Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Richthofen Fountain
- View of the Richthofen Fountain (1901, now a planter) at the intersection of Richthofen Parkway and Oneida Street in the Montclair Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A young boy and girl sit on the edge of the former fountain's granite basin which...
- Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Monuments.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Children.; Fountains.; Gardens.; Von Richthofen, Walter, Baron, 1848-1898--Monuments--Pictorial works.;...
- 1975
- Tin type tent, Central City, Colorado
- A man and woman sit in a tent erected outside of a building in Central City, Colorado. A concrete planter with vegetation is in front of the tent and the woman leans on the edge of the it. Behind her stands the man, in suit and beret. A banner that...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Ideal Laundry, interior stairway and planter
- Ideal Laundry, interior stairway and planter
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 11 and 12, 1928 November-December
- Pasadena, Cal. Marengo Ave., east
- View of Marengo Avenue in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The avenue is lined with pepper trees that overhang the dirt street. Sidewalks, flowering trees, junipers, and a stone pillar topped with a planter that contains greenery are...
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Dirt roads.; Residential streets.; Pepper-tree.
- [1899]
- Placita in private residence
- A man, woman, and girls pose a courtyard in at their house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The family sits and stands near a planter and vines that grow from the roof of the house.
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Courtyards--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Families--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.; Plant containers--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Santa Barbara, Normal School
- View of the portico of the Santa Barbara Normal School in Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County), California. Shows a Mission style stucco building with a tile roof, a portico with arches and square columns, and a flagstone floor. Shows a clock on...
- Santa Barbara Normal School (Santa Barbara, Calif.)--1880-1900.; Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Arcades (Architectural components)--California--Santa Barbara--1800-1900.; Schools--California--Santa Barbara--1800-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Conejos County, Manassa, park
- View a large sign with planter base, honoring William Harrison "Jack" Demsey on the grounds of his museum park, Manassa, Conejos County, Colorado. The sign reads: Home of Manassa Mauler Jack Demsey, with his birth date of June 24th 1895 under a...
- Manassa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Parks--Colorado--Manassa--1960-1970.
- July 1966
- Drug store
- Exterior view of the J. W. Fleming drugstore in Silverton Colorado, on the west side of Greene St. between 13th and 14th. This single story frame building has a false front topped by a bracketed cornice with dentils. Above the door, a sign reads...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Drugstores--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1881?
- Boiler for the first dredge that went into Warren, Idaho
- Men pose around a wagon carrying a boiler tank in Warren, Idaho County, Idaho. They wear suits, and slouch or planter hats. A team of eight horses in harness pull the conveyance.
- Warren (Idaho)--1880-1890.; Dredges--Idaho--Warren--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Luby in Minturn
- In Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, saloon owner H. W. Luby poses with a little girl on horseback. He wears a vest, bowtie, and planter hat; she is in white lace with a bow in her hair. The horse is tethered to a picket fenced deck; frame houses...
- Luby, H. W.--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children riding horses--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- School house (1st) Minturn, Colo
- Children pose in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, on the steps of a frame schoolhouse. The girls are in fancy dresses, and several children wear cloche, planter, sailor, or duster hats.
- Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Wheeler residence
- Exterior of the log house built by Indian Agent Wheeler in the early 1880s, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Two-story, L-plan with intersecting gable roofs constructed of railroad ties and hand hewn logs with a series of add ons, as well as dormer...
- Wheeler, Walter F.--Homes & haunts.; Ouray (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ouray--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- First newspaper in Montrose The Messenger
- This frame business in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has storefront windows and signs: "The Messenger Publishing and Printing." A girl and men in suits wearing gold chains, bowlers, slouch, or planter hats stand on the boardwalk. A house is...
- Messenger Publishing and Printing (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose Messenger (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888 August 22
- First building in Montrose, Colo erected Sept 1881 by Evans Wilrup
- Children pose in front of a log and mud cabin, in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. A boy has a planter hat and wagon, a girl wears a print dress and wide brimmed hat. A barrel is nearby; rooms extend from the original structure on both sides.
- Wilrup, Evans--Homes & haunts.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Barrels--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Girls--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Montrose Register
- A frame business in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has storefront windows and signs: "The Montrose Register." Men and boys in suits and planter hats pose on the boardwalk.
- Montrose Register (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- Telluride, (Colo.) band in Bridal Veil Park Ingram and Bridal Veil Falls in background No. 43
- Men pose in suits and planter, top, or bowler hats in Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. They hold musical instruments including tubas, cornets, trumpet, trombones, and a bass drum. Ingram Peak edges meadow behind them, with Bridal Veil Falls...
- Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1890.
