Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Holy Cross Mtn.
- View of 13,996-foot Mount of the Holy Cross (Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains) near Minturn, Colorado; shows snow in crevasses and stream cascading.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Estes Park from Park Hill
- View of Estes Park, Colorado, from Park Hill (about four miles southeast of Estes Park); narrow dirt road is flanked by barbed-wire fence and aspen and pine trees; mountain range of the Rocky Mountain National Park in distance.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Barbecue Great Divide
- Men, women and children congregate near automobiles and makeshift picnic tables at Great Divide, Moffat County, Colorado; dogs wander among people.
- September 21, 1917
- A mountain water cart
- Reproduction of a William Henry Jackson image shows "Whiskey Johnny", a mining camp dealer, he stands between two burros loaded with kegs on a trail near Creede, Colorado.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ouray - Silverton Stage Road, Mt. Abram
- View of the stage road between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado; the narrow, winding dirt road ascends a canyon, with a figure on horseback at left; snow-covered, 12,800 foot Mt. Abrams at center background (located at the boundary of Ouray and San...
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Mt. Abram
- View of 12,800-foot, snow-covered Mt. Abram (later called Abrams Mountain) located southeast of Ouray, Colorado on the border between Ouray and San Juan Counties.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Decending [sic] trail from Indian Village of Acoma, N.M.
- View of man descending sandy trail from mesa to Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; view framed by rock formations; shows a man carrying folded stool and possibly art supplies tucked under his arm.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Artists--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Church Pueblo Acoma, N.M.
- View of church at Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows beehive oven, square oven, church constructed of adobe with adobe courtyard walls, two steeples, and a rock wall center right.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Churches--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Pueblo of Acoma, N.M.
- Distant view of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows horse and mule- drawn wagon with one man, and wagon tracks in sand.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Acoma, N.M.
- View of dirt and rock street, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows two-story pueblo walls constructed of adobe and rock, log ladders extending to second stories, two burros standing next to bundled firewood stacked by beehive oven, and meat or venison...
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Streets--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Street scene, Acoma, N.M.
- View of dirt street of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows group of Acoma women with shawls walking away from camera, wooden or log ladders extending to second stories, pueblo walls of adobe and rock construction, and chickens in distant background.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Streets--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Maude Fealy
- Maude Fealy poses for a studio bust portrait, possibly for the role of "Filiberta" in "The Cardinal." She has long, wavy hair; wears a bracelet, a pearl necklace, and a dress with gathered, sheer fabric and beadwork; and holds a bouquet of lilies.
- Actresses--1900-1910.; Fealy, Maude, 1881-1971.
- [1900?]
- Olga Nethersole's car, Colo. Spgs. & C. C. Ry.
- Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway passenger car with actress Olga Nethersole and others on board; Colorado; Olga and fashionably dressed men and women seated on rear deck of car; "The Short Line" railroad workers and other...
- Actresses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- A Colorado strawberry patch
- View of large strawberry field, West Lake Ranch, possibly Adams County, Colorado; numerous men & women picking strawberries; small wooden frame shed and canvas tent, background left; straw hats & bonnets, dog seated amidst pickers, wooden baskets...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Strawberries--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.
- [1910.]
- Turning water through headgate, Burlington Ditch
- Men crowd an irrigation canal, watching water pour through sluices of the Burlington Ditch in Adams County, Colorado; cement-mixing construction equipment is nearby.
- Adams County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Burlington Ditch (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Spillway Burlington Ditch
- View of the Burlington Ditch in Adams County, Colorado. Well dressed men and workmen stand with equipment on the headgates of the ditch. One man crosses a temporary wooden pedestrian bridge near a spillway in the South Platte River. A headframe,...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Burlington Ditch (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1920.; Spillways--Colorado--Adams...
- 1910 March 23
- Marshall Reservoir and dam
- View of Marshall Dam and reservoir near Eastlake (Adams County), Colorado; snow dots the ground and front range mountains are in the background.
- Adams County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Marshall Dam (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Marshall Reservoir (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Dams--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1930.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Adams Falls, Grand Lake
- Adams Falls (or possibly Ouzel Falls named by Enos Mills after Ouzel bird or "water dipper"), Grand Lake, Colorado; shows rocky and narrow cascading waterfall. The Falls was reached via Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later...
