Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Black Hawk-1937
- View up a dirt street in Black Hawk, Colorado. Two structures built above the street on rock wall foundations are tiered to adjust for the sloping landscape. The structure on the left is two story, white, horizontal clapboard, medium gable. First...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Central City business exterior
- The entry door to the McKinley-Newhard Crafts shop in Central City, Colorado, is open and the interior of the shop is visible from the sidewalk. A sign, the front of which is not visible, is on the sidewalk in front of the store. The pane of glass...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Handicraft--1950-1960.
- [between 1951 and 1958]
- Shoe shop
- Four men in aprons stand outside on boardwalk in front of Pollman Shoe Shop, 130 East Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Colorado, a false-front wood frame structure with tall central pane window on upper story, large pane shop windows, and double door...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Businessmen--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 M-Z
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Denver Fire Clay Company
- 945 Main Street, Silver Plume
- View of 945 Main Street in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The abandoned two story false front building is in disrepair and has peeling paint. A railing on the second story balcony is missing several rungs. The balcony is supported by...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 1975
- Lakewood High School
- Students pose on or beside a ladder in an interior view of a classroom at Lakewood High School in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Jack Taylor wears wool knickers and striped socks, and supports a step ladder. Charles Taylor wears knickers,...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Higens, Arlene.; Taylor, Charles, Lakewood High...
- 1932 September 4
- Station equipment, old model telephone booth, #30 type
- View of a telephone booth in a building probably in Denver, Colorado. The booth is a wooden ornate model with glass pane windows and heavy wooden door. A sign on the door depicts a bell logo and reads: "Local and Long Distance." A stuffed animal is...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone booths--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Claredon Hotel, Leadville
- The three-story Clarendon Hotel and the two-story brick building next door at 300 Harrison Avenue are featured in this view of Leadville, Colorado. The Clarendon has clapboard siding, bracketed cornice, striped awnings, first-floor storefronts with...
- Clarendon Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Tabor Opera House--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1881
- Claredon Hotel, Leadville
- Exterior view of the three-story Clarendon Hotel and the two- story brick building next door at 300 Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado. The Clarendon features clapboard siding, bracketed cornice, striped awnings, first-floor storefronts with...
- Clarendon Hotel (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [1881]
- 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]
- Office of W.H. Rose, Civil Engineer and Surveyor
- View of the exterior of W.H. Rose's office, in Leadville, Colorado. Rose was a civil engineer and surveyor. The small front gabled structure with board and batten construction has a panel entry door with "92" on the jamb and a sash pane window....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Offices--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Rose, W. H.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Meeker, Colo.
- Men assemble on the boardwalk in front of the Post Office, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The one story building features rusticated stone construction, dentils on cornice, arched transoms above large four pane windows and entry double door...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Meeker, Colo. the hotel where Roosevelt sojourned is noted for its unique foyer, the relics of hundreds of bear hunts.
- View from across the street of the Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. The two story brick building built in 1896 features: the 1904 wing additions with store fronts, large pane windows and door with arched transom windows, balcony,...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1910-1930.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- Meeker, Colorado
- The owner stands in the entrance of his gun repairing shop in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A small girl with a straw hat and a boy wearing suspenders stand on the boardwalk in front of the weathered one story false front. Pocket watches and...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunsmithing--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- Thatcher
- View of the rectangular two story Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad depot, Thatcher, Las Animas County, Colorado. The station features board and batten siding, bay window, bracketed gable roof and double hung pane windows. Town named for M. D....
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Thatcher (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Thatcher--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Thatcher--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado, James H. Crawford residence
- Detail of an entry door window in town founder, James H. Crawford's residence, Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado, shows central window pane bordered by small, colored panes of glass.
- Crawford, James H.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Light streams in a window of town founder, James H. Crawford's home in Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado. Central window pane is bordered by decorative panes of glass.
- Crawford, James H.--Homes & haunts.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Alamosa High School building, 1941
- The Alamosa High School, in Alamosa, Colorado, is a two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930, was rebuilt and then occupied again in August 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat roof, brick chimney, and pane sash...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Alamosa High School, rebuilt and occupied in Aug 1932
- The side view the Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado is of the two-story brick building which burned April 26, 1930 and was then rebuilt and occupied in August, 1932. It features simple deco architectural elements, a flat...
