Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Jackson's Bar - Idaho Springs Days of '59
- Four men stand in front of Jackson's Bar at the Idaho Springs, "Days of '59," Festival in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The men stand under the eave in front of the bar which is made of timbers and bracketed posts. One man, wearing a hat, a bandana,...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bars--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- Falls City, 12000 Ft. Sierra Blanco, Colo.
- Riding equipment, including a saddle and reins, lies on a rack in front of a cabin built on a mountaintop above timberline near Falls City, Colorado. Patches of snow cover the shale fields above the cabin.
- Falls City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Falls City--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Presbyterian Church steeple
- Sharp angle view up toward the Presbyterian Church steeple, Lake City, Colorado. Known as the oldest church on the Western Slope, built by George M. Darley, it shows Capenter Gothic style with clapboard siding, steeple bell tower with louvers with...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Lake City--1960-1970.; Darley, George M.--Homes & haunts.
- 1964
- Central campus
- Photo of an architectural drawing of the dormitories at the Colorado State Teachers College (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly known as the State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1920-1930.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1921
- Rough Rider Tom J.S. Bell
- U.S. cavalryman Tom J.S. Bell poses on horseback in front of a large tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a uniform and riding pants. His boots lace at the top. A sword hangs from the back of his saddle. He is a member of "Buffalo...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Bell, Tom J. S.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- The Bull-fight at Gillette [sic]
- The bullfight on August 24 or 25, 1895, is taking place in the bullring built at the race track in Gillett, Colorado, for the occasion. Joe Wolfe was the organizer of the event which caused a scandal because of its cruelty to animals. Two of the...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [August 1895]
- Hugh Marlowe, C. Bancroft, K.T. Stevens, leads in And perhaps happiness, Central City
- Caroline Bancroft sits on a stone bench and holds her open book "Gulch of Gold." She wears a linen dress with a collar, a bead necklace and earrings with her hair gathered on top of her head in a braid. A woman wearing a patterned shirt with rolled...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Reading--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Marlowe, H. (Hugh); Stevens, Katharine, 1919-
- 1958
- Street cave-in in Englewood Flood - S. Broadway & Hampden
- A view from above shows the cave-in of the Little Dry Creek Bridge at South Broadway and Hampden in Englewood, Colorado, in 1927. Large sections of the wood plank bridge slant into the river below, and the street is shiny with rain and mud on...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Little Dry Creek (Colo.); Floods--Colorado--Englewood--1920-1930.
- [1927]
- Fort Collins street oiling
- A worker cleans the edge of the gutter with a long hose attached to a tank on a truck on a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. The street is being repaired for its oiling.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945]
- Fort Collins street oiling
- Workers remove the windrowed material before applying a prime coat during the oiling of a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. Large trucks are parked in the middle of the street.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945]
- Taken from the Stanley Hotel
- Tourists and visitors enjoy the swimming pool at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, which is surrounded by a chain link fence lined with fabric, possibly canvas. Swimmers and sunbathers are in the pool, at the edge, or sit in webbed...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Children--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1980.; Motels--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1980.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1975?]
- Central City, Colorado
- Panoramic view of Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Eureka and Main Streets are visible.
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Members of the Arapahoe County Library Council
- Members of the Arapahoe County Library Council meet at a retangular table in a room lined with bookshelves. They are left to right, Mrs. Miles Davies, Deer Tail; Mrs. Herman Oliner, Englewood; Mrs. George Hores, Allen Bradley, Aurora and Mrs....
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Libraries--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Meetings--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.
- February 18, 1964
- Men with horses
- Two men stand next to their horses in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear cavalry uniforms and are members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World." The horse on the right sits on its hind quarters while...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Stake drivers
- A group of men works to pound a large, log stake into the ground to support the large tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men stand in a circle and take turns pounding a stake with sledgehammers. Two men stand slightly apart from the group...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Johnstown molasses plant, molasses tanks
- Molasses is stored in large, round tanks at the Great Western Sugar Company in Johnstown, Colorado, in Weld County where steam escapes one of the vats. Stacks of lumber are behind the vats.
- Johnstown (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Johnstown--1920-1930.
