Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Y.M.C.A. Glenarm branch at 2800 Glenarm
- View of the Y. M. C. A., a brick building with a fire escape, at 28th (Twenty-eighth) and Glenarm Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows: mailbox on corner, sign reads: "Dedication Formal Opening Of This Buil[ding], Sunday, Dec. [?] At 3 P. M.,...
- Young Men's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1923?]
- Work of widening big cut of Union Pacific low grade line just east of Dale Wyo. 1:30 P.M.
- A Union Pacific construction crew works at widening a railroad cut near Dale Creek (Dale, Albany County), Wyoming. Shows a steam shovel, large dump truck, earth grader, and pile drivers.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Albany County (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Wyoming--Albany County--1950-1960.; Railroad cuts--Wyoming--Albany County--1950-1960.
- 1954 April 10
- Women's Christian Temperance Union mission
- A large group of women and young children stands in front of the Women's Christian Temperance Union Mission at 1100 10th Street in Denver, Colorado. (The mission was reloatced to 11th Street in 1902.) A sign reading "W.C.T.U. Mission" hangs from...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Wild West Show main entrance
- A group of men stands under the main entrance tent to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The words "Main Entrance Buffalo Bill's Wild West" are painted on the top canvas of the tent. A banner hangs at the back of the tent reading "Doors open at 1 & 7...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Westwood, Colorado, buildings, exchange, exterior, front
- View of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company exchange building probably in the Westwood Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The one story brick building is constructed in the style of a domestic structure with an arched doorway and...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Westwood (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1937 July 16
- Western States Oil Exchange
- View of ornate doorway to Keely Building, 1641 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Keely Building," "Western States Oil Exchange." Posters read: "First To Fight, U. S. Marine corps," and "Want to Fight? - U. S. Marines." Chalkboard...
- Western States Oil Exchange (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1917 and 1920]
- Western History Subject Index
- Donahue, P. M. and company
- Western History Subject Index
- Graves, C. P. M
- Western History Subject Index
- S.P.M.D.T.U
- Western History Subject Index
- Salzer, P. M. (Mrs. Patricia)
- Western History Subject Index
- Schooley, P. M
- Western History Subject Index
- P.M. AIR
- Western History Subject Index
- Weston, P. M
- Western History Subject Index
- Terrell, P. m
- Western History Subject Index
- Smart, P. M
- Western History Subject Index
- Smart, P. M
- Western History Subject Index
- Tuttle, P. M
- Western History Subject Index
- Reezer, P. M
- Western History Subject Index
- Martin, P. M
- Western History Subject Index
- Meixll, P. M
- Western History Subject Index
- Million, P. M
- Water wagon
- A man sits on top of a water wagon probably near the corner of 17th (Seventeenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado. The wagon is labeled with the number "6." The wagon is pulled by a team of white horses. A sign that reads: "Keely's Ice...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Water carriers, San Juan Pueblo, N. Mex.
- Two unidentified Native American women of San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, fill pottery water jars from a stream. They wear shawls over their heads and one carries a jar on her head.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1930.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1930.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1930.; Water carriers--New...
- [between 1900 and 1929?]
- Victor, Colo.
- View in Victor (Teller County), Colorado, shows store fronts with decorative brickwork along a dirt road. Signs read: "Cole Bros Circus, Colorado Spgs., daily 2 and 8 p. m., Wednesday, July 31," "Notary Public, Insurance," "Fairview Dining Room,"...
- Victor (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Victor--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1940-1950.; Storefronts--Colorado--Victor--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Union Pacific 2292 at Frederick on Dent subdivision about 2:30 P.M.
- Union Pacific steam locomotive 2292 (2-8-2) with a caboose is stopped at the railroad station in Frederick (Weld County), Colorado. The frame one-story building has a sign that reads: "Frederick." A railroad signal is near the station.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Frederick (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Frederick--1950-1960.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Frederick--1950-1960.
