Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Spirit Lake, cattle roundup
- Cowboys herd cattle in a roundup on the Baker Lake Ranch owned by A. A. Spaugh probably in Wyoming.
- Spaugh, Addison A. (Addison Augustus), 1857-1943--Homes & haunts.; Cattle herding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- 1888
- 10th Mountain Antitank Battalion, 727th A.A.A.M.G. Battalion, Battery B
- Group Portrait of 10th Mountain Antitank Battalion, 727th A.A.A.M.G. Battalion, Battery B. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado. Left to right top row: 1) Kenedy, 2) Sipe, 3) Billington, 4) Borchers, 5) McConkey, 6) Applebaum, 7) Nelson, 8) Herbert, 9)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Antitank Battalion, 727th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [June 1944]
- Third annual convention Eleventh District A. A. C. of W. Boulder, Colo.
- Panoramic view of men and women, members of the A.A.C. of W., who pose outdoors in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Some of the men and women hold canes and wear coats and hats. Buildings with tile roofs are in the distance. Signs read: "[?]...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.; People--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.
- 1925 February
- Convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Denver Colorado
- Panoramic view of African American (Black) and white men and women, members of the N.A.A.C.P., who pose outdoors during a convention in Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits and ties and the women wear dresses. A U. S. flag and a banner that reads:...
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Meetings--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Delegates--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1925 June
- First Bank, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of A. A. Ireland Real Estate and Mining Property, building shared by Bank of Cripple Creek (also called First National Bank), Cripple Creek, Colorado; six men pose on front steps of one-story false front with shed roof wood frame...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Letter from A.A. Waller to the Lincoln Hills Company
- A.A. Waller (attorney) writes to the Lincoln Hills Company to endorse the Lincoln Hills community.
- African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills. ; Lincoln Hills Company (Colo.) -- Archives.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)
- 1928 March 19
- 308 E. Third, Glengarry House
- Early view of East 3rd (Third) Street in Leadville, Colorado, includes log cabins with sod roofs side by side with with new board and batten or false front structures. A man stands on the boardwalk in front of a two-story hewn log false front with...
- McDonald, A. A.--Homes & haunts--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880]
- Louise Quilitah
- Studio portrait of Louise Quilitah. She poses for a school picture and wears a blouse with a ruffled collar.
- Teenagers--1910-1920.; Quilitah, Louise.
- 1919
- Letter from Pastor A.A. Heist to the congregation of Grace Methodist Community Church
- This is a letter from Pastor A. A. Heist to the congregation of Grace Methodist Community Church asking them to help build the size of their congregation. He calls them to come to Palm and Easter Sundays and to bring friends with them.
- Grace Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- undated
- Morrison, Colorado
- Forking road in Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, is the junction of Beaver Creek and Mount Vernon Avenues, paved and dirt streets. A mission style gas station with arcades is at the corner, signs read: "Midwest Motor Oil Mountain Made for...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- National Jewish Hospital, ent. detail
- View of the arched entryway to the B'nai B'rith Building at National Jewish Hospital at East Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in the Congress Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick structure, designed by William E. and Arthur A....
- National Jewish Hospital (U.S.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Congress Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Horseshoe Ranch
- A row of cowboys identified as Jimmie Kennedy, Roy Valentine, Carl Baugham, Fred Runser, Albert Smith, Emil Runser, A. A. Spaugh, Dick Biddick, Everet Onion (cook), Johnnie Howard, Sam Covington, Bob Spaugh, Charlie Bright, Ed Saffel, Bob Howard,...
- Sheridan County (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1880-1890.; Horses--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1880-1890.; Ranches--Wyoming--Sheridan County--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Illustrated Supplement Pueblo Chieftain
- Composite view of buildings, residences & industrial sites, Pueblo, Colorado; illustrations include: Farris Hotel (J. R. Farris), Pueblo County Court House, Fifth Avenue Hotel (G. M. Chilcott, owner), E. H. Martin & Co.'s real estate office,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Arts and Sciences members of '98
- Graduating Arts and Sciences students (class of 1898) at the University of Colorado at Boulder in formal attire are identified as: Front row (l-r): Edith Williams (Mrs. John Bunyan), James R. Hubbard, Elinor Wise (Mrs. C. Field Clay), Beulah...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1898
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- Pithouse A of Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, stands in the foreground. A small pile of sandstone slabs forms a wall on the near edge of the pithouse. Additional slabs line the sides of the pithouse. Two men kneel working...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Largest hay barn in the state of Wyoming, Colonel Torry's M Ranch
- View of men in front of a log barn, at what is identified as Colonel Torry's M Ranch, in Hat Creek (Niobrara County), Wyoming. The barn has a gabled roof, a transom over a main entrance and cupolas with vents. Men are identified left to right as:...
