Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Issuing supplies
- White men, some in military uniform, stand around bundles of supplies to be distributed to Native American (Brule ?)prisoners of war, Fort Randall, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--Capture & imprisonment--South Dakota--Randall--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Capture & imprisonment--South Dakota--Randall--1880-1890.; Randall (S.D.)--1880-1890.; Clothing relief--South Dakota--Randall--1880-1890.; Food...
- 1882?
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Blackhawk lies at the mouth of Chase Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A railroad track forks in the foreground with one portion leading to the Polar Star Mill at right. The Empire Mill stands in the midground, and the Boiler Room...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Gold retorts, 1,370 oz; value $22,500
- View of gold 'sponge' from the Hidden Treasure Mine, in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Hidden Treasure Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--Products--1880-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Sioux Delegation
- Group portrait of the Native American (Sioux) delegation that traveled to Washington D. C. to negotiate Indian rights. Identification on back reads: "TOP ROW, 1. Zaphier, 2. Hump, 3. High Pipe, 4. Fast Thunder, 5. Rev. Chas. Cook, 6. P. T. Johnson,...
- Dakota Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.; Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Denver C.T.
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, houses, a corral, horse, and sheds. The first U.S. Denver Branch Mint is to the side; signs read: "Ladies Emporium," "Metropolitan Billiard Hall," and "F. A. Brocker Groceries."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 13
- Taken at Lawson, Colo.
- A group of men pose in front of a brick and wood building with a tattered awning, in Lawson, Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear suits, ribbons with American flags and fringe, and hold their hats. Identificatin reads: Row # 1, Bishop?, George...
- Lawson (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Early placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- West Denver during the flood
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, streets, and water. People watch from the water's edge; signs read: "Commonwealth," "J. G. Vawter & Co," "J. B. Doyle & Co," "Keller House," "American House," and "Bell's Boarding...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Black Hawk, C.T.
- View north from Bobtail Hill, in Black Hawk, Colorado, up four mile Gulch to Dory Hill, where the state's first cemetery was located. Central business district includes: Undertaker, Union House (on Selak Street), Drugs (brick, arched windows and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1864
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 1105,1,1A, engine type 2-6-2 EMC
- Train #17, The Super Chief; 8 cars, running late, diesel trouble. Photographed: east of La Junta, Colo., January 6, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--La Junta.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1937
- Issuing rations
- A Native American (Sioux) man holding a pipe squats in front of a tepee camp, probably the Dakota Territory. Shows U.S. officers and their families with Sioux sitting and standing behind them waiting for the distribution of rations.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Food relief--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Military...
- 1882?
- [Sanchez Reservoir, Costilla County, Colorado]
- Panoramic view of the Sanchez Reservoir and dam in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows shoreline, the dam and the overflow intake tower. Text on print includes reservoir capacity and tower, conduit, and dam dimensions. "Contained at date photo was...
- Reservoirs--Colorado--Costilla County.; Dams--Colorado--Costilla County.; Sanchez Reservoir (Colo.)
- 1911
- Tenth Legion Lode Clear Creek
- View of the shafthouse, mine buildings and area surrounding the Tenth Legion Mine near Empire (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Tenth Legion Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1860-1870.; Silver...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Fisher's Sub thru E.F. Hallacks: E.F. Hallack's Addition 2nd Filing block 46
- Arrest of Charles Hough, bootlegger
- Four men stand near hundreds of bottles of bootlegged wine, beer, and liquor on the steps of a building in Kansas. Beer bottles wrapped in paper are arranged on a table made from barrels and a wood plank. Whiskey, gin, and wine bottles are arranged...
- Alcoholic beverages--Kansas--1920-1940.; Confiscations--Kansas--1920-1940.; Police raids--Kansas--1920-1940.; Prohibition--Kansas--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1932?]
- Black Hawk, Colo. Flood
- View west on Gregory Street in Black Hawk, Colorado, after the flood of 1895; shows flood debris such as planks, posts, rocks, dirt and silt. Three men are holding shovels and working on clearing the street as water continues to pour past them in a...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Capitol Grounds, Denver
- View of Colorado State Capitol grounds, Denver, Colorado; dismounted Cavalry soldier bronze statue on pedestal (dedicated July 24,1909 in honor of Colorado Veterans Association, eight feet in height, 1,950 pounds), cannons, lampposts; Arapahoe...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [1909 or 1910]
- Royal Tiger Mines Co.
- View of Royal Tiger Mine, mill, and mining ore processing facility in San Juan County, Colorado; buildings include the carpenter shop, machine shop, and concentrator. A car is by tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Royal Tiger Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.
