Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Central City drug store
- A man dressed in a pharmacist's white coat stands on a ladder and arranges a kerosene lamp on a ledge in a Victorian drugstore in Central City, Colorado. Mortars and other lamps are also along the ledge. A sign that reads "The Pharmacy" is above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.
- [between 1952 and 1953]
- Salida dining room
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the table is set; a kerosene lamp is adorned with crepe paper, and garlands hang from the interior ceiling. A cut crystal punchbowl is on a wooden, mirrored sideboard; china plates line the upper walls, and a...
- Glass kerosene lamps--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cabinets (Case furniture)--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Western History Subject Index
- KEROSENE
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 12, 1914 March 28
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 16, 1909 June 5
- Meeker saloon
- Interior view of a saloon in Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado; men pose behind the bar with mirrors, bunting, United States flags, a cash register, and a carved wood bar back. Also shows a dog, kerosene lamp, posters, and a spittoon.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Bartenders--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.
- 1899 July 5
- Fort Morgan switchboard
- Interior view of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange in Fort Morgan (Morgan County), Colorado; operators with headsets sit at a switchboard with a clock and kerosene lamp. Women's outfits include a shawl and upswept hair...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Fort...
- 1914
- Puget Sound Indians at home
- A Native American (tribe unknown) woman and man sit in a canvas tent in the Puget Sound area of Washington State. The woman works making baskets and is surrounded by reeds, baskets, a kerosene lamp, a cooking pot, and stoneware jug.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Washington (State)--1890-1900.; Tents--Washington (State)--1890-1900.; Women--Washington (State)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Interior of Detroit Photographic Co's car
- Interior view of the Detroit Photographic Company railroad car, probably in Chicago (Cook County), Illinois. Men wear suits and sit behind a table covered by a woven rug. Photographic prints are on a table and hang on interior walls. The car has...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--1890-1900.; Detroit Photographic Co.--Facilities--1890-1900.; Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Interiors--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.;...
- [1898?]
- St. Vrain Room, The Fort
- People dine at The Fort restaurant near Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. Dinnerware and kerosene lamps are on the tables, and light fixtures are on the interior walls.
- Fort (Restaurant)--1970-1980.; Morrison (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Restaurants--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Lynch mob and victim
- Members of a lynch mob gather around the charred body of victim, John Preston Porter, Jr., a Black man, near Limon, Colorado, in Lincoln County. Never tried for his crime and linked to the death of a young girl only circumstantially, the mob tied...
- Limon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; African Americans--Colorado--Limon--1900-1910.; Lynchings--Colorado--Limon--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- J.H. Kilday & W. Weld, prop.'s, White-House saloon, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of White House Saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; J. H. Kilday & W. Weld (proprietors), group of men stand in front of bar, two men wear aprons, one of whom holds a box of open cigars; additional men stand at bar with feet propped on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; White House Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1893 or 1894]
- Buddecke and Diehl's Opera House Montrose, Colo.
- The interior of the Buddecke & Diehl Opera House, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has paper light shades, kerosene lanterns and pine garlands hanging from the ceiling. Painted scenes and flourishes flank the stage and form a backdrop;...
- Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stage props--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Saloon patrons, Trinidad
- Interior view of a saloon in Trinidad (Las Animas County) Colorado; shows men posing by a pot bellied parlour stove. Decor includes a mirror, a hanging kerosene lamp, a taxidermy mounted heron, a copper tank with a spigot, framed art, and a clock....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Corner Stark Bros Mercantile Company Co St Elmo Colo
- Stark Brothers Mercantile Company, Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, interior shelves hold canned goods, kerosene lamps, shoes and starched collars. A "116 Oak" parlour stove is to one side; a Toledo scale is on the counter. Brand names include...
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; General stores--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Scales--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Stoves--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Interior of the Stark Bros Mercantile Company Co St Elmo Colo
- Stark Brothers Mercantile Company, Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, interior shelves and glass cases hold canned goods, kerosene lamps, shoes and mess kits. Brands include "Clabber Girl," "Calumet," and "Union Leader." A scale is on the...
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; General stores--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Scales--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Salida tailor shop
- Interior of a tailor shop, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows men and women sewing on machines or sewing by hand, a banner reading: "W.S. Buchanan Merchant Tailor," bolts of fabric, suits, trouser, a kerosene lamp, cracked and waterstained...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Sewing equipment & supplies--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Sewing machines--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Tailoring--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- 1901
- The Old Homestead of Pearl de Vere, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of a refurbished bedroom of the Old Homestead, 357 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district once operated by Madame Pearl de Vere in 1916 for nearly 20 years, later...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Manitou House, Colorado Springs
- Interior view of the Manitou House Hotel office, in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; decor includes taxidermy mounted squirrels, a lynx, a beaver, birds, a rabbit, and deer. A Regulator clock, rifles, pistols, a safe, and a kerosene lamp...
- Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotel front desk personnel--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Interiors--Colorado--Manitou...
- 1874 August 31
- Central City
- Bar patrons, holding beer and resting their feet on the barrail or nearby chairs, stand at a bar in Central City, Colorado. One patron smokes a cigar; another stands over a spittoon. The bartender stands behind the bar wearing a waistcoat and an...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Barrooms--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Interiors--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Dining room the Manitou House
- Interior view of the dining room at the Manitou House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Decorated for Christmas, this wooden floor dining hall with its Windsor chairs is ready for guests. The tables are set with Moroccan weave tableclothes,...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870- 1890.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Interiors.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou...
- [between 1874 and 1887?]
- Office, Manitou House
- Interior view of the Manitou House Hotel office, in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; decor includes taxidermy mounted squirrels, a lynx, a beaver, birds, a rabbit, and deer. A Regulator clock, rifles, pistols, a safe, and a kerosene lamp...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1880?]
- Hall in Dr. C. N. Hart's residence
- Interior presentation view of the C. N. Hart residence in Denver, Colorado; shows a coffered wood ceiling, stairs, carved fireplace mantle, kerosene lamps, china, framed art, and Oriental rugs. A man watches a girl play a piano.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Hart, C....
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Hall in Dr. C. N. Hart's residence
- Interior presentation view of the C. N. Hart residence in Denver, Colorado; shows a coffered wood ceiling, stairs, carved columns and banister, kerosene lamps, china, framed art, a bentwood rocker and Oriental rugs. A girl on a banquette reads a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Reading--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Rocking chairs--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Rooms &...
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Breckenridge parlor
- A woman sits in the center of a parlor in Breckenridge, Colorado, holding an open book and wearing a bodice with high puffed shoulders, a lace collar, and a plunging, buttoned, jockey pointed closure with notched lapels. Her bishop style sleeves...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1892.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- Office of Finding Hardware
- View of the Finding Hardware Company office in Breckenridge, Colorado; Frank Christy leans on a credenza against the back wall. Shows books open on work area, a horseshoe clock, a hand-operated printing press, drum-shaped parlor stove, a polished...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- 1892
- C.A. Finding residence
- In the Finding residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, a wood table with carved, polished legs and a lower shelf has a tasseled cover with a kerosene lamp, a seashell, and a portrait in a palette shaped frame atop it. It is flanked by rocking chairs,...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Silverton RR. Engine #100
- Silverton Railroad Engine 100 (Baldwin narrow gauge type 2-8-0), with the number on an old-fashioned kerosene headlight, pulls one freight and one passenger car, Colorado; the train pauses on a steep slope with tracks built up with rock and...
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mears, Otto, 1840-1931.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Players at school play
- Ten children, cast members in a school play, pose standing side by side in front of a row of chairs on a stage in Basalt, Colorado. The children are dressed in an assortment of costumes, including breeches, long-sleeved shirts, aprons, suspenders,...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Child actors--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.
- [1897?]
- The Mine & Smelter Supply Co.
- Interior view of The Mine & Smelter Supply Company, in Denver, Colorado; shows crates, barrels, and kerosene lanterns.
- Mine & Smelter Supply Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Aspen residence
- Interior view of a rectangular table by a bay window in the home of Fred Glidden (Luke Short) in Aspen, Colorado; features a kerosene lamp with a glass globe, duck sculpture, and ashtray on the table; sheer curtains with embroidered floral patterns...
- Glidden, Fred--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence
- View of a kerosene lamp with a bell-shaped globe on a wood table in the home of Fred Glidden (Luke Short), Aspen, Colorado; features a duck sculpture and a houseplant on the table; sheer curtains with embroidered floral designs cover the windows;...
- Glidden, Fred--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Lamps--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- After the feast is over, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen cleaning up after meal in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; one man washing dishes over cookstove with second man watching; open a-frame canvas shelter covering eating & cooking area,...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Dishwashing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Guest chamber at Nast Hotel
- Interior view of guest room at Nast Hotel, Nast, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; painted rustic log furniture including bed, dresser with mirror & brass handles, chair, settee or loveseat, & stand-alone closet with drape; log beams...
