Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fraser, Colo.
- A streetcar and tracks have been retouched in this image showing Main Street in Fraser, Colorado. Signs along the street read: "Rooms Meals," "Fraser Hotel rooms and meals," and, "Drugs." An elderly man is in the street, and children look on from...
- Fraser (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Fraser--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Trip to Glenwood Springs
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-155], [ARL-156], [ARL-157], [ARL-158] Taken from the train along the way to Glenwood Springs. I'll bet we have some folks still guessing about this trip!?!?! 'Three Gadabouts,' N.C., M.E.W, M.L.A.,...
- Mountains--Colorado--1930-1940.
- 1936, August
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 7, 1914 January 10
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 15, 1912 April 13
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 5, 1909 March 20
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 M
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 14, 1914 April 25
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 16, 1914 May 23
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 27, 1909 August 21
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 30, 1909 September 11
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 1 and 2, 1931 January-February
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 16, 1913 May 31
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 10, 1910 March 5
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of restaurant in a canvas tent on a rustic log frame in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado; the canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Gilpin Hotel in Black Hawk
- View of the three story brick Gilpin Hotel on Main Street in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. The hotel has a front porch, a second-story balcony, a flat roof, and a painted sign that read "Hotel, Meals, Room." A frame building next door has a...
- Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Gilpin Hotel
- View of buildings on Main Street in Black Hawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the three story brick Gilpin Hotel with a flat roof, a second floor balcony, and a front porch. Frame and brick buildings with false fronts and flat or gabled roofs are...
- Gilpin Hotel (Blackhawk, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Texas Club House
- People pose outside a log and frame building identified as the "Texas Club House" near Slumgullion Pass in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Men, women, and children stand near a stone fence and a false-front structure with an attached, hewn log two-story...
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1890-1900.
- 1894 August
- Main Street of the Town of Trinidad, Collorado [sic] Terr.
- Men stand and wear hats, jackets and boots, in a dirt road near parked covered wagons and horses in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A man poses with a horse on a lead rope. A sign supported by a timber reads: "Lunch Hou[se] Meals at all...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Trinidad--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1870-1880.; Men--Colorado--Trinidad--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Restaurant in Creede
- Men and women sit or stand and pose in front of a canvas tent restaurant in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A banner on the tent reads: "Restaurant, Meals At All Hours." Nearby structures have log foundations and canvas roofs. Women wear fitted...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Eagle Silver District
- View of a settlement near the Lady Belle mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado; men, women, and girls pose by canvas tents and an automobile. A pennant reads: "Eagle Colorado;" a sign on the tent reads: "Meals All Hours."
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Gillett, Cripple Creek District
- People pose on a commercial street in Gillett (Teller County), Colorado; shows men on wooden sidewalks in front of frame buildings with false fronts. Signs on businesses read: "Furnished Rooms," "Meat Market," "Lodging" and "[?] Meals at all...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- South Park Line office
- A woman walks past the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway Company ticket office located on 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado. Men and women stand and walk on the sidewalk. Signs read "The South Park Line" and "Union...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1898]
- Green Mtn. Falls Colo. Midland
- A train sits in front of the Colorado Midland Railway Train Depot in Green Mountain Falls (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a small lake with a boat house and gazebo, building signs read: "East View Terrace", "Lakeside Restaurant, Cold Drinks,...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Lakeview Terrace Hotel (Green Mountain, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Green Mountain Falls (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Green Mountain Falls--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Green Mountain...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Military parade old & new regimented colors of First Colo. Infantry
- Members of the First Colorado Infantry, who include Dick Holmes, march in a parade on 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Spectators line the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "C. C. Richards," "Rock Island Restaurant Best Meals 15...
- Holmes, Dick.; United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Infantry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1899, September 14]
- Military 1st Colo. Infantry Brig. Gen I. Hale in parade
- Members of the First Colorado Infantry, who include Brigadier General Irving Hale, march in a parade on 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Spectators line the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "C. C. Richards," "Rock Island...
- United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Infantry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hale, Irving, 1861-1930.
- [1899, September 14]
- A scene in Cripple Creek
- This restaurant in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado, consists of a canvas tent with sign: "Matts. American Kitchen Regular Meals 25 cents." Log buildings are to the sides.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak
- View of Pikes Peak from Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows houses, churches, and a railroad bridge over the road. Signs read "Pike's Peak Lunch House Meals", Take Hood", "C. Fletcher, Grocer". A carriage, horse...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1882?]
- Colorado Spr's and Pike's Peak
- View of Pike's Peak and Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A footbridge, a bridge, and a dirt road are beside a railroad bridge and tracks. A Pullman passenger car and a streetcar are at a stone depot. Signs read "Pike's Peak Lunch House....
