Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #106 Paonia, Colorado
- A horse-drawn wagon is parked in front of a warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Men and women gather under the covered area of the building. Architectural features of the one-story, clapboard building with a gable, a chimney, and a...
- Paonia Fruit Exchange Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.;...
- [1911?]
- #109 Apple packers at Roberts #2
- Apple packers pose in front of the North Fork Fruit Growers Association Warehouse No. 2 in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A group stands under the covered porch adjacent to the building. A second group congregates around a pile of crates near...
- North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- October 13, 1908
- #115 Nelson Bros. Fruit Company view showing packing shed and offices with workers
- Employees of the Nelson Brothers Fruit Company pose on two sets of frame steps at the company packing house and offices in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the building: brick-frame structure with a stepped cornice and...
- Nelson Brothers Fruit Co. (Paonia, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Fruit storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #116 Nelson Packers in auto
- A man drives a carload of six women past a fruit-packing warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Warehouse fruit-packers stand behind stacks of fruit crates under the covered area adjacent to the building. Crates read: "North Fork Fruit, The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Crates--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 22, 1909
- #129 Fruit Sheds on 2nd Street
- View of fruit warehouses in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Scaffolding and boards are in front of the building in the foreground. Planks, boards, and debris litter the foreground in front of the outhouses. Other warehouses in the background.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #168 in Black Canyon
- Narrow gauge locomotive number 168 (engine type 4-6-0) pulls a train through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Delta County, Colorado. The Gunnison River is adjacent to the tracks.
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1910.;...
- [1904?]
- #196 Note: stage from Paonia Hotel
- Men are gathered along the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in Paonia, Colorado. Crates of fruit are stacked next to the depot building. A horse-drawn bus, with "Paonia Hotel," painted on the side, is backed up next to the depot.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- 1908
- #303 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- Phil Eisenkramer holds a plucked goose inside of his meat market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Other plucked birds hang on a rack behind him. Wreaths hang above the rack and the windows. Tins of buscuits from the National Biscuit Company...
- Eisenkramer, Phil--Homes & haunts.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- 1909?
- #305 Eisenkramer's Meat Market
- A bearded customer of Eisenkramer's Meat Market sits in front of the service counter holding a wrapped parcel of meat in his hands. A second parcel of wrapped meat is on the counter next to a ceramic bowl. Two employees stand behind the meat...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- November 22, 1909
- #306 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- A man sits on a stool in front of the customer counter in Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A man wearing an apron and a man in a suit stand behind the counter. Animal carcasses, including a pig, birds, and beef, hang...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Pork--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- November 22, 1909
- #307 Miller Mercantile Company Dry Goods & Dept. Store
- Three employees, two men and a woman, of the Miller Mercantile Company Dry Goods & Department Store stand behind a display counter in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Items on display include window coverings and bolts of fabric.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Showcases--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #313 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A male employee of the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company fits a customer with a jacket as the man, who wears a hat, looks at himself in the mirror. Hundreds of boxes of shoes are stacked on shelves behind the mirror. Merchandise, including shirts, is...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #316 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- A butcher stands on a wooden stool next to a row of beef carcases hanging on hooks in Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Items in front of the customer counter: a crate of apples, a stool, and a barrel. Items on the...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- April 28, 1909
- #319 Paonia Meat Market Eisenkramer's
- Interior view of the Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Man holding wrapped package of meat sitting on stool in front of customer counter. Butcher behind counter wearing apron. Items on counter: scale and cash register...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- #321 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- View of shelves stacked with shoeboxes in the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Ladders lead to the top shelves of the store. Items for display in the store cases include: socks and handkerchiefs. Penants hang...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #322 Cobbler at work - rear of Emry Shoe and Clothing Company
- A cobbler repairs the sole of a shoe in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. The shoe is mounted on an iron that the cobbler holds between his feet as he sits on a wooden bench. He taps the sole with a hammer. His box of tools in on the bench next...
- Shoes--Maintenance and repair--Colorado--Paonia--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shoemakers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #324 Soda Fountain by American Soda Fountain Company possibly in Richard's Drug Store
- View of a soda fountain in the interior of a drug store in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County, shows: spigots in a line, glass bowls and glasses, flowers in vases, stained glass ornament, carved wood, turned supports, cash register, leafy plant....
