Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Longmont new High School
- Angle view of a new public high school in Longmont, Colorado, shows the rectangular three story brick with flat roofline and projecting entry with curved parapet. Several bicycles lean against the building. The main building with curved parapet...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- Cripple Creek Palace Hotel
- Interior view of Palace Hotel reception desk with two men behind desk, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows man with top hat signing hotel register, message slots with keys and letters, poster announcing lecture at Masonic Hall, Burlington Route calendar...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotel employees--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Palace Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1901]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Weinberg Clothing Company building, 238 Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; signs read "The Weinberg Shoe and Clothing Co." and "Commercial Hotel".
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Weinberg Clothing Company (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1895 or 1896]
- Cripple Creek, Pullin Block, Bennett Ave.
- Partial view of N. E. Pullin building, northeast corner of Bennett and Second Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this rectangular two- story commercial building has double-entry recessed windows, corbel above flat windows, and decorated molding on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Law offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900 or 1901
- Fort Collins
- Elderly Fort Collins, Colorado, pioneers pose outside of the Taft home in Larimer County.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1920.
- September 1, 1916
- The Mosman Store in Ft. Collins
- Store interior in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado has men and women posing by glass cabinets. Hats and boxes are on display.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Fort Collins--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Fort Collins Hooks No 1.
- Reproduction of a drawing of a Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, fire department. The two-story, Victorian building has a tower, shutters, a cornice, and arched double-doors.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Fire stations--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1970.
- [between 1930 and 1970?]
- Historic Strauss cabin dedication
- Near Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, people attend a dedication ceremony for the Strauss Cabin, home of Robert Strauss, one of the first settlers in the Poudre River Valley. The hewn log building has gables and chimneys.
- Strauss, Robert--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building dedications--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Log cabins--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.
- October 22, 1977
- 7th Ave.
- View of small gabled houses with clapboard siding, picket fences Seventh Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Shows woman on porch wearing hat; well dressed man standing by fence. Landmarks: County Courthouse and fire belltower.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1899]
- Street scene
- A large group of men and a few boys pose on the boardwalk in front of several businesses decorated for the Fourth (4th) of July (Independence Day), possibly in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. American flags, bunting and evergreens decorate the...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Otis Grade
- View of the Otis Grade School, Washington County, Colorado, a brick building with hip roof, parapet, round window, and new construction.
- Otis (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Otis--1920-1930.
- 1920
- Otis, Colorado
- View of a family and house in Otis, Washington County, Colorado. Man, woman and children are: (l to r) George, Charles, Vera, Jessie (in baby carriage with umbrella) and Pat; they hold croquet equipment.
- Otis (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Otis--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Otis--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Catholic Church, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the wooden frame structure has diagonal siding, brick foundation, single side flush spire (top not in view), four smaller spires on corners of main spire, and Palladian window with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897]
- George W. Bowman
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of George W. Bowman, President of the Palisade National Bank for thirty years, Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado. He wears a suit, vest, bow tie, and a fedora.
- Palisade National Bank (Palisade, Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Palisade (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bankers--Colorado--Palisade--1940-1950.; Bowman, George W.
- February 1, 1943
- Cripple Creek, 1899
- Family stands outside their two-story wood frame residence, 321 West Carr Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; man is possibly T. F. Smith, miner with Last Dollar Mine; man, woman, and boy in overalls stand while small girl sits on front steps or...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1899?
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of the brick-lined and cement sidewalk, businesses, and buildings, on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; automobiles and trucks are parked diagonally along street; barber shop pole or post is on sidewalk; signs attached to buildings...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1950-1960.
- [1950]
- Excavation of the former National Hotel with Cripple Creek High School in the background
- Excavation and foundation of National Hotel with view towards Cripple Creek High School, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes a distant view of Cripple Creek High School; the three-story public school building was built in two phases, first...
- Cripple Creek High School (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Early Cripple Creek street scene
- Street view of early Cripple Creek, Colorado; boys stands in dirt street covered with light snow in front of canvas tent and log cabins.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1894]
- 1st National Bank
- Exterior view of the First National Bank in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Building has an arched front window and an offset front entrance. Etched on building facade: "First National Bank A. D. 1903." Signs in window: "Safe Deposit Boxes for...