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- Alamosa
- One of the buildings moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878, has several store fronts with large pane windows, wood kickplates, pilasters, bracketed cornices and "Field & Hill" with painted faux marbeling. Three men in suits and hats...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [1880]
- Alamosa
- Several buildings were moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878. Men stand on a boardwalk, posing in front of some of them. From the left to right are Sabine, Thomas, Putnam, Hill and Anthony. Thomas has a hand trick with full sacks...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Science experiment at Central, 1941, Miss Sootz
- Boys and girls sit with open books at wooden desks with ornate iron sides in Miss Sootz's classroom at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado. Two pairs of children stand at a table in front of the room performing a science experiment with beakers of...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Experiments--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Science--1940-1950.; Sootz, Miss.
- 1941
- Union High School of Adams County
- The one-story brick Union High School was built in 1916 in Adams City, Adams County, Colorado. It was put into use in January, 1917, when the high school class moved into this building from the four-room grammar school. The building features a...
- Union High School (Adams County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Adams City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams City--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Alice post office
- A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, was a Clear Creek County, Colorado. The largest mining camp settled in the early 1880s in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier. The cabin features a side gable,...
- Alice (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Alice--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1904]
- Alice, Colorado, 1904, Mrs. Harper's cabin
- A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, Colorado was a post office in Clear Creek County. Once one of the largest mining camps in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, Alice was settled in the early 1880s....
- Alice (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Alice--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Broadwell Hotel, Alamosa
- The Broadwell House on the corner of Hunt and 6th (Sixth) streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is one of the buildings moved into Alamosa from old Garland City. Men pose on the boardwalk on the corner in front of the two-story clapboard building. One man...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Water pumps--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- 1933
- Bank of Alamosa, Colo. 6th & Hunt, ca. 1890
- Alamosa, Colorado's first bank is on the corner of 6th (Sixth) and Hunt Streets. The building later became the First National Bank, then the Rio Grande Hotel. The two-story brick corner building has a corbeled cornice, large pane windows with...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Central School building, 1941
- The two-story Central School in Alamosa in Alamosa County, Colorado, is a brick building featuring a low hip tile roof, pane sash windows, and double door entries. A trace of snow and an automobile are in front of the building.
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Chemistry class at High School, 1941
- In a chemistry classroom at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado, students in heavy aprons work at lab tables with beakers and jars with stoppers. Pane sash windows on the left side of the classroom allow sunlight to stream in the laboratory....
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Laboratories--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Science--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Grammar school at Adams City
- The four-room grammar school building in Adams City, Adams County, Colorado was built in 1907. The light colored brick building features a rambling floorplan with two stories. The two end sections have hipped roofs and open double-hung windows. A...
- Adams City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams City--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1910.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Lincoln School, Alamosa, Colorado
- The Lincoln School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado, is a two-story brick building built in 1936-1937 and featuring a hip roof, brick chimney, projecting two-story entry with pediment and half round window, double door entry covered with a...
- Lincoln School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1937]
- Murray Building, Akron, Colo.
- The front facade of the Murray Building in Washington County, Akron, Colorado, is a two-story brick commercial building built in 1887 from brick manufactured locally either in 1887 or 1903. The building features a decorative corbeling and an ornate...
- Akron (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Akron--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Laguna
- View of the Native America Laguna Pueblo, built on rock outcroppings, New Mexico, shows stuccoed and exposed brick adobe houses with vigas; one with a glass pane window.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Laguna --1880-1900.; Laguna Indians--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.; Laguna (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Laguna--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Mishongnovi
- Mishongnovi pueblo plaza, Arizona; shows two Native Americans (Hopi), a man leaning over several bundles and a woman seated; masonry walls with steps and wood doors; adobe walls with glass pane windows; ladder.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Mishongnovi...
- 1918
- Walpi pueblo
- Native American (Hopi) woman in the plaza of the Walpi Pueblo, Arizona. Shows two turkeys, adobe buildings with glass pane windows, masonry wall, and ladders.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1918?]
