Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 47, 1910 November 19
- Employees of U.S. Mint, Denver
- Men and women employees of the Denver Mint, who include two African Americans (Blacks), pose on the steps of the entrance to the United States Mint at Cherokee and Colfax Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows friezes over the arched windows and...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Walsen Colored Club
- View of the Walsen Colored Club, a miners' club building for African-American miners at the mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows a wood frame building with clapboard siding and a false front. Clerestory windows sit on top of a...
- African Americans--Structures--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Denver, theaters, America
- View of a publicity stunt for opening of motion picture at America Theatre, 16th and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado; marquee reads "The Still Alarm - a Thrilling Melodrama;" crowd of people watch firemen and firetrucks. Signs read: "Greater...
- America Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Ore chute on abandoned Argentine Central Railway
- View of the exterior of the remains of an ore loading chute along the Argentine Central Railway near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The structure is built against a hill. The wood is warped and sections of the exterior are missing....
- Argentine Central Railway Company--Facilities--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Abandoned mines.; Mining equipment.; Argentine Central Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Ore handling--Colorado--Clear Creek County--Equipment and...
- 2010
- Aspen schoolroom
- Students at an elementary school sit in wooden desks in Aspen, Colorado. The girls wear dresses with puffed sleeves and high collars; boys wear long-sleeved shirts, jackets, and trousers. Several of the students hold open books in their hands. The...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Aspen--18801-1890.; School children--Colorado--Aspen--18801-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Aspen, Colo. street scenes
- Seven men stand outside the Berg candy store in Aspen, Colorado, a two story, clapboard building with a bay window displaying merchandise. A man, probably the proprietor, stands in the doorway. The building next to the candy store is a...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Confectioneries--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1885?]
- Electric power plant
- Interior view of an electric power plant in Aspen, Colorado; features two large generators with belts resting on wood bases, and electrical boxes and other circuitry on the back wall; man in a suit and a bowler hat sits on a chair in the back of...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Power plants--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1885]
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of Aspen, Colorado covered with snow in a valley between Smuggler Mountain and Aspen Mountain; ski runs and lift paths cut paths through the trees; mountain peaks visible in the background.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Half House, Aspen, Colorado
- View of a one and one-half story, clapboard structure in Aspen, Colorado; features a steeply pitched half gable, covered porch with tapered spindles, and a balcony replacing the missing section of the roof; includes fish-scale shingles and a border...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- A.T. & S.F. depot
- Spectators stand on the banks of the flooded Purgatoire River in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado, across the river from the demolished Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway depot. Shows the arched walls of the Cardenas Hotel arcade.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.;...
- 1903
- Old state bridge over the lower end of Black Canyon where the Gunnison River flows and forms a delta
- A view near Austin, Colorado, in Delta County, from a promontory overlooking the agricultural region of the Gunnison River Valley which extends into the flat horizon in the background. A fixed bridge with steel railings spans the Gunnision River in...
- Austin (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Bridges--Colorado--Austin--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Austin flood from breaking reservoir
- Men and women stand at the edge of a river of water that flows down the streets of Austin, Colorado, in Delta County. Rocks, boards, and debris litter the street. Buildings include a one story, L-shaped, wood- frame church with rectangular windows...
- Austin (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Austin--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Austin flood
- Water flows through the streets of Austin, Colorado, in Delta County, after a reservoir broke through its walls. Boards, debris, rocks, and mounds of dirt litter the main street. Citizens stand along the street in front of the commercial...
- Austin (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Austin--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Marshall Basin Mines
- Panoramic view of the mines at Marshall Basin (San Miguel County), Colorado; view above timberline shows rugged mountains and a natural basin with tailing piles. Wood frame offices, mill buildings, tents, dot the landscape. Shows a flume and a...
- Basins (Geology)--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- R. R. Bridge at 6th St. No 121
- The timbers supporting the railroad bridge have been washed away by the flood of 1894 in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County at 6th (Sixth Street). The tracks sag above the swollen river. Men stand on either side of the bridge, as well as on the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Looking down Water Street from 12th
- Men inspect the flooded trolley tracks along Water Street in Boulder, Colorado, in Boulder County. The street is covered with wet silt. Debris, including lumber, branches, and other garbage litters the street.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- June 12, 1894
- 12th Street, Boulder, Colo.
