Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1100 block on Pearl, south side
- Frame and brick false fronted stores line Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. Men and boys pose on the boardwalk in suits, bowlers, and a chef's apron and hat. Cornice lettering reads: "Bush & Co. Jewelers.," and a pole edging the dirt street bears...
- Shold, P. M.; Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Boulder--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- 1295 Tucson, Hoffman Heights Development
- Black and white print of the exterior of 1295 Tucson in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. The land around the house is all dirt, indicating the house is not completed. The house is brick with a single car garage on the left side. Two windows on...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1951
- 2009 Market Street, Denver
- View of a storefront at 2009 Market Street in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A bracketed cornice and cutwork railing tops the roof; wide molding tops the windows. A dock fronts the entry and windows; an adjacent building has a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Storefronts--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1981 March
- 2385 Broadway Street, Denver
- View of a building at 2385 Broadway Street (at Twenty Fourth Street) in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Plywood covers storefront windows, the entry is in an oblique corner, cream brick provides trim, and a segmented overhead...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Show windows--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.;...
- 1983 March
- 2707 Humboldt Street
- This house was designed by John James Huddart in a Queen Anne style and built in 1890. The house has a owner on the south side. Legend stuffiest that there was a tunnel running under Humboldt Street that accessed a dairy barn and used for hiding...
- Houses--Denver--Colorado.
- 2004
- 2816 Curtis St.
- View of 2816 Curtis Street (ca. 1880) in the Five Points (Curtis Park) neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The wooden one-story vernacular cottage has a cross-gabled roof and a small porch at the side. The residence is listed on the National Register...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2008
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings and kiva entrances. A Native American (Taos Pueblo) girl sits by a tree to one side.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Girls--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 3597 S. Pearl Street, Denver
- View of an office building at 3597 South Pearl Street in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The eclectic building has a central gabled roof flanked with steep pitched roof lines on either side. Exterior siding combines horizontal and diagonal...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Englewood--1980-1990.; Snow--Colorado--Englewood--1980-1990.
- 1989 October
- 4050 Globeville Road, Denver
- View of a business at 4050 Globeville Road in Globeville, Colorado. The building is made with precast concrete twin "T" sections, and has an irregular roof line. Segmented overhead doors and a loading dock are along the side.
- Globeville (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Globeville--1990-2000.
- 1994 May
- 445 West Colfax Avenue, Denver
- View of a commercial building at 445 West Colfax Avenue (corner Tremont Place) in the downtown area of Denver, Colorado. The three story brick business has a chamfered, fenestrated corner, stone sills, triangular floor plan and storefronts. The...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Show windows--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1987 October
- 601 East Colfax Avenue, Denver
- View of the Colorado Cafe at 601 East Colfax Avenue (corner Pearl Street) in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Features include moss rock cladding. Signs read: "All You Can Eat Pancakes," and "Steak & Eggs $3.99." Downtown...
- Colorado Cafe (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1990 September
- 70 West Office Building, Denver
- View of 70 West Office Building at 70 West Sixth Street (at Acoma) in the Baker Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick three story building has glass and metal trim, and a corner block element with corbeling. Cars are parked; a McDonald's...
- Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1981 September
- 725 Newport
- View of the south elevation of 725 Newport Street located in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This "TB style" home was designed to allow light and air into the building as a cure for tuberculosis. The house features prominent...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1998
- 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A
- Group Portrait of 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A. Taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, 1942. This was the first mountain troop unit. The men sit on bleachers with barracks behind them, two groups wear white camouflage...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Battalion, 87th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1942
- "The Student Prince" Company Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "The Student Prince," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose in front of the theater entrance. A little girl stands at the center of the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, Oct. 31
- "The Trapper" by Allen Tupper True, Civic Center, Denver
- View of the Allen Tupper True mural "The Trapper," in the colonnade of the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. The mural depicts a man on a horse with a rifle and a dog running along side....
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Legislators.; Murals.; Gallagher, Dennis J. (Dennis Joseph), 1939-; Greek Theater and Colonnade of...
