Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Site of new J. H. Wolfe Hotel, Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek
- Wintertime on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado with rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings with false fronts; the Palace Hotel in the foreground, a two-story flat-roof brick building with plain boxed cornice,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts-- Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Haywood home
- Exterior view of the Haywood residence, Georgetown, Colorado, probably on Taos or Rose Streets, a two-story brick house in Italianate style with a hipped roof, a decorative railing with circular components at the top, overhanging eaves supported...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1910.
- [between 1875 and 1910?]
- Concert Hall, Central City
- View of two-story Concert Hall and Billiard Rooms in Central City, Colorado. The building is between a two-story, flat-roofed masonry structure with the words "Stage Line" written at the top and a two-story building with a balcony that has a flat...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bands--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.; Brass instruments--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1872?]
- Victor
- Rear view of three wooden frame residences on hillside, Victor, Colorado: a two-story wooden frame house (with medium gable roof, two chimneys, and outhouse), a one-story wooden frame house (with bellcast mansard roof, stone foundation, and four...
- Victor (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Mirabelle Restaurant
- View of the Mirabelle Restaurant (John Howard : ca. 1898) located at 55 Village Road, Beaver Creek (Eagle County), Colorado. The two-story, clapboard structure has a covered front porch with turned posts. Later Gulling Offerson added the front...
- Mirabelle Restaurant (Beaver Creek, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Mirabelle Restaurant (Beaver Creek, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Beaver Creek--Pictorial works.; Beaver Creek (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Beaver Creek (Colo.)--1990-2000.
- 1999
- Ken-Caryl Ranch Manor House, Lakewood, Colo.
- View of the Ken-Caryl Ranch Manor House located at 14432 West Ken-Caryl Road, Lakewood, Colo. The two-story 8000 square-foot mansion is an example of an American Georgian - Southern Style mansion. Details include a distinctive two-story south...
- Mansions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010.; Ranches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010.; Lakewood (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mansions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Ranches--Colorado--Lakewood--Pictorial works.; Lakewood...
- 2007
- Kokomo
- Panoramic view of buildings and roads in Kokomo, and trees on a mountainside in probably the Gore or Tenmile Range in Summit County, Colorado. Shows the two-story frame Kokomo school with a bell tower, log buildings, dirt roads, cars, and a brick...
- Climax Mine (Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Kokomo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Kokomo--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Grand Junction
- View of cars parked on a downtown street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Brick buildings at the intersection of 5th (Fifth) Street and Main Street are the two-story Fair Building with stone lintels and elaborate brick detail, the...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of frame and brick buildings on Main Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Two-story commercial buildings with flat roofs have signs that read: "Connor House," "Roworth & Co. Hardware, Groceries," "City Bookstore," "Pharmacy,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1869
- Palisade Hotel, Main St.
- View of the stone two-story Palisades Hotel (formerly Tabor House) on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The two-story building has a flat roof, arched windows with keystones and sills. Signs on a false front building reads:...
- Palisades Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Corner Harrison & 9th showing 9th St. School (brick bldg)
- This view east from the corner of Harrison Avenue and 9th Ninth Street shows the 9th St. School with St. Mary's Catholic School beyond in Leadville, Colorado. The foreground includes snowcovered ground where a man walks up a hill, bare sidewalk,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Corner Harrison & 9th showing 9th St. School (brick bldg)
- View east from corner of Harrison Avenue and 9th (Ninth Street) showing 9th St. School with St. Mary's Catholic School beyond, Leadville, Colorado. Foreground includes snowcovered ground and streets, bare sidewalk, fire hydrant spigot, streetlight...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Leadville, Carbonate Hill
- This snowy view over rooftops of wood frame and log structures to Carbonate Hill mines, Leadville, Colorado includes one and two-story residences, sheds, outhouses, and two-story false fronts. Signs for a market and a hotel are displayed.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885]
- Early day Silverton Band
- Silverton, Colorado, band on Second Street in Durango, Colorado. Men in sack suits, vests, gold chains and conductors' hats carry trombones, cornets, a tuba, and a clarinet; all wear elaborate medals on their chests; a banner reads: "lverton, MP...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Louise Note was brought in upon a mule train similar - will send a better one sometime
- Winter scene in Silverton, Colorado, of the east side of Greene Street, looking south. A mule train heads north on the the muddy street; the lead animal bears a waving man; the mules that follow are loaded with bundles and boxes. Behind piled snow,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Only building standing on Bennett Ave. after fire
- View of two images depicting first fire, April 26, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; top image depicts flames and smoke moving towards Bennett Avenue; large crowds are on boardwalk and horse-drawn wagons and enclosed commercial wagons are on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Row of commercial buildings, Cripple Creek
- Two-story commercial brick buildings in a row, Cripple Creek, Colorado; several abandoned buildings have boarded-up windows; sign on movie theater states "Silent Movie" and posters on theater doorway include: "Harry Carey in Night Hawk," "Westward...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960- 1970.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 December 17
- Street scene, Cripple Creek
- Row of one and two-story medium gable wood frame and log houses probably on north side of Eaton Avenue or possibly Carr Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one is under final stage of construction; dirt street has light snow and wagon tracks on it;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Cripple Creek depot, F. & C. C. R. R.
