Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- County administration building
- This two story, gable roofed frame structure in Breckenridge, Colorado, is flanked by flat roofed extensions. Sash windows with arched heads are on the second floor, and a similar window is to the right of the main entry door which is paned glass...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal, M.I.
- View of the Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal at 1039 West 13th Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one story Colonial Revival style brick building has hung multi paned windows and a fanlight over the arched entrance. A...
- Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Protestant churches.; Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Pentecostal...
- 2009
- 1254 Monaco Parkway
- View of 1254 Monaco Parkway located in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This two story Jacobean style home (1891) features flared eves and a prominent front gable. The front also includes decorative half timbering, arched roof dormers...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1976
- Mount Sneffles Post Office
- Men pose in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, on boardwalk fronting the Post Office. The two-story frame building has a false front with a bracketed cornice, and paned windows. Adjacent buildings are shingled; full burlap bags are mounded in...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Nevadaville "My house," spring, W. C. Russel Jr.
- The W. C. Russell Jr. residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with side extensions and a covered porch. A paned, double-hung window in the gable matches others on the ground floor; lumber and a shed are in...
- Russell, W. C., Jr.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Nevadaville "My house," summer, W. C. Russel Jr.
- The W. C. Russell Jr. residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with side extensions and a covered porch. A paned, double hung window in the gable matches others on the ground floor; lumber and a shed are in...
- Russell, W. C., Jr.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Motorcycles--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Nevadaville W. C. Russell Jr. house, winter
- The W. C. Russell residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with side extensions and cross gables. A paned, double hung window in the facing gable matches others on the ground floor, and a flat roofed...
- Russell, W. C.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-=1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Nevadaville W. C. Russel Jr. house, winter
- The W. C. Russell Jr. residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with side extensions and a covered porch. A paned, double-hung window in the gable matches others on the ground floor; lumber and a shed are in...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Russell, W. C., Jr.--Homes & haunts.
- 1939
- Boulder, Wolle residence, possibly
- Interior view of the Wolle(?) residence, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado; shows paned glass doors, Italianate wood furniture, textured walls, a chandelier, and bracketed beams.
- Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977--Homes & haunts.; Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1970.
- [between 1947 and 1970]
- Durango Danforth Chapel
- View of the Danforth Chapel on the campus of Fort Lewis College in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, features a slanted roof, paned glass walls, coursed, cut stone support, and a concrete foundation.
- Fort Lewis College--1950-1970.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.
- [between 1959 and 1970]
- Durango Danforth Chapel
- View of the Danforth Chapel on the campus of Fort Lewis College, Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, features a slanted roof, paned glass walls, coursed, cut stone support, and a concrete foundation.
- Fort Lewis College--1950-1970.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.
- [between 1959 and 1970]
- Moki Indians at home Walpi Pueblo Arizona
- Native American (Hopi) children, woman (possibly Nampeyo), and man sit and stand outside of a pueblo home at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; the adobe home is next to a stone and adobe building; the home has two paned windows, an open door,...
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Moki Indians Walpi family about their doorway
- Native American (Hopi) women, one (possibly Nampeyo), and children, sit and stand outside a Pueblo home at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; the adobe home is next to a stone and adobe building; the home has two paned windows, an open door, thin...
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- San Juan abodes
- Shows Native American (Tewa) one story adobe cluster homes at San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico; the group of homes have one two story extension, six adobe chimneys, wooden vigas, paned windows and five doors, and flat roofs; an elbow shaped wooden rail...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--Structures--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New...
- [1908?]
- Old log agency bldg. and Indian on horseback
- View of 2 Native American (Navajo) children on horseback, leading another unsaddled horse on a dirt street in front of the old log Agency building, at probably Shiprock, New Mexico. The one story log building has four sections, all with flat roofs,...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.;...
- [1908?]
- Interior view of Trinidad Country Club, Trinidad, Colorado
- The Trinidad Country Club, in Trinidad, Colorado, has an open log beam ceiling; squared beams with corbel ends run the other direction at a lower level. An adobe fireplace fitted with andirons is in back, with trophies on its mantle; Navajo urns...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Navajo textile fabrics--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1925?]
