Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Piano player, Central City
- A woman in a long-sleeved blouse and a long skirt plays a piano in the Gilpin County Art Gallery in Central City, Colorado. The piano is against what used to be the judge's bench in this converted courtroom. Matted, labelled, prints hang on the...
- Gilpin County Art Gallery--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pianos--1940-1950.
- 1949
- Ralph Hansen Band (outside Cooper home), Idaho Springs, Colorado
- Seven musicians and a conductor are performing outdoors in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Instruments include: coronet, valve trombone, piano, clarinet, and two violins. The upright piano has decorative wood engraving on the facing board, as well as...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Musicians--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- 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]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 1 and 2, 1924 January-February
- Teller House interior
- A room in the Teller House, Central City, Colorado, is illuminated by light from two large windows decorated with draperies and lace curtains. A large, gilt mirror hangs above a square grand piano with ornate legs and an upholstered bench. A round...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Teller House interior
- Light streams through two large rectangular windows with lace curtains into a parlor in the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. A large gilt mirror hangs over a square grand piano. A round table with a tablecloth and a plant on it is to the...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.; Parlors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Pianos--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Ladies S.J.A. glee club 1897-1900 Breckenridge, Colo
- Members of the ladies' glee club in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose at the piano while Agnes Finding Miner plays the upright, sitting on a three legged stool. They wear high collared, puff sleeved blouses in various patterns and long gold chains, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Guitars--1890-1900.; Pianos--1890-1900.; Singers--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1897-1900?]
- Denver house interior
- View of a piano in a house in Denver, Colorado. Sheet music titled "Where the Silvry [sic] Colorado Wends Its Way" and vases are on the piano. Photographs and paintings hang on the wall. A piano stool and chairs are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Living rooms--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Faculty club
- A woman sits on a piano bench at a grand piano in the faculty club house at the Colorado Teachers College (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pianists--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Pianos--1920-1930.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Colorado State Teachers College.
- 1920
- Local musical group (inside Cooper home), Idaho Springs, Colorado : Ralph Hansen, musican (sic)
- Interior view of the Cooper home in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows six musicians playing their instruments. Included are: coronet, valve trombone, piano, clarinet, and two violins. The upright piano has a decorative wooden engraving on the facing...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Musicians--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Antlers Hotel. Parlor - Nederland
- An ornate lamp and a large bible sit on a table in the center of the parlor of the Antlers Hotel in Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado. A piano is against the wall in the background with two large plants on it. A chair is next to the piano. A love...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Nederland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Furniture--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1910.; Lamps--1900-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1910.; Pianos--1900-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Rehearsal, Josephine Antoine, John Carter and cast
- A photo of actors rehearsing a musical number is clipped to a board in Central City, Colorado. Four women pose around an upright piano, which is played by a man weearing trousers, a patterned tie, a long- sleeved shirt, and a striped vest. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Home of Absalom V. Hunter
- Absalom V. Hunter was a vice president at the Carbonate National Bank in Leadville, Colorado. In this interior view of his home, from parlor to dining room, we see that both rooms are ornately furnished and decorated in Victorian style. An archway...
- Hunter, Absalom V.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- The Church Record: vol 1 no 1
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 February 26
- 1930 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.6
- San Francisco, Union Square and St. Francis Hotel
- View of Union Square near the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. Construction materials for the St. Francis Hotel are in the street. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men and boys lounge on the...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities.; Parks.
- [1903?]
- Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.
- View of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument. The monument is 79 foot granite...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.; Monuments & memorials.; Parks.
- [1905?]
- Singing at Central, 1941, Miss Crosier
- Boys and girls in a group at the side of a studio piano in classroom number 208 at Central School in Alamosa, Colorado, while Miss Crosir plays from sheet music. The blackboard behind the piano contains a list which includes "2. What is in, 3. The...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Music education--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.;...
- 1941
- Central City residence interior
- A partially visible room in the Prosser house in Central City, Colorado has several paintings on the wall with shelves containing bric-a- brac hanging under them. A parlor chair is in front of the shelves. The room is separated by a curtain, which...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a square grand piano at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. Atop it, candles in tall brass holders flank a standing, open book of musical score; a framed painting is on the wall. Lettering on the raised key cover...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Pianos--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Gay 90's miners delight
- An automatic Wurlitzer orchestra machine with a wood cabinet is against the wall next to a door at the Gold Coin Saloon in Central City, Colorado. Clear glass windows on the front of the cabinet show the inside of the machine, which includes...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Musical instruments--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a room with shuttered windows, elaborate decorative molding, painted ceiling, a square piano with small...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Interior, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of an unidentified house, in Georgetown, Colorado; the room includes: an unright piano with a tasseled drapery on top, a rocking chair, a piano bench, a Rococo Revival side chair, a sofa, a Victorian upholstered rocking chair, a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Pianos--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Interior, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of an unidentified house in Georgetown, Colorado; the room includes: a small square piano with music for The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Lucia di Lammermoor, two candles atop the piano, wallpaper with wreath-like medallions...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Pianos--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Breckenridge parlor
- A woman sits in the center of a parlor in Breckenridge, Colorado, holding an open book and wearing a bodice with high puffed shoulders, a lace collar, and a plunging, buttoned, jockey pointed closure with notched lapels. Her bishop style sleeves...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1892.
