Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Capitol City, Colorado
- Interior view of the remains of a wall in the George T. Lee's (mining investor and operator) mansion in Capitol City, (Galena City) Hindsdale County, Colorado; includes portions of plastered brick, with rubble scattered on ground where there was...
- Lee, George T.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Ruins--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Ruins of the governor's mansion
- View of the remaining facade of the George T. Lee's (mining investor and operator) mansion in Capitol City, (Galena City) Hindsdale County, Colorado, shows portions of the standing brick walls with the slant of the gable roofline. The first floor...
- Capitol City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Carbondale--1960-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Carbondale--1960-1980.; Harris, Charles H.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Capitol City, Colorado
- View of the remains of George T. Lee's (mining investor and operator) mansion in Capitol City, (Galena City) Hindsdale County, Colorado, shows portions of the standing brick walls with rubble around the structure. Mountain peaks covered with...
- Lee, George T.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- D&RGW car number 0292
- Coach Outfit Operator's car. Photographed: January 19, 1946.
- Railroads--Cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Durango.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1946
- D&RGW car number 0292
- Coach Outfit Operator's car. Photographed: Durango, Colo., October 12, 1951.
- Railroads--Cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Durango.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1951
- Work car 758 D. T. C.
- View of Denver Tramway Company work car number 758 in Denver, Colorado. A man stands on a flatbed street car attached to the work car. A buildings and signs that read: "Lakeside Everybody's Joyland" and "Rooms For Rent" are nearby.
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Ground breaking
- A group of men and women stand around a backhoe during the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of an addition to Lamb Memorial Hospital at 1560 Humboldt Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Some of the men...
- Lamb Memorial Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Backhoes--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1953 November
- Ground breaking
- A group of men in suits pose in front of a backhoe at a ground breaking ceremony for an addition to Lamb Memorial Hospital at 1560 Humboldt Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits and ties. A man sits...
- Lamb Memorial Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Backhoes--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1953 November
- Pennsylvania mine near Decatur
- The support towers of the Pennsylvania mine's aerial tram stand in a line on a hill in Summit County, Colorado. The wooden operator's tower, at the bottom of the line, is in poor condition.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Operations room, Denver Police Department
- A group of men in suits pose in a operations room at the Denver Police Department in Denver, Colorado. An operator sits behind a desk where roles of ticker tape and telegraph machines are arranged. Electrical switches, dials, and light bulbs are...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915?]
- Largest hay barn in the state of Wyoming, Colonel Torry's M Ranch
- View of men in front of a log barn, at what is identified as Colonel Torry's M Ranch, in Hat Creek (Niobrara County), Wyoming. The barn has a gabled roof, a transom over a main entrance and cupolas with vents. Men are identified left to right as:...
- Hat Creek (Wyo. : Town)--1880-1890.; Barns--Wyoming--Hat Creek--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Hat Creek--1880-1890.; Men--Wyoming--Hat Creek--1880-1890.
- 1882
- John Major Young was not executed & "not yet made good"
- John Major Young, Black, handcuffed, and in a white suit jacket, passes through an interior door at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Men follow him and a guard holds the door in the foreground. Convicted of killing service station...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Young, John Major.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1966
- First switchboard in Idaho Springs, Anna McKinley
- A woman telephone operator is sitting at the first switchboard in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The headset she is wearing has a transmitter at mouth level, and wires connected to the board. Her surroundings include: an enclosing wooden railing with a...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Kemp's Falls
- Water cascades around large rocks in Kemp's Falls west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. The falls were named for photographer Donald C. Kemp's father, John H. Kemp, who staked a claim on the Happy Valley Placer on September 5, 1891. Kemp had...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Rowley, J. B.
- J. B. Rowley, a pioneer of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, poses for a studio bust portrait wearing a dark fur hat and a leather coat over a plaid shirt and a tie. Rowley was a prospector and small mine operator near the turn of the century in...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Rowley, J. B.
- [1939?]
- Rowley, J. B.
- bottle, possibly of wine, stands on the table near two small glasses and a pack of cigarettes. A cork lies next to the cigarette pack.; J. B. Rowley, a pioneer of the mining town of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, sits at a table in front of a...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Rowley, J. B.
- [1939?]
