Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Central City, Colorado
- above the empty elementary school lot and next to St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The tops of the Granite House and Knights of Pythias building are visible across the street from the livery in the left midground. A man stands next to a set of wagon...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
- [1898?]
- Colorado horses
- Close view of two draft horses in an empty field at the Lookout Mountain School for Boys in Golden, Colorado; shows inmates wearing caps holding reins of bridled horses, hay-filled horse-drawn wagon with seated driver, unhitched team with man...
- Lookout Mountain School for Boys (Golden, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- McCrea demolition
- An empty commercial block probably in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Empty stores and shops line the street. An African American man stands in front of a store with signs that read: "For Rent," "Toy Center," and "Moving to 1514...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Stores &...
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Sunday service, the choir Pete Smythe, John Day, Buck Evans, Verg Reynolds, Dr. Glenn Cody, Johnny Boyle.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies stand beside a memorial to deceased riders during the Empty Saddles memorial service near Estes Park in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. Members of the "choir," identified left to right as: Pete...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National...
- 1957 July 14
- Man standing in empty stadium
- An unidentified man stands in the middle of an empty, open air stadium, shows stage and grandstands, probably in St. Augustine, Florida.
- St. Augustine (Fla.)--1920-1930.; Stadiums--Florida--St. Augustine--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Double tracks allow quick return of empty ore trains over the 14.2 mile trip from the mill to the mine
- An engineer sits in ASEA electric locomotive number 3508 as it pulls empty mine cars between the Henderson Mine and Mill in Grand County, Colorado.
- ASEA (Firm)--Products--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1970-1980.; Grand County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1970-1980.;...
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- Sunday Service, president Rick Ricketson eulogizes "Empty Saddles" Howry, Dahl Sr., McLaren, Converse, Starnes.
- Rick Ricketson, president of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, stands at a makeshift shrine in a high mountain meadow in probably Gilpin County. Roundup Riders members are side by side on horseback for a Sunday service honoring deceased members of...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Crosses--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Monuments &...
- 1956 July
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- Buchtel Boulevard, view across from empty lot.
- Buchtel Boulevard, view of cars in empty lot
- Pacific Express Stable/Francis J. Fisher Building, side view
- Bethel Church of God, view of side of building
- Venice on the Creek
- View of punting boats from the company Venice on the Creek near 14th and Larimer in the Larimer Square Historic District in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A man in a green shirt and black shorts stands in the boat and punts with...
- Venice on the Creek (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2002
- 1770 Sherman St. Event Complex
- View of the empty El Jebel Temple (now 1770 Sherman St. Event Complex) located at 1770 Sherman Street in the North capitol Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Moorish Revival Style, brick building has towers, arched windows and onion domes.
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Masonic buildings.; El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 1994
- Victor strike
- Western Federation of Miners workers stand in a group and hold rifles in an empty lot during a strike in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men and women watch on the sidewalk of 4th (Fourth) Street. Shows houses, mine buildings, and a freight train...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 June 6?]
- Creede, Colo.
- View of frame and log houses and commercial buildings and canvas-covered tents in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Signs or banners read: "Hardware." Stacks of lumber are on empty lots in the valley.
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1892]
- Warehouse in Denver
- Railroad cars sit on tracks near a warehouse on 13th (Thirteenth) Ave., Denver, Colorado. Railroad ties are stacked in an empty lot nearby. A sign reading "Warehouse" is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Pole lines, Union Depot yard on 19th Street
- View of a loading platform and rail yard at Union Depot in Denver, Colorado. Shows a covered platform, railroad tracks, and empty wagons. A telephone pole is positioned in the center of the platform. A porter hangs from the caboose of a train. Men...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Mine processing
- A view of mine processing equipment, probably Colorado. Shows tracks, wood mining buildings, and empty barrels.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Machinery--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Making hay in Kern County
- A man and a dog sit on an empty hay wagon in front of a large haystack in probably Kern County, California. Hay is lifted from another wagon onto the haystack with a pulley and tackle; men pitch the lifted hay level to make another layer on the...