- September, 1886
- Billy Marchant's Place, Montrose, Colo
- Billy Marchant's business in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, has stovepipes and a false front with signs: "Baths and Lodging." A hand-operated pump in the foreground feeds wooden barrels by an exterior stove; men and boys pose, holding a broom...
- Marchant, Billy--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1884 October 20
- Gotthelf and Mayer Mercantile
- Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado, people crowd the boardwalk of a dry goods store. The woman wears a print dress with puffed shoulders; men and boys wear sack suits, ties, gold chains, duster, straw, or planter hats, suspenders and aprons. One...
- Saguache (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Saguache--1890-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Saguache--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Saguache--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cheyenne Mt. Country Club
- View at the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a man adjusting the saddle on a blindfolded mule while another man holds the reins; a Black man holds a horse with a man in suit and tie mounted on top....
- Cheyenne Mountain Country Club--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Country clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Second annual Sunflower Carnival
- View of a Flower Carnival parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows "China Jim," a Chinese businessman, in a suit and planter hat with a wagon and team. Chinese in skullcaps peek over the float decorated with paper lanterns,...
- Chinese-Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Co Springs--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1894 August 24
- Central City home interior
- The back porch of a Central City home is framed in a dark, round border. The house is brick and has two rectangular windows and lattice work on the right side of the porch. Wood steps lead up to the porch with a wood railing. A planter is next to...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Porches--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Morning Advertiser, Trinidad
- A group of ten men and one women pose in front of the Morning Advertiser's office in Trinidad, Colorado. Two wooden spiral posts flank the glass doors and sign reads: "Advertiser." The doorframe below the transom has the number 318 mounted on it....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Beshoar, Michael, 1833-1907.; Sipe, Burney.; Stevens, S. H.
- 1892
- Morning Advertiser, Trinidad
- The staff of the Morning Advertiser poses in front of the newspaper's office in Trinidad, Colorado. Two wooden, lathe turned spiral posts flank the glass doors, with lettering that reads: "Advertiser." The doorframe below the transom has the number...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Beshoar, Michael, 1833-1907.; Garcia, Jesus Moria.; Hines, J. H.; Robinson, Bob.; Shumway, Ed.; Shumway, Will.; Single, George.; Snyder, Willy.; Stevens, S. H.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Trinidad Country Club house
- Exterior view of the Trinidad Country Club in Trinidad, Colorado. This one story, pueblo style adobe building has an open porch, a faux bell tower over the front entry, chimneys, and vigas. Numerous wooden side chairs are on the porch, and two...
- Trinidad Country Club (Trinidad, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of Hamill House solarium, in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill 1874; shows a tiered cast iron fernery, or plant stand, with potted plants on shelves. A...
- 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?]
- Manitou Bath House
- Exterior view of the Manitou Bath House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. This three story frame structure, built in the Queen Anne style, has clipped gable roofs, ridge cresting, square corner towers that extend a floor above the main building, a...
- Manitou Bath House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Agency building residence of Col. Dyre Agt. for S. tribes
- A group of white men and women pose on the front porch of the Native American Kansas (Kansa) Ynopa Agency; a two-story frame house with window shutters and planter boxes, and a picket fence.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Kansa Indians--Government relations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Houses--Kansas--1880-1900.; Indian reservations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Dyre, D. B.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Judge Thomas res.
- A two story, gable roofed, residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, has two dormers and fish scale imbrication in the gable peak. A tree in the yard conceals the details of the dormers. The porch is part open, part enclosed; plants are in the window of...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Odd Fellows Lodge, Main St.
- Odd Fellows Lodge members in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose, in sack suits, for a portrait, on the boardwalk in front of a frame building with pedimented sash windows and doors. They wear bowler, stovepipe, conductor, and planter hats, fringed vests...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1900-1920.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal Organizations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Vorhees [sic] Memorial
- A view of the Voorhies Memorial, built in memory of John H. P. Voorhies, from the southeast. Shows the classical style memorial, a stone planter and a pool with two sea lion statues in it.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Voorhies, John H. P.--Memorials.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Streetscaping Colfax
- An African American (Black) man plants a tree in a sidewalk planter in front of a building on Colfax Avenue at Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado. A sign on a nearby awning reads: "Sexy's."
- African Americans--Employment--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Tree planters (Persons)--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Tree planting--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.;...
- 1987 May
- Palm Room - 60 ft wide & 70 ft long
- Interior view of the Claude K. Boettcher residence, in Denver, Colorado; decor includes upholstered couches, chairs, ottomans, palms, a sculpture of a woman, lamps, a crystal chandelier, classical columns, and a planter with bas-relief ornaments.
