Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons haul materials at the site. The Masonic Temple and the 1st (First) Congregational Church are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, September 30
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons haul materials at the site. The Masonic Temple and the 1st (First) Congregational Church are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, October 15
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver Colorado. Workmen work with cranes and marble slabs at the site. The Arapahoe (Denver) County Courthouse, Masonic Temple, 1st (First) Congregational...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, November 25
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver Colorado. Workmen work with cranes and marble slabs at the site. The Arapahoe (Denver) County Courthouse, Masonic Temple, 1st (First) Congregational...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, December 8
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver Colorado. Workmen work with cranes and marble slabs at the site. The Arapahoe (Denver) County Courthouse, Masonic Temple, 1st (First) Congregational...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, December 22
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver Colorado. Workmen work with cranes and marble slabs at the site. The Arapahoe (Denver) County Courthouse, Masonic Temple, 1st (First) Congregational...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, January 5
- Equitable Building construction
- Men stand near the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons haul materials near the site. The Arapahoe (Denver) County Courthouse, Masonic Temple, 1st (First)...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- [either March or April, 1891]
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons haul materials at the site. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, May 5
- Buffalo Bill's grave
- Shows the grave site of Buffalo Bill Cody located on Lookout Mountain, a Denver Mountain Park 17 miles west of Denver, Colorado. The grave marker is a rock pillar with a metal plaque on the front and a small American flag on top of it. A metal...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Tomb.; Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lookout Mountain Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Flags--American--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a low, cut stone with the raised image of a dove in flight and a branch in it's beak; inscription reads: "Normal, Son of C. & C. E. ??"; site...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville dy 1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a low, cut stone that has a raised image of a dove in flight and a branch in it's beak; inscription reads: "Normal, Son of C. & C. E. ??"; site...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Excavation
- View of the excavation site for construction of the First National Bank of Denver building at 621 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. A dump truck and equipment are at the site. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Pappers Clothing Always...
- First National Bank of Denver--Buildings--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1956 June 7]
- B'way extension looking towards [sic] old B'way
- View of the Broadway Extension construction site near 19th (Nineteenth) Street and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Wagon wheels and support beams are at the site. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Delaney" and "Climax Pure Ice Cream."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 December or November
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking northwest
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking northwest from Green Road near the site of the Georgetown Loop. The town is in bright sunshine; mountains behind are in shadow. Visible landmarks in the grid plan town include the Cushman Block, the Fish Block,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [1951?]
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking north
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north up Taos Street from the base of Leavenworth Mountain on the site of the Barton House Hotel. The Cushman Block, the tower of the Alpine House Company No. 2 firehouse, the roof of Grace Episcopal Church, the tower...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Colorado - Georgetown
- View of the corner of Taos and Sixth (6th, Alpine) Streets, south up Taos, in Georgetown, Colorado. The lot on the left was the site of the McClellan Opera House, which burned in 1892; remnants of floors are visible. The side of the building beyond...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- An aerial view of the restabilization of the Urad reclamation
- Two dump trucks are parked in the reclamation area at the Urad mine site, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Crushed rock from the Henderson mine was hauled here and used as tailings cover and substrate for vegetation. The mill is in the background.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1980]
- Ceiling detail at Campion residence
- Interior view at the Campion home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows a ceiling with plaster molding.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Ceilings--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1963 December 11
- City and County Building construction
- View of the City and County Building construction site on Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Steam shovels, pick-up trucks, and workmen are at the site. Lettering on one steamshovel reads: "S.M. and S.J. Feely...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 April 8
- Arrow about 1939
- Harold Schiecker of Davenport, Iowa holds the pole of the track sign on the track beyond the station depot site in Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado. Arrow was the first incorporated town in Grand County in 1904.
- Arrow (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schiecker, Harold.
- [1939]
- Wolfe Hall School
- Young women stand in the fenced yard of Wolfe Hall School in Denver, Colorado. The brick building has a mansard roof, dormers, and cresting. A woman stands on the flat roof near a cupola. A cross is mounted on the top of a building. Houses and...
- Wolfe Hall (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Church Schools--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Camp Baldwin, camp of survivors, 1886, soldiers in background
- Camp Baldwin, Montana; camp site below Reno Hill where Reno survivors camped after being relieved by Gibbon and Terry; group of soldiers and civilian men and women camped at same site for 10th Anniversary Reunion of Battle at Little Bighorn; tent...
- Camp Baldwin (Montana)--1880-1890.; Battlefields--Montana--1880-1890.; Soldiers--1880-1890.; Tents--1880-1890.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- 1886
- Central City, Colo.
- The Eureka House stands on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, across from the empty lot that is the site of the future Gilpin County Courthouse, built between 1899 and 1900. The Huddleston Mine is on Winnebago Hill in the left background with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Indians, teepees
- An unidentified man stands in front of the Ouray Spring Teepee just south of Montrose at the site where Ouray, chief of the Utes from 1820 until 1880, and his wife, Chipeta, lived. The concrete teepee houses the spring from which the couple...
