Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Akron, Colorado, the first Court House of Washington County
- Men gather under the covered boardwalk of a two-story wood frame building during a 1902 trial in Akron, Colorado. The building's roofline has a center arch flanked by peaks. It was originally built as a hotel about 1886, but was taken over as a...
- Akron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Washington County--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 37, 1912 September 14
- Owl canyon School
- Girls, Hispanic students, pose in and near the doorway at Owl Canyon School in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. They wear winter coats.
- Owl Canyon School (Fort Collins, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Students.; Schools.; Girls.; Owl Canyon School (Fort Collins, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1937 November 18]
- Elitch Gardens carousel building
- View of the restored carousel building (c. 1925) at the former location of Elitch Gardens near West Thirty-eighth (38th) Avenue and North Tennyson Street in the West Highlands neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows an open, newly stuccoed...
- Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--2000-2010.; West Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Circular buildings.; Historic buildings.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Round...
- 2005
- Fourteenth Street, Denver
- View of newly constructed Administrative Offices of the Denver Public Schools at the corner of 14th (Fourteenth) Street and Tremont Place in Denver, Colorado. The building has brick pilaster strips topped with stone rondelles and rosettes, a...
- Denver Public Schools--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Administrative agencies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1923
- E.W. Robinson Lumber Co.
- Men in suits and in overalls pose around a newly constructed window frame at the E.W. Robinson lumber planing mill located at 201 West Iowa Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The factory is in the background.
- E.W. Robinson Lumber Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building materials industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Business people--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Denver and Rio Grande passenger train at Denver Union Station
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Passenger train stopped at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The train's steam locomotive is examined by railroad employees and well dressed men. Shows one end of the Railroad Gothic Style building constructed of...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad baggage cars.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroad passenger cars.; Railroad stations.
- [between 1891and 1894?]
- Unidentified apartment house
- View of a newly constructed apartment building (later The Marquette) at 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue and Downing Street in Denver, Colorado. Workers use lumber to build a sidewalk frame.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1902?]
- Denver new mint
- A man poses near the newly constructed U. S. Mint at West Colfax Avenue and Cherokee Street in Denver, Colorado. A small building with a sign that reads: "Office of Superintendent of Construction U. S. Mint" is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900]
- Equitable Building
- View of the newly built Equitable Building, an Italian Renaissance Revival style structure at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Trinidad First Baptist Episcopal [sic] Church
- View of the newly constructed First Baptist Church in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The brick building has a dome roof, towers, arched stained glass windows decorated with tracery, and decorative brick work.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Hotel Princeton, Buena Vista, Colo. A.L. Roeder & Co. Props.
- View of the four story, Hotel Princeton in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The frame hotel has brick chimneys, dormer windows, and a front rounded turret with windows, a conical dome and finial. A lake at City Park is next to the hotel...
- Hotel Princeton (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1890-1900.; St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- June, #8
- Eighth in a series of views documenting progress of the summer 1896 construction of the Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. This facade view shows the newly completed two story brick hotel. Features include: large pane windows and door...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [1896]
- Elks home
- Two men pose under the projecting arched entry of the newly completed Elks Club, Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE, (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) between Fifth (5th) and Fourth (4th) Avenues, on the east side of Main Street, Ouray, Ouray...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1904 or 1905]
- Ouray, Elks Club
- Two men and two small boys pose under the projecting arched entry of the newly completed Elks Club (Ouray Lodge No. 492, BPOE (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks), designed by E. H. Powell and built in 1904, between Fifth (5th) and Fourth...
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 492 (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Tincup, Colo. Town Hall, big building at right was just built
- View over Tincup from American Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows scattered log buildings in a meadow including the newly completed Town Community Hall with corner belltower. The business district along Washington Avenue includes Frenchy's...
- Tincup (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Tincup--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado Routt County, Pioneer Day celebration taken from Onyx Quarry? Hill toward N.E.
- Spectators gather on the slopes of Quarry Mountain and in buggies around the perimeter of a field to watch the baseball game during the Pioneer Day festivities in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (Moffat...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Steamboat...
- September, 1908
- Steamboat Springs, Monsignor Thomas Dentrici, pastor of Holy Name Parish
- Monsignor Thomas Dentici poses next to a sign mounted on river rock base: "The Parish Family of Holy Name Church Welcomes You," in front of the newly remodeled Catholc church in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. The brick church has a...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Churches--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1980-1990.; Clergy--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1980-1990.; Dentici, Thomas, Monsignor.
- 1987
- Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs
- View along Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features the Alta Vista Hotel, a three-story brick structure with dormers, a wrap-around porch, a round tower with a bell-cast roof and newly planted trees. Buggies and...
- Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- San Juan County Vertex lower terminal rebuilt after fire
- View of the newly constructed Vertex Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Debris from the destroyed mill is nearby.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Vertex Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1940.
- [between 1935 and 1940]
- Childs - Drexel Printers Home
- View of the Childs - Drexel Printer Home (later Union Printers Home) Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows the five-story stone building with square and round towers, a pediment, dormers, an arched entry, wrap around porches, and newly...
- Childs, George W.,--Homes & haunts.; Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1826-1893--Homes & haunts.; Union Printers Home--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Holding down his claim millions in it
- A prospector poses with a shovel on a newly staked claim probably near Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Mining claims--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Apex (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1890-1900.
- June 9, 1897
- Early Broadmoor homes
- View of newly landscaped Broadmoor village, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Possibly Pourtales and Duncan in straw hats stand on a walkway in distance. A lawn sprinkler sprays the grass.
- Pourtales, James M., Graf von, 1853-1908--Homes & haunts.; Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900]
- Sargent (sic.), Colo. High School
- Five school buses are lined up diagonally outside of the newly- constructed Sargent School near Monte Vista (also known as Lariat and Henry), Colorado in Rio Grande County.
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1930.; School buses--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Sargent School near Monte Vista
- School children play in the schoolyard in front of the newly constructed school near Monte Vista (also known as Lariat and Henry), Colorado in Rio Grande County. Two boys play with a truck tire.
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1930.; School children--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1930.; Students--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Sargent School near Monte Vista
- School children play in the schoolyard in front of the newly constructed school near Monte Vista (also known as Lariat and Henry), Colorado in Rio Grande County. Two boys play with a truck tire.
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1930.; School children--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1930.; Students--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Mesa County Courthouse - Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of the facade of the newly completed Mesa County Courthouse in Grand Junction, Colorado. Architectural features of the two-story, masonry building include arched windows, pilasters, and a cornice with dentils.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Denver City and County Building
- View of the newly constructed Denver City and County Building in Denver, Colorado; a granite, Neoclassical Style building with columns and a tower.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1932?]
- City waterworks, Akron, Colo.
- View of two-story native stone structure with a windmill on its hipped roof and a tall cylindrical water tank (standpipe) in Akron, Washington County, Colorado. Building once housed city offices, jail, and the water well. Windmill and watertank no...
- Akron (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Akron--1880-1900.; Windmills--Colorado--Akron--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- Man with mesa top structure - Mesa Verde
- A man stands among newly excavated ruins on top of a mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- New Catholic Church (left), old type of cabin built years ago and Indian tepee between, Flathead Reservation, St. Ignatius, Flathead Project
- A Native American (Flathead) man poses with his horse in front of a tepee at Saint Ignatius Mission on the Flathead reservation in western Montana. To one side of him stand old log cabins, and in the distance is a newly constructed Catholic Church.
- Saint Ignatius Mission (Lake County, Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Children--Montana--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Montana--1900-1910.; Log...
- August, 1909
- Unveiling of monument to Ouray and Chipeta
- Men and women stand around the newly unveiled monument to Native American Utes Chief Ouray and his wife Chipeta in Montrose, Colorado. The monument is made of a shaft of rose granite from Salida, has a bronze relief of Ouray's face, and an...
- Indians of North America--Commemoration--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Commemoration--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Montrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Montrose--1920-1930.; Chipeta--Monuments.;...
- [1927]
- Summit County Courthouse, Breckenridge, Colo 1910
- In this view of the Summit County Courthouse looking northwest, the two story brick building's hipped gable roof, a slightly projecting gabled entry, and a cupola with sash windows are visible. The lintels, sills, entablature and pendants are of...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1910
- Red brick school
- The red brick high school in Breckenridge, Colorado is a large scale two story building with two hipped gable end wings with a gabled wing connecting them. The main floor features sash windows, and the elevated basement has small ground level...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- Ed McGaa, Oglala Sioux, with thongs attached, is led back for Sun Dance
- Ed McGaa, a Native American (Oglala Sioux), holds a ceremonial whistle in his mouth and has thongs attached to his newly pierced chest as he prepares to participate in a Sun Dance ceremony. He wears a wreath around his head, body paint, bracelets,...
