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- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. BUILDINGS. TABOR CENTER
- Western History Subject Index
- Estes Park, Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- ESTES PARK, COIARADO
- Western History Subject Index
- ESTES PARK, COLORADO. FESTIVALS
- Western History Subject Index
- ESTES PARK, COLORADO. FLOODS
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. BUILDINGS . ONE UNITED BANK CENTER
- Denver City, C. T.
- Rooftop view of Larimer and McGaa (Market) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the business district buildings read: "Chamberlain's Ambrotype And Photographic Gallery", "Ladies Emporium", "Woolworth & Moffat", "Blank Books School Books Maps",...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- [Sixteenth] 16th St. East side
- Rooftop view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Larimer Street and Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on buildings read: "Pacific House" and "Denver Theatre." Shows a building construction site.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1867
- Larimer St.
- Rooftop view of a Fourth of July parade on Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons make their way past a marching band. Signs on nearby buildings read: "L. W. Greenleaf & Co." and "Queensware at Wholesale and Retail."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Parades &...
- 1868 July 4
- From H. C. Brown house on Bdwy between 17 & 18
- Rooftop view of Denver, Colorado. Houses line the dirt streets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1872
- 17th & Arapahoe Sts. Denver
- Rooftop view of Denver, Colorado. The intersection of 17th (Seventeenth) and Arapahoe Streets is nearby. A sign on a building reads: "Grocery."
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1874
- View NW from Arapahoe School tower
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Houses and buildings line the street. Light snow covers the ground.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Grand view of Denver City
- Rooftop view of 15th (Fifteenth) Street and downtown Denver, Colorado. A church is in the distance. Signs read: "Chas Bohm Photographic Rooms" and "Emerson & Case Grocers."
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Larimer Street
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are parked near the boardwalks. Signs on buildings read: "California Wines Kentucky Whiskies," "C. C. Hauk Native Jewelry," "Candy Factory," "Richards & Co. Bookstore,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Denver
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Arapahoe School in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1879
- General view of Denver
- Rooftop view of commercial buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Front Range of the Rocky Mountains is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Larimer Street Denver, Colorado
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are parked near one and two-story buildings. The Tabor Block is in the distance. Signs read: "Cyrus Eaton & Co. Liquors and Cigars," "Candy Factory," "Kuner & Hauck...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Larimer St. Denver
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons, some of which read: "Tents W. L. Patten & Co." and buggies are on the street. A banner that reads: "L. N. Greenleaf & Co. Toys Wholesale & Retail" hangs above the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1879?
- Main Street, Gunnison, Colo.
- View of east side of Main Street from the Red Lion Inn, Gunnison, Colorado; owners of the "Stough and Davis Dry Goods and Millinery" stand at their entry with fabric displayed; a large camera is on top of their rooftop sign. Frank E. Dean and his...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Harrison Avenue in Leadville
- This view to the northwest of busy Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a street filled with pedestrians on boardwalks, carriages and horse drawn wagons, one with milk cans. The three story brick commercial block on the corner has a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Larimer St.
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians are in the street. Large utility poles are near the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Depot, Montrose, Colo
- Freight cars are lined up in front of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad depot in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. People wait in a buggy to cross the tracks; covered wagons are parked by town buildings in the background. Rooftop sign reads:...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1885
- City Hall after explosion
- View of destruction caused by a dynamite blast used to create a fire break during the 1893 fire in central business district, Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows a large hole in the side of the old City Hall; building...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town halls--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Crested Butte--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Looking east from Boston Building seventh floor
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Gettysburg Building, the Belmont Hotel, and First Baptist Church. Signs read: "La Casa Hotel," "Sperry Cycle Co." and "Bicycles."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1894, March 29
- Denver from Capitol Hill
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Majestic Building, and Equitable Building,
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Equitable Bldg. Denver cor 16th and Stout Sts.
- Rooftop view of the Equitable Building on 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk near the Italian Renaissance Revival style building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897 May 22
- Denver looking E. from top of Kittredge Bdg
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897 October 14
- Denver looking S. E. from top of Kittredge Bdg.
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Arapahoe County Courthouse and the Colorado State Capitol Building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897 October 14
- Panorama of Denver Colo.
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Majestic Building, Brown Palace Hotel, and Hotel Metropole.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Beaver Ranch about 1898
- View across wheat field to Beaver Ranch, homesteaded by John Kennedy, in the 1860's, Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the ranch house and barn. The gabled barn has two rooftop vents. The two-story house has a front porch, bay window and...
- Conifer (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--Conifer--1880-1890.
