Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bennett Avenue, 1930's, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- One and two-story flat-roof brick commerical buildings on Bennett Avenue in 1930's, Cripple Creek, Colorado; storefront windows have transoms, decorated cornices, brackets, pediments, and swags of garlands; automobiles are parked alongside...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Park Ranger - Boulder foothills 1930's
- A park ranger rides a horse through large drifts of snow in the Boulder foothills in Boudler County, Colorado. A large rope is tied to the saddle.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hills--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Rangers--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Timberline "Spirit o' the Storm" (tree) 1930's
- A large pine tree, possibly a Bristlecone Pine, stands in the foreground with its branches growing toward one side near Rollins Pass in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the background along the hill. Photographer titled the...
- Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine--Colorado--Gilpin County.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Timberline "Spirit of the Storm" (tree) 1930's
- A large pine tree, possibly a Bristlecone Pine, stands in the foreground with its branches growing toward one side near Rollins Pass in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the background along the hill. Photographer titled the...
- Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Timberline "Spirit of the Storm" (tree) 1930's
- A large pine tree, possibly a Bristlecone Pine, stands in the foreground with its branches growing toward one side near Rollins Pass in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the background along the hill. Photographer titled the...
- Bristlecone pine--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Funeral at the Buddhist Church at 1942 Market in Denver, Colo. in the 1930's.
- A black and white photograph taken outside the Buddhist Church in the 1930's. The casket is in the center of the photograph surround by those attending the funeral service.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Tri-State Buddhist Church--1930-1940.; Japanese Americans--Colorado.; Buddhists--Colorado.; Tri-State Buddhist Church.
- Circa 1930
- Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde
- Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. Prehistoric Native American Anasazi cliff dwelling located at head of Cliff Canyon, shows stone masonry construction inside cave below mesa top; ladders lead from one level of...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites-- Colorado--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff Palace ( Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Mesa Verde
- Cliff Palace, a prehistoric Native American stone masonry Anasazi cliff dwelling and Cliff Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites-- Colorado--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff Palace ( Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- North Empire Copper Cone Gold Fissure Mine.
- View of the abandoned shafthouse, tailings, and buildings of the Gold Fissure Mine near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gold Fissure Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Copper mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Paramount Theater
- Reproduction of a photograph from the late 1920's early 1930's exterior of the Paramount Theater located in Denver, Colorado. A line of people are waiting outside the theater for it to open. Temple H. Buell, a well-known Denver architect,...
- Paramount Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- circa 1930
- Western History Subject Index
- Kansas. 1930's
- Auto Races at Overland Park race track
- Spectators watch from the grandstand as race cars speed by the finish line at the Overland Park Race Track in Denver, Colorado. The track was converted to a golf course in the 1930's.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Grandstands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Racetracks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Auto races at Overland Park race track
- Spectators watch as race cars line up at the start of a race at Overland Park in Denver, Colorado. A tow truck from AAA is parked in front of the car line; shows pit crews and race drivers. Overland Park race track became a golf course in the...
- Pit crews--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile racing drivers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Denver Wastewater Management building
- View of the Denver Wastewater Management building (1993; architects-Paul Todd, Michael Todd Architecture) at 2000 West Third (3rd) Avenue in the Valverde neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a six-story precast concrete office building...
- Denver (Colo.) Wastewater Management Division--Buildings--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Valverde (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Office buildings.; Denver (Colo.) Wastewater Management Division--Pictorial works.; Office...
- 1995
- William Bent
- Head and shoulders portrait of William Bent, founder of Bent's Fort on the Santa Fe Trail.
- Bent, William, 1809-1869.
- [between 1860 and 1869?]
- Post Office, Turret, Colo.
- View, Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows abandoned log post office.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.; Post offices--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- May 1975
- Professional football in Will Rogers Stadium, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs
- View of a professional football game at Will Rogers Stadium, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows spectators in bleachers, goalposts, United States flag, players, officials and Cheyenne Mountain in the background.
