Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- 1911 Corbett & Ballenger's 39th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 2009 Market Street, Denver
- View of a storefront at 2009 Market Street in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A bracketed cornice and cutwork railing tops the roof; wide molding tops the windows. A dock fronts the entry and windows; an adjacent building has a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Storefronts--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1981 March
- 6565 Odell Place, Boulder
- View of 6565 Odell Place in Boulder, Colorado; the post-modern office building features a flat roof, window courses, chamfer or bevel molding, cast concrete, and an entry with a square arch.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982 August
- A Walking Tour of the Ninth Street Historic Park
- Albany Hotel dining room
- Men and women in evening dress sit at long banquet tables in the dining room of the Albany Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a carpeted room with large windows with lambrequins and sheer draperies, a...
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Banquet halls--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Banquets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Alfred Butters House, Tax Act, window molding
- Annual History Book University Park P.T.A. 1961-1962
- Architectural molding on the Robert Browning Building
- 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]
- Back lobby or card room, Hotel Jerome, Aspen, Colorado
- View of an interior room supported by two columns in Hotel Jerome, Aspen, Colorado; features modern and antique furniture, coffee table with antique lamp, small shaded lamps, chests with brass handles, and ceramic pitchers; upholstered parlor...
- Hotel Jerome (Aspen, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.
- 1946
- Bailey House
- Close up of the exterior molding and brick work around the patio of the George Bailey House located in Denver, Colorado. The 1889 three story residence was designed by William Lang, a prominent Denver architect during the late 19th century. An...
- Bailey, George W.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Billboard for Boggio's Rotisserie
- View of a billboard located in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame is in an Art-Deco style. A plaque on the molding at the bottom of the sign reads: "General Outdoor Adv. Co." The sign shows a portrait of a man, he has his hair combed back...
- Boggio's Mount Crest Motel (Lakewood, Colo.)--Public relations--1940-1950.; Boggio's Rotisserie (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1940-1950.; General Outdoor Advertising Co.--Products--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Billboards.; Motels.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Billboard for General Electric refrigerators and Public Service Company of Colorado
- View of a billboard located in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame is in an Art-Deco style with stylized newel posts on either side, molding and a cornice mounted on the top that reads: "Public Service Company of Colorado." A small plaque...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; General Electric Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Public Service Company of Colorado--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards.; Public utility companies.; Refrigerator...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Black walnut sideboard, Healy House
- A black walnut sideboard with mirror, an ornately carved top and handles and decorative wooden fish on the doors stands in the dining room of the Healy House State Museum on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buffets (Furniture); Dining rooms--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1940 and 1941]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels
- In this exterior view of roof brackets in Breckenridge, Colorado, a set of four jigsaw cut ornaments is in two pairs; each pair extends from the outside face of a corner, under wide eaves. The upper parts of the cut flourishes have lathe turned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels
- Exterior view of roof brackets in Breckenridge, Colorado. This set of four jigsaw cut ornaments is in two pairs; each pair extends from the outside face of a corner, under wide eaves. The upper parts of the cut flourishes have lathe turned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, William Forman residence
- Exterior view of a two-story frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado. Originally the home of William Forman, county clerk and town mayor in the 1890's, this cross gabled, clapboard sided house has a square bay window with embossed molding and a...
- Forman, W. (William)--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Bryant-Webster School library
- Photograph of the decorative molding along the walls and ceiling in the library of Bryant-Webster Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
- Libraries.; Bryant-Webster Elementary School (Denver, Colo.); Highlands (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Bryant-Webster School library
- Photograph of the library in the Bryant-Webster Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Seen in the picture are the decorative molding on the ceiling, the art deco doors and windows leading into the library, book displays, tables, librarian desk...
- Libraries.; Bryant-Webster Elementary School (Denver, Colo.); Highlands (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Buena Vista, Colorado, residences
- Details of this frame house in Buena Vista, Colorado, include openworked bargeboard, ridgecresting and finials on the dormers, fretted brackets under the eaves, and lathe turned balustrades; elaborate molding tops the window heads.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Buena Vista--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Campion mansion detail
- Interior view of the Campion home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows carved wood window frames, molding, and leaded glass windows.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Moldings--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Canon City execution room
- Levers, switches, and a pulley with a weight and a square can hang outside the gas chamber at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Wood molding frames a slotted window in the wall, and doors flank the apparatus.
- Gas chambers--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Carbone's House of Pizza
- View of facade of R. Carbone's House of Pizza, 3232 Quivas Street in the Highland neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This modified commercial style yellow brick building features three round arched windows, a red brick cornice molding and a red and...
