Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building buses
- Photograph of the several buses parked inside the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver metropolitan region's transition...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- circa 1942
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building
- Exterior photograph of the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver metropolitan region's transition from streetcars to gas...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building
- Exterior photograph of the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver metropolitan region's transition from streetcars to gas...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building
- Exterior photograph of the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver metropolitan region's transition from streetcars to gas...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building
- Exterior photograph of the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver metropolitan region's transition from streetcars to gas...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building
- Exterior photograph of the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver metropolitan region's transition from streetcars to gas...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building
- Exterior photograph of the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver metropolitan region's transition from streetcars to gas...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building bus driver and bus
- Photograph of a 1939 Twin Coach bus and its unidentified driver parked outside the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- circa 1939
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building bus driver and bus
- Photograph of a 1939 Twin Coach bus and its unidentified driver parked outside the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- circa 1939
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building and bus
- Photograph of a 1941 Twin Coach bus and its unidentified driver parked outside the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- circa 1941
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building and bus
- Photograph of a 1942 Twin Coach bus and its unidentified driver parked outside the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- circa 1942
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building and bus
- Photograph of a 1947 Ford bus and its unidentified driver parked outside the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- circa 1947
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building
- Exterior photograph of the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver metropolitan region's transition from streetcars to gas...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998
- Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building
- Exterior photograph of the Denver Tramway Motor Coach Division building located in Denver, Colorado. The Motor Coach Division Building of the Denver Tramway Company figured into the Denver metropolitan region's transition from streetcars to gas...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.) Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998
- Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum, Ignacio, Colo.
- View of the Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum located at 77 County Road 517, Ignacio, Colo. Design of the 53,000 square foot facility was based on the sacred symbol of the eagle. The unique architecture features a central entry characterized...
- Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum (Ignacio, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Community centers--Colorado--Ignacio--2010-2020.; Ignacio (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum (Ignacio, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Community...
- 2011
- Lowry Intergenerational Center formerly Lowry Air Force Base barracks
- View of the Lowry Intergenerational Center (1942; rehabilitated 1999; Abo Copeland Architecture, Inc.), a combined day care facility for senior citizens and a preschool for young children, at 1016 Boston Street in the Lowry Field neighborhood of...
- Lowry Intergenerational Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Day care.; Schools.; Lowry Intergenerational Center (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Day care...
- [between 2002 and 2003?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Hollenbeck Home
- View of the Hollenbeck Home, a retirement facility located at 573 South Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The two story modified Mission Revival Style building has two, squat three story towers, arched, square and irregular windows, a tile...
- Hollenbeck Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Rest homes.
- [1905?]
- Big Bear Ice Arena formerly the Lowry Air Force Base High Technology Training Facility
- View of Big Bear Ice Arena at 8580 East Lowry Boulevard in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver. Shows a large Modern-style building on the site of the former Lowry Air Force Base. The building, known as the High Technology Training Facility...
- Big Bear Ice Arena (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ice skating rinks.; Skating rinks.; Big Bear Ice Arena (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Skating...
- 2001
- Silver mine facility, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a silver ore processing facility in Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows mining sheds, stacked timber, and mountains.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Silver mine facility, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a silver ore processing facility in Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows mining sheds, smokestacks, men, and teams of oxen with wagons.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.; Ox teams--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Jefferson county, Colorado. Prisons
- Western History Subject Index
- LAKEWOOD COLORADO. HOSPITALS. JEFFERSON HILLS PSYCHIATRIC. FACILITY
- Western History Subject Index
- METRO DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY
- Safeway Distribution Center Historic District Eligibility Form
- Glenarm Recreation Center Historic Building Application
- Argo Mill & Mine
- View of the Argo Mill building at 2517 Riverside Drive in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The five-story building is red, and includes a headframe and ore processing facility. The building has large white letters on the top level that...
- Argo Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; MIning.; Mills.; Ore industry.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Idaho Springs--Pictorial works.; Factories--Colorado--Idaho Springs--Pictorial...
- 2002
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- View of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) at 3090 Center Green Drive in Boulder, Colorado. A pedestrian path leads to the I.M. Pei and Partners designed building. The Modernist (Brutalist) style concrete buildings are connected...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Research facilities.; National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Research...
- 1990
- Danielson School
- View of the Danielson School at the Plains Conservation Center, located at 21901 East Hampden Avenue, Aurora, Colorado. The one-room sod building has a tar paper roof with a small copula over the entrance. The facade has a single window with wood...
- Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Buildings--1990-2000.; Danielson School (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools.; Sod buildings.; Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.;...
- 1993
- Salida Performing Arts Center
- View of the east elevation of the Salida Performing Arts Center at Sackett and G Street in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The building has multiple additions to a small brick building constructed in 1877. The complex now has two story...
- Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Salida (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Exhibition buildings.; Theaters.; Steam Plant Events Center (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Salida--Pictorial works.;...
- 1994
- Old Black Forest schoolhouse
- View of the old Black Forest schoolhouse located at 6770 Shoup Road, Black Forest (El Paso County), Colorado. The school closed in 1945 and became a county maintenance facility. The chinked log cabin with white shutters is on a new cement...
- Black Forest School (Black Forest, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Black Forest (Colo.)--1990-2000.; One-room schools.; Black Forest School (Black Forest, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Black Forest--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1995
- Coeur d' Alene Mine Shaft House, Central City, Colo.
