Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Last picture of Chipeta
- Chipeta, a Native American (Ute) woman, poses next to a tepee near Dragon (Uintah County), Utah. She is wearing a dress or skirt under a plaid shawl. An animal skin is on a tree or shrub beside the tepee.
- Indians of North America--Women--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Women--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Dragon (Utah)--1920-1930.; Tipis--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Women--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Chipeta.
- 1923
- South High School Motion Picture Project hiking
- Photograph of students from South High School in Denver, Colorado during a moving picture project called "Recreation in Colorado". Two students work with a camera while several students stand on a hiking trail that runs along a river.
- Motion picture production.; Hiking.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- South High School Motion Picture Project snowshoeing
- Photograph of an unidentified female student from South High School in Denver, Colorado, laying in the snow while wearing snowshoes. This picture was taken as part of the South High School Motion Picture Project.
- Snowshoes and snowshoeing.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- South High School Motion Picture Project Nature and Science Museum
- Photograph of seven unidentified students from South High School leaving the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado. This picture was taken as part of the South High School Motion Picture project.
- Museum of Natural History (Denver, Colo.); South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- View from the top of a small knoll south of the town of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- A grave is surrounded by a picket fence on a knoll in the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. Brush grows around the grave and a dirt road winds toward the ghost town.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Graves--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- Summer 1975
- Ku Klux Klan montage
- Photomontage of Ku Klux Klan women members, who include Mrs. Gano Senter, as they prepare to distribute baskets of food for Thanksgiving in Denver, Colorado. One portion of the montage shows a baby, Master Richard, dressed in a robe and hood.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- November 26, 1925
- Dyersville, Colorado
- View of the ruins of the mill in the ghost town of Dyersville, Colorado, in Summit County. Piles of boards and debris litter the foreground. Evergreen forest in background.
- Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- September, 1961
- Teachout's Ranch
- A view of Teachout's Ranch near Edgerton, Colorado, includes a two-story gable-roofed building with a porch with Victorian decorative woodwork, and a smaller building nearby; numerous people stand near a board fence in front, including a seated...
- Edgerton (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.; People--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.; Ranches--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1878?]
- Woman in private train car
- A woman, possibly William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's daughter Irma, stands in the right foreground in a private train car for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A couch is in the background with a large pillow with a bust picture of a Native...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Interiors.; Railroad cars--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Mexican vaquero
- A man poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man wears a hat with turned up sides and a dark scarf pinned around his neck by an oval pin with a picture of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody on it. A coiled rope...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Gauchos--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Arts and Sciences members of '98
- Graduating Arts and Sciences students (class of 1898) at the University of Colorado at Boulder in formal attire are identified as: Front row (l-r): Edith Williams (Mrs. John Bunyan), James R. Hubbard, Elinor Wise (Mrs. C. Field Clay), Beulah...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- 1898
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 11 and 12, 1929 November-December
- The Stars Came Out
- People crowd the entrance of the Denver Theater at 1545 Glenarm Place in Denver, Colorado; band members wear helmets, and the neon marquee reads: "Kit Carson," and "Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum."
- Denver Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Motion picture premieres--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940 August 27
- First Baptist Church 1942 Directory
- Directory produced by the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory is: a list of member, past and present, along with their address in and out of the Denver area, the Churches By-Laws and advertisements from local Denver...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942
- South High School Motion Picture Project Hiking club
- Photograph of the South Denver Hiking Club during the filming of a motion picture project. One unidentified girl sits on a log with her back to the camera, while two unidentified male students stand at the edge of an unidentified lake.
- Motion picture production.; Hiking.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- South High School Motion Picture Project hiking
- Photograph of several students from South High School in Denver, Colorado, hiking along a mountain trail. Behind them is a lake. Two students stand filming the students as the walk as part of a school Motion Picture Project.
- Motion picture production.; Hiking.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- South High School Motion Picture Project students skiing
- Photograph of four unidentified students standing along a small ridge while skiing. Another student sits toward the bottom of the ridge pointing a movie camera towards them for part of the South High School's Motion Picture Project.
- Skiers.; Skiing.; Motion picture production.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- South High School Motion Picture Project hiking
- Photograph of several unidentified South Denver High School students hiking during the filming of a motion picture project on hiking. The students walk up a small glacier covered hill towards a film camera on a tripod.
- Motion picture production.; Hiking.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- South High School Motion Picture Project students hiking
- Photograph of several unidentified South High School students relaxing from their hike during their filming of a school's Motion Picture Project.
- Motion picture production.; Hiking.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- South High School Motion Picture Project archery
- Photograph of three unidentified female students from South High School in Denver, Colorado standing in front of the school with bows and arrows. An unidentified male and female student stand with their backs to the camera filming the girls as...
- Motion picture production.; Archery.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- South High School Motion Picture Project students jump roping
- Photograph of three unidentified female students from South High School in Denver, Colorado jumping rope. A male student lays on the ground in front of them, filming them as part of a motion picture project.
- Motion picture production.; South High School (Denver, Colo.); Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 37, 1910 September 10
- Timberline Picture Frame
- Two long, bare branches, possibly of a Limber Pine, grow toward each other on a ridge north of Kingston Peak on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. Several tree stumps are in the background. Photographer titled the image...
- Limber pine--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Timberline--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Tree limbs--1930-1950.; Tree stumps--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- West High School motion picture project filming
- Photograph of filming during Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". Two male students stand with their backs to the camera while they work the motion picture camera and lights. A female students...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project student cameraman
- Photograph of an unidentified male student using a motion picture camera as part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver".
