Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Weaving tools
- View of a spindle and bowl made by Alberto Lobato and two hand carders used by weaver María Salomé Córdova, his mother. The spindle and bowl were used to spin the wool.
- Córdova, María Salomé, 1867-1960--Associated objects.; Lobato, Alberto, 1895-1976--Associated objects.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Tools.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867-1960--Pictorial works.; Lobato,...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Denver Public Library 1918 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1918.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1994
- María Salomé Córdova spinning wool
- Hispanic American María Salomé Córdova sits in a chair and spins yarn in her yard in Hoehne (Las Animas County), Colorado. She holds a wood spindle in one hand and the wool in the other. The spindle rests in a wood bowl in her lap. The...
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Weavers.; Women.; Córdova, María Salomé, 1867---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- Two hipped box houses stand above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The house on the left is a clapboard structure with a chimney, a covered porch supported by simple columns, and a balcony with a spindle railing around the perimeter. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1959]
- Inside old deputy warden's residence
- A crack in the interior plaster wall of this residence in Canon City, Colorado, runs by a gilt framed depiction of Jesus and an angel. The ceiling is of embossed tiles, and the floor is concrete with grooves. Oriental rugs, spindle side chairs, a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Music rooms--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Organs--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Three houses in Leadville
- View of three wood frame houses on West Fourth Street in Leadville, Colorado. In the right foreground is a close-up of a small L- shaped house with a front gable and intersecting side gable. The corner front porch has turned posts, a spindle frieze...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1962
- Master Property Record Parcel: 000-05156-002-00
- Zang Brewmeister's House
- View of the George Schmidt House / Brewmeister's House; Zang Brewery designed by William Quayle (1885) at 2345 7th (Seventh) Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The three story Queen Anne style house has a brick exterior...
- George Schmidt House (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Historic Buildings.; Schmidt, George--Homes and haunts.; George Schmidt House (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1975
- Andy and Angela Trujillo
- Studio portrait of Andy Trujillo and his daughter Angela from Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. The young man wears a suit and tie. He sits in a wire chair and holds his infant daughter who sits on a table with spindle legs. Angela wears a...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Families.; Infants.; Trujillo, Andy--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Angela--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Fathers and daughters--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Ninth Street Historic Park Wheeler-Griebling House (1041 Ninth Street)
- View of the Wheeler-Griebling House (ca. 1880), 1041 Ninth Street, located in the Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick building with a front corner bay,...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.;...
- [1974?]
- Ninth Street Historic Park Gardner House (1033 Ninth Street)
- View of the abandoned Gardner House (1873) before restoration, 1033 Ninth (9th) Street, located in Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows an abandoned three story...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.;...
- 1975
- Ninth Street Historic Park Davis House (1068 Ninth Street)
- View of the Davis House (ca. 1872) after restoration, 1068 Ninth (9th) Street, located in the Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows a two story square brick...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Conservation &...
- 1977
- Ninth Street Historic Park Gardner House (1033 Ninth Street)
- Partial view of the abandoned Gardner House (1873) before restoration, 1033 Ninth (9th) Street, located in Ninth Street Historic Park, Auraria Ninth Street Historic District, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado. Shows an abandoned...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1970-1980.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.;...
- 1975
- Damascio House
- View of the Damascio House, 3611 Osage Street, in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Italian stonemason Frank Damascio used rusticated granite and smooth sandstone on the facade of his family's brick home. The house has stained glass...
- Damascio, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Facades.; Houses.; Stained glass.; Damascio, Frank--Homes and haunts.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- ca. 1980
- Kimball / Hegarty House
- View of a Queen Anne style house (1890) at 790 Oneida Street in the Montclair Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The house features a decorative half-timbered gable, a circular turret on the second story and a porch on the second story of the north...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2002
- Murder By The Book
- Professor Tom Noel waves from the front porch of Murder By The Book (1936), a book shop at 1574 Pearl Street, in the Platt Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The shop is in a Queen Anne style house with prominent front and side gables and...
