Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Las Animas, Colo.
- Panoramic view shows teams of oxen hitched to covered wagons on a race track at the Bent County Fair in Las Animas (Bent County), Colorado. Crowds of men, women and children are beside the fenced track; shows parked cars and people in a frame...
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cover wagons--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Fairs--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Ox teams--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Las Animas--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Bank Night
- View of the La Mar movie theater and businesses on Center Street in possibly Lamar (Prowers County), Colorado. The art deco style theater has a marquis that reads: "$1750 Cash Club Tonite, "South of Pago Pago" and "Sporting Blood." Shows a ticket...
- Motion picture theaters--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Recen
- A teenager a hat poses in a dry creek bed near Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows frame houses, a schoolhouse and mine buildings in Kokomo and probably Recen, shows patches of snow on a hillside.
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1901?]
- G.E. Locomotive, Alamosa
- View of the Alamosa railroad station in Alamosa County, Colorado. Shows two locomotives, a General Electric locomotive number "38" and a Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive (Narrow Gauge) number "480." Shows an inclined coaling trestle, water...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1950.; Trestles--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Pando, Camp Hale construction
- View of construction equipment at the Camp Hale site in the Pando Valley (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows steel scaffolding that holds coned feeders. Concrete pours from the bottom feeder into the top of a cement truck. Shows a man, dirt road and...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Concrete mixers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Machinery--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Kramer mill, Salida, ball mill and spiral classifier
- Shows fluorspar processing equipment in an interior view of the Kramer Mines Inc. mill in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows probably a spiral classifier, and a ball mill or rotary drier. A bucket attached to the machinery reads: "Heads."
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.
- [between 1942 and 1950?]
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who poses on a rustic wooden bench. He wears striped pants and a suit jacket fastened at the top button. A watch chain hangs from his vest. He rests one hand on the back of the bench and another on his lap....
- Men--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 22
- State Capitol
- Exterior view of the granite Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado. Shows the gold leafed dome and Capitol grounds. The Capitol building has a Renaissance features, triple-arched central entrances, triangular pediments and bas relief...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait shows a girl in a bonnet with ruffled trim tied with a bow under her chin and a multi-colored possibly mohair dress or overcoat. The girl smiles and holds a fabric doll. Shows a draped lace backdrop.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of children
- Studio portrait of four children. Shows a young girl and probably an infant boy in white dresses with puffed sleeves and lace hems. A girl with ringlets wears a dress with a lace collar and a gathered waist and yoke. A boy wears a shirt patterned...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Old Point Comfort, Hotel Chamberlin and Fortress Monroe
- A view of the Chamberlin Hotel at Old Point Comfort in Hampton, Virginia shows sailboats and battleships on Chesapeake Bay. Shows a large pavilion on a pier beside the hotel.
- Chamberlin Hotel (Old Point Comfort, Va.)--1890-1910.; Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--1890-1910.; Hampton (Va.)--1890-1910.; Old Point Comfort (Va.)--1890-1910.; Battleships--American--Virginia--Hampton--1890-1910.; Bays (Bodies of...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- H.C. Brown Hotel, Denver
- A view of the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado shows the nine-story stone structure designed by architect, Frank E. Edbrooke. The building, under construction, has arched windows and foliated enrichments. Construction materials near...
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [1892?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family shows a woman with her hair pulled back in a twist, she wears a dress or blouse with a jacket clasped in the front, a loose, ruffled bodice and a banded collar with a bar pin shaped like a pair of scissors. The woman...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family shows a woman with hair pulled back in a twist, in a dress or blouse with a jacket clasped in the front, a loose, ruffled bodice and a banded collar with a bar pin shaped like a pair of scissors. The woman supports a...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Dogs--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Silverton
- View of the town of Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows Reese and Greene Streets with houses, commercial facilities, and the two story school house with a belfry. The Animas River, Grand Turk, Kendall and Sultan Mountains are in the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Boulder, Colorado
- Panoramic view of Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows tilled fields and houses. The Boulder County Court House and the business district are in the distance. Shows the three story Mapleton School on Mapleton Hill. The Sternburg Mill, a flour...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- 6 A.M. snow storm
- View of Main Street after an early July snowstorm in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. A striped arch, probably for the Fourth of July, spans the snow covered street, a street light hangs from the center of the arch. Shows the Jeffers Building, with...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Arches.; Commercial streets.; Snow.
- 1897 July 3
- Denver and Rio Grande passenger train at Denver Union Station
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Passenger train stopped at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The train's steam locomotive is examined by railroad employees and well dressed men. Shows one end of the Railroad Gothic Style building constructed of...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad baggage cars.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroad passenger cars.; Railroad stations.
- [between 1891and 1894?]
- Grand Canyon, Hotel El Tovar
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows a wing of the hotel with shingled mansard roofs pierced by dormers. The building has porches with jigsawn balusters, the end porch has a gazebo attached to the entrance and...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.; Rock formations.
- c1905
- Yellowstone - Fort Yellowstone
- View of Fort Yellowstone located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Fort was built to house United States Army troops charged with protecting Yellowstone National Park from poachers, souvenir hunters and developers. Shows multi-storied...
- Fort Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Military facilities.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Fort Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park
- View of Fort Yellowstone located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Fort was built to house United States Army troops charged with protecting Yellowstone National Park from poachers, souvenir hunters and developers. Shows multi-storied...
- Fort Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1910.; Military facilities.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- Denver from the capital
- Panoramic view of Denver, Colorado from the Capitol Building. Shows the Arapahoe County Courthouse, a Greek Revival building with a dome topped by a tin statue of "Justicia." Shows the Kittredge Building on 16th Street, the Hotel Broadway at the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Commercial facilities.; Fire stations.; Office buildