Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mesa community dinner gathering
- Group portrait of the Mesa community dinner gathering, about five miles from Meeker, at the Frank Harker homestead, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Left to right: Luke Devlin, Jennie Tomlinson (Mrs. Wes. Tomlinson), Mattie Harker (Mrs. Frank Harker),...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Dinner parties--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1909]
- 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
- The Coloradan: Vol. II No. 3
- Article and front cover of The Coloradan, pertaining to First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1893 May 1
- Louisville Historical Museum
- View of the facade and south elevation of the Louisville Historical Museum, at 1001 Main Street in Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado. The one-story wooden building has a gable roof, a false front and store front windows covered with striped...
- Louisville Historical Museum (Louisville, Colo.)--1990-2000; Louisville (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Historic buildings.; Louisville Historical Museum (Louisville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Museums--Colorado--Louisville--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Leo's Place
- View of Leo's Place at 4 East 16th (Sixteenth) Street in the North Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The bar, restaurant occupies the 1st floor of the three-story brick commercial style building. The brick is painted black and...
- Leo's Place (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Restaurants.; Commercial facilities.; Leo's Place (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1973
- History of Denver
- Gladstone
- Women in dresses and hats and men in suits walk toward a gathering in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Saddled horses are on the dirt street in front of the saloon. A girl beside Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly Railroad tracks wears a...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Walking--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Picnic
- Men, women and children pose at a picnic gathering in a forested area, probably in Colorado. Shows a picnic blanket, silverware, bread, a bucket, a cup, and a basket. The men wear suits, ties and hats. The women wear dresses, hats and shawls. A man...
- People--Colorado--1880-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Exhibition? group of tepees with people on horseback; large crowds
- View of a gathering in Denver, Colorado; shows horses, a crowd of people, and tepees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; People--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Exhibition? group of tepees, large crowd
- View of a gathering in Denver, Colorado; shows a crowd of people, horses, and tepees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; People--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Basket
- Native American (Paiute or Apache) twined basket used for gathering and made of willow or sumac with leather and cloth fringe, red and black natural dye bands.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Baskets--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Ku Klux Klan rally
- Klansmen exchange documents with one another in front of a burning cross and an American flag as other members of the group watch at a rally of the Boulder Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Meetings--1920-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Teller House exterior details
- A crowd waits along the wood plank sidewalk in front of the Teller House before attanding a performance in the Opera House. The ushers of the Opera House, who are dressed in nineteenth century dress, walk along Eureka Street ringing bells to notify...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Harry and daughter "Mitzi"
- Harry Rhoads holds a piece of watermelon with his daughter Mary Elizabeth (Mitzi) at a gathering in Colorado.
- Fathers & children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.; Rhoads, Mary Elizabeth.
- [between 1920 and 1923?]
- McClellan Hall, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of McClellan Hall, on the south side of Sixth (6th) Street between Taos and Rose Streets, Georgetown, Colorado. The building was a movie theater which was restored as a public gathering place in 1946 and named after an earlier...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Siksika Indians, grass dancing
- A large gathering encircles two Native Americans (Blackfeet, Siksika) as they dance on grass, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana. The dancers wear blankets, leggings, shirts; one wears a hat, and holds a walking stick in one hand.
- Indians of North America--Montana--1880-1910.; Siksika Indians--Dance--Montana--1880-1910.; Blackfeet Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1880-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Montana--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Laying cornerstone of courthouse
- A large crowd is gathered on sloping ground around a cordoned off area at the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. The men are in suits and hats and the women wear dresses and elegant hats....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- July 31, 1909
- Monte Perez, Chicano leader
- A crowd of men and women listen to Monte Perez as he speaks into a microphone at a community gathering, probably Colorado.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1970-1980.; Activists--Colorado--1970-1980.; Audiences--Colorado--1970-1980.; Perez, Monte.
