Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Western History Subject Index
- Crooke smelting.v:orks. Gunnison county, Colorado
- Upper Basins
- View of upper basins of the Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; National parks & reserves--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Teton Range. S.E.
- View of Grand Teton mountains and rock formations, Teton County, Wyoming.
- Teton County (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Mountains--Wyoming--Teton County--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Bannock Indians
- A Native American (Bannock) man, women and a baby in a cradle board pose in front of a tepee, probably Wyoming..
- Bannock Indians--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Tipis--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Cliff dwellings
- View of Native American ((Ancestral Puebloan) ruins under a cliff overhang near the San Juan River in the Four Corners region. A box camera is in the distance; horses stand to the side.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Archaeological sites--Four Corners...
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Cliff dwellings
- View of Native American ((Ancestral Puebloan) ruins under a cliff overhang near the San Juan River in the Four Corners region. A clay urn sits to the side.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Archaeological sites--Four Corners...
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Cliff dwellings
- View of Native American ((Ancestral Puebloan) ruins under a cliff overhang near the San Juan River in the Four Corners region.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Four Corners Region--1870-1880.; Archaeological sites--Four Corners...
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- North-Western Colorado and part of Utah
- Geology--Colorado--Maps.; Geology--Utah--Maps.; Colorado--Historical geography--1881.; Colorado--Surveys--Maps.; Utah--Historical geography--1881.; Utah--Surveys--Maps.
- 1877
- Hotel, La Jara, Colorado
- People pose outside the frame "Commercial Hotel" in La Jara (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows false front buildings painted with signs that read: "Geo. V.B. Williams" and "Office."
- Commercial Hotel (La Jara, Colo.)--1880-1900.; La Jara (Colo.)--1880-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--La Jara--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--La Jara--1880-1900.; People--Colorado--La Jara--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1895?]
- So. Colo. Power Birney car 86 close-up at Minnequa; Colorado & Wyoming #1107 Baldwin above.
- View of Southern Colorado Power Company Birney interurban streetcar 86 near a Colorado and Wyoming Railroad Baldwin locomotive and coal car, atop an elevated grade, in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. An advertising bench reads: "B. V. Ruppel...
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1940-1950.; Southern Colorado Power Company--1940-1950.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- 1946 September 20
- Twin Lakes summer home
- People pose on the porch of the Dexter Cabin at the Interlaken Resort in Twin Lakes (Lake County), Colorado. Identified people include: "J.V. Dexter's wife, twin daughters, and James Dexter." The log house has a mansard, shingled roof with dormer...
- Dexter, James V.--Homes & haunts.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.; Log houses--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Family
- Family portrait of a couple, a teenage boy and girl, children, and a dog in (probably) western Colorado; they pose in front of a a log house with a covered porch.
- Dogs--Colorado--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--1900-1910.; Teenagers--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 October 5
- Dish of strawberries
- Close up view of a dish of strawberries. The berries are piled in a china dish with a scalloped edge. A handwritten tag reads: "Grown by O.V. Coulter, Rifle, Colo., Picked Oct. 26, 1907."
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Strawberries--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Portrait of two girls
- Two sisters sit on an upholstered chair and pose for a studio portrait. The wear dark colored dresses with crocheted collars.
- Families--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Nevadaville looking north - Main St. beyond
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows dilapidated Pozo Mill sheds, Gunnell Hill with tailings and remains of stone commercial buildings on Main Street, including the Odd Fellows Building,
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Overhead Mining & Express Co.
- View of an Overhead Mining and Express Company delivery wagon; letters read: "M. & Ex. Co."
- Carriages & coaches--1870-1890.; Transportation--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Thirty eighth Avenue underpass
- View of a railroad underpass on 38th Avenue, in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete walls and industrial buildings with signs: "Tony C. V. Romeo Groceries," and "The Colorado Lumber Co."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Denver--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- [Seventeenth] 17th & Market
- A group of men stand on the sidewalk on Market Street near 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on nearby buildings read: "J. V. Rhoades Employment Agency," "McMillan's Employment Agency," "Chile," and "Blatz Beer."