- First National Bank (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- June 17, 1909
- A side street in Pemberton
- View overlooking Pemberton, Teller or Douglas County, Colorado; shows tents, frame commercial buildings, a horse and cart, and wagons in the street. Signs reads: "Lodging House."
- Pemberton (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pemberton--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Pemberton--1890-1910.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Pemberton--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901?]
- Parker school
- Twelve Parker, Colorado elementery school children and their teacher pose on the front steps of their school in Douglas County. The boys wear coveralls and long-sleeved shirts. The girls wear print dresses.
- Bauldhauf, George--Childhood & youth--Colorado--Parker--1910-1920.; Clark, Mary--Childhood & youth--Colorado--Parker--1910- 1920.; O'Connor, George--Childhood & youth--Colorado--Parker--1910-1920.; O'Connor, James--Childhood &...
- 1910
- We're on the Water Wagon in Paonia
- Six men pose around a water wagon drawn by a two-horse team in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. One man stands on top of the tank, and one man stands on the frame. Two sit in the driver's seat. The sixth man stands behind the wagon. Spectators...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Street maintenance & repair--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- April 20, 1911
- Wm. Rowley, Sr. home in Parker
- The William Rowley, Sr. family poses outside of their homestead in Parker, Colorado in Douglas County, with horses, a dog and cart. Shown are Mr. Rowley, his wife Polly, daughter Grace, Robert and Roselle Hawkey and an unidentified man. The...
- Hawkey, Robert.; Hawkey, Roselle.; Rowley, Grace--Childhood & youth.; Rowley, Polly--Homes & haunts.; Rowley, William, Sr.--Homes & haunts.; Parker (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Living room of Martha Crane's log cabin home, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of Mrs. Mary Crane's living room, 809 Mine Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Mrs. Crane, her daughter Martha, and a man sit at the stretcher table playing cards; scene includes doily on top of table, ornate wallpaper, Cripple Creek...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Stoves--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Crane, Mary.
- 1907
- Pandora, Colo.
- View of the town of Pandora (also known as Folsome), Colorado in San Miguel County, shows wooden residential and commercial buildings and steep palisades behind the town.
- Pandora (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1905?
- The Ouray Band at the Elks State Convention, held in Ouray Colo. Sep. 14 to 15th, 1911
- The Ouray Band poses in uniform in front of the Ouray City Hall, Ouray County, Colorado, during the Elks State Convention. Their leader Thomas B. Mitchell sits center with Arthur Grabow to his right. Instruments include bass and snare drums,...
- Elks (Fraternal order)--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marching bands--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1920.; Grabow, Arthur.; Mitchell, Thomas B.
- 1911
- Aerial view of Cripple Creek
- Aerial view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside of Midland Terminal Railway station, plat of streets, and rubble and debris of demolished commercial business buildings; hillside is dotted with mine tailings; Mount...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Engine Co. 2
- Firemen pose with equipment by the firehouse in Rico, Dolores County, Colorado. They are identified as: (l to r) "Schoot, Troy, Siebert, Chief Dulmager ?, Scherer, Goodman; (standing) - Ford, Robert Dulmager?, Pemberton, and Reyman.
- Rico (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.
- 1899
- New Hugus & Co. bldg. rebuilt after fire in 1902.
- In Rifle, Garfield County, Colorado, children, men, horses and dogs pose by a brick storefront; lettering on adjacent building reads: "J. C. Hugus & Co. Dealers in Everything."
- J. Hugus & Co. (Rifle, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- Redcliff, Colo.
- Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado, is by Turkey Creek; sign reads: "Garage."
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1920-1950.
- [between 1929 and 1941?]
- Bennett Ave. from the Teller Co. court house to the depot
- View of Bennett Avenue from sidewalk by Teller county courthouse (courthouse building not in view) east towards Midland Terminal Railway station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; distant view includes one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Ridgway from the East
- View of Ridgway, Ouray County, Colorado; shows brick buildings, tracks and cars of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, and the Uncompahgre River.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1930-1950.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ridgway--1930-1950.
- [between 1934 and 1941?]
- When will we all meet again?
- View of Rockwood, La Plata County, Colorado; shows well-dressed women and men by burros and a single rail. Frame buildings and mountains are in the background.
- Rockwood (Colo.)--1870-1900.
- [between 1878 and 1895?]
