Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Drug store interior, Central City
- Glass display cabinets are in the foreground in Best's Drug store in Central City, Colorado. One contains wallets and has white, glass bottles on top of it. A sign on the side of the cabinet reads "Shaving Cream 25 cents and 50 cents." Glass...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1891]
- Two bottles of Tivoli beer, bottled by the Tivoli-Union Brewery
- View of two bottles of beer (ca.1901-1915) from the Tivoli-Union Brewery in Denver, Colorado. Shows dark colored bottles with gold caps. The label on the bottle reads: "Tivoli Beer," "The Tivoli-Union Brewing Co. Denver, Colo." and "All Natural...
- Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Products--1900-1920.; Bottles.; Tivoli Brewery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Beer bottles--Pictorial works.
- 1981
- Gaming room of Old Homestead, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of refurbished gaming room of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated until 1916 and later became a residence until reopened as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Gambling--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Arrest of Charles Hough, bootlegger
- Four men stand near hundreds of bottles of bootlegged wine, beer, and liquor on the steps of a building in Kansas. Beer bottles wrapped in paper are arranged on a table made from barrels and a wood plank. Whiskey, gin, and wine bottles are arranged...
- Alcoholic beverages--Kansas--1920-1940.; Confiscations--Kansas--1920-1940.; Police raids--Kansas--1920-1940.; Prohibition--Kansas--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1932?]
- Mule Skinners Ball Committee Mar 10' 1911
- Mule Skinners Ball Committee pose seated on and in front of stage with painted Venetian scene curtain at Redmond's, the old opera house, Telluride, Colorado. Skinner hosts in new overhalls, some with ties, hold bottles of champagne and wine; more...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Balls (Parties)--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Opera houses--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.
- 1911 March 10
- Billboard for Coca Cola
- View of a billboard located near the Speer viaduct, Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps topped with balls, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that read:...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; Coca-Cola Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Beverage industry.; Billboards.; Carbonated beverages.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center, Liquor Store
- Black and white print of man standing in liquor store in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Shopping Center. He is holding a bottle of wine while standing next to display rack with wine bottles and has a sign ""WINE"" at the bottom. Behind him are shelves...
- Hoffman Heights Shopping Center (Aurora, Colo.); Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1965
- Gold Coin Creamery, Denver
- A worker holds glass bottles of milk and poses beside a conveyor belt in an interior view of the Gold Coin Creamery in Denver, Colorado. A woman wears a pants suit and a head scarf, and stands beside factory equipment and wire trays full of milk...
- Gold Coin Creamery (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Machinery--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Group of men one with bicycle along stream
- Outdoor portrait of men with a bicycle and bottles of beer possibly near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. They wear suits, bowties, and wide-brimmed hats.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Milk wagon from the Kentucky Jersey Dairy
- A milkman and his assistant, who holds a metal carrier of milk bottles, pose near their wagon on Alameda Avenue near a bridge over the Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. The side of the wagon reads: "Kentucky Jersey Dairy". A sign on the bridge...
- Kentucky Jersey Dairy (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Dairy industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Osborne Drug store, Colorado Springs
- Interior view of a drug store, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows employees, a customer, a pharmacist, a molded ceiling with flourescent light fixtures, shelves with medicine bottles, sign: "Osborne Prescriptions," a soda fountain...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Pharmacists--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Central City drug store
- Four men in dark suits stand around a display cabinet in the back of Best's drug store in Central City, Colorado. Two display cabinets, one horizontal and one vertical, are in the foreground. The cabinet in the center of the image contains wallets...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1891]
- Central City drug store
- A man dressed in a pharmacist's white coat stands on a ladder and arranges a kerosene lamp on a ledge in a Victorian drugstore in Central City, Colorado. Mortars and other lamps are also along the ledge. A sign that reads "The Pharmacy" is above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.