- Exterior view of Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; engine with passenger train is parked at station; three men with empty baggage cart stand on station platform; horse-drawn carriage with top is parked on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Cripple Creek, 1895
- Two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings on southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon is tethered to fire hydrant at corner of street; lettering on windows include: "Palace...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Cripple Creek, S.W. corner of Bennett and 2nd, before the fire, 1893
- One and two-story row of wooden frame and brick commercial buildings on the southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagons are parked along boardwalk; corner building has a recessed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Main street, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Street view of Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; group of boys are in street and man holds reins to saddle horse for a young girl; two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings are under construction; flag pole is in center of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of the Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house in red-light district that operated for nearly twenty years and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's as a museum; the...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Cripple Creek house
- View of C. E. Keesler's former residence at 117 West Street, Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. The two-story Queen Anne style wooden frame house has a two-story porch, dormers, lead-paned transoms, and sidelights. A cattle guard is near the...
- Keesler, C. E.--Homes & haunts.; Architecture, Queen Anne--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Lincoln School, Alamosa, Colorado
- The Lincoln School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado, is a two-story brick building built in 1936-1937 and featuring a hip roof, brick chimney, projecting two-story entry with pediment and half round window, double door entry covered with a...
- Lincoln School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1937]
- Central City
- Shows three historic Central City, Colorado, landmarks: Washington Hall, possibly the oldest building in Central City, Henry M. Teller's Law Offices, and William's Stables. The Hall is a two-story clapborad construction with a peaked roof,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1955
- Ute Iron Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, Manitou Springs, Colorado. This one story frame structure was a popular destination for hundreds of tourists every summer day in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In the center, the octagonal pavilion with its...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Ute Iron Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, looking northeast. This one story frame structure was a popular destination for hundreds of tourists every summer day in Manitou Springs, Colorado. In the center, the octagonal pavilion with its...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ute Iron Spring Chateau (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1882 and 1885?]
- Main St., winter 1898-9, U.S. mail on snowshoes
- On south Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, a two-story, false fronted building on the left has a sign reading "Miner's Home Saloon." The next building, with its low false front flanking the gabled roof has a banner below its three sash windows...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1898 or 1899
- Dr. Irving Pollok home, Georgetown
- Exterior view of Dr. Irving Pollok residence, 910-912 Rose Street, Georgetown, Colorado. May and Scott Pollok pose behind the picket fence surrounding the front yard. Scott has baby Harry Ballard in his arms. The Gothic wood frame two-story house...
- Pollok, Irving--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Architectural field survey #29 roll 21
- View of a house at 2905 Curtis Street in the Five Points (Curtis Park) neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story stucco house has a covered porch, decorative eaves, and two-story bay window.
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- [1976]
- Richthofen carriage house
- View of the carriage house at Richthofen Castle at 7020 East 12th (Twelfth) Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story rusticated stone house has chimneys, arched entryway and window, and a two-story extension.
- Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Homes & haunts.; Richthofen Castle (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1971
- Anaconda
- View of two-story structures under construction in Ananconda, Teller County, Colorado; one house has two front two-story bays and wood scaffold braces in place to attach siding on the furing strips; piles of wood shingles on the partially shingled...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- R. R. station at left, Blanca, Colo.
- Located in the San Luis Valley, the town of Blanca, Colorado, is on the Denver & Rio Grande Western line. The depot building, a one-story structure with a gable, is between the tracks. Buildings along the street next to the tracks include a...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1908.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Two story frame house just north of C. & S. eating house at Como, Colo.
- View along snow fence and drift to the railroad superintendent's two-story residence, Como, 9,802 feet, Park County, Colorado, features the wood frame structure with gable trim, bay window and porch. Two outhouses and another two-story frame house...
