Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, clapboard house with a pediment-style front gabled roof with tin covering and a chimney is seen from the side. Decorative columns are under the eaves. The house has rectangular windows with lintels and molding around them. Windows on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Unidentified residence, steps
- Interior view of a sitting room in an unidentified residence designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, in possibly Cherry Hills Village (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The modern style house has patterned draperies around an arched window and glass french...
- Architecture--Colorado--1930-1940.; Chandeliers--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--1930-1940.; Living rooms--Colorado--1930-1940.; Seating furniture--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [1939]
- First Congregational Church, ceiling molding detail
- First Congregational Church, ceiling molding detail
- Alfred Butters House, Tax Act, window molding
- Colorado Governor's Mansion, intersections of molding and coffering
- Sandusky Block, Salida
- View of the Sandusky Block in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The brick building has decorative terracotta molding and brick pilasters on the upper level, and the lower ground level has stenciled borders on the shop windows. The middle of the...
- Gift Connection (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Sandusky Block (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities.; Gift shops.; Gift Connection (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sandusky Block (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1994
- Tabor House, Leadville, Colo.
- View of the Tabor House located at 116 East 5th Street, Leadville, Colo. Built in 1877, the two-story clapboard cottage with narrow sawtooth molding around the eaves and front gable belonged to Horace Tabor and his first wife, Augusta. The house...
- Historic house museums--Colorado--Leadville--2000-2010.; Leadville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Historic house museums--Colorado--Leadville--Pictorial works.; Leadville...
- 2003
- Carbone's House of Pizza
- View of facade of R. Carbone's House of Pizza, 3232 Quivas Street in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This modified commercial style yellow brick building features three round arched windows, a red brick cornice molding and a red and...
- R. Carbone's House of Pizza (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Signs (Notices); R. Carbone's House of Pizza (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church
- View of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church (St. Elizabeth's Church, architect Father Adrian, O.S.F. 1898), 1060 St. Francis Way, on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus, Denver, Colorado. The building is constructed of...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1980-1990.; St. Elizabeth's Church (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Catholic churches.; Historic buildings.; Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver,...
- 1981
- Graffiti, corner of 5th Avenue and Santa Fe
- View of an abandoned bar / restaurant at 500 Santa Fe Drive (1886) in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick commercial style building has hooded molding over the second story and decorative brickwork on the southern...
- Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; Graffiti.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- Tabor Theater curtain
- Interior view of the Tabor Theater, located at 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows the painted curtain, proscenium, parquet seating, orchestra pit and ornate molding. An inscription on the curtain reads: "So...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theater curtains--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- United States Mint, old
- View of the United States Mint building, located at 16th (Sixteenth) and Market Streets in Denver, Colorado. The two-story building has a crenellated parapet, double-hung sash windows, flag pole, arched portal with hood molding, chimneys and...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.
- View of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument. The monument is 79 foot granite...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.; Monuments & memorials.; Parks.
- [1905?]
- University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
- View of the University of California campus at Berkeley, California. Buildings include South Hall, a Victorian Second Empire style building with mansard hip roofs, cast-iron cresting, string coursing, round dormers, and arched roof dormers, windows...
- University of California (1868-1952)--1900-1910.; Berkeley (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Educational facilities.; Universities & colleges.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
- View of the University of California campus at Berkeley, California. Buildings include North Hall, in the Victorian Second Empire style, it has mansard hip roofs with cast iron cresting, an attic with round arched dormers with hood molding and...
- University of California (1868-1952)--1900-1910.; Berkeley (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Educational facilities.; Universities & colleges.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Palm Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Rows of palm trees line Palm Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Houses are on either side of the dirt street. Architectural features on the wood frame houses include balconies, porches, bays, pilasters, cornices, and egg and dart molding. A large...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Houses.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.
- [1905?]
- Colorado Springs railroad station
- Passengers wait under bracketed eaves at the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and Colorado Midland Railway depot at Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a rusticated sandstone structure with clerestory windows, balustrade, and...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Kansas City, depot platform
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, freight wagons sit under the umbrella sheds of the Union depot in Kansas City (Jackson County), Missouri. Two conductors walk under the sheds; trains sit on the track. Shows the tall slit...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Missouri--Kansas City--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Missouri--Kansas City--1900-1910.; Railroads--Missouri--Kansas City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Interior of a bedroom in a residence in Leadville
- Interior view of a bedroom in a Leadville, Colorado, residence includes a highback bed, an upholstered chair, an ornately carved gas fireplace with tiered shelves filled with vases. There is a dresser with painted drawers that has a perfume...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Longmont National Bank, interior
- View inside the Longmont National Bank, Colorado, shows the white marble bankers' cage with dark kick molding, brass bars, labeled: "Collections," and "Teller." A man's face shows behind the teller bars and a large taxidermied golden eagle [?]...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- 1926 November 23
- Cripple Creek, Pullin Block, Bennett Ave.
- Partial view of N. E. Pullin building, northeast corner of Bennett and Second Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this rectangular two- story commercial building has double-entry recessed windows, corbel above flat windows, and decorated molding on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Law offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900 or 1901
- First Baptist Church
- Exterior view of First Baptist Church, Carr Avenue between 3rd (Third) and 4th (Fourth) Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the two-story brick church with painted shingle has a side spire extension, arched double-wide side doorway, and corbelling...
- First Baptist Church (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- [1988]
- St. Elmo Colorado
- Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, gables, bay windows and molding of a dwelling are partly covered by corrugated metal.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Gables--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- F. B. & L. Block, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of Fairley Brothers and Lampman Block Building, 300 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this three-story brick commercial building has rock-faced stone quoins, storefront windows with displays of merchandise and goods, recessed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1904]
- Central City
- View of a Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado storefront; framed art is in the window, and a man is by ornate molding.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Storefronts--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1955]
- One of the living room of El Pomar Broadmoor estate of Spencer Penrose, Colorado Springs
- Interior view of a living room at the El Pomar estate of Spencer Penrose, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Rectangular room has a fireplace flanked by two double doors, ornate plaster door, window and cove molding, floral...
