Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Main St. Delta, Colo, Dennis and Carol G.
- A group of people poses in the "Delta House Smith Bro's. Livery and Transfer" wagon, parked in the middle of unpaved Main Street in the town of Delta, Colorado. Men, women, and children sit in the cab, and two people sit on it. A boy sits next to...
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- 1896
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Cosmopolitan
- Interior view of the Cosmopolitan, Telluride, Colorado, a saloon and gambling club. Men in suits and hats are seated at gaming tables with stacks of poker chips, a roulette wheel table is in left foreground, and a bartender stands behind long...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1920.; African Americans--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1920.; Bars--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1920.; Maclean, Kenneth Angus.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Colorado Day Committee, Central City, Colo.
- The members of the Colorado Day committee pose for a group photo in the garden between the Opera House and the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The men are in suits and the women wear dresses. A wooden staircase and the walls of the Opera...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Committees--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Crowd blocks intersection
- People crowd Arapahoe Street during a Denver Tramway Company strike, in downtown Denver, Colorado; a trolley car and automobiles are by the arched entry of the Bekins Storage building. Street sign reads 14th (Fourteenth) Street.
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Strikes--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroad strikes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1920]
- Central City fireman's tournament
- Crowds sit on and in front of the buildings on Main Street to watch the firemans' tournament in Central City, Colorado. A brass band is in the street in the foreground. The First National Bank Block, which has a plaque reading "First National Bank...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Mount of the Holy Cross
- Two men sit and stand on a rock out cropping near the Mount of the Holy Cross, Eagle County, Colorado. They are identified as George Beam, standing, and one of W. H. Jackson's sons, possibly Clarence.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.; Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942--Family.
- between 1894 and 1899?
- Bank building, Cripple Creek
- View of 1st (First) National Bank Building (also known as Bank of Cripple Creek), 347 Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; building constructed after fires of 1896 by J. M. Parker; features of the restored two-story flat-roof brick commercial...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1976]
- Leadville, Colo
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, with vignettes of municipal buildings, mining facilities, and scenery. Printing reads: "Court House, Post Office, Tabor Opera House, Central School, Ninth St. School, Seventh St....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Birds Eye View of Leadville Lake County, Colo. 1879
- Bird's eye view rendering shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado as dwellings, mining facilities, and mountains. Printing reads: "Court House, Jail, Public School, M. E. Church, Roman Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church, Office of the Daily...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- St. Aloysius Convent and School
- The St. Aloysius Convent and School, a boarding and day school, was opened in 1875 in Central City, Colorado, by the Sisters of St. Aloysius. The Victorian building is a two and one-half story structure that accommodated up to one hundred...
- St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1940.
- [between 1879 and 1935]
- Central City drug store
- A man dressed in a pharmacist's white coat stands on a ladder and arranges a kerosene lamp on a ledge in a Victorian drugstore in Central City, Colorado. Mortars and other lamps are also along the ledge. A sign that reads "The Pharmacy" is above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.
- [between 1952 and 1953]
- Teller House interior
- Teller House custodian polishes the Face on the Barroom Floor in Central City, Colorado. The elderly man wears a felt hat and a suit witha sheriff's star pinned to the lapel. Image was painted by artist Herndon Davis.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Art--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Bars--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City council
- The mayor and councilmen of Central City, Colorado, gather around an antique stove to discuss business. One of the councilmen holds a set of city maps. A balding councilman with glasses and a pinkie ring, sits to the right. The mayor of Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; City council members--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of the town of Aspen, Colorado, and the base of Smuggler Mountain taken from Aspen Mountain down a steep, snowy slope with rocks and trees. Mining tramway towers are visible at the bottom of the mountain. The town of Aspen is visible over...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [1953?]
- Apex, Colo. recreation hall interior, piano on stage
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with square piano and painted backdrop of trees; flanked by arched doorways with steps leading onto stage; wood paneling in...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [May 1957]
- Fremont County Bank, Canon City
- The interior of the Fremont County Bank in Canon City, Colorado, has a carved wooden counter and teller's box with frosted glass, spindlework, pediments, and a spittoon at its base. A man in a bowler hat is identified as Ana Lawrence; others are...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Banks--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City, Colorado banks
- Scene of interior of the First National Bank building in Central City, Colorado, where a man (possibly Henry H. Lake) stands watching the gold scales. The scales rest on a wood platform with two drawers underneath the scales. The platform sits on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Lake, Harry H., 1860-1952.
