Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- El Heraldo
- View of the adobe newspaper office for El Heraldo del Valle, a Spanish Language, Republican newspaper in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story adobe house next to El Heraldo belongs to José Ramos Valdéz, (8th from left), a school...
- Heraldo del Valle (San Luis, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; African Americans--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Musicians.; Newspapers.; Heraldo del Valle...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Elk Mountain Pilot Office
- Men with beards or moustaches wear suits with long coats, boots, and hats and pose beside the Elk Mountain Pilot newspaper office in Irwin (Gunnison County), Colorado. The log building has a false front, a chimney, and a sign that reads: "Pilot...
- Elk Mountain Pilot--Buildings--1880-1890.; Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Charles S. Stobie and his two Indian scouts
- Photograph of a newspaper clipping. Illustration shows Charles S. Stobie flanked by his North American Indian (Ute) scouts. (Left) Wanzito (Antelope), and (right) Chief Piah (Black Tail Deer.
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1860-1870.; Clippings.; Military scouts.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1865 and 1869?]
- Palmer Lake, Colorado
- View of a newspaper page from the Sunday, October 20, 1901 edition of the Denver Times, page 16. Article discusses the Estamere (or Estemere) Estate, home of Eben Smith in Palmer Lake (El PasCounty), Colorado.
- Smith, Eben 1832-1906--Homes & haunts.; Estamere (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Estates--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1940-1960.; Gazebos--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1940-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Brush high school basketball team
- The Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, girl's basketball team poses in uniforms consisting of bloomers, sailor shirts with bandanas, and scarves around their heads. One holds a basketball. They are identified as: Ann White, Bertha Jones, Ada Grill (or...
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.; Basketball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- 1914
- The first newspaper office in camp
- Six men are gathered on front deck of a one-story log building that was the first newspaper office, Fremont, Colorado (prior to incorporation as Cripple Creek); vertical slats are on gable part of roof; young boy, Oakley Spell, holds bundle of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- 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
- Men at work on printing presses
- Shows employees of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado at work on the printing presses. A printed newspaper rolls through the printing press. An article on the newspaper reads: "Sunday Magazine Section, Feb. 1902 Revival of the Dealth...
- 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?]
- Baseball players
- Portrait of a baseball team in Georgetown, Colorado, wearing hats, shirts with an appliqued bat and ball, and white knee breeches with ruffles. Several hold bats, and one man holds a catcher's mask. Two children, Will Shipley and Jack Hayden, stand...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Baseball players--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1920.
- [between 1870 and 1920?]
- Taking the census at an Indian Agency
- A large group of Native American Sioux men, women, and children gather at an agency for a census by government officials seated at wooden tables.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Census--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Government employees--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Trading on the Plains- a seductive offer- the Indian in doubt
- A white man hands a bottle to a Native American (tribe unknown) man who smokes a wooden pipe. Shows horses, one with a dead deer on its back.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Whisky on the plains A party of Indians, discovering that a lot of contraband whisky is being destroyed by the authorities, endeavor to save what they can.
- Native American (Plains) men drink whiskey from the ground.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1870-1880.; Alcoholism--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Washington Territory - Indians converted to the Catholic faith, going to mass at the Coeur D'Alene Mission
- A group of Native Americans (Skitswish), converts to Catholicism, stand and kneel outside of a window at the Coeur D'Alene Mission, Washington Territory, on a cold and snowy evening.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Skitswish Indians--1870-1880.; Catholic churches--1870-1880.; Religious services--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- An Indian-trader's store on the western plains
- Native Americans at an Indian trader's store; many in the group are standing in line, some are dealing with the proprietor, and others are sitting outside.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Trading posts--1880-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Living Bear, father of Plenty Horses
- Head and shoulders portrait of a Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Living Bear.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Living Bear.; Plenty Horses, d. 1933--family.
- 1891?
- One of General Custer's scouts surrounded by Indians
- A scout for General Custer aims his rifle from behind his fallen horse as Native Americans on horseback surround him with guns and spears.
- Combat--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Military scouts--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Whatta Game!
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado, to listen to a baseball game. An electric scoreboard is above storefronts on a balcony on the Denver Post building; canopy reads: "Post." Business...
- Denver Post--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Audiences--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1935 October 3
- Baseball fans
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in Denver, Colorado to view a play-by-play of a baseball game on the Denver Post's electric scoreboard. Storefront canopy reads: "Kortz & Sons."