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- Street scene
- A large group of men and a few boys pose on the boardwalk in front of several businesses decorated for the Fourth (4th) of July (Independence Day), possibly in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. American flags, bunting and evergreens decorate the...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Contest between volunteer fire companies, Cripple Creek
- Volunteer firemen wearing shorts and undershirts race down the street pulling firehose apparatus, Cripple Creek, Colorado (probably Bennett Avenue); many spectators, men, women and children, line the streets; some spectators sit on bleachers and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Running races--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897 July 4
- Main Street, Montrose, Colorado
- Main Street, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is busy with buggies, buckboards, and pedestrians. Brick and frame businesses flank the dirt thoroughfare, including the First National Bank with its faceted corner tower. Trees flank the street...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Red Mountain, Ouray Co, Colo. winter, altitude 13000 feet No. 31 Brumfield & Gilbert. Ouray
- Red Mountain City, Ouray County, Colorado, is a line of frame dwellings and businesses. Dirty, melting snow is piled in the street; men, women and children pose on boardwalk and balconies. Signs read: "City Laundry," "Bath Rooms," "Cosmopolitan,"...
- Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1893?]
- Rollinsville, Colo.
- View of Rollinsville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows soft top automobiles and pedestrians on the dirt main street, false front business with sign: "Redman's General Store," with Conoco gas pump. A crude sign to the side reads: "Good - Se[?] Roo[ms]...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Wiggins
- Main Street, in Wiggins, Morgan County, Colorado, has a columned town hall and signs: "Vance Hotel," "Cafe, Meals," "Kennish Cash Store," "Rooms," "Lunch," "Billiards," "Conoco," "Cremo," "Cash for cream," and "Produce, Ice." The town was first...
- Wiggins (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Wiggins--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1935]
- Scene at Tabernash, Colo.
- View of L. C. Hinds Cash Store, Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado, shows the two story false front with covered walkway. An automobile with its top down parks in front of the store. A foreground sign with an arrow reads: "Bart Inn Cafe, meals &...
- L. C. Hinds Cash Store (Tabernash, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Tabernash (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Tabernash--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Tolland, Colorado
- Men loiter outside of frame and tent businesses of Tolland, Colorado in Gilpin County. Signs read: "Cigar Club," "The Park, Meals All Hours," "Henry Lou Place," and "Saloon."
- Tolland (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Columbia Hotel, Denver
- Exterior view of Columbia Hotel, 1330 17th (Seventeenth & Market), Denver, Colorado; built in 1890; hotel bar and restaurant (short orders, meals & lunches served all day), billboard on building's wall advertising "Columbia Hotel, European plan,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Beer--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Columbia Hotel...
- [between 1902 and 1909]
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of "Lunch Room" restaurant canvas tent on rustic log frame, Cripple Creek, Colorado; canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters Short," "Sandwiches...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893]
- AdAmAn Club
- The AdAmAn Club and press crew ready for the annual New Year's Eve climb of Pikes Peak, in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows burros, gear, some with lettering: "NBC." Shows a frame house with gingerbread, dormers, bays, a...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Journalists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Pack...
- 1935 December 31
- Wild West Show butcher
- A butcher for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show butchers an animal on a wood block in a camp for the show. He wears a long apron with blood stains on it. The man's saw rests on the side of meat. A young man drags something in the background behind the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Meat cutting--1900-1910.; Slaughtering--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- Two cooks from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stand near a kitchen wagon in the right midground in a camp for the show. The man on the far right wears a long white coat. Another cook prods a fire in a large stove in the left midground. Several...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- Cooks for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pour water into iron kettles over cooking fires using buckets at the ends of poles. Also shows a canvas tent and piled logs. The Wild West Show reportedly employed seven cooks, two pastry chefs and two...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- A group of cooks from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stands near a group of large kettles for boiling water in a camp for the show. The man on the far right wears along white coat. The man in the center holds a long pole with a round bucket at one...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show dishwasher
- In the foreground, a dishwasher for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pours a large bucket of water into a washing basin in preparation of washing many stacks of dishes, pots and pans. He wears a hat and a long apron. A man sits in the shade under a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Dishwashing--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- The city of Trinidad has a municipal mountain park at Stonewall
- A rock formation in Trinidad, Colorado has an upthrust layer of weathered stone standing exposed and almost perpendicular. Evergreens dot the talus at the base of the formation in the background, and a cottonwood grows by the near end. Signs on...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Wild West Show butcher
- A butcher for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show butchers an animal on a wood block in a camp for the show. He wears a long apron with blood stains on it and holds a saw in his right hand. A young man stands in the right background watching the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Meat cutting--1900-1910.; Slaughtering--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Restaurant, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a restaurant in Georgetown, Colorado. Two men, Thomas (Tom) Guanella and Charles Gow, probably the proprietors, stand in front of the wood construction building. Guanella, on the left, holds a pig or boar's head; Charles Gow, on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1910.; Gow, Charles.; Guanella, Thomas.
- [between 1870 and 1910]
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D., (hunters with wild game)
- Four hunters pose with rifles and carcasses of antelope, rabbit, and birds on the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The white men have horses and a wagon with bed rolls; a rooftop sign advertises: "Lodging, Meals."
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- [1890 or 1891?]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: man in a white suit with an umbrella rides in a foliage covered, horse drawn, two wheeled buggy; boy in a sailor suit rides a pony with a striped blanket; other horses with riders....
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Children riding horses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats...
- 1898
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: two men, in riding costumes with top hats, ride on horses in front of a marching band. Spectators watch from the side of the street in front of houses and storefronts. Signs read: "[?]...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898