Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Arch at Montrose Gunnison tunnel opening, September 23, 1909 : Uncompahgre project, Colorado
- A large structure with two arch openings was built to celebrate the opening of the Gunnison Tunnel in Montrose, Colorado. It is draped in Americana and has two pictures of President Taft next to the numbers commemorating the date (1909). At the top...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Arches--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Ready for welcoming Pres. Taft
- Welcome arch on main street of Montrose, Colorado; constructed for President Taft's visit and the grand opening of the Gunnison Irrigation Tunnel. Double arch is decorated with flag bunting, bundles of grain and pumkins; reads: "Welcome, Gunnison...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Montrose parades celebrating the opening of the Gunnison tunnel
- A large number of people line the parade route to celebrate the opening of the Gunnison Tunnel in Montrose, Colorado. Decorated horse- drawn carriages, marching bands, and a long line of automobiles parade through a set of two arches that were...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- 1909
- No. 48, St. Louis Smelter
- View of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company buildings in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1890.; Smelters--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1885]
- Del Norte mineral well has flowed for half a century, in heart of town
- A stone shelter is built over the Del Norte mineral well in Del Norte, Colorado, in Rio Grande County. The shelter is a sandstone structure with a hipped roof with shingles. The silhouette of the well is visible underneath the shelter. A pickup...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Wells--Colorado--Del Norte--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Denver, Colorado
- Views of buildings and landmarks in Denver and Colorado, these include: 1. Oxford Hotel Office. 2. Robertson-Doll Carriage Co. 3. Colorado Dry Goods Co. 4. Jackson-Smith Photographic Co. 5. Daniels & Fishers. 6. Denver Normal and Preparatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898, October
- Indian manufacture, Pueblo Indian blanket loom [sic], weavers, Territorial Fair
- A Native American man stands by a Territorial Fair arts and crafts exhibit with labeled items including manos and metates, weaving loom with Navajo blankets, coiled rope, and bead work, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sign reads: "The Navajoe Indians of...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1880-1890.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Fairs--New...
- October 1881
- Bankers Trust Company
- 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.
- [1921]
- D&RG 1, NG 2-4-0, at builder's plant 1871
- Photo of a photograph of a builder's view of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive number one; sign on the cab reads: "Montezuma."
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Weekly Colorado Miner
- Reproduction of newspaper masthead from Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado; reads: "Weekly Colorado Miner, Cree & Patterson, Proprietors," with description of town and environs.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1880?]
- Weir Hall
- View of apartments at West 32nd (Thirty-Second) and Gallup Avenues in the Highland neighborhood in Denver, Colorado; features include a cornice, corbeling, and storefronts. Signs and awnings read: "Gosney & Edmond," "Weir Building," "J. R. Garvin,"...
- Highland Flats (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Denver, NW corner 14th Ave & S 14th St (W 14th & Bannock)
- View of brick row houses at the northwest corner of unpaved 14th (Fourteenth) and Bannock Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows covered entry porches, awnings and a Moorish style parapet. Trees line the sidewalk.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Row houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1895?]
- Abel D. Breed ca. 1875
- $1,000 and tons of ore had been blocked out as a reserve. That year, Breed sold the mine to a group of investors from Holland for about $3 million with a cash down payment of $1.5 million. The mine is probably most famous for producing the silver...
- Capitalists and financiers--1870-1880.; Silver coffeepots--1870-1880.; Silver mining--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Breed, Abel D.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Colorado Iron Works
- View of the facade of the Colorado Iron Works, at 3350-90 Brighton Blvd in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story red brick building has a metal capped shaped parapet. A gutter runs between the first and second levels. On...
- Colorado Iron Works (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2010-2020.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Colorado Iron Works (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five...
- 2010
- Placing marker at site of Gregory Lode
- 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...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dedications--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.; Historical markers--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Blackhawk--1920-1930.; Gregory, John H.--Homes &...
