Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- # 43 Allen, Colo - Glenwood Canyon
- View of Allen, Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado; shows the Colorado River, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, and a shed with letters: "Allen."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Allen (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- October 4-8, 1930
- # 49 W. S. W. Allen, Colo.
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado; shows a maintainence shed with sign: "Allen."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- October, 1930
- #1 in Royal Gorge
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #5481 pulls train #1 through the Royal Gorge beside the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Hanging Bridge and the sheer walls of the canon spanned by the Royal Gorge suspension bridge.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Arkansas River--1950-1960.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge Bridge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1950-1960.;...
- 1951 Jul. 21
- #1 Ranch Road under construction
- In the distance, inmates of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, perform roadwork with horses near them. A 1920's truck is on the dirt road and lumber is piled in the foreground.
- Road construction workers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1932
- #106 Paonia, Colorado
- A horse-drawn wagon is parked in front of a warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Men and women gather under the covered area of the building. Architectural features of the one-story, clapboard building with a gable, a chimney, and a...
- Paonia Fruit Exchange Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.;...
- [1911?]
- #109 Apple packers at Roberts #2
- Apple packers pose in front of the North Fork Fruit Growers Association Warehouse No. 2 in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A group stands under the covered porch adjacent to the building. A second group congregates around a pile of crates near...
- North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- October 13, 1908
- #112 Canning Factory, Paonia, Colo.
- View of the facade of the canning factory in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Structures: rectangular, brick warehouse with window and two-story, frame commercial building with front gable and side entrance.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- 1908
- #115 Nelson Bros. Fruit Company view showing packing shed and offices with workers
- Employees of the Nelson Brothers Fruit Company pose on two sets of frame steps at the company packing house and offices in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the building: brick-frame structure with a stepped cornice and...
- Nelson Brothers Fruit Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Fruit storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #116 Nelson Packers in auto
- A man drives a carload of six women past a fruit-packing warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Warehouse fruit-packers stand behind stacks of fruit crates under the covered area adjacent to the building. Crates read: "North Fork Fruit, The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Crates--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 22, 1909
- #129 Fruit Sheds on 2nd Street
- View of fruit warehouses in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Scaffolding and boards are in front of the building in the foreground. Planks, boards, and debris litter the foreground in front of the outhouses. Other warehouses in the background.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #168 in Black Canyon
- Narrow gauge locomotive number 168 (engine type 4-6-0) pulls a train through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Delta County, Colorado. The Gunnison River is adjacent to the tracks.
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1910.;...
- [1904?]
- #196 Note: stage from Paonia Hotel
- Men are gathered along the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in Paonia, Colorado. Crates of fruit are stacked next to the depot building. A horse-drawn bus, with "Paonia Hotel," painted on the side, is backed up next to the depot.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- 1908
- #238 Paonia, Colorado
- View of a commercial area in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County, shows wood-frame buildings with false fronts and warehouse with stepped cornice and doors open. Signs: "The Busy Corner. The Gibson-Castell Lumber Co.," "Office," "Paint Oil and...
- Gibson - Castell Lumber Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- #280 Grables' Harness Shop note: "Drummer" on right
- Two women and three men stand in front of a tack shop in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Two saddles are mounted on luggage trunks on opposite sides of the entrance to the store. A plate of peaches is on top of a trunk. An elderly man stands...
- Paonia Harness Boot & Shoe Shop (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saddlery--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Saddles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 13, 1908
- #303 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- Phil Eisenkramer holds a plucked goose inside of his meat market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Other plucked birds hang on a rack behind him. Wreaths hang above the rack and the windows. Tins of buscuits from the National Biscuit Company...
- Eisenkramer, Phil--Homes & haunts.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- 1909?