- J. V. Rhoades Employment Agency (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; McMillan's Employment Agency (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Employment agencies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- 1938 December 31
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
- View of Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Yellowstone River--1870-1880.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; National parks &...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Castle Geyser and hot springs
- View of Castle Geyser, hot springs pool and a man, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Castle Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Mammoth Hot Springs
- View of Mammoth Hot Springs geyserite terraces and man, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; National parks & reserves--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Mammoth Hot Springs terraces
- View of Mammoth Hot Springs geyserite terraces, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; National parks & reserves--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Ornamental Hot Springs
- View of hot spring pool identified as Ornamental Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; National parks & reserves--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Hovenweep ruins
- View of Native American (Anasazi) ruins in Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado and Utah.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hovenweep National...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Bannock Indians
- View of Native American (Bannock) women and children with wickiup and tepees, probably Wyoming.
- Bannock Indians--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Tipis--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Wickiups--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Scene in Village
- View of Native American (Bannock) men, women, a baby in a cradleboard and children in a camp with tepees, probably Wyoming.
- Bannock Indians--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Indian encampments--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Tipis--Wyoming--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- View of the Mount of the Holy Cross, from the North, Glacier Cańon
- View of the Mount of the Holy Cross from a canyon identified as Glacier Canyon with dead fallen trees, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1872 and 1878]
- CRI&P locomotive, engine number 626, engine type EMC E3
- Shows M. V. Ryan, engineer. Photographed: Denver, Colo., December 31, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co.
- 1939
- NYC locomotive, engine number 1385, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; on turntable. Photographed: Dickinson, W.V., July 9, 1953.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1953.; Railroad locomotives--West Virginia--Dickinson.; New York Central Railroad Company.
- 1953
- U. S. Forest Service aerial photo of Empire terrain
- The aerial view of Empire, Colorado, shows the town platting, main street as it goes south out of town, U. S. Highway 40 running east and west through town, Belleview Mountain, Interstate-70, and Clear Creek.
- Empire (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- October, 1938
- Cowboys on a Roundup
- A group of cowboys hired for a Roundup pose by covered wagons and tents in Kaufman Meadow, Chaffee County, Colorado. Some sit on horseback, others lie on the ground and one sits in a wagon. Pictured left to right are: 1. Tom McQuade; 2. & 3....
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Kaufman Meadow (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Kaufman Ridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Chaffee...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Branding Scene near Kaufman Park
- Cowboys brand cattle near Kaufman Pasture (Kaufman Park), Chaffee County, Colorado. Pictured are: Tom McQuade, Dave Walhen, Ed Gorman, Bert DeWitt, Chris Nachtrieb, Billy Cogan, Mel DeWitt and unknowns. All men wear cowboy attire except for one man...
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle branding--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Corrals--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- American City, 1960
- View along a two track road leading to the E.M. Stedman house, American City, Gilpin County, northwest of Black Hawk, Colorado, shows the log house with steep hipped roofs and a front deck, the collapsed Louisiana Mascot Mine operation with a...
- Stedman, E. M.--Homes & haunts.; American City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--American City--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1960-1970.
- 1960
- American City, 1960
- View of some of the log cabins and ruins of American City, Gilpin County, northwest of Black Hawk, Colorado, shows two rustic side gable log cabins on the edge of a treelined slope. The E.M. Stedman house with steep hipped roofs and front deck...
- Stedman, E. M.--Homes & haunts.; American City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--American City--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1960-1970.
- 1960
- American City, 1960
- View of the ruins of American City, Gilpin County, northwest of Black Hawk, Colorado, include the remains of a side gable log cabin with a timber roof, two track roads and the collapsed Louisiana Mascot Mine operation with a tailing dump. The town...
- American City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--American City--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1960-1970.
- 1960
- San Luis Valley Southern Ry. 2-8-0 #104 Blanca, Colo.
