Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- State University, Boulder, Colo.
- Old Main, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a four- story, ornate brick building with a stone foundation. It has arched windows and mansard roofed, ridgecrested towers. The largest, projecting from the body of the structure, houses the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1870-1880.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1878 and 1880?]
- View of lake and part of stone bridge
- Young trees planted on the bank are reflected in the water of Varsity Lake at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Stonework of the bridge is to the side; open fields and the Flatirons are in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bridges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Chapel of Colo. University
- Potted plants on the dais of the Chapel at the University of Colorado at Boulder, include asiatic lilies, orchids, and ferns. Wooden molding finishes the interior walls; a banner in the pointed arch behind the altar reads: "University of Colorado."...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Chapels--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Microscope
- Lenses are on a table around a high powered microscope at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A lens in a vertically adjusting armature is by the interior wall in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Microscopes--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University...
- 1889
- Optics
- Telescopes target a prism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A sheaf of papers has a series of graded, vertical black bars, and lettering: "Prof. H. A. Rowland." A wire power coil and electrical equipment are in back against the interior...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Optical devices--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Optical bench
- Filters and lenses are mounted on an optical bench at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Other instruments are strewn on the wooden surface, and an interior door is in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Physics class
- Light experimentation equipment in this University of Colorado at Boulder classroom consists of an optical bench with an adjustable slit and lamps, prisms, lenses, and filters. An open wooden case contains other instruments; a bi-prism defractor...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Chemistry class
- Chalkboards on interior walls of classroom at the University of Colorado at Boulder have the periodic table of the elements and formulae drawn on them. A workbench has alembics, bottles, and retorts on it. Part of the bench features a glass...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Chemistry supply room
- Shelves line interior walls of this supply room at the University of Colorado at Boulder. They are filled with mortars and pestles, chemical glassware, bottles, and funnels. A young man sits in a spindle chair by a door with angled, arched molding.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Classroom interior
- 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)
- 1889
- Earth sciences
- Crystal models fill shelves in a classroom at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A wooden table holds a goniometer, refractometer, glass bottles, oil lamps, and a microscope. Tables hold boxes and samples; an open folio of topographic maps...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- History class
- Rolled maps of Europe and France hang on the interior walls of this University of Colorado at Boulder classroom, and busts of men are drawn on the chalkboard. A spindleworked, wooden desk and chair are on a dais with windows behind it; student...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Higher mathematics
- Classroom interior at the University of Colorado at Boulder has plaster and string models of mathematical constructs on a table and in glass enclosed shelves. Theodolites on tripods are to the sides, and various three dimensional shapes are drawn...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Mathematics class
- Chalkboards on interior walls of classroom at the University of Colorado at Boulder have three dimensional models and math problems drawn on them. Globes, theodolites on tripods, an alidade, and surveyor's sticks are at the front of the class;...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Paleontology
- Fossils and rocks are in glass cases at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Wooden drawers with brass pulls are below, and on top, against the interior wall, are more samples. Glass specimen bottles contain sealife including starfish, octopi,...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Paleontology
- Fossils, rocks, and specimen bottles are in glass cases at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Wooden drawers with brass pulls are below, and on top, against the interior wall, are papers, glass jars, and a set of antlers.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Scales
- Balance scales and weight sets are in glass cases at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A tall glass retort is in the background, against the interior wall. A box below the bench bears the image of a woman.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Science classroom
- Scientific equipment fills the interior of this classroom at the University of Colorado at Boulder. An optical bench tops glass fronted cabinets, equipped with lenses, prisms, lamps, and filters. Glass retorts and alembics are on shelves;...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Hospital at CU Boulder
- Native grass and new trees surround the Hospital (built in 1884) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The two-story brick structure has an open porch, wood trim, a truncated cottage roof, and braced chimneys. A dormer tops the central arched...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hospitals--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- President's house
- Horace M. Hale, President of the University of Colorado at Boulder, is in a folding, wicker porch chair, reading a paper. Martha Hale sits by him on the open, wrap-around porch of a two-story brick house with dormers, chimneys, stone sills and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Coffin, Gineva.; Hale, Horace M.; Hale, Martha.; Sanford, Minnie.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- President's house
- Varsity Lake, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is in the foreground. The wooden footbridge, young trees, and the President's House are on the bank. The two-story brick residence has a cottage roof, dormers, chimneys and bay windows. A man...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- President's house State University Boulder, Colo.
- The President's house, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a two-story brick residence with dormers, chimneys, stone sills and bracketed eaves. A square, first floor bay window is in the foreground, and the open, wrap around porch is to...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1885
- Batteries and electricity
- Electrical instruments in this University of Colorado at Boulder laboratory include an astatic mirror galvanometer on a shelf with switches and wire coils. Wooden battery boxes with terminals are on a lower surface by electrometers; one of the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Laboratories--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Chemistry laboratory
- This laboratory at the University of Colorado at Boulder has a bench backed by shelves full of apothecary bottles. Each is labeled, identifying various chemicals. Slates, an oven, a beaker, molecular models, a precipitating glass, distillation...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Laboratories--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Scientific equipment--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Library
- Shelved books line the interior walls of the library at the University of Colorado at Boulder. An open book is on a stand by a wall heater grating and a typewriter. An inkpot, pen, and books are on a carved wood, Italian revival table which is...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Library
- Shelved books line the interior walls of the library at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A carved wood, Italian revival table has open books and trigonometric string and bead models on it. Matching side chairs flank it. A framed series of...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Office of the President - Horace M. Hale, L.L.D.