- Central City 1891. Baxter House Eureka St.
- A man and young child, possibly John H. Kemp and one of his sons (either Robert or photographer Donald as a young boy), stand on a dirt road in front of a one-story house with a long front porch in Central City, Colorado. Another child sits on a...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Family--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hammocks--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- J.B. Rowley & John A. Gilfillan 1937
- J. B. Rowley, left, and John A. Gilfillan, right, sit at a table in front of a log cabin, probably in Eldora, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado. The two men were pioneers of the town in the 1890s. Rowley was a prospector and a small mine...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Gilfillan, John A.; Rowley, J. B.
- [1939?]
- Kemp Cabin - Happy Valley 1894
- A group of men, women and children poses in front of the Kemp family log cabin near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Photographer Donald C. Kemp's father John H. Kemp sits with young Don and his brother Robert on the steps to the cabin. Kemp was...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Family.; Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Collins, Edgar.; Collins, Margie Becker.; Kemp,...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Kemp Cabin - Happy Valley 1894
- A group of men, women and children poses in front of the Kemp family log cabin near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Photographer Donald C. Kemp's father John H. Kemp sits with young Don and his brother Robert on the steps to the cabin. Kemp was...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Family.; Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Becker, Margie.; Collins, Edgar.; Kemp, John H.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Kemp Cabin just completed 1893
- The Kemp family log cabin is framed by a circle in this image taken when the cabin was first completed in 1893 near Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Photographer Donald C. Kemp's father John H. Kemp was a mine operator in Central City in Gilpin...
- Kemp, Donald Campbell, 1889-1975--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- RGS narrow gauge motor car number 2
- Three-quarter view of right side of motor car, from front end, close view; John and Josie Crum in foreground; Galloping Goose. (John Crum was an RGS conductor and later motor car operator. Josie Moore Crum, his wife, a noted Southwest Colorado...
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--South Alamosa--1950-1960.; South Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--South Alamosa--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- RGS narrow gauge motor car number 2
- Three-quarter view of right side of motor car, from front end, close view; John and Josie Crum in foreground; Galloping Goose. (John Crum was an RGS conductor and later motor car operator. Josie Moore Crum, his wife, a noted Southwest Colorado...
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--South Alamosa--1950-1960.; South Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--South Alamosa--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- RGS narrow gauge motor car number 2
- Three-quarter view of right side of motor car, from front end, close view; John and Josie Crum in foreground; Galloping Goose. (John Crum was an RGS conductor and later motor car operator. Josie Moore Crum, his wife, a noted Southwest Colorado...
- Railroad motor-cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--South Alamosa--1950-1960.; South Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--South Alamosa--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Josie and John Crum on motor car during scrapping; Goose 7 in background. (John Crum was an RGS conductor and later motor car operator. Josie Moore Crum, his wife, a noted Southwestern Colorado historian, wrote "RGS Story.") Photographed: Grady,...
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Grady--1950-1960.; Grady (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Grady--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1953
- RGS narrow gauge views
- H.L. Wolford, an RGS locomotive engineer and motor car operator, moving rock off track. Photographed: unknown location, possibly Colorado, October 12, 1945.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge views
- H.L. Wolford, an RGS locomotive engineer and motor car operator, moving rock off RGS main track. Photographed: unknown location, possibly Colorado, October 12, 1945.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge views
- Josie and John Crum on motor car during scrapping. (John Crum was an RGS conductor and later motor car operator. Josie Moore Crum, his wife, a noted Southwestern Colorado historian, wrote "RGS Story.") Photographed: Grady, Colorado, June 1953.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Grady--1950-1960.; Grady (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroads--Colorado--Grady--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1953
- RGS narrow gauge motor car number 3
- Rear view; at earth slide location, operator reaching to hook phone line; Galloping Goose. Photographed: near Placerville, Colorado, October 13, 1945.
- Railroad motor-cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Placerville--1940-1950.; Placerville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Placerville--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge motor car number 3
- Rear view; at earth slide location, operator calling on phone; Galloping Goose. Photographed: near Placerville, Colorado, October 13, 1945.
- Railroad motor-cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Placerville--1940-1950.; Placerville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Placerville--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- Butte Anaconda & Pacific Ry. electric motors 44, 41, Butte, Montana.
