Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1290 series lounge interior
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western California Zephyr lounge car. Men and women sit on upholstered chairs and couches and at booths. The men wear suits and ties and the women wear dresses or skirts and sweaters. Bottles of coke are on...
- Interiors--1950-1960.; Railroad lounge cars--1950-1960.; Women--1950-1960.
- 1951 Apr
- 1295 Tucson, Hoffman Heights Development
- Black and white print of the exterior of 1295 Tucson in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. The land around the house is all dirt, indicating the house is not completed. The house is brick with a single car garage on the left side. Two windows on...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1951
- 12:30 at the Victor.
- A group of miners pose outside the office of the Victor Mine on Bull Hill in Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- February 16, 1893
- 12th Ave. and Grant
- View of the home of Samuel B. Morgan located at 1200 Grant Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The house is constructed of cut sandstone and features porches, a turret, rounded arch windows, and transom windows.
- Morgan, Samuel B.--Homes & haunts.; Capital Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- 12th Street, Boulder, Colo.
- A man in a boat floats down a river of water on a flooded street in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County during the city flood of 1894. Spectators stand on the side of the street and watch.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- June 1, 1894
- 1311 Newport Street
- Front view of 1311 Newport Street in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This cottage (1909) has two distinctive bay windows, decorative half-timbering, and bookend chimneys. Large glass sidelight windows adorn front entrance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Cottages--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- ca. 1975
- 1336 Oneida Street
- View of the facade and north elevation of 1336 Oneida Street in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one and one-half story brick bungalow style house was built around 1910. It has decorative half-timbering on the north elevation and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bungalows.; Houses.; Bungalows--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Montclair (Denver,...
- 1985
- 1340 Quebec Street
- View of 1340 Quebec street in the East Colfax neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The cottage structure has an oversized false front reminiscent of a commercial style building. The false front facade has a cornice with brackets and dentils and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; East Colfax (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; False fronts.; House.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; East Colfax (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1987
- 1346 Palmer Lake Eating House G. G. Russel Prop. D. & R. G. R. R.
- Four men and one woman stand outside of the eating house near the shore of the lake in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. The tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad are in front of the building. The "Lunch Room" has a hipped roof, gables,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Palmer Lake Eating House (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1888?]
- 1355 Pennsylvania St., Denver
- View of a brick, three story house with a wide front porch at probably 1355 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign in the yard reads "TIORCO." The house converted into an office building has a low pitched...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- [between 1983 and 1988]
- 13th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide Official Program
- 1421 Champa, exterior, front
- View of the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado; a four story brick structure with an ornate cornice and stained glass fanlight window. Stone entablature reads: "Telephone Building." Engaged columns flank...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1904
- 1429 Champa, commercial office, exterior, front
- View of the commercial office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company at 1429 Champa St. in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story brick structure with cornice, dentils, and large store-front windows. Carved stone entablatures...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- 1433 Creede
- Pedestrians and horse drawn wagons proceed down the bustling street in the town of Creede, Colorado in Mineral County. Architectural features include one and two-story, wood-frame residences and commercial storefronts with flat roofs, gables,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1890
- 1436 Market Street
- View of a vacant three story commercial building (ca. 1890) located at 1436 Market Street in the Union Station neighborhood (Lower Downtown Historic District / LoDo), Denver, Colorado. The building has a shaped parapet, an elaborate Italianate...
- Straser Candy Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Straser Candy Co. (Denver,...
- 1977
- 1442 Creede by W.H. Jackson.
- People bundled in coats stand in front of shanties in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. One of the rectangular, wood-frame buildings has a gable with roofing; the gables of the other buildings are covered with tent material. Stacks...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
- [1885?]
- 1448 Pennsylvania Street, Denver
- View of a stuccoed house converted into an office building at 1448 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign in the yard reads: "For Sale, 2446 Sq. Ft. Office Bldg., Fulenwider." The house has a covered front...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1985 August
- 1460 Magnolia
- View of 1460 Magnolia Street (1905) in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade and side elevation of a one-story red brick bungalow with a front-gabled roof and brick chimneys. There is an open porch with a front-gabled...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bungalows.; Houses.; Bungalows--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Montclair (Denver,...
- 1976
- 14th & Colo. Ave., church has been remodeled Spanish style : Calvary Episcopal (After fire in 1926, replaced by Spanish-type church
- The Calvary Episcopal Church in Idaho Springs, Colorado, is shown prior to its burning in 1926. A large group of men, women and children (including white and Black men and women) stands in front of the church. The church has a steeply gabled roof,...
- Calvary Episcopal Church (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- 14th & Lawrence
- A view a multiple story building at the intersection of 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence streets in Denver, Colorado. Piles of wood and other construction materials are on the streets in front of the building. Shows other local businesses, utility...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 14th Street Viaduct
- Pedestrians, horse drawn carriages and bicyclists cross over Cherry Creek via the completed 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Hotel Topsy Turvy", "Art Metal and Bui?", "Stone Saw Mill", "Moore Hardware and Iron...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 October 3
- 14th Street Viaduct
- A large crowd watches two men chisel a stone (probably a dedication stone for the completion of the 14th [Fourteenth] St. viaduct) in front of the Hotel Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The two men stand on a large platform surrounded by spectators....