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Soda fountains--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- #327 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A man walks through the interior of Emry Shoe and Clothing Company carrying a rectangular clothing box under his arm. He wears a suit, a hat, and holds gloves in his right hand. Items for sale include: jackets hanging on clothes racks, hats in...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Hats--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- #357 Studio wrestling
- Studio portrait of two men wrestling with one another in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Both men have bare torsos and wear wrestling tights. The man in the dark tights twists the arm of the second man behind his back as he grasps his legs. A...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Posing.; Wrestling--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- #375 Arrival of Denver & Rio Grande passenger train
- A steam locomotive of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad pulls into the Paonia, Colorado train station in Delta County. Spectators, all men, stand on both sides of the tracks to watch the entrance. Crates of fruit are stacked next to the depot...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 19, 1908
- #390 Barom's Tent Packing Shed
- View of Barom's Tent Packing Shed in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Smaller tents pitched next to the large tent. Fruit crates stacked outside of the tent.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- 1911
- #399 Man in buggy possibly Henry Davis building was originally Paonia High School now (1979) Junior High
- A man, possible Henry Davis, sits in a horse-drawn buggy in front of the newly-built high school in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. He holds the horse's reins in one hand and a whip in the other. The high school is a three-story, masonry...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Davis, Henry.
- [1909?]
- #451 Ice packing scene
- Men holding ice hooks manipulate floating pieces of cut ice in a pond in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Two men stand at the edge and watch. Snow blankets the ground.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Ice industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- January 13, 1911
- #483 Ice cutting scene
- Two men cut ice with an ice cutter pulled by two horses on a pond in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A third man stands by and watches. Snow blankets the ground.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Ice industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- January 13, 1911
- #533 Exterior - Methodist Church
- The congregation of Paonia Methodist Church stands outside of the church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the L-shaped, masonry building: gable roof, gothic windows, fish-scale siding, and a belltower with a hipped...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #63 Mail bag expr. and #306 coach M-324-19
- Side-view of two narrow gauge baggage cars of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at the railroad depot in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. Painted on the side of the cars: "Baggage Railway Express Agency 63," "U. S. Mail Railway Post...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Antonito (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.
- 1941 April 30
- #63 mail bag expr. car M-327 41 Antonito, Colo.
- Side view of a narrow gauge baggage car of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad at the depot in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. Written on the side of the baggage car: "Baggage Railway Express Agency 63."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Antonito (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.
- August 30, 1941
- #735 Exterior of Methodist Church
- Exterior view of the Paonia Methodist Church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Architectural features of the L-shaped, masonry building: gable roof, gothic bays, fish-scale imbrication, and a belltower with a hipped roof.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #745 Interior of Methodist Church Christmas Party
- Two rows of girls holding baby dolls perform in the Christmas pageant at the Methodist Church in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Baby cradles and miniature brooms are in front of the girls in the front row. Christmas trees flank the stage. The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- #96 North Fork Fruit Growers Association offices and shipping sheds at Colburn's, Colorado
- A man stands on the deck of a produce warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. The two-story frame building has a gable and covered porches on opposite sides of the building. Painted on the gableboard: "The North Fork Fruit Growers...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1910- 1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Food storage...
- 1911
- #97 Apple packers Robert's #1
- Apple packers pose in front of the Fruit Growers Association Warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. One group stands under the covered porch adjacent to the building. A second group congregates around a pile of crates near the building. ...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1900-1910.; North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Food storage...
- October 13, 1908
- (1896) Oak Street
- Exterior of a Victorian wood frame house with boarded up windows, Oak Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Features projecting gable porch with a decorative cartouche with: 1896, an eyebrow dormer, upper balcony with lattice work.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- August 26, 1979
- (Cripple Creek District) Independence Station (after destruction by strikers) wrecked platform where 14 men were killed.
- The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors has been broken out, torn shingles...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- (New) Cardinal - 1942
- View of (New) Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado showing tall grass and flowers growing in a field in front of a small wooden house; wagon wheels partially hidden by the grass; trees behind the house in the field.
- (New) Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- 1 A. M. New Years, clear moonlight, ad a man lights from Pikes Pk.