- View of San Luis Valley Southern Railway locomotive #104 on tracks in Blanca (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the tender reads: "S.L.V.S."
- Southern San Luis Valley Railroad--1940-1950.; Blanca (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Blanca--1940-1950.
- 1946 September 8
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. pass. train south on Ohio River bridge from "Canton" while moving, Martin's Ferry, Ohio.
- Smoke rises from a Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company passenger train as it travels over a truss bridge on the Ohio River in Martins Ferry (Belmont County), Ohio. Shows a person on a multi-level staircase beneath the bridge.
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company--1930-1940.; Martins Ferry (Ohio)--1930-1940.; Ohio River--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges--Ohio--Martins Ferry--1930-1940.; Railroads--Ohio--Martins Ferry--1930-1940.; Rivers--Ohio--Martins Ferry--1930-1940.
- 1938 June 26
- [Mountain and meadow] [art original].
- Mountains in art.; Oil paintings.
- 1952
- Mrs. Henry Robinson's birthday party
- Men, women and children pose by a frame house in Keota, Weld County, Colorado. Some are identified; the toddler is Auriel Ora[?], second from left in hat: Brooks, next man in hat: Clyde; on porch in fedora: D.V.S.; Fay has her hand on her blouse;...
- Keota (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Birthday parties--Colorado--Keota--1920-1930.; Families--Colorado--Keota--1920-1930.
- 1924 July 17
- A Zuni silversmith
- Reproduction of a lithograph shows a Native American Zuni Pueblo man seated at a fire with silversmith tools including a hammer and pottery with water, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.; Zuni (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Silverwork--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Early plane
- Lt. E. V. Harbeck, pilot, and a passenger pose in a biplane, Denver, Colorado. On fuselage: "Texas - 36th Div."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Air pilots--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Airplanes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Harbeck, E. V.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Push-ma-ta-ha, Chactan warrior
- Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting depicts Pushmataha, Choctow Native American tribal chief, wearing a military jacket with epaulets and ruffled shirt and short cropped hair. Pushmatah (also known as Apushamatahubib, Warrior's Seat Is...
- Choctaw Indians--1830-1840.; Indians of North America--1830-1840.; Military officers--1830-1840.; Pushmataha, ca. 1764-1824.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Ledagie, a Creek Chief
- Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting by C. B. King depicts Ledagie, Native American Creek, tribal chief, wearing a loose jacket with armbands, necklace, turban hat with plumes.
- Creek Indians--1840-1850.; Indians of North America--1840-1850.; Tribal chiefs--1840-1850.; Ledagie, Creek Chief.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Mandan village
- Reproduction of a book illustration; Native American (Mandan) village with tepees and dome shaped dwellings on a riverbank.
- Indians of North America--1820-1850.; Mandan Indians--Structures--1820-1850.; Indian encampments--1820-1850.
- [1900?]
- Rev. Sherman Coolidge, D. D. A native Arapahoe.
- Studio portrait of Reverend Sherman Coolidge, D. D. (Native American Arapaho). He wears a clerical robe.
- Arapaho Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clergy--1890-1900.; Coolidge, Sherman.
- 1893
- A happy new year, 1876 : G.V. Meserole, G.G. Withers, M.R. Saunders.
- New Year--Colorado--History--1876.; Colorado--History--To 1876.
- 1860
- Holy Trinity, Stratford [art original].
- Painting, American.; Oil paintings.
- 1946
- Western History Subject Index
- Carlin, Brigetta A. (Mrs: P. V )
- Thirty eighth Avenue Subway
- View of a railroad underpass at 38th Avenue, in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete walls and industrial buildings. Signs read: "The Colorado Lumber Co.," and "Tony C. V. Romeo groceries."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Denver--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Thirty eighth Avenue Subway
- View of a railroad underpass on 38th Avenue, in Denver, Colorado; shows concrete walls and industrial buildings. Signs read: "The Colorado Lumber Co.," and "Tony C. V. Romeo groceries."
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Streets--Denver--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]