Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Centennial Race Track the Great Plains Stakes
- Montage shows Centennial Race Track in Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado. The upper photo shows the winning horse (Pet Me), the second place horse (Green Fighter), the third place horse (Blanter) and jockeys as they race at the "Great Plains...
- Centennial Race Track (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Pet Me (Race horse)--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.; Littleton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horse racing--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.; Horses--Colorado--Littleton--1950-1960.;...
- 1956 July 7
- 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?]
- Me-na-wa, a Creek warrior
- Reproduction of a lithograph of a painting by C. B. King depicts Me-na-wa, Native American Creek warrior wearing face paint, a loose striped jacket, hat with plume, and beaded purse.
- Creek Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Me-na-wa, Creek warrior.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Mrs. C. B. Wilson
- Seated portrait of Mrs. C. B. Wilson, in the Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, taken at the parsonage. She is the wife of Pastor Wilson, a Methodist minister.
- Spouses of clergy--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Walden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Wilson, C. B. Mrs.
- 1900 or 1901
- Woman
- Studio portrait of a woman. She wears a sleeveless dress and a choker.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Woman
- Studio portrait of a woman. She wears a high-collared dress decorated with lace and ribbons.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Woman
- Studio portrait of a woman. She wears a high-collared dress decorated with lace and ribbons.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Library
- Interior furnishings at the Paterson residence near Littleton, Colorado, include a leather rocker and fainting couch, sheer draperies, and a rug. An ornate scarf and books top a carved wood table, a framed painting is on the wall, and an oil...
- Paterson, C. B.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Libraries (Rooms)--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Library
- Bookcases and a roll-top desk are against the interior wall of the Paterson residence near Littleton, Colorado. Men sit at a carved wood table with a scarf and books atop it. The mantle over the fireplace has niches with urns, a clock, and...
- Paterson, C. B.--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Front elevation of mountain house for C.B. Kountze Esq.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation and section for a residence in Estabrook, Colorado and was commissioned by...
- Kountze, Charles B., esq.--Homes & haunts.; Estabrook (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- [1900-1910?]
- Side elevation plan of residence for C.B. Kountze Esq.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation for a residence in Estabrook, Colorado and was commissioned by C.B. Kountze...
- Kountze, Charles B., esq.--Homes & haunts.; Estabrook (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- [1900-1910?]
- [Elevation] plans of residence for C.B. Kountze Esq.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation and section for a residence in Estabrook, Colorado and was commissioned by...
- Kountze, Charles B., esq.--Homes & haunts.; Estabrook (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- [1900-1910?]
- Side elevation plans of residence for C.B. Kountze Esq.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an outer wall elevation for a residence in Estabrook, Colorado and was commissioned by C.B. Kountze...
- Kountze, Charles B., esq.--Homes & haunts.; Estabrook (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses.
- [1900-1910?]
- Bed room
- Interior furnishings at the Paterson residence near Littleton, Colorado, include a brass bed, oriental rug, rocker and upholstered chairs, mirrors in carved wood frames, an oil chandelier, and appliqued bed linen.
- Paterson, C. B.--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Parlor [sic]
- Interior furnishings at the Paterson residence near Littleton, Colorado, include sculpted human forms holding up a table. Pictures and a mirror are in ornate frames; one is on an easel with tasseled fabric. A fringed valance tops a curtain of...
- Paterson, C. B.--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Estates--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Parlor [sic]
- Interior furnishings at the Paterson residence near Littleton, Colorado, include ingrain carpet, a crystal oil chandelier, a couch and chairs, and tasseled fabric drapings over the window. A table has an octagonal base; a sculpted Black woman holds...
- Paterson, C. B.--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Dining room
- Interior furnishings at the Paterson residence near Littleton, Colorado, include a dining table set with dinnerware, an oriental rug, and framed pictures. A folding screen and a carved wood mantle finish the fireplace; china and a clock front the...
- Paterson, C. B.--Homes & haunts.; Littleton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Littleton--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Baby Doe Tabor
- Studio portrait of Baby Doe Tabor in a flowered hat and earrings.
- Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- [between 1885 and 1893?]
- Eleanor Weckbaugh's pool & supper party for "St. Joan" Central City cast
- Cast members of the Central City "St. Joan" production dine with their guests on a summer evening in Central City, Colorado. Caroline Bancroft, at the head of the table, holds a cup in her hand.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.
- 1956
- King Mathew Mahew
- View of the Knights of Pythias Flower (Sunflower) Carnival parade float, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a tableau of an execution; men in medieval costume hold halberds and look on as a knight is condemned by a king (identified...
- Mahew, Matthew.; Knights of Pythias. Colorado Springs Lodge No. 34 (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Costumes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Sloan beet dump
- View of freight cars at the sugar beet loading facilities at the Great Western Sugar Company near Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. A woman stands next to a wood frame building while workers dump sugar beets into C.B.& Q. (Chicago, Burlington and...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1925?]
- Pueblo
- View of Union Depot in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Freight, passenger, and flatbed cars sit in the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad yard. Signs on cars read: "Palace Stock Car," "Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway," "Geo. Fowler Son & Co.,"...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Grist mill of Plattner box
- View of Plattner, Washington County, Colorado, shows a man on a horse drawn disc cultivator, a boy, horses and buggies, men on the dock of a frame mill building with a cornice and a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy boxcar with lettering: C. B. & Q....
- Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Plattner (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--Plattner --1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- D. O. K. K.
