Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rifle area, group with flags
- Children, women, men, and teenage boys and girls salute United States flags in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; they hold a trumpet, drum, and hats over their hearts. Electric utility poles are in the distance.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Flag salutes--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Flags--American--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1915?]
- Rifle - De Beque Oil & Gas Co.
- View of the De Beque Oil and Gas Company in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; equipment includes derricks, sheds, pipe sections, and furnaces.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Oil well drilling rigs--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- 1916, March 18
- Rifle area earth filled dam under construction
- View of dam construction near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; men pose and hills are in the distance.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle area
- View of dam construction near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; men pose by East Rifle Creek; a flume on a trestle is in the distance.
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle area
- View of dam construction near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men pose by East Rifle Creek; a trestle with a flume is in the distance.
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dam construction--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle, Colo.
- Men pose with a horse drawn wagon filled with sugar beets in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; posters on a shed read: "Pearline Cleanser," "Mesa County Fair," "Roy E. Fox's Lone Star Minstrels," "Old Dutch Cleanser," "Tar Tobacco," "K C Baking...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Advertising--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Rifle Odd Fellow's Hall
- Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men and teenage boys' outfits include bib overalls, suits, and military uniforms; a United States flag is to the side.
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1910-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle cemetery Boies graves
- Flowers, a vase and tombstones in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado cemetery surround a grave marker inscribed with drapery, a crown, cross, and: "Love, Truth, Life," and "Samuel Boies 1837-1904." Hills are in the background.
- Boies, Samuel, 1837-1904--Tomb.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle cemetery Boies graves
- Flowers, a vase and tombstones in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado cemetery surround a grave marker inscribed with drapery, a crown, cross, and: "Love, Truth, Life," and "Samuel Boies 1837-1904." Hills are in the background.
- Boies, Samuel, 1837-1904--Tomb.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Violet Fay
- A child's grave in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado cemetery is covered with flowers including roses. Tombstone sculpture depicts a lamb; inscription reads: "Violet Fay - Dau. of F. & F.E. Gorham, Dec. 16, 1895 - Aug. 6, 1900."
- Gorham, Violet Fay, 1895-1900--Tomb.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Benjamin Scudder grave
- Flowers cover a grave in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado cemetery; tombstone sculpture depicts drapery, doves, and gates; inscription reads: "Love, Life, Truth," "Benjamin F. Scudder 1838-1898," and includes poetry.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Scudder, Benjamin, 1838-1898--Tomb.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle Odd Fellow's Hall
- Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men and teenage boys' outfits include bib overalls, suits, and military uniforms; a United States flag is to the side.
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows--1910-1920.; Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Funeral flowers
- Funerary flower arrangements include sweet peas, asters, chrysanthemums, and artemisia.
- Flowers--1900-1910.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Funeral flowers
- Funerary flower arrangements include sweet peas, asters, chrysanthemums, and artemisia.
- Flowers--1900-1910.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Celebration dinner
- Men and women pose with food including pears, bread, a roast pheasant or turkey, and an ornate cake. Decor includes carnations, a stove, bunting, stenciled wallpaper, and a paper bell.
- Celebrations--1900-1910.; Eating & drinking--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- 1906, December 27
- Group portrait
- Men and women pose in outfits including brocade fabric, suits, flowers, puff sleeved blouses, and paper Valentine hearts. Decor includes lace curtains and a framed portrait.
- Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Couples--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Floral arrangement
- Funeral tribute has a taxidermy mounted dove and flowers including roses, chrysanthemums, snapdragons, and phlox.
- Flowers--1900-1910.; Funeral rites & ceremonies--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Social group
- Men and women pose in outfits including lace and carnations. Some hold playing cards.
- People--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle are students
- Girls, boys, and teenagers pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; the students wear suits, and print fabric dresses with yokes and ruffles. The teacher (a woman) wears pince-nez eyeglasses and a blouse with ruching.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Children with teachers, evening party?
- Girls and boys pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; the students wear suits, and print fabric dresses with yokes, ruffles, and embroidery. The teacher (a woman) wears pince-nez eyeglasses and a blouse with ruching and beads.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area students
- Teenagers, girls, and boys pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; the students wear suits, beaded or print fabrics, wool jackets with puff sleeves, eyeglasses, and large buttons. The teacher (a man) wears pince-nez eyeglasses.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area school group
- Teenagers, girls, and boys pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; the students wear suits, beaded or print fabrics, wool jackets with puff sleeves, eyeglasses, and large buttons. The teacher (a man) wears pince-nez eyeglasses.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Students--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Teenagers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area picnic
- Women, men, boys, and girls pose near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; outfits include dresses with ruffles. Straw hats and printed fabric bonnets hang on a fence; food includes fruit, cake, bread, and a pie.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Picnics--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle school classroom interior
- Interior view of a Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado classroom; boys and girls pose with books. A piece of buffalo hide is on a desk.