- Butte Anaconda & Pacific Railway electric locomotives 41 and 44 pull ore gondolas in the yard in Butte (Silver Bow County), Montana. A van and sedan automobile are to the sides; a tunnel is in the distance. The operator stands on the deck.
- Butte, Anaconda, and Pacific Railway Company--1960-1970.; Butte (Mont.)--1960-1970.; Copper mining--Montana--Butte--1960-1970.; Electric railroads--Montana--Butte--1960-1970.; Mine railroads--Montana--Butte--1960-1970.
- 1960 September
- 1st street car
- View of horse-drawn street car, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a trolley operator holding reins, railway tracks, and timber stacked along the dirt street. Signs on the railway car include: "Cameron's R.R. ticket," "Take this car to the Grand...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1887?
- D&RGW standard gauge 38 diesel with n.g. top 3693 narrow gauge box car.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company standard gauge diesel 38 and narrow gauge car 3693 waits at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The operator is in the cab; another man stands by narrow gauge box cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1946 September 9
- Prest. Harrison at the Kitchen Hotel, Leadville, Colo
- People crowd the entry, windows, and balcony of the Kitchen Hotel during a visit by United States President Benjamin Harrison in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The president stands on the balcony and points at a large replica of a silver dollar...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Presidents--United States.; Silver question--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1891, May 11
- Main St., Grand Junction, Colo.
- View east on Main Street, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a busy business district with one and two-story flat-roof brick buildings. The domed cupola of the Canon Block, on Main and 3rd (Third) Streets, shows. Grand Junction and Grand River...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910?]
- Pueblo, street scenes
- View of street railway car passing by a corner building, in Pueblo, Colorado, street car with "Bessemer" identification, includes a male street railway operator or inside the car behind the wheel. Men are on the sidewalk and the street. The...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Denver City Tramway Co., Golden Depot, Golden, Colorado
- Denver City Tramway Company interurban electric trolley car 75 ready to depart for Denver from the Golden station depot of the Denver and Northwestern, 13th (Thirteenth) and Washington Streets, Jefferson County, Colorado; conductor poses in...
- Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.; Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)
- 1906
- Motorcycle race track at Tuilleries [sic]
- A large group of workmen take a break from construction to pose on the motorcycle race track at the Tuileries amusement park in Englewood, Colorado; they sit on the partially completed inclined wood track with its diagonal bracing behind them. The...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Englewood--1910-1920.; Racetracks--Colorado--Englewood--1910-1920.; Gillpatrick, William.
- [1910?]
- People unidentified
- Two women and a man stand in front of the main gate of the Tuileries in Englewood, Colorado. The Tuileries amusement park, or the Tuileries Gardens, existed from 1906 and 1913. "Tuileries" appears at the top of the brick gate, is studded with light...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Englewood--1900-1920.; Gillpatrick, Vera Terrell.; Gillpatrick, William.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Gillpatrick is in the center of this picture with two ball players on either side of him.
- The baseball team for the Tuileries amusement park in Englewood, Colorado, has "Tuileries" printed on their shirts. They pose with three men in suits; the middle figure is William Gillpatrick, the operator of the park.
- Englewood (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Englewood--1900-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Englewood--1900-1920.; Gillpatrick, William.
- [between 1906 and 1913?]
- Tuilleries dance pavillion [i.e. Pavilion] Gill, roller skating rink.
- A large group of workmen pose on the steps of the dance pavilion and roller skating rink at the Tuileries amusement park in Englewood, Colorado. The tall stairs lead to a central entrance covered by a dormer in the low-hanging roof. William...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Englewood--1910-1920.; Dance halls--Colorado--Englewood--1910-1920.; Gillpatrick, William.
- [1910?]
- 1911 Corbett & Ballenger's 39th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1880 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 8th Annual Denver City directory
- State of Colorado, Miscellaneous License No. 255.
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 3, 1911 January 14
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 2, 1914 October 24
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1920 October
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- "Thy will be done" : the Prayer Band Ministry of Zion Baptist Church : 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Booklet created for the 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast at Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. This breakfast was to recognize the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastors for all the work they do for the church. Included are photographs of each...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.
- 2004