Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Shady Greenhorn building, Greenhorn, Colo.
- View of the Shady Greenhorn building in Greenhorn, Colo. The building once contained a café, liquor store and variety store. The simple structure is defined by a rough stucco facade, pediment and decorative vigas. Located south of Colorado...
- Ghost towns--Colorado--Greenhorn--1970-1980.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Greenhorn--1970-1980.; Greenhorn (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Greenhorn--Pictorial works.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Greenhorn--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1909 March 6
- North Empire Copper Cone Gold Fissure Mine.
- View of the abandoned shafthouse, tailings, and buildings of the Gold Fissure Mine near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold Fissure Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Copper mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Perspective, first floor plan Epiphany Episcopal Church - Denver
- Perspective (color) and first floor plan for the Epiphany Episcopal Church, 100 Colorado Boulevard, Hilltop neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, commissioned by Reverend Robert A. Russell in the late 1930s. Although primarily unadorned, the structure...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hilltop (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches.; Episcopal churches.; Episcopal Schools.
- 1940, August 7 (plan); 1940, August 6 (perspective)
- Harbor at Rhodes [art original].
- Watercolor painting captures a scene from 1934 Odyssey Cruise (from July 17 to August 11) on the privately chartered S.S. Cracovia.
- Sea in art.; Painting, American.; Ocean travel--Pictorial works.; Travel in art.; Rhodes (Greece)--Pictorial works.; Mediterranean Sea--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1934
- Gully Rodeo Poster
- The Gully family hosted a rodeo on their ranch from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s. This poster advertises for one of the rodeos and was discovered in the Gully Homestead House attic after the City of Aurora took ownership in the late 1970s.
- Circa 1945
- Lowry Air Force Base Commanding Generals House
- Exterior photograph of the Lowry Air Force Base Commanding Generals House located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in Europe...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Air bases--Colorado--1990-2000.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1998 August
- Lowry Air Force Base Commanding Generals House
- Exterior photograph of the Lowry Air Force Base Commanding Generals House located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in Europe...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Air bases--Colorado--1990-2000.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1998 August
- Lowry Air Force Base WWII hanger
- Exterior photograph of the Lowry Air Force Base World War II hanger located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in Europe and the...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Air bases--Colorado--1990-2000.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1998 August
- Lowry Air Force Base "The Palace"
- Exterior photograph of the building known as "The Palace" on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Air bases--Colorado.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Lowry Air Force Base
- Exterior photograph of the entrance to a building known as "The Palace" on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Air bases--Colorado.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Lowry Air Force Base
- Exterior photograph of two airplanes on display at Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in Europe and...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Air bases--Colorado.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Lowry Air Force Base
- Exterior photograph of an airplane on display at Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in Europe and...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.); Air bases--Colorado.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Lowry Air Force Base "The Palace"
- Exterior photograph of the building known as "The Palace" on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Air bases--Colorado--1990-2000.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1998 March
- Lowry Air Force Base "The Palace"
- Exterior photograph of the building known as "The Palace" on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Air bases--Colorado--1990-2000.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1998 March
- Lowry Air Force Base "The Palace"
- Exterior photograph of the building known as "The Palace" on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Air bases--Colorado--1990-2000.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1998 March
- Lowry Air Force Base "The Palace"
- Exterior photograph of a stone balcony and stone decorative elements on the facade of the building known as "The Palace" on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Air bases--Colorado--1990-2000.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1998 March
- Lowry Air Force Base "The Palace"
- Exterior photograph of a two carved stone eagles, a round window and stone decorative elements on the facade of the building known as "The Palace" on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Air bases--Colorado--1990-2000.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1998 March
- Lowry Air Force Base brick barracks
- Aerial photograph of the brick barracks on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in Europe and the...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Air bases--Colorado--1940-1950.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- circa 1940
- Lowry Air Force Base brick barracks
- Aerial photograph of the brick barracks on Lowry Air Force Base located in Denver, Colorado. The Lowry Field Brick Barracks represents America's militarization program in response to increasing international military threats in Europe and the...
