Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Recreation - picnic - family group
- Outdoor portrait of a man, woman, girls, and a boy eating sandwiches and muffins at a picnic in a Denver, Colorado park.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- F. B. & L. Block, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of Fairley Brothers and Lampman Block Building, 300 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; this three-story brick commercial building has rock-faced stone quoins, storefront windows with displays of merchandise and goods, recessed...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1904]
- Mt. of the Holy Cross
- Copy of a Thomas Moran painting, "Mountain of the Holy Cross" shows Mt. Holy Cross in Sawatch Range of Rocky Mountains, near Minturn, Colorado.
- Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Pike's Peak
- View along a tree lined unidentified stream or creek and railroad grade to a distant Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs area, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Teller House interior
- Teller House custodian polishes the Face on the Barroom Floor in Central City, Colorado. The elderly man wears a felt hat and a suit witha sheriff's star pinned to the lapel. Image was painted by artist Herndon Davis.
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Art--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Bars--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Col. Geo. E. Randolph residence and Judge Witherow residence
- The gothic revival Smith house on Casey Avenue in Central City, Colorado, is built above a masonry retaining wall and is a two story structure with a steeply-pitched, gabled roof with shingles, a chimney, and bargeboard gingerbread around the...
- Randolph, Geo. E.--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Witherow, Judge--Homes & haunts.
- 1888
- Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado
- In this view of a festive Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado, the street is decorated with small evergreens, an arch crosses the street in the distance with buntings and garlands, the telephone company's tall cross arm pole with wires is in the...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1889]
- Park supt's res
- View of the park superintendent's home at Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building has a sun porch and arched window frames with decorative brick.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Men's toilet
- View of the men's restroom building in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. A sign on the brick building reads: "Men".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Public comfort stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Men's & women's rest rooms
- View of a restroom building in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. A sign on the brick building reads: "Men".
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Public comfort stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Grill & barbeque Nell's Girls Club
- View of a stone masonry barbecue in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. An engraved stone on the barbecue reads: "Nell's Girls Club 1914 1939".
- Nell's Girls Club (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Barbecue grills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950]
- Concrete bridge near pavilion
- View of a road and concrete bridge in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. A playground and either Smith or South Lake is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Roads--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Concrete bridge near pavilion
- View of a concrete footbridge over a ditch in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Baseball field backstop
- View of a baseball field and backstop at Lincoln Park in Denver, Colorado. A group of wire benches is nearby.
- Baseball fields--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Men's comfort station Dailey Park
- View of the men's restroom in Dailey Park at Ellsworth Avenue and West Archer Place in Denver, Colorado. A sign that reads: "For Men" hangs from the shingled roof.
- Dailey Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Public comfort stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Baldy, Colo., with wagons and people
- One-story, wood-frame storefronts are in front of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks in the prairie town of Baldy, Colorado, in Costilla County. Women wearing dresses and aprons stand in front of the buildings. Bundles are piled next to the...
- Baldy (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Baldy--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Marble - 1959
- View of a block of marble atop two smaller blocks and secured to a wall by a piece of wire, in Marble, Colorado; block appears to be a work in progress, as it has unfinished engravings along the top and at the edges.
- Marble (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Portrait of a man
- A man with a mustache in a tweed jacket and waistcoat, a windowpane patterned tie, shirt and trousers poses for a full-torso studio portrait in Aspen, Colorado. He holds a straw hat with a cloth hatband and rests his other hand on a stone pillar...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [about 1900?]
- Portrait of two boys
- Full-length studio portrait of two boys, Aspen, Colorado; features smaller boy sitting on a wooden swing attached to two ropes and larger boy standing next to him; boys wearing breeches, long-sleeved suit jackets, stockings, and leather shoes;...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- [about 1895?]
- Durango, Colo.
- Teams of oxen are lined up behind one another in the middle of the unpaved street in Durango, Colorado, in La Plata County as they pull a building down a street. Spectators stand on the sidewalk and watch the spectacle. In the background, a...
- Durango (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ox teams--Colorado--Durango--1880-1890.
- 1881
- George Tritch
- Studio portrait of George Tritch, a hardware store owner, in Denver, Colorado. He was a member of the Arapahoe County Board of Education (School Board District Number 1) from 1887 to 1890. He wears a dark suit, stiff high-collared shirt with a bow...
- Arapahoe County (Colo.). School District, No. 1. Board of Education--People.; School board members--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Business people--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; School boards--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Tritch, George, 1829-1899.
- [between 1887 and 1890]
- Mesa Verde, Indians
- Deric Nusbaum squats down on a ledge in Mesa Verde National Park with Zuni Dick, a Native American man. Zuni Dick points down toward something in the canyon below where they are. The steep edges of mesas are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1920-1930.; Zuni Dick.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Hotel "The Colorado," Pool, Bath House, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- Panoramic, northeastward view of the Hotel Colorado, hot springs pool (aka natatorium) and Stone Bath House in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; part of surface of Grand Avenue Bridge visible at left; fountain spurts water in front of hotel; drawn...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1902 and 1915]
- Robert Emmet Mine from tramway
- A smokestack protrudes from the roof of a mine shafthouse into the foreground of this view looking toward the Robert Emmet Mine in possibly Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional mine shafthouses dot the hillside. Piles of tailings stand next to the...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- South from summit of Dory Hill
- A small cabin stands in the distance in this view looking south from the summit of Dory Hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. A ridge of mountains lines the horizon.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- View of the Central City area (Lake #97)
- Mine shafthouse protrudes into the right background at the top of another hill. Two small buildings stand in the foreground. Telegraph or telephone poles stand between the two buildings.; The St. Aloysius Academy, a Catholic school, stands in the...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Church schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mason bogie approaching South Park
- midground near the tracks. A ridge of snow-capped mountains is in the distance. Construction of the railroad line to the top of Kenosha Pass (about 76 miles southwest of Denver) was completed on May 19, 1879.; Stereographic view of a Mason bogie...
