Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- The Grand Canon of the Arkansas
- Construction workers are beside Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company tracks (later Denver and Rio Grande tracks) in Royal Gorge (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows timber, wheelbarrows and men with tools on the approach to Royal Gorge.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1870-1880.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1878 and 1880]
- Men making bricks
- Men work a brick fabrication plant in Colorado. They stand with wheelbarrows on and near a wooden ramp near rows of bricks laid out to dry. A horse-driven arrastre (arrastra) is nearby.
- Brick industry--Colorado--1910-1930.; Grinding wheels--Colorado--1910-1930.; Laborers--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Industries construction
- Workmen pose near wheelbarrows on a wooden plank bridge, over a construction operation in Archer Canal, Denver, Colorado.
- Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Paramount Theater being remodeled
- View of the remodeling operation at the Paramount Theater building designed by Temple Hoyne Buell at 16th (Sixteenth) and Glenarm Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand near a pick-up truck parked nearby. Equipment includes...
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Paramount Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Remodeling--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1930
- The Harding Hardware store next to the corner of 4th and Main streets on north side, about 1884, showing the old plank sidewalks
- The Harding ardware store, in Canon City, Colorado, has rakes, hoes, wheelbarrows, milk cans, washtubs, and a handtruck on the boardwalk in front. Birdcages and lamps are displayed in the window, and men pose around the entry. Barefoot children are...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- State Penitentiary convicts excavating for the Water Works
- Convicts of the State Penitentiary in Canon City Colorado, wear striped prison uniforms and pose with shovels. They stand behind a rock wall among wheelbarrows and boards. Men in suits oversee; a shed, trees, and hills are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1880
- Homosexuals being punished by wearing dresses and wheeling heavy rocks
- Black men in dresses and straw hats at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, push wheelbarrows; each contains a large rock. A black man in a golf hat lifts the hat of one of the prisoners. Rock canyon and dirt road are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; African Americans--Punishment & torture--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Gays--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Picking potatoes : washing & packing 1920's
- Men work at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Plank walls and roof surround an opening fronted by a channel in the foreground. With bags, shovels, and wheelbarrows, inmates are watched by men sitting on barrels in a mule drawn wagon....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prison laborers--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Sandstone water wagon
- Black inmates at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, wear pinstriped golf hats and numbered shirts. They pose with a two-wheeled wagon carrying a 55 gallon drum on its side. A spigot and pipe with holes emits streams of water....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1936
- Colorado State Penitentiary view of the proposed recreation ground
- Men work among piled rock and wood frames at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Wheelbarrows, a big wood toolbox, a tent and a rock embankment dot the area. The prison wall, East gate, guard tower and bare trees are in the background.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Construction work on road to hill
- Rocky hills in the background provide stone for the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A stone shed in the foreground has frame doors, windows, and a stovepipe. A half-buried bunker is under construction, and men work on a road base with...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1934
- Lime kiln
- Rock walls at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, enclose this facility. The backside is an earth embankment with an arch cut into it. Men sit on random drystacked wall, with a ladder below; others work in the enclosure behind them....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Kilns--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1934
- New hospital construction
- Plank bridges cross trenches at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Lumber, sections of pipe, concrete forms and wheelbarrows dot the area; some men work, others look on. A stone, three-story cell block with barred windows, walls, chain...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1957
- Quarry tramway
- A miner poses near a tramway probably at the Pikeview Quarry near Cascade, El Paso County, Colorado. Wheelbarrows are near the tracks.
- Cascade (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Cascade--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cascade--1890-1910.; Quarrying--Colorado--Cascade--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Gold mining near Buena Vista
- View of gold mine shaft with windlass, wheelbarrow, and supplies, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Juanita and Tommy Solano
- Mexican Americans Tommy and Juanita Solano (now Ramos) play with a toy wheelbarrow in their backyard at 1109 8th (Eighth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Juanita sits in the wheelbarrow and her brother stands behind her. Shows...
- Children.; Play (Recreation); Toys.; Wheelbarrows.; Ramos, Juanita--Pictorial works.; Solano, Tommy--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1945
- Denver City & County Building construction
- View of the partially constructed City and County Building on Bannock Street in Denver, Colorado. Large carts and wheelbarrows are in line near a wall. The Denver Public Library in Civic Center Park is in the distance.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1929 June 12]
- Removing plaster cast from finished wall habitats zoo
- Workmen remove the plaster from the bear habitat at the zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Scaffolding, wheelbarrows, and ladders are nearby.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver Zoo--1910-1920.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1918]
- Start of construction habitats zoo
- Workmen pose at the bear habitat construction site at the zoo in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Scaffolding, concrete mixers, and wheelbarrows are nearby.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver Zoo--1910-1920.; Animal housing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1918]
- Coke ovens at Cardiff
- View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows wheelbarrows, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Coke Ovens at Cardiff, Colorado, Colorado Midland Railroad
- View of horse-drawn ore carts on top of a long line of joined stone coke ovens, shows rakes, wheelbarrows, a hose, wood piles and laborers, Cardiff (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Coke ovens at Cardiff, Colo.
- Men stand by horse-drawn ore carts atop coke ovens in Cardiff, Garfield County, Colorado; shows laborers, wheelbarrows, and wood piles.
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Cardiff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--Cardiff--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Workers near coke ovens
- Two workers stand near a row of coke ovens in the coal camp of El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man wearing overalls holds a rake. The other man holds a pole that extends into the opening of an oven. The men may be Italian or Hispanic....