- 1971 July 21
- Kremmling
- View of the former gathering place for members of the Trinity Church in Kremmling (Grand County), Colorado; originally serving as the front office of a lumber company; features a false front structure, pressed metal siding designed to look like...
- Kremmling (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Kremmling--1950-1960.; Privies--Colorado--Kremmling--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1966]
- Kremmling
- View of the former gathering place for members of the Trinity Church in Kremmling (Grand County), Colorado; originally serving as the front office of a lumber company; features a false front structure pressed metal siding designed to look like...
- Kremmling (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Kremmling--1950-1970.
- [between 1951 and 1966]
- Banquet in old opera house A. F. & A. M.
- The interior view of the opera house in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows a large gathering of men dressed in formal attire standing in rows. Streamers hanging from the rounded ceiling and an American flag accent the confluence of the streamers in the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1910]
- Osage pow-wow
- View of a distant Native American Osage pow-wow, shows a gathering of people and a row of tents.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Osage Indians--1880-1900.; Powwows--1880-1900.; Events--1880-1900.; Tipis--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Camp Bird families
- Outdoor group portrait of men, women, and children at a Camp Bird mine family gathering or picnic, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Camp Bird Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Camp Bird--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--Camp...
- [1900?]
- The Peck House
- Peck House, in Empire, Colorado, fell into a dilapidated condition between its heyday as a social gathering spot in the late 1880s and its refurbishment in the 1960s. The ornate balustrade on the second floor balcony has been broken.
- Peck House (Empire, Colo.)--1930-1970.; Empire (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1930-1970.
- [between 1930 and 1965]
- Stacking alfalfa on A.E. Buddecke's ranch Montrose Colo.
- View of three men on and near an alfalfa stack on A.E. Buddecke's ranch near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows horse-drawn farm equipment for gathering the alfalfa and the tip of a vertical boom, part of the straw elevator used for...
- Buddecke, A. E.--Homes & haunts.; Draft animals--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Alfalfa--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Haystacks--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Family of Jesse W. Nelson
- Outdoor family portrait of men and women at a 50th (Fiftieth) wedding anniversary gathering in a fenced yard in Rising Sun (Ohio County), Indiana. An elderly man and woman sit in wooden and wicker chairs. John W. Nelson wears a suit with a vest, a...
- Nelson, Jesse W.--Family.; Nelson, Sabra--Family.; Rising Sun (Ind.)--1900-1910.; Aged persons--Indiana--Rising Sun--1900-1910.; Anniversaries--Indiana--Rising Sun--1900-1910.; Families--Indiana--Rising Sun--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Central City, Colo., streets, Eureka
- The large Gilpin County Courthouse and St. James Methodist Church face Eureka Street in the right midground in Central City, Colorado. The courthouse was built between 1899 and 1900. St. James was reportedly built on the site of the first...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Central City, 1864
- City Bakery stands farther down the block next door to the Young American Clothing Hall. Another store has the word "Stoves" painted on its front facade. On the near side of Main Street in the center midground is the two-story, wood frame building...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [1864?]
- The Dog
- Bitterroot Jim (also known as "The Dog"), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, sits on a horse in front of a teepee on the reservation. He is gathering packages which are tied to his horse. He wears a plaid...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Tipis--Montana--1900-1910.; Bitterroot Jim.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- The White City, Denver
- Bird's eye view of the "White City" (later called Lakeside Amusement Park), Lakeside, Colorado, near Denver; shows bandstand or pavilion (gazebo) with benches, Casino and tower, smaller towers with "White City" flags flying atop roofs, and a crowd...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1900-1910.; White City (Denver, Colo. : Amusement park)--1900-1910.; Amusement parks--Lakeside--Denver--1900-1910.; Gazebos--Colorado--Lakeside--1900-1910.
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek, the famous mining town of Colorado, almost obliterated by two disastrous fires
- Views of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado during the 1896 fire. Shows refugee housed in railroad boxcars and gathering their belongings, people fleeing as the Palace Hotel is dynamited to slow the fire, and a rescue train.
