Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 M
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- 1885 Colorado State Census : Arapahoe County : Including the City of Denver and Portions of Present Day Adams and Arapahoe Counties
- Comprehensive index created of the 1885 Arapahoe County, Colorado State Census created by The Colorado Genealogical Society. Geographically included in the index is: present Denver, Arapahoe and Adams counties. Information included in the index...
- Colorado--Census--19th century.; Denver (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Arapahoe County (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Census records.
- 2002
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Fairmount sexton's records, 1891-1953, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
- Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 list over 85,500 burials or entombments. The Fairmount Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange in rough “alphabetical...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado--Genealogy.; Colorado--Vital records.
- 2004
- Jerome Crocker, merchant tailor, 272 Fifteenth Street, Denver, Colorado
- View of Jerome Crocker's tailor shop on Fifteenth Street in Denver, Colorado; shows a man posing by bolts of fabric and storefront window lettering: "J. Crocker Gents Furnishing Goods, Crocker, Merchant Tailor."
- Jerome Crocker, Merchant Tailor--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Tailor shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Snetzer Block
- Exterior view of Jacob Snetzer's tailor shop, Georgetown, Colorado, at Taos and Fifth Street, looking east. The building is of wood construction, with a false front, an elaborate cornice with brackets, and windows with decorative arches on the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tailor shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Denver Public Library 1936 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1936. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Denver Public Library microfilm obituaries 1944-1959.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post, and other newspapers for the years 1944-1959.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Merchant's Park Denver, Colorado
- View of Broadway at Center Street in Denver, Colorado. Merchant's Park and the Montgomery Ward building are near the street. Signs read: "Denver Western League Baseball Club," "The News," "Claude Neon Si[gns]," and "Crystal Laundry."
- Baseball fields--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Merchant's Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930]
- The Merchant's Biscuit Company
- View of a bakery at 9th (Ninth) and Walnut Streets, in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "The Merchant's Biscuit Company," "This Building Waterproofed with Impervite," and "Home of Supreme Soda - The Perfect Cracker." Automobiles and horse drawn...
- Merchant's Biscuit Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bakeries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- American Woodmen insurance ledger : 5 June 1901 to 31 July 1907 : index
- Index of the American Woodmen Insurance Ledger from 1901-1907. Index pertains to insurance policies bought by African Americans during that time frame. The index contains the following information: Name of the Insured, "Camp and State" of...
- American Woodmen's Life Insurance Company.; Life insurance agents--Colorado--Denver.; Life insurance--Colorado--Denver.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver.
- 2007
- Denver Public Library 1935 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1935. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Denver Public Library 1942-1943 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the years 1942 and 1943.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 1994
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Western History Subject Index
- Tuttle, A A
- Desiderio "Dario" Gallegos
- Studio portrait Desiderio "Dario" Gallegos, a merchant, he owned a mercantile store in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a jacket and bow tie. His gray hair is parted on the side and he wears a full mustache.
- Hispanic Americans--1870-1880.; Mexican Americans--1870-1880.; Merchants.; Mustaches.; Gallegos, Desiderio--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Merchants--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Old Las Animas, Colo.
- View of the main street in the town of Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings including the "People's Hotel" and the "Merchant's Hotel." Horses and covered wagons are on the dirt road. A sign on one of the shops reads...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1870-1880.; City & town life--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Jamestown, Colo.
- View of buildings on a street in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows frame buildings with false fronts and corrugated metal-covered, gabled roofs. A frame church with a bell tower is beside the stone town hall. The Jamestown Mercantile...
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.; City & town halls--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Broadwell House, 16th & Larimer St.
- View of the three-story, frame Broadwell House hotel at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men on the hotel porch wear top hats and suits and stand below a banner that reads: "Bart Lomen's Show." Signs...
- Broadwell House (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1879]
- Streets - Montrose
- View of a street in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, commercial buildings (including the First National Bank), horse-drawn carriages and wagons, utility poles, train tracks and part of a railroad engine. Signs read: "Coal,"...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak
- View of the five-story Antlers Hotel on Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The hotel has square towers and an arcade entrance. People, cars, and trolley tracks are on Pikes Peak Avenue. Signs on businesses read:...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Corner of Fourth and Main Streets
- Men stand and pose outside commercial businesses on the 400 block of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Two-story brick commercial buildings have arched windows, flat roofs, and brackets below the cornice. Signs read: "Cameron &...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Law enforcement officers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Crowley, Tim, marshal.
- [1884?]
- East side Main St., north from Tomichi Ave.
- Men stand on sidewalks in front of businesses on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows a well in the dirt street and horse-drawn wagons parked in front of commercial buildings with signs that read: "Furniture," "Merchant...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Lower 17th St.
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; a man works with Colorado Telephone Company wires by snow and storefronts with signs: "The Scott Supply & Tool Co." A horse drawn merchant's wagon and Union Station are in the distance.
- Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Nob Hill from Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Shows the remains of houses, apartment and commercial buildings and churches. Buildings from left to right include the Kohl Building, the Merchant's Exchange...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches.; Earthquakes.; Episcopal churches.; Fires.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Livery / carriage barn
- Interior view of a garage or carriage barn in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a horse, buggies, a merchant's wagon, and coaches.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Transportation - wagons - delivery wagon for the John Thompson Grocery Co.
