Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Wyatt School model building project
- Photograph of a classroom full of models of transportation vehicles made by students at Hyde Park, later Wyatt Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The tables in the classroom have been pushed together to make several long rows of tables. On...
- Transportation.; Wyatt School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Stapleton International Airport
- Report Concerning use of the Auraria Section of the West Side neighborhood for a Metro College-Community College Complex
- Information Statement for Business Concerns and Other Non-Residential Establishments
- Italian funeral
- A convoy of Tenth Mountain Division jeeps passes an Italian funeral procession in an unidentified town.
- Funeral processions--Italy--1940-1950.; Military vehicles--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Las Animas county courthouse complex looking west side
- View of Las Animas County courthouse in Trinidad, Colorado, a municipal building of local sandstone with classic entablature. Evergreens are at the corner in the foreground and on either side of the west entrance; vehicles on Maple Street include a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Trinidad--1969-1970.
- July 1966
- Big snow of December 1913
- Pedestrians stand in the middle of snow cleared paths in a street in downtown Denver, Colorado. A man moves a load of goods on a flat skid drawn by a horse. Signs read: "Rialto Hotel," "Dutch Mill Cafe," and "Pool."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Shopping Center at Mission Viejo
- View from a parking lot onto the entrances of multiple stores of a strip mall shopping center. A pile of snow visible in the corner of the photo. Numerous vehicles parked throughout lot. Signs on exterior of building indicate businesses there,...
- Shopping centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Safeway at Mission Viejo
- View of Safeway store from parking lot across the street. The store is white on bottom and brown on top, with a red SAFEWAY running across the middle. Numerous vehicles in parking lot, which also has a number of large lamp posts. Road in front of...
- Grocery stores--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Jefferson Bank East at Mission Viejo
- View of Jefferson Bank East building from parking lot. Multiple vehicles in drive through, and one parked in lot. Yellow stripes for parking spots on paved lot. Numerous lamp posts visible. Building appears to be made of brick and has white...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Northeast Park Hill Neighborhood Analysis
- History of the public schools of Denver : a brief history (1859-1989) and complete building survey of the Denver Public Schools
- Book outlining the history of Denver Public Schools. Included are pictures of buildings, timelines of construction, and listing of schools.
- School buildings--Colorado--Denver--History.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1989
- Ruby Canyon temporary trestle
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks and a temporary trestle bridge in Ruby Canyon of the Colorado River, in Utah or Colorado, shows cottonwood trees and sandstone cliffs. A combustion engine rail-adapted vehicle is in the foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Road-rail vehicles--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--1920-1930.; Trestles--1920-1930.
- August, 1927
- Main entrance, Camp Swift, Texas
- View of the Main Entrance at Camp Swift Texas. A military police man allows a Bell Telephone car to pass through gate number one. A small building and the other part of the gate is in the background. The Tenth Mountain Division was stationed here...
- Camp Swift (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Military police--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- August 6, 1944
- Supply Sergeant during D Series
- A Tenth Mountain Division supply sergeant poses for the camera during D Series. He is standing in the snow surrounded by pine trees, wearing an army sweater, khaki pants, boots and holding a metal mug. Behind him is a "weasel" packed with a...
- Military vehicles--Colorado--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Pollock, John W.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April, 1944
- Reconnaissance of Po River from banks near San Benedetto, Italy
- Three Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Headquarters Company soldiers make a reconnaissance of the Po River at its banks near San Benedetto during the Italian Campaign. The banks of the river are flat. Part...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
- April 23, 1945
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Zeroing in on a U.S. tank
- Two U.S. Army tanks on a road through rolling grass-covered hills in Italy. German artillery fire is coming close to the lead tank; a white puff of smoke is visible very close to it. Taken while the photographer was serving with the Tenth Mountain...
- Military vehicles--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Construction at Swedish Hospital
- A bucket loader sits in the middle of a road near piles of dirt at the construction site of Swedish Hospital (Swedish Medical Center) in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Houses line the street, and cars, a pickup truck, and a tractor are...
