Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Stevens School kindergarten flower shop
- Photograph of a kindergarten flower shop at Stevens Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Hand made flowers are displayed on shelves in front of a house backdrop. A bulletin board has pictures of children with flowers, and different flowers are...
- Kindergartens.; Stevens School (Denver, Colo.); Congress Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Rocky Mountain Paint Shop
- Children pose with a dog and a burro in blinders on a dirt street in Boulder, Colorado. A woman in a plaid blouse stands in the door of the storefront behind them. The sign above depicts a country scene with a waterfall and a troubadour on...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Artists materials--1880-1890.; Facades--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- D&RGW
- View of a railroad car repair shop in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad freight car #3373 is in the shop. The wooden building has a gable roof, and two doors. Gondola car #842 filled with coal is near the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Gunnison--1940-1950.
- 1948 September 19
- Group of Indian boys, from Dakota territory, taken after about fifteen month's residence at Hampton, Virginia. They have since returned home.
- Group portrait of Native American (Dakota) men dressed in suits, some hold books and others hold hats, Hampton Virginia. Identification reads: "Beginning at your left, rear row: White Breast: returned home August, 1880. U-har-ke-um-pa: returned...
- Dakota Indians--Virginia--Hampton--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Virginia--Hampton--1870-1880.; Hampton (Va.)--1870-1880.
- March, 1880
- Equity bldg
- Two story commercial building in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Awnings are over the shop windows. A sign in the window of store at 2563 Welton Street reads: "Future Home of Equity Savings & Loan Company Will open for business...
- Equity Savings and Loan Association (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1954?]
- Palace Hotel, Antonito, Colo.
- View of the Palace Hotel and Nabor's Barber Shops at 433 and 429 Main Street in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The Palace Hotel is a two-story brick building with a rhyolite front with metal kick plates and transom windows on the first...
- Palace Hotel (Antonito, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Antonito Variety (Antonito, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Nabor's Barber Shop (Antonito, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Antonito (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels.; Variety stores.; Barbershops.; Palace Hotel (Antonito,...
- 1978
- Two men in front of blacksmithing shop
- Men pose near a blacksmith's shop in Colorado. One man holds a hand drill while the other man holds a hammer and mallet. An anvil is in the shop.
- Blacksmiths--Colorado--1900-1920.; Forge shops--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- R. R. Boyd carpenter
- View of a carpentry shop, at 3100 Forest Street, in the Northeast Park Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado; shows a corner storefront with window letters: "R. R. Boyd Carpenter Shop." A girl is by a bicycle.
- R. R. Boyd Carpenter Shop (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Northeast Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carpenter shops--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- 2721 Welton Street, Five Points
- View of 2721 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story brick commercial style buildings have decorative corbeling. A hand painted sign for "Young's Soul Food Cafe" is hung on the facade of the building, next...
- Young's Soul Food Cafe (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; 20th Century Barber Shop (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Kapre Lounge (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.;...
- 1978
- Tack shop
- Interior view of a horse & carriage supply store in Denver, Colorado. Saddles, blankets, and harnesses are on display. Men work in the shop.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Saddlery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Shoe shop
- Four men in aprons stand outside on boardwalk in front of Pollman Shoe Shop, 130 East Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Colorado, a false-front wood frame structure with tall central pane window on upper story, large pane shop windows, and double door...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Businessmen--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Equity bldg.
- Two story commercial building in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A neon sign hangs from store address 2563 Welton Street reads: "Equity Savings." The sign on the shop window reads: "Equity Savings and Loan Association." Other...
- Equity Savings and Loan Association (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- [1955?]
- Wood Shop at Whittier School
- Wood Shop at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Six children are shown at various stages of construction. On the left side a boy uses a saw to cut a piece of wood. The boy standing in the middle uses a hand drill on a piece of wood...
- Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Ocean Park, Ocean Promenade
- Vacationers sit on benches and walk on Pier Avenue in Ocean Park in Santa Monica (Los Angeles County), California. Above the pedestrians, chairs sit on a second story balcony. Across the street, an outdoor band shell is built into the second floor...
- Santa Monica (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Benches--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; People--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; Sitting--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- 1929 Prison riot at Canon City
- Guards carrying rifles and wearing ammunition belts stand outside the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, during the 1929 riot. A man in the foreground holds a camera. Others stand around a camera on a tripod, by the one-story stone shop....
