Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Picking strawberries, Steamboat Spgs., Moffat Road
- View of large strawberry field with numerous men, women and children picking strawberries, Steamboat Springs, Colorado reached via Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific), Moffat Road; lean-to or open shed with stacked...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1920.; Strawberries--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Warehouse, sugar factory, Greeley, Colo.
- Two men stand at opposite ends of a hand cart stacked with sacks of sugar at the Great Western sugar plant in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. One worker holds the handle of the cart in his right hand. Sacks of sugar are stacked to the ceiling of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Bakery had capacity of 1200 loaves of bread a day
- Prisoners in aprons and bakers caps pose near bread stacked against a stone wall of the bakery at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. A man in a striped shirt, a bow tie, suspenders, light pants and a hat poses...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--1900-1910.; Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bakeries--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Bread--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Cooks--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.;...
- ca. 1900
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 18, 1914 June 27
- A typical "Morada" where all secret sessions of "La Hermandad Penitente" (Penitent Brotherhood) are held note the huge crosses pointing in the direction of "Calvary," except during their active, or Lenten period, crosses are stacked against the...
- View of a Penitente morada in New Mexico. Shows an adobe building with wooden doors and window frames. Large wooden crosses are stacked in front of the building.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--1890-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Taos County--1890-1910.; Chapels--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Crosses--New Mexico--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Flower-Vaile House
- View of the Flower-Vaile House (1889; Robert G. Balcomb and Eugene Rice, architects) at 1610 Emerson Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade and side elevation of a three-story single detached residence....
- Flower, John S.--Homes & haunts.; Flower Vaile House (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Flower, John S.--Homes and haunts.; Vaile, Joel P.--Homes &...
- 1995
- Prospect Mine, showing superior grade of coal
- A burro pulls two large ore carts filled with boulders of coal at the Prospect Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Mining machinery sits on a set of narrow gauge tracks nearby. Logs and iron rails are stacked near the tracks. Fisher's Peak is in...
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Park Regent Mine, Creede, Colo.
- Men pose on piles of wood near the Park Regent Mine near Creede in Teller County, Colorado. Shows tree stumps, deforested area, and logs stacked in piles. A large mine building is nearby. A woman sits on a horse.
- Park Regent Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1896 July 15
- Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association
- Horse-drawn wagons are beside a Grand Junction Fruit Growers Association building in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A man stands and looks at wagons loaded with boxes of fruit near a covered loading dock. Boxes are stacked against a wall....
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Streets - Monte Vista
- Unpaved street in the commercial district of Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Produce sacks are stacked on a parked, flatbed truck. Shows pedestrians, cars, electric street lampposts. Signs read: "Fassett," "Hotel La Veta," "Stow's,"...
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Red Cliff, Summit Co. Col.
- Men in a group stand on a timber sidewalk and pose beside a false front commercial building that reads: "M. Edwards, Drugs and General Merchandise, Post Office, Battle Mountain Stage Office" in Red Cliff, Eagle County (formerly Summit County),...
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Red Cliff--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883?]
- R.R. Depot, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men sit on top of a train, on a timber sidewalk, or near a passenger train and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at a railroad depot in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Supplies and belongings stacked on the sidewalk include a mattress, wooden...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- [1892?]
- General store, Amity, Colo.
- Men and boys stand and pose outside the "Childs Block" building in Amity, a Salvation Army colony in Prowers County, Colorado. Painted signs on the stone building read: "Groceries and Dry Goods" and "Star Brand Shoes Are Better." Date on the stone...
- Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1903?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of a brick warehouse and a frame horseshoeing business on East Warren Street in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men and a woman pose on the wooden sidewalk, and a man is on a horse-drawn wagon with lettering that reads: "W.J[?]. Hill,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Workshops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Shinkle, Frank S.
- 1904?
- Old Union Depot, Denver, Colo.
- View of railroad tracks and passenger trains at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Women wear dresses and hats and stand near men on a platform. Luggage wagons nearby are stacked with crates and boxes. Union Station has a central stone clock tower...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Telluride, Colo.
