Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Old home & outhouse near Trout Pass
- View of an abandoned log cabin and log outhouse in a meadow near Trout Creek Pass (Trout Pass) in Park or Chaffee County, Colorado. The outhouse has sunk into the ground.
- Log cabins--Colorado--1970-1980.; Privies--Colorado--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Two women stand by a well and outhouse at Wink's Panorama (Wink's Lodge)
- Alberta Hamlet and Clifford Dixon stand outside near a well and outhouse at Winks Panorama also known as Winks Lodge in the Lincoln Hills County Club area in Pinecliffe, Colorado. The outhouse pictured was a WPA project. Winks Panorama was a hotel...
- 1957 September
- Zanza Bar
- View of Zanza Bar at 10601 East Colfax in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. Shows a one story commercial building with no windows. A sign on top of the building is shaped like mountains; painted on it is a man with a guitar, floating piano keys, a...
- Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Aurora (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Zanza Bar (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1987
- Servants' entrance to the six-seat privy
- Exterior view of the outhouse on the grounds of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows the wood construction outhouse which has six seats and separate doors for...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Privies--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 O
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Ouray outhouse near Montrose, Colo., McKee standing
- A man identified as McKee stands outside of an adobe building described as an outhouse on the property formerly owned by Chief Ouray and his wife Chipeta. It is a single story structure with two single leaf and one double leaf doors, an overhanging...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Structures--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1930.; Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1930.; Chipeta--Homes & haunts.; Ouray--Homes & haunts.;...
- [between 1905 and 1925?]
- Winks Lodge: Outhouse interior
- Women's side of outhouse at Winks Lodge in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County). Built in 1925 by architect Wendall Hamlet, the lodge was a place for African Americans to escape the city for rest and relaxation in the mountains.
- Lincoln Hills (Colo.)
- 2002 August
- Winks Lodge: Outhouse
- Outhouse built during WWII WPA project at Winks Lodge in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County). Built in 1925 by architect Wendall Hamlet, the lodge was a place for African Americans to escape the city for rest and relaxation in the mountains.
- Lincoln Hills (Colo.)
- 2002 August
- Outhouse on the John Gully property
- Photograph of the the outhouse, a tree, and a stone fence on the John Gully property, in Aurora, Colorado. This house, moved to its present site in 1983, has been restored to its earliest known date of construction - 1871. The dwelling is...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Aurora.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Aurora.; Architecture--Colorado--Aurora--History.
- Undated
- Wink's Panorama Lodge outhouse and well
- Photograph looking from Wink's Lodge, located near Lincoln Hills, Colorado, looking towards the outhouse and well. Winks Panorama is important for its role in Black History. In 1925, Wendall "Winks" Hamlet decided to build a lodge for black...
- Wink's Panorama Lodge (Lincoln Hills, Colo.); African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.); Camps--Colorado--Lincoln Hills.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Lincoln Hills.; Historic...
- Undated
- Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park) outhouse
- Exterior photograph of the outhouse at the Coal Creek Agricultural Site (Grasso Park), located in Superior, Colorado. The collection of structures on the site includes a root cellar; a circa 1904 house; a barn; a privy; and a circa 1895 house. ...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Superior.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Superior.; Architecture--Colorado--Superior--History.
- 1997 September
- MacLean soddy, Plains Conservation Center
- View of the MacLean soddy at the Plains Conservation Center (21901 East Hampden Ave) in Aurora (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The replica soddy is made of sod bricks, with a smooth layer of mud on the exterior, it has windows, a slightly pitched roof...
- Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Aurora (Colo.)--2010-2020. .; Sod buildings.; Windmills.; Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sod houses--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial...
- 2010
- Magdalena Gallegos
- Magdalena Gallegos stands in a corral in front of an outhouse, at her great-aunt Romanita's ranch, in Keenesburg (Weld County), Colorado. She was 13 or 14 at the time. She wears a white dress with puffed sleeves and loafers and white socks. A...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Keenesburg (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gallegos, Magadelana--Pictorial works.; Outhouses--Colorado--Keenesburg--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Keenesburg--Pictorial...
- 1947?
- 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
- American Shale Refining Co.
