Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Remains of first building in Hancock
- View of the last remaining building in Hancock (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has caved in, and the remaining logs of the structure are worn. The walls are built with interlocking logs, and the caved in roof is flat wooden planks with log...
- Arps, Mount (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Hancock (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Log buildings.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hancock--Pictorial works.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hancock--Pictorial works.; Arps, Mount (Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- The Towers
- Remaining stone foundation of "The Towers", once palatial residence of lawyer Jonah Maurice Finn, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; property lot is overgrown with weeds and stone foundation has some remaining boards;...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- The Towers
- Remaining stone foundation of "The Towers", once palatial residence of lawyer Jonah Maurice Finn, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; property lot is overgrown with weeds and stone foundation has some remaining boards;...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Capitol City, Colorado
- View of the remaining brick walls of the George T. Lee's (mining investor and operator) mansion in Capitol City, (Galena City) Hindsdale County, Colorado; includes collapsed roof rafters and a wood brace through a window supports side remaining...
- Lee, George T.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Capitol City, Colorado
- View of the remaining walls of the George T. Lee's (mining investor and operator) mansion in Capitol City, (Galena City) Hindsdale County, Colorado; shows portions of standing brick wall with the slant of the gable roofline. The first floor entry...
- Lee, George T.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Capitol City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- New Mexico, views
- The remaining walls of the Pecos Pueblo Mission stand on top of a small hill in the valley of the Pecos River in New Mexico; shows a small pool of water with flowering weeds in foreground and a large shrub behind the pool. In the ruins, a man...
- Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Pecos National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Churches--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New...
- [1915?]
- Pecos Pueblo Mission
- A large wooden cross stands in front of the remains of the Pecos Pueblo Mission on top of a small hill in the valley of the Pecos River in New Mexico. The cross is supported by a pile of rocks at its base, from which a large cactus also protrudes....
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1920.; Crosses--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 8, 1920 August
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- Bill Claycomb
- Jefferson County Colorado sheriff's officers restrain Bill Claycomb, one of seventeen picketers arrested at Applejack Wine and Spirits, 3320 Youngfield Street in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Claycomb yells at the officers.
- Jefferson County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.; Law enforcement.; Confrontations.; Shouting.; Anger.; Sheriffs--Colorado.; Claycomb,...
- [1975]
- Attorney Walter Gerash outside his office
- Attorney Walter L. Gerash, poses outside his office at 1439 Court Place in the Central Business District neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Mr. Gerash stands next to the Denver Landmark designation marker for his office, the oldest known remaining...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lawyers.; Plaques.; Gerash, Walter L.; Gerash, Walter L.--Pictorial works.; Lawyers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Plaques,...
- 2000
- Curry-Chucovich House
- View of the front and side elevation of the office of attorney Walter L. Gerash at 1439 Court Place in the Central Business District neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This former residence, known as the Curry- Chucovich House was designed by...
- Gerash, Walter L.--Homes & haunts.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Office buildings.; Gerash, Walter L.--Homes and haunts.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2000
- Main Street, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of Main Street in Black Hawk, Colorado. The Gilpin Hotel, built in 1870, is located at 111 Main Street and is one the few remaining original buildings on the street.
- Streets--Colorado--Black Hawk--2010-2020.; Hotels--Colorado--Black Hawk--2010-2020.; Main Street--(Black Hawk, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Streets--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Black...
- 2010
- Golden Gilpin Gold Mill, Black Hawk, Colo.
- View of the Golden Gilpin Gold Mill located 1 mile north of Black Hawk, Colorado on Colorado Highway 119. The structure is the remaining example of Black Hawk's milling industry from the 1870s when the area was the ore processing center for the...
- Golden Gilpin Gold Mill (Black Hawk, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Black Hawk (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mills--Colorado--Black Hawk--2000-2010.; Golden Gilpin Gold Mill (Black Hawk, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Ore-dressing--Colorado--Black Hawk--Pictorial works.;...
- 2002
- Town Hall, Gothic, Colo.
- View of the Town Hall located in Gothic, Gunnison County, Colorado. The well-preserved, two-story false-fronted frame building with simple cornice and lap sided front, is one of only five remaining structures in the town. The building, built ca....
- City Halls--Colorado--Gothic--2000-2010.; Gothic (Colo.)--2000-2010.; City halls--Colorado--Gothic--Pictorial works.; Gothic (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2007
- Colorado Yule Marble Company Mill, Marble, Colo.