- 1924 August 8
- Gregory Gulch
- View of dilapidated head frames, frame buildings and snow on tailings piles in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. A historical marker sign reads: "On this ground, later known as Gregory Diggings, John H. Gregory discovered the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1932
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing of Trinity Methodist Church on 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Blown safe at Golden Eagle Dry Goods store
- Police officers and detectives stand next to the damaged safe of the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Department Store in Denver, Colorado. Robbers had attempted to blow up this safe which contained $30,000 open but only managed to bend one safe door open....
- Golden Eagle Dry Goods Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Detectives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Robberies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Safes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- May 10, 1931
- Old Arapahoe County Courthouse
- 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.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- The East Denver Turner Hall fire
- Shows a fire at the east Denver Turner Hall of the Turnverein Society located at 22nd and Arapahoe in Denver, Colorado. Damage from the fire was estimated at $150,000. The Denver Turner hall was built in 1889. Business sign reads "The Dearfield...
- Turnverein Society (Denver, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1920]
- Tabor Grand Opera House at 16th and Curtis streets
- View of the Tabor Grand Opera House, 16th (Sixteenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. Business signs read: "Billiards," "The Salt Lake Lunch," "Clearance Sale," "Jos. L. Schwartz Mfg. Jeweler," "Capital Life Insurance Co.," "The Thos. E....
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Opera houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Tabor Grand Opera House (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- St. James Organ, Central City
- View of pipe organ behind a wood railing in St. James Methodist Chruch in Central City, Colorado. A woman in a patterned dress poses on the bench; two wooden chairs are opposite. A sconce is attached to each side of panneling above the organ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; Organs--Colorado--Central City--1890-1910.; St. James Methodist Church (Central City, Colo.)
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Silver bricks
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company workers pose by stacked silver ingots in Empire Forks, Clear Creek County, Colorado; metallurgist Richard Pearce is to the left.
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1870-1880.; Metallurgists--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Empire Forks (Colo.); Mining--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Silver--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.;...
- 1875
- Mining monument, Georgetown, Colorado
- Detail of a bronze marker in Georgetown, Colorado, reads: "Commemorating the historical importance of the Georgetown Mining Region. The Griffith Lode (2500 ft. N. E.), later a silver producer, was discovered June 17, 1859, by George W. Griffith,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Historical markers--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- One of Denver's best known hotels, the St. James
- View of the Saint James Hotel on Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado. An adjacent building has balconies; a horse drawn wagon is in the street.
- St. James Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Smiley Br.
- Exterior of Smiley Branch of Denver Public Library, 4501 West 46th (forty-sixth), Denver, Colorado; L-shaped brick bungalow with tile roof and entry vestibule; named for Denver Public School teacher and superintendent, William H. Smiley.
- Smiley, William H.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Smiley Branch.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1925]
- Campion, John - mansion
- View of the Campion home wreckage at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; a wall remains standing among debris. Cardboard boxes have labels: "Qupak Contact Lens Cases."
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1963 December 4
- Female wolf caught by J.A. Woodward near Gillham, Sevier Co., Ark.
- A wolf with its muzzle in a wire noose lies on the ground near Gillham in Sevier County, Arkansas.
- Wolves--Control--Arkansas--Sevier County--1910-1930.; Sevier County (Ark.)--1910-1930.; Animal traps--1910-1930.; Wolf hunting--Arkansas--Sevier County--1910-1930.; Wolves--Arkansas--Sevier County--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1921?]
- Old Bedlam, officers' club
- View of a frame building with a porch balcony identified as "Old Bedlam," formerly the officers' club at Fort Laramie (Goshen County), Wyoming. Houses are in the distance.
- Officer's clubs--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Fort Laramie (Wyo.)--1910-1930.; Clubhouses--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.; Military facilities--Wyoming--Fort Laramie--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Caribou
- Men pose by a business housed in a log building in Caribou (Boulder County), Colorado. A Black man wears an apron and cook's hat. Signs read: "Caribou production $20,000,000.00," and "The Up To Date Mining Co, Silver, Gold, Copper."
- Up To Date Mining Company (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Caribou (Colo.)--1910-1920.; African Americans--Colorado--Caribou--1910-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Caribou--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1910-1920.
- 1912?
