Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Looking south eastward over the Shale Cliffs toward Colorado River and North Mams [sic] Peak
- Panoramic, aerial view of layered oil shale rock formations of the Roan Cliffs in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows Logan Wash in a valley near Mount Logan, the Colorado River, an extinct volcanic crater, and North Mamm Peak in the distance.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--Garfield County--1930-1960.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1930-1960.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Logan Wash (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Logan, Mount (Garfield County, Colo.)--1930-1960.; North Mamm Peak...
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Smiley Branch - school instruction in catalog
- Interior view of the William H. Smiley Branch of the Denver Public Library in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; children use card catalogs. Decor includes vaulted ceilings and windows, a vase, and a mantle clock.
- Smiley, William H.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Smiley Branch--1930-1960.; Berkeley (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.; Card catalogs--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.;...
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Oil shale development, Naval oil shale
- View of a Naval oil shale plant near probably Rulison (Garfield County), Colorado. Mine buildings have corrugated metal sides, gabled roofs, and smokestacks. Shows layered shale on the Roan Cliffs and talus in the distance.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1930-1960.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Garfield County--1930-1960.; Roan cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1930-1960.; Rulison (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Cliffs--Colorado--Garfield County--1930-1960.; Mine...
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Marker on Fetterman monument
- Detail view the bronze plaque on the stone column marker commemorating the Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux fight against United States soldiers. Marker reads: "On this field on the 21st day of December, 1866, three commissioned officers and...
- Dakota Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Oglala Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Red Cloud's War,...
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Marker on Fetterman monument
- Detail view the bronze plaque on the stone column marker commemorating the Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux fight against United States soldiers. Marker reads: "On this field on the 21st day of December, 1866, three commissioned officers and...
- Dakota Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Oglala Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1930-1960.; Red Cloud's War,...
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- DeBeque looking north up Roan Creek
- Aerial view of the town of De Beque (DeBeque) in Mesa County, Colorado. Roan Creek meanders through the wide valley. The Roan Cliffs and South Shale Ridge are in the distance.
- De Beque (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1930-1960.; Roan Creek (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Roan Creek (Mesa County, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Cities & towns--Colorado--De Beque--1930-1960.; Streams--Colorado--De Beque--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Boulder
- View of Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, shows a woman walking in snow (9th Street?) by a cemetery. Green Mountain and the Flatirons are in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Flatirons, The (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1960.; Snow--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1960.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Central City residence interior
- A stove sits next to a marble-topped cabinet in a kitchen in Central City, Colorado. The stove has an oven and a warmer with enamel doors. Two irons are on the range, and an assortment of bric-a-brac, such as a coffee grinder and plates, is on top...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Interiors--1930-1960.; Kitchens--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1930-1960?]
- Sacajaweas grave (center) near Ft. Washakie Wyo
- View of the graves of Sacajawea, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, and Bazil, Native American (Shoshone) woman and men, in the Wind River Cemetery in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. Sacajawea's grave is decorated with U. S. flags and a cross. Other graves are in...
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1960.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1960.; Fort Washakie (Wyo.)--1930-1960.; Cemeteries--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Wyoming--Fort...
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Dr. & Mrs. Lory, Ft. Collins, Colo. President of Colorado Agricultural College
- The President of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado is on a couch with his wife. A table is in front of them; curtains line interior walls.
- Colorado State University--1930-1960.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1960.; College presidents--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1960.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1960.
- [between 1935 and 1955?]
- Nederland
- A woman (possibly Muriel Wolle) stands near two burros and a dilapidated building in Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado. The woman wears a long overcoat and a cloche hat.
- Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1960.; Donkeys--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1960.; Women--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1960.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Lake Eldora
- Women and a man are at Lake Eldora near the town of Lake Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado. One wades in the lake; the others sit on a dock.
- Eldora, Lake (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Lake Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake Eldora--1930-1960.; Women--Colorado--Lake Eldora--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Central City
- View of Saint Aloysius Academy, mining buildings, dwellings and boardwalk in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1945]
- Cripple Creek
- A dilapidated bridge spans Cripple Creek and vertical canyon walls border the creek; near Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Bridges--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1960.; Canyons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1960.; Streams--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960?]
