Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rogers and Nash Mortuary Records : 1873-1979
- Index to the records of the Rogers and Nash Mortuary Records located in boxes 1-18 and between the years 1873 and 1979. Index is arranged alphabetically by last name and includes: Last and First Name, Date of Event, Type of Records, Box Number,...
- Rogers Mortuary (Denver, Colo.)--Registers.; Nash-Miller Mortuary (Denver, Colo.)--Registers.; Funeral homes--Colorado--Denver.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy. Denver (Colo.) -- Vital records.
- 2008
- Denver Public Library 1937 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 1937. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1995
- Spokane portrait
- Standing portrait of a Native American Spokane man and two women; he wears a shirt, beaded vest, gauntlets and a blanket; the women wear dresses, bead necklaces, abalone shell disk earrings; one is wrapped in a blanket, the other holds a...
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Spokane Indians--Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Sacred Thirty Six - Denver Country Club
- Group portrait of guests and African American (Black) waiters at a dinner party at the Denver Country Club in Denver, Colorado; decor includes nouveau borders, light fixtures, and a taxidermied fish. Legible identification reads: "Right hand wing,...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver Country Club (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Banquets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- Book of words of the festival opening of the great organ
- Program for a concert given at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888.
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888 December 21
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19
- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- Josephine Spalding Poems
- Two poems written by East High School student Josephine Spalding. Spalding was a Cellist with Denver Civic Symphony Orchestra who wrote and published poetry at the age of 13. Spalding died at the age of 16 while attending East High.
- Spalding, Josephine, 1910-1926--Archives.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1913
- Western History Subject Index
- Tears, Daniel W
- 13th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide Official Program
- Denver Public Library microfilm obituaries 1944-1959.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post, and other newspapers for the years 1944-1959.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- North Cascade Avenue
- View of North Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows landscaping, a concrete drainage channel, and the roof of a house.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Residential streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sixteenth Street, Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, traffic, automobiles, a streetcar, and horse drawn buggies and wagons. Street lights, a clock and the Daniels & Fisher Tower line the sidewalks; signs read: "Starr" and "Gano...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Seventeenth Street, Denver
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows office buildings, storefronts, pedestrians, automobiles, the Denver Club, the Daniels and Fisher tower, and signs: "Fred Hoffman Carpenter Shop."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Street scene, 16th and Lawrence, Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, traffic, Denver City Tramway streetcars, and horse drawn buggies and wagons. Signs read: "Kistler," "The Standard," and "The American."
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Telluride, early days
- Photograph of a photograph of men on horseback and on a mule-drawn covered wagon on a commercial street in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. People pose on timber sidewalks near a pile of probably canvas bags. Signs on the street read: "Mrs....
- Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Animal teams--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1884 and 1885?]
- Palmetto Mill and Mine Hanson [sic] Creek, Lake City
- View of Palmetto Mine and Mill in Lake City, Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings, smokestack, and cut timber strewn throughout the countryside.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Palmetto Mine (Hinsdale County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Above Telluride, Pandora
- Aerial view of the valley and mountains (including Ingram Peak) above Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado; shows Smuggler-Union Mining Company (Pandora) buildings (Pandora Mill), Bridal Veil Falls, waterfalls, and Bridal Veil Creek.
- Bridal Veil Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pandora (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pandora Mill (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Pandora--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Pandora--1910-1920.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Pandora--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- New York Central Lines freight & passenger office
- View of the New York Central Lines freight and passenger office at 1071 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on a window and door reads: "New York Central Michigan Central Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Big Four Route Boston &...
- New York Central Railroad Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- New York Central Line freight & passenger office
- View of the New York Central Lines freight and passenger office at 1071 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on a window and door reads: "New York Central Michigan Central Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Big Four Route Boston &...
- New York Central Railroad Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Chestnut Street from Harrison Avenue
- View west on Chestnut Street, once considered the main street, in Leadville, Colorado; shows muddy street, horse drawn wagons and covered wagons, and pedestrians. Business signs include "Boot & Shoe Store," "St. James Restuarant," "Drugstore,"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Sacred Heart College
- This two-story rusticated stone building in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, has an open porch and balcony, clipped gables, brick chimneys, and a widow's walk. Built by George Morrison in 1874 as a hotel for Governor John Evans, this structure...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hickens on Pershing Meeker, he was thrown.
- A cowboy holds on as a bronco bucks wildly in a cloud of dust, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Men watch from near the corral shoot.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Broncos--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.; Cowboys--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1930.
- 1923
- Colfax and Downing
- View of snow along Colfax and Downing Avenues, Denver, Colorado, shows paused street cars and pedestrians, with the Lawrence C. Phipps mansion in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Minturn, Colo
- Buildings in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, include gable roofed dwellings and sheds. Yards are fenced; horses and children stand in the snow.
- Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- A. VanCamp Mountain City, cash market
- Printed advertisement from Mountain City, Gilpin County, Colorado, reads: "A. Vancamp. Mountain City, Cash Market C. P. Dupree's Sugar Cured Hams & Bacon. Dealer In Fresh & Salt Meats, Salt Fish, Butter, Lard, Eggs, Vegetables, &c. Central City,...
- Mountain City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Advertisements--1860-1870.
- [between 1866 and 1870]
- Nevadaville, Colo.
