Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Any night in the lobby, Palace Hotel, Cripple Creek
- Lobby of Palace Hotel crowded with men in hats and overcoats, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three columns extend to high ceiling in lobby, double entry door with transom.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1901]
- Apex, Colo. recreation hall interior, piano on stage
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with square piano and painted backdrop of trees; flanked by arched doorways with steps leading onto stage; wood paneling in...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [May 1957]
- Apex, Colorado recreation hall for miners, interior
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado shows the theater stage with painted backdrop of a smoking volcano. Stage is flanked by arched doorways with steps leading onto stage. The hall has...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [1957]
- Apex, Colorado recreation hall, interior
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows theater stage with painted backdrop of an idealized 1900s Apex main street that includes businesses, glass storefronts, and awnings; business...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [1957]
- Apex, Colorado, opera house
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with square piano covered with a cloth, painted backdrop scenery, walls of a polling booth with a poster of: "State Of...
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Interiors.; States (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1940-1960.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Apteka Pharmacy
- Interior view of Apteka Pharmacy, Ouray, Colorado, shows the owner or an employee by the cash register and a row of ice cream parlor tables; merchandise includes greeting cards, wrapping paper, ribbons, books, jewelry, drugs, oil lamps, and liquor....
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drugstores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors.
- September 1978
- Apteka Pharmacy, Miss Alpha Sigfrid, lunch hard boiled egg
- Alpha Sigfrid sits at an ice cream parlor table inside the Apteka Pharmacy, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, and eats a hard boiled egg lunch. Merchandise displayed around the store in glass counter cases, on shelves and wire racks includes: "Pro...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drugstores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Sigfrid, Alpha.
- September 1978
- Around-the-clock work is going on at the Pueblo Plant of C. F. & I. Steel
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; four male employees repair Basic Oxygen Precipitator, moving a plate into place by ropes; all men wear hardhats.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- 1966
- Aspen
- Interior view of the Christ Episcopal Church in Aspen, Colorado showing the vestibule with double doors and part of the nave with pews; spiral staircase rises at the back of the nave.
- Christ Episcopal Church (Aspen, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1950 and 1966]
- Aspen
- Interior view of the Christ Episcopal Church in Aspen, Colorado showing the high arched (vaulted) architecture, large semicircular window behind the alter, the alter with candles, the center aisle, and pews.
- Christ Episcopal Church (Aspen, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1950 and 1966]
- Aspen - church
- Interior view of the Christ Episcopal Church in Aspen, Colorado; shows the high arched (vaulted) architecture, large semicircular window behind the alter, and the alter with candles and pews.
- Christ Episcopal Church (Aspen, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Anglican churches--Colorado--Aspen--1950-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1950 and 1966]
- Aspen residence
- Interior view of a fireplace and mantel in the Fred Glidden (Luke Short) residence in Aspen, Colorado; mantel features an urn, a carved panel, and bric-a-brac on the ledges; andiron hangs from the panel next to the firebox, and a small pot with an...
- Glidden, Fred--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Andirons--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence
- Interior view of the fireplace in the Fred Glidden (Luke Short) house in Aspen, Colorado; features two urns on the mantle, carved panel trim on the fireplace, and bric-a-brac on the ledges; head and shoulders portrait of a woman hangs over the...
- Glidden, Fred--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence
- Interior view of a room in the residence of Fred Glidden (Luke Short), Aspen, Colorado; features a bay window covered with chiffon curtains, round table with ornately carved legs, parlor chair, round coffee table, and a chair in the window nook;...
- Glidden, Fred--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence
- View of a nook in the Fred Glidden (Luke Short) home in Aspen, Colorado; features a window covered by a sheer curtain with floral patterns embroidered on it; wooden box, ashtray, and a figurine on top of a semi- circular table it; tree and a...
- Glidden, Fred--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Drapery--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence
- Interior view of a rectangular table by a bay window in the home of Fred Glidden (Luke Short) in Aspen, Colorado; features a kerosene lamp with a glass globe, duck sculpture, and ashtray on the table; sheer curtains with embroidered floral patterns...
- Glidden, Fred--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence
- View of a kerosene lamp with a bell-shaped globe on a wood table in the home of Fred Glidden (Luke Short), Aspen, Colorado; features a duck sculpture and a houseplant on the table; sheer curtains with embroidered floral designs cover the windows;...
