Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Interior, Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of the interior east end of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado. The view is down the aisle toward the entrance door of the church; pews are on either side of the aisle, and in the distance a wood double door within a pointed arch...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Organ lofts--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Organs--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1940?
- Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church
- View of Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church (1903) at East Fifth (5th) Avenue and Josephine Street in the Cherry Creek neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a one-story, red brick, Gothic Revival church with a front-gabled roof. The front...
- Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cherry Creek (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Catholic churches.; Saint John the Evangelist (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church...
- 1988
- Episcopal church and free reading room, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Saint Andrews Episcopal Church and Guild House, Carr between 3rd (Third) and 4th (Fourth) (373 East Carr), Cripple Creek, Colorado; plain steps lead to double-wide center door with two-centre pointed leaded glass transom; brick...
- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890- 1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Central City
- The altar of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Central City sits before stained glass windows with gothic, pointed arches. A cross is on the altar and wooden chairs are in the rear corners of the chancel. Rooms on either side of the chancel have...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Halloween Costume Party at Gates' Rooftop Garden
- A woman (possibly a Gates' employee), poses in a doorway with three children. They are all dressed in Halloween costumes. She wears a clown costume with a pointed hat and the three children, also wear clown costumes. Two of the children wear...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Halloween--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Presbyterian Church in Georgetown, Colorado; the facade includes a double door within a pointed arch, a sign "Presbyterian Church," a tall lancet window with a small round window above it, and a square tower. The tower has pointed-arch...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Grace Episcopal Church, Colorado Springs
- View, facing northeast, Weber Street, of Grace Episcopal Church and Parish House, El Paso County, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The rusticated brick Church has a pitched roof, tent-roofed belfry topped with a cross, and compound pointed arched portal...
- Grace Episcopal Church (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1916?]
- Poley Family
- Women, a man and children sit and pose beside a canvas and timber tent in Colorado. Sue J. Fr[e?]y wears a patterned dress and wire rimmed glasses and sits on a bench made of logs and arched sticks. Mary E. Ferguson sits on a wooden porch and wears...
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Spouses--Colorado--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.; Poley, Frank Ferguson.; Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley); Poley, Margaret Ferguson.;...
- 1890?
- Central City, Colo., churches, Episcopal
- A man in a dark suit stands in front of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Central City, Colorado. The original church burned down in 1874; construction of this church began the same year. The stone church has a tall, pointed steeple. The two doors and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- St. Paul's Episcoal Church interior
- The altar at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Central City, Colorado, stands in front of a large, stained-glass window with a pointed arch. Several rows of pews stand in the foreground. A gold cross stands on the altar above a banner that reads:...
- Banners--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Altars--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Crosses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- First Congregational Church
- View southwest across West Columbia Avenue toward exterior of First Congregational Church, Telluride, Colorado. The wood frame structure with clapboard siding, pointed arch windows, intersecting gables and massive corner steeple has double panel...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Telluride--1930-1950.; First Congregational Church (Telluride, Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1949]
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1914
- 1914 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1914
- Colorado State Register of Historic Properties Nomination Form for Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Gypsum
- View of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church (1875-1899) located at 400 2nd Street, Gypsum (Eagle County), Colorado. This white Gothic Revival church has a high pitched steeple with a wooden cross and a Gothic arched front door and pointed arch...
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church (Gypsum, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Gypsum (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lutheran churches.; Steeples.; First Evangelical Lutheran Church (Gypsum, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Lutheran church buildings--Colorado--Gypsum--Pictorial...
- 2006
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Central City, Colo.
- View of the St. Paul's Episcopal Church located at 220 East High Street, Central City, Colo. The Gothic Revival structure is built of locally quarried stone with pointed arched windows. The front entrance has a tower adorned with a tall steeple...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Anglican church buildings--Colorado--Central City--1980-1990.; Central City (Colo.)--1980-1990.; St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Anglican church...
- 1981
- Entrance to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- View of the entrance to the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (1906-1912; Aaron Grove and Thomas Walsh), 1530 Logan Street, in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Parishioners are in front of the entrance to the...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cathedrals.; Catholic churches.; Doors & doorways.; Historic buildings.; Cathedral of the...