- Nast (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Nast--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Nast--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Eldora
- The buildings on Main Street in Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado, include one with a false front and signs with the Coca-Cola logo that read "Quality Meats" and "Picnic Supplies;" a small log building with seven mailboxes in front; and a...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Duneweg hardware store
- This hardware store interior in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, includes cooking stoves, nail kegs, kerosene lamps and rolls of paper. A case in the center displays scissors, and a framed poster above has an illustration of moose surrounded by a...
- Brush (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Brush--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Black walnut sideboard, Healy House
- A black walnut sideboard with mirror, an ornately carved top and handles and decorative wooden fish on the doors stands in the dining room of the Healy House State Museum on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buffets (Furniture); Dining rooms--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1940 and 1941]
- Pharmacy in Brush
- This soda fountain interior in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, includes shelves filled with bottles, display cases, a cash register, a kerosene lamp, and two men posing behind the bar. The barstools are floor mounted on curved supports, with round...
- Brush (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Brush--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Interior of C. H. Whitmore & Co. store
- The interior of the C. H. Whitmore & Co. store in Canon City, Colorado, is filled with hardwood dressers, desks, mirrors, china, glass, dinnerware, kerosene lamps, coathooks, rolls of paper, framed pictures, and a manual carpet sweeper display...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Home furnishings stores--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Ferndale, Colo.
- Mr. Robinson sits in a rocking chair and reads a book before a fire in Ferndale, Colorado, in Jefferson County. A mail holder hangs on the wall, along with prints. Bric-a-brac is along the mantel. A kerosene lamp in on the table behind...
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Robinson, W. F.
- [1895?]
- Buddecke and Diehl's Opera House, Montrose, Colo.
- Interior view of the Buddecke & Diehl Opera House in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The building has paper-covered light shades, kerosene lanterns, and pine garlands on the ceiling and on brick walls. Painted scenes decorate the front of the...
- Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Chairs--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera...
- [between 1885 and 1888?]
- Saloon, Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
- A bartender stands behind the bar in a saloon associated with the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company possibly in Boulder or Weld Counties, Colorado. Patrons sit at tables, drink beer, and play cards. Several African American (Black) miners are in the bar....
- African Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Bars--Colorado--1910-1920.; Bartenders--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- White Dog Saloon in 1898
- A bartender stands behind a bar in the White Dog Saloon probably in Colorado. A patron stands near the bar, waves a gun in one hand and a cigar in the other. Another man leans his elbow on the bar and holds a cigar to his mouth. Advertising signs...
- Bars--Colorado--1898-1900.; Bartenders--Colorado--1898-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--1898-1900.
- 1898
- Greeley, Colorado, business
- Interior of a hardware store in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. Items in the store include stoves, kerosene lamps, hanging light fixtures, and cans of paint. A "Lisk's" sign shows.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- A camp in the wilds - Pike National Forest
- View of a campsite in Pike National Forest, Colorado; cast iron cooking pots are by a log bench and a canvas shelter. Frying pans and a kerosene lamp hang from a tree. Shows a barrel and a wood table.
- Pike National Forest (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cooking utensils--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920?]
- Tigre suertudo
- Men, probably on a mining expedition for the Luck Tiger Mining Company, pose in camp possibly near Sonora, Mexico. The men sit or stand by a Dutch oven, lard buckets, a tent, and a package that reads: "Golden Gate High Grade Baking Powder." A man...
- Camping--Mexico--1900-1910.; Men--Mexico--1900-1910.; Tents--Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Capt. Chemical Engine No. 1
- Men hold the reins of a horse-drawn fire wagon in Pueblo, Colorado. The conveyance is equipped with ladders, rope, rolled hose, kerosene lamps, and metal tanks. Men pose nearby, and the brick building in the background has stone trim and arched or...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Gallery of the old San Miguel Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Interior view of the adobe San Miguel Mission (Church, Chapel) at 401 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Shows vigas, carved beams and corbels, a choir loft, stairs, pews, decorative brackets, one with a kerosene lamp,...
- Mission San Miguel (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Interiors--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Naves--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Grant's Store: Manitou Springs Colorado Christmas, 1887
- Interior view of Grant's Art and Curiosity Store, Manitou Springs, Colorado, showing household items including dishes and art prints. A table is set with a fringed tablecloth; children's items include doll strollers, puzzles, and building blocks....
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Grant, Charles A.
- 1887
- Mama & Papa Woodruff take in store
- Interior view of Woodruff general merchandise store in Gillett, Colorado includes Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff in the aisle between shelves of canned and boxed food. A scale sits atop the glass display cabinet with boxes of cigars, wooden crate of brooms...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]