Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Temple Court Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of the Temple-Court Building located at 15th (Fifteenth) and California Streets, Denver, Colorado; street level businesses include Hext Music Company (pianos and organs), Columbian Optical Company, Trunk Factory, and Denver Corset...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver-- 1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Market Street businesses, Denver
- View of attached two story commercial buildings at 1515-1525 Market Street in the Union Station neighborhood of downtown Denver, Colorado. The buildings have arched second story windows with central keystones, a decorative brick course beneath the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1996 January
- Barnum/Barnum West Neighborhood Plan: a neighborhood plan for the city and county of Denver
- Main St. north from N.Y. Ave.
- View of businesses on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows a well in the middle of the dirt street, telegraph poles and signs on businesses that read: "Red Lion Inn, J.H. Adams," "Oyster Depot, New York and Baltimore Oysters...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1881]
- Street scene
- A large group of men and a few boys pose on the boardwalk in front of several businesses decorated for the Fourth (4th) of July (Independence Day), possibly in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. American flags, bunting and evergreens decorate the...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Yampa St., Craig, Colo.
- View down Yampa Avenue, Craig, Colorado; wooden frame & brick buildings, boardwalk, horse-drawn wagons & carriages; businesses on left include Bank of Craig, J.W. Hugus & Company (general merchandise), & Baker house; businesses on right include a...
- Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- 17th Street looking towards Broadway
- A view down 17th (Seventeenth) Street, at the corner of Lawrence Street looking toward Broadway, Denver, Colorado. Shows a trolley car line, automobiles, and local businesses. Some of the businesses include: "Milner Hotel" and "Joe Awful Coffee". A...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Patterson & Thomas Block
- A view of the Patterson and Thomas Building located on the corner of 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado. The building was renamed the Quincy Building in 1897. Shows a dirt road, utility poles, and local businesses; some of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- The Barth block
- A boy poses in front of the Barth Block, on the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver. The four story building has decorative trim and awnings. Shows pedestrians, horse drawn carriages, utility poles and businesses. Some...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- North on Lawrence, from Fifteenth Street
- A view of Lawrence Street from Fifteenth Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows pedestrians, horse drawn carriages, traffic lights, utility poles, and local businesses. Some of the businesses on this block include: "Stone & Fulton Dentists," "...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- Denver streets, Market
- View of businesses on the corner of 15th (Fifteenth) and Market Streets in Denver, Colorado; businesses include Jack Scott Saw Mandrels, Cordwood, Saws and Shovels, Hotel Royal, IXL Buy & Sell, Sitterle and Roesch Delicatessen, Hope Rooms, Midwest...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [betwen 1925 and 1930?]
- Colorado City from High Drive
- View over Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows Victorian houses, false front businesses, churches, brick homes and commercial buildings; signs on businesses include: "Portland Street Cleaning," and...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Cripple Creek, Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1
- Anaconda firemen pose with their hose wagon in front of two Cripple Creek businesses in Teller County, Colorado. Two boys stand on a ladder leaning on side of wagon with two fireman helmets on top. Small girl in a fancy dress and bonnet sits on...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Facades--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.
- 1894 May 20
- Backdrop from theatre at Apex, Colo.
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with painted backdrop of a idealized 1900s Apex main street and a stool on wheels; businesses transformed from low wood and...
- Apex (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Methodist Church [graphic]
- View of businesses and a church in Leadville, Colorado, seen from a concrete sidewalk across a street muddy with snowmelt. The Methodist Church in the center is a large brick front gable structure with a wood shingle roof, Gothic windows and a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900]
- Chestnut Street, Leadville
- Chestnut Street was once the busiest street in Leadville, Colorado. Several horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians move along the busy street in front of businesses. John Lieninger's Book & Stationery store is next to D.L. Matthews' Notary Public and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1900.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1900.; Telecommunication lines--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1900.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Looking down 16th St. from California St.
