Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D & RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890--Maps.;
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Narrow Gauge Museum
- View of Rio Grande Southern locomotive (4-6-0) #20, Mount Blanca & Western locomotive (2-8-0) #346, Mount Blanca & Western Caboose #05, and Rio Grande Southern locomotive (2-8-0) #42 on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa...
- 1954 February
- Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf exterior of "The Colorado" car
- An exterior view of "The Colorado" car No. 99 of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railroad company on railroad tracks, Colorado.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Deadwood
- Panoramic, aerial view of brick, stone, and frame buildings and the Black Hills in Deadwood (Lawrence County), South Dakota. Buildings on Main Street include the stone Bullock Hotel and the Phoenix Block with a mansard roof. Signs read: "Ayres &...
- Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad--1900-1910.; Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Deadwood (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--South Dakota--Deadwood--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Deadwood--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [1900?]
- San Francisco
- People and horse-drawn carriages are in the street of a commercial area, possibly the China Basin district of San Francisco, California. Trolly tracks extend down a wide street flanked by commercial buildings. Signs on buildings read: "Walter Baker...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Street railroad tracks--California--San...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver
- View along Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, shows the busy business district with brick two story buildings and a few wood false fronts. Teams of oxen with yokes pull supply and delivery wagons. Signs on the Fillmore Block include: "Heywood...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1878]
- Columbia Hotel, Denver
- Exterior view of Columbia Hotel, 1330 17th (Seventeenth & Market), Denver, Colorado; built in 1890; hotel bar and restaurant (short orders, meals & lunches served all day), billboard on building's wall advertising "Columbia Hotel, European plan,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Beer--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Columbia Hotel...
- [between 1902 and 1909]
- The Gas-Electric building, Denver
- Exterior view of Gas & Electric Company building, 15th (Fifteenth) & northwest corner of Champa, Denver, Colorado; opened November 10, 1910 with dazzling display of 10,000 light bulbs illuminating building; Public Service Company moved to another...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Electric lighting--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Gas & Electric Company (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1910 and 1912]
- Snowy Range and Clear Creek Valley from Inspiration Point, Denver
- View west from Denver Mountain Park "Inspiration Point" looking across Clear Creek valley near Golden, Colorado towards Snowy Range; Denver & Interurban Railroad, trolley lines distinguished by electrical lines & poles paralleling line, Clear...
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streams--Colorado--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--1910-1920.; Denver & Interurban Railroad.
- [between 1912 and 1915]
- Ute Iron Spring, Manitou, Colo.
- Exterior view of Ute Iron Spring (or Iron Spring), Manitou Springs, Colorado; men & women with umbrellas standing & seated in front of pavilion & curio store entrance; signs advertising "Postcards five cents per dozen", "No soliciting allowed...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Bailiey's [sic], Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Bailey, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway. Shows general store; wooden frame building and residence; Kiowa Lodge nestled among trees on hillside; group of men, women and children following...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; General...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Denver, Colorado
- Roof-top view of businesses on Market (Holladay) Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs on buildings read: "Bank", "Oswald and Hanemann Meat & Vegetable Market", "Goss & Reter Storage And Commission", "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission",...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [either 1867 or 1868]
- The Continental summit, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- View of Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) engine number 100 & passenger train approaching Rollins Pass, Colorado; group of people standing beside standard gauge track & train, snowfields; Moffat Road,...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Rollins Pass--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Ouray, Colo.
- Bird's eye view east of Ouray, Colorado with Cascade Falls & Amphitheater possibly taken from above Oak Street; Beaumont Hotel, School, City Hall & Walsh Library, Elk's Club, Ouray County Court house; dirt streets, Sixth, Fifth & Fourth Avenues,...
- Cascade Falls (Ouray county, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Ouray, Colo.
- Closer bird's eye view east of Ouray, Colorado with Cascade Falls & partial view of Amphitheater possibly taken from above Oak Street; Beaumont Hotel, City Hall & Walsh Library, School, Ouray County Court house, Elk's Club; brick & wooden frame...
- Cascade Falls (Ouray county, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Dreadful flood of the [sic] Pueblo, Colo., looking east from the hill front of the Union Depot
- Panoramic view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado after the Arkansas River flood. Shows flood water and debris on tracks, overturned D. & R.G. and A.T. & S.F. freight cars, piles of...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Ernest & Cranmer Bldg.
- View of the Ernest & Cranmer building at 17th & Curtis Streets in Denver, Colorado (built in 1891); signage indicates businesses located in the building: E. H. Rollins & Sons, Riverside Cemetery Association, Royal Traders, Home Life Insurance,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1901]
- Views in and around Denver, Col.
