Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 48, 1911 November 25
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 50, 1911 December 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 36, 1912 September 7
- 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
- Bliss House
- McNulty House
- Smith House
- Spangler House
- Voorhees House
- Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
- The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
- Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
- 1999
- Hotel Green, Pasadena, Cal.
- Partial view of the Hotel Green on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The building is a four-story Moorish Colonial and Spanish style structure with a ground level arched arcade topped with a loggia with arches and pillars....
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Arcades (Architectural components); Hotels.; Loggias.; Pedestrian bridges.; Resorts.
- c1905
- Denver from the capital
- Panoramic view of Denver, Colorado from the Capitol Building. Shows the Arapahoe County Courthouse, a Greek Revival building with a dome topped by a tin statue of "Justicia." Shows the Kittredge Building on 16th Street, the Hotel Broadway at the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Commercial facilities.; Fire stations.; Office buildings.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Looking from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view towards the south from Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. Shows the iron fence of the Stanford Mansion, across the street are the ruins of possibly the Hopkins Art Institute. The remains of multi-storied buildings, churches,...
- Nob Hill (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view towards the south from Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. Shows the iron fence of the Stanford Mansion, across the street are the ruins of possibly the Hopkins Art Institute. Shows burnt trees, the remains of multi-storied...
- Nob Hill (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view from Nob Hill of San Francisco, California. Shows the shell of Temple Emanuel on Sutter Street, the building has two towers, but is missing the onion domes that topped the towers. Shows the steel structure of a building under...
- Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Temple Emanuel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Hotels.; Ruins.; Synagogues.
- c1906
- South and west from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Shows the remains of houses, apartment and commercial buildings and St. Boniface Church. Hills and San Francisco Bay area in the distance. A man examines damaged...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Fires.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the spire of the late gothic style St. Mary's Episcopal Church, unidentified churches, houses, apartment buildings, row houses, commercial facilities and factories. Signs and a banner read: "Low...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Dry goods stores.; Furniture stores.; Restaurants.
- [1906]
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the Emery, Bird Thayer & Co. Dry Goods Company. The building has a first floor arcade, arched windows and a covered entrance. Unidentified buildings crowd the area. Signs read: "Furniture &...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.; Dry goods stores.
- [1906]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Elysian Park, Fremont Gate
- View of the Fremont gate entrance to Elysian Park in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Shows a road and a steep path entering the park from a roadway adjacent to railroad tracks. An iron lamp post topped with an eagle is at...
- Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Boats.; Bridges.; Gardens.; Parks.; Trails & paths.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. court house
- View of the Los Angeles County Courthouse (Los Angeles Superior Court) located on Poundcake Hill near the corners of Temple and Broadway in Los Angeles, California. The red sandstone structure was built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style and...
- California. Superior Court (Los Angeles County)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses.; Stone buildings.
- [1905?]
- Sisters' Orphans Home, Los Angeles, Calif.
- View of the Sisters' Orphans Home on Seventh Street and Boyle Avenue in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California. Shows a brick Romanesque style, building with a central bell tower topped with a cupola and cross. The tower has wall dormers, turrets,...
- Sisters' Orphans Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bell towers.; Orphanages.
- [1899?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. children of Chinatown
- Chinese children pose outside a shop in Chinatown in Los Angeles, California. The boys wear hats with silk tassels on top, loose tunics, loose pants tied at the leg, stockings and embroidered slippers. The girls wear loose tunics, loose, decorated...
- Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Children.; Stores & shops.; Chinese.
- [1899]
- San Francisco, Union Square and St. Francis Hotel
- View of Union Square near the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Construction materials for the St. Francis Hotel are in the street. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men and boys lounge on the...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities.; Parks.
- [1903?]
- San Francisco - Union Square & St. Francis Hotel
- View of Union Square and the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument, a 79 foot...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; St. Francis Hotel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.;...
- c1905
- Grand Canyon from Hotel El Tovar
- Panoramic view from the south rim of the Grand Canyon, near the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows a view across the canyon to the north rim. Buttes and rock formations are in the canyon. Yavapai Point is in the distance.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Yavapai Point (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Buttes.; Canyons.; National parks & reserves.; Rock formations.
- [1905]
- Grand Canyon, Hotel El Tovar
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows a wing of the hotel with shingled mansard roofs pierced by dormers. The building has porches with jigsawn balusters, the end porch has a gazebo attached to the entrance and...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.; Rock formations.
- c1905
- Yellowstone, Old Faithful Inn
- View of the Old Faithful Inn designed by Robert C. Reamer at Yellowstone National Park. The log and wood frame structure is seven stories high. The porte-cochere is recessed under the large gable roof of the central section of the building along...
- Old Faithful Inn (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- [1905]
- Yellowstone - Fort Yellowstone
- View of Fort Yellowstone located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Fort was built to house United States Army troops charged with protecting Yellowstone National Park from poachers, souvenir hunters and developers. Shows multi-storied...