- [between 1952 and 1953]
- Saloon, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a saloon in Georgetown, Colorado. The dark wood bar with carved arches and columns is viewed diagonally; the bartender behind the bar wears a vest, a white shirt with a high collar, a tie, and a handlebar moustache; he holds a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Saloon, Colorado City, Colorado
- Two bartenders and two customers pose inside the Union Saloon, 605 Colorado Avenue, Colorado City, El Paso County, Colorado. The interior features a wooden bar with brass foot rail, spitoons, back bar with mirror, cash register, glassware, mounted...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Colorado City--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- 1910
- Dr. Clock Pharmacy
- The interior of a soda fountain in Brighton, Colorado, includes men posing among barstools and chairs of twisted wire. A glass jar on a table holds straws. The fountain on the bar has a domed, fringed, petaled shade, and the mirrored, wooden...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Brighton--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Gay Dutchess Club
- View of a Gay Dutchess club (The Gay Dutchess) function. An African American (Black) couple sit at a table in a bar of club in Denver, Colorado. The woman wears a party dress and the man wears a tuxedo. Cigarettes and beer bottles are on the table....
- Gay Dutchess, The (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Buckeye Cabin, La Sal Mt's. Utah
- A boy sits in front of Buckeye Cabin in the La Sal Mountains, Utah. A sign reads, "Assay Office Buckeye Cabin." On a table are reagent bottles, a box of assay weights, a beaker, test tubes, glass-stoppered acid bottles, evaporating dishes, and a...
- Assaying apparatus--Utah--1890-1900.; La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--1890-1900.; Equipment--Utah--1890-1900.; Log Cabins--Utah--1890-1900.
- 1897 Aug. 24
- Assay outfit, Buckeye Cabin
- A boy and a dog sit beside Buckeye Cabin in the La Sal Mountains, Utah. A sign reads, "Assay Office Buckeye Cabin." On a table are reagent bottles which read, "Acid Nitric HNO₃," "Ammonium Hydroxide NH₄OH," and "Acid Hydrochloric HCL." Also on...
- Assaying apparatus--Utah--1890-1900.; La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--1890-1900.; Equipment--Utah--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Utah--1890-1900.
- 1897 Aug. 24
- Historical artifacts
- Edward Santarpio (with bottles) and Gerard H. Fischer pose with patent medicines and an advertising sign for the Denver Post newspaper in (probably) Georgetown, Colorado. The sign bears a likeness of Uncle Sam.
- Denver Post--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Antiques--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Book & magazine posters--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Patent...
- 1947 August 2
- Pueblo, Colorado, business
- Interior view of liquor store, Pueblo, Colorado; shows wooden barrels or kegs of beer with taps or spigots and wooden shelves of liquor bottles; male business owner or employee poses with elbow on wooden counter; store includes: roll-top desk,...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Interiors.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Interior of Fonda drug store
- Hardwood cabinets filled with apothecary bottles, jars, tins, and cannisters line the interior walls of Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store in Boulder, Colorado. Men pose in the store. Eben G. Fine pours liquid from a glass beaker into a glass container....
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Fine, Eben G.; Fonda's Pioneer Drug Store.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Bottles
- Western History Subject Index
- Bottles
- Park Hill Topics Volume 1 No. 11
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 27, 1909 August 21
- Soda fountain, Salida
- Interior view of a Salida drugstore, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows men in suits, ties, fedora hats, and gold chains, soda fountain with marble counter, syrup containers, metal serving mugs, Rose's Lime Juice, and apothecary shelves filled with...
- Apothecary bottles--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Camp Bird mine residence
- Camp Bird general manager's residence interior, Ouray County, Colorado; view of wood cabinets with glass bottles.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bottles--Colorado--Camp Bird--1950-1960.; Cupboards--Colorado--Camp Bird--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Camp Bird--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1950-1960.
- [1950?]
- Bottles from the Duplex Structure 9
- Glass bottles uncovered in the duplex structure 9, The Vess Cola bottle dates to 1946.
