Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- Three weathered clapboard two-story houses in Leadville, Colorado, are featured in this photograph. The house on the left has decorative front gable trim, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic window, a first floor...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- Denver Public Library 1931 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1931. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 S
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Crestone Community Building
- View of historic Crestone School (now the Crestone Community Building) in Crestone (Saguache County),Colorado. The long, one story clapboard building has a gable roof, four chimneys and a wooden entry stoop. The building is on the National...
- Crestone Community Building (Crestone Colo.)--1990-2000.; Crestone (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Community centers.; Schools.; Historic buildings.; Crestone Community Building (Crestone Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Community...
- 1994
- Gonzales family outside Casa Mayan restaurant
- Members of the Gonzales family pose outside their restaurant and cultural center the Casa Mayan located at 1020 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right, on the front stoop: Ramon and Carolina...
- Casa Mayan (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Restaurants.; Alcaro family--Pictorial works.; Gonzales...
- [1958]
- Amity, Colo., colonist & family & house built by himself
- A man in a Salvation Army uniform sits on a stone stoop and talks with a man and a young girl, in front of a stone house with a hipped roof, in the Salvation Army settlement of Amity in Prowers County, Colorado; a woman stands nearby. A water pump...
- Salvation Army--People--1890-1910.; Amity (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Charitable organizations--Colorado--Amity--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Amity--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Amity--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Ula School
- View of the school in Ula (Custer County), Colorado; shows a frame building with a chimney and covered stoop.
- Ula (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Ula--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- C. S. Thomas' residence possibly 1609 Sherman
- A boy sits on the stoop of Colorado governor Charles S. Thomas' house at 1609 Sherman Street in Denver, Colorado. The three-story house has a covered porch, decorative trim, and two chimneys.
- Thomas, Charles Spalding, 1849-1934--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Swink, Colorado sugar mill construcion office building
- A man poses on the stoop of the construction office of the Holly Sugar Company's sugar mill operation in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. The two-story brick building has awnings and a wooden picket fence nearby.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Office buildings--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1906]
- Fremont, Dec. 1891, Cripple Creek
- A man sits on the stoop of a log cabin in the mining town of Fremont (Cripple Creek, Teller County), Colorado. A canvas camp tent is in the background; a tin cup hangs by the door.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Fremont--1890-1900.; Fremont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Fremont--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Fremont--1890-1900.
- 1891 December
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- View of a two story house in Leadville, Colorado shows the original clapboard siding covered with composite siding. There is decorative front gable trim with turned finials, three second-story windows with front gable overhangs, an arched attic...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1962
- Lace House in Leadville
- View of the facade of the Lace House in Leadville, Colorado, shows the clapboard false front structure with jigsaw carving, a paired bracketed cornice with wood shingle roof, a central entry with metal screen door and transom, two tall flanking...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Luby Home Minturn, Colo
- This one-story frame residence in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, has a covered porch, shingle imbrication, bargeboard, bay windows, and a brick chimney. A man, woman, and child pose on the stoop; wood fence encloses the snowy yard. Mountains are...
- Minturn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Later picture of McNicholas house part was originally built in Nevadaville 1859
- The Rosa McNicholas house, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story, frame dwelling with a covered stoop and shed extension. The shingle roof is intact; the windows and doors have been boarded over.
- McNicholas, Rosa--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Mary E. Prouse, Main St., built after 1894, newest house in Nevadaville
- The Mary E. Prouse home, on Main Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has a shed roofed extension and imbrication in the second floor gable. Lathe turned piers support an awning over the stoop; lumber and debris are in the yard. Another...
- Prouse, Mary E.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- Nevadaville Elizabeth Prouse house built about 1895
- The Mary E. Prouse home, on Main Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has a shed roofed extension and imbrication in the second floor gable. Lathe turned piers support an awning over the balustraded stoop. A stone retaining wall fronts...
- Prouse, Mary E.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Nevadaville Old Rosa McNicholas house part built in 1859 by R D Darlington
- The Rosa McNicholas house, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one-story, frame dwelling with a covered stoop and shed extension. The shingle roof is intact; the windows and doors have been removed.
