Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Checking the mailbox
- A Hispanic American man and a teenage boy ride their horse toward a mailbox on a dirt road near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. A dog runs beside the horse. The metal mailbox is mounted on an upright logs. A wood and wire fence is along side...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horseback riding.; Teenagers.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American...
- 1950 September
- 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]
- Man at Mailbox, Mission Viejo
- Man standing in front of mailbox of house. He is wearing a light colored t-shirt and blue pants. He is on the sidewalk, the street is behind him, and green grass and the house is in front of him. Other houses visible next door and down the street....
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Main St., Pueblo Colo.
- View of Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages & wagons, automobiles, bicycles, trolleys, brick buildings (including the Pueblo Opera House) and a mailbox on the corner. Signs on buildings read:...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910]
- Longmont, Colorado, exchange building
- View of the telephone exchange building on the corner of 5th Avenue and Main Street in Longmont (Boulder County), Colorado. The building is a one and one-half story brick structure with arched windows, dentals, and a flat roof. A sign on the door...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1931-1940.; Longmont (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Longmont--1930-1940.
- 1931 October
- Fort Lewis, man at desk
- A man wears a suit and poses at a desk at Fort Lewis High School (later Fort Lewis College) in Hesperus (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a bookshelf and office mailbox, telephones, desk lamps, a typewriter, scattered papers and probably paper...
- Fort Lewis High School (Hesperus, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Hesperus (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1913?]
- Recreation touring
- Katherine Buckwalter stands near possibly a mailbox on a road in the mountains of Colorado. An automobile is parked nearby.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Recreation touring
- Katherine Buckwalter stands near possibly a mailbox on the side of a road in the mountains of Colorado.
- Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.; Roads--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Recreation touring
- View of Harry H. Buckwalter's automobile parked on the side of a road in the mountains of Colorado. Katherine Buckwalter stands near possibly a mailbox.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Roads--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Lace House in Leadville
- View of the facade of the Lace House in Leadville, Colorado, shows the clapboard false front structure with jigsaw carving, a paired bracketed cornice with wood shingle roof, a central entry with metal screen door and transom, two tall flanking...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Colo. National Bank Bldg. Denver
- Exterior view of the Colorado National Bank building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado; built in 1915 from Colorado Yule marble; neoclassical design by Arthur A. Fisher and William E. Fisher; shows street car tracks and...
- Colorado National Bank--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Parshall, Colo. Post Office
- View of the Post Office in Parshall, Colorado in Grand County. Wood-frame building has an extended roof on one side of its gable. American flag on the flagpole in front of the building near mailbox. Pickup next to Post Office building.
- Parshall (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Flags--American--1970-1980.; Post offices--Colorado--Parshall--1970-1980.
- May 11, 1978
- Parshall, Colorado
- View of the facade of the Parshall, Colorado Post Office in Grand County. Wood-frame building with gable and horizontal windows. An ore cart and a mailbox flank the entry. Signs: "U. S. Postal Service Parshall, Colorado 80468," "Post Office," and...
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Parshall--1980-1990.; Parshall (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Facades--Colorado--Parshall--1980-1990.; Mailboxes--Colorado--Parshall--1980-1990.; Post offices--Colorado--Parshall--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Shawnee
- View of Shawnee Trading Post, Shawnee, Park County, Colorado; shows a building with clock, beverage vending machines (Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, Coca Cola), steamer trunk, roll-away bed, mailbox, United States flag on pole, wood pile, and signs: "Shawnee...
- Shawnee Trading Post (Shawnee, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Trading posts--Colorado--Shawnee--1980-1990.
- 1981
- Shawnee
- View of Shawnee Trading Post, Shawnee, Park County, Colorado; shows a building with clock, beverage vending machines (Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, Coca Cola), steamer trunk, roll away bed, mailbox, United States flag on pole, wood pile, and signs: "Shawnee...
- Shawnee (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Trading posts--Colorado--Shawnee--1980-1990.
