Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Interior view of Rhythm Records and Sporting Goods with Leroy Smith behind the counter.
- Interior of Rhythm Records and Sporting Goods store
- Spar City
- View of either the hotel or sporting house in Spar City (Lime Creek, Fisher City), Mineral County, Colorado, an abandoned two-story hewn log building with front gable and balcony.
- Spar City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Spar City--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Famous Larimer Street Denver, Colorado
- View of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles and pedestrians are in the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Dave Cook Sporting Goods," "Surplus Sales," "Nugget," "Manhattan Restaurant," "M & M," "Gart Bros.," "Barclay...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Central City, Colo. 1900
- has arrived. The Armory Hall (formerly the Belvidere Theatre) stands in the center foreground on Main Street adjacent to "The Shoo Fly," a variety and dance hall. Farther up Main Street in the left midground is the Retallack House, built in 1897...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- Gart Brothers Sports Castle
- View of the Gart Brothers Sports Castle, a three-story Art Deco-Gothic building (architect-Jacques Benedict, 1926) at 1000 Broadway in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The walls of the building are covered in terracotta tile....
- Gart Sports--Buildings--1990-2000.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Sporting goods stores.; Stores & shops.; Gart Sports--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Sporting goods industry--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1994
- REI, Denver
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a red brick building and the South Platte River. The building has a parapet with a corbeled cornice and three blind...
- REI (Firm)--Buildings--2010-2020.; Starbucks Coffee Company--Buildings--2010-2020.; Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2010-2020.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--2010-2020.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver...
- 2010
- REI building
- View of a couple on a tandem bicycle rides near the red brick Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) building located at 1416 Platte Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The former Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse (1901;...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--2000-2010.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bicycles & tricycles.;...
- 2000
- Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the REI Building, located at 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the top portion of the southeast elevation of the red brick building with a parapet with a corbeled cornice, and three inset corbeled,...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Sporting goods stores.;...
- 1999
- REI building
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the southeast elevation of the red brick building with a parapet with a corbeled cornice, and three inset corbeled,...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--2000-2010.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Sporting goods stores.;...
- 2002
- Forney Transportation Museum formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a red brick building and the South Platte River. A red caboose is next to the building. The southeast elevation,...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Platte River (Colo....
- 1999
- Forney Transportation Museum and South Platte River formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building, 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a refuse container with construction debris, fencing, and a sign in front of a red brick building. There are ladders...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Construction.; Sporting...
- 1999
- Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) Building formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company Powerhouse
- View of a water feature and trees at the REI Building, located at 1416 Platte Street, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This is the former Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse (1901, architects - Stearns and Rogers Co.) and was...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--2000-2010.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fountains.; Sporting goods...
- 2000
- Forney Transportation Museum and South Platte River formerly known as the Denver Tramway Power Company powerhouse
- View of the red brick Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) building, located at 1416 Platte Street, and Confluence Park in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows concrete retaining walls on the South Platte River, a walkway, steps, low...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1990-2000.; REI (Firm)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; South Platte River (Colo....
- 1999
- Western History Subject Index
- Sports.. Denver
- Laura Evans' sporting house, Salida, Colo.
- On Front Street in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, this flat roofed masonry structure has a sign over the arched entry: "? Shrine Club ?." This was a bordello from 1900 to 1950 under the management of Laura Evans.
- Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.;...
- 1960
- Larimer SW corner 17th
- View of Larimer Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows traffic signals, a sidewalk clock, and businesses with signs: "Gold Nugget," "Gin Mill Bar," "Gart Bros. Sporting Goods," "Chicago Money to Loan," and "Globe Loan."
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Pawnshops--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Sporting goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1968
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- 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 March 26
- Western History Subject Index
- Masterson, William Barclay (Bat)
- Photograph of Leroy Smith
- Leroy Smith's scrapbook, "The Promoter"
- Sixteen hundred block of Larimer Street, Denver
- View of the sixteen hundred (1600) block of Larimer Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facades of multi-story nineteenth-century commercial buildings with ground floor storefronts. Features include decorative...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Larimer Street (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Commercial streets.; Storefronts.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1971
- Main St. G.J.
- View of commercial buildings and cars parked on Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, an electric streetcar and tracks, stone and brick one and two-story buildings, and the five-story First National Bank building...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1923 and 1930?]
- Parade, Gunnison, Colorado
- Native American (Jicarilla Apache) men and women walk in a parade on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Miller's Dry Goods, Haberdashery," "Little Supermarket," "Endner's Hardware," and...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Jicarilla Indians--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gunnison--1950-1960.; Parades...
- 1953 July
- Bank Night
- View of the La Mar movie theater and businesses on Center Street in possibly Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. The art deco style theater has a marquis that reads: "$1750 Cash Club Tonite, "South of Pago Pago" and "Sporting Blood." Shows a ticket...