- A man in a boat floats down a river of water on a flooded street in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County during the city flood of 1894. Spectators stand on the side of the street and watch.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- June 1, 1894
- Interior, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado; shows a nude baby on a blanket and patterned carpet. A spindle table with tea service, a rocking chair, and a parlor stove are in the background.
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; White, Mellie Bowman--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Buena Vista Coal Company
- View of the abandoned Buena Vista Ice Coal Company building in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The faded wood building has a shaped parapet. There is a garage door with warped wood and a window with several broken panes. Two windows on...
- Buena Vista Coal Company (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings.; Buena Vista Coal Company (Buena Vista, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Buena Vista--Pictorial works.; Buena...
- 1981
- Cardiff
- View of the coal bins above the Colorado Midland Railway tracks in Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows miners houses and boarding houses, and the post office in a long building with a false front near the railroad tracks. The schoolhouse...
- Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.
- [between 1888 and 1902?]
- Castilla Spr's
- View of the Castilla bathhouse near Castilla Springs, Castilla (Utah County) Utah. The wood frame structure has a hipped roof with a balustrade and a colonnaded porch on its perimeter. The roof has a tall center flagpole with three American flags...
- Castilla (Utah)--1880-1890.; Castilla Springs (Utah)--1880-1890.; Bathhouses--Utah--Castilla--1880-1890.; Springs--Utah--Castilla--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Castilla Hot Springs
- View of a street near Castilla Hot Springs, Castilla (Utah County) Utah. Women, men and children stand by a wood frame clapboard store with a false front, tin roof and a flagpole; a sign on the building reads: "Southworth Bros." "Castilla Hot...
- Castilla (Utah)--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Utah--Castilla--1880-1890.; People--Utah--Castilla--1880-1890.; Resorts--Utah--Castilla--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Centennial Race Track Joe Coffee's Ringside Lounge Purse
- Montage of Centennial Race Track in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado. The upper photographic print shows the winning horse (Haydutie), the second place horse (Marine Salute), the third place horse (Air Point) and jockeys as they race to the...
- Centennial Race Track (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Haydutie (Race horse)--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.; Littleton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horse racing--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.; Horses--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.;...
- 1957 August 3
- Central City, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Main Street is in foreground. Landmarks: St. Aloysius's School, Williams Stables, the Teller House, St. James's Methodist Church, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [1875?]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of a brick house situated in the intersection of two streets in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Architectural features of the house: gables, a hipped roof, bracketed eaves, a square bay window, and a covered porch.
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Promontory, Utah
- View of Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad tracks, a switch and railroad signal at Promontory (Box Elder County), Utah. A man stands beside the tracks. Shows a railroad car on a Shoo-Fly (temporary track), telegraph poles, a United...
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Promontory (Utah)--1860-1870.; Flags--American--1860-1870.; Railroad cars--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.; Railroad signals--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.;...
- 1869
- Promontory, Utah
- Men stand and pose beside canvas tents and a Union Pacific Railroad or Central Pacific Railroad passenger car in Promontory (Box Elder County), Utah. The men wear sack suits and caps or flat brimmed hats. A sign on a tent reads: "Post Office." A...
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Promontory (Utah)--1860-1870.; Men--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.; Post offices--Utah--Promontory--1860-1870.; Railroad passenger...
- 1869 June 30
- Cent. Presbyterian parsonage
- View of the manse of the Central Presbyterian Church at 1650 Sherman Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a Victorian Gothic style house with corner turret, dormer windows and rusticated stone trim.
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1900.; Parsonages--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1889 and 1891?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of three children, two girls and a boy. The boy wears a dark suit and tie. The younger girl wears a light batiste dress with white stockings and black shoes. The older girl wears a plaid dress.
