Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Drug Store
- Interior view of a drugstore in Longmont, Colorado, includes glass display cases and counters with cigars, perfumes, lotions, magazines, candy, sign reads: "Special 2 Pkgs. Envelopes, 1 Box Pound Paper, 87 cents", and Christmas garland, icicles...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- December 1926
- St. John's Cathedral, Denver
- View of the altar at St. John's Cathedral (also known as Saint John's Church in the Wilderness and Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist), Denver, Colorado.
- Saint John's Cathedral (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- St. Johns Cathedral, Denver
- Interior view of the nave at St. John's Cathedral (also known as Saint John's Church in the Wilderness and Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist), Denver, Colorado.
- Saint John's Cathedral (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- St. Johns Cathedral, Denver
- Interior view of the nave at St. John's Cathedral (also known as Saint John's Church in the Wilderness and Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist), Denver, Colorado.
- Saint John's Cathedral (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cathedrals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Farmer Nat'l Bank, Longmont Colo.
- View inside the two-story Farmers National Bank, Colorado, shows the white marble bankers cage with brass bars. Tellers lean on open marble service counters, while a customer leans on one of the center writing tables. The lobby has a mosaic tile...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- 1926 November 23
- Colo. Yule Marble Co. Quarries, Marble Colo.
- Interior view of a marble quarry at the Colorado-Yule Marble Company Quarries in Marble, Colorado; shows three channeling machines with channeling tracks on ledge and wooden timbers attached to a metal wheel (perhaps hoisting equipment).
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- High School band
- The Longmont High School band poses with instruments inside a classroom, Longmont, Colorado. They form two rows, first row sits; a student in the back row poses with a starfish in his breast pocket. Instruments include: bass and snare drums,...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bands--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Hotel Imperial dining room, Longmont, Colo.
- Interior view of the Hotel Imperial dining room, Longmont, Colorado, shows linen cloth covered round and oblong tables set with silverware, napkins, salt and pepper, cruits, sugar, candlesticks, and dishes of crackers or beard. The floor has a...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Hotel Imperial (Longmont, Colo.)
- 1926 November 23
- Our dining room Sneffels
- In Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, a dining room table is set with silver and china dinnerware, flower arrangements, liquor bottles, a jar of jelly, and sliced cake. Spindle and rocking chairs are to the side; a tabby cat poses on a bed....
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- December 1896
- St. Vrain Room, The Fort
- People dine at The Fort restaurant near Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. Dinnerware and kerosene lamps are on the tables, and light fixtures are on the interior walls.
- Fort (Restaurant)--1970-1980.; Morrison (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Restaurants--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Longmont Colo., Colo. Bank & Trust Co.
- View inside the Colorado Bank and Trust Company, Colorado, shows three employees behind the brass bars of the white marble bankers cage with contrasting trim and two customers in the lobby. Interior includes a mosaic tile floor, "Pacific Mutual...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- 1926 December 4
- Longmont Colo., Colo. Bank & Trust Co.
- Interior view of American National Bank, Longmont, Colorado, shows employees behind the Art Nouveau brass bars of the marble bankers cage. The room has a mosaic tile floor, diagonally beamed ceiling, and stenciling on upper wall and ceiling. Signs...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- 1926 Novemvber 23
- Longmont National Bank, interior
- View inside the Longmont National Bank, Colorado, shows the white marble bankers' cage with dark kick molding, brass bars, labeled: "Collections," and "Teller." A man's face shows behind the teller bars and a large taxidermied golden eagle [?]...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- 1926 November 23
- Longmont Pres. Church
- Interior of the First Presbyterian Church, Fourth Avenue and Kimbark Street, Longmont, Colorado; shows the minister preaching to the congregation seated in wooden pews curved around the lectern with the open scripture book, a vase of daisies and a...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; First Presbyterian Church (Longmont, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- About 1903
- View of front desk area in the Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. Lobby includes: potted plants, taxidermied elk, antelope deer, big horn sheep and birds, safe with owners name, "R. S. Ball," frame pictures, display case, and sign:...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- About 1903
- View of the Meeker Hotel lobby, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. Interior includes: taxidermied elk, antelope deer, ducks, antler plant stands, door with transom window sign: "Barber Shop," a bulletin board and stairway.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Lobbies--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Charles Perrine Arnold near Meeker, Colorado
- Charles Arnold poses in a wooden rocker inside a log house, near Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. He has beard and wears a heavy wool trousers and jacket with a straight tie. Room includes a sewing machine, table with a lantern and book; a...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Log cabins--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Arnold, Charles.