- Hopi pueblo
- Two donkeys look inside a doorway at a Native American (Hopi) pueblo, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. Shows adobe walls, paned glass window, ladder, rock wall, chickens, and a dog.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Donkeys--Arizona--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Belt maker
- Native American (Hopi) man arranges a knotted, fringed, woven belt hanging from a line over a bucket, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. He wears a headband, shirt, and pants. Behind him is an adobe wall with a paned glass window, a saddle on a post, a...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Belts (Clothing)--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Jemez
- The Native American (Jemez) Mission at Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, probably San Diego de la Congregación; an adobe church with a stepped belfry, two bells and a cross, double wood doors, paned glass window, vigas, and an attached side addition.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Jemez Pueblo--1910-1920.; Jemez Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Jemez Pueblo--1910-1920.; Jemez Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--New Mexico--Jemez Pueblo--1910-1920.; Missions--New...
- 1911?
- Sandia
- Church at Sandia Pueblo (Native American), New Mexico; an adobe mission with a stepped arch belfry with a cross, paned glass window and double wood doors.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Sandia Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Sandia Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tigua Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Sandia Pueblo--1910-1920.; Sandia Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1911?
- Mexican house, Taos
- Single-story adobe residence with screen door, paned glass windows with wood shutters, vigas, and chimneys in Taos, New Mexico.
- Adobe houses--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Houses--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.
- 1906
- The courtyard of a typical adobe residence
- A family stands in an open doorway, next to a paned glass window, of a single-story adobe home; shows courtyard with a plot of trees and grass, Taos, New Mexico.
- Adobe houses--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Taos (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Courtyards--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Families--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Houses--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Santa Clara Pueblo, Pedro and two boys
- Native American (Tewa) man, Pedro Cajete, holds hands with two his grandsons, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Pedro wears a choker, beaded vest over a shirt, pants, and long fur braid attachments. The boys wear hats, shirts, pants and suspenders....
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Children--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1910
- Woman, olla on head before house
- Native American (Tewa) woman stands in front of an adobe building by a paned glass window, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Balanced on her head is an olla; a large bulging earthenware vessel. She wears a shawl over her head and shoulders, a belted...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pottery--New...
- 1910
- Assistant teacher (Santa Clara girl)
- Native American (Tewa) woman, an assistant teacher, wears a dress with a high collar, puffed sleeves, ruffled hem, and white apron, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. She stands in front of an adobe building and paned glass window.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Teachers--New...
- 1910
- House in Leadville
- This view of the front facade of a Victorian house in Leadville, Colorado shows a two story clapboard structure with patterned shingles. The roof is not shown. An encircling porch has spindles along top frieze, turned posts with decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960.]
- Breckenridge dwellings
- Residences in Breckenridge, Colorado, include one story, frame, gable roofed dwellings. The hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall is near the center. The house on the right has two sash windows flanking a paned glass door. A plank fence is in the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fences--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900- 1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge High School
- The red brick high school in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a large scale two story building with two hipped gable end wings and a gabled wing connecting them. The main floor features sash windows, and the elevated basement has small ground level...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Schools--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- County administration building
- In this view of a building in Breckenridge, Colorado, a two story, gable roofed frame structure with a false front with a bracketed cornice, and a paned window storefront on the main floor is visible. The four sash windows on the second floor, just...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Red brick school
- The red brick high school in Breckenridge, Colorado is a large scale two story building with two hipped gable end wings with a gabled wing connecting them. The main floor features sash windows, and the elevated basement has small ground level...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- Main Street, Breckenridge
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, two-story, gable roofed buildings on the left are at 123 and 121 South Main, both dating from the 1880's. The near one has a false front with a bracketed cornice and sash windows, and has projecting signs...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- 1968 Mar 14
- Heating plant
- Shows the 2-story heating plant at the Denver County Farm (Denver Farm) in Henderson, Colorado. The structure features stucco exterior walls, a red tile roof, paned windows, chimney and a large smoke stack. A flight of stairs leads up to a second...
- Denver Farm--1930-1940.; Heating plants--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Henderson (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Almshouses--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.; Farms--Colorado--Henderson--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Main building from the N.E.
- A view of the Overland Cotton Mill built at Evans Avenue and South Mariposa Street in 1890 in Denver, Colorado. The building is constructed in a "T" shape and High Victorian Gothic style, it features a pavilion, smoke stack and multiple paned...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Main building (from the S.W.)