- June 29, 1926
- Jesse McDonald's home on W. 7th St.
- This view of Jesse McDonald's home on West Seventh Street in Leadville, Colorado shows a large two-story clapboard structure with multi- gabled roofs, decorative fish-scale shingles, a front porch, brick chimneys, several large one sash and transom...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.
- 1968
- John & Ann Pitts' home on 225 W. 8th St.
- This exterior snowy view of John and Ann Pitts' home at 225 West Eighth Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows the one story house with front gable, overhanging awning roofs over projecting sash front windows, an entry door with transom, three small...
- Pitts, Ann--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Pitts, John--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.
- 1968
- John & Ann Pitts' home on 225 W. 8th St.
- This exterior view of John and Ann Pitts' home on 225 West Eighth Street in Leadville, Colorado, captures the house after a snow. Ann stands in front the small one story house with front gable, awning roofs over three sash front windows, an entry...
- Pitts, Ann--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Pitts, John--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.
- 1968
- Looking west on Chestnut St., Leadville, 1879
- Looking west on Chestnut Street with distant snowcovered Mount Massive in Leadville, Colorado, is a dirt street lined predominantly with wood frame false fronts. Horse-drawn flatbed and covered wagons and pedestrians make the street a busy one. A...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Building construction--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Bandwagon, U.S. Artillery
- A group of men dressed in band uniforms sits on top of a bandwagon being pulled down a dirt road by teams of horses during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One of the band members holds a large, round drum over the side of the wagon. Two...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bands--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Denver Public Library exterior of Main Library
- Automobiles line the curb in front of the Greek revival style Denver Public Library, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The Carnegie building features fluted columns with Corinthian capitols, inscription along frieze reads: "Erected in the year of our...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver Public Library.
- 1927
- Hotel at Tiny Town, 3 ft. length
- View of the Tiny Town Hotel at Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County; shows log retaining wall in front of building.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1940.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Pueblo at Tiny Town, Colo.
- View of an adobe pueblo at Tiny Town, Colorado in Jefferson County; shows truck parked in front of structure, and pickup truck in front of building.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.; Pueblos--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Tiny Town
- View of miniature buildings in Tiny Town, Colorado, in Jefferson County.
- Tiny Town (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Miniature cities & towns--Colorado--Tiny Town--1920-1930.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Horses in tent
- A group of horses is gathered under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One of the horses lies on the ground while the others stand. Several saddles and harnesses are on the ground in front of the tent. Lettering painted on the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Platoro, Colo.
- Scattered log and tent structures, many under construction, make up the gold mining town of Platoro in the Platoro - Gilmore Mining District, Conejos County, Colorado; shows people in front of residences and stores along the wide center street.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1920.; Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Log buildings--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Platoro--1910-1920.
- May 31, 1913
- Judge Stover's boyhood home
- Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, consists of businesses and residences. Men are by picket fence fronting the boyhood home of Judge Stover.
- Stover, Judge--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [1877?]
- Conqueror Boarding House at North Empire
- The Conqueror Boarding House in North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, is a three-story frame building with a gable roof, dormer, covered porch, and stone foundation. Wooden steps lead up the slope; doors and windows are missing. The smaller...
- North Empire (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Lodging houses--Colorado--North Empire--1960-1970.; Pryor, W. S.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Men with horse
- A group of men holds a horse on its side on the ground while one man works to either shoe or brand it in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large crowd of spectators is gathered around the men watching them work. One person stands next to...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Men with horses under tent
- A man stands in front of a horse tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He rests his left hand on a saddle hanging on a rope in front of him. Another man stands in the left background in front of the tent. Additional saddles and...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Saddles--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Waiting for parade to start
- A large group of men on horseback gathers to wait for a parade in honor of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show to begin. The men are members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World." The group includes American cowboys and Russian...
- Cossacks--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Ward, Colorado
- Panoramic view of the mining community of Ward, Boulder County, Colorado, includes residences, commercial structures, mill building, and mines.
- Ward (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Ward--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Waiting to start parade
- A large group of men on horseback gathers to wait for a parade in honor of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show to begin. The men are members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World." The group includes American cowboys and Russian...