- ca. 1980
- A Pioneer Merchant
- Men sit by a log clothing store in Fremont (Cripple Creek, Teller County), Colorado; a building is under construction to the side. Merchandise includes boots, socks, gloves, and pants. Signs read: "J. L. Niebergall, Headquarters for Gents...
- Fremont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- A Song of the woodland
- A man and a boy sit near a campfire in a heavily wooded area possibly on St. Vrain Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado. A wooden pole suspends a cast iron pot over the fire and a frying pan hangs off to the side. Firelight illuminates a tepee...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Night--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Tipis--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- A.C. Bartels
- Studio bust portrait of Arthur Calvin Bartels, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Profile portrait of Bartels shows his short hair parted to the side. He wears a coat with a handkerchief in the pocket, a matching vest, and a light...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bartels, A. C. (Arthur Calvin); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Adolph Zang Family
- Group studio portrait of Adolph Joseph Zang Family; seated, left to right: mother (Wilhelmina "Minnie" Louise Vogt) and youngest daughter (Louise) sharing chair, father (Adolph Joseph Zang); standing, left to right: middle daughter (Minnie...
- Morrison, Louise Zang, 1892-1974.; Patterson, Gertrude Zang.; Zang, Adolph Frank, 1890-1984.; Zang, Adolph Joseph, 1856-1916--Family.; Zang, Minnie Elizabeth, 1887-1984.; Zang, Philip Adolph, 1883-1969.; Zang, Wilhelmina Louise Vogt.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Aerial view of State Penitentiary
- Buildings, walls and guard towers at the State Penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado, are included in this aerial view. The City Ditch cuts through the wall by the West Gate, and goes underground by Cell Block #7. Structures have been...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Airplane landing
- View of a biplane landing in a field. Shows a mill building by ridges; people watch from the side.
- Biplanes--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- Alamosa
- The Manders Building, on the corner of San Juan and Main streets, in Alamosa, Colorado is a two-story building, constructed in 1891, with rusticated stone block, bracketed enriched cornice, corner entry with double wooden panel with large glass...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Alamosa, Colo. St. Thomas Episcopal Church
- The Spanish-style St. Thomas Episcopal Church stands at 607 4th (Fourth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado and has curvilinear gables, plastered stucco surface, arched windows, and an enclosed patio with a low wall and iron gate.
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Along the Gold Belt Trail
- View of rock mountainside, possibly Ouray County, Colorado.
- Mountains--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Alpine Street east
- Early view down Alpine Street (6th, Sixth), Georgetown, Colorado. Mainly wood frame and false front businesses line muddy wagon wheel tracked street. The three-story brick Cushman Block shows in the distance and the old firehouse with belltower on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1883]
- Amity, Colorado
- View down main street of Amity, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado, shows a wide muddy street lined with one-story false fronts and and a few horse-drawn carriages and wagons. Some of the businesses have canopy roofs over their entries. James...
- Amity (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.; Trading posts--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.
- 1978
- Amity, Colorado
- View down along dirt street of Amity, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado, includes two one-story false fronts with canopy roofs over entries stand in tall weeds. The ruins of James Child's stone grocery and dry goods store shows on distance...
- Amity (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.; Trading posts--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Andrew R. Mackey
- Studio bust portrait of Andrew Reuben Mackey, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Mackey has short hair neatly parted on the side. He wears a wool coat and vest, and a light colored necktie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mackey, Andrew R. (Andrew Reuben); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Anna, sitting, and kitten [sic]
- Anna Kennicott poses in a fur coat at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; the house is to the side.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fur coats--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1900-1910.; Kennicott, Anna Townsend.
- 1903
- Apples
- Men and women examine apples on a table in a Colorado orchard. Men stack wooden crates to the side.
- Apples--Colorado--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Two rock formations tower in the shadows of the foreground. A huge mesa stands in the distance showing the dramatic cliffs on its side.
- Mesas--Four Corners Region--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Four Corners Region--1910-1920.
- [1920?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- A large, pottery pot and jug sit against a dark, wrinkled cloth backdrop. The pot has several large cracks in it as well as a ridge on the front side. The jug is oblong-shaped at the bottom.