- Gregory Monument dedication
- Five unidentified men stand next to the bronze marker placed at the Mountain City site near Central City, Colorado, where John H. Gregory first discovered gold in 1859. The marker, dedicated July 23, 1932, reads: "On this ground later known as...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Historical markers--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Monuments &...
- [1932]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- $20,000,000.00 in gold." The man on the left has a long, gray beard and holds a shovel in his hand. The man on the right wears a coat and overalls. H. H. Lake wears a suit. All three wear hats.; H. H. Lake stands between two unidentified men near...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Mountain City--1930- 1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.;...
- [1932]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- $20,000,000.00 in gold." Several other men are in the background watching the groundbreaking.; An older man with a long beard and wearing a suit leans down to turn a shovel full of dirt at the July 23, 1932 dedication of the Gregory Monument in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Mountain City--1930- 1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.;...
- [1932]
- Gregory Monument, Central City, Colorado
- A telegraph or telephone pole stands in front of a sign reading: "On this ground, later known as Gregory Diggings, John H. Gregory discovered the first gold quartz mine in Colorado. May 6, 1859. This lode has produced $20,000,000.00 in gold." The...
- Gregory, John H.--Monuments & memorials--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Telecommunication lines--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- Around-the-clock work is going on at the Pueblo Plant of C. F. & I. Steel
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; four male employees repair Basic Oxygen Precipitator, moving a plate into place by ropes; all men wear hardhats.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- 1966
- Court House and St. James' Methodist Church
- View of the intersection of Eureka Street and County Road Street in Central City, Colorado. View of the newly constructed Gilpin County Court House and St. James' Methodist Church. In the foreground is the hipped roof of a house and behind it, a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Central school building, Brush, Colorado
- The Central Grade School in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, is of brick with a terra cotta roof, stone entablature, and arched windows and doors with volute keystones. Stone frieze work is under the cornices, and also tops some of the windows. A...
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Three and a half tons pure silver $85,000
- 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.;...
- 1892
- National Velvet sculpture, Denver
- View of the public art installation "National Velvet" by Denver artist, John McEnroe in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The sculpture is constructed using mainly sandbags and is a deep red color. After dark, the sculpture is...
- Highland Bridge (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Public sculpture.; Pedestrian bridges.; Public sculpture, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2009
- Arnett-Fullen House
- 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...
- 1998
- Schools - Del Norte
- View of Del Norte High School in Del Norte (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Shows a stone and brick building with a round, arched doorway and windows with four by five style panes.
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Del Norte--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Automatic Telephone Co. political cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a clown on a cone-shaped pillar. Text includes: "An Impossible Feat," "Lincoln, Neb Pop 40,000," "Denver Pop 200,000."
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Denver Post Office
- Rooftop view of the Post Office at 16th (Sixteenth) and Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Streetcars, pedestrians, and horse-drawn wagons are on the street. The Mining Exchange is in the distance. A sign on a building...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Rockmont College development campaign
- "Carl Nelson, campaign chairman of fund for Rockmont College, is given a gift of $40,000 by a donor who wished to remain anonymous," Longmont, Colorado. The two men wear suits and large grins and stand in front of a chart that reads: "Rockmont...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Longmont--1960-1970.; Rockmont College (Longmont, Colo.)
- August 1967
- Colo. Nat'l Bank & Trust Co.
- View of the facade of the Colorado Bank and Trust Company, Longmont, Colorado, shows the two-story brick building with corbelling, four second story windows with radiatoring voussoirs and keystones and large first floor windows. The bank name is on...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 23
- Nevadaville
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, includes a few dwellings around a commercial district, the Redman's Lodge, the Methodist Episcopal Church, the school, Pozo Mill, and the Hubert Mine. Continental Divide shows with snow in the...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Birdseye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Bird's eye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado; plat of streets, residences and commercial buildings.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Ruins of the Antlers Hotel
- 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.
- 1898
- The Pinnacle gold mine on Bull Hill, Cripple Creek
- Two men pose next to a headframe at the Pinnacle gold mine on Bull Hill (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Pinnacle Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Cripple Creek District
- View of the Vindicator, Lillie, and other unidentified mines with tailings, smokestacks, and head frames; houses in foreground, Independence (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lillie Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vindicator Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold...
- [1900?]