- Adams Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Adams School
- View of the Adams Street School, 3230 East 38th Avenue, Denver, Colorado (built in 1925, opened in 1926; name changed to Harrington in 1949).
- Adams Street School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver Public Schools--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- The Jay Adams cottage, Grand Lake
- View of log cabin belonging to Jay E. Adams, Grand Lake, Colorado; probably Adams' third cabin he built in Grand Lake area in 1912; Adams Falls on east inlet (formerly Ousel Falls) & Mount Adams in area named after Jay E. Adams; two-story rough...
- Adams, Jay E.--Homes & haunts.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Grand Lake, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- Partial view of Grand Lake, Colorado and tree-lined shoreline reached via Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake), Moffat Road; rowboat moored to shore and sailboat moored in lake, two women seated atop boulders...
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1900-1920.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Wescott, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Grand Lake outlet
- View of east inlet of Grand Lake, Colorado with Mt. Cairns, Mt. Craig, Mt. Adams, Mt. Wescott, Mt. Patterson and fog in the background. A footbridge spans the water; trees cast a reflection.
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Wescott, Mount...
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Golden, Colo.
- View of Coors Brewery, Golden (Jefferson County) Colorado; shows Adolph Coors Brewing Company buildings, house and greenhouses. Table Mountain is in the background.
- Adolph Coors Company--1900-1920.; Golden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.; Greenhouses--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- A. J. Beckwith Grocery Company, Denver
- View of Adolphus J. Beckwith Grocery Company, 408-410 16th (sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows ceiling fan over entryway, displays of fruit, vegetables, canned goods, and window lettering: "Fresh meats," "Poultry & Fish," "Eggs," "Butter,"...
- Adolphus J. Beckwith Grocery Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900- 1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1899 and 1920]
- Agnes Memorial
- View of cottages at the Agnes Memorial Sanitarium in Denver, Colorado; shows frame and canvas cabanas, and men in folding chairs. Lettering reads: "The Tucker Tent Co."
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- September 29, 1905
- Agnes Memorial Sanitarium
- View of Agnes Memorial Sanatorium cabanas in Denver, Colorado; shows frame and canvas camp cottages with awnings. A mission style building and smokestack are in the background.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920?]
- Denver hospitals & sanitariums, Agnes Memorial
- Interior view of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (built by Lawrence Phipps; opened in 1903; closed 1932); a row of female patients sit on rocking chairs placed between beds on a sleeping porch.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1920?]
- Agnes Memorial (Phipps)
- Interior view of an x-ray room at Agnes Memorial Sanitarium in Denver, Colorado; shows a metal table, dentist chair, and a steam radiator.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors.
- [between 1904 and 1920?]
- Agnes Memorial
- Interior view of a patient examination room, Agnes Memorial Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado; shows glass cabinets, shelving with medical instruments, jars, bottles, examination table, valves and pressure gauges, iron swivel stools, and a...
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors.
- [between 1904 and 1920?]
- Denver, hospitals & sanatoriums, Agnes Memorial
- Interior view of the dining room at the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado; shows tables, chairs, flowers, tablecloths, napkins, and glassware.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1903 and 1932]
- Denver, hospitals & sanatoriums, Agnes Memorial
- View of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado, a mission style building.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1903 and 1932]
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium, Denver Colo.
- Exterior view of main building and wing of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado (opened in 1904; closed in 1932); built by Lawrence Phipps in memory of his mother, Agnes McCall Phipps.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Denver hospitals & sanitoriums, Agnes Mem. (Phipps) Sanitorium
- View of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado (opened in 1904; closed in 1932); built by Lawrence Phipps in memory of his mother, Agnes McCall Phipps.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Denver hospitals & sanatoriums, Agnes Memorial
- View of the Agnes Memorial Sanitarium in Denver, Colorado (built by Lawrence Phipps in memory of his mother, Agnes McCall Phipps; opened in 1904; closed in 1932).
