Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bouvier-Lothrop House
- View of the Bouvier-Lothrop House (1890; Robert G. Balcomb and Eugene Rice, architects) at 1600 Emerson Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two-and-one-half-story residence with a mixture of Queen Anne,...
- Bouvier, Michel Charles--Homes & haunts.; Bouvier Lothrop House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Bouvier, Michel Charles--Homes and haunts.;...
- 1991
- José Ramón Aguilar
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American José Ramón Aguilar, he served in the Colorado General Assembly House of Representatives and later as Las Animas County Commissioner and Mayor of Aguilar which was named in his honor. He wears a jacket, has a...
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; Beards.; Legislators--Colorado.; Aguilar, José Ramón--Pictorial works.; Beards--Colorado--Walsenburg--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1881 and 1882?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 24, 1911 June 10
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 3 and 4, 1922 March-April
- My horses and my hired men
- Two firemen, stand inside firehouse door of Central Fire Station, 340 block Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; each man places a yoke over a horse hitched to fire apparatus; men wear uniform and hat; horse on left is named Mandy and horse on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1905]
- The birth of "Sven", 1942
- A 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) soldier wearing snowshoes attempts to climb a steep snowbank behind another soldier who offers his hand to help. Two men walking on snowshoes are partially visible in the background. The soldier in...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Snowshoeing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- 1942
- Fokker Tri-Motor after Landing in Denver
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Fokker Tri-Motor airplane named "Josephine Ford" is surrounded by well wishers on his arrival in Denver, Colorado. Admiral Byrd used this plane in his polar expeditions.
- Fokker airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957--Journeys.
- January 6, 1931
- The mineral resources of Summit County
- View of a 156 ounce specimen of crystallized gold, known as "Tom's Baby," taken from the Gold Flake Mine on Farncomb Hill, near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. The specimen was named after Tom Groves, one of the miners who discovered it.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Edwin Natural Bridge
- View of Owachomo Bridge (formerly named Edwin, Congressman & Little Bridge), Natural Bridges National Monument, San Juan County, Utah; near Blanding, Utah; natural rock bridge located in Armstrong Canyon, originally named Edwin by Salt Lake City...
- Natural bridges--Utah--1900-1910.; Natural Bridges National Monument (Utah)--1900-1910.; Owachomo Bridge (Utah)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Utah)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Utah--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1909]
- Gray's and Torrey's Peaks
- View of Grays Peak, Colorado (elevation 14,270 feet), and Torreys Peak (elevation 14,267 feet) from above timberline; Grays Peak named after Asa Gray of Harvard and Torreys Peak named after John Torrey of Princeton, botanists who climbed together....
- Grays Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Torreys Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Statue of William F. Cody
- A statue of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody on horseback and holding his rifle in the air with his right hand stands on a stone wall in Cody, Wyoming, named for the famous scout and wild west show performer. The statue, named "The Scout," was...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Sculpture--Wyoming--Cody--1880-1920.; Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1880-1920]
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19
- "Thy will be done" : the Prayer Band Ministry of Zion Baptist Church : 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Booklet created for the 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast at Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. This breakfast was to recognize the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastors for all the work they do for the church. Included are photographs of each...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.
- 2004
- Manual Annual: 1911
- Yearbook for Denver Manual Training High School 1911.
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1911
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1911 March 4
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 6, 1918 August
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 11, 1913 March 8
- Richard Irwin for whom Camp Irwin was named.
- Richard Irwin, for whom Irwin, Colorado, was named, poses in a bust-length portrait wearing a polka-dotted tie; he has a moustache and small beard.
- Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Irwin, Richard.
- [1881.]
- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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.)
- 1930 November 26
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 5
- 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 December 9
- 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
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado. Junior chamber of commerce
- Western History Subject Index
- Hart, N Berne
- Western History Subject Index
- ORR, NEWELL H
- Western History Subject Index
- Teacher of the year. Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Borgmann, (Dr.) Carl W
- Cano's Castle, Antonito
- View of Cano's Castle at the corner of 10th Avenue and State Street, in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The eclectic building was built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam War Veteran. The building is built mainly out of scrap...
- Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Buildings.; Espinoza, Donald--Homes and haunts.; Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Buildings--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Outsider...
