Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Member of The Ancient Order of Hibernians
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man, a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He stands in front of a painted backdrop of a house and leans on a prop gate. He has a mustache and wears a suit, a...
- Ancient Order of Hibernians--1890-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Fraternal organizations.; Men.; Mustaches.
- Victor Colo. from Independence shaft house
- Bird's eye view of Victor, Colorado, taken from Independence Shaft house on Battle Mountain, Cripple Creek district; shows Strong Mine shaft house, mine rails & buildings, commercial buildings and residences, some false-fronts, canvas tents on...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- Veterans Volunteer Firemen's Association of Denver
- Panoramic view of members of the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association who pose near the City Hall Building near 14th (Fourteenth) Street and Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. The men stand in a line and hold a rope attached to a hand pumper...
- Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town Halls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fire...
- 1912 October 16
- Victor, Colo. from west
- Distant view of Victor, Colorado, from west; includes wooden frame and log commerical buildings and residences, canvas tent with wooden frames, construction of wooden frame buildings, and sign painted on building's falsefront: "A. Reynolds, Gents...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1894 or 1895?]
- 1927 Senate, 26th General Assembly, State of Colorado
- Composite of studio portraits of members of the 26th General Assembly of the Colorado State Senate. Identifications, center row, top to bottom: E.C. Abbey, G.M. Corlett, President, R.J. Weaver. Top row, left to right: A.E. Headlee, T.M. Hudson,...
- Colorado. General Assembly. Senate.--People--1920-1930.; Legislators--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1927
- Police Matron's Office
- View of an interior door to the Police Matron's Office possibly at the Denver City and County Building in Denver, Colorado. A sign painted on the transom window reads "Police Matron 115," and a sign on the door reads: "Visiting Hours, Matrons...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Facilities--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940 March 31
- Early Telluride
- Telluride Silver Cornet (?) Band parades west on Main Street (Colorado Avenue), Telluride, Colorado. Townspeople line street to watch Fourth of July parade. Businesses include: A. J. Vart, Merchant, two-story Sheridan commercial block, and...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Morrison, Colorado
- Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, consists of commercial buildings and dwellings with fenced yards. A three-story stone building on a rise has a clipped, cross-gabled roof and an open porch. This structure was built by George Morrison (the...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Railroad tracks under water, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the 1904 flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. Rail tracks in the foreground end abruptly where the flood washed out the ground, and a harp switch stand sits at the edge of the new precipice. The Purgatoire River curves outside of the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Central City stores
- Butchered beef and other animal carcasses hang over a gravel floor on the perimeter of a meat locker in Central City, Colorado. A marble counter and a wooden counter with decorative carving is in the background. Scales are on either side of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Meat cutting--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- 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?]
- John Adams Church House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a house in Georgetown, Colorado, built on Rose Street in 1877 by John Adams Church, a speculator in ore processing. It was sold to Professor Albert E. Chase in 1881, who was the master of the Georgetown school until 1895. The building was...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Chase, Albert E.--Homes & haunts.; Church, John A. (John Adams), 1843-1917--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Dinner at the Central City Opera House
- Lodge members sit at long dining tables on the floor and the stage of the Central City Opera House, in Central City, Colorado. Empty plates, glasses, and silverware are on the table. The guests look toward the balcony, as if listening to a speech....
- Central City Opera House--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Audiences--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- [Nineteen Ninety Nine] 1999 Broadway under construction from 18th St. parking lot next to Trinity Church
- View of the partially constructed 1999 Broadway building in downtown Denver, Colorado. A crane is on top of the building. Automobiles and trucks drive nearby. A sign reads: "Avis."
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Skyscrapers--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 Man 19
- C & S passenger depot Boulder built in the 90's
- View of the sandstone train depot in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County on the tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railroad. Architectural features: a hipped roof, a cupola, a finial, chimneys, and a bay with a bell-shaped roof. Signs: "Denver 29...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Altman, highest incorporated town in world, Pikes Peak in distance
- Panoramic view of frame houses and commercial buildings in Altman (Teller County), Colorado. Shows residences, mine buildings with smokestacks, false front businesses, and tailings piles. A business sign reads: "Geo McMillan, Grocer." Laundry is on...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1898?]
