Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Barr Lake Rod and Gun Club
- Two buildings make up the Barr Lake Rod & Gun Club in Barr Lake, Colorado. One is a two story, L-shaped, wood-frame structure with a false front, shingles on the roof, a gable, a stovepipe chimney, and a weathervan duck atop the false front. A...
- Barr Lake Rod & Gun Club (Barr Lake, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barr Lake (Colo. : Reservoir)--1910-1920.; Hunting & fishing clubs--Colorado--Barr Lake--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Barr Lake--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- 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
- Dugout, Plains Conservation Center
- View of cow near a dugout at the Plains Conservation Center (21901 East Hampden Ave) in Aurora (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The dugout is built into the side of a hill and uses sod bricks to close off the structure with a wood plank door. A...
- Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Aurora (Colo.)--2010-2020. .; Dugout houses.; Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Earth houses--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Sod...
- 2010
- Creede, Colo.
- Men sit or stand in a line and pose in front of a canvas tent and a log cabin in possibly Windy Gulch in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A skull and antlers is displayed with a painted sign that reads: "Saloon." A metal stove with a stovepipe is...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Queues--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Buildings residences one story house
- View of a wood frame house in Denver, Colorado. The one-story building has a covered porch with decorative woodwork and a stovepipe on a chimney. Nearby a man and woman stand by an automobile with its hood up.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Buildings residences cement block house with man, woman and dog
- A husband and wife pose on the porch of their home in Denver, Colorado. The cinder block house has a covered entryway and a stovepipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Denver Municipal Water Works wagon & tent
- Workmen stand near Denver Municipal Water Works wagon number 7 near a canal in Denver, Colorado. A tent with a stovepipe and an automobile are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Water supply--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- John & Ann Pitts' home on 225 W. 8th St.
- This exterior snowy view of John and Ann Pitts' home at 225 West Eighth Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows the one story house with front gable, overhanging awning roofs over projecting sash front windows, an entry door with transom, three small...
- Pitts, Ann--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Pitts, John--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Lace House in Leadville
- View of the facade of the Lace House in Leadville, Colorado, shows the clapboard false front structure with jigsaw carving, a paired bracketed cornice with wood shingle roof, a central entry with metal screen door and transom, two tall flanking...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- 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?]
- Cripple Creek
- Side view of Water Works Office, (possibly Cripple Creek Water Company) Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes a one-story wooden frame office building with attached back porch and steps and a two-story wooden frame building adjacent to office;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Office buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Beaumont Hotel
- Exterior view of the Beaumont Hotel, designed by architect Mr. O. Bulow and built in 1886 at the intersection of Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, showing tower gables, a mansard roof, and a stovepipe...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cascade Falls (Grand county, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Beaumont Hotel
- Exterior view of the Beaumont Hotel, Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main Street (3rd, Third), Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the Gothic style brick and stone trim hotel with tower gables, a mansard roof, and a stovepipe chimney. The hotel was...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Bulow, O.
- [between 1888 and 1890]
- Old time stage coach in front of Beaumont Hotel, Ouray
- A stagecoach loaded with passengers drawn by a six horse team pauses in front of the Beaumont Hotel, Fifth (5th) Avenue and Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The Gothic style brick and stone trim hotel, designed by architect...
- Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Bulow, O.
- [between 1888 and 1890]
- Jane Williams house Letcher St. - Nevadaville
- The Jane Williams house on Letcher Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a frame house, has a cross gabled roof with a brick chimney and stovepipe. The windows have curtains in them; snow covers the porch and foreground. Abandoned...
- Williams, Jane--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- December 27, 1937
- Nevadaville Jane Williams house Letcher St Built in the '70's
- The Jane Williams house, on Letcher Street in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story frame residence with a cross gabled roof, a brick chimney, and a stovepipe. The windows have curtains in them; snow and debris covers the porch and...
- Williams, Jane--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- February, 1938
- First Baptist Church
- Exterior view of First Baptist Church, Carr Avenue between 3rd (Third) and 4th (Fourth) Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the two-story brick church with painted shingle has a side spire extension, arched double-wide side doorway, and corbelling...