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Denver, hospitals & sanitoriums, Agnes Mem. (Phipps) Sanitarium
- View of a lounge in the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium, Denver, Colorado (built by Lawrence Phipps in memory of his mother, Agnes McCall Phipps; opened in 1904; closed in 1932) shows men playing chess and checkers and reading.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Denver, hospitals & sanitoriums, Agnes Mem. (Phipps) Sanitorium
- View of a wing of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado (opened in 1904; closed in 1932); built by Lawrence Phipps in memory of his mother, Agnes McCall Phipps.
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Apple pickers at dinner, Westlake Orchard
- Large group of men sit and stand along two long wooden tables set with china, pitchers and coffee pots, inside a walled tent, at Westlake orchard, Colorado.
- Agricultural laborers--Colorado--1900-1910.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- October 16, 1909
- Harvesting sugar beets
- Farm workers, horse-drawn wagons, and mule-drawn equipment harvest beets somewhere in Colorado, probably Front Range or Eastern Colorado; shows large sugar beet field, several mule-drawn & horse-drawn wagons loaded or ready to be loaded with sugar...
- Agricultural laborers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Beets--Colorado--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Harvesting Colorado potatoes
- Men, horse-drawn equipment, and machinery harvest potatoes, somewhere in Colorado, possibly Front Range or Eastern Colorado; shows large potato field, farmworkers, a man in suit (probably farmer or overseer), another man in suit inspecting potato...
- Agricultural laborers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1920.; Harvesting machinery--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Sugar beet field
- Northern Colorado beet field, near Brighton(?);a group of men in overalls shovel and fork beets into a wide furrow; shows another group of men and women in long dresses and scarves in background.
- Agricultural laborers--Colorado--1900-1930.; Beets--Colorado--1900-1930.; Farming--Colorado--1900-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1901 and 1927]
- Dr. Waggner's 200 Acres of Wheat, 24 Bu. Per Acre, 531-6-62, 7/26/'18
- View of men and wheat threshing machinery in a field (probably) on eastern plains near the Front Range of Colorado; men sit on bushel bags (printed: "Bemis Extra Heavy Seamless").
- Agricultural laborers--Colorado--1910-1920.; Farming--Colorado--1910-1920.; Threshing machines--Colorado--1910-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Stacking oats
- View of horse-drawn farm wagon in field of cut oats; shows man in field with farm implement and a large stack of cut oats.
- Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--1890-1910.; Oats--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Threshing in Colorado
- Complete view of threshing operation, Wilmont Farm, Colorado; shows machinery needed to run thresher, mule-drawn wagon with crop piled high awaiting threshing, partially emptied wagon with crop being placed into thresher, and horse-drawn wagon...
- Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--1900-1920.; Farming--Colorado--1900-1920.; Threshing--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Threshing, Wilmont Farm
- Threshing operation, Wilmont Farm, Colorado; shows two horse- drawn wagons at front and back of threshing machine, a man with pitchfork throwing crop into thresher, and a man at opposite end of thresher in John Deere Plow Company wagon with burlap...
- Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--1900-1920.; Farming--Colorado--1900-1920.; Threshing--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Machine on Montgomey place
- View of agricultural machinery on Montgomey (Montgomery?) farm, in (probably) Colorado; shows horse-drawn wheat thresher, men, and a tractor.
- Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--1910-1930.; Farms--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Feeding cattle on sugar beet pulp
- Large herd of cattle being fed sugar beet pulp somewhere in Colorado, possibly northeastern; barbed wire fence, foreground; man standing in horse-drawn wagon pitching feed into bins; barn and meandering stream with more cattle, background.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cattle--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Irrigating in Colorado
- Unidentified man standing in irrigation ditch somewhere in Colorado; man in boots standing in ditch with water holding a shovel; two two-story wooden frame residences, farm buildings, sheds, outhouse, & canvas tents in background; man, woman &...
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1910.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Dry farmed alfalfa
- View of unidentified man holding bunch of alfalfa, dry-land agriculture somewhere in Colorado; man with suit & hat standing in alfalfa field.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Alfalfa--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colorado irrigation ditch
- View, from downstream, of an irrigation ditch on the eastern plains of Colorado; water foams as it tumbles through wood-slatted sluice; cows graze on banks of ditch; fenced farmland in background; flat horizon with windmill and trees.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Irrigating Colo. potatoes
- Man with shovel irrigating potato field, somewhere in Colorado, possibly Front Range; shows rows of potato plants and a farmer in overalls.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]