The Colorado Obituary Project is a statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990. Researchers may request a copy of the full text obituary through the Western History and Genealogy Department.
Colorado--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.;Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
View, facing east, of the shafthouse and buildings of the Lone Tree Extension Shaft Mine, the New Era Placer Mine, and the town of Freeland (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
Freeland (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lone Tree Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; New Era Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Freeland--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Freeland--1880-1900.;...
"Closing Era" bronze statue in front of Capitol building, Denver, Colorado; made by Preston Powers, ca. 1890; presented to city in 1892 by women of Fortnightly Club. The statue is a lifelike size bronze Native American male standing over a slain...
Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver --1910-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Powers, Preston.
View of "The Closing Era," a bronze statue by Preston Powers at the State Capitol building, Denver, Colorado. It is a life-size bronze reproduction of a Native American male standing over a buffalo slain by the spear he holds in his hand.
Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Powers, Preston.
View of the Jones Placer, New Era, and Lone Tree Mines near Freeland (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
Freeland (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lone Tree Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; New Era Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Freeland--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Freeland--1880-1900.
The "Closing Era," a bronze statue of a Native American man standing over a slain buffalo, stands on the east lawn of the Colorado State Capitol building between East 14th (Fourteenth) and Colfax avenues and Lincoln and Grant streets in Denver,...
Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
State wide directory containing descriptions of the mines and mills, and the mining and milling corporations of Colorado. Information within the the document is arranged alphabetically by mine name.
Mines and mineral industries--Colorado--Directories.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Directories.;
View of the 1500 Block of Platte Street in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows brick commercial style buildings. Details include cornices with brackets, shaped parapets with corbeled brackets, and arched windows. Signs read:...
Big Chief Bottling Co. (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Commercial facilities.; Big Chief Bottling Co.(Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Commercial...
Hispanic American José Benito Córdova and his wife Marina Rivera de Córdova pose with their families at their two story, Territorial style, adobe house in Las Córdovas, near El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The house has a balcony and...
A man and woman pose in a restaurant in De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. Stools are near a wooden bar. Posters and advertisements on the wall read: "Quality Sells Exports Cigar 5 [cents]," "The DeBeque New Era," "4th of July [...] Grand Ball In...
De Beque (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--De Beque--1910-1930.; Restaurants--Colorado--De Beque--1910-1930.
View along a snow shoveled walkway next to the Indian and buffalo bronze sculpture, "Closing era", on the back side of the State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado. A small sign is barely visible above the deep snow, it reads:"Keep off the grass".
Seated portrait of Mrs. C. B. Wilson, in the Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, taken at the parsonage. She is the wife of Pastor Wilson, a Methodist minister.
Spouses of clergy--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Walden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Wilson, C. B. Mrs.
View east of Colorado State Capitol grounds, Denver, Colorado; shows the Preston Powers sculpture: "The Closing Era," a round walkway, landscaping, and Grant Street residences.
Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
View of a sculpture on the east side of the Colorado State Capitol building entitled, "The Closing Era," by Preston Powers. It features a Native American man standing over a buffalo he has killed. He holds a bow in one hand and arrows in the other.
Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
Interior of a dining room at a cottage in Perry Park (Douglas County), Colorado. Shows table, chairs, lamps, a hutch with dinnerware, and a framed picture of the "Closing Era" statue in Denver.
Douglas County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Perry Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buffets (Furniture)--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Douglas County--1900-1910.
View of the "Closing Era"; a bronze statue of a Native American man and a slain buffalo at the east entrance to the State Capitol Building in Denver, Colorado.
Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadvill, Colorado's opera house scenery. The painting is a part of the "Gothic set", used during the Elks era (after 1903). The scene looks down the East Fifth Street business district to the Leadville Courthouse on...
Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
The Silver Dollar Saloon, 315 Harrison, Leadville, Colorado, was known as the Clipper building when George King built it in 1883. It originally housed the Board of Trade Saloon. The exterior front facade is shown here covered with weathered board...
Silver Dollar Saloon (Leadville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
Hammers, saws, mallets, wood planes and other tools rest in the center of workbenches in the manual training room of Appleton High School in Appleton (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows a room with an unfinished ceiling and two small windows. Chisels...
Appleton High School (Appleton, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Appleton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Equipment--Colorado--Appleton--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Appleton--1910-1920.; Workshops--Colorado--Appleton--1910-1920.
Seventeen women performers of the "Broom Brigade" cast pose in two rows. Each wears a costume of a long-sleeved bodice with a mandarin collar, a cross piece across the breast, a full, pleated skirt with a dark band around the skirt, and a Civil War...
Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Uriah Schutt Hollister; vice president and general manager, Continental Oil Company (1894-?); president Era Mining Company; horticulturist; Civil War veteran; post commander G.A.R. Subject holding...
Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Hollister, Uriah Schutt, b. 1838.
From left, Abel D. Breed, William Bryant and Eben Smith sit at a small table examining a piece of ore, possibly from the Caribou Mine in Boulder County, Colorado, owned by Breed. Breed holds a magnifying glass in his right hand. Smith and Bryant...
Capitalists and financiers--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Supervisors, Industrial--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Caribou (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.
Five men, all ushers at the Central City Opera House's first opening in 1878, pose in front of the stone opera house in Central City, Colorado. Standing, from left, are Bud Johnson and Morgan Laird, who was a member of the Central City school board...
Ushers--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera Houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Armfield, Harry.; Johnson, Bud.; Laird, Morgan.; Lake, Harry H. 1860-1952.
Smoke rises from New York Central Railroad Company locomotive #5284, the passenger train passes Berea Union Depot in Berea (Cuyahoga County), Ohio. An automobile and luggage carts are parked beside the stone, Gothic style building. The depot has a...
New York Central Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Berea (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Ohio--Berea--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Ohio--Berea--1940-1950.; Railroads--Ohio--Berea--1940-1950.
Interior view of the Great Hall at Glen Eyrie, the mansion of General William Palmer near Manitou Springs, Colorado. The open beamed ceiling in this room with its oversized gothic carved stone fireplace characterizes the opulence of this mansion...
Rooftops of the Adolph Coors Company Coors residence and greenhouses echo the foothills in the distance, Golden, Colorado. Sign in foreground: "The Home Of Coors Pure Malted Milk" is constructed of planted flowers. Coors was the world's largest...
View southeast over the Adolph Coors Company brewery plant, Golden, Colorado, shows multi-story buildings, dark smoke pours from the tall smokestack, railroad freight boxcars and rooftop sign: "Coors Pure Malted Milk." Coors was the world's largest...
Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dairying--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.
View over the Adolph Coors Company brewery plant, Coors residence, gardens, and greenhouses, Golden, Colorado. The sign in foreground "The Home Of Coors Pure Malted Milk" is made of planted flowers. Coors was the world's largest producer of malted...
Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dairying--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.
Chalkboards in this University of Colorado at Boulder classroom have scenes drawn on them. The first depicts classic era workmen and has "(1)"; the second is an abduction and has "(2)"; the third is of horses falling from the sky and has "Phaeton"...
Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
Gog and May Gog, sculptures at the 1937 High School in Boulder, Colorado, top louvered windows. The male holds blocks on his shoulders, and the female holds vegetal elements. In the bulbous, "proletariat" style of the WPA era, these works of...
Photograph of four of the students involved with the Washington Bicentennial Play at Ebert Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. These students are on stage with a backdrop of the Washington Monument. They are grouped in couples, with the girls...
Ebert School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.