- Kern County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--California--Kern County--1900-1910.; Haystacks--California--Kern County--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--California--Kern County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Mosca, Colo
- This building in Mosca, Alamosa County, Colorado, is losing its wood siding, revealing support studs. Window and door openings are empty; the shingled, clipped gable roof and imbrication are intact.
- Mosca (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Mosca--1970-1980.
- January 16, 1979
- Loveland, Colorado, Baptist Church
- A large group of Baptists pose in the auditorium of the Loveland Community Building, Colorado. A center sign depicts a globe and reads: Affilated with Colorado and the Northern Baptist Conventions. The conventioneers wear suits and dresses, many of...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1940-1950.; Meetings--Colorado--Loveland--1940-1950.
- [1943]
- Lulu, Grand River Valley
- Lulu (Lulu City) Grand County, Colorado, a deserted mining camp in the Upper Grand Valley, boomed in the 1870s and was empty by 1884. This view shows dilapidated log buildings with mountain peaks in background.
- Lulu City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Lulu City--1880-1890.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Lulu City--1880-1890.
- July 20, 1889
- Auditorium, Loveland
- A man adresses the audience from beside a lectern on stage of the auditorium, Loveland Community Building, Colorado. The stage is full of men in suits with a orchestra seated behind them. An American flag is above them on the back curtain drop....
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Interiors.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Auditorium, Loveland
- A woman with a corsage stands at a lectern on stage of the auditorium, Loveland Community Building, Colorado. The stage is full of men in suits with a orchestra seated behind them. An American flag is above them on the back curtain drop. Two...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Meeker & White River, winter
- Winter view north across White River and Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows snowcovered streets and empty lots between the scattered buildings and fencelines. Bluffs show in background.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Denver, Civic Center
- Only the wooden porches remain of a brick terrace building razed in preparation for Civic Center expansion, Denver, Colorado. A workman pulls a wheelbarrow near piles of bricks, other residences show around the empty lot.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Porches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Nevadaville, Colorado taken from Quartz Hill
- View of the remains of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows Main Street, empty shells of brick commercial buildings including the Odd Fellows Building and Redman's Lodge (with removed upper floor); frame dwellings include the Williams house...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940?
- Built by Louis King, 7th Ave. bet. 3rd and 4th Street
- Possibly Mr. and Mrs. Louis King stand on the boardwalk in front of their home near another couple in a carriage drawn by a large white horse, at the 300 block of Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The Queen Anne style two story...
- King, Louis--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1890]
- Nevadaville Main St., owner?
- A dilapidated two-story frame house on Main Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has an intersecting gable roof and a covered porch with a balustrade. The square piers have capitals; door and window openings are empty. A stone retaining...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1938 and 1940?]
- Nevadaville Mary Bolsinger house King St., was Senator, owned Hubert Mine
- The Mary Bolsinger house, on King Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a dilapidated frame structure with a cottage roof and stone foundation. Door and window openings are empty; wallpaper on an interior wall is visible.
- Bolsinger, Mary--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadville--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- February, 1938
- Nevadaville Nannie Richards house on Church St.
- The Nannie Richards house, on Church Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a dilapidated frame structure with a brick chimney centered on a gable roof. Door and window openings are empty; snow is on the ground.
- Richards, Nannie--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1938 and 1940?]
- Nevadaville old John Lyng house, spring
- The John Lyng house, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a dilapidated frame structure with a brick chimney, gable roof, and shed roofed extension. Door and window openings are empty or covered in corrugated metal; rock retaining wall...
- Lyng, John--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1940
- Nevadaville Old Paul house on Kenosha St. now owned Wm. E. Wheeler
- The Paul house, on Kenosha Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a two story brick, L-shaped structure with a gable roof. Door and window openings are empty; sheds are in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1938 and 1940?]
- Nevadaville Simmons' house - Letcher St log cabin inside one of the oldest houses in Nevadaville built in early '60's.
- The Simmons house, on Letcher Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a dilapidated one story frame structure with a gable roof, a covered porch, and lathe-turned piers. Door and window openings are empty or covered by corrugated tin;...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1938 and 1940?]