- Soda Springs
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north at the Navajo Soda Spring and Cliff House Hotel. Men and women are gathered around the Navajo Spring stone ring. The Fountain Creek bridge is to the right, and directly behind the group is the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- Pres. Roosevelt's visit to Denver
- President Theodore Roosevelt rides in a horse-drawn carriage during a parade to commemorate his visit to Denver, Colorado. Policemen on horseback escort the carriage on Broadway. A nearby sign reads: "Hotel Broadway."
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Presidents--United States--1900-1910.
- 1903 May 5
- East Victor showing Strong, Independence, Portland and Anna Lee mines
- Panoramic view of frame mine buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A woman is in a horse-drawn buggy near a log and frame one-story house. Mine buildings on Battle Mountain are identified as the Strong Mine, the Independence Mine, the...
- Anna Lee Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Strong Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Mine...
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Camp Hale, Colo.
- A view of Camp Hale, the training headquarters of the Tenth Mountain Division, in the Pando Valley in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows barracks. A Denver and Rio Grande Western train with two locomotives is seen in the distance near a mountain.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1944
- R R Park Holyoke, Col
- Trees and lawn fill this park in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado. Boys sit in a tree, and the photographer's shadow falls across the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1904?]
- 18th St.
- Water floods the streets of Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Structures engulfed by the water include: one and two-story wood-frame houses and a fence.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Caribou
- View over Caribou (9800 feet), Boulder County, Colorado, includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled lean-to structures. Many have external timber braces for protection against the wind blowing from the...
- Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Broadway Park
- Men and women perform an exercise demonstration at the athletic field in Broadway Park, West 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. A man stands on a wooden elevated platform and oversees the athletes. The women, in bloomers, hold...
- Broadway Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Athletic fields--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Physical fitness--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- M. E. Church Holyoke, Col.
- This frame church in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, has a belfry and a chimney. A circular window is over the projecting entry, residences are in the background, and a fire hydrant is in the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Holyoke--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Main Street Holyoke, Col
- Main Street, in Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, is a dirt thoroughfare flanked with frame commercial buildings. Trees grow along the boardwalk.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Holyoke--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Holyoke, Colorado
- Brick and frame buildings of Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, include churches with steeples, commercial buildings, and the two-story Court House, with a covered porch. People walk in fields; trees and lawn are in the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1904
- Holyoke, Colorado
- Brick and frame buildings of Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, include a church with steeple, dwellings, and a water tower. Trees and lawn are in the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1904
- School House Holyoke, Col
- The Holyoke, Phillips County, Colorado, school is a large scale two-story brick building with a hipped gable roof, projecting wings, and an ornate belfry topping the entry. Lawn and young trees are in the foreground.
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Holyoke--1880-1890.
- 1904
- Court House Holyoke, Col
- The Phillips County Court House in Holyoke, Colorado, is a two- story frame building with hipped gable roofs, a wrap around open porch, widows' walk, brick chimney, and flagpole with United States flag. A man stands by entry steps, and a power pole...
- Holyoke (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Holyoke--1880-1890.
- 1904
- Georgetown, Colo. looking north
- A view of Georgetown, Colorado, looking north up the valley, with Saxon and Griffith Mountains on the right and Republican and Democrat Mountains on the left, taken from Leavenworth Mountain; shows the north- south streets of Argentine, Rose, and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1885?]
- Depot and R.R. Street. No. 113.
- Flood water surrounds the stone railroad Depot in Boulder, Colorado. Logs are washed up on a rise by a wooden shed, and rail tracks show in the foreground. The Depot is a stone building with a gabled roof, bracketed eaves, and a cupola with a...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Market St., 2000 block, 1905
- A bicyclist rides through the mud on the 2000 block of Market Street in Denver, Colorado. A woman in a white gown and a woman in a white hat solicit customers from doorways. Two pedestrians walk in front of 2020 Market Street, a bordello owned and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Brothels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cycling--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Mud--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1905
- D&RG No. 1001 at Union Station, Denver
- Workers sit on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad engine number 1001 at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Steam rises from under the locomotive. The clock tower of Union Station is visible in the distance. A sign on the engine reads "Keep Off". The...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroads employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- 1905
- Red Cliff
- Aerial view of frame and log buildings and dirt streets in Red Cliff (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows the intersection of Monument and Eagle Streets, and the two-story Quartzite Hotel with ladders over the sidewalk. Shows the quartzite rock...