- McNicholas, Rosa--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Nevadaville, old Mary Nicholas house part built about 1862 now owned by W. C. Russell Jr.
- The Mary Nicholas house, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has gabled extensions and a covered porch. Double hung windows are on the ground floor and in the gable end, where a branch is mounted. The Russell house is a two-story structure...
- Nicholas, Mary--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Ouray residence
- A man stands in front of a woman who sits on the front stoop of a two story wood frame house, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The house features a steeply hipped roof with side second floor dormers cut into roofline.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek, 1899
- Family stands outside their two-story wood frame residence, 321 West Carr Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; man is possibly T. F. Smith, miner with Last Dollar Mine; man, woman, and boy in overalls stand while small girl sits on front steps or...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1899?
- Cripple Creek, Colo 1899 home & birthplace of Ralph Owens
- Edward T. and Ella Owens with baby Ralph stand in front of their one-story home, Cripple Creek, Colorado; residence has a medium gable roof, uncovered front porch with side stoop leading to single entry off- center of main facade, one double sash...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Owens, Edward T.; Owens, Ella.; Owens, Ralph.
- 1899
- Cripple Creek, Colo. residence of the family of Attorney Trowbridge in N.W. Cripple Creek
- Family portrait of Attorney Henry Trowbridge, his wife and two children in front of residence with their pet burros, northwest Cripple Creek, Colorado; woman wears a hat and overcoat, young boy sits on one burro and the girl stands next to another...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Prouse house, Nevadaville, spg.
- The Mary E. Prouse home on Main Street, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has a shed roofed extension and imbrication in the second floor gable. Lathe turned piers support an awning over the stoop; lumber and debris are in the yard. A stone...
- Prouse, Mary E.-- Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Public School, Montrose, Colo
- The public school in Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, is a two-story brick building with stone trim and hipped roofs. A square tower has an imbricated, tapered belfry, dormers, widow's walks, and a windvane. Children and a man in a suit pose by...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children & adults--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; School children--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Residence, Cripple Creek
- Exterior residence number 421, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one story log cabin has wood frame hipped gambrel roof, single entry off- center main fascade, opened screen door and carved front door with window, one double-sash window, small plain window...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896?]
- Salida residence
- A man, boys and a girl pose on the stoop of a frame house in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. A bicycle leans on the railing, flanked by lathe turned columns. The number over the entry is: "516;" a woman looks out from a lace curtained window.
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salida residences
- These brick dwellings in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, are one or two-story flat roofed structures. One has a metal cornice; another has a mansard roof and a jigsawn stoop. People pose under signs: "Furnished rooms;" "Board by the day or week."...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Street scene, Cripple Creek
- Row of one and two-story medium gable wood frame and log houses probably on north side of Eaton Avenue or possibly Carr Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one is under final stage of construction; dirt street has light snow and wagon tracks on it;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Looking north on Commercial Street in the early 80's, Trinidad
- View of Commercial Street in Trinidad, Colorado, looking north. Men sit on the stoop of the Commercial Hotel and stand in a doorway; one man wears a flat topped hat with a pencil roll brim and a Black man stands behind him. Dirt street is lined on...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1882?]
- Residence or apartment
- A view of a two story brick residence or apartment building, possibly in Denver, Colorado. The numbers above the doorway read "5533". A brick walkway leads up to a brick stoop with a metal stair railing.
- Buildings--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Cliff House in fog
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three story frame structure with hipped gable roof and wrap around porch and balcony was the premier hotel in the west, featuring 110 rooms, hot and cold...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- September 1887
- Cliff House
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, a three-story frame structure with wrap around porch, balcony, hipped gable roof, chimneys, and widows' walk. People appear on the stoop, the drive, the porch,...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Cliff House, early view
- Exterior view of the Cliff House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This three story frame structure with wrap around porch and balcony has a hipped gable roof, chimneys, a widow's walk, and a sign on the rooftop that reads:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1874?]
