Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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]
- 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
- 17th St. from Union Station, Denver
- Welcome Arch at Union Station in Denver, Colorado; view of 17th (Seventeenth) street, street railway car number 248, men and women walking towards Union Station (not in view), horse-drawn carriages and a touring sightseeing coach parked at curb,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- 17th Street looking south toward lower downtown
- An overhead view of 17th (Seventeenth) Street towards Lower Downtown (LoDo) in Denver, Colorado. Shows the trolley lines, pedestrians, automobiles and buildings. The white building in the foreground is the Security Building at 650 17th Street....
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 July 12
- 17th Street looking towards Broadway
- A view down 17th (Seventeenth) Street, at the corner of Lawrence Street looking toward Broadway, Denver, Colorado. Shows a trolley car line, automobiles, and local businesses. Some of the businesses include: "Milner Hotel" and "Joe Awful Coffee". A...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- 1890 depot, section house
- View east towards the Colorado and Southern station number 1147, Climax, Fremont Pass, Lake County, Colorado; shows people next to a side gable depot section house, railroad tracks, snow fence and stacks of railroad ties; Bartlett Mountain and...
- Climax (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Climax--1890-1900.
- 1890
- 1890, section house
- View down Colorado and Southern railroad tracks towards the station section house, Climax, Lake County, Colorado; includes wood frame side gable structure and telephone poles; Continental Divide peaks in background.
- Climax (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Climax--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Climax--1890-1900.
- 1890
- 1894
- View east across East Plum Creek towards Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado, includes: Castle Rock (a rhyolite lava rock formation), the 1889 courthouse with thirty foot central tower, Saint (St.) Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church, wood frame...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Castle Rock--1890-1900.
- 1894
- 20th Anniversary Sermon
- The pamphlet contains the text for the sermon given by Rev. Frank T. Bayley in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, CO, 1911.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1911
- 3rd Street, looking across Main St. toward east
- View of 3rd (Third) Street looking east towards Main Street, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a commercial street with single and multi-story flat roof brick buildings. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street. A traffic light and an electric...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1930?
- 800 block Main Street, Springfield, Colo.
- View of the corner of the 800 block of Main Street in Springfield (Baca County), Colorado. Signs on a lamp post point towards the "Fairgrounds" and "Springfield Little Britches Rodeo." Shows one and two story, brick and rusticated stone false front...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial streets.; Central business districts--Colorado--Springfield--Pictorial works.; Springfield (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1988
- "If I Were White" by Clarence F. Holmes (unofficial title)
- A satisfied customer starts the long walk home with a load of printed treasures under his arm
- Books under his arm, a boy walks towards trees and drift fence near Pueblo, Colorado.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys--Colorado--Pueblo--1950-1960.
- 1953
- A view in Zuni, New Mexico, old church with bells gone
- View from rooftop of Native American (Zuni) Pueblo, shows the multi-story pueblo houses with ladders, ovens, (hornos,) chimney pots, horses and a seated man looking towards the dilapidated Nuesta Senora de Guadalupe Mission church.
- Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Mission : Zuni, N.M.)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Zuni Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1895 and 1897?]
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- Aerial view of Cripple Creek
- Aerial view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside of Midland Terminal Railway station, plat of streets, and rubble and debris of demolished commercial business buildings; hillside is dotted with mine tailings; Mount...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Agricultural Dist., Cattle Creek Mesa, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View across sage & prairie grasslands towards agricultural fields, Cattle Creek Mesa, Garfield County, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; distant view of ranch or farm buildings, hay stacks with stacking rack, & herd of cattle in corral.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Aleutian Islands
- View from one Aleutian Island [probably Kiska] towards another showing an island, the sea and muskeg. The 87th Mountain Infantry Division served in the Aleutian Island as a part of Amphibious Task Force 9.
- Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Alex McLean funeral
- View of Alex McLean's funeral procession lead by a marching band on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; crowds of men, women and children line the sidewalks of a commercial business district that includes flat-roof one and two-story brick...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Funeral processions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; McLean, Alex.
- [betweeen 1900 and 1903]
- Alma Colo. May 20th 82
- A man sits on a rock by the Middle Fork of the South Platte River looking west towards Alma, (elevation 10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. The town consists of wood frame barns, sheds, false front commercial buildings, log cabins, smelting...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1880-1890.
- 1882 May 20
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Annual: North Side High School 1907
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1907
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1907
- Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak Ave., Colo. Springs
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue towards Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Shows Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway tracks and trolleys, Elk Hotel, horse-drawn wagons, and carriages. Signs on businesses in the area read: "Stovell's Curiosity...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1910?]
- Arapahoe [sic] Peak from Glacier Lake
- View towards Arapaho Peaks from Glacier Lake, Colorado reached via Denver, Boulder & Western Railway (formerly Colorado and Northwestern); rowboats on lake; clouds top snow dotted mountains.
- Glacier Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--1900-1910.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1909?]
- Argentine Pass, Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Argentine Central Ry.
- View of Waldorf Mine and outbuildings, Clear Creek County, Colorado towards Vidler Mine and Argentine Pass in distance; Waldorf reached via Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track with 1/2 mile spur to Vidler; road to Argentine Pass parallels...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Argentine Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage...
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Arkansas Valley
- View from Midland Hill towards Arkansas River valley near Buena Vista, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; farm house, center right; snowy Rocky Mountains, background.
