Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad Colorado
- Interior view of a coffered ceiling in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. Probably pressed tin, the ceiling has a beveled square pattern with grooves and inset ridges. Two steps of coving follow, each being a variation of a flourish...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Ceilings--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Columbian Hotel, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a coffered ceiling in the Columbian Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. Probably pressed tin, the ceiling has a beveled square pattern with grooves and inset ridges. Two steps of coving follow, each being a variation of a flourish...
- Columbian Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Ceilings--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Dining room chandelier at the Healy House
- Interior view of the dining room chandelier in the Healy House State Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows the crystal chandelier suspended from the ceiling with draped beads,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Chandeliers--1880-1920.; Dining rooms--1880-1920.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Francisco Gallegos
- Hispanic American Francisco Gallegos, a sheep and cattle rancher, poses on horseback in San Luis, Colorado. He wear a jacket, tie and round brimmed hat, his saddle blanket is a jerga, a woven Hispanic textile in a herringbone and check pattern....
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; San Luis (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings.; Horseback riding.; Ranchers.; Gallegos, Francisco--Pictorial works.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1885
- Women's dress
- A women's afternoon dress ensemble with cape. The bodice is semi-tailored with Empire? style waist, sleeveless, patterned white silk faille, a high rounded neckline, a spread collar, shoulder pads, blue piping at the armhole and waistline; down the...
- Dresses--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1945]
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a false front residence in Leadville, Colorado, features a weathered clapboard structure with fish-scale pattern shingles on a mansard front roof, a projecting gable porch with diamond pattern shingles covering the front entry, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Central City residence interiors
- A cabinet with paneled doors has an assortment of bric-a-brac on top it, including a candle holder with a candle, a candle dipper, a candlestick, a tin, a coffee grinder, and a lamp. A lamp hangs on the right side of the cabinet. The wallpaper has...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Kitchens--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1080?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a chandelier at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. The scallop edged shades are bowl shaped, and frosted with flourishes; some are aimed upwards and supported by curved rods, and others point down and are hanging...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Four pairs of moccasins and necklace
- Display of Native American (Ute) bear claw necklace and four pairs of buckskin moccasins. Top pair with fully beaded soles and sides with zigzag pattern, two pairs with border and floral design, bottom pair is heavy beaded with a geometric pattern.
- Indian beadwork--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Moccasins--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Paintings, done directly on the plaster walls, were executed by Yens Erickson, a graduate of the Paris and Copenhagen schools of art [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Interior view of mural painting and woodwork in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows an allegorical scene depicting Dante in Florence with Beatrice, portrait of Benjamin Franklin panel, and oak wood crown...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Murals--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Johnson Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado. The facade of the gable-roofed building includes a two-story gable front with a shed section on the left, barge boards and canopy decorated in a carved vine pattern, and first...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Johnson Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a wood construction house in Georgetown, Colorado. The facade of the building includes a two-story gable front with a shed section, barge boards and pointed canopy decorated in a carved vine pattern, and first-floor windows and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1918?]
- Cody near peep hole of arena tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands wiping his left eye with a white handerkerchief near a peephole in the arena tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a buckskin coat with tassles and beadwork sewn onto it in the pattern of...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Animals & pets.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Smiley Junior High School sewing class
- A photograph of students from Smiley Junior High School in a sewing class. The girls are involved in a variety of activities. There are some students sitting at tables hand sewing. One student is using a sewing machine. One student is looking...
- Smiley Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.;Home economics.; Sewing equipment and supplies.; Sewing machines.
- 1951 April
- Capitol Life Insurance Building
- Photograph of the second floor gallery located on the second floor of the Capitol Life Insurance Building located in Denver, Colorado. Columns are decorated with a twisted white scroll pattern and a yellow background and ceiling has a coffered...
- North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1996 December
- Regional Transporation District Newsletter: Volume 7 Number 8
- Special Transitway/Mall Edition dedicated to the transportation improvements to serve the Denver region.
- Local transit--Colorado--Denver.; Transportation--Colorado--Denver--Planning.; Urban transportation--Colorado--Denver--Planning.
- 1977 December
- Pattern shop Gen. Iron Wks
- Men work at table saws and workbenches in the pattern shop of General Iron Works at 1245 Osage Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A large central crankshaft that turns belts for the machines in the building is along the...
