Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1421 Champa, interior, offices, general plant, "engineering"
- Four men work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits and work on papers that are scattered across the desk top. Books and papers are...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman sits at a desk and interviews an applicant for a position as an operator at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building, 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The woman behind the desk wears a dress with a broad collar and has a...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A teacher demonstrates the operation of a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building in Denver, Colorado. Women, students in the operator's training program, sit at desks.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Vocational...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman measures the height of a student at the operator's school at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The student wears a wool skirt and jacket. The other woman wears a cotton...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman, possibly Blanche M. McFann, sits at a desk in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The woman is associated with the operator's training school program run by the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- Teachers stand behind a group of students who work at a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company operator's school at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs facing the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A woman screens an applicant for the operator's school at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The job applicant sits in a chair and raises her arm to measure her reach. The other...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employment interviewing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone...
- 1921 June 9
- 1421 Champa, roof garden
- Women sit on benches and swings at the roof garden on the top floor of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building in Denver, Colorado. The women wear skirts and shirt waists. The swings are covered with awnings and potted trees...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Roof gardens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913
- 1429 Champa, commercial office, exterior, front
- View of the commercial office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company at 1429 Champa St. in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story brick structure with cornice, dentils, and large store-front windows. Carved stone entablatures...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- 1449 gondola overturned on Montezuma Lumber Co. near Dolores
- A Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola is overturned near Dolores, in Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Montezuma County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Montezuma County--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Montezuma County--1940-1950.
- 1946 September 13
- 14th & Lawrence
- A view of the snow covered intersection of 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows trolley car tracks, utility poles, residences and snow covered trees.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 14th & Lawrence
- A view a multiple story building at the intersection of 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence streets in Denver, Colorado. Piles of wood and other construction materials are on the streets in front of the building. Shows other local businesses, utility...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 14th Street Viaduct
- Men walk on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. City Hall, the Tabor Opera House, and the Post Office are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen watch as a crane on the traveler lifts a steel girder at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. Other beams and girders are on the ground nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girders--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Structural...
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen stand and guide a metal beam attached to a crane at the 14th Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girders--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen guide a steel beam, as it is lowered by a crane, at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. Spectators stand nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girders--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- View of a partially constructed bridge near Platte Street, part of the 14th Street Viaduct, in Denver, Colorado. Shows the South Platte River.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- View of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. Steel beams and a temporary rail track are near the Colorado and Southern Railway (C&S) and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) tracks. A...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen work on the Blake Street approach to the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Cherry Creek is nearby.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen guide a steel beam with a crane on a traveler at a bridge over Cherry Creek at the partially constructed 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. A sign on building at 15th (Fifteenth) and Wazee Streets reads: "J. M. Moore's...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen work near Cherry Creek by the Blake Street approach to the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. A traveler and crane are nearby. A sign reads: "This Building For Rent [?] Lions And Johnson [?]".
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen use a crane to unload railroad cars in Denver, Colorado. The materials will be used in the construction of the 14th Street Viaduct.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- View of the snow-covered, partially constructed 14th Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Railroad bridges and a crane are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- View of the partially constructed 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. A traveler is on the bridge and building materials are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Structural frames--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction
- Workmen use a crane to unload girders and beams from a train car at the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction site in Denver, Colorado. Building materials are nearby on the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 14th Street Viaduct construction.
- Laborers work near Cherry Creek by the Blake Street approach to the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. A traveler and crane are nearby. A sign reads: "This Building For Rent [?] Lions And Johnson [?]".
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- 15 Years at the Fair: The People's Book
- 15th & Lawrence Sts., Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) and Lawrence Streets, Denver, Colorado; shows street railway car number 313 with passengers boarding, men crossing street, and bicycles. Businesses include John Thompson Grocery Company, Dr. Grant Seely (dentist), Grand...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.
- [between 1898 and 1915]
- 15th & Lawrence, Denver
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.) cable car number 31 is on 15th (Fifteenth) Street at Lawrence Street in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Real Estate" and "Colorado Farmer." The...
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cable railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1895?]
- 15th St. below Holiday St Denver
- Men stand on the sidewalk at the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn buggy is parked near the business district buildings. Signs read: "Printing Office", "Colorado National Bank", "United States...
- Colorado National Bank--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- [either 1866 or 1867]
- 15th St., Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado on a busy day; shows electric street railway cars (or trolleys including car number 358), horse-drawn wagons and carriages, bicycles, men and women on sidewalk and the Mining Exchange Building....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1908 or 1909]
- 15th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric star shaped lights hang over the street, each garland has a lighted cross that hangs from its center...
