Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Stapleton Airport
- Stapleton Airport, Denver, Colorado, United Airlines passenger jet "Mainliner 300 NC37508" is on the tarmac. People stand behind the airplane; the terminal and control tower are in the background. Antennae and wind instruments top the roof.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stapleton International Airport.
- 1941
- North Denver High School
- View of North High School at 2960 North Speer Boulevard in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story stone building with pediments, quoins, and balustrades. The Denver School of Trades (manual training shop) sits next to...
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Presbyterian Hospital
- Exterior view of Presbyterian Hospital located at Franklin Street and 20th (Twentieth) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The five-story institutional structure has Spanish Colonial features including stucco walls, a...
- Presbyterian Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1934 March 6
- Saint Joseph's Hospital
- Two women in winter coats with fur collars walk on the sidewalk near Saint Joseph Hospital at 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue and Humboldt Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The hospital is a Victorian Gothic style structure...
- Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 April 15
- Eugene Field alley
- This watercolor and gouache painting shows the alley between 15th (Fifteenth), 16th (Sixteenth), Lawrence and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado. Flanked by stone office buildings and storefronts, this was also called "Newspaper Alley."
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alleys--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- East Portal
- Gable-roofed residences for the workers at the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Colorado are on the north mountainside of the approach to the tunnel. Cars are parked near the buildings; a single figure and a man driving a two- horse wagon are...
- East Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--East Portal--1920-1930.
- [1926-1927?]
- A view of Butte, Montana, showing "the richest hill in the world"
- Panoramic view of Butte (Silver Bow County), Montana, showing the business district with commercial buildings, houses, mines, headframes, mills and processing plants. Identification on the image reads: "West Gagnon," "Gagnon," "Original," "Miners...
- Butte (Mont.)--1970-1990.; Business districts--Montana--Butte--1970-1990.; Cities & towns--Montana--Butte--1970-1990.; Mining--Montana--Butte--1970-1990.
- 1916
- Cheesman Park Mountain Index Inscriptions
- Supply train for Argentine
- Donkeys loaded with boxes and supplies crowd Sixth Street in Georgetown (Parker County), Colorado. Men mounted on horses are nearby. The Hotel De Paris and the Star Hook and Ladder Company are in the distance.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.;...
- [1890 to 1900?]
- Bird's-eye view of Almont, Gunnison County, Colorado
- Aerial view of Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows the confluence of the Taylor and Slate (East) Rivers, and the Gunnison River. Bridges and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks span the water; houses, cabins, the Depot, and fruit trees dot...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Almont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Slate River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Taylor River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Almont--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Creede, Co
- View of Creede (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows storefronts, cars, people, a church, and signs: "Baths Furnished Rooms," and "The Goodrow Weibe [?] Mercantile Co."
- Creede (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Creede--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Dolores, Col. Main St. looking east
- View of Main Street in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado; shows snow, mud, businesses. Men and women pose on a boardwalk by storefronts and a sign: "Hotel."
- Dolores (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Dolores--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Dolores--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Empire Zinc Mill
- View of an Empire Zinc Company mill and processing sheds in (possibly) Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Smokestacks, a locomotive, ore and freight cars dot the area; desert hills are in the background.
- Empire Zinc Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1930.; Mills--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Limestone quarry near Monarch D&RG
- View of the Colorado Fuel & Iron mine at Monarch Pass in Chaffee County, Colorado; shows shaft house, sheds, tailings, and Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks with cars full of ore.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Chaffee County...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Assessment Hole
- View of an assessment hole at the Lady Belle mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; a man holds a pick.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Lady Belle Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Lady Belle Mine, Eagle Mining District, Colo.
- Men pose by tailings and scrub trees on a slope at the Lady Belle Mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; mountains are in the background.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lady Belle Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Durango, Sisters of Mercy Hospital
- View of Mercy Hospital in Durango, Colorado. The hospital, founded by the Sisters of Mercy, is a three story Richardsonian Romanesque building. The structure features arched windows and a recessed porch. A cross is mounted above the main entrance.