- Children--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Mormon Temple, Manti
- View of the Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Mormon Tabernacle on Temple Hill in Manti (Sanpete County), Utah. Shows a wall surrounding the church site, chimneys and frame buildings. Built between 1877-1888, the temple...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1880-1890.; Manti Temple (Utah)--1880-1890.; Manti (Utah)--1880-1890.; Mormon churches--Utah--Manti--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Cimmaron [sic] Canon, D.& R.G.RY.
- View of the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Cimarron River in a canyon identified as Cimarron Canyon probably in Montrose County, Colorado. Shows a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad trestle.
- Cimarron River (Montrose County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Promontory, Utah
- View of Union Pacific Railroad or Central Pacific Railroad tracks, a switch and railroad signal in possibly Promontory (Box Elder County) or Uintah (Uintah County), Utah. Shows a water tower, a railroad car, wooden wagons, tents and frame buildings...
- Cities & towns--Utah--1860-1870.; Railroad signals--Utah--1860-1870.; Railroad tracks--Utah--1860-1870.
- 1869 June 30
- Segundo ovens
- Smoke rises from the coke ovens in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows the coal washers. Train cars sit on tracks near the Colorado and Wyoming Railway roundhouse.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1910.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1901 and 1903?]
- Tercio washery and ovens
- View of the coal washers and coke ovens in Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows coal cars and tracks of the Colorado and Wyoming Railway.
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke industry--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Mine...
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Company houses Morley
- A chicken stands in the dirt road that runs in front of miners' houses built by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows square four-room stone residences with hipped roofs and covered entryways.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company town architecture--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Tunnel bend, Grand River
- View of an area identified as Tunnel Bend on the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. Shows a rock formation, a log balanced on a rock near the river, a wooden bridge and frame building.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Garfield...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Tower of Babel, Garden of the Gods
- View of a rock formation identified as the Tower of Babel in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mushrooms, Garden of the Gods
- View of rock formations identified as the Mushrooms in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows ponderosa pine trees.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Ruins of Montezuma's Temple, Garden of the Gods
- View of the rock formations identified as the Ruins of Montezuma's Temple in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colorado State College of Education
- Thick, black smoke billows out of the roof of burning Cranford Hall, administrative building on the campus of Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers...
- Colorado State College of Education--1940-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.
- 1949 March 7
- Colorado State College of Education buildings
- A somber Helen Langworthy, Theater Director, appraises the damage done by the fire in Cranford Hall in March, 1949, on the campus of the Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal...
- Colorado State College of Education--1940-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Langworthy, Helen.
- 1949 March 12
- Colo. Supply Co. Store Morley
- An automobile sits in front of the Colorado Supply Company store, camp doctor's office and boarding house in Morley (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a mission style stucco building with vigas and towers. Boys stand in the corner of the building.
- Colorado Supply Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.; Medical offices--Colorado--Morley--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Trinidad 1913, coal strike
- Men, probably in Colorado National Guard uniforms with flat brimmed hats and knickers, stand and pose on a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive derailed in deep snow in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado.
- Colorado. National Guard.--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Militias--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Section of Battery A
- Members of Colorado National Guard Battery A pose with horses and a Gatling gun during the Western Federation of Miners strike in the Cripple Creek mining district, Teller County, Colorado. Men wear uniforms, hats and boots with gaiters. Shows men...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gatling guns--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Teller...
- [1903]
- Co. B. 1st N.G.C., Camp Goldfield
- Group portrait of members of Company B, 1st (First) [Infantry] of the Colorado National Guard at Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men stand or sit in uniforms, hats, ammunition...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Huts--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 6
- Greek costumed people
- Studio portrait of a man and women in Greek style costumes. The women wear long dresses. One woman wears a helmet and holds a spear, possibly depicting the goddess Minerva (Athena); another has a lyre leaning against her leg. The man holds a scroll...
- Costumes--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Days of 92
- Men stand on the wood-plank sidewalks and in the unpaved street in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Architectural features of the wood-frame builidngs include cornices, clapboard siding, false fronts, and bay windows. Horse-drawn...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900.]
- Creede, Colorado
- People and horse-drawn carts proceed down a bustling Main Street in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Architectural features of the commercial buildings include cornices, false fronts, clapboard siding, and fire escapes. One of the...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]