Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Good Old Days: Grigsby Family History
- Intensive document covering the Grisby family history starting in the early 1870's in Iowa.
- 2012 June 20
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver broncos
- Mrs. D. H. Moffat and daughter in '65
- Studio portrait of Frances (Fannie) A. Moffat (nee Buckout), and her daughter, Marcia Moffat (later McClurg).
- Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911--Family.; Girls--1860-1870.; Mothers & children--1860-1870.; Women--1860-1870.; McClurg, Marcia Moffat, d. 1929.; Moffat, Frances A. Buckout, 1843-1926.
- 1865
- Julia L. Thompson, taken in Versay (i.e. Versailles) in 1868
- Studio bust portrait of Julia L. Thompson of Versailles, Indiana. She wears a dark dress with a lace collar. Her hair is parted and pulled back and secured with a hairnet.
- Women--1860-1870.; Thompson, Julia L.
- 1868
- Grand Hotel Pueblo, Colorado property of J. P. Whitney 1887
- Stone trim finishes the Grand Hotel in Pueblo, Colorado. The four-story building has storefronts at the street level, and mansard corner and entry turrets with dormers, widows' walks, and bracketed cornices. A lettered panel under the central...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.; Grand Hotel (Pueblo, Colo.)
- 1887
- Young woman
- Studio portrait of a teenage girl in a lace blouse.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.; Teenagers--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Interior of Wapiti Mining Company's Office
- View of the interior of the Wapiti Mining Company office in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. A rocking chair with a cushion sits next to a wood stove and chimney in the center of the room. A lamp hangs over a desk in the corner, next to a...
- Wapiti Mining Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1894 Nov
- Meeker, Colorado
- View of the bridge crossing the White River at Meeker on the Mesa and Flag Creek road. Men, women, a girl and a dog pose on the wooden truss bridge leading into Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Meeker, Colorado after the Meeker flood in May of 1897.
- View from bluff across the White River south of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows high water and muddy streets. Landmark buildings include the Hugus Block, the Meeker Hotel, and St. James Episcopal Church.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Meeker, Colorado
- Looking north on the westerly part of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The brick building above the town is the school house, white church to left is the Methodist Church, brick store building to extreme right is the Coltharp Merchantile Co. A...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nudes--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Swimmers--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Meeker, Colorado
- Looking south on the easterly part of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows buildings built by the army garrison under the command of General Wesley Merritt. He established his 'Camp on White River' to enforce the banishment of the Northern...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; White River (Colo. and Utah)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Panoramic photograph of Eldora, looking north.
- Panoramic view of Eldora (Boulder County), Colorado; numbered locations are: "1. power house, Mogul Tunnel, 2. Bank of Eldora, 3. residence of Mick Langley, 4. grocery store, J. Greenlee, 5. Weldon House (board), 6. residence, John H. Kemp, Happy...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- 1899 August
- C B & Q Depot Brush, Colo.
- View inside the Colorado, Burlington and Quincy railroad Depot in Brush (Morgan County), Colorado. E.S. Dutton, the agent, and George Stewart, the telegraph operator, sit at telegraph equipment. Dutton, in a bowler hat, taps out a message. The men...
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Telegraph--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Idaho Springs school
- The cornerstone to the new addition to the grade school is being laid in Idaho Springs, Colorado, in 1902. A large group of people has gathered and are standing around a triangular support apparatus made of three timbers. It is being used in the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cornerstones--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Manual Annual: 1911
- Yearbook for Denver Manual Training High School 1911.
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1911
- Graham Mesa Band
- Members of the Graham (family) Mesa Brass Band pose with musical instruments in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. They are identified as (top row, left to right): Elmer, Albert, Claude, Isem W., Henry and Jennie and (bottom row, left to right):...
- Graham, Isem W.--Family.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bands--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Brass instruments--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.;...
- 1911, October 16
- Brush high school basketball team
- The Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, girl's basketball team poses in uniforms consisting of bloomers, sailor shirts with bandanas, and scarves around their heads. One holds a basketball. They are identified as: Ann White, Bertha Jones, Ada Grill (or...
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a family from Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The woman wears a dress with a lace yoke; a teenage man and girl are by a boy in knee pants.
- Families--Colorado--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1914, September 26
- McLearn family
- Studio portrait of the McLearn family, men and women pose in suits and dresses with pleats and a sash.
- Families--1910-1920.; McLearn family.
- 1915, February 13
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of men and women; outfits include suits and beaded dresses with pleats and a corsage.
- Families--1910-1920.; McLearn family.
- 1915, February 13
- 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
- Homemade snowshoe found at Holy Cross City in 1922
- Men examine a wooden snowshoe in Holy Cross City, Eagle County, Colorado. One sits on plank steps wearing cleated, tall, lace-up boots, laced seam trousers, a sweater, and a hat with earflaps. A shovel leans on the wall behind.
- Holy Cross City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Snowshoeing--Colorado--Holy Cross City--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Boys from Mount St. Vincent's Home
- Boys line up on and around a slide in the playground of Mount St. Vincent's Home at 4159 Lowell Boulevard in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
- Mount St. Vincent's Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Berkeley (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Orphans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1922 Jul. 9
- Football team of Mount St. Vincent's Home
- Men and boys pose at Mount St. Vincent's Home at 4159 Lowell Boulevard in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado with their coach, J. R. Burns, and the home chaplain, Father A. E. Langlois. Sports gear includes football pads and helmets.
- Mount St. Vincent's Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Berkeley (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Chaplains--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Coaching (Athletics)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Football...
- 1924 Nov. 9
- Douglas Hotel
- View of the former Douglas Hotel at 4050 Walnut Street in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an abandoned building with broken windows and deteriorated paper advertisements for Barnes Circus and Jap Rose Soap. Sign painted on the side...