- Cripple Creek early days
- Distant view of row of one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings have vertical slats and falsefronts; canvas tents (some with wooden frames) are interspersed through town.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Wheat Ridge Methodist, 4th of July picnic, W. 44th at Oak
- Well-dressed men and women pose with babies at the Methodist Fourth of July picnic, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1890- 1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Cripple Creek
- Background view of commercial business district with one and two- story flat-roof wooden frame buildings, some with falsefronts (possibly Bennett Avenue), Cripple Creek, Colorado; sign attached to building states "Market"; canvas tent with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893?]
- Cripple Creek, ca. 1980's
- Bird's eye view across residential rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside view of Teller County Courthouse and flat rooftops of brick commercial buildings.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1989]
- Ruins of the old city of Stout, Colorado
- A man stands on top of the ruins of the quarry town of Stout (also known as Petra), Larimer County, Colorado. The big building is the hotel built by the Union Pacific Railroad.
- Stout (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Stout--1920-1930.
- 1928
- Tutt and Penrose Cabin built 1891 Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Harry Leonard and Spencer Penrose stand in front of Tutt and Penrose cabin, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story log cabin built in 1891 with low gable and sod roof; two saddled horses are teethered to corner of cabin; cabin includes stovepipe and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Leonard, Harry.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.
- Feb. 1894
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado Routt County, Pioneer Day celebration taken from Onyx Quarry? Hill toward N.E.
- Spectators gather on the slopes of Quarry Mountain and in buggies around the perimeter of a field to watch the baseball game during the Pioneer Day festivities in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (Moffat...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Steamboat...
- September, 1908
- Steamboat Springs, Monsignor Thomas Dentrici, pastor of Holy Name Parish
- Monsignor Thomas Dentici poses next to a sign mounted on river rock base: "The Parish Family of Holy Name Church Welcomes You," in front of the newly remodeled Catholc church in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. The brick church has a...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Churches--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1980-1990.; Clergy--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1980-1990.; Dentici, Thomas, Monsignor.
- 1987
- Cripple Creek, the stream for which the town and district were named
- View of Cripple Creek drainage meandering through edge of town, near Third (3rd) Street and Meyers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes hillside with snow, telegraph or utility poles, and distant view of additional residences on hillside.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streams--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- C. C. H. S. foot-ball team
- Cripple Creek High School football team of 1910 at Union Park, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two rows of young male football players with sweaters, knickers, cloth-padded helmet, lace-up boots, shin pads or thick wool socks, and turtleneck sweaters or...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Football players--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1910
- From Second and Myers Ave. diagonally toward the Teller Co. Court House
- View of intersection of Second (2nd) Street and Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes dirt street, fire hydrant, telephone or utility poles, background view of swingsets, and distant view of edge of Teller County Courthouse.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- The "Giants Ladder" and ice harvesting facilities on the DNW&P near Tolland, Colorado
- A woman in a flowered hat walks past the tracks of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway, Moffat Road, in Tolland (known as Mammoth until 1904), Colorado in Gilpin County. The "Giant's Ladder" and the ice harvesting facilities are in the...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- Tourtelotte Park
- Two men ("Uncle Joe" Sawyer, Greener) pose in a grassy slope with Queen Anne's Lace, Tourtelotte Park, Colorado in Pitkin County. They are dressed identically, wearing trousers, long-sleeved shirts, suspenders, and hats.
- Tourtelotte Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Brownsville
- View of Brownsville, a small town that was considered a "suburb" of Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows residences along dirt roads near the bottom of Brown's Gulch. It was victimized by a number of snow and mud slides in the late...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1895]
- Silver Plume, Colo.
- View east over Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows: Colorado & Southern Railroad, Clear Creek, schoolhouse, residences, central business district, and mines on Republican Mountain.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1930.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Freight train on the Moffat Railroad
- Travelogue cameramen pose on a flatbed car of the Denver & Salt Lake (Moffat Road) which is situated on a wooden trestle, possibly Grand County, Colorado. One camerman rests his hand on a movie camera on a tripod and four railroad employees pose...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Cinematography--Colorado--1910-1920.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--1910-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- N. P. #653 Baldwin #8566
- Northern Pacific Railroad locomotive number 653, which has a bell, a light, and a cow catcher, stops at a depot with thick, black smoke streaming out of its smokestack. Painted on the side of the engine: "N. P. 653 B" and "Northern Pacific."
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--1880-1890.; Railroads--1880-1890.
- June, 1887