- Como (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Como--1920-1930.; Snow fences--Colorado--Como--1920-1930.
- January 1929
- Eldora
- A two-story log building with a gable roof and two dormers in Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado, is between a one-story log building with a sign with Coca-Cola logos that reads, "Supplies, [?]ses," and the Gold Miner Hotel, a two-story hipped-roof...
- Eldora (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Log buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1950-1960.
- 1958
- H A T - 354 Dumont, All State Camp - Near Idaho Springs
- Five people stand or sit on the porch of a two-story country store in Dumont, Colorado, in Clear Creek County; a woman stands in front of the store. It is a two-story structure with a front gable. Other, smaller structures are behind it. Signs...
- Dumont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; General stores--Colorado--Dumont--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Durango, Colo.
- Teams of oxen are lined up behind one another in the middle of the unpaved street in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County as they pull a building down a street. Spectators stand on the sidewalk and watch the spectacle. In the background, a...
- Durango (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ox teams--Colorado--Durango--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Eagle, Colo. town views 5/12/78
- Buildings along Washington Street in Eagle, Colorado, include a plain two-story building with a sign reading "H & R Block Income Tax"; a brick building with two awnings which read "Serv-U-Shop," and a sign which reads "Allstate"; a false front...
- Eagle (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Eagle--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 12
- Eaton factory, the Great Western Sugar Co.
- A view of the Great Western Sugar Company (formerly the Eaton Sugar Company) includes a large five-story building with a two-story attached section, a smokestack emitting smoke, a tall water tower, a yard with benches around the large building, and...
- Great Western Sugar Company--1900-1940.; Eaton (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Eaton--1900-1940.
- [between 1905 and 1940?]
- Y.M.C.A.-near Estes Park, Conference Headquarters
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-57] Administration Building, [ARL-58] Our cabin; Mrs. Bondurant and Margaret S., [ARL-59] Margaret Shelton and me at Lock Vale, [ARL-60] Cafeteria, Lodge-Clinic." The photographic prints on album page...
- YMCA of the Rockies--Buildings--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Estes Park--1920-1930.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Organizations'...
- 1929 August 20-30
- Court House, Gunninson, Colo.
- A long gravel walkway lined with new tall trees, leads to the remodeled Gunnison County Courthouse, Colorado, The two-story brick structure also houses the county jail; men and a dog pose outside the entrance. A front gable clapboard building and a...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 14
- Silverton in 1910
- View southwest on Greene Street in Silverton, Colorado; shows the 1907 Silverton Town Hall (two-story rusticated stone walls, dentiled cornices, hipped-gabled metal roof and bell tower with gilt, finialed cupola), the two-story, rusticated stone...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Silverton, Colo. 1881
- View of the east side of Greene Street in Silverton, Colorado, between 13th (Thirteenth) and 14th (Fourteenth) Streets, looking northeast. A crowd of men and loaded burros pose in front of false-front, frame businesses. One two-story storefront has...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1890.
- between 1877 and 1881?
- Fifth and Main, looking northeast
- View of First National Bank building, corner of Main and 5th (Fifth) Streets, Colorado, shows a two-story stone and brick building with corner entrance, tower or turret, and finials. Men pose at the entrance where corner posts support arched...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1900.
- 1900
- Substation of Western Colo Power Co Silverton
- Exterior view of the San Juan County Water and Power Company substation, in Silverton, Colorado, looking east. Shows the brick transformer house, a two-story flat-roofed structure with arched, double height sash windows on the main floor and round...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Power plants--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Telluride
- View southeast over snow-covered Telluride, Colorado, with Ballard Mountain and San Juans in background; shows one and two-story wood frame vernacular houses, and barns and sheds with predominately front gables. Landmark buildings include:...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Telluride, Colo., South
- View south of Telluride, Colorado, with Ballard Mountain, Needle Rock, and San Juans in background; shows one and two-story wood frame vernacular houses, barns and sheds with predominately front gables, some intersecting gables. Landmark buildings...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920?]
- Light and shadow playing over Ballard Mts. (S.E.), above Telluride, Colo.
- Light and shadow play over Ballard Mountains, southeast above Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. View includes one and two-story residences, old two-story brick school in foreground, Congregational Church on Columbia Avenue, San Miguel County...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Central City, Colorado, looking north toward Gunnell Hill. In the foreground is depression in the ground surrounded by a fence. Behind it is a rundown house and a telephone post. Several cars are parked next to the telephone post. A man...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]