- 1951 November 12
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines - couple at desk registering
- A man and woman register with the hotel clerk at the front desk of the Troutdale-in-the-Pines mountain resort, Troutdale, Jefferson County, Colorado. Interior includes: key boxes behind the desk, a clock that reads 1:07 p.m., a sign "Drop Mail...
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotel front desk personnel--Colorado--Troutdale--1930- 1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Lobbies--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- 1937 June 30
- Tomas Romero
- Tomas Romero, secretary for the Concilio Superior for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos sits at a computer his office in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. He wears glasses and a sweater and has gray hair. A painting of...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Office workers.; Older people.;...
- 2005 June 14]
- Taken by moonlight 9-10 p.m
- View of Denver Square brick houses with chimneys on Race Street in Denver, Colorado; center house is 1311 Race Street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Moonlight--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Swimming pool at El Dorado Springs 1928
- Swimmers and onlookers enjoy themselves at the resort swimming pool in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. Signs around the pool read: "Evening Swimming Every Night Warm Radium Water, Pleasing Lighting Effects, You Will Enjoy It, Pool Closes 10:45 p. m.,...
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Springs--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1920-1930.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1920-1930.
- 1928
- Sunflower Carnival
- Mailmen walk near and sit in a box-shaped covered float decorated with possibly a taxidermy eagle, U. S. flags, streamers, and flowers on Cascade Avenue, part Flower Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The sides of the float read:...
- United States. Post Office (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Public relations--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Letter...
- [August, 1897]
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos
- Hispanic American men pose at a meeting of the S.P.M.D.T.U. or Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (Society for Mutual Protection of United Workers) in their building in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The men sit or stand near...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Antonito (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fraternal organizations.; Interiors.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores...
- [1935?]
- Sioux dance
- A group of Sioux performs a dance in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Several of the men wear feather headdresses and carry round shields and spears adorned with feathers. A cowboy stands in left...
- Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule--Homes & haunts.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Dakota Indians--Dance.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Shop Band tubas, Salt Lake City
- The sousaphone players of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, Salt Lake City Employees Shop Band of the pose wearing uniforms with their instruments in front of the Salt Lake City Union Depot Company station building, Salt Lake City, Utah....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1910-1920.; Marching bands--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--Utah--Salt Lake City--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Utah--Salt Lake...
- [1918?]
- San Luis Valley Southern homemade diesel at Blanca (3:15-3:45 P.M.)
- View of a homemade diesel locomotive used by the Southern San Luis Valley Railroad Company parked in Blanca (Costilla County), Colorado. The diesel locomotive is sheathed in metal plates riveted together.
- Southern San Luis Valley Railroad--1950-1960.; Blanca (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Blanca--1950-1960.
- 1955 May 27
- San Luis Valley Southern engines 105 & 106 in engine house at Blanca, 3:115 - 3:45 P.M.
- View of two Southern San Luis Valley Railroad Company diesel locomotives parked the engine house in Blanca (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on one diesel reads: "SLVS."
- Southern San Luis Valley Railroad--1950-1960.; Blanca (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Blanca--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Blanca--1950-1960.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Blanca--1950-1960.
- 1955 May 27
- San Francisco
- View of a warehouse and commercial area, possibly in the China Basin district of San Francisco, California. Trolly car tracks extend down a wide street. Signs on buildings read: "American Can Co.," "Wellman, Peck & Co.," "Congress Hall, Whiskey,"...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--California--San...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- S.P.M.T.U. Concilio # 16, La Garita
- View of the abandoned Concilio #16 (sixteen) for La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in La Garita (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows an adobe building with a low gabled roof, double wooden doors and signs that read: "S.P.M.D.T.U....
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; La Garita (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Abandoned...
- [1993]
- S.P.M.D.T.U., Chama
- Juan Olivas poses near the La Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos, Concilio # 2 hall in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a cap, suit and tie, and dark eyeglasses. The hall is a simple adobe building with a low pitch roof.
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de...
- [between 1990 and 1995?]
