Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Street scene, Rouse Colo.
- A group of boys in overalls stand at the end of a wide dirt road in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Rouse (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows two rows of identical miner's 4-room square clapboard houses with hipped roofs and central...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.; Rouse (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rouse--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Gladstone
- People pose in front of a row of frame or log buildings in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Women and men stand on wooden sidewalks in front of probably commercial buildings. Snow is on the San Juan Mountains in the distance.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor
- Men pose beside billiard tables at Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor on 9th (Ninth) Street in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Interior view of the billiard hall shows a row of pool tables, cue holders and coat hangers mounted on the wall, wooden...
- Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor (Greeley, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Billiards--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.
- 1920?
- Julesburg, Colorado
- Men stand with a large box camera and tripod beside Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Julesburg (Sedgwick County), Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are lined up in the dirt street, filled with sugar beets. Men stand near wagons. Shows a dog, the First...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Beets--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Jefferson, Colorado
- View of a Conoco service and gas station and the Jefferson Store in Jefferson (Park County), Colorado. Shows a United States flag on a flag pole and a sign on the store that reads: "Food, 3.2 Beer, Pop, Ice, Tackle." A Chevrolet Suburban and a...
- Jefferson (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Jefferson--1970-1980.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Jefferson--1970-1980.
- 1978 August
- North side of Tomichi Avenue, east from Pine Street
- Horse drawn wagons are parked beside businesses on Tomichi Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Commercial signs read: "Livery & Feed," "Gunnison Transfer Co." and "Bakery." Shows frame buildings with false fronts and probably a canvas...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1882]
- East [sic] side Main St. south from Tomichi Ave.
- Men stand and pose outside store fronts on the west side of Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows two-story frame buildings in the red light district and signs that read: "Sharwen [?], Sahlein & Co. Clothing, Furnishing Goods,...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Intersection of Tomichi Ave.
- A man wears a cowboy hat with a domed crown and a vest and poses near lumber piles in the intersection of Tomichi Avenue and Pine Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows the hipped tower of the Pine Street School and the "Outcalt...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Prowers County Fair, Lamar, Colo.
- Men stand beside a fence at a race track and near a frame announcer's booth at the Prowers County Fair in Lamar, Colorado. Men and women spectators sit in a grandstand. A saddled horse is tied to a post.
- Lamar (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Fairs--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Grandstands--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.
- 1911 August 23-25
- Prowers Co. Fair, Lamar
- Men pose beside teams of horses and a car at the Prowers County Fair in Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. Horses are harnessed to wood frames in the center of a fenced racetrack at the fair. Spectators are on bleachers or beside the fence nearby.
- Lamar (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Fairs--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.
- 1911, August 23-25
- Prowers Co. Fair, Lamar
- Teams of horses harnessed to wood frames, a car, men and a saddled horse are in the center of a circular, fenced racetrack at the Prowers County Fairgrounds in Lamar, Colorado. Spectators sit in bleachers.
- Lamar (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Lamar--1910-1920.
- 1911, August 23-25
- Lake City
- View of log cabins and frame buildings beside the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, and brick commercial buildings in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Talus is on steep hillsides.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Irwin school house
- Men, women and children pose on the stairs of the Irwin school house building in Irwin (Gunnison County), Colorado. Men, teachers, and probably students wear fitted dresses or pinafores. Children and a dog sit on a step. William S. Hinkley stands...
- Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1900.; School children--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1900.; Hinkley, William S.; Shaw, Charles N.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Bullard and Rough Bill[i]ard Parlor, Greeley
- Men pose behind a glass counter that displays cigars at the Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor on 9th (Ninth) Street in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Cigar boxes read: "Fatima, A Sensible Cigarette," "Harvester," "Meditation," "Galdos" and...
- Bullard and Rough Billiard Parlor (Greeley, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Cigars--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.;...
- 1920?
- Gregory Gulch
- View of businesses, frame mine buildings and head frames on a hillside in Gregory Gulch in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. People are in the arched doorway of the Gregory Store beside a horse-drawn wagon. Shows tailings piles on a treeless...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1879
- West side Main St., north from Tomichi Ave.
- People and horse-drawn wagons are near businesses on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows the Frank Adams store, the brick Hartman Building, Steele's Hardware store, the First National Bank Building and the Webster Building...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Independence
- View of mine buildings, tailings piles, houses, and probably Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad or Midland Terminal Railway tracks in Independence (Teller County), Colorado. Shows smokestacks and ore car tracks of the Hull City Mine, and...
