Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- A Grand Valley packing house, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Interior view of fruit-packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; dozens of stacks of wooden crates packed with peaches & pears, one man pushing dolly loaded with crates of pears labeled "Grand Valley pears...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Peaches--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Pears--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway...
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Packing Colorado apples
- View of apple packing production somewhere in Colorado; shows two large canvas tents surrounded by apples in wooden crates, men carrying wooden boxes of apples, horse-drawn sled loaded with apple crates, mule- drawn wagon, men hammering shut...
- Apple orchards--Colorado--1900-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 19, 1911 May 6
- Orange packing warehouse, Redlands, Cal.
- Workers on a platform load crates onto a horse-drawn wagon at an orange packing warehouse in Redlands (San Bernardino County), California. Crates labeled "Earl Fruit Co., California," "Redlands Fruit Association," and "Foller's Fancy Oranges,...
- Redlands (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--California--Redlands--1890-1910.; Crates--California--Redlands--1890-1910.; Oranges--California--Redlands--1890-1910.; Shipping--California--Redlands--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- #116 Nelson Packers in auto
- A man drives a carload of six women past a fruit-packing warehouse in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Warehouse fruit-packers stand behind stacks of fruit crates under the covered area adjacent to the building. Crates read: "North Fork Fruit, The...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Crates--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 22, 1909
- Fruit Association Mailers
- Fruit Association Mailers construct fruit crates outside of a warehouse in Paonia (Delta County), Colorado. Completed crates are behind them.
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Crates--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Harvesting celery in Colorado
- Rows of celery plants in large field ready for harvest somewhere in Colorado; horse-drawn harvester, man in rear also assisting team of horses and driver; empty wooden crates & one row of crates packed with celery, center left; men boxing and group...
- Celery--Colorado--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Farming--Colorado--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Interior, Pease Store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of Pease Store, in Georgetown, Colorado. A long counter runs the length of the room on the left, with large jars and a paper rack on top. Crates, boxes, and signs read: "Denver, Colo.," "Butter Nut Bread," "Auto Service," "Soda...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Packing cantaloupe in the Grand Valley, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of men & women at fruit packing warehouse, Grand Valley, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; one man loading wooden crates of cantaloupe on horse-drawn sled or sleigh with wooden runners, women holding cantaloupes, high stack of...
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cantaloupes--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Grand Valley--1910-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1910 and 1918]
- Smith Mercantile Company
- This storefront in Canon City, Colorado, has signs reading: "Smith Merc, Co., Grocers. Bee supplies. Plows, mowers & rakes. Wagons, seeds, hay & grain. Fruit packages, fruit jars." A triangular sign in the transom reads: "Agency for D. M. Ausborne...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1930.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1930.
- [between 1898 and 1921]
- Scalding or blanching machine Delta Canning Factory
- Women wearing aprons and white caps work at a scalding machine in a canning plant in the town of Delta, Colorado in Delta County. Large flywheels with belts around them are above the women. Crates of tomatoes and empty crates are on the ground.
- Delta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Factories--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Food industry--Colorado--Delta--1930-1940.; Tomatoes.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Fort Union, and distribution of goods to the Assiniboines
- North American Indians (Assiniboine) are gathered near tepees and lodges outside of Fort Union, a fur trade post, near the Montana boarder in North Dakota. The Fort is a log stockade with guard towers. Trade goods in crates and barrels are on the...
- Assiniboine Indians--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Fort Union (N.D.)--1850-1860.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Fur trade--North Dakota--Fort Union--1850-1860.; Indian encampments--North Dakota--Fort...
- ca. 1854
- Packing Colorado apples
- View of apple packing operation somewhere in Colorado; shows large canvas tent with tables of apples, wooden crates, and men and women packing or inspecting apples; wooden crates show printed label including sun design and initials "L.H.F.Co.."
- Apple orchards--Colorado--1900-1920.; Fruit industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Valverde School first grade students in library
- Photograph of students in the 1A class at Valverde Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, during library hours. Five students sit at tables made from fruit crates and plywood. The sit on chairs made from fruit crates. Three have books open, and...
- Libraries.; Valverde School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Fort Garland, Colo.
- View of wood frame, gabled warehouses and wooden crates in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows a dirt road and the Sierra Blanca Mountains. A sign hangs from a building and reads: "San Luis Produce Co."
- San Luis Produce Co. (Fort Garland, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Fort Garland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agricultural facilities--Colorado--Fort Garland--1900-1910.; Crates--Colorado--Fort Garland--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Fort...
