Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the 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.)
- 1942 December 10
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 F
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who sits in a chair and wears a frock suit, a shirt with a removable collar, striped pants, a watch chain and a tie. Shows an urn and flower arrangement in the painted backdrop.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of women and a man
- Studio portrait of women and a man. The man has a handlebar moustache and a double-breasted frock suit. The women, both with their hair pulled back in buns, stand and sit in corseted dresses with puffed sleeves and fitted forearms. The woman who...
- Men--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of women and a man
- Studio portrait of two women and a man. The man has a handlebar moustache and a frock suit, and sits on an upholstered chair. The women both have their hair pulled back in buns, they stand in corseted dresses with puffed sleeves and fitted...
- Men--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Denver and Rio Grande depot, Salida, Colorado
- Men and boys in frock coats, bowlers, and bib overalls pose by the Denver and Rio Grande Railway depot in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. The stone structure has a gable roof, dormer, and bracketed eaves. A short engine (No. 106) has a baffled...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Dr. M. Beshoar residence, 1880's
- This shingle roofed, cross gabled house in Trinidad, Colorado, has siding with grooves in a brick pattern. A man, three women, and three little girls pose in the patio of the house. The man wears a frock coat and bowler hat, and the ladies wear...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Bent, Fannie.; Beshoar, Annie E.; Beshoar, Burnie.; Maupin, John Harris.; Maupin, Rachel.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Cliff House in fog
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three story frame structure with hipped gable roof and wrap around porch and balcony was the premier hotel in the west, featuring 110 rooms, hot and cold...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- September 1887
- Manitou Bath House
- Exterior view of the Manitou Bath House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This three story frame structure, built in the Queen Anne style, has clipped gable roofs, ridge cresting, square corner towers that extend a floor above the main building, a...
- Manitou Bath House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Manitou Springs tour
- A tour party in Manitou Springs, Colorado, poses in front of the Cliff House Hotel. Sixteen bemused passengers sit in an open buckboard, while the driver holds the reins of the four horse team. The women are wearing puff shouldered blouses of...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- July 13, 1895
- Ute Iron Spring Spring
- Exterior view of the Ute Iron Spring Chateau, Manitou Springs (El PasoCounty), Colorado. In the foreground is the bridge across Ruxton Creek. The octagonal pavilion with its latticework and projecting bays has a horse and buggy to the right of it....
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887?]
- Harry's family house
- A woman in a puff sleeved blouse stands in the open screen door of this frame, clapboard sided dwelling in Breckenridge, Colorado. The yard in the foreground is enclosed by a chickenwire and 2 x 4 fence. A man in a sack suit and silk tie with a...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Breckenridge
- This view of a snow tunnel in Breckenridge, Colorado, is from the winter of 1898-1899, which brought record snow to Breckenridge. This was one of many tunnels that were dug on Main Street to allow passage for the townfolk. A smiling girl in high...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Snow removal--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Tunnels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1898 or 1899
- C.A. Finding residence, Breckenridge 1890
- The Finding family poses by the fence, near the open cutworked gate, at their home in Breckenridge, Colorado. A saddled horse and two dogs pose with them. Holding the horse's reins, Mrs. Finding is in a corseted black bodice with jockey points,...
- Finding, C. A.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Barre Hill as "Luiz"
- A Central City Play Festival actor poses in eighteenth century military costume, in Central City, Colorado. He wears breeches, a frock coat with a collar and cuffs, a three cornered hat, a ruffled shirt, a ring on his left ring finger, and long...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Lloyd Shaw
- An actor in the Central City Play Festival poses on a sidewalk outside a building in Central City, Colorado. He wears houndstooth trousers, a frock coat, a patterned vest, a white shirt with a pointed collar, a bow tie, a cowboy hat, and glasses. ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Paul Porter as "The Duke"
- A Central City Play Festival actor poses in Central City, Colorado, eighteenth century costume, including breeches, a frock coat, a vest, a scabbard and sword, boots with spurs, a long, curly wig, and a three- cornered hat.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Yank outstanding Gunnison character
- Full standing studio portrait of Laurent (Yank) Baxter, one of the first ranchers in the Crested Butte district, Gunnison County, Colorado; he wears leather boots, a frock coat, and hat; one leg is raised on a prop tree stump, he braces himself...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Baxter, Laurent.
- 1876
- S. D. Elliott harness and saddles
- This storefront in Canon City, Colorado, has a gabled cornice with a sign below reading: "S. D. Elliott. Harness & Saddles." Bearded, suited men stand in the entry; one has a gold chain looped in his vest. A girl and boy flank them; girl wears a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Saddlery--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Charles Stewart Stobie
- The painter and scout Charles Stewart Stobie poses in a suit, frock coat and cowboy hat.
- Artists--1870-1880.; Guides & scouts--1870-1880.; Men--1870-1880.; Stobie, Charles Stewart, 1845-1931.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- T.C. Durant, Esq. & heads of depts. U.P.R.R.
- Thomas C. Durant poses with some of the directors of Union Pacific Railroad departments; they stand beside railroad track and engine "14" in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. The men wear suits with frock coats, overcoats, ties, felt caps, derby...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--People--1860-1870.; Omaha (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Business people--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroad employees--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Railroads--Nebraska--Omaha--1860-1870.; Durant, Thomas C.
