Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 5 and 6, 1929 May-June
- Control of the amount of rock fed into the mill circuit at Urad Mine was controlled by four slusher drifts such as the one shown here
- A man runs a slusher through mine drift in a tunnel of the Urad mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The huge scoop would drag the debris to a shaft in the floor, where it would fall onto a waiting conveyor belt and be transported out of the mine.
- Mining machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1963 and 1974]
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1918 June
- These huge boilers at the Henderson Mine heat water for surface domestic heat
- A technician stands near a group of horizontal tubular boilers at the Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Signs on the boilers read: "Cleaver Brooks".
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boilers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.
- [between 1976 and 1980]
- The Aeronaut Encircles the Globe: The Yearbook of 1925
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1925.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1925
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 6 and 7, 1921 June-July
- Little Cottonwood Canon
- View of a man on a huge block of granite in a quarry, probably Temple Quarry, in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. Shows Utah Central Railway tracks, trees, and brush.
- Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake County (Utah)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1890.; Granite quarrying--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Salt Lake...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Marble
- Men drill in the huge chunks of marble, probably at the Colorado Yule Marble Company quarry, Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado. Trolley tracks are used to move equipment and blocks of marble.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Drilling--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912]
- Marble
- Men drill in huge chunks of marble, probably at the Colorado Yule Marble Company quarry, Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado. On the right are trolley tracks used to move equipment and blocks of marble.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Drilling--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912]
- The 1800 block on Champa Street looking northeast at night, during the Knights Templar 32nd Triennial Conclave
- Night view of a huge plaster knight on horseback spanning the street in front of the Post Office during the Knights Templar Conclave, Denver, Colorado. The knight in shining armor poses with his lance. Light streaks of automobile headlights show...
- Knights Templar (Masonic order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 August 12 - 15
- Cutting out marble at Yule, Colo.
- Men move huge chunks of marble, at the Colorado Yule Marble Company quarry, on a sheer face of Ragged Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado. The blacksmith shop, boilers and compressors used to power the machinery are perched on an excavated shelf....
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912]
- Lowry Air Force Base
- Aerial view of Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, shows houses, barracks, shops, classrooms, the heating plant, headquarters, the Agnes Phipps Memorial Sanitarium, landscaped streets, sidewalks, mission style buildings, shops, and factories.
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Air bases--Colorado--1950-1960.
- March 4, 1954
- Cripple Creek fire
- View from junction of Myers and "A" Streets across rooftops during April 29th, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; huge black clouds of smoke billow in the sky; scene includes one and two-story wooden frame and brick, gable and flat-roof residences...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Cheyenne Mt. Zoological Park, Colorado Springs
- View of the flood damage at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A wall of water estimated at thirty feet in height swept huge boulders and trees down the slope. "The front of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's Penguin,...
- Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Zoos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- July 25, 1965
- Cheyenne Mt. Zoological Park, Colorado Springs
- View of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, P̀rimate World,' which was under construction, was almost completely destroyed when a wall of water estimated at 30 feet in height swept huge boulders and trees through the...
- Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Zoos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- 1965 July 25
- Dust storm in southern Colo.
- View of a huge cloud of dust over residences and a grain elevator, possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Grain elevators--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.;...
- 1935
- Dust storm in southern Colo.
- View of a huge cloud of dust possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Dust storm in southern Colo.
- View of a huge cloud of dust approaching Jake & Babes cafe and other businesses in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Dust storm
- Houses and trees are barely visible beneath a huge cloud of dust, possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The devastating dust bowl carried top soil for miles.
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Dust storm
- View of a huge cloud of dust over agricultural land, possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, in southeastern Colorado. A gambrel roof barn and trees show in foreground. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Barns--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Barns--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Dust storm
- A huge cloud of dust approaches the town of Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, in southeastern Colorado. Wood frame businesses include, "Jake & Babes, service with a grin, drive right in," "Service with a smile," "Cafe," "General Store."
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Dust storm in southern Colo.
- View of a huge dark cloud of dust possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. A house and line of trees is barely visible. The devasting dust bowl carried top soil for miles.
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Bull Hill mines
- View shows mines and tailings piles on the denuded southeast slope of Bull Hill, near Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Residences of the fledgling town in the foreground.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Goldfield--1880-1910.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Goldfield--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- View of two mines at Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View shows unidentified mines in the Cripple Creek District of Teller County, Colorado, and residences among huge tailings piles.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1920.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Ajax Gold Mine, Victor
- Buildings of the Ajax gold mine sit atop a huge pile of tailings above the Midland Terminal Railway tracks, Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The Portland mine is visible in the distance. Shows houses along the railroad line.
- Midland Terminal Railway--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Ajax Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Victor...
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Alamosa
- New concrete sidewalks are being installed over the unpaved Main Street of Alamosa, Colorado. Street lamps are in the middle of street, where automobiles park. Two girls on horseback and two dogs are in the street. Brick commercial buildings...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1925]
- Alamosa
- Concrete sidewalks are being poured along the unpaved Main Street in Alamosa, Colorado. Wood plank forms and a shovel are in the foreground. Street lamps are in the middle of the street, where automobiles park diagonally. The brick Alamosa...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Alamosa, 1891
- Dark smoke pours from the Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co. in Alamosa County, Colorado. Several men in suits and hats, and two in white work clothes, pose on a platform with a cart loaded with white sacks of flour. Another man in a suit stands alone...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flour & meal industry--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.
