Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; shows a house with a porch at the top of a hill in the distance looking over a rushing stream below; mountain covered with pines and a road with low bushes passes in front of the house.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; includes a one- story gable-roofed wooden building with a hill behind it; stone fence and a log fence in front.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--(New) Cardinal--1940-1950.
- 1942
- 1899 Inn, La Veta, Colo.
- View of the 1899 Inn located at 314 South Main Street, La Veta, Colo. Built in 1909, the two-story, vernacular stone structure has 18-inch walls with a full-length front porch, generous dormers and a mansard roof. The sign in front of the Inn reads...
- 1899 Inn (La Veta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; La Veta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; 1899 Inn (La Veta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; La Veta (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1991
- First Avenue Hotel
- View of the intersection of 1st (First) Avenue and Broadway Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the 1st Avenue Hotel, the Citizens Exchange Bank, parked automobiles, a Denver Tramway Corporation street car, and tracks.
- 1st Avenue Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Citizens Exchange Bank (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Business...
- 1917 September 27
- Denver churches Presbyterian 23rd Ave
- View of the 23rd Avenue Presbyterian Church at 23rd (Twenty-third) Avenue and Ogden Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick church has a tower with battlements and arched stained glass windows.
- 23rd Avenue Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Christmas 1940
- A young woman smiles at two girls who hold toys in front of a Christmas tree at the 24th (Twenty-fourth) Street Nursery School at 2025 Lawrence Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. One girl holds a doll in a chair, another...
- 24th Street Nursery School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1940
- 9:00 AM, 4-J+1 Trailer Court almost empty
- View of the 4 J 1 + 1 Trailer Court, Campground and Washateria, west side of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows picnic tables and brick barbacue ovens with chimneys. Two story office building in background.
- 4J1 + 1 Trailer Court, Campground and Washateria (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Trailer camps--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- August 6, 1979
- 5th Avenue Tavern
- View of 506 Santa Fe Drive, the abandoned 5th Avenue Tavern in the Baker neighborhood of Denver,Colorado. The two-story commercial style building has brick corbeling, a cornice and arched windows on the second story. A faded painted sign on the...
- 5th Avenue Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; 5th Avenue Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Abandoned...
- 1976
- D&D's Lounge and The 715
- View of D&D's Lounge & Disco located at 2716 Welton Street and The 715 located at 701-715 East 26th Avenue in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story brick commercial style buildings have rectangular windows on the second...
- 715 (Restaurant : Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; D & D's Lounge and Disco (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; 715 (Restaurant : Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; D & D's...
- 1999
- A Bar A Ranch, Encampment, Wyo
- A Black man smokes a pipe and holds the reins of a horse drawn sled on the A Bar A Ranch, in Encampment (Carbon County), Wyoming. The vehicle has an A-frame cover made of wooden poles.
- A Bar A Ranch (Carbon County, Wyo.)--People--1900-1920.; African Americans--Wyoming--Carbon County--1900-1920.; Carbon County (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Horse teams--Wyoming--Carbon County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Wyoming--Carbon County--1900-1920.; Sleds &...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- A.B. Hirschfeld Press, Denver
- View of the stone, one story A.B. Hirschfeld Press building at 655 Speer Blvd. in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has a rounded concrete and glass brick facade, a corner entrance with a built-in modern style clock above...
- A. B. Hirschfeld Press--Buildings--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Speer (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1986 February
- A. B. Ingols manufacturers of Colorado Gold Jewelry, 263 and 265 Fifteenth Street, Denver, Col.
- View of A. B. Ingols jewelry store in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with storefronts, cast iron trim, a cornice, a hanging pocket watch, a streetlamp, and signs: "A. B. Ingols Jewelry Manufactory."
- A. B. Ingols Jewelry Manufactory--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- A. B. Sopris, books and stationery, postoffice block, Denver, Colorado
- View of a Denver, Colorado storefront; shows men posing between display windows with lettering: "Allen B. Sopris, Bookseller and Stationer, All Paper News Rooms."
- A. B. Sopris, Books and Stationery--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Stationary trade--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- University Building, Denver
- View of the A. C. Foster Building / University Building (built 1911, W.E. and A.A. Fisher, architects) at 912 16th (Sixteenth) and Champa Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The 12 story brick building has stone and terra cotta trim,...
- A. C. Foster Building (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office...
- 1985 June
- A. E. Meek delivery truck
- A man sits in the driver's seat of a delivery truck in Denver, Colorado. The rear of the truck is designed to look like a trunk. Signs on the truck read: "A. E. Meek Trunk & Bag Co." and "Trunks & Bags."
- A. E. Meek Trunk & Bag Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Leather industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- A.E. Meek Trunk and Bag Co., Denver
- View of the A.E. Meek Trunk & Bag Co., a luggage store at 1616 Stout Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The two story brick commercial building has a flat roof, overhanging eaves.
- A. E. Meek Trunk & Bag Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- A. H. Jones & Co importers and jobbers of wines, brandies and cigars Dealers in Kentucky, rye and white wheat whiskeys, California Wines and brandies, Crow & Clark's Block, Holladay Street, near G, Denver, Col.
- View of A. H. Jones & Co, in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing by brick buildings with storefronts. Sign reads: "E. H. Tobey & Co."
- A. H. Jones & Co.--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Ouray
- Spectators stand in front of the Beaumont Hotel and sit in parked automobiles to watch several bands performing possibly for an July Fourth (4th) (Independence Day) celebration on Main Third (3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Business...