- Body piercing--1960-1970.; Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--1960-1970.; Oglala Indians--Spiritual life--1960-1970.; Ceremonial dancers--1960-1970.; Rites & ceremonies--1960-1970.; Sun dance--1960-1970.; McGaa,...
- 1970 August 14
- Seargt Davis
- Sergeant John Davis of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, poses near a newly assembled tripod-mounted automatic rifle, on Water Tank Hill near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. Cloth coverings, a...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [1914]
- Mile High Center
- View of the newly completed Mile High Center building at Seventeenth (17th) and Broadway Streets, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Skyscrapers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Park Hill United Methodist Church
- Exterior side view of the newly constructed Park Hill United Methodist Church, 5209 Montview Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, a southwestern style structure with a domed bell tower, curvilinear parapets, tile roof, stucco finish and stained glass...
- Park Hill United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Park Hill United Methodist Church
- Exterior side view of the newly constructed Park Hill United Methodist Church, 5209 Montview Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, a southwestern style structure with a domed bell tower, curvilinear parapets, tile roof, stucco finish and stained glass...
- Park Hill United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Colorado Hotel & Bath House
- The Hotel Colorado, Bath House and hot springs from the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Depot platform across railroad tracks and the Colorado River, Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado. The newly constructed hotel features a U-shape plan...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1890-1900.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1892 and 1894]
- Idaho Springs
- View looking east on Miner Street in Idaho Springs, Colorado, of a car lined street; features Queen Anne style buildings (most single story),; street lamp, electric utility poles, barber pole, and signs: "Sodas," "Newly Finished Hotel Central,"...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Sioux Indian camp, Mission South Dakota
- View of a Native American Sioux men under a newly constructed dance arbor made of evergreen boughs and branches, Mission, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Mission (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Arbors (Bowers)--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.
- [1936]
- Sioux Indian camp, Mission South Dakota
- View of a Native American Sioux men, a boy and a dog under a newly constructed dance arbor made of evergreen boughs and branches, Mission, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Mission (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Arbors (Bowers)--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.
- [1936?]
- Idaho Springs
- The view looking west of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district in Idaho Springs, Clear Creek, Colorado Central Railroad tracks, Alvord house, Humeston house, and brewery; newly planted trees, a road, and horizontal log...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1868 and 1877]
- Buffalo Council seats officers
- Four newly elected Native American (Plains) officers of the White Buffalo Council pose around a drum, it reads: "White Buffalo Council of Denver Colorado," Denver, Colorado. One of the men wears a fringed shirt, bead decorations, and a headdress....
- White Buffalo Council of Denver Colorado--1960-1970.; Indian councils--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Headdresses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1969 January 25
- Montgomery Ward building
- View of the newly constructed Montgomery Ward building at 501 South Broadway in the Baker neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Automobiles and pedestrians are nearby. A sign near the building reads: "The New Rocky Mountain Home of Montgomery Ward &...
- Montgomery Ward--Buildings--1920-1930.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1928?]
- Mile High Center construction
- View of the newly constructed Mile High Center (U. S. National Bank Center) at 1700 Broadway in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs in the windows read: "Roofing by Elaterite the WEstern Elaterite Roofing Co.," "George A. Fuller Co.," and "Sturgeon...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Skyscrapers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1954 July 1
- Mile High Center
- View of the newly constructed Mile High Center (U. S. National Bank Center) at 1700 Broadway in downtown Denver, Colorado. A covered wooden walkway is near the building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Skyscrapers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1954 July 1
- Fort Defiance, Arizona
- View of two brick buildings at Fort Defiance, Arizona. A woman stands near a newly finished building. Metal beds with pillows are between the buildings. Fort Defiance, a boarding school for Navajo children, was formerly a fort built to suppress...
- Boarding schools--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Government relations--Arizona--Fort Defiance--1890-1900.; Fort Defiance (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1896]
- Indien des Prairies qui a scalpe son ennemi mort
- A Native American (Plains) man holds aloft the newly taken scalp from the head of a dead soldier who lies on the ground at his feet.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1860-1870.; Scalping--1860-1870.
- 1868