Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver
- View of downtown rooftops from a building on 15th (Fifthteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on two story brick building in foreground read: "Tremont Place, Furnished Rooms," "A triumph in cookery, Van Camp's Pork and Beans, Boston baked,...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Denver
- View of downtown rooftops from a building on 15th (Fifthteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on two story brick building in foreground read: "Tremont Place, Furnished Rooms," "A Triumph in Cookery, Van Camp's Pork and Beans, Boston Baked,...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Hedgcock and Jones
- View of the Hedgcock and Jones Store on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows storefronts with arched windows and a pedimented roof. Sign depicts a spinning wheel and reads: "Hedgcock - Jones Specialty Store Co. Women's Wear -...
- Hedgcock & Jones Specialty Store Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1924?]
- Manitou Springs Bath House
- View of the Manitou Springs Bath House located at 934 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado. Built in 1920, the three-story Spanish Colonial Revival structure is stuccoed with a central tower capped by a pyramidal red tile roof. There is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--Pictorial works.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--2000-2010.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Hunters Liquor Store
- View of Hunter's Liquors and T.V. Radio Repair at 2523 and 2527 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick buildings have signs that read: "Budweiser - King of Beers," "Coors," "Pabst," "Schlitz," "Hunter...
- Hunter Liquor (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Liquor stores.; Hunter Liquor (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver,...
- 1981
- The Anaconda Mine, Gold Hill, Cripple Creek
- A group of men sit on and stand near sacks filled with raw ore from the Anaconda Tunnel Mine in the Cripple Creek Mining District (Teller County), Colorado. Some of the men wear work clothes, others appear to be business men and are dressed in...
- Anaconda Tunnel Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Victor
- Men, a woman and a baby pose beside a frame, two-story building in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men wear suits and stand on a wooden sidewalk beside businesses with signs and awnings that read "Confectionery, Nuts," "Cigars & Tobacco," "Ice...
- W.E. Rohde Real Estate (Victor, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Couples--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Real estate business--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Tobacco shops--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Rohde, Mary E.; Rohde, W. E.
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Victor strike
- Western Federation of Miners workers stand in a group and hold rifles in an empty lot during a strike in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Men and women watch on the sidewalk of 4th (Fourth) Street. Shows houses, mine buildings, and a freight train...
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 June 6?]
- Main Street, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men and girls stand and pose on Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows horse-drawn wagons in the dirt street, lumber piles and a building under construction. Timber buildings have false fronts, flat roofs and signs that read:...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1894?]
- Main St. looking East
- Boys wear knickers, jackets, ties and caps, and stand near a dog on Main Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. A boy holds a hoop and a stick. Brick and stone commercial buildings have flat roofs or decorative pediments with overhanging...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- 1896 April 3
- Antonito
- Cars are parked on a commercial street, probably Main Street, in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows brick and frame commercial buildings and men on concrete sidewalks. A United States flag hangs over a filling station where a sign reads:...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Antonito--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Blacksmith works
- View of a frame, two-story blacksmith shop with dormer windows and a gabled roof in Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Men stand and pose near a front entrance. Signs on the building read: "Blacksmith Works" and "Weeks & Ventress...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Rifle car dealers
- Men pose with soft top sedans in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; brick stores have signs: "Geo. E. Clarkson," "Donell's Specialty Store Women's Furnishings," and "The Rex Hotel."
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Denver Festival of Mts. and Plain
- Native American (tribe unknown) men and women sit on the H. H. Tammen Curio Company float that includes a tepee and trees, part of the Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Men stand near the float that is parked in front of the...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Enterprise Laundry street scene 17th & Champa
- Men walk on the sidewalk near the Enterprise Laundry at 1719 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: "Enterprise Hand Laundry Shirts 5 [cents] First Class Work Our Specialty [Me]nding Free," and "Aurum Assay Office Curtis...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- La Jolla, bath house and bathing pool
- Swimmers sit on a raft in the swimming cove in La Jolla (San Diego County), California. The La Jolla bath house, with restaurant and dance hall, sits above other swimmers on the beach. Signs on the bath house read: "Go to Lynell's. 6th and N...