- Motion picture theaters--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Street scene Elkhorn Ave
- View of Elkhorn Avenue in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Men stand near parked automobiles. Signs on buildings read: "Home Cafe Eats," "Godfrey's Outing Clothes Boots & Shoes," "Meat Market," "Sporting Goods," "Estes Park Trail," "Josephine...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Estes Park--1920-1930.
- [1927 June 25]
- Lutes Drug Co.
- View of the corner E. E. Lutes Drugstore in Longmont, Colorado, show the one-story brick building with large store front windows with transoms. Merchandise is displayed in the windows and a upright scale stands outside the corner post of the entry....
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- December 1926
- Manhattan Bar
- This exterior view of the Manhattan Bar at the corner of East Seventh Street and Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows the two story false front with bracketed cornice and remodeled first floor storefronts that contains the bar. The corner...
- Manhattan Bar (Leadville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.; Motorcycles--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Bedrooms in the noted "Palace of Pleasure", the Homestead
- Interior view of second-story bedroom of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district operated for nearly 20 years until closed in 1916; later became a residence...
- Old Homestead ( Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums-- Colorado--Cripple Creek.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1969?]
- 2nd & Grand Streets
- Two people stand in front of a water fountain at the intersection of Second and Grand Streets in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. The brick, commercial storefront has signs that read: "Richards Drug Co." and "Apteekki, Apoteka, Farmacia The...
- Richards Drug & Stationery Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Drugstores--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- The Old Homestead one of the few buildings left on Myers Ave.
- Exterior view of Herman Conrow's residence, formerly the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this prominent "parlor or sporting" house operated for nearly 20 years then became a private residence until it reopened in...
- Conrow, Herman--Homes & haunts.; Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Old Homestead, elegant parlor house of goldrush [sic] days, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior view of Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence for many years until reopened in 1950's as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [1969 September 16]
- The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek, parlor
- Interior view of refurbished parlor of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor" or "sporting" house of red-light district that operated for twenty years and later became a residence until it reopened...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- View from parlor into dance hall, the Homestead
- Interior view from refurbished parlor into dance hall, the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district operating for nearly twenty years and later becoming a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Toponas, Colo. general store
- View of the general store, Toponas, Routt County, Colorado, includes a truck backed up to front of building; signs include "The Toponas, Colorado People's Store General Merchandise," "Conoco," "Phone," "National Forest Warden, Report Forest Fires...
- Toponas (Colo.)--1970-1980.; General stores--Colorado--Toponas--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 12
- Gaming room of Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of refurbished gaming room of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated until 1916 and later became a residence until reopened as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Gambling--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Homestead dining room, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of refurbished dining room of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor" or "sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years; it later became a residence and...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Homestead House, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Homestead House, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated for twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; man and...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- The inevitable "parlor" where girls entertained in elegant splendor
- Interior view of refurbished parlor of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated until 1916 and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 September 16
- The Old Homestead of Pearl de Vere, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of a refurbished bedroom of the Old Homestead, 357 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district once operated by Madame Pearl de Vere in 1916 for nearly 20 years, later...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Old Homestead
- Interior view of refurbished bedroom of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" (1916) house of red-light district that operated for nearly 20 years and later became a residence until...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of refurbished second-floor bedroom of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor" or "sporting" house of red-light district that later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house in red-light district that operated for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion
- A group of people sit in the doorway of Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Under the carved stone gothic arch, men in sporting suits and women in high puff shouldered bodices pose for the camera. The woman on the left has a feathered...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Ward family.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Watching the Sports, Farmington, July 4th
- Native American (Navajo) women and a girl, and white men and boys, watch a sporting event at Farmington, New Mexico, on the Fourth of July. The women and girl wear dresses, woven blankets, and necklaces with pendants. The boys wear hats.
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.; Farmington (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.; Spectators--New...
- [between 1901 and 1908]
- Football game 1900's
- During a sporting event on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, American flags hang from buildings in the left. People are on the balcony of the Denver Hotel and a sign over them reads "Evans Pharmacy." Taken from the balcony of the Arlington...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Football--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Running races--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- John P. Lower, guns, rifles, pistols, ammunition sporting and fishing tackle, field and spy glasses, indian goods, &c. 381 Blake Street, Denver, Col.
- View of a storefront on Blake Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing by a display of rifles and a ram's head. Signs read; "John P. Lower Sportsmen's Depot."
- John P. Lower--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Sporting goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Denver parade
- View of men in military uniforms on horseback in a parade on 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Other men march behind a horse-drawn wagon. Spectators line the street. Signs read: "The Rocky Mountain News," "National Cash...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Leroy Smith in front of store
- Leroy Smith, an African American, stands in front of Rhythm Records Sport Shop on 26th and Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. He wears a double breasted suit. The store has an awning above the front windows and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.; Smith, Leroy.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]