Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Numbers 5 and 6, 1930 May-June
- Clear Creek, loading Pioneer
- Men work in a tunnel excavated for Highway 6 in Jefferson or Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear work clothes, hard hats, and electric mine lamps. Ankle deep water fills the cavern. Explosives are placed in holes that are drilled in the rock...
- Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--1940-1950.; Highway construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Hendrie & Bolthoff
- A crowd is gathered at the Hendrie & Bolthoff Co. warehouse fire, 17th (Seventeenth) and Wazee Streets in Denver, Colorado. The brick building is gutted and smoke fills the air.
- Hendrie & Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1901]
- Rocky Mtn. News printing press
- A printing press from the Goss Printing Press Company of Chicago, IL, fills the printing room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. A newspaper rolls through the complex system of rolls and cog wheels. To the right is a short flight of...
- Rocky Mountain News--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Memorial service for President William McKinley
- A large crowd fills the front lawn of the State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado to honor President William McKinley at a memorial service. The front steps of the capitol are covered with curtains and the flags on the building and on the lawn...
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Commemoration.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1901 September 19
- Memorial service for President William McKinley
- A large crowd fills the front lawn of the State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado to honor President William McKinley at a memorial service. The front steps of the capitol are covered with curtains and the flags on the building and on the lawn...
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Commemoration.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1901 September 19
- Memorial service for President William McKinley
- A large crowd fills the front lawn of the State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado to honor President William McKinley at a memorial service. The front steps of the capitol are covered with curtains and the flags on the building and on the lawn...
- McKinley, William, 1843-1901--Commemoration.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Memorial rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1901 September 19
- Aspen and Aspen Mtn.
- View of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado; Aspen Mountain fills the background.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Aspen and Aspen Mtn.
- View of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado; Aspen Mountain fills the background.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- San Francisco Harbor
- View of tall sailing ships with their sails unfurled in San Francisco Harbor near San Francisco (San Francisco County), California. Smoke from a tugboat fills the air.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Harbors--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Sailing ships--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Tugboats--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Wild West Show performance
- Two cowboys try to calm a horse in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear sheepskin chaps and cowboy hats. Additional men and horses are in the midground. The audience fills the bleachers underneath a large...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Peinze Merchantile Co. [sic]
- Merchandise fills interior shelves of this grocery in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. Carl Peinze and Bill Show pose behind the wooden counter, topped by a cash register and scale with lettering: "Dayton." Signs read: "Levi Strauss the Two...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.; Peinze, Carl.; Show, Bill.
- September 1930
- Silverton Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking northwest. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Leadville
- View west over Upper Arkansas Valley from foot of of Freyer Hill along 8th (Eighth) and 9th (Ninth) Street, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Shows the County Courthouse, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Church of the Annunciation, 9th Street...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- [1912]
- Royal Gorge
- A Denver and Rio Grande Railroad passenger train is westbound in Royal Gorge just past Hanging Bridge on the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. Coal smoke fills the air over the train and a rear open top observation car.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad observation cars --Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- San Isabel, Colo
- At San Isabel, in Saguache or Custer County, Colorado, this slab sided, one-story building has a sign: "U. S. Post Office, San Isabel, Colo." Deep snow fills the foreground and covers trees in the background.
- San Isabel (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--San Isabel--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--San Isabel--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 7:30 mine
- Snow fills a large portion of an abandoned building of the 7:30 (Seven-thirty) Mine, Brown's Canyon near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Possibly the result of an 1899 avalanche that took several lives and other mine buildings.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Avalanches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Board of Exchange, Mining Stock Midland Block, Colorado Springs
- A crowd of men fills the interior of the Board of Trade and Mining Exchange, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Chalkboards on the interior wall have names of mines and current prices.
- Board of Trade and Mining Exchange (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Mt. of the Holy Cross
- View of Mount of the Holy Cross, (14,005 Feet) Eagle County, Colorado. Snow fills the mountain crevices to form cross. A waterfall shows below.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Crosses--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1900.
- [1873 or 1893]
- Colorado Springs, Cutler Hall (with wings added) from 900 block Nevada Ave. Colorado College
- Cutler Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, is a stone building with a belfry; Pikes Peak fills the background.
- Colorado College--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880- 1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890]
- Crowd shot - Univ. of Denver Stadium
- A crowds fills the University of Denver stadium in Denver, Colorado. Shows a platform or stand with officials (?), bunting, and spotlights. The stadium was dedicated in 1926 and used for football games until the 1950's. It was demolished in 1971...
- University of Denver--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Man filling water kegs
- A worker in overalls fills barrels or hogsheads with a dark fluid, probably oil or tar, from a spigot attached to a vat on a steep hillside possibly in Colorado.
- Petroleum industry--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- High Water from Cherry Creek
- Water from Cherry Creek (Castlewood Canyon flood) fills Denver, Colorado streets near 13th (thirteenth) and Curtis streets and apartment buildings.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- J. G. Rogers home
- View of the grounds of the James Grafton Rogers house (formerly the Olds House), Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. A garden urn stands in front of a white picket fence, and the trunk of a tree fills the right side of the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- Louis Dupuy's study, Hotel de Paris [graphic]
- An interior view of "sample room #2" on the first floor of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado. Room includes three bookcases filled with books, a door with a glass transom, two leather armchairs with carved legs, a microscope, newspapers, a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1980.; Interiors.; Studies (Rooms)--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1980.; Dupuy, Louis, 1844-1900.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1954 and 1977.]