- La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)--1900-1920.; San Diego (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Bathhouses--California--San Diego--1900-1920.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--San Diego--1900-1920.; Beaches--California--San Diego--1900-1920.; Capes...
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- The Knutsford, Salt Lake City
- View of the Knutsford Hotel, a six-story rusticated masonry Renaissance Revival hotel with a domed corner tower on a wide dirt boulevard in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows awnings on the building, electric streetcar lines, telegraph...
- Knutsford Hotel (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1890-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Part of north end of store
- The interior of the Porter Store in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, is full of cans and crates reading: "F. W. Crocker & Co. Crackers Denver Co." Spindle chairs are at the desk, which has pigeon hole files and sheaves of paper. A mantle...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Halfway House, Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canon of the Colo.
- Northward view of the Halfway House on the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona; shows resting pack-mules, men and women standing next to the mules and sitting in the shade next to a roofless stone-block building, and the...
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.); Mules--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1920.; Pack animals--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900- 1920.; Trails & paths--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900- 1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- J.H. Kilday & W. Weld, prop.'s, White-House saloon, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of White House Saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; J. H. Kilday & W. Weld (proprietors), group of men stand in front of bar, two men wear aprons, one of whom holds a box of open cigars; additional men stand at bar with feet propped on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; White House Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1893 or 1894]
- The Solid Muldoon
- Image of the masthead and advertisements in "The Solid Muldoon" newspaper, of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado for Friday, April 12, 1889. Four large advertisements: "Windsor Restaurant, Graham Bros., Prop'rs, A Short-Order House! Where Everything the...
- Solid Muldoon (Ouray, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- 1889 April 12
- Site of Ouray Herald
- The Deutsch brothers and a young boy stand in the entry of their specialty grocery store, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Goods displayed include: brooms, wash tubs, buckets, pyramids of canned goods, box of cabbage, wooden crates of produce, sacks...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Home & grocery store of George Smith, W. 38th Ave. between 38th Ave. between Reed & Teller
- People pose by a store / home at West Thirty-eighth Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado. Signs read: "G. W. Smith General Merchandise, Hay and Grain, Groceries a Specialty," and "Fairbanks Standard Scales;" a boy stands on a platform...
- Smith, George W.--Homes & haunts.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs
- View along Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features the Alta Vista Hotel, a three-story brick structure with dormers, a wrap-around porch, a round tower with a bell-cast roof and newly planted trees. Buggies and...
- Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs
- View across Huerfano Street of Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features the stone and frame building with dormers, chimneys, half-round towers, balconies, a covered porch and men at work on roof scaffolds on the eastern...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1890- 1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Cimarron Mill Telluride
- View of the shafthouse, tramway, and mill at the Cimarron Mine near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Cimarron Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1890-1900.
- [1897]
- 12:30 at the Victor.
- A group of miners pose outside the office of the Victor Mine on Bull Hill in Victor (Teller County), Colorado.
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- February 16, 1893
- 1400 block on 15th Street
- Workmen transport steel beams with horses and wagon wheels on Market Street near 15th (Fifteenth) Street as part of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct construction in Denver, Colorado. Spectators are nearby on horseback and in carriages....
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Girders--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Horse teams--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Mercantile...
- [1898]
- Georgetown from Heights on road up to Green Lake
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, from the road on Levenworth Mountain leading to Green Lake; shows steep and rough mountainside in deep shadow, a small portion of the town visible below, Republican and Democrat Mountains in the distance.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1875?]
- Manitou Hotel and Bridge, Manitou. No. 61. [graphic]
- Exterior view of the Manitou House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. Built in 1872, this three-story gable roofed frame structure features chimneys, central dormer and wrap-around open air porch and balcony. Diamond-shaped...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand on steel girders and horse-drawn wagons haul materials. The Masonic Temple and the 1st (First) Congregational Church are...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, November 1
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen pose on steel scaffolding and near marble columns at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, April 21
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons haul materials at the site. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, May 5
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a building read: "Hughes & Keith Sanitary Supply Co....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, May 21
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a building read: "Hughes & Keith Sanitary Supply Co....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, June 25
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a building read: "Hughes & Keith Sanitary Supply Co....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, June 11
- Miner's drilling contest in Leadville
- View of a mine worker's competition at Fifth and Harrison Streets, Leadville, Colorado; shows miners and judges on a platform with sledge hammers and tools. Probably Fred C. Dopp, kneels and holds the spike. Men, women, and children crowd the area;...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Contests--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Dopp,...
