Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Group of Japanese women, men and young girls
- A group of Japanese-American women, men and young girls pose in front of the Colorado Times newspaper office at 1930 Lawrence in Denver, Colorado. The women and young girls wear kimonos. The men wear suits and ties. In front row, third from left is...
- Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Wild West Show original company, ca. 1884
- The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick ("Buffalo Bill") Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
- Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
- [1884?]
- 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Reinforced) Company C
- Group portrait of 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Reinforced), Company C; includes mules. Taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, 1942. Some identified: Left to right top row: third, De Peyster, Hansen, Deland, Hoffman, Hartwell, Collins, Menkin, Brown,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company C.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1942]
- Platoro, Conejos County, Colo.
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado, includes log cabins, Platoro Hotel in canvas tents, sheds, saddled horses, people in front of the general store with United States flag, and Red Mountain in the background.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- Silverton and Sultan Mtn.
- Bird's eye view of Silverton, Colorado centered on rows of blocks between Blair Street (left) and Greene Street (right); Sultan Mountain (elevation 13,368 feet), background right; Grand Turk (elevation 13,148 feet), background left; small pond on...
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1910-1920.; Grand Turk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- 86th Regiment, Company G
- FIRST ROW left to right: 1) Judson, Fred, 2) Merrilees, William, 3) Prejsnar, Frank, 4) Sanose, Steve, 5) Olson, Ole, 6) Koch, Jr., William, 7) Forsberg, Cliff, 8) Hicks, Gail, 9) Hoffman, Bernard, 10) Carr, Paul, 11) Sanborn, Roger, 12) Foust,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company G.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1944]
- Manitou Springs, 582
- second Manitou School and the Congregational Church are just left of center. On the left is the D. & R. G. Railroad Depot, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof and a chimney at each end; it is flanked by its freight and passenger...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Manitou Springs, Colorado, 583
- are just left of center. On the left is the D. & R. G. Railroad Depot, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof and a chimney at each end; the freight and passenger sheds are also visible. Above left is the Midland Terminal Depot,...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Manitou
- veranda. The second Manitou School and the Congregational Church are left of center. On the left is the D. & R. G. Railroad Depot, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof and a chimney at each end; the freight and passenger sheds flank...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [betweeen 1895 and 1900?]
- Manitou, Colorado
- Depot, passenger and freight sheds, and a parked train. To the left of it is the Manitou Coal Power Plant. In the lower corners are oval vignettes showing the 1885 Soda Spring Pavilion on the left, and in the lower right the Ute Iron Spring...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1905?]
- Manitou, Colo.
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. There is a dusting of snow throughout. On the right is the remodelled Manitou House, a three story frame and stone building with dormers, projecting bays and open porches with columns. Above it...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1910.
- [between 1886 and 1909?]
- William F. Cody in group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of a tent where King Leopold of Belgium (with beard) stands with three young boys and two men. A stuffed buffalo is on each side of the tent's entrance. Additional stuffed buffaloes are placed...
- Wild west shows--1890-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
- [1893?]
- Denver parks workers
- Denver park workers sit or stand in probably a park in Denver, Colorado. Men wear overalls, blue jeans, denim or wool jackets and hats or caps and pose for a group portrait. Identified gardeners and greenhouse staff include "Loyd," "Bill Barrie,"...
- Denver (Colo.). Dept. of Parks and Recreation.--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gardeners--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1935?
- 86th Regiment, Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion
- CENTER ROW left to right: 1) Casanova, 2) unidentified, 3) Rocker or Rockar, L. 4) Brisse, 5) unidentified, 6) Ritz, Frank? 7) Lindh, 8) unidentified, 9) Ryan, 10) McLusky, 11) Cannamela, 12) Kuligowski? 13) unidentified, 14) Slater, 15)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1944]
- 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A
- Group Portrait of 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced), Company A. Taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, 1942. This was the first mountain troop unit. The men sit on bleachers with barracks behind them, two groups wear white camouflage...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Battalion, 87th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1942
- 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Reinforced) Company B
- Group portrait of 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Reinforced) Company B. Left to right main section top row: nineteenth, Van Abkoude. Left to right main section third row: eighth, Duncan; fourteenth, Loewy; twentieth, Powers; twenty-second,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company B.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1942
- Manitou, Col.
- corner tower. Behind it is the first Manitou School, a frame building with a bell tower. To the right of the church are remnants of the stone used in its construction, and down the hill is more construction on Manitou Avenue, using the same stone. ...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1881?]