- Men pose on the balcony of a frame building with a false front, or on horse-drawn sleighs stacked with bales of hay in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. A frame commercial building has dormers, a gabled roof, a false front, first and second...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Feed stores--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Hay--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Sopris club
- Men work on the construction of the clubhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The building is a concrete block structure with a low pitched, hipped roof. Prominent buttresses support the two...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Walsen bathhouse
- A construction worker stands in the doorway of the bathhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Walsen (Huerfano County), Colorado. The building is a one story rusticated stone structure with two doorways and a shingle roof. Ladders...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Construction workers--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Warehouses
- Cars are parked near a warehouse on 13th (Thirteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Barrels are stacked behind a barbed wire fence.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Barrels--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Warehouse in Denver
- Railroad cars sit on tracks near a warehouse on 13th (Thirteenth) Ave., Denver, Colorado. Railroad ties are stacked in an empty lot nearby. A sign reading "Warehouse" is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Moffat
- A man, woman, and children stand on the porch of the J. W. Hockaday Hardware store in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. Wagons, wheels, gears, and cans are displayed in the shop window. A large sign on the false front of the building...
- J.W. Hockaday Hardware (Moffat, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Moffat (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- W.P.C.D. powder house loading primers
- A worker prepares an explosive charge in the powder house near the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County Colorado. The man wears work overalls and a cap. He places a...
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1930-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
- [1946 July?]
- W.P.C.D. powder house
- A worker stacks explosive charges in the powder house at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. He wears work overalls and a cap. Fuses are wrapped...
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1930-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Loveland Tunnel, making up primers
- A worker prepares explosive charges for the proposed Loveland Tunnel project in either Clear Creek or Summit County, Colorado. The man stands in a shed and wears work overalls, a coat, and cap. He inserts a fuse into the prepared charge. Labels on...
- Loveland Pass (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1944 and 1950?]
- 1421 Champa, construction progress
- View of the Colorado Telephone Company building (1413-1425 Champa) under construction in Denver, Colorado. The building is a four story brick facade with dentals along the flat roof line. A carved stone over the door reads: "Telephone Building."...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Old exchange exteriors
- View of the intersection of 4th Street and Victor Street in the town of Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The two story brick Victor Banking Company building is on the corner. A sign for the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company is...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1897
- 1421 Champa, construction progress
- View of the partial facade and internal framework of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Iron beams are stacked nearby.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902 September
- 1421 Champa, construction progress excavation
- View of an excavated area filled with brick rubble and wood joists at the site of the Colorado Telephone Company building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. A cut stone wall lines a portion of the hole. Bricks are stacked near a shed-roofed...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902 June 4
- Monte Vista, Colo.
- View of an open-sided shed used by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. The shed has a wood plank back wall and corrugated tin roof. A wagon, wires, and equipment are inside the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Publicity, old window display, Kohler-McLister Paint Co.
- Cans of paint and candle stick telephones are arranged in a display at the Kohler McLister Paint Company at 1623 Arapahoe Street in Denver, Colorado. Paint cans are stacked in columns and pyramids. Signs in the window read: "Main 4747," "This Store...
- Kohler-McLister Paint Co.--Public relations--1910-1920.; Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Products--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paint industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Paints &...
- 1916
- Exchange, interior, operator's rest room
- Operators read and sew in the operator's lounge room at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The women sit in mission style rocking chairs. Magazines are stacked on a table in...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Lounges--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1914
- Camp Hale, construction
- Construction workers wear overalls and lean over a wooden sawhorse in a building under construction at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Doors are stacked against building supports and framed walls.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- 1421 Champa, interior offices, general plant engineering
- A group of engineers work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Plans and and documents are stacked on the desks. One man leans over and confers with...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916
- 1421 Champa, interior offices, general plant, "engineering."
- Men and women sit at desks in a crowded office in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building in 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. The women work on typewriters and adding machines at library tables in the center of the room....
