Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Short Chapel Bulletin : Organ of Shorter A.M.E. Church
- A weekly bulletin for the Shorter Chapel A.M.E. Church, Vol.1 Denver, Colorado May 22, 1920 No.25.
- Shorter A.M.E. Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1920 May 22
- Nederland Town Hall
- View of the facade of the Nederland Town Hall at 45 West 1st (First) Street in Nederland (Boulder County), Colorado. The two story building has a pedimented false front with wooden siding and a diamond window in the center of the second story....
- Nederland Town Hall (Nederland, Colo.)--1980-1990; Nederland (Colo.)--1980-1990.; City & town halls.; False fronts.; Nederland Town Hall (Nederland, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; City halls--Colorado--Nederland--Pictorial works.; Nederland...
- 1988
- Carlos Lopez at ferris wheel
- Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man, looks up at ferris wheel at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. Children ride the ferris wheel, women and teenage...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San...
- 1950 September
- Gebhard Mansion
- View of the Gebhard Mansion (1883) at 2253 Downing Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the east and west elevations of the asymmetrical, two-story, residence in a combination of the Italianate and Second Empire Style....
- Smith family--Homes & haunts--1970-1980.; Gebhard, Henry--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Mansions.; Gebhard, Henry--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Smith family--Homes and...
- [between 1975 and 1980?]
- San Pablo Cash Store
- View of an abandoned store in San Pablo (Costilla County), Colorado. The deteriorating, wooden false front building has a wood porch, steps, partially boarded up display windows on either side of the entrance and a single second story window. A...
- San Pablo Cash Store (San Pablo, Colo.)--1950-1960.; San Pablo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Stores & shops.; San Pablo Cash Store (San Pablo, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--San Pablo--Pictorial works.; Stores,...
- [1950]
- The Cordova house
- Hispanic American José Benito Córdova and his wife Marina Rivera de Córdova pose with their families at their two story, Territorial style, adobe house in Las Córdovas, near El Moro (Las Animas County), Colorado. The house has a balcony and...
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings.; Families.; Houses.; Women.; Córdova, José Benito--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Marina Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Adobe...
- ca. 1895
- Damiana Rivera de Barela
- Hispanic American Damiana Rivera de Barela, wife of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela, poses for a portrait in an embroidered cape trimmed in fur and a hat decorated with feathers, a bow and a veil. She wears a pin in the shape of a cross.
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Capes (Clothing); Hats.; Women.; Barela, Damiana Rivera de--Pictorial works.; Cloaks--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- ca. 1890
- José Repito Durán
- Studio portrait of José Repito Durán, a farmer and Hispanic rights advocate from Brighton, Colorado. He was active in the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, an Hispanic labor organization, and a prominent businessman. He wears...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Business people.; Durán, José Repito, 1893---Pictorial works.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores...
- [1930?]
- José Ramón Aguilar
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José Ramón Aguilar, he served in the Colorado General Assembly House of Representatives and later as Las Animas County Commissioner and Mayor of Aguilar which was named in his honor. He wears a jacket, has a...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; Beards.; Legislators--Colorado.; Aguilar, José Ramón--Pictorial works.; Beards--Colorado--Walsenburg--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1881 and 1882?]
- José Victor García
- Portrait of José Victor García, a rancher in Conejos County, Colorado, he served in the Colorado Territorial Legislature and held many political appointments. He wear a suit and tie, has thick gray hair combed back and a full mustache.
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Legislators--Colorado.; Older People.; García, José Victor--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1890 and 1896?]
- Félix Sandoval
- Studio portrait of Félix Sandoval (left) and an unidentified man from Wagon Mound (Mora County), New Mexico. When Félix was twelve years old, he was kidnapped and held captive for eight months by Native American raiders in Fort Pueblo (now...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Sandoval, Félix, 1843---Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [1912, January 16]
- Women's wedding dress
- Wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with appliqued bands of ivory and cotton lace and ivory silk. The front edge is velvet with appliqued...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Women's wedding dress
- Shows the top portion of a wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with applique bands of ivory and cotton lace, ivory silk. On the front edge...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Conejos County, Manassa, Mormon Church
- Exterior of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Conejos County, Colorado; features modern construction, decorative stone trim on facade, front gable with flat roofed side wings. The Mormons settled in the area in 1879 and established...