- Teller House, Central City
- People dine under the balcony of the Teller House and next to the garden, built in 1934, between the Teller House and the Opera House. Diners sit at tables and are attended by wait staff. A decorative wood fence surrounds a small garden in front...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Teller House garden
- View of a garden between the Teller House and the Opera House in Central City, Colorado; shows an arrastra, balconies, people, and stairs on the hillside.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Stairways--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1934 and 1960?]
- Central City residence interiors
- Light shines from a window in Central City, Colorado. A coffee table with a lace doily and a lamp with two smoked globes sits in front of the window. Plants in cachepots are on either side of the lamp, and other bric-a-brac is on the table.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.; Interiors--1930-1960.; Living rooms--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Dancing girls
- A woman in a sheer bikini decorated with feather and glitter, dances across a stage, she uses a scarf as a prop. Other women dressed in exotic dance costumes, that include sheer hoop skirts and scanty outfits, stand nearby. Probably a Denver,...
- Stripteasers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.; Dancers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- City Park fountain
- A woman sits in the center of the fountain that is in the middle of City Park Lake (Ferril Lake) in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Paramount Theatre
- Interior view of the Paramount Theater designed by Temple Hoyne Buell in Denver, Colorado; shows seating and ornate decorative borders, lamps, sculpture, garlands, and scenes.
- Buell, Temple Hoyne, 1895-1990--Homes & haunts.; Paramount Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Grave of Washikie Chief of the Shoshones
- View of Washakie's gravestone near Fort Washakie, Wyoming. Washakie was a Native American (Shoshone) man. The gravestone reads: "Washakie 1804-1900". The mountains of the Wind River Range are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1960.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1960.; Fort Washakie (Wyo.)--1930-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1960.; Washakie, ca. 1804-1900--Tomb.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Smiley
- The William H. Smiley Branch of the Denver Public Library at 4501 West Forty-sixth Avenue at Utica Street in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado has ornate brick work, a tile roof, and an arched entry.
- Smiley, William H.--Monuments.; Denver Public Library. Smiley Branch--1930-1960.; Berkeley (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Saint Catherine Chapel, Camp Saint Malo
- View of the rusticated stone Saint Catherine Chapel at Camp St. Malo, in Allenspark (Boulder County), Colorado. The chapel has arched windows and doorways, a hip and gable roof, and an octagonal tower with a cross. Shows a road in front of the...
- Camp Saint Malo--Buildings--1930-1960.; Allenspark (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Camps--Colorado--Allenspark--1930-1960.; Chapels--Colorado--Allenspark--1930-1960.
- [between 1934 and 1960?]
- Parkdale Post Office at western entrance to Royal Gorge
- View looking down a dirt road in Parkdale, Colorado in Fremont County. Post office in foreground. Entrance to the Royal Gorge in the background. Railroad crossing sign for the Denver & Rio Grande Western in front of mesa-shaped rock.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1960.; Parkdale (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Post offices--Colorado--Parkdale--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Sedalia Cemetary [sic]
- View of St. Philip's Episcopal Church and cemetery, Sedalia, Colorado; oldest Douglas County church, consecrated 1888.
- Sedalia (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1960.; Episcopal Churches--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1957?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, cemeteries
- View of a gravestone in the Idaho Springs cemetery, Clear Creek County, Colorado, features an urn shaped stone on top of a square pedestal stone. The inscription on the bottom stone reads: "L. H. Arthur Died April 25, 1881 48 Years."
- Arthur, L. H. d. 1881--Tomb.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Boulder
- View of the Flatirons, Green Mountain, Bear Peak, and residences on a snowy day in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Flatirons, The (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Boulder
- View of the Flatirons, Green Mountain, Bear Peak, and residences on a snowy day in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Flatirons, The (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Central City residence interiors
- Keys of many different shapes hang on the back of a paneled door. Parts of furniture are visible of either sides of the door. There is a framed piece of embroidery with a cross, a crown, and "No no" hanging on the wall. The wallpaper is patterned...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Interiors--1930-1960.; Keys (Hardware)--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Arthur Rippey house on Race Street
- A view of Arthur Rippey's residence on Race Street in Denver, Colorado. The home features chimneys, ivy, dormers, and a covered porch.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1960.; Rippey, Arthur G.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Walker Mill - behind Kossler's Lake
- View of Walker Mill, a mine processing building in Colorado, near Kossler Lake. Mining tailings and a chute are by a hogback formation.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1930-1960.; Kossler Lake (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Walker Mill
- View of Walker Mill, mine processing buildings in Colorado, near Kossler Lake. Mining tailings, a chute, and a trestle conveyor are by a hogback formation.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1930-1960.; Mills--Colorado--1930-1960.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Ophir, Colorado
- View of train cars next to a loading structure in Ophir, Colorado; central business district in the background.
