Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Yaquina Bay
- Men and women pose by rocks at Yaquina Bay, near Newport (Lincoln County), Oregon. Ocean water is visible through an eroded hole; the women's clothing includes bodices, flounces, and hats with feathers.
- Newport (Or.)--1880-1900.; Yaquina Bay (Or.)--1880-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--Newport--Oregon--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Newport--Oregon--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- 1936, Open season for first aid, splints, and wild rides
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-131] Breakfast out of doors first week. Such hard workers!!!, [ARL-132] Kin I help, Snippy? Now, where are the eggs? Mmm, I smell bacon!, [ARL-133] What's the matter, Andy, isn't Snippy doing it right?...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Camp counselors--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.;...
- 1936
- Denver, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Denver, Colorado, northwest from Colorado State Capitol building towards Colfax Avenue & 16th (Sixteenth) street; identifiable businesses and buildings include Arapahoe County Courthouse, City Auditorium, Daniels & Fisher tower...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Clough Addition to De Lappe Place: J Cook Jr's North Division of Capitol Hill Outlots A, I, J, K, P, Q, R, S, T, U
- Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal, M.I.
- View of the Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal at 1039 West 13th Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one story Colonial Revival style brick building has hung multi paned windows and a fanlight over the arched entrance. A...
- Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Protestant churches.; Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Pentecostal...
- 2009
- Charley the vet
- A man identified as Charley, a veterinarian, poses astride a horse at the Boston Ranch, Crowley County, Colorado, by a barn. He wears woolies (chaps).
- Boston Ranch (Crowley County, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Veterinarians--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Crowley County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Crowley County--1900-1910.
- 1902, February
- The Yearling ("Little Horse, Big Chair") in Denver
- The red painted steel chair is 21 feet tall and ten feet wide, and the painted fiberglass pinto pony is six feet tall at the ears. The scale of this work is meant to recall that time in life when even everyday objects seemed monumental. The...
- Hanging Bridge - President Theodore Roosevelt and party at Hanging Bridge in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River
- President Theodore Roosevelt poses with men including (left) Major Shadrick K. Hooper G. P. A., and (4th from left) Amos C. Ridgway, General Manager, at Hanging Bridge on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad line, Royal Gorge, Fremont County,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1910-1920.; Presidents--United States--Colorado--Fremont County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1905 May 8
- Cathedral Spires and trackage of the great loop at Ophir, Colorado on the Rio Grande Southern
- View of the Ophir Needles (Cathedral Spires), and trestles and tracks of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad on the Ophir Loop, Ophir, San MiguelCounty, Colorado.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1900-1910.; Ophir (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Loop (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ophir Needles (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ophir--1900-1910.;...
- 1909?
- D&RGW 1712, 4-8-4, at Wolhurst, Colo., with westbound train #1, the Scenic Limited
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive number 1712 pulling passenger coaches, Wolhurst, Arapahoe County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Wolhurst (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Wolhurst--1930-1940.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Wolhurst--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935?]
- Phantom Curve from the east, near MP 312 on the D&RG narrow gauge line
- View of Phantom Curve, in Conejos County, Colorado; shows Denver and Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge track grade and eroded volcanic formations.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Conejos County--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Conejos County--1900-1910.
- 1909?
- Polo games
- Polo players pose on horses at Denver Country Club in Denver, Colorado; they are (l to r) Frank Wood, Reuben Wells, Bryant Turner, I. M. Hughes, Gerald Webb (Colo Springs), Bryant, Lyle, and Frank Gilpin.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver Country Club (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Country clubs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Polo--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Garfield Monument - view west toward Cumbres Pass
- View of the Garfield Monument, in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, Toltec Gorge, and narrow gauge tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Monuments.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1900-1910.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Toltec Gorge (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1900-1910.; Monuments &...
- 1909?
- Quir-par-ko or Lone Wolfs camp.
- A Native American (Kiowa) woman walks through Lone Wolf's camp in Fort Sill, Indian Territory, (Oklahoma); she is wrapped in a blanket. In the camp are several tepees, wood piles, and platforms made of branches; the trees are without foliage.
- Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Fort Sill (Okla.)--1860-1880.; Indian encampments--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.; Tipis--Oklahoma--Fort Sill--1860-1880.;...
- [between 1869 and 1874]
- Publicity photo
- George Westcott (left) and Richard Klinger (right) look at Pat Beyer (in bathing suit) in Denver, Colorado. The woman also wears white high heels and carries an umbrella with letters: "I Am The Girl From Jones beach."
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Beyer, Pat.; Klinger, Richard.; Westcott, George.
- 1949 August 28
- Arrow, Colorado fiftieth anniversary
- Reverend Edward T. Bollinger stands with his briefcase, hat and plaid jacket in deep snow on terminus of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railroad (later the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad) near Corona or Rollins Pass, Colorado. A group of young...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bollinger, Edward T.