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prison riots--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- Morey Junior High School machine shop
- The photograph is of two male students working in the machine shop. Both students are wearing safety goggles.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.;Machine shops.;
- undated
- Charles Building
- View of the Charles Building on 15th (Fifteenth) and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Commercial style stone block has sash windows, decorated cornice, battlements and a flat roof. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk and automobiles are...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Stockton. Down Stockton Channel
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, a riverboat sits in the Stockton Deep Water Channel in Stockton (San Joaquin County), California. Signs read: "What Cheer House. Best Smoke on Earth. General Arthur Cigars," "Fountain...
- Stockton (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Stockton Deep Water Channel (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--California--Stockton--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Channels--California--Stockton--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Platoro, Conejos County, Colo.
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado, includes log cabins, Platoro Hotel in canvas tents, sheds, saddled horses, people in front of the general store with United States flag, and Red Mountain in the background.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- Mercury Printing Shop next to the corner of 5th and Main Streets on the north side
- Men and a woman pose on the boardwalk in Canon City, Colorado. Storefronts behind them have a gabled false front, corbeled cornice, and arching windows. The woman wears a checked dress with a fur hat. A man wearing striped prison pants and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Facades--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Nevada, Colorado
- People stand and pose in front of and atop a one-story brick and stone building with transoms above doors in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado. The triplex houses businesses, probably a store, a shoe shop and a butcher shop. Men wear suits and...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.
- 1883 July
- Main Street between third and fourth north side
- Commercial buildings on Main Street in Canon City, Colorado, have striped, canvas awnings, bracketed cornices, open porches, arched windows, balconies, and are fronted by boardwalk, crates, a barber pole, bare trees, and horse drawn wagons,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- David H. Moffat residence
- View of a house on 11th (Eleventh) Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; formerly the David H. Moffat residence and business. Sign reads: "Al's Shoe Shop." Bargeboard is in the gable.
- Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911--Homes & haunts.; Al's Shoe Shop (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Moffats first home in Denver
- View of a house on 11th (Eleventh) Street in the Auraria neighborhood Denver, Colorado; formerly the David H. Moffat residence and business. Sign reads: "Al's Shoe Shop." A rocking chair is in the yard; boys are on the porch.
- Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911--Homes & haunts.; Al's Shoe Shop (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Melvina's Beauty Shop Sign
- Police Dept. paint & sign shop
- An exterior view of the Denver police department's paint and sign shop. The two story warehouse features cement or concrete accents and large multi-paned windows.
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Paint shops--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Eugene William's wagon shop corner 8th Ave. & 9th St.
- Two men stand outside a wagon shop in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. One man wears an apron and a broad-brimmed hat. The other leans against a piece of wood. Wagon wheels and wood boards surround the exterior of the shop.
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- 1889
- #280 Grables' Harness Shop note: "Drummer" on right
- Two women and three men stand in front of a tack shop in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Two saddles are mounted on luggage trunks on opposite sides of the entrance to the store. A plate of peaches is on top of a trunk. An elderly man stands...
- Paonia Harness Boot & Shoe Shop (Paonia, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saddlery--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Saddles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 13, 1908
- Machine shop
- Interior view of a metal working shop in Denver, Colorado; shows a man, a grinder, work benches, and window letters: "The Denver Grinding & Filing Shop."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Machine shops--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Parks and Endner Carpenter Shop
- Men pose with saws and hammers in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado, by a building with sign: "Parks & Endners Carpenter Shop." Identified men include: "1." John R. Parks, "2." James Phillips, "3." Wm. H. Endner, "4." Louis Rice.
- Parks & Edners Carpenter Shop (Gunnison, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carpenter shops--Colorado--Gunnison--1870-1890.; Carpenters--Colorado--Gunnison--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Melvina's Beauty Shop Business card.
- Store fronts, Blacksmith shop, Silverton, Colo.
- View shows brick and wooden store fronts in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. A Texaco gas pump is in front of a building with "Laundry" painted near the cornice, and another, unidentified building, is the Blacksmith's shop.
- Silverton (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.; Storefronts--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1940.
- August, 1941
- Stedman School Santa Claus Shop
- Photograph of school children and Mrs. Lois B Heath from Stedman Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, at the Santa Claus Shop. Mrs. Heath stands talking with an unidentified student. They are surrounded by boxes of toys. Both of them holds a...
- Christmas.; Stedman School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1951 December
- Denver, 1600 Wazee
- View shows a bicycle against a curb, a horse drawn buggy, and the Sheridan House at 1600 Wazee Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on the building read: "Sheridan House, rooms 50 (cents), 75 (cents), and $1.00 per day," signs: "Paint Shop," "Jackson...
- Sheridan House (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1901?]