- Murder By The Book (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bookstores.; Murder By The Book (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1998
- Houses at Arapahoe Street and Downing Street
- View of single family residences at the corner of Arapahoe and Downing Streets in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Architectural features include chimneys, arched windows, an ocular window, decorative brick coursing and covered...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1979
- Phil Torres
- Phil Torres, a elderly person affectionately known as "The Mayor of Auraria," stands in front of 1033 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Torres owned the home which is now part of the 9th Street Historic District on the...
- Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Auraria Ninth Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Older people.; Torres, Phil--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1990
- Longmont Exchange - operator's rest room
- Interior view of a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company lounge in Longmont (Boulder County), Colorado; women by lockers and a spindle table have upswept hairstyles and wear crosses on chains.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Living room of the Kennicott Ranch house
- Interior view of the Kennicott home on their ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; the decor includes a spindle table, couch with pillows, taxidermic mounted birds, and a framed portrait of a man.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott family--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Mrs. Chapin, mother of Mrs. Beckwith. She is buried in the Ula Cemetery.
- Mrs. Chapin poses at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; she wears an apron. Interior decor includes a "Hallet, Davis & Co." console grand piano and stool, chintz wallpaper, lace curtains, a spindle table, and a portrait of...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aged persons--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- San Diego, Coronado Beach, Hotel del Coronado
- View of the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. The frame multi-story hotel has dormers, polygonal turrets, elaborate brick chimneys, cupolas, porches with spindle or cut-out patterns between balusters, and a large ten...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Resorts.
- [c1900?]
- San Diego, Hotel del Coronado
- View of a section of the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. The frame multi-story hotel has dormers, polygonal turrets, elaborate brick chimneys, and porches with spindle or cut-out patterns between balusters. The...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Resorts.
- [1900?]
- Pasadena, Cal., roses and palms
- View of an unidentified home in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The house is covered with, and obscured by, climbing roses, a roof dormer has iron cresting and a spindle. A large palm is in the front yard.
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Houses.; Palms.; Roses.
- [1899]
- Anasazi artifacts
- View of Native American Anasazi artifacts probably from cliff ruins in Arizona. Material includes a bulbous bodied ceramic (pottery) container, hafted ground stone axe, awls, weaving tools (possibly spindle whorl), hafted bifacial scraper, and...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Pueblo...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Bee Hive [sic] House, Salt Lake City
- View of the classical-style Beehive House on South Temple Street in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. The residence of Brigham Young has squared columns, lower and upper story porches, a spindle railing, pediments, pendants, and dentils. A...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Hotel Coronado, south front
- View of the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. The frame multi-story hotel has dormers, polygonal turrets, elaborate brick chimneys, cupolas, porches with spindle or cut-out patterns between balusters, and a large ten...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Coronado (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Coronado--1800-1900.; Palms--California--Coronado--1800-1900.; Resorts--California--Coronado--1800-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Hotel Coronado, Cal.
- View of the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. The frame multi-story hotel has dormers, polygonal turrets, elaborate brick chimneys, cupolas, porches with spindle or cut-out patterns between balusters, and a large ten...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Coronado (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Coronado--1800-1900.; Palms--California--Coronado--1800-1900.; Resorts--California--Coronado--1800-1900.; Street railroad...
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Hotel Coronado, the court
- View of the courtyard at the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. A garden beside a curved walkway has palms, flowers, and probably fruit trees. The frame multi-story hotel has dormers, polygonal turrets, a flag pole...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Coronado (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Gardens--California--Coronado--1800-1900.; Hotels--California--Coronado--1800-1900.; Palms--California--Coronado--1800-1900.;...
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Hotel Coronado
- View of the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. The frame multi-story hotel has dormers, polygonal turrets, elaborate brick chimneys, cupolas, porches with spindle or cut-out patterns between balusters, and a large ten...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Coronado (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Coronado--1800-1900.; Palms--California--Coronado--1800-1900.; Resorts--California--Coronado--1800-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a false front residence in Leadville, Colorado, features a weathered clapboard structure with fish-scale pattern shingles on a mansard front roof, a projecting gable porch with diamond pattern shingles covering the front entry, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- View of a two story house in Leadville, Colorado shows the original clapboard siding covered with composite siding. There is decorative front gable trim with turned finials, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1962
- Our dining room Sneffels
- In Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, a dining room table is set with silver and china dinnerware, flower arrangements, liquor bottles, a jar of jelly, and sliced cake. Spindle and rocking chairs are to the side; a tabby cat poses on a bed....
