Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-05174-020-00
- Rocky Point
- View of snow covered landscape with railroad cut with mountain range, Colorado.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Sunshine Peak from Illium Curve
- View of Sunshine Peak with Denver and Rio Grande railroad loop around small ranch with frame buildings, pole fence, bridge, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- A.B. Hirschfeld Press, Denver
- View of the stone, one story A.B. Hirschfeld Press building at 655 Speer Blvd. in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has a rounded concrete and glass brick facade, a corner entrance with a built-in modern style clock above...
- A. B. Hirschfeld Press--Buildings--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Speer (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1986 February
- A. B. Ingols manufacturers of Colorado Gold Jewelry, 263 and 265 Fifteenth Street, Denver, Col.
- View of A. B. Ingols jewelry store in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with storefronts, cast iron trim, a cornice, a hanging pocket watch, a streetlamp, and signs: "A. B. Ingols Jewelry Manufactory."
- A. B. Ingols Jewelry Manufactory--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- A. B. Sopris, books and stationery, postoffice block, Denver, Colorado
- View of a Denver, Colorado storefront; shows men posing between display windows with lettering: "Allen B. Sopris, Bookseller and Stationer, All Paper News Rooms."
- A. B. Sopris, Books and Stationery--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bookstores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Stationary trade--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- A.E. Meek Trunk and Bag Co., Denver
- View of the A.E. Meek Trunk & Bag Co., a luggage store at 1616 Stout Street in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado. The two story brick commercial building has a flat roof, overhanging eaves.
- A. E. Meek Trunk & Bag Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- A. H. Jones & Co importers and jobbers of wines, brandies and cigars Dealers in Kentucky, rye and white wheat whiskeys, California Wines and brandies, Crow & Clark's Block, Holladay Street, near G, Denver, Col.
- View of A. H. Jones & Co, in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing by brick buildings with storefronts. Sign reads: "E. H. Tobey & Co."
- A. H. Jones & Co.--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- A. L. Ellis, groceries, fruit and ranch produce, Pearl Street, Boulder, Col.
- View of a brick storefront with stone trim in Boulder (Boulder County) Colorado; shows a man posing by merchandise, display windows, and signs: "A. L. Ellis, Groceries."
- A. L. Ellis--Buildings--1860-1880.; Boulder (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Old mining works Montgomery Spanish arastra
- View of an abandoned placer mine operation near Montgomery (Park County), Colorado. Wooden sluices and cabins are nearby.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Montgomery--1870-1880.; Sluices--Colorado--Montgomery--1870-1880.; Montgomery (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Montgomery--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Montgomery--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- C. M. Clay, KY.
- Studio portrait of Kentucky abolitionist Cassius Marcellus Clay. His hand rests on leather bound books.
- Abolitionists--1860-1880.; Men--1860-1880.; Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Mt. Abram, [sic] Ouray Toll Road
- A man on horseback faces Abrams Mountain on the Ouray to Silverton Toll Road (Otto Mears Toll Road), in either Ouray or San Juan Counties, Colorado. Shows trees, rock formations.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mount Abram
- View of a snow-capped Abrams Mountain in probably Ouray County. Horse drawn buggies are on a narrow mountain road, the Otto Mears Toll Road, which is buttressed with log supports. Shows talus.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mt. Abram, Ouray and Silverton Toll Road
- Three carriages with passengers stop on the Ouray and Silverton Tollroad built by Otto Mears, Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a mountain pass, a narrow dirt road buttressed by log reinforcements on a cliff side, trees, and talus. Snow-capped Abrams...
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- [Ouray]
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad station and tracks, Uncompahgre River and Abrams Mountain.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Mt. Abrahms [i.e. Abrams]
- Men on horseback pose on a trail, Abrams Mountain and a stream are in the distance, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abram, Ouray toll road
- A man sits on horseback on the Otto Mears toll road in Ouray County, Colorado. Abrams Mountain covered with light snow is in the distance.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mountain road
- View of dirt road on rock mountainside with snow capped Abrams Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- A view in the Uncompahgre Canon near Ouray, Colo.
- Two men, one on horseback and the other on foot beside his horse, stop on the Otto Mears Toll Road in the Uncompahgre Canyon near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. The road is built in the side of a rock cliff. Abrams Mountain is in the distance
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray...
- [ca. 1890]
- Antoinette Perry
- Studio profile portrait of Antoinette Perry, an actress, who stands and poses with her arms extended over a large, ceramic vase with painted flowers. She wears a long two piece lace dress with a slim skirt and pleats midway down the thigh. Her...
