Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Alamosa - streets
- View of Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado; shows storefronts, a church with a belfry, streetlights, automobiles, and signs: "Chevrolet," and "Fourth St."
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Main Street, Telluride
- View of commercial buildings on Main Street in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. People, horses, and a wagon are in the dirt street. Shows the New Sheridan Hotel, the two-story brick commercial Sheridan building, The Daily Journal building,...
- Ajax Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- CMA, 1942 parade
- View of the Colorado Mining Association convention parade as it passes spectators near Tremont and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. A man wears a cape and plays a trumpet. Shows people, parade floats, the Hotel Tremont, parked...
- Colorado Mining Association--Public relations--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Cities streets night view during Elks convention in downtown scene
- Nighttime view of a statue of an elk, displayed as part of the Elks Club convention, on possibly 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Streetlights decorated with stars line the street.
- Elks (Fraternal order)--Meetings--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Elk--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Statues--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street...
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Leadville, Colo, main street (Harrison) south
- This view looking south on snowpacked Harrison Avenue, the main street in Leadville, Colorado's business district, includes several landmark buildings. The Hotel Vendome, the Delaware Hotel, the old Lake County Courthouse, and the American National...
- American National Bank (Leadville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Delaware Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Vendome Hotel--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Commercial...
- 1937
- Tiny Town, Colorado
- A toddler wearing a dress and a hat walks past a row of miniature houses in Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County. Miniature streetlights are next to miniature sidewalks.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Engine House No. 1 Denver Fire Department, Colfax and Broadway
- Denver Fire Department's Engine House Number One is being dismantled, corner of Colfax and Broadway, Denver, Colorado. A stagecoach parks on street near the gabled Victorian firehouse. American flags decorate the streetlights. The Harris Drug...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Flags--American--1900-1910.;...
- [October 1909]
- Northeast on Champa Street, from 16th Street, during Knights Templar 32nd Triennial Conclave
- American flags and bunting decorate "The May Co." (Company) department store for the Knights-Templar 32nd Triennial Conclave, Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. Streetlights on Champa are covered with columns topped by knight helmets. At the far end...
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; May Shoe & Clothing Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive...
- 1913
- Northwest on 15th Street, from Welton Street, during Knights Templar 32nd Triennial Conclave
- Night view northwest on Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado, shows stars and a knight on a horse illuminated on a wire spanning Fifteenth Street which serve as decorations for the Knights- Templar 32nd Triennial Conclave. American flags and...
- Knights Templar (Masonic Order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 August 12 - 15
- Post Office Denver
- View of Main Post Office southwest on Stout Street toward First Baptist Church and First National Bank in Denver, Colorado; Tracy, Swartwout, and Litchfield designed the Neoclassical structure which features sixteen massive ionic columns; scene...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1923]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a concert in Trinidad, Colorado. People crowd around an enclosure in which the Marine Band plays. The streetlights, with cast iron, four-sided brackets and white glass globes have bunting strung between them, and the Columbian Hotel has...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Concerts--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Military bands--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Manitou Baths and Arcade
- View of Manitou Springs, at foot of Pikes Peak, Colorado, with Manitou and Ruxton Avenues in foreground. Businesses include: The Manitou Baths, Radio and Soda Springs health resort, Atkinson Curios, Patsy's Original, Buster and Williams Touring...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1924 and 1925]
- Civic Center, Denver
- View from north of the Grfeek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors in Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado (designed by Marean and Norton); shows wooden benches, man reading newspaper seated on wire bench, streetlights, dirt walkways with...
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benfactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colonnades--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Open-air theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1924 and 1927]
- Colorado's Capitol Bldg. illuminated
- Night view of Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, East Fourteenth (14th) Avenue and Lincoln Street (Elijah E. Myers, architect); shows illuminated central tower and dome, streetlights, automobile headlights, United States flags, and canon at...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1924 and 1927]
- Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver
- Cosmopolitan Hotel, 1760 Broadway, Denver, Colorado (William N. Bowman, architect); shows sign "Hotel Cosmopolitan," United States flag, automobiles, streetlights, and trolley tracks.
- Cosmopolitan Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1926]
- Santa Claus on Denver's Civic Center
- Night view of Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors, West Fourteenth (14th) and Acoma Street, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado; Christmas decorations on the Colonnade include: spotlit Santa Claus and his reindeer top arch; "Merry...
