Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Scott Brady, and newspaper front page about prison break
- Scott Brady, star of "Canon City," and a man with a Denver Post newspaper, look at the headlines in an office in Denver, Colorado. The headline, about the 1947 prison break on which "Canon City" was based, reads: "2 Slain, 9 Captured, In State Pen...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Newspaper headlines--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Reading--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Brady,...
- 1948 July
- Alfred Bromfield residence, break room
- Interior view of the break room of the Alfred J. Bromfield Jr. residence, a modern style house designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 4975 South University Boulevard in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The break room has two frosted glass...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Benches--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Entrance halls--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.;...
- [1936]
- Flood in downtown Denver
- View of the intersection of 16th and Cleveland Streets after a flood, caused by the break of a water main, in Denver, Colorado. Cars, pedestrians, and a streetcar are in or near the flooded street. Businesses include the "The Automobile Club, Rocky...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Denver floods, Cherry Creek, 1933
- Cherry Creek water floods 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break. Automobiles, streetcars, and pedestrians line sidewalks in front of storefronts. The dome of the Customs House is to the side; sign reads:...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1933]
- Colorado penitentiary escapes
- Guards carry a slumping convict (R. L. Freeman, kidnapper) through interior barred gates at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Snow is on their pants, shoes and hats. Men stand in the foreground; one holds a cigar.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Freeman, R. L.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1947
- Choosing a route
- View of two Tenth Mountain Division, Mountain Training Group members during five minute break as they choose a route during a trek from Leadville to Aspen Colorado. According to the photographer, during good weather the men would try not go up and...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1944
- Roy Best, Warden of State Penitentiary at Canon City, Colorado, and unidentified group
- Responding to the 1947 break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, men and a woman pose in winter clothes with rifles, gloves and a baseball cap. Uniformed guards have ammunition belts, Warden Best wears a cowboy hat, and Orville Cox...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Ready to break camp
- Group of cowboys on cattle drive ready to break camp, somewhere in Colorado; man on horseback with chaps and lasso attached to saddle, four men standing in front of canvas tent, one possibly holding a branding iron; four men and a boy lounging...
- Cattle drives--Colorado--1900-1920.; Campfires--Colorado--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Castlewood Dam Break
- View of Cherry Creek floodwater and damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break. A man and woman are by collapsed buildings.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Ruins--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1933]
- Castlewood Dam Break Cherry Creek flood
- View of Cherry Creek flood damage in Denver, Colorado after the Castlewood Canyon Dam break. Men and boys clear debris by a bridge over Cherry Creek; warehouses are in the background. Sign reads: "American Forge Works - Oil Well Supplies."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Road block on a bridge : possibly a prison break from Canon City
- Men block a wooden bridge following a break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Some have rifles and helmets, others are in suits and Fedora hats. Water is below and a 1930's sedan is in the foreground. A delivery truck and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Break in levee at West Fourth Street br., Pueblo, Colo.
- Men stand on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks beside the flooded Arkansas River in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the West 4th (Fourth) Street bridge and mud and rocks washed over tracks at a break in the levee.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Rest break on Italian trail
- Shows roughly twenty soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division taking a rest break on a steep Italian trail.
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Break neck hollow
- People pose in a ravine identified as Break Neck Hollow, probably near Pilot Knob in Dakota County, Minnesota. Shows a large, lichen-covered rock, dense shrubs and a layered rock formation. The men and a boy wear sack suits or vests; the women and...