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- Twenty-Forth Street School 6A Class Picture
- 6A Class Picture at Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, re-named Crofton School in 1959. A class picture of Class 6A in June of 1950.
- Twenty-Fourth Street School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1950
- Twenty-Forth Street School 6A Class Picture
- 6A Class Picture at Twenty-Fourth Street Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, re-named Crofton School in 1959. A class picture of Class 6A in June of 1950.
- Twenty-Fourth Street School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1950
- West High School motion picture project
- Photograph students in a classroom taken as part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job". Featured in the picture is a female student sitting in a chair talking to a unidentified man behind and to the...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School students watching motion picture project
- Photograph taken as part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". Photograph is of several unidentified students leaning over, sitting on or around a table watching filming for the project. In...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- West High School motion picture project set up
- Photograph taken while two unidentified boys set up lights for part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". The two boys stand on a table adjusting lights while two other boys sit at a desk...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- Western History Subject Index
- Western History Department. Publicity
- Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 4
- Filming a movie in Steamboat Springs
- Actors and actresses, members of the cast of the movie "The Wolves of the Street" directed by Otis Thayer and produced by the Art-O-Graph Film Company, pose near the corner of 9th (Ninth) St. and Lincoln in Steamboat Springs (Elbert County),...
- Art-O-Graph Film Company--People--1910-1920.; Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--American--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Steamboat...
- [1919]
- Recen
- View of frame houses and road grades in the mountains above the mining town of Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with false fronts, mine buildings and tailings piles. Identification: "1. Stable owned by Prior...
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Nederland, Colorado
- Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, consists of commercial buildings and dwellings, white-gable roof Fatty Mills motion picture theater, the Hetzer Hotel. Storefront lettering reads: "The New Clothing Store."
- Nederland (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Sellar, Colo.
- View of snow-covered Sellar, Pitkin County, Colorado, (once a station stop on the Colorado Midland Railroad); shows the coal chute, section houses, water tank and grade loops in background. The cleared power line heads for Hell Gate.
- Sellar (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- January 1922
- Ku Klux Klan rally
- Klansmen exchange documents with one another in front of a burning cross and an American flag as other members of the group watch at a rally of the Boulder Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Meetings--1920-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.; Meetings--Colorado--Boulder--1920-1930.
- [1925?]
- Waldorf, Colo. altitude: 11,666 feet at Post Office
- View of Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows buildings including (l to r): power house, stable, Post Office, and cables of the bucket line from Santiago to Waldorf.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Central City residence interiors
- A framed, needlepoint picture that reads "There is no place like home" hangs from a picture hanger attached to a patterned metal strip that spans the wall in the Prosser home in Central City. The frame is made of wood, and the needlework is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- Storefronts, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of storefronts in Georgetown, Colorado, probably on Sixth (6th) Street or nearby. The central storefront is one story with a half-story false front across the top. The double door is flanked by two large mullioned windows. A sign...
- African Americans--1870-1900.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Facades--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Central City residence interiors
- A chest of drawers with a silver tray, a woman's portrait, and a crystal dish on it, is in front of painted wainscoting in a room in Central City, Colorado. Ornately patterned wallpaper covers the top of the wall. A wall shelf with decorative...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Clothes chests--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Photo of framed pic of "Schloeman, Hollis & Pratt horses and mules"
- Reproduction shows a framed picture of a horse and cattle business in Denver, Colorado. Shows a tent, people, United States flags, and bunting. Signs: "Schloeman, Hollis & Pratt. Horses and Mules," "Springer and Springer, Importers of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Stables--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Pack train and Mt. Potosi Ouray, Colo.
- Men walk near a packtrain of burros loaded with mine ore near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Potosi Peak is in the distance.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Potosi Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1880.; Transportation--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Saloon, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a saloon in Georgetown, Colorado. The bartender, Joe Trudeau, stands behind the dark wood Renaissance Revival bar; his image is reflected both in the mirror behind and a woodwork- encased mirror on the right side of the room. Also...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Photographers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- My horse, Dave Dapple Gray, on detail the day of the massacre
- Reproduction of a painting of the December 21, 1866 fight between the Native American Oglala Dakota Sioux and William J. Fetterman's troops. Shows a wagon and dead bodies, Native Americans with bows and arrows and on horseback, and a wounded horse.
- Dakota Indians--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Fetterman Fight, Wyo., 1866.; Indians of North America--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Oglala Indians--War--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Fetterman, William J.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1930 and 1960?]
- Motion picture tent
- Men and women pose near a tent used to display movies probably in Denver, Colorado. Two women pose near motion picture cameras with sashes that read: "Art-O-Graf". Another woman poses near a poodle and wears a leopard print coat and elaborately...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Motion picture cameras--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking south
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. View is from Griffith Mountain early in the morning, looking down on the grid-patterned town. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- Glenwood Canyon series
- View of Station 2879 and 2886 on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks with canyon walls and power lines, Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. A man is in the borrow pit.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Holes--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Garfield County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- Breckenridge, Colo Reliance Gold Dredge
- View of a Reliance Gold Dredging Company Bucyrus-built hydraulic placer gold bucket-line dredge in Swan River, French Gulch, Summit County, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines students and miners pose on the vessel.
- Reliance Gold Dredging Company--1900-1910.; Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; French Gulch (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Swan River...
- 1906?
- Exhibit B
- Landscape with Capital Hill along the Ludlow to Trinidad road near the Hogback dike, Las Animas County, Colorado where coal miners marched during the UMW labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914