- Square Tower House- Mesa Verde
- View of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The Square Tower stone masonry and mud ruin with five door openings stands underneath a cliff overhang. A man stands...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Square Tower House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1911
- Murals in bar room at Teller House, Central City, Colo., June
- Two men stand behind the bar in the Teller House in Central City. One leans against the bar, holding a cigarette with an empty beer glass in front of him; the other fills a beer glass from a pressurized machine. A large coffee urn is on the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Barrooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Audience in theater
- An audience, comprised almost entirely of women, fills Denver Auditorium Theater seats in Denver, Colorado.
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Theater audiences--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Horse Race on Alpine Street in the '70's Alpine Street is now (1933) 6th Street.
- View of a horse race on Alpine Street (Sixth Street) in Georgetown, Colorado, on the Fourth of July. Groups of men stand in the street looking west; people sit on balconies under umbrellas. A uniformed man on a horse rides east. The street is...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Holidays--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Horse racing--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1879?]
- R. O. Old's Residence, Georgetown
- Exterior view of the residence of Robert Orchard Old, located near Georgetown, Colorado. Owned later by John Grafton Rogers and taken down in 1965, the house is one-story wood construction with a steep gable roof and a porch with arches across the...
- Old, Robert Orchard--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1875?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northwest; shows the porch covering the central entrance and the central gable with its pointed-arch window on the front, the bay window, solarium, oriel window, and entrance on the side. The...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- 1881
- Artist's Glen
- Scene at Artist's Glen near Manitou Springs, Colorado. Two men in suits relax on benches that are on a boulder in Englemann Canyon; one of them holds an open book towards the camera. Mosquito netting covers the area in which they sit, and there is...
- Artists Glen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Englemann Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ruxton Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Cliff House, early view
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three story frame structure with wrap around porch and balcony has a hipped gable roof, chimneys, a widow's walk, and a sign on the rooftop that reads:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1874?]
- Manitou House
- Exterior view of the Manitou House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. Built in 1872, this three-story gable roof frame structure features chimneys, central dormer, and wrap-around open air porch and balcony. Diamond shaped...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Manitou Hotel and Bridge, Manitou. No. 61. [graphic]
- Exterior view of the Manitou House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. Built in 1872, this three-story gable roofed frame structure features chimneys, central dormer and wrap-around open air porch and balcony. Diamond-shaped...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- The Mansions at Manitou Springs
- Exterior view of the Mansions Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. Built in 1875, this three-story frame structure features gable roof, chimneys, dormers, and wrap-around porches. Well-dressed visitors are on the open porch under...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Mansions Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1880?]
- Oraibi cistern
- A Native American (Hopi) woman fills water jars at a cistern, Oraibi Pueblo, Third Mesa, Arizona. She wears a woven mantle and manta and holds a stick, with a jar attached, in her hand.
- Cisterns--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Oraibi...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge
- This view of a snow tunnel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is from the winter of 1898-1899, which brought record snow to Breckenridge. This was one of many tunnels that were dug on Main Street to allow passage for the townfolk. A smiling girl in high...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Snow removal--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1898 or 1899
- Breckenridge
- In deep snow on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, a snowbank fills the scene and buildings peek over it. To the right, the boardwalk and sawtooth arched balcony of the Denver Hotel have been dug out. A sign on the balcony reads "Denver Hotel."...
- Denver Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [1898 or 1899]
- Georgetown, Catholic Church & School
- View northwest along the Colorado and Central Railroad tracks, Georgetown, Colorado. Tracks are between the Our Lady of Lourdes, a brick gothic style church with tall steeple topped with a cross and the Catholic School, a one-story plus basement...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917]
- Old Pres. Church at Georgetown
- Exterior view of the First United Presbyterian Church, 8th (Eighth) and Taos Streets, on the south bank of South Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. First service held September 20, 1874. Minister in black suit with white collar stands outside a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; First United Presbyterian Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- St: Joseph's Hospital, Pastoral residence, Catholic School, Our Catholic Institutions, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Catholic Institutions at 11th (Eleventh) and Main, Georgetown, Colorado. Left to right: St. Joseph's Hospital, a two-story brick building with flat roof; Our Lady of Laurdes, a brick gothic style church with tall steeple topped...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1970-1980.
- 1975
- Georgetown, Colorado after 1917, Our Lady at Lourdes Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Our Lady of Lourdes, Catholic Church, 9th (Ninth) and Taos Streets, Georgetown, Colorado. Brick structure, built in 1918, replaces the original brick church at 11th (Eleventh) and Main, which burned in 1917. Large crowd gathers...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1917 and 1925]
- Georgetown, Presby. Church
- Exterior view of the First United Presbyterian Church, 8th (Eighth) and Taos Streets, on the south bank of South Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. First service held September 20, 1874, it is constructed of native stone with a front gable and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Presbyterian Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; First United Presbyterian Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Georgetown
- View of a flood in Georgetown, Colorado. The steeple of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school, near Main Street, are visible in the distance. Water fills the foreground and surges around rocky patches of earth, houses,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1917.; Floods--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1917.
- [between 1880 and 1917?]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a street in Georgetown, Colorado, possibly covered in snow. Wood construction buildings on the left side of the street have gabled roofs of false fronts with cornices; on the right side is a one story wood building with a deep porch, and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1900.
- [between 1860 and 1900?]
- Ball Game in Georgetown
- View of a baseball game in front of a mine, which includes a substantial pile of mine tailings, numerous conveyor belts, and a large building. A log cabin is nearby. A crowd of people sits adjaent to the mine area while baseball players play in a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1950.; Baseball--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Georgetown - 1944
- View of Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street looking west in Georgetown, Colorado. Visible on the right side of the street are the three story brick Cushman Block, other storefronts, and the corner of the Fish Block; on the left a sign on the side of the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1944