Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Sierra San Juans
- View at sunset of the San Juan Mountains and probably Trout Lake in San Miguel County, Colorado.
- San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Trout Lake (San Miguel County, Colo. : Lake)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1900.; Sunrises & sunsets--Colorado--San Miguel...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Oil Refineries at Florence, Colo.
- View of the United Oil Company refining works in Florence, (Fremont County) Colorado. Shows Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks and freight cars, warehouses, oil storage tanks, and a mill building. Signs on buildings in the area read: "The United...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1920.; United Oil Company--Facilities--1890-1920.; Florence (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Florence--1890-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Florence--1890-1920.; Storage...
- [between 1895 and 1920?]
- J. G. Rogers home
- Interior view of the James Grafton Rogers house (formerly the Olds House), Georgetown, Colorado, torn down in 1965. Three uphostered chairs in deep shadow are clustered around a bay window that has sheer curtains pulled aside. A vase of flowers...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bay windows--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the grounds of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. On the right side of the photograph a path leads to the house in the distance, surrounded by trees. Bushes and flowers grow along the side...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the grounds from the porch of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. On the porch portions of two folding camp chairs are visible, and three square columns can be seen. Beyond the porch is a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- J. G. Rogers home
- View of the grounds of the James Grafton Rogers house (formerly the Olds House), Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. A garden urn stands in front of a white picket fence, and the trunk of a tree fills the right side of the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The house has a porch which runs the length of the building except where a gable holding a bay window extends from the roof to the ground level. Iron...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- J. G. Rogers' home
- Exterior side view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The end of the building is flat except for a bay window; the angle of the roof is clearly visible, and the front porch is seen from the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- J. G. Rogers' Home
- Exterior side view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado. The end of the building is flat except for a bay window; the angle of the roof is clearly visible, and the front porch is seen from the side. A white picket fence runs...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1965
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the grounds of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, torn down in 1965. In the left foreground is a square water-filled basin next to a stone wall. Three jets project water into the basin. A square wooden table in on the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- James Grafton Rogers home
- View of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The house has a porch which runs the length of the building except in the middle where a gable holding a bay window extends from the roof to the ground...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1790.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- J. G. Rogers' home
- Exterior side view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The end of the building is flat except for a bay window; the angle of the roof is clearly visible, and the ront porch is seen at an angle. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- Rogers' home
- Exterior rear view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. The back of the building has a gable on the right end that extends from the roof level to the ground, and contains an arched area of...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a small Victorian house in Georgetown, Colorado. Half of the house is two-story and has a porch with four elaborate columns with arches between them; half is one-story, with a sign in window "For Sale." A picket fence and tall...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Rogers' home
- Exterior rear view of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965; shows the section at right angles to the main part of the house, on the back. It is of simple wood construction; the end has a door and two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1965
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south. Rocks, bushes, and pines on Griffith Mountain are in the foreground; behind them are Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and the Catholic school Main Street at the base of Griffith Mountain. The church...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- Horse Race on Alpine Street in the '70's Alpine Street is now (1933) 6th Street.
- View of a horse race on Alpine Street (Sixth Street) in Georgetown, Colorado, on the Fourth of July. Groups of men stand in the street looking west; people sit on balconies under umbrellas. A uniformed man on a horse rides east. The street is...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Holidays--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Horse racing--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1879?]
- Street Scene, Georgetown, Colorado
- Snow-covered view of Georgetown, Colorado, facing south, toward the corner of Argentine and Second (2nd) Streets, which are lined with trees. The Jesse Summers Randall residence, on the southeast corner, is eclectic in style and has a central...
- Randall, Jesse Summers 1848-1939--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1916
- E. Le Neve Foster Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a residence in Georgetown, Colorado. The L- shaped wood construction building has a long porch, full-length gable with a bay window, modest decoration at the top of the porch posts, and two windows and a door on the porch; a small...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Hotel de Paris
- Exterior view of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado, on the east end of Sixth (Alpine) Street. The hotel was constructed by Louis Dupuy, the proprietor, from three separate buildings, and was completed in 1890. The front and side of the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1951
- 1951
- View of a branch of Clear Creek, in Georgetown, Colorado. The creek is reinforced with logs and stones along its banks. A small wood construction gable-roof building is next to the creek; a bridge with a wood railing crosses the creek; another...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streams--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a pencil drawing is a head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a fringed hide shirt, a bead necklace, and an eagle feather headdress.
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a pencil drawing is a head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a fringed hide shirt with decorative beadwork on the shoulders, a bead necklace, braids, and a feather in...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a pencil drawing. A head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a fringed hide shirt with decorative beadwork on the neck and shoulders, braids, a bead headband, and...
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Whites posed as Native Americans
- Reproduction of a pencil drawing is a head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified white woman posing in Native American clothing. She wears a fringed hide shirt, bound pony tails, and a headdress.
- Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1910-1920.; Impersonation--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Pennsylvania mine : Argentine Pass in distance
- A building surrounded by tree stumps and used by the Pennsylvania mine in Summit County, Colorado, stands in a clearing. Argentine Pass (denoted by pencil marks) is in the background.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eaton factory, the Great Western Sugar Co.
- A view of the Great Western Sugar Company (formerly the Eaton Sugar Company) includes a large five-story building with a two-story attached section, a smokestack emitting smoke, a tall water tower, a yard with benches around the large building, and...
- Great Western Sugar Company--1900-1940.; Eaton (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Eaton--1900-1940.
- [between 1905 and 1940?]
- Eaton's new city hall, Eaton, Colo. 1902
- The brick City Hall in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado is Colonial Georgian in style, with a vented tower with clock and weathervane, a tile roof, a central entrance with pilasters, a pediment, lamps, and a fan window; doors with glazed lunettes in...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Eaton--1920-1930.