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.; Festive decorations.; Fraternal organizations.; Public utility...
- 1913 August 16
- 16th and Broadway, Denver
- View of Broadway from 16th (Sixteenth) avenue, Denver, Colorado; circular pedestrian median with decorative streetlight on pedestal, several men on median; early automobiles parked at curb; Denver Auto Goods Company (1600 or 1614 Broadway,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1912]
- 16th Ave. and Broadway, Denver
- View east down 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue from Broadway, Denver, Colorado; several early automobiles on street & parked at curb, horse-drawn wagon, man riding bicycle; Denver Auto Goods Company (1600 or 1614 Broadway), Young Men's Christian...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1912]
- 16th cor. Holladay St.
- View of a brick and stone office building on 16th (Sixteenth) and Holladay Streets in Denver, Colorado; men pose by a streetlamp, signs read: "Denver Tribune Building," "Hager, Sons, & Co. Bankers," and the "Bank of Denver."
- Bank of Denver--Buildings--1860-1880.; Hager, Sons, & Co. Bankers--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- 16th St Inter Ocean
- View of the Inter Ocean Hotel, on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick hotel with mansard roof and pedimented windows.
- Inter Ocean Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 16th St. down from Curtis St.
- View of Curtis Street from 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows the Tabor Grand Opera House, pedestrians, and a trolley car. Signs read: "Teeth Filled Without Pain,", "F. E. Edbrooke & Co. Architects," "Hodgson...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882-1900]
- 16th St. from Arapahoe, Denver
- Busy daytime view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Araphoe Street, Denver, Colorado; shows incomplete view of Daniels & Fisher tower possibly under last stages of construction, Whitney-Steen Company (engineers, contractors, builders) sign attached...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- 16th St. from Arapahoe, Denver
- 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colorado; shows street railway car number 42 (forty-two) on track, the Tabor Opera House, Joslins Dry Goods, and the Capitol building in distant background. Also shows many people on sidewalk...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 16th St. from Curtis St., Denver, Colo.
- Looking down 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Curtis Steet, Denver, Colorado; Tabor Grand Opera House, Federal Custom House with Post Office, Continental Trust Company and bank buildings on left; automobile, horsedrawn carriages, street railway car and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- 16th St. from Glenarm, Denver
- Ernest Morris, Lawyers.; View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado; shows Kittredge building and Masonic Temple with United States flag flying from atop roof, horse-drawn carriages, delivery wagons (Campbell-Sell Baking...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1908]
- 16th St. from Stout St., Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from a three-story building on Stout Street, Denver, Colorado; identifiable businesses and buildings include Gano-Downs (721-739 16th) and Colorado Building with Frederick W. Hedgcock & H.C. Jones Specialty Store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- 16th St. up from Larimer Street
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Tabor Block and the Daniels and Fisher Dry Goods Store at 16th and Lawrence Streets. Signs read: "Rose & Co. Photographers," "Hotel Brunswick," and "United States...
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- 16th Street at night, Knights Templar Convention
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, decorated for the Knights Templar 1913 Conclave, Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Garlands of electric lights hang over the street and American flags hang from the lamp posts that support the garlands....
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1910-1920.; Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clock towers.; Commercial streets.; Electric lighting.;...
- 1913 August 16
- 16th Street, Denver
- Rooftop view of commercial buildings in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Multi-story brick and stone buildings on 16th (Sixteenth) Street include the Hotel Brunswick (Clarke Building), the corner Tabor Block and the "New York...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- 16th. Stree[t] Denver
- View of Sixteenth Street, Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, streetlights, clocks, automobiles, streetcars, bicycle, and United States flags. Signs read: "Graysons - Good Clothes," "Shraiberg's Flowers," "Perini's," "Denver Daily," "Sun," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1932]
- 17th & Champa
- View of horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians, and bicyclists on 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs on buildings read: "E. H Rollins," "The Standard Fire Brick Co.," "Wall Paper," "Ornamental Iron Work," "Walter W. White &...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 17th and Broadway, Denver
- View towards Trinity Methodist Church, Hotel Metropole and edge of Brown Palace on Broadway from 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue, Denver, Colorado. Edge of trolley or street railway car, left foreground; early automobiles, streetlights, assay office and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1909
- 17th St. from Union Station, Denver
- Welcome Arch at Union Station in Denver, Colorado; view of 17th (Seventeenth) street, street railway car number 248, men and women walking towards Union Station (not in view), horse-drawn carriages and a touring sightseeing coach parked at curb,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1906 and 1910]