- Boettcher, Claude K. (Claude Kedzie), 1875-1957.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Sunspaces--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Myrtle Rorem
- Interior view of a California Bungalow style house in Denver, Colorado; decor includes a folding aluminum chair, a rubber plant, a planter, and a free-standing metal fireplace.
- Rorem, Myrtle--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bungalows--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Garden of Delos A. Chappell - Denver, Colorado
- View of the yard (designed by S. R. DeBoer) at the Chappell house at 2900 Sheridan Boulevard, in Edgewater (Jefferson County), Colorado; landscaping features sandstone steps, lawn chairs, and a planter.
- Chappell, Delos Allen--Homes & haunts.; Edgewater (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Gardens--Colorado--Edgewater--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Rear of Gilford Woods home
- View of a porch at the Gilford Wood house at 707 Washington Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Chairs and a terra-cotta planter are on the porch.
- Wood, Gilford--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Porches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Brighton School
- Students of the Brighton School, in Brighton, Colorado, pose in front of a brick wall with sash windows and an open door. Boys in suits wear planter, sailor, and Turk's hats. The girls wear patterned dresses, some with white aprons. Three have...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Brighton--1890-1900.
- [1897 or 1898]
- Hotel in Buena Vista, Colorado, "nineties"
- This two-story frame building in Buena Vista, Colorado, has pedimented windows on both floors; external stairs are at the side. The glass storefront has letters reading: Capitol Hotel. Men in suits, derby, planter and a sailor's hat and women in...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Came to Canon City
- Eighteen studio portraits from Canon City, Colorado, are montaged in rows and identified with dates of arrival as follows: left to right: Mrs. Geo. D Sowers, Geo. D. Sowers, Mrs. J.B. Self, Rev. J.B. Self, Mrs. Lyman Robison 1880, Lyman Robison...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Sandstone steps
- View of a Garden Club of Denver member's yard in Denver, Colorado; landscaping includes flagstone stairs, a planter, petunias, and vinca vines.
- Garden Club of Denver.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Stairways--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Entrance at Charlford
- View at Charlford, near Sedalia, Douglas County, Colorado; a manor designed in 1926 for Charles Johnson by Burnham and Merrill Hoyt and built of native volcanic rock. Features random hewn stone, an arched lintel, niche with cherub, and a canvas...
- Johnson, Charles Alfred, 1868-1954--Homes & haunts.; Garden Club of Denver.--1930-1940.; Charlford (Sedalia, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Sedalia--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Detention Home School, Denver, Colo., J. P. Wright Supt.
- View of the Detention School Home at 2844 Downing Street in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features a bay window. Landscaping includes lawn, flower garden, a boiler - planter, and sprinklers.
- Detention School Home (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Reformatories--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Silverton R.R., transfer of passengers
- People pose with buggies, wagons, and horse teams by a Silverton Railroad Company locomotive, a Denver & Rio Grande Railway freight car, and a Silverton R.R. passenger car in Red Mountain Town, Ouray County, Colorado. The men wear suits, planter...
- Silverton Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1880-1890.; Business people--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Red...
- 1888 Sept. 17
- Interior, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a dog in a chair in a bay window of the Bowman- White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1980.; Dogs--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1920 and 1974?]
- Interior, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his daughter, Mary Ellen...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1980.; Dogs--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1920 and 1974?]
- Burlington
- A woman and children walk past the Burlington Record newspaper building on the main street in Burlington (Kit Carson County), Colorado. Shows brick buildings, a planter with a small tree, a waste can, pedestrians and street vendors who sit on the...
- Burlington (Colo.)--1980-1990.; City & town life--Colorado--Burlington--1980-1990.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Burlington--1980-1990.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Burlington--1980-1990.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Burlington--1980-1990.
- ca. 1988
- 1250 Bannock Street, Denver
- View of an office building at 1250 Bannock Street, in the Golden Triangle Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Features include columns, a recessed entry, a stone planter, an entrance canopy, and metal frame windows.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Golden Triangle (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1985 June
- Turner residence in Kokomo
- Well dressed, the Turners pose on the wooden steps of their one- story frame house in Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado. In kneepants and a narrow brimmed planter hat, a boy standing in a cart holds the reins of a mule. A clothesline connects to a...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Wolhurst fete
- Party guests at Wolhurst, in Littleton, Colorado, sit on the porch of a shingle style building. In a high-collared white dress and holding a broad brimmed straw hat, a lady laughs with a man in a suit holding a box camera and a cigar. He is...
- Wolcott, Edward Olive, 1848-1905--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Garden parties--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.
- 1898