- [1954]
- Came to Canon City
- Eighteen studio portraits from Canon City, Colorado, are montaged in rows and identified with dates of arrival as follows: left to right: Tom Johnson 1864, Mrs. Colonel Johnson 1864, Elisha Fassett 1870, Mrs. Lewis Jones 1864, Lewis Jones 1864,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- DeMolay Patrol, Denver Chapter No. 1
- Teenaged boys, members of the Order of DeMolay, pose at Civic Center, in Denver, Colorado, wearing Moorish kneepants, vests and Fez hats. The Carnegie Library, Arapahoe County Courthouse, and Colorado State Capitol are in the background; the men...
- Freemasons--People--1920-1930.; Order of DeMolay--People--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1923 February
- Greeley Opera House
- Members of the ensemble of a play pose on the stage of the Greeley Opera House in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County for a formal portrait. Costumes include: tuxedos, white suits with large bow ties, and military uniforms. The cast members wearing...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Actors--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Regiment Company A
- Group portrait (sitting, standing) of the 10th (Tenth) Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company A in uniform at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Men are numbered in rows front to back, and from left to right: FIRST/BOTTOM ROW...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company A.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- Charles S. Stobie and his two Indian scouts
- Photograph of a newspaper clipping. Illustration shows Charles S. Stobie flanked by his North American Indian (Ute) scouts. (Left) Wanzito (Antelope), and (right) Chief Piah (Black Tail Deer.
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1860-1870.; Clippings.; Military scouts.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1865 and 1869?]
- Georgetown
- A gravestone in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery depicts flowers and reads: "Eliza. Wife of Edward Harvey(?). Died ??. Aged 55 Years. Weep not for me my husband dear, I am not dead but sleeping here. I am not yours but God's...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Miss E..? M, Perry?
- Standing studio portrait of Miss Perry, a Native American Creek woman wearing an Euro-American style dress and hair style posed at a prop stairway newel post.
- Creek Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Perry, Miss, Creek Indian.
- [between 1888 and 1900?]
- Denver, societies & clubs, Wellshire Country Club
- Westward view of the entry gates to Wellshire country club, near Colorado and Hampden Boulevards, Denver, Colorado; shows early phase of construction including rutted dirt road, realtors' advertising signs (G. Watkinson, I. J. Keator), and sign...
- Wellshire Country Club (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1927]
- Ouray, Col.
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado with The Amphitheater in the distance. Shows Cascade Falls, wood frame residences, the County Courthouse, the Beaumont Hotel, the public school and a log pole flagpole at the intersection of Main (Third, 3rd)...
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cascade Falls (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Hamilton, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the town of Hamilton, Colorado, in Park County. Horse and buggy are on unpaved road; structures include wood-frame buildings and log cabins.
- Hamilton (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Mass Wedding at Zion Baptist Church
- Photograph of a mass wedding held at Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. This mass wedding was held as a Church Wide Chorus fundraiser. Individuals identified in the photo are from left to right: Percy Jaggers, Vivian Sims, James and...
- Weddings--Colorado--Denver.; Weddings.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1942
- Cemeteries - grave site - tombstone of Myron W. Reed
- View of a grave marker, flowers, and United States flags in Denver, Colorado; inscription reads: "Myron W. Reed, 1836-1899, I Believe Death Is A Promotion An Incident Of Life - Poverty And Ignorance Get Together And Crime Is Born - Erected By...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Reed, Myron W., 1836-1899--Tomb.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Roof over Kibler Stove Foundry, Irondale, Colo.
- Men pose on scaffolding or stand on the floor of the Kibler Stove Factory in Irondale (Adams County), Colorado. Shows iron beams of the unfinished roof. Men wear hats and suspenders or vests. A dog is nearby. Partly constructed brick walls have...
- Irondale (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Building construction--Colorado--Irondale--1880-1890.; Construction workers--Colorado--Irondale--1880-1890.
- [1890?]
- Seminole college
- View of the Native American (Seminole) college building near Wewoka, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It is a three story structure made of brick and stone and features twin conical towers on two corners, a squared middle facade flanked by hipped roof...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Seminole Indian Agency--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--Oklahoma--Wewoka--1900-1920.; Seminole Indians--Structures--Oklahoma--Wewoka--1900-1920.; Wewoka (Okla.)--1900-1920.; Universities &...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Camp Modoc, Indian Territory
- Group portrait of Native American (Modoc or Ottawa) young women and children with missionaries at the Quapaw Mission, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). In the top row stands four white women, and a white man, possibly A. C. Tuttle, who holds a small...
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Missionaries--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; School children--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Tuttle, A. C.