- Coke-ovens--Colorado--El Moro--1880-19110.; Coal mining--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.; Coke industry--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--El Moro--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Coke ovens and Italian coke pueblo at Tercio, Colo.
- Coal miners pose in front of brick and stone coke ovens at Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Possibly Hispanic or Italian men wear overalls or work shirts and ragged slacks and caps. Wheelbarrows, shovels, a hose, and piles of stone are near...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke...
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Work Car 32, trailer and crew
- View of streetcar tracks under construction, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows men with shovels and wheelbarrows next to a maintenance streetcar and trailer.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- 1917
- Industries construction scene during work on Alameda subway
- Workmen stand near the edge of an excavation, where mixed concrete is delivered to other workmen with wheelbarrows, at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn carts and railroad tracks are nearby.
- Concrete construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Workmen with formwork and sluiceways
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men with wheelbarrows and concrete forms.
- Concrete construction--Formwork--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction
- Workmen wait in line with wheelbarrows for mixed cement at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Wooden scaffolding on the street is by a side-dump car on a temporary railroad track.
- Concrete construction industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Coors home
- View over the Adolph Coors Sr. residence, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the house with a wraparound porch, palladian and bay windows and landscaped yard with fountain. Wheelbarrows, cement machinery, and an early automobile are in the...
- Coors, Adolph--Homes & haunts.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Placer mines at Cripple Creek Colo.
- Placer miners pose near sluices and a flume near Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. The men's tools include gold pans, shovels, and wheelbarrows.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Gold King Mine
- View of entrance to Gold King Mine with tailings, ore separator, men and wheelbarrows and tools, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek
- Men pose with wheelbarrows by the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A separator screen is nearby.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893?]
- Gold King Mine Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Miners pose with wheelbarrows by the entrance to the Gold King Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A separator screen is nearby.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold King Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1893
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- A construction crew works on the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows cranes, pulley, wheelbarrows, work horses and other machinery. Two men use survey equipment, three other men wearing suits and hats observe the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 September 20th
- Industries construction ditching on S. Lipan St.
- Workmen work with wooden reinforcements and wheelbarrows at a canal construction site near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. A steam powered tractor is nearby. A sign near the canal reads: "Neef's Beer".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Harry, with his father-in-law, Leonard Knapp (his first wife's father)
- Harry Rhoads and Leonard Knapp pose, Denver, Colorado. Harry is pushing a wheelbarrow full of coal, his father-in-law carries two additional buckets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Knapp, Leonard.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Denver building
- View of a partially constructed factory or warehouse building in Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand near construction materials that include wood, cement, and wheelbarrows.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Western Feldspar Milling Co.
- View of the Western Feldspar Milling Company yard in Denver County, Colorado; shows mining ore processing sheds, tailing piles, wheelbarrows, and a man by a tractor.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- Denver shanty town
- View of a row of shanties at 19th (Nineteenth) Avenue and Clay Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Men stand near buildings made of brick, corrugated metal and tar paper. Shingle roofs are patched with metal or weighted...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1930-1940.; Huts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1939]
- The Captain, Canon of the Grand River Glenwood Extension. D.& R.G.R.R
- Men, probably a construction crew, sit and stand among canvas tents between the narrow gauge tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Glenwood Extension and the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. Shows a railroad trestle, cook...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Laborers--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bridge construction milepost 207
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado or Utah consists of men working among concrete forms and finished bridge pylons. Wheelbarrows and lumber are in the foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Railroad bridges--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Railroad construction workers--1920-1940.; Reinforced concrete construction--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, bricklaying
- Construction workers assemble walls of a building at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building's framework consists of I-beams and corrugated metal...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bricklaying--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial...
- [1941?]
- Englewood post office progress
- The post office in Englewood, Colorado, is a one-story flat- roofed brick building with a stone pediment containing an eagle with a wreath over the door. Square columns and double-hung windows flank the entrance, and carved into the frieze is:...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.
- 1938 June 23
- Conduit #16
- Construction workers stand in a deep trench and shovel dirt over a large concrete pipe at a work site in Clear Creek valley in Jefferson County, Colorado. The pipe is forty-two inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe coated with coal tar enamel. The...
- Excavating machinery--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.; Construction workers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1940.;...
- 1936 October 16
- Farrey Brick Co. 34th & Elm / 34th & Dahlia
- View of a horse powered clay mixer at the Farrey Brick Company, in Denver, Colorado; a man shovels in a trench. Wheelbarrows and kilns are in the background.
- Farrey Brick Company (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Brick industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Chinese Gulch mining
- View of a hydraulic mining operation at Chinese Gulch, in (probably) Colorado; shows men working, eroded ground, sluices, and wheelbarrows.
- Flumes--1860-1880.; Miners--1860-1880.; Mining--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Carbondale Reservoir and Irrigation Co. Dam on Catte [sic] Mesa, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Carbondale Reservoir & Irrigation Company dam on Cattle Creek Mesa, Garfield County, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; rock embankment or dam under construction with partially filled reservoir, wheelbarrows & other equipment,...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Early Portland plant
- Men pose in Portland, Fremont County, Colorado, by a horse-drawn wagon and truck loaded with full burlap sacks; wheelbarrows lie on rail tracks; a boom with wires and lumber are in the background. The Geddes & Seerie Stone Co. chose this site in...
- Geddes & Seerie Stone Company (Portland, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Portland (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- The Swimming Pool, Glenwood Springs, 1266
- Water gushes out of the fountain in the middle of the Natatorium in the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. The Stone Bath House and the Wooden Bath House are next to the...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [March 24, 1896]