Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Lester Drake monument, Riverside Cemetery
- View of the monument for Lester E. Drake, Sr. (July 31, 1822 - March 16, 1889) located in block 4, lot 23, of Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876), 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Tombs and sepulchral monuments.; Drake, Lester E., 1822-1889--Tomb.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver,...
- 2003
- Frank Herrera
- Frank Herrera, dressed as an altar boy, poses outside of St. Cajetan's Church, 1190 9th (Ninth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. He wears a cassock and a white, lace surplice. His hands are folded as in prayer. Commercial...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Acolytes.; Boys.; Herrera, Frank--Pictorial works.; Acolytes--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1931
- Manuel Olguin and Bobby Herrera
- Manuel Olguin and Bobby Herrera, pose outside 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The boys pose in T-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes. They have their arms over each others shoulders.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Herrera, Bobby--Pictorial works.; Olguin, Manuel--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Auraria...
- 1953
- Lourie and Stevie Herrera
- Lourie and Stevie Herrera pose outside a brick house at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Lourie wears bib overalls and a short sleeved shirt, his brother wears jeans, suspenders and a short sleeved shirt.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Families.; Herrera, Lourie--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Stevie--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1954
- Auraria's Camp Malo
- Two boys identified as Gary and Mike, stand outside a building at Auraria's Camp Malo, south of Evergreen on Turkey Creek Road, in Jefferson County, Colorado. The camp was sponsored by the Auraria Community Center and West Side Youth Development...
- Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Camps.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Camps--Colorado--Jefferson County--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Jefferson...
- 1973
- Benedictine nun
- An unidentified Benedictine nun poses outside of probably St. Cajetan's Catholic Church in the Auraria Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. She wears a white coif and wimple and a black veil and tunic. A teenage girl is nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Girls.; Nuns.; Teenagers.; Benedictine nuns--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Teenage...
- 1949
- Funeral for Albino Duran
- Julian Duran (left) and unidentified people gather around the coffin of Albino Duran outside a house in Florence (Fremont County), Colorado. Mourners include a woman with her head and shoulders covered in a shawl, a woman wearing an apron, an...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Florence (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coffins.; Women.; Duran, Albino--Death & burial--1920-1930.; Duran, Albino--Death and burial--Pictorial works.; Duran, Julian, 1887-1933.;...
- [ca. 1926?]
- Zamora family
- Two men and a boy pose outside an adobe house in Zamora (Las Animas County), Colorado. They are identified left to right as: Feliz Nabor Zamora, an elderly man, he wears a shirt, jeans and round, wide brimmed hat and has a mustache. Jose Placido...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Zamora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Group portraits.; Boys.; Older people.; Zamora, Feliz Nabor, 1852-1915--Pictorial works.; Zamora, José Plácido, 1892-1955--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca 1900?]
- Rich Castro and Pat Schroeder
- State Representative Rich Castro and United States Congresswoman Pat Schroeder pose outside the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. Rich Castro wears a suit and tie and Congresswoman Schroeder wears a suit and an overcoat. She has...
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Legislators.; Castro, Richard Thomas, 1946-1991--Pictorial works.; Schroeder, Pat--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1983 and 1985?]
- Diamond Store
- View of the front elevation of the Diamond Store at 2463 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a house with a single-story commercial addition. The store, constructed in the early twentieth-century, is brick...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Furniture stores.; Vending machines.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Secondhand trade--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Vending...
- 1978
- Women, Auraria neighborhood, Denver
- Three women stand together outside a building in the Auraria neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right: Josephine Montoya, Ms. Rivera, an older woman with gray hair, and Mary Baca.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Older people.; Women.; Baca, Mary--Pictorial works.; Montoya, Josephine--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1942]
- "At the Library" sculpture, Denver Public Library
- View of the sculpture "At the Library" (1981; Barry Rosen, artist) near the Broadway entrance to the Central Library branch of the Denver Public Library at 10 West Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows...
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1990-2000.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Public libraries.; Sculpture.; Denver Public Library--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1998
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 29, 1910 July 16
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 36, 1910 September 3
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 16, 1911 April 15
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 2, 1909 February 27
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1909 March 6
- Old Union Pacific Depot, Leadville, Colo.