- Denver, 16th and Wazee
- View shows a horse drawn buggy in front of the Sheridan House building, 1600 Wazee Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on the building read: "Sheridan House," "Paint Shop, signs," "Jackson Co.," and "Machine Shop."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Street in San Francisco
- Several pedestrians walk in front of the Claus Spreckels Building in San Francisco, California, where the offices of the San Francisco Call and the Columbian Banking Company are housed. A pair of tall columns stand on either side of the main...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Snetzer's Tailor Shop, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the tailor shop of Jacob Snetzer, Georgetown, Colorado, at Taos and Fifth Street, looking east. The building is of wood construction, with a false front with an elaborate cornice; there are three windows with decorative arches over...
- Snetzer, Jacob--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Tailor shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- 1942
- Midway canteen and diner
- Stone buildings surround the "Midway" at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The dining hall has factory windows with open panels, and a faceted guard tower is in the center, with cellhouse 6 behind it. Men are in an area enclosed by...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Blacksmith shop
- Interior view of a machine shop. A man works with machinery, possibly a pipe threader. A crate on the floor reads: "Hercules Powder."
- Interiors--Colorado--1930-1950.; Machine shops--Colorado--1930-1950.; Machinery--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Bellvue Store, Bellvue, Colo.
- View of the ca.1915 Bellvue Store located at 5032 Rist Canyon Road, Bellvue, Colo. The wood structure has a false front and several additions. It is now a local community coffee shop.
- General stores--Colorado--Bellvue--1990-2000.; Bellvue (Colo.)--1990-2000.; General stores.; Bellvue Bean (Bellvue, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; General stores--Colorado--Bellvue--Pictorial works.; Bellvue (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2000
- Men with burros
- Three men stand with burros on Fifth Street in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. The men are dressed in work clothes and the burros are packed with equipment. One man kneels on the ground and holds a young burro in his arms. The brick...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Pack animals--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Filming a movie in Steamboat Springs
- Actors and actresses, members of the cast of the movie "The Wolves of the Street" directed by Otis Thayer and produced by the Art-O-Graph Film Company, pose near the corner of 9th (Ninth) St. and Lincoln in Steamboat Springs (Elbert County),...
- Art-O-Graph Film Company--People--1910-1920.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--American--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Steamboat...
- [1919]
- Olathe street scene
- A boy stands in the middle of a dirt street in Olathe (Montrose County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, horse-drawn wagons, a ditch with water and a pump in wood housing with an advertisement for "Pearline" (soap). Signs on buildings read:...
- Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Olathe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Olathe--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910]
- Blacksmith works
- View of a frame, two-story blacksmith shop with dormer windows and a gabled roof in Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Men stand and pose near a front entrance. Signs on the building read: "Blacksmith Works" and "Weeks & Ventress...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Virginia Ave. west from Main St.
- View of commercial businesses on Virginia Avenue in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. Horses are in front of a frame blacksmith shop. Signs on false front or gable roof buildings read: "Swan Bros. Photographic," "The Free Press," "Tailoring"...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [1881 Fall]
- Boston building, Denver
- View of the Boston Building at 17th (Seventeenth) Street and Champa Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Richardsonian Romanesque style structure features rusticated red sandstone, arched windows, striped awnings, and window signs that read:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Early Longmont, Colorado hose company drilling at Fourth & Coffman
- View of a Longmont fire department pulling a hose cart in the intersection of Fourth (4th) Avenue and Coffman Street, Colorado. The first schoolhouse building moved from Main Street serves as their fire station. Next door is the Quality Creamery...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- John M Dumont built this house for the Boston Mine
- This shingle sided structure in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, has one side of its gable roof built into the hillside; dormers are at ground level. John Dumont built the structure, used as a dormitory for employees of the Boston Mine...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Dumont, John M.
- June, 1960
- Wild Horse, Colorado
- In Wild Horse, Cheyenne County, Colorado, people celebrating Norwegian Independence crowd a frame business. A band poses; identified people include: Otto Goldberg (in profile behind bass drum), Don Collins (center boy on balcony), Judith J. Holt...
- Wild Horse (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Celebrations--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.; Independence Day (Norway)--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Wild Horse--1910-1920.
- 1910 May 17
- Bundesturnfest
- The Colorado National Bank, 17th (Seventeenth) and Larimer Streets, is decorated with American and German flags and bunting during the 31st Bundesturnfest in Denver, Colorado. Ground floor businesses include a souvenir shop and a barber shop.
- Bundesturnfest (31st : 1913 : Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Mercantile...
- [June 1913]