- Actresses--1900-1920.; Perry, Antoinette, 1888-1946.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Spillway Burlington Ditch
- View of the Burlington Ditch in Adams County, Colorado. Well dressed men and workmen stand with equipment on the headgates of the ditch. One man crosses a temporary wooden pedestrian bridge near a spillway in the South Platte River. A headframe,...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Burlington Ditch (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1920.; Spillways--Colorado--Adams...
- 1910 March 23
- Grand Lake Middle Park
- View of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. Mountains in the distance include Mount Cairns, Mount Craig, Mount Adams, and Mount Patterson.
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grand County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1880-1900.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Where Walter and Anna Halsey first met
- View of a (possibly Presbyterian) mission school in probably northern New Mexico. Men and women, boys and girls, teachers and students pose in front of the adobe building with a pitched roof. An adobe house and a two story building are beside the...
- Adobe buildings--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Church schools--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Students--New Mexico--1880-1890.; Teachers--New Mexico--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- 70 miles from railroad, Pellman's Wells, N.M.
- View of an adobe house with an attached wooden shed in a place identified as Pellman's Wells, New Mexico. Horse drawn wagons are near the house. A woman stands near a gate, and a wagon and chickens are nearby.
- Adobe houses--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Rural folk band
- Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Other musicians include a second man with a violin, a man with a washtub, and two men...
- African Americans--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Musicians.; Martinez, Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Jose Filiberto--Pictorial works.; African Americans--San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--San...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Back in the good old days, long ago; my, oh, my!!!
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-88] Mother at 24; a friend, [ARL-89] The Family: Me at 7 yrs., Mother, Dad." The photographic prints on album page show: Sarah Garrett and friend, two African American women; Marie Anderson (later...
- African Americans--1910-1920.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Families--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.; Anderson, Joseph; Anderson, Sarah Garrett.; Greenwood, Marie L.
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- The family: me at 7 yrs, mother, dad
- Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), an African American child of seven years poses with her parents, Joseph Anderson (a Creole from Louisiana) and Sarah Garrett Anderson (from Texas) on a porch of a house. Marie wears a print dress, socks,...
- African Americans--1920-1930.; Families--1920-1930.; Anderson, Joseph; Anderson, Sarah Garrett.; Greenwood, Marie L.
- 1920
- Olin T. Ward and Clarence Watkins
- Olin T. Ward (left) and Clarence Watkins pose for a studio portrait in Honolulu, Hawaii. The African American men wear uniforms, award ribbons, and garrison caps.
- African Americans--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--African Americans.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; Ward, Olin T.; Watkins, Clarence.; United States. Army.--People--1940-1950.
- between 1940 and 1945
- Pilgrimage to Holy Cross
- Men pose with rifles near a tent during a pilgrimage to Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado. A Black man stands near a horse-drawn covered wagon. One man, possibly a monk, wears a hooded robe.
- African Americans--Colorado--1870-1880.; Camping--Colorado--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1880.; Pilgrimages--Colorado--1870-1880.; Tents--Colorado--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Ute family
- Studio portrait of a North American Indian (Ute) family.. A person, probably a man, holds an infant. He wears beaded moccasins, plaid pants and has a woven fabric on his lap. The infant wears a dress and beaded moccasins. A woman stand near the...
- African Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Rev. and Mrs. Ollie Brown Colorado Springs
- Reverend Ollie Brown and his wife, pose near a rock formation in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Brown wears a dress, stockings and ankle-strap shoes. Rev. Brown wears a suit, tie, stiff-collared shirt, vest with a watch fob that has a cross on it and a...
- African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clergy--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Spouses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Brown, Ollie.
- 1929
- Rev. and Mrs. Ollie Brown, Colorado Springs, 1929
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-48] Rev. and Mrs. Ollie Brown, Colorado Springs, 1929." The photographic print on album page shows: an African American man and woman in front of rock formations.
- African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clergy--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Spouses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Brown, Ollie.
- 1929
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Shows a construction crew paving the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The workers use shovels, gravel, wheelbarrows and water hoses. Bags of sand or concrete and the iron fence used on the viaduct are stacked nearby. A few of...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Pavements--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction...