- 1866 October
- Breckenridge
- A girl in high button boots, a light-colored frock, and dark blouse with wide lace collar tips her wide brimmed hat and smiles as she looks through a snow tunnel in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. This was one of many tunnels that were dug...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Snow removal--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1898 and 1899]
- Warden Dueber of the penitentiary on his famous black horse, M. N. Megrue standing
- A. Dueber, lead guard at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is astride a black horse with one white hoof. A man in a frock coat suit holds the reins, another is atop a random ashlar stone wall in the background. All wear cowboy hats. A...
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Megrue, M. N.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pavilion at Ute Iron Springs
- Exterior view looking northeast of the original 'Summer House' at Ute Iron Springs in Manitou Springs, Colorado; a shingle roofed pavilion (1880) with latticed balustrade and wooden arched columns. A seated man wearing a cocked hat offers a...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [1880-1890?]
- Bell ringer Opera House Central City, Colorado
- Photograph of a Central City Opera House Bell Ringer. He is standing in the middle of unpaved Eureka Street with his back toward the Opera House. He is dressed completely in a black frock coat with satin lapels, black trousers, and black, leather...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bells--Colorado--Central City--1830-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Central City Opera House.
- 1933
- Central City Opera House Bell Ringer
- A man ringing a bell approaches on Eureka Street in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado; the Williams' Stables Buildings and City Hall are to the sides. Outfit includes a string tie, frock coat, and riding boots; poster reads: "Central City...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bells--Colorado--Central City--1830-1940.; Men--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1950 and 1959?]
- Unidentified man
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He stands in front of a painted backdrop and leans on a prop near a faux fence. He has a mustache and wears a suit with a long, sack style, frock coat, a vest...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Men.; Mustaches.
- Unidentified man
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He stands in front of a painted backdrop and leans on an overstuffed chair. He has a mustache and wears a suit with a double breasted frock coat, a vest and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Men.; Mustaches.
- Unidentified man
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He stands in front of a painted backdrop of trees, his hand rests on a fabric covered prop. He has a mustache and wears a suit with a sack style frock coat,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Men.; Mustaches.
- William S. Jackson, Jr. wedding
- Patricia McLaughlin Jackson, her groom, William S. Jackson, Jr. (1920- ), and members of the McLaughlin family pose for a wedding portrait in Lake Forest, Illinois. Members of the wedding party are identified from left to right as: George...
- Lake Forest (Ill.)--1940-1950.; Brides.; Families.; Grooms (Weddings); Wedding clothing & dress.; Weddings.; Jackson, Patricia McLaughlin--Family.; Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1920- --Family.; Jackson family.
- 1946 December 14
- William S. Jackson, Jr. wedding
- Patricia McLaughlin Jackson stands beside her groom, William S. Jackson, Jr. (1920- ), as he greets his Harvard roommate, Philip M. Neagle in the McLaughlin home in Lake Forest, Illinois. The bride wears a wedding dress and veil and holds a spray...
- Lake Forest (Ill.)--1940-1950.; Brides.; Families.; Grooms (Weddings); Wedding clothing & dress.; Weddings.; Jackson, Patricia McLaughlin.; Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1920-; Jackson, William S. (William Sharpless), 1920- --Family.;...
- 1946 December 14
- Ballad of Baby Doe
- Cast members perform the opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera House. The set is painted with mountains and mining equipment. The ensemble, which includes a vicar, gathers around a balding man in a tuxedo. Costumes include long...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Ballad of Baby Doe
- A man and a woman stand outside a brick building on the set of The Ballad of Baby Doe in Central City, Colorado. The woman wears a striped dress and hat and the man wears a frock coat and trousers. The set includes a door with large windows and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Costume Party at Central City
- Two men dressed in period costumes stand on the wood plank sidewalk in front of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The man on the right is dressed as a mountain man in a buckskin jacket with fringe, a leather belt with a holster, leather...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Theater audiences--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Man riding bicycle
- A man wearing striped trousers, a frock coat, a string tie, a white shirt and a top hat rides down Main Street in Central City, Colorado, on a high-wheel bicycle. Spectators sit and stand on the sidewalk to watch him. Signs read: "One Way," "Toll...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Trinity Methodist Pioneer Day
- Transcript of the proceedings for the Pioneer Day Celebration at Trinity Methodist Church in 1894.
- Pioneers--Colorado.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1894 January 7
- East High spotlight: vol 2 no 1
- 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.)
- 1925 April 15
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- 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.)
- 1942 March 26
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- 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.)
- 1943 September 30
- Colorado World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- The Colorado registration cards are on 40 rolls of microfilm (v.1 through v.40), Denver Public Library catalog number G973.91, W893co. The draft registration cards are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are...
- 2005
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-05083-011-00
- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-07091-012-00
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 11 and 12, 1926 November-December
- History of Denver
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- The Aeronaut of South Denver High School: 1920
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1920.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1920
- Chamberlin Observatory, University of Denver, pamphlet
- Pennsylvania Mining Accidents 1869 - 1916
- History of mines and mining in Pennsylvania, and an alphabetical index by miner’s name for fatal and non-fatal mine accidents in Pennsylvania for the years 1869, 1871, 1872, 1874 (partial), 1875, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1888,...
- Mine accidents--Pennsylvania--Indexes.
- 2007