Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Classical mythology
- Copy of an illustration of four medallions from mythology.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Biography, unidentified groups
- Three unidentified men stand in front of a screened-in porch of a house. The man in the middle wears his pants tucked into his cowboy boots. All three wear suits.
- [between 1915 and 1931?]
- 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
- (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
- (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
- Adams Hotel
- View of the Adams Hotel at 1800 Welton Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a four-story brick building with contrasting trim and arched windows. A cupola sits atop a roof dome. A sign outlined in electric bulbs that reads "The Adams" hangs...
- Adams, The (Hotel : Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Adams Hotel
- View of the Dutch Room in the Adams Hotel at 1800 Welton Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows wooden tables and wooden captain's chairs with leather seats and backs in the dining room. Beer steins sit on a plate rail above wooden paneling. A...
- Adams, The (Hotel : Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1953 Jan. 9
- Abandoned tractor
- View of probably an abandoned tractor in a field; it has a chain drive, track propulsion, and wheels. A harrow is to the side; low hills are in the background.
- Agricultural machinery & implements--1900-1920.; Tractors--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Abandoned tractor
- View of probably an abandoned tractor in a field; it has a chain drive, track propulsion, and wheels.
- Agricultural machinery & implements--1900-1920.; Tractors--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 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
- 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
- Arapahoe East recreation / ski area (off of I-70 west from Denver)
- View of Interstate Highway 70 and the Arapahoe East ski area in Summit County, Colorado; also shows automobiles, houses, and dirt road.
- Arapahoe East (Summit County, Colo. : Ski area)--1970-1980.; Summit County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Express highways--Colorado--Summit County--1970-1980.; Ski resorts--Colorado--Summit County--1970-1980.
- [between 1972 and 1984?]
- 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
- Assembly House, Salt Lake City
- View of the Assembly Hall of the Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Temple Square, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a Gothic style building with towers and spires, a central tower, and a round window.
- Assembly Hall (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Mormon churches--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Canon Diablo
- View of a Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company freight train on a high railroad trestle over Canyon Diablo in Coconino County, Arizona. Shows concrete pylons, iron beams and rock formations.
- Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Coconino County (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Diablo, Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Auditorium Hotel
- Construction materials sit on the sidewalk around the Auditorium Hotel at 1406 Stout Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a five-story Italianate style building under construction with two wings.
- Auditorium Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- 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
- Barclay Apartments
- View of the side of the Barclay Apartments in the Barclay Block at 17th (Seventeenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a five-story Italianate style building with pediments and arched windows. Sign painted on the side of the...
- Barclay Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1950 Jun. 20
- Barclay Apartments
- View of the Barclay Apartments in the Barclay Block at 17th (Seventeenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a five-story Italianate style building with pediments and arched windows. Signs read: "Hotel Clay. For Men Only,"...
- Barclay Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1967 Aug. 17
- Two Boulder officials of the National Bureau of Standards discuss latest results from a new satellite, known as TOPSI, which the bureau is helping to operate. Robert W. Knecht, left, has been overall manager of the NBS part of the project, and...
- Robert W. Knecht and Wynne Calvert look at a computer at the National Bureau of Standards in Boulder, Colorado. It has gauges, knobs, buttons, toggle switches, metal tape reels, speakers, and a hand-held microphone. Printed words on it read: "time...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Computers--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.; Calvert, Wynne.; Knecht, Robert W.; United States. National Bureau of Standards.
- [between 1968 and 1970?]
- View of Bowerman
- A dirt road leads into the settlement of Bowerton, Colorado (Gunnison County); shows tents pitched among small cabins and log piles among the valley grasses.
- Bowerman (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Bowerman--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Bowerman--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Bowerman--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Bowman-White House, in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street, built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman and passed on to his daughter, Mary Ellen (Mellie), and her husband John James White when they were married in 1901. The house...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; White, Mellie Bowman--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Near Rocky Point (train above)
- View of two miners in front of a hewn log cabin, possibly in Summit County, Colorado. One of the men has a placer pan in his hands and sits near the front door of the cabin. The other man sits on a wooden bridge fishing.
- Bridges--Colorado--1870-1880.; Fishing--Colorado--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Buffalo Bill Warpath
- Suede finish card stock album cover has an embossed art nouveau flourish and depiction of a mermaid holding a sunburst. Letters read: "Badger Gem." Ticket stub (probably) glued to cover reads: "Sells Floto Circus, Home of 1001 Wonders, Admission 25...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--Public relations--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--Public relations--1910-1920.; Album covers--1910-1920.; Tickets--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1916?]