- Ophir (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Ophir--1930-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ophir--1930-1960.
- [between 1935 and 1955]
- Gunnison
- Good Samaritan Episcopal Church in Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado, dedicated Christmas Day, 1882, is a one-story gable roofed stone building with a light-colored vestibule; crosses are at the apex of the roof on the front, and atop the...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Gunnison--1930-1960.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Gunnison--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Peck House, Empire, Colorado
- The Peck House, in Empire, Colorado, is in a dilapidated condition during a time period between its heyday and its restoration.
- Peck House (Empire, Colo.)--1930-1960.; Empire (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Empire--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960]
- Doorway leading into cell house #7
- Convicts with arms folded walk through an interior gate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A uniformed guard looks on, and prison buildings can be seen outside behind the entering men.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Interiors.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1954?]
- Lakewood Country Club
- A golfer crouches over his putter on a putting green at the Lakewood Country Club in Lakewood, Colorado in Jefferson County. The clubhouse is behind the golf course. Architectural features of the two- story, horizontal building include: a hipped...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Country clubs--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1960.; Golf--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Elephant Rock, a noted landmark near Palmer Lake Pike N. Forest.
- View of Elephant Rock, El Paso County, Pike National Forest, Colorado.
- Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Rock formations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Manitou
- View of Saint Andrew's Episcopal church, Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features a stone church, arched-pointed windows, and a cross at the gable apex.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Nederland
- A woman (possibly Muriel Wolle) stands near three burros with winter coats, Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Donkeys--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1960.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Hotels and motels, La Veta, exterior
- View of the open porch at the La Veta Hotel, Gunnison, Colorado, shows decorative support posts, brackets, and frieze with parked in front of the hotel.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Boulder
- View of Mount Sanitas (?) on a snowy day in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Sanitas, Mount (Colo.)--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]
- Central City
- View of a Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado storefront; framed art is in the window, and a man is by ornate molding.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Storefronts--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1955]
- Central City
- View of an alley in Central City (?), Gilpin County, Colorado; shows brick buildings, exterior staircases, and frame second story extensions.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Alleys--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1955]
- Colorado Supreme Court Justice Benjamin C. Hilliard
- Colorado Supreme Court Justice Benjamin C. Hilliard seated in an office. Hilliard served as a Colorado Supreme Court Justice from 1931 to 1951.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Supreme Court justices--Colorado--1930-1960.; Hilliard, Benjamin C.
- [between 1931 and 1951]
- Georgetown, Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north up Rose Street from a low vantage point on Leavenworth Mountain. The lake is in the distance. Visible are the new school, south of the tower of Alpine Hose Company No. 2; the Fish Block and Masonic Lodge; the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960.]
- Home of son of Gov. James Peabody
- A snow-covered, stucco house in Avondale, Colorado, in Pueblo County, is a one story structure with a gabled roof and a wall that extends out from the side of the house. The house has rectangular windows with lintels and sills, and an oculus over...
- Avondale (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Avondale--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960]
- Capitol City
- View of a half-standing building in Capitol City (formerly Galena City), Hinsdale County, Colorado; standing portion of the building with a dormer on gabled roof and tall window on first floor; mountains rimming the mountain park in the background.
- Capitol City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Capitol City--1930-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Death house used from 1934-1951, 24 men died there
- Vents and a smokestack with guywires rise from the low gabled roof of this saltbox building at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. It is encircled by a chain-link fence; power poles, a stone tower and a wall with an arched gate are in...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1934 and 1951?]
- Golden age dump near Jamestown
- View of the Continental Divide as seen from the Golden Age mine dump near Jamestown in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Continental Divide (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Waste disposal sites--Colorado--Boulder County--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1960]