- Manassa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mormon churches--Colorado--Manassa--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Teller City, Colorado
- View of the ruins of Teller (Teller City), Jackson County, North Park, Colorado, includes several dilapidated log structures in a clearing. The mining camp was settled in 1879 and abandoned by the mid 1880s.
- Teller City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Teller City--1900-1910.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Teller City--1900-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Teller City--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Tutt and Penrose Cabin built 1891 Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Harry Leonard and Spencer Penrose stand in front of Tutt and Penrose cabin, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story log cabin built in 1891 with low gable and sod roof; two saddled horses are teethered to corner of cabin; cabin includes stovepipe and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Leonard, Harry.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.
- Feb. 1894
- Cripple Creek, F. & C. C. R. R.
- Distant view west towards sparsely settled Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes split rail fence, Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad narrow gauge track with box freight cars and hopper cars, outhouses, one-story wooden frame gabled residences,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- View of Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view of sparsely settled south Cripple Creek, Colorado with mines and tailings in the background; scene includes Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad box cars, one-story gable roof wooden frame residences and buildings, and stage road...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- Westcliffe
- View of Saint Luke's Episcopal Church and distant Hope Evangelical Church and Westcliffe, Custer County, Colorado; Saint Luke's was originally located in Rosita, Colorado, then was moved to Silver Cliff, and finally settled in Westcliffe.
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church (Westcliffe, Colo.)--Buildings-- 1950-1970.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Westcliffe
- View of Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Westcliffe, Custer County, Colorado, features a front gable, single, center spire with a cross on top of a pyramidal roof, front gable, double doors, and rectangular windows. The church was originally...
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church (Westcliffe, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Routt County pigs, Carey [sic] Ranch
- View of pigs and piglets grazing in field, Cary Ranch, Routt County, Colorado; ranch settled by relatives of John Wilson Cary; series of four large barns, farm buildings, residence, root cellar, windmills and water towers, center background.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Swine--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- 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]
- Alice, view looking southwest
- Southwest across Alice, in Clear Creek County, Colorado is one of the largest mining camps in the Fall River valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, settled in the early 1880s. Widely scattered ruins of the small boom town include mines and...
- Alice (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Alice--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Addison Baker's farm residence
- Home of Mr. Addison Nathan Baker on Grand Avenue (West Colfax Avenue) in Denver, Colorado. The farm house is a two-story brick structure with a wrap-around porch. Family members sit in horse drawn carriages.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Horse teams--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.;...
- January 1882
- Chief Grant Richards, Tonkawa
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Chief Grant Richards, Native American Tonkawa, member of what once was a plains nomadic tribe, later settled on a reservation on the Ponca River in Oklahoma. He wears a shirt, vest, hair pipe breastplate,...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tonkawa Indians--1890-1900.; Richards, Grant.
- 1898
- Mary Richards (Lidan), Tonkawa
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Mary Richards (Lidan), Native American Tonkawa, member of what once was a plains nomadic tribe, later settled on a reservation on the Ponca River in Oklahoma. She wears a dress, bead necklaces and earrings and...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tonkawa Indians--1890-1900.; Richards, Mary.
- 1898
- Bluff City, Utah
- Overview of Bluff, Utah, shows the Navajo Twins, a natural rock tower, on a hill in foreground; a valley with trees, streets, and houses; and the San Juan River with Casa del Eco Mesa in background.
- Bluff (Utah)--1900-1910.; Casa del Eco Mesa (Utah)--1900-1910.; Navajo Twins (Utah)--1900-1910.; San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Utah--Bluff--1900-1910.; Mesas--Utah--Bluff--1900-1910.; Rivers--Utah--Bluff--1900-1910.; Rock...
- [1900?]
- Aurora, Colorado
- In this aerial view of Aurora, Colorado, the grid shape of the city streets is clear. Large trees grow in the city, but the landscape beyond the settled portions is flat and barren.
