Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 December 10
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- October 1949
- First Baptist Church 1942 Directory
- Directory produced by the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory is: a list of member, past and present, along with their address in and out of the Denver area, the Churches By-Laws and advertisements from local Denver...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942
- Constitution and By-Laws of the Kismet Club
- The constitution is divided into 12 articles with four amendments. It explains the purpose of the club, membership rules and requirements, meeting times, fines for tardiness, order of business for meetings, officers, officer duties, committees, and...
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Kismet Club (Denver, Colo.)--Archives.; Greek letter...
- circa 1930's
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 March 26
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 September 30
- Weekly Calendar of the First Congregational Church
- This bulletin has the order for Sunday worship as well as social events for the week of May 6, 1900. The back page lists the officers of the church.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1900 May 6
- Vice-President George H. Bush press conference
- Vice President Bush holds a press conference at Stapleton Airport upon his arrival to attend the 1992 National GI Forum Conference. James Maestas, representing the American G.I. Forum, is behind and to the right of V.P. Bush.
- American G.I. Forum--People--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Veterans.; Vice presidents--United States.; Press conferences.; Bush, George, 1924---Pictorial...
- [1992]
- Hispanic baseball team at Coors Field
- Former members of teams from the Sugar Beet League (Rocky Mountain League of National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress) attend a Colorado Rockies' game dedicated in their honor at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. Shows older men and women, the stand and...
- Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Baseball players.; Older people.; Suniga, Lee--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 2000 and 2010?]
- Mass, Immaculate Conception Church, Chama, Colorado
- Hispanic American parishioners attend Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. The priest and altar boys stand in front of the multi-tiered altar with paintings of Christ and the Virgin Mary. A banner on a mast is...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Interiors.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Worship programs--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Cinco de Mayo celebration, Civic Center Park
- Crowds attend a Cinco de Mayo celebration in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. Musicians and spectators are in the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors. Shows advertising banners and loudspeakers. The North Building of the Denver...
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver...
- [2006?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 6, 1918 August
- 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.
- 1918 August
- Sopris School
- Girls attend to a doll at a first aid station at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. Boys stand nearby with a toy stretcher. A bust of President Abraham Lincoln is nearby. Lettering on the first aid kit reads: "B & B First...
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children playing adults--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; First aid--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Laying corner stone Franklin School our first high school
- Well-dressed crowds attend the cornerstone dedication of Franklin School in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Masons and a brass band wear uniforms; girls are on the platform by a piano. Outfits include a bodice and a capote hat.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Fort Collins--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Fort Collins--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Historic Strauss cabin dedication
- Near Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, people attend a dedication ceremony for the Strauss Cabin, home of Robert Strauss, one of the first settlers in the Poudre River Valley. The hewn log building has gables and chimneys.
- Strauss, Robert--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building dedications--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.; Log cabins--Colorado--Fort Collins--1970-1980.
- October 22, 1977
- Six Colorado Springs businessmen take off from Peterson Field
- Business men and military officers pose in front of a small military airplane, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Left to right: Merlyn D. Smith of the Merlyn D. Smith Insurance Agency; Max L. Davis, manager Zales Jewelers;...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Airplanes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Businessmen--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Military personnel--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- November 7, 1961
- Miners and sluice
- Miners with rakes and shovels attend a sluice system at an unidentified mine, possibly in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pueblo de Taos, Taos County, New Mexico
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows crowds of spectators, Native Americans (Taos Pueblo), and adobe pueblo dwellings during the San Geronimo Festival.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--New...
- 1897 September 30
- Mfg. room with vats
- Workers attend several vats in a manufacturing room, probably Denver, Colorado. One man stirs the contents with a paddle, another turns a spout above a bucket.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Vats--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Hairdressers
- Interior of a large room where a group of women attend a hairdressing session or demonstration, possibly at the Gates Rubber Company in Denver, Colorado. Flower boxes and chinese lanterns and umbrellas decorate the room.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hairdressing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Hispano youths in berets
- Mexican-Americans attend a speech by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado; Mr. Gonzalez is behind a banner speaking into a microphone. Men in berets and sunglasses stand in the foreground.
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Protest movements--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Gonzales, Rodolpho, 1928-
- [1968, November 3]
- Utes Building the Tepee
- Native American (Ute) women stretch canvas over erect tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Piles of household materials, including rolls of canvas, stand near the tepee. Other complete and incomplete tepees stand nearby....
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the tepee
- A Native American (Ute) woman points a wooden tepee pole at the smoke hole of a partially constructed tepee at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Another woman bends toward a pile of household items near the tepee. A tepee frame stands...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women stand near a tepee frame and arrange the canvas covering at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. One woman holds a large sheet of canvas while others look on. A pile of rolled canvas stands nearby. The women are...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women drag wooden tepee poles toward a pile of rolled canvas at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Trees and bushes dot the grassy landscape. The women are probably in Colorado Springs to attend the Shan Kive...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the Tepee
- Native American (Ute) women and girls stand, sit, and crouch near piles of tepee poles and canvas at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. One girl wears a hat. A group of trees stands nearby. They are probably in Colorado Springs to attend...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women arrange wooden tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Men sit and stand on a rock formation in the distance. They are probably in Colorado Springs to attend the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival).
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Camp at Garden of the Gods.
