Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Public Library 1927 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1927.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 2011
- 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
- Gladstone - 1941
- The wreckage of the Gold King Mill stands precariously in Gladstone, Colorado. The top of the facade is leaning outward and is nearing collapse. Framework timbers lead up to the leaning facade.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.
- 1941
- William Cody with group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits with a group of people in front of a tent adorned with two large American flags and a stuffed buffalo head mounted above its entrance. Cody wears a derby hat and suit. The woman standing at the far left...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Leaning Tower, Estes Park.
- A stereograph view of Leaning Tower near Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. The rock formation stands independently from others on short dry grass.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Estes Park--1870-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Wolf Chief, Crow, leaning against rock, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Wolf Chief, Crow male, wearing fur coat, blanket, jacket and beads, leaning against rock in front of painted backdrop.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Wolf Chief.
- [188-?]
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- A large, painted wooden cross leans against the unplastered wall of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the cross reads: "F.P.D.N.P.J." Shows a recessed wooden door and window.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Crosses.; Hermanos...
- [2005 April]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who poses near an ornate backdrop with one arm leaning on a stone pillar prop. His suit jacket is fastened at the top button and a watch chain hangs from his vest. He has a full moustache and his hair is parted on the side.
- Men--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Cherrelyn horse car
- View of the Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway car. Shows the horse riding on the back platform and passengers leaning out the windows near Cherrelyn (district incorporated into Englewood) Arapahoe County, Colorado. The Cherrelyn trolley...
- Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway--1900-1910.; Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Man - standing beside chair
- Studio portrait of an unidentified man leaning on a chair in Colorado. He wears a suit, bowtie and dark colored dress shirt; and has a handkerchief in his front lapel pocket.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- General store, interior
- Shows the interior of a general store in Colorado. Shows shelves filled with goods on side walls, a cast iron firewood stove in the center of the room, a man standing behind a counter and another standing in front of a counter in the background,...
- General stores--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Advertising photo; woman with stove
- A woman leans against a wood burning stove in this studio created advertisement for the stove. She wears a long skirt, blouse and a top hat. A pot is on the top burners and the oven door is open to display a dish.
- Advertisements--1890-1910.; Stoves--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 4th & Main
- View of the Longmont National Bank from intersection of Fourth Avenue and Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the brick one-story building with corner entrance, striped window awnings and lettering painted on large windows: "Bank, Rental...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Interior Meeker Hotel
- Reuben Sanford Ball, owner and proprietor sits at a table in the lobby of his Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. Original hotel founded by his sister Susan A. "Annie" Wright. Interior includes: man leaning on front wooden desk, potted...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.; Interiors.; Ball, Reuben Sanford.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [between 1896 and 1910]
- Hensley & Co. Bank
- Interior view the L. E. Hensley & Co. bank, Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, includes a man in a suit with a gold watch chain leaning on a wood bank counter, a man at a desk, a woman by a typewriter and file shelves, a hanging oil lamp, an upright...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bankers--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Capitol grounds on a winter day, Denver
- State Capitol grounds, Denver, Colorado; view of cement sidewalk bordered by Broadway (street not in view), left; landscaped grounds, iron posts at walk, park benches, and boys pitching pennies (marbles or jacks?); bicycle leaning against park...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Children playing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Cherrelyn trolley
- Side view of Cherrelyn, Colorado, trolley with passengers leaning out windows and a horse standing on back platform.
- Cherrelyn Gravity and Broncho Street Railway (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Duck raising in Routt County
- View of woman in bonnet and flock of ducks in barnyard pen, Routt County, Colorado, possibly near Hayden; small A-frame shelter for ducks, man leaning on wire mesh fence for duck pen; barn and other wooden frame structures, unhitched wagon &...
- Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Ducks--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Stables--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Boulder
- View of a woman leaning against a pole near Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado. She wears a fur-collared coat and a cloche hat.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Women--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Mining camp, west of Eldora
- View of the Happy Valley Placer Co. mining camp in the Grand Island Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado with tents and a buggy. John H. Kemp leans on the fence to the left; Engineer August Mathez stands with a transit instrument and tripod...