- View of the Coeur d' Alene Mine Shaft House located at 101 Academy Street, Central City, Colo. The mine operated from 1885 producing gold, silver, lead copper, and zinc until production stopped in 1940. The red painted metal and wood shaft house...
- Coeur d' Alene Mine Shaft House (Central City, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Central City--2000-2010.; Central City (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Coeur d' Alene Mine Shaft House (Central City,Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Gold mines and...
- 2002
- Colo. Chain of Mines, Gilpin County, Colo.
- View of the over-the-road ore conveyor at the Colo. Chain of Mines facility located in Gilpin County on the Virginia Canyon Road between Central City and Russell Gulch, Colo.
- Colorado Chain of Mines (Gilpin County, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--2010-2020.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Colorado Chain of Mines (Gilpin County, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Gold mines and...
- 2002
- Visitor's Center, Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, Lakewood, Colo.
- View of the Deer Creek School on the grounds of the Denver Botanic Garden at Chatfield located at 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road, Lakewood, Colo. The one-room schoolhouse built in 1885, was relocated to its present site to serve as the facility's...
- Denver Botanic Gardens--2000-2010.; Visitors' centers--Colorado--Lakewood--2000-2010.; Lakewood (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Pictorial works.; Visitors' centers--Colorado--Lakewood--Pictorial works.; Lakewood (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- c. 2000
- Civilian Conservation Corps Camp SP-13-C, Morrison, Colo.
- Overview of the buildings at the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp SP-13-C located on Colorado State Highway 74 near Morrison, Colo. One of the nation's best preserved CCC camps, the site contains simply constructed cottages and barracks that...
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp SP-13-C (Morrison, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Labor camps--Colorado--Morrison--2000-2010.; Red Rocks Park (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Morrison (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp SP-13-C...
- c. 2005
- Entrance, MacGregor Ranch, Estes Park, Colo.
- View of the entrance to the MacGregor Ranch located at 180 MacGregor Avenue, Estes Park, Colo. The 2,931 acres ranch is situated next to Rocky Mountain National Park and still function as a working ranch. A National Register of Historic Places...
- Ranches--Colorado--Estes Park--2000-2010.; Estes Park (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ranches--Colorado--Estes Park--Pictorial works.; Estes Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; MacGregor Ranch (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2004
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory and Radiation Services Division building
- View of the entrance to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory and Radiation Services Division building at 8100 Lowry Boulevard in the Lowry neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a glass-walled entrance intersected...
- Colorado. Dept. of Public Health and Environment. Laboratory and Radiation Services Division--Buildings--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Laboratories.; Colorado. Dept. of Public Health...
- 2002
- Northside Park
- View of Northside Park (landscape architects-Wenk Associates, c. 1996), located at East Fifty-first (51st) Avenue and Downing in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows circular concrete structures covered in painted graffiti. The...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Northside Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Graffiti.; Parks.; Graffiti--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Urban parks--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1990
- Northside Park
- View of Northside Park (landscape architects-Wenk Associates, c. 1996), located at East Fifty-first (51st) Avenue and Downing in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The park was developed at the site of a former waste treatment...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Northside Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Parks.; Urban parks--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1990
- Otis Taylor and the Shoe String Ball
- View of African American Otis Taylor sitting next to his shoe string ball at a shoe shine shop probably in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A sign over the door reads: "1655." The ball was started in 1926 by shoe shine, Jack Hughes....
- African Americans--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Shoe shiners.; Taylor, Otis--Pictorial works.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Shoe shiners--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2006
- Reduction mills Standard Chemical Co, Montrose County
- View of a Standard Chemical Company ore processing facility in Montrose County, Colorado; shows sheds, tailings, a residence, and rocky scrub covered hills.
- Montrose County (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Montrose County--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Mt. Logan retort Simplex
- View of an oil shale processing facility (a retort) near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows sheds, ore cables, chutes, and pipes on a hillside.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; De Beque (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Sugar factory - Monte Vista
- View of a sugar beet processing facility in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County) Colorado; features a smokestack, monitor roof, and a steel frame shed.
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Monte Vista--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Monte Vista--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Index Co., De Beque, Brown retort
- View of an oil shale processing facility (a retort) near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows sheds, tanks, men by a cabin, and the Roan Cliffs.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; De Beque (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Holly Sugar Co - dumping beets at factory Delta, Colo
- Men watch beets pour from a D.& R.G. railroad freight car at the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Holly Sugar Corporation--Facilities--1910-1920.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar...
- 1920 October 27
- Sugar beets at the factory, Delta, Colorado
- View of the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows sugar beets and railroad cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Holly Sugar Corporation--Facilities--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1925 September
- Monte Vista sugar factory
- View of a sugar processing facility in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County) Colorado; shows steel frame sheds, train tracks, metal tanks, lumber, and a crane.
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
- 1911 July
- American Shale Refining Company (Wingett Process), on Conn Creek
- View of an American Shale Refining Company oil shale processing facility near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows dormitories and outhouses. Road grade and tailings are on slopes of the Roan Cliffs.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Holly Sugar Co. factory, Delta, Colorado
- View of the Holly Sugar processing facility in Delta (Delta County) Colorado; shows a brick building, smokestack, elevators, bins, men in a horse drawn wagon, and a guard shack.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- 1920 October 27
- Delta Sugar Factory
- View of part of the Holly Sugar facility in Delta (Delta County), Colorado; the concrete building has a smokestack and metal roofs.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1920-1930.; Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]