- A man drives a horse drawn merchant's wagon, in (probably) Denver, Colorado; letters read: "John Thompson Grocery Company."
- John Thompson Grocery Company (Denver, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Murcado [sic]
- View of men and women in an open-air market. Some of the merchant's stands have umbrellas.
- Markets--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Canon Diablo
- A view of a Atlantic and Pacific railroad trestle over Canyon Diablo (Coconino County), Arizona. Concrete pylons are at the base of steel beams. A man is visible atop an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company car and another man stands on the...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Coconino County (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Diablo, Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Ouray, Colo.
- View north on Main Street from 5th (Fifth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. A surrey, delivery wagon and a horse are on the dirt street, pedestrians walk along sidewalks; businesses include the painted Beaumont Hotel, Thatcher Brothers'...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Nevadaville, Bald Mt. Colo.
- People pose in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, in a buggy, an ore wagon, with horses, near snowbanks and in a merchant's wagon with lettering: "Union Bakery." Log and frame houses and sheds cover Quartz Hill; a bridge spans Nevada Creek.
- Nevada Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.
- 1889
- For the mines
- A pack train stands loaded with ore cart rails headed for the mines, Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Business signs include: "N. J. Shilling," "San Juan Hardware Co.," "Merchant Tailor Department" and "W. C. Cluckett...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Ouray--1880- 1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Main Street, Ouray, Col.
- View north of Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows mainly wood frame false-front businesses with the three- story brick Beaumont Hotel. Signs include: "Dentist," "Baths," "L. Hohl, groceries & Bakery," "Lennan & Co....
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1890]
- Montrose, Colo
- People pose with a buggy and canvas covered merchant's wagon, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. A frame barn has a false-front and lettering: "Studebaker Wagons," "Magnolia Livery Feed and Sale Stables," "Schuttler Wagons & Buggies," and...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 July 23
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Station, Salida, Colorado
- The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado is an ashlar stone building with a hipped roof with flared eaves, a dormer, and chimneys. A horse-drawn merchant's wagon with lettering: "Denver & Rio Grande Express" is...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenderfoot Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Home of Samuel W. & Cora Sandusky completed 1901-02. 99 Poncha Blvd. 1st home built on the mesa.
- This two-story brick house in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, has stone trim, a multi-gabled roof, bargeboard, chimneys, and shingle imbrication. A projecting gable over the entry has a second floor balcony, and adjoins the covered porch. This...
- Sandusky, Cora--Homes & haunts.; Sandusky, Samuel W.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- 1901 or 1902
- Rally in Salida, Colorado
- People at the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, include porters in white uniforms, women in flowered hats, and men in suits. The crowd watches a speaker waving his arm. Men sit on the gabled roofs of the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Public speaking--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salida station
- People at the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, include porters in white uniforms, women in flowered hats, and men in suits. The crowd attends a speaker waving his arm. Men sit on the gabled roofs of the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Public speaking--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Crippe [sic] Creek the terrace on Bennett Ave.
- Street and terrace view of one and two-story, wooden frame and brick, flat-roof commercial buildings with false fronts on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes light snow on ground, man crossing street, horse-drawn wagons and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- 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
- State Street
- View west down the famous State Street (later 2nd, Second) from Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado. Business district includes gambling establishments, brothels, and other businesses: "Theatre Comique," "St. James Restaurant," "Amjanes,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Brothels--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Gambling--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Reproduction of bird's eye view lithograph, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows: 1. Methodist Church 2. Public School; (stamp mills): 3. Empire 4. Polar Star 5. Black Hawk 6. Gregory 7. New York 8. Campbell & Pierce 9. Randolf 10....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Pikes Peak Avenue after the fire
- View of Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows bicycles, horses, buggies, pedestrians, streetcar tracks, brick commercial buildings with signs: "The Evening Telegraph," "Post Office Bookstore," "The Premium," "Mining...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1898 and 1899?]
- Second annual Sunflower Carnival
- View of a Flower Carnival parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows "China Jim," a Chinese businessman, in a suit and planter hat with a wagon and team. Chinese in skullcaps peek over the float decorated with paper lanterns,...
- Chinese-Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Co Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1894 August 24
- Truck load of snow with "bathing beauties" - some type of promotion for the Merchants Transfer Company
- Girls in bathing suits throw snow balls and sit on snow piled in the back of a truck, in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "The Merchant's Transfer Co."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Bathing beauties--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Baseball at Denver's Merchants Park
- View of a baseball catcher and player in action at Merchant's Park, South Broadway and West Center Avenue, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Baseball players--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Baseball--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Charles Boettcher I.
- A portrait of Colorado philanthropist Charles I. Boettcher, Denver merchant, industrial promoter and banker; founder of Great Western Sugar Co.; director of National Bank of Commerce and Colorado Midland Railroad.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boettcher, charles, 1852-1948.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Grace Episcopal Church and Snetzer Building, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Snetzer Building and Grace Episcopal Church on Taos Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The Snetzer building, with a false front, has a sign: "J. Snetzner, Merchant Tailor." Grace Episcopal Church, built in 1869, has a steep gabled roof, a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1950
- View near Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View of Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado; shows mine tailings, Clear Creek, and a horse drawn merchant's wagon.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.; Transportation--Colorado--Idaho...
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Peddler of dry goods
- View of a horse drawn merchant's wagon and driver in Boulder, Colorado. A brick house is in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Peddlers--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1890