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Air bases--Colorado--1940-1950.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- circa 1940
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) barn
- Exterior photograph of a barn at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. When...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park)
- Photograph looking to the south west of the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- Larimer Square
- Street view of Historic Larimer Square located in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1993 November
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square looking north in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square looking west in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1993 November
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undates
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square looking north in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Architectural Model of Larimer Square
- Photograph looking down on an architectural model of Historic Larimer Square located in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square looking north in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1996 July
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1996 July
- Larimer Square building identification illustration
- Photograph of an illustration identifying each building within the Historic Larimer Square, located in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Lincoln Hall
- Photograph of Lincoln Hall, one of the buildings within the Historic Larimer Square located in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1981 August
- Larimer Square
- Street view of the Historic Larimer Square in Denver, Colorado. The district is located where Denver's development began in 1858. The original wood buildings in the area were destroyed during the fires of 1863, and the surviving second generation...
- Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.) Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Sierra El Late and Cortez, Colo.
- View of Cortez (Montezuma County) Colorado; shows a school, oil rigging, residences, church building, and Sleeping Ute Mountain (Sierra El Late).
- Cortez (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cortez--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 6 and 7, 1922 July-August
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the 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 December 17
- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- 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.)
- 1944 March 2
- Late spring snow
- Late spring snow
- 1943 May 10
- 1821 Blake Street
- View of 1821 Blake Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a four-story brick commercial building with a corbeled cornice and double storefront. There are segmental arched windows on the second and third floors....
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1987
- William Allen West standing in front of the Scobey House
- View of the Scobey House (c. 1882) at 2826 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This one-and-one-half-story brick residence shows characteristics of Second Empire and Late Victorian styles. Features include wood trim,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; West, William Allen.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1979
- Curry-Chucovich House
- View of the front and side elevation of the office of attorney Walter L. Gerash at 1439 Court Place in the Central Business District neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This former residence, known as the Curry- Chucovich House was designed by...
- Gerash, Walter L.--Homes & haunts.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Office buildings.; Gerash, Walter L.--Homes and haunts.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2000
- William Allen West outside the Scobey House
- View of the Scobey House (c. 1882) at 2826 Curtis Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is believed that this house was designed and built by Orlando Scobey.This one-and-one-half-story brick residence shows characteristics...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Authors.; Houses.; West, William Allen.; Authors, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2000
- El Colorado Lodge, Manitou Springs, Colo.
- View of the El Colorado Lodge located at 23 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado. The two-story Pueblo Revival style structure was built in the late 1920s and has pink stucco walls trimmed in red with a decorative stair step pattern at the...
- El Colorado Lodge (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; El Colorado Lodge (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2000
- Reed family mausoleum, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
- View of the Reed family mausoleum located in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, 12801 West 44th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colo. Carved of Carrara marble by Raffaello Romanelli in Florence, Italy, the mausoleum is a small scale, late Gothic style interpretation...
- Mount Olivet Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--2000-2010.; (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--2000-2010; Reed, Verner Z. (Verner Zevola), 1863-1919--Tomb.; Mount Olivet Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- c.2000
- Clear Creek History Park, Golden, Colo.
- View of historic structures at the Clear Creek History Park located at 11th and Arapahoe Streets, Golden, Colo. Many of the buildings found at the park were originally from the Pearce Ranch, located in Golden Gate Canyon. They were moved to their...
- Clear Creek History Park (Golden, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clear Creek History Park (Golden, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Golden--Pictorial works.; Golden...
- 2003
- Elkhorn Lodge Church, Estes Park, Colo.
- View of the Elkhorn Lodge Church located at 530 West Elkhorn Avenue, Estes Park, Colo. The late 19th century structure has simple stick style architectural elements. Part of the Elkhorn Lodge and Guest Ranch complex, the building is a guest house...
- Elkhorn Lodge and Guest Ranch (Estes Park, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Mountain churches--Colorado--Estes Park--2010-2020.; Estes Park (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Elkhorn Lodge and Guest Ranch (Estes Park, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mountain...
- 2011
- Heidelberg Restaurant
- View of Heidelberg Restaurant, 1175 East Colfax Avenue, in the City Park West neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows a late 19th or early 20th century brick building with a parapet and a partial wooden facade with a gable over the main entrance....
- Heidelberg Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Heidelberg Restaurant (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977