- Hopi man
- An elderly Native American (Hopi) man sits against an adobe wall with a glass pane window, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. He holds a bobbin of yarn between his knees; beside him is a square object with a handle, a stick, and a pile a yarn. He wears a...
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Arizona--1910-1920.; Spinning--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Mishongnovi
- A Native American (Hopi) woman, wrapped in a plaid shawl, sits on the ground against a masonry wall, Mishongnovi pueblo, Arizona. Shows shadows in glass pane window and in foreground.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Mishongnovi (Ariz.)--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Moenkopi
- View in a Native American Hopi village, Moenkopi, Arizona, shows adobe houses, with pane windows and doors and a group of boys wearing trousers or overalls and shirts.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Children--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Moenkopi (Ariz.)--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Baby rides while mother sweeps & cleans house, Moenkopi, Arizona
- View in Native American (Hopi) village, Moenkopi, Arizona. Shows a woman with a baby wrapped in a blanket on her back, two boys under the arbor awning of their stone house with pane windows, and a pile of melons.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Children--Arizona--Moenkopi--1920-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Moenkopi (Ariz.)--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Gene Luby of Eagle & C.L. Danielson
- Gene Luby and C.L. Danielson of Basalt, Colorado, pose in front of a brick building. Luby wears trousers, a long-sleeved shirt, suspenders, and a tie. Danielson wears a suit, shirt, a t-shirt under the shirt, and a hat. Both men hold their arms...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Danielson, C. L.; Luby, Gene.
- [1955?]
- 1. Jo Raymond, 2. - , 3. Fred (Aklin?) 4. Jo Cuerto, 5. Paddy Welch, 6. Geo Layden 7. Chas Gow, 8. Jo (Broad?) 9. M. Welch 10.-
- Street scene in front of Georgetown, Colorado saloon. Chan Gow, a Chinese man, sits in a two wheel cart being drawn by a burro. A Pitbull dog is next to him. Other men in suits and hats are behind; the saloonkeeper has a vest, tie and white apron,...
- Chinese--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1892]
- Dalgleish Studio
- Interior view of George Dalgleish's photography studio in Georgetown, Colorado. Front room has ornate Victorian wall papers, floral linoleum floor, caste iron stove with a wood box, hanging bookshelf lined with books, a writing desk and a office...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Dalgleish Studio
- Interior view of George Dalgleish's photography studio in Georgetown, Colorado. Front room has ornate Victorian wall papers, floral linoleum floor, framed pictures and paintings hang on wall, an upholstered lounge sofa, portrait photographs in a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- F. Bowen Livery Stable
- Exterior view of the F. Bowen Livery Stable in Georgetown, Colorado. A man and woman are on horseback; a couple sits in a horse-drawn carriage on the boardwalk outside the open stable door. A man with a whip stands in center. The stable is a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Georgetown House
- Exterior view of the Georgetown House, in Georgetown, Colorado. Four women in long dresses stand on boardwalk under the veranda supported by decorative scroll brackets. The dresses have full skirts, long sleeves and prints of flowers, and plaids....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Georgetown House (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1885 and 1892]
- Georgetown residence
- Exterior view of a home possibly in Georgetown, Colorado. Wood frame house with side gable, clapboard siding, small porch over entry, double hung pane windows with pediment hoods and an intersecting lower gable back addition. A group of men in...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Georgetown residence
- View east towards the facade of a Georgetown, Colorado residence. Wood frame clapboard house with intersecting front and side gables and lean-to add-on. A woman wearing a long and white apron stands on the porch with ornate brackets on supporting...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Georgetown store
- Exterior view of a store front in Georgetown, Colorado. Possibly the owner wearing a jacket, vest and watch chain stands in the open double door entry, a boy with suspenders and flat top hat is next to him. Two dark skinned men flank them on...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Georgetown, stores
- Exterior view of a storefront on Alpine Street (later known as 6th, Sixth) Georgetown, Colorado. A man (possibly the owner) stands wearing a suit and hat in the double door entry of the two-story false front building. Store name on awning: "Bakery...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]