- View of the American Shale Refining Company plant site near De Beque on Conn Creek in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows one-story houses with gabled roofs and tar paper siding. Identical buildings, possibly boarding houses or dormitories, an...
- American Shale Refining Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [1920 August]
- Leadville - Public Works
- View of a wooden building with a smoke stack in snow covered Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. An outhouse. a turned over wheelbarrow, and a broken picket fence are nearby.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Berwind - Tabasco school
- A man stands on the porch of the Corwin School building in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Tabasco in Las Animas County, Colorado. The building is a two story wood frame structure with a bell tower mounted on the roof. A small...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1900-1920.; Corwin School (Tabasco, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tabasco (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Rifle, Colo.
- Men pose with a horse drawn wagon filled with sugar beets in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; posters on a shed read: "Pearline Cleanser," "Mesa County Fair," "Roy E. Fox's Lone Star Minstrels," "Old Dutch Cleanser," "Tar Tobacco," "K C Baking...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Advertising--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Florence oil field
- View of an oil derrick, probably owned by the United Oil Company, people, wood frame houses, a hill and an outhouse near Florence (Fremont County), Colorado.
- United Oil Company--Facilities--1890-1920.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- King Solomon Mills, Creede, Colo.
- Two women pose along a dirt road situated next to Willow Creek, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows the forested Willow Creek Canyon, log building, men, a frame ore processing facility, identified as King Solomon Mills, with a...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Willow Creek Canyon (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- 1896 Sept
- Henderson & Hankins Park, Sierra Blanco, Colo.
- View of what are identified as the homesteads of Henderson and Hankins and snow covered Blanca Peak (Sierra Blanco, Sierra Blanca), possibly Costilla County, Colorado. Shows a creek, log cabins, a tent, an outhouse, and wagons.
- Blanca Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Homesteading--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1905?]
- Pack train in the San Juan Mountains
- Men and a pack train of burros gather around a wood frame mine building, probably in the San Juan Mountain Range, Colorado. The burros have pack saddles. Shows a pile of chopped wood, an outhouse and the snow covered mountainside.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Summit of Pikes Peak, Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway
- Men and women stand in a boulder field near a Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway train on the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. A photographer sets up his camera. Shows the stone Army Signal Station and an outhouse.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps--Buildings--1880-1890.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boulders--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Mountain...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Miner's housing at Starkville
- View of a residential area in the coal mining camp of Starkville, owned and operated by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, near Trinidad, (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows ramshackle houses constructed from wood boards, outdoor ovens (horno),...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1890-1930.; Company towns--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1930.; Starkville (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1930.;...
- [between 1896 and 1928?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of Moon Anchor Gold Mining Company buildings in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a wooden headframe, tailings, a water tank, and outhouse. The town of Cripple Creek is in the distance. Workmen and wagons are on an embankment. A...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Moon Anchor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of Moon Anchor Gold Mining Company buildings in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a wooden headframe, tailings, a water tank, and outhouse. The town of Cripple Creek is in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Moon Anchor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Nevadaville
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes frame dwellings (some with covered porches), fences, an outhouse, a solitary shed on corner of Kenosha and King Streets, power poles and stone retaining wall; tailings and mining equipment top...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- View of Pinnacle Park in Cripple Creek district
- View of Pinnacle Park, Cameron, Colorado, near Cripple Creek; shows amusement park, pavilions, and buildings in trees including an outhouse, houses, smokestacks of Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway Company's Power House, mining...
- Pinnacle Park (Cameron, Colo.); Cameron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cameron--1910-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Padroni, Colorado
- View of the train depot at Padroni, Logan County, Colorado, shows the tracks of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad next to clapboard shed with bolted doors and and outhouse with open door.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1970-1980.; Padroni (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Padroni--1970-1980.
- November 15, 1977
- High School, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Golden School constructed in 1894, corner of Golden Avenue and Fourth (4th), Cripple Creek, Colorado; school children (boys and girls) play in school yard while teachers and other students stand underneath covered porch and on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1900]
- "Chick Soles 'nuff said" Spar City
- View of a dilapidated log outhouse in Spar City (Fisher Creek, Lime Creek), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Spar City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.; Privies--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Henderson and Hankin Park, Sierra Blanco, Colo.