- Aurora (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- The outdoor, family portrait in Idaho Springs, Colorado shows two men, three women, and a young boy standing around a flat plank bridge between two large trees. A hot springs pavilion is raised on a hill behind them. The women wear a hat and dress...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Shoemaker, Clyde.
- 1905
- 1442 Creede by W.H. Jackson.
- People bundled in coats stand in front of shanties in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. One of the rectangular, wood-frame buildings has a gable with roofing; the gables of the other buildings are covered with tent material. Stacks...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
- [1885?]
- Bridal Veil Amphitheater from Pandora
- Panoramic view of the mining town of Pandora settled in a valley surrounded by the San Miguel Range, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows Bridal Veil Falls in a natural amphitheater in the distance.
- Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pandora (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- 7th Avenue & 9th Street
- View of the newly settled community of Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. An L-shaped, wood frame house is situated across the street from a one-story commercial, false-fronted, lumber storefront; a man and a woman stand in front of the building....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Pueblo, Col. early days
- Bird's eye view of Pueblo, Colorado, shows commercial buildings on both sides of dirt street; signs attached to buildings: "Capitol," "Dancing," "(?) Hotel," "Phoenix," and "Pueblo Agricultural Wagon Depot;" background view of sparsely settled area.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1870-1800.
- 1873?
- Glen Arbor, Colorado
- View of original Lindstrom place, Glen Arbor, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows a two-story wood frame residence or lodge with gable roof and end chimneys. The former sawmill and brewery site near Empire was a mountain resort. A rock wall skirts...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Two views of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. One includes a fruit orchard, ranch, river and a distant view of a sparsely settled area with two-story residences and buildings. The second is of a baseball field with a small, covered, spectator stand, a...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Looking northeast from 443 Main St.
- Bird's eye view northeast on Main Street near 4th (Fourth) Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a sparsely settled business area with a boardwalk. "Harrington Bliss & Co." sign is attached to one-story wood frame, falsefront building. The...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Looking northwest from 443 Main St.
- View northwest on Main Street near 4th (Fourth) Street, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a row of one and two-story wood frame and brick false fronted buildings, some under construction. Building and construction supplies are piled in the dirt...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1884
- B.P.O.E. Lodge-367, Victor, Colo.
- Group view of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Lodge 367, Victor, Colorado posed in front of Donnelley building, 412 West Victor Avenue; men are posed (seated or standing) in three-piece suits, many with silk top hats or derby hats with...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Colorado State Penitentiary prison guards
- Prison guards at the Colorado State Penitentiary pose for a group portrait in front a rusticated stone wall. The men wear dark uniforms with caps. Two of the men are African American (Black), they are identified (right to left) as Haley and Pate. A...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--People--1880-1900.; African Americans--Employment--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Montezuma, Colorado Catholic Church built in the early 80's - exact date unknown.
- This one-story, frame church in Montezuma, Summit County, Colorado, has a gable roof, double doors, and a double hung sash window. Montezuma, a mining town, was settled in 1863, near the site of Colorado's first silver discovery.
- Montezuma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Montezuma--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Thomas J. Skerritt residence
- Reproduction of a painting by Herndon Davis, Denver artist and illustrator, of the home of Thomas J. Skerritt in Englewood, Colorado, is part of a series of "Portraits of an Older Colorado." The simple two-story wood Victorian building with...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1920-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1960.; Skerritt, Thomas, 1828-1913--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1920 and 1960?]
- Teller School house furnishing project
- Photograph of seven young children at Teller Elementary School in Denver, Colorado during a house furnishing project. All of the children are settled around different furniture. Three of the students sit in milk crate chairs and benches. One...
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Houltsen Ranch and Stage Stop
- Photograph taken by Y.A Realle of the Holthusen Ranch and stage stop located three miles north of Como, Colorado. The area was settled on April 4, 1873. Included in the picture are several of the ranch buildings, family members, and an...
- 1881 August 25
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Numbers 9 and 10, 1919 September-October
- Newsletter produced monthly by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1919 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 7 and 8, 1927 July-August
- Newsletter produced everty two months by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1927 July-August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 1 and 2, 1928 January-February
- Newsletter produced every two months by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1928 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 11 and 12, 1926 November-December
- Newsletter produced every two months by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1926 November-December
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19