Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Burns building, Colorado Springs
- Facade view of the Burns Building, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the three story Beaux Arts opera house with overhanging bronze roof entrance. Lettering on upper windows reads: "Dr. Lennox, Dr. Baker," "Dr. C. T. Cain, Dentist,"...
- Burns Building (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1928]
- Alamosa
- One of the buildings moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878, has several store fronts with large pane windows, wood kickplates, pilasters, bracketed cornices and "Field & Hill" with painted faux marbeling. Three men in suits and hats...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [1880]
- Commencement, Colorado State College, Greeley
- Dr. Darrell Holmes presents a docotral degree to William E. Rapp (wearing glasses) during the commencement ceremonies at Colorado State College (now University of Northern Colorado). Dr. Holmes wears academic regalia, including a doctoral gown with...
- Colorado State College--1950-1970.; Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1970.; Holmes, Darrell.; Rapp, William E.
- [between 1957 and 1970]
- Dr. Emanuel Salzman
- Radiologist Dr. Emanuel Salzman, poses on the roof of the Wynkoop Building at 1738 Wynkoop Street in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Dr. Salzman is sitting shirtless in a tub looking into the distance. The skyline of Denver is...
- Wynkoop Building (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Physicians.; Bathtubs & showers.; Cityscapes.; Salzman, Emmanuel--Pictorial works.; Wynkoop Building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1995
- Residence of Dr. & Mrs. F. J. Bancroft - S.W. corner 16th & Stout
- View of the Bancroft house at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the Bancroft family, a horse, a lamb, and a bent wood shelter with benches.
- Bancroft, F. J.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- Arnold Toynbee and Arthur L. Campa, Sr.
- Informal portrait of Sir Arnold J. Toynbee, British historian and Arthur L. Campa, Sr. American Cultural Attaché and Director of the USIA at the American Embassy in Lima Peru. Dr. Campa, a renowned scholar, historian and professor of cultural...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1950-1960.; Historians.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Pictorial works.; Toynbee, Arnold Joseph, 1889-1975--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [1957?]
- Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer near an igloo, at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Arctic explorer, Dr. Vilhjalmur Stefansson stands beside an igloo in a snowfield at Camp Hale, Colorado. He taught lessons in snow-craft to the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Igloos--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Septembeer, 1943
- Manual Training High School Core Class
- Dr. Bode, Dr. Aiken and students at Manual High School in Denver, Colorado, meet in an office of the school for class.
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938
- Teachers Corps
- Group portrait of members of the Adams State College Teacher Corps Program, 1975-1977, pose in front of a building in Alamosa, Colorado. They are identified as: standing, Thom Horn; Given Bauer; Dick Richmond, Asst. Supt. Monte Vista; Larence...
- Adams State College. Teachers Corps Program--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Teachers.; School superintendents.; Adams State College. Teachers Corps Program--Pictorial...
- [1977?]
- Dr. John W. Walters and family Wetmore, Colo. d. 1898
- Dr. John W. Walters and his family pose for a portrait in their home in Wetmore, Colorado in Custer County. Dr. Walters and his wife sit next to their three grown sons, two of whom are clean-shaven, and one who is balding and has a goatee....
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Physicians--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Wetmore--1890-1900.; Walters, John W., Dr.; Walters, John W., Dr.--Family.; Walters, John W., Mrs.
- 1891
- State Teachers bldg.
- View of the exterior of Gunter Hall, the gymnasium on the campus of the Colorado Teachers College (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State College) in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Colorado State Teachers College.
- 1931 June 14
- State convention, Knights of Columbus
- Knights of Columbus conventioneers pose in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They include: Frank Zugeder, J. J. Miller - delegates from Gunnison Colo. Council 2185 (number 1 and 2), 3. Phil Kirwin, 4. Henry Manisey, Florence, Colo., 5....
- Knights of Columbus. Gunnison Council No. 2185 (Gunnison, Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930- 1940.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Gunnison--1930-1940.;...
- 1930
- Two houses on Acoma St.
- View of Mr. J. B. Newman's house at 1445 Acoma Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Dr. Julia Fitz Hugh's house is nearby at 1447 Acoma Street.
- Fitz Hugh, Julia--Homes & haunts--1900-1920.; Newman, J. B.--Homes & haunts--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1912]
- Boys in front of classroom of Denver Boy[s Club]
- Young members of the Denver Boys Club stand in front of their building at 1329 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. They wear short pants, jackets, and flat caps. A sign above the door reads: "Denver Boys Club. 1329 Fifteenth Street. An...
- Denver Boys Club (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Storefronts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1905]
- Taken on Easter Sunday in old Baptist church in Greeley choir of Baptist church.
