Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1421 Champa, interior, offices, general plant, "engineering."
- Men work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Most of the desks are arranged in the center of the room. The men work on papers that are organized on the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916 February
- Man in Office at Mission Viejo
- Brunette man seated at desk in a room with a number of other desks. He has a mustache and is wearing a light blue t-shirt. Desks covered with papers, books, and envelopes. There are trash cans in front of two of the desks. Calendars, papers, and a...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Industrial Art Dept.
- Interior view of a classroom at the State Normal School of Colorado (later University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Students sit at wooden desks and hold pencils and paper. Ceramic pots, urns, vases or teapots are on...
- State Normal School of Colorado (Greeley, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Art education--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Teachers'...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Fort Lupton, Colorado
- Students occupy wooden desks as their teacher stands in the back of a room in the schoolhouse in Ft. Lupton, Colorado. The desks are near a large pot-bellied stove in the center of the room, and an electric light hangs from the ceiling.
- Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Desks--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1890-1910.; Students--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 1421 Champa, interior offices, general plant engineering
- A group of engineers work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Plans and and documents are stacked on the desks. One man leans over and confers with...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916
- 1421 Champa, interior offices, general plant, "engineering."
- Men and women sit at desks in a crowded office in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building in 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The women work on typewriters and adding machines at library tables in the center of the room....
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916 February
- Denver Public Library Civic Center cataloging department
- Women sit at desks and stand near a card cataloging in the catalog department of the Denver Public Library in Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. Typewriters and books are on the women's desks.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1930-1940.; Cataloging--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1937]
- Denver Public Library Civic Center cataloging department
- Women work at desks in the cataloging department of the Denver Public Library in Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. Books and typewriters are on the desks. Bookshelves and book trucks are nearby.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1930-1940.; Cataloging--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1937]
- Denver Public Library Civic Center order department
- Women work at desks in the order department of the Denver Public Library in Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado. Typewriters and books are on the women's desks. One woman talks on the telephone. Bookshelves are along the walls.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1930-1940.; Acquisitions (Libraries)--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1937]
- Denver Public Library catalog department
- Women work at desks in the catalog department of the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Desks, books, and shelves are in the room.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1930-1940.; Cataloging--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Librarians--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [1937?]
- Sewing class
- Teachers watch a class of girls and boys sew at Gilpin School at 29th (Twenty-ninth) and Stout Streets in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The girls sit at wooden desks; most wear cloth tape measures around their necks. Boys sit...
- Gilpin School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children sewing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Calisthenics
- One African-American (Black) girl and white girls and boys stand beside desks and touch their hands to their shoulders in a classroom in Gilpin School at 29th (Twenty-ninth) and Stout Streets in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado....
- Gilpin School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; African Americans--Education--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children exercising--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Colorado House of Representatives
- George B. Walker, Colorado State Representative from Ouray, reads at desk number 41 in the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado. An unidentified man sits beside Walker. Both men have moustaches and ties; Walker wears a striped...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Legislators--Colorado--1900-1910.
- between 1909 and 1910
- Lafayette, Colorado
- School children in a Lafayette, Colorado, in Boulder County pose for a class portrait. Several of the children sit in their desks. The other children, who wear overalls and dresses, stand behind the desks in the back of the room near the...
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Littleton school interior
- Interior view of a small one room schoolhouse in Littleton, Colorado, shows young students reading at their wooden desks; a few look out the sunlit windows. The blackboard on the back wall has illustrations of a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, a...
- Littleton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Schools--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Littleton--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Desks from St. Rose of Lima School
- View of South Platte River flood damage in the Athmar Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows desks and chairs from the Saint Rose of Lima school, mud, water, and a boy.
- St. Rose of Lima School (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Athmar Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Church schools--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [1965 June]
- Denver Public Schools Victorian school desks
- Photograph of several Victorian desks that were used in the Denver Public Schools prior to 1920.
- Desks.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1900
- Denver Public Schools flat top writing desks
- Photograph of four different styles of flat top writing desks used by various Denver Public Schools before 1920. The pedestal chair towards the back of the picture originally belonged to the Ashland School in Denver, Colorado.
- Desks.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- Grade School
- Students and teachers pose in a Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County, Colorado, classroom. Interior has wood desks and chalkboards with writing: "Mary has a pretty new doll."
- Wheat Ridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1900-1910.; Desks--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1900-1910.; Teachers--Colorado--Wheat Ridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1907]
- Jamestown - 1949
- View of rows of school desks in a field in Jamestown, Colorado; features ornate metal support structure and wooden tops and seats.
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Desks--Colorado--Jamestown--1940-1950.
- 1949
- Denver Public Library catalog department
- View of the catalog department in the Denver Public Library on Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Desks, books, a chair, typewriter, and shelves with bundles of papers are in the room.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1930-1940.; Cataloging--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Desks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1937?]
- Denver Orphans' Home
- Boys and girls sit at wooden desks in a classroom at the Denver Orphans' Home (later the Denver Children's Home) at 1501 Albion Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a large classroom with tall windows. Paper chains...
- Denver Orphans' Home (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Desks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Denver Capitol building interior
- Interior view of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado; decor includes desks, leather chairs, floral carpet, oil paintings adorned with United States flags, a potted palm, a chandelier, waste baskets, and a spittoon.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Chandeliers--1890-1910.; Desks--1890-1910.; Floor coverings--1890-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Albany Hotel, sitting area
- Interior view of a sitting area at the Albany Hotel, after remodeling designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The modern style decor includes a glass brick wall, desks with angular reading...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Desks--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Lobbies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Seating...
