Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Camp crew
- Men identified as (left to right): Tally boss Dick Ullemeyer, Bud Harris, ramrod and later tally boss John Coyne, Don McKinnley, Slim Babb, Jack Recht, Johnny Miller, Blackie Trainer, and Hugh Griffen, camp crew for the Roundup Riders of the...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Camping--Colorado--1950-1960.; Cowboys--Colorado--1950-1960.; Employees--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.;...
- 1952 July
- Patricia McLaughlin (Jackson) & sister Hollis (Patton-Shank) in Lake Forest, Illinois
- Patricia M. McLaughlin (later Jackson) poses in the snow with her sister Hollis McLaughlin (later Patton-Shank) in Lake Forest, Illinois. Patricia wears a knit hat, a winter jacket and a plaid skirt. She has on boots. Hollis wears a winter jacket...
- Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1920- --Family.; Families.; Girls.; Snow.; Jackson, Patricia McLaughlin.; Patton-Shank, Hollis McLaughlin.; Jackson family.; McLaughlin Family.
- ca. 1935
- Erie Colorado
- A view of Erie, Weld County, Colorado, includes a group of wood houses on flat terrain, with a mountain range in the distance, and a dirt road and trees in front. A large building has a sign reading, "Erie House;" others are marked "Feed and...
- Erie (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- June 1876
- Dedication of the Augusta Tabor Museum, Leadville, May 29, 1955
- Dedication of the Augusta Tabor Museum on May 29, 1955, 116 East Fifth Street in Leadville, Colorado. Three people stand above a crowd of people at the side of the Tabor House, wearing hats and coats. Above them is a sign "Tabor House, Art & Gift...
- Augusta Tabor Museum--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.
- 1955
- Trinity Methodist Church, 18th at Broadway, Denver, Colorado : one hundredth anniversary 1859-1959.
- Booklet created to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado in 1959. Included in the booklet is a history of the church, a list of former pastors and photographs of different members of the...
- Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1959
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- 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.)
- 1943 September 30
- Historic Denver News: Preservation for the People
- 400 and Collyer block in the East Side Historic District
- Photograph of the 400 and Collyer block in the East Side Historic District, located in Longmont, Colorado. The district symbolizes the early period of growth as well as later development that took place on the east side of Longmont. The district...
- East Side Historic District (Longmont, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Longmont--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Longmont.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Longmont.; Architecture--Colorado--Longmont--History.
- 1986 June 3
- 400 and Collyer block in the East Side Historic District
- Photograph of the 400 and Collyer block in the East Side Historic District, located in Longmont, Colorado. The district symbolizes the early period of growth as well as later development that took place on the east side of Longmont. The district...
- East Side Historic District (Longmont, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Longmont--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Longmont.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Longmont.; Architecture--Colorado--Longmont--History.
- 1986 June 3
- 300 and 5th Street block in the East Side Historic District
- Photograph of the 300 and 5th Street block in the East Side Historic District, located in Longmont, Colorado. The district symbolizes the early period of growth as well as later development that took place on the east side of Longmont. The...
- East Side Historic District (Longmont, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Longmont--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Longmont.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Longmont.; Architecture--Colorado--Longmont--History.
- 1986 June 3
- East Side Historic District
- Photograph of a row of houses in the East Side Historic District, located in Longmont, Colorado. The district symbolizes the early period of growth as well as later development that took place on the east side of Longmont. The district sits...
- East Side Historic District (Longmont, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Longmont--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Longmont.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Longmont.; Architecture--Colorado--Longmont--History.
- 1986 June 3
- Junction City, later called Garfield
- View looking down the Main Street of Junction City (later known as Garfield), Colorado, in Chaffee County shows citizens of the community in the middle of the street. One and two-story clapboard commercial structures with false fronts and gables...
- Junction City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Junction City--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Lydia Bardwell at 19, later Mrs. Wathen of Stout, Colorado
- Studio portrait of Lydia Bardwell (later Mrs. S. A. Wathen); the Wathens were the proprietors of the Spring Canon Ranch, in Stout (also known as Petra), Colorado in Larimer County. She wears a gingham dress with ruffles.
- Stout (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rural women--Colorado--Stout--1890-1900.; Wathen, Lydia Bardwell.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- El Rito de los Frijoles Same- but several years later cliff and valley- Tyuonyi
- View of Native American (Anasazi) talus dwelling ruins near Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Park, New Mexico. The two and three story talus dwellings have large door holes and holes for vigas.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- 1908
- Chief Red Cloud and his wife in later years
- Standing outdoor portrait of Chief Red Cloud, (Makhpia-sha, or Maqpeya-luta) Native American Sioux (Lakota or Teton group, Oglala band) and his wife. Red Cloud led his people in the Fetterman fight and was a great negotiator and diplomat. He wears...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Oglala Indians--1880-1900.; Teton Indians--1880-1900.; Aged persons--1880-1900.; Spouses--1880-1900.; Red Cloud, 1822-1909.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Cooper Ave. - Later Grand Ave. Glenwood Springs
- Men congregate outside of a commercial building, "Blake & Putman General Mercahndise" along unpaved Cooper Avenue (later Grand Avenue) in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. A child rides a...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Caribou - 60 years later
- The small mining town of Caribou stands abandoned in Boulder County, Colorado, about 60 years after the area's mining heyday. Several buildings stand in the foreground and along a dirt road in the midground. A large shafthouse is in the left...