- People and horse-drawn wagons are on streets in front of brick, stone and frame buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "A.B. Ingols Jewelry Manufactory," "A.H. Jones & Co. Wholesale & Retail Liquor and Cigars," "Kansas Pacific, Union...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1879 January 2
- Our local museum, Sterling
- View of Overland Trail Park & Museum, Sterling, Colorado, a one- story native stone flat-roof building with parapet style cornice & round tower on corner; cobblestone fence with "Overland Trail Park" sign & circular rotating entry gates; stone...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Overland trails--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Parks--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- between 1963 and 1965
- Round corner
- Well dressed men and women walk on the sidewalk near a brick dry goods store. The building entrance is on a round corner wall. Signs on the buildings read: "Miller & Johnson," "Hats, Caps, Gloves & Hosiery & Notions," "Gloves & Furs."
- City & town life--1860-1880.; Dry goods stores--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1880?]
- Narrow Gauge Motel and Museum
- View of Rio Grande Southern (4-6-0) #20, Mount Blanca & Western (2-8-0) #346, Mount Blanca & Western Caboose 05, and Rio Grande Southern locomotive (2-8-0) #42 on display at the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. The frame...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Mount Blanca and Western Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Narrow Gauge Museum (Alamosa, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment &...
- 1954 February
- 11:00 A.M. cut in former D. & N.O., D.T. & G., U.P.D &.G, C & S right of way at Hilltop, Colorado
- View of a railroad cut on an abandoned Colorado and Southern right of way near Hilltop (Douglas County), Colorado. Shows the abandoned rail bed.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Hilltop (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--Hilltop--1950-1960.
- 1955 August 1
- B & O hand wreck crane D32 lt wt. 40,900, PO 9-37 Portsmouth terminal, OH
- View of a Baltimore & Ohio wreck crane, flat car and a hopper car at the yards in Portsmouth (Scioto County), Ohio. Lettering on the crane reads: "B & O D 32 LT WT 40900 PO 9-37." Lettering on the hopper car reads: "B & O 235768 Baltimore & Ohio."...
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Portsmouth (Ohio)--1930-1940.; Hoisting machinery.; Railroad freight cars.
- 1939 January 1
- Albuquerque - The Alvarado
- View of the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building is a Mission Style structure featuring arcades, a tile roof, curvilinear gables, projecting eaves, exposed rafters, and towers. A curvilinear stucco gateway opens into a courtyard...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Arcades (Architectural components)--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Gates--New...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- On Bennett Avenue looking east in 1892-93
- View east on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado (formerly Fremont prior to incorporation); street scene includes horse-drawn wagons, boardwalk, flagpole, dogs, unhaltered colt, and one and two-story flat-roof commercial wooden frame buildings...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 or 1893
- Denver, Colorado
- View along Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, shows the business district with brick two story buildings and a few wood false fronts. Signs include: "Market," "Sands & Kline Dry Goods," "Hense & Gottesleben Jewelry Silverware," "Boots and Shoes,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1878]
- Larimer Street
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, shows a busy business district with brick, two and three story buildings and a few wood false fronts. Delivery wagons and carriages park along boardwalk. Signs include: "Market," "Frank Winfield...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colo.
- Reproduction of lithograph of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado; shows: 1. Court House 2. School House 3. Hiller, Hallock & Co's Opera House 4. D&RGRR Depot 5. F W Ower's Sampling Works 6. Turn-Halle and Buena Vista Guards Armory, Co H; 7....
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- State Bridge, Colorado
- Panoramic view of Hotel Atchison, State Bridge, Colorado reached via Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later Denver & Salt Lake), Moffat Road; men, women & children standing or seated in front of log frame building with sod roof & cabins,...
- State Bridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fishing--Colorado--State Bridge--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--State Bridge--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1905?]
- Larimer Street
- Men stand near businesses on Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Broadway Sto[re]", "Dry Goods & Clo[thes] Wholesale & Ret[ail]", "Tappan & Co", "Groceries Wines & Liquors At Wholesale & Retail". Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Billings & Moffat, planing mill Blake Street, cor, 18th, Denver, Col.
- View of brick industrial buildings on Blake Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing with a buggy and wagon, and signs: "Billings & Moffat Planing Mill," "Lumber sash Doors Blinds Moulding Turning & Scrolls."
- Billings & Moffat, Planing Mill--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Mills--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Court of Hearts (opera) Tuesday Musical Club
- The Tuesday Musical Club, posing in costume for the opera Court of Hearts, are identified as: "Mrs Evelyn Knapp Martin (sop) Jack of Clubs, king Miss Gottesbar (?), Queen Mrs Tabor, chorus Miss Crownover, Miss Salt of the Earth - Miss Tyler (old...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895.