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- December 1896
- 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?]
- Luby Home Leadville or Minturn
- This interior in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, includes bobcat skin rugs, a spindle chair, a frosted glass lamp, framed portraits, chinaware, and a gilt framed mirror. A pillow depicts a man looking at women's legs and grabbing his head.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Minturn (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Decorations--Colorado--Minturn--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Minturn--1910-1920.; Rocking chairs--Colorado--Minturn--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Fort Collins Colorado Franklin C. Avery residence
- The Franklin C. Avery home in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, a gothic revival residence, has a hipped roof, flared eaves, dormers, a covered porch with a spindle railing, and quoins. A birdbath is in the yard.
- Avery, Franklin C.--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Buddecke and Diehl's Opera House Montrose, Colo.
- The interior of the Buddecke & Diehl Opera House, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has paper light shades, kerosene lanterns and pine garlands hanging from the ceiling. Painted scenes and flourishes flank the stage and form a backdrop;...
- Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stage props--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Salida parlour
- This interior in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, features a matching balloon backed settee and chair, spindle rocker, banquet lamp, framed pictures, floral wallpaper, oriental and bear rugs, and electric ceiling lamp.
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Parlors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Rocking chairs--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Sofas--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salida music room
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, a couple poses with a trombone and piano. A fabric canopy is in the corner; framed portraits and prints cover interior walls. Ruffled pillows include one with embroidered playing cards; patterned rugs cover the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Pianos--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Trombones--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salida sitting room
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, this marble corner fireplace is topped with a taxidermied eagle, busts on pedestals, a Greek vase, a plaster camel and lion, and a beer stein. Rope, tassels and fringe are mixed with photographs of Native...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Mantels--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colorado Springs barbershop
- Interior view of a barbershop, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows barbers with customers in their chairs, patterned wallpaper and flooring, a pressed metal ceiling with coving, mirrors, an Ohio map, coat rack, a pigeon-hole cabinet...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barbers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Barbershops--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- 1909 June 15
- Meuth's
- Interior view of Meuth's drug store and soda fountain, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows an ornate wood and mirror soda fountain machine with marble counter, twisted wire barstools, ceiling fans, a curtained, spindle and bead room...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- The original Broadmoor Hotel from Casino porch
- View from the Broadmoor Casino porch, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows painted railings, spindle chairs and the original three-story frame hotel with balconies, porches, gable roofs, and chimneys.
- Broadmoor Hotel and Casino (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890- 1900.; Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Casinos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1896 and 1897?]
- Flower Carnival spectators
- Men, women, and children crowd the porches, balconies and roof of the Alta Vista Hotel to view the Sunflower Carnival parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Bunting and United States flags adorn the brick building; spindle chairs flank...
- Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Teller House and Opera House
- The Teller House and the Opera House are next to each other along Eureka Street in Central City. The first and second story of the Victorian Teller House are visible. The windows on the upper level have sills and mantels, and the lower windows have...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Old-time battery radio
- Interior view of a battery powered radio, sitting on a table with spindle legs with a large brass sound horn mounted on a post, in a home probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Electric batteries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Radios--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Central City, Colorado residences
- A vernacular wood frame, L-shaped house with a gabled roof is in front of a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The porch is supported by four pillars. The balcony has a spindle railing and side-entry stairs leading to the entrance of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Kruse House, Central City
- A two story, clapboard house with a double-gabled roof, two chimneys and a side porch on the second level is built behind a white picket fence and two large trees in Central City, Colorado. The rectangular windows have lintels and awnings. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Main St., Central City
- Two masonry houses stand in front of St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church on Pine Street in Central City, Colorado. Both buildings have flat roofs, cornices, and arched windows. Built above a retaining wall, the first house has a Victorian...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- View of a frame gothic revival house by a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado, with bargeboard, bay windows, a covered front porch, and spindle railing. A woman holding a baby wears a long dress.
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]