- Mercy Hospital (Durango, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Durango (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Durango--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Durango Public Library
- View of the Carnegie Library at 1188 East 2nd (Second) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The one-story Beaux-Arts Mediterranean Revival building, designed by William E. and Arthur A. Fisher, has a stucco exterior and red tile roof.
- Durango (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Durango--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Dillon, Colorado
- View of probably Main Street in Dillon (Summit County), Colorado. Shows automobiles parked in front of commercial storefronts. Signs read: "Monty's Drugs," "Cafe Bar," "Coors Beer," "Dillon Drug at Dillon," "Al's Package Liquors," "Staghorn Package...
- Dillon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Dillon--1950-1960.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Dillon--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- The Seal and Bear
- View of the Seal and Bear rock formations at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; a buggy is on the road.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Jackson River west of Clifton Forge
- Trees line the Jackson River as it runs beside Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tracks in Alleghany County in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Clifton Forge, Virginia.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company--1900-1910.; Alleghany County (Va.)--1900-1910.; Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Jackson River (Va.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Virginia--Alleghany County--1900-1910.; Rivers--Virginia--Alleghany...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. The house of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company superintendent sits on a hill outside town. Prominent buildings in town include Union Congregational Church, Crested Butte school house,...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1900-1920.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Morrison flood
- Flood damage in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of standing water on the Mount Vernon Creek bridge, and the collapsed roof a building with a sign: "Dancing." People, trucks, cars and bulldozers crowd the scene; the school is on the...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mount Vernon Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Morrison flood
- Flood damage in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of a washed out corrugated pipe culvert and broken concrete housing. Men and a woman walk on the high ground.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Morrison flood
- People in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, clean up after a flood. Men shovel mud and rocks into a dump truck with lettering: "Jefferson County;" glass cylinder gas pumps are beside them. Power poles front businesses, and signs read: "Conoco,"...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Morrison flood
- Flood damage in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of a concrete housing and washed out corrugated pipe culvert. Men walk on the high ground, and Mount Vernon Creek is in the foreground.
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mount Vernon Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Morrison flood
- In Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, men in trenchcoats and fedoras shovel mud into a dump truck after a flood. Its bed is backed into the entry of a store; the awning and signs read: "Soda-Drugs Store," and "Kodaks Groceries." Lettering on the...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Morrison flood
- People in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, clean up after a flood. Men (one Black) work in mud and rocks with picks and shovels. A gabled roof with a dormer sags behind them with no supporting walls. A sign on the roofridge reads: "Round Up...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Morrison flood
- Pedestrians walk on Bear Creek Avenue in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, after a flood. Trucks are parked in front of businesses with signs: "Budweiser," "Conoco," "Mt. Morrison Garage Germ Processing," "Cafe," "Coca Cola," "Sinclair HC...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Mortimer Old Carson City of Railroad Construction times
- Mortimer, in Costilla County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings and freight cars of the Denver and Rio Grand Railroad at the base of a ridge. The San Juan Mountains are in the background.
- Mortimer (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Looking down Walsenburg's Main Street
- Brick, stone, and frame commercial buildings and dwellings line Main Street in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado. Barber poles, a fire hydrant and trees edge the boardwalk; a canvas tent is in the foreground. Buggies and pedestrians are in the...
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Walsenburg--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Looking up Walsenburg's Main Street
- Frame and stone commercial buildings line Main Street in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado. Trees, pedestrians, buggies, and a man on horseback are in the thoroughfare; a barberpole is by the boardwalk.
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Walsenburg--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Walsenburg's orchestra: playing in the patio of the second Sporleder Hotel in 1882.
- A band poses in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, with a cello, cornet, guitars, and a violin. The men wear suits; one has a music stand, and a hat lays on the lawn. Boys and girls sit to the sides; the adobe wall with louvered shutters in the...
- Sporleder Hotel (Walsenburg, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Walsenburg--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Walsenburg--1880-1890.; Orchestras--Colorado--Walsenburg--1880-1890.
- 1882
- El Paso Tex
- Businesses flank dirt street in El Paso, Texas. Men and buggies are along boardwalks and streetcar tracks; signs read: "Arctic Soda," "Boots & Shoes," "E. C. Pew," "Berrotts Wines & Liquor," "Milwaukee Beer Hall," and "Royal Ins. Co." A cigar...