- Hull City Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Vindicator Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Gillett, Cripple Creek District
- People walk in the street or stand in front of false front commercial businesses in Gillett (Teller County), Colorado. Signs on buildings include: "City Drug Store, D. Malaby," "Hotel Gillett," "Victor Restaurant" and "Hardware." Shows Pikes Peak...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Gladstone
- Women in dresses and hats and men in suits walk toward a gathering in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Saddled horses are on the dirt street in front of the saloon. A girl beside Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly Railroad tracks wears a...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Walking--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Colonel Francisco's Plaza, La Veta, Colo.
- View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a "U" shaped, one-story adobe brick building with a shingled and wooden slat roof, a timber fence and a dirt field in front of...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- State Normal School, Greeley, Colo.
- Women stand at the entrance to the Cranford Hall building on the State Normal School (later University of Northern Colorado) campus in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. The four-story brick classroom, library and administration building has a hipped...
- State Normal School of Colorado (Greeley, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1920.; Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.; Teachers' colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1911]
- Monuments, Gregory Diggings
- A stone monument is below a hillside of mine tailings, mine buildings and a frame Victorian house in Gregory Gulch (Gregory Diggings), in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gregory Gulch (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Canyons--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Historical markers--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- Virginia Ave. west from Main St.
- View of commercial businesses on Virginia Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Horses are in front of a frame blacksmith shop. Signs on false front or gable roof buildings read: "Swan Bros. Photographic," "The Free Press," "Tailoring"...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1881 Fall]
- East side Main St., north from Tomichi Ave.
- Men stand on sidewalks in front of businesses on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows a well in the dirt street and horse-drawn wagons parked in front of commercial buildings with signs that read: "Furniture," "Merchant...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- North side Tomichi Ave., east from Pine St.
- Horse-drawn wagons and people are in front of commercial buildings on Tomichi Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Signs on frame buildings read: "Livery & Feed," "Office of Gunnison Transfer Co.," "Canadian Restaurant & Saloon" and...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Tomichi Ave. west from Main St.
- People and horse-drawn wagons are on Tomichi Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Commercial signs include: "C. Conrad and Co., Wholesale, Retail, Wines, Liquors, Champagnes, Cigars, Budweiser Beer, Cordials & c.," "Boston Bakery," "City...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1881]
- Main St., north from Tomichi Ave.
- People and horse-drawn wagons are near wooden sidewalks on Main Street in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Shows frame commercial buildings, the brick two-story Hartman Block building, and signs on businesses that read: "F.D. Steele & Co....
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Radium Hot Springs
- View of the Hot Springs Hotel and Radium Hot Springs buildings on a dirt road in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The clapboard three-story hotel has a gabled roof, dormer windows and porches.
- Hot Springs Hotel (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1930.
- [between 1905 and 1930?]
- La Porte [sic], Colo., old stage station
- A car is parked in front of a hewn log and clapboard-sided store and house, a former Overland Trail stage station, in Laporte (Larimer County), Colorado. The one-story building has a gabled roof and a bay window. Shows cottonwood trees, a utility...
- Laporte (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Laporte--1920-1930.
- 1926 September
- La Plata City, Colo.
- View of frame buildings in La Plata City (La Plata) in La Plata County, Colorado. Shows the La Plata River in the valley, and snow on La Plata Mountains in the distance.
- La Plata (Colo.)--1890-1900.; La Plata Mountains (Colo.)--1890-1900.; La Plata River (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--La Plata--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--La Plata County--1880-1900.
- 1894 March
- Lawson
- View of Lawson in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows Colorado Central Railroad tracks, Clear Creek, houses, dirt streets and utility poles in the valley.
- Lawson (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Lawson--1890-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--Lawson--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Lake City
- View of houses, a cultivated garden and commercial buildings in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River and tree covered mountains.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1910-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Lake City--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Lake City
- View of commercial buildings and frame houses in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows a spire at probably the Presbyterian Church and trees in the valley. Cars are parked in front of a brick building.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Norland-Anderson home, La Jara, Colo.
- Women are on a sidewalk near a pond with a fountain and a frame house with a hipped roof in La Jara (Conejos County), Colorado. The house, identified as the Norland-Anderson home, has a porch supported by columns, wide dormer windows and a...