- #305 Eisenkramer's Meat Market
- A bearded customer of Eisenkramer's Meat Market sits in front of the service counter holding a wrapped parcel of meat in his hands. A second parcel of wrapped meat is on the counter next to a ceramic bowl. Two employees stand behind the meat...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- November 22, 1909
- #306 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- A man sits on a stool in front of the customer counter in Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A man wearing an apron and a man in a suit stand behind the counter. Animal carcasses, including a pig, birds, and beef, hang...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Pork--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- November 22, 1909
- #307 Miller Mercantile Company Dry Goods & Dept. Store
- Three employees, two men and a woman, of the Miller Mercantile Company Dry Goods & Department Store stand behind a display counter in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Items on display include window coverings and bolts of fabric.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Showcases--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #312 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- View of the interior of the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Items on display: jackets, hats, hat boxes, luggage, and items in glass cases.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #313 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A male employee of the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company fits a customer with a jacket as the man, who wears a hat, looks at himself in the mirror. Hundreds of boxes of shoes are stacked on shelves behind the mirror. Merchandise, including shirts, is...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #316 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- A butcher stands on a wooden stool next to a row of beef carcases hanging on hooks in Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Items in front of the customer counter: a crate of apples, a stool, and a barrel. Items on the...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- April 28, 1909
- #319 Paonia Meat Market Eisenkramer's
- Interior view of the Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Man holding wrapped package of meat sitting on stool in front of customer counter. Butcher behind counter wearing apron. Items on counter: scale and cash register...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- #321 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- View of shelves stacked with shoeboxes in the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Ladders lead to the top shelves of the store. Items for display in the store cases include: socks and handkerchiefs. Penants hang...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #322 Cobbler at work - rear of Emry Shoe and Clothing Company
- A cobbler repairs the sole of a shoe in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. The shoe is mounted on an iron that the cobbler holds between his feet as he sits on a wooden bench. He taps the sole with a hammer. His box of tools in on the bench next...
- Shoes--Maintenance and repair--Colorado--Paonia--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoemakers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #324 Soda Fountain by American Soda Fountain Company possibly in Richard's Drug Store
- View of a soda fountain in the interior of a drug store in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County, shows: spigots in a line, glass bowls and glasses, flowers in vases, stained glass ornament, carved wood, turned supports, cash register, leafy plant....
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- #327 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A man walks through the interior of Emry Shoe and Clothing Company carrying a rectangular clothing box under his arm. He wears a suit, a hat, and holds gloves in his right hand. Items for sale include: jackets hanging on clothes racks, hats in...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Hats--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #329 Art Ward's barber shop
- Three barbers shave their customers in a barber shop in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Each customer lies back in the barber's chair with a sheet draped over his chest. A seventh man wearing coveralls stands by the mirror in the background.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barbers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Barbershops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Shaving--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- #357 Studio wrestling
- Studio portrait of two men wrestling with one another in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Both men have bare torsos and wear wrestling tights. The man in the dark tights twists the arm of the second man behind his back as he grasps his legs. A...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Posing.; Wrestling--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #375 Arrival of Denver & Rio Grande passenger train
- A steam locomotive of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad pulls into the Paonia, Colorado train station in Delta County. Spectators, all men, stand on both sides of the tracks to watch the entrance. Crates of fruit are stacked next to the depot...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 19, 1908
- #390 Barom's Tent Packing Shed
- View of Barom's Tent Packing Shed in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Smaller tents pitched next to the large tent. Fruit crates stacked outside of the tent.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- 1911
- #399 Man in buggy possibly Henry Davis building was originally Paonia High School now (1979) Junior High
- A man, possible Henry Davis, sits in a horse-drawn buggy in front of the newly-built high school in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. He holds the horse's reins in one hand and a whip in the other. The high school is a three-story, masonry...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Davis, Henry.
- [1909?]