- View of Henderson and Hankins Park, Sierra Blanco, probably, Costilla County, Colorado; shows a creek, log cabins, a tent, an outhouse, wagons, and snow covered peaks.
- Log buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1900.
- Tolland, Colorado
- View of the railroad depot at Tolland (known as Mammoth until 1904), Colorado in Gilpin County, shows an outhouse, side of depot buildings, water tank, tracks of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific, Moffat Road, (later Denver & Salt Lake Railroad)...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Roadway at foot of hill (Berthoud Pass) - wood sawmill on left
- View of the sawmill at West Portal (also known as Idlewild and Winter Park), Colorado in Grand County. Large logs in front of sawmill. Piles of logs and lumber near outhouse.
- West Portal (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--West Portal--1920-1930.
- September, 1928
- Platoro
- Only the wooden framework remains of a two story building in Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado; an outhouse is next to the building.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1930-1970.; Privies--Colorado--Platoro--1930-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Platoro--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Tungsten, Colorado
- View of tailings piles, mining buildings, tents, and an outhouse on a hill at the Vasco Number Six mine, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Vasco Number Six Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Hllbust [sic] homestead, west of Craig, Colo.
- Distant view of Hillebust homestead, west of Craig, Colorado; man plowing field with team of horses, woman walking barbed wire fence line; small residence with outhouse surrounded by sage & prairie, background.
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Plowing--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Irrigating in Colorado
- Unidentified man standing in irrigation ditch somewhere in Colorado; man in boots standing in ditch with water holding a shovel; two two-story wooden frame residences, farm buildings, sheds, outhouse, & canvas tents in background; man, woman &...
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Hayman
- View of Hayman, Park County, Colorado; shows a frame house with outhouse in back.
- Hayman (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Hayman--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Eureka
- View of an abandoned, wood paneled miner's residence with insulators mounted to the roof, a door, and attached outhouse in Eureka (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- A. D. Farley homestead, 9 miles west of Craig Colo.
- View of small wooden residence, outhouse, and barn of the A. D. Farley homestead, nine miles west of Craig, Colorado; shows wagon in front of barn and fenced cultivated field.
- Farley, A. D.--Homes & haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Homesteading--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Hulo & bank building (Buena Vista, Colo.?).
- A car on an unpaved street in Buena Vista (possibly), Colorado in Chaffee County. Structures along the street include: an outhouse, the bank building, and wood-frame commercial storefronts.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Buena Vista--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1935?]
- Laying of corner stone of Washington County Court House at Akron, Colo.
- Townspeople gather for the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington County Courthouse in Akron, Colorado. A large group of about 80 people are gathered around the upright wood framing. There is an outhouse in the foreground and one-story...
- Akron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Washington County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Washington County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Central City, Colorado
- A two story, vernacular wood frame house with a chimney and windows with shutters is above the Rocky Mountain Brewery on a hillside in Central City, Colorado. A small outhouse with a sloped roof is behind the house. A clothesline, which has items...
- Rocky Mountain Brewery (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado. On the left is the outhouse, which has two entrances, one for servants and one for the family. The wood building is topped by a hipped roof with an elaborate wood...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- A Denver family
- A Black man and women pose with mandolins and a guitar on the porch of a house in Denver, Colorado. A chicken and outhouse are near the two story wood frame house.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Mandolins--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Ore wagons
- Ore wagons with drivers and horses at a mining camp in Colorado, possibly Cripple Creek, Teller County. Shows: stamped bridle reads "(?) Potts"; wood plank building with smokestacks and pitched roof; outhouse; stacked lumber; snow on ground.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ore wagons
- Ore wagons with drivers and horses at a mining camp in Colorado, possibly Cripple Creek, Teller County. Shows: stamped bridle reads "(?) Potts"; wood plank building with pitched roofs and smokestacks; outhouse; stacked lumber; snow on ground.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mining district
- Large, wood plank building at a Colorado mining camp, probably in Teller County, with pitched roof, sliding door, attached shed or outhouse, window, and smokestack. Also shows lumber pile, tailings, hillside.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- Over a ledge and down a hill is a wood frame and board-and- batten house in Central City, Colorado. The house has a gabled roof, two chimneys, rectangular windows and a side bay window. An outhouse is on the hill above the house. A man and a woman...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]