- General Iron Works (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Machine shops--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- East High School students fitting a shirt pattern
- Two female students from East Denver High School fit a shirt pattern for future sewing.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1940 March
- Five Points Neighborhood Plan
- Pamphlet created by the City of Denver discussing the Historic Plan for the Five Points Neighborhood
- City planning--Colorado--Denver.
- 1974
- El Señor Sol
- View of El Señor Sol Real Mexican Food at 2301 7th (Seventh) Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The red brick Italianate style building has two stories and a recessed main entry, second entrance is on the facade....
- Señor Sol (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Restaurants.; Señor Sol (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Jefferson Park (Denver,...
- 2009
- Zang Brewing Co.
- View of the Zang Brewing Co. at 2301 7th Street in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The white-painted brick Italianate style building has two stories and a recessed main entry, a second entrance is on the facade. The second...
- Zang Brewing Company (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Zang Brewing Company (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Daddy Bruce's Bar-B-Q
- View of Daddy Bruce's BBQ in a modified queen Anne style house at 1629 East 34th (Thirty-Fourth) Avenue (now Bruce Randolph Avenue) in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The exterior is painted white and the trim is painted brown. The...
- Daddy Bruce's Bar-B-Q (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; African American business enterprises--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Daddy Bruce's Bar-B-Q (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1980?
- El Colorado Lodge, Manitou Springs, Colo.
- View of the El Colorado Lodge located at 23 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado. The two-story Pueblo Revival style structure was built in the late 1920s and has pink stucco walls trimmed in red with a decorative stair step pattern at the...
- El Colorado Lodge (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; El Colorado Lodge (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2000
- Town Hall, Ohio City, Colo.
- View of the town hall at Ohio City, Colorado located on 8503 County Road 76 in Gunnison County. The building has a board and batten false wood front, tin siding embossed in a stone block pattern, and a corner entrance. Originally constructed as a...
- City halls--Colorado--Ohio City--1990-2000.; Ohio City (Colo.)--1990-2000.; City halls--Colorado--Ohio City--Pictorial works.; Ohio City (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Conejos Junior High School, class of 1926
- Hispanic American teacher Erinea García (later Erinea García de Gallegos) poses with her students from the Junior High Class of 1926 on the steps of Conejos Junior High School, Conejos, Colorado. She wears a jumper with a checked pattern and a...
- Costilla Junior High School (Conejos, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Conejos (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Teachers.; Gallegos, Erinea García de--Pictorial works.; García, Castelar--Pictorial...
- 1910
- 2519 California
- View of 2519 California Street in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single-story vernacular Queen Anne cottage. The residence has a front -facing L plan and a cross-gabled roof. There are wood shingles in a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Girls.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Secondhand sales.; African Americans--Children.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1978
- Rocky Mountain Tavern
- View of the Rocky Mountain Tavern at 2301 7th (Seventh) Avenue in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The painted brick Italianate style building has two stories and a recessed main entry. A second entrance is on the facade. Both...
- Rocky Mountain Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Electric signs.; Rocky Mountain Tavern (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1977
- Alpine Inn
- View of the Alpine Inn at 3551 Tejon Street in the Highland Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one story wood structure has a faux mansard roof with green shingles above the entrance. The windows are covered in white wood panels. A tree and...
- Alpine Inn (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Electric signs.; Alpine Inn (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Electric...
- 1977
- Broadmoor Hotel and gardens
- Flower gardens are at the front entrance to the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The nine-story Italianate hotel has window awnings, balconies, a cupola with a weathervane, and decorative plaster friezes above the...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gardens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Resorts--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1918 and 1930]
- L.C. Phipps residence, Denver, Colorado, butler's pantry
- A telephone sits on the counter top in the butler's pantry in the Lawrence Cowle Phipps home in the Belcaro Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. China and crystal are stored in the glass front cupboards that line the walls. A work table is in the...
- Phipps, Lawrence Cowle, 1862-1958--Homes & haunts.; Belcaro (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Denver--Colorado--1930-1940.; Pantries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Telephones--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 October
- Fort Lewis, furnace
- View of an iron furnace at Fort Lewis High School (later Fort Lewis College) in Hesperus (La Plata County), Colorado. Lettering on the machine reads: "[?] Brownell & Co. Dayton, Ohio," "Pattern No. 90" and "Ames Iron Works, Oswego."
- Fort Lewis High School (Hesperus, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Hesperus (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Furnaces--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1913?]