- 1898
- View of store where Uncle Jay works
- Rooftop view of the Watkins Building in downtown Denver, Colorado. The four-story brick building has decorative trim. Signs read: "Hides and Leather," "Butcher Supplies," and "Dairy and Beef Supplies."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Putting up poles and wiring 16th St. Denver for electric street cars
- Rooftop view of a Denver City Tramway Company, Incorporated street car installation project on 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn wagon with a large vertical pole is at the site. Spectators look on.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1900 March 27
- Home of ex-Governor Eaton, Greeley, Colo. 1902.
- Stone trim finishes this four-story brick residence of Governor Benjamin H. Eaton in Greeley, Colorado. Bargeboard adorns the gable over an arched window; an ornate chimney is at the side. Fancy woodwork finishes the spacious, rooftop lookout, and...
- Eaton, Benjamin Harrison, 1833-1940--Homes & haunts.; Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- 1902
- So. Denver Lodge #93
- View of a Freemason Temple, South Denver Lodge Number 93 (A. F. & A. M.), 350 South Broadway, Baker Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado, a brick building with pediment, rooftop balustrade, portico, lamps, and incised letters: "MDCCCXCIII," "MDCCCCVII,"...
- Freemasons. Lodge No. 93 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Baker (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Lower 14th Street at Larimer Street, City Hall, stone building facing Larimer in background
- View along 14th (Fourteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows the 1886 City Hall with stone clocktower, commercial buildings, merchant's wagons, pedestrians, automobiles, and signs: "Colorado Moline Plow Co.," "John Deere Plow Co.," "The Pine Cone...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Denver
- Rooftop view of brick and stone buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows the central stone tower of Union Station and commercial buildings between 14th (Fourteenth) and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets on Lawrence and Larimer Streets. Signs read...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1909 April 26
- Kress Company building
- Rooftop view of the Kress Company building and Masonic Temple in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The three-story building has arched lintels, decorative brick work, modillions, terra cotta trim, and an awning. A sign reads: "S. H. Kress &...
- S.H. Kress & Co.--Buildings--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Variety Stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Main and Fourth St., Grand Junction, Colo.
- View of intersection at Main and 4th (Fourth) Streets, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows one and two-story flat-roof brick buildings on each street with a Grand Junction and Grand River Valley Railway electric street car and two women pushing a baby...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Walpi, Arizona
- View from a rooftop of Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, shows: Native American man, women and child in the adobe dwellings that overlook a wide valley, piles of dried fruit on the roofs, ladders, and pots.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Corrals--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Food...
- 1912
- Denver, Colo
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Daniels & Fisher Tower, Cooper Building, Majestic Building, and Equitable Building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Colo. National Bank bldg., W. E. & A. A. Fisher, architects, Seerie Brothers Co. builders
- View of Colorado National Bank construction, 17th (seventeenth) and Champa streets, Denver, Colorado; shows steel girders atop a row of Ionic columns, a crane system of beams, ropes and pulleys, and marble; a sign reads: "Seerie Brothers...
- Colorado National Bank--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915 March 13
- Gates Rubber co. with new rooftop garden
- View of the Gates Rubber Company office building, a brick structure with a roof garden, at 999 South Broadway, Denver, Colorado. Sign reads: "Gates Half Sole Tires."
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tire industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917
- Indians, Pueblo, San Ildefonso, dances, eagle
- Native Americans of the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, perform the Eagle Dance, wearing eagle feather headdresses, arm and ankle decoration and kilts. A dark hooded figure watches from the pueblo rooftop.
- Eagle dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--1910-1920.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1918
- Sing-along Gates employees roof garden
- Men and women sing during a party at the Gates Rubber Company rooftop garden in Denver, Colorado. A man stands near the band and directs the group from a stage.
- Gates Rubber Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parties--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singing--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1920
- American Furniture Company
- Nighttime rooftop view of the American Furniture Company store at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The four-story building has an electric sign in the shape of a U. S. flag. Automobiles and pedestrians are nearby.
- American Furniture Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 either January or February
- Elitch Gardens theater
- Rooftop view of the theater in Elitch Gardens in the West Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign on the theater reads: "Elitch Gardens Players Theatre Change of Play Weekly."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; West Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1923 June
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Cranes and steel girders are at the construction site. Automobiles are parked near a...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925 December 16
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near a covered wooden walkway. Signs read: "Midland Savings Building,"...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 February 3
- Midland Savings and Loan Co.
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Midland Savings and Loan Company Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Glenarm Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. Cranes and buildings supplies that include steel beams are on the building. Automobiles...
- Midland Savings and Loan Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 January 14
- Republic Building
- Rooftop view of the partially constructed Republic Building at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Tremont Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. A sign reads: "Straus Bonds."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 June 23