- 2009
- Western History Subject Index
- Bottles
- Western History Subject Index
- Bottles
- Western History Subject Index
- Bottles
- Western History Subject Index
- BOTTLES
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
- Bar interior, Victoria Hotel, Salida
- View of the interior of the tavern in the Victoria Hotel in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a brick wall, with a carved wood back bar with stained glass panes instead of a mirror. A Budweiser chalkboard lists the specials, and hangs above...
- Victoria Hotel & Tavern (Salida, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Salida (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bartenders.; Interiors.; Bars (Furniture).; Victoria Hotel & Tavern (Salida, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1989
- Feliberto Gonzáles
- Feliberto Gonzales stands behind a bar with a marble top probably in a saloon in Gulnare (Las Animas County), Colorado. He wears a tie, jacket and brimmed hat and holds a bottle of beer. A mirror, cash register, and bottles of liquor are behind...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Interiors.; Gonzáles, Feliberto, 1885-1960--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- [ca. 1915]
- Joe's Cave, Denver
- View of Joe's Cave, a bar located at 75 Federal Boulevard in the Barnum neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single-story, stucco-covered, brick building with a flat roof, pilasters and a shaped parapet. A large vertical neon sign over the...
- Joe's Cave (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Barnum (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Electric signs.; Joe's Cave (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1973
- Cherry Creek Tavern
- View of the back bar of the Cherry Creek Tavern, a lesbian bar at 1301 Lawrence Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The bar has a red flocked wall-paper behind rows of liquor bottles. A red, white, and green paper garland...
- Cherry Creek Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bars (Furniture).; Interiors.; Cherry Creek Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars...
- [1980?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 23, 1910 June 4
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 50, 1911 December 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 29, 1909 September 4
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 15, 1909 May 29
- Rifle Drug
- Interior view of a pharmacy in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; wire stools and chairs are on a tile floor by a soda fountain, mirrors, apothecary bottles, a coffee machine, and display cases. Lamps have leaded glass shades; a clock tops shelves...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Drug store interior, Rifle, Colorado
- Interior view of a pharmacy in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; a man draws a soda from a fountain. Shelves hold apothecary bottles and bananas; glass cases display handbags, stationary, and a clock. Decor includes chintz wallpaper, a lamp, a...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Drug stores--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- CMA London office staff
- Interior view of an office at the London Mine in (possibly) Alma, (Park County), Colorado; men and a woman work at desks with ink bottles, a pencil sharpener, and ledgers. Safe and adding machine read: "Charpiot Safe Co. Denver, Colo," and "Monroe."
- Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Fort Lewis, laboratory
- Young men in suits or military uniforms work in a laboratory at Fort Lewis High School (later Fort Lewis College) in Hesperus (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows tables with glass beakers, shelves with bottles and jars, scales (balances), and a...
- Fort Lewis High School (Hesperus, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Hesperus (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Classrooms--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Laboratories--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1913?]
- Dining tent area
- Interior view of a miner's dining tent at probably the Gold King Mine near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows an eating area with men, women and dogs seated at wooden tables and benches. The tables are set with white table cloths, dishes,...
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Dining rooms--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.; Employees--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.
- [between 1887 and 1910?]
- General store
- Interior view of a general store. Shows glass display cases, flags, newspapers, a clock, women and a man, possibly Willis Z. Kinney. On the shelves are bottles, books and cartons.
- General stores--Colorado--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Dairy, milking stalls at Brookridge Farm
- View of milking stalls at the Brookridge Dairy Farm in Littleton (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Tiles cover the floor and walls. Milking machines, scales, tubes, glass bottles, and paper towel dispensers hang near each stall.
- Brookridge Farm (Littleton, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Milking machines--Colorado--Littleton--1940-1950.; Littleton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Agricultural facilities--Colorado--Littleton--1940-1950.; Barns--Colorado--Littleton--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, refreshment stand
- Workers stand at a refreshment stand at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. One man leans on the counter near a box labeled "Herbert Tareyton, Modern...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Facilities--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Food vendors--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.
- [1941?]