- Manitou, Colo. 32
- Gardens, a frame structure with gables, dormers and veranda. The second Manitou School and the Congregational Church are just left of center. On the left is the D. & R.G. (1881) Railroad Depot, a rusticated stone building with a high gabled roof...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Nate Salsbury with group in front of tent
- Nate Salsbury stands in the left center of a large group of men in front of a tent of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while on tour in England in 1887. Salsbury, wearing a silk top hat and suit, was the principal owner and manager of the show. He is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Nate Salsbury with group
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands third from the left among a large group of men. Salsbury wears a silk top hat and a suit. He holds a cigar in his left hand. Standing fourth from left is John Higby, a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- William F. Cody and group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center background behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent canopy in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Numerous men and women are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Cody, Louisa Frederici.; Kidder, Edward E.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- El Heraldo
- View of the adobe newspaper office for El Heraldo del Valle, a Spanish Language, Republican newspaper in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. The two story adobe house next to El Heraldo belongs to José Ramos Valdéz, (8th from left), a school...
- Heraldo del Valle (San Luis, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; African Americans--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; San Luis (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Musicians.; Newspapers.; Heraldo del Valle...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rural folk band
- Brothers José Filiberto Martinez, far left with violin and Gaspar Martinez, 2nd left with guitar, play with a rural folk band in San Luis Valley, Colorado. Other musicians include a second man with a violin, a man with a washtub, and two men...
- African Americans--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Musicians.; Martinez, Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Martinez, Jose Filiberto--Pictorial works.; African Americans--San Luis Valley (Colo. and N.M.)--Pictorial works.; Folk musicians--San...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Cowboys on horseback in parade
- A group of American cowboys rides horses down a dirt street during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man in the left foreground leads the group and carries a large flag with a buffalo on it. He wears leather chaps and has a scarf tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- German cuirassier
- A group of German cavalrymen rides down a dirt street during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men are members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World." The men wear helmets and cuirassiers and carry flags. One man...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--German--1900-1910.; Military uniforms--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Salida, Colorado
- Left side of a panorama view over Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, inlcudes the busy Denver and Rio Grande Railroad roundhouse and shops with engines, including Nos. 913 and 268. The Railroad Hospital, coldframes, businesses, and houses are across...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Arkansas River--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Elk Range from Treasure Mtn.
- Left side of panorama view northeast from Treasure Mountain shows steep eroded slopes of the Elk Range and the Maroon Bells in distance.
- Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Elk Range from Treasure Mtn.
- Left center of panorama view northeast from Treasure Mountain across an evergreen valley to the slopes of the Elk Range.
- Elk Mountains (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- South from Rock Creek Canon, Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama view over Rock Creek Canyon, Colorado; a man sits on a rocky cliff overlooking the Moffat Road tracks of the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway) winding around the hills.
- Rock Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915]
- View from Inspiration Point, Denver
- Left side of panorama view from Denver Mountain Park "Inspiration Point" west, just beyond Lakeside Park, across Clear Creek Valley farmlands to Golden, Colorado and the Front Range. North and South Table Mountain divide entrance to valley. Street...
- Clear Creek Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- 727th AAA MG Battalion, Battery A, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Group portrait of 10th Mountain Anitank Battalion, 727th AAA MG Battalion, Battery A. Taken at Camp Hale. All identified. Left to right top row: Pszczolkowski, Robinson, Buchanan, Turner, Jagodzinski, Loftus, Hendrick, Crafton, Updegraff, Trauth,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; United States. Army. Antitank Batallion, 727th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1944]
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment Company E
- Group portrait (standing, kneeling, sitting ) of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company E holding rifles. The four officers, seated on folding chairs, do not have rifles. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 1944. Most...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company E.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- June 1944
- A "Stork" Party at Gates
- Members of the Gates and Rhoads family gather for a "stork" party at the Gates'. Front row of table: John Gates, second from left; Mrs. Addie Rhoads, fifth from right (holding a Gates or Rhoads child); and possibly Mrs. Sadie Rhoads, second from...
- Showers (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Addie Mellon.; Rhoads, Sade.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Aphrodite, Teller House bar, 1932
- A fresco of Aphrodite is painted to the left of a door in the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. She sits on a stone recessed in a darkened arch. The nude is covered with a cloth and has her left arm across her chest. She looks toward the...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Aphrodite (Greek deity)
- 1932
- Apollo by St. George Stanley, Teller House, 1932
- A fresco of Apollo is painted on a wall in the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. Apollo stands on a pedestal in a darkened arch, holding an object in his left hand as he leans back on his right foot. He wears a cloak gathered around his...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Apollo (Greek deity)
- 1932
- Teller House, Central City, 1941
- A large mirror with a cartouche is between two large windows, dressed with lace curtains and large, heavy, dark drapes in a room in Central City, Colorado. A sofa and a plant are to the right of each window. A table with a mirror and decorative...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Camp in Monument Valley Park
- Native American (Ute) women and children pose outside a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. They are identified as, back row, left to right: Ruby (Stone) Kent and Amy (Kent) Snow. Front row, left to right: Amy Snow's daughters...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--Colorado--El Paso...