- La Jara (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fountains--Colorado--La Jara--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--La Jara--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Recen
- A teenager a hat poses in a dry creek bed near Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows frame houses, a schoolhouse and mine buildings in Kokomo and probably Recen, shows patches of snow on a hillside.
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1901?]
- Georgetown "Boosters" parade
- View of a parade at the intersection of 6th (Sixth, Alpine) Street and probably Taos Street in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A man wears probably a World War I uniform and holds a United States flag. People wear blackface, carry a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1920?
- Iron Mask Hotel, Gilman, Colo.
- People stand and pose on the porch of the Iron Mask Hotel in Gilman (Eagle County), Colorado. The three-story frame hotel has a high gable roof, chimneys and probably a detached barn. Men and women wear suits or dresses and stand near deep snow...
- Iron Mask Hotel (Gilman, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gilman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Gilman--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Gilman--1890-1900.
- 1890 October 5
- Glenisle, Platte Canon on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway tracks and the Glenisle depot beside the North Fork South Platte River in Glenisle (Park County), Colorado. The three-story Glenisle Hotel has a rotunda with a final. Cottages on the canyon hillside have low...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Glenisle Hotel (Glenisle, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenisle--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Washington Avenue, Golden
- Cars are parked on Washington Avenue in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Brick commercial buildings include the "Avenue Hotel," "City Tailor Shop," "Alpine Dru[g]" and the two story, brick Linder Block. Shows striped awnings on business fronts,...
- Golden (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1926?]
- Golden, Colo.
- View of smelter buildings and smokestacks in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows probably frame houses, sparse trees and rounded buildings or holding tanks with domed roofs.
- Golden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Golden, Colo. looking north
- View of brick and stone houses and possibly commercial buildings in Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Victorian houses have steep pitched roofs. Shows a building with a tower and battlements, probably a church.
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.
- 1880?
- Golden, Colo., Washington Ave. looking north
- Children stand and pose on Washington Avenue in downtown Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows wagons parked beside wooden sidewalks and brick or frame commercial buildings with false fronts. The second story of the Avenue Hotel has an ornate...
- Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.
- 1880?
- Goldfield
- View of mine buildings, gold processing buildings, tailings piles and probably a Golden Circle Railroad Company bridge in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Smoke rises from smokestacks and Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe freight cars are on railroad...
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.
- between 1897 and 1902?
- Goldfield School, Goldfield, Colo.
- View of the Goldfield School building in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. The brick and stone building has a hipped roof and a gable and bell tower over the entrance. Snow is on a nearby hillside.
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Goldfield--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1901?]
- Goldfield, Colo.
- View of houses, commercial buildings and mine buildings in Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Shows probably Golden Circle Railroad Company tracks, a railroad bridge and smokestacks.
- Goldfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.
- 1900 June 14
- Main St. G.J.
- View of commercial buildings and cars parked on Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, an electric streetcar and tracks, stone and brick one and two-story buildings, and the five-story First National Bank building...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1923 and 1930?]
- Grand Junction Cornet Band
- Members of the Grand Junction Cornet Band hold brass instruments or drums and pose in a row on Main street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The men wear suits and hats, they hold musical instruments and are identified left to right as:...
- Grand Junction Cornet Band--People--1880-1890.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1889?]
- Our shanty
- A woman, identified as Mrs. John Reider, sits and poses with a dog on the steps of a house in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows a cross gabled house with a screened porch, bay windows, clapboard siding with a sunburst below the eaves,...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Grand Junction--1890-1910.; Reider, John, Mrs.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- East Jamestown
- View of frame buildings and a water wheel in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. Men and women stand and pose near the frame Martins Hotel. Shows a horse drawn wagon on a road beside a house with a picket fence, and a water wheel at the Golden...
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Jamestown--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Jamestown--1890-1910.; Waterwheels--Colorado--Jamestown--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1910?]
- Jamestown, Martins Hotel
- Men women and boys pose beside a fence in front of Martins Hotel in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. The cross-gabled, frame hotel has antlers mounted above the covered porch. Signs read: "Martins," and "Local, Long Distance Telephone." Snow...
- Martins (Hotel : Jamestown, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Jamestown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Jamestown--1890-1910.; People--Colorado--Jamestown--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1910?]