Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1934 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.10
- 1935 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.11
- 1936 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.12
- 1937 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.13
- 3 levels of track @ Gilluly coal train in foreground
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad coal cars pass in Utah County, Utah; tracks traverse hills in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Utah County (Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Utah--Utah County--1902-1930.; Railroads--Utah--Utah County--1902-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1930?]
- 38th St underpass
- A view of the south entrance of the underpass at 38th Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows utility poles, lamp posts, and local businesses. A train passes over the bridge above the underpass. A sign reads: "Barnett Fuel & Coal Co. 1blk North".
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 5207 W. 25th Avenue, Fred Fortney in white cap, Edgewater, Colorado
- A 1920s truck is parked in front of Express Coal and Feed, a business in a one-story flat-roofed brick building in Edgewater, Jefferson County, Colorado. Fred Fortney in a white hat and another man in coveralls pose near the door; signs on the...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal--Colorado--Edgewater--1920-1930.; Feed stores--Colorado--Edgewater--1920-1930.
- 1924
- 75th Anniversary Booklet for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Anniversary booklet detailing the seventy five year history of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado. Included are pictures of the Cathedral from its beginning to 1987.
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colorado) -- History. ; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Catholic Church -- Colorado -- Denver.
- 1987 October
- [Lo]wer floor furnace room A. V. S. Co
- Workers pose in the furnace room at the A. V. S. Company in Denver, Colorado. They hold metal rods and stand near coal carts.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Furnaces--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- "Fighting Bob" Evans at Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Large crowd outside Midland Terminal Railway station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; passenger train arrives with "Fighting Bob" Evans on board; men, women and children stand on standard gauge tracks; railroad employees and dignitaries stand on rear...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Crowds--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Midland Terminal Railway.
- 1909 May 11
- "Sic transit gloria" [art original].
- Coal mines and mining--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Painting, American.; Coal mines and mining in art.; Coal trade--Pictorial works.; Oil paintings.
- 1963
- A Brief History of Auraria
- A Greek leader at Ludlow
- Portrait of Peter Catsules (?), a Greek UMWA strike leader against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; his kerchief denotes support for the coal miners.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Labor...
- 1913 or 1914
- A group of early day settlers in the New Mexico country
- Men, women, and children pose on the front porch of a building on Dawson Ranch, in the coal mining town of Dawson, New Mexico.
- Dawson (N. M.)--1880-1890.; Children--New Mexico--Dawson--1880-1890.; Mining--New Mexico--Dawson--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Dawson--1880-1890.
- 1880
- A Spring Gulch coal mine. Sopris Peak
- View of one-story frame and log coal mine buildings and ore cart tracks, Pitkin County, Colorado, Mount Sopris is in the distance.
- Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- A Woman and her boarders
- A woman holds a broom and poses with her boarders near a house in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress and apron, a man, possibly her husband, holds a baby. Some of the other men hold beer bottles to their...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Abandoned coal mine
- View of the shafthouse and buildings of an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1910-1920.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Abandoned coal mine
- View of the shafthouse, water tank, and buildings of an abandoned coal mine in Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--1910-1920.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Acme
- A miner walks between the power house, water tank, and buildings of the Acme Mine near Louisville (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Acme Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1920.; Water...
- 1911
- Adobe at Starkville, Colorado
- View of an adobe building in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Starkville, (Las Animas County), Colorado. The structure has a flat roof and exposed vigas. A fence made of sticks extends from the side of the house. Wheel ruts mark...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--1890-1910.; Company towns--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1910.; Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Starkville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Starkville--1890-1910.; Coal...
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- Afoot inspecting Marshall Lake
- People approach Colorado and Southern Railway passenger railroad cars in Boulder County, Colorado; houses dot the coal mining town of Marshall; shows a canal or ditch (possibly Denver-Greeley Valley Irrigation system), and the Flatirons.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Denver-Greeley Valley Irrigation District--Facilities--1900- 1910.; Marshall (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Marshall--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--Marshall--1900-1910.;...
- May 20, 1909
- Aftermath of Ludlow Massacre
- Coal miners, a boy, a teenager, and a young girl stand and eat slices of bread near the remnants of the tent colony destroyed in the Ludlow Massacre during the U.M.W. strike against C.F. & I. in Ludlow (Las Animas County), Colorado. Wood, pieces of...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Eating &...
- [1914]
- Akron & Barberton Belt engine # 16 & train at Beaver St. siding, Akron, Ohio
- Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad steam locomotive # 16 with a gondola car backs down a railroad spur near industrial buildings in Akron, Ohio. A portable coal conveyor is parked near the tracks. A sign on a building reads: "East Exchange Auto Parts."
- Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Akron (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Coal.; Conveying systems.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.
- 1947 August 23
- Akron & Barberton Belt R.R.
- Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad steam locomotive #17 switches tracks near the terminal in the railroad yard in Akron, Ohio. Shows wood frame terminal buildings, a water tower, coaling station, and gondola cars filled with coal. Railroad...
- Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Akron (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroad shops & yards.; Railroad stations.; Railroads.
- 1947 June 23
- Alabama Fatal Mining Accidents : 1905, 1912-1921
- List of fatal mining accident victims in 1905 (Virginia City Mine only) and 1912-1921, taken from the 1912-1921 Annual report of coal mines, State of Alabama, and from the website http://www.gendisasters.com/al/ "Alabama mine explosions". Gives...
- Mine accidents--Alabama--Indexes.