- 1974
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate house has a front, second story bay over a porch, iron roof...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2008
- Byers-Evans House
- View of the Byers-Evans House Museum at 1310 Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado (1989; restoration by Long Hoeft Architects). The two-story Italianate-style house was built in 1883 for William Newton Byers, founding...
- Byers, Wm. N. (William Newton), 1831-1903--Homes & haunts.; Evans, William Gray, 1855-1924--Homes & haunts.; Byers-Evans House (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- ca. 2000
- Jovita Aguayo, Severa Varela the pair is dressed to work in beet fields near Sedgwick, Colorado.
- Jovita Aguayo and Severa Varela, two young women dressed as men lean against the rear of an automobile near Sedgwick (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Jovita Aguayo wears a shirt, jeans, and boots, she has on a brimmed cap. Her friend, Severa Varela...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Sedgwick County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Agricultural laborers.; Women.; Aguayo, Jovita Ortega--Pictorial works.; Varela, Severa--Pictorial works.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Sedgwick County--Pictorial works.;...
- 1929
- Cokedale Mine marshals Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela
- Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela, marshals at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Cokedale Mines in Cokedale (Las Animas County), Colorado. They pose near a dugout structure with a roof made from pine boughs. Crecencio (left) wears a hat, coat and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cokedale (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Private police.; Barela, Melitón--Pictorial works.; Vigil,, Crecencio--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1913?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 10, 1909 April 24
- Catholic Church, Westcliffe, Colo.
- View of an unidentified frame Catholic Church in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. The church has a four-story square bell tower with windows and a cross atop a pointed dome. A wooden barn and a two-story frame house or possibly a rectory with...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Anvil Point, Book Cliffs [sic]
- View of a steep shale formation in the Roan Cliffs in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows a pointed rock formation identified as Anvil Point, talus, trees and possibly the Colorado River in a valley. Men pose on the shore in the distance.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mesas--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- M.E. Church, Wiley, Colo.
- View of a brick Methodist Episcopal Church in Wiley (Prowers County), Colorado. Shows a cross-gable roof, pointed arched doors and tracery windows.
- Wiley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Wiley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Y.M.C.A. [sic] building, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the six-story "Young Women's Christian Association" building in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado at 130 East Kiowa Street. Shows people, Van Briggle tiles, arched portal, balconies, lamp posts and pointed arched windows.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- M.E. Church, Yuma, Colo.
- View of the Methodist Episcopal Church on a dirt road in Yuma (Yuma County), Colorado. Shows the two-story brick church with pointed arch windows, bell tower and cement stairs. An automobile is parked along the road. A wood board sidewalk is...
- Yuma (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Yuma--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Catholic Church, San Luis, Colo.
- View of the adobe Sangre de Cristo Catholic Church in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a gable roof, bell tower with cross, a wheel window and pointed arch windows. Men sit on a bench next to the church.
- Sangre de Cristo Church (San Luis, Colo.)--1900-1920.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--San Luis--1900-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--San Luis--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- A busy day, Vernon, Colo.
- View of a gable roof church with pointed arch windows and a commercial building in Vernon (Yuma County), Colorado. A group of women in dresses stand on the porch of a building with a sign that reads: "Kirkendall Shoes." Parked around the buildings...
- Vernon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Vernon--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Vernon--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- Presbyterian Church & S.S.
- View of the Presbyterian Church in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Children in the Sunday school and probably teachers or parents pose in front of the Carpenter Gothic church. The clapboard building has a bell tower with louvered, pointed...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.; Sunday schools--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1900.
- 1898, November
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio bust portrait of a woman in a dress with a pleated panel, probably over a corset. Shows standing puffed sleeves and pointed cuffs, a broach and probably a watch chain.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a man with a pointed moustache and a small beard. The man wears a vest, knit tie and has cigars in his coat pocket.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a man with wavy hair and a pointed moustache, in a suit with a crocheted or knit tie.
- Men--1890-1910.; Mustaches--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of women
- Studio portrait of two women with curled bangs and their hair pulled back. One woman wears a corseted, plaid dress, a fichu, and a floral corsage and stands behind a prop wooden fence. The other woman wears a corseted dress with a pointed basque,...
- Studio props--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Litchfield [sic] Cathedral (from southwest)
- A view of Lichfield Cathedral in Lichfield, England. Shows a Gothic style building with pointed compound arched entries, sculptured figures in niches throughout the facade and towers with spires.