- [between 1890 and 1892?]
- Walter Slezak
- Actors, two men and one woman, perform a scene from "A Doll's House" during the Central City Play Festival in Central City, Colorado. The woman wears a costume of a long skirt with a striped blouse with puffed sleeves and ribbons. She holds a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Interior of 2105 Lafayette Street
- Interior view of a house being remodeled at 2105 Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado. An upright piano and exposed lathing on the wall are in the room. Lettering on the piano read: "S. W. Miller Chicago & Sheboygan." The house was designed by...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 31
- Madame DaCosta vocal studio
- Madame DaCosta poses at a piano in her house at 1135 Grant Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Portraits hang on the wall and are on nearby tables. A large cloth is draped over the grand piano.
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1935 September 28
- Music conservatory now occupying mansion & stables
- Interior view of the conservatory at the Dennis Sheedy house at 11th (Eleventh) Avenue and Grant Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A mirror, console piano, grand piano, portraits, and a bust are in the room.
- Sheedy, Dennis, 1846-1923--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Music rooms--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948
- St. John's Cathedral choir
- Men and women who include Jay Allen Grubb and Tom Walker, members of the Saint John's Cathedral (Saint John's Church in the Wilderness and Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist) choir pose in the church in Denver, Colorado. The men wear tuxedoes...
- Saint John's Cathedral (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Choirs (Music)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Grubb, Jay Allen.;...
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Cutting up, President Rick Ricketson, Al Young (Peerless Printing), Duke Melody (pianist)
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, Rick (Frank H.) Ricketson and Al Young, stand beside an upright piano played by Duke Melody, while he sings; the men are in a log house or cabin in Colorado. The piano is a "Straube" and has a decorated...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Pianos--Colorado--1950-1960.; Singing--Colorado--1950-1960.; Smiling--Colorado--1950-1960.; Melody, Duke.;...
- 1955 July
- Gilpin School playtime
- Students involved in playtime activities such as drawing, reading, walking around, and playing the piano. A teacher is standing behind the piano. The neighborhood can be seen through the large windows at the back of the room.
- Gilpin Place School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Play (Recreation); Classrooms.; Students.; Baby carriages.; Pianos.; Windows.
- Undated
- East Denver High School: 1915
- 1915 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1915
- East High spotlight: vol 2 no 1
- 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.)
- 1925 April 15
- 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
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 53, 1911 December 30
- Apex, Colo. recreation hall interior, piano on stage
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with square piano and painted backdrop of trees; flanked by arched doorways with steps leading onto stage; wood paneling in...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [May 1957]
- Western History Subject Index
- Pianos
- Anna practicing the piano
- Anna Kennicott plays a console grand piano at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; interior decor includes framed pictures of people.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children playing musical instruments--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Pianos--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Kennicott, Anna...
- 1899 March 7
- Anna Kennicott, "awful wallpaper" and piano
- Anna Kennicott poses by a "Hallet, Davis, & Co." console grand piano at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; interior decor includes chintz wallpaper.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Pianos--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott, Anna Townsend.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Two girls at the piano
- Girls play a console grand piano at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; interior decor includes chintz wallpaper, a cushion, and a portrait of a man with a beard.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children playing musical instruments--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Charles Spaulding [sic] Thomas sitting on piano bench. Others unknown
- Interior view of Charles Spalding Thomas, Governor of Colorado from 1899-1901, he sits at a piano bench while he shakes the hand of an unknown man, probably Denver, Colorado. A unidentified woman stands behind the two men.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Governors--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Thomas, Charles Spalding, 1849-1934.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- House interior with a piano
- Interior view of a home in (possibly) Denver, Colorado. Includes a piano, upholstered chair, dining table, wall art, and light fixtures.
- Houses--Colorado--1900-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Piano in Tabor suite Windsor Hotel Denver
- Interior view of the Tabor suite in the Windsor Hotel at 18th (Eighteenth) and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. A square piano is in the room.
- Windsor Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Suites--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Tabor, Horace Austin...
- [1955]
- House at 615 31st Avenue Hildebrand family gathered around piano
- Members of the Hildebrand family pose in a house at 615 31st Street in the Curtis Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The girls and father read while the mother sits at a piano.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children reading & writing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Hildebrand...
- [between 1899 and 1905]
- Edith at piano
- Interior view of a Denver, Colorado home; shows a woman playing a piano. Decor includes framed pictures, a clock, a ceiling lamp, upholstered chair, fireplace, and china. Music score reads: "Bowery Buck Ragtime Two Step, Tom Turpin."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pianos--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903 February
- Arapahoe [i.e. Arapaho] Valley Lodge camp evening festivities, one of the famous raffles "Hi, Ho the Merry-O, somebody bought a book (of raffle tickets), Art Arnold (with tickets), Pete Smythe (piano), Rudy Paulson (M.C.), Jerry Welsh, Marion...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members stand on a stage during a performance on the group's annual trail ride at a camp in probably Grand County, Colorado. Rudy Paulson speaks into the microphone. Arnold stands beside a metal cage filled with...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Grand County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Awards--1950-1960.; Entertainment--Colorado--Grand County--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Grand County--1950-1960.
- 1957
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- The Church Record: Vol. 1 No. 2
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 March
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913