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Freighting around White Horse from Miles Canyon in 1898
- Half tone reproduction shows the Miles Canyon portage at Whitehorse, Yukon Territory; men pose on a dock by the Yukon River. Crates are stacked by a platform scale; horses are by railroad flat cars.
- Whitehorse (Yukon)--1890-1900.; Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)--1890-1900.; Crates--Yukon Territory--Whitehorse--1890-1900.; Horses--Yukon Territory--Whitehorse--1890-1900.; Railroad freight cars--Yukon Territory--Whitehorse--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- Ward, Colo.
- A stone and frame dilapidated building is beside a road in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Probably a mine building, it has a stone bottom story, a hipped roof with cross gables, and a mixture of steep and low pitched roof lines. Metal or timber...
- Ward (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ward--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- The Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek via C.M. Ry.
- Men pose inside and on top of stagecoaches on the Hundley stage line to Cripple Creek, possibly near Divide (Teller County), Colorado. Stagecoaches are drawn by teams of horses and carry luggage or crates. The men wear suits and hats. A fence and a...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- R.R. Depot, Jimtown, Colo.
- Men sit on top of a train, on a timber sidewalk, or near a passenger train and Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at a railroad depot in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Supplies and belongings stacked on the sidewalk include a mattress, wooden...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.;...
- [1892?]
- Fourteenth Street, Denver
- View of newly constructed Administrative Offices of the Denver Public Schools at the corner of 14th (Fourteenth) Street and Tremont Place in Denver, Colorado. The building has brick pilaster strips topped with stone rondelles and rosettes, a...
- Denver Public Schools--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Administrative agencies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1923
- Colony farmers loading cantaloupe
- Men stand and pose on a wooden loading platform at the Salvation Army colony at Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. Farmers stand beside wooden crates of cantaloupe and stacks of wooden pallets. A horse-drawn wagon and probably Atchison Topeka &...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cantaloupes--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Farmers--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Fruit...
- [between 1902 and 1903?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of a brick warehouse and a frame horseshoeing business on East Warren Street in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men and a woman pose on the wooden sidewalk, and a man is on a horse-drawn wagon with lettering that reads: "W.J[?]. Hill,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Workshops--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Shinkle, Frank S.
- 1904?
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Rifle area
- A man and woman pose by a brick warehouse in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; a girl is on the dock by a freight car and a man with crates on a hand truck. Shows a team of horses.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Alma - Lincoln - Hercules Powder going up skip
- A man loads dynamite onto a lift at the Alma Lincoln Mine in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County, Colorado; crates read: "Hercules Powder - Hercules Gelamite."
- Alma Lincoln Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- WPCD exterior powder house
- View of a mine explosives shed at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. Crates of dynamite by snow and the corrugated metal building read: "Dupont...
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--Facilities--1940-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Metal buildings--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Preparing dynamite
- Men in hard hats work with explosives in (probably) Colorado. Crates read: "Dupont Explosives Special Gelatin."
- Dynamite--Colorado--1940-1950.; Miners--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Terminal house of tramway when fire started at mouth
- View shows aerial tramway station with gable-roof, men, wooden chute, logs and ore buckets, possibly at the Gold King Mine or the Gold Prince Mine near Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. A ladder and wooden crates lie on the snow covered...
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pole lines - Wazee & 15th Sts.
- View of the intersection of 15th (Fifteenth) and Wazee Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows Colorado Telephone Company poles, brooms, crates, barrels, trash, and businesses with signs: "Parlin & Orendorff Co.," and "Barteldes & Co. Seeds."
- Colorado Telephone Company--Equipment & Supplies--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1898
- At home in the Rockies
- A man, woman, and a girl pose in front of a snow covered, log cabin and a plank wood shed probably in Colorado. Shows a barrel, wooden crates and stacked logs. The child holds a doll.
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1896 Dec
- Sneffels post office and pack train
- Men pose with a pack train of burros in front of the post office and general store in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. The burros are loaded with wooden crates and supplies. The hand-hewn post office has a tar paper roof. Paper flyers are posted...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Denver Fire Clay Company display
- View of a Denver Fire Clay Company display on a wagon in (probably) Denver, Colorado; shows kiln props, pottery, and crates with letters: "Bone Ash," "Borax Clay." Pinstriping reads: "Denver Fire Clay Co.," and "Photograph Supplies."