- R. Carbone's House of Pizza (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Signs (Notices); R. Carbone's House of Pizza (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- 1893 Corbett & Ballenger's 21st Annual Denver City Directory
- Ceiling detail at Campion residence
- Interior view at the Campion home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows a ceiling with plaster molding.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ceilings--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1963 December 11
- Ceilings decorations and sunbursts
- Interior view at the Denver Municipal Auditorium in Denver, Colorado; shows a ceiling light fixture, faux ornaments, and molding.
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1939?]
- Central City
- View of a Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado storefront; framed art is in the window, and a man is by ornate molding.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1960.; Storefronts--Colorado--Central City--1930-1960.
- [between 1933 and 1955]
- Chapel of Colo. University
- Potted plants on the dais of the Chapel at the University of Colorado at Boulder, include asiatic lilies, orchids, and ferns. Wooden molding finishes the interior walls; a banner in the pointed arch behind the altar reads: "University of Colorado."...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Chapels--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Charles A. Finding building
- Built in 1885, the Charles A. Finding building in Breckenridge, Colorado, was once the town's most substantial building, and housed the Finding Hardware Store. Built of local rusticated stone, the storefront has molding in the kickplates and an...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- 1970
- Chemistry supply room
- Shelves line interior walls of this supply room at the University of Colorado at Boulder. They are filled with mortars and pestles, chemical glassware, bottles, and funnels. A young man sits in a spindle chair by a door with angled, arched molding.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Classrooms--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1889
- Circustown
- Door detail in the Norman F. Meyer's residence Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado; features upper two panels, white door knob, wide frame molding with corner block patera and deteriorating varnish. house built for Louis Ramboz in 1889, on the same...
- Ramboz, Louis--Homes & haunts.; Conifer (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Conifer--1960-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Colorado Governor's Mansion, intersections of molding and coffering
- Colorado Springs railroad station
- Passengers wait under bracketed eaves at the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and Colorado Midland Railway depot at Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a rusticated sandstone structure with clerestory windows, balustrade, and...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a leaded glass window in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This window is inset in a swinging door, and has two brass rails crossing the lower part. A clear rectangular inset with the word "Buffet" frosted into it is in...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Leaded glass windows--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of woodwork in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This is a corner detail of either a mantle or a barback, consisting of a column with a composite capital topped by projecting entablature. A beaded border finishes the smooth...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Woodwork--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)
- [between 1965 and 1980?]
- Cornet Creek flood
- Interior of Sheridan Hotel Bar with mud and high-water marks from the disastrous Cornet Creek flood on July 27, 1914, Telluride, Colorado. Calendar on back wall marks date; room includes a clock high on left wall, stuffed bird with outstretched...
- Cornet Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bars--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Sheridan Hotel (Telluride, Colo.)
- July 1914
- Cripple Creek, Pullin Block, Bennett Ave.
- Partial view of N. E. Pullin building, northeast corner of Bennett and Second Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this rectangular two- story commercial building has double-entry recessed windows, corbel above flat windows, and decorated molding on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Law offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900 or 1901
- Daniels & Fisher
- View of the corner, four-story Daniels & Fisher building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in the Central Business District in Denver, Colorado. Windows have hood molding and awnings and the flat roof line has decorative brackets and...
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Buildings--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Debris at 2nd and Grand Ave. - showing high water line
- Flood debris in Pueblo, Colorado, includes carved wood molding, stamped ceiling metal, door, crates, wheels, lumber, and mud. A frame building has roof damage and a sign: "Mammoth Corral." A shed lays sideways in front of a four-story brick...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Debris at 2nd and Grand Ave., showing high water line
- Debris from the Arkansas River flood at 2nd (Second) Street and Grand Avenue in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows mud, timber, portions of ceiling molding, and a door near the wrecked, frame "Mammoth Corral" building. The three story brick...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Colorado Bedding Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial...
- 1921 June
- Delos Allen Chappell house
- Interior photograph of the coffered ceiling, light fixtures, decorative molding and mirrored mantel in the Delos Allen Chappell house located in Denver, Colorado. Delos Allen Chappell was closely associated with the early development of the coal...
- Chappell, Delos Allen--Homes & haunts.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Denver Homeopathic College and Hospital
- A horse and carriage are on the street near Denver Homeopathic Hospital and Medical College on Park Avenue and Humboldt Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This two and one-half story brick structure has arched windows...
- Denver Homeopathic Hospital and Medical College--Buildings--1890-1900.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899 February 12
- Denver Mint
- Photograph of the decorative molding along the eaves of the United States Mint located in Denver, Colorado. The Denver Mint was officially established in 1895, and the original two-story Second Renaissance Revival style granite building was...
- United States Mint (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Mint of the United States--Buildings--1980-1990.; Historic Buildings.; Historic...
- 1980 October
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 29, 1909 September 4
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- Denver Public Library, main building, Civic Center
- Interior view of the Denver Public Library (Carnegie) building in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a large art gallery with paintings on the walls and chairs in the center of the room. Features a geometric pattern tile...
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Paintings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]