- Hat Creek (Wyo. : Town)--1880-1890.; Barns--Wyoming--Hat Creek--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Wyoming--Hat Creek--1880-1890.; Men--Wyoming--Hat Creek--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Colorado College of Dental Surgery
- Composite photographs of individual photographs of dental surgeons from the Colorado College of Dental Surgery. Identifications, top row, left to right: L.A. Walker, G. Seeley. Second row: R.N. Culver, D.A. Richardson, Howard Chinn, H.W....
- Colorado College of Dental Surgery--People--1900-1910.; Dentists--Colorado--1900-1910.; Dentistry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1900 April
- Occasions of note from the first and second decades of Greeley history, the 1880's and 1890's
- Photoprint of five photos depicts the early history of the town of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1980.
- [between 1950 and 1980]
- Union Colony building
- Men and women of the Union Colony of Colorado pose in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado; they are 1. B.F. Marsh, 2. W.B. Woodruff, 3. Jos. Moore, 4. C.S. Brockway, 5. Wm. Joyce, 6. E.J. Carver, 7. Jos. Inman, 8. M. Hastings, 9. Thos. G Macy, 10. C.A....
- Union Colony of Colorado--People--1890-1900.; Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Pioneers--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.
- 1894 December 3
- Cripple Creek, Main Street
- View of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows a flagpole in the middle of a dirt street, Central Meat Market, and wood frame commercial buildings with false fronts. A horse and wagon are near the flagpole. Signs on buildings read: "A.A....
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pony Express Riders
- Uniformed Boy Scouts of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, pose with bicycles; some equipped with horns and lamps. Men in cowboy hats, shirts and bandanas are with them; Governor Ralph L. Carr, in a suit and white Homburg hat, holds a scarf. The...
- Boy Scouts of America--1930-1940.; Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- June 29, 1939
- Perspective, first floor plan Epiphany Episcopal Church - Denver
- Perspective (color) and first floor plan for the Epiphany Episcopal Church, 100 Colorado Boulevard, Hilltop neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, commissioned by Reverend Robert A. Russell in the late 1930s. Although primarily unadorned, the structure...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hilltop (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Churches.; Episcopal churches.; Episcopal Schools.
- 1940, August 7 (plan); 1940, August 6 (perspective)
- Denver, business, meat industry & trade, Swift & Co.
- Exterior view of the Swift & Company meat packing plant in Denver, Colorado; shows holding pens jammed with livestock, building construction, signs: "Denver Union Stock Yard Company, F. E. Smith Livestock Brokers, Clay Robinson and Company, and A....
- Swift & Company--Facilities--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Livestock--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Stockyards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 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?]
- Grand Junction Cornet Band
- Members of the Grand Junction Cornet Band hold brass instruments or drums and pose in a row on Main street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The men wear suits and hats, they hold musical instruments and are identified left to right as:...
- Grand Junction Cornet Band--People--1880-1890.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Idaho Springs
- Panoramic view of Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows brick and frame commercial buildings on Miner Street, the schoolhouse, spires of the Methodist church, the Episcopal church, the Presbyterian church, the Colorado Central...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- East side Main Street, Springfield in block south of court house
- View of Main Street in Springfield, Baca County (formerly Las Animas County), Colorado, includes one-story, frame, false fronts with signs: "Post Office, Drug Store S. E. Speckmann, Springfield, Colorado," and "A. A. Denney General Merchandise."
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Western section of richest hill on earth, Butte, Mont.
- View shows unidentified mines, mine buildings, and residences on what is described as, "the richest hill on earth," Butte, Montana.
- Mine buildings--Montana--Butte--1890-1900.; Butte (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Montana--Butte--1890-1900.; Mining--Montana--Butte--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Eastern section of richest hill on earth, Butte, Mont.
- View shows unidentified mines, mine buildings, and residences on what is described as, "the richest hill on earth," Butte, Montana.
- Mine buildings--Montana--Butte--1890-1900.; Butte (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Montana--Butte--1890-1900.; Mining--Montana--Butte--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Rocky Mountain Consistory No. 2
- Group portrait of uniformed Freemason members posed on the stage inside the El Jebel Freemason Temple in Denver, Colorado. Shows American flag, A.A.S.R. (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite) Freemasonry flag and a banner that reads: "Rocky Mountain...