- Lichfield Cathedral--1890-1910.; Lichfield (England)--1890-1910.; Anglican churches--England--Lichfield--1890-1910.; Cathedrals--England--Lichfield--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Peterborough Cathedral, front
- A view of Peterborough Cathedral in Peterborough, England from the west entrance shows the Gothic style building with pointed compound arches at the entryways, sculptured figures in niches and towers with spires and steeples.
- Peterborough Cathedral--1890-1910.; Peterborough (England)--1890-1910.; Anglican churches--England--Peterborough--1890-1910.; Cathedrals--England--Peterborough--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Lincoln Cathedral, from southwest
- A view of Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England. Shows the cathedral surrounded by houses and public buildings. The Gothic style building has towers with spires, tracery windows and a central pointed, compound arched entryway.
- Lincoln Cathedral--1890-1910.; Lincoln (England)--1890-1910.; Anglican churches--England--Lincoln--1890-1910.; Cathedrals--England--Lincoln--1890-1910.
- [56 x 46 cm. (22 x 18 in.)
- Moccasins
- Shows a pair of Native American (Northern Plains) moccasins possibly made from buffalo skin. They feature decorative green, blue, pink, yellow, silver and white beadwork, a pointed yellow and ochre flap and hard soles.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1920.; Moccasins--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- War club
- Shows a Native American Sioux war club with a red catlinite stone, pointed and oblong at the head. The wood handle is decorated with doeskin, a tassel made of horsehair dyed orange. Red and white beadwork is on the horsehair tassel.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Clubs (Weapons)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Moccasin
- Pair of Native American (possibly Apache) fringed moccasins with pointed toes, hard soles, multicolor beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1870-1880.; Moccasins--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Arapaho?) cradleboard. It features decorative opaque, red, white, black and green beadwork in geometric designs. The cradleboard has a leather thong, stained wood, lining dark brown velveteen, canvas backing and 1 calico?.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Moccasins
- Shows a pair of Native American (Ute) men's moccasins. They are made of buckskin and have a rawhide sole, lacing and a thong. Embroidered on the top of the moccasins in red, white, orange, yellow blue, green, and light green translucent glass beads...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Moccasins--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Tabor Opera House
- Rooftop view of the Tabor Grand Opera House at 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Victorian Gothic style building has a tower, pointed arches, and contrasting trim. Horse-drawn buggies are parked nearby.
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Opera houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The maguey in blossom
- View of a maguey in bloom possibly near Los Angeles, California. This agave has blossoms that branch out from a large central stalk that emerges from a cluster of pointed succulent leaves. Shows trees and a frame structure in the distance.
- Agaves--California--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Spanish Bayonet
- View of a Spanish Bayonet yucca plant in bloom. This plant has narrow pointed stiff leaves and a tall stalk with flowers.
- Yucca--1890-1900.; Agaves--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Tabor Opera House, Denver Colo.
- View of the Tabor Grand Opera House at 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows High Victorian Gothic style building with polychrome brick trim, pointed arches, and corner tower. Signs read: "The Denver Critic," "Balli[?] and...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Tabor Opera House
- View of the Tabor Grand Opera House at 16th (Sixteenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Victorian Gothic style building has a tower, pointed arches, and contrasting trim. Signs read: "The Denver Critic," "Balli[?] and...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Tabor Opera House, Denver
- View of the Tabor Grand Opera House at 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado. The Victorian Gothic style building has a tower, pointed arches, and contrasting trim. A sign reads: "Special Cloak Sale To-day!" A stone pediment above...
- Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 and 1892]
- Longmont's First Congregational Church building at Fourth and Coffman
- Exterior of First Congregational Church, 4th Avenue and Coffman Street, Longmont, Colorado, built in 1874-1875; features wood frame board and batten construction, front gable, arched leaded windows, central open belltower and pointed steeple with...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1890.; First Congregational Church (Longmont, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1890]
- Knights of Pythias
- Knights of Pythias, Leadville Lodge, No. 1, pose in Aspen, Colorado. The Grand Lodge of the Grand Jurisdiction of Colorado was organized in 1879. Members in full uniform including dark jackets, trousers, epaulets, striped belts, white gloves and...
- Knights of Pythias. Leadville Lodge No. 1 (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]