- Members of the congregation of the old Baptist church in Greeley (Weld County) Colorado, stand in rows with choirbooks. Also shows lilies, potted plants, a painting of a woman, an organist at the organ, and a garland of bells.
- Park Congregational Church (Greeley, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Choirs (Music)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1902]
- View of Dr. Clarence Holmes and Dr. Morgan W.F. Dickerson at work with Patients
- Dr. Clarence Holmes and Fairfax Holmes
- Dr. John Elsner
- Portrait of Dr. John Elsner. He has a moustache and wears a shirt with a starched collar, probably a silk band bow tie, a double breasted jacket with probably satin lapels, pin-striped slacks, and leather boots with covered laces. Dr. Elsner sits...
- Men--1880-1890.; Elsner, John, d. 1922.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Dr. Hale and class at Central City
- Central City School students pose near the Opera House in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dr. Hale (principal) poses with the boys and girls.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Came to Canon City
- Eighteen studio portraits from Canon City, Colorado, are montaged in rows and identified with dates of arrival as follows: left to right: W. B. Felton 1869, D. J. Houston 1868, Sam Shepard 1875, Thos. Thornton, Jesse R. Wright, Dr. T. D. Palmer,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Chinese miners Idaho Springs
- Dr. James Underhill poses with Chinese-American miners (probably) in the Colorado School of Mines' Edgar Experimental Mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. One man holds a saw.
- Chinese-Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.; Underhill, James, PhD.; Colorado School of Mines (Golden,...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Elk Horn Lodge [sic], Estes Park [sic], father / son teams
- Fathers and sons, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pose on horseback in a meadow near buildings at Elmer Berg's Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch in Park County, Colorado. The men are identified left to right as: "Forest Bucky Button with...
- Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Park County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dude ranches--Colorado--Park County--1950-1960.;...
- 1954 July
- Dr. Spencer, standing, in uniform, 3/4 length
- Dr. Spencer, 3/4 length standing studio portrait, wearing military uniform, gloves, holding saber.
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Physicians--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Dr. Lord, seated, in uniform, bust (oval frame)
- Dr. George Edwin Lord, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing military uniform; Assistant Surgeon with 7th Cavalry, killed June 25, 1876, at Battle of Little Bighorn.
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Physicians--1880-1890.; Lord, George Edwin, d.1876.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man, possibly Dr. Adams. He wears a dark colored suit, white shirt and striped bow tie.
- Men--1890-1900.; Physicians--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Stout St. West, Denver
- View of Stout Street; horse-drawn carriage and pedestrian traffic appears; business signage reads: at left, Woman's Exchange (1543- 45 Stout Street), Dr. Sheets (Elmer Sheets), Dr. Brown, Dr. Horn (Andrew J. Horn), and in the next block, the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Cripple Creek, 1895
- Two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings on southwest corner of Bennett Avenue and Second (2nd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon is tethered to fire hydrant at corner of street; lettering on windows include: "Palace...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Early NAACP Meeting (Denver, Colo.)
- Justina Ford House 3099 California St.
- View of the Justina Ford House (1890) located at 3091 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. The two-story red brick structure served as Dr. Justina Ford's home and office from 1912 until her death in...
- Ford, Justina, 1871-1952--Homes & haunts.; Black American West Museum and Heritage Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; African Americans--Structures.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver,...
- 2006
- Cipriano Gallegos and Mayor Hickenlooper
- American GI Forum Mile High Chapter Commander Cipriano Griego and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper set fire to rolled up papers during the AGIF Mortgage burning ceremony at AGIF headquarters at 1717 Federal Boulevard in the West Colfax neighborhood, ...
- American GI Forum (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver.; Veteran's organizations.; Griego, Cipriano--Pictorial works.; Hickenlooper, John W.--Pictorial works.; American GI Forum (Denver,...
- 2008 February 29
- Bennett family outing
- Scene of an outing to Pikes Peak from Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado shows well dressed people and a baby, held in place by a man, on donkeys. The town of Manitou Springs is seen in the distance. The people are identified (left to...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Riding--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Travel--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1892
- Downtown Denver street scene
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver. The Gano & Company Men's Outfitters occupies the first floor of the Steele Building on the southeast corner; awnings hang over the windows, a sign advertises furnished rooms, and...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Business...
- [between 1896 and 1897?]
- View, looking northwest of Pueblo in 1872, from hill east of Santa Fe between Third and Fourth Streets
- Bird's eye view northwest from hill east of Santa Fe between Third (3rd) and Fourth (4th) Streets, Pueblo, Colorado; reproduction of an illustration depicting brick business commercial buildings; identified businesses include: Berry Brother's Drug...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1880.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics Building.