- Denver Fire Clay Company--Equipment & supplies--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Food store
- Interior view of a grocery store in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women posing, a stove, counters, a scale, and merchandise including bananas, canned goods, and crates with lettering: "Water White Soap," and "Carbonate of Soda Crystals."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Denver business
- Interior view of a business in Denver, Colorado; shows men, women, counters, and crates.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Denver business
- Interior view of a business in Denver, Colorado; shows men and crates or cardboard boxes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Colorado & Southern Railway Company depot, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of the Colorado and Southern Railway Company depot in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Part of the building serves as a passenger depot, and part serves as a freight depot. Signs hanging on the structure read: "Colorado & Southern Ry,...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1910.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1904?]
- Shoshone Mts. from Sunlight
- Thomas Moran stands next to a saddled horse at a camp in Sunlight Basin, Park County, Wyoming. Unloaded crates stand in the center of the camp; a man loads a pack horse. The Absaroka Mountains are in the distance.
- Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Sunlight Basin (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Valleys--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926.
- 1892
- Fresno. Stemming raisins
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, men in a factory probably in Fresno (Fresno County), California, dump boxes of raisins onto a conveyer belt, which carries the fruit to a de-stemmer. Other workers load the stemmed raisins...
- Raisin industry--California--Fresno--1900-1910.; Fresno (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Factories--California--Fresno--1900-1910.; Interiors--California--Fresno--1900-1910.; Raisins--California--Fresno--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Lake De Amalia, Wind River Mountains
- Men stand on rocks in New Fork Lake (Lake D'Amalia or DeMalia, Sublette County, Wyoming, in the Wind River Range. A man holds a fishing pole, another stands near a box camera on a tripod. Wooden crates lean on rocks in the lake. Dead trees are in...
- New Fork Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Sublette County (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Wind River Range (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Cameras--Wyoming--Sublette County--1870-1890.; Fishing--Wyoming--Sublette County--1870-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Wyoming--Sublette...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Part of north end of store
- The interior of the Porter Store in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, is full of cans and crates reading: "F. W. Crocker & Co. Crackers Denver Co." Spindle chairs are at the desk, which has pigeon hole files and sheaves of paper. A mantle...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Residence and store post office Mt. Sneffles Ouray Co Colo
- Men pose in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, on boardwalk of false-fronted businesses and dwellings. Bars are on the windows, which are topped by retracted canvas awnings. A dial thermometer is on the doorframe, and potted plants are on...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- July 1890
- Hayden Bros. Coal Mine, Kramer Colo.
- Three men stand near ore cars at the Hayden Brothers Coal Mine in Kramer (later Haybro), Colorado; one stands on Denver and Salt Lake Railway tracks at front of cars, the other at rear; at left, a man stands near a ladder; lumber and crates at side...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Kramer (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Kramer--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Kramer--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Kramer--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1914?]
- Miner's still
- A miner smokes a pipe as he sits next to rigged liquor still, possibly in Colorado. Hoses come from a wooden barrel set on stack of beams and wooden crates. The hoses lead to buckets in a freshly dug trench, the shovel is beside the man. Bottles,...
- Miners--Colorado--1910-1920.; Stills (Distilleries)--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Interior of Fowler or Sun's [sic] Store, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of Fowler & Son's grocery store, Fourth (4th) Street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; four men are identified as: Mr. Simson (behind counter), Mr. Watts (leaning on counter), a clerk and a customer; store area is stacked...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Simson, Mr.; Watts, Mr.
- 1895 December 25
- J. L. Niebergall store, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of J. L. Niebergall store in a shed-roof round horizontal log cabin, Cripple Creek, Colorado; same store and site that was located in Fremont, 1892, prior to incorporation of Cripple Creek; man with dog stands in doorway while another...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; J.L. Niebergall Headquarters.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Street view, Cripple Creek
- Street scene of frame commercial buildings (possibly First (1st) Street or Carr Avenue), Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes a mine cart with railing, gunny sacks, wooden barrel, two large iron pots stacked in front of buildings on snow-covered...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Ordway, Colorado
- Interior view of a Missouri Pacific Railroad warehouse, Ordway, Crowley County, Colorado. Men pose by stacked wooden crates.
- Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Ordway (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Ordway--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- #109 Apple packers at Roberts #2
- Apple packers pose in front of the North Fork Fruit Growers Association Warehouse No. 2 in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A group stands under the covered porch adjacent to the building. A second group congregates around a pile of crates near...
- North Fork Fruit Growers Association (Paonia, Colo.)--1900- 1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Food industry--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Food storage buildings--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- October 13, 1908
- #375 Arrival of Denver & Rio Grande passenger train
- A steam locomotive of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad pulls into the Paonia, Colorado train station in Delta County. Spectators, all men, stand on both sides of the tracks to watch the entrance. Crates of fruit are stacked next to the depot...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- September 19, 1908