Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Public Library fiche obituaries 1975 –1979
- Index to obituaries that appeared in the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post from 1975 to 1979. Information includes last name, first name, date, page and newspaper.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
- undated
- United States Post Office Federal Building
- Exterior photograph of the United States Post Office Federal Building located in Denver, Colorado. The Neoclassical Revival style building was designed by the New York architectural firm of Tracy, Swartwout and Litchfield in 1909. Due to its...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.) Post offices--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- United States Post Office Federal Building
- Exterior photograph of the United States Post Office Federal Building located in Denver, Colorado. The Neoclassical Revival style building was designed by the New York architectural firm of Tracy, Swartwout and Litchfield in 1909. Due to its...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.) Post offices--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Neusteter building
- Exterior photograph of the Neusteter building located in Denver, Colorado. The Neusteter Building, a five-story flat roofed commercial building, consists of the 1924 original block and a smaller circa 1952 pre-cast concrete addition. Featuring a...
- Neusteter Co. (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Neusteter building
- Exterior photograph of the Neusteter building located in Denver, Colorado. The Neusteter Building, a five-story flat roofed commercial building, consists of the 1924 original block and a smaller circa 1952 pre-cast concrete addition. Featuring a...
- Neusteter Co. (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Neusteter building
- Exterior photograph of the Neusteter building located in Denver, Colorado. The Neusteter Building, a five-story flat roofed commercial building, consists of the 1924 original block and a smaller circa 1952 pre-cast concrete addition. Featuring a...
- Neusteter Co. (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Neusteter Building
- Exterior photograph of the Neusteter building located in Denver, Colorado. The Neusteter Building, a five-story flat roofed commercial building, consists of the 1924 original block and a smaller circa 1952 pre-cast concrete addition. Featuring a...
- Neusteter Co. (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Weckbaugh Mansion main stair case
- Photograph of the main marble staircase, the stained glass windows on the landing and a set of glass doors in the Weckbaugh Mansion located in Denver, Colorado. Designed by J.J.B. Benedict, the 1930-33 Weckbaugh house is one of few local examples...
- Weckbaugh, Ella Mullen--Homes & haunts.; Country Club (Denver, Colo.) Neighborhood); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Ideal Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ideal Building, located in Denver, Colorado. Building has also been known as the Colorado Federal Savings Building, Women's Bank, Colorado Commercial Bank Building, and the Ideal Cement Building. Reported to be the...
- Ideal Building (Denver, Colo.); Ideal Cement Company.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Ideal Building
- Exterior photograph of the Ideal Building, located in Denver, Colorado. Building has also been known as the Colorado Federal Savings Building, Women's Bank, Colorado Commercial Bank Building, and the Ideal Cement Building. Reported to be the...
- Ideal Building (Denver, Colo.); Ideal Cement Company.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Charles M. Kittredge Residence
- Charles M Kittredge residence designed by Lang and Pugh. Shows turret, balcony, and porch.
- Kittredge, Charles Marble, 1858-1940--Homes and haunts.
- undated
- Colo. National Bank, September 1920
- Exterior view of the Colorado National Bank, 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Street, Denver; shows 1915 Neoclassical Greek temple style features, Colorado Yule marble and fluted columns with Ionic capitals. Sign on adjacent building reads: "Postal...
- Colorado National Bank--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- September 1920
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- October 1949
- Moccasin game being played on the Pottawatomie [i. e. Potawatomi] resv
- Joe Stem-son, William Wapp, and John ho-ciee, Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band and Sauk-Fox) men, play a moccasin game on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. Joe Stem-son hides a marble under a moccasin. John ho-ciee holds a stick with...
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Moccasins--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Sauk Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.;...
- May, 1936
- Castle Rock cemetery, poor condition, Jan. 31, 35
- View of the unkept Castle Rock cemetery, Douglas County, Colorado includes: stone and marble gravestones with crosses, obelisks, column-like pillars with finials, low wedge-shape, and upright rectangular shapes. Some have small American flags on...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Castle Rock--1930-1940.; Rock formations--Colorado--Castle Rock--1930-1940.
- January 31, 1935
- Members of the Crusade for Justice picket Denver post office
- Spanish American men and women protest by a marble ram sculpture at the United States Post Office in Denver, Colorado. Picket signs read: "Mexican-Amer. Suffers Under Double Standards," "The Post Office Practices Discrimination Against Mexicans,"...
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Politics and government.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Post...
- February 4, 1969
- Glenarm Branch, Young Men's Christian Association History
- Urn sculpture
- A marble urn sculpture along the edge of the Belmar Mansion, near Kountz Lake.
- Belmar Mansion (Lakewood, Colo.); Stanton, May Bonfils Berryman--Homes and haunts.