- Indian pottery--North America--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1900-1930.
- [between 1907 and 1931?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Large stone slabs are propped against a small mound near a mesa, probably in southeastern Utah or southwestern Colorado. Small shrubs grow from the top of the mound. The steep wall of the mesa is in the left background.
- Archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1920-1930.; Stonework--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Architectural Drawings for the Pavilion for Cheesman Park North and South
- Arkansas River Bridge
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks and bridge span the Arkansas River in Chaffee County, Colorado; sign reads: "Arkansas River 246A." Pebble landscaping is to one side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1902-1930.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Arrow, Colorado
- A man wearing a suit, bow tie and hat poses on plank steps of the the D. N. & P. railway station in Arrow, (Arrowhead), Grand County, Colorado. Other passengers stand around the log structure. Snow and icicles hang from the eaves. Arrow was the...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Arrow--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1909]
- Arrow, Colorado
- A man wearing a suit, bow tie and hat poses between the D. N. & P. Railway tracks in Arrow, (Arrowhead), Grand County, Colorado. The Arrow Dining Room with clapboard siding and constrasting wainscot has icicles hanging from the eaves. The wood...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Arrow--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1909]
- Arthur Newton Cantril
- Studio bust portrait of Arthur Newton Cantril, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Cantril's short hair is parted on the side. He wears a coat, a shirt with an upright collar and a patterned bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Cantril, Arthur Newton.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Arthur Thornton Morey
- Studio portrait of Arthur Thornton Morey, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Morey's hair is parted on the side. He wears a coat, a vest, and a light colored bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Morey, Arthur Thornton.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Ascending Poncha Pass
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train with locomotives 499, with a pilot plow, and locomotive 496 between Poncha Springs and Mears Junction, (Chaffee County), Colorado. Highway 285 is to the side.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Roads--Colorado--Chaffee...
- 1949 January 28
- Aspens
- The trunk of a large aspen tree stands in the left foreground with the words "July 29, 1900" carved into its side. The initials "E.C." and "C.P." are carved below the date. Additional aspens stand in the background along a grassy path in Colorado.
- Aspen--Colorado--1900-1920.; Names carved on trees--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tree trunks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- At Acoma Street
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break; shows torrents of muddy water in standing waves. People look on from the side.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 August 3
- At Overland Park
- A man crouches with a golf club at the Overland Country Club Golf Course (Overland Park Municipal Golf Course) in Denver, Colorado; his caddy stands to the side.
- Overland Country Club (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Caddies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898
- At Overland Park
- A man putts at Overland Country Club golf course (Overland Park Golf Course) in Denver, Colorado; his caddy stands to the side.
- Overland Country Club (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Putting (Golf)--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Aurora Fire Department truck
- An Aurora Fire Department truck is parked on an unpaved street in front of a plaza in Aurora, Colorado. It has two, large, water tanks with large gauges on top. Three fire extinguishers are on its running boards. The truck has whitewall tires, and...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Aurora--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Aurora Fire Department truck
- An Aurora Fire Department Fire truck is parked on an unpaaved street in front of a plaza in Aurora, Colorado. The truck, which has white wall tires, has two ladders stacked on the side of it, and three fire extinguishers resting on the running...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Aurora--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Aurora Public Library
- A view of the Aurora, Colorado, public library is seen from behind the circulation desk. The silhouette of a globe and plants are in the foreground. A woman stands behind the circulation desk, and a woman borrower stands at the desk, checking out...
- Aurora Public Library (Aurora, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Aurora (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Aurora--1960-1970.
- April 11, 1962
- B & O Doodlebug at Jackson, Ohio?
- Men stand outside a Baltimore & Ohio railroad depot in Ohio. A small structure near the station has the letters: "84" painted on the side. Shows a railroad semaphore signal and freight car. A warehouse is near the railroad tracks. A B & O doodlebug...
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Railroad signals.; Railroad stations.; Sheds.
- 1938?
- Baker Historic District W. 1st Ave
- View of houses, cars, and West 1st (First) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Snow is by the sidewalk.
- Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1985 February