- A. Humphries Merc. Co. (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beaumont Drug Store (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; R. L. Lincoust & Co. (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- A. L. Ellis, groceries, fruit and ranch produce, Pearl Street, Boulder, Col.
- View of a brick storefront with stone trim in Boulder (Boulder County) Colorado; shows a man posing by merchandise, display windows, and signs: "A. L. Ellis, Groceries."
- A. L. Ellis--Buildings--1860-1880.; Boulder (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- A. T. Lewis Store & shoppers
- View of people at the A. T. Lewis Store entrance, in Denver, Colorado; shows a car, snow, a wrought iron canopy, men, and women in fur coats.
- A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Consumers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Store
- View of the intersection of 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets, in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrian and automobile traffic, department stores, and an electric sign: "A. T. Lewis & Son."
- A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Store
- View of the intersection of 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets, in Denver, Colorado; shows the A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Store, pedestrian and automobile traffic, a water tower, and a sign: "Askins."
- A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- A. T. Lewis drivers
- Group portrait of A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Store drivers and trucks, in Denver, Colorado. A boy is with the men; brick apartments are in the background.
- A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Company--People.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Ye old mill
- View of hydraulic mine processing facility ruins, in (probably) Colorado or Utah; shows a log-sided building with a frame water-wheel.
- Abandoned buildings--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--1890-1910.; Log buildings--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.; Waterwheels--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Men near cabin with wild game
- Two hunters in sit near a simple wood cabin probably in Colorado. Game birds, geese and ducks, hang from an outside wall near a window. Panes in the window are broken and the chimney and roof are in disrepair.
- Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Ducks--Colorado--1890-1910.; Game bird hunting--Colorado--1890-1910.; Geese--Colorado--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Miner's cabin
- View of abandoned miner's cabins in Colorado.
- Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1930-1940.; Cabins--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Idaho waterwheel
- View of gold mine ore processing facility ruins in Idaho; men examine the collapsing frame structure and waterwheel.
- Abandoned buildings--Idaho--1940-1960.; Hydraulic mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Mining--Idaho--1940-1960.; Waterwheels--Idaho--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Abandoned mine
- Prospectors dig near an abandoned mine and a sluice in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Prospecting--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Abandoned mine
- View of an abandoned mine and tailings in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1880-1900.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Coal miners
- Men stand on a dilapidated ore car trestle bridge near an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Coal miner
- A man poses with a pistol on a dilapidated mine ore car trestle bridge near an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Mine ore cars
- View of mine ore cars on the tramway at the entrance to an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Abandoned coal mine
- View of the shafthouse and buildings of an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1910-1920.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Abandoned coal mine
- View of the shafthouse, water tank, and buildings of an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1910-1920.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Vertex mine showing the old and new mine buildings this is not in operation
- View of the abandoned shaft house and mine buildings of the Vertex Mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- 1936
- A scene in Boulder county, mine near Eldora camp
- Two men stand in a snow covered landscape near an abandoned boiler and mine site in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Old workings of a pit
- View of an abandoned gold placer mining pit near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado shows: pipes and tailings with valley and mountains in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Excelsior Mine Buckskin Joe, Colo.
- View of the shafthouse and a cabin at the Excelsior Mining Group Mine near Buckskin Joe (Park County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.; Buckskin Joe (Park County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Excelsior Mining Group Mine (Park County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Buckskin...
- [1940]
- Buckskin, Colo.
- View of a cabin and abandoned mine near Buckskin Joe (Park County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.; Buckskin Joe (Park County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Crown Point Mine Russell Gulch
- View of the abandoned shafthouse of the Crown Point Mine on Russell Gulch near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Russell Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Below Idaho Springs
- View of a stone building and the entrance to an abandoned mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Wagon wheels lean against a stone retainer wall and a barbed wire fence surrounds the area.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1940.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1940.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Waldorf mine, Waldorf, Colo.
- View of the abandoned Waldorf mine along the road to Argentine Pass in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A sign on the building reads "Waldorf Gold."
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Waldorf Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- 1941
- The Orient Steve Hoyle's mine at Lawson, Colo.
- View of the tailings and abandoned shafthouse of the Orient (Oriental Tunnel Mine) Mine near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1960.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Oriental Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Virginia Canyon or California Gulch
- View of the head frame and buildings of an abandoned mine in Virginia Canyon near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1950-1960.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Virginia Canyon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1950-1960.
- 1952 or 1953
- Virginia Canyon or California Gulch
- View of an abandoned head frame and buildings of a mine in Virginia Canyon (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1950-1960.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Virginia Canyon (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1950-1960.
- 1952 or 1953
- Creede mining section
- A man stands near a wooden tower for a mine aerial tramway at the abandoned Commodore Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Commodore Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Creede (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Relics of the boom days in gold mining
- A man and boys pose on the engine of a mine tramway at an abandoned mine near Dillon (Summit County), Colorado. The mine shafthouse and ore cars are nearby.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.; Dillon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dillon--1920-1930.
- July, 1925
- Dyersville shafthouse on Warrior's Mark lode, the closest to town
- View of an abandoned shafthouse at the Warrior's Mark Mine near Dyersville (Summit County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Warriors Mark Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- August, 1961
- Shafthouse Warrior's Mark Mine Dyersville, Colo.
- View of the abandoned shafthouse of the Warrior's Mark Mine near Dyersville (Summit County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Warriors Mark Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Above Dyersville
- View of a tailings pile and the site of a mill at the abandoned Warrior's Mark Mine near Dyersville (Summit County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Warriors Mark Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- August, 1961