Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Shenandoah Dives Mill Silverton San Juan County
- View, from an ore bucket on the aerial tramway, of the area around the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Arrastra Creek and possibly the Mayflower Mill are nearby.
- Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Iron Bound, At a deserted mine above Mammoth Gulch
- An early-day mine bucket made from an old whiskey barrel leans on one edge in front of a log cabin near Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. The bucket is from an old mine above Pile Hill near Apex. Photographer titled the image "Iron Bound."
- Apex (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pile Hill (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Apex--1940-1950.; Pails--1940-1950.; Prospecting equipment & supplies--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Waldorf, Colo. altitude: 11,666 feet at Post Office
- View of Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows buildings including (l to r): power house, stable, Post Office, and cables of the bucket line from Santiago to Waldorf.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Mining tramway and shaft house
- Miners stand near the shaft house of a mine. One man pushes a bucket car loaded with an ore bucket.
- Mine buildings--1880-1900.; Mine railroads--1880-1900.; Miners--1880-1900.; Mining--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Mixing flour
- A group of spectators gathers to watch two men mix flour on a large blanket in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man empties a metal bucket onto the blanket while another man stands near him holding a large sack on his left shoulder....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Flour & meal industry--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Lost mines. Lost Blue Bucket. Oregon
- Shenandoah Tramway, Barbre in bucket
- View of a man identified as Tom Barbre, a film maker, inside an aerial tramway bucket above probably the Shenandoah-Dives Mine near Silverton in (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows the multi-level processing mill facility and the San Juan Range.
- Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Silverton (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1940-1950.; Motion picture producers &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Passing a bucket near the mine which is hidden in the clouds
- View, from an ore bucket on an aerial tramway, of the cloud covered Shenandoah-Dives Mine near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado.
- Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Clouds--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.
- [between 1934 and 1941
- The old Oaken Bucket
- A man drinks water from a wooden bucket at a well. The man is wearing a suit and hat. The well structure is constructed of wood and has a small canopy roof.
- Eating & drinking--1900-1910.; Wells--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Ore Bucket from the Matchless Mine Little Stray Horse Gulch near Leadville, Colo
- View of a sign attached to a suspended ore bucket that reads: "Tabor's Matchless Mine", near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Old bucket which brought up Tabor wealth
- A man examines an ore bucket near the headframe of the abandoned Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Snow covers the ground.
- Mine shafts--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- 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.)
- 1944 March 2
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 10
- 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.)
- 1944 March 23
- Bath time
- A young Hispanic American girls sits in a metal wash tub balanced on a chair and is bathed by her mother in Costilla County, Colorado. The girls has long dark hair. Her mother wears a dress. The room has wallpapered walls, a calendar hangs on the...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bathing.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Miners Eloy Cruz and Leandro Vigil
- Coal miners Eloy Cruz (left) and his brother-in-law Leandro Vigil pose near the entrance to the Frederick Mine in Valdez (Las Animas County), Colorado. Eloy wears a jacket, a cap with a battery operated lantern, safety boots and holds a bucket and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Frederick Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal miners.; Cruz, Eloy--Pictorial works.; Vigil, Leandro--Pictorial...
- [1920?]
- Two boys dressed as Huck Finn
- Larry Gallegos and Jack Smith participate in the 10th annual Huck Finn Day in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. One boy wears a straw hat, short sleeved shirt and jeans, rolled up and tattered. He holds a fishing pole. The other boy wears...
- Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boys.; Clothing & dress.; Gallegos, Larry--Pictorial works.; Smith, Jack--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 5, 1919 May
- Miners
- A group of miners pose near a house made of stone, mud, and wood possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men and a boy wear work clothes including: overalls, pants, boots, bandanas, and hats. One man balances a bottle of liquor on his knee. A...
- Boys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Coal miners
- Three miners pose outside a mine at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Electric mine lamps are attached to their caps and battery packs are at their...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Mining in Central City
- A group of men pose in the interior of a shaft house at a mine in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Three men stand with their hands on a chain and their feet on a large bucket that lowers into the shaft.
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1901?]
- Trinidad residents
- Women wear fitted dresses, aprons, and boots and pose in front of a stick fence and a one-story adobe house in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A woman wears a scarf around her head and holds a baby who wears a ruffled cap and a dress. A boy...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Infants--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Idaho Springs
- Firemen pose in front of the fire department in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. they stand and sit beside and on top of their hand-drawn fire wagon. They wear uniforms with spiked shoes. Some have ribbons pinned on them probably for...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Coal mining, near Craig, Colorado
- Men ride a bucket scoop on a crane at a coal mine near Craig (Moffat County), Colorado.
- Moffat County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Moffat County--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Moffat County--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Moffat County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cabin
- A man sits and poses beside an aspen log cabin probably near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shovels, a pick axe and a metal bucket are against the cabin wall beside a doorway.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Manion Placer
- View of a steam shovel and ore processing machinery. Letters read "Manion Placer" and "Lorain 77."
- Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Manion Placer
- View of a steam shovel and ore processing machinery with a conveyor elevator.