- Hotel Broadway (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Dedications--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Grandstands--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 September 28
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Workmen construct the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows Cherry Creek, pulleys, cranes and a small portable coal engine with wheels. The Denver City Hall, the Denver Wire and Ironworks Co., Congregation of Shomro Amunoh,...
- Congregation Shomro Amunoh (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 September 3
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- A construction crew works on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows the early stages of trestle work on the viaduct over the South Platte River. Colorado Southern railroad tracks run in front of the bridgework near the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 December 5
- 15 inch vein, #3 drift
- View shows a fifteen inch vein of gold in an unidentified mine owned by the Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Veins (Geology)--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- 1530 Pearl Street
- View of the facade of 1530 Pearl Street in the North Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Queen Anne Style house has a hipped roof with a prominent front dormer with fish scale shingles. The front porch has a pediment. The second...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1976
- 1538 Wazee Street, Denver
- View of a building at 1538 Wazee Street (formerly 1528) in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two story brick warehouse (1885) features glass block windows, corbeled brick, and a corrugated false front.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1988 June
- 1550 Ogden Street, Denver
- View of a three story apartment building at 1550 Ogden Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has six front balconies and classical style columns, modillions and dentils along the cornice. Iron porch...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Balconies--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1983 April
- 1558 Monroe Street
- View of 1558 Monroe Street located in the City Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This post-modern interpretation of the neighborhood's traditional style houses features a prominent front gable with an off-center octagonal window, and rustic...
- Morris, Tom, architect--Homes & haunts.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Morris, Tom, architect--Homes and haunts.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1991
- 15th & Market Street, Denver
- View of a row of attached brick commercial buildings between 1515 and 1545 Market Street in the Union Station neighborhood of downtown Denver, Colorado. Four, similar two-story buildings have second story windows with central keystones, a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Seafood stores--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984
- 15th St. and Grinnell Ct., Denver
- View of a two story brick building at 2175 15th (Fifteenth) Street, at the corner of 15th Street and Grinnell Court, in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows automobiles in the lot in front of the building. A sign on the...
- ITT Grinnell--Buildings--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982 October
- 1663 Vine St.
- View of a two-story brick house at 1663 Vine Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The house has a side entrance and two identical front porches. It has square, brick pillars on the porches and entryway, a low pitched roof...
- City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982 June
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 17 St. between Water & Gross Sts.
- Four men mounted on horses pose in front of a stable in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Clothing includes hats, scarves, and revolvers. Each has a rope and other gear attached to the western saddle. Patches of snow and water are on the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- 1736 Downing Street
- View of 1736 Downing Street (1882) in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story Queen Anne house has a steeply pitched front gabled roof with an intersecting roof dormer and a brick chimney. The gables have fishscale...
- City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1991
- 1750 Forest Parkway, Denver
- View of 1750 Forest Street Parkway (1929 : Burnham F. Hoyt and Merrill H. Hoyt, architects) in the South Park Hill neighborhood (Forest Street Parkway Historic District), Denver, Colorado. The Tudor style house features a semi-hexagonal one- story...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- ca. 2003
- 17th & Arapahoe Sts. Denver
- Rooftop view of Denver, Colorado. The intersection of 17th (Seventeenth) and Arapahoe Streets is nearby. A sign on a building reads: "Grocery."
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1874
- 1801 York Street, Frank L. Smith House
- The Frank L. Smith House, 1801 York Street, Denver, Colorado. Designed in the French Eclectic style by William Fisher, features include quoining, a balcony, a covered front porch, and twin chimneys.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Smith, Frank L., Colorado businessman--Homes & haunts.
- 1957
- 1801 York Street, Frank L. Smith House
- The Frank L. Smith House, 1801 York Street, Denver, Colorado. Designed in the French Eclectic style by William Fisher, features include quoining, a balcony, a covered front porch, and twin chimneys.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Smith, Frank L., Colorado businessman--Homes & haunts.
- 1957
- 1810. Georgetown, Col.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible between Leavenworth and Republican Mountains. Visible landmarks in the sunlit grid-plan town include the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- 1874 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 2nd Annual Denver City directory
- 1875 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 3rd Annual Denver City directory
- 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 5th Annual Denver City directory
- 1878 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 6th Annual Denver City directory
- 1879 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 7th Annual Denver City directory
- 1880 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 8th Annual Denver City directory
- 1881 Corbett & Ballenger's 9th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1882 Corbett & Ballenger's 10th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1883 Corbett & Ballenger's 11th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1884 Corbett & Ballenger's 12th Annual Denver City Directory.