Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- A Merchant at Cripple Creek, Fremont
- Two men and a dog are outside a log store for miners in Fremont (Cripple Creek, Teller County), Colorado. The sign above the store reads "J.L. Niebergall, Headquarters for Gents Furnishings Boots & Shoes." Shirts, pants, jackets, gloves, socks,...
- Fremont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Pickets outside Denver City Auditorium
- United Farm Workers of America (UFW) supporters picket the Denver Symphony outside of the Denver City Auditorium theater on Fifteenth (15th) Street in Denver, Colorado. The pickets were part of a boycott of the Safeway grocery store chain. People...
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- [1971]
- Gonzales family outside Casa Mayan restaurant
- Members of the Gonzales family pose outside their restaurant and cultural center the Casa Mayan located at 1020 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right, on the front stoop: Ramon and Carolina...
- Casa Mayan (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Families.; Restaurants.; Alcaro family--Pictorial works.; Gonzales...
- [1958]
- Garden of the Gods, Outside the Gateway
- View outside the Gateway at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows massive rock formations.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1871 and 1900]
- Rain-in-the-Face and wife outside tepee
- Rain-in-the-Face and wife, Sati, Dakota Native Americans, standing outside tepee probably on Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota, where he lived after surrendering to General Nelson Miles at Fort Keogh, Montana in 1880 until he died in 1905;...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Tipis.; Rain-in-the-Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sati.
- [188-?]
- Impersonating Zeezo the Clown
- United Farm Workers of America (UFW) organizer Jerry Ryan, dressed as "Zeezo" the clown, stands outside a Safeway store in Denver, Colorado. The store was running a promotion with it's own clown to entertain customers. Ryan, dressed as the clown,...
- Safeway Stores, Inc.--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.; Supermarkets.; Pickets.; Impersonation.; Clowns--Colorado.; Ryan, Jerry--Pictorial works.;...
- [1975]
- Gallo Wine boycott press conference
- State Senator Richard Castro, boycott organizer Mike Wilzoch, boycott director Jerry Ryan, and UFW member Jesús Valderrama hold a press conference near a trailer outside of Super Serve Drugs and Liquors on 44th and Pecos Street in Denver,...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Legislators--Colorado.; Press conferences.; Boycotts.; Castro, Richard Thomas, 1946-1991--Pictorial...
- [1975]
- Father Jose Lara and Jesús Valderrama at protest in front of the Denver City & County Building
- Cesar Chavez and farmworker Jesús Valderrama, pose beside a hand lettered copy of the Bill of Rights outside the Denver City and County Building in Denver, Colorado. They were part of a protest against the incarceration and trial of United Farm...
- United Farm Workers of America--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Agricultural laborers.; Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993--Pictorial works.; Valderrama, Jesús--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of...
- 1975
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 1 and 2, 1921 January-February
- Barber Shop, Rifle
- Men pose outside a two-story, brick commercial building in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The building has arched second story windows beside a balcony and a double door entrance between large windows. A barber shop pole is outside the building...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barber poles--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Barbershops--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1903 and 1915?]
- 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]
- The old Tomlinson place
- Hiram Wesley ("Uncle Wes"), Clara, Ida, and Gertie Tomlinson and Elsie Metzger and John Kircher (with boys in wagon) pose outside a log house, outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. The cabin is heavily chinked and has a shingle roof....
- Tomlinson, Hiram Wesley--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- The Gilpin Tramway Co.
- Three Gilpin Tramway Company locomotives and gondola cars loaded with frozen ore park on railroad tracks outside the steam shed used to thaw the ore before sent to processing mill in winter. Two men stand on side of locomotive Quartz Hill 3 and a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Gilpin Tramway Company.
- [1900 or 1901]
- 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]
- Westcliffe
- Two dogs, one inside, one outside of a metal fence, take stock of each other in the front yard of a residence in Westcliffe, Custer County, Colorado. A VW bug is parked on the street outside the fence.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Dogs--Colorado--Westcliffe--1950-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Westcliffe--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Harry Rhoads' sister and his mother
- Harry Rhoads' sister, Hazel Rhoads, and his mother, Addie Mellon Rhoads sit in a horse drawn carriage outside 230 Logan Street in Denver, Colorado. Both women wear long dresses and hats.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rhoads, Addie Mellon.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or...