- Arkansas River--1910-1920.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Midland Hill (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farmhouses--Colorado--1910-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [1911]
- Artist's Glen
- Scene at Artist's Glen near Manitou Springs, Colorado. Two men in suits relax on benches that are on a boulder in Englemann Canyon; one of them holds an open book towards the camera. Mosquito netting covers the area in which they sit, and there is...
- Artists Glen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Englemann Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ruxton Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Arts at Silver Plume, formerly St. Patrick's Catholic Church
- View of the front and side elevations of Arts at Silver Plume (the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church) a commercial gallery on Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The small frame structure, has wood siding and a shingled...
- Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume, Colo.)--1990-2000.; St. Patrick's Church (Silver Plume, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Churches.; Commercial art galleries.; Bell towers.; Arts at Silver Plume (Silver Plume,...
- 1994
- Asbury Elementary School students in classroom
- Photograph looking towards the teacher of a classroom full of students at their desks in Asbury Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
- Asbury School (Denver, Colo.); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- Ashland Elementary School staircase
- Photograph looking towards the second floor curved balcony and upper floors in the main staircase of the Ashland Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
- Ashland School (Denver, Colo.); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- Undated
- Aspen
- A procession of men and women walk across a field near Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, towards the Walter Paepcke Memorial Auditorium (?).
- Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Meadows--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1970.; Queues--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Au riva diece, Italy!
- View taken from the stern of a ship looking back towards the Italian coastline and showing the ship's wake. Taken by the photographer while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division after the end of the Italian Campaign.
- Ships--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Aug. 30, '97, Castle Rock, Douglas Co.
- View north along standard and narrow gauge railroad tracks of Denver and Rio Grande Western and Colorado and Southern towards Castle Rock, a rhyolite lava rock formation, Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado, includes a small gabled residence with...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Castle Rock--1890-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- August 30, 1897
- Auraria Remembered
- Auto on mtn. road
- Wire fence edges a dirt road, probably in Colorado or Utah; a car heads towards a mountain dotted with road grades, houses, and rock outcroppings.
- Automobiles--1920-1940.; Roads--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- B'way extension looking towards [sic] old B'way
- View of the Broadway Extension construction site near 19th (Nineteenth) Street and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Wagon wheels and support beams are at the site. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Delaney" and "Climax Pure Ice Cream."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 December or November
- Bandelier National Monument
- A Native American walks towards a fumarole tentrock with a caprock (a teepee-shaped tuff formation), Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Rock formations--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic...
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Beautiful, beautiful, zion! : the majesty of God's power and grace, First Chronicles-Chapter 20, Verse 11.
- Booklet created detailing the clerical and building history of the Zion Baptist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included are several photographs of different pastors and their families, changes to different church buildings to the year 2003.
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver--History.; Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 2003
- Beef distribution, Dakota, people in and around a corral
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) distribution day probably Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; large group of Dakota Native Americans standing, on corral railing, on horseback or in wagons; primary attention towards slaughtered cattle in corral; numerous...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Bennett Ave. from the Teller Co. court house to the depot
- View of Bennett Avenue from sidewalk by Teller county courthouse (courthouse building not in view) east towards Midland Terminal Railway station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; distant view includes one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Big snow of December 1913
- View from in front of the State Capitol Building towards downtown Denver, Colorado, includes the bronze statue of the Civil War soldier. The Arapahoe County Courthouse and the Daniels and Fisher Tower show among the downtown buildings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Big snow of December 1913
- View of deep snow from Cheyenne Street towards Pioneer Monument and the State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado. A workman repairs wires on a power and streetlight pole. The Scholtz Drug Company is on the corner; trolley cars and the United...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Big snow of December 1913 16th St. looking toward Broadway
- Pedestrians walk along cleared sidewalks as men haul the snow in horse drawn wagons along Sixteenth Street towards Broadway Avenue to dump in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Big snow of December 1913 16th Street toward Broadway
- Men haul snow from the downtown area, in horse drawn wagons, along Sixteenth Street towards Broadway Avenue to dump in Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. Business signs include: "The [Y]ee Foo Lun, C.H.D. Chinese Herb Institute, Have Cured Thousands,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Big snow of December 1913 Colfax and Broadway
- A man hauls his wagon load of snow past the Pioneer Monument on Cheyenne Street towards Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The Scholtz Drug Company, Capitol Store, the State Capitol Building and the First United Presbyterian Church show in distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- December 1913
- Bird's eye of Manitou Springs
- and 'Park Villa,' the parterred garden of Major Hulbert. Cars are on Manitou Avenue.; Bird's eye view of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north towards Williams Canyon and Ute Pass; shows freight cars on the Colorado Midland spur, turrets of the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Bird's-eye view of Victor in Cripple Creek District
- Bird's eye view of Victor, Colorado, from residential rooftops towards business commercial district; shows railroad tracks, Florence and Cripple Creek or Midland Terminal, one and two-story wooden frame residences, church or school spire, and...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899 or 1900]
- Blackfoot Indian on horseback
- Reproduction of an engraving by Carl Bodmer, shows a Blackfoot (Siksika) Native American man riding a horse, carrying a gun, and looking back towards another rider. He wears moccasins, leggings, hide clothing, and eagle feathers in his hair.
- Indians of North America--1840-1860.; Siksika Indians--1840-1860.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952