- Men stand and pose at the Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company passenger depot in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado, a sign reads: "Union Pacific Pass'r Depot." Railroad employees and a boy stand and sit on Union Pacific engine number...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [1893?]
- Mancos, Colorado
- People stand and pose outside the Hotel Lemmon in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado. A log, one story house has a sign that reads "Hotel Lemmon" on a low-pitched roof. A two story frame building is adjacent to the log structure and has a...
- Hotel Lemmon (Mancos, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mancos (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Mancos--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Mancos--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1895?]
- Workers at the Rugby mining works
- Men stand outside a mine processing building at the coal camp of Rugby in Las Animas County, Colorado. Most of the men wear work clothes, overalls, and hats. One man wears a suit. The structure is a corrugated tin building with smokestacks...
- Rugby (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Coal miners
- Three miners pose outside a mine at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Electric mine lamps are attached to their caps and battery packs are at their...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Mesa Lumber Company
- Men stand and pose outside a frame Mesa Lumber Co. building in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Men wear suits with ties or cardigan sweaters. Signs near an awning read: "Mesa Lumber Co.," "61 Floor Varnish," and "JapaLac, a Household...
- Mesa Lumber Co. (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910?]
- Apartment House No. 1
- Women, children, and men pose near the porch of a two-story frame house in Hahns Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Women wear calico dresses with puffed sleeves and stand beside girls in dresses and boys with caps. Men wear suits or vests and hats;...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Manitou shop
- Men pose outside of a hardware shop in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Signs on the store front read: "Hardware Co." and "Plumbers." Posters in windows read "Norris & Rowe's Big Shows, Wed. Aug. 26." A wagon is in front of the store.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- 1903 August 14
- Bakery in Steamboat Springs
- A woman, a baby, boys, and a man pose outside a log building with a frame false-front identified as a bakery in Steamboat Springs (Routt County), Colorado. A saddled horse stands in the dirt street.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bakeries--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Hotel, Hahn's Peak
- Men and women pose outside a three-story Hotel in Hahns Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Men and women sit or stand on the porch of a frame building with a gabled roof and a corner entrance on Main Street. A log cabin and laundry on a clothesline are...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1912]
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Men and horses stand on the snow-covered street outside frame and log buildings in Steamboat Springs (Routt County), Colorado. A horse is harnessed to a sleigh beside buildings with signs that read: "The Saddle Rock Restaurant," "Milner & Metcalf...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1880-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Inter-Laken Hotel, Twin Lakes
- People stand and pose outside the Interlaken Hotel in Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado. Young children stand or sit on fence posts near the Hotel entrance; men wear suits and stand nearby. Men and women are on the hotel porch or balcony. The...
- Interlaken Hotel (Twin Lakes, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Larimer Street, Denver
- View of brick and frame commercial buildings on Larimer Street at 15th (Fifteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men stand and pose on wooden sidewalks outside stores. A two-story brick building has arched windows with stone sills and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1865?]
- General store, Amity, Colo.
- Men and boys stand and pose outside the "Childs Block" building in Amity, a Salvation Army colony in Prowers County, Colorado. Painted signs on the stone building read: "Groceries and Dry Goods" and "Star Brand Shoes Are Better." Date on the stone...
- Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1903?]
- Alamosa, Colo.
- Men pose outside the Haskins & Ball drug store in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Men wear suits, bow ties, flat brimmed hats and pose near store windows. The commercial building has several stores with signs that read: "Haskins & Ball," "Dr....
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Texas Club House
- People pose outside a log and frame building identified as the "Texas Club House" near Slumgullion Pass in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Men, women, and children stand near a stone fence and a false-front structure with an attached, hewn log two-story...
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.
- 1894 August
- At the camp above plant of Index Oil Shale Co., De Beque, Colo.
- Men wear suits, ties, overcoats, and felt hats and stand beside trees outside the Index Oil Shale Company plant in De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows metal and frame buildings and tall smokestacks. A flag above a building reads "Index." Metal...
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Refineries--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., Pueblo
- Men and women pose on stairs outside a Colorado Fuel and Iron Company building probably at Minnequa Steel Works in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Cars are parked near the staircase of a Station No. 51 building connected to the furnace stack and...