- June 1899
- Soup kitchen for unemployed
- Interior view of a soup kitchen for the unemployed in Denver, Colorado; African American (Black) and white men and boys sit or stand at tables with bowls of soup and bread. Shows a coffee urn and cafeteria employees.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cafeterias--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Food relief--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Unemployed--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Yvonne; It won't bite, Sherman
- Yvonne Belle and Earl Sherman, two African American children pose together. Yvonne wears a dress and has a bow in her hair. Earl Sherman wears short pants and a long-sleeve shirt.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Belle, Yvonne.; Sherman, Earl.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- The Sunshine Makers
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-42] Buddy, Rosann, Betty Jean, Donald, [ARL-43] Yvonne Belle 4 yrs, Earl Sherman 3 yrs., Mrs. Mason, [ARL-44] Little Sun Beams spreading sunshine at Fitzsimmons [sic] General Hospital (No wonder the...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Yvonne Belle 4 yrs., Earl Sherman 3 yrs., Mrs. Mason
- Two African American children, identified as Yvonne Belle and Earl Sherman, pose with Mrs Mason, an African American woman. Mrs. Mason wears a polka-dot dress, stockings and ankle-strap shoes with a "cloche" hat. Yvonne Belle wears a dress, socks,...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Belle, Yvonne.; Sherman, Earl.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Evelyn Gaskin, Leo Horn, Look out Evelyn!
- Leo Horn, an African American teenage man, poses with his arm around the shoulder of Evelyn Gaskin, an African American teenage woman, in Denver, Colorado. She wears a blouse, skirt, coat and "cloche" hat; he wears a suit, shirt, tie and cap.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Gaskin, Evelyn.; Horn, Leo.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- A Sunday at Virginia Woodward's (Our Sunday School Teacher)
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-34] Margie, June, Charlotte, bet it was Charlotte's idea, [ARL-35] Margaret Mackey. A swell pal, [ARL-36] What a class!!, [ARL-37] Me, Charlotte, Margie, aren't we hot stuff?, [ARL-38] Little Georgia...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- What a class!!
- African American teenage girls, who include Margaret Mackey, June and Charlotte, and a young girl sit on the steps of the house of Virginia Woodward, their Sunday School teacher. They wear dresses, stockings and "pump" shoes with ankle straps; one...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Porches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mackey, Virginia, Denver resident.; Woodward,...
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Me, Charlotte, Margie, aren't we hot stuff?
- Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), Margaret Mackey, and Charlotte, three African American teenage girls pose in front of the house of Virginia Woodward, their Sunday School teacher. They wear dresses, stockings, and shoes with either a bow...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Greenwood, Marie L.; Mackey, Margaret, Denver resident.; Woodward, Virginia--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Bet it was Charlotte's idea
- Margie, June and Charlotte, three teenage African American girls, pose in front of the home of Virginia Woodward, their Sunday School teacher, in Denver, Colorado. They wear dresses and stockings; one wears a jacket; they stand in a circle and hold...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Woodward, Virginia--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Little Georgia Armstrong
- Georgia Armstrong, an African American baby, sits on a wooden railing. She wears a white dress and white bonnet.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Anderson, Georgia.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- Margaret Mackey
- Margaret Mackey, an African American teenage girl, poses on the steps of the house of Virginia Woodward (her Sunday School teacher). She wears a plaid dress and shoes with a bow.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mackey, Margaret, Denver resident.; Woodward, Virginia,--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1929 and 1930]
- James Davis
- James Davis, an African American teenage boy, poses near an evergreen tree probably in Denver, Colorado. He wears a cap, shirt, tie and pants with a belt.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Davis, James, Denver resident.
- [between 1929 and 1931]
- School days and memories
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-74] James Davis, [ARL-75] West Denver High School, [ARL-76] Marie Anderson, [ARL-77] Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), [ARL-78] A lot of people are glad this little pavilion can't talk,...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Sunken Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Shelters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Davis, James, Denver resident.; Greenwood,...
- [between 1929 and 1931]
- Come on down the pole, Margie
- Margie, an African American teenage girl, holds onto a swinging ladder with one hand and onto a pole with the other hand near Rocky Mountain Lake at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver, Colorado. She wears a "sailor" style blouse, a skirt, tennis...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Playgrounds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1930 [May 26]
- Remember those good old days, Margie and Eleanor?
- Two African American teenage girls identified as Margie and Eleanor, sit atop a slide at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver, Colorado. One wears a "sailor" style blouse and skirt; the other wears a "sailor" hat, shirt and overalls.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Sliding boards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1930 May
- Evelyn Clark, speaking of grace!
- Evelyn Clark, an African American teenager and friend of Marie Anderson (later Marie L. Greenwood), poses near an ivy covered brick wall in Denver, Colorado. She wears a blouse, long skirt and necklace.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Clark, Evelyn.
- 1932
- Shorter Nursery School
- A group of African American boys and girls from Shorter Nursery School pose in front of Shorter AME Church. Included in the photo are Samuel Harris and Alvin Caldwell, Sr.'s brother. The boys wear short or long sleeve shirts with short or long...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Nursery schools--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1932