- August, 1912
- Camp in Monument Valley Park Amy Kent in dark shawl and her mother
- Native American (Ute) women and children pose outside a tepee at Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. They are identified as, back row, left to right: Ruby (Stone) Kent and Amy (Kent) Snow. Front row, left to right: Amy Snow's daughters...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Cradleboards--Colorado--El Paso...
- August 29, 1912
- Arapahoe men
- Friday, Sharp Nose, Black Coal, Six Feathers, and other Native American (Arapaho) men pose outdoors with white men at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Some of the Arapahoe men hold rifles, they wear moccasins, leggings, blankets, vests, hair pipe chokers,...
- Arapaho Indians--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1880-1910.; Fort Robinson (Neb.)--1880-1910.; Black Coal.; Sharp Nose.; Six Feathers.; Friday, Bill.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- M. E. parsonage, Altman, Colo.
- Five views of the Methodist parsonages in Altman, Colorado, include; upper left corner image: the first parsonage located between Altman and Independence. A small lean-to shack with an open entry door and a four pane window. Upper right image: a...
- Pingree, H. M.--Homes and haunts--1880-1890.; Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- The hostile Apaches
- Four scenes from Crook's campaigns against the Native American Chiricahua. Top left: "A Captive White Boy In An Apache Camp," shows a white boy in an Apache wickiup camp with women and children and one warrior holding a bow and arrow. Top right:...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Captives--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Warriors--1880-1890.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.; Nachez.; Crook, George, 1829-1890--Homes & haunts.
- 1886 April 24
- Packers Camp. Po Keepsie Gulch
- View of a mining camp with tent, clothesline, and man and woman, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado. A man stands with a pack train of burros, they carry chairs and household goods.
- Mining camps--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Poughkeepsie Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The first house in Denver after commencement of Official Survey, Nov. 1st, 1858, corner Wynkoop and 12th Sts. Erected by A. H. Barker
- Shows a log cabin built by Anselm H. Barker at 12th (Twelfth) and Wynkoop Streets in Denver, Colorado; a covered wagon, a team of oxen, people, horses, tipis, and trees are to the side. A portrait of a man is in an oval vignette in the corner.
- Barker, Anselm Holcomb, 1822-1895--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888
- 86th Regiment, Company L
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company L. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado. TOP ROW left to right: 1) Smith, J., 2) Van Heuvel, 3) Ough, 4) Smith, E., 5) Jones, E., 6) Duke, 7) Krieser, 8) Piro, 9)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company L.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)
- [June] 1944
- Aerial view of Denver, Colorado
- Aerial view of Denver, Colorado. Shows Civic Center park, the Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver City and County Building, Petroleum Building, Farmers Union Building, Mile High Center, Brown Palace Hotel, Denver Public Library, Carnegie...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- 1956, September 14
- Maria Mitchell graduation class
- Students sit and pose on a staircase at Maria Mitchell School at 32nd (Thirty-second) and Lafayette Streets in the Cole neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Girls wear dresses with rounded collars or wide lapels, camisoles, skirts with box pleats,...
- Mitchell School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cole (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School principals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1923
- 10th Mountain Antitank Battalion, 727th A.A.A.M.G. Battalion, Battery B
- Group Portrait of 10th Mountain Antitank Battalion, 727th A.A.A.M.G. Battalion, Battery B. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado. Left to right top row: 1) Kenedy, 2) Sipe, 3) Billington, 4) Borchers, 5) McConkey, 6) Applebaum, 7) Nelson, 8) Herbert, 9)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Antitank Battalion, 727th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [June 1944]
- 126th Engineering Battalion, Company B
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 126th Mountain Engineering Battalion, Company B. TOP ROW left to right: 1) Weaver, 2) Webster, Maurice C. 3) Griffin, 4) Gray, Cecil, 5) Tomky, 6) Smith, Frank M., 7) O'Hara, 8) Fleming, 9) Zauhar,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Engineer Mountain Battalion, 126th. Company B.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [June 1944]
- 605th Field Artillery Battalion, Headquarters and Service Batteries
- Group portrait of 605th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack), Headquarters and Service Batteries. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 15, 1944. LEFT TO RIGHT TOP ROW: 1) Marton, 2) Butturf, 3) Kutsko, 4) Heller, 5) O'Dell, 6) Schollar, 7) Kraft, 8)...
- Military officers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Field Artillery Batallion, 605th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- June 15, 1944
- 604th Field Artillery Battalion, Battery C
- ALPHABETICAL LISTING: Allen, Allen, Andrew, Averett, Barys, Belcher, Bennington, Beyers, Blair, Bosch, Burke, Bryan, Casey, Childers, Collins, Daniels, Dundon, Dvorak, [Erabnit], Evans, Fahey , Ferini, [Fish], Garrett, Gilbert, [Gneiser], Graff,...
- Military officers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Field Artillery Batallion, 604th. Battery C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- June 1944