Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Geo. L. Beam, age 25
- Seated portrait of George Lytle Beam, at age twenty five, about the time he started working as an independent photographer. He wears a suit with a vest and a large square knot tie over a stand up shirt collar.
- Photographers--1890-1900.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- December 26, 1893
- Mancos Canon outfit
- George Beam poses with an unidentified man and a pack horse along a rocky slope in Mancos Canyon Valley, Montezuma County, Colorado. Beam wears a bowler hat and suit; the other man has on suspenders and a gun in a holster.
- Mancos Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1890-1900.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- [between 1898 and 1900]
- In D. & R. G. pass. dept. office, Equitable Bldg. Denver, Sect. to Gen. Pass. & ticket agent, Frank A. Wadleigh
- Photographer's self portrait in the Denver and Rio Grande Passenger Department Office, Equitable Building, Denver, Colorado, shows Beam, in his official position as Secretary to the General Passenger and Ticket Agent, at his desk with typewriter...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Typewriters--1910-1920.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- July 1910
- George L. Beam
- Head and shoulders self portrait of George Lytle Beam; he wears a jacket with matching vest, plaid bow tie and a wing-tip collar.
- Photographers--1890-1900.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- 1895?
- George L. Beam
- Self portrait of George Lytle Beam shows the photographer sitting under a canvas shelter which is tied between two trees. He uses a hand- held Eastman rollfilm Stereo Kodak with a release cord stretched from his left hand.
- Cameras--1910-1920.; Photographers--1910-1920.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- Summer 1918
- George L. Beam, self portrait in lab apron examining plate
- Self portrait of George Lytle Beam examining a glass plate. He wears a lab apron, striped bow tie, white shirt with wing-tip collar and his pince-nez eyeglasses.
- Photographers--1890-1900.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- 1893?
- George L. Beam
- George Lytle Beam, self portrait, head to knees with hands in his trouser pockets; he wears a suit with waist coat, vest, bow tie and pince-nez eyeglasses.
- Photographers--1890-1900.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- 1893?
- Mount of the Holy Cross
- Two men sit and stand on a rock out cropping near the Mount of the Holy Cross, Eagle County, Colorado. They are identified as George Beam, standing, and one of W. H. Jackson's sons, possibly Clarence.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.; Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942--Family.
- between 1894 and 1899?
- Telluride vicinity mines at Pandora
- View of Pandora mine facilities, separated by Marshall Creek, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows the multi-structure mill with tailings, Denver and Rio Grande box and coal cars on loading spurs. The Smuggler-Union mine and buildings show high above...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Marshall Creek (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Telluride (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1910-1920.;...
- [1918]
- Chamberlin Observatory
- Chamberlin Observatory, University of Denver campus, Denver, Colorado. Robert S. Roeschlaub, architect, designed the rusticated stone building.
- Chamberlin Observatory--1890-1910.; University of Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Astronomical observatories--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Larimer (between 16th and 17th)
- View along Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado, busy with pedestrians, delivery wagons and bicycles. Trolley tracks show in brick street. The famous Arcade, a gambling den, shows second from the left.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1910]
- Ouray County, Revenue Mine
- A pack train and a team of horses with a wagon of supplies ready to head to the mines from a supply store at the Revenue Mine, Ouray County, Colorado. The ore processing facilities show across a creek.
- Colorado--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--1910-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1920.; Packtrains--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1912]
- Sand Dunes near Alamosa, Colo.
- Several men stand among the giant windswept dunes in the Great Sand Dunes in the San Luis Valley in Colorado. The snow covered Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dunes--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Sand Dunes near Alamosa, Colo.
- A man sits on horseback in giant wind swept sand dunes in the Great Sand Dunes in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. Sparse grasses grow through the ripples of sand. The Sangre de Cristos, covered with light snow are in the distance.
- Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dunes--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--Great Sand Dunes National Park--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Bandelier National Monument
- A timber ladder provides access into a kiva structure under volcanic tuff cliffs, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The reconstructed kiva is built up with rock and has a retangular entrance framed with timber. A natural...
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cave dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Kivas--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Mesa Verde - detail of mesa top structure
- Detail view of the walls of Sun Temple (?), Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, shows a bonding material capping the rock walls to ensure structural rigidity.; SUMMARY.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- West between Gypsum & Dotsero
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks pass between hills in Eagle County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1930-1940.
