Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Scenes of Georgetown, Colorado
- Montage of eight views, possibly of the Georgetown area. Top row: Bergen's big barn; Cresswell home, weathered house with gable roof, porch and people by fence. Second row: barn, home, and log house along a road; castle with crenelation and turret...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1990.
- [between 1930 and 1990?]
- Cherrelyn horse car
- A horse rides on the rear platform of the Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway horse car, Cherrelyn, (Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. Passengers hold on to their hats for the downhill ride connecting with South Broadway trolley cars...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Old Lake City cemetery
- View of weathered grave marker in the old Lake City cemetery, north of town along Lake Fork River, Colorado; includes tall board with curved top, with hard to read inscription: "?bride, Lake City, June ? 1886, Age ??," weathered picket fence behind...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Lake City--1950- 1960.
- [1959?]
- Apartment building, Vail, Colo.
- View of a modernist alpine style apartment building in Vail, Colorado. This four-story concrete building has a central section of weathered wood with balconies and gable roofs.
- Vail (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Vail--Pictorial works.; Vail (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- Grand Lake Yacht Club
- View of the Grand Lake Yacht Club located at 1128 Lake Avenue, Grand Lake, Colo. The two-and-one-half story simple Victorian Stick Style weathered wooden structure has clapboards on the first story and vertical slab log siding on the second. An...
- Grand Lake Yacht Club (Grand Lake, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Yacht clubs--Colorado--Grand Lake--2010-2020.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Grand Lake Yacht Club (Grand Lake, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Yacht clubs--Colorado--Grand Lake--Pictorial works.;...
- 2005
- Manassa cowboy
- Portrait of an unidentified Hispanic cowboy who trained horses at the rodeo arena in Manassa (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears a dark cowboy hat over his gray hair, has a weathered face and full, gray beard.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Manassa (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Beards.; Cowboys.; Older people.; Beards--Colorado--Manassa--Pictorial works.; Cowboys--Colorado--Manassa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2005 April 16]
- Cherrelyn horse car
- A horse rides on the rear platform of the Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway horse car near Cherrelyn, (Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. Women passengers wear hats and dresses. The Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway...
- Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway--1900-1910.; Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- House in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a weathered residence on West Third Street in Leadville, Colorado features a one story wood frame house with front gable and low bracketed mansard roofs on a projecting bay with four windows, a covered entry door and a decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1942
- 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]
- Houses in Leadville, Colorado
- This view of a false front residence in Leadville, Colorado, features a weathered clapboard structure with fish-scale pattern shingles on a mansard front roof, a projecting gable porch with diamond pattern shingles covering the front entry, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1941
- John Steinbaugh
- John Steinbaugh stands with a horse and four men in his weathered "Horse Shoeing & Blacksmithing," barn. Old advertisements for "Star Tobacco," and "Yeast Foam," hang on the barn. Wagon wheels, hitches and other parts are stacked on side of the...
- Louisville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Louisville--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Louisville--1890-1900.; Steinbaugh, John.
- [1892]
- Kermack cabin, Magnolia, Colorado
- A woman sits in a folding wood and canvas chair with a child and a dog, on the porch of the Kermack cabin, Magnolia, Boulder County, Colorado. The L-shape wood frame cabin has intersecting gables, two screen doors, corrugated metal roof and...
- Magnolia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children--Colorado--Magnolia--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Magnolia--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1911]
- Louisville
- View over grassy field towards the weathered fence of the fairgrounds, Louisville, Colorado. Advertising painted on fence reads: "Newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News, Every Morning In..." The bandstand roof shows in background.
- Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fairs--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Louisville
- A man poses next to the weathered bandstand gazebo in the fairgrounds, Louisville, Colorado. The fence and part of the grandstand bleachers show in background.
- Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fairs--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.; Gazebos--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Louisville
- View over grassy field towards the weathered fence of the fairgrounds, Louisville, Colorado. Advertising painted on fence reads: "All The News All The Time, The Roc..." The bandstand roof shows in background.
- Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fairs--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Louisville
- View of the weathered bandstand gazebo in the fairgrounds, Louisville, Colorado. The fence and part of the grandstand bleachers show in background.
- Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fairs--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.; Gazebos--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Louisville
- A man stands near the weathered grandstand bleachers and fence at the fairgrounds, Louisville, Colorado.
- Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fairs--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Lyons depot prior to restoration
- Lyons depot, December 1975, prior to restoration and conversion into the Lyons Public Library. This structure was built by the narrow gauge Denver, Utah and Pacific. The 1877 [?] rough cut sandstone solid building has boarded up windows, and a...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Libraries--Colorado--Lyons--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Lyons--1970-1980.
- 1975
- Uintah and D. & R. G. W. depot at Mack Colo.
- A group of young girls in ruffly dresses pose on the platform of the "Union" depot, Mack, Mesa County, Colorado. One young woman holds a baby with a crocheted hat. A sign on the weathered depot reads: Ogden 309 M, Mack Elev 4540, Denver 469 M. The...
- Mack (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Infants--Colorado--Mack--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Mack--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Meeker, Colorado
- The owner stands in the entrance of his gun repairing shop in Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A small girl with a straw hat and a boy wearing suspenders stand on the boardwalk in front of the weathered one story false front. Pocket watches and...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gunsmithing--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- "The Infamous Silverton Brass Band" at Outlaw Bar & Cafe playing for their free drink! 5:30 PM.
- Members of the Silverton Brass band, wearing period costumes of straw, top, and bowler hats and long dresses, play their instruments inside of the Outlaw Bar and Steakhouse on Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Bar decor...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bands--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Bars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 22
- "The Infamous Silverton Brass Band" at Outlaw Bar & Cafe "four songs for their Coors"
- The Silverton Brass band prepares for a performance inside of the Outlaw Bar and Steakhouse on Main Street (Third, 3rd) in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Interior decor includes a hanging wagon wheel chandelier, model ships, saddles, antlers, a...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bands--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Bars--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 22
- Ouray just as the sun was coming up
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad depot, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the weathered depot with flared eaves, decorative brackets, wainscot, and shingles. Oak Street and mountain peak show in distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1948]
- Ouray railroad station
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad depot, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows the weathered depot with flared eaves, decorative brackets, wainscot, and shingles.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Ouray--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1948]
- Street scene
- A large group of men and a few boys pose on the boardwalk in front of several businesses decorated for the Fourth (4th) of July (Independence Day), possibly in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. American flags, bunting and evergreens decorate the...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Deserted cabin
- View of a weathered two-story hewn log house, Placerville, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows plank siding, a corrugated metal roof, a bay window and addition, broken stovepipe and a board fence.
- Placerville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Placerville--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Old Methodist Church, later moved to Colonna [sic]
- View of the Methodist Church, northwest corner of Fifth (5th) Avenue and Fourth (4th) Street, Ouray, Colorado, shows the 1878 wood frame church with weathered clapboard, front gable, projecting entry and belltower, tall steeple and a decorative...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Walsh Library, Ouray
- Facade view of the weathered brick and native stone City Hall and Walsh Library, built in 1899-1901, 4th (Fourth) Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Features include arched transom windows, double firehouse doors,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town halls--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1919]
- St. Elmo Colorado
- Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, a weathered frame business has transom signs: "Stark Bros. Store," "Post Office St. Elmo, Colo." Window lettering reads: "Bell," "Cabins," and depicts a pointing hand.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Post offices--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Post office
- View of the Rosita Post Office, (active between 1875 and 1966) Custer County, Colorado, shows the frame, cross gabled house with weathered siding and climbing vines. Sign reads: "U.S. Post Office Rosita, Colo."
- Rosita (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Post offices--Colorado--Rosita--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Salida, Colorado
- A weathered engine and a caboose are on display on a short section of railroad track at a park in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Salida (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Salida--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1950-1960.
- [between 1953 and 1960?]
- Old deserted diner
- View of a weathered step gable false front building in Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado, that once housed a diner. One window has a taped crack and another is covered with plastic. Dilapidated buildings and a burro tied to a fence by two oil or...
- Tabernash (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Tabernash--1980-1990.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Tabernash--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Tabernash, Colo.
- View east along Highway 40 towards Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado; includes speed limit and motel signs, weathered residences and businesses, and snow covered mountains in background.
