Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- "See Ronald, this is the town where they advertise faces on the floor" [art original].
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado.; Ink painting, American.; Central City (Colo.)--Caricatures and cartoons.; Cartoons.
- [n.d.]
- Western History Subject Index
- Mines and mineral resources. Colorado, Denver
- Western History Subject Index
- Mines & mineral resources, COLORADO Denver
- Crystal Grill Tavern
- View of the Crystal Grill at 2631 Larimer Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single-story storefront addition to a private residence. The twentieth-century brick addition has three small windows with brick sills, a...
- Crystal Grill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Larimer Street (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Houses.; Restaurants.; Storefronts.; Crystal Grill (Denver,...
- 1979
- Ginn Mill Bar
- View of the Ginn Mill Bar at 17th and Market Streets, Lower Downtown Historic District (LoDo) in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick commercial style building has a cornice and is painted green and red. The lower...
- Denver Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ginn Mill Bar (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments);...
- ca. 1978
- Diamond Store
- View of the front elevation of the Diamond Store at 2463 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a house with a single-story commercial addition. The store, constructed in the early twentieth-century, is brick...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Furniture stores.; Vending machines.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Secondhand trade--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Vending...
- 1978
- 16th & Stout Streets, Denver
- View of the intersection of 16th and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Women with puffed shirt sleeves and skirts and men in suits and hats are in the street near horse-drawn wagons, a bicycle, and trolley tracks. Multi-story commercial...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1897?]
- Blacksmith shop in Salida
- Men and a boy stand and pose in front of a one-story brick blacksmith shop in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Men wear leather aprons, boots, and shirts with suspenders. A man holds blacksmith tongs; another man holds a hatchet. Signs on the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- Fourth of July, Trinidad
- View of men and women at a Fourth of July parade in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Women wear dresses and stand on a horse-drawn cart beside a plow decorated with American flags. Signs on horses read: "O[ur?] Machines Succeed 'Where...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1900 July 4
- General store, Rifle, Colorado
- Interior view of a general store in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men pose behind counters in the store. Shows glass display cases, shelves and probably vases and pitchers, fabric and hat boxes. Fishing poles hang from the ceiling. Posters on...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1890-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Group at Colorado Midland Railroad Company
- Five men and one woman, employees of the Colorado Midland Railroad Company, pose in an interior office in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Posters line the wall behind them, one reads: "Lion Hunt De Beque Colo. Nov. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Colorado Midland...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--People--1890-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Glenwood...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Group at Colorado Midland Railroad Company
- A group of five men and one women, employees of the Colorado Midland Railway Company, pose in an office in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Posters line the wall behind them, one reads: "Lion Hunt De Beque Colo. Nov. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--People--1890-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Glenwood...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Lutes Drug Co.
- View of the corner E. E. Lutes Drugstore in Longmont, Colorado, show the one-story brick building with large store front windows with transoms. Merchandise is displayed in the windows and a upright scale stands outside the corner post of the entry....
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- December 1926
- Lyons, Colorado
- View of "Don David Mexican Food" on Main Street, Lyons, Colorado; shows the restaurant in a crude sandstone building with a dentiled cornice. Signs advertise: "Coors Beer On Tap," "Enjoy Bubble Up," and "Welcome to Lyons Good Ol' Days," highway...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Lyons--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Lyons, Colorado
- Facade of "Don David Mexican Food" restaurant on Main Street, Lyons, Colorado; shows the crude sandstone building with a dentiled cornice. Signs advertise: "Coors Beer On Tap," "Enjoy Bubble Up," "Closed," and "Welcome to Lyons Good Ol' Days."
- Lyons (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Lyons--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Lyons, Colorado
- View of "Don David Mexican Food" restaurant on Main Street, Lyons, Colorado; shows the crude sandstone building with a dentiled cornice. Signs advertise: "Coors Beer On Tap," "Enjoy Bubble Up," and "Welcome to Lyons Good Ol' Days," highway signs:...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants--Colorado--Lyons--1980-1990.
- 1980
- New Castle drug store
- This drug store in New Castle, Garfield County, Colorado, is a frame business with a false-front, mitred entry, storefront windows, and signs: "Drug Store.," "Drink Coca Cola Delicious and Refreshing," and "Cafe." Posterboards in the windows...
- New Castle (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--New Castle--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Salida Town Theater [graphic]
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the Town Theater interior has balustraded balconies and a stage backdrop with a classic cityscape and tasseled banners. Crepe paper canopies and umbrellas adorn tables; women and children pose in bodices, lace...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- The Stock Exchange and First National Bank, a two story street, Bennett Ave.