- A view of the Overland Cotton Mill built in 1890 at Evans Avenue and South Mariposa Street in Denver, Colorado. The building is constructed in a "T" shape and in a High Victorian Gothic style, it features a pavilion, smoke stack and multiple paned...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Main building (from the south)
- A view of the Overland Cotton Mill built at Evans Avenue and South Mariposa Street in 1890 in Denver, Colorado. The building is constructed in a "T" shape and in a High Victorian Gothic style, it features a pavilion, smoke stack and multiple paned...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Navajo women and children
- A group of Native American (Navajo) women and children pose in front of an adobe building. An elderly women, wrapped in a patterned blanket, sits beneath a paned glass window. One woman stands, she wears a dark shirt, necklace, silver bracelets,...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--1890-1900.; Children--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- School building, Brush, Colo.
- The one-story brick school in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, has a hipped gable roof, stone sills, and a diagonally paned transom over the entry topped by a sign reading: School.
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929]
- Brighton sugar factory's opening day, Dec. 1917.
- The sugar factory, in Brighton, Colorado, is a four-story, flat monitor roofed structure with paned factory windows and pipe vent stacks. Shed roofed, one-story buildings with end windows and a gable roofed building with a brick and concrete stack...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.
- Dec. 1917
- Broomfield School
- The Broomfield School is a one-story brick building with a hipped gable roof and large, paned windows. Stone panels are set at intervals above the foundation, and another panel over the entry reads "Broomfield School." Children play on the slide,...
- Broomfield (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Broomfield--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Danforth Chapel, FLC, Durango
- Two paned glass walls of the chapel at Fort Lewis College in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, intersect; some of the panes are translucent, and are decorated with patterns of lines and shapes. A parking lot with a pickup truck and other 1940s...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Fort Lewis College.
- [between 1959 and 1970?]
- Danforth Chapel, FLC, Durango
- In this exterior detail of the chapel at Fort Lewis College in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, the roof slants upward dramatically, with paned glass walls beneath it intersecting at an angle. Some of the panes are translucent, and are decorated...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Fort Lewis College.
- [between 1959 and 1970?]
- Danforth Chapel, FLC, Durango
- The chapel at Fort Lewis College in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, is a one-story building with a steep asymetrical ribbed roof and with natural stone supports; stone at a corner of the building continues on the roof to form a tower which...
- Durango (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Churches--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Durango--1950-1970.; Fort Lewis College.
- [between 1959 and 1970?]
- Brownville Band, 70's
- The Terrible Silver Cornet Band, of Brownsville, Jefferson County, Colorado, was named after the Terrible mine. Men in suits and stovepipe hats pose holding a bass drum, a snare drum, bass and treble cornets, and trombones. A frame storefront in...
- Brownsville (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bands--Colorado--Brownsville--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1879]
- Great Western Sugar Company's beet sugar factory at Brighton, near Denver
- The Great Western Sugar Company plant in Brighton, Colorado is a four-story brick factory with paned, floor to ceiling windows and a cylindrical brick smokestack towering next to it. Letters on the flat topped monitor roof spell the company's name....
- Brighton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1940.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Old women's penitentiary
- Chain-link fence on a stone base surrounds the female department at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The two-story stucco structure has a cross-gabled shingle roof, terra-cotta trim and barred, sash windows. The second-floor porch...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1935
- Colorado penitentiary interior
- Inmates (one Black) and officials at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose among metalworking machines with rollers, flywheels and belted pulleys. An axle mounted on an interior wall drives a drill press and a stamp mill, which has...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Metalworking--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1918
- Electric machine and X-ray apparatus
- Carved wood cabinets in Pueblo, Colorado, at the C. F. & I. Co. Minnequa hospital, have glass windows, pipes, spheres, jars, and a pulley connected to it. A paned, glass door is in the interior wall in the background.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- 1902
- McCreedy Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a house on Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The house is of wood construction with a full-length gable on the left; the rest of the house is set back on the right. The gable section has two paned double-hung windows with...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Idaho Springs
- Automobiles are parked near the Placer Inn in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The building is Spanish Revival style, stucco with tile topped coping decorated with an Art-Deco design. The building has large paned windows and striped...
- Placer Inn (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 July
- Albany Hotel lobby
- Interior view of the lobby at the Albany Hotel, after remodeling designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The modern style lobby has rounded support pillars and an open second story, or...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Desks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1936]