Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Office of Finding Hardware
- View of the Finding Hardware Company office in Breckenridge, Colorado; Frank Christy leans on a credenza against the back wall. Shows books open on work area, a horseshoe clock, a hand-operated printing press, drum-shaped parlor stove, a polished...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- 1892
- Chief Gary, Spokane
- Head and shoulders portrait of an elderly Spokane Garry, Native American Spokane chief, Washington State; teacher, preacher, and peacekeeper for his tribe; he wears a wool jacket and has short gray hair.
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--1880-1890.; Spokane Indians--Washington (State)--1880-1890.; Aged persons--Washington (State)--1880-1890.; Spokane Garry, 1811?-1892.
- [between 1882 and 1892?]
- Yankee Girl Mines, Red Mountain, Colorado, U.S.A.
- View of the Yankee Girl Mine near Red Mountain, Guston (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows a shaft house, standard gauge railroad tracks, tailings, wood frame buildings and a mountainside clear cut of trees.
- Guston (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Yankee Girl Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Guston--1890-1900.
- 1891
- 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
- Georgetown, from Mt. Leavenworth, Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, and Alpine (6th, Sixth) Streets are visible in the grid-plan...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Georgetown - ca. 1892
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north from an elevated position on Leavenworth Mountain, with Republican Mountain on the left and Griffith Mountain on the right. Rose, Argentine, Taos, and Alpine (6th Sixth) Streets are visible in the grid-plan town....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Capt. Chemical Engine No. 1
- Men hold the reins of a horse-drawn fire wagon in Pueblo, Colorado. The conveyance is equipped with ladders, rope, rolled hose, kerosene lamps, and metal tanks. Men pose nearby, and the brick building in the background has stone trim and arched or...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Ouray, Colo.
- View west on Eighth (8th) Avenue, Ouray County, Ouray, Colorado, of a street crowded with teams of horses and mules hitched to wagons loaded for the mines. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot and trains show across the Uncompahgre River in...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Horse teams--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.;...
- 1892
- Weber Street, north, Colorado Springs
- View north on Weber Street, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the Episcopal Church and residences along the tree lined street.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1892?
- Knights Templar convention
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Lamposts are decorated with bunting for the Knights Templar convention.
- Knights Templar (Masonic order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Sixteenth Street
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Lightposts and buildings are decorated with bunting, U. S. flags, and iron crosses for the Knights Templar convention. An automobile and street car tracks are in the street.
- Knights Templar (Masonic order)--Commemoration--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- North Creede
- A man with his hands in his pockets stands on the wood-plank sidewalk between two stacks of hogsheads in front of a store in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Garbage, debris, and logs litter the side of the streets. Architectural...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Willoughby & Streeter Dry Goods
- A large group of men, some boys, and one girl who wears a dress and bonnet pose under a wooden canopy shared by the Willoughby & Streeter Dry Good's store and another building in Leadville, Colorado. The group stands on a raised boardwalk, with...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- The fairest of her sex rustling
- Interior view of a dress shop in Leadville (Lake County) Colorado; shows women working with a sewing machine, fabric, and dressmaker's models.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Seamstresses--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Sewing--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.;...
- 1892, March 15
- Woman in "batwing" dress
- Studio portrait of a woman wearing a dress with its fabric attached to her outspread arms, in Leadville (Lake County) Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dresses--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1892, March 13
- Denver residences Croke - Patterson
- View of Senator Thomas MacDonald Patterson's residence (Croke - Patterson Mansion on Quality Hill) at 430 East 11th Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The ornate mansion has turrets and chimneys.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Patterson, Thomas McDonald, 1840-1916--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- Manitou Springs, Colorado
- View of the town of Manitou (El Paso County), Colorado. Prominent buildings include the Hiawatha building with a sign reading: "Public Retreat for Gentlemen." The Manitou House and a Livery are nearby. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901?]
