Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Public Library 1937 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1937. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1995
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 1, 1913 October 11
- Original power station at Ames, Colorado
- Exterior view of the L.L. Nunn power station, Ames, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a side gable structure with lean-to additions, board and batten construction and uneven board roofline. A large stack of lumber is piled in front of the power...
- Ames (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1906]
- Five Points Neighborhood Plan
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- 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.)
- 1931 January 14
- Denver Public Schools Senior High School Guidance Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all High Schools within Denver.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1960
- First Baptist Church Worship Program 1937
- Worship program for First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado for Sunday February 28, 1915.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1937 March 28
- Denver Fire Clay Company
- Coal Creek School
- View of the Coal Creek School House at 800 Telluride Street, Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The one room school has white wood-siding building with a gray slate roof. The entrance is protected by a portico. A post-and-rail wood fence surrounds...
- Coal Creek School (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; One-room schools.; Windmills.; Coal Creek School (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Rural schools--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Windmills--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial...
- 1994
- Sacred Heart of Mary Church
- View of The Sacred Heart of Mary Church and cemetery at 6739 South Boulder Road in Boulder, Colorado. Shows a headstone with a carved angel that points upward towards clouds and buildings. The church, in the distance, has a gabled roof, an arched...
- Sacred Heart of Mary Church (Boulder, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Boulder (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches.; Cemeteries.; Sacred Heart of Mary Church (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.;...
- 1969
- St. Anne's Catholic Church, Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of St. Anne's Catholic Church located at 219 Hancock Street, Grand Lake, Colo. The parish was founded on June 28, 1944 by Father Thomas Patrick Barry of County Clare, Ireland. The current Church was once the private chapel of Martin J....
- St. Anne's Catholic Church (Grand Lake, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Catholic church buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--2000-2010.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--2000-2010.; St. Anne's Catholic Church (Grand Lake, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic church...
- 2005
- Humphrey Museum, Evergreen, Colo.
- View of the Humphrey Museum located at 620 South Soda Creek Road, Evergreen, Colo. The original cabin was built by J.J. Clarke in the 1870s. Expanded a number of times over the years, the current one-and-one-half-story, rough hewn log structure...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--2000-2010.; Evergreen (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--Pictorial works.; Evergreen (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- South Platte Hotel, Colo.
- View of the South Platte Hotel, a.k.a. the Wallbrecht Hotel, located at the junction of the North Fork and South Platte Rivers in the town site of South Platte, Jefferson County, Colo. The simple, two-story, wood-frame, clapboard building has a...
- Hotels--Colorado--South Platte--2000-2010.; South Platte (Colo.)--2000-2010.; South Platte Hotel (South Platte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; South Platte Hotel (South Platte, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hotels--Colorado--South Platte--Pictorial works.; South...
- 2005
- Dexter Cabin, Leadville, Colo.
- View of the Dexter Cabin located next to the Healy House Museum at 912 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colo. Built in 1879 built by wealthy miner, James V. Dexter, the single-story, two-room, hewn log cabin was moved to its current location from 110...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Leadville--2000-2010.; Leadville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic house museums--Colorado--Leadville--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Leadville--Pictorial works.; Leadville (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2006
- Loveland Feed & Grain, Loveland, Colo.
- View of the Loveland Feed & Grain mill located between 2nd & 3rd Street in Loveland, Colo. Originally called Centennial Mills, the first building was built in 1880, but later destroyed by a fire in 1882. The current structure was rebuilt that...
- Feed mills--Colorado--Loveland--2000-2010.; Loveland (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Loveland Feed & Grain (Loveland, Colo.).--Pictorial works.; Feed mills--Colorado--Loveland--Pictorial works.; Loveland (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Robinson Cabin, Red Feather Lake, Colo.
- View of the 1889 Robinson Homestead Cabin located at 711 Prairie Divide Road, Red Feather Lake, Colo. The single story, rough hewn, log cabin was originally located on Elkhorn Creek, but was later purchased by the Shambhala Mountain Center and...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Red Feather Lake--2000-2010.; Red Feather Lake (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Red Feather Lake--Pictorial works.; Red Feather Lake (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Justina Ford House 3099 California St.
- View of the Justina Ford House (1890) located at 3091 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. The two-story red brick structure served as Dr. Justina Ford's home and office from 1912 until her death in...
- Ford, Justina, 1871-1952--Homes & haunts.; Black American West Museum and Heritage Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; African Americans--Structures.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Five Points (Denver,...
- 2006
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 4, 1911 January 21
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 3, 1921 March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 5 and 6, 1925 May-June
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 7 and 8, 1928 July-August
- Brokerage Company, Incorporated
- Interior view of mining stock exchange company, Broyles- Ensminger Brokerage Company, 211 Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; man with headphones holding chord stands on step-ladder next to board noting current stock rates; men and women sit...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Stock exchanges--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Board of Exchange, Mining Stock Midland Block, Colorado Springs
- A crowd of men fills the interior of the Board of Trade and Mining Exchange, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Chalkboards on the interior wall have names of mines and current prices.