- Ute Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1930.; Springhouses--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tipis--Colorado--1920-1930.; Chipeta.; Ouray.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Eldora, Colo. 1899
- deposit more than 100 feet thick and was soon determined to be an unsuitable site and the plan was relocated to where the present Barker Dam sits east of Nederland. Several log cabins stand at the base of the hill in the background as well as in...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Tree limbs--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Sulfide Flats
- A group of large pine trees stands in the midground near Sulphide Flats west of Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. In 1907, the area was chosen as the site for a new dam to serve as a hydroelectric power source. W. Hollingsworth McCleod, a...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Nederland (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--Nederland--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- Two unidentified men stand in the midground on a walkway of wood planks near the site where John H. Gregory first discovered gold at Mountain City near Central City, Colorado, in 1859. The site was marked with a bronze plaque on July 23, 1932...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gregory, John H.
- [1932]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- $20,000,000.00 in gold." The man on the left has a long, gray beard and holds a shovel in his hand. The man on the right wears a coat and overalls. H. H. Lake wears a suit. All three wear hats.; H. H. Lake stands between two unidentified men near...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Mountain City--1930- 1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.;...
- [1932]
- Telluride, Colorado, Main Street view toward east
- View east down Main Street (Colorado Avenue) Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado, with snow-covered Ajax, Telluride, and Ingram Peaks in background; shows a two-story brick block on corner of Fir and Colorado (with "Telluride Real Estate...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1980-1990.
- 1982 November 5
- Garland, Colorado
- Garland City, Colorado, includes a main street with businesses and large buildings which may be hotels, smaller wood buildings, and railroad track. Snow covers the town, the brush-covered hill behind, and the Sierra Blanco mountain range in the...
- Garland City (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1878]
- Perspecitve Sunset Plaza, Volunteers of America
- Preliminary exterior elevation and site plany study of the modernist style Sunset Plaza housing facility for low income and disabled residential units built by the Volunteers of America in the early 1970's. The drawing shows an exterior...
- Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Housing.; Housing developments.; Volunteers of America--Sunset Plaza--1970-1980.
- between 1969 and 1971
- Englewood post office
- The excavation for the new post office in Englewood, Colorado, has wood planks on the ground and wood-framed holes going deeper. A workman stands in the construction site; a large two-story gable-roofed residence, the home of Jacob Calvin (J. C.)...
- Jones, J. C. (Jacob Calvin)--Homes & haunts.; Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Building construction--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.
- Dec. 23, 1937
- Idlewild teams Argos party moving in ahead of [?]
- At Idlewild, Colorado, a horse-changing station for the stagecoach on the Western Slope of Berthoud Pass, crew chief J. J. Argo is packing up his men to locate the site of the 2.6 mile main range tunnel for the narrow gauge electric line to Hot...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--Idlewild--1900- 1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1900-1910.; Argo, J. J.
- 1903
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- Ground Penetrating Radar Time Slice
- Prior to excavation, a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey was conducted over a large portion of the planned construction site. GPR works by sending radar waves into the ground, which then bounce off buried features such as walls and foundations....
- 2009
- Safeway Distribution Center Historic District Eligibility Form
- Commission on Community Relations "The Summer of 1967-Northeast Park Hill"
- Denver Orphan's Home Historic Building Application Forms
- The Extension of Ninth Street Park: An International Opportunity
- Letter to Colorado House of Representatives (Hugh Fowler) from Auraria Residents Organization, page 1
- Hoffman Heights Development, Harryette Nicholls and Baby
- Black and white print of woman holding baby in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development, looking east. Woman identified as Harryette Nicholls and baby as Kirk Nicholls. Standing at site of future home at 1140 Troy Street. She is wearing a checked dress...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1951
- Hoffman Heights Development, Ned Nicholls and Baby
- Black and white print of man holding baby in Aurora's Hoffman Heights Development. Man identified as Ned Nicholls and baby as Kirk Nicholls. They are standing in the site of their future home at 1140 Troy Street, looking west. Ned wearing plaid...
- Hoffman Heights (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- 1951
- Orchard House, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the of Orchard House, a.k.a. Schlater's Mansion, at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site located at 3202 Chambers Way, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The three-story Spanish Revival style residence has shaped parapets, brown shingled roof, and...
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010; Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado...
- 2001
- Homestead Cabin, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the small Homestead Cabin located at the Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, 3202 Chambers Way, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The ca. 1860s, rustic one-story log cabin has small windows, a wood shake roof, and small stone chimney. The structure...
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Log cabins--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1990-2000.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Log...
- 1996
- Rock Ledge House, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the Rock Ledge House located at the Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, 3202 Chambers Way, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The one and a half-story simple Queen Anne style structure is characterized by a squared bay window on the side of the house...
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses--Coloado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010; Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Ranch...
- 2001
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 13, 1912 March 30
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 3 and 4, 1925 March-April
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 7, 1910 February 12
- Interior view in Bent's Old Fort
- View of a dirt courtyard in the reconstructed Bent's Fort at Bent's Old Fort National Monument in southern Colorado. Shows a stone well, adobe walls with vigas, and part of a portal.
- Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Courtyards--Colorado--Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site--1970-1990.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site--1970-1990.; National parks &...
- [between 1975 and 1981?]
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. GOLDEN TRIANGLE AREA