- Men in topcoats and hornrimmed glasses pose at the University of Colorado at Boulder; one holds a shovel. A uniformed guard is in the background, with a white belt and a rifle.
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus); Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1970.
- 1965
- The Great Altar Rock on the plaza at Walpi
- Two white men stand and kneel near the kisi before the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes attaches a notice to the kisi while Native American and white spectators stand and sit on pueblo buildings and near the...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- August, 1899
- Off to the showers - Hot Stuff! General Sage Kester, Doc Lamb
- Wayne "Sage" Kester and "Doc" (Dr. Howard E.) Lamb, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pose in their underpants near a tent in Colorado. Lamb pulls out the waistband of General Kester's underpants which have a picture of a woman dressed...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Joking--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Underwear--Colorado--1950-1960.; Kester, Wayne O.; Lamb, Howard E., osteopathic surgeon.
- 1954 July
- Eva Nuanez and Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo
- Attorney and Hispanic folk violinist Dr. Lorenzo Trujillo poses with his Aunt, Hispanic folk singer Eva Nuanez in Denver, Colorado. The elderly Eva Nuanez wears a print dress, has gray hair and wears glasses. Her nephew, Dr. Trujillo, wears a shirt...
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Musicians.; Older people.; Nuanez, Eva--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Lorenzo--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2009?]
- Dr. Wells, Gary Tsutsui, Eugene Caranci, Dr. Harris
- Photograph of Dr. Kenneth D. Wells, president of Freedoms foundation at Valley Forge; Mr. Gary Tsutsui and Mr. Eugene A. Caranci both of of Cole Junior High School in Denver, Colorado; and Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate...
- Cole Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1967
- Dr. Clarence Holmes and Fairfax Holmes at Home
- Dr. Clarence Holmes and Fairfax Holmes in Living Room
- Professor Arthur L. Campa, Sr.
- Professor Arthur L. Campa, Sr., author, renowned scholar, historian and professor of cultural anthropology sits on horseback somewhere in the mountains of New Mexico. He wears a cowboy hat, white shirt, bow tie and leather chaps. Another horse and...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Chaps.; Horseback riding.; Teachers.; Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978--Pictorial works.; College teachers--New Mexico--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1940 and 1946?]
- Exterior of Dr. Clarence Holmes' Dentistry Office
- [Sections]
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows interior elevations for a residence on the 2000 block of Albion Street in the South Park Hill...
- Burton, Frank A., Dr.--Homes & haunts.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- 1904 January 12
- North elevation
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation for a residence on the 2000 block of Albion Street in the South Park Hill...
- Burton, Frank A., Dr.--Homes & haunts.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- 1904 January 12
- Front elevation
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation for a residence on the 2000 block of Albion Street in the South Park Hill...
- Burton, Frank A., Dr.--Homes & haunts.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- 1904 January 12
- Rear elevation
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation for a residence on the 2000 block of Albion Street in the South Park Hill...
- Burton, Frank A., Dr.--Homes & haunts.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- 1904 January 12
- Dr. Larry Brown, kneeling, explains the growth processes of experimental grass seed mixture at the Urad reclamation site
- Dr. Larry Brown demonstrates to his co-workers the growth processes of an experimental mixture of grass seed using crushed rock, wood chips, and dried sludge during the reclamation of the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--People--1970-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Brown, Larry.
- [between 1975 and 1980]
- Dr. Larry Brown, kneeling, explains the growth processes of experimental grass seed mixture at the Urad reclamation site
- Dr. Larry Brown demonstrates to his co-workers the growth processes of an experimental mixture of grass seed using crushed rock, wood chips, and dried sludge during the reclamation of the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--People--1970-1980.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Brown, Larry.
- [between 1975 and 1980]
- Hospital Corps. Camp Boynton Beaver Park
- The Hospital Corps of the Deputy Army, there to suppress the Cripple Creek Strike of 1894, pose outdoors at Beaver Park, Teller County, Colorado. The men, which include Dr. Tucker, stand in a camp and field hospital of the Deputy Army, near pitched...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Emergency medical services--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Medical personnel--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Teller...
- 1894
- Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View along Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, inlcudes the Antlers Hotel, Dr. B. P. Anderson residence, the Count Pourtales residence, the Alta Vista Hotel, people, buggies, and bicycles with Cheyenne Mountain is in the...
- Anderson, B. P., Dr.--Homes & haunts.; Pourtales, James M., Graf von, 1853-1908--Homes & haunts.; Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]