Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Library at Grant Junior High School
- Library at Grant Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. Four students sit at a table in the school's library reading the school's newspaper 'The Grant Junior Live Wire,' behind them two students look at the books on the library shelves.
- Libraries.; Grant Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- West High School motion picture project filming
- Photograph of filming during Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". Two male students stand with their backs to the camera while they work the motion picture camera and lights. A female students...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project student with projector
- Photograph taken of an unidentified male student loading a movie projector as part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver".
- Motion Pictures.; Motion picture devices.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project student cameraman
- Photograph of an unidentified male student using a motion picture camera as part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver".
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project
- Photograph taken of five students and a dog during the creation of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". Four unidentified students stand next to a car on the west side of the Denver Nature and...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project meeting
- Photograph taken of a group of students working on Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". Six unidentified students appear to be holding a discussion while siting in a group looking at a stack of...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project
- Photograph students in a classroom taken as part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job". Featured in the picture is a female student sitting in a chair talking to a unidentified man behind and to the...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project job application
- Photograph of students at Denver's West High School's standing at an employment office service window filling out job application forms. These students were part of a motion picture project for the school entitled "How to Find a Job".
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project filming students
- Photograph taken of filming during Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job". A unidentified male student stands with his back to the camera while he is filming a group of students. Next to him are two other...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School students watching motion picture project
- Photograph taken as part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". Photograph is of several unidentified students leaning over, sitting on or around a table watching filming for the project. In...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project set up
- Photograph taken while two unidentified boys set up lights for part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". The two boys stand on a table adjusting lights while two other boys sit at a desk...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- St. Louis Catholic Church's first school bus Monsignor O'Heron helping to unload the school children
- Monsignor O'Heron assists a little girl who is missing her front teeth, wears a plaid dress, a hair bow, and saddle shoes, and holds books and a purse as she exits the St. Louis Catholic School's new school bus, which appears to have been built in...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Buses--Colorado--Englewood--1940-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Englewood--1940-1960.; Students--Colorado--Englewood--1940-1960.; O'Heron, Monsignor.; St. Louis Catholic School (Englewood, Colo.)
- [between 1945 and 1957?]
- Barnum Elementary School Addition building
- Exterior photograph of the back of the Barnum Elementary School's addition. School is located in Denver, Colorado.
- Barnum School (Denver, Colo.); Barnum (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1950 May
- Barnum Elementary School library class
- Photograph of a 7A class sitting at tables in the Barnum Elementary School's library reading. School is located in Denver, Colorado.
- School children.; Libraries.; Barnum School (Denver, Colo.); Barnum (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 11th Annual Capitol Hill People's Fair
- Steele School students in library
- Photograph of three unidentified students reading in Steele Elementary School's library in Denver, Colorado. One girls stands with an open book in the back of the room next to the fiction section. Another girl and boy sit at a table in front of...
- Libraries.; Steele School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- George Washington High School students using library
- Photograph of two unidentified female students from George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado using the card catalog in the school's library.
- Libraries.; George Washington High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1960
- Bryant-Webster Elementary School playground
- Exterior photograph of the Bryant-Webster Elementary School's playground located in Denver, Colorado. The 1931 Bryant-Webster Elemantary School is an excellent example of Art Deco design. The building is the work of two prominent Denver...
- Bryant-Webster Elementary School (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1990 November
- Bryant-Webster Elementary School playground
- Exterior photograph of the Bryant-Webster Elementary School's playground located in Denver, Colorado. The 1931 Bryant-Webster Elemantary School is an excellent example of Art Deco design. The building is the work of two prominent Denver...
- Bryant-Webster Elementary School (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.;...
- 1995
- Homecoming bookmark
- Two bookmarks from West High School's Homecoming game in 2000.
- West High School (Denver, Colo)
- 2000
- Park Hill Elementary
- Park Hill Elementary
- Park Hill Elementary
- West High School Graduation Class of 1894
- Group photograph of West Denver High School's graduating class of 1894.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;West Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Wolcott School - dance studio - next to 1225 E. 14th Ave., Denver, Colo.
- View shows a concrete path through trees leading to the Wolcott School's dance studio on Fourteenth (14th) Avenue, Denver, Colorado.
- Wolcott School (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dance studios--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- July, 1966
- Eaton Hi
- A basketball team at Eaton High School in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado, poses in two lines against a brick wall; the players wear dark, sleeveless, numbered jerseys that read "Eaton," and trunks with light colored belts. The coach and manager wear...
- Eaton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Basketball players--Colorado--Eaton--1930-1940.
- February 19, 1935
- Birdseye view looking north west, Deadwood, S.D.
- Panoramic view of buildings in downtown Deadwood (Lawrence County) South Dakota, located in the Black Hills. Timber, brick, and stone buildings include the Federal Courthouse and Post Office building with a flat roof and pediment, and the Adams...