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Miner's drilling contest in Leadville
- View of a mine worker's competition at Fifth and Harrison Streets, Leadville, Colorado; shows miners on a platform with sledge hammers and tools. The man who holds the sledge hammer is possibly Fred C. Dopp. Men, women, and children crowd the area;...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Contests--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Miner's drilling contest in Leadville
- View of a mine worker's competition at Fifth and Harrison Streets, Leadville, Colorado; shows miners on a platform with sledge hammers, a scale, and tools. Men, women, and children crowd the area; the American National Bank is in the background,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Contests--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Boston Shoe Store, 392 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado
- View of brick storefronts in Denver, Colorado, on Larimer Street, between 17th (Seventeenth) and 18th (Eighteenth) Streets; men pose by arched windows and signs: "Millers Boots and Shoes, Boston Boot & Shoe Store," "Repairing Neatly Done."
- Boston Shoe Store--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Hairy, the Sioux brave
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Hairy. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a blanket around his waist, a beaded vest over a long sleeved shirt, wrist and arm bands, a kerchief, and feathers in his hair. He...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Hairy. Dakota Indian.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Sweat lodge, Sioux Village
- A Native American (Sioux) man sits on the ground near the uncovered frame (wickiup) of a sweat lodge. A fire pit is in the center of the lodge, teepes are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Indian encampments--1890-1910.; Sweatbaths--1890-1910.; Tipis--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1905]
- Yanktonais camp
- View of a Native American (Yanktonais) camp, shows tepees among bare trees and snow.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Yanktonai Indians--1890-1910.; Indian encampments--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1905]
- Standard Livery Stables, Frank W. Nott, Proprietor
- Pedestrians, horses, and horse-drawn carriages are outside of the Standard Livery Stables owned by Frank W. Nott; it was located on 19th (Nineteenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the building read: "Stand Stables," "First Class...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Nott, Frank W.--Homes & haunts.
- [1889]
- Indians & travois, Miles City
- Native American Sioux pause outside of Miles City, Montana with horses and travois (tepee poles with bundles of their belongings.) Shows the main street businesses with false fronts.
- Dakota Indians--Montana--Miles City--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Montana--Miles City--1870-1890.; Miles City (Mont.)--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--Montana--Miles City--1870-1890.; Travois--Montana--Miles City--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Interstate Savings bank
- The Interstate Savings Bank, 15th (Fifteenth) and Stout Streets, is decorated with American and German flags and bunting for the 31st Bundesturnfest in Denver, Colorado. Other signs read: "Thurlow Art Specialty" and "Surety On Bonds, Ralph W....
- Interstate Savings Bank--Buildings--1910-1920.; Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive...
- [June 1913]
- Looking south on Broadway
- View of Broadway at 1st (First) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians stand in the street as a streetcar approaches. Automobiles are parked nearby. Signs on buildings read: "Williams Stores Co.," "H. C. Bush Jeweler," "Watkins Cafe," "Imperial...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1928 December 21
- East Cedar and South Ogden
- View of the intersection of East Cedar and South Ogden Streets, Speer neighborhood in Denver, Colorado; shows a drugstore, storefronts, houses, and signs: "Drink Coca Cola," and "Prescriptions A Specialty, Drinks, Cigars, Candies."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Speer (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1922 October 10
- Philip Return From Scout
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Philip Return From Scout. He wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a beaded vest over a long sleeved shirt, wrist and arm bands, a kerchief, a hair pipe breast plate, and plumage...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Philip Return from Scout.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Chief Painted Horse, Chief Little Bull
- Studio portrait of two Native American (Dakota) men, identified as Chief Painted Horse and Chief Little Bull. Painted Horse is sitting and wears moccasins, a blanket around his waist, a vest over a long sleeved shirt, and a kerchief. Little Bull is...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Little Bull.; Painted Horse.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]