- Penrose, Spencer 1865-1939--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Living rooms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [1920]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a leaded glass window in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This window is inset in a swinging door, and has two brass rails crossing the lower part. A clear rectangular inset with the word "Buffet" frosted into it is in...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Leaded glass windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a bed at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. The high bedstead is of carved wood, and has a curved contour with molding and a leaf shaped finial. Large, square pillows with lace borders lean against the bedstead;...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Beds--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1965 and 1980?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of woodwork in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This is a corner detail of either a mantle or a barback, consisting of a column with a composite capital topped by projecting entablature. A beaded border finishes the smooth...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Woodwork--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
- [between 1965 and 1980?]
- Home interior
- Interior view of a home, probably in Denver, Colorado. Shows crystal chandeliers, oriental rugs, potted plants, lamps, furniture, drapery, decorative columns and molding.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Living rooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Drug store interior, Central City
- Glass display cabinets are in the foreground in Best's Drug store in Central City, Colorado. One contains wallets and has white, glass bottles on top of it. A sign on the side of the cabinet reads "Shaving Cream 25 cents and 50 cents." Glass...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1891]
- Teller House Gen. Grant's room, Central City, 1941
- A double bed with a large, curved headboard with oval-shaped moldings and finials and a footboard with molding is in the corner of a room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. A large pillow is on the bed. The wall is covered with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a room with shuttered windows, elaborate decorative molding, painted ceiling, a square piano with small...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874. A suspended brass chandelier, with six curvilinear arms holding spherical glass globes,...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- William Mygatt
- Interior presentation view of the William Mygatt residence in Denver, Colorado; shows carved wood molding, columns, and stairs. Also shows oriental rugs, a chair, a vase, lamps, a chandelier, and a grandfather clock.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Chandeliers--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Mygatt, William R.--Homes &...
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- William Mygatt
- Interior presentation view of the William Mygatt residence in Denver, Colorado; shows carved wood molding, columns, stairs, oriental rugs, a chair, lamps, and a Japanese vase with herons.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Chandeliers--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Vases--1880-1900.; Mygatt,...
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Interior / parlor
- Interior presentation view of the William R. Mygatt residence in Denver, Colorado; shows carved wood molding, stencil ornaments, ottomans, pillows, couches, chairs, ingrain carpet, Oriental rugs, framed art, lamps, and a leaded glass window.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Mygatt, William R.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Dining room in residence of Samuel Rose
- Interior presentation view of the dining room in the Samuel Rose residence in Denver, Colorado; shows cut crystal, tulips, ingrain carpet, molding, stencil ornaments, a ceiling lamp, cane-seat chairs, and a carved wood china cabinet.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Rose, Samuel--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Charles A. Finding building
- Built in 1885, the Charles A. Finding building in Breckenridge, Colorado, was once the town's most substantial building, and housed the Finding Hardware Store. Built of local rusticated stone, the storefront has molding in the kickplates and an...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- 1970
- St. John's Episcopal Church
- Exterior view of the Saint John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Breckenridge, Colorado. This one story, gable roofed frame structure was built in 1881 and moved several times over the years. It has a gable roofed, projecting entry and sash windows...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1920-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, William Forman residence
- Exterior view of a two-story frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado. Originally the home of William Forman, county clerk and town mayor in the 1890's, this cross gabled, clapboard sided house has a square bay window with embossed molding and a...
- Forman, W. (William)--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Emil Anderson in Kneisel - Anderson Store, built 1893
- Interior view of the Kneisel and Anderson grocery store, on the south side of 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. Emil Anderson, co- owner, wears a white apron and stands along a counter. Wooden display cases with glass tops are filled with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Georgetown store
- Exterior view of a store front in Georgetown, Colorado. Possibly the owner wearing a jacket, vest and watch chain stands in the open double door entry, a boy with suspenders and flat top hat is next to him. Two dark skinned men flank them on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Reception room 12th & Alta - John J. Humphreys architect
- Interior view of an ornate parlor in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a marble fireplace, andirons, entablature, niches, mirrors, urns, lamps, framed art, plaster molding, sculpture, a chair, a settee, brocade upholstery, and ingrain carpet.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver residences, interior
- Interior view of a Denver, Colorado, residence; dining room furnishings include a brick fireplace, wood paneling, molding, Art Nouveau wallpaper, a pedestal table, leather upholstered wood chairs, Oriental rug, stained glass lamp, built-in buffet,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Main dining room, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
- Interior view of the main dining room at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs (El Paso County) Colorado; shows oval-backed side chairs, tables with linen, glasses, carafes and tablecloths, potted palms, mirrored buffet, light fixtures and molding.
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Wolcott Private School, Denver
- View of Wolcott School, 1400 Marion Street, Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with molding on cornice, arched windows, recessed entryway with pilasters, columns, balustrade, balconies and leaded glass windows. A bicycle is by a fire hydrant.
- Wolcott School (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Presbyterian Church
- Exterior view of the Presbyterian Church in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1863 and located on Taos Street between Eighth (8th) and Ninth (9th) Streets; shows the front of the church with the south fork of Clear Creek in the foreground. The facade...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Timothy, Nez Perce
- Seated studio portrait of Native American (Nez Perce) man, Timothy (Ta-Mu-Son). He wears a choker with a bear claw, a fringed buckskin shirt with beaded bands over the shoulder and beaded triangles on the chest, fringed leggings with beaded bands...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Nez Percé Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Ta-Mu-Son.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]