- Portrait of William Newton Byers
- Studio bust portrait of William Newton Byers, Denver journalist, founder of the Rocky Mountain News, civic leader, president of Festival of Mountain and Plain and postmaster. He wears a dark jacket and vest and a tie. His hair is parted on the side.
- Business people--1860-1870.; Newspaper editors--1860-1870.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- [between 1859 and 1863?]
- J.J. Miller
- Studio portrait of probably J.J. Miller, partner in the J.D. Miller & Brothers meat market in Gunnison, Colorado.
- Business people--American--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.
- [1903]
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- View of the Frank Byers property above Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado, includes the Willows, a grand two-story house with hipped roof and dormers and the original log house. Three men are outside a walled canvas tent with a stove and...
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Citizen's Mission
- Two women eat Christmas dinner at the Citizen's Mission at 1617 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Christmas table decoration of pine bough and colored bulbs. The women wear scarves and winter coats.
- Citizen's Mission (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Christmas--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Aged persons--Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Christmas...
- 1951 Dec. 25
- Citizen's Mission
- Men eat dinner at the Citizen's Mission at 1617 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Citizen's Mission (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1951 Dec. 26
- Civic Center, Denver
- View of Civic Center Park and Denver, Colorado; shows the City and County Building, the Denver Public Library (Carnegie), the Voorhies Memorial and Greek Amphitheater, Arapahoe County Courthouse, Kittredge and Republic Buildings, Saco De Boer...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver Public Library--1920-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1925 and 1933?]
- Stedman School students in classroom
- Photograph of a classroom of students at Stedman Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. In the photograph several of the students are doing a variety of tasks. Two girls sit at a table looking at a book, a boy stands at the same table putting a...
- Classrooms.; Stedman School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Railroad - Georgetown to Silver Plume
- View from Georgetown to Silver Plume, Colorado; shows railroad tracks and roads with a bridge crossing Clear Creek, which is white, possibly frozen. A cluster of wood buildings are in a clearing next to the creek. Silver Plume is visible in the...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Frank T. Bayley
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Rev. Frank T. Bayley, Denver minister of Plymouth Congregational Church and dean of Colorado Congregational ministers.
- Clergy--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Bayley, Frank T., d. 1917.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Young woman
- Studio portrait of a teenage girl in a lace blouse.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.; Teenagers--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Canon Diablo
- View of a railroad trestle across Canyon Diablo in Coconino County, Arizona. The railroad bridge was built by the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company. Shows a stream and cliffs.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Diablo, Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.; Streams--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Colfax street
- Panoramic view of a three-story, brick building at Colfax Avenue and Grant Street in Denver, Colorado. Businesses include "The Colorado Music Co." and "Colfax Laundry."
- Colfax Laundry (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Music Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Music...
- [1913?]
- View from Nigger Hill
- View of Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado, looking northwest from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"). The town is below and to the west; mountains and foothills of the Ten Mile Range are in the background. Running to the north is...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1870-1880.; Barney Ford Hill (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Summit County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Bridge at Silt
- View of a cantilever bridge over the Colorado River, in Silt (Garfield County), Colorado; twisted metal frames are in the water and the Roan Cliffs are in the background.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Silt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.; Cantilever construction--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bridge at Silt
- View of a cantilever bridge over the Colorado River, in Silt (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Silt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.; Cantilever construction--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Silt--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- The Gateway and Pike's Peak
- A covered wagon sits near Gate Rock, a sandstone rock formation in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 11
- Congress Hotel 8th & Santa Fe Pueblo Colo North wing is historic Grand Hotel
- Four-story brick hotel in Pueblo, Colorado, has mansard roofs and dormers. Chimneys rise from the flat roof, and stone lintels top the windows with awnings. A canopy is over the entry; a streetcar and early automobiles are in the street. Adjacent...
- Congress Hotel (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- White men, a woman, and children pose outside a two-story house with some open shutters and windows, possibly on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Children--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Missions--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Women--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- View a three-story school building with a bell tower, possibly on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Education--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Missions--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Schools--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dakota Indian mission school
- Class portrait posed outside the school building shows Native American Sioux girls and several white girls wearing print dresses and holding straw bonnets, possibly taken on the Ponca Reservation, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1880-1900.; Ponca Reservation (Neb.)--1880-1900.; Girls--Nebraska--1880-1900.; School children--Nebraska--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Larimer Street
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows Larimer Street, horse and buggy traffic, businesses, storefronts, and signs: "Rocky Mountain Views," and "News Block."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1866 and 1867?]