- Main Street Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is flanked by businesses and residences; City Hall-Fire Department shows with a frame bell tower atop the gable roof; the William's house on corner has a hip roof, and a privy is on a rise above a...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [1931?]
- Central City and Blackhawk, Colorado
- Rendering shows Blackhawk and Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dwellings, churches, civic buildings, and mining facilities follow streets; mountains are in the background. Vignettes have labels: "Hardware Groceries," "The Daily Register,"...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Rico, Colo.
- View of Rico, Dolores County, Colorado; shows men, cabins, wagons, and stacked logs.
- Rico (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1884
- 80 pound watermelons
- Men pose in Rocky Ford watermelon field, Otero County, Colorado, with slices of watermelon balanced on upright melons. They wear duster hats and bib overalls.
- Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1910-1920.; Watermelons--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Cripple Creek, Apr. 10th 1892
- Bird's eye view of early Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation); scene includes one and two-story log and wooden frame flat and gable roof buildings and numerous canvas tents scattered throughout town and on hillsides; identified...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 April 10
- 1st Nat. Bank, 20 yrs. ago, A. H. Hunt, cash, at window
- Interior view of the First National Bank, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features coffered wood ceilings and an ornate, three-windowed tellers box and brass footrails under writing shelves. A. H. Hunt, the cashier is behind beaded...
- First National Bank (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bank tellers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banking--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- View of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows of dwellings, businesses, churches, the public school with a tapered, square tower and Pikes Peak in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- The Midland Block & Tucker's Rest
- Buggies with blanketed horses park on Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, in front of th Midland Block. The two-story brick commercial building has corbeling, storefronts, awnings, and signs: "Tucker's Imported & Key West...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Advertisements--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Nevadaville (Bald Mountain)
- A gravestone in the Nevadaville, (Nevada City) cemetery, Gilpin County, Colorado, features: a curvilinear top with a relief of an angel, an epitaph reads: "Rebecca G. Daughter of James G. and Elizabeth Harper. Died July 24, 1879. Aged 11 yrs. She...
- Harper, Rebecca G.--Tomb.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
- View of the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the nine-story Italianate structure with a cupola, and a terrace on Broadmoor Lake with a footbridge leading to the island.
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1930- 1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Trinidad
- View across Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, shows dwellings, businesses and Fishers Peak in the background.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Miss Wilson
- Miss Wilson, holds a whip and poses with two other women, in a carriage decorated with crepe paper and greenery for the Sunflower Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. She wears a high collared, puff sleeved blouse of a sheer,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades &...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Parade entry, Flower Carnival
- Well dressed men and women wearing fedora or flowered hats, carry white parasols and pose in a horse drawn buggy draped in sprigs of sagebrush (artemesia), and other flowers, during the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parades &...
- July 4, 1906
- First addition ot Alta Vista completed in May 1890
- View of the Alta Vista Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the three-story brick building with hipped-gable roofs, dormers, chimneys, and covered porches.
- Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Building--1880- 1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Flower Carnival Parade
- View of the Sunflower Carnival parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows men in white suits and straw hats with standards leading an elaborate float towed by plumed horses with banners: "The Progress of Christianity," and flowers....
- Banners--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Parlor of Alta Vista opening day
- Interior view of the Alta Vista Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes floral carpet, potted plants, framed art, carved wood furniture, curtains, lamps, and a piano in adjoining room.
- Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1880- 1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Parlors--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1889 May 1
- David Bruce Powers train of Leavenworth at Denver
- David Bruce Powers' supply train from Leavenworth, Kansas forms a circle on Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Men sit on burros and lead teams with covered wagons. Signs on businesses read: "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission," "Saddlery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868 June 20
- Sacred thirty-six
- Sacred 36 (Thirty Six) society banquet at the Denver Country Club, Denver, Colorado. Guests include: Mrs. Fred Berger, John Porter, Katherine Symes (Mrs. Joshua [?]), Dr. Jayne Harrington, Eleanor [?], T. R. Stearn, Mrs. Forbes Dubard, Crawford...
- Denver Country Club--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banquets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Country clubs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Socialites--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914 or 1915
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, dance
- Native American Pueblo men, wearing dance kilts, moccasins, and body paint, and women, wearing head tablets, mantas, and moccasins and leggings, dance with rattles, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. They dance in front of a shrine adorned with cottonwood...
- Acoma Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Saint Stephen's Day--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Acoma...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Shrine of St. Stephen Acoma, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
- Native American Pueblo boys with rifles, guard a shrine adorned with cottonwood boughs, corn plants and a cross for the Feast of San Esteban, (St. Stephen) patron saint of Acoma, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. Men sit inside the shrine with blankets,...
- Acoma Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Saint Stephen's Day--New...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Men in wagon
- Men sit in a horse drawn, covered spring wagon in Montana; a dog is in the road.
- Carriages & coaches--Montana--1870-1890.; Dogs--Montana--1870-1890.; Men--Montana--1870-1890.; Roads--Montana--1870-1890.; Transportation--Montana--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Kansas
- View of a family and farm in Kansas; shows boys, girls, a dog, horses, sod and frame buildings, barn, and cattle pens.
- Families--Kansas--1880-1890.; Farms--Kansas--1880-1890.; Sod buildings--Kansas--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Moqui women grinding corn
- Interior view of Native American (Hopi) women grinding corn in a wooden trough with a stone insert (metate). Shows pottery.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Grinding--Arizona--1880-1900.; Home food...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]