- School buildings--1930-1940.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Caribou (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Thorodin Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Tremont Mountain (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1930-1940.; Ghost...
- [1939?]
- Built by Fred Ripley as a place for teachers to board & room, later turned into a hospital
- A tall two-story building of rusticated stone has screened porches across the front; a sign at the top of the central section reads, "Fruita Hospital." Ivy grows on the building, and a board sidewalk is in front. The building was built by Fred...
- Fruita (Colo.)--1880-1950.; Hospitals--Colorado--Fruita--1880-1950.
- [between 1980 and 1950?]
- Trinity fourth annual oratorio concert : Mendelssohn's Elijah
- Program for a presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah performed at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 1905. Included in the program are several pictures of prominent performers, list of performers, a detailed listing of the...
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.). Choir--Performances.; Oratorios--Librettos.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver,...
- 1905 March 9
- The Story of Trinity choir : 1859-1903.
- Brief history of the Trinity Methodist Church's choir. Included are photograph of prominent performers, a list of performers by their vocal classification, a reproductions of programs for earlier performances.
- Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colorado). Choir--History.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colorado)--1900-1910
- 1902
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- Constitution and By-Laws of the Kismet Club
- The constitution is divided into 12 articles with four amendments. It explains the purpose of the club, membership rules and requirements, meeting times, fines for tardiness, order of business for meetings, officers, officer duties, committees, and...
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter...
- circa 1930's
- The women's auxiliary to Western States Baptist Convention : Colorado, Wyoming.
- Booklet produced by the Western States Missionary Baptist Convention honoring Trail Blazers Mrs. Emma Ruth Rogers from Mount Sinai Baptist Church, and Ruby Nell Parks from the Zion Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado.
- Parks, Ruby Nell.; Rogers, Emma Ruth.; Western States Missionary Baptist Convention. Woman's Convention Auxiliary.; African American Baptists--West (U.S.); Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 2008 May 3
- 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
- Seventy Fifth Anniversary of Central Presbyterian Church 1935
- The church bulletin contains a brief history of Central with a list of past pastors of the church and their years of service. It has the order of worship for Sunday September 29, 1935; other anniversary activities on October 1 and 2, 1935 and the...
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1935
- Ninth Street Park Dedication. Historic Denver, Incorporated.
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- S.A. Grimm Block/Leland Hotel/Reed Apartments
- McPhee and McGinnity Paint Factory/Clock tower Building/Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. Building/Styro Building
- 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
- General Electric Building
- View of the General Electric Building at 1441 18th Street in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The three-story brick building was constructed by the Denver Rock Drill and Machinery Company circa 1906. General Electric later used the...
- General Electric Building (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Office buildings.; Historic buildings.; General Electric Building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Office...
- 2007
- Bill Claycomb
- Jefferson County Colorado sheriff's officers restrain Bill Claycomb, one of seventeen picketers arrested at Applejack Wine and Spirits, 3320 Youngfield Street in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Claycomb yells at the officers.
- Jefferson County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.; Law enforcement.; Confrontations.; Shouting.; Anger.; Sheriffs--Colorado.; Claycomb,...
- [1975]
- Donaciano Córdova
- Studio portrait of Donaciano Cordova, of Taos, New Mexico, and Trinidad, Colorado. He wears a coat, vest, upright wing collar and bow tie. He has a full mustache and his dark hair is combed back. He managed Juan Santistevan general merchandise...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ranchers.; Cordova, Donaciano, 1861-1941--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Sheep...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Old city jail, Alamosa
- View of an abandoned timber building at 713 8th (Eighth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado. The one story wood building has a boarded up door, and windows, one with a wood shutter and the other with metal bars. Tall grass grows in front of the structure....
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Abandoned buildings.; Jails.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Jails--Colorado--Alamosa--Pictorial works.; Alamosa (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1993?
- Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company grain elevator
- View of the Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company grain elevator (later known as the Farmers' Grain and Bean Company elevator) at 1900 Fifteenth (15th) Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a multi-story wood grain elevator...
- Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grain elevators.; Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Grain...
- 1987
- Juan C. Martinez
- Studio portrait of Juan C. Martinez, husband of Juanita Crisostoma Barela, daughter of Colorado State Senator, Casimiro Barela. Juan Martinez was a resident of Union County, Territory, New Mexico and later Colorado.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Barela, Casimiro--Family--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Juan C.--Pictorial works.; Barela, Juanita Crisostoma--Family--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- El Convento B & B
- View of the El Convento Bed and Breakfast at 512 Church Place in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The adobe structure was built in 1905 as a parochial school. It later became a convent for the Sisters of Mercy, and a bed-and-breakfast in the...