- 2004
- Eben G. Fine Park
- View of Eben G. Fine Park, named after a prominent Boulder businessman, conservationist and mountaineer, located at 101 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder Colorado. Shows children in a playground. A woman pushes a little boy in a blue jacket on a metal...
- Eben G. Fine Park (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Parks.; Shelters.; Playgrounds.; Urban parks--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Boulder--Pictorial works.;...
- 1999
- Sign near Henderson Molybdenum Mine
- View of a sign on the property of the Henderson Molybdenum Mine (a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.) near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The sign reads: " WARNING Explosives are used for avalanche control in this area....
- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.--Facilities--2010-2020.; Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Signs (Notices).; Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.--Pictorial works.; Signs and...
- 2010
- Dwight Nicholson House
- View of the Boulder Victoria Historic Inn situated in the Dwight Nicholson House at 1305 Pine Street in Boulder, Colorado. The two-story Colonial Revival influenced eclectic style house has a hipped roof, a cornice with dentils and swags, a...
- Dwight Nicholson House (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Historic buildings.; Dwight Nicholson House (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Boulder Victoria Historic Inn (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Boulder...
- 1994
- Eldorado Springs Resort bathhouse
- View of the Eldorado Springs Bath House at the Eldorado Springs Resort, Eldorado Springs (Boulder County), Colorado. The Art deco bath house has a false front with a shaped parapet with a central staircase that descends to a large swimming pool. A...
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Swimming pools; Bathhouses.; Water slides.; Eldorado Springs Resort (Eldorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Eldorado Springs Resort (Eldorado Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Eldorado...
- 1998
- Eldorado Springs
- View of the pool at Eldorado Springs Resort in Eldorado Springs (Boulder County), Colorado. A child goes down a tall water slide. Children are lined up to use the slide. The pool has a sun deck over a shade area. The resort was originally named...
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Swimming pools; Water slides.; Eldorado Springs Resort (Eldorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Eldorado Springs Resort (Eldorado Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Eldorado...
- 1998
- Pagosah Healing Waters
- View of a wagon with a sign that reads: "Pagosah Healing Waters," in Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. The tall, enclosed wagon has a barrel shaped roof and is light colored with dark trim and advertises hot spring baths. A building in...
- Pagosah Healing Waters (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Carts & wagons.; Signs (Notices).; Springs.; Pagosah Healing Waters (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Wagons--Colorado--Pagosa...
- 1993
- Town of Ward
- View of Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows one- and two-story houses and an abandoned church on a steep hillside. The houses are in various states of repair. Automobiles are parked on a dirt road near stone retaining walls. The town, founded in...
- Ward (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cities & towns.; Houses.; Churches.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Ward--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Ward--Pictorial works.; Church buildings--Colorado--Ward--Pictorial works.; Ward (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1995
- Charles Boettcher School
- View of the Charles Boettcher School, originally named the Boettcher School for Crippled Children (1940, architect-Burnham Hoyt; 1955 addition, architect-Edwin Francis) at 1900 Downing Street in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. ...
- Charles Boettcher School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Schools.; Charles Boettcher School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Children with...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- Group portrait with José J. Córdova and Casimiro Barela
- A group of men and women stand on the steps and the porch of a house in probably Mexico City, Mexico. Standing bottom left is José Jesús Córdova, County Commissioner for Las Animas County Colorado, he wears a suit, vest and tie and has his...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexico City (Mexico)--1890-1900.; Córdova, José Jesús--Pictorial works.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; State governments--Colorado--Officials and...
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Rafael Chacon
- Studio portrait of Major Rafael Chacón (retired). He is dressed in his United States Army uniform. His jackets has two rows of brass buttons, he wears a cap and has a sword at his waist. He stands in front of a painted backdrop.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Chacón, Rafael, 1933-1925--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Retired military...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cherokee Ranch & Castle
- View looking across heavily vegetated hills at the Cherokee Ranch and Castle near Sedalia in Douglas County, Colorado. The Castle was built between 1924 and 1926 by Charles Alfred Johnson (he named it Charlford) and designed by Burnham Hoyt. The...