- Board of Trade and Mining Exchange (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a rattlesnake derby in Trinidad, Colorado. Shot at night, this blurred image shows part of a round enclosure with spectators outside of it. Several 30's sedans are parked in the background, and a sign on a fence reads: Coca Cola.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Racing--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Snakes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A young boy in cowboy costume with a faux leopard skin pouch is encircled by men, women and boys watching a man hold a snake.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Snakes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Bennett, Harlo, Jr.; Smythe, Douglas, fl. 1939.; White, Anne, fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Alfalfa and wheat
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows field of cut alfalfa, ranch with frame gable house, wagons, sheds, planted tree windbreaks, haystacks, and cut and shieved wheat piles in background.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows large hay stacks in field of cut alfalfa in piles and frame gable house with tree windbreak.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows two men standing in alfalfa and large hay stacks.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, in the South Platte Valley; shows man in derby hat next to a waist high pile and haystacks in distance.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Cane
- Colorado Front Range cane (sorghum) field, possibly in the South Platte Valley.
- Sorghum--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Colorado corn
- Colorado Front Range corn field, possibly in the South Platte River Valley; man (in chest high tasseled rows of corn) wears suit jacket, tie and hat, smokes a pipe.
- Corn--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Millet
- Colorado Front Range millet field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows two-story house with windmill, farm equipment, barns, and sheds across fenced road.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Millet--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Feeding the chipmonk [sic]
- A woman, her hair in a bun, and child, both in long dresses, sit on the steps of a mining cabin feeding a waffle to a chipmunk, in (possibly) Shaeffer, Silverton district, Colorado; shows liquor bottle and coffee pot on table, a barrel, a bucket,...
- Animal feeding--Colorado--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Western States Oil Exchange, interior
- Interior view of Western States Oil Exchange stock exchange room in Denver, Colorado; shows a long room with chairs, spittoons, a vault, and a chalk board with stock exchange rules, times, costs and columns for tracking current rates or price...
- Western States Oil Exchange (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Petroleum...
- [between 1917 and 1920]
- The Stars Came Out
- People crowd the entrance of the Denver Theater at 1545 Glenarm Place in Denver, Colorado; band members wear helmets, and the neon marquee reads: "Kit Carson," and "Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum."
- Denver Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Motion picture premieres--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940 August 27
- Electric power plant
- Interior view of an electric power plant in Aspen, Colorado; features two large generators with belts resting on wood bases, and electrical boxes and other circuitry on the back wall; man in a suit and a bowler hat sits on a chair in the back of...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Power plants--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1890.
- [about 1885]
- Wrecked D. & R.G. bridge, Santa Fe standing, Pueblo
- View of an intact Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad bridge, and a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad bridge collapsed in the current of the flooded Arkansas River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows piles of rubble and lumber near the...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 6
- Indians, Pueblo, Laguna
- A horseback rider leads a group of horses near a wagon in front of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico. A second man walks down a dirt road that leads up the slight hill to the pueblo village. The buildings are flat-roofed and made of stone and adobe...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Laguna (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Churches--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Indians, Pueblo, Laguna
- The flat-roofed buildings of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico sit on top of a gently sloping hill in the distance. A small body of water, possibly the "lagoon" after which the pueblo was named, lies in the foreground. Small ripples are formed by the...
- Lakes & ponds--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Water supply, dams and reservoirs, Eagle Nest (New Mexico)
- A channel of the Eagle Nest Lake in New Mexico winds through an area between two steep, rocky hills. A slight current creates small ripples in the water. The channel continues to an open body of water. A ridge of mountains lines the horizon.
- Eagle Nest Lake (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Moreno Valley (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--New Mexico--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1931?]
- Grand Lake from Craig's Point
- A slight current ripples across Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. A ridge of mountains, including Mount Craig and Mount Adams, stands in the distance. Large rocks, grass and trees line the shore in the foreground near Craig's Point.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Waterfronts--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Lake and white caps
- A small boat is tied on the shore of a small lake in Colorado, possibly Grand Lake in Grand County. The current in the water forms small waves. A ridge of mountains stands in the distance.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1920.; Waterfronts--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Evanston, Illinois
- A tree stands in the left foreground of a view of Lake Michigan looking toward the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The current in the lake forms small waves at the shore.
- Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)--1910-1930.; Michigan, Lake--1910-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Illinois--Evanston--1910-1930.; Trees--Illinois--Evanston--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Railroads, Colo & Southern. Trains (prints)
- A Colorado & Southern Railroad train puffs a large cloud of black smoke from its engine as it travels through Clear Creek Canyon, probably en route to Blackhawk in Gilpin County, Colorado. The narrow gauge tracks run parallel to Clear Creek where...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1890-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1890- 1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Around-the-clock work is going on at the Pueblo Plant of C. F. & I. Steel
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; four male employees repair Basic Oxygen Precipitator, moving a plate into place by ropes; all men wear hardhats.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- 1966
- East side of Main St., south from Tomichi Ave.
- A group of men pose on the boardwalk on west side of Main Street from Tomichi South, Gunnison, Colorado. Businesses signs include: "Sharwen A. Sahlein & Co. Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hat, Boot And Shoes," "Great Western Clothing," "Wholesale &...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1882]
- Central City from German Hill Gilpin Tram narrow gauge (2 feet) train in distance.
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Puff of black smoke from Gilpin County Tramway on hillside in background. Gregory Street in foreground. Landmarks: St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Teller House, the Central City Opera...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Postcard of North High School
- Color postcard of the current North Denver High School building.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- circa 1915
- Cheltenham School exterior
- Exterior photograph of the current Cheltenham Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
- Cheltelham School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1975