Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 A-L
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Page 5504
- M. E. parsonage, Altman, Colo.
- Five views of the Methodist parsonages in Altman, Colorado, include; upper left corner image: the first parsonage located between Altman and Independence. A small lean-to shack with an open entry door and a four pane window. Upper right image: a...
- Pingree, H. M.--Homes and haunts--1880-1890.; Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Altman--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1890?]
- John P. Lower
- Denver, Colorado, resident and gunsmith John Prey Lower stands next to a bull's-eye target riddled with bullet holes with a round sign reading: "Jan 2, 1882" above it. He holds a rifle propped on one end in front of him. A sign below the image of...
- Lower, John Prey, 1833-1917.; Gunsmithing--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Rifles--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Targets (Sports)--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1885 Colorado State Census : Arapahoe County : Including the City of Denver and Portions of Present Day Adams and Arapahoe Counties
- Comprehensive index created of the 1885 Arapahoe County, Colorado State Census created by The Colorado Genealogical Society. Geographically included in the index is: present Denver, Arapahoe and Adams counties. Information included in the index...
- Colorado--Census--19th century.; Denver (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Arapahoe County (Colo.)--Census--19th century.; Census records.
- 2002
- Only building standing on Bennett Ave. after fire
- View of two images depicting first fire, April 26, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; top image depicts flames and smoke moving towards Bennett Avenue; large crowds are on boardwalk and horse-drawn wagons and enclosed commercial wagons are on street;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Central City, Colo. 1900
- has arrived. The Armory Hall (formerly the Belvidere Theatre) stands in the center foreground on Main Street adjacent to "The Shoo Fly," a variety and dance hall. Farther up Main Street in the left midground is the Retallack House, built in 1897...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- Central City
- Houses line two dirt streets in Mountain City, a small district on the outskirts of Central City, Colorado. Stone walls border the front yards of the houses. Telegraph or telephone poles run through a gulch in the foreground.
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Stone walls--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Mountain City--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Yellow Rock - I'kaubut S'shensh
- Yellow Rock (also known Joe Vanderburg and I'kaubut S'shensh), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands in a field on the reservation. He wears large round earrings, numerous beaded necklaces, a choker...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Yellow Rock.
- [1907]
- Blackhawk
- A track of the Colorado Central railroad runs through the foreground on the switchback between Blackhawk and Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Blackhawk is in the distance at the base of a hill. The Presbyterian Church and the schoolhouse...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Manitou
- to its west a freightcar and flatbed are on the spur. Several stacks of rail ties are on the embankment to the south of the depot.; View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest; Pike's Peak and its foothills are in the background. The...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1883?]
- Manitou, Col.
- behind it is the first Manitou school. The Colorado Midland grade has been cut; one freight car is parked at the location of the depot, not yet built. Pike's Peak and its foothills are in the background.; View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1886]
- Manitou, Colo.
- the location of the Depot, not yet built. Pike's Peak and its foothills are in the background.; View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. The original Manitou House and Clubhouse are in the lower right. The Mansions Hotel (painted a...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1886]
- Central City, Colorado
- View of Central City, Colorado, taken from the west probably during the summer or early fall. The Opera House is in the lower right corner, and the Teller House is to its left. St. Mary's Church is in the center of the image. Tailings, which...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Arabs
- A group of Arabs on horseback rides through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear turbans and capes. Several soldiers are stopped on their horses in the right background. Those men wear helmets and carry...
- Arabs--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cossacks
- A group of Russian Georgian Cossacks ride horses through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man, David Kadjaia, rides in the center midground slightly in front of the rest of the group. The men wear wool hats...
- Cossacks.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Soldiers--German.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Kadjaia, David.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cowboys
- A group of American cowboys rides horses through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear cowboy hats and have scarves tied around their necks. Several soldiers are stopped on their horses in the right...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Soldiers--American.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- French chasseurs
- A group of French soldiers rides horses through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear helmets and carry lances. Several additional soldiers are stopped on their horses in the right background. Those men...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Soldiers, French.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Sioux squaw
- A Sioux woman stands in front of a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The lower front side of the teepee is rolled up exposing the wood logs that form its frame. A spear with feathers adorning it is stuck in the ground in the right...