- [between 1910 and 1919]
- Public Service Company Building, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Public Service Company building located at the west end of Sixth (6th) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The building it is built of cinder block, designed to blend in with local architectur, and surrounded by a black metal fence....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Power plants--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Hugh Marlowe, C. Bancroft, K.T. Stevens, leads in And perhaps happiness, Central City
- Caroline Bancroft sits on a stone bench and holds her open book "Gulch of Gold." She wears a linen dress with a collar, a bead necklace and earrings with her hair gathered on top of her head in a braid. A woman wearing a patterned shirt with rolled...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Reading--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Marlowe, H. (Hugh); Stevens, Katharine, 1919-
- 1958
- Henry White Warren Branch
- Exterior facade of the Warren Branch Library, 34th (Thirty- fourth) Avenue and High Street, Denver, Colorado; shows a Spanish style building with arched windows and entry, hipped tile roof with bracketed eaves and tile frieze; urns and lampposts...
- Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver Public Library. Warren Branch.
- [1913]
- Platoro, Colo.
- Scattered log and tent structures, many under construction, make up the gold mining town of Platoro in the Platoro - Gilmore Mining District, Conejos County, Colorado; shows people in front of residences and stores along the wide center street.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.
- May 31, 1913
- Anderson & Sharp's Paint Shop
- This paint store in Canon City, Colorado, has a variety of brushes, paint cans, and wallpaper displayed in the window and entry. Men pose on the boardwalk; two are in suits with gold chains, the rest are in white painter's clothes. One stands on a...
- Paint shops--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Ouray and the Amphitheater after a storm
- Left half of a panoramic view looking northeast over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, to Cascade Falls and Cascade Mountain. Landmarks include the Elk Club, Beaumont Hotel, Courthouse, City Hall and the public school.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- The Salmson
- View of a Salmson single engine airplane in Warvillers (or Warfuilliers), Somme, Picardie, France; hangar tents are in the background.
- Reconnaissance aircraft--France--1910-1920.; Salmson airplanes--France--1910-1920.; Biplanes--French--France--1910-1920.
- 1918, May 25
- Haworth family
- Members of the Haworth family pose in Keota, Weld County, Colorado. Mabel Haworth [nee Andrews] holds her daughters Loydean [with necklace] and Janelle [Jancy], while a dog jumps up on Bill [Willis] Haworth (in bib overalls and newsboy hat).
- Keota (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dogs--Colorado--Keota--1930-1940.; Families--Colorado--Keota--1930-1940.
- August 1930
- Alice, view looking southwest
- Southwest across Alice, in Clear Creek County, Colorado is one of the largest mining camps in the Fall River valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, settled in the early 1880s. Widely scattered ruins of the small boom town include mines and...
- Alice (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Alice--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Eureka Creek, outside of Central City, Colorado
- View of a wooden sidewalk and railing that span Eureka Gulch and Creek outside of Central City, Colorado. The railing and sidewalk are alongside a dirt road. Two wood-frame houses sit on the hill on the other side of the gulch, where much of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eureka Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. the Georgetown Brass Band is just turning the corner to the left;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Gay 90's miners delight
- An automatic Wurlitzer orchestra machine with a wood cabinet is against the wall next to a door at the Gold Coin Saloon in Central City, Colorado. Clear glass windows on the front of the cabinet show the inside of the machine, which includes...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Musical instruments--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Joseph T. Geuting and Rev. Richard Ryan
- Reverend Richard Ryan, the President of Regis College, poses next to Joseph T. Geuting, the manager of the Utility Airplane council of the Aerospace Industry Association of America.
- Aerospace Industries Association of America--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; College presidents--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Geuting, Joseph T.; Ryan, Richard, President of Regis College.; Regis College (Denver,...