- First Baptist Church (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- [1988]
- Deserted cabin
- View of a weathered two-story hewn log house, Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows plank siding, a corrugated metal roof, a bay window and addition, broken stovepipe and a board fence.
- Placerville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Placerville--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Residence in Salida, Colorado
- People sit outside their canvas tent in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. A man wears bib-overalls and has a broom at his feet; boys scowl; a girl wears a checked dress and holds a cat. A primitive outdoor kitchen with a stovepipe is by the open...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beds--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Kitchens--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sts John mill and mine (This is the old mill. The shell is still standing-1956)
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, icicles hang from the eaves of the Boston Mining Company's frame mill building. A ladder leans by second story windows; smoke issues from a stovepipe.
- Boston Mining Company--1870-1880.; Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Smelters--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- 808. A scene at Selida. [sic]
- A canvas tent with stovepipe is pitched at the edge of the Arkansas River in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The depot of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway is across the water; freight cars and a caboose are parked. Tenderfoot Hill is in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tenderfoot Hill (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad Stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of residence in foreground and distant view of Cripple Creek, Colorado; house is built into rocky hillside and is a one-story with wooden frame, gable roof, horizontal slats, shingles, center brick chimney, and stovepipe in center of lean-to...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- Background view of commercial business district with one and two- story flat-roof wooden frame buildings, some with falsefronts (possibly Bennett Avenue), Cripple Creek, Colorado; sign attached to building states "Market"; canvas tent with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893?]
- Tutt and Penrose Cabin built 1891 Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Harry Leonard and Spencer Penrose stand in front of Tutt and Penrose cabin, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story log cabin built in 1891 with low gable and sod roof; two saddled horses are teethered to corner of cabin; cabin includes stovepipe and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Leonard, Harry.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.
- Feb. 1894
- Guyot's assay office
- Illustration depicts Guyot's assay office, Fremont, Colorado prior to incorporation as Cripple Creek; scene includes partial view of one-story log cabin with gable roof, stovepipe and sign on roof stating "Guyot's assay office"; three men stand in...
- Assaying--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Justice of the Peace, attorney at law
- Illustration depicts Justice of the Peace and attorney- at-law office, Cripple Creek, Colorado (probably Fremont prior to incorporation); building is a canvas tent on wooden frame with stovepipe; signs affixed to wooden frame include "Justice of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Law offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- West Creek
- View of a snowy street in West Creek, Douglas County, Colorado. Smoke coming out of stovepipe at the "Hotel West Creek." Tent attached to the "Grocer's Hardware," store.
- West Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--West Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Boulder County mining
- View of a mining structure, an ore cart track, and a tunnel at the bottom of a low hill bordering a dirt road, Boulder County, Colorado. The shed-like building has a corrugated metal roof, stovepipe, and tar wall covering. A grindstone and a boiler...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Old building Kokomo
- View of an abandoned building in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. The store front building has an ornate false front, a bell on the roof, and a stovepipe.
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.; Bells--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.
- August, 1941
- Tabors old store Buckskin, Colo.
- View of the abandoned Tabor's store in Buckskin Joe (Park County), Colorado. A dismantled automobile is near the log building with a gable roof and stovepipe.
- Buckskin Joe (Park County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Central City residence interiors
- A stove and its stovepipe are in front of a wall with patterned wallpaper. The stove has six burners, and a kettle rests on one of them. The range has an oven with an enamel door and two irons sitting on it. Two warmers are aboe the range....
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Kitchens--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- House on Eureka St., Central City, 1953
- A gothic revival home along Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, is built above a masonry retaining wall. The L-shaped, one and one-half story, clapboard house has a gabled roof, a stovepipe chimney, and rectangular windows with shutters on...
- 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
- A vernacular wood frame house is in the middle of a field above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The building's main portion has a gabled roof, a chimney, and a window. The addition has a sloped roof, three windows, and a stovepipe on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A front gable, one and one half story clapboard house is built on a masonry foundation in Central City, Colorado, and has a stovepipe chimney and decorative bargeboard around its eaves. An arched attic window is above the covered porch. The posts...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Speer in car?
- Denver Mayor Robert Speer (possibly) holds a stovepipe hat and shakes a woman's hand in Denver, Colorado; a (possibly) Catholic dignitary is beside him; men and a policeman are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Speer, Robert Walter, 1855-1918.