- Old Nannie Richards house still standing
- The Nannie Richards house, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a dilapidated frame structure with a brick chimney and gable roof. Door and window openings are empty; snow and sheds are in the background.
- Richards, Nannie--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Original appearance of McNicholas house west side
- The Rosa McNicholas house, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story, hewn log dwelling with exposed roof beams and empty door and window openings. Lumber is piled in the area.
- McNicholas, Rosa--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Rear of the post office boxes of the U S. Post Office, St Elmo Colo. Annabelle Stark Ward was the last St Elmo postmistress
- At the Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, Post Office, mostly empty pigeon-hole shelves and shallow drawers are against an interior wall. Saint Elmo Post Office was active between 1880 and 1952.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Pigeonholes--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Post offices--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.
- 1965?
- Sts. John, Colorado
- Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, this two-story frame building has a covered entry. The windows and doors are all empty.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Cripple Creek depot, F. & C. C. R. R.
- Exterior view of Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; engine with passenger train is parked at station; three men with empty baggage cart stand on station platform; horse-drawn carriage with top is parked on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- South Platte Station of Denver, South Park & Pacific siding after May 6, 1900 flood
- View of the flooded tracks of Colorado & Southern Railway, (The South Park) South Platte, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows "Union Pacific 24658," and "Union Pacific Denver & Gulf 25468," and empty boxcars.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; South Platte (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--South Platte--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--South Platte--1900-1910.
- May 1900
- Harvesting celery in Colorado
- Rows of celery plants in large field ready for harvest somewhere in Colorado; horse-drawn harvester, man in rear also assisting team of horses and driver; empty wooden crates & one row of crates packed with celery, center left; men boxing and group...
- Celery--Colorado--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Farming--Colorado--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Interior Denver Auditorium
- Interior view of City Auditorium on 15th (Fifteenth) between Curtis and Champa Streets, Denver, Colorado; soon after completion in 1908 being readied for Democratic National Convention in July, 1908; shows patriotic bunting and banners, large...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Political conventions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)
- 1908
- Colorado scenery
- View in Colorado of a rocky cliff towering above a nearly empty streambed which is spanned by a fallen log.
- Colorado--1930-1970.; Cliffs--Colorado--1930-1970.; Logs--Colorado--1930-1970.; Streams--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Ore train, Kennecott Copper Corp. pit, Bingham, Utah
- View shows an empty ore train at the Bingham copper mine, Utah.
- Kennecott Copper Corporation. Utah Copper Division--1960-1970.; Bingham Copper Mine (Salt Lake County, Utah)--1960-1970.; Utah--1960-1970.; Copper mining--Utah--1960-1970.; Mine railroads--Utah--1960-1970.; Mining--Utah--1960-1970.; Strip...
- 1960
- Plain from Lookout Mtn.
- Westward view of roadside businesses along the Lookout Mountain Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado (part of the Denver Mountain Park system); two early automobiles are parked beside road, one with two passengers and one empty; several men...
- Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Lookout Mountain--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Stores, Silver Plume
- A sign above the entrance to an empty falsefront building reads: "Grand Theatre" on Main Street, Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Other buildings include the Buckley Bros. store and the "A. O. E." building.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- May 30, 1940
- A fancy Colorado bull
- Close view of a bull in an empty field at the Lookout Mountain School for Boys in Golden, Colorado; shows inmate next to bull holding rope and water tower in background.
- Lookout Mountain School for Boys (Golden, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Bulls--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Denver Civic Center
- View of the State Capital Building from the Voorhies Memorial pergola in Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows: Ionic columns, iron benches, streetlamps, empty fountain pool.
- Voorhies, John H. P.--Memorials.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Capitols--Colorado--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Weaver at work in stone kiva primitive loom, Moki Indians
- Interior view of a kiva at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; two unidentified Native American (Hopi) men sit in the kiva; one man sits on a wooden crate at a wooden loom and weaves a dark blanket or rug while another looks on; a hat lies on an...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- 1899