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Colonnades--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1929]
- 16th. Stree[t] Denver
- View of Sixteenth Street, Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, streetlights, clocks, automobiles, streetcars, bicycle, and United States flags. Signs read: "Graysons - Good Clothes," "Shraiberg's Flowers," "Perini's," "Denver Daily," "Sun," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1932]
- East Denver High School
- View of west facade entry of East High School from City Park Esplanade and Sixteenth Street, Denver, Colorado; shows terra cotta and brick building and clock tower, man seated on front steps under arched entry, trees, hedges and flowers, concrete...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- East Denver High School
- View of west facade entry of East High School from City Park Esplanade and Sixteenth Street, Denver, Colorado; brick and terra cotta building with clock tower; shows man seated on front steps under arched entry, trees, hedges and flowers, concrete...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Masonic Temple, Denver
- Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5, 4135, at 1614 Welton Street, Denver, Colorado; native red sandstone structure with carved arches and columns; business signs read "Fahey-Brockman Clothiers," "Denver Jewelry Co.," "National Shirt Shop," "Walgreens Drug...
- Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [1940-1949?]
- 17th Street, Denver
- View southeast at Tremont Street and Seventeenth Street to Brown Palace Hotel (1892); "The Albet Sechrist Mfg. Co." show rooms on left; sign for "factory 1717 Logan", lamps in showroom windows with signs for "Electro Plating", "Electric repair",...
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Looking down 16th Christmas
- Men, women, and children stand on the sidewalk near 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Nearby streetlights are decorated with greenery for Christmas.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Sixteenth Street at night
- Nighttime view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Streetlights are decorated with greenery and Christmas lights.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- 17th and Broadway, Denver
- View towards Trinity Methodist Church, Hotel Metropole and edge of Brown Palace on Broadway from 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue, Denver, Colorado. Edge of trolley or street railway car, left foreground; early automobiles, streetlights, assay office and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1909
- B.P.O.E. bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 17, 14th (Fourteenth) & California, Denver, Colorado; early automobile & horse-drawn carriage parked at curb, fire hydrant, streetlights; Hotel Auditorium, 14th & Stout, with sign...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks.
- [between 1912 and 1917]
- 16th Street, Denver
- View northwest from California Street down 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows automobiles, horse-drawn wagons, delivery wagons & carriages, street railway car & tracks, Daniels & Fisher tower, streetlights with electric tramway...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- 17th Street, Denver
- View northwest on 17th (Seventeenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; early automobiles & horse-drawn wagons parked at curb, street railway tracks, streetlights supporting electric tramway wires, distant view of Union Station (old) with tower clock,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1912 or 1913]
- Champa St. Knight Templar illumination, Denver
- Night view of Champa Street illuminated with decorative lighting and lampposts or streetlights for Knight Templar meeting, August, 1913, held in Denver, Colorado, including large statue of horse and knight-in- armor; business signs include:...
- Knights Templar (Masonic order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lighting--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Arvada Chamber of Commerce street scene
- Grandview Avenue is filled with festival goers, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. A banner hangs across street advertising: "3rd Annual Harvest Festival, Friday & Saturday, Sept. 16th & 17th, Free Dancing Each Evening." Young boys wear...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.
- September 1927
- Arvada Chamber of Commerce street scene at festival
- Grandview Avenue is filled with festival goers, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. A banner hangs across street advertising: "3rd Annual Harvest Festival, Friday & Saturday, Sept. 16th & 17th, Free Dancing Each Evening," sponsored by the Arvada...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Grandview Avenue looking northeast
- Sprague Rodda, Ray and Billy, grandchildren of Henry J. Juchem pose on a Grandview Avenue sidewalk, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. Billy, a young girl on a tricycle is next to the two other children standing. Background includes wood frame...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Arvada Chamber of Commerce parade going by speakers stand
- Grandview Avenue, at the intersection of Alder Street is filled with festival goers as the parade goes by the speakers stand, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. The Arvada Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Third Annual Harvest Festival. The men...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.
- September 1927
- Darwin tulips at City Park, Denver
- View of Darwin tulips in bloom at City Park in Denver, Colorado. The flowers are planted in a long rectangular planting bed. A sign near a sidewalk reads: "Darwin Tulips." Shows tree, streetlights, and Ferril Lake in the distance.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Tulips--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1927 May, June?]
- Denver Post building, Champa St. Denver
- Nighttime view of Denver Post newspaper headquarters at 1544 Champa Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; cars are parked by streetlights.
- Denver Post--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Street lights--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Chestnut St. from Harrison St., Leadville, Colo.
