Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 27, 1910 July 2
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 26, 1911 June 24
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 27, 1911 July 1
- Denver Building Permits File, 1906-1914
- Building permits--Colorado--Denver.
- 1998
- A. T. Lewis Store & shoppers
- View of people at the A. T. Lewis Store entrance, in Denver, Colorado; shows a car, snow, a wrought iron canopy, men, and women in fur coats.
- A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Company--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Consumers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Albany Hotel and annex
- View of the Albany Hotel and annex at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The hotel is a four story brick building with oriel windows and a canopy over the door. The annex is a seven-story Italianate style building...
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1912 Aug. 5
- Albany Annex
- View of the Albany Hotel annex at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with a balcony and a striped canopy at the entrance. Sign reads: "Hotel Law."
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- America Theatre
- View of the America theater entrance in Denver, Colorado. A canopy and mural depicting Native Americans are above the ticket window.
- America Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- American Express Co. Denver
- American Express drivers pose by delivery trucks, horse drawn wagons and Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The wrought iron canopy and Mizpah Arch are in the background.
- American Express Company--People--1910-1920.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Welcome Arch (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- Amity, Colorado
- View down main street of Amity, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado, shows a wide muddy street lined with one-story false fronts and and a few horse-drawn carriages and wagons. Some of the businesses have canopy roofs over their entries. James...
- Amity (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.; Trading posts--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.
- 1978
- Amity, Colorado
- View down along dirt street of Amity, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado, includes two one-story false fronts with canopy roofs over entries stand in tall weeds. The ruins of James Child's stone grocery and dry goods store shows on distance...
- Amity (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.; Trading posts--Colorado--Amity--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Arab acrobats
- A group of Arab members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show forms a human pyramid in a dirt arena during a performance of the show. One man supports at least six other men on his shoulders. A young boy tops the pyramid. Two additional men stand near...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Arab acrobats
- A group of Arab acrobats forms a human pyramid in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Three men stand at the base, each supporting another man standing on his shoulders. One man tops the pyramid. One man stands on...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Riff Arabians
- An Arab performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show performs a handspring during a performance of the show. A large crowd of people sits in the bleachers under a tent canopy in the background. A large building with small awnings hanging over many of...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Riff Arabians
- A group of Arab members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show forms a pyramid in an arena during a performance of the show. One man stands on the top of the pyramid by balancing on the shoulders of another man. The pyramid is supported by one man...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Riff Arabians
- A Arab performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show performs a flip in the air during a performance of the show. A large crowd of people sits in the bleachers under a tent canopy in the background. A large building with small awnings hanging over...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Riff Arabians
- A group of Arab members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show forms a human pyramid in a dirt arena during a performance of the show. One man supports seven other men on his shoulders. A young man tops the pyramid. A person stands near a platform in the...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Riff Arabians
- A group of Arab acrobats forms a human pyramid in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Three men stand at the base, each supporting another man standing on his shoulders. One man tops the pyramid. The audience fills...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show performers
- A group of Arab members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show forms a human pyramid in a dirt arena during a performance of the show. One man supports six other men on his shoulders. A young man tops the pyramid. Two additional men stand near the group...
- Arabs--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Riff Arabians
- An Arab acrobat in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show flips in the air during a performance of the show. Several additional performers stand in the background watching the young man flip. Another man stands on a platform in the left background. He wears...
- Arabs--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Western History Subject Index
- ARKANSAS RIVER
- Aroya, Colorado
- View of dilapidated structures in Aroya (also spelled Arroyo) Cheyenne County, Colorado; includes a one-story small side gable building covered with a hipped roof canopy supported by a Y-shape post; remains of other wood frame additions attached to...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Aroya--1980-1990.
- 1988
- Aroya, Colorado
- View of a dilapidated composite of structures in Aroya (also spelled Arroyo) Cheyenne County, Colorado; features a one-story small side gable building covered with a hipped roof canopy supported by a Y-shape post; lighthouse-like tower structure...
- Aroya (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Aroya--1980-1990.
- 1988
- Arriba, Colorado, Lincoln State Bank
- Lincoln State Bank, Arriba, Lincoln County, Colorado, features a one-story corner brick building with contrasting brick trim on pilasters, decorative cornice with egg and dart molding, parapet with low apex gables, contrasting decorative brick...
- Arriba (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Arriba--1910-1920.
- [1919]
- Western History Subject Index
- Art tech construction company
- Colfax at Auraria RTD light rail station W. Colfax.
- View of the Auraria West Campus RTD light rail station (1995) and Auraria Higher Education Center campus off of West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Plexiglases canopy supported by steel posts and struts. An arched sign attached to the canopy...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Skyscrapers.; Street railroad stations.; Street railroads.; Auraria Higher Education...
- ca. 1998
- Colfax at Auraria RTD light rail station W. Colfax, looking northeast.
- A light rail train approaches the Auraria West Campus RTD light rail station (1995) and the Auraria Higher Education Center campus off of West Colfax in Denver, Colorado. The destination sign on the train reads: "Union Station." A decorative steel...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Skyscrapers.; Street railroad stations.; Street railroads.; Auraria Higher Education...
- ca. 1998
- Sunday Outing with Campers (Rhoads' Family)
- Shows a tent, two canopies, two automobiles, and clothes that dry on the tent ropes, probably Colorado. A woman is under one canopy, she prepares food; a young girl steps out of a metal tub.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1940.; Camping--Colorado--1920-1940.; Children playing--Colorado--1920-1940.; Girls--Colorado--1920-1940.; Tents--Colorado--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- 1535 Grant Street, Denver
- View of apartments / offices (built 1905) at 1535 Grant Street, in the North Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building features a dentiled cornice, ornate capitals, pilasters, garlands, wrought iron lamps, and a metal...
