Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Augusta and Horace Tabor's house
- View of the Horace and Augusta Tabor home, on East 5th (Fifth) Street, in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows a frame house with a bay window and bargeboard.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.
- 1931
- Luz Lujan Torres
- Studio portrait of Luz Lujan Torres of New Mexico. She wears a lace blouse, flowers, and a necklace. Her hair is waved and parted in the middle. After the death of her first husband, José Juan Silva Torres, she remarried and moved to Colorado.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Women.; Torres, José Juan Silva--Family--Pictorial works.; Torres, Luz Lujan, d. 1933--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Pictorial works.;...
- [1900?]
- Never was Capitol
- View a false front log structure on the Broadmoor golf club grounds moved from Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows a corrugated sheet metal roof, hand-hewn timbers, a weathered clapboard front with...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Colorado City--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Colorado City--1940-1950.
- February 5, 1948
- Eisenhower Chapel
- View of the Eisenhower Memorial Chapel at 203 Roslyn Street in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the side elevation (south) of a one-and-one-half story Colonial Revival-style church when the building was being moved. The...
- Eisenhower Chapel (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field Neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Chapels.; Moving of structures.; Eisenhower Chapel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- {between 2002 and 2008?]
- Major Rafael Chacón and Juanita Páiz
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Major Rafael Chacón and his wife Juanita Páiz de Chacón. Major Chacón served in the U.S. Army in New Mexico during the Civil War. He wears a uniform and has a mustache, his wife wears a long dress with a...
- Hispanic Americans--1860-1870.; Mexican Americans--1860-1870.; Spouses.; Chacón, Juanita Páiz de--Pictorial works.; Chacón, Rafael, 1833-1925--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1858
- José Juan Silva Torres
- Studio portrait of José Juan Silva Torres of New Mexico. he was married to Luz Lujan Torres, after his death she moved to Colorado. He wears a coat, vest and bow tie. He has a mustache and wears a broad brimmed hat.
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Torres, José Juan Silva--Pictorial works.; Torres, Luz Lujan, d. 1933--Family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1900?]
- Professor Arthur L. Campa, Sr.
- Studio portrait of elderly professor Arthur L. Campa, Sr., renowned scholar, historian and professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Denver. He poses in a jacket, dark dress shirt and patterned tie. He is balding and wears eyeglasses.
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Older people.; Teachers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Pictorial works.; College teachers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1970 and 1975?]
- The Silver Moon Hotel at Third and Kimbark.
- View of the Silver Moon Hotel, Third (3rd) Avenue and Kimbark, Longmont, Colorado, shows the two story wooden gable roof building with a false front and vine covered porch. The sign has a cresent shape moon symbol between: "Silver" and "Hotel."...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1890.; Silver Moon Hotel (Longmont, Colo.)
- [1872?]
- Main St., Walsenburg, Colo.
- View south on Main Street, Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado; shows Twin Lakes Hotel (built 1887 by Martin and Holmes in Garden City, later moved to this location). Sign reads "Railroad Crossing Look Out for Cars."
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Walsenburg--1890-1900.
- May 20, 1893
- Alamosa
- Several buildings were moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878. Men stand on a boardwalk, posing in front of some of them. From the left to right are Sabine, Thomas, Putnam, Hill and Anthony. Thomas has a hand trick with full sacks...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Garland, Colorado
- Garland City, Colorado, includes a main street with businesses and large buildings which may be hotels, smaller wood buildings, and railroad track. Snow covers the town, the brush-covered hill behind, and the Sierra Blanco mountain range in the...
- Garland City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1878]
- Julesburg, Colorado
- Photoprint of a copy of an ink drawing of Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County, where Indians mounted on horses watch as the buildings of the town burn.
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Fires--Colorado--Julesburg--1860-1870.
- February 2, 1865
- Coal Creek Schoolhouse
- Coal Creek Schoolhouse is an excellent example of a one-room prairie schoolhouse. The original school was located along Coal Creek, but it burned to the ground in the late 1920s. The current building replaced it in 1926. The schoolhouse was donated...
- Circa 2010
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board Meeting Minutes: 1200 Williams St.
- Eugene Field House
- Exterior photograph of Eugene Field House located in Denver, Colorado. Built around 1875, this house was the home of well-known journalist and writer Eugene Field, who was the managing editor of the Denver Tribune and lived in the house from 1881...
- Field, Eugene, 1850-1895--Homes & haunts.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1984 May
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Minutes of the Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) Board Meeting
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board Meeting Minutes: 1200 Williams St.
- The Episcopal Church in Marble, in 1911 before the belfry was put on it was formerly St John's Episcopal Church in Aspen, & was moved on a flat car to Marble.
- Posing in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, this woman wears a fur collar and muff. The frame, one-story gable roofed building in the background (with projecting entry) is the Episcopal Church. Originally St. John's Episcopal, in Aspen, Colorado,...
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Hoffman's Barber Shop one of the first houses moved from Silver Cliff to Westcliffe.
- View of Hoffman's Barber shop, Westcliffe, Custer County, Colorado; frame building moved from Silver Cliff to Westcliffe.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Barbershops--Colorado--Westcliffe--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- 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
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Minutes of the Capitol Hill United Neighborhood
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: St. Philomena's School
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) Board of Delegates Meeting Minutes: Capitol Hill Community Center
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board Meeting Minutes: 1200 Williams St.