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1930-1940.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Steel...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Still of the Oil Shale Mining Company for the destructive distillation of oil
- Men wear suits or suspenders and work clothes and pose beside a smokestack encased by deteriorated brick walls 22 miles outside of De Beque in Mesa County or Garfield County Colorado. An American flag is attached to scaffolding that surrounds an...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917?]
- Corner of Fourth and Main Streets
- Men stand and pose outside commercial businesses on the 400 block of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Two-story brick commercial buildings have arched windows, flat roofs, and brackets below the cornice. Signs read: "Cameron &...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Law enforcement officers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Crowley, Tim, marshal.
- [1884?]
- St. Elmo excursionists at the La Veta Hotel, Gunnison
- A crowd of people and horse-drawn carriages are outside the four-story brick and stone Victorian La Veta Hotel at 219 South Boulevard in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The hotel has stone lintels, a mansard roof with a widow's walk, a...
- La Veta Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1885 September 6
- Creede, Colo.
- Men and women pose in front of a canvas tent in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The women wear fitted, calico dresses, and the men wear suits and felt hats. Iron stoves are outside the tent. Tents and trees are on the hillside in the distance.
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stoves--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- First National Bank, Creede
- Men and a boy pose on the wooden sidewalk outside the First National Bank building in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The two-story building has a flat roof, projecting windows on the second floor, a balcony, and a corner entrance. Signs read:...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Boys Warehouse on 13th Avenue
- Delivery trucks are pulled up to the loading dock at the Boys' Warehouse on Thirteenth Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Shows a gas pump and stacks of boxes. Men relax outside an open door.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- YMCA Grand Junction
- View of 5th (Fifth) Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association), a stone building with a portico and rooftop terrace, is under construction. Wood scaffolding surrounds the front entrance. A sign...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Family at home
- A family poses outside a frame house with a gabled roof, possibly in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The man wears suspenders, a bow tie and a straw hat. The woman wears a dress with puffed sleeves and poses with a baby. A child stands beside a...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.
- 1899
- William Richle's homestead
- Men stand and pose outside a log cabin identified as William Richle's homestead in probably Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Men wear suspenders, hats and ties. A woman wears an elaborate hat and a fitted dress. A man holds a copy of "The...
- Richle, William--Homes & haunts.; Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Couples--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Log cabin, Pyramid
- Men wear coats and caps and stand outside a log cabin in dense trees near Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. One man smiles while another man holds a snowball in his hand.
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Booth standing in the cabin door
- Men pose beside horses outside a log cabin in probably Garfield County, Colorado. Mr. Booth stands in the door of the cabin. A gutted deer hangs from a rafter under the eaves.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Deer hunters--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Munro Mercantile Co.
- Men stand and pose outside the Munro Mercantile Company building in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Signs painted on the false front building read: "The Munro Mercantile Co., Groceries, Hardware, Boots, Shoes, Etc." and "Champion Harvesting...
- Munro Mercantile Co. (Rifle, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Ranch house
- View of a clapboard ranch house with a cross gable roof in probably Garfield County, Colorado. People and a dog pose outside the house near a picket fence. Log cabins are in the yard. A man is in a horse-drawn wagon near a dirt road.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Colorado Supply Co., Trinidad
- People stand and pose outside a Colorado Supply Company store probably in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company building has a low-pitched roof, shingle siding, a stone front porch and a central finial.
- Colorado Supply Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Gold Hill, alt. 8500 ft. Boulder, Co., Colo.
- Men stand and pose on a dirt road in Gold Hill (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows a two-story clapboard sided hotel with a gable roof. Men are outside the false front Gold Hill Billiard Hall & Sample Room. Shows log and frame houses, commercial...
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Gold Hill--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Gold Hill--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Greeley, Colo. school
- Students and teachers stand and pose outside the brick Greeley Public School, also called the Meeker school building on Adams Street (10th, Tenth Avenue) between Maple (7th, Seventh Street) and Main (8th, Eight Street) in Greeley (Weld County),...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1900.; School children--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1900.
- [between 1873 and 1900]