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio Superior, Antonito, Colo.
- View of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (United Workers' Mutual Protection Society) Concilio No. 1 at 601 Main Street, Antonito,Colorado. The two story Mission Revival style building is constructed of adobe and has a white...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Fraternal...
- 1992
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio Superior meeting
- View of a Concilio Superior meeting of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Superior President Rogelio Briones wears a shirt made for the SPMDTU centennial anniversary in 2000. Other members...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Meetings.; Women.; Briones,...
- [2000]
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio Superior meeting
- Middle aged and older men and women, members of the Concilio of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado, pose in their meeting hall in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Many wear ribbons or...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--People--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Fraternal organizations.; Older people.; Women.; Sociedad...
- [2000]
- S.P.M.D.T.U. Concilio No. 31, Chama, Colo.
- View of the Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (United Workers' Mutual Protection Society) Concilio No. 31 at the Southwest Corner of Costilla County L.7 and 22.3 in Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. The one story stuccoed adobe...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--1990-2000.; Chama (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Adobe buildings.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Fraternal...
- 1992
- S.P.M.D.T.U. carved emblem
- View of the S.P.M.D.T.U. (Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos) emblem carved in 1928 by Jose Lauriano Lopez, then a member of Capulin Concilio #2 in the Concilio Superior Hall, Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The clasped,...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Arts & crafts--1990-2000.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Arts & crafts--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fraternal organizations.; Emblems.;...
- [1993?]
- S.F. tr. 101, diesel 36, etc. @ Sedalia 12:30 P.M.
- View of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad passenger train no. 101 led by diesel 36 in Sedalia (Douglas County), Colorado. Buildings are near the tracks.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1950-1960.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.
- 1950 February 22
- Rio Grande diesel 100 extra south (Louviers Plug) at Wolhurst, 1:00 P.M.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western diesel locomotive 100, the "Louviers Plug," and freight and tanker cars near Wolhurst (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Letters on the locomotive read: "Rio Grande 100" and letters on a boxcar read: "Southern...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Wolhurst (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Wolhurst--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Wolhurst--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Wolhurst--1950-1960.
- 1953 July 6
- Rio Grande 1600 h.p. Alco diesel no. 5202 leaving Wolhurst, 1:20 P.M.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Alco diesel 5202 near Wolhurst (Arapaho County), Colorado. A railroad employee works a signal, another walks behind the locomotive. .
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Wolhurst (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Wolhurst--1950-1960.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Wolhurst--1950-1960.; Railroad signals--Colorado--Wolhurst--1950-1960.
- 1953 February 15
- Rio Grande 1503 and 1513 extra south at Castle Rock, 2:10 P.M.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western steam locomotives 1503 (4-8-2) and 1513 (4-8-2) leads a freight train near Castle Rock (Douglas County), Colorado. The consist has boxcars and gondola cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Castle Rock (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Castle Rock--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Castle Rock--1950-1960.
- 1950 January 14
- Rio Grande 1224 & 1526 ready to couple at Burnham, 12:50 P.M.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western steam locomotives 1224 (4-8-2) and 1526 (4-8-2) are in the Burnham Yard in Denver, Colorado. Lettering on the tenders reads: "Rio Grande."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1950 March 19
- Rio Grande 1188 @ Utah Junction, 1:15 P.M.
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotive 1188 (2-8-0) stopped at Utah Junction (Adams County), Colorado. The locomotive leads a freight train with a consist of a work car and boxcars. A railroad employee stands near a railroad signal,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Utah Junction--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Utah Junction--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah...
- 1949 February 22
- RG extra 554 south or west @ Sedalia, 12:15 P.M.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western diesel locomotive no. 554 leads a freight train at Sedalia (Douglas County), Colorado. The consist has gondola and boxcars. Houses and buildings are nearby. Snow covers the ground and the mountains in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Sedalia (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.; Snow--Colorado--Sedalia--1950-1960.;...
- 1950 February 13