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1898]
- Above Lawson, C.C.R.R.
- A view of the Colorado Central Railroad grade near Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon near Lawson (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A bridge is in the distance.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1860-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Lawson (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Lawson--1860-1890.;...
- [between 1868 and 1890?]
- 12th Street, Boulder, Colo.
- A man in a boat floats down a river of water on a flooded street in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County during the city flood of 1894. Spectators stand on the side of the street and watch.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- June 1, 1894
- Miners on a coal train
- Miners ride on the engine of a mine coal train at an unidentified mine owned by the Wooten Land and Fuel Company probably in Colorado. Shows coal cars and industrial buildings.
- Wooten Land and Fuel Company (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Red Cliff
- Shows timber buildings, houses and probably commercial buildings with false fronts on Eagle Street in Red Cliff (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows the quartzite rock formation of what was known as Fort Arnett near probably Turkey Creek, Denver and Rio...
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1898]
- Jamestown, Boulder County
- View overlooking the mining community of Jamestown (also known as Jimtown and Elysian Fields), Colorado, in Boulder County shows storefronts and residences built along unpaved streets.
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Jamestown--1879-1910.
- [between 1879 and 1905]
- McCoy, Colorado (south of Steamboat Springs).
- View of McCoy, near border of Eagle and Routt County, Colorado, shows a group of men and women posing inside a painted wood fence at the stagecoach stop next a pile of deer and elk antlers. Several log buildings, hotel, store, barn and shed are in...
- McCoy (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- The Navajo Soda Spring, Manitou
- View of Soda Springs, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north west; shows the rustic, conical roofed gazebo with its branch uprights and benches with men, women and children gathered around it. The ring containing Navajo Spring is in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Marker on site of Wagon Box Fight near Story, Wyoming
- Stone memorial marker with a bronze plaque commemorating the Wagon Box Fight, (Wagon Box Battle,) between the United States Army and Native American Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the last major conflict of the Bozeman Trail conflicts, August 2,...
- Cheyenne Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1940.; Dakota Indians--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1940.; Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867--Commemoration--Wyoming--1920-1940.; Wagon Box Fight,...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Baileys
- People gather around a steam locomotive stopped at the Bailey train depot in Bailey, Colorado. The depot building is a one story building with a gable, rectangular windows and a "Baileys" sign. The locomotive has a plow and a large light at the...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Bailey--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- [Nineteen Ninety Nine] 1999 Broadway under construction from 24th floor-- Centennial Plaza Building
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed 1999 Broadway Building in downtown Denver, Colorado. A crane is on the top of the building. Denver Place and the Embassy Suites Hotel are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Skyscrapers--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 May 20
- [Nineteen Ninety Nine] 1999 Broadway under construction from 19th St. & Stout
- View of the partially constructed 1999 Broadway building in downtown Denver, Colorado. A crane is on the top of the building. The U. S. Customs House is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Skyscrapers--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 May 19
- One of the great army of prospectors who still pans for colors Estes Park/near Grand Lake.
- A prospector poses near a donkey in either Estes Park or Grand Lake, Colorado. The donkey has saddle bags and U. S. flags attached to its tack. A car is in the background.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Pack animals--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1922
- The Great Loop, near Georgetown
- View of a Colorado Central Railroad passenger train on the Devil's Gate viaduct near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Clear Creek runs under the bridge. A gravel road and railroad grade are seen in the distance along the mountain side.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- 1890
- Toll Gate Saloon, near Blackhawk
- Front view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado. The single-detached building includes: three stories, square building plan, medium gable, offset right, left and right rear chimneys (single stacks), a shed dormer to the rear. First...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- June, 1941
- 19th St. looking east no. 122
- Water washes down 19th (Nineteenth) Street in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Debris and garbage float on top of the water. A lone wood-frame residence is nearly covered by water.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894