- August 22, 1923
- Exterior view, Crawford Hill residence, Denver
- View of the Crawford Hill residence, 969 Sherman (East 10th & Sherman), Denver, Colorado; (National Register of Historic Places 1990); shows brick residence with dormers, roundel windows on cornice, dentils, pedimented frontispiece over entryway,...
- Hill, Crawford, 1862-1922.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Plains Indians, abodes
- A Native American (Plains) woman, wearing a shawl, a print dress, and moccasins, poses next to a tepee with a child who wears a print dress. A horse stands behind them, and the tepee has a circle of stars around a crescent moon painted on its side.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Girls--1880-1910.; Tipis--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Leadville saloon
- Men in suits and hats stand at the bar in a saloon in Leadville, Colorado. Two men stand behind the long wooden bar, one wears a suit, bow tie and derby hat, the saloonkeeper wears a white jacket and bow tie. Both men have moustaches. The wooden...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bars (Furniture)--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Nevada, Colorado
- People stand and pose in front of and atop a one-story brick and stone building with transoms above doors in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado. The triplex houses businesses, probably a store, a shoe shop and a butcher shop. Men wear suits and...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.
- 1883 July
- Fort Abraham Lincoln, general view, winter
- Overview of Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota, showing stables, barracks, officer's houses, other buildings and Missouri River; barren landscape.
- Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- Mixed trains, Clear Creek Canon
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train (narrow gauge) on the west approach to Huntsman's Bridge in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. A locomotive, open freight cars, and a passenger car are near Clear Creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Navajoe Indian squaw and child
- A Native American (Navajo) mother and child pose seated beside large rocks in Canyon de Chelly (later Canyon de Chelly National Monument), Arizona. The woman wears a bil (dress) and a bead necklace. The boy stands on a woven blanket.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Arizona--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- Fruit ranch of W. B. Cross, Grand River Valley
- View of W.B. Cross' fruit orchards near Clifton, Colorado in Grand Valley; shows fruit trees, the Book Cliffs rock formation, Mount Garfield, telegraph lines, dirt road, and clouds.
- Fruit--Colorado--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 1:00 P.M. C & S tr. 1, Texas Zephyr, 1 mile north of Larkspur
- View of the Texas Zephyr, Colorado and Southern passenger train no. 1, led by diesel locomotive 9937A near Larkspur (Douglas County), Colorado. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "Burlington Route." The consist has a baggage car and passenger...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Texas Zephyr (Express train)--1950-1960.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Boulder County--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Boulder County--1960-1960.
- 1955 July 29
- Gore Range from Santa Fe Peak
- Group of horseback riders, packhorses, mules and burros on Santa Fe Peak, view towards Gore Range, Rocky Mountains, Colorado; burros grazing while horseback riders look on.
- Gore Range (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Santa Fe Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mules--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pack...
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Generals Livesay and Hays during parade
- Allied soldiers stand at attention in rows during a parade. At the end of a row is British 8th Army General Livsay. Beside him is Tenth Mountain Division commander General Hays.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1, 1945
- 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
- San Francisco, California
- View of China Basin railroad yards and the city skyline in San Francisco, California. Landmarks include Coit Tower and the Embarcadero clock tower.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1930-1950.; Cities & towns--California--San Francisco--1930-1950.; Railroad shops & yards--California--San Francisco--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Samuel Smith's gravestone
- View of carved stone gravestone in the old Lake City cemetery, north of town along Lake Fork River, Colorado. Pyramidial shape with finial top has "Samuel Smith Died April 1?, 1902, Age 61 Years, 1 Month, 24 Days, We trust our loss will be his...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Lake City--1950- 1960.
- [1959?]
- Upper end of East Belden Tunnel on D&RGW eastward main line in Eagle River Canon on the west side of Tennessee Pass near Belden, Colorado
- View of the upper end of East Belden Tunnel, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks, the Eagle River, power poles, mines, and cliffs, in Eagle County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.;...
- 1926
- Drug Store
- Interior view of a drugstore in Longmont, Colorado, includes glass display cases and counters with cigars, perfumes, lotions, magazines, candy, sign reads: "Special 2 Pkgs. Envelopes, 1 Box Pound Paper, 87 cents", and Christmas garland, icicles...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Drugstores--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Interiors.
- December 1926
- South Mountain, Summitville, Colorado
- View shows "old developments prior to 1915, "on the side of South Mountain, Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Mines are identified as: , 1. Chandler tunnel, 2. Ida tunnel, 3. French tunnel, 4. Old shaft house, 5. Old Annie Cut, 6. Near...