- January 31, 1928
- Leadville drum corps of 1888
- Studio portrait of the Leadville Drum Corps band, who attended the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Boston, Massachusetts, with their drums and drumsticks. Boys and young men pose in Zouave style uniforms with short shell...
- Drum and bugle corps--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Drums--1880-1890.; Musicians--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Field Marshall Alexander
- British Field Marshall Alexander speaks to troops from the 3rd Battalion of the 87th Regiment. He stands on a grassy knoll, some officers behind him, including one wearing the Tenth Mountain Division patch who could possibly be General George P....
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War,...
- June 1945
- Stanley's Store Keota Colorado Zoetta Keasling Spencer, clerk.
- Interior shelves of this store in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, are filled with cans, jars, and boxes. Labels read: "Brecht's Select Your Favorite Candies, Lux, Fab, Dreft, Vel, Spic and Span, Mounds, Snickers, Northern Towels, Kotex, Hunt's and...
- Keota (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Keota--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Keota--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Original Crocker/Culbertson's ranch house and Mount Olympus, Estes Park
- A group of three men, six women, and three children pose in front a two-story gable-roofed log building in Estes Park, Colorado, probably built in 1885 and owned by Lester Stuyvesant, Alfred Rowe, Culbertson, and/or Crocker. Scene includes antlers...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Estes Park--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1910?]
- Englewood
- The newly-completed First Federal Savings Bank in Englewood, Colorado, is at 4301 South Broadway. First Federal of Colorado merged with First Federal of Englewood in 1959, when the new building was built. Steps lead to the entrance, which is...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Englewood--1950-1960.
- [1959?]
- Family checks out books at Englewood Public Library, 3345 S. Bannock St.
- A family with their arms full of books and each wearing a heavy coat poses at the Englewood Public Library in Englewood, Colorado. They are, left to right: Mrs. James F. Taylor, Greg Taylor, Anne Taylor, James F. Taylor, and Susan Taylor. Titles on...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Families--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.
- February 17, 1964
- Time for a new card
- At the Englewood Library in Englewood, Colorado, Grove Stanley, signs his new library card for the librarian behind the desk, Mrs. Harry Weatherman. The city librarian, George Hertz, looks on. The desk holds a stack of open books, card files, a...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Librarians--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Hertz, George.; Stanley, Grove.; Weatherman, Harry, Mrs.
- January 24, 1962
- City of Leadville, Colorado
- Reproduction shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, as dwellings, businesses, and mining facilites. Trees, scrub, and mountains surround the town in this J. D. Howland sketch.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- August 1, 1878
- Fort Collins, Colo
- Bird's-eye rendering of Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, shows dwellings, churches, schools, businesses, trains, and tilled fields. Mountains are in the background.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Harrison Avenue, Leadville
- Reproduction shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Harrison Avenue is lined with businesses; signs read: "Third St.," "Daniels Fisher & Smith Dry Goods," "Boettcher Hardware," "Joslin & Park Manfg Jewelers, Watchmakers," "Trimble & Hunter," "Sam...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Leadville Ice Palace
- Reproduction shows the Ice Palace in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. The festival structure is in the form of a medieval castle, with round towers, arches, and battlements. People walk or ride sleds in the foreground.
- Leadville Crystal Carnival Association--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Winter carnivals--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1895 or 1896?
- Black Hawk looking up Gregory and Chase's Gulches
- Reproduction of pencil rendering; shows Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado, with Gregory Gulch, Chase Gulch, residences, businesses, and mining facilities.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Aerial - Gates plant
- Reproduction shows a bird's eye view (pencil drawing) of the Gates Rubber Plant, Denver, Colorado. Title reads: "Home of Gates Half Sole Tires, Denver, Colorado."
- Gates Rubber Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rubber industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- The Tales of the Aeronaut: The Yearbook of 1924
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1924.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1924
- Commission on Community Relations
- Hispanic American members of the Denver Mayor's Commission on Community Relations, a civil rights organization, pose in Denver, Colorado. Emilio Dominguez, on the left holds a day planner, he has a mustache. Anita Alire, center, holds a pencil and...
- Denver Commission on Community Relations--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Dominguez, Emilio--Pictorial works.; Alire, Anita--Pictorial works.; Navarro, Ramon--Pictorial works.; Denver Commission on Community...
- 1966
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 25, 1912 June 22
- Primrose coal miners
- A large group of miners pose near the mouth of the Primrose Mine in Primrose (Huerfano County), Colorado. The miners wear work clothes including: overalls, pants, suspenders, and coats. Most of the men wear hats with Johnny Lamps and hold picks in...
- Primrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Primrose Mine (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- A street scene in Monte Vista during potato shipping time
- More than twenty horse-drawn wagons loaded with potatoes are parked on a dirt street in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings and parked cars. Signs on buildings read: "Spearhead Plug Tobacco," "Millinery," "Rooms,"...
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Street Scene of Montrose, Colo
- Pedestrians walk down the main street in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings (including the First National Bank), parked cars and electric light posts. Signs on buildings read: "Movies," "Candy," "First National Bank,"...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Main Street, Montrose, Colo.
- Pedestrians walk on sidewalks and across Main Street and a bicyclist rides his bicycle past automobiles in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, parked cars and a flag on a flagpole. A license plate reads: "156-505." A...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- A View of Main Street, Meeker
- Pedestrians walk on a sidewalk on a dirt Main Street in Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, electric light posts, dirt road and trees. Signs on buildings read: "First National Bank," "DRUGS," "Dentist."
- Meeker (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]