Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Arapaho?) cradleboard. It features decorative opaque, red, white, black and green beadwork in geometric designs. The cradleboard has a leather thong, stained wood, lining dark brown velveteen, canvas backing and 1 calico?.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Chestnut St. & Carbonate Hill
- View east on Leadville, Colorado's Chestnut Street with Carbonate Hill in the background includes a dirt street lined predominantly with wood frame false fronts of varying sizes, which create a stair step effect. The two-story "Grand Hotel" in the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- The main street, Leadville, Colorado
- A variety of signs hang perpendicular to buildings and are large as part of the automobile age in advertising. On the right side, there are "G.Z. Garage Storage," "Texaco, gasoline, motor oil," "Cities Service," "Hotel Vendome," "Bus Depot,"...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1941]
- Baca County Court House,
- Mary Malden, Alice Jack, Roy Mathews, Ralph Hooker, Chas. Howell, Mrs. Howell, Margaret Jackson, Hallie Herbert, Mrs. Cora Mordica, Mrs. Elden Allen stand in front of the third Baca County Courthouse, Springfield, Colorado (town originally was in...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1919
- Adams State, 5/18/47 Roto
- The Casa Bonita Lounge of the Adams State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado has Spanish style carved wood sofas, a table with a woven blanket on top, and a tile fireplace with a wooden mantle and decorative flower arrangements. There are sconces...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.--1940-1950.; Lounges--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Pianos--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Public School, Agate, Colo. 1/19/21
- In this group portrait of the first students and teachers to move into the new Agate Public School in Elbert County, Colorado, the high school and primary students wear jackets and caps. The girls wear dresses and there are a few men in suits on...
- Agate (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Agate--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Elbert County--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Murray Building, Akron, Colo.
- The front facade of the Murray Building in Washington County, Akron, Colorado, is a two-story brick commercial building built in 1887 from brick manufactured locally either in 1887 or 1903. The building features a decorative corbeling and an ornate...
- Akron (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Akron--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Firehouse, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 firehouse, Georgetown, Colorado, looking southeast. The building, built in 1874, is of wood construction with a sloping roof, and has a false cornice on the front. "Alpine Hose No. 2" is painted on the front....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bell towers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Catholic Hospital, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Catholic Hospital in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1880 and which burned in 1911. The two-story brick building has an overhanging cornice at the roofline, seven double-hung windows on the second floor, and four windows and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Catholic Hospital (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1899
- Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northeast. The wood construction church, built in 1869, has a steep gabled roof and a small gabled entrance vestibule in which there is a double door set into a pointed arch,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1939
- Uneva Lake
- View of Uneva Lake, north of Breckenridge, Colorado, includes evergreens that cover spits of land reflected in the still water, as is Wichita Peak which rises in the background.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Uneva Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- McClellan House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the McClellan House on Taos Street, Georgetown, Colorado, built in the early 1870s by Erskine McClellan. The wood-construction house's gable end faces the street; painted shingles fill the point under the eaves, and there are four tall...
- Erskine, McClellan--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- [1951?]
- Petal shop
- Interior of a florist shop in Denver, Colorado. There are cut flowers and vases on the floor, tables, and shelves. There is a set of stairs going up. The backs of picture frames are in the foreground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Florist shops--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Idaho Springs 1890's
- View of the Thomas A. Bryan house in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows a group of men, women, and children on and around a fence in front of a house that looks like a castle. The structure features a square shaped wing, a hipped roof, one circular...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Castles & palaces--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Bryan, Thomas A.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Old blockhouse at Wind River, Wyoming
- View of the old blockhouse at the Wind River Agency in Wyoming. The adobe house has a covered wooden porch and an adobe chimney.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Wind River Indian Agency.--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Wyoming--1930-1940.; Shoshoni Indians--Government relations--Wyoming--1930-1940.; Adobe buildings--Wyoming--1930-1940.;...
- 1938 July 5
- Colorado Mineral Palace
- View of part of the interior of the ornate Victorian style Colorado Mineral Palace in the city of Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a proscenium stage with the statue of an Indian woman, artificial coal, and stalactities. There is a domed and...
- Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Police reporters lined up outside the old Denver City Hall at 14th & Larimer
- Denver newspaper police reporters including George Flanagan, Mudge Ransom, George Minot, Walter Lovelace, Johnny Day, and Joe Satterthwaite pose in front of the old Denver City Hall in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Reporters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Spirit Lake, cattle roundup
- Cowboys herd cattle in a roundup on the Baker Lake Ranch owned by A. A. Spaugh probably in Wyoming.
