Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Larimer St.
- View of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Fixtures," "Hotel Sussex," "Bank & Loan," "Bar," "Mueller," "Furniture," "J. S. Fishback Co. Inc.," "The Denver Leather Company," and "Crown Fixtures Inc. Grocery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- August 1960
- Fixtures in kitchen pantry [and] fixtures in butlers pantry, west elevation residence for Mr. C.F. Best.
- This item (1 of 179) is from the Gove and Walsh Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1542). This drawing shows the elevations and plan details for pantry fixtures and storage units at the residence at 725 Corona Street, Capitol Hill...
- Best, C.F.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.); Houses.; Pantry dressers.
- [19--?]
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 2, 1913 October 25
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 12, 1912 March 23
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 17, 1909 June 12
- Edison General Electric Co's office, Masonic Temple, Denver, Colo
- Interior view of the Edison General Electric Company office in the Masonic Building, Denver, Colorado; shows men at rolltop desks, hanging light fixtures, and lamp shades.
- Edison General Electric Company.--Facilities--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Public utility...
- 1890 or 1891
- Hedges-Atkins Supply Co 1720 Blake
- View of the Hedges-Atkins Supply Company at 1720 Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the four-story brick building. Signs read: "The Hedges-Atkins Supply Co. Plumbing Heating Water Works & Engineers Supplies,"...
- Hedges-Atkins Supply Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Plumbing fixtures industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1923 December 30
- Moffat Filter Plant, interior
- View of the operating gallery at Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Sunlight streams in through a row of high windows. Art Deco style light fixtures hang from the ceiling.
- Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Waterworks--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1940?]
- Moffat Filter Plant, operating gallery
- View of the operating gallery at Moffat Filter Plant in Lakewood (Jefferson County) Colorado. Shows Art Deco style tiles and light fixtures. Monitoring equipment is built into tables and hangs from the walls.
- Moffat Filter Plant (Lakewood, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Equipment--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1937 and 1940?]
- Residence for Mr. C.F. Best, 725 Corona St, Denver, Colo. [fixtures]
- This item is from the Gove and Walsh Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1542). This drawing (1 of 179) shows elevations and cross sections of fixtures, linen closet, library, bedroom and a billiard room mantel for the residence at...
- Best, C.F.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.); Chimneypieces.; Closets.; Houses.; Mantels.; Sideboards.
- [19--?]
- Details of pantry fixtures residence for Mrs. Mary Alkire, Denver, Colo
- This item (1 of 179) is from the Gove and Walsh Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1542). This drawing shows elevation details of fixtures in the kitchen and butler's pantries for a residence between 7th and 8th Avenues on Emerson...
- Alkire, Mary--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses.; Pantry dressers.; Storage furniture.
- [19--?]
- Exchange equipment, 1421 Champa, toll switchboard under construction
- View of the switchboard room at the Colorado Telephone Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The partially constructed switchboards are pulled out from the wall. Wires are draped on the switchboards and lie in clusters on the...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & supplies--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone...
- 1903, July 14
- Operating room
- Operators work at a bank of switchboards that line three walls in the Mountain State Telephone and Telegraph exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Wires and plugs crisscross the switchboard panels. A supervisor sits at a desk in...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Durango exchange, interior business office
- Interior view of the business office of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. A wooden partition divides the room into an office area, and a public area. A service counter...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Durango (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Durango--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Looking down Blake Street
- View down Blake Street toward 15th (Fifteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows brick commercial buildings, storefronts, the Studebaker Colorado Vehicle Corporation building, horse-drawn wagons, carriages, street railway car and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Interior of Pullman car
- Shows the interior of the Pullman car of the Colorado Midland Railway Company. The seat are upholstered double benches, the floor is covered with carpeting, the ceiling and side panels material is polished. Light fixtures hang from the ceiling and...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver South Park ticket office
- An interior view of the ticket office to the South Park Line of the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway Company. The office is located on 17th (seventeenth) and Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado. Two man stand behind a ticket counter, one man...
- Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Rocky Mtn. News men working on lead sheets
- Shows employees of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado, as they work on lead type sheets. The room is filled with printing equipment, light fixtures hang from the ceiling and a clock is on the wall.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Cascade Hotel dining room
- Interior view of the Cascade (or Ramona) Hotel, in Cascade (El Paso County) Colorado; shows a dining room with a buffet, hanging light fixtures, and tables set with dinnerware, napkins, flowers, and crystal.
- Ramona Hotel (Cascade, Colo.)--Facilities--1880-1920.; Cascade (El Paso, County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Cascade--1880-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Cascade--1880-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Cascade--1880-1920.
- [between 1889 and 1920?]
- Cascade Hotel dining room
- Interior view of the Cascade (or Ramona) Hotel, in Cascade (El Paso County) Colorado; shows a dining room with a buffet, hanging light fixtures, and tables set with dinnerware, napkins, flowers, and crystal.
- Cascade (El Paso, County, Colo.)--1880-1920.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Cascade--1880-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Cascade--1880-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Cascade--1880-1920.; Ramona Hotel (Cascade, Colo.)--Facilities--1880-1920.
- [between 1889 and 1920?]
- Rocky Mt. News
- Typesetters work at tables in the composing room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. A row of tables is in the center of the room and along one wall. Each table has numerous thin drawers. Light fixtures hang from the ceiling. Plates of...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Rocky Mt. News
- Typesetters work at tables and at roll carts in the composing room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. A row of carts and a long work table are in the center of the room and along one wall. Light fixtures hang from the ceiling.
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Richter's Bar
- Interior view of C. H. Richter's Mercantile and saloon in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A cash register and glasses are behind the bar. Light fixtures hang from the ceiling.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barrooms--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Bars--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Hardware store
- Interior view of possibly a hardware store in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Glass display cases, light fixtures, flashlights, and a fan are in the room. An electric sign reads: "Paul-Reed."
- Hardware stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Masonic Temple
- Rooftop view of the Masonic Temple at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The five-story rusticated stone building has arched windows, and decorative trim. Horse-drawn buggies and pedestrians are on the street. Signs...
- Freemasons--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Interior of Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah
- View of the interior of the Mormon (Latter-Day Saints) Tabernacle in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Shows seats in the balcony and on the main floor, the organ pipes and choir seats. Light fixtures hang from the concave ceiling.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--1880-1890.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Mormon tabernacles--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Interiors--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Denver, Brown Palace Hotel, interior
- Interior view of the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado Shows a spacious public room, wall to wall carpeting, area rugs, ionic style floor to ceiling columns, corniced window treatments, globe lighting fixtures, turned wood tables, chairs,...
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chairs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Lobbies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Masonic Building
- View of the Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5 at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapets, and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Mutual Benefit...
- Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- Denver-Masonic Building
- View of the Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5 at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapets, and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Mutual Benefit...
- Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- Council Bluffs, Chicago & North-Western Railway station, interior
- Interior view of what is identified as the Chicago & North Western Railway Company station in Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County), Iowa. Men wear suits and ties and are behind a wood and marble counter near a ticket case. A man wears a scarf or...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Council Bluffs (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Counters--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Court of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco
- View of the interior Grand Court of the Palace Hotel, a loggia with a glass skylight, San Francisco, California. Shows a horse-drawn carriages, light fixtures and plants in the courtyard.
- Palace Hotel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1880-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Courtyards--California--San Francisco--1880-1910.; Hotels--California--San Francisco--1880-1910.; Loggias--California--San Francisco--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1902]
- St. Vrain Room, The Fort
- People dine at The Fort restaurant near Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. Dinnerware and kerosene lamps are on the tables, and light fixtures are on the interior walls.
- Fort (Restaurant)--1970-1980.; Morrison (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Restaurants--Colorado--Morrison--1970-1980.
