Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Urban renewal
- Spectators watch excavation at a construction site near Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows pedestrians, automobiles, a Denver Tramway trolley car, and a Bucyrus Erie dredge. Signs on buildings read, "Loan Office, Money to Loan on anything of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940 June
- Conduit #13
- A construction worker monitors the excavation of a trench probably in Denver, Colorado. A trenching machine with a bucket attachment pulls out dirt from the side of the trench. Two large metal pipes lie in the bottom of the trench. Bungalow style...
- Trenching machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1942 November
- Planting in the Cherry Creek forest to hide old dumping ground
- View of a landscaping and flood control project by Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, a bare root pine tree, construction debris, a former dump, and houses in the Speer Neighborhood.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Speer (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1910-1920.; Erosion protection works--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1918
- Archaeological Excavation Map of the History Colorado Site
- Detailed Excavation Map used by the archaeologists to conduct the excavations at the History Colorado Center. Map Courtesy of RMC Consulting http://www.rmc-consultants.net
- 2009
- Tremont House excavation team
- Tremont House, excavation team members
- Tremont House, view of bottom of excavation trench
- Tremont House, general view of excavation site
- Tremont House, general view of excavation site
- Tremont House, view of excavation trenches
- Tremont House, view of trench in various stages of excavation
- Tremont House, view of bottom of small excavation trench
- Four Mile House excavation
- Photograph of the archealogy excavation of a test trench at the Four Mile House located in Denver, Colorado. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure. The location served as the last stage stop,...
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Four Mile House excavation
- Photograph of the archealogy excavation of a test trench at the Four Mile House located in Denver, Colorado. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure. The location served as the last stage stop,...
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1977 January
- Four Mile House excavation
- Photograph of the auger used on the archealogy excavation at the Four Mile House located in Denver, Colorado. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure. The location served as the last stage stop,...
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1977 January
- Four Mile House excavation
- Photograph of the back hoe during the archealogy excavation near the house at the Four Mile House located in Denver, Colorado. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure. The location served as the...
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1977 January
- Union Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Different surface layers of occupation can be seen in the walls of the trench. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Unions Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central section, constructed in 1914, with flanking wings from a previous 1881 depot. The...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Union Station excavation
- Photograph of the Environmental Protection Agency's excavation near Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Different surface layers of occupation can be seen in the walls of the trench. Denver's Union Station consists of a Neo-Classical central...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.); Railroad stations.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- Undated
- Four Mile House Excavation
- Photograph of four men at the excavation of the Four Mile House located in Denver, Colorado. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure. The location served as the last stage stop, before entering...
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1977 January
- Four Mile House excavation pit
- Excavation of the Four Mile House located in Denver, Colorado. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure. The location served as the last stage stop, before entering Denver, on the Wells Fargo...
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1977 January
- Four Mile House excavation fill
- Photograph of the excavation fill from the Four Mile House located in Denver, Colorado. Notice the building materials and different artifacts in the soil. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure....
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1977 January
- Four Mile House excavation
- A man sites on an excavator at ready to being an archeology excavation near the well area of the Four Mile House located in Denver, Colorado. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure. The location...
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1977
- Four Mile House excavation
- The back dirt and rubble pile during the archealogy excavation to the Four Mile House located in Denver, Colorado. With a portion dating from 1859, Four Mile House is Denver's earliest surviving structure. The location served as the last stage...
- Four Mile Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic...
- 1977
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 19, 1911 May 6
- Construction near S Lipan St
- View of construction on Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, a crane, and shoring.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Construction scene
- View of canal construction in (probably) Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, men working, and spectators.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canal construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Construction scene
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men working, excavation, crane tracks, and the railroad bridge.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Opening on the North Dakota claim which appears to be another Lady Belle
- Men pose by an excavation at the North Dakota Mine and by cedar trees in Eagle County, Colorado; they include B.B. Yeomans, B.M. White, and J.O. Kempf.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; North Dakota Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Kempf, J. O.; White, B. M.; Yeomans, B. B.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- The discoverers of the Eagle Mining District of Colorado.
- George Gunning and J. O. Kempf pose by a mining excavation in Eagle County, Colorado.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Gunning, George.; Kempf, J. O.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Industries - construction - steam shovel at Alameda subway
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, men working, and a steam crane with lettering: "McCabe & Steen."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction of the Alameda Ave. subway
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, crane tracks, the concrete plant, and a man on the railroad bridge.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction of railroad bridge on W. Alameda Avenue
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, horse, men, railroad tracks, and a business with sign: "The Call Automatic Switch Co."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction scene
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men working, excavation, scaffolding, and machinery.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction equipment rail mounted steam clamshell working near Lipan and Alameda
- Workmen pose on a clamshell excavation crane on railroad tracks near a pipe-laying operation at Alameda Avenue and South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. Other men sit nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction equipment rail-mounted clamshell working near Lipan and Alameda
- Workmen stand near a crane with a clamshell excavation attachment on railroad tracks near Alameda Avenue and South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. One man holds on to one of the crane's guy wires. The side of the crane reads: "The Dennis Gibbons...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Industries construction scene during work on Alameda subway
- Workmen stand near the edge of an excavation, where mixed concrete is delivered to other workmen with wheelbarrows, at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn carts and railroad tracks are nearby.
- Concrete construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries construction overall view during construction of Alameda subway
- View of the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Excavation equipment and wooden towers are nearby.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Industries - construction - scene along Archer Canal during work on Alameda
- View of Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete forms, excavation, and the Alameda Avenue bridge.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction scene of the Alameda Avenue subway
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete forms, crane tracks, excavation, and men working. Building reads: "The Call Automatic Switch Company."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction scene - Alameda Avenue subway
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation and men working with shovels.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction scene - Alameda Avenue subway
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, the concrete mixing plant, dummy cars and tracks, and men working.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction scene
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, the concrete mixing plant, men working, and houses.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Construction scene
- View of construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men, excavation, shoring, and water pipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Construction scene at the Alameda Avenue subway
- View of Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows excavation, men working with a steam shovel, the railroad bridge, a handcar, and building with sign: "The Call Automatic Switch Company."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Steam...
- [1909 or 1910]
- Industries - construction - teams and wagons at work on Alameda subway
- View of construction on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado; shows men, wagons, and excavation.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Industries - construction - construction near Western Chemical Co. during Alameda project
- View of construction in Denver, Colorado; shows men, excavation, a clamshell crane, and industrial buildings with water towers.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Horse - drawn dirt scraper carts
- View of men and horse drawn excavation machinery, in Denver, Colorado.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Horse - drawn dirt scraper
- View of men and horse drawn excavation machinery, in Denver, Colorado; houses are in the background. Harness includes fly screens over the horses' eyes.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Horse - drawn plows
- View of men, horses in harness, construction excavation, and houses in Denver, Colorado.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Plows--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]