- 1901
- Early day grocery store at Lyons, Colo
- Interior view of a grocery store, Lyons, Colorado, operated by Major Small, far left, next to him is a small boy, Harry St. Clair, and other men unidentified. They pose a dog on a chair with a hat on its head and a pipe in its mouth. Merchandise...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Interiors.; Small, Major.; St. Clair, Harry.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Fire the boys are trying to get their clothes on.
- The fireman, just out of their beds in their long johns, jump into their fire pants, upstairs in the firehouse, Loveland, Colorado. One man makes his way down the fire pole.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Loveland--1910-1930.; Fire stations--Colorado--Loveland--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Interior boiler room, sugar factory, Loveland, Colo.
- Workmen pose inside the boiler room of the Great Western Sugar Factory in Loveland, Colorado. They hold shovels in front of boilers next to piles of coal and wheelbarrows.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Laborers--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Interior warehouse, sugar factory, Loveland, Colo.
- Several men pose inside the Great Western Sugar Factory in Loveland, Colorado, among stacks of bagged sugar.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1900-1910.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Lyons
- View inside a Lyons cafe, Colorado, shows customers chatting at tables with coffee mugs and dishes. A "Grast and Thomas, Pioneer Seeds, Grand Rapids, Iowa," calender hangs above their heads with a taxidermied antelope and pictures of cowboys.
- Lyons (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cafes--Colorado--Lyons--1980-1990.; Interiors.
- 1980
- Uintah Hotel - Mack Colo.
- Interior view of the Uintah Railway Hotel lounge, Mack, Colorado, includes Arts and Crafts style wood chairs, rockers and round table; also rugs, brass spittoons, taxidermied heads of antelope, big horn sheep, and other mammals. The room features...
- Mack (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Mack--1900-1920.; Interiors.
- [between 1906 and 1911]
- Uintah Hotel, Mack Colo.
- Interior view of the Uintah Railway Hotel dining room, Mack, Colorado, includes wooden chairs at tables set with linen tablecloths, silverware, and condiments. Chandeliers hang from the beamed ceiling and taxidermied birds and mammals are displayed...
- Mack (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Mack--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Mack--1900-1920.; Interiors.
- [between 1906 and 1911]
- 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]
- Interior Meeker Hotel
- View of the Meeker Hotel lobby, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. Interior includes: taxidermied elk, antelope deer, big horn sheep and birds, antler chairs and plant stands with potted plants, front desk with safe and framed pictures.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Interior view, St. James Episcopal Church, Meeker, Colorado
- Interior of St. James Episcopal Church, 368 Fourth (4th) Street, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows the sanctuary decorated with sheaths of wheat and grape vines wrapped on decorative brass framework in front of the pulpit. The wooden altar...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Interiors.; St. James Episcopal Church (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Interior Meeker Hotel
- Reuben Sanford Ball, owner and proprietor sits at a table in the lobby of his Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. Original hotel founded by his sister Susan A. "Annie" Wright. Interior includes: man leaning on front wooden desk, potted...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Ball, Reuben Sanford.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1910]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. The ballroom interior is an ornate variety of carved plaster and stenciling in Arabesques, scallops, knotwork, gilt, and tile. Columns support arches...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Vaults (Architecture)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, has a Moorish interior, featuring plaster carved with Arabic inscriptions. Muqarnas follow the ceiling coves; the walls are stenciled with arabesques, and columns flank scalloped arches. Veined...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, of "The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobility of the Mystic Shrine," is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. The ballroom has ornate stenciled borders; columns support the beamed ceiling....