- circa 1960
- Capitol Life Insurance Building
- Exterior photograph of the Capitol Life Insurance Building located in Denver, Colorado. The 1924 Capitol Life Insurance Building is an outstanding example of the work of Denver architect Harry James Manning. This Classical Revival building, of...
- North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- circa 1925
- Daisy Marie Carter gravestone
- View of the Daisy Marie Carter marble gravestone in the Idaho Springs Cemetery, Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The funerary monument depicts the scallops of a giant seashell that curve up over the carved baby who sleeps peacefully...
- Carter, Daisy Marie, 1896-1902--Tomb--2000-2010.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Carter, Daisy Marie, 1896-1902--Tomb--Pictorial works.; Sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Idaho Springs--Pictorial works.; Idaho...
- ca. 2002
- The Cactus Club
- View of the Cactus Club (1990, architect-Peter Dominick), a private literary and social club, at 1621 Blake Street, in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two-story Neo-Victorian building constructed of gray brick with...
- Cactus Club (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clubs.; Cactus Club (Denver, Colo.); Private clubs--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- ca. 2000
- Old State Museum
- View of the Old State Museum (1913), officially known as the Colorado State Museum, 200 West Fourteenth (14th) Avenue in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Frank E. Edbrooke designed this former museum to harmonize with the state...
- State Historical Society of Colorado. State Museum--Buildings--1970-1980.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Galleries & museums.; Historic buildings.; State Historical Society of Colorado. State...
- ca. 1970
- Reed family mausoleum, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
- View of the Reed family mausoleum located in the Mount Olivet Cemetery, 12801 West 44th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colo. Carved of Carrara marble by Raffaello Romanelli in Florence, Italy, the mausoleum is a small scale, late Gothic style interpretation...
- Mount Olivet Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--2000-2010.; (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--2000-2010; Reed, Verner Z. (Verner Zevola), 1863-1919--Tomb.; Mount Olivet Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- c.2000
- Tom Hughes, early day photographer in Meeker
- Seated portrait of Tom Hughes, taken in Mrs. William A Keller's front room of the ranch house outside of Meeker, near Coal Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A ornate rug serves as a backdrop, other props includes a small marble top table with a...
- Keller, William A.--Family--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hughes, Tom.
- between 1897 and 1898
- Pony Express rider Gordon Welles
- A pony express rider wearing jeans, a short sleeved shirt, cowboy hat, and cowboy boots, sits on top of a horse, as he hands a mailbag to an older man in a suit in Central City, Colorado. The older man stands on the bottom step of a marble stairway...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Pony express--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- August, 1940
- One mile of rails, for siding, in foreground Property of Colorado-Yule Marble Co., Marble, Colo.
- Men pose at the Colorado-Yule property in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, by an engine and car of the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad. Lettered on car: "Way Car 01. Marble Line." Rail is stacked in the foreground.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1900-1910.; Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Marble (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1900-1910.
- April 1907
- Capitol Life Ins. Bldg. Denver
- Interior view of a hallway in the Capitol Life Insurance Company Building in Denver, Colorado. The marble hallway has decorative tiles and light fixtures that hang from the ceiling.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Passageways--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [either 1924 or 1925]
- Feliberto Gonzáles
- Feliberto Gonzales stands behind a bar with a marble top probably in a saloon in Gulnare (Las Animas County), Colorado. He wears a tie, jacket and brimmed hat and holds a bottle of beer. A mirror, cash register, and bottles of liquor are behind...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Interiors.; Gonzáles, Feliberto, 1885-1960--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- [ca. 1915]
- Episcopal Church, Marble
- The Episcopal Church in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, is a frame building with a high gabled roof, and a projecting entry with a tower. A cross tops the belfry; another is over the door. Also shows other modest dwellings with covered stoops...
- Marble (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Marble--1930-1940.
- [betwen 1930 and 1940?]
- City Annex no. 1, East 2 West Source Point sculpture
- View of City Hall Annex No. 1 (1949; Casper Hegner, Thomas Moore, G. Meredith Musick, Dudley Smith) at 1445 Cleveland Place; the sculpture East 2 West Source Point (2003; Larry Kirkland, Carrara marble, bronze, and gold leaf); and the Wellington...
- Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Government facilities.; Historic buildings.; Sculpture.; Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building...
- [between 2002 and 2008?]
- Colorado National Bank building, Denver
- View of the Colorado National Bank building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Champa Streets (900-18 17th Street) in downtown Denver, Colorado. The marble building's features include Greek and International Style columns.
- Colorado National Bank--Buildings--1990-2000.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- [between 1990 and 2000?]
- Bostonian Bootique
- Interior view of the Bostonian Bootique shoe store at Cinderella City Mall in Englewood, Colorado; shows a dresser with faux marble, shoe displays, and a poster from the "Aspen Winter Jazz" festival.