- Native American (Ute) women and man walk near tepees at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden electrical poles stand near the tepees. A light hangs from one of the wires strung between the poles. A wooden fence stands near one of the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) men and women stand near a pile of wooden tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Men wear hats. A group of men stand and sit on a rock formation in the distance. They are probably in Colorado Springs to...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Indians Pueblo Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows a crowd of whites, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans (Taos) during the San Geronimo fiesta. Shows Taos Pueblo.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Festivals--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.;...
- 1897 September 30
- Black Hills scenery
- Miners with shovels and wheelbarrows attend a boxed sluice in a gold placer mine pit, South Dakota.
- South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold miners--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Gold mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Hydraulic Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.; Mining--South Dakota--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- St. Thos. Seminary
- View of a Spanish Colonial Revival style building and tower at Saint Thomas Seminary at 1300 South Steele Street in the Cory-Merrill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building and tower have arched windows and tile roofs. A large crowd of...
- Holy Name Society--People--1920-1930.; St. Thomas' Seminary (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cory-Merrill (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; People--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theological seminaries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1934
- Bancroft Block 16th at NW corner of Stout
- Men and workmen pose on and near scaffolding at the partially remodeled Bancroft Block at 16th and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the three-story brick building read: "Attend Monster Removal Sale," "Surgical Instruments,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Remodeling--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The store of the trading post
- Native Americans line up at the counter of a trading post as two white men attend to their needs.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Trading posts--1860-1870.
- 1870?
- Ceremonies at site of new City Hall
- View of men who attend the ground breaking ceremony of the City and County Building on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The men wear overcoats and wide-brimmed hats. The Denver Public Library and Colorado State...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 March 26
- T.B. patients enjoying sunshine
- Tuberculosis patients lie in beds on the porch of a building at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (J.C.R.S.) sanatorium, 1600 Pierce Street, Lakewood, Colorado. The men lie in rows outside their rooms, and nurses attend to some patients.
- Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (U.S.)--People--1920-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Nurses--Colorado--Lakewood--1920-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Lakewood--1920-1940.; Sick persons--Colorado--Lakewood--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- State Teachers bldg.
- View of the exterior of Gunter Hall, the gymnasium on the campus of the Colorado Teachers College (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State College) in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Colorado State Teachers College.
- 1931 June 14
- Two Japanese-American soldiers, home on furlough, and their girlfriends, viewing the flower booth at the Arts and Crafts Festival
- Two Japanese soldiers in uniform pose with their girlfriends by a flower exhibit, at the Arts and Crafts Festival, Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The women wear long wool coats, white blouses, skirts,...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.;...
- 1943 March 6
- Group of Indians, shows travois
- Group of unidentified Native Americans grouped around two travois hitched to horses with one colt nursing; unhitched oxen team behind group; women and small child sit on ground with blankets wrapped around them and dogs laying next to them; men...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Ox teams--1880-1890.; Prairies--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Golden Burro Cafe, Leadville
- This view is of the exterior of the Golden Burro Cafe and the Blosfeld building on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado. The Golden Burro Cafe is in a one-story brick structure with a bracketed cornice, built in 1898 by E.H. Dimick. It has a...
- Golden Burro Cafe (Leadville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- 1981
- Golden Burro Cafe, Leadville
- Exterior view of the Golden Burro Cafe and the Blosfeld building on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado. The Golden Burro Cafe is in a one-story brick structure with a bracketed cornice, built in 1898 by E.H. Dimick. It has a remodeled facade...
- Golden Burro Cafe (Leadville, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Protestant Easter Service in Appennines, Italy
- background are trees and buildings.; Members of the Tenth Mountain Division, 605th Artillery Battalion, attend a Protestant Easter religious service at Rocca Pitigliano, Italy, conducted by Chaplain William H. Bell. In the foreground, four men bow...
- Rocca Pitigliano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Religious services--Italy--1940-1950.; Bell, William H.; Squires, Ralph.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 1, 1945
- Knowles cafeteria
- Cars are parked near the Knowles Cafeteria on the campus of Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado (Logan County). The horizontal building has a multi-gabled roof, and elongated, glass windows. Two black students walk through the parking...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cafeterias--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Universities & Colleges--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Northeastern Junior College (Sterling, Colo.)
- 1964
- Park Greeley
- Aerial view of the baseball diamond of the Colorado State College of Education (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers College, and Colorado State College) in Greeley, Colorado in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baseball--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1952 April 25
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- A commuter trolley moves through a residential neighborhood in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. Signs on the side of the trolley: "Fort Collins Municipal Railway," "Cash Club Now Every Wednesday & Thursday at the America Lyric Trail You...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Advertisements--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1960.; Street railroads--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1960.; Fort Collins Municipal Railway (Fort Collins, Colo.)
- [between 1947 and 1951]
- First Plymouth Congregational Church Thursday Seminars
- Informational booklet detailing the First Plymouth Congregational Church Thursday Seminars in Denver, Colorado. Included are a schedule of the events and information on each seminar leader.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1937
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
- Newsletter produced by the Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods (CHUN) pertaining to organization's meetings, events, and decisions. Specific issues addressed in this newsletter include transportation, the Community Development Act, the People's Fair,...
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver.; Land use, Urban--Colorado--Denver; Zoning--Colorado--Denver; City planning--Colorado--Denver.; Neighborhood government--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver.
- 1975 January
- Park Hill Actionews
- Informational newsletter of the Park Hill Action Committee.
- Citizens' associations--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1963 February-March
- Westside Neighborhood Plan
- Addition to Denver City's plan for the development of the Westside project
- Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--History--Sources.; Urban policy--Colorado--Denver.; Land use, Urban--Colorado--Denver.; City planning--Colorado.
- 1982