- January 1965
- Lemon Saks, director of Denver Art Galleries and Saks Galleries
- Lemon Saks, director of the Denver Art Galleries and the Saks Galleries holds up an original Toulouse-Lautrec lithograph.
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Art dealers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Art--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Saks, Lemon.
- 1965 March 25
- Robert Baxter 3601 Bond St.
- View of the Robert Baxter house at 3601 Bond Street (44th or Forty-fourth Avenue) in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features gables, a garage, and covered porch. A dog is on the stoop.
- Baxter, Robert--Homes & haunts.; Berkeley (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Fort Morgan, Colorado, 3rd Prize
- The band from American Legion Post Number 19 in Fort Morgan, Colorado, poses at a competition. The band is composed of drums, bugles, riflemen, flagmen, and a band leader. Inscriptions on the two bass drums read: "American Legion Harold DeHaan Post...
- Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bands--1930-1940.; American Legion. Harold DeHaan Post No. 19 (Fort Morgan, Colo.)
- 1939
- Adams Hotel
- View of the Dutch Room in the Adams Hotel at 1800 Welton Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows wooden tables and wooden captain's chairs with leather seats and backs in the dining room. Beer steins sit on a plate rail above wooden paneling. A...
- Adams, The (Hotel : Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1953 Jan. 9
- Main Street, Telluride, Colo.
- View east down wide dirt Main Street (Colorado Avenue) Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado; Ajax, Telluride and Ingram Peaks with light snow and Ingram Falls are in background. Identifiable buildings include: painted brick San Miguel County...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Dining Room, Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the dining room of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado, built by the proprietor, Louis Dupuy, between 1875 and 1890. There are eight tables with white tablecloths in the room, and a fountain in the middle. In the back left...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1954 and 1965?]
- Machine Shop in Cushman Bldg. (1952-3)
- Dwight Jones operates a lathe in the Georgetown Manufacturing Corporation Machine Shop, Cushman Building, 6th (Sixth) Street, Georgetown, Colorado. He wears soiled trousers and work shirt, gloves, eye glasses and a hat.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Factories--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Machine shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Jones, Dwight.
- 1982
- Harmony Ranch [at] Estes Park
- The entrance to the Harmony Guest Ranch, a motel known also by its Swahili translation, Amani Mgeni Uwanda, is at the juncture of a driveway and a road which runs along the base of the mountain at the side of the valley. A sign at the entrance has...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Harmony Ranch, Estes Park
- Three cabins at the Harmony Guest Ranch, a motel known also by its Swahili translation, Amani Mgeni Uwanda, sit on adjacent grassy hills of graduated heights; each has a flat roof and two sliding glass doors. Cars are parked by the buildings, and a...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Harmony Ranch, Estes Park
- Three cabins at the Harmony Guest Ranch, a motel known also by its Swahili translation, Amani Mgeni Uwanda, sit on adjacent grassy hills of graduated heights; each has a flat roof and two sliding glass doors. A car is parked by one of the...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Mr. and Mrs. Raynolds and friends
- Lounging in sidechairs on a storefront's boardwalk in Canon City, Colorado, these men, women and girl are identified as: R. S. Lewis, Fred Skeele, Dr. T. H. Craven, F. A. Raynolds, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Skeele, Mrs. Raynolds, T. N. Harding, Frank...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Two girls claiming to be winner of Potato Race - 4th of July,
- Young ladies in white dresses raise their hands in Keota, Weld County, Colorado. Men, women, and children look on.
- Fourth of July--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Races--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Dr. Walter Orr Roberts director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) presents a check for more than 2 1/2 million dollars to G.G. Harrington, district manager for the Control Data Corporation. The check covers the final payment on...
- G. G. Harrington, in a bowtie, laughs and receives a check from Dr. Walter Orr Roberts at this National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.) ceremony in Boulder, Colorado. Men in suits look on, and the Flatirons meet a cloudy sky in the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Harrington, G. G.; Roberts, Walter Orr.; National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.)
- 1967
- Glenwood Canyon series
- View at Station 2873 plus 50, milepost 348 on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado; shows a shed with letters: "Allen."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]