- #420 D.T.C. line car with cars #408, 1 & 2 & 20
- Denver Tramway Company line car number 420 with crane in supply yard; trolleys in background.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- #451 Ice packing scene
- Men holding ice hooks manipulate floating pieces of cut ice in a pond in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Two men stand at the edge and watch. Snow blankets the ground.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ice industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- January 13, 1911
- #483 Ice cutting scene
- Two men cut ice with an ice cutter pulled by two horses on a pond in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A third man stands by and watches. Snow blankets the ground.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Ice industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- January 13, 1911
- #533 Exterior - Methodist Church
- The congregation of Paonia Methodist Church stands outside of the church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the L-shaped, masonry building: gable roof, gothic windows, fish-scale siding, and a belltower with a hipped...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #63 Mail bag expr. and #306 coach M-324-19
- Side-view of two narrow gauge baggage cars of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at the railroad depot in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. Painted on the side of the cars: "Baggage Railway Express Agency 63," "U. S. Mail Railway Post...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Antonito (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.
- 1941 April 30
- #63 mail bag expr. car M-327 41 Antonito, Colo.
- Side view of a narrow gauge baggage car of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at the depot in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. Written on the side of the baggage car: "Baggage Railway Express Agency 63."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Antonito (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.
- August 30, 1941
- #728 Nelson Bros. Fruit Company Shed
- View of a warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Features of building: masonry construction, gable, false front with stepped cornice, and vents. Man on horse next to building. Signs: "Nelson Bros. Fruit."
- Nelson Brothers Fruit Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- #735 Exterior of Methodist Church
- Exterior view of the Paonia Methodist Church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the L-shaped, masonry building: gable roof, gothic bays, fish-scale imbrication, and a belltower with a hipped roof.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #745 Interior of Methodist Church Christmas Party
- Two rows of girls holding baby dolls perform in the Christmas pageant at the Methodist Church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Baby cradles and miniature brooms are in front of the girls in the front row. Christmas trees flank the stage. The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #763 Ex. C, R.J.M.
- Landscape along the C & S railroad tracks from Ludlow to Trinidad in Las Animas County, Colorado where coal miners marched during the UMW labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- #763 Ex. D, R.J.M.
- Man stands along the road from Ludlow to Trinidad in Las Animas County, Colorado where coal miners marched during the UMW labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- #763 Ex. G, R.J.M.
- Panoramic landscape of the C & S railroad tracks from Ludlow to Trinidad in Las Animas County, Colorado during the coal miners UMW labor strike against CF&I. Shows trestle, cultivated field, and farm buildings.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1913 or 1914
- #96 North Fork Fruit Growers Association offices and shipping sheds at Colburn's, Colorado
- A man stands on the deck of a produce warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. The two-story frame building has a gable and covered porches on opposite sides of the building. Painted on the gableboard: "The North Fork Fruit Growers...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1910- 1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage...
- 1911
- #97 Apple packers Robert's #1
- Apple packers pose in front of the Fruit Growers Association Warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. One group stands under the covered porch adjacent to the building. A second group congregates around a pile of crates near the building. ...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1900-1910.; North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Food storage...
- October 13, 1908
- $400,000 bequest aids hospital
- Carl Struefert, hospital administrator, stands with Lewis Fahrenbrink at Lutheran Hospital, 8300 West 38th (Thirty-eighth) Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Lutheran Hospital (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)-- 1960-1970.; Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1960-1970.; Fahrenbrink, Lewis.; Streufert, Carl.
- January 4, 1965
- $75 reward! : stolen -- Sunday evening, September 15th, 1872 ... Canadian horse pony.
- Poster that offers a $75 reward for the return of a Canadian horse pony stolen from Daniel Witter of Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Crimes--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Horse stealing--Colorado--Denver.
- 1872
- (1896) Oak Street
- Exterior of a Victorian wood frame house with boarded up windows, Oak Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Features projecting gable porch with a decorative cartouche with: 1896, an eyebrow dormer, upper balcony with lattice work.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- August 26, 1979
- (Cripple Creek District) Independence Station (after destruction by strikers) wrecked platform where 14 men were killed.
- The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors has been broken out, torn shingles...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; includes a one- story gable-roofed wooden building with a hill behind it; stone fence and a log fence in front.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--(New) Cardinal--1940-1950.
- 1942