- 1905
- Larimer Street Denver, Colorado
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are parked near one and two-story buildings. The Tabor Block is in the distance. Signs read: "Cyrus Eaton & Co. Liquors and Cigars," "Candy Factory," "Kuner & Hauck...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Metropolitan bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of Metropolitan building, 16th (Sixteenth) & southeast corner of Court Place, Denver, Colorado; constructed in 1910 by Gano-Downs Company, designed by George Hebard Williamson, also called "Physician's building" since originally...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911 or 1912]
- Elephant Rock from Pine Crest
- Distant view of rock formation Elephant Rock (also called Elephant Head, elevation 7498 feet) from Pine Crest, near Palmer Lake, Colorado; standard gauge railroad grade joint line connecting Denver & Pueblo, lower line Denver & Rio Grande & upper...
- Elephant Rock (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pine Crest (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Pine Crest--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Looking up 17th St. from Champa, Denver
- View southeast on 17th (Seventeenth) street from Champa, Denver, Colorado; Boston building, First National Bank building, & Equitable building, Hotel Kaiserhof with rooftop sign, street railway tracks, early automobiles parked at cement curb;...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1919]
- Tres Peidras, N.M.
- Men stand in a line in front of the "Hord & Farwell Groceries, Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Clothing & C" storefront. Buildings along the street include one and two-story commercial storefronts with cornices and flat roofs. Garbage and...
- Tres Piedras (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Buena Vista
- Main Street, in Buena Vista, Colorado, is lined on both sides with frame, false-fronted businesses. Men, horses, and wagons are on the boardwalks and in the street, which has piles of rock in its center. Signs read: Morris wine & beer hall, Little...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1885-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Police and fire chiefs, Denver
- A group of Denver Police and Fire Chiefs pose near an outside wall of City Hall in Denver, Colorado. Police and Fire Chiefs in the back row, left to right include: Police Chief, Daniel Mays; Fire Chief, George Duggan; Police Chief John L. Russell;...
- Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--People--1890-1900.; Fire chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.--1890-1900.; Police chiefs--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.--1890-1900.; Denver...
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Street view in Green River, Wyoming Territory
- Men wear sack suits and overcoats, and hats or caps and pose in a row in front of businesses in Green River (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. Shows a saddled horse, a wagon, and commercial signs that read: "Dixon & Grimes Groceries and Provisions,"...
- Green River (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Clothing stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; General stores--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Green River--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Central City, Colorado
- and the grocery and provision store of Mason M. Seavey. In the right center foreground is the wood-frame building with a false front that housed the Chinese laundry shop where a fire started May 21, 1874 and destroyed most of the business section...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [between 1864 and 1870?]
- Beginning of the great fire, Victor, Colo.
- Bird's eye view across rooftops of Victor, Colorado, shows smoke rising from business district as early stages of August 21, 1899 fire progresses beginning from Third & Portland Avenue area; Gold Coin Mine & Gold Coin Club, rear view of prominent...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Smouldering ruins, Victor's big fire
- View of Victor, Colorado's smouldering remains of once thriving business & residential district after devastating fire of August 21, 1899. Shows men, women & children sifting through & inspecting remains; brick chimney stacks and smoke rising from...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Victor Ave., Victor, Colo. during big fire
- View of Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado, during its devastating fire of August 21, 1899; people are loading or carrying household goods & belongings on horse-drawn wagons & carriages; trunks, furniture & other personal items are stacked in the...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Victor, Colo.
- View of Bob & Evelyn Brown with dog standing on ridge cut above Victor, Colorado, on outskirts of town; same location where townspeople fled for safety from August 21, 1899 fire using Florence & Cripple Creek railroad cars to move belongings;...
- Victor (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- 1971
- Tomichi Ave., Gunnison Main St.
- Tomichi Avenue west from Main Street, Gunnison, Colorado, shows commercial buildings along street full of rock rubble from the water works project. The Methodist Church shows on distant Boulevard. Business signs include: "C. Conrad and Co.,...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Cor Blake & 15th St. 1860
- Painting of the corner of Blake and 15th (Fifteenth) streets, in Denver, Colorado. Shows covered wagons, people, and false front businesses. Signs read: "Meat Market, Shaw-Bailey & Co.," "Keith & Bond, Auction, Commission & Storage," "Daniels &...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Telephone building looking up main st.
- Exterior view of a two-story brick building on the corner of Harrison Avenue and Main Street (renamed West 3rd (Third) Street) in Leadville, Colorado. Built in 1879, the building features a bracketed cornice, tall storefronts with double doors,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1884]
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway
- View of three elevations of Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Crippe Creek Short Line) standard gauge track in foothills above Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows passenger train on top elevation of track, tunnels eight...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado
- Reproduction of a lithograph printed in the Spring 1888, Illustrated Supplement of the Bent County Democrat, includes a map of Las Animas and individual drawings of some of the landmark buildings, ranches and farms by Ricker & Murphy, Del. Eastern...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1960 and 1970]