- Glidden, Fred--Homes & haunts.; Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Lamps--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence interior
- A brass chandelier hangs from a ceiling in a residence in Aspen, Colorado. The three, scroll-shaped arms have three lamps with bell-shaped globes. The shadows of the arms are visible on the ceiling.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence interior
- Interior view of fluted wainscoting on a wall with decorative spindles above it in Aspen, Colorado; wood paneling in the background; finishes streaked with sunlight.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Wainscoting--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence interior
- View of the entry door to an Aspen, Colorado home held open by a doorstop; sunlight shines through the screen door; room features an upholstered sofa, coffee table with a vase of flowers, porcelain pieces, and other bric-a-brac on top of it;...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen residence interior
- Interior view of an iron chandelier with glass globes hanging from the ceiling in front of an entry door, Aspen Colorado; features sunlight shining through the entry door; "Pioneer Park" (appearing backwards) painted on the transom over the door;...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Aspen--1960-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Aspen, Colorado post office interior
- Interior view of two women, one man, and one young man in the post office in Aspen, Colorado; features a large mail gurney, mail boxes, typewriter on a desk, and a postal counter.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1915.; Interiors.; Post offices--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1915.; Cole, Edna.; Hyatt, Chas.; Kalmes, Mary.; Rohrbough, George.
- January, 1915
- Auditorium First Baptist Church
- Interior view, First Baptist Church, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows vaulted ceilings, chandelier, apse, stained glass windows, Star of David, and painted vines with words: "I am the vine, Ye the branches, Abide in me and I in...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Auditorium, El Jebel Temple, Denver
- Interior view of El Jebel Temple, Denver, Colorado; local Masonic order of El Jebel Shriners (building dedicated November, 1907); shows stage area of auditorium with chairs and bench on stage, backdrop, curtain draped open, wall mural painted by...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Eriksen, Jens.; El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)
- [1909 or 1910]
- Auditorium, Loveland
- A man adresses the audience from beside a lectern on stage of the auditorium, Loveland Community Building, Colorado. The stage is full of men in suits with a orchestra seated behind them. An American flag is above them on the back curtain drop....
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Interiors.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Auditorium, Loveland, CO
- Interior auditorium view, Loveland Community Building, Colorado, includes a men on a stage with an American flag on the back curtain drop. Two flower arrangements and "USA Work Program, WPA" signs are on the edge of the stage. The audience in floor...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Loveland--1930-1950.; Interiors.
- [between 1936 and 1941]
- Automobile parts warehouse
- Interior view of an automobile parts warehouse in Denver, Colorado. Stocked wooden shelves and bins are in the room.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobile equipment & supplies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Shelving--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Back lobby or card room, Hotel Jerome, Aspen, Colorado
- View of an interior room supported by two columns in Hotel Jerome, Aspen, Colorado; features modern and antique furniture, coffee table with antique lamp, small shaded lamps, chests with brass handles, and ceramic pitchers; upholstered parlor...
- Hotel Jerome (Aspen, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Backdrop from theatre at Apex, Colo.
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with painted backdrop of a idealized 1900s Apex main street and a stool on wheels; businesses transformed from low wood and...
- Apex (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Apex--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Baker at oven
- A baker removes baked rolls from a oven with a wooden paddle in the kitchen of the mountain resort, Troutdale-in-the-Pines, Troutdale, Jefferson County, Colorado. He wears white chef's uniform with a baker's hat. Baked bread and pies cool on a...
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Baking--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Ovens--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- 1937 June 30
- Bakery
- Convicts in pinstripes and aprons pose in the bakery at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Interior tile walls have a double wooden door, a gauge, and oven vents. A scale is on a table, and a sliced loaf of bread is in the foreground.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bakeries--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Interiors.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Bar interior, Victoria Hotel, Salida
- View of the interior of the tavern in the Victoria Hotel in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a brick wall, with a carved wood back bar with stained glass panes instead of a mirror. A Budweiser chalkboard lists the specials, and hangs above...