- 1972
- Longmont National Bank, interior
- View inside the Longmont National Bank, Colorado, shows the white marble bankers' cage with dark kick molding, brass bars, labeled: "Collections," and "Teller." A man's face shows behind the teller bars and a large taxidermied golden eagle [?]...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- 1926 November 23
- Interior view, St. James Episcopal Church, Meeker, Colorado
- Interior of St. James Episcopal Church, 368 Fourth (4th) Street, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, shows the sanctuary decorated with sheaths of wheat and grape vines wrapped on decorative brass framework in front of the pulpit. The wooden altar...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Meeker--1920-1940.; Interiors.; St. James Episcopal Church (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- City library - Ft. Collins
- Interior view of City Library in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. Wooden tables and chairs are in the room; potted plants top bookshelves under arched windows. Light fixtures hang from the ceilings.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Showing old time photo murals Palace Pharmacy, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Interior view of Palace Pharmacy, 200 Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes soda fountain with bar and barstools, glass-enclosed display cases with cigars, clocks, watches, gum, candy, perfumes, and Taffy Candy, Swift's Ice Cream...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Photo murals.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1960.; Interiors.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1960.; Palace Pharmacy (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Grand Opera House, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior view of Grand Opera House, 320-326 East Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the two-story building has a brick exterior with corbel below stone lugsill and series of three arches forming center doorway; "Grand Opera House" lettered in...
- Grand Opera House (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1906]
- Dining room & guests
- Guests sit around tables with white table cloths in the dining room of the mountain resort of Troutdale-in-the-Pines, Troutdale, Colorado in Jefferson County. Interior includes: iron light fixtures, stone walls and large windows.
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 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?]
- Entrance to U.S. Mint, Denver
- Close-up view of entrance to United States Mint, Cherokee & Colfax, Denver, Colorado; wrought iron bars over windows, ornate wrought iron light fixtures attached to building; friezes over arches of doorway and two windows.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Denver from the north side
- Bird's eye view east towards downtown Denver, Colorado from the north side; brick row houses and Denver Tramway Company Power House, foreground; Daniels & Fisher Tower under last stages of construction, opened November 1911, "Campanile" idea...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Tucker's Restaurant
- Interior view of Tucker's Restaurant, 110 East Pikes Pike Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the long rectangular space divided with a wood parition wall with heavy curtains to separate the dining tables from the service...
- Tucker's Restaurant (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cigars--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Showcases--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- View from the court, Cleveholm
- View of the courtyard at the Cleveholm estate of mine owner John Cleveland Osgood, located in Redstone, Colorado; yard has brick flooring; light fixtures and bell hang on walls.
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Cleveholm (Redstone, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Estates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Denver, Civic Center looking over seal pond to Greek Theater
- View across Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado; shows the seal fountain, fluted pillars with Ionic capitals, light fixtures with a finial on top, and lights along pathway to the Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors.
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Central City
- Bar patrons, holding beer and resting their feet on the barrail or nearby chairs, stand at a bar in Central City, Colorado. One patron smokes a cigar; another stands over a spittoon. The bartender stands behind the bar wearing a waistcoat and an...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Barrooms--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Interiors--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- House interior with a piano
- Interior view of a home in (possibly) Denver, Colorado. Includes a piano, upholstered chair, dining table, wall art, and light fixtures.
- Houses--Colorado--1900-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Denver Public Library Western History Dept. exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank in the Teller House
- An exhibit in Central City, Colorado, presented by the Denver Public Library Western History Department, is surrounded by a neoclassical facade with glass panes and large, globe-shaped light fixtures above the frames in the Teller House's Rocky Mt....
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- House - interior
- Interior view of a Denver, Colorado, residence; decor includes ornate furniture, upholstery, wallpaper, vases, rugs, and light fixtures.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- House - interior, possibly the Knapps
- Interior view of a Denver, Colorado, residence; decor includes ornate furniture, upholstery, a piano, potted palm, wallpaper, vases, rugs, and light fixtures.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Georgetown stores interior
- Interior view of men's clothing store in Georgetown, Colorado. A main aisle divides the store. On one side, hats and caps are on a table and glass showcases display ties and handkerchiefs. Shirts are stacked and displayed behind the glass counters...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 to 1910?]