- Dakota Indians--Women.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Ginn Mill Bar
- View of the Ginn Mill Bar at 17th and Market Streets, Lower Downtown Historic District (LoDo) in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick commercial style building has a cornice and is painted green and red. The lower...
- Denver Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ginn Mill Bar (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bars (Drinking establishments);...
- ca. 1978
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
- View of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, a waterfall in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows talus and dense trees in the canyon.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1870-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Yellowstone River--1870-1900.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; National parks &...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Lower Falls Yellowstone
- A man kneels on a boulder near the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Yellowstone River--1870-1880.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
- View of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Yellowstone River--1890-1900.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Rivers--Yellowstone National...
- 1892
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
- A man sits on a boulder by the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Yellowstone River--1890-1900.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Rivers--Yellowstone National...
- 1892
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone from Artist Point
- Panoramic view of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Yellowstone River--1870-1890.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Waterfalls--Yellowstone...
- [between 1870 and 1890.]
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
- View of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows a platform and railing on the rock formation at the top of the falls.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Yellowstone River--1870-1890.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Waterfalls--Yellowstone...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Lower Falls Yellowstone
- View of Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River from the bottom of Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows rock canyon walls, talus, boulders, and trees atop the cliffs.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Yellowstone River--1870-1890.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Rivers--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone
- View of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1870-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Yellowstone River--1870-1900.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Rivers--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1871 and 1900?]
- Denver Public Library 1929 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 1929. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- 1889 Corbett & Ballenger's 17th Annual Denver City Directory.
- The Fountain Geyser in eruption
- The Great Fountain Geyser erupts in the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Great Fountain Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- The Big Blue Spring. The Gentian
- Two men measure and record temperatures in the Gentian Pool hot spring in the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Gentian Pool (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Lower Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Lower Twin Lake
- Two men in a horse drawn wagon are on a road beside Lower Twin Lake (Lake County), Colorado. The Sawatch Mountains are in the distance.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Street in Lower Creede
- Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts proceed down a busy street in the town of Creede (Lower Creede, Mineral County), Colorado. Several buildings are under construction. Architectural elements of the existing buildings include clapboard siding,...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Hunter's Cabin at lower lake
- A hunter with a rifle poses by a canoe below Mount Evans on the lower lake at Chicago Lakes, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a log cabin, a tent, steep cliffs, and boulders.
- Chicago Lakes (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canoes--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.; Hunting--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- The lower Twin Lake
- Men wear straw hats, vests and ties, and pose in a horse-drawn wagon on a dirt road beside Lower Twin Lake in Lake County, Colorado. Shows snow on probably Mount Massive.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo. : Lake)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Great Falls of the Yellowstone
- View of the Lower Falls (Great Falls) of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River--1870-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Yellowstone River--1870-1900.; Rivers--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1871 and 1900?]
- Flood in lower downtown Denver
- Shows flood waters near the 23rd Street viaduct in lower downtown Denver, Colorado, after the Castlewood Dam destruction and subsequent Cherry Creek flood in 1933.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- 1885 Corbett & Ballenger's 13th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1886 Corbett & Ballenger's 14th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1887 Corbett & Ballenger's 15th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Forney Transportation Museum (constructed as the Denver Tramway Power Company Powerhouse) and Harry H. Post building
- View of the Forney Transportation Museum, constructed as the Denver Tramway Power Company Powerhouse (1901), at 1416 Platte Street, and the Harry H. Post Building near the South Platte River, in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Forney Museum of Transportation--Buildings--1970-1980.; Harry H. Post Company--Buildings--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; South Platte...
- 1975
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 1, 1914 October 10
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 11 and 12, 1922 November-December
- Main portion of plan of Index Shale Oil Co, De Beque, Colo.
- View of oil shale processing facilities at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; shows storage bins, crusher house, and smokestacks.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Leggings
- A pair of buckskin leggings that belonged to Chipeta. They are decorated with geometric designs in multicolored beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Leggings--1875-1915.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Mammoth Hot Springs, Pulpit Terraces
- View of the lower terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows terraced accretions of silica from the hot springs. Logs brace an accreted mineral terrace in the distance.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Pulpit Terraces, Mammoth Hot Springs
- View of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; shows a place identified as lower pulpit terrace on a hill with naturally formed, stepped terraces of accreted calcareous silica. Shows a landscape encrusted with mineral deposits...
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]