Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Dora Moore School scrap metal drive
- Photograph of students at Dora Moore Elementary School in Denver, Colorado collection scrap metal for the War Effort. Pictured are two boys holding pieces of metal. One of the boys puts a metal disc into a wooden basket held by two girls. The...
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects.; Dora Moore School (Denver, Colo.); Corona School (Denver, Colo.); Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1943 April
- Cano's Castle, Antonito
- View of Cano's Castle at the corner of 10th Avenue and State Street, in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The eclectic building was built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam War Veteran. The building is built mainly out of scrap...
- Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Buildings.; Espinoza, Donald--Homes and haunts.; Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Buildings--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Outsider...
- 2004
- Ute group
- Native Americans (Ute), Buckskin Charlie, Towee and unidentified men, women, and baby, pose for a portrait (standing), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; baby is in beaded cradleboard from which print scarf and key...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Group of Utes
- Native Americans (Ute), Buckskin Charlie, Towee and unidentified men, women, and baby, pose for a portrait (standing), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; baby is in beaded cradleboard from which print scarf and key...
- Indians of North America--Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Buckskin Charlie and wife sketched background
- Native American (Ute) man and woman pose outdoors for a portrait (standing and on horseback), possibly at the old Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Buckskin Charley, mounted on horse with feather and metal decorated bridle and leather...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.; To-Wee.
- 1894
- White Eagle Mobilgas station, Grand Junction, Colorado
- Exterior view of White Eagle Mobilgas gasoline station, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a flat-roof square metal structure with windows and displays of automotive tires and supplies. Pairs of drive-up gas pumps are at the sides, and an automobile...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1940.
- 1989
- Chapel of the Cross, Cedaredge, Colo.
- View of the rear exterior of the Chapel of the Cross in Pioneer Town in Cedaredge (Delta County), Colorado. The rear wall has a cross shaped window. A simple solid buttress is on the right side of the cross, the wall is free standing and connected...
- Chapel of the Cross (Cedaredge, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Pioneer Town (Cedaredge, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cedaredge (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Chapel of the Cross (Cedaredge, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Chapels--Colorado--Cedaredge--Pictorial works.;...
- 1992
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- A woman and a teenage girl sit on the ground and have a picnic beside Clear Creek, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark wool double-breasted jacket and a long skirt. She sits beside a leather case and a large straw sun...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Picnics.; Streams.; Teenagers.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Ute man with rifle
- Native American (Ute) man poses outdoors on horseback; he holds a rifle and wears beaded moccasins, beaded and fringed leggings and shirt, ammunition belt, fur pelts decorated with metal discs draped over shoulders, braided hair covered with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Santa Clara
- Interior, two Native American (Tewa) men and a white man pose for a portrait (standing) on a woven blanket, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Pedro Cajete holds a drum and beater. Possibly Anacito holds a wide brimmed hat with a metal star bage....
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Shields--New Mexico--Santa...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Reduction works- Cripple Creek
- View of a reduction company's works near Cripple Creek, Teller County Colorado. A metal building with a stepped sloping roof stands on the side of a slope. The building has anchored smokestacks and various extensions and gables. A smaller building,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Gilpin County
- View of gravestones at a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; one stone surrounded by a small metal fence with spiked metal posts between the flat metal corner posts; tall wire fence behind the stones, and trees behind that.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Red Blanket
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Red Blanket, a Native American (Cheyenne) man. He holds a metal blade tomahawk. He wears a blanket over his lap, metal armbands, fur pelts over his braids, hair pipe breast plate and earrings, and a metal bead hair...
- Cheyenne Indians--1880-1900.; Indian scouts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Tomahawks--1880-1900.; Red Blanket.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Nar-orse and Edge-yo-go (left to right)
- Studio portrait (standing) of Nar-orse and Edge-yo-go, Native American (Shoshone) men. Each man rests his hand on a blanket draped over a pedestal. A dog lays near the pedestal. Nar-orse holds a mirror framed in metal. Edge-yo-go holds a pipe...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Edge-yo-go.; Nar-orse.
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- Gor-osimp- Shoshone warrior
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Gorosimp, a Native American (Shoshone) man. He sits on a fur pelt draped over a log. He holds a revolver and a mirror framed in metal. He wears a breechcloth, a fur pelt bandolier decorated with metal, metal armbands,...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gor-osimp.