- Victoria Hotel & Tavern (Salida, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Salida (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bartenders.; Interiors.; Bars (Furniture).; Victoria Hotel & Tavern (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1989
- Barber shop in Breckenridge
- In the interior of a barbershop in Breckenridge, Colorado, a man in a white shirt and bow tie leans on a barber chair. He wears rimless glasses and his hair is parted in the middle. To the right, a man gets his hair cut. Behind them is a potted...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barbershops--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Interiors.--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Barber Shop, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a barbershop in Georgetown, Colorado. A man wearing suspenders, a dark shirt, and dirty pants waits; the barber in a white shirt and a vest is shaving a man in the chair; two newly barbered men in suits look on. The corner where...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1930.; Barbershops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1930.; Interiors.; Shaving--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1930.
- [between 1875 and 1930?]
- Barth Hotel
- Interior view of the Barth Hotel (1882; architect-Frederick C. Eberly), at 1514 17th (Seventeenth) Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. An employee stands behind the check-in counter. A signs reads: "Room Rent Due in...
- Barth Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Interiors.; Barth Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Bathroom, Hotel de Paris
- Interior view of a bathroom at the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado. Shows sink with carved wood cabinet, marble surface and backsplash, and two faucets. At the right is a built-in bathtub. Mirror over the sink reflects a window and the upper...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bathrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1942
- 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
- Batteries, sugar factory, Greeley, Colorado
- Workers stand around the equipment in the Great Western Sugar factory in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. Valves with large, metal handles surround a metal grate. A large shaft connects a duct in the ceiling to one in the floor.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1920.; Interiors.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1920?]
- Bed room
- Interior furnishings at the Paterson residence near Littleton, Colorado, include a brass bed, oriental rug, rocker and upholstered chairs, mirrors in carved wood frames, an oil chandelier, and appliqued bed linen.
- Paterson, C. B.--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bed-room Eng. 5 - D.F.D.
- Interior view of sleeping quarters, Denver, Colorado, fire department; shows brass beds and fire pole.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Bedroom in a miniature doll's house
- View of a doll house interior in Denver, Colorado. Shows furniture, dolls, stuffed animals, a tea set, dresser, dolls in beds, and a Christmas tree with presents.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Dollhouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Dolls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Interiors.; Toys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Bedroom in Healy House
- The Healy House was built by August Meyer and became the First Methodist Episcopal Church parsonage, then the home of Patrick A. and Ellen Healy Kelly who transferred ownership to her brother Daniel Healy. Later his cousin Nellie occupied the house...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--1880-1920.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Bedroom suite
- An ornate canopy bed stands behind an exhibit railing, possibly in a museum in San Francisco or at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. A display case is in the left midground, exhibiting clothing.
- Bedrooms--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Bedrooms in the noted "Palace of Pleasure", the Homestead
- Interior view of second-story bedroom of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district operated for nearly 20 years until closed in 1916; later became a residence...
- Old Homestead ( Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums-- Colorado--Cripple Creek.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1969?]
- Billets the ingots or original cakes of steel get their first working over in this great rolling machine
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; shows male employee overseeing operation of huge rolling machine where steel ingots are thinned down to billets of various sizes.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1950-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Billy Reese saloon
- Interior of Billy Reese's saloon, possibily in Pitkin or Gunnison, Colorado, shows the bartender sharing a shot of whiskey with two customers; all lean on the bar. The bottle and three glass stand on the ornate wooden bar. Fancy decanters, stacks...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pitkin (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Alcoholic beverages--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Pitkin--1880-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Black Hawk - 1942, post office
- Interior view, facing the exit, of the Black Hawk, Colorado, post office; shows three people posing in the corner of the room, a small dog, two arched windows on either side of the centrally located door, a flower in one of the two vases in the...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Post offices--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1942, schoolroom
- Interior view of schoolroom, toward sunlit windows in Black Hawk, Colorado. In corner of room is a chalkboard, teacher's desk (covered with books) and chair, two chairs against the wall under the chalkboard, and a cylindrical trashcan. Student...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Education--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Black Hawk - 1943, post office
- Interior view of the Black Hawk, Colorado, post office; shows mail slots, a scale, overhead light, drawers; sunlight lightens the entry and and arched windows.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Post offices--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Black Hawk 1942
- Interior view of a decorated archway in Blackhawk, Colorado. Columns are grooved and have a capital which is square in shape and tiered in design (doric). The arch is semicircular with a keystone. To the right is a ceiling light with a light cover....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Interiors.
- 1942