- Deadwood (S.D.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Deadwood--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910]
- Central City, Colo., churches, Episcopal
- A man in a dark suit stands in front of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Central City, Colorado. The original church burned down in 1874; construction of this church began the same year. The stone church has a tall, pointed steeple. The two doors and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Park Greeley
- Aerial view of the baseball diamond of the Colorado State College of Education (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers College, and Colorado State College) in Greeley, Colorado in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baseball--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1952 April 25
- West High School school service flag and student
- Photograph of an unidentified female student from West High School in Denver, Colorado putting stars on the school's service flag during World War II
- West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1943 April
- McKinley School Assembly color guard
- Photograph of an assembly held outside on the playground of the old McKinley Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, prior to its demolition. Several members of the school's color guard are presenting the flag for the Pledge of Allegiance.
- Flags--American.; McKinley School (Denver, Colo.); Platt Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1979
- McKinley School Assembly cheer squad
- Photograph of an assembly held outside on the playground of the old McKinley Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, prior to its demolition. Members of the school's cheer squad perform near the podium.
- McKinley School (Denver, Colo.); Platt Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1979
- Teller School War Stamp Thermometer
- Photograph of young children at Teller Elementary School during a class project. A boy and a girl are filling in the meter on the school's war stamp thermometer.
- Teller School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1942
- Valverde School dandelion picking project
- Photograph of kindergarten students at Valverde Elementary School in Denver, Colorado after they finished picking dandelions off the school's lawn. Pictured are two rows of students, the boys standing facing the camera, with the girls kneeling...
- Kindergartens.; Valverde School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- New Wing of Whittier School
- New wing of the Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Exterior view of Whittier Elementary School's new wing, dedicated March 19, 1931.
- Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1931
- Wyatt School fifth grade pioneer project
- Photograph students from Wyatt Elementary School's fifth grade class during a pioneer class project in Denver, Colorado. Three girls sit on the floor wearing gingham dressed and sunbonnets. In the middle is a rocking cradle with a doll. On the...
- Wyatt School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1934 May
- Baker Junior High students in library
- Photograph of an unidentified female student from Baker Junior High School in Denver, Colorado using the card catalog in the school's library. She stands at the catalog looking through an open drawer while other students sit at tables behind her.
- Libraries.; Baker Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1930
- Byers Junior High assembly
- Photograph of the student body in during an assembly at Byers Junior High School's auditorium in Denver, Colorado.
- Auditoriums.; Byers Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1930
- Cole Junior High students in library
- Photograph of five unidentified students at Cole Junior High School in Denver, Colorado using the school's library. All of the students are gathered around a table. Three are sitting, one is looking over another students shoulder, and one is...
- Libraries.; Cole Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1926
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School beauty school
- Photograph of a male student at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School's beauty program. He stands behind a woman sitting in a salon chair. She has rollers in her hair. He holds a comb is is bending close to her head . Another woman stands...
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School beauty program
- Photograph of a female student during a class in hair dressing at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School's beauty program in Denver, Colorado. One woman sites in a salon chair and looks in the mirror while a student combs her hair.
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School student manicure
- Photograph of a student at Emily Griffith Opportunity School's beauty program giving a costumer a manicure in Denver, Colorado.
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Class of 1900. Denver Manual Training High School
- Photo album for Manual Training School's Senior Class of 1900.
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1900
- Exterior view of West High School
- Exterior view of West Denver High School's main tower with trees.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;West Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- circa 1930
- East High School Fountain
- A female student at East Denver High School sits next the school's fountain.
- Marinoff, Oscar, 1898-1982--Archives.; Marinoff family--Archives.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; East Denver High School--People--1930-1940.
- circa 1935
- East High School Students on Stairs
- Two female students at East Denver High School descend the school's main staircase. Both girls carry books in their arms and are talking.
- Marinoff, Oscar, 1898-1982--Archives.; Marinoff family--Archives.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; East Denver High School--People--1930-1940.
- circa 1935
- North High School with shops in back
- Photograph taken of North Denver High School with the school's shops in the background.
- North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings.; North High School (Denver, Colo.); Highlands (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public...
- undated
- Boulevard School 1966 Color Guard
- Group photograph of the Boulevard Elementary School's 1966 Color Guard in Denver, Colorado.
- Boulevard School (Denver, Colo.); Sloan Lake (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1966
- Boulevard School Civil Defense Day
- Students at Boulevard Elementary School stand in line as they wait to tour a Coors Brewery delivery truck during the school's Civil Defense Day in Denver, Colorado.
- Boulevard School (Denver, Colo.); Sloan Lake (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Coors Brewing Company--Equipment and Supplies.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1965
- Boulevard School Civil Defense Day
- Students at Boulevard Elementary School stand in line as they wait to tour a Coors Brewery delivery truck during the school's Civil Defense Day in Denver, Colorado.
- Boulevard School (Denver, Colo.); Sloan Lake (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Coors Brewing Company--Equipment and Supplies.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1965