- Fort Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Military facilities.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Yellowstone - Buffalo herd near Fort Yellowstone
- View of a herd of American Bison (American buffalo) near Fort Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows bulls, cows and calves. A group of tourists looks on. A ridge with limestone cliffs is in the distance.
- Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Bison.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Hotel Green, Pasadena, Cal.
- View of the Hotel Green complex on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The Hotel Green annex (Castle Green) was designed by Frederick Louis Roehrig. The building is a seven story Islamic Revival style structure with two...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Pedestrian walkways.; Resorts.
- c1905
- Hotel Green, Pasadena, Cal.
- View of the Hotel Green annex (Castle Green) located on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The hotel was designed by Frederick Louis Roehrig, it is a seven story Islamic Revival style building with two towers with conical...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Pedestrian walkways.; Resorts.
- c1905
- Pasadena - Green Hotel
- View of the Hotel Green complex on Green Street in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The original Green Hotel is a four-story Mission Revival style structure designed by Strange and Carnicle. The building has hipped tile roofs, brick...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Pedestrian walkways.; Resorts.
- c1905
- Hotel Green, Pasadena, Cal.
- View of the Hotel Green annex (Castle Green) located on Green and Raymond Streets in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The annex was designed by Frederick Louis Roehrig, it is a seven story Islamic Revival style building with two towers...
- Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Pedestrian walkways.; Resorts.
- c1905
- Looking toward Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of Telegraph Hill from North Beach after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California. People walk among the ruins of buildings and houses. Rubble litters the landscape. Sailing and steamships are in the harbor and San Francisco...
- North Beach (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Telegraph Hill (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Ruins.
- c1906
- South and west from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Shows the remains of houses, apartment buildings, commercial buildings, St. Boniface Church, ruins of San Francisco City Hall and the round, domed Hall of Records.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Fires.; Government facilities.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Nob Hill from Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Shows the remains of apartment, houses, commercial buildings and the shell of the St. Francis of Assisi Church (now the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi)...
- National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; North Beach (San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water); Earthquakes.;...
- [1906]
- Nob Hill from Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Shows the remains of apartment buildings, commercial and government buildings and a church near San Francisco Bay. Buildings from left to right include the Hall of...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Yerba Buena Island (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water); Earthquakes.; Fires.; Government facilities.; Islands.; Piers & wharves.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Nob Hill from Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Shows the remains of churches, apartment, commercial and government buildings in North Beach near San Francisco Bay. Telegraph Hill is in the distance. Steam and...
- North Beach (San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water); Earthquakes.; Fires.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Los Angeles, Cal. Figueroa St., palms
- View of Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows front yards landscaped with a variety of palm trees, Norfolk Pine trees, ornamental and fruit trees, eucalyptus trees, and a variety of ornamental bushes and flowers. The sidewalk has a...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.; Sidewalks.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. residence, Adams St.
- View of an unidentified house on Adams Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows a house at the end of driveway with a line of palm trees on one side. The Victorian style wood frame house has a porch, a gable roof and a hip roof with wood cresting....
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Driveways.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Palm Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Rows of palm trees line Palm Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Houses are on either side of the dirt street. Architectural features on the wood frame houses include balconies, porches, bays, pilasters, cornices, and egg and dart molding. A large...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.
- [1905?]
- Pasadena, Cal., residence on Marengo Ave.
- View of a yard and house on Marengo Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a lattice work arbor covered with climbing roses, an orange tree with fruit, a flower bed with lilies and a section of a wood frame house with a carved...
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Arbors (Bowers); Houses.; Orange trees.; Roses.
- [1899]
- Spanish Peaks
- View of the Spanish Peaks, Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows pole fence and farm buildings.
- Huerfano County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Spanish Peaks (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Gateway to the Garden of the Gods
- View of Pikes Peak and Gate Rock in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy stops on a dirt road near the sandstone rock formation.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- A mountain ranch
- A ranch style house sits at the base of unidentified foothills in California. Shows an orange grove.
- Houses--California--1900-1920.; Orange orchards--California--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Yosemite, South Dome
- A view of Half Dome (South Dome), a rock formation, in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California. Shows trees, snow and the Yosemite Valley area.
- Half Dome (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cliffs--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Rock formations--California--Yosemite...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Ut[e Pass]
- View of a dirt road with a split log guardrail on Ute Pass, Teller County, Colorado. Shows Twin Creek, waterfalls, and a man in a horse-drawn buggy.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Twin Creek (Park County and Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1890.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Teller...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Colorado Spr's and Pike's Peak
- View of Pike's Peak and Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company train cars and a passenger car are at a stone depot. Railroad cars read: "Santa Fe Route, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 18440" and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- The Grand Canon in Arizona. Across from Rowe's Point
- View from Hopi Point (Rowe's Point) on West Rim Drive of the Grand Canyon (Coconino County), Arizona, in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. Shows the Alligator rock formation.
- Alligator, The (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Santa Catalina Island, golf links
- View of the Catalina Island Golf Course on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows clubhouse, tennis court and a circular pond.
- Catalina Island Golf Course (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Clubhouses--California--Santa Catalina Island--1900-1920.; Golf--California--Santa Catalina Island--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]