- View down 16th (Sixteenth) Street from California Street, Denver, Colorado; businesses and buildings on left include Denver Dry Goods, A. T. Lewis and Son (dry goods - 800-818 16th); businesses and buildings on right include Colorado Building, G.H....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1913]
- California Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view California Building, corner California and 17th (Seventeenth) Streets, Denver, Colorado, designed by Frank E. Edbrooke; street level businesses include James Whitmore, investment banker and real estate, G.A. Gilpatrick and P.A....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902 or 1903]
- Glenarm Hotel, Denver
- Exterior view Glenarm Hotel, Denver, Colorado; 15th and Glenarm, three story brick building completed in 1878 with facade and wrought iron trim on third level. Street level businesses include: dry cleaning, O'Neill Optical (507 15th, Mrs. M.E....
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Glenarm Hotel (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1906 and 1914]
- Fourth of July Parade on Colorado Avenue, Telluride
- Fire department race on Main Street (Colorado Avenue), Telluride, Colorado. Townspeople line street and perch on rooftops to watch Fourth of July event in front of wood frame residences and businesses. Firemen in trunks pull fire hose cart to...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Racing--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Mule pack train
- Long mule pack train on dirt Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Colorado. Five men on horseback lead mules. Businesses include: San Miguel Courthouse, New Sheridan Hotel, grocery, drugstore, First National Bank, another drugstore, furnishings, "Chas. Rose...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mules--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Sun Valley neighborhood
- View of houses and businesses in the Sun Valley neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows brick one and two story houses, sheds, backyards, businesses, manufacturing companies and an oil storage tank. The Hungarian Flour Company silos are in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sun Valley (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cities & towns.; Commercial facilities.; Houses.; Industry.
- [between 1955 and 1960?]
- Probably the Sun Valley neighborhood
- View of houses and businesses probably in the Sun Valley neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows houses, sheds, backyards, businesses, and manufacturing companies. Automobiles and a small dump truck are parked in the backyards. A sign reads in part:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sun Valley (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobiles.; Backyards.; Houses.; Trucks.
- [between 1955 and 1960?]
- Cinderella City
- Cars are parked diagonally in front of stores at Cinderella City shopping center in Englewood, Colorado. Automobiles in the lot include Volkswagens, pickup trucks, station wagons, and sedans from the 1950s and 1960s. Men, women, and children walk...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.
- [1968?]
- Evergreen, Colorado
- Businesses are on both sides of the main road in Evergreen, Colorado. Signs on businesses read, "Parks Pharmacy, Drink Coca-Cola," "Dentist," "Parks Pharmacy, Sundries, Soda, Film," "[S?] Supply Co.," "Blue Parrot [?] Cafe, Ice Cream, Soda," "M &...
- Evergreen (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Evergreen--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Hotchkiss, Colo.
- Small houses and businesses with smoke coming from chimneys are on either side of a wide dirt road in Hotchkiss, Colorado. A woman and child stand in the doorway of a small gable-roofed house with a picket fence. A sign "L. C. Celwicks General...
- Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885
- 1929 Sanborn Map of the 12th and Broadway area.
- 1929 Sanborn Map showing Auto Related Businesses on the block. All the businesses along Broadway are indicated as either garage, Auto Sales or Auto Sales and Service. On Lincoln only two areas are shown as domestic areas, the attached domestic...
- 1929
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 6
- Denver's Urban Renewal Program and the Auraria Center-City College Complex
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Businesses in Las Animas
- Men stand outside businesses on a street in probably Las Animas (later covered by John Martin Reservoir) near the present day Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Shows false front frame buildings and signs that read: "G.M. Woodworth's Livery...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Las Animas--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1883?]
- Pikes Peak Avenue businesses
- A man rides in a buggy on Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, past two-story false front businesses. Signs read: "Milliner," "K. Bru[?] Fruit & Conf[ections] 44," "[?]tullens [?]ery Rooms [up]stairs," and "Gurnsey's...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870- 1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Businesses on Eureka Street, Central City
- Businesses along Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, include "The Grubstake Inn" and "The Chandler House of Gifts," which are in the Mellor block. The Grubstake Inn has several signs on it, including "Cafe," "Coors," and "Howdy Folks Cafe...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Curtis Street businesses
- View of Curtis Street businesses in Denver, Colorado, shows the Baur's Candy building and signs: "Candy," "Coffee Shop," "Restaurant," "Ice Cream," "Cakes, Pastry."
