Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado. On the left is the outhouse, which has two entrances, one for servants and one for the family. The wood building is topped by a hipped roof with an elaborate wood...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Rifle, Colo.
- View shows wooden buildings in the town of Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado, including a Presbyterian Church and privies.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1900.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Keota Bank - Rube Martinson, cashier
- Keota Bank in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, is a flat roofed brick building with slight corbeling in the cornice. The wooden door has a window and a transom, and matching windows are to the side. A man poses at the corner, and outdoor privies are...
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bankers--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Privies--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- February 1915 or 1916?
- Red Cliff
- Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks extend past small wood frame houses in the town of Red Cliff (Redcliff) in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows houses, outbuildings, and privies. Hills are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ward, Colo.
- View of the mining town of Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Log cabins and buildings and wood houses and commercial buildings line the dirt streets. Privies are located throughout the town. Many houses and buildings have log retaining walls.
- Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns.; Dirt roads.; Log buildings.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ward, Colorado
- Aerial view of Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows the railroad station, the Hotel McClancy, commercial buildings and wood frame houses and privies. An ore mill is situated on a hill overlooking the town. A mine and probably another mill are...
- Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns.; Mills.; Mining.; Ore industry.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hezron, Colo
- View of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal mining camp of Hezron in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows company houses with hipped-roofs, probably a company store, privies (outhouses), and a barn.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Hezron Camp--1900-1920.; Hezron Camp (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Hezron Camp--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Hezron Camp--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Morley, Las Animas County, Colorado
- View of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Morley in Las Animas County, Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, doctor's office, and company boarding house occupy a large mission style structure with towers and a stucco...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Delta, Colorado
- Horse drawn carriages are on a dirt road that looks over the town of Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Shows houses, privies, coal sheds, and out buildings. Prominent buildings in town include the public school and high school. Grand Mesa is in the...
- Delta (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Mesa (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Delta--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1912?]
- Nevadaville, Colo
- View northwest over Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows log dwellings, commercial buildings (some with external stone fireplaces), privies, wood and tailing piles, and Main Street. Continental Divide is in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1865?]
- Nevadaville, Colo. looking N W early 1860's
- View, northwest, of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame and log dwellings (some with exterior stone chimneys), mining facilities, wood piles, privies and tailings. The Continental Divide in distance is capped with snow.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Vue de Central City (Colorado) Dessin de Sabatier d'apres une photographie
- Rendering shows Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with frame businesses, dwellings, and mining facilties. Stairs and privies are in the yards of houses. Signature reads: "Gauchard."
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Russell Gulch
- View of Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame houses, privies, mining facilities, and dirt roads.
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Russell Gulch
- View of Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows frame houses, privies, dirt roads and mine tailings.
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Leadville
- View of Leadville, Colorado; shows frame houses, privies, and fenced yards, mining facilities, and the Lake County Courthouse. The Sawatch Range is in the background.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Leadville, Colo from east end of 7th St.
- View of Leadville, Colorado; shows Seventh Street, houses, yards, privies, laundry, the Lake County Courthouse, the High School, the Church of the Annunciation, and the Sawatch Mountains. Signs read: "H. G. Eckhardt Meats and Groceries," and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Leadville - from east end of 9th St.
- View of Leadville, Colorado; shows houses, fenced yards, privies, municipal buildings, schools, the Annunciation Church, and the Sawatch Mountains.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Camp Gibson, N.M.
- View of Gibson (McKinley County) New Mexico; shows a coal town (Colorado Fuel and Iron Company) with hotel, company store, hospital, meat market, Catholic church and school, frame houses, railroad tracks, coal tipple of Gallup Mine, and privies.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Gibson (McKinley County, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--New Mexico--Gibson--1900-1910.; Mining--New Mexico--Gibson--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Camp Weaver
- View of Weaver (McKinley County) New Mexico; shows a coal company town, frame houses, a coal mine, railroad boxcars, laundry, picket fence, privies, tailings, and a root cellar.
- Weaver (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--New Mexico--Weaver--1900-1910.; Coal mining--New Mexico--Weaver--1900-1910.; Houses--New Mexico--Weaver--1900-1910.; Mining--New Mexico--Weaver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Redcliff, Gilman mining residences
- View of frame houses in Redcliff, (Red Cliff) Eagle County, Colorado. Mine tailings dot mountain slopes, a flagpole is set in a rock outcropping, laundry, wash tubs, and privies are in the yards.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Red Cliff--1910-1920.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Red Cliff--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Red Cliff--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Nevadaville, barn back of present W. C. Russell house built in '60s
- The frame barn and privies behind the Russell house are covered with snow and icicles in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. A wagon frame is by the window, and an outhouse is propped up with boards. Another dwelling is in the background.
- Russell, W. C.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- Yankee Hill. Leadville
- View of mining operations near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado; shows mill structures, smokestacks, tailings, miners' houses, laundry, and privies.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Silverton
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company passenger train at Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Locomotive 476 vents smoke. Shows the depot and privies.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1959?]
- Keota
- This business in Keota, Weld County, Colorado, is a two-story brick structure with a flat roof and windows on both floors. The storefront has a corner entry, and people pose in it. A sign reads: "Chain Red & White Stores." A motorized camp-wagon is...
- Keota (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Keota--1920-1930.