- Conveying systems--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--1940-1950.; Mining machinery--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Dryer floor, Gold Prince Mill
- Interior view of the Gold Prince Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows multi-level platforms, steps, open beam ceiling, a hanging bucket and wooden chutes.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Lakewood High School
- Students pose on or beside a ladder in an interior view of a classroom at Lakewood High School in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Jack Taylor wears wool knickers and striped socks, and supports a step ladder. Charles Taylor wears knickers,...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Lakewood--1930-1940.; Higens, Arlene.; Taylor, Charles, Lakewood High...
- 1932 September 4
- Cooley Bros. dredge, gen. view dragline
- View of a dragline crane and bucket at a hydraulic mining site on probably Beaver Creek in Park County, Colorado. Shows parked automobile, gabled buildings, dredge facilities, wooden sheds and water.
- Park County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1945?]
- Green Mtn. Dam
- View of construction vehicles at the Green Mountain Dam site in Summit County, Colorado. Shows a man, a tractor and a steam-shovel with a bucket. The steam-shovel is labeled: "Bucyrus Erie."
- Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Steam shovels--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- So. Platte Drg. Co.
- View of bucket mechanisms on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows iron beams, cables, and buckets.
- South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Dredging--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- W. Morgan, exchange equipment, terminal room
- View of the terminal room in the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph exchange building in Morgan (Conejos County), Colorado. A candle stick telephone sits on a desk near other switchboard equipment. Wires, circuits, and control panels line the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Morgan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Morgan--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1914
- Urad Mine
- Interior view of the inside of a tunnel at the Urad Mine in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows ore cars, tracks, a bucket, pipe sections and cables.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Road above Creede
- A dirt road winds through the San Juan Mountain Range near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows a truck, an aerial tramway tower and ore bucket.
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Mineral County--1940-1950.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Mineral County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Mineral County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Kramer mill, Salida, ball mill and spiral classifier
- Shows fluorspar processing equipment in an interior view of the Kramer Mines Inc. mill in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows probably a spiral classifier, and a ball mill or rotary drier. A bucket attached to the machinery reads: "Heads."
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.
- [between 1942 and 1950?]
- Chief Ouray's Home
- View of a painting by C.H. Nichols titled "Chief Ouray's Home." Shows a man and woman in front of single-story buildings, a creek, a fence, clouds and jagged mountain peaks. The woman holds a bucket and the man leans against a horse.
- Houses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Paintings--1900-1910.
- 1908 April 1
- Picnic
- Men, women and children pose at a picnic gathering in a forested area, probably in Colorado. Shows a picnic blanket, silverware, bread, a bucket, a cup, and a basket. The men wear suits, ties and hats. The women wear dresses, hats and shawls. A man...
- People--Colorado--1880-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Picnic in Clear Creek Canyon
- A woman and a teenage girl sit on the ground and have a picnic beside Clear Creek, probably in Jefferson County, Colorado. The woman wears a dark wool double-breasted jacket and a long skirt. She sits beside a leather case and a large straw sun...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls.; Picnics.; Streams.; Teenagers.; Women.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Man getting water from pump near chicken coop
- A man pumps water into a bucket near a chicken coop as chickens stand nearby on a farm in Colorado. A house, ax, and chopping block are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Chickens--Colorado--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--1900-1920.; Poultry houses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Water pumps--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Two children sitting on tub outside
- Girls sit outdoors on a washtub in Colorado. One girl holds a pail and the other holds a bucket.
- Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.; Pails--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Industries construction men backfilling ditch
- Workmen stand near a partially constructed canal probably near South Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado. One man holds a bucket.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Man peeling potatoes
- A man sits in a kitchen, in a wood chair, as he peels potatoes. A bucket of potatoes is in the middle of the room; a large wood stove (of the John Van Range Company) is along the back wall, a water faucet and large tub is on the side wall, pots...
- Home food processing--1890-1910.; Kitchens--1890-1910.; Potatoes--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Cities streets construction
- A painter smokes a pipe and holds a bucket of paint and a brush as he stands near metal supports, part of the Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado. Convertible automobiles are parked nearby on the street.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Painting--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Smoking--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Tramway on Aspen Mt.
- A man rides an ore bucket on an aerial mining tramway that ascends Aspen Mountain (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailings.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Agriculture - ranching - water - well house
- A woman draws water from a covered well in (probably) Colorado. A bucket is by a spout, and a log wall is in the background.
- Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Wells--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Windy Gap
- View of Harry and Katherine Buckwalter cooking at a camp fire at Windy Gap (Grand County), Colorado. A coffee pot is by a bucket.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Windy Gap (Grand County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Campfires--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.;...
- 1922
- Windy Gap
- View of Harry Buckwalter cooking at a camp fire at Windy Gap (Grand County), Colorado, with a frying pan, coffee pot, and bucket.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Windy Gap (Grand County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Campfires--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- 1922
- Grand Lake
- View of Harry and Katherine Buckwalter making a campfire near Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado; also shows a bucket and a coffee pot.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1920-1930.; Campfires--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.;...
- 1920
- Bowman Dairy
- Workmen stand in the milking room of the Bowman Dairy in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. One man cleans a trough with a shovel near a large bucket on a hoist.
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]