Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- American Reduction Company's Works Florence, Fremont County
- View of the American Reduction Company's works near Florence, Fremont County, Colorado (probably abandoned); a one story sloping metal building with a lean-to roof, built into the side of a hill, has anchored smokestacks, sliding windows, a shaft...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Florence (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Florence--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Florence--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901?]
- Denver Fire Clay Company
- Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company grain elevator
- View of the Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company grain elevator (later known as the Farmers' Grain and Bean Company elevator) at 1900 Fifteenth (15th) Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a multi-story wood grain elevator...
- Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company--Buildings--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Grain elevators.; Ady & Crowe Mercantile Company--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Grain...
- 1987
- Fort Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park
- View of Fort Yellowstone located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Fort was built to house United States Army troops charged with protecting Yellowstone National Park from poachers, souvenir hunters and developers. Shows multi-storied...
- Fort Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Military facilities.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Trinidad bowling alley Plum St.
- Pinsetters pose at the end of bowling lanes at a bowling alley on Plum Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Bowling balls and chairs are nearby. A sign reads: "Stepping or Sliding Over the Foul Line is Absolutely Prohibited on These...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bowling alleys--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Pin boys--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- City Hall & Fire Station Goldfield, Colo. Cripple Creek region
- View of the City Hall and Fire Station building in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. The two story wood frame building has a bell tower, flagpole, sliding doors, and a sign that reads: "City Hall 1899 Fire Station". Wood frame and stone...
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1930-1950.; City & town halls--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1950.; Fire stations--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1941]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a leaded glass cabinet door in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. A lyre shape crowned with a stylized hydrangea and flanked by spreading leaves is the central motif in this window. Horizontal and vertical panels of...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Leaded glass windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Old log agency bldg. and Indian on horseback
- View of 2 Native American (Navajo) children on horseback, leading another unsaddled horse on a dirt street in front of the old log Agency building, at probably Shiprock, New Mexico. The one story log building has four sections, all with flat roofs,...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.;...
- [1908?]
- Mining district
- Large, wood plank building at a Colorado mining camp, probably in Teller County, with pitched roof, sliding door, attached shed or outhouse, window, and smokestack. Also shows lumber pile, tailings, hillside.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ferry across San Juan river, Farmington
- Two men on a ferry boat in the San Juan River, Farmington, New Mexico. One man holds a wench to operate a pulley system located in the prow and attached to a line that runs across the river. A sliding container is on the end of the line. On the...
- San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)--1910-1920.; Ferries--New Mexico--Farmington--1910-1920.; Rivers--New Mexico--Farmington--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Truck garage
- View of the truck garage in City Park, Denver, Colorado. The building has sliding wood doors. Automobiles and a man are nearby.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- A Sioux home
- Four small Native American Dakota Sioux boys play with a puppy outside a sliding barn door, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1960-1970.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1960-1970.; Boys--South Dakota--1960-1970.; Children playing outdoors--South Dakota--1960-1970.
- 1970?
- Garage & tool house
- View of a garage and tool storage building at Overland Park golf course in Denver, Colorado. The building has double sliding doors and an air pump outside.
- Overland Park Municipal Golf Course (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sheds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Garage and tool house College Hill Park E. 6th Ave & Quebec
- View of a garage and tool shed in College Hill Park at East 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Quebec Street in Denver, Colorado. The wood building has two sliding doors.
- College Hill Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sheds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Warehouse
- A man stands near a truck parked by a warehouse in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two and three-story brick building has a chimney and large sliding doors.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Portrait of a woman
- Head and shoulders portrait of a woman wearing a long-sleeved dress with a ruffled bodice and high collar, Aspen, Colorado; wearing a pin fastened to her throat and a pendant with a sliding piece with a stone in the center; curly hair pulled back...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1885?]
- Harmony Ranch, Estes Park
- Three cabins at the Harmony Guest Ranch, a motel known also by its Swahili translation, Amani Mgeni Uwanda, sit on adjacent grassy hills of graduated heights; each has a flat roof and two sliding glass doors. Cars are parked by the buildings, and a...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Harmony Ranch, Estes Park
- Three cabins at the Harmony Guest Ranch, a motel known also by its Swahili translation, Amani Mgeni Uwanda, sit on adjacent grassy hills of graduated heights; each has a flat roof and two sliding glass doors. A car is parked by one of the...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Int 67 Wharton's cell block #6
- Bars and an open sliding gate show the interior of this prison cell at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Patterned fabric and framed portraits are on the back wall over a mirror and a porcelain sink. Headphones hang over the iron bed,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cells--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Camp Bird mine near Ouray, Colo.