- View of the Colorado Yule Marble Company Mill site located at Park and West 3rd Streets in Marble, Colorado. The mill was opened in 1905 by Colonel Channing Frank Meek to refine the snowy white, Yule Marble quarried above the town. Today, the...
- Colorado Yule Marble Company (Marble, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Stone industry and trade--Colorado--Marble--2010-2020.; Marble (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Colorado Yule Marble Company (Marble, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Stone industry and...
- 2010
- Post Office, Capitol City, Colo.
- View of the Post Office located in the ghost town of Capitol City 10 miles west of Lake City in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Built in 1877, the one-and-a-half story, v-notched, rough hewn log cabin is one of two remaining structures in the town. The...
- Post office stations and branches--Colorado--Capitol City--1990-2000.; Capitol City (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Post office stations and branches--Colorado--Capitol City--Pictorial works.; Capitol City (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Botanical & Horticultural Laboratory, Colorado State University
- View of the Colorado State University Botanical and Horticultural Laboratory located 151 West Laurel Street, Fort Collins, Colo. The stone and brick structure is one of the earliest remaining buildings on the old Colorado Agricultural College...
- College buildings--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado State University--Buildings--Pictorial works.; College buildings--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Preston Farm house, Fort Collins, Colo.
- View of the 1906 Preston Farm house located at 4605 South Ziegler Road., Fort Collins, Colo. The original two-story clapboard farmhouse is one of several remaining farm buildings on the site. The farm was once situated in the former town of...
- Architecture, Domestic--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010; Family farms--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Architecture, Domestic--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.; Family farms--Colorado--Fort...
- 2001
- Masonic Temple, Kittredge Building and Denver skyline from 15th Street and Glenarm Place
- View of the Denver skyline from Fifteenth (15th) Street and Glenarm Place in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. Shows the Masonic Temple at 535 Sixteenth (16th) Street and the Kittredge Building at 511 Sixteenth (16th) Street. The...
- Freemasons Lodge #5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Sixteenth Street (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Business districts.; Masonic buildings.; Office buildings.;...
- 1995
- Benedict Fountain, Hungarian Freedom Park
- View of Benedict Fountain in Hungarian Freedom Park (formerly Arlington Park) located on Speer Boulevard, bounded by First Avenue and Clarkson Street, in the Speer neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The fountain is three tiered with lions resting on...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hungarian Freedom Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Speer (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fountains.; Parks.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Urban parks--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 2009
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 3, 1913 November 8
- Colorado Midland Band
- A member of the Colorado Midland Railway Band poses in front of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. He holds a long shield that reads: "Colorado Midland Band Pikes Peak Route" and a long stake with a feather on it. The...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--People--1890-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Leadville, Harrison Avenue
- This view looking north on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado includes a portion of old Lake County Courthouse after the July fire. Construction men work to brace the remaining structure. Landmark buildings include the American National Bank,...
- American National Bank (Leadville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Delaware Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; First Presbyterian Church (Leadville, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Vendome Hotel--1940-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business...
- [1942]
- All that remains of the National Hotel, a substantial foundation, Cripple Creek
- Remaining brick foundation of the National Hotel, Cripple Creek, Colorado; pick-up truck parked next to foundation; background view of several brick buildings with hipped or gabled roofs.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.; National Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- 1947 January 20
- Bennett Ave.
- View of destruction west on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, caused by second fire on April 29, 1896; groups of men and solitary men survey remaining debris; smoke still rises from ashes and utility poles with fallen wires border street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Bi-Metallic Bank
- Remaining walls of Bi-Metallic Bank after second fire of April 29, 1896, Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; lone man surveys piles of brick, debris, possibly brick vault and utility poles with fallen wire; school...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Bi-Metallic Bank (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- 1896
- Cor. Tutt and Penrose blk.
- Destroyed corner section of Tutt and Penrose Building caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story commercial stone and brick building burned with corner demolished to rubble; remaining structure includes cornice with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Civic Center before wrecking of buildings : on Civic Center site
- Workmen sit on small wooden benches and clean bricks in the rubble of the demolition of buildings adjacent to existing Civic Center, 14th (Fourteenth) and Broadway, Denver, Colorado. Stacks of brick and lumber show in and around remaining...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1918]
- Destruction caused by second fire, Cripple Creek
- Rubble and destruction caused by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; piles of twisted sheet metal, canvas tents amidst rubble, railroad tracks in foreground; view across fire devastated area toward distant view of remaining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Examining a safe
- Group of men inspect remaining bank safe amidst debris and rubble from second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one man wears sherriff badge on overcoat.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Safes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- General view after the fire, Cripple Creek
- View west from Myers Avenue (probably) towards Bennett Avenue with Mt. Pisgah on horizon after first fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes debris and remains from fire, construction of wood frame buildings and canvas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.); Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- North, Cripple Creek fire
- View north on Fourth (4th) Street from below Myers Avenue across debris from one of the April, 1896 fires, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows wide stretch of desolation with horse-drawn wagons carrying lumber supplies; remaining buildings on distant...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Nevadaville looking NW
- View northwest of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows a few remaining houses and tailings.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Nevadaville, Main St.