- Cinderella City (Shopping mall : Englewood, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Englewood (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Englewood--1970-1980.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Englewood--1970-1980.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Englewood--1970-1980.
- [between 1972 and 1978?]
- Cast of Charley's Aunt
- Interior view of Heritage Square Opera House, outside of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the stage full of actors, Elmer Hauch, Frank Carpenter, Nell Rubey, Gene Udell, Lee Wise, Ella Dearer, Genen Laird, Bess Townsend, Helen Neff, Louis...
- Golden (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Heritage Square (Golden, Colo.); Actors--Colorado--Golden--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Golden--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1980?]
- Wayne Patterson
- Wayne K. Patterson, Warden at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado between 1965 and 1972, is at his desk. On it are a tape dispenser, stapler, ashtray, paper clip caddy, eyeglasses, papers, in/out box, and marble based fountain pen...
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1980.; Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Patterson, Wayne K.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1965 and 1972?]
- Fort Collins Colorado Franklin C. Avery residence
- Interior view of a fireplace in the Franklin C. Avery home in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Elements include wood paneling with pilasters and marble inlays, ornate grating, a mirror, a mantle, and a tile hearth.
- Avery, Franklin C.--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Central City residence interiors
- A breakfront with a marble top and a mirror with a curved, carved woodwork frame sits in front of a wall with patterned wallpaper. It has two drawers, two cupboard doors, and shelves on either side of the mirror. Each shelf and the marble top have...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Buffets (Furniture)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a wash stand at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. A semi-porcelain, floral patterned toilet set sits on a marble topped cabinet in front of a wall papered with a finely flowered print. A shaving mug has a brush...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Washstands--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a chandelier at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. The scallop edged shades are bowl shaped, and frosted with flourishes; some are aimed upwards and supported by curved rods, and others point down and are hanging...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill; shows a bathroom which includes a built-in metal bathtub with metal faucets, wood panelling, flowered wallpaper, towel...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Bathrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Gargoyle House, Pueblo
- Partial interior view of "Gargoyle" House, 302 West Pitkin Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado, shows a marble fireplace with carved wooden mantle and posts and framed artwork above the mantle.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1980.; Buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Marble, Colorado
- View of marble slabs near Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado.
- Marble (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Marble--Colorado--Marble--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Marble--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Greeley, Colorado Residences Meeker, Nathan
- This carved wood sideboard in the home of Nathan Meeker in Greeley, Colorado, has a marble top, and a mirrored, scrollworked backboard with china plates displayed. Grape and nut forms adorn the doors and drawers; flowered paper covers the interior...
- Meeker, Nathan Cook, 1814-1879--Homes & haunts.; Greeley (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Buffets (Furniture)--Colorado--Greeley--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1960-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Colorado State reformatory, Buena Vista
- This architectural model for renovations at the Colorado State reformatory includes flat and gable roofed institutional buildings, a water tower, a chapel and a basketball court. Signs read: "Do Not Touch" and "Colorado State Reformatory, Buena...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Architectural models--1950-1960.; Reformatories--Colorado--Buena Vista--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Aspen
- View of the "Marble Garden," a sculpture garden designed by Herbert Bayer, at the Aspen Meadows / Aspen Institute complex, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado.
- Bayer, Herbert, 1900---Homes & haunts.; Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies--1940-1970.; Aspen Meadows Motel (Aspen, Colo.)--1940-1970.; Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1970.; Sculpture...
- [between 1945 and 1970]
- Aspen
- View of buildings at Aspen Meadows Complex, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado; shows flat-roofed hotels with balconies and the marble sculpture garden.
- Aspen Meadows Motel (Aspen, Colo.)--1940-1970.; Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1970.; Sculpture gardens--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1970.
- [between 1945 and 1970]
- Kerr Stone Co.
- Miners pose at the Kerr Stone Company marble quarry near Howard (Fremont County), Colorado. A horizontal tubular boiler is nearby.
- Kerr Stone Co. (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Howard (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Howard--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Howard--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Howard--1890-1910.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Marble, Colorado
- Men pack slabs of marble in wooden crates at the Colorado Yule Marble Company near Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado.
- Marble (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Marble--Colorado--Marble--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Marble--1880-1900.; Shipping--Colorado--Marble--1880-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- The Marble City State Bank
- The Marble City State Bank in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, chimney, and arched doors in front. The original windows have been boarded over; debris and tires are piled to the side. An electric...
- Marble (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Marble--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Cass house
- Interior view at the Cass home in Denver, Colorado; shows a marble fireplace with an ornate metal liner.
- Cass, Alfred--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Black walnut sideboard, Healy House
- A black walnut sideboard with mirror, an ornately carved top and handles and decorative wooden fish on the doors stands in the dining room of the Healy House State Museum on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buffets (Furniture); Dining rooms--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1940 and 1941]