- [1936]
- Miscellaneous details the Colorado B'ld'g. & Inv. Co
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows sections of entrance areas, and plans for desks and lanterns for the Colorado Building and Investment...
- Banks.; Desks.; Entrance halls.; Lanterns.; Loggias.; Toilets.; Colorado Building and Investment Company (Denver, Colo.); Colorado National Bank Building (Denver, Colo.); Central business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914 January 15
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- Sacred Heart School, view of classroom
- Colorado State Assembly, Senate chambers
- Senators, who include Senator Casimiro Barela (right rear), pose in the Colorado State Assembly Senate Chamber in Denver, Colorado. Show men at their desks, boy pages and probably the President of the Senate who sits at an elevated desk.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Legislators.; Interiors.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1890 and 1894?]
- Denver, Colorado, buildings, 1421 Champa St., interior, traffic & employment office, 1st floor
- View of the traffic and employment office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building located at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows desks, chairs, tables, a couch, and mirror. Drapes cover the windows and transom...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942 August 25
- 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?]
- Gladstone [?]
- Interior view of an office, possibly in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows women in front of desks, calendars, a wood stove, a bench, a typewriter, framed pictures and Victorian wallpaper. The furnace reads: "The Wilson, No. 118."
- Interiors--Colorado--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Lakewood Elementary School
- Interior view of a classroom at Lakewood Elementary School in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A woman, probably a teacher, wears a one piece button-down dress and sits beside a table piled with stacks of books. Boys and a woman with a head...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Classrooms--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Teachers--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.
- 1957 May 15
- Treasury Tunnel, office force
- View of an interior office of the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. Men and a woman stand or sit at desks in the office. Shows a typewriter on a desk, calendars and a telephone on the wall, and a man at a counter near a sign that...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.;...
- [1943 July 24]
- Denver exchange equipment, 1421 Champa St., operators school switchboard
- Women training to be operators work at a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. The women wear headsets and sit in tall chairs that face the switchboard. Supervisors or...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1915
- Wight Building, eastern division, accounting department
- Men and women work at desks in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company accounting office in the Wight Building, 1430 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows office supplies, adding machines, telephones, and file cabinets. Coats and hats...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1916
- 1421 Champa, interior, offices, general plant, "engineering"
- Four men work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The men wear suits and work on papers that are scattered across the desk top. Books and papers are...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916
- 1421 Champa, operator's school
- A teacher demonstrates the operation of a switchboard at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building in Denver, Colorado. Women, students in the operator's training program, sit at desks.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Vocational...
- 1921 June 9
- Cripple Creek school board
- Interior view of an office with men and women, identified as members of the Cripple Creek school board in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows desks, rotating chairs, typewriter, cabinets, a safe, clock, hung portraits, a wall calendar,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; School board members--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Dispatch room (?)
- Interior view of (probably) a telegraph office in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women at desks with a telephone and telegraph equipment; men in uniform sit against the wall.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Messenger service
- Interior view of a telegraph office in Denver, Colorado; shows men at desks with typewriters, telegraphic equipment, and telephones. Switches are on the wall by a sign: "Postal Telegraph Messengers Furnished."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Men and women near building
- Women feed chickens while men look on by a two-story brick building, probably a school, in Parker (Parkers) (Douglas County), Colorado. Rows of desks and dressers are near the building. A horse-drawn delivery wagon that reads: "University [?]" is...
- Parker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal feeding--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Chickens--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Couples--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Railroad ticket office
- Interior view of a railroad ticket office probably in Denver, Colorado. Roll-top desks, a telephone, telegraph machine, and images that depict railroad scenes are in the room.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Banks interior
- Interior view of a bank in Denver, Colorado. Desks are behind a marble counter and a painting hangs on a nearby wall.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Rocky Mt. News interior
- Interior view of the Rocky Mountain News office in Denver, Colorado. Men stand on both sides of a marble counter. Desks, lamps, and ceiling lights are in the room. Portraits hang on the wall.
- Rocky Mountain News--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newsrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902, January 31]
- View inside the Longmont Ledger office on Main Street, 400 block, west side.
- Charles Boynton, owner and editor, poses with two other men behind the counter of the Longmont Ledger office, Longmont, Colorado. The printing press of the weekly paper, drying racks, desks and type drawers show in the office.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspapers--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Boynton, Charles W.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- School interior
- Interior view of log school house in Colorado. A teacher stands over her students who are seated at their desks reading books. Paper weavings and pictures of women dressed in high fashion are tacked to the wall.
- Interiors.; Log buildings--Colorado--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--1890-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 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]
- Wetmore, Colorado Wetmore school - teacher Wm. Brock; home at Shell Knob, Mo.
- Interior view of a schoolroom in Wetmore, Custer County, Colorado, shows children sitting at their desks, their teacher, William Brock, in the back of the room next to the iron stove, an iron light fixture hanging from the ceiling, and the words:...
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rural schools--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Teachers--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Cutler, Wm. F. Strieby, Chimsty [sic]
- Interior view of a Cutler Hall chemistry classroom, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows wooden desks, scientific glassware, a chalkboard, parlor stove, and oil chandeliers. Professor William Strieby poses with...
- Colorado College--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Classrooms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1900.; Strieby,...
- 1890
- Pine Log Inn, Eldora Lake
- Exterior view of Pine Log Inn, Lake Eldora, Colorado; constructed by 1912; two-story hotel, wooden frame building, bottom half exterior constructed of log siding & top half with painted boards or siding, deck or porch, split railing for handrails,...
- Pine Log Inn (Eldora, Colo.); Eldora (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Eldora--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1917]