- October 4-8, 1930
- De Beque Canyon
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks are between dirt road, rock cliffs, and the Colorado River, in Mesa or Garfield County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Man fishing in stream in canyon (Utah?)
- A man fishing and smoking a cigar stands on rocks by a river, possibly in Utah or Colorado. Hills fill the background.
- Fishermen--1920-1940.; Fishing--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- De Beque Canyon construction
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction by the Colorado River in Garfield County Colorado, consists of a steam shovel loading gondola cars. A man looks on.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Railroad freight...
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- Yellowstone
- Image of a painted map of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, includes all the features, lakes, mountains, basins, rivers, falls and geysers painted with dimension. The west entrance with the Oregon Short Line of the Denver and Rio Grande Western...
- Yellowstone National Park (Wyo.)--1910-1930--Maps.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1910-1930--Maps.;
- [between 1916 and 1930]
- Colorado - Utah map
- Photographic reproduction of maps of Colorado and Utah, including counties, towns, highways, railroads, and land forms.
- Colorado--Maps; Utah--Maps.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Grand Junction
- View of Main Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado; shows the Seventh (7th) Street crossing, the Avalon Theater, streetcar tracks, automobiles, and signs: "The Daily Sentinel," "Chevrolet," "Majestic, and "Piggly Wiggly."
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Hotchkiss Streets
- Main Street in Hotchkiss (Delta County), Colorado, is flanked by businesses, cars, and pedestrians. Signs read: "Post Office, Hotchkiss, Colo," "First National Bank," and "Hotchkiss Hotel." Mt. Lamborn is in the distance.
- Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Glenwood Springs
- Snowy street scene in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows store fronts, a flagpole on the "Federal Building," and parked cars. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Orpheum," "Garage," "Iola Rooms," "Ford Authorized Service Station."...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1915-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1915-1930.; Government facilities--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1915-1930.; Winter--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1915-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1929]
- Manitou Springs - Railway Stations
- View along the carriage entrance of the stone Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot, Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Railroad rails line the drive and "D. & R. G." is embossed on the metal catch boxes of the downspouts. Teams of horse...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Porte cocheres--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Mancos
- Unpaved Main Street in Mancos (Montezuma County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, parked cars, store fronts, utility poles and a flagpole with a flag. Signs on buildings read: "Mancos, Colo. Post Office," "First National Bank," "Mesa Verde National...
- Mancos (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Mancos--1910-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Mancos--1910-1940.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Mancos--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1935]
- Norwood Streets
- A woman stands near a stagecoach with men and women passengers on dirt Main Street in Norwood (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows wood frame and brick buildings, utility poles; also, children as they play on street. Signs on buildings read:...
- Norwood (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Norwood--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Norwood--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Paonia, Colo.
- View of fruit orchards and the town of Paonia (Delta County), Colorado. Shows possibly a fruit warehouse.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Westcliffe, Colorado
- View of Main Street in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Shows parked cars, commercial storefronts, utility poles and pedestrians. Signs read: "The Westcliffe State Bank," "Geo. Phillips Dry Goods Ladies and Gents Furnishings," "Westcliffe Post...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Westcliffe--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Westcliffe--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Streets - Monte Vista
- Unpaved street in the commercial district of Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. Produce sacks are stacked on a parked, flatbed truck. Shows pedestrians, cars, electric street lampposts. Signs read: "Fassett," "Hotel La Veta," "Stow's,"...
- Monte Vista (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Monte Vista--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- An Avenue of Poplars at Glenwood Springs, Colo. on the Denver & Rio Grande R.R.
- Poplars line an avenue in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a trestle bridge, stone wall and the Colorado River in the distance.
- Poplar--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Trees--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Looking across the great fruit orchards at Canon City
- Panoramic view of Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows smokestacks, towers or spires on downtown buildings or churches and the Arkansas River. A stone buildings has chimneys and a hipped roof. Fruit trees in an orchard are in bloom nearby.
- Arkansas River--1900-1910.; Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [1910?]
- Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of cars and people on Pikes Peak Avenue and the Antlers Hotel on Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Signs on brick commercial buildings reads: "Trade with the Boys, Barnes Woods Co., Fine Clothes," "V-8 Ford now on...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Commercial...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Cortez, Colorado
- View of Main Street in Cortez (Montezuma County), Colorado; shows men, a horse drawn wagon, an automobile, boardwalks, storefronts, ashlar stone office buildings with entablature and balustrades, and signs: "Bozeman Realty Company," "Hays & Aton...
- Cortez (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Cortez, Colorado
- View of frame or brick houses and commercial buildings in Cortez (Montezuma County), Colorado. Shows fenced yards with cultivated gardens, outhouses, sheds, and timber piles near commercial buildings with signs that read: "Journal Building" and...
- Cortez (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Backyards--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.; Privies--Colorado--Cortez--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Crested Butte, Colorado looking northeast
- Panoramic view of buildings in the town of Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado and the summit of Crested Butte. The Union Congregational Church with bell tower is among frame houses. Shows smoke above Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coke ovens...
- Crested Butte (Colo. : Mountain)--1900-1910.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Crested Butte--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Cripple Creek
- A man wears a wool coat and a cap and stands on a dirt road beside a four door car with a Colorado license plate on a dirt road near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Saint Peter's Church (Catholic) spire is among buildings in Cripple Creek....
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1920-1940.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Beet sugar factory at Delta, Colorado
- View of a three-story brick factory with windows, a mansard roof and a smokestack in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Cars parked beside a fence near the sugar factory include folding soft-topped cars. A man stands near the fence, and a man is on...
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Old Union Depot, Denver, Colo.
- View of railroad tracks and passenger trains at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Women wear dresses and hats and stand near men on a platform. Luggage wagons nearby are stacked with crates and boxes. Union Station has a central stone clock tower...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Denver
- Rooftop view of brick and stone buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows the central stone tower of Union Station and commercial buildings between 14th (Fourteenth) and 15th (Fifteenth) Streets on Lawrence and Larimer Streets. Signs read...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1909 April 26
- Glenwood Springs
- Panoramic view of a railroad trestle and a bridge over the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows the stone Denver & Rio Grande railroad depot and commercial buildings in Glenwood Springs. Cypress trees are around the...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1910-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Glenwood Hot Springs, Colorado
- Panoramic view of frame houses, commercial buildings and the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. People stand at the Denver & Rio Grande railroad depot. American flags hang behind the depot building. Shows tracks, the...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1911]
- Court of the Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- View of the Hotel Colorado courtyard in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. The brick and rusticated stone hotel is a multi-story building with balustrades, balconies and a frame, ivy-lined arcade in the garden. Shows trees, and vines...
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of brick, two-story commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows the "F.B.& L. Block," the Fairley Brothers & Lampman Block Building at 300 E. Bennett Avenue. Signs on commercial buildings read "Wm....
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1920-1940.; Commercials streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1920-1940.
- [between 1929 and 1935?]
- Grand Junction
- View of the three-story Post Office at the corner of Rood Avenue and Fourth Street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. The building has arched windows on the first story, pediments above third story windows, and a balustrade on the roof. Men...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1930.; Post offices--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1930.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Grand Valley
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande and Rio Grande Junction railroad depot and frame buildings in the town of Grand Valley (Parachute) in Mesa County, Colorado. Men stand near boxes, crates and milk jugs on the platform of the depot. A sign on the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Pagosa Springs
- Panoramic view of frame houses and buildings in Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. Shows a church, frame and log houses, brick commercial buildings, a trestle over the San Juan River, and smokestacks at probably the Pagosa Lumber Company...
- Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Grand Junction, Colorado, in the residence district
- View of a tree-lined residential street in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Multi-story houses are brick, half-timbered, and have porches, lawns and sidewalks. Shows ruts in the dirt street.
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.; Residential streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- North Fork Valley, Colo., Paonia and Mts. Lamborn and Lands End [sic] in distance
- Panoramic view of fruit tree orchards, farm buildings, and the North Fork Gunnison River in Paonia (Delta County), Colorado. Buildings, houses, and probably a Denver and Rio Grande roundhouse are in Paonia. Snow is on Mount Lamborn and Landsend...
- Gunnison River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lamborn, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Landsend Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.; Orchards--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1902 and 1915?]