents ; 1912-1929
- Index of Fatalities of Arizona miners between the years 1912 and 1929. Information is recorded alphabetically and included are: the name of the victim, date of the accident, county in which the mine is located or the mine company, whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--Arizona--Indexes.
- 2007
- Aroya lighthouse
- View of the Aroya Light House in Aroya, Colorado. The light house is constructed of junk metal and old farm implements welded together by sculptor Owen Moreland. The lighthouse does not have a light, instead it has a silver cupola open to the...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sculpture.; Lighthouses.; Folk art--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Lighthouses--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Aroya (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1981
- Aroya lighthouse
- View of the Aroya Light House in Aroya, Colorado. Shows a wooden building, probably an old gas station, with a large overhanging roof. The building is one level, and the paint is faded and pealing off the wood siding. The overhanging roof is...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sculpture.; Lighthouses.; Abandoned buildings.; Folk art--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Lighthouses--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Aroya (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1981
- Ashcroft
- View into valley of Ashcroft (Castle Forks City) Pitkn County, Colorado, shows weathered wood frame buildings along a main street, with the two-story hotel with false front gable apex on edge of mining town.
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Ashcroft, Colo. Remains of Hotel 1943
- An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Ashcroft, Colo. Remains of Hotel 1943
- An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Ashcroft, Colorado
- ball and banquet there. Tabor also reportedly bought rounds of drinks for everyone in each of the town's 13 saloons. At the time, Ashcroft was growing much faster than nearby Aspen. By 1885, it had about 3,500 residents with six hotels and 20...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- At grave of Quanah
- Native American Comanche pose at Quanah Parker's memorial inside a fence decorated with a wreath, Post Oak Mission Cemetery, near Cache, Oklahoma. They include: "from left to right: Tuas-ye-ah, Quannah [sic] Parker's grand daughter, Alberta Clark,...
- Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Indian scouts--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Cache--1920-1930.; Cache (Okla.)--1920-1930.; Post Oak Mission Cemetery (Comanche County, Okla.)--1920-1930.;...
- [1926?]
- Auditorium Hotel
- Side view of the Auditorium Hotel at 1406 Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with decorative brackets, a barber pole, and a large roof sign. Signs read: "Firestone Tires. Auto Tire & Accessory Co.," "Hotel...
- Auditorium Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1928 Jul. 5
- August Sporleder
- August Sporleder poses for a studio portrait; he has a goatee and wears a suit, cravat, and spectacles. He holds a cigar in has hand.
- Men--1870-1890.; Sporleder, August, d.1889.
- Auraria Remembered
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an ornate gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of a flower bouquet at the top, a paladian style arch, pilasters, and an inscription that reads: "In Memory of George Maddern died Oct. 8,...
- Bald Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an arched gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of two hands holding each other, and an inscription that reads: "Ann G. Wife of Wm. Treglown Died Feb. 27. 1877 Aged 34 Years."
- Bald Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an ornate gravestone for two children, at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of an angels head, a curvilinear top, and an inscription that reads: "Matilda. Died Aug. 24, 1882, aged 1 yr. 7 ms. 14 ds....
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an arched gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of leaves (?) enclosed in a circle, beneath which is an inscription that reads: "In Affectionate Remembrance of Frederick Houghton. Died Oct....
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an arched-pointed gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of a hand with its index finger pointing upward, above which is inscribed, "Meet me in Heaven;" dedication reads: "Sacred to the...
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- View of an arched gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado; features a raised representation of a hand holding a broken chain enclosed in a circle; inscription above reads: "His end was Peace;" dedication reads: "Sacred to the Memory...
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Bald Mountain - near Nevadaville
- An arched gravestone at the cemetery in Bald Mountain, Colorado, features a raised representation of a chain above an inscription that reads: "In Memory of Edward Perrow. Died Sep. 28, 1871. Aged 28 Yrs. John Perrow. Died Oct 14, 1876. Aged 39...
- Bald Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Bald Mountain--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Barnum elementary School: Ghosts of the Five Frontiers play script
- Barth Hotel
- Interior view of the Barth Hotel (1882; architect-Frederick C. Eberly), at 1514 17th (Seventeenth) Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. An employee stands behind the check-in counter. A signs reads: "Room Rent Due in...
- Barth Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Interiors.; Barth Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Beautiful, beautiful, zion! : the majesty of God's power and grace, First Chronicles-Chapter 20, Verse 11.
- Booklet created detailing the clerical and building history of the Zion Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included are several photographs of different pastors and their families, changes to different church buildings to the year 2003.
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver--History.; Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 2003
- Benito Gonzáles, Francisca García, and Francisco García
- Benito Gonzáles poses with his sister in law, Francisca García and her father Francisco Garcia in front of a clapboard house in Greeley, Colorado. Benito stands, he wears a shirt with an upright collar, a vest, a plaid tie and holds his hat in...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gonzáles, Benito, 1904-1980--Pictorial works.; García, Francisco, 1862-1928--Pictorial works.; García, Francisca, 1889---Pictorial...
- [1926?]
- Biography. Cody, W.F. Portraits 1900 (prints)
- supplied the Kansas Pacific Railroad with buffalo. He later toured the United States and Europe with "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show." He died Jan. 10, 1917 at the home of his sister, May Cody Decker, in Denver, Colorado. He is buried on Lookout...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Parsons, Mark.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]