- View east from Pikes Peak on a moonlight night, shows the lights of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado and snowcovered foothills. Image taken by AdAmAn Club member Harry Standley, during the annual mountaineering trek to the top of the...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1941]
- 1 very old swimming pool, 2 bath house, 3 office
- A view of the springs in Sulphur Hot Springs, Colorado, includes the natural steaming swimming pool, a stone bath house, a wood building, a log cabin, a wood bridge, a tent, and a rail fence surrounding the area. Three men are near the fence; one...
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1860-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1860-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1860-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1860-1920.
- [between 1860 and 1912?]
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment Company E
- Group portrait (standing, kneeling, sitting ) of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company E holding rifles. The four officers, seated on folding chairs, do not have rifles. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 1944. Most...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company E.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- June 1944
- 11 days work
- Workmen for W. Johnson, in Brighton, Colorado, pose in bib overalls, aprons, sack suits, ties and gold chains, with a line of new houses behind them. The dwellings are frame, one-story, and gable roofed; some have covered porches, all have brick...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1920.
- April 9, 1917
- 1137 Pearl Street
- Posing in sack suits, hats, ties and gold chains, in Boulder, Colorado, these men are identified from left to right as: Hi Washburn, John Bester, Mell Sundstrag, Mr Bottoms, Barkley Sanders (or T.F. Wagner). The storefront behind them has window...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Facades--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- 12th Street, Boulder, Colo.
- A man in a boat floats down a river of water on a flooded street in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County during the city flood of 1894. Spectators stand on the side of the street and watch.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- June 1, 1894
- 1400 class engine climbing Soldier Summit at Gilluly, Utah
- View from hillside over Gilluly station looks south across Soldier Creek, Utah. A Denver and Rio Grande F-81 Class 2-10-2 Engine makes its way up on one of the three levels of track required for the new two-percent grade up Soldier Summit.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Gilluly (Utah)--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1913 and 1928]
- 1433 Creede
- Pedestrians and horse drawn wagons proceed down the bustling street in the town of Creede, Colorado in Mineral County. Architectural features include one and two-story, wood-frame residences and commercial storefronts with flat roofs, gables,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1890
- 1434 to 44 Wazee St. Denver, Colo.
- View of a livery and brick business at 1434 Wazee Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows horses, well dressed people in carriages, buggies and a wagon, storefronts, and signs: "Racine Wagon and Carriage Co. Peter Schuttler Wagons.," "John Thams...
- John Thams Carriages Buggies Wagons (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Old Elephant Corral (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- 1442 Creede by W.H. Jackson.
- People bundled in coats stand in front of shanties in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. One of the rectangular, wood-frame buildings has a gable with roofing; the gables of the other buildings are covered with tent material. Stacks...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
- [1885?]
- 14th & Colo. Ave., church has been remodeled Spanish style : Calvary Episcopal (After fire in 1926, replaced by Spanish-type church
- The Calvary Episcopal Church in Idaho Springs, Colorado, is shown prior to its burning in 1926. A large group of men, women and children (including white and Black men and women) stands in front of the church. The church has a steeply gabled roof,...
- Calvary Episcopal Church (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- 15 Alliot, Glenwood - Valley of the Grand
- Panoramic view overlooking the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado (formerly known as Defiance), in Garfield County. Tracks of Denver and Rio Grande Western parallel with Colorado River. Visible landmarks: Hotel Colorado, hot springs, bathhouses,...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1902]
- 15th & Mapleton Mrs. Norton
- Posing on the boardwalk in her yard in Boulder, Colorado, this woman wears a white bonnet and shawl. A spinning wheel is in the foreground; fenced gardens, trees, and frame residences are in the background, including one with bargeboard.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 15th Street, Denver
- View of 15th (fifteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows Mining Exchange Building, Denver Gas and Electric Light Company (DG & E) Building, signs: "Kenyon Hotel," "Athens Candies," and "Strikers Sample Store." Electric streetcars, pedestrians, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1917]
- 16th & Arapahoe, west Daniels & Fisher bldg.
- View of pedestrians are on 16th (Sixteenth) Street sidewalks in Denver, Colorado; shows cars and truck, brick and stone commercial buildings, and the Daniels and Fisher Building. Neon signs and posterboards read: "Geo. R. Curzon Home of Clothes...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1957
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]