- El Paso (Tex.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Texas--El Paso--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- El Paso, Texas
- El Paso, Texas, consists of houses, businesses, and churches. Lumber and wagons are by tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad; the Sierra Huego mountains are in the background.
- El Paso (Tex.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Episcopal Church, Marble
- The Episcopal Church in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, is a frame building with a high gabled roof, and a projecting entry with a tower. A cross tops the belfry; another is over the door. Also shows other modest dwellings with covered stoops...
- Marble (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Marble--1930-1940.
- [betwen 1930 and 1940?]
- Midway, Colo
- In Midway, Weld County [?], Colorado, men pose on a storefront boardwalk. They wear bowler or slouch hats and suits. Two ride donkeys; another holds a surveyor's tripod and theodolite. Signs read: "Coors Gold Beer," "Grand View Saloon," and...
- Midway (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Midway--1890-1900.
- 1899
- The Old Grout
- Men pose by a boarding house in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. The two-story, frame hotel has a porch/balcony; signs read: "Confectionary," "Board & Lodging Lunch Room."
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Fort Collins--1860-1890.
- [between 1862 and 1885]
- Looking north-west over Nevadaville, Colo
- View northwest over Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows dwellings with stone retaining walls, commercial buildings, mining facilites, ore processing shed, tailings, The Christ and Methodist Episcopal Churches with belfry and steeple and the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1899?]
- Nevada, Colo.
- View of Nevadaville (formerly Nevada City), Gilpin County, Colorado, dusted with snow, includes businesses, homes, ore processing sheds, wood piles, people on porches, boardwalks, Letcher Street below the dump, Kenosha Street, Main Street,...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1887?]
- Ouray
- Reproduction of a drawing of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; shows buildings and the San Juan Mountains.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N. M.)--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Plant of Ideal Cement Co. under construction at Portland, Colo. adjacent to original plant started there in 1899.
- View of the Ideal Cement Company plant under construction in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, shows concrete supports, steel pipes towering over men working on scaffolding, an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight car, crane, sifter, and girders...
- Portland (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1948?
- First cabin on site of town built in 1879 by Wm Gremer & Gilbert Da Lee
- In Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado, a man in a leather vest and high laced boots poses by a log cabin, the first in town.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1910.; Pioneers--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 80 pound watermelons
- Men pose in Rocky Ford watermelon field, Otero County, Colorado, with slices of watermelon balanced on upright melons. They wear duster hats and bib overalls.
- Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1910-1920.; Watermelons--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Placer gold fields, Russell, Colo.
- View of Russell, Costilla County, Colorado, includes dwellings, outbuildings, mining sheds, Sangre de Cristo Creek and Denver and Rio Grande railroad engine, freight cars and passenger coach. Identified locations are: "1. Spanish Basin Placers, 2....
- Russell (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Mrs. Charles Davis
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Mrs. Charles Davis, in Seibert, Kit Carson County, Colorado, wearing a wide lace collar, corsage, and upswept hair.
- Seibert (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Davis, Charles, Mrs.
- 1888
- San Rafael, Colorado
- The San Rafael Catholic Church, in San Rafael, Conejos County, Colorado, has a projecting entry and sign: "S. Pedro y S. Rafael" and faceted belltower.
- San Rafael (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--San Rafael--1960-1970.
- 1960
- San Rafael, Colorado
- View of San Rafael, Conejos County, Colorado; shows San Rafael Catholic Church and adobe houses.
- San Rafael (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--San Rafael--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--San Rafael--1960-1970.
- May 1960
- Seibert Colo. first band
- View of a Seibert, Kit Carson County, Colorado, band; shows men, musical instruments, and bass drum labeled: "Kit Carson Co. Band, Seibert, Colo."
- Seibert (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Seibert--1880-1900.
- 1890
- Silver Dale, Green Lake Road, Colo Centr dumps [sic]
- View of Silver Dale, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows Green Lake Road, Colorado Central mine, and buildings.
- Silver Dale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Dale--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Silver Dale--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]