- Iron Spring Hotel
- Exterior view of the Iron Springs Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. Rebuilt in 1884 after a fire, this three story frame structure with clipped cross gabled roof has a dormer, a chimney, and a finial on the roof peak, and is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Iron Springs Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1884?]
- Cochiti biog. groups (unident.)
- A man, a child, and four women, Native Americans from the Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, gather on the stoop of a residence. one woman wears a manta and two of the women carry woven blankets over their shoulders.
- Cochiti Indians--Children--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Cochiti--1900-1920.; Cochiti (N.M.)
- [1900-1920?]
- Manitou House
- Exterior view of the Manitou House Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. Built in 1872, this three story gable roofed frame structure features chimneys, central dormer, and wrap-around open air porch and balcony. Well dressed...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Manitou House Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Engle Brothers Exchange Bank
- The Engle Brothers Exchange Bank in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a frame building with a double door, cement steps, and sash windows. Men in suits and bowler hats pose on the stoop; sign reads: "Engle Bros. Exchange Bank." Brackets ornament the false...
- Engle Brothers Exchange Bank--1900-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Fire in Breckenridge
- A fire in Breckenridge, Colorado, devastated all but the frame of the storefront where is was centered. Men stand near it, and spectators line the street in the background. A false fronted storefront to the right of it is also damaged and leaning,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Heroes of Wagon-Box Fight, Sgt. Samuel Gibson, Ft Crook, Nebr. (left), Corp. E. D. Butts, Dow City, Iowa
- Sergeant Samuel Gibson and Corporal E. D. Butts pose in chairs on a stoop outside a screen door in Dow City, Iowa. Veterans of the Wagon Box Battle, August 2, 1867, Wyoming.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Iowa--Dow City--1920-1930.; Dakota Indians--War--Iowa--Dow City--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--War--Iowa--Dow City--1920-1930.; Red Cloud's War, 1866-1867--Veterans--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Wagon Box Fight, Wyo.,...
- 1928 June 9
- Lincoln Avenue winter of 1899
- On Lincoln Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west, are two-story, frame buildings behind piles of snow. One has a line of sash windows on the second floor, the other has lettering on the second floor reading "Kaiser's Market." A man on skis...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Warehouse & storage - city shops
- Shows a single story brick building with a wood stoop and stairs. A sign on the front of the building reads: "Warehouse & Storage Plant City & County of Denver".
- Denver (Colo.). Highway Department.--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Storehouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Barton House, Pollard & Barrett, propr's, Georgetown, Colorado.
- View of the Barton House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County) Colorado; shows people, a buggy, and a covered wagon by a frame building with a balcony, covered stoop, and dormers.
- Barton House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Denver - residences
- View of a two story house designed and built by Orlando Scoby on 2743 Curtis Street in the Curtis Park Historic Districts in Denver, Colorado. The brick house has a porch with decorative wood trim, a pitched roof, and iron fence. A flagstone...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Starbuck
- A frame house in Starbuck, Jefferson County, Colorado, is built on a hillside and supported by piers. The porch is screened in; a man is on the stoop.
- Starbuck (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Starbuck--1920-1930.
- 1929 September 9
- Bethesda Sanatorium
- View of Bethesda Sanatorium (sanitarium), Denver, Colorado; shows landscaped walkway with flowering bushes, "Bethesda" lettered on brick wall above doorway, vine-covered trellis, and a brick building with gabled mansard roof, covered front stoop,...
- Bethesda Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1926 and 1930]
- First Congregational Church
- View of the First Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado; the frame building has a square tower and a sign: "First Congregational Church." A man poses by the stoop.
- First Congreagational Church (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1881?]
- St. Barnabas Episcopal Church E. 13th and Vine Street
- View of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features a steeple and covered stoop.
- St. Barnabas Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Denver house
- View of a house in Denver, Colorado; it has gables, a covered stoop, and a picket fence.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver home
- View of a residence back yard in Denver, Colorado; a woman, child, and dog are at the stoop.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- No. 3020 Lafayette St. Denver, Colo
- View of a house at 3020 Lafayette Street in the Whittier neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; it has a picket fence and covered stoop.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Whittier (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899