- View of Main Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes the Williams' house, Odd Fellow's Building, the remaining lower story of the Redman's Lodge and the City Hall - Fire Department with a frame belltower.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940?
- Cripple Creek after the fire
- View of devastation after first fire on April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; undamaged log cabin with falsefront and gable roof is located on outside edge of devastated area; scene includes unhitched wagon, men standing in street and sifting...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Cripple Creek fire, early 1890's
- View of destruction caused by 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes remains of twisted sheet metal, ashes and burnt timbers, and former business and commercial district; canvas tents are scattered amidst fire debris; remaining...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Burning of Antlers Hotel, Colo. Springs
- View of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, in ruins after a fire on October 1, 1898, shows people in front of the remaining chimney and walls.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ruins--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Colorado Springs, Colo., original Antlers Hotel when it burned
- View of the Antlers Hotel ruins, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, after the October 1, 1898 fire, shows remaining chimney and walls, onlookers, some with bicycles, another with a horse-drawn buggy.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ruins--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Ruins of the Antlers, Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs
- View north from Colorado (Huerfano) Avenue of the ruins of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows people on Cascade Avenue by lumber, debris and remaining chimneys and walls left after the October fire. A residence and...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ruins--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Foundry and old house from Eureka Street, Central City, 1953
- The ruins of the old foundry are on upper Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Several of the walls have completely crumbled, and the remaining walls are deteriorating. The holes for the windows and doors are visible. A furnace is in the middle...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1941
- Square Tower House
- A view of the Native American (Anasazi) Square Tower House at Mesa Verde National Park in Southern Colorado. Shows masonry ruins of the cliff dwelling under a cliff on a canyon wall. A square tower is the most prominent remaining structure at the...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Square Tower House (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Collapsed bldg.
- A group looks over the wreckage of a collapsed brick building in Denver, Colorado. One side of the building along with the roof has fallen into a river below the remaining structure.
- Building failures--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Ruins of old church
- Ruins of old church (Mission San Geronimo), Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, shows remaining bell tower and walls, Taos Mountains, wood corals, moving horse and wagon.
- Mission San Geronimo (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Missions--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Ruins--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Ruins of ancient adobe church, A.D.1600, Taos, N.M.
- Ruins of old church (Mission of San Geronimo) shows remaining bell tower and church walls, brick courtyard wall and door, wood cross. Blurred figure walks by.
- Mission San Geronimo (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Missions--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Ruins--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Bridge washed out with train wrecked
- The wreckage of probably a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train after a bridge collapse near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado. Shows a train derailment on the bridge. Crushed and overturned railroad cars lie in the river, some cars...
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
- 1929
- Grave scaffold
- The casket of a Native American (Crow) is shrouded and secured to the top of a grave scaffold with rope. It stands on an open plain in Montana. The scaffolding frame is constructed by using a "Y" shaped timber on each corner and laying support...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Barber shop in Breckenridge
- In the interior of a barbershop in Breckenridge, Colorado, a man in a white shirt and bow tie leans on a barber chair. He wears rimless glasses and his hair is parted in the middle. To the right, a man gets his hair cut. Behind them is a potted...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barbershops--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Interiors.--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Two Strikes talking, Grand Council of the hostile and friendly Sioux Indian chiefs at Pine Ridge Agency S.D.
- Chief Two Strikes speaks from inside the council circle of Native American Lakota Sioux, on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, as he attempts to convince the remaining Ghost Dancers to give up their weapons.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1891 January 17
- Grand Council of the friendly and hostile Indian chiefs at Pine Ridge Agency S.D., Chief Kicking Bear talking
- Chief Kicking Bear speaks from inside the council circle of Native American Lakota Sioux, as he attempts to convince the remaining Ghost Dancers to give up their weapons, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation...
- 1891 January 17