Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Numbers 9 and 10, 1919 September-October
- Colorado National Guard soldiers lynch labor sympathizer
- Colorado National Guard soldiers prepare to lynch a man during a labor strike in Cripple Creek, Colorado. The soldiers are positioned throughout the room and many hold rifles with bayonets. One National Guardsman holds the end of a rope that is...
- Colorado. National Guard.--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1893.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lynchings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1904]
- 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
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 1 and 2, 1928 January-February
- East High School Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all students and parents of East High School in Denver, Colo.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1955
- Stapleton International Airport
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Community garden E. 22nd Ave.
- View of a community garden on East 22nd Avenue, in Curtis Park in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Two African American women work in a plot in the garden. One woman wears a floral dress and red hat. The other woman is sits next to...
- African Americans--1980-1990.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Women.; Gardens.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1980?
- Lampposts at the Denver Botanic Gardens
- View of concrete lampposts designed to look like trees located in the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The globe lights on the lamp posts simulate fruit. The Boettcher Foundation,...
- Denver Botanic Gardens--Facilities--1990-2000.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Botanical gardens.; Lampposts.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Pictorial works.; Botanical...
- 1998
- Emanuel Martinez and statue of veteran
- Sculptor Eduardo Martinez poses in his studio beside the clay model for his oversized bronze sculpture of Joe P. Martinez, the first Hispanic to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II. The sculpture was a commission for the grounds...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Interiors.; Monuments & memorials.; Sculptors.; Sculpture.; Martinez, Eduardo, 1947---Pictorial works.; Martinez, Joe P., 1920-1943--Monuments--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2006?]
- Louise Campa in Spanish dance costume
- Louise Campa, Lucille Campa, a well known dancer and teacher of Mexican, Spanish classical dance and flamenco, poses in a classical style Spanish dance costume. She wears a dark top and a silk scarf decorated with fringe, a full, mid-length,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Clothing & dress.; Dancers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Family--Pictorial works.; Campa, Louise, 1919-2005--Pictorial works.; Clothing and...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 19, 1914 July 11
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 3, 1909 March 6
- 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?]
- Hotel Raymond, Pasadena, Cal.
- A view of the Raymond Hotel in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows the multi-story hotel with an encircling porch, Mansard roof, decorative cornice, brackets, interior and end-wall chimneys, dormer windows and a balcony. Palms,...
- Raymond Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--California--Pasadena--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1894?]
- Tunnel boarding houses
- View of wood frame boarding house facilities, mill processing buildings and sheds at the Revenue Mine complex near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The two-story boarding houses have gabled roofs and sash windows. The multi-level shaft house is...
- Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Litchfield [sic] Cathedral (from southwest)
- A view of Lichfield Cathedral in Lichfield, England. Shows a Gothic style building with pointed compound arched entries, sculptured figures in niches throughout the facade and towers with spires.
- Lichfield Cathedral--1890-1910.; Lichfield (England)--1890-1910.; Anglican churches--England--Lichfield--1890-1910.; Cathedrals--England--Lichfield--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ward, Colo.
- View of the mining town of Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Log cabins and buildings and wood houses and commercial buildings line the dirt streets. Privies are located throughout the town. Many houses and buildings have log retaining walls.
- Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns.; Dirt roads.; Log buildings.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- X-ray at St. Luke's hospital
- Harry H. Buckwalter and Dr. C. E. Tennant prepare to x-ray Central City Marshal Mike Kehler at Saint Luke's hospital in Denver, Colorado. Equipment that includes batteries is placed throughout the room.
- Kehler, Mike.; Tennant, C. E.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Radiography--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- [1896]
- Part of ostrich farm near Phoenix, Arizona
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, ostriches stand near a wooden fence under trees in a pasture, probably on the Josiah Harbert farm near the Arizona Canal Falls in Maricopa County, Arizona.
- Harbert, Josiah--Homes & haunts.; Ostrich farms--Arizona--Maricopa County--1900-1910.; Maricopa County (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Ostriches--Arizona--Maricopa County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Redlands, California
- View of Redlands (San Bernardino County), California. Shows orange groves, flowers, houses scattered throughout the valley, and mountains in the distance.
- Redlands (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Redlands--1890-1900.; Flowers--California--Redlands--1890-1900.; Orange orchards--California--Redlands--1890-1900.; Valleys--California--Redlands--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Redlands
- View of Redlands (San Bernardino County), California. Shows a dirt road, orange groves, flowers, and houses scattered throughout the valley.
- Redlands (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Redlands--1890-1900.; Flowers--California--Redlands--1890-1900.; Orange orchards--California--Redlands--1890-1900.; Valleys--California--Redlands--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Georgetown, Clear Creek Canon, the Loop
- View of Colorado Central Railroad train and engine #107 on the high trestle over Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A train passes under the trestle, another is in the distance. Shows three railroad bridges, men on...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Georgetown, the Loop
- View of train on the high trestle over Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A train passes under the trestle, another is in the distance. Shows three railroad bridges, men on horseback on a road with a covered wagon....
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Hotel Princeton, Buena Vista, Colo. A.L. Roeder & Co. Props.
- View of the four story, Hotel Princeton in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The frame hotel has brick chimneys, dormer windows, and a front rounded turret with windows, a conical dome and finial. A lake at City Park is next to the hotel...
- Hotel Princeton (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1890-1900.; St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Mortimer - "Old Carson City"
- Lumber yard in Mortimer, Costilla County, Colorado, includes log cabins, a stack of baled hay, and corrals. Hewn logs are in piles and loaded onto horse-drawn wagons; men, women, and children pose throughout. Buggies, buckboards and a scoop lie...