- [between 1904 and 1918?]
- Pres. William H. Taft
- United States President William Howard Taft shakes hands with a dignitary in Denver, Colorado; men wear stovepipe and uniform officer hats, one man wears a ribbon that reads: "Official Fan Club".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Presidents--United States--1900-1920.; Taft, William H., (William Howard), 1857-1930.; United States. President (1908-1912 : Taft)
- [between 1908 and 1912?]
- Cu-ra-can-to, Muache Ute war chief
- Studio portrait of Cu-ra-can-to, a Native American war chief (Muache Ute), wearing a jacket with epaulets, a stovepipe hat with an ostrich feather, and a hand woven scarf around his neck.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Muache Indians--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Cu-ra-canto.
- 1873 July 4th
- Hefferman's Trading Post - inside corral
- View of two white men standing outside of Hefferman's Trading Post, a brush and branch roofed porch surrounded by a wood and wire fence, possibly near Shiprock Agency, New Mexico. A one story adobe and stone building behind the porch has a gable...
- Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Butler's trading post, two dogs
- View of Butler's Trading Post, possibly near Shiprock, New Mexico. A Native American (Navajo) woman sits on a wooden crate near a wooden slat covered porch surrounded by a wood pole fence. The porch stands near a wood and adobe building with a...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Men "setting" up male and female "dummies"
- View of a portrait session in a photography studio; shows a man and woman in costume, clothing includes a stovepipe hat, a fan, and a bodice. A man adjusts an armature; shows a ceramic pot on the floor.
- Fashion models--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Photographic studios--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Female posed
- A young woman poses in a costume that includes shorts, high heels, print fabric, and a stovepipe hat.
- Clothing & dress--1910-1930.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Central City Teller House parlor
- A parlor in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado, has an assortment of furniture, including two parlor chairs, a sofa, ottomans, a round table, a coffee table, and a piano. A stove and its stovepipe are in the corner. A chandelier hangs from...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.; Parlors--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Teller House Gen. Grant's room, Central City, 1941
- A double bed with a large, curved headboard with oval-shaped moldings and finials and a footboard with molding is in the corner of a room in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. A large pillow is on the bed. The wall is covered with...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Hopi Indians
- View of Volizo Camp, near Mishongnovi, Second Mesa, Arizona. An unhitched wagon with a wooden barrel in it stands near a stone building with a metal stovepipe. A group of people, one wearing an apron, sit and stand between the stone building and...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Second Mesa--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Second Mesa (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Carts &...
- August, 1899
- Rocky Mountain canaries
- View of pack burros loaded with a stove, stovepipe, buckets, and burlap sacks, in a Colorado town. Business sign reads: "J. G. Cox Saloon - Day Boarding."
- Lodging houses--Colorado--1870-1890.; Mules--Colorado--1870-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--1870-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Office Interior, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of two men in an office in Georgetown, Colorado. All four windows have shades with tassels along the bottom and two windows have potted plants on the sill and hanging from the ceiling. On the wall hang framed photographs, diploma...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Interiors.; Offices--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 to 1910?]
- Oraibi
- Portrait of Native American (Hopi) Pueblo adults and children in Oraibi, Arizona, sitting by a pottery chimney (?) and a stovepipe.
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--Arizona--Oraibi--1890-1900.
- 1896 or 1897
- Hopi Pueblo indians
- View of Native American (Hopi Pueblo) men and boys sitting on the roof entry of a kiva; one wears a stovepipe hat, earrings and a manta, another is wrapped in a blanket.
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Kivas--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The celebrated Mineral Springs at Manitou, Col.
- View of the Manitou Soda Spring in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest; shows the rustic gazebo with its branch uprights and benches, the boulder at the confluence of Ruxton and Fountaine qui Bouille, and a group of excursionists gathered...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Sightseers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1875?]
- Manitou Soda Spring
- View of the Manitou Soda Spring in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest; shows the rustic gazebo with its branch uprights and benches, a frame saltbox dwelling in the background, and the boulder at the confluence of Ruxton Creek and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Sightseers--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1875?]