- 1888 or 1890 March 6
- Silverton branch - narrow gauge class 60 locomotives double heading southbound through the snowslide area at MP 492 1/2, above Elk Park, Colorado
- View of a Silverton Northern narrow gauge locomotive by Elk Creek, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Elk Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--San Juan...
- 1909?
- Children's Room Denver Public Library, East [sic] Denver High School
- Interior view of the Denver Public Library children's reading room, at the High School, in Denver, Colorado; shows men, women, teenaged boys, shelves of books, sculpture, a balcony / arch, and lettering: "The World is so Full of a Number of Things,...
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Reading rooms--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Portal Argo Tunnel Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Miners pose on electric velocipede cars and a tram engine near the entrance to the Argo Tunnel near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The tram engine pulls loaded mine ore cars.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Argo Tunnel Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Denver saloon
- Men who include Peter Volk pose behind a bar in a tavern in Denver, Colorado. A wood stove and bottles of alcohol are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Barrooms--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Volk, Peter.
- 1885 October 29
- Creede, Colorado, Congregational Church
- The Congregational Church of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, is in the steep canyon in which the town sits. Architectural features of the church include: a front gable, a side steeple, shingles, stained-glass windows with pointed arches, and...
- Creede (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Creede--1900-1910.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Creede--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Sun Temple, Mesa Verde
- View of the Sun Temple in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. The excavation, by J. Walter Fewkes, shows two large kivas (known as "B" and "C") and smaller rooms ("e,f,g,h,i") with one rectangular shaped room (known as "r"). The top of the ruins...
- Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930--Homes & haunts.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National Park--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Mesa Verde National...
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- IC locomotive, engine number 4, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, I.C. engines were leased to Mexico at this time, and later permanently acquired by Mexico . Photographed: Paredon, October 17, 1928.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1928.; Railroad locomotives--Mexico--Paredon.; Illinois Central Railroad Company.
- 1928
- Blizzard staff photographer, Italy
- Portrait of a photograper with a pencil thin mustache wearing army uniform, helmet and carrying a 4x5 camera with flash. Taken as he bites into a piece of bread [?]. The photographer is Pfc. Bill Thompson.
- Photographers--1940-1950.
- [1945]
- Buffalo Skull
- The remains of a buffalo skull lie on the ground in the Flat Tops Wilderness north of Glenwood Springs on the border of Garfield and Rio Blanco counties in Colorado.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Bison--Colorado--1930-1950.; Skulls--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- State military encampment grounds, Portage Lake
- View of Portage Lake at Camp Grayling in Grayling (Crawford County), Michigan shows a Ford touring car with passengers on a gravel road, and a man next to the vehicle. Military housing and a lake are in the distance.
- Grayling (Mich.)--1910-1920.; Convertible automobiles--Michigan--Grayling--1910-1920.; Military facilities--Michigan--Grayling--1910-1920.
- 1917 Aug. 23
- Stockyard
- View of an unidentified stockyard. Three men stand near a pen with cattle. Railroad cars with "Wabash" inscribed on them are seen in the distance.
- Stockyards--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Finley Block
- 27, I.O.O.F. The Hinsdale County Historical Society Museum occupied the building after 1975. Steer grazes on grassy lot next to building; Grassy Mountain, Saint Rose of Lima Church, and Foote-Vickers house are in background.; View of Finley Block,...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Lake City--1930-1940.; Finley, Henry.
- 1935
- Finley Block
- operated a general merchandise store in it; building later became Kraft & Mullin hardware store, Dago Brothers Saloon, and, in 1909, home of the Silver Star Lodge, No. 27, I.O.O.F. Hinsdale County Historical Society Museum occupied the building...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Jake Borah and family, Gypsum, Colo.
- Studio portrait of the Jake Borah family, Gypsum, Eagle County, Colorado; Jake (a guide for President Theodore Roosevelt on his Colorado hunting trips) wears a three piece suit and sits as his wife stands beside him in a long dress with...
- Gypsum (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Gypsum--1900-1910.; Borah, Jake.
- 1907
- Narrow Gauge Museum
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad 4-6-0 locomotive #20 and a tender are transported on flatbed trucks on US 285 en route to the Narrow Gauge Museum in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. A truck driver sits in the cab with a door open. The door reads:...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--Equipment & supplies--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Trucks--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1953 June 13
- I. A. Betts family - Wetmore, Colorado
- The I. A. Betts family pose for a studio portrait inside a tent in Wetmore, Colorado in Custer County. The couple has seven children: five girls and two boys, as well as one dog.
- Betts, I. A.; Betts, I. A.--Family.; Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Spouses--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Ingraham, I , C
- Western History Subject Index
- Smith, I, N
- Western History Subject Index
- Miley, I, C