- Cherokee Ranch & Castle Foundation--Buildings--2000-2010.; Douglas County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Kimball, Mildred Montigue Genevieve, 1914-1999--Homes and haunts.; Johnson, Charles Alfred, 1868-1954--Homes and haunts.; Cherokee Ranch & Castle...
- 2009
- Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of the town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colo. Located in a beautiful mountain valley named for the prominent peak in the background, the once grimy coal mining town has been reborn as one of Colorado's best known resort towns.
- Cities and towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--2000-2010.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Crested Butte Mountain (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--Pictorial works.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Crested...
- 2007
- Stratton Hall, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.
- View of Stratton Hall located on the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden, Colo. Built between 1902-1904, the three-story building is constructed of golden-brick, stands on a Lyons sandstone foundation, and was one of the first buildings with...
- Colorado School of Mines--Buildings--1990-2000.; State universities and colleges--Colorado--Golden--1990-2000.; Golden (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Colorado School of Mines--Buildings--Pictorial works.; State universities and...
- 1994
- School, Chivington, Colo.
- View of the Chivington School located in the town of Chivington, Kiowa County, Colo. Built in 1918, the abandoned two-story brick schoolhouse has a simple, central pediment over the main entry with a sign reading "19 Chivington School 18." The...
- Rural schools--Colorado--Kiowa County--1970-1980.; Kiowa County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Rural schools--Colorado--Kiowa County--Pictorial works.; Kiowa County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Chivington (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1976
- Twin Owls rock formation
- View of the Twin Owls rock formation located on the southeast side of Lumpy Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park, Larimer County, Colo. The formation is named for its resemblance to two owls sitting on a perch and can be seen from virtually...
- Formations (Geology)--Colorado--Larimer County--2000-2010.; Larimer County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Formations (Geology)--Colorado--Larimer County--Pictorial works.; Larimer County (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Rocky Mountain National Park...
- 2001
- Hallett House, Estes Park, Colo.
- View of the Hallett House located at 1861 Mary's Lake Road, Estes Park, Colo. The symmetrical, one-and-one-half story, clapboard sided, wood shingled house was built by William H. Hallett in 1881. Halletts Peak inside Rocky Mountain National Park...
- Architecture, Domestic--Colorado--Estes Park--2000-2010.; Estes Park (Colo.)--Homes and haunts--2000-2010.; Architecture, Domestic--Colorado--Estes Park--Pictorial works.; Estes Park (Colo.)--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.
- 2004
- Wyatt-Edison School
- View of the Wyatt-Edison Charter School (1887; Robert Roeschlaub, architect), originally named Hyde Park Elementary School and later G. W. Wyatt Public School, located at 3620 Franklin Street in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the...
- Wyatt-Edison Charter School (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Schools.; Wyatt-Edison Charter School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Charter...
- 2002
- Flower-Vaile House
- View of the Flower-Vaile House (1889; Robert G. Balcomb and Eugene Rice, architects) at 1610 Emerson Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade and side elevation of a three-story single detached residence....
- Flower, John S.--Homes & haunts.; Flower Vaile House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Flower, John S.--Homes and haunts.; Vaile, Joel P.--Homes &...
- 1995
- Charles J. Hughes House
- View of the Charles J. Hughes House at 2036 Emerson Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade of a brick, three-story Queen Anne-style building with a hipped roof. The front of the house has a semi-circular front...
- Hughes, Charles J. (Charles James), 1853-1911--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Hughes, Charles J. (Charles James), 1853-1911--Homes and haunts.;...
- 1988
- Samuel J. Gilmore House
- View of the Samuel J. Gilmore House (1889; John J. Huddart, architect) at 2401 Emerson Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two-story, brick, Queen Anne-style single family residence with rusticated stone trim, a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses.; Gilmore, Samuel J.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Gilmore, Samuel J.--Homes & haunts.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1988
- G.W. Wyatt Public School
- View of Wyatt Elementary School, now Wyatt-Edison Charter Elementary School (1887; Robert Roeschlaub, architect), originally named Hyde Park Elementary, at 3620 Franklin Street in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the main entrance...
- Wyatt Elementary School (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Schools.; Wyatt Elementary School (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Elementary...
- 1978