- Denver Post--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Baseball--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1928 September 10
- Performing monkey
- People crowd Champa Street by street lamps and the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado. Biz, a chimpanzee, walks on a tightrope. An electric scoreboard tops a balcony; lettering reads: "O Justice, When Expelled From...
- Denver Post--Facilities--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Chimpanzees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Scoreboards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Shrine Circus preview at Post Boost
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado; clowns are by a stage. Storefront letters read: "Justice When Expelled From Other Habitations Make This Thy Dwelling Place" and "Tis a Blessing To...
- Denver Post--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948 October 3
- Denver watches the World's Series
- People crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado to view a play-by-play of a 1927 World Series game on an electric scoreboard atop a balcony. Office buildings are to the sides.
- Denver Post--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Scoreboards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1927 October 5
- Tis a privilege to live in Colorado, where the thermometer registered only 65 during the middle of the day, June 30
- A man stands by a thermometer and hand-written news bulletins by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Post--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Journalism--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Temperature--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914 July 1
- Historical artifacts
- Edward Santarpio (with bottles) and Gerard H. Fischer pose with patent medicines and an advertising sign for the Denver Post newspaper in (probably) Georgetown, Colorado. The sign bears a likeness of Uncle Sam.
- Denver Post--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Antiques--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Book & magazine posters--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Patent...
- 1947 August 2
- I want a wantad
- An elephant stands at the Denver Post newspaper classified advertising counter in Denver, Colorado. Men and women look on. Sign reads: "Want Ads." Banner reads: "...& Marcos Circus Days."
- Denver Post--Facilities--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Advertising--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Counters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Elephants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper...
- 1931 August 18
- Rocky Mountain News
- Photograph of a lithograph which depicts Rocky Mountain News newspaper offices in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Rocky Mountain News, News Block, Pioneer Newspaper of the Rocky Mountains, Byers & Daley Publishers, Blank Book Manufacturers...
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Lithographs--1860-1870.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Fred W. Feldwisch
- Portrait of Fred W. Feldwisch, business manager of the Colorado Sun newspaper in Denver, Colorado. He sits at a rolltop desk; men are in the background.
- Colorado Sun--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Desks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1893
- Baseball fans
- People and cars crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado to follow the opening game of the World Series on the public scoreboard; storefront signs read: "Portland Lunch," "Nichol's Pianos Sheet...
- Denver Post--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1916 October 7
- Gimme!
- Girls and boys crowd Champa Street by the Denver Post newspaper headquarters in downtown Denver, Colorado, to get ice cream and cake offered by the O. P. Baur Company.
- Denver Post--Public relations--1920-1930.; O. P. Baur Confectionery Co.--Public relations--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Newspaper...
- 1928 July 14
- Montrose, Colorado newspaper
- View of the front page of, "The Messenger," a newspaper published in Montrose, Colorado from 1882-1890. It features a wood-cut image of a young boy selling papers on the street, and certain details about the paper's place of publication and method...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Montrose, Colorado, newspapers
- Bottom half of the front page of "The Messenger," a newspaper published in Montrose, Colorado, from 1882-1890 features an advertisement that reads: "Robuck & Crecelius, livery, feed and sale stables. We do a general transfer business and take...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Advertisements--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Newspaper illustrations--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Stables--Montrose--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Denver Post delivery boy Estes Park
- A teenage newspaper delivery boy, with a "Denver Post" newspaper bag, walks down stairs in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado; a Newfoundland dog is with him.
- Denver Post--People--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dogs--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Newspaper carriers--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Teenagers--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Walking--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.
- 1950 February 26
- José Ramos Valdez
- José Ramos Valdez, an elderly Hispanic American, former postmaster of San Luis and owner of the Heraldo newspaper stands by a chair in the auditorium of the San Luis Institute in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He is balding, has a...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Valdez, José Ramos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older...
- [1950]
- Judge Celeste C. de Baca
- Denver County Court Judge Celeste C de Baca reads an edition of La Voz in her office in the Denver City and County Building in Denver, Colorado. Judge C de Baca wears a turtle neck sweater.
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Interiors.; Judges.; C. de Baca, Celeste--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American...
- [1989?]
- Cecil Hernandez
- Cecil Hernandez, a Mexican immigrant and founder of MasterCraft Cabinets, Inc., reads an issue of La Voz, Colorado's first bilingual newspaper, Denver, Colorado.
