Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Burning weeds
- View of City employees in Denver, Colorado, burning weeds by a wooden fence.
- Prescribed burning--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Vegetation management--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Weeds--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Here is a Denver alley - after a spring cleaning!
- View of an alley in Denver, Colorado; shows trees, weeds, and hollyhocks.
- Malvaceae--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Alleys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Weeds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Skinner Junior High School weeding lawn
- A photograph of students weeding the lawn of Skinner Junior High School. The school building is beside the group of students. They are all busy pulling weeds while their teacher supervises.
- Skinner Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.; Gardeners.; Gardening.; Weeds.
- 1930
- Velásquez homestead, San Rafael, Colo.
- View of the Velásquez Homestead in San Rafael (Conejos County), Colorado. The one story territorial style adobe structure has boarded up windows on the facade and stucco crumbling from the exterior. Vigas protrude through the adobe bricks on...
- Velásquez family--Homes & haunts--2000-2010.; San Rafael (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Abandoned buildings.; Velásquez family--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Adobe houses--Colorado--San Rafael--Pictorial works.; Abandoned...
- 1992
- Sunnyside Cemetery, Creede, Colo.
- View of the Sunnyside Cemetery located off of Bulldog Mine Road, 1/2 mile west of Creede, Colorado. Tombstones are scattered across a hill. Two plots filled with weeds are surrounded by fences. The Immaculate Conception Mission church is in the...
- Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Sunnyside Cemetery (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic churches.; Cemeteries.; Immaculate Conception Mission (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Sunnyside...
- 2009
- Adobe building and hay rack
- View of an abandoned, crumbling adobe building surrounded by a log corral and weeds near Chama Canyon, above Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. A wood hay rack leans against the fence. A haystack, field and mountains are in the distance.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Haystacks.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Haying equipment--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Stacks...
- [1950]
- Acequia, Costilla County, Colorado
- View of an acequia (irrigation ditch), possibly part of the Vallejos Ditch system in the San Luis Valley in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows grass and weeds. A wooden headgate is in the ditch. Sagebrush and pinon covered hills and the Sangre de...
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1990-2000.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Irrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial works.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Costilla County...
- [between 1990 and 2000?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 19, 1910 May 7
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 26, 1910 June 25
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 30, 1910 July 23
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 39, 1910 September 24
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 43, 1910 October 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 48, 1911 November 25
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 21, 1913 August 9
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 4, 1919 April
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 10, 1910 March 5
- Mission San Fernando, the fountain
- A fountain filled with weeds is outside the walls of San Fernando Mission in San Fernando (Los Angeles County), California. A buggy, wood planks, and an animal feeding trough are stored under the arcade. The tile roof is damaged.
- San Fernando, Rey de España (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)--1880-1890.; San Fernando (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--San Fernando--1880-1890.; Fountains--California--San Fernando--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Depot at Jaroso steps broken down.
- View of a dilapidated building in Jaroso, Colorado, in Costilla County shows the board-and-baten siding, a side gable with shingles, a chimney, and wooden porch with broken stairs, and double entry doors. Weeds and brush are on the ground in front...
- Jaroso (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Jaroso--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Depot at Jaroso, in use but in ruins on San Luis Southern line.
- View of the dilapidated train depot building in Jaroso, Colorado, in Costilla County shows gables, shingles, chimney, and board-and-baten siding. Weeds are around the building, which has broken window panes. Signs include "Jaroso" and "Railway...
- Jaroso (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Jaroso.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Johnstown, Colorado
- View of the depot in Johnstown, Colorado in Weld County shows a railroad car on the tracks next to the depot building. Weeds around the tracks. Sign over the door "American Railway Express."
- Johnstown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Johnstown, Colorado
- A train of the Great Western Railroad steams away from the depot at Johnstown, Colorado, in Weld County. A water tower is situated next to the railyard buildings. Weeds grow in the foreground.
- Johnstown (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Johnstown--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- Johnstown, Colorado
- One of two smokestacks of the "Colorado Condensed Milk Company" in Johnstown, Colorado in Weld County belches smoke. The horizontal, masonry building has a water tower. Weeds grow in the field in the foreground.
- Johnstown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dairy products--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Lace House in Leadville
- View of the facade of the Lace House in Leadville, Colorado, shows the clapboard false front structure with jigsaw carving, a paired bracketed cornice with wood shingle roof, a central entry with metal screen door and transom, two tall flanking...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Lyons depot prior to restoration
- Lyons depot, December 1975, prior to restoration and conversion into the Lyons Public Library. This structure was built by the narrow gauge Denver, Utah and Pacific. The 1877 [?] rough cut sandstone solid building has boarded up windows, and a...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Libraries--Colorado--Lyons--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Lyons--1970-1980.
- 1975
- Old cemetery at Nederland
- Gravestones are in grass and weeds, Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado; picket fence and trees are in the background.
- Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1940.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nederland--1930- 1940.
- August 1937
- The Towers
- Remaining stone foundation of "The Towers", once palatial residence of lawyer Jonah Maurice Finn, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; property lot is overgrown with weeds and stone foundation has some remaining boards;...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- The Towers
- Remaining stone foundation of "The Towers", once palatial residence of lawyer Jonah Maurice Finn, Placer Street and Pikes Peak Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; property lot is overgrown with weeds and stone foundation has some remaining boards;...