- Herbert's house in Alamosa on river bank
- Men pose near a picket fence in front of adobe brick buildings in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. One adobe house has a clapboard gable and a diamond pattern on the roof. A boy holds antlers in the yard; potted flowers are displayed on fence...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit jacket with a diagonal geometric pattern and a necktie. His hair is parted on the side and he has a bushy moustache.
- Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hotel Del Monte in Monterey
- View of the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey (Monterey County), California. The large structure features dormer windows, a columned porch, a circular porch trim pattern, gables, and lawn landscaping. A man wears a Derby hat and sits upon a bench. A...
- Hotel Del Monte (Monterey, Calif.)--Buildings--1880-1900.; Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--California--Monterey--1880-1900.; Lawns--California--Monterey--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby who wears a light colored gown with a pattern. The baby sits on a chair with a circular cushion and arched back. The gown has a ruffled hemline.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a man and women
- Full length studio portrait of a man who sits in a chair and two two women. One woman wears a dress with a floral pattern, earrings, a scarf and holds a hat. The man wears an unbuttoned suit jacket, a vest, boots, a necktie and has a moustache. The...
- Men--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby who wears a light colored gown and sits on a chair covered by a patterned blanket. The gown has lace trim, a floral pattern around the hem and a ruffled collar.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl who wears a white dress. The sleeve cuffs and neckline have a lace pattern. The girl has dark, curly hair.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a young man with hair parted down the middle, in a houndstooth suit, a striped shirt, a watch fob fastened to a leather belt, suspenders and a scarf tie with an insect pattern. The man stands with his hands in his pockets in...
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio bust portrait of a woman with curled bangs and her hair pulled back. She wears a blouse with a high lace collar, a button panel with a daisy pattern, a chain necklace and a pendant.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio bust portrait of a woman with curled bangs and her hair pulled back. she wears a blouse with a high lace collar, a button panel with a daisy pattern, a chain necklace and a pendant.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl with curled bangs and her long hair pulled back. She wears a choker necklace, a shirtwaist with pleated sleeves and probably embroidered flowers under a rounded yoke dress with a braided neckline and a daisy pattern on the...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl with curled bangs and her long hair pulled back. She wears a choker necklace, a shirtwaist with pleated sleeves under a rounded yoke dress with a braided neckline and a daisy pattern on the skirt. The girl sits on a fur...
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Bust portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a man with a thin moustache and short hair, in a coat and a tie with a vine and leaf pattern.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- A Navajo woman and her blanket
- A Navajo woman poses with a large woven fringed blanket with a diamond pattern. She wears a blanket wrapped around her body, a necklace and a bracelet. She has on moccasins and has her hair pulled back. She stands on a woven blanket, and another...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian textile fabrics.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian women weavers.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Elysian Park, Fremont Gate
- View of the Fremont gate entrance to Elysian Park in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Shows a road and a steep path entering the park from a roadway adjacent to railroad tracks. An iron lamp post topped with an eagle is at...
- Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Boats.; Bridges.; Gardens.; Parks.; Trails & paths.
- [1905?]
- Sisters' Orphans Home, Los Angeles, Calif.
- View of the Sisters' Orphans Home on Seventh Street and Boyle Avenue in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California. Shows a brick Romanesque style, building with a central bell tower topped with a cupola and cross. The tower has wall dormers, turrets,...
- Sisters' Orphans Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bell towers.; Orphanages.
- [1899?]
- Grand Piano; Square
- A grand piano made by the Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Company in New Haven, Connecticut. The wood piano is rectangular with a carved lid, cabriole legs, scalloped skirt, pierced music stand with a carved lyre pattern and ivory keys.
- Pianos--1840-1850.; Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co. (New Haven, Conn.)--Products.
- [between 1848 and 1850]
- Coverlet
- Shows a wool and cotton coverlet (a bedcover). The coverlet is navy blue and white cotton warp, wool weft, double weave; border three side; pattern is square, bar, diamond and zig zag.
- Quilts.--1830-1860.
- [between 1835 and 1860]
- Serving tray
- Oval silver tray with raised border relief, pierced embossed grape pattern and two handles. The surface is etched with a filigree center and monogrammed. The bottom is copper color and etched, and there are four feet on the bottom. The tray was...
- Trays--1800-1910.
- [between 1800 and 1910]