- Douglas Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 Oct. 27
- Members of the Denver Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Denver Woman's Christian Temperance Union members pose in Denver, Colorado; outfits include fur collars, hats, and purses. Women include Adrianna Hungerford and Eleanor M. Skaggs.
- Women's Christian Temperance Union of Denver--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Temperance--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hungerford, Adrianna.; Skaggs, Eleanor M.
- 1927, October 25
- Auditorium Hotel
- Side view of the Auditorium Hotel at 1406 Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with decorative brackets, a barber pole, and a large roof sign. Signs read: "Firestone Tires. Auto Tire & Accessory Co.," "Hotel...
- Auditorium Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1928 Jul. 5
- Central school building, Brush, Colorado
- The Central Grade School in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, is of brick with a terra cotta roof, stone entablature, and arched windows and doors with volute keystones. Stone frieze work is under the cornices, and also tops some of the windows. A...
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Sharkey - Stribling fight returns
- Men crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado to listen to a boxing match between W.L. "Young" Stribling and Jack Sharkey. Storefront sign reads: "Kortz & Sons Jewelers."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Audiences--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Boxing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 February 27
- I want a wantad
- An elephant stands at the Denver Post newspaper classified advertising counter in Denver, Colorado. Men and women look on. Sign reads: "Want Ads." Banner reads: "...& Marcos Circus Days."
- Denver Post--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Advertising--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Counters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Elephants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper...
- 1931 August 18
- Destruction of Arlington Park clubhouse
- The Downing Home for Old People in Denver, Colorado stands in ruins. This building also served as the Arlington Park Clubhouse. The building is dilapidated and workmen can be seen removing portions of the roof. Scraps of wood and roofing material...
- Arlington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Rest homes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1931 November 19
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- American House, 16th & Blake
- View of the American House hotel at 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story brick building with metal fire escapes and a covered entry. Signs on side of building read: "Chas. A Nicholls Press. Printing" and "Look...
- American House--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Puppet Project at Wyman School
- Puppet project at Wyman Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Six students from Wyman Elementary School demonstrate the puppets they have created. From left to right the students are Billy Carpenter, Patricia Burns, Charles Hazlewood, Edmund...
- Wyman School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1937
- Service truck, tools and maps
- W.H. Bishop and Harrold Ehr look at blueprints by a Water Department service truck in Denver, Colorado; tools, a toolbox and pipes are in the truck bed.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bishop, W. H.; Ehr, Harrold.
- 1937 April 26
- Albany Hotel lobby
- A man reads a newspaper on a sofa in the lobby of the Albany Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. A woman sits in the lobby and two men stand near columns. Flower baskets line the stairway and lobby floor.
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Flowers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Lobbies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1938 Jan. 2
- Amid song and prayer
- Colorado Woman's Christian Temperance union members pose in Denver, Colorado; they are (L to R): Nina Bear (Treasurer), Mrs. C. Minker, (Recording Secretary), Adrianna Hungerford (President), Bertha E. Teller (Vice President), and Sadie R. Jones...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union of Colorado--Meetings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Temperance--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bear, Nina.; Hungerford, Adrianna.; Jones, Sadie R.; Teller, Bertha E.
- 1939, October 10
- Freeland, Colo.
- A wooden conduit on x-shaped legs with a basin midway, and a pipe on x-shaped legs both terminate at small a wooden building at the base of a hill in Freeland, Clear Creek County, Colorado. A two-story chinked log cabin and other smaller buildings...
- Freeland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Freeland--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Freeland, Colo.
- A two-story clapboard building with an iron stove on a side porch, and other smaller buildings, are along a creek at the base of a slope in Freeland, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The creek is covered by bridges, and a conduit of wood is suspended...
- Freeland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Freeland--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Freeland--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado. On the left is the outhouse, which has two entrances, one for servants and one for the family. The wood building is topped by a hipped roof with an elaborate wood...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, both in "chateau" style and made out of local granite. On the left is William A. Hamill's office, with a hip roof, a central dormer, and two doors and two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Stables--Colorado--Geogetown--1940-1950.; Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.
- 1942
- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; includes a one- story gable-roofed wooden building with a hill behind it; stone fence and a log fence in front.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--(New) Cardinal--1940-1950.
- 1942
- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; features a rutted road winding by gable roof buildings, two of board-and-batten construction, and the third with a corrugated metal roof; 1940s automobile parked further down the road.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; shows a house with a porch at the top of a hill in the distance looking over a rushing stream below; mountain covered with pines and a road with low bushes passes in front of the house.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Georgetown - 1942
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest towards Devil's Gate between Leavenworth and Republican Mountains. Along the dirt street are the back of a brick two-story building; a small rustic building, possibly the old jail; and a weathered...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Georgetown - 1942
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest towards Devil's Gate between Leavenworth and Republican Mountains. Along the dirt street are the back of a brick two-story building; a small rustic building, possibly the old jail; and a weathered...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- North Empire, Congress Boarding House
- The Congress Boarding House in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a two story wood construction building made up of two gable roofed sections, one with a dormer, and each with a porch with a stairway; the building has a stone...
- Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Empire--1960-1970.
- 1944
- Exterior of Grant Junior High School
- Exterior of Grant Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. The back of the school building is viewed from across a yard covered in snow.
- Grant Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1944 July
- Historical artifacts
- Edward Santarpio (with bottles) and Gerard H. Fischer pose with patent medicines and an advertising sign for the Denver Post newspaper in (probably) Georgetown, Colorado. The sign bears a likeness of Uncle Sam.
- Denver Post--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Antiques--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Book & magazine posters--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Patent...
- 1947 August 2
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the grounds of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. On the right side of the photograph a path leads to the house in the distance, surrounded by trees. Bushes and flowers grow along the side...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950