- Wainscoting and wallpaper finish interior walls of the president's office at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Italian revival, wood chairs and a table are in the center; books and papers clutter the tabletop. A glass display case is full of...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- CU Boulder students
- Posing on the steps of Old Main, students at the University of Colorado at Boulder wear suits, ties, gold chains, button down bodices, and draped overskirts. Some hold books. The stone arched, carved wood door, brick wall and stone window heads are...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Anatomy Building fall 1889
- Boardwalk leads to the shed-roofed entry of this brick, two-story building at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Shingle imbrication finishes the gable end, and the sills and foundation are of local stone. A chimney is centered in a dormer, and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Drawing of Woodbury Hall
- Woodbury Hall, (in this architect's preliminary sketch) at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a four-story stone building with stone arched windows and a gable roof. A square tower with turrets houses the entry; eyebrow dormers flank it on...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Old Main
- Old Main, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a four- story ornate brick building with stone arched windows and mansard roofed towers. Young trees are planted in the lawn around it, and it is reflected in the surface of Varsity Lake in the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Old Main on right Woodbury Hall under construction.
- Old Main, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a four- story ornate brick building with a stone foundation. It has arched windows and mansard roof towers. The largest, projecting from the body of the structure, houses the entry. Trees are...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Old Main
- Old Main, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a four- story, ornate brick building with a stone foundation. It has arched windows and mansard roofed, ridgecrested towers. The largest, projecting from the body of the structure, houses the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Old Main
- Old Main, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a four- story ornate brick building with stone arched windows and mansard roofed towers. Young trees are planted in the lawn around it, and it is reflected in the surface of Varsity Lake in the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Hugh Evans drying his socks and innersoles bivouac area
- Hugh Evans, a member of the 10th Mountain Division 85th Regiment Company C, dries his socks over a fire at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. A backpack and tent are nearby.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Camping--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Evans, Hugh.;...
- 1944 April
- View of Cooper Hill, Colorado
- View of four buildings on Cooper Hill, the primary ski training area for the Tenth Mountain Division, which was located above Camp Hale. Taken when there was no snow near the buildings nor much on the mountains in the distance.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Camp Hale headquarters
- View of the main entrance of the white painted Headquarters building at Camp Hale, Colorado, where the Tenth Mountain Division trained from 1943-1944. A sign with an seven-pointed star on one side and a skiing Panda on the other flank the words:...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military headquarters--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1943
- Western History Subject Index
- Camps (Military) Camp Hale.. Colorado
- View looking toward Blackhawk
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County.
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Central City, Colorado
- Panorama of Central City, Colorado, in the mid-1870, as the city was rebuilding after the fire of 1874. Landmarks include, the Teller House, St. James' Methodist Church, Main Street, and Eureka Street. The buildings along Main Street (center of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1877]
- Dr. Hale & class at Central City
- Central City School students pose on rocks by the Opera House, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dr. Hale (principal) poses with the boys and girls.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Dr. Hale and class at Central City
- Central City School students pose near the Opera House in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dr. Hale (principal) poses with the boys and girls.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- The Parade
- A parade moves down Main Street in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Spectators stand on the boardwalks and watch the spectacle. Signs: "C. Weitfle" and "J. Collier's Photographic Gallery."
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 21
- Prof. Hill's works
- View of a smelting plant in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado shows: smokestacks, buildings, lumber.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Smelters--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1885]
- Eureka and Lawrence St. Central
- Two men sit across from each other in chairs on the boardwalk in front of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Signs: "G. B. Berns," "Register," "Groceries," "Goldman's Fruit Store," "Tobacco," "Cigars," "Chemicals,"...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Teller House (Central City, Colo.)
- [between 1878 and 1890?]
- Central City 1712 Clear Creek Series
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railroad in foreground. Landmarks: the Teller House, St. James's Methodist Church, and Central City School.
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- The Snowy Range, from the wonder R.R.
- Passengers pose on a train between a locomotive and a passenger car at a switch in Colorado Central Railroad Company tracks between Black Hawk and Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A railroad employees pose near the cow catcher or on the...
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885]
- Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs,, occupied Dec. 1, 1872
- Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, is a frame building with a corner tower and steeple. Men are in the entry under a sign: "Presbyterian A.D. 1872 Church."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870- 1880.
- [between 1872 and 1880]
- Toll Gate, at the foot of Big Hill, Whitewood
- Men on horseback stop by a log toll booth in Lawrence County in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota).
- Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1870-1880.; Dirt roads--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Toll roads--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.
- [1876]
- Estelle Hale Macfarlane
- Studio bust portrait of Estelle Hale Macfarlane, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Macfarlane's hair is parted down the middle, pulled back in a bun on top of her head and affixed with a comb. Her dress has a large lace bertha...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Macfarlane, Estelle Hale.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895