- A building constructed entirely of sheet metal, stands in Camp Bird, Colorado. It has a front gable and a sliding door with a sign on it that reads: "U-Ray." A stripped down Jeep is outside of the building, and sheer cliffs are in the background.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Camp Bird--1940-1950.; Camp Bird (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Animal carcasses on an automobile
- Coyote and skunk carcasses hang from and lie on an automobile parked in front of a barn with sliding doors. A coyote carcass sits behind the steering wheel.
- Coyote--Control--1910-1930.; Skunks--Control--1910-1930.; Automobiles--1910-1930.; Coyote hunting--1910-1930.; Dead animals--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1929?]
- Colorado penitentiary interior
- Inmates (one Black) and officials at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose among metalworking machines with rollers, flywheels and belted pulleys. An axle mounted on an interior wall drives a drill press and a stamp mill, which has...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Metalworking--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1918
- Flour mill
- View of the San Juan Mills flour mill in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a four story clapboard sided building with windows and sliding doors. Men stand in one of the doorways. The building has a catwalk on the roof and a wooden chute...
- San Juan Mills (Flour mill : Durango, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flour & meal industry--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- John Barrows residence, bedroom
- Interior view of a bedroom at the John Barrows residence, a modern style house designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 4000 S. Gilpin Street in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Twin beads with rectangular headboards and matching reading lamps...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Beds--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Boudoirs--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Dressers...
- 1938
- Colo. R.R. at D &RGW connection, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of Colorado Railroad #1, a self-propelled gasoline-electric powered freight car (formerly Colorado & Kansas Railroad rolling stock) in Pueblo, Colorado. The car has a large sliding door, a headlight and a bell mounted on the roof.
- Colorado Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad motor cars.
- 1958
- Elevations Solar home at Mead Meadows
- The drawing shows the exterior elevations of a proposed solar house at South Elkhart Street, Meadow Hills neighborhood, Aurora, Colo., ca.1977. Commissioned by Mead Associates, Denver, Colo. the structure is a modern solar home design. The design...
- Mead Associates (Denver, Colo.)--Houses--1970-1980.; Aurora (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Meadow Hills (Aurora, Colo.)--1970-1980; Houses.
- [1977]
- Ben Williams, blacksmith shop, 2031 12th
- Men and a little girl pose at the open, double doors of this blacksmith business in Boulder, Colorado. They wear leather aprons. The frame, gable roofed building with brick chimneys has a false front and ornate signs: "Plows harrows Weir sulkies...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Hoffman Heights Development, 879 Troy Bedroom Interior
- Black and white print of a bedroom interior from the Edward B Clancy home at 879 Troy in the Hoffman Heights Development in Aurora. Large bed covered with shiny bedspread. Headboard has compartments with sliding doors. Three framed pictures on wall...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1955
- Tobogganing sports in the pool
- View of swimmers as they slide into the hot spring pool in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Onlookers watch from the edge of the pool and from the lawn.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sliding boards--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Sliding--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- 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.)
- 1944 March 2
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 16, 1910 April 16
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 19, 1910 May 7
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 22, 1910 May 28
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 25, 1910 June 18
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 4, 1911 January 21
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1911 March 4
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 21, 1911 May 20
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 38, 1911 September 16
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 27, 1912 July 6
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1918 May
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 39, 1909 November 13
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 1, 1920 January
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 9 and 10, 1929 September-October
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 19, 1913 July 12
- History of Denver
- Toboganning sports in the pool
- View of swimmers as they slip down a slide into the Yampah (Yampa) Hot Springs pool in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. They splash into the pool as onlookers watch from the edge and the lawn.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sliding--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1900.; Swimming...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Playground in Denver
- Boys sit on swings on a playground at a park in Denver, Colorado. Shows slides, swings, merry-go-round, and teeter-totters. A tricycle is near a man and a child who sit on a park bench. A sign above one set of swings reads: "For Babies Only."...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Playgrounds--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sliding boards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Swings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Boys from Mount St. Vincent's Home
- Boys line up on and around a slide in the playground of Mount St. Vincent's Home at 4159 Lowell Boulevard in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
- Mount St. Vincent's Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Berkeley (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Orphans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1922 Jul. 9