- 1904
- Frederick G. Bonfils Funeral
- A large crowd gathers outside of Frederick G. Bonfils' residence on the day of his funeral. Funeral cars are parked outside of the home. Frederick G. Bonfil's was the editor and publisher of the Denver Post.
- Denver Post--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Capitalists & financiers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Newspaper editors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Processions--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- February 4, 1933
- Fall River, 1941
- Interior view of an abandoned house at Fall River, Clear Creek County, Colorado, a town on Fall River Road, at the confluence of Fall River and Clear Creek, near Idaho Springs; features flowered, tattered peeling wallpaper, open doorway, and...
- Fall River (Colo. : Town)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Fall River--1950-1960.; Interiors.
- 1941
- General Merritt's H. Q. in the field on Whitewood
- Cavalry officers lounge outside a tent under cottonwood trees, on Whitewood Creek, outside the Black Hills, Dakota Territory. They include: Second Lieutenant Julius H. Pardee, Twenty-third Infantry; First Lieutenant William C. Forbush, Fifth...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890--Journeys--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Merritt, Wesley, 1834-1910--Staff.; Dakota Indians--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Iris - 1942
- The view, looking outside from inside a log cabin in Iris, Colorado, shows sage covered hills beyond an exposed door frame. Debris is scattered on the ground, and a ladder leans against the outside wall.
- Iris (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Iris--1940-1950.
- 1942
- A Pike's Peak prospector
- A prospector with a sledgehammer stands outside his chink and log cabin in Teller County, Colorado; shows a cast-iron stove outside the door of the cabin, a jug, broom, lunch pail, pans, cans, and a dog and her puppies under a table.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Stoves--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Berthoud Falls, Colo.
- A van and car are parked outside of the "Berthoud Falls Inn Bar, Cafe, Motel" in Berthoud Falls, Colorado (Clear Creek County). The stone and wood-frame, two-story building has Swiss style architecture with steep gables and gingerbread. Snow and...
- Berthoud (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Taverns (Inns)--Colorado--Berthoud--1970-1980.
- May 10, 1978
- City Park motor camp, Denver
- Two women walk along a road at City Park automobile (auto) camp in Denver, Colorado. Men women and children sit and stand outside canvas tents and in cars. A banner outside one tent reads: "MO, State Fair."
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Barbecue at the Denver Union Stockyard
- A large crowd of people gathers outside the Denver Union Stockyard in Denver, Colorado. Men and women prepare food for a barbecue. Women work under a cook shed and men in aprons crowd around tables outside. Smoke rises from a coal pile. Beer...
- Denver Union Stock Yard Company--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Barbecues--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1910?]
- Denver Jail in 1874
- A group of men stand outside the Denver City Jail located at 231 Thirteenth (13th) Street, Denver, Colorado. A police officer stands outside a set of large wooden doors. The building is a one story brick structure with heavy wood shutters. Bars...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--People--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Jails--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Ambulance at prison riot
- Parked outside the stone, barred, West Gate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, this four-door hardtop 1920's sedan has signs with crosses in the front and side windows reading: "Ambulance." The keystone in the arched gate reads:...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Ambulances--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1929
- 9th St. & 8th Ave.
- A row of men stand outside two commercial buildings in the town of Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. Seven men, one holding a dog, and a boy stand outside a blacksmith's shop; a one-story, masonry building with a cornice, chimneys and storefront...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Greeley--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- A farm home in the Shovano Valley near Montrose
- A father, mother, and three baby girls stand outside their two story home in the Shavano Valley, near Montrose, Colorado. The house is bordered by a small yard and a fence. Trees surround the area on the outside of the fence.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Families--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1910.; Infants--Colorado--Montrose--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Men and children, in front of tepees
- Two Dakota men and two children stand outside two tipis, with wagon in background. Men are wearing suits and hats. Saddle and other equipment are outside one tipi.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Children & adults--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Mud deposit, track side, Union Depot, W. end
- A crew cleans up mud and debris from the Arkansas River flood outside the Union Depot in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Men use shovels and carts to clear railroad tracks. A sign reads: "American Railway Express" outside the passenger platform.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Adobe old flour mill, old Albuquerque, New Mexico
- View of a steam-powered flour mill, near probably Old Town, in Albuquerque (Bernalillo County), New Mexico. The adobe and wood building has a smokestack, a wooden hopper on an outside wall, doors, and a balcony. A sign on the building reads:...