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- Shoshones Taboonggwesha
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Taboonggwesha, a Native American (Shoshone) man. He holds a piece of metal decorated with metal beads and hair. He wears a beaded vest decorated with shells, metal armbands, and beaded necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Taboonggwesha.
- [between 1884 and 1885?]
- Shoshones, Moragootch
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Moragootch, a Native American (Shoshone) man. He holds mirror framed in metal. He wears a vest decorated with metal beads, metal arm and wrist bands, beaded necklaces, and one braid.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Moragootch.
- [between 1884 and 1885?]
- Eaton Metal Products Co.
- View of Eaton Metal Products Company in Denver, Colorado; shows men posed, a crane with scrap metal, and a sign: "Eaton."
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Eaton Metal Products Co.
- View of Eaton Metal Products in Denver, Colorado; shows cars in a parking lot, industrial buildings, and signs: "Eaton Metal Products Co."
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1950-1960.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Parking...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Eaton Metal Products Co.
- View of Eaton Metal Products in Denver, Colorado; shows a corrugated steel building, a tank, and men working with a sheet metal brake.
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Metal-workers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Metalworking--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Eaton Metal Products Co.
- View of Eaton Metal Products in Denver, Colorado; shows industrial buildings, tanks, and stacked metal.
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1950-1960.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Eaton Metal Products Co.
- View of Eaton Metal Products in Denver, Colorado; shows industrial buildings, stacked metal, a crane, and men. A truck has letters: "Weicker."
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Eaton Metal Products Co.
- Interior view of Eaton Metal Products in Denver, Colorado; shows men working with a metal brake. Sign reads: "No Help Wanted."
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal-workers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Ashcroft, Summer, 1943 [graphic]
- View of a hewn log residence, Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado; features a board and corrugated metal roof with a pipe smoke stack and a leaning ladder; metal buckets, cans, wash tub, gold pan and wooden crates on a...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Shanti [sic] town
- View of shanties on a dirt road near probably 19th (Nineteenth) Avenue and Clay Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Houses are made of wood and corrugated metal and have chimneys and roofs patched with shingles and sheet...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Huts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Shanti [sic] town
- A man stands with arms crossed in front of a shanty near probably 19th (Nineteenth) Avenue and Clay Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Houses are made of wood and corrugated metal with metal chimneys. A house has a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Huts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Shanti [sic] town
- A man wears a v-neck sweater, pants, and a hat and smokes a pipe in front of a shanty at probably 19th (Nineteenth) Avenue between Bryant and Clay Streets in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Houses are made of wood, corrugated...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Huts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Denver shanty town
- View of shanties, trees, and a dirt road near probably 19th (Nineteenth) Avenue and Clay Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man leans beside a cart outside a shanty. Houses are made of corrugated metal, timber, sheet...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Huts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Winch house
- A man stands on an elevated metal platform between steam powered engines and a winch with cable in a wooden winch house. Shows steam pipes, a wheel to operate the winch, and a wheel with numbers. Posters, pictures and an American flag hang on the...
- Hoisting machinery--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.; Steam engines--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Eaton Metal Products
- View of Eaton Metal Products at 1843 Wazee Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows industrial buildings, cars, and a sign: "Eaton Metal Products Co. Tanks, Oil Equipment, Plate Work."
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Eaton Metal Products Co. employees
- Group portrait of Eaton Metal Products staff in Denver, Colorado; shows men posed, and lettering on a brick building: "The Eaton Metal Products Co."
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Metal-workers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- American Fluorspar, Salida
- View of corrugated metal buildings of the American Fluorspar mine near Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows metal barrels, timber cribbing, a driveway, cars and dirt roads beside the fluorspar processing facility.
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; American Fluorspar Mine Company Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- American Fluorspar, Salida
- View of corrugated metal buildings of the American Fluorspar mine near Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Shows metal barrels, timber cribbing, a driveway, cars and dirt roads beside the fluorspar processing facility, and snow on mountains in the...
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; American Fluorspar Mine Company Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Chaffee (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- 4 S. Santa Fe Drive, Denver
- View of a commercial building at 4 (Four) S. Santa Fe Drive in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one story building has a brick and cinder brick facade and a blank sign projecting from the flat roof. Shows a large metal barn across...