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Confectioneries--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Baur's (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Larimer Street businesses
- View of Larimer Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows a truck and cars, and businesses with signs: "H & M Magazine Exchange," "Cub Loans," and "Sam Wine." Storefront windows display hubcaps.
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Pawnshops--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965?]
- Canon City businesses
- Businesses on the 500 block of Main Street, in Canon City are housed in two-story buildings; the central one is rusticated stone with an incised panel reading: "Felter." A man crouches on scaffolding, and channel letters read: "Kelley Jewelers" and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1974?]
- Curtis Street businesses
- View of businesses at 1512 Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Building features corbeled brick, stone lintels, a cornice, and signs: "Baur's Restaurant" and "Bernie Shoppe Millinery." A Ford sedan is parked.
- Baur's (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Confectioneries--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1960?
- Gunnison businesses
- Men pose on the boardwalk in front of Gunnison, Colorado, businesses. Signs read: "Geo. W. Pettit, Real Estate, Conveyancer, Fire Insurance, Notary Public," and "? Barber Shop" on an elaborate striped overhang and pole. Light snow shows on dirt...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Broadway businesses, Denver
- View of storefronts on the east side of Broadway Street, between 15th (Fifteenth) and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Businesses include Capitol Novelty, Universal Studios Photography, Rifle Sport Shooting Gallery, Char Broiler Steak...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1965 and 1969?]
- Northeast Park Hill Neighborhood Analysis
- The Denver Urban Renewal's Participation in the Auraria Center City College Complex Site
- Barnum and Barnum West: neighborhood analysis
- Miss Five Points Beauty Pageant Contestants
- Fraternal Club Local 465 Waiters and Porters
- View of 2621 Welton in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building houses the African American Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, Local #465, associated with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The entrance...
- Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, local 465--Buildings--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad employees unions.; Clubs.; Protective Order of Dining Car-Waiters and Porters, local...
- 1995
- UFW marchers boycott Liquor Mart, Boulder
- University of Colorado students and supporters of the United Farm Workers of America participate in a picket boycott of Liquor Mart in Boulder, Colorado. They march past an unidentified motel and businesses. They carry signs with a cartoon figure...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Boulder (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Demonstrations.; Boycotts.; Pickets.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1972?]
- San Luis from the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross
- View of San Luis from the Shrine of the Stations of the Cross (La Mesa de la Piedad y de la Misericordia, Hill of Piety and Mercy), in Costilla County, Colorado. Two wooden crosses are on the side of the hill, and houses, businesses, fields, farms...
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1990-2000.; San Luis (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Crosses.; Cities & towns.; Crosses--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Cities and towns--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Sangre de Cristo Mountains...
- 1997
- Blanca, Colo.
- View of the 600 block of Main Street in Blanca, Colorado. Two businesses are on the street. At 610 Main Street is the Trinchera Irrigation Co. The one story stucco building has a garage door, two entrances, and two windows. Next door is the...
- Corral (Blanca, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Trinchera Irrigation Company (Blanca, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Blanca (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Corral (Blanca, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Trinchera Irrigation Company (Blanca,...
- 1992
- Main Street, Antonito, Colo.
- View of Main Street Antonito, Colorado from the corner of 5th Street and Main Street looking south. Shows the Palace Hotel, businesses and street lights. The brick hotel has a rhyolite front with metal kick plates and transom windows on the first...
- Palace Hotel (Antonito, Colo.)--1970-1980.; San Antonio Mountain (Rio Arriba County, N.M.)--1970-1980.; Antonito (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Commercial streets.; Palace Hotel (Antonito, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1978
- Bank Block, Idaho Springs
- View of the Bank Block at 1535 Miner Street in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The two story brick structure has brackets and cornices. An inset plaque reads: "Bank Block 1901." The lower level has two businesses, "The Big Scoop," an...
- Bank Block (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Big Scoop (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Home Centre (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cafes.; Hardware stores.; Commercial facilities.; Bank Block (Idaho...
- 1994