- Palace Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Disaster victims--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Disasters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Emergency housing--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1896 May 14
- Signal fire [art original].
- Image of men gathering wood, stacking rocks, wielding a pick ax, and shoveling.
- Men--Pictorial works.; Drawings (visual works)
- [between 1880 and 1909]
- Rosedale School paper salvage drive
- Photograph of Rosedale Elementary School students Edward Butler and Donald Branham gathering papers during a salvage drive in Denver, Colorado. Butler is holding a bicycle with a basket on the front that is full of old newspapers and a lunch...
- World War, 1939-1945.; Rosedale School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1944 March
- Rosedale School girls working paper salvage drive
- Photograph of three girls gathering papers for a paper salvage drive at Rosedale Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Pictured from right to left are: Robbyn Rumble. Carolyn Rumble, Reancine DeFore. All three girls are gathered around a baby...
- World War, 1939-1945.; Rosedale School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1944 March
- Barnum Elementary School paper salvage drive
- Photograph of several elementary children outside of Barnum Elementary School gathering paper for a paper salvage drive and putting it into a pile for the war effort in Denver, Colorado.
- World War, 1939-1945.; School children.; Barnum School (Denver, Colo.); Barnum (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1944 February
- Western History Subject Index
- GATHERING PLACE
- Minutes of Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) Board or Directors Meeting
- Commission on Community Relations "The Summer of 1967-Northeast Park Hill"
- Denver Dry Goods Building after restoration
- Photograph of the side of the Denver Dry Goods Building, after facade restoration, located in Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke is credited with the design of the numerous components making up this massive red brick commercial building, which...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.; Denver Dry Goods Co.--Buildings.; Commercial buidings--Colorado--Denver.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- circa 1995
- Denver Dry Goods Building before restoration
- Photograph of the side of the Denver Dry Goods Building, before facade restoration, located in Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke is credited with the design of the numerous components making up this massive red brick commercial building, which...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.; Denver Dry Goods Co.--Buildings.; Commercial buidings--Colorado--Denver.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Denver Dry Good Building
- Photograph of the side of the Denver Dry Goods Building, during facade restoration, located in Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke is credited with the design of the numerous components making up this massive red brick commercial building, which...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.--1990-2000.; Denver Dry Goods Co.--Buildings--1990-2000.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1993 August 1
- Denver Dry Goods Building before restoration
- Photograph of the side of the Denver Dry Goods Building, before facade restoration, located in Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke is credited with the design of the numerous components making up this massive red brick commercial building, which...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.; Denver Dry Goods Co.--Buildings.; Commercial buidings--Colorado--Denver.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Denver Dry Goods Building after restoration
- Photograph of the side of the Denver Dry Goods Building, after facade restoration, located in Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke is credited with the design of the numerous components making up this massive red brick commercial building, which...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.--1990-2000.; Denver Dry Goods Co.--Buildings--1990-2000.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.;...
- circa 1995
- Denver Dry Goods Building after restoration
- Photograph of the side of the Denver Dry Goods Building, after facade restoration, located in Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke is credited with the design of the numerous components making up this massive red brick commercial building, which...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.; Denver Dry Goods Co.--Buildings.; Commercial buidings--Colorado--Denver.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- circa 1995
- Denver Dry Goods Building after restoration
- Photograph looking up towards the roof on the side of the Denver Dry Goods Building, after facade restoration, located in Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke is credited with the design of the numerous components making up this massive red brick...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.; Denver Dry Goods Co.--Buildings.; Commercial buidings--Colorado--Denver.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Denver Dry Goods Building before restoration
- Photograph of the side of the Denver Dry Goods Building, before facade restoration, located in Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke is credited with the design of the numerous components making up this massive red brick commercial building, which...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.; Denver Dry Goods Co.--Buildings.; Commercial buidings--Colorado--Denver.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 15, 1910 April 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 27, 1910 July 2
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 36, 1911 September 2
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 43, 1911 October 21