- [1891]
- Gen. William J. Palmer relaxing in his den at Glen Eyrie
- Image is a copy of a 1890s original of General William Jackson Palmer. Interior view shows General Palmer as he relaxes in his den at Glen Eyrie, Queens Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado Springs. He sits in front of a huge stone fireplace with...
- Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Central City
- A dilapidated two-story house in Central City, Colorado, stands isolated on the hillside. Partially obscured by a huge, gaping hole in the exterior wall, the stone house has a hipped roof (with two large holes in it) and two dormers. A crumbling...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Ready for a climb
- Tourists prepare for a hike in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Women sit on railing of the Ruxton Creek footbridge, holding walking sticks; one wears a light colored sateen bodice with velvet rope knotting, a ribbon collar, and capote hat; the other...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Governesses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Sightseers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Porch of Denver Hotel, 1899-1900
- The porch of the Denver Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is possible next to huge snowbanks where fresh snow has fallen. Two men and two women stand under the open porch with its sawtoothed arches. The women wear heavy coats and feathered, capote...
- Denver Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Lamartine - 1947
- View of Lamartine, Clear Creek County, Colorado; includes a roofless log cabin standing atop a pile of huge rocks; evergreens on the horizon behind the house, and light from the sky shines through an empty window.
- Lamartine (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Wagon Wheel Pass, Skelton's Mtn. Ranch, Colo. Midland Ranch
- Group of men & women on horseback at Wagon Wheel Pass, Skelton's Mountain Ranch, probably Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; dirt path through rock outcroppings & huge boulders, saddled horses.
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Marble mining
- A woman sits posing on one of many huge blocks of marble at the Marble mill owned by the Colorado Yule Marble Company in Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1930-1940.; Marble (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Marble--Colorado--Marble--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Marble--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Marble--1930-1940.
- 1930
- Marble mining
- Mining buildings, equipment, and huge blocks of marble lie in ruins at the quarries of the Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1930-1950.; Marble (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Yule Quarry (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Marble--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Estes Park
- A large hotel or ranch in Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, has three two-story gables on the major section, with a one-story section in front, and a porch that runs around the entire building. A huge evergreen is beside the building. Cars are...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Gunnison
- A huge rock is beside a log construction gable-roofed cabin in Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado. The building has a stone foundation, and stones line the dirt road next to the cabin; a car is parked in front. A small illegible sign hangs from...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1970.
- [between 1945 and 1967]
- Eldorado Springs flood
- Men and women walk amid flood debris near South Boulder creek in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. The flood, in September of 1938, did major damage to houses and the Eldorado Springs resort.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.
- September, 1938
- Little Cottonwood Canon
- View of a man on a huge block of granite in a quarry, probably Temple Quarry at Little Cottonwood Canyon, north of Utah Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah. Shows Utah Central Railway tracks, trees, brush.
- Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)--1880-1890.; Salt Lake County (Utah)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1890.; Granite quarrying--Utah--Salt Lake County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Salt Lake...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Interior view of Box Canon
- Well-dressed women and a man stand and sit by Canyon Creek in Box Canyon, Ouray County, Colorado. Shows huge solid rock formations, caverns, a waterfall in the distance.
- Box Canyon (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyon Creek (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Elk Park, Animas Canon D.& R.G.RY.
- A Denver & Rio Grand Railway engine and caboose stop along the narrow gauge tracks near the Animas River at Elk Park, San Juan County, Colorado. Shows felled trees, tree trunks, boulders, meadows and probably Snowdon Peak in the distance. Workmen...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Snowdon Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan...
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods
- View of Balanced Rock, a sandstone pillar rock formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A well dressed man reclines near the huge rock on a rock outcrop.
- Balanced Rock (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Denver's big snow
- A huge snow pile sits on a street near stores and the Hotel Metropole after the 1913 snowstorm in Denver, Colorado. A sign on the hotel reads, "Hotel Metropol[e], Absolutel[y] Fire Proo[f]."
- Hotel Metropole (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Whatta Game!
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado, to listen to a baseball game. An electric scoreboard is above storefronts on a balcony on the Denver Post building; canopy reads: "Post." Business...
- Denver Post--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Audiences--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1935 October 3
- Denver watches the World's Series
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado to view a play-by-play of a 1927 World Series game on an electric scoreboard atop a balcony. Office buildings are to the sides.
- Denver Post--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Scoreboards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1927 October 5
- Lake Shore drive-in theatre (in Edgewater) W. 17th Ave. & Sheridan Blvd., view looking S.W. from in Sloan Lake Park
- The back of a huge movie screen and the entrance to the Lake Shore Drive-in are next to an intersection in Edgewater, Colorado. The movie sign by the entrance has "Lake Shore" in script, and the following in changable letters "Gremlins," "PG," and...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Edgewater--1980-1990.
- Jul 2, 1984
- Lake Shore drive-in theatre (in Edgewater) W. 17th Ave. & Sheridan Blvd.
- The Lake Shore drive-in, including a huge movie screen and a parking lot full of movie speakers, is next to Sloan (Sloan's) Lake. Corrugated metal encloses the theater, and a Safeway sign is at the edge of the lake, behind the theater. Street signs...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Drive-in theaters--Colorado--Edgewater--1980-1990.
- Jul 2, 1984