- Spaugh, Addison A. (Addison Augustus), 1857-1943--Homes & haunts.; Cattle herding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- 1888
- This, my children, was the "epidemic" of 1934
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARl-120] Here they come!!!, [ARL-121] Poor little lamb! Wonder if Eva ever finished her book?, [ARL-122] There is also a black sheep in the picture, [ARl-123] And there they go - with our flowers." The...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- 1934
- Blackhawk, Colorado, 1860-69
- The Presbyterian church in Blackhawk, Colorado, stands on a hill above Gregory Street. The empty lot adjacent to the church is the future site of schoolhouse, which opened in 1870. A wholesale and retail meat market and a dry good store face...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Campsites among the foothills
- Stereographic view of five men, one woman, and a small boy posing in front of a campsite near the Garden of the Gods in the foothills near Colorado Springs, Colorado. One man sits at a low table near the remains of a fire in the foreground; others...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Camps--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.; Men--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Grand Lake, Hogan
- Interior view of the enclosed porch of Henry Rhones' cabin at Grand Lake, Colorado, shows the large picture windows overlooking Grand Lake. Furniture includes a cot, wicker side table, and chair. There are throw rugs on the wood floor.
- Rhone, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Grand Lake--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Denver, Colorado
- Views of buildings and landmarks in Denver and Colorado, these include: 1. Oxford Hotel Office. 2. Robertson-Doll Carriage Co. 3. Colorado Dry Goods Co. 4. Jackson-Smith Photographic Co. 5. Daniels & Fishers. 6. Denver Normal and Preparatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898, October
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel, Black Hawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1910.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1910]
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel in Black Hawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- 1965
- The Gilpin Hotel, exterior
- Exterior view of The Gilpin Hotel, Blackhawk, Colorado. The building is a square, single detached structure with three stories and a flat roof. The walls are brick with a common bond type of brickwork on the facade. There are seven bays on the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.; Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)
- [1965?]
- Public school, Black Hawk, Colo.
- Exterior front view of schoolhouse, Black Hawk, Colorado. Building is rectangular, two story, single detached structure. It has horizontal clapboard siding with pilaster corners, and has ten bays on the front facade. The roof is center gable with a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1960.; Education--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1960.; Stone walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1960.
- [between 1880 and 1960]
- St. Mary's Catholic Church
- View of the north side of St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church in Central City, Colorado. Formerly St. Patrick's, the original structure was damaged in the fire of 1874, and for almost twenty years the congregation worshipped in a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church (Central City, Colo.)
- [between 1893 and 1899]
- Digney home
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado. It is L-shaped, with a full-length gable on the right. The door is in the left section of the front which is covered by a porch; there are two double-hung windows with pointed...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Dining Room, Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the dining room of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado, built by the proprietor, Louis Dupuy, between 1875 and 1890. There are eight tables with white tablecloths in the room, and a fountain in the middle. In the back left...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1954 and 1965?]
- McCreedy Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of three houses along Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The middle house is brick, with a full-length gable on the left, two double-hung windows and a round window above, and a porch across the section to the right. There is a flower garden...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- School, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the brick school built in 1874 in Georgetown, Colorado. The building is square, two-story, and has a hipped roof with deeply overhanging eaves. The windows are tall and narrow double-hung, with rounded pediments. There are three...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Home of Absalom V. Hunter
- Absalom V. Hunter was a vice president at the Carbonate National Bank in Leadville, Colorado. In this interior view of his home, from parlor to dining room, we see that both rooms are ornately furnished and decorated in Victorian style. An archway...
- Hunter, Absalom V.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Mitchell School students at market
- The photograph shows students from Mitchell Elementary School located on 32nd and Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado. There are four students behind the counter wearing paper hats and aprons. There are two students looking at the food. The...
- Mitchell School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Steele School model homes project
- Photograph of some model homes made by students at Steele Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. There are two homes on situated next to each other. Around the homes there is landscaping, sidewalks, and power poles. Behind each of the homes are...
- Steele School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1927 February 26
- W.S.H.S. Annual Heraldo: 1913
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1913.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1913
- The Annual: 1911. The Graduating class of the West Side High School
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1911.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1911
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1948 August
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1949 November
- The Church Record: Vol. II No. 12
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1903 June
- The Earnest Presbyterian: Vol. I No. 1
- Newspaper produced by the Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church, known today as Central Presbyterian, located in Denver, Colorado.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1882 January
- First Baptist Church Jubilee Souvenir Bulletin: Commemorative of the Burning of the Mortgage and of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Church
- Booklet produced by the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Church. Included in the booklet is a brief church history, a detailed account of its financial history, a program for that day's...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1904 June 5
- First Baptist Church 1942 Directory
- Directory produced by the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory is: a list of member, past and present, along with their address in and out of the Denver area, the Churches By-Laws and advertisements from local Denver...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 5
- 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.)
- 1943 December 9
- East High spotlight: vol 29 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.)
- 1943 May 27
- East High spotlight: vol 30 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.)
- 1944 May 25
- Kismet Club Group Photo
- Kismet Club group photograph. There are 12 girls standing in the back row. There are seven girls seated in chairs and two girls sitting on the floor. The members are holding candy canes or lollipops. Several members are holding teddy bears or...
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter...
- circa 1922
- First Baptist Church Jubilee Souvenir Bulletin
- Commemorative program for the burning of the mortgage and fortieth anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1904 June 5
- Exterior photograph of South High School during construction.
- A black and white photograph of the exterior of South High School during construction in 1925. The photograph is taken from across a field. There is scaffolding in front of the future entrance to the school. There are various cars visible around...
- South High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1925