Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Residence in Central City
- A one and one half story house with an addition is below a weed- covered hill in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a front gable, shingles, a chimney, and rectangular windows. A white, wood bench sits on a concrete and masonry front...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- Over a ledge and down a hill is a wood frame and board-and- batten house in Central City, Colorado. The house has a gabled roof, two chimneys, rectangular windows and a side bay window. An outhouse is on the hill above the house. A man and a woman...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- View of Georgetown, Colorado
- View of 6th (Sixth or Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado, looking west. On the right are the Cushman Block, the Fish Block, and other storefronts. There is an electrical pole in front of the Cushman Block. On the left are other storefronts. A...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Odd Fellows Hall
- View of the Odd Fellows Lodge, 1543 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The building has a side square tower, classical entablature, finials, arches, and a dentiled cornice. Signs on the building read: "Le Moines, pianos, radios, electrical...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Appliance stores--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Odd Fellows Hall
- View of stores in the 1500 block of Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The Odd Fellows Hall, located at 1543 Champa, has a side square tower, classical entablature, finials, arches, and a dentiled cornice. Signs on the building read: : "Odd Fellows...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Appliance stores--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Mercantile...
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Odd Fellows Hall
- View the Odd Fellows Hall located at 1543 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The building has a square corner tower, classical entablature, finials, arches, a dentiled cornice and storefront windows. Signs on the building read: "Odd Fellows Hall,...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--Facilities--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fraternal lodges.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Camp in Monument Valley Park Amy Kent and child
- Amy Kent and her daughter, Native American (Ute) woman and child, walk across a grassy field at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. Amy Kent carries two water jars. She wears a dress and a blanket shawl wrapped around her body. The girl...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Water carriers--Colorado--El Paso...
- August, 1912
- Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Grace Episcopal Church on Taos Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The congregation was organized in 1867 by Reverend Winslow, church was built in 1869, and rebuilt after a windstorm the same year. The small building has a steep gabled...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women hold a wooden pole draped with tepee canvas near four other erect tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. The tepee frame is near a group of bushes, flanked by a completed tepee and another tepee...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Camp at Garden of the Gods.
- Native American (Ute) women and man walk near tepees at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden electrical poles stand near the tepees. A light hangs from one of the wires strung between the poles. A wooden fence stands near one of the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a suspended brass chandelier, originally gas but converted to electricity, with six curvilinear...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a suspended brass chandelier, originally gas but converted to electricity, with six curvilinear...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- View of the Morman Temple and Tabernacle
- View, facing northwest at the corner of Main and South Temple Streets, of Temple Square, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Mormon Tabernacle, the Seagull Monument, and Assembly Hall...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1890-1900.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Salt Lake Temple--1890-1900.; Temple Square (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1890-1900.; Mormon churches--Utah--Salt...
- [1897]
- Section of bleachers
- View of a portion of the bleachers at a baseball field at Overland Park in Denver, Colorado. The field and a scoreboard that reads: "Zeon Electrical Products C. H. 5577 Overland Park Strikes Outs Balls" are nearby.
- Overland Park Municipal Golf Course (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Baseball fields--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bleachers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Over Cherry Creek at Lawrence St.
- A view of a metal bridge over Cherry Creek at Lawrence Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows the old City Hall Building, Hotel Boulevard, and local businesses. Signs read: "Hotel Boulevard", "River Shannon Cafe", "Wholesale Automotive and Electrical"...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Canyon & power line (Glenwood?)
- Electrical power lines and poles are flanked by rocky, forested valley walls, possibly in Colorado.
- Electric lines--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Lake, snow, mtns.
- View of a snow covered lake and low hills, probably in Colorado or Utah; an electrical pole is near a concrete wall. High water marks show on the shoreline.
- Lakes & ponds--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Rocky canyon
- View of rock cliffs, probably in Colorado or Utah. Pine forest is at the top and bottom; electrical lines span the upper level.
- Cliffs--1920-1940.; Electric lines--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Lake, San Juans, & Model "T"
- View of (probably) Molas Lake, San Juan County, Colorado; shows a parked car, dirt road, electrical poles, fire damaged timber, tree stumps, pine forest, and the San Juan Mountains.
- Molas Lake (Colo.)--1920-1940.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1920-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Mountains & lake
- Pine forest and fire damaged timber surround (probably) Molas Lake, in San Juan County, Colorado. The San Juan Mountains are in the background; electrical poles and wires are in the foreground.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1920-1940.; Utility poles--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Line change in valley - outfit cars
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado or Utah consists of men working on track, a work train on a siding, electrical wires and power poles, flanked by dirt road, cleared fields, and hills.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Railroad construction workers--1920-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1940.; Railroads--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Interior view of a mining tunnel, ore cart tracks, electrical wiring, and support columns, Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Denver education, schools, public, vocational opportunity
- View of the Opportunity School Shops at 13th (Thirteenth) & Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado (later Emily Griffith Opportunity School); sign reads: "Automobile Repairing, Machine Work, Vulcanizing, Welding, Electrical Repairing and Wiring."
- Denver Public Schools--1910-1930.; Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1930?]
- [First] 1st & Broadway off-street parking
- Rooftop view of Broadway at 1st (First) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Automobiles and streetcars are on the street. Signs on buildings read: "[W]illiams Stores Stetson Hat," "Walco's Sport Spot," "Prescriptions," "Taylors," "Bernard's Proven Better...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948 September 9
- Sixth (Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado
- View looking west on 6th (Sixth, Alpine) St. in Georgetown, Colorado; shows the Spruance Building and the Kneisel-Curtis-Seified Building (both built in 1892), the Cushman Block (1872), the Monti and Guanella Building (1867-69), and the corner of...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1920.