- Broadmoor (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Football--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Stadiums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- The Will Rogers Rodeo held annually in August at the Will Rogers Stadium Broadmoor Hotel Colorado Springs
- View inside the Will Rogers Stadium, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, includes a line men and women on horseback with United States and Colorado flags, a marching band in cowboy costume and grandstand bleachers full of spectators. Arena...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bands--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Rodeos--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City Opera House
- View of Central City Opera House on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, after 1930's renovation. Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County granite. The main roof, a shingled,...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1932?]
- Central City Opera House
- View of Central City Opera House on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, after 1930's renovation. Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County granite. The main roof, a shingled,...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1935?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado. A black 1930's sedan draped with bunting and with numerous 'Stars and Bars' flags mounted in the front bumper and coming out of the windows makes its way along the brick street. A banner on its side reads:...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of parade in Trinidad, Colorado. A white haired man with a walrus moustache waves his hat out the window of a early 1930's sedan with open windshield. The car is draped with fringed garland, and has a Stars and Bars flag mounted in the door...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Burrough, Margaret.; Harris, John W., fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Eureka Street
- View down unpaved Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, toward Central Hill. Cars are parked on both sides of the street. Two clapboard houses with peaked, shingled roofs and rectangular doors and windows are in the foreground. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- F.D.R.'s Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace
- Henry A. Wallace, on the left, stands next to two unidentified men possibly at Denver Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Wallace served as Secretary of Agriculture under Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration from 1932 to 1940, and as Roosevelt's...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cabinet officers--United States--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965.
- [between 1932 and 1940]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado. Several women in replicas of 1860's dresses carrying Confederate flags and wearing bonnets, parade on the brick street. A boy with a bicycle is in the background and behind him are parked 1930's automobiles....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Gates Rubber Co. annual outing for employees
- Men at the Gates Rubber Company annual outing play a game with sticks, other Gates employees watch in the background in Denver, Colorado.
- Gates Rubber Company--Social life--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Games--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Recreation--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Pine Street, Central City
- View down Pine Street into Central City, Colorado, where the dirt road is the focal point of the photograph. Vegetation, masonry walls, fences, and telephone posts line the road. A two-story, brick, flat-roofed home with rectangular windows is on...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- C&S Narrow Gauge Engine No. 70
- Colorado and Southern Locomotive Number 70 ( narrow gauge type 2- 8-0 class B-4-D; Baldwin construction 11356 in 1890; converted to oil in the 1930's not needing the C&S hallmark Bear Trap stack) parked at Denver roundhouse, Colorado & Central...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [1940-1949?]
- Aerial view
- An aerial view of a town nestled between stratified hills with trees at their summits has tree-lined streets with small buildings.
- Colorado--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Notch top & Odessa Gorge
- The view from Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park (Larimer County), Colorado, shows sheer cliffs, snow fields, a lake, and pine trees.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--Larimer County--1920-1930.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Pressing the search for James B. Sherbondy
- Responding to the 1947 break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, National Guardsmen surround a 1930's hardtop sedan. They wear helmets, double-breasted top coats, and carry automatic and semi- automatic machine guns. Snow covers...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Militias--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1947
- Road block on a bridge : possibly a prison break from Canon City
- Men block a wooden bridge following a break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Some have rifles and helmets, others are in suits and Fedora hats. Water is below and a 1930's sedan is in the foreground. A delivery truck and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- The house at Gregory Point - (Black Hawk) home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederich Kruse 188?-1939, Ben Draper, March 1940
- Front view of two-story horizonal-clapboard Kruse residence in Black Hawk, Colorado, featuring three front bays, sawtooth gables, two chimneys, open first-story porch with posts supporting a projecting roof, and balustrades making up the bargeboard...
- Kruse, Frederich--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1939]
- Mineral Palace Park Pueblo, Colo.
- View of Mineral Palace in Pueblo, Colorado, includes classic pediments atop the arcaded porches, a hipped-gable roof, a portico, and a corner column topped by a sphere. A 1930's sedan is to the side.
- Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- Mineral Palace Park Pueblo, Colo. opened to public for the first time July 4, 1890, has a large collection of valuable minerals.
- View of Mineral Palace in Pueblo, Colorado, includes classic pediments atop the arcaded porches, a hipped-gable roof, a portico, and a corner column topped by a sphere. A 1930's sedan is to the side; a stone retainer wall lines the paved street.
- Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1930- 1940.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- Club House - Municipal Golf Course - Pueblo, Colo.
- Finished in rough local stone, this one story building in Pueblo, Colorado, has a flat roof with a varied line topping the edging walls. A wide fireplace and chimney project from the side, and a terrace has a low arched wall. A 1930's sedan is in...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Golf--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Mineral Palace Park Pueblo, Colo.
- View of Mineral Palace in Pueblo, Colorado, includes classic pediments atop the arcaded porches, a hipped-gable roof, a portico, and a corner column topped by a sphere. A 1930's sedan is to the side.
- Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)
- [between 1933 and 1939?]
- Bo and Bess of the C-S-P pack of blood hounds
- Warden Best of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pets a dog standing on the tailgate of a 1930's woodside truck. A man in a suit holds the leash of another dog, and a man in a sleeveless undershirt and golf hat looks on. A ladder...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dogs--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Best, Roy.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1935
- Black Hawk-1941
- View toward a steep hill with residences lined up horizontally in Black Hawk, Colorado. At base of hill is an automobile of 1930's vintage (rear window missing) and a sheepherder's mobile home on blocks (only slightly larger than the car) with an...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Central City taken from the west. A dirt road and telephone poles are in the foreground. St. Mary's Church is below them on the other side of Spruce Street. In the center of the photograph is the Court House. St. James' Church and the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Holyoke, Colorado
- Commercial buildings and streetlamps line this street in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado. 1930's sedans and a truck are parked and driving. Signs read: "Foster Lumber Company," "Liquors," "Maytag," "Hotel," "Theater," "Standard Drug," "Cafe,"...
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Holyoke, Colorado
- Corrugated metal grain elevators in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado stand among brick sheds, a house trailer, and cylindrical fuel tanks. 1930's sedans are parked and driving; men stand on the dock. Lettering reads: "Reimer-Smith Grain Co."...
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Main Street - Holly, Colo
- Parked 1930's sedans and trucks flank the dirt Main Street in Holly, Prowers County, Colorado. Stone commercial buildings line both sides; signs read: "Haps Drugs Liquor" and "Lumber."
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- Macky Auditorium
- Macky Auditorium, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a random coursed, rusticated local sandstone structure with stone trim. Second floor windows have interlaced arches with spandrel rosettes, and the square and faceted tower has stained...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1930-1940.; Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1933 and 1940?]
- Women's gymnasium
- Stone escutcheons and arches ornament the entry of the women's gymnasium at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Of local, rusticated sandstone with random coursing, this three and four-story structure has a gabled, terra-cotta roof with...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1930-1940.; Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gymnasiums--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1940.
- [between 1933 and 1940?]
- Wilbur Williams House recreation room
- Interior photograph of the recreation room in the Wilbur Williams house located in Boulder, Colorado. Room has floor to ceiling wood paneling, a 1930's radio, a ping pong table, and wooden inlay floors. The 1937 International style brick house,...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
- 1980
- Fire Station No. 1/Denver Firefighters Museum
- Interior photograph of the Denver Firefighters Museum, formerly Fire Station No. 1 in Denver, Colorado. A late 1930's fire engine can be seen in the picture. The Renaissance Revival style two-story building, of tan brick, was constructed in 1909...
- Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver.;(Denver, Colo.) Fire Department.--Buildings.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- Undated
- Thompson Theater/ Bluebird Theater
- This 1914 theater was designed by Harry W. J. Edbrooke. Visible is the pie shaped marquee with the Bluebird name and advertising Truckasauraus. This marquee dates to the 1930's. In 1987, the original movie theater closed and a rehabilitation in...
- Bluebird Theater (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; Marquees.; Motion picture theaters.; City Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)
- 2007
- North Capitol Hill/City Park West plan: final discussion draft
- A Century of Baptist Faith: First Baptist Church of Denver
- Book created by the Fist Baptist Church of Denver regarding the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Church. Included in the book is: a history of the church beginning in 1864, as well as photographs and lists of the different...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1963 December