- Dakota County (Minn.)--1880-1900.; Pilot Knob (Minn.)--1880-1900.; People--Minnesota--Dakota County--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Minnesota--Dakota County--1880-1900.; Rocks--Minnesota--Dakota County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Colorado Penitentiary break 1947 Werner Schwarzmiller, convict
- Werner Carl Schwartzmiller, recaptured after leading the break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, glares as Warden Roy Best pulls his shirt. Blood on his head, face and clothes is the result of hammer blows dealt by Mrs. Oliver,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Schwartzmiller, Werner Carl.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Colorado prison break
- Laying inside of a soft top truck after his 1947 escape and recapture from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, John Smalley is flanked by crouching men in winter coats. The interior dashboard has "Willy's" embossed in the center over gauges.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Smalley, John.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Schwarzmiller captured after his break in 1947
- Werner Carl Schwartzmiller lays on the floor of Warden Best's office, recaptured after leading the break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A paper matchbook, paper cup, and the shoes of his captors surround him.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Schwartzmiller, Werner Carl.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Lunch break along the trail Chappie Young, Ken MacKaig, Hugh Griffin, Joe Dekker.
- , Hugh Griffin, and Joe Dekker, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, rest during a lunch break on a trail ride in Colorado. Chappie (Chapman) Young (in a hat), and Ken MacKaig lie in the grass and Hugh Griffin and Joe Dekker are near a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Campfires--Colorado--1940-1950.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--1940-1950.; Rest...
- 1948 July
- Lunch break at Stead's Bucky Button, Pete Smythe, Con Becker, Rudy Savage, Jack Lamb, Joe Dekker, Rick Ricketson, Wayne Van Vleet.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members sit beside or lean against a barn door during a lunch break on their annual trail ride, at Stead's (formerly Sprague's) Lodge in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The men wear cowboy hats and boots, chaps,...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Rest periods--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Reading--1950-1960.; Sitting--1950-1960.
- 1956 July
- A break in the climb up to Flattop Mountain from Stead's Hank Hankins, Francis "Van" Van Derbur, Hoppy Rice.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies take a break on a trail ride to Flattop Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. The first three riders on the trail are identified left to right as Harlan "Hank" Hankins, Francis Van Derbur...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park--1950-1960.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park--1950-1960.;...
- 1958 July
- Break in dyke above 4th St. bridge
- Men work with horse teams near a break in a dike after an Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows mud, broken trees and debris near the earthen dike.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Dikes (Engineering)--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Horse teams--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Laborers--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- Trinity fourth annual oratorio concert : Mendelssohn's Elijah
- Program for a presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah performed at Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 1905. Included in the program are several pictures of prominent performers, list of performers, a detailed listing of the...
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.). Choir--Performances.; Oratorios--Librettos.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver,...
- 1905 March 9
- Christianity : a sermon preached in First Congregational Church, Denver, Colorado
- An undated, published sermon given by Reverend Robert Hopkin of the First Congregational Church, in Denver, Colorado.
- Hopkin, Robert.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- Undated
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- Western History Subject Index
- Prisons and reformatories. Jails
- Fraternal Club Local 465 Waiters and Porters
- View of 2621 Welton in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building houses the African American Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, Local #465, associated with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The entrance...
- Protective Order of Dining-Car Waiters and Porters, local 465--Buildings--1990-2000.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad employees unions.; Clubs.; Protective Order of Dining Car-Waiters and Porters, local...
- 1995
- Picketing the Denver City and County building
- United Farm Workers of America (UFW) supporters picket the Denver City and County building in Denver, Colorado. The picketers protest Judge Robert Cummins' decision to jail UFW coordinator Jerry Ryan for refusing to remove his "Boycott Gallo"...
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Pickets.; City and County Building (Denver,...
- [1975]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 26, 1911 June 24
- Irrigation standing on causeway in middle of river in winter
- Workmen stand on a causeway and break up ice on the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Another man stands on a nearby weir.
- Weirs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Causeways--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Ice--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family who pose near an ornate backdrop and tapestry. Four of the women are seated and they hold books on their laps. One young woman stands and poses near the break in a tapestry curtain. A young man stands behind the group of...