- Casimiro Barela
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a bow tie and an upright collar. He has a full, waxed mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mustaches.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1891 and 1893]
- Maria de la Luz Trujillo-Sandoval
- Portrait of María de la Luz Trujillo-Sandoval wife of Charles Archibald Metcalf, a trader, and pioneer in Pueblo, Colorado. She wears a dark dress with a pin and has her hair pulled back and parted in the middle.
- Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Women.; Trujillo-Sandoval, María de la Luz--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mission Church of the Immaculate Conception, Sunnyside Cemetery
- View of the Immaculate Conception Mission Church and the Sunnyside Cemetery, on Bulldog Mine Road, 1/2 mile west of Creede, Colorado. The wooden Gothic-style church has lancet style windows an open bell tower topped with a cross. The church was...
- Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Sunnyside Cemetery (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Cemeteries.; Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sunnyside...
- 2009
- Coal Creek School
- View of the Coal Creek School House at 800 Telluride Street, Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The one room school has white wood-siding building with a gray slate roof. The entrance is protected by a portico. A post-and-rail wood fence surrounds...
- Coal Creek School (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; One-room schools.; Windmills.; Coal Creek School (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Windmills--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial...
- 1994
- Original Cherry Creek School
- View of the front of the original Cherry Creek School building on the Cherry Creek High School campus located at 9300 East Union Avenue, Greenwood Village (Arapahoe County), Colorado.The one-story clapboard building is in the middle of a paved...
- Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Greenwood Village (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools.; Cherry Creek High School (Greenwood Village, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Greenwood...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Bemis Farm House
- View of the Bemis Farm House at the Littleton Historical Museum, 6028 South Gallup Street in Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The one-story Queen-Anne style house has wood siding and gray roof tiles. The house has dark trim and bargeboard on...
- Bemis, Fred, 1862-1947--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Littleton Historical Museum (Littleton, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Littleton (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Farmhouses.; Bemis, Fred, 1862-1947--Homes and haunts.; Littleton Historical Museum...
- 1999
- Children's Hospital, Denver
- View of the former location of Children's Hospital, 1056 East Nineteenth (19th) Avenue, in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows Tammen Hall (1930), just prior to the demolition of surrounding buildings. Signs on the buildings...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demolition.; Hospitals.; Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 2008
- Children's Hospital, Denver
- View of the former location of Children's Hospital at 1056 East Nineteenth (19th) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a blond brick building with International-style features, including ribbon windows, just prior...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demolition.; Hospitals.; Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 2008
- Aroya lighthouse
- View of the Aroya Light House in Aroya, Colorado. The light house is constructed of junk metal and old farm implements welded together by sculptor Owen Moreland. The lighthouse does not have a light, instead it has a silver cupola open to the...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sculpture.; Lighthouses.; Folk art--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Lighthouses--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Aroya (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1981
- Aroya lighthouse
- View of the Aroya Light House in Aroya, Colorado. Shows a wooden building, probably an old gas station, with a large overhanging roof. The building is one level, and the paint is faded and pealing off the wood siding. The overhanging roof is...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sculpture.; Lighthouses.; Abandoned buildings.; Folk art--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Lighthouses--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Aroya--Pictorial works.; Aroya (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1981
- Carlos Lopez at ferris wheel
- Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man, looks up at ferris wheel at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. Children ride the ferris wheel, women and teenage...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San...
- 1950 September
- Carlos Lopez watches dice game
- Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man (back row, center), watches a dice game at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. One man holds dice as a group of...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San...
- [1950 September]
- Rafael Chacon
- Studio portrait of Major Rafael Chacón (retired). He is dressed in his United States Army uniform. His jackets has two rows of brass buttons, he wears a cap and has a sword at his waist. He stands in front of a painted backdrop.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Chacón, Rafael, 1933-1925--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Retired military...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Escalante Canyon Bridge
- View looking through the Escalante Canyon Bridge (1890 : Bullen Bridge Co.) over the Gunnison River in Escalante Canyon, Delta County, Colorado. The steel two-span through truss bridge has a traffic deck constructed of wood. To the right of the...
- Escalante Canyon Bridge (Delta County, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Escalante Canyon (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Escalante Canyon Bridge (Delta County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Truss...
- 1992
- Eagle County Historical Museum at Chamber's Park
- View of the Eagle County Historical Museum at Chamber's Park (formerly Chamber's dairy barn) in Eagle (Eagle County), Colorado. The gambrel-roofed frame dairy barn constructed in 1882 was moved in 1984 from its original location to Chambers Park...
- Eagle County Historical Society (Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Eagle County Historical Museum at Chamber's Park (Eagle, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Galleries & museums.; Eagle County Historical Society (Colo.)--Museums--Pictorial works.; Eagle County...
- 1999
- Lace House, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Lace House at its original location on 161 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. Constructed in 1863, the two-story vertical board-and-batten structure sits on a stone foundation and is an example of Carpenter Gothic architecture. The...
- Dwellings--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses--Colorado--Black Hawk; Lace House (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1998
- Lace House Demonstration
- View of the front porch of the Lace House taken in September 1997 during a protest demonstration conducted against moving the structure from its original location at 161 Main Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. Protesters on the porch include Professor...
- Dwellings--Colorado--Black Hawk--1990-2000.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses--Colorado--Black Hawk; Lace House (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Black...
- 1997
- El Paso County Court House, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the facade of the El Paso County Court House located at 215 South Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Designed by local architect, August j. Smith, the three-story Renaissance Revival structure features a foundation of rough-cut...
- El Paso County Court House (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; El Paso County Court House (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002