- Swedish Hospital (Englewood, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building sites--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building construction--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Tracklaying...
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Construction site, Swedish Hospital
- Workers stand near construction equipment at the building site of Swedish Hospital (Swedish Medical Center) in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. A bucket loader, tractor, and truck with equipment are on the site. Snow covers the ground.
- Swedish Hospital (Englewood, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building sites--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building construction--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Snow--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Tracklaying...
- [between 1960 and 1963?]
- Snow "weasel" and troops
- Members of the 10th Light Division (Alpine), or the 10th Mountain Divison, march behind a "weasel" snow-track (snowcat) vehicle (an M-29 cargo carrier) at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The driver of the vehicle wears a parka with the hood...
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--Colorado--Camp Hale.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Ski troops--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Tracklaying vehicles--Colorado--Camp...
- [between 1943 and 1944]
- Lowry Field - military supply train
- Men in military uniforms stand along side a supply train that moves through Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado. Shows an open field, train cars, and military vehicles.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Railroad depot, Glenwood Springs
- People gather near the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company depot in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. The depot is a one story structure with towers and a tile roof. The California Zephyr express train is stopped near the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1940-1950.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1940-1950.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Glenwood...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Green Mountain Dam
- View of the construction site of the Green Mountain Dam project in Summit County, Colorado. Shows leveled earth, construction vehicles with rollers, dump trucks and scaffolding.
- Earthmoving machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Green Mtn. Dam
- View of construction vehicles at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado. Shows a man, a tractor and a steam-shovel with a bucket. The steam-shovel is labeled: "Bucyrus Erie."
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Steam shovels--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Central City. 1860-1869
- Several storefronts face Main and Eureka streets in early day Central City, Colorado, probably in the early 1860s. Among the businesses are a clothing store, a hardware store and a concert hall with billiard rooms. Several horse-drawn wagons travel...
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Billiard rooms--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Building construction--Colorado--Central City--1860- 1870.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- White, John
- John C. White, a stage driver during the mining boom in Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, poses for a studio bust portrait. Eldora experienced its boom near the end of the 19th century. White drove the stage route between Eldora and Boulder...
- Driving of horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; White, John C.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Concord Coach & 6. John T. Carmack, driver. 1914
- Three teams of horses pull a stagecoach on a dirt road near Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. Driver John T. Carmack ran a stagecoach service from Boulder for several years until about 1914, when Stanley Steamer automobile stages became the...
- Driving of horse-drawn vehicles--1910-1920.; Mountain roads--Colorado--Nederland--1910-1920.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Nederland (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Nederland--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Ore wagons at Leavenworth gulch 1917
- A line of horse-drawn wagons loaded with ore from a mine in the background travels on a dirt road in the midground. Tall mounds of mine tailings stand behind the group, possibly in Leavenworth Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. Another mine is on...
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Ores--Transportation--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Central City 1890s. Funeral procession
- A long funeral procession led by a band walks down Main Street in Central City, Colorado, probably during the 1890s, possibly for Sheriff R. B. Williams who was fatally shot by Samuel Covington, a quartz hauler from Nevadaville, in April of 1896....
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Sheriffs--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Funeral...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Team at work grading the property to street level
- View of men working with horse drawn grading equipment in Denver, Colorado, in (probably) the Ninth Avenue and Tejon Street area. Laundry hangs by an abandoned hotel or large house with bays and a wrap around porch.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1935 and 1939?]
- South Denver Police Station
- View of the South Denver Police Station located at 20 East Center Avenue in the Washington Park West Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The station is a one story brick structure with a two car garage. A neon sign above the door reads: "Police...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1931 and 1950?]
- Finishing cinder tracks West High- W. 10th & Elati view looking north-west [sic]
- Workmen use horse-drawn graders to level the ground at the West High School track at 10th (Tenth) Avenue and Elati in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A building with a sign that reads: "Theatre" is in the distance.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lincoln Park (Denver Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Graders (Earthmoving...
- [between 1931 and 1935]
- Gothic
- A group of horseback riders, a jeep, and automobiles gather around the old town hall and saloon in Gothic, Gunnison County, Colorado. A mining boom town from 1879 to 1884; Gothic was bought in 1928 by the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory for...