- Finn, Jonah Maurice--Homes & haunts.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Denver Avenue
- Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado, weeds grow in the dirt of Denver Avenue. Men are in front of a frame livery to the side; sign reads: "Redmonds Feed Sale Stable." Trees and wooden fences line the street into the distance.
- Saguache (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Saguache--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Turret, Colorado
- View of the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County, shows abandoned, dilapidated, frame buildings on hillside overgrown with weeds.
- Turret (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Turret--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Calvary Cemetery
- Mount Calvary Cemetery (later Denver Botanic Gardens), the Catholic section of Mount Prospect Cemetery in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, is overgrown with weeds; an obelisk-shaped monument has toppled to...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver Botanic Gardens--1930-1940.; Mount Calvary Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mount Prospect Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tombs & sepulchral...
- April 11, 1937
- Westcliffe, Colorado
- View of an abandoned school building in Westcliffe (also known as Clifton and West Cliff), Custer County, Colorado. Architectural features: masonry construction, cupola with bell, arched windows, pitched roof with flat top, quoins, front entrance...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Westcliffe--1960-1980.; Schools--Colorado--Westcliffe--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Pitkin
- View of the dilapidated Assay Office in Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado, a wooden, false front building with vertical board siding and a plank sidewalk surrounded by unkempt weeds and grass.
- Pitkin (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Pitkin--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Huerfano St. looking west
- Young trees and rail fences line Huerfano Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Low weeds edge traffic areas of the dirt thoroughfare; Pikes Peak is in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.
- between 1876 and 1880
- C S P cemetery
- Plank gravemarkers and weeds fill the cemetery at the State Penitentiary, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. One marker is a star in a circle and reads: "US Veteran;" flowers decorate surrounding graves.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- C S P cemetery
- Plank gravemarkers and weeds fill the cemetery at the State Penitentiary, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. One marker reads: "CSP Inmate."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- C S P cemetery
- Plank gravemarkers and weeds fill the cemetery at the State Penitentiary, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado. One marker is a star in a circle and reads: "US Veteran;" other graves are decorated with flowers.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Telluride
- View of a two-story residence on a corner lot, Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado, features: a hipped roof, bay windows, and clapboard siding surrounded by tall weeds and pine trees.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Telluride--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Casey Street, Central City
- View of unpaved Casey Street in Central City, Colorado. Weeds and vegetation grow on the side of the road. The road forms a shelf in the center of the image, under which is a hill. A small, wood-frame house to the left of a telephone pole, has a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- 4th grade at Boyd, 1941
- Boys and girls sit in rows of wooden desks in a fourth grade classroom at Boyd School in Alamosa, Colorado. Built in bookshelves with jars of dried weeds on the top shelf are along the back wall. A blackboard is on the side wall near a bulletin...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Central City buildings
- Exteriors of the sides of two buildings in Central City, Colorado. The first building is a masonry structure with a flat roof and two rectangular windows in the front on either side of the doorway. A pipe frame is attached to the rear of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Old foundry, Central City, 1953
- The ruins of the old foundry in Central City, Colorado, are overgrown with weeds and vegetation. In the foreground, one of the outer walls has completely crumbled and the adjacent wall is in decay. The roof has rotted away and the windows are...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, 1953, old foundry
- The ruins of the old foundry in Central City, Colorado, are overgrown with vegetation and weeds but two of its masonry walls are connected. Two doors with lintels and concrete steps are along the wall. The old foundry on upper Eureka Street was...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Foundries--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City convent
- The St. Aloysius Convent and School, a boarding and day school, was opened in 1875 in Central City, Colorado, by the Sisters of St. Aloysius. The Victorian building is a two story structure with arched windows and a large cupola topped with a...
- St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1940.
- [between 1875 amd 1935]
- Central City, 1953
- A dilapidated, wood-frame one-story house sits on top of a hill in Central City, Colorado. It has a gabled, tin roof, a chimney, and a gabled porch with an ornament on the gable. Weeds and other vegetation cover the foreground, and there is a small...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Central City, Colorado residences
- A two story brick, box-shaped house is above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has a hipped roof, shingles, two chimneys, and rectangular windows, some much narrower in width than others. The covered porch has simple columns, a balcony...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- House on Gregory Street, Central City, 1964
- A clapboard one and one-half story Gothic Revival home is built above a masonry retaining wall on Spring Street in Central City, Colorado. It has a covered porch and an addition to its right. The gabled roof, which has a chimney, is covered with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Old house, Spring St., Central City, 1953
- A dilapidated, two story, brick house is on a hill overlooking Spring Street in Central City, Colorado. It has a flat roof and rectangular windows with several broken panes. A covered porch is visible on the side of the house. The hill is covered...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Old McFarlane home, upper Eureka St., Central City, Colo., 1932
- A two story, vernacular wood-frame, clapboard house with a side gable, two chimneys, and rectangular windows is built at the bottom of a hill in Central City, Colorado. A small addition with a sloping roof is at the far end of the house. A small...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A two story L-shaped, Gothic Revival house is built on a masonry foundation in Central City, Colorado. The house, which is painted white, has a gabled roof, a side bay window, rectangular windows, a chimney, and a covered porch that is supported...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A one story hipped box with a chimney at its apex is built above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has rectangular windows, surrounded by moldings which are painted a darker color than the rest of the house. A...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]