- Barrister Building (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982 May
- Barth Hotel, Denver
- View of the Barth Hotel (also Union Warehouse, F. C. Eberley, architect, built 1883) at 17th (Seventeenth) Street in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The four story building has arched windows with voussoirs, and an ornate...
- Barth Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1980 November
- Bedroom suite
- An ornate canopy bed stands behind an exhibit railing, possibly in a museum in San Francisco or at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. A display case is in the left midground, exhibiting clothing.
- Bedrooms--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Tivoli Block 11 Map
- Bide-A-Wee Theater (Movie)
- View of the Bide-A-Wee cinema at 1036 West Colfax Street in Denver, Colorado; a canopy covers the doors, signs read: "Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore - Her Sweetheart [Christopher Beam]," "Day of Reckoning," "Free Ford Car Every Tue. Nite and...
- Bide-A-Wee Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Public school, Black Hawk, Colo.
- Exterior front view of schoolhouse, Black Hawk, Colorado. Building is rectangular, two story, single detached structure. It has horizontal clapboard siding with pilaster corners, and has ten bays on the front facade. The roof is center gable with a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1960.; Education--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1960.; Stone walls--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1960.
- [between 1880 and 1960]
- Boats on mtn lake
- Boats, one with a canopy, are moored at a lake, probably in Colorado or Utah. Massive stone cliffs are in the background.
- Boats--1920-1940.; Cliffs--1920-1940.; Lakes & ponds--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre
- View of the Bonfils Memorial Theatre at Colfax and Elizabeth Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows the entrance canopy.
- Bonfils Memorial Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Helen Bonfils House, Denver
- View of the Wood-Morris-Bonfils House (Maurice Biscoe, Architect, built 1908) at 707 Washington Street in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Italian Renaissance Revival style house has a tile roof, quoins, roof line balustrades,...
- Bonfils, Helen, 1889-1972--Homes & haunts.; Wood, Guilford--Homes & haunts.; Wood-Morris-Bonfils House (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Capitol Hill (Denver Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1984 July
- Albert Schatz, Sammie Pearson left
- A saltbox dwelling in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a bracketed door canopy on the left; a two story, gable roofed house on the right has palladian windows in the end and side gables, and an arched canopy with lathe turned uprights over the entry. A...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1893?]
- During $500,000 fire
- Water floods the street after a fire in Brighton, Colorado, and firemen spray a firehose. A brick commercial building with broken plate glass windows and a metal framed entry has letters over it that read: "[Lad]ies Toggery." One of many signs...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.; Fires--Colorado--Brighton--1960-1970.
- Oct 23, 1966
- Arthur Hackwald's [sic] Struttin' Sam Company Broadway Theatre Denver Colo.
- Panoramic view of the cast of Arthur Hockwold's "Struttin' Sam from Alabam'" musical company, presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. African American men and women and one white man sit and stand in front of the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927, Feb. 9
- Nat Goldstein presents Victor Herbert's "Angel Face," Denver
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Angel Face," a musical presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. An African American woman and white men and women sit and stand at the theater front entrance. A poster next to a canopy at...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1922, Jan 21
- McIntyre & Heath in Hello Alexander
- Panoramic view of the cast of the minstrel show "Hello Alexander" with Thomas K. Heath & James McIntyre, presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose near the canopied front entrance to the theater in...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Performances & portrayals--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1926 and 1927?]
- Mcintyre & Heath in "Hello Alexander"
- Panoramic view of the cast of the minstrel show "Hello Alexander" with Thomas K. Heath & James McIntyre, presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose near the canopied front entrance to the theater in...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Performances & portrayals--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1926 and 1927?]
- "The Student Prince" Company Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast and crew of "The Student Prince," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in hats and coats pose in front of the theater entrance. A little girl stands at the center of the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, Oct. 31
- F. Ray Comstock Oh Boy Company
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Oh Boy," a musical comedy produced by F. Ray Comstock at the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose in hats and coats in front of the Metropole Restaurant next to the canopy at the...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1920, Jan 14
- Nat Goldstein presents the N.Y. Vanderbilt Theatre Success "Oh Look" Company Broadway Theatre, Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the cast of the musical comedy "Oh Look," presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women sit and stand at the theater entrance. Harry Fox sits in the center of the group. A man in a hat and a...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fox, Harry.
- 1923, Feb. 22
- Campers in the shade
- Women sit at a table covered with pots and pans under a canvas tent canopy in (probably) Colorado. Shows portable stove with a stovepipe, a log cabin is in the distance.
- Camping--Colorado--1900-1910.; Stoves--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Sarah Theater, Main Street, Canon City
- Brick and stone two-story commercial buildings, including the Bengley Building, Street in Canon City, Colorado. Signs read: "[L]owell OverlCo." "Esser Tire Service Co." "Service Station Goodyear Tires Tubes Accessories, Solid Truck Tires,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Casa Grande Apartments, Denver
- View of apartments at 1009 Grant Street , in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The four story brick building has a terra cotta roof, arched windows, an entrance canopy, and Spanish ornaments. The ceramic entry reads: "Casa Grande."...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1980 February
- 1344 High Street, Denver
- View of a metal and stone clad apartment building at 1344 High Street in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Features include modernist lines and an entrance canopy. The adjacent house has a covered porch / balcony and a gable with a...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Apartments--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1990 April