Genealogy News

Black and white convicts lie in cots in the hospital at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The walls are partly tiled; electric lights and a steam radiator furnish the interior.

Denver's Influenza Pandemic of 1918

WHG's William Henry Jackson Camera Makes The Final Cut. We Need Your Vote!

A New Book on Unsung Master and Colorado Poet Belle Turnbull

Cellar, undated. Photograph by Harry Mellon Rhoads, Rh-2224

"Skeleton and Ghost": Just A Poem...Or An Account of A Denver Haunting?

Death Notice

Obituary Files

A Book Finds Its Way Home

A Book Finds Its Way Home

Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of a husband and wife probably on their wedding day. She holds a bouquet and wears a dress with a bustle.

The History of Wedding Photography

Studio portrait of Mrs. Leonel Ross Anthony O'Brien holding an umbrella with lace trim. She wears leather gloves and a dress with a pleated waist line, buttons, and lace collar.

Exploring Your Irish Roots: Where to Start

Sixteen members of the Leap Year Club in Basalt, Colorado pose in two lines. Ten women are in the first row, and six women are in the second row. Characteristic of the early twentieth century, their clothing includes long-sleeved, high-collar blouses with puffed sleeves and long skirts. Several of the women wear jewelry, including earrings, cameo broaches, and pendants. A painting of an ornate room is painted on the wall behind them.

Leap Year Romance Traditions

Great Aunt Justa's Empanadas

Sharing Cultures Through the Foods of Our Immigrant Ancestors

Maude Fealy poses for a studio bust portrait, possibly for the role of "Filiberta" in "The Cardinal." She has long, wavy hair; wears a bracelet, a pearl necklace, and a dress with gathered, sheer fabric and beadwork; and holds a bouquet of lilies.

Actress Maude Fealy: Called Denver "Home"

Studio portrait of Patrick McCann, an employee in a reduction works in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. He wears a coat with bound, wide lapels, a vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a bow tie. His dark hair is parted on the side and combed into a cowlick. He has a long mustache.

Is There a Photo of My Ancestor in the Archives?