- This view west on Chestnut Street from Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado includes crushed automobiles, a van and a wrecker on the north corner. A sign for "Motel, steam heat, TV, wall to wall carpeting" lays on the south corner. The street is...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Hospitals--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Residential streets--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Drive over the north spillway, Roosevelt Dam, Arizona
- People pose in a convertible car that reads "Globe-Phoenix Stage, $10.00" on a bridge at the Theodore Roosevelt Dam on the Apache Trail in Gila County, Arizona. The bridge has concrete arches, masonry walls and streetlights with glass globes. Shows...
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public Relations--1910-1920.; Apache Trail (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Gila County (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Theodore Roosevelt Dam (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Theodore Roosevelt Lake (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Automobile...
- [1916]
- 16th St. from Arapahoe, Denver
- 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colorado; shows street railway car number 42 (forty-two) on track, the Tabor Opera House, Joslins Dry Goods, and the Capitol building in distant background. Also shows many people on sidewalk...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Lighting system, 16th St., Denver
- View down sidewalk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows men and women, elaborate electric streetlights (lampposts), horse-drawn wagons, delivery wagons including Denver Express and Orlinsky's Cash Grocery, bicycles, early...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907]
- The May Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of May Company building, 16th (Sixteenth) and Champa Streets, Denver, Colorado; shows horse-drawn carriages and buggies, bicycles, men crossing street, street railway tracks, and electric streetlights; businesses include Scholtz Drug...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1915]
- E. & C. Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of Ernest and Cranmer Building located at 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado; completed in 1891 by architect Frank E. Edbrooke and Company; Postal Telegraph Cable Company and United States National Bank located on...
- Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1906]
- Looking down 15th S [sic] from Welton St., Denver
- View down 15th (Fifteenth) Street from Welton Street, Denver, Colorado; early automobiles, bicycles and horse-drawn carriages, street railway car number 363, swastika sign, streetlights; Mining Exchange building at end of block.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Main Street, Telluride, Colo
- View east down Main Street (Colorado Avenue) Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado, with snow-covered Ajax, Telluride and Ingram Peaks in background. Businesses include: two-story brick commercial Sheridan building, New Sheridan Hotel, three...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Symes building
- Exterior view of Symes building, 16th (Sixteenth) and Champa streets, Denver, Colorado; designed by Joseph R. and Richard H. Hunt of New York, site was original location of Judge George Gifford Symes' residence who rebuilt in 1906 after original...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street lights--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Telluride, Colorado
- View east down Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Colorado, with cliffs, Ajax Peak, and Ingram Falls in background; shows front gable houses with porches on both sides of street, San Miguel County Courthouse, part of New Sheridan Hotel sign on...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1970-1980.
- 1974
- Leadville, Colo. 5/12/78, view
- View down Poplar Street (Highway 24), Leadville, Colorado. Street signs include "Yield Right Of Way To Pedestrian," "Notice Agents, Vendors, Solicitors, License Required," "Leadville, City Limit, Elev 10152 Ft.," "Hitchhiking Prohibited By Law...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Leadville, Colo. views
- This view northeast on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, includes turn-of-the-century buildings mixed with more modern buildings. Two and three story brick commercial buildings with decorative cornices are on the on right with signs "Butch...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Petroleum Building, Denver
- View of the Petroleum (Club) Building (built 1957, Charles D. Strong, architect) at 110 16th (Sixteenth) Street (at Broadway Street and Cleveland Place) in downtown Denver, Colorado. The fifteen story, five sided Modernist Style curtain wall...
- Petroleum Building (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Pedestrian malls--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.;...
- 1986 May
- 16th Street illumination
- Night time view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; illuminated signs include A.T. Lewis and Son Dry Goods (800 to 818 16th and corner of Stout), Joslin Dry Goods Company (16th and southwest corner of Curtis), the May Shoe and Clothing...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913?]
- Radisson Hotel, Denver
- View of the Denver Radisson Hotel at 1790 Grant Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Modernist style building has a cement, aluminum and glass facade with an arched entry. The bottom floor has a partial stone facade...
- Playboy Clubs International--Facilities--1960-1970.; Radisson Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Clubs.; Hotels.
- [between 1965 and 1970?]
- 15th St. from Champa, Denver
- View northeast on 15th (Fifteenth) Street from Champa towards Arapahoe, Denver, Colorado; shows Gas and Electric building, Charles building, Mining Exchange building, Central Savings Bank, electric street railway cars and tracks, trolley number 330...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]