- 1981
- Hotel Victoria
- The Hotel Victoria on 6th (Sixth) and State streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is a large two-story rusticated stone building with corner entrance, built in 1901. A large neon sign "Hotel Victoria, Dining Room, Gift Shop" hangs perpendicular to the...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado. A black 1930's sedan draped with bunting and with numerous 'Stars and Bars' flags mounted in the front bumper and coming out of the windows makes its way along the brick street. A banner on its side reads:...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado, with a Boy Scout holding a Confederate flag and uniformed men on horses riding on the brick street. Onlookers stand on the sidewalk in the background. A lightpole with four crossed cast iron brackets holding...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Beauchamp, E. L.; Harris, John W., fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A man standing speaks to a seated woman holding a crutch. A U. S. Mailbox is on the wall under a sign that reads: "Young Ladies Desiring Escorts Register Here - Escort Committee." On the wall in the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mathes, Ben.; Paylor, I. Irvin.
- August, 1939
- Y.M.C.A. Glenarm branch at 2800 Glenarm
- View of the Y. M. C. A., a brick building with a fire escape, at 28th (Twenty-eighth) and Glenarm Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows: mailbox on corner, sign reads: "Dedication Formal Opening Of This Buil[ding], Sunday, Dec. [?] At 3 P. M.,...
- Young Men's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1923?]
- House in Leadville
- The Lace House, on West Third Street, Leadville, Colorado, features a false front with jigsaw carving, a cornice, a metal screen door, a porch, turned porch posts, elaborate capitols, a frieze, a mailbox, and a wire picket fence.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1980?]
- Allen's Park
- View of Allen's Park, Colorado, taken from a platform at the top of a wooden staircase; shows a plank sidewalk leading to a dirt street through a vertical log, swinging gate; gabled, horizontal log structures interspersed beyond the gate; dirt road...
- Allenspark (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Log buildings--Colorado--Allenspark--1940-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Allenspark--1940-1970.
- [between 1949 and 1966]
- Eureka 1942
- View of Eureka, Colorado showing a line of five residences fronting both railroad tracks and a dirt road running parallel to each other; residences feature medium gables, rectangular bays and tin chimneys; mailbox mounted on a short pole and...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- DTC cars in 1100 block of 15th Street
- View of Denver Tramway Company trolleys number 334 and 68 on 15th (Fifteenth) Street at Lawrence Street in Denver, Colorado. The Mining Exchange building is to the side; signs read: "The John Thompson Grocery Co.", "Hurlbut's Dairy Lunch." On the...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Western Pacific - street scene in Oroville, California
- View across Meyers Street, in Oroville, California; shows a buggy, a car, brick businesses with stone entablature, a mailbox, and signs: "First National Bank," "The Globe Express Co. Adams Express Co. Express Forwarded to All Points," "Dr. F. W....
- Oroville (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--California--Oroville--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--California--Oroville--1910-1920.; Streets--California--Oroville--1910-1920.
- June, 1913
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church
- View of Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 28th (Twenty-eighth) and Larimer Streets, in Denver, Colorado, with corbeled brick, intersecting gables, central stepped steeple topped with a cross, stairs, and gothic stained glass windows. An apartment...
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- W. N. Bowman Co. Architects
- Interior view of the Colburn Hotel in Denver, Colorado; shows a lobby with highback chairs, Oriental rugs, tile floor, mailbox, square columns and coffered ceiling.
- Colburn Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Lobbies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Fifteenth Street scene
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows storefronts, pedestrians, a fire hydrant, a mailbox, and signs: "Johnson Market," and "434."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Intersection 6th & Corona
- View of the intersection of 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Corona Street in Denver, Colorado; shows automobile, truck, and van traffic, a house, a mailbox, and businesses. Movie theater marquee reads: "Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland."
- Vans--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Speer (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1970-1980.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.;...
- 1974 March
- Intersection 6th & Corona
- View of the intersection of 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Corona Street in Denver, Colorado; shows houses, a mailbox, and businesses. Letters read: "Antique Gallery.
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Speer (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1970-1980.; Antique stores--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1974 March
- First Congregational 10th & Clarkson and tennis court
- View of the First Congregational Church at 10th (Tenth) and Clarkson Streets in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features include corbeled brick, arched stained glass windows, and a bell tower. A mailbox is at the corner.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Byers
- The one-story "American Legion" building in Byers, Colorado, (Arapahoe County) is next to a one-story, wood-frame building with three boarded windows. The building has a false front, rectangular windows, glass bricks, and a transom over the entry...
- Byers (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Buildings--Colorado--Byers--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Empire
- A two-story gable-roofed log building with two one-story wings on either side is by a road in Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The main section has a porch which also serves as a balcony, with a railing on the second level; a large...