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Business people.; Hernandez, Cecil--Pictorial works.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1984
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 16, 1912 April 20
- Couple posed by the Alameda Ave. bridge
- Outdoor portrait of a husband and wife near the Alameda Avenue bridge over Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. The woman wears a hat and the man holds a newspaper.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Meeker, Colorado
- James Lyttle, a Scottish printer and newspaperman stands on the boardwalk in front of his new front gable clapboard Herald newspaper office, on Fourth (4th) and Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. Newspaper started in 1885 in an old army barracks.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Barracks--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Lyttle, James.
- [1888]
- Tearing down barracks for start of IOOF building
- View of the remains of the old army barracks and later first home of the Herald newspaper, Meeker, Colorado; in process of tearing down to make way for the IOOF Hall; only walls remain.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Barracks--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Demolition--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Mac Warnell, a HELP volunteer, builds cabinets at the Adams County Library
- Mac Warnell saws a board in the Adams County Library, Northglenn, Colorado. He wears a fringed rawhide vest and buttons reading: "Be Like Me," "Go" and "Junior Chamber of Commerce."
- Northglenn (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building construction--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Libraries--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Warnell, Mac.; Adams County Public Library (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- October 7, 1964
- Volunteers aid Adams Library
- Mrs. Dale Jenner reads to children inside Valley Vista Methodist Church, 7640 Hilltop Circle, Adams County, Northglenn, Colorado.
- Valley Vista Methodist Church (Northglenn, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Northglenn (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children reading & writing--Colorado--Northglenn--1960- 1970.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Jenner, Dale, Mrs.
- August 26, 1964
- Lone Valley schoolhouse, southwest of Akron, Colo.
- The Lone Valley schoolhouse stands on a grassy plain southwest of Akron in Washington County, Colorado. The small, weathered, clapboard, one-room schoolhouse has an entry vestibule, front gables, shingle roof, and brick chimney. A merry-go-round is...
- Akron (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Akron--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Washington County--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Group of Japanese women, men and young girls
- A group of Japanese-American women, men and young girls pose in front of the Colorado Times newspaper office at 1930 Lawrence in Denver, Colorado. The women and young girls wear kimonos. The men wear suits and ties. In front row, third from left is...
- Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Bonnie Apts
- View of the Bonnie Apartments in Denver, Colorado, at 1825 Logan Street; features include brick corbeling and a covered entry.
- Bonnie Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Georgetown Courier
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Shows a small printing press, probably the Washington hand press that Jesse Summers Randall, the newspaper's editor, bought from the Colorado Miner newspaper, and a large...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Printing presses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Historical. Indian scalp. Colorado State Museum
- Reproduction of a framed newspaper article, dated December 17, 1864, that reviews the campaign led by John Chivington against the Native Americans (Cheyenne) camped along Sand Creek, Colorado. Accompanying the article in the frame is a braid of...
- Colorado History Museum--1920-1960.; Cheyenne Indians--Exhibitions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1960.; Indians of North America--Exhibitions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1960.; Scalps--Colorado--Denver--1920-1960.
- [between 1920 and 1960?]
- The Cripple Creek Crusher
- Six men are gathered on the front deck of the The Crusher, the first newspaper in Fremont (Cripple Creek, Teller County), Colorado. Oakley Spell, a young boy, holds a bundle of newspapers under his arm; a sign on the log building reads: "The...
- Crusher, The (Newspaper)--Buildings--1880-1900.; Fremont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Newspaper carriers--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Newspaper...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Old Capitol cabin had another use
- Facade of the Sam Wah Chinese Laundry, Colorado Avenue, Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows a clapboard false front. Signs read: "Dixie Queen," "Old Virgin," and "Sam Wah L-aundry."
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cleaning establishments--Colorado--Colorado City--1890- 1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Brush baseball team
- The Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, baseball team poses in uniforms, cleats, and ribbons reading: Brush. Some are identified as Finney, O'Dell, Jones, Gilmore, Rogers, Thompson, and Bolinger.
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- August 9, 1913
- Every kid loves to fish
- Young men of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, pose behind trays of movable type at the Denver Post printing plant. One wears a Hawaiian shirt.
- Brush (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Printing industry--Colorado--Brush--1930-1940.
- Aug 15, 1939
- Hurd W. Twombly
- Hurd W. Twombly, pioneer of Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, poses in his suit and tie. He is bald and elderly, and has a pin with a cross in it on his lapel.
- Brush (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Twombly, Hurd W.
- May 5, 1941