- Kenosha Pass (Colo.); Park County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1880.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Park County--1870-1880.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Park County-- 1870-1880.
- [1879?]
- Windsor Hotel
- Stereographic view of the Windsor Hotel at the northeast corner of 18th (Eighteenth) and Larimer streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The hotel, built by an English firm under the direction of James Duff, opened its doors June 23, 1880. The...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Stone...
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Man in row boat on Grand Lake
- A man, possibly Joseph Collier, sits in a wood row boat on the shore of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. He wears a hat and has a beard. Several ridges of mountains are in the distance on the far side of the lake.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand County--1870-1880.; Rowboats--Colorado--Grand County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- Bucking snow on the Moffat Road
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's rotary snowplow #10200 bucking snow along Moffat Road, probably Rollins Pass or "Hill Hell"; 36-foot rotary snowplow #10200 nicknamed "the Red Devil" by General Manager Ridgway, he also called it "the world's most...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- Vaqueros with V. Orapeza
- A group of vaqueros led by Vincente Orapeza rides horses in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Orapeza was one of the best trick ropers in the show and later taught Will Rogers. Several horses are stopped in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Gauchos--1880-1900.; Trick roping--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Orapeza, Vincente.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- May Lillie and Pawnee Bill
- May Manning Lillie leans against Gordon "Pawnee Bill" Lillie's shoulder in a full-length, studio portrait of the two performers in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. May Lillie wears a knee-length skirt with a large sash tied around her waist. She...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.; Lillie, May Manning.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Annie Oakley in front of tent
- Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses poses in front of her tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while touring in Europe, possibly in Paris. Moses was one of the major stars of the show. She wears a long dress with a floral print on it and a...
- Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926--Homes & haunts--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy
- Cowgirls Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy stand at the back of a covered wagon in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Ferrell, a native of Colorado, joined the cast in 1887 as one of the show's "Western Girls."...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Duffy, Georgia.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy
- Della Ferrell and Georgia Duffy stand at the back of a covered wagon in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. Ferrell, a native of Colorado, joined the cast in 1887 as one of the show's "Western Girls." She wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Duffy, Georgia.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Della Ferrell
- Della Ferrell, a native of Colorado and member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena at Earl's Court in England. Ferrell joined the who in 1887 as one of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Duffy [i.e. Della Ferrell]
- Della Ferrell, a native of Colorado and member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses in front of a covered wagon at Earl's Court in England. Ferrell joined the show in 1887 as one of the "Western Girls." She was a trick rider and roper. She...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Ferrell and Duffy
- Georgia Duffy and Della Ferrell, both members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose on horseback in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it in a dirt arena at Earl's Court in England. Both women joined the show in 1887 as two of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Duffy, Georgia.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Eating house stage changing stop -(Hy. 40)? Idlewild Winter Park P.O. 1951
- An August snowfall covers the log-construction eating house and stagecoach horse-changing station on either side of a muddy road in Idlewild, Colorado. Two carriages are parked by the eating house, and a figure is faintly visible on the porch of...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1900-1910.
- [August 1903.]
- The good old horse and buggy days gathering at the Bent Co. Court House
- Wide angle view of a large group of people gathered in front of the Bent County Courthouse, Las Animas, Colorado; horse-drawn carriages park on Bent Avenue.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Las Animas--1880-1900.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Regional Transporation District Newsletter: Volume 7 Number 8
- Gables tilt at the edges and feature an oriental design in Chinese red [Frederick Warshauer residence].
- Side view of the two-story brick residence of Frederick Warshauer built in 1913, Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; features H-plan, intersecting gables with an oriental tilt at the edges decorated with bright red Chinese designs, small balcony,...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Centennial Airport
- View of the Centennial Airport terminal building at 7800 South Peoria Street in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The wing shaped entrance of the airport has a drive way wrapping around the exterior. A runway is in the background. A tall...
- Centennial Airport (Englewood, Colo.)--Buildings--1980-1990.; Englewood (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Airports.; Centennial Airport (Englewood, Colo.)--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Airports--Colorado--Englewood--Pictorial works.; Englewood...
- 1987
- Toda grave marker
- View of Toda grave marker in Riverside Ceremony at 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a rectangular grave marker with scalloped edges. Japanese characters and decorations are on the front of the...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cemeteries.; Tombs and sepulchral monuments.; Toda family--History--Pictorial works.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver,...
- 2003
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 15, 1910 April 9
- Sixteenth Street, Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, traffic, automobiles, a streetcar, and horse drawn buggies and wagons. Street lights, a clock and the Daniels & Fisher Tower line the sidewalks; signs read: "Starr" and "Gano...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Seventeenth Street, Denver
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows office buildings, storefronts, pedestrians, automobiles, the Denver Club, the Daniels and Fisher tower, and signs: "Fred Hoffman Carpenter Shop."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Street scene, 16th and Lawrence, Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, traffic, Denver City Tramway streetcars, and horse drawn buggies and wagons. Signs read: "Kistler," "The Standard," and "The American."
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Horse-drawn street grader
- Workmen pose on a horse-drawn grader probably on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Collbran, Colo.
- View of frame buildings with false fronts and gabled roofs in Collbran (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows a wooden bridge probably over a creek, commercial buildings, houses, and a covered wagon on a dirt street.
- Collbran (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Collbran--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1901]