- [between 1892 and 1920?]
- Central City
- View of the back of a three-story, stone storefront building in Central City, Colorado. Debris, rocks, weeds, and other vegetation litter the ground in front of the building. The back of the building has six rectangular windows and two doors, one...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Gold Run pit
- View of Gold Run hydraulic placer gold mine, near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado; shows miners, monitor nozzles, water jets, sluices, pipes, and electrical power poles.
- Sluices--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gold mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1880.;...
- 1879
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Company
- Men and children, probably employees, pose on and near horse-drawn wagons at the Hendrie and Bolthoff Manufacturing and Supply Company on the corner of 17th (Seventeenth) and Wynkoop Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The four-story brick...
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Thomas, Shepard & Searing stress tests
- View of I-beam engineering stress tests, in Denver, Colorado; shows men working with bricks and steel I-beams.
- Building materials--Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; I-beams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Thomas, Shepard & Searing stress tests
- View of I-beam engineering stress tests, in Denver, Colorado; shows men working with bricks and steel I-beams.
- Building materials--Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; I-beams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Thomas, Shepard & Searing stress tests
- View of engineering tests, in Denver, Colorado; shows men examining an I-beam after a heat and fire test.
- Building materials--Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; I-beams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Thomas, Shepard & Searing stress tests
- View of an I-beam engineering stress test, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, brick, furnaces, and I-beams.
- Building materials--Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Furnaces--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; I-beams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Thomas, Shepard & Searing stress tests
- View of I-beam engineering stress tests, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, brick, I-beams, and boxcars.
- Building materials--Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; I-beams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Thomas, Shepard & Searing stress tests
- View of I-beam engineering stress tests, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, stacked brick, I-beams, and boxcars.
- Building materials--Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; I-beams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Union Station, after 1915
- View of Union Station, Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles and sightseeing cars, street railway tracks, and overhead electrical cables.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- McMurty Manufacturing Company
- View of McMurty Manufacturing Company warehouse, Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with signs: "The McMurty Mfg. Co. Paint & Varnish Makers," "2601 The McMurty Mfg. Co. 2607," a truck, cars, electrical transformers, and a fire hydrant.
- McMurtry Manufacturing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Vertical engine and switchgear
- View of an electrical switchbox and vertical engine in the interior of a mine building probably in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Engines--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.;...
- [1900 or 1901]
- View on Capitol Hill - Denver
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows houses, an electrical light tower, and landmarks including St. John's Episcopal Cathedral and the Ebert School.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Towers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Montgomery Ward Denver
- View of the Montgomery Ward building at 501 South Broadway in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The eight-story brick building has curvilinear gables and arched windows. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Hamms Beer," "Tin Shop," and...
- Montgomery Ward--Buildings--1920-1930.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1928 and 1930?]
- Sigafoos tunneling machine
- Well-dressed men pose with a mining tunnel digging machine. Equipment has flywheels, electrical switches, and a vise.
- Tunneling--Equipment and supplies--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Interior shaft house, Alpine Horn Mill
- Interior view of Alpine Horn Mine Shaft House, Boulder County Colorado, a frame structure with motors, electrical boxes and a hoist; "Signal Level" chart is on the wall.
- Alpine Horn Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- William L. Ford studio
- View of the William L. Ford photography studio in downtown Denver, Colorado. Lettering on the display window reads: "Wm. L. Ford Novelty & Electric Shop," "Keys," "Mazda Lamps," "Light Hardware," "Electrical Appliance Repairing," "Household Needs,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Photography stores--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Window displays--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Seventeenth Street decorations in front of the Denver Club
- View of the Denver Club at 17th (Seventeenth) and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. The rusticated stone building has an arched entryway and windows. Electrical poles and wires that span the street are decorated with greenery.
- Denver Club (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Transmission line, assembling tower
- Men pose on a frame electrical scaffold in (probably) Colorado, wearing overalls, hats and suspenders. A stream and forest are in the background.
- Electric lines--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Iron City - 1950
- View of a large building, possibly the electrical generating building in Iron City, Colorado; features a medium gable, overhanging eave, and three holes in a line across the gableboard; boarded-up bays on one facade and double hung windows on the...
- Iron City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Electric generators--Colorado--Iron City--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Iron City - 1950
- A large dilapidated building is among pine trees in Iron City, Colorado. It has a front gable with an overhanging eave and three holes in a line across the gableboard. These holes may have been the portals for electric lines, and the building may...
- Iron City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Iron City--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Temple Hoyne Buell land
- View of land owned by Temple Hoyne Buell probably near Denver, Colorado. Trees and electrical poles are on the land.
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Estates--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Ouray-Silverton stage road
- View of Ouray to Silverton, Colorado stage road in the San Juans of the Rockies; "Toll Road" built by Otto Mears in 1883; possibly Promontory Point one-half mile south of Bear Creek Falls; Uncompahgre River, 800 feet below trail at this point,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Creede, upper
- Steep, rocky canyons surround the town of Creede, Colorado (Mineral County). Buildings along the unpaved street include one and two- story wood, frame residences, and commercial buildings, as well as a church. Electrical posts and wires extend...
- Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Antonito, Colorado, Frederick Warshauer residence.
- Interior view of a carved oak post and beam in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows a portion of a art nouveau mural above the woodwork, bare electrical wires, beamed ceiling, and stained glass lanterns.
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Woodwork--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]