- Cossacks--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Alamosa, Colo., S.E.Cor. 6th & Hunt
- The first general store and outfit station along the new Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at South 6th (Sixth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado. Two false fronts have large painted block letter signs: "Field & Hill, Schuttler Wagons" and "Field &...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1950.; General stores--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.
- [between 1907 and 1941]
- Alice, view looking southwest
- Southwest across Alice, in Clear Creek County, Colorado is one of the largest mining camps in the Fall River valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, settled in the early 1880s. Widely scattered ruins of the small boom town include mines and...
- Alice (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Alice--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Dr. Hale & class at Central City
- Central City School students pose on rocks by the Opera House, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dr. Hale (principal) poses with the boys and girls.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Broadwell Hotel, Alamosa
- The Broadwell House on the corner of Hunt and 6th (Sixth) streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is one of the buildings moved into Alamosa from old Garland City. Men pose on the boardwalk on the corner in front of the two-story clapboard building. One man...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Water pumps--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- 1933
- Dr. Hale and class at Central City
- Central City School students pose near the Opera House in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Dr. Hale (principal) poses with the boys and girls.
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Hanging of Black Jack Ketchum
- Sheriff Salome Garcia of Union County, New Mexico tightens the noose around the neck of Black Jack Ketchum prior to his hanging in Clayton, New Mexico. Also on the gallows are Sheriff O.T. Clark of Las Animas County, Colorado; Detective H.J....
- Ketchum, Black Jack, 1863-1901--Death & burial.; Gallows--New Mexico--Clayton--1900-1910.; Clayton (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Hangings--New Mexico--Clayton--1900-1910.
- [1901 April 26]
- Wild West Show cooks
- A group of cooks from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stands near a group of large kettles for boiling water in a camp for the show. The man on the far right wears along white coat. The man in the center holds a long pole with a round bucket at one...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- St. Aloysius Convent and School
- The St. Aloysius Convent and School, a boarding and day school, was opened in 1875 in Central City, Colorado, by the Sisters of St. Aloysius. The Victorian building is a two and one-half story structure that accommodated up to one hundred...
- St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1940.
- [between 1879 and 1935]
- Business street, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of a Main Street intersection in Trinidad, Colorado, looking north on Commercial; shows the McCormick building with bay windows and canvas awnings, and the Columbian Hotel. Men are by storefronts; trolley tracks, pedestrians, buggies and...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1908
- George C. Marshall
- Shows George Catlett Marshall Secretary of State to President Truman from 1947 to 1949. He became the first military person to serve as Secretary of State.
- Cabinet officers--United States--1940-1950.; Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959.
- [between 1947 to 1949]
- Georgetown, Col.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, north up Rose Street. On the closer blocks of the street, long shadows of the trees lining the street fall across it. Visible are the Masonic Lodge and Fish Block at the crossing of Rose and Sixth Streets, the Cushman...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of Grace Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Colorado, looking northeast. The wood construction church, built in 1869, has a steep gabled roof and a small gabled entrance vestibule in which there is a double door set into a pointed arch,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Grace Episcopal Church (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1939
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado. On the left is the outhouse, which has two entrances, one for servants and one for the family. The wood building is topped by a hipped roof with an elaborate wood...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, both in "chateau" style and made out of local granite. On the left is William A. Hamill's office, with a hip roof, a central dormer, and two doors and two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Stables--Colorado--Geogetown--1940-1950.; Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.
- 1942
- Catherine Vienna Flynn, Central City biog.
- Catherine Vienna Flynn poses for a portrait wearing a floor-length dress with a high neck and beading on the bodice and skirt in Central City, Colorado. She wears a choker with a pendant around her neck, earrings, a bracelet, and a ring. She holds...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flynn, Catherine Vienna.
- [1890?]
- Central City drug store
- A man dressed in a pharmacist's white coat stands on a ladder and arranges a kerosene lamp on a ledge in a Victorian drugstore in Central City, Colorado. Mortars and other lamps are also along the ledge. A sign that reads "The Pharmacy" is above...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Drugstores--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Interiors--1950-1960.
- [between 1952 and 1953]