- Bruen Block, Gold Mining Stock Exchange, and First National Bank on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes stone terrace, boardwalk, and row of three attached flat-roof brick and frame commercial buildings; awnings advertise "First...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bell towers--Colorado--Cripple Creek.; Stock exchanges--Colorado--Cripple Creek.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Bruen Block (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1895 or 1896]
- Street scene, Cripple Creek
- Row of four attached one and two-story wooden frame buildings in the business district on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, the buildings have gable and flat-roofs, plain boxed cornice, falsefronts, double-sash windows with arch radiating voussoirs,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895]
- Burns building, Colorado Springs
- Facade view of the Burns Building, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the three story Beaux Arts opera house with overhanging bronze roof entrance. Lettering on upper windows reads: "Dr. Lennox, Dr. Baker," "Dr. C. T. Cain, Dentist,"...
- Burns Building (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1928]
- Snow scene
- View down what may be Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, or a street in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, shows deep snow plowed to sides of street. Wood frame businesses line the street, signs advertise: "Coca-Cola" and "Schlitz."
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Crested Butte--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Crested Butte--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Alamosa
- The Manders Building, on the corner of San Juan and Main streets, in Alamosa, Colorado is a two-story building, constructed in 1891, with rusticated stone block, bracketed enriched cornice, corner entry with double wooden panel with large glass...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Skyline looking east from Federal Blvd. overpass onto Colfax Avenue and viaduct
- View east from Federal Boulevard overpass on Colfax Avenue toward downtown Denver, Colorado, skyline shows skyscrapers, construction cranes, and the State Capitol building. Billboards advertise: "Denver You've Got Style, Old Style," and "Dewars...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- May 21, 1983
- Intersection of 16th & Champa streets with DTC 17th avenue car nos. 45 & 42
- View of Denver Tramway Company 17th (Seventeenth) Ave. trolleys number 45 and 42 on 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue at the corner of Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Downtown business signs read: "Post," "The Continental Trust Company, Safe Deposit...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street...
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Denver business - luggage
- Interior view of the luggage department in a Denver, Colorado business; customers examine steamer trunks; signs on walls advertise shoes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors.; Leather goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Luggage--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Denver, business, books & stationery
- Nighttime view of the entrance and display windows of the W. H. Kistler Stationery Co. in Denver, Colorado; store name is spelled out in tile mosaic in front of doorway; cut-out figure of a man appears in doorway; posters in windows advertise...
- W.H. Kistler Stationery Company (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Stationery trade--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Green's grocery (from rear)
- A brick garage is behind Green's Grocery & Market in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A sign in front of the garage reads: "This Building Will Be Down within [...] days McCrea Wrecking Co. AL54142." Large signs on both the garage...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Garages--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Denver theater, Orpheum
- Interior view of the Orpheum Theatre at 1515 Welton Street, Denver, Colorado. Posters advertise: Upham Whitney Revue with Jeannie Upham in "Color, Grace & Youth;" Frank Stafford & Co. with Alex J. Brady; Sally Rand In Person; and "Man-Made Women"...
- Orpheum Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver theaters, Orpheum
- View of the Orpheum Theatre at 1515 Welton Street, Denver, Colorado; billboards advertise "The Count of Ten"; businesses include U.S. Optical Co., Art Nook, William E. Russell Coal, Second Industrial Bank, S.E. Arscott & Son Jewelers, Aladdin...
- Orpheum Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1927 and 1930]
- Denver business, Barteldes Seed
- View of the Barteldes Seed Company at 1616 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado; signs advertise Pratts Poultry Regulator, Puppy Biscuits, Red Cross, and Woolworth Co.
- Barteldes Seed Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Seed trade--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1921]
- Silver Plume
- The Large Town Hall in Silver Plume, Colorado, built in Brownville in the early 1880's and moved to Main Street Silver Plume in 1886. It is a false front structure with a cornice and a second story balcony with balustrade. Pediments are over the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1950.; City & town halls--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1949]
- Silver Plume, Colo
- The Large Town Hall in Silver Plume, Colorado, was built in Brownsville in the early 1880's and was moved to Main Street, Silver Plume in 1886. It is a false front structure with a cornice, pilasters and a second story porch with balustrade....
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1950-1990.; City & town halls--Colorado--Silver Plume--1950-1990.
- [between 1954 and 1981?]
- Elks Opera House
- Exterior view of Elks Opera House, 308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado. In 1879, Horace Tabor contracted J. Thomas Roberts to build this massive three-story stone, brick and iron structure, trimmed in Portland cement. Tabor lost the building...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Arvada, Colorado
- View west along the Grandview Avenue after the snow of 1913, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado; includes men on a snowbank in front of H. A. Ullery's drugstore; awnings advertise: "Soda Water," and "Candies;" man leans on corner electric...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1910.