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Mining camps--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.;...
- Summer 1892
- First aid station, Silver Skis Race, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Two men stand at the first aid station during the Silver Skis race on Mount Rainier. Both men are wearing caps with earflaps, and anoraks. The man on the left is leaning on a ski pole. The station is located at a rock outcropping marked by a...
- Ski racing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry...
- Winter 1942
- Regnar [sic] Omtvedt Champion Ski Jumper of the World
- Profile view of champion ski jumper Ragnar Omtvedt leaning forward over his skis on a ski slope in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; he casts a shadow on the snow slope and wears lace-up boots, knickers, and a sweater.
- Skiers--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1930.; Omtvedt, Ragnar.
- [between 1916 and 1923?]
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- View of two adjacent brick structures in Central City, Colorado. The brick building on the left, whose door and windows have been boarded up, has a peaked roof and two signs attached to it that read, "Black Hawk" and "8032 Ft above sea level." The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Streetcar line in canyon
- View of Ogden Canyon, Weber County, Utah; shows cliffs, a man leaning on stone guardrails, the Ogden River, a rail bridge, and grade for streetcar tracks.
- Ogden Canyon (Utah)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Utah--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of rodeo spectators in Trinidad, Colorado. In the foreground are young men, women and children leaning on a chain link fence. They wear a variety of headgear; one woman has a polka-dot knotted scarf hat, another wears a dress of a bold,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rodeos--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Adams, John, fl. 1939.; Bennett, Harlo, Jr.; Brill, Marty.; Powe, Peggy.; Tabor, Flora.; White, Anne, fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Estufa at Santa Clara Plaza and mesa at back of Pueblo
- View of a Native American (Tewa) estufa (kiva) in a plaza at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The rectangular kiva has small wooden vigas, two canales and two wooden ladders leaning against its side. A horno, Pueblo buildings, and fences are visible...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Abiquiu, Mesa de (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Kivas--New Mexico--Santa Clara...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Penitentes Moradas
- Adobe Penitente morada (Church or Lodge Room), probably Santa Cruz, New Mexico, has a wood bell turret and steeple with a cross on top and wood door. A ladder is leaning on side of building.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Penitentes Moradas
- Adobe Penitente morada (Church or Lodge Room) possibly Santa Cruz, New Mexico, has a wood bell turret and steeple with a cross on top and wood door. A ladder is leaning on side of building.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Moradas--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Santa Cruz (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Churches--New Mexico--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Indian method of baking
- Native American (Taos) boy, north plaza, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, sits by a wagon and three beehive ovens (hornos). One oven has a wood door with a paddle leaning against it. A raised platform holding firewood is above him. An adobe cluster house...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--Children--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Baking--New Mexico--Taos...
- 1902 September 29
- Baby in Central City
- A small baby is posed for a studio portrait in Central City, Colorado. The baby wears a dark gown with embroidery and white fringe at the cuffs and hem sits on a fur-covered cloth, leaning with its right arm against an upholstered armrest. The baby...
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Infants--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Denver Public Library, Western History Dept. exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank in the Teller House
- Wood exhibit cases are along the walls of the Rocky Mountain Bank in Central City, Colorado, in the Denver Public Library's exhibit. Wood exhibit cases are partially visible to the left and right. Two wood- panelled doors are on the back wall. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Diana by St. George Stanley, Teller House bar, 1932
- A fresco of Diana leaning against a rock is painted in the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. Her left leg rests on the rock. The nude, standing in a darkened arch, has a cloth draped over her left thigh. Her right arm is across her chest...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Diana (Roman deity)
- 1932
- Within the court- Mishongnovi.
- View of a courtyard at Mishongnovi Pueblo (Native American Hopi), Second Mesa, Arizona. A burro and a horse stand in the courtyard surrounded by adobe cluster homes. The two and three story homes have chimney pots and wooden vigas, with wooden...
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.;...