- 2007
- Alpine
- View of Alpine Coal Mine structures, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows headframe, gondola cars full of coal, smokestacks, and a sign: "Baldwin." Renamed Baldwin in 1910.
- Alpine Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Alpine
- View of Alpine Coal Mine structures, Gunnison County, Colorado, shows smoking stacks, headframe and piles of timber. Renamed Baldwin in 1910.
- Alpine Mine (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1910-1920.
- 1910
- American Smelting & Refining Co.
- View of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a smelter and refinery; shows an industrial plant complex with warehouse style buildings, smokestacks, water tank, slag ladles on tracks in workyard, ore cart tracks leading to...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- American Smelting & Refining Co., Pueblo, Colo.
- Partial view of American Smelting and Refining Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a smelter and refinery; shows warehouse style buildings, smokestacks, water tank, ore cart tracks, pile of coal, stacked rails, wheelbarrows, and scrap materials.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Anderson Harrington Coal Co
- View of the Anderson Harrington Coal Company, at 4202 Josephine Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows a frame building with a belfry. A man is under an awning, by a fire hydrant.
- Anderson Harrington Coal Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Fuel--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Animas City
- View of main street businesses in Animas City, two miles north of of Durango, La Plata County, Colorado; includes a canvas top stage coach drawn by six horses pausing in front of three wood frame false fronts; men gathered on boardwalks of...
- Animas City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Approach to Santa Fe coal shutes [sic] at the edge of Peppersauce Dist. note young cottonwood tree weighted down with debris in foreground.
- View of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company coaling tower in Pueblo, Colorado. Houses have washed up near the structure after the Arkansas River flood. Shows a small cottonwood tree covered by mud and debris.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building failures--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- [1921 June]
- Arapahoe men
- Friday, Sharp Nose, Black Coal, Six Feathers, and other Native American (Arapaho) men pose outdoors with white men at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Some of the Arapahoe men hold rifles, they wear moccasins, leggings, blankets, vests, hair pipe chokers,...
- Arapaho Indians--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1880-1910.; Fort Robinson (Neb.)--1880-1910.; Black Coal.; Sharp Nose.; Six Feathers.; Friday, Bill.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Arapahoe St. cor. of 15th
- Rooftop view of Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians, streetcars, and a horse-drawn delivery wagon are in the street. Buildings include the United States Post Office. Signs read: "W. F. Robinson & C[o] Printers Blank Book...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Arapahoes Black Coal, Coolidge, and Painting Horse
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Black Coal, Coolidge, and Painting Horse, Native American (Arapaho) men. Black Coal and Painting Horse wear scarves over their braids. Coolidge wears a watch chain.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Black Coal.; Coolidge.; Painting Horse.
- [1880-1890]
- Arapahoes Black Coal, plain
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Black Coal, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He wears a vest, a scarf around his neck, and has cloth and fur wrapped braids.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Black Coal.
- [between 1884-1885]
- Arapahoes Black Coal, with head dress
- Studio portrait of Black Coal, a Native American (Arapaho) man. He wears a vest, fur pelts in his braids, and a feather headdress.
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Headdresses--1880-1890.; Black Coal.
- [between 1884-1885]
- Ariel tram in Cokedale
- View of an aerial tram loaded with coal in Cokedale (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows slag piles and mining buildings.
- Cokedale (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Cokedale--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Cokedale--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cokedale--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Arizona Fatal Mining Accidents ; 1912-1929
- Index of Fatalities of Arizona miners between the years 1912 and 1929. Information is recorded alphabetically and included are: the name of the victim, date of the accident, county in which the mine is located or the mine company, whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--Arizona--Indexes.
- 2007
- Armored car
- Men with rifles and artillery in an armored vehicle, responding to the UMWA coal miners' strike against CF&I, in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Armored vehicles--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Arms &...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Arrival of the stage, Crippe [sic] Creek, Colo.
- View of Bennett Avenue, the Hundley Stage, and the Palace Hotel, in, Cripple Creek, Colorado. Men stand by signs: "Postal Telegraph Office," "C.T. & T. Co. Coal Office" (Colorado Trading & Transfer), "Midland Terminal Ry. Freight & Ticket Office,"...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Palace Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1894 or 1895]
- Arrow, Colorado
- The remains of Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado, destroyed by fire are on snowcovered slopes with stumps, charred tree trunks, and new growth. Middle Park is in the distance. A large coal dock station was constructed by Hewitt Construction to keep the...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Arrow--1910-1920.
- January 1919
- Arrow, Colorado
- A group of men and women stand on the coal dock station at Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado. The coal pocket dock was built by Hewitt Construction to keep the many Denver, Northwestern and Pacific engines fueled during the war years. Railroad cars show...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Arrow--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Arrow--1910-1920.
- January 1919
- Arrow, Colorado
- The remains of Arrow (Arrowhead), are on a snowcovered slope in Colorado. Most of the town has been destroyed by fire. A large coal dock station was constructed by Hewitt Construction to keep the many engines fueled during the war years. Men...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- December 1918
- At Ludlow tent colony
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, stand near the miner's tent colony near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [1914]
- At Trinidad awaiting federal troops
- Coal miners marched into Trinidad from Ludlow to confront the federal troops during the UMW labor strike against CF&I, Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows men, boys and tents in Camp San Rafael.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Miners'...
- 1913 or 1914
- At water tank just north of Ludlow looking east across tracks to tent colony
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, pose near the water tank and the Colorado and Southern tracks on Water Tower Hill near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow...
- [1914]