- Gothic (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Vehicles--Colorado--Gothic--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of a line of downed telephone poles after a storm in Colorado. Shows vehicles and a person in the distance.
- Roads--Colorado--1930-1940.; Storms--Colorado--1930-1940.; Utility poles--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Police ambulance
- View of a police ambulance in front of the Denver City and County Building in the Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. A Denver police officer and a man in a suit stand near the ambulance, another is seated on a motorcycle. A label painted on...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--People--1920-1940.; Motorcycle police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Police vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. :...
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Paddy wagon, Denver Police Department
- Denver police officers stand near a police department paddy wagon parked by the Denver City and County Building in the Civic Center Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The police car has labels reading "Police Department," and "Police Patrol, No. 1"...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--People--1920-1940.; Police vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1935? ]
- Mesa Verde Road, ruins, Indians
- A dirt road to Mesa Verde National Park is lined by trees and shrubs along the hillside. Vehicles have packed the dirt down forming tracks in the roadway. A large, juniper tree is on the side of the road in the left foreground.
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Mesa Verde Road, ruins, Indians
- A dirt road winds through a hillside near Mesa Verde National Park. Tracks have formed where vehicles traveled along the roadway. Small shrubs and grass line the hillside. The steep edge of a mesa is in the distance.
- Roads, Earth--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mesas--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Mesa Verde Road, ruins, Indians
- A dirt road leads the way to Mesa Verde National Park. Large shrubs and tall grass line the road. Dirt tracks have been packed down by vehicles traveling on the road. The front view of a car heading up the road is in the distance. A mountain ridge...
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A dirt road on the east side of Park Point in Mesa Verde National Park winds through the sloping hillside. Snow lines the sides of the road, and vehicles have formed tracks in the middle of the muddy roadway. Snowcapped mountain peaks are in the...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- A car, possibly a Model T Ford, drives along a snowy, dirt road; possibly Knife Edge Road in Mesa Verde National Park. Tracks from other vehicles are in the snow in the foreground. A large, jagged rock protrudes from the steep slope below the road....
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roads--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- Knife Edge Road winds around the side of a steep cliff at Mesa Verde National Park. Two cars are stopped near the bottom of the cliff on the road. Vehicles have made ruts in the muddy, narrow road. Distant plains contrast the mesa's terrain.
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Vehicles have worn dirt tracks into the ground near Mesa Verde National Park. Several trees and shrubs dot the landscape. Large billowing clouds lint the sky.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Prison festivities
- Soapboxes fill a horse-drawn wagon at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado; an inmate holds the reins. Lettering on the wagon reads: "Colorado State Prison." Men pose in western clothes and have paper tags hanging from their shirts; two...
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Prison festivities
- A horse-drawn, hand operated crane-wagon at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, carries a rock and inmates, including one in a striped uniform. A canopy on the wagon reads:"1876 Prison Products 1876." Men pose in western clothes and...
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Auto races at Overland Park race track
- Spectators watch as race cars line up at the start of a race at Overland Park in Denver, Colorado. A tow truck from AAA is parked in front of the car line; shows pit crews and race drivers. Overland Park race track became a golf course in the...
- Pit crews--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile racing drivers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Auto accident
- A group of men and women gather at the scene of an two car accident in a Denver residential area, Colorado. A man in uniform stands near one of the vehicles.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Police paddy wagon - 1920's fondly know as "Old Black Maria"
- Shows a Denver Police Department "paddy wagon" or prisoner transfer vehicle, utilized in the 1920's, parked in front of a stone building, Denver, Colorado. This vehicle was also referred to as "Old Black Maria".
- Police vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Lawrence and 18th Streets, Denver
- View of Lawrence and 18th (Eighteenth) Streets, in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, parked cars, streetcar tracks, office buildings, and signs: "Messel Mercantile Co, Shoe Repairing," "Lyle Hotel," "Pansy Children's Vehicles," "American,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Intersections--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]