- Wazee Electric Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Metal...
- 1981 February
- Manual High School Opportunity Metal Working Class
- Photograph of an Opportunity Class (or community class) in Metal Working at Manual High School in Denver, Colorado. Several men in overalls stand near metal working machines.
- Manual Training High School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1910
- Safeway Distribution Center Historic District Eligibility Form
- Application package designating the Safeway Distribution Center as an officially eligible historic district.
- Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.
- 2004
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Record contains both the Colorado Historical Society's Historic Record Inventory Sheet and the United State's Department of Interior's National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Denver Orphan's Home.
- Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Orphanages--Colorado
- 1993
- 1933 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.9
- The Denver Householder Directory started in 1924 and has been continued by other publishers right up to the present. These are arranged by address, allowing you to find out who was living in the house and/or the owner or the name of a business.
- Denver (Colo.)--Directories.
- 1933
- Silver Threads, Creede
- View of Silver Threads, a clothing store (now Quiller Gallery, formerly the Creede Boarding House) at 110 North Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The two story commercial building has transomed storefront windows. The storefront...
- Silver Threads (Creede, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Creede (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Clothing stores.; Silver Threads (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Clothing trade--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Creede (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989
- Sopp & Truscott Bakery Silver Plume
- View of the Sopp & Truscott Bakery at 1010 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The one and a half story building has wooden siding and a large square tower with two pediments and decorative brackets that houses the public...
- Sopp & Truscott Bakery (Silver Plume, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Bakeries.; Sopp & Truscott Bakery (Silver Plume, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bakeries--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 2010
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith identified as Hilario Herminio Paiz (Herman), poses outside of a wood building on his ranch in Gulnare (Los Animas County, Colorado. He wears a cap, leather apron, leather gloves and holds a metal handle drift. A man beside him wears...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paiz, Hilario Herminio, 1898-1983--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.; Gulnare (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- [ca. 1915]
- Bath time
- A young Hispanic American girls sits in a metal wash tub balanced on a chair and is bathed by her mother in Costilla County, Colorado. The girls has long dark hair. Her mother wears a dress. The room has wallpapered walls, a calendar hangs on the...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bathing.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Colorado Iron Works
- View of the facade of the Colorado Iron Works, at 3350-90 Brighton Blvd in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story red brick building has a metal capped shaped parapet. A gutter runs between the first and second levels. On...
- Colorado Iron Works (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2010-2020.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Colorado Iron Works (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five...
- 2010
- Stage Stop, Rollinsville, Colo.
- View of the Rollinsville Stage Stop located at 30 Main Street and the Moffat Tunnel railroad line. This two story board-and-batten restaurant has sheet metal pressed and painted to look like brick on the second story under a metal roof. On the...
- Stage Stop (Rollinsville, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Rollinsville--2000-2010; Stagecoach stations--Colorado--Rollinsville--2000-2010.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Stage Stop (Rollinsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2008
- Entrance, Denver Turnverein also known as the German House
- View of the front entrance of the Denver Turnverein (1921; George L. Bettcher, architect), also known as the German House, a German social and athletic club, at 1570 Clarkson Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The...
- Denver Turnverein (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clubs.; Doors & doorways.; Denver Turnverein (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 2006
- Denver Turnverein also known as the German House
- View of the Denver Turnverein (1921; George L. Bettcher, architect), also known as the German House, a German social and athletic club, at 1570 Clarkson Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Spanish revival style...
- Denver Turnverein (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clubs.; Denver Turnverein (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2006
- Colorado Heritage Center
- View of the Colorado Heritage Center (the Colorado State Museum, later the Colorado History Museum), 1300 Broadway, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the front (south) facade of the state museum. The building, with its...
- State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--1970-1980.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1977
- Colorado Heritage Center
- View of the Colorado Heritage Center (Colorado State Museum, later the Colorado History Museum), 1300 Broadway, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the front (south) facade of the museum. The building, with its Modern...
- State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--1970-1980.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1977
- Pete's Kitchen
- A View of the neon and metal sign for Pete's Kitchen, 1962 East Colfax Avenue, in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The metal sign, outlined in neon, shows a male cook flipping pancakes. Text on the sign reads: "Open 24 Hours,"...
- Pete's Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Electric signs.; Restaurants.; Pete's Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Neon...
- 2006