- 1928 November 5
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 22, 1914 August 22
- Western History Subject Index
- Privies
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 31, 1910 July 30
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 23, 1914 September 12
- Cortez
- View of Cortez (Montezuma County), Colorado; shows houses, yards, outhouses, horses and buggies, laundry, a woman, a lawn sprinkler, signs: "Charles Duff General Merchandise," "Journal Building," and Sleeping Ute Mountain.
- Cortez (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sleeping Ute Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Backyards--Colorado--Cortez--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cortez--1900-1920.; Privies--Colorado--Cortez--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cortez, Colorado
- View of frame or brick houses and commercial buildings in Cortez (Montezuma County), Colorado. Shows fenced yards with cultivated gardens, outhouses, sheds, and timber piles near commercial buildings with signs that read: "Journal Building" and...
- Cortez (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Backyards--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Privies--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- View of Bear Creek at old lime kiln used as a barn
- Bear Creek, in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, fronts the stone lime kiln, with its arched door and square chimney. A frame dwelling and privy are to the side.
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Morrison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Kilns--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Morrison--1890-1900.
- 1896 September 25
- Latrine facitilies for occasion, after the fights, 3:45 PM.
- Pedestrians walk along Main Street and intersection of 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, after the parade and water fights of the 4th (Fourth) of July, Independence Day celebration. A portable toilet is set on corner near sign for...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Privies--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- "Chick Soles 'nuff said" Spar City
- View of a dilapidated log outhouse in Spar City (Fisher Creek, Lime Creek), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Spar City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.; Privies--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View across rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside on edge of town; scene includes row of outhouses, vertical slat wooden frame outbuildings and residences, post corral, and stone root cellar with sod roof built into hillside; clothes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1894 May 7
- Platoro
- Only the wooden framework remains of a two story building in Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado; an outhouse is next to the building.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1930-1970.; Privies--Colorado--Platoro--1930-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Platoro--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Hayman
- View of Hayman, Park County, Colorado; shows a frame house with outhouse in back.
- Hayman (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Hayman--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Gillett
- A simple frame building in Gillett, Teller County, Colorado, has a swing-set, flagpole, and privy in the yard.
- Gillett (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Gillett--1930-1970.; Privies--Colorado--Gillett--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Servants' entrance to the six-seat privy
- Exterior view of the outhouse on the grounds of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows the wood construction outhouse which has six seats and separate doors for...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Privies--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Gladstone - 1945 back row of houses
- View of a row of dilapidated houses in Gladstone, Colorado; features a line of houses on one side of a dirt path, and outhouses in a row on the opposite side of the path; broken lumber and debris scattered in the middle of the path; fog is overhead.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.
- 1945
- Kremmling
- View of the former gathering place for members of the Trinity Church in Kremmling (Grand County), Colorado; originally serving as the front office of a lumber company; features a false front structure, pressed metal siding designed to look like...
- Kremmling (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Kremmling--1950-1960.; Privies--Colorado--Kremmling--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1966]
- View from Gold Belt Trail
- View of log and cut wood mine buildings, with outhouse in mid air, on cliff along Gold Belt Trail, probably Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Iris - 1942
- View of an outhouse and an abandoned mine shaft among sage covered hills in Iris, Colorado.
- Iris (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Iris--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Iris--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Iris - 1942
- An abandoned log cabin, in Iris, Colorado, features hewn log walls, an "L" shaped floor plan, and rectangular bays. An outhouse is among sage plants in the background.
- Iris (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Iris--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Iris--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Manhattan - 1950
- A one story log cabin with an open front porch is in a clearing near a creek in Manhattan, Colorado. Pine trees, Aspen trees, a bridge over the creek, and an outhouse are nearby.
- Manhattan (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Log cabins--Colorado--Manhattan--1950-1960.; Privies--Colorado--Manhattan--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Frist [sic] miners cabin in California gulch where millions in gold was taken out
- View of a miner's abandoned log cabin and outhouse in California Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- California Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.; Privies--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1940.
- 1980
- Anaconda
- View across rooftops of Ananconda in Teller County, Colorado; includes wood frame gabled and hipped houses, log cabins, log houses, false fronts, lean-tos, outhouses, with wood shingle, sod, and plank board roofs; laundry hangs on clothesline in...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Roofs--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Dillon, Colo.
- Two women stand on a boardwalk in the town of Dillon, Colorado in Summit County. An outhouse is in the foreground among one and two- story commercial storefronts. Signs: "The Mint," "Hotel Riley," "Livery."
- Dillon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Dillon--1900-1910.; Privies--Colorado--Dillon--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Patsy Crosswhite
- Patsy Crosswhite (the youngest camper) stands beside a wooden outhouse among the Ponderosa Pine trees of Camp Nizhoni, Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Patsy Crosswhite
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-185] Patsy Crosswhite and Ethel Wood, [ARL-186], [ARL-187] and [ARL-188] [Patsy Crosswhite]." The photographic prints on album page show: Patsy Crosswhite and Ethel Wood in a meadow; Patsy beside an...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Lincoln...
- [between 1937 and 1938]
- Eldora - Frost plume on pine tree 1939
- A large pine tree stands in the foreground on the side of a small hill near Eldora, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado. A small building resembling an outhouse stands near the tree. Several additional buildings stand in the background. A...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pines--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Privies--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.
- [1939?]