- South Mountain (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Summitville (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Rio Grande County--1910-1940.
- [between 1915 and 1935?]
- Alamosa
- Several buildings were moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878. Men stand on a boardwalk, posing in front of some of them. From the left to right are Sabine, Thomas, Putnam, Hill and Anthony. Thomas has a hand trick with full sacks...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Morning Advertiser, Trinidad
- The staff of the Morning Advertiser poses in front of the newspaper's office in Trinidad, Colorado. Two wooden, lathe turned spiral posts flank the glass doors, with lettering that reads: "Advertiser." The doorframe below the transom has the number...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Beshoar, Michael, 1833-1907.; Garcia, Jesus Moria.; Hines, J. H.; Robinson, Bob.; Shumway, Ed.; Shumway, Will.; Single, George.; Snyder, Willy.; Stevens, S. H.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Valverde School
- Students of Valverde School, 2030 W. Alameda Avenue, Denver, Colorado, pose with a teacher and the school principal. Identification reads: "Front row, l - r, Eva Pellenz - teacher, Margarita Clark, Doris Gertron, Eula Sanders, Edith Mark, Marth...
- Valverde School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; School principals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1930?]
- IC train, engine number 7028, engine type 2-8-4
- Southbound caboose hop, 1 cars, 45 MPH. Photographed: near Ferber Ill., August 15, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Illinois--Ferber.; Illinois Central Railroad Company.
- 1940
- M&PP train, engine number 3, engine type 0-4-2
- Train #13, passenger train; rear view, 1 car, 8 MPH. Photographed: near Manitou, Colo., July 30, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Manitou.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company.
- 1933
- Vickers Cabin, Ferndale, Colo.
- Four women and two men pose in front of the Vickers home, which is nestled in an evergreen and Aspen forest in Ferndale, Colorado, in Jefferson County. One man stands with his hands in his pockets. Another woman sits on a bench, and the other...
- Vickers, W. B. Mrs.--Homes & haunts.; Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.
- [about 1895]
- Sacred Thirty Six - Denver Country Club
- Group portrait of guests and African American (Black) waiters at a dinner party at the Denver Country Club in Denver, Colorado; decor includes nouveau borders, light fixtures, and a taxidermied fish. Legible identification reads: "Right hand wing,...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver Country Club (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Banquets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Glen Arbor, Colorado
- View of original Lindstrom place, Glen Arbor, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows a two-story wood frame residence or lodge with gable roof and end chimneys. The former sawmill and brewery site near Empire was a mountain resort. A rock wall skirts...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- William Cody with group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits with a group of people in front of a tent adorned with two large American flags and a stuffed buffalo head mounted above its entrance. Cody wears a derby hat and suit. The woman standing at the far left...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- 1441 Market St., Denver
- View of a three story brick commercial building at 1441 Market Street in the Union Station neighborhood of downtown Denver, Colorado. The building has glass blocks above ground floor display windows, and metal grates over basement level windows. A...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982 August
- Union Pacific diesel 1428, etc. north at Ft. Lupton 11:20 A.M.
- View of Union Pacific diesel locomotive 1428 and a consist of boxcars at Fort Lupton (Weld County), Colorado. Houses are in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1950-1960.
- 1956 April 29
- Green Mountain Townhouses
- Potential home owners, men, women and children, enter, exit and admire the newly constructed Green Mountain Townhouses in Lakewood, Colorado. The attached townhouses have a mansard roof and roof dormers and the individual units have entry stairs....
- Green Mountain Townhouses (Lakewood, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.; People.; Row houses.; Swimming pools.
- [1965?]
- Geo. W. Clayton School, Denver, Colo. mid year class 1913
- Boys, girls, and teenagers pose on steps at Clayton College, an orphanage in Denver, Colorado. Identified students include: Mary Elizabeth Ellis, 1) Glenna Vincent, 2) Ida Linder, 3) Byrd Averill, 4) Julia Loser, 5) Ruth Cash, 6) Laura Levy, 7)...
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Orphans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; School...
- 1913
- Water wagon
- A man sits on top of a water wagon probably near the corner of 17th (Seventeenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado. The wagon is labeled with the number "6." The wagon is pulled by a team of white horses. A sign that reads: "Keely's Ice...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- From Tough Cuss Bend looking up
- A view of Colorado Central Railroad railroad tracks beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado. A flume constructed of timber is across the creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1890]