- Families--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Paper boy with bicycle on Alameda Avenue bridge
- Outdoor portrait of a young man with a bicycle and newspapers on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Newspaper carriers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Water jar
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) water jar with black, orange and white coloring on the outside and black on the inside. Painted images include a band, spirit break, thunder knife [?], feather [?] and crook.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Water bottles--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Zuni pottery--1880-1900.; Jars--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Colorado Spanish-American War graves and monument
- View of a military cemetery in Denver, Colorado; shows grave markers, United States flags, and a Spanish - American war memorial.
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Monuments--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Tombstone of Mary E. Dudley, 1856-1915
- View of a grave marker in a Denver, Colorado, cemetery, with inscription: "Mary Dudley 1856-1915;" shows flower arrangements and other tomb stones.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Tombstone of Marie and Zachary Sturman
- View of grave markers in a Denver, Colorado, cemetery, with inscriptions: "Zachary H. 1854; Marie L. 1877- 1915; Sturman;" also shows flower arrangements and other tombstones.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sturman, Marie L., 1877-1915--Tomb.; Sturman, Zachary H., d.1854--Tomb.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Buildings - residences - small frame house
- View of houses in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Buildings - residences - large two-story brick house
- View of a house with arched windows, an inset porch, and imbricated brick in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Water fights, between fights, private bank party, 2:30 PM.
- Spectators and participants stand in the intersection of Main Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado, during a break in water fights during the 4th of July, Independence Day celebration. People watch from the narrow balcony of the Citizens...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 July 4
- Interior of Alexander Aircraft Factory, one of the largest civil- aircraft factories in the country at this time
- Interior view of the Alexander Aircraft Company factory, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, show workers at machines, lathes, drill presses with ceiling mounted belt drives, an airplane body, and a break seating area.
- Alexander Aircraft Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Airplane industry--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Airplanes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- 1928
- Broadmoor
- View of the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, under construction, shows workmen taking a break by a shed amid piles of pipe, lumber, and block.
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910- 1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Flood at Union Station
- Automobiles and a pedestrian make their way through water by Union Station at 17th (Seventeenth) and Wynkoop Streets during the Cherry Creek flood which resulted from the Castlewood Dam break of 1933, Denver, Colorado. A spare tire cover on the...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad Stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933 August 4
- Yellowstone Park
- View of Yellowstone National Park. A wooden raised walkway leads away from a corner of a one story building with a pitched roof and small porch. The walkway is parallel to a wooden rail fence. A wooden bench creates a break in the fence. Steam...
- Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Buildings--Wyoming--1890-1900.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1890-1900.; Springs--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Ocean pier (?)
- A woman with a wicker perambulator stands at the rail of a ship or pier; waves break on rocks, and ocean is in the background.
- Baby carriages--1910-1930.; Oceans--California--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Canon City posse
- A group of unidentified men with rifles, one in uniform and one with a sheriff's badge, pose in front of a prison cell at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, probably during the October 3, 1929 prison break. Signs read:...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--1920-1930.; Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Sheriffs--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.
- [October, 1929]
- Canyon [sic] City, Colorado State Penitentiary
- A crowd of men are gathered outside the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, probably members of the press and law enforcement during the October 3, 1929 prison break.
- Colorado State Penitentiary--1920-1930.; Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; People--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.
- [1929]
- Pioneer Jubilee, Salt Lake City
- Procession of African American soldiers in uniform and on horseback at the Pioneer Jubilee Parade, Salt Lake City, Utah. Signs on back fence reads: "Quaker Oats The World's Break[fast]" and "Chapman's, Proof, Oil".
- Utah Pioneer Jubilee (1897 : Salt Lake City, Utah); African Americans--Military service--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Anniversaries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Utah--Salt Lake...
- 1897
- Indians clearing up 1st Inf. camp P.R. Ag. S.D.
- Native American Lakota Sioux help the First Infantry break camp, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. A few tents remain, women wrapped in blankets sit and watch from snow piles. Possibly Red Cloud wearing an overcoat, scarf, hat and sunglasses poses...
- United States. Army. Infantry--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- [February 1891?]
- Glenwood Canyon - snow
- Tire tracks break a deep snow on the highway adjacent to the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]