- August, 1899
- Hopi women
- Two Native American (Hopi) women stand in a pueblo plaza with a small girl between them. Women wear dark, belted mantas, and beaded necklaces; girl wears a printed dress, Hopi Indian Reservation. Arizona. Shows ladder and a man leaning on wall...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--Arizona--1900-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Arizona--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mishongnovi
- Mishongnovi pueblo plaza, Arizona; shows two Native Americans (Hopi), a man leaning over several bundles and a woman seated; masonry walls with steps and wood doors; adobe walls with glass pane windows; ladder.
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Mishongnovi...
- 1918
- Fire in Breckenridge
- A fire in Breckenridge, Colorado, devastated all but the frame of the storefront where is was centered. Men stand near it, and spectators line the street in the background. A false fronted storefront to the right of it is also damaged and leaning,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- View of Breckenridge from the railway on Nigger Hill, 500 feet above the town
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest from Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"). The town is below and to the west; mountains and foothills of the Ten Mile Range are in the background. To the north is the grade and railway...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Taken in Omaha
- An unidentified Native American Dakota Sioux man sits on the lawn with a woman leaning on his shoulder; facing another man and a pile of newspapers, Omaha, Nebraska.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Breckenridge, Colorado, residences
- This residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, gable roofed frame dwelling built in an 'ell' shape with an open porch in the inside corner. Lathe turned uprights support the porch roof, sash windows are set in the clapboard sided walls,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Pahute brave
- Studio portrait of an unidentified Native American (Paiute) man leaning on one elbow. His hair is loose and he wears a printed cotton shirt with long sleeves and has a blanket around his waist.
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--1870-1880.
- [1870?]
- Columbine - 1942
- View of buildings in disrepair in Columbine (Routt County), Colorado; shows plank roof falling toward the interior of the building between the horizontal log walls surrounding it; two story residence in poor condition, front gable over sloping...
- Columbine (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Columbine--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Bldgs. left in Bachelor on back residential street looking northwest
- Houses of the former town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, decay on a grassy hill. An L-shaped house with a double gable, torn tar paper on the roof and a ladder leaning against the side is nestled against a clump of trees. A box-shaped...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Buildings left in Bachelor on back residential street looking n.w.
- Houses of the former town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, decay on a grassy hill. An L-shaped house with a double gable with torn tar paper on the roof and a ladder leaning against the side is nestled against a clump of trees. A...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Cardinal - 1958 - with road to Nederland and railroad cut
- View of Cardinal, Boulder County, Colorado; shows the road to Nederland, Colorado that winds by a tall, leaning pine and a railroad cut.
- Cardinal (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1958
- Fulford - 1942
- View of Fulford (a.k.a. Nolan's Creek and Camp Fulford), Eagle County, Colorado; includes log construction buildings along a two track road; one building with a board roof, prominent chinking, an addition on the back, and a ladder leaning against...
- Fulford (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Fulford--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Fulford - 1942
- View of Fulford (a.k.a. Nolan's Creek and Camp Fulford), Eagle County, Colorado; includes a log construction gable roof building with a board roof, prominent chinking, addition on the back, and a ladder leaning against it; wildflowers in the grass...
- Fulford (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Fulford--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Tin Cup, Colorado
- Interior view of a defunct business in Tin Cup, Colorado; shows two large rectangular window bays on either side of a rectangular doorway, single leaf door with four panels leaning against large doorway, and an elaborate metal head-board with a...
- Tincup (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Beds--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1970.; Interiors.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Bachelor, above Creede, looking north up boardwalk
- The remains of a boardwalk in the ghost town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, are in the foreground next to a scrub oak shrub. A dilapidated, wood-frame house with a gable and a ladder leaning against its side is nestled against a thicket...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Railroad station, Georgetown, Colorado
- Colorado and Southern locomotive number 8 pauses smoking in front of the Georgetown depot, 1106 Rose Street, Colorado. Scene includes men wearing suits and straw hats, women in light colored dresses, boys in caps, a boy on a bicycle leaning...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1978
- Aftermath of fire, coaling station, Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad coaling station at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado, shows a ladder leaning on a charred frame.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- November 27, 1933