Water pours over the edge of Barker Dam near Boulder, Colorado. A pile of branches and other debris is in the foreground. A sign hangs on the side of the dam reading: "Danger No Trespassing $25.00 Reward for information leading to conviction of...
Columbus "Chris" Veasey, Jr. Ph.D.
Chairman, Denver County Democratic Party
Elected Chairman, Denver County Democratic Party in 1991. He was the first African-American to be elected as Party Chairman in Denver History. His aggressive...
Race Street
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
Built: 1889 for a cost of $20,000
Architects/Builders: Robert G. Balcomb and Eugene R. Rice/Gorham and Hall
A favorite of many Lakewood residents, Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner first opened in 1957 by Lyman Davies. He ordered a prefabricated steel sided unit from New Jersey. It was transported by rail from New Jersey to Denver and it the total cost of the...
La Veta apartment building on 2018-2029 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building is five stories tall and has an exterior fire escape. Two men, one is African American, wear construction hats and stand...
African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Fire escapes--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
An unidentified African American woman jumps over a table in a camp at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She wears a dark cowboy hat and a striped and checkered dress. A horse stands next to a large tent in the background.
African Americans--Women--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
View of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Missouri Pacific Railway ticket office at the Albany Hotel, corner of Stout and 17th (Seventeenth) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "St Louis And Return Only $24.50", "Race Trains, Overland...
Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Facilities--1890-1910.; Missouri Pacific Railway Company--Facilities--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.;...
View of a billboard in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that read: "Alden Sign Co." The bottom of the sign...
View of the Pillar of Fire's Alma Temple at 1340 Sherman Street in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick structure with a domed roof, portico, and columns.
Alma Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Pillar of Fire (Religious sect)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
View from slope above shows the dilapidated boarding house hotel, Western Union Telegraph and Cable office and depot, and stone enginehouse at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado. Two-story boarding house, built by the Colorado...
Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1930-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
A group of spectators look on as a man gives a speech at the commemoration of production that month after a 500 million dollar investment at the Henderson Mine, Clear Creek, Colorado.
AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Meetings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Public...
A group of men sit on and stand near sacks filled with raw ore from the Anaconda Tunnel Mine in the Cripple Creek Mining District (Teller County), Colorado. Some of the men wear work clothes, others appear to be business men and are dressed in...
Anaconda Tunnel Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
View of the Antlers Hotel ruins, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, after the October 1, 1898 fire, includes portions of stone walls, a chimney, and the shell of a tower surrounded by debris. Combined losses from the fire were reported by...
Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
The Palace Hotel, Antonito, San Luis Valley, Conejos County, Colorado, features a two-story corner building constructed of volcanic rock with first-story storefront windows, arched second-story windows, and an ornate cornice. Pedestrians walk on...
View of scattered rocks beside probably Chinle Wash in Canyon de Chelly, Apache County, Arizona. Steep sandstone towers are beside the stream.
Apache County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Apache County--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Arizona--1870-1880.; Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
The Arapahoe County Courthouse at 16th (Sixteenth) and Tremont streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, was built in 1883 by Lester Fillmore and Peter Gumry for $185,000 as a three-story building; the fourth level, seen here, was added 10 years later...
View of the Denver County (formerly Arapahoe County) Courthouse in Denver, Colorado, a stone building with entablature, copper domed roofs, and a cupola (demolished 1933).
Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
View of the Training School building at Arapahoe County Hospital (Denver General Hospital) located near West 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Cherokee Street in Denver, Colorado. The building is a three story structure with a three tier porch and glassed-in...
Silver ingots are stacked at the Boston and Colorado Smelting Company's Argo Smelting Works, in Denver, Colorado. Miner's and smelter's tools are on interior walls in the background; a bowler hat and molds are on a table.
Argo Smelting Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Silver--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
View of the Arnett-Fullen House at 646 Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. Two story eclectic Second Empire style house has gabled roofs, a tower, a bay window, and a covered entrance porch under a square parapet and ornate gingerbread wood work and...
Arnett-Fullen House (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Historic buildings.; Arnett-Fullen House (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.; Historic...
View into valley of Ashcroft (Castle Forks City) Pitkn County, Colorado, shows weathered wood frame buildings along a main street, with the two-story hotel with false front gable apex on edge of mining town.
Mr. Sawyer stands in the doorway of remains of the Ashcroft post office, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado. The elderly man wearing suspenderss and a wide brimhat looks up at the weathered signs above the door: "Ashcroft" and...
Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
View shows the largest nugget of "native silver" ever mined, Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. It weighed 1840 pounds and, selling at seventy-one cents an ounce, netted nearly $21,000 for the Smuggler mine.
Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Smuggler Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Silver--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
View of James H. Adams dressed in dark clothing, suspenders, a cap, and gloves holding a stick, standing on a muddy road before the bridge outside of Aspen, Colorado; sign before bridge: "Notice $25.00 fine....on this bridge... faster than...";...
Composer Benjamin Britten shakes the hand of Ned Ames in front of a United Airlines jet in Aspen, Colorado. Both men are wearing suits and smiling. A worn, leather garment bag is on the ground next to Britten.
The music school in Aspen, Colorado occupies the grounds of the former Four Seasons Club. The academic building is a two story structure with a bell-shaped, hipped roof, and a large dormer window. The theater is a large, rectangular structure...
Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Music education--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.
Panoramic view of a lake and snow on the Indian Peaks in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows Left Hand Park Reservoir and Pawnee Peak, Little Pawnee Peak, Mount Toll, Paiute Peak, Mount Audubon and probably Sawtooth Mountain.
Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Indian Peaks (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Little Pawnee Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pawnee Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Sawtooth Mountain (Boulder County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions &...
Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Trimble pose in a Brush Runabout roadster, in (probably) Colorado; she wears a large hat and scarf. Letters read: "This Car Climbed Pike's Peak," and "$550.00 Brush Runabout."
Automobiles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Spouses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trimble, F. A.
View of the Bag Factory Lofts (1958), 2715 Blake Street located in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver Colorado. Shows a renovated three story building with a separate, square, glass and steel tower with a steep, hip roof. Steel walkways connect...
Bag Factory Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Condominiums.; Signs (Notices); Bag Factory Lofts (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
Interior view of the Bancroft house in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a leaded glass lamp, a grandfather clock, and framed art including paintings by Winslow Homer.
A group of men stand on the porch of the Bank of Moffat, in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. A man identified C. E. Logan leans with his foot on a post. Signs in the windows of the bank building read: "Bank of Moffat, Capital Stock...
Bank of Moffat (Moffat, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Moffat (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Moffat--1900-1930.; Men--Colorado--Moffat--1900-1930.; Logan, C. E.
View of Bankers Trust Company, 724 Seventeenth (17th), Denver, Colorado, shows cast bronze doors with flanking lamps and windows with transoms and voussoirs. Signs read: "Saving And Checking Accounts, Complete Trust Service, Municipal And...
Bankers Trust Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
Cowboys on horseback rope a steer, and two men brand the steer, in a corral in probably Wyoming. One man restrains the steer's head on the ground. Men in cowboy hats sit on the fence.
View of water and steam above Beehive and other geysers at Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Grass and reeds are by a lake and trees are on a hillside.
Beehive Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
View of the facade of the Ben Franklin 5-10 store on Main Street in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The brick storefront has a sign that reads: "5-10 Ben Franklin 5-10." The door has a closed sign in the window. In the windows at each end...
Ben Franklin Store (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Variety stores.; Ben Franklin Store (Buena Vista, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Variety stores--Colorado--Buena Vista--Pictorial works.; Buena Vista...
Men in sack suits and hats or caps pose outside businesses in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. Signs on frame and canvas buildings read: "T.A. Kent & Co. Wines & Liquors," "Chicago Ale," "Bank," "Crockery" "Apples @ $1500," "A.H. Huyett, Wholesale...
View of the Bide-A-Wee cinema at 1036 West Colfax Street in Denver, Colorado; a canopy covers the doors, signs read: "Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore - Her Sweetheart [Christopher Beam]," "Day of Reckoning," "Free Ford Car Every Tue. Nite and...
View of an arched, stone bridge over the Big Thompson River in Larimer County, Colorado. Cars are on the bridge, and trees and steep rock walls are in the canyon.
Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Larimer County--1920-1930.; Stone bridges--Colorado--Larimer County--1920-1930.
Three men stand near a billboard that advertises Cudahy's Soap possibly in Colorado. The billboard reads: "Cudahy's Diamond 'G' Soap, the C Mark, Does Better Work and Goes Further Than Any Other Laundry Soap." Two of the men wear work clothes and...
View of the Colorado River and steep rock walls and cliffs in Black Canyon, probably in Mohave County, Arizona.
Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)--1870-1880.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Mohave County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Mojave County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Arizona--Mohave...
A man sits in a boat on the Colorado River near what is identified as "Mirror Bar" in the Black Canyon on the Arizona - Nevada border. A canvas bag is beside the boat on a sandbar. Shows steep rock canyon walls.
Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Rowboats--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Sandbars--Colorado...
A crowd of men, women, and children gather around a temporary historical marker posted on a dirt road in Blackhawk (Black Hawk) (Gilpin County), Colorado. The sign reads: "The State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado. On this...