- Mortimer (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Mortimer--1890-1900.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Mortimer--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Picnic near Silverton
- A large group picnics in the woods near Silverton, Colorado. The women are dressed in a variety of hats, puff-shouldered blouses and piped collars; men wear bowler hats; children wear dresses, sailor suits and straw, felt, and cloth hats. Rustic...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1898?]
- Dawson Colo. townsite
- View of a cattle herd grazing in a fenced field at Dawson, Colorado (Routt County); utility poles follow a dirt road in foreground; baled hay and stacking implements scattered throughout field; farm buildings at distant right; hills in background.
- Dawson (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--Dawson--1910- 1920.; Cattle--Colorado--Dawson--1910-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Dawson--1910-1920.; Hay--Colorado--Dawson--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Nevadaville "My house," spring, W. C. Russel Jr.
- The W. C. Russell Jr. residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with side extensions and a covered porch. A paned, double-hung window in the gable matches others on the ground floor; lumber and a shed are in...
- Russell, W. C., Jr.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Nevadaville W. C. Russel Jr. house, winter
- The W. C. Russell Jr. residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with side extensions and a covered porch. A paned, double-hung window in the gable matches others on the ground floor; lumber and a shed are in...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Russell, W. C., Jr.--Homes & haunts.
- 1939
- Sts. John, Colorado smelter
- At Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, the smelter is comprised of frame and log buildings, a flume, and a masonry structure with a square stack. Smoke issues from a chimney on a monitor roof, firewood is piled throughout, and a round shed with a...
- Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Smelters--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- 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
- Central City Play Festival
- The renovated Central City Opera House, seen from the east, was described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1937]
- Castlewood Dam - 1933 Break
- A view of the destroyed Castlewood Dam after the flood of Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. Shows the remains of the dam strewn throughout the canyon in Douglas County.
- Castlewood Canyon Dam (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dams--Colorado--Douglas County--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Douglas County--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Trinidad State Nursing Home
- Aerial view of the state nursing home in Trinidad, Colorado. This complex of low gable roofed brick buildings are mostly one story, with a two story central hall, and a cantilevered shelter over the drive. The gables and panels between the windows...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Nursing homes--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- [1967?]
- Cliff Palace before excavation
- View of Cliff Palace, a group of cliff dwellings before excavation, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the adobe homes' walls. The wall of one tower is almost completely missing....
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Spruce Tree House
- View of Spruce Tree House, Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the cliff dwelling's walls. A wooden ladder leans against one of the walls, leading to...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Spruce Tree House (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1908
- Spruce Tree House
- View of Spruce Tree House, a group of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the cliff dwelling's walls. A wooden ladder leans against one of the walls...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Spruce Tree House (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- 1908
- Cliff Palace before excavation
- View of Cliff Palace, a group of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, before excavation, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the adobe homes' walls. The wall of one tower is...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Monument Lake Lodge
- Exterior view of a Pueblo style guest lodge at Monument Lake, thirty eight miles west of Trinidad, Colorado. This split level structure is built on a hillside and has three floors built in steps with terraces on the lower roofs. Built of adobe,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lodges--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Pueblos--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1938?]
- Interior view of Trinidad Country Club, Trinidad, Colorado
- The Trinidad Country Club, in Trinidad, Colorado, has an open log beam ceiling; squared beams with corbel ends run the other direction at a lower level. An adobe fireplace fitted with andirons is in back, with trophies on its mantle; Navajo urns...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Navajo textile fabrics--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1925?]
- Cliff Palace before excavation
- View of Cliff Palace, a group of Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings, before excavation, Chapin Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Window holes are visible throughout the masonry homes' walls. One wall has a large...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street
- Fireman's Hall on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a two story frame building featuring a gable roof with flat side extensions, a belfry, and a plate glass ground floor front with transoms. Lettering on the three front windows reads...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fireman's Hall (Breckenridge, Colo)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Old school house, Breckenridge
- The old schoolhouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, seen from the northwest, is a frame, cross gabled, two story structure featuring a belfry with four sided arched dormers and a conical roof topped by a windvane with compass point indicators. The...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Old school house, Breckenridge
- Looking to the southwest in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a view of the old schoolhouse, a frame, cross gabled, two story structure featuring a belfry with four sided arched dormers and a conical roof topped by a windvane with compass point...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Perry Park Ranch
- View of Perry Park Ranch, Douglas county, Colorado, shows frame farmhouse and outbuildings, silo, tractor and wooden crates scattered throughout yard.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Baldy, Colo., with wagons and people
- One-story, wood-frame storefronts are in front of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks in the prairie town of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County. Women wearing dresses and aprons stand in front of the buildings. Bundles are piled next to the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Firemen probe the crumbled walls of the Paris Theater, 76 Knox Court
- Night view of the Paris Art Theater at 76 Knox Court in Denver, Colorado, after an explosion; shows firemen picking through rubble.
- Paris Art Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Explosions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1963 May 27
- Looking north east over Idaho Springs
- The view looking northeast, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, includes a water holding pond, the central business district with many flat topped and false fronted commercial buildings, Virginia Canyon with residences, the Methodist church, and the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1920.
- [between 1885 and 1915]
- Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of partially cut agricultural field on Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men on horseback, horse-drawn carriage with female passengers, and a dog in recently cut field of barley, oats or wheat;...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Grains--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]