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Classrooms--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Theatrical group
- Women and men pose on a stage in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; outfits include flowers, lace, ribbons, hats, and dresses with brocade, embroidered, or print fabric. One woman holds a paper heart that reads: "Matrimony;" a dog is in front. Some...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Actors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Theatrical group
- Men and women in blackface pose in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; costume includes dresses of print or brocade fabrics, and hats with flowers. Some of the men are dressed as women. A man points at a cake.
- African Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle flour mill
- Young men pose at a storefront in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; lettering, advertisements, boxes and flour bags read: "Rifle Flour Mills," "Member of Federated Cereal Mills of America," "Flavo Rifle Flour," and "Vitacreme Breakfast Wheat."
- Rifle Flour Mills (Rifle, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Flour & meal industry--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle Falls
- View of Rifle Falls in Garfield County, Colorado. East Rifle Creek cascades over limestone cliffs; vegetation includes cattails.
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rifle Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- The harvest
- View of a wheat field in (probably) western Colorado; shows a threshing machine, elevator, and horse drawn wagon. Haystacks and hills are in the background.
- Threshing machines--Colorado--1900-1910.; Threshing--Colorado--1900-1910.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area
- View of probably East Rifle Creek in Garfield County, Colorado; a horse drawn buggy is by Gambel Oak and rock cliffs.
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area wedding party?
- Interior view of tables set for a banquet in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; the tables are set with dinnerware, flower arrangements, and food including bread, crackers, a roast turkey, fruit, and an ornate wedding cake. Women and men in wait...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banquets--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Food--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Haystack
- View of a hay stack and corn stalks near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; a car is to the side.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hay--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ranch
- View of a ranch near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; horses, cows, and calves feed in a corral by a house. Snow covers the ground and hills in the background.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Livestock--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Raised by Haley Bros. Rifle, Colo.
- Hereford cattle wait in a corral at Denver Union Stockyards in Denver, Colorado; men pose on horses in the background.
- Denver Union Stock Yard Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beef cattle--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Corrals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Stockyards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle area
- View of hayfields, hay stacks, and the Grand Hogback near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Grand Hogback (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Rifle Falls Ranch composite A. L. Zerbe, prop.
- Photomontage of scenes in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado area; shows the Rifle Falls, the waterfalls in ice, hunters with deer carcasses, Rifle Gap cliffs, a log bridge, a lynx, people, and the Zerbe Ranch Hotel. Labels read: "Open June 1....
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle Falls (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Potato or onions harvest
- Men pose with burlap bags of probably potatoes, in (probably) western Colorado. Hills and bluffs are in the background.
- Harvesting--1900-1910.; Potatoes--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hunters
- Men pose with deer carcasses hung from aspen trees in western Colorado. The hunters have a dog, canvas tent, and horses. Hills and bluffs are in the distance.
- Camping--Colorado--1900-1910.; Deer hunting--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1907 September 9
- Fruit trees
- A man poses by apple trees in (probably) western Colorado.
- Apple trees--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hay
- View of hayfields and hay stacks (probably) western Colorado. Hills and bluffs are in the background.
- Haystacks--1900-1910.; Valleys--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Group portrait
- Men and women pose in a house in (probably) Colorado; outfits include silk and lace.
- People--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Child
- Studio portrait of a boy in a sailor suit and knee pants.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1920.
- 1916 May 27
- Family group
- Studio portrait of a family. The man wears a suit, the woman wears a long dark dress, one of the boys wears knee pants and a matching shirt with a lace trimmed collar and a scarf.
- Families--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Large group
- People pose in (probably) western Colorado; shows men, women, children, boys, girls, babies, and teenagers, some wear feather, felt, turban, or duster hats.
- People--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Large group
- People pose in (probably) western Colorado; shows men, women, children, boys, girls, babies, and teenagers, some wear feather, felt, turban, or duster hats.
- People--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Family group
- A family poses outdoors in (probably) western Colorado; shows men, women, children, boys, girls, babies, and teenagers, clothes include suits and dresses.
- Families--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Confirmation?
- Men, women, children and teenagers pose in front of a church in (probably) western Colorado; the boys wear suits, the girls wear lace dresses, and flowers. A man wears a clerical collar, and a woman wears an oversized hat.
- Clergy--Colorado--1900-1920.; People--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Rifle Bachelor's Club Basketball Team
- Studio portrait of the Rifle Bachelor's Club Basketball team in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; teenage boys and young men wear jerseys, skullcaps, shorts, and striped socks, and canvas shoes. Letters on ball read: "RBC 15-16."
- Basketball players--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Teenagers--1910-1920.
- 1915 or 1916
- Family
- Family portrait of a couple, a teenage boy and girl, children, and a dog in (probably) western Colorado; they pose in front of a a log house with a covered porch.
- Dogs--Colorado--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--1900-1910.; Teenagers--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902 October 5
- Woman
- Studio portrait of a woman in a sheer blouse and a string of beads.
- Women--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]