- Knights of Pythias pose, wearing sateen Arabic costumes and turbans, in front of their horse-drawn carriages, during the Flower (Sunflower) Carnival parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They are identified as: "(?) W. P. Epperson,...
- Knights of Pythias.--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- 15 inch vein, #3 drift
- View shows a fifteen inch vein of gold in an unidentified mine owned by the Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Veins (Geology)--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Mining, Colorado
- View shows patterns created by veins of gold in a mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Veins (Geology)--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Tunnel #3
- Two women and a man pose in front of Tunnel #3 at an unidentified gold mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Colorado mining
- Ore car tracks disappear into a tunnel at an unidentified gold mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado. Surface structures and lumber litter the surrounding area.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921?
- Colorado mining
- View of surface structures at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado. Hand written on buildings in the image: "Eat, Fuel room, Boiler and compressor, bunk house, and wider (?)."
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Bird's eye view camp, looking south
- View looking south and down on surface structures at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Colorado mining
- View shows a dirt road and mining equipment at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Blacksmith shop
- View of the blacksmith shop and the mess hall at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado. Skis, a sled, and chickens are outside the mess hall.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Forge shops--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mess halls--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Engine and compressor, 35 H. P.
- Interior view shows a side crank engine used to power the equipment at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air compressors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Boiler
- Interior view shows a boiler used to power a side crank engine to run power mining equipment at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boilers--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.;...
- 1921?
- Camp looking north from tunnel
- View looking north from a tunnel shows surface structures at an unidentified mine owned by Orizaba Mines Company, Grand County, Colorado.
- Orizaba Mines Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1920-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Grand County--1920-1930.
- 1921?
- Pueblo, Colorado - Union Avenue, Bartel, 9000, 10/94
- View of a decorative brick building along Union Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado. Signs read: "Bloch Brothers, West Virginia, Mailpouch Tobacco, Chew," "Barnett & Franklin, California Wine House, 118 Union Ave.," "Star Lodging House, 25 [cents], single...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Our block
- View of houses on Gaylord Street between 12th (Twelfth) and 13th (Thirteenth) Streets in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick houses have awnings and covered entryways. One house has a hip roof and dormer.
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Denver business district view from Daniels & Fisher
- Rooftop view of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Inter-Ocean Hotel and Pioneer Block. Signs read: "The Schradsky Clothing Company," "Kansas Moline Plow Co.," "C. B. and W. R. Eaton Jobbers," "The...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1903]
- Office M. B. G. & D. R. R. Aboursville, Col.
- Group of men pose on the boardwalk and around a two mule-drawn wagon in front of a false front in Arbourville (Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; men wearing hats, vests, jackets, and kerchiefs around their...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Res. of Col. Steinberger at Aboursville
- View of Colonel Steinberger's one story log house in Arbourville (Arboursville, Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; features hewn log, side gable with overhang forming porch along front facade, supporting posts...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Public Service Co. Garage
- A fleet of automobiles are parked in a lot at the Public Service Company Garage in a warehouse district of Denver, Colorado. A group of men sit on top of a car. Train cars are parked nearby. Labels on the cars read: "Union Pacific," "Burlington...
- Public Service Company of Colorado--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Motor vehicle fleets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 268 head on backing at tank, town at rt.
- A (probably) Denver, Rio Grande Western locomotive approaches a water tank near frame houses in Crested Butte (Gunnison County) Colorado; snow capped peaks are behind the town.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte--1950-1960.; Water towers--Colorado--Crested Butte--1950-1960.
- 1952 July 3
- B. & M.R.R. engine 3701
- Railroad employees stand near Burlington Missouri River Railroad locomotive (Rogers) number 3701.
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1904?]
- Gasoline motor car, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
- Two men sit on a gasoline motor car, inscribed with the number 5, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line in Custer (Custer County), South Dakota. The town of Custer is in the distance with wood-frame houses, buildings and a wooded area...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Railroad motor-cars--South Dakota--Custer--1910-1920.; Custer (S.D.)--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--South Dakota--Custer--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Hillrose, Colorado, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
- View of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy beet train in Hillrose (Morgan County), Colorado. A group of school children and adults stand on the platform.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Hillrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Hillrose--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Hillrose--1920-1930.
- 1926
- California Zephyr
- View of a California Zephyr train on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks at the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel in Gilpin County, Colorado. Passenger observation cars read: "Silver Bronco," "D.& R.G.W." and "C.B.& O." "Moffat Tunnel,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad observation cars--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.;...
- [1949?]
- Denver, Colorado
- Views of buildings and landmarks in Denver and Colorado, these include: 1. Oxford Hotel Office. 2. Robertson-Doll Carriage Co. 3. Colorado Dry Goods Co. 4. Jackson-Smith Photographic Co. 5. Daniels & Fishers. 6. Denver Normal and Preparatory...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898, October
- Black Hawk, after the flood, Aug. 2, 1914
- View west on Gregory Street, Black Hawk, Colorado. Six men stand in a group observing flood damage in front of what was the old Post Office building. Two women look out their window above the men; another group of three people watch the flood from...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Blackhawk--1910-1920.
- 1914
- 16th St. elevation building for the Bishop-Cass Inv. Co, The American Theater Bldg.
- This item (1 of approximately 1000 items) is from Fisher and Fisher's Architectural Records 1892-1997 collection (C MSS WH932). This drawing shows an elevation for the American Theater Company at 1007 16th Street in the Central Business District of...
- Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Theaters.; American Theater Company (Denver, Colo.)
- 1916 July 12