- Freemasons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- View of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings Building"...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925 November 19
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- View of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings Building"...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925 November 30
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- View of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near a covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings Building,"...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925 December 16
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Cranes and steel girders are at the construction site. Automobiles are parked near a...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925 December 16
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near a covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings Building,"...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 February 3
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Cranes and buildings supplies that include steel beams are on the building. Automobiles...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 January 14
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near a covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 March 15
- Morey Jr. High School
- View of Morey Junior High School at 840 East 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a brick building with low-pitched and flat roofs and tall arched windows. The street sign reads: "E. 14th St." and...
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1925?]
- [Thirteenth] 13th annual conference NAACP Newark N. J.
- Panoramic view of African American (Black) and white men and women, members of the N.A.A.C.P., who pose outdoors during the association's thirteenth annual convention in Newark, New Jersey. The men wear suits and ties. The women wear dresses and...
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Meetings--1920-1930.; African Americans--New Jersey--Newark--1920-1930.; Newark (N.J.)--1920-1930.; Civil rights--New Jersey--Newark--1920-1930.; Delegates--New Jersey--Newark--1920-1930.;...
- 1922
- Presbyterian Hospital, entrance detail
- View of the main entrance of Presbyterian Hospital, designed by William E. and Arthur A. Fisher, at Franklin Street and 20th (Twentieth) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The doorway consists of double doors set in a...
- Presbyterian Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Ceremony at Moffat Filter Plant
- Mayor Benjamin Stapleton and Denver Water Commissioner Richard Wensley hold the switch mechanism to a sluice gate near the Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Other men, photographers with cameras, and two women stand...
- Stapleton, Benjamin Franklin, 1869-1950--Public appearances.; Denver (Colo.). Board of Water Commissioners.--1930-1940.; Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Rites & ceremonies--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- [1937 August 20]
- Woman's Relief Corps
- Group portrait of the Woman's Relief Corps, Gunnison, Colorado, includes: wives of J. M. Allen, J. C. McKee, W. S. Rainbow, F. D. Van Aken, Gel. Bird, J. H. Gavette, H. S. Martin, Charles Nelson Blackstock, C. H, Meyer, A. A. Unruh, Elmer Wiley,...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military spouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- University Building, Denver
- View of the A. C. Foster Building / University Building (built 1911, W.E. and A.A. Fisher, architects) at 912 16th (Sixteenth) and Champa Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The 12 story brick building has stone and terra cotta trim,...
- A. C. Foster Building (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office...
- 1985 June
- [Section and elevations] Colo. Industrial Work Shop for the Blind
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows a section and elevations for the Colorado Industrial Workshop for the Blind building located at 618...
- Washington Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Workshops.; Colorado Industrial Workshop for the Blind.
- 1912 November 27
- 1/2" scale detail of interior building for the Bishop-Cass Inv. Co., the American Theatre Bldg.
- 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 details for the American Theater Company at 1007 16th Street in the Central Business...
- Theaters.; American Theater Company (Denver, Colo.)
- 1916 July 12
- Front elevation, West building for Frederick R. Ross, Esq.
- 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 at 300 Gilpin Street in the Country Club neighborhood of...
- Ross, Frederick R.--Homes & haunts.; Houses.; Country Club Neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1910 March 2
- South elevation building for Mr. T.R. Woodrow
- 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, and elevations for a kitchen case and sink for a residence, presumably in...
- Woodrow, T.R.--Homes & haunts.; Houses.; Kitchens.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1916 March 3
- Detail of main entrance hall building for the Foster Building Co.
- 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 details for the A.C. Foster Building (Foster Commercial Building, University Building) at...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial buildings.; Entrance halls.; Foster Building Company (Denver, Colo.)
- 1910 April 15
- Detail of main stairs building for the Foster Building Co.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows plans, sections and elevations for stairs in the A.C. Foster Building (Foster Commercial Building,...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial buildings.; Stairs and stairways.; Foster Building Company (Denver, Colo.)
- 1910 April 15
- Lewis Story at the Denver Art Museum
- Lewis Story, Assistant Director of the Denver Art Museum poses with two delegates to the American Academy of Family Physicians annual meeting at Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Story points at two pieces of stone sculpture. The delegates...
- Denver Art Museum--People--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; Sculpture.; Story, Lewis Wingfield, d. 1994.
- [1973]