- Empire (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Fairmont School
- View of the Fairmont Elementary School at 3rd (Third) and Elati Streets in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features bay windows, ceramic trim, and gothic arches. A mailbox is in the foreground.
- Fairmont Elementary School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1924 and 1930?]
- Denver, snowstorm
- A woman walks past the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Shows remnants of the snowstorm of 1913. There is a mailbox on a post near a fence.
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Eagle, Colorado 5/12/78
- A one-story brick fire station with a tower is at an intersection in Eagle, Colorado. In the left section the three large fire engine doors read, "Fire Dept.," "No Parking No Parking," and "Fire Dept."; the center section has bushes and a flagpole...
- Eagle (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fire stations--Colorado--Eagle--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 12
- Gold Hill Inn
- View of the Gold Hill Inn in the town of Gold Hill, Colorado, in Boulder County. Architectural features include side gable, shingles, two chimneys; mailbox is on wooden table in weed-covered front yard.
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- [about 1965]
- Gold Hill Inn
- View of the Gold Hill Inn in the town of Gold Hill, Colorado, in Boulder County. Architectural features include side gable, shingles, two chimneys; mailbox is on wooden table in weed-covered front yard.
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- [about 1965]
- Station at Las Vegas, Nev.
- View of the Union Pacific Railroad depot in Las Vegas (Clark County), Nevada. The two-story Art Deco building has a stepped front, a covered porch and a passenger platform. Shows a Union Pacific shield on the parapet. A sign reads: "Las Vegas...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1950-1960.; Las Vegas (Nev.)--1950-1960.; Logos--Nevada--Las Vegas--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Nevada--Las Vegas--1950-1960.
- 1955 July 28
- 15th & Lawrence Sts., Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) and Lawrence Streets, Denver, Colorado; shows street railway car number 313 with passengers boarding, men crossing street, and bicycles. Businesses include John Thompson Grocery Company, Dr. Grant Seely (dentist), Grand...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.
- [between 1898 and 1915]
- Looking down 16th St. from California St.
- View down 16th (Sixteenth) Street from California Street, Denver, Colorado; businesses and buildings on left include Denver Dry Goods, A. T. Lewis and Son (dry goods - 800-818 16th); businesses and buildings on right include Colorado Building, G.H....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1913]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence on "Millionaire's Row" in Leadville, Colorado, shows a wood frame house, known as the "House with the Eye." Architect Eugene Robitaile designed in 1879 with clapboard siding, a swept dormer with...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Exterior view of the house at 127 West Fourth Street on "Millionaires' Row," Leadville, Colorado, also known as the "House with the Eye." The wood frame house was built in 1879, designed by architect Eugene Robitaille with clapboard siding and a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence, on "Millionaires Row," Leadville, Colorado, also known as the "House with the Eye." The wood frame house was built in 1879, designed by architect Eugene Robitaille with clapboard siding and a swept...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Group in front of treasury tent
- A group of six men stands in front of Jule Keen's tent at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Albert Scheibel, secretary of the Wild West Show, stands at the far right of the group under the entrance to the tent. Keen, treasurer of the show,...
- Keen, Jule--Homes & haunts--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Keen, Jule.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence on "Millionaires Row," Leadville, Colorado, also known as the "House with the Eye." The wood frame house was built in 1879, designed by architect Eugene Robitaille with clapboard siding and a swept...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence, "Millionaire's Row," Leadville, Colorado, shows a wood frame house, known as the "House with the Eye." Architect Eugene Robitaile designed in 1879 with clapboard siding, a swept dormer with stained...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- 3601 Morrison Road, Denver
- View of a one story, brick commercial building added on to a house with a cross gabled roof, at 3601 Morrison Road in the Westwood neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has two toned decorative brick and a flat roof. Signs on windows of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Westwood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1990 June
- 1127 Pennsylvania St., Denver
- View of a stuccoed carriage house at 1127 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has a steep pitched roof, and corner windows on the front side of the house. Shows a mailbox, and bushes planted near...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1995 March?
- Englewood post office
- The post office in Englewood, Colorado, is a one-story flat- roofed brick building with a stone pediment over the door that contains an eagle with a wreath. Square columns and double-hung windows flank the entrance, and carved into the frieze is:...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.
- October 8, 1938