- The Anaconda Mine, Gold Hill, Cripple Creek
- A group of men sit on and stand near sacks filled with raw ore from the Anaconda Tunnel Mine in the Cripple Creek Mining District (Teller County), Colorado. Some of the men wear work clothes, others appear to be business men and are dressed in...
- Anaconda Tunnel Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Santa Fe freight station, Colorado Springs
- Men wear suits and derby hats and stand near an arched entrance or pose in second-story windows of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad freight station in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The rusticated stone three-story building...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Briarhurst Mansion
- Exterior view of Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east. This elegant two story Tudor style residence of Dr. William Bell was rebuilt in 1888 after a fire in 1886. Built of local stone, it features gables, dormers, bays,...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.
- [betwen 1892 and 1896?]
- Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion
- A group of people sit in the doorway of Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Under the carved stone gothic arch, men in sporting suits and women in high puff shouldered bodices pose for the camera. The woman on the left has a feathered...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Ward family.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion
- A group of people sit in front of a fireplace at Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men in tuxedoes and women in puff shouldered, satin and lace jabot necked bodices lounge on the floor, looking quite relaxed. A tophat sits brim up on...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Ward family.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion
- A group of people sit in an open porch surrounded by shingled wall at Briarhurst Mansion, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men in sack suits and women in puff shouldered jackets, lace collars and straw hats relax in the shade. One woman has a big...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Ward family.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Armory Hall, Central City
- Winter scene of muddy Main Street and the exterior of Armory Hall in Central City, Colorado; shows steel water tanker hitched to six teams of horses, and firemen standing in front of the Armory Hall which serves as the Central City Fire Department.
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Pine Street, Central City streets
- Winter view looking south on Pine Street in Central City, Colorado. The dirt road is covered with slush and bordered by snow on both sides. A white, wood-construction house, which stands above a stone retaining wall, has a peaked roof, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1960-1990.
- [between 1969 and 1990?]
- Little Church Billiard Hall token
- This view of a round token with "Little Church Billiard Hall" stamped on an raised oval in the center and surrounded by a narrow oval band shows the token much larger than life. Outside the oval band is a sparse decoration including a rose,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Billiards--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [betwwen 1980 and 1990?]
- Pioneer and Pastime Clubs
- This view of Leadville, Colorado looks northwest toward the front facades of the Pioneer Club and the Pastime Club on West Second Street in Leadville, Colorado. Located in what was once the center of the red light district, the Pioneer Club is a...
- Pastime Cafe, Bar, Club--1980-1990.; Pioneer Club, Bar, Cafe--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Pioneer Club
- This view to the northeast in Leadville, Colorado, looks toward the fron facade of the Pioneer Club on West Second Street in Leadville, Colorado. Located in what was once the center of red light district, the bar is a two-story brick building built...
- Pioneer Club, Bar, Cafe--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Pioneer Club
- This view towards the upper front facade of the Pioneer Club Bar Cafe, on West Second Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows the bracketed cornice, upper story windows with stone sills and lintels, and transom window above the lintel of a two-story...
- Pioneer Club, Bar, Cafe--1980-1990.; Leadville (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars--Colorado--Leadville--1980-1990.
- [1981]
- Leadville apothecary shop
- Interior view of an apothecary shop in Leadville, Colorado; shows men by glass topped display counters. One man wears a suit, tie, watchchain, and derby hat and has a mustache. The other wears a coat, vest and cravat. The shop includes shelves...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- Midland block's mining exchange in Leadville, Colorado
- This interior view of the busy Mining Exchange in the Midland Block in Leadville, Colorado includes men in suits with fedoras, derbys and various other types of hats crowded in the exchange room with two columns, hanging gas lights, and a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1892]
- Courthouse, Fremont, Cripple Creek
- Three men stand in front of canvas tent on wooden frame with sign "Charles H. Adams, Attorney at Law" attached to side, Cripple Creek, Colorado; sign on side of wooden horizontal plank frame reads: "Justice of the Peace."