- Albuquerque (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1870-1880.; Flour & meal industry--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1870-1880.; Mills--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1870-1880.
- 1875?
- School near Telluride fifty years ago
- Exterior view of a one room schoolhouse outside of Telluride, Colorado. Group of schoolchildren pose outside front door; a small boy on burro is next to two men. The school is a front gable structure with board and batten construction, two sash...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Telluride--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1895]
- Sprague's near Estes Park, lined up ready to ride out
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members in western clothing line up on horseback outside Sprague's Lodge in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The log lodge has shingle bargeboard, chinking, a covered porch and a stone chimney. A rocky mountain...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1956 July
- Louis Cohen store, Georgetown, Colorado
- Men in suits and a woman in a dress and a hat stand outside storefronts in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows the corner entrance to a shoe store, and signs that read: "C.O.D. Louis Cohen, Sole Agent For Cowles Curtis & Co. Fine Hand...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boots--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Shoe industry--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Mexican Bullfight, Gillett, Colorado
- Men, women, and children mill around outside the wood structure in Gillett, Colorado, where a bullfight took place on August 24 and 25, 1895, the wood bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. A boy wears a plaid...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895.]
- Stevens School celebration
- Photograph of students outside of the exterior of Stevens School located in Denver, Colorado. The school is decorated in streamers, balloons and paper hearts. Students stand outside the building holding signs. A banner hangs from one of the top...
- Stevens School (Denver, Colo.); Congress Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1976
- Houlthusen House
- Photograph of the Holthusen family standing outside their home in either Como, Colorado or the ranch outside of Como, Colorado.
- circa 1887
- Stapleton International Airport
- Gonzales family outside Casa Mayan restaurant
- Members of the Gonzales family pose on the porch of their restaurant and cultural center the Casa Mayan located at 1020 9th Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They are identified left to right: Top row: Celia, Arnold, Marta, Ray...
- Casa Mayan (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Restaurants.; Gonzales family--Pictorial works.; Casa Mayan (Denver,...
- [1958]
- Five skitroopers outside of the Jerome Hotel, Aspen, Colorado
- Five Tenth Mountain Division Skitroopers in uniform stand outside a small store at the Jerome Hotel in Aspen, Colorado. Anthony Dillon, far left, holds skis. Man on far right is identified as photographer Bill Southworth.
- Photographers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Jerome Hotel (Aspen, Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Capitol Hill Neighborhood Plan
- Woman outside Office of Dr. Clarence Holmes
- Dr. Clarence Holmes and two Unidentified Women stand outside of Dr. Clarence Holmes' Office
- Attorney Walter Gerash outside his office
- Attorney Walter L. Gerash, poses outside his office at 1439 Court Place in the Central Business District neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Mr. Gerash stands next to the Denver Landmark designation marker for his office, the oldest known remaining...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lawyers.; Plaques.; Gerash, Walter L.; Gerash, Walter L.--Pictorial works.; Lawyers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Plaques,...
- 2000
- "The Yearling" sculpture, outside Denver Public Library
- View of the sculpture "The Yearling" outside of the Children's Library of the Central Library branch of the Denver Public Library, 10 West Fourteenth (14th) Street, in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a fiberglass horse...
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--2000-2010.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Public libraries.; Sculpture.; Denver Public Library--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2007
- Roan cliffs outside of Rifle
- Men wear suits and stand on a valley floor near sagebrush outside Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Scree and trees are on Roan Cliffs in the distance.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Man standing outside of residence
- A man poses with a shovel and pipe near his home and garden in Denver, Colorado. The one story wood frame house has a covered porch. The address numerals read: "200".
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gardens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Man seated outside
- Outdoor portrait of a man in Denver, Colorado. He holds a newspaper and wears a suit and wide-brimmed hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Navaho woman standing outside of summer hogan Good view of country
- View of a Native American (Navajo) woman standing outside of a brush shelter, possibly the Navajo Indian Reservation. A pile of rocks stands next to one exterior wall of the shelter. A wooden rail corral stands away from the shelter. Rocky desert...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Eureka Creek, outside of Central City, Colorado
- View of a wooden sidewalk and railing that span Eureka Gulch and Creek outside of Central City, Colorado. The railing and sidewalk are alongside a dirt road. Two wood-frame houses sit on the hill on the other side of the gulch, where much of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eureka Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- 1926