- San Luis (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Adobe buildings.; El Convento (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bed and breakfast accommodations--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; San Luis...
- 1992
- Corner of Main and Church Place, San Luis
- View of the facade of a house, originally the Sangre de Cristo Catholic Church until 1886, located on the corner of Main Street and Church Place in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story adobe structure is clad in painted cinder block....
- San Luis (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Jacquez, Charles--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; San Luis (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1994
- Father Lucas, Most Precious Blood Catholic Church
- Father Lucas, Assistant Pastor, poses in front of Most Precious Blood Catholic Church (Sangre de Cristo Church), 511 Church Place in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Father Lucas has curly dark hair and wears a western-style shirt. The...
- Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis, Colo.)--1980-1990.; San Luis (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Catholic churches.; Priests.; Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.;...
- 1982
- Milliken House
- View of the Milliken House at 1638 Galena Street in Aurora, Colorado. The two story Queen Ann style house has a cross gabled roof and is built of brick. It has a stone chimney, a two story, wrap-around porch supported by columns, and a porch...
- Milliken House (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Historic buildings.; Milliken, H. M.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Milliken, H. M.--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Milliken House (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1991
- Temple Buell mansion
- View of a Georgian Revival house at 2700 Hampden Avenue in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The red brick house has a wooden balcony that runs the length of the facade and is supported by wooden columns. A wooden addition extends from the...
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Foster, Alexis C.--Homes & haunts.; Englewood (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Mansions.; Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes and haunts.; Foster, Alexis C.--Homes and haunts.;...
- 1995
- Zanza Bar
- View of Zanza Bar at 10601 East Colfax in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a one story commercial building with no windows. A sign on top of the building is shaped like mountains; painted on it is a man with a guitar, floating piano keys, a...
- Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1987
- Bemis Farm House
- View of the Bemis Farm House at the Littleton Historical Museum, 6028 South Gallup Street in Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The one-story Queen-Anne style house has wood siding and gray roof tiles. The house has dark trim and bargeboard on...
- Bemis, Fred, 1862-1947--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Littleton Historical Museum (Littleton, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Littleton (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Farmhouses.; Bemis, Fred, 1862-1947--Homes and haunts.; Littleton Historical Museum...
- 1999
- Heart of the Rockies Medical Center, Salida
- View of the Salida Hospital (later Heart of the Rockies Medical Center, previously the Railroad Hospital) at the corner of 1st and B streets in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building is a large, two-level light brick building with a wide...
- Salida Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Salida (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hospitals.; Salida Hospital (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hospitals--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.; Salida (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- Pablo C. de Baca with Sacred Heart College baseball team member of grade 8 class (1890-1891).
- Group portrait of the baseball team at Sacred Heart College (later College of the Sacred Heart) in Denver, Colorado. The teenage boys wear white shirts, bandannas, caps, knee length pants, and long stockings. They pose with bats, baseballs and a...
- Sacred Heart College (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Teenagers.; C. de Baca, Pablo, 1874-1940--Pictorial works.; Sacred Heart College (Denver,...
- 1891
- Josephine Cardenas Lucero delivers mail
- Josephine Cárdenas Lucero, a mail carrier, leans our of her truck window to put a letter in a mailbox in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She wears glasses. The metal mailbox is on an piece of wood.
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lucero, Josephine Cárdenas--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [1950]
- Confluence Park and South Platte River
- View of Confluence Park, located in the Union Station neighborhood, from the southeast bank of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Shows the concrete steps and walkways, grass and trees in Confluence Park and the concrete Fifteenth (15th)...
- Confluence Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1990-2000.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bridges.; Parks.; Rivers.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Conrad Moschel memorial
- View of a carved memorial for Conrad Moschel on the face of a rock in Castlewood Canyon near Castlewood Canyon State Park, Douglas County, Colorado. Small trees and shrubs cover other words carved into the stone, and there is a small, white obelisk...
- Castlewood Canyon--1970-1980.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Monuments & memorials.; Moschel, Conrad, d. 1864--Monuments.; Moschel, Conrad, d. 1864--Monuments--1970-1980.; Monuments--Colorado--Douglas County--Pictorial works.; Castlewood...
- 1977
- Mirabelle Restaurant
- View of the Mirabelle Restaurant (John Howard : ca. 1898) located at 55 Village Road, Beaver Creek (Eagle County), Colorado. The two-story, clapboard structure has a covered front porch with turned posts. Later Gulling Offerson added the front...
- Mirabelle Restaurant (Beaver Creek, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Mirabelle Restaurant (Beaver Creek, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Beaver Creek--Pictorial works.; Beaver Creek (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Beaver Creek (Colo.)--1990-2000.
- 1999