- Tabernash (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Roads--Colorado--Tabernash--1970-1980.
- May 11, 1978
- Tincup, Colo.
- View north along a two track that was once Grand Avenue, Tincup Gunnison County, Colorado, includes weathered remains of log buildings and the Town Hall in distance.
- Tincup (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1940.; Log buildings--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- South Platte Hotel South Platte, Jefferson Co. Colorado
- View of the South Platte Hotel, a two-story, wood-frame, clapboard weathered building with a large flag pole, South Platte, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- South Platte (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hotels--Colorado--South Platte--1970-1980.
- August 10, 1971
- Toponas, Colo. old airport hangar
- View of a weathered, frame hangar with a wind sock at the airport, Toponas, Routt County, Colorado.
- Toponas (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Airports--Colorado--Toponas--1970-1980.; Hangars--Colorado--Toponas--1970-1980.
- 1978 May 12
- Nevada City
- View of weathered gravestones in the Nevada City, (Nevadaville) cemtery, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Nevadaville Methodist Episcopal Church, King Street
- View of the abandoned Methodist Episcopal Church, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows a brick building with boarded up pointed arch and round windows, a weathered belfry, and wooden front deck above a stone retaining wall.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Churches--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Victor
- Portrait of a man on a street in front a weathered building with letters: "Store," Victor, Teller County, Colorado. He wears a billed cap, a fishing vest, overalls, glasses, and a beard.
- Victor (Colo.)--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Typical stores, Georgetown
- View of weathered wood storefronts on the west side of Rose Street between Fifth (5th) and Sixth (6th) Streets in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A sign reads: "Commonwealth Tunnel Transportation Company." The bell tower is attached to...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bell towers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Storefronts--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.;...
- February 4, 1940
- Silver Plume old house
- View of a weathered wood house, with a porch and railing, in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1940-1950.
- June 2, 1940
- Lone Valley schoolhouse, southwest of Akron, Colo.
- The Lone Valley schoolhouse stands on a grassy plain southwest of Akron in Washington County, Colorado. The small, weathered, clapboard, one-room schoolhouse has an entry vestibule, front gables, shingle roof, and brick chimney. A merry-go-round is...
- Akron (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Akron--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Washington County--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Bryce Canyon, Utah
- The bleached and weathered root bundle of a dead tree clings to a hilltop above a valley of sandstone spires, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
- Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Acoma
- View of the old mission church and convent at the Native American, Acoma Pueblo, show a few men posing on balconies of the weathered adobe structure.
- Acoma Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Acoma (N.M.)--1890-1920.; Catholic churches--New...
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Utah Indian burial places
- View of Native American Ute burial ground, Utah, shows three sizes of wooden boxes on raised platforms inside a weathered picket fence.
- Indians of North America--Utah--1890-1910.; Ute Indians--Utah--1890-1900.; Cemeteries--Utah--1890-1900.; Manners & customs--Utah--1890-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Utah--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Marker on spot of Thornburgh Battle ground, monument, Sept 24 to Oct. 5 - 1879
- View of a weathered sandstone marker commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Inscription reads: "In Memory Of Officers, Soldiers And Civilians Of The...
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1927 and 1940?]
- The city of Trinidad has a municipal mountain park at Stonewall
- A rock formation in Trinidad, Colorado has an upthrust layer of weathered stone standing exposed and almost perpendicular. Evergreens dot the talus at the base of the formation in the background, and a cottonwood grows by the near end. Signs on...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a residence on Argentine Street between 4th (Fourth) and 5th (Fifth) Streets in Georgetown, Colorado, looking east. The small Gothic Revival frame house has a two-story front gable roof section with ornamental carved bargeboards and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Courier Bldg.
- Exterior view of the Georgetown Courier building, Georgetown, Colorado. The newspaper began publication in 1878, with Jesse S. Randall as publisher, and was in this building starting in 1877. The wood construction building has a false front with a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- School House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the public school in Georgetown, Colorado, built in 1874 and used until 1938-39. The two-story brick building, which has seven large classrooms and accomodated four hundred children, was also a center for many civic activities. The...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951