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916 February
- Ouray lumberyard
- View of a lumberyard in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Men pose along railroad tracks that divide rows of stacked lumber. Shows a horse-drawn cart, wood frame buildings and a man with a suit and hat.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lumber--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.; Lumberyards--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- At home in the Rockies
- A man, woman, and a girl pose in front of a snow covered, log cabin and a plank wood shed probably in Colorado. Shows a barrel, wooden crates and stacked logs. The child holds a doll.
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1896 Dec
- Sneffels
- A view of the George R. Porter general store and post office in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. People pose on the boardwalk below the the two-story building. The post office and general store has a false-front facade, canvas awning, sash...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; General stores--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- 1885 Aug
- Mine in the San Juan Mountains
- View of an identified mining complex high above the tree-line, probably along the San Juan Mountain Range in Colorado. Miners pose near wood frame buildings, possibly boarding houses, and stacked logs. Shows the rocky terrain made up of scree rock...
- Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Basket
- Shows a Native American (Mescalero Apache) coiled basket used as a bowl. The basket has a single rod foundation, brown and red beadwork and stacked rods from milled lumber bound together with yucca.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Mescalero Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Baskets--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Processing business
- A man poses near a chute in a business in Denver, Colorado. Buckets of "Elastic Cement" are stacked in the room. A woman writes at a desk in a nearby room.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Wig store
- A man and woman pose by glass display cases in a wig shop in Denver, Colorado. Boxes are stacked on nearby shelves and wigs and hair pieces are displayed on top of the cases.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Wigs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Croke and Throme Carpet and Furniture Company
- An interior view of the fire damaged the Croke and Throme Carpet and Furniture Company store located on 1613-1619 Welton street in Denver, Colorado. Shows stacked furniture; fire damaged walls, floors and furniture.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Business office interior
- Interior view of an office in (probably) Denver, Colorado; shows men at a table with books titled: "Poll Book," and "Julius Aichene" [?]. Others pose by stacked chairs and an arched door.
- Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - ranching - woman sawing a log
- A woman saws a log in (probably) Colorado. She wears bib overalls; stacked hay is in the background.
- Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.; Woodcutting--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Forbes Wool Company, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the Forbes Wool Company on North Chestnut Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Bags of wool are stacked on the porch and a horse-drawn buggy is nearby. A painted sign reads: "Office."
- Forbes Wool Company (Trinidad, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Wool industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1909?]
- Kansas City Smelting Co., zinking [sic] kettles
- Interior view of the Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company in Kansas City, Kansas; shows men and boys by stacked ingots and vats.
- Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company--1880-1890.; Kansas City (Kan.)--1880-1890.; Boys--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Interiors--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Smelters--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.; Vats--Kansas--Kansas City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bakersfield. Santa Fe oil district
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows wooden oil derricks and canvas tents in an oil field near Bakersfield (Kern County), California. Shows a farm house and outbuildings, fenced pasture and animals and hay stacked around a...
- Bakersfield (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Oil wells--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Petroleum industry--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Drying prunes, Kings County
- A man sits in a horse-drawn cart in the middle of a field in probably Kings County, California. Other men stand near the buggy. Long wooden flats sit side by side and cover the field. The flats are covered with plums to be dried in the sun. Other...
- Kings County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Food drying--California--Kings County--1900-1910.; Plums--California--Kings County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Drying raisins in Kings County
- Men stand in rows of grape plants, probably in Kings County, California. Wooden flats placed side-by-side cover the dirt row between the grape plants; grapes to be dried in the sun cover the flats. Other flats stand stacked in the rows. A small...
- Kings County (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Food drying--California--Kings County--1900-1910.; Grapes--California--Kings County--1900-1910.; Grapevines--California--Kings County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Yellowstone Lake, landing at Stormy [sic] Point
- View of a wooden boat dock in Yellowstone Lake with rowboats on the shore at Storm Point, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A steam-driven sightseeing boat with men and women passengers approaches the dock. A man and woman stand on a dock stacked...
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Boats--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Piers & wharves--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]