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Law offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Lawyers--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Adams, Charles H.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Post office early days of Cripple Creek
- View of N.W. Savage Jr. second-hand store or post office, Cripple Creek (Fremont prior to incorporation in 1893), Colorado. Signs read: "N.W. Savage Jr. Second Hand Store, Branch of Pueblo;"
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; N.W. Salvage Jr. Second Hand Store.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Lauman and Bonewell store, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Lauman and Bonewell Grocers, hardware and miner's supplies store, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prior to incorporation in 1892, Cripple Creek was called Fremont; the grocer is housed in a two- story flat-roof wood frame rectangular...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893?]
- Cripple Creek
- One and two-story commercial brick flat-roof buildings line the west side of South Second (2d) Street prior to 1896 fires, between Bennett and Myers Avenues, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes horse-drawn wagon filled with gunney sacks, men...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893]
- Cripple Creek, Poverty Gulch
- View of Poverty Gulch and Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek's infamous red-light district, Cripple Creek, Colorado; rock-debris is in center of street; the one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings on both sides of the street have falsefronts...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- Early Cripple Creek street scene
- Street view of early Cripple Creek, Colorado; boys stands in dirt street covered with light snow in front of canvas tent and log cabins.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1894]
- First house in Cripple Creek, Poverty Gulch
- First house in Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek, Colorado; house is possibly Robert Womack's cabin in Fremont (prior to Cripple Creek incorporation) or Andy Frazier's cabin in Squaw Gulch; the one-story rounded log cabin built into the hillside has a...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- Myer's Ave., Cripple Creek
- Myers Avenue and Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek's infamous red- light district, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one and two-story wooden frame flat-roof and gable commercial buildings, many under construction, line both sides of the street; scene includes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892]
- Old Man Topping and the first log cabin in Cripple Creek
- "Old Man Topping" with a miner's pick over his shoulder and his dog pose in front of first log cabin in Cripple Creek, Colorado; the cabin is small, flat-roof and rounded with a gold pan on exterior cabin wall and a shovel propped against cabin...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Prospecting--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- Bennett Ave. Fremont, Colo.
- Large group of men, some holding collars of their dogs, stand in center of Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation of town); one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings line the streets with some having...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fremont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- February 1892
- Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, first fire
- View of Bennett Avenue from Second (2nd) Street during April 29th, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; large crowd of men, women and children are gathered on boths sides of street's boardwalk; numerous horse- drawn wagons and carriages loaded with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek early days
- Distant view of row of one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings have vertical slats and falsefronts; canvas tents (some with wooden frames) are interspersed through town.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Cripple Creek
- Background view of commercial business district with one and two- story flat-roof wooden frame buildings, some with falsefronts (possibly Bennett Avenue), Cripple Creek, Colorado; sign attached to building states "Market"; canvas tent with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893?]
- Cripple Creek, Apr. 10th 1892
- Bird's eye view of early Cripple Creek, Colorado (Fremont prior to incorporation); scene includes one and two-story log and wooden frame flat and gable roof buildings and numerous canvas tents scattered throughout town and on hillsides; identified...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 April 10
- Winter in Cripple Creek
- Rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings (many with false fronts) on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; horse-drawn wagon frame, possibly an ox wagon, loaded with timber, wooden and metal barrels is on dirt road;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892 November 24
- The fire at Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of Bennett Avenue from Second (2nd) Street during fire of April 25, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; large crowd of men, women and children are gathered on both sides of street's boardwalk; numerous horse- drawn wagons and carriages, many being...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Fremont, Cripple Creek Dist.
- View of Bennett Avenue, Fremont, Colorado, July 14, 1892, prior to incorporation of town and area as Cripple Creek, Colorado; view includes canvas tent with wooden frame, and one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings (some with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fremont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Site of new J. H. Wolfe Hotel, Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek
- Wintertime on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado with rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings with false fronts; the Palace Hotel in the foreground, a two-story flat-roof brick building with plain boxed cornice,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts-- Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of "Lunch Room" restaurant canvas tent on rustic log frame, Cripple Creek, Colorado; canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters Short," "Sandwiches...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893]