- 1913
- Ice rink in the Leadville Ice Palace, 1895
- Interior view of Leadville, Colorado's Ice Palace skating rink, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival. Cobble & Kerr built the 80 x 190 foot long rink with wooden trussed roof designed by architect C.E. Joy. Ice arches are along the edges of...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Ice skating rinks--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1895 and 1896]
- Palace of living art and illusions
- Exterior view of Palace of Living Art and Illusions, a mini- palace theater on West Seventh Street, Leadville, Colorado. Built by H.C. Dimick for the Winter Crystal Carnival, the theater opened on January 11, 1896 across from the Ice Palace. The...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Larimer Co
- Three men stand in front of the Forks General Store in Forks (Larimer County), Colorado. A sign indicates that a post office is located in the store, and other signs advertise "Battle Ax Hunting Tobacco," and, "Baled Hay and Grain for Sale."
- Forks (Colo.)--1870-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Forks--1870-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Forks--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- I want a wantad
- An elephant stands at the Denver Post newspaper classified advertising counter in Denver, Colorado. Men and women look on. Sign reads: "Want Ads." Banner reads: "...& Marcos Circus Days."
- Denver Post--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Advertising--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Counters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Elephants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper...
- 1931 August 18
- McPhee Bldg. 17th St. Cor. Glenarm
- View of the McPhee building at 17th and Glenarm Streets in Denver, Colorado (constructed in 1890); pedestrian and horse-drawn carriage traffic is shown; posters on fence at right advertise a performance of Jeffreys Lewis ("supplementary tour, a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Robert Manley head of Identification Bureau
- Men sitting in chairs smoke cigarettes in an office at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Interior furnishings include a roll- top desk with a globe, a phone, and other items on it; a spittoon is on the floor. Calendars (July 1949) on...
- Correctional personnel--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Manley, Robert.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1949
- Streets in Las Vegas, New Mexico
- Two men lead a pack of burros laden with sacks across a dirt street in Las Vegas, New Mexico. A small child carrying a bucket walks behind the group in the right midground. Signs on a building in the background advertise "Richards & Pringles Famous...
- Signs and signboards--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.; Las Vegas (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Boys--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.; Buildings--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Las Vegas--1900-1910.; Donkeys--New...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver street scene at California Avenue
- A man cleans the street in the right midground at the intersection of California and 17th (Seventeenth) Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Businesses include the Colorado Cycle Supply Company, Cordes & Feldhauser Carpet Company, the Nathan...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Inter-Ocean Hotel in Denver
- The Inter-Ocean Hotel opened on October 29, 1873, at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, built by Barney L. Ford, a prominent African American businessman. Two horse- drawn wagons are stopped on Blake...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Susquehanna & New York R.R. 4-6-0 #119 and northbound mixed train north of Williamsport on PRR (Pennsylvania Railroad), distant view, Williamsport, PA.
- Northbound Susquehanna & New York Railroad locomotive 4-6-0 #119 and a mixed train are north of Williamsport in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Shows a paved highway near the tracks, and billboards that advertise cigarettes, chewing gum and auto...
- Pennsylvania Railroad--1930-1940.; Susquehanna and New York Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Lycoming County (Penn.)--1930-1940.; Billboards--Pennsylvania--Lycoming County--1930-1940.; Railroads--Pennsylvania--Lycoming County--1930-1940.;...
- 1939 September 13
- Entrance Elitch's Gardens, Denver
- View of main entrance to Elitch's Gardens, West 38th (Thirty- eight) Avenue and Tennyson Street, Denver, Colorado; shows Elitch's Gardens' name in lights over sign. Two posters advertise gate admission at ten cents, zoological & floral gardens,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1909]
- 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]
- Bank of Telluride
- Interior view of the old Bank of Telluride, Colorado. Charles (Buck) Waggoner (left) and Mr. Skanland advertise their bank's stability with stacks of silver dollars protected by handguns on counter. Interior includes wooden walled banker room with...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.; Waggoner, Charles Delos.
- [1928?]
- Harrison St. from Chestnut St.
- In this view north from the middle of paved Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, pickup trucks are filling up at gas pumps at "Clark's Shamrock self serve" gas station on the right. Prices are marked as "54.9 regular," "57.9 unleaded." Business...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Smedley Dairy
- Photograph of several students playing in the "Smedley Diary" at Smedley Elementary School located in Denver, Colorado. The "Diary" was part of a school diary project. Two girls stand behind the counter with fake ice cream and other dairy...
- Dairy products industry.; Dairy products.; Smedley School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938