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers, was dedicated in 1907. The ballroom interior has ornate stenciled borders; columns support the beamed ceiling. Swinging doors lead to a room with pointed...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. This room has wood trim and Japanese murals in the freizes. Interior leaded glass windows with floral patterns top a small service door; electric lamps...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. This spacious room has high wood wainscoting, stenciled freizes and brackets. The ceiling beams alternate with plaster coffering in geometric rosettes,...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ceilings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. The ballroom interior is an ornate variety of carved plaster and stenciling in Arabesques, scallops, knotwork, gilt, and tile. Columns support a...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Mezzanines--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, dedicated 1907, is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. This room interior has angled walls, carved plaster brackets, cartouches, and garlands. An arched frame holds a mirror; a leaded glass...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, was dedicated in 1907. This room has wainscoting and beamed ceilings, hanging lamps, and stenciling. Leaded glass windows top a small service door, and armchairs are against the interior walls.
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chairs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Colo. Utah Coal Co. Mine, Mt. Harris Colo.
- Interior view of a coal mine owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; in left foreground, a miner crouches holding a shovel; at right foreground, a miner stands next to a railroad track holding a hatchet; at rear, several...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [1915?]
- Colo. Utah Coal Co. Mine, Mt. Harris Colo.
- Interior view of a coal mine owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; at right, the rail line terminates and a miner stands near it, holding a pickax; at left, three miners sit; one holds a shovel, the others hold drills.
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Interiors.;...
- [1915?]
- Engine room, Colo.-Utah Coal Co. Mt. Harris Colo.
- View of the engine room at the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; a man in overalls and cap stands with his hand on a gear; another man in a suit and hat stands at left.
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [1915?]
- Hoist, Colo.-Utah Coal Co. Mt. Harris Colo.
- Interior view of hoisting machinery owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; machine has label: "manufactured by Litchfield Foundry and Machine."
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Interior Denver Union Station
- Interior view of the Denver, Colorado, Union Station railroad depot taken from second floor; shows sunlight through arched windows, chandeliers, benches in waiting room, and marked portals: "To Trains, News, Check Stand, Restaurant, Women."
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Lobby Brown Palace Hotel, Denver
- Interior view, lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel, located at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Broadway in Denver, Colorado (completed in 1892); shows hotel guests on tufted sofas and chairs, potted palm at center of lobby, and staircase.
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1918?]
- 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]
- Crapper Jack's Saloon, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of Crapper Jack's Saloon, Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men and women line up at the bar with drinks in hand posed for a toast, the women wear aprons or petticoats over their dresses, they are possibly prostitutes; behind the...
- Crapper Jack's Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Women--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Zang Brewing Company.
- [between 1895 and 1899]
- Cripple Creek Palace Hotel
- Interior view of Palace Hotel reception desk with two men behind desk, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows man with top hat signing hotel register, message slots with keys and letters, poster announcing lecture at Masonic Hall, Burlington Route calendar...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotel employees--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Palace Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1901]
- Cripple Creek Palace Hotel
- Lobby area crowded with men in hats and overcoats, Palace Hotel, 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]
- D & R G W night view of rear of "Durango"
- Interior of a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad coach, viewed from the outside.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Durango (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Railroad cars--1940-1950.
- July 4, 1941
- Nordica and Benjamin Duke
- Ben Duke poses with his mother, Nordica, by a rock fireplace at the A-Bar-A Ranch in Encampment, Wyoming. Duke was a businessman (President of Gates Corporation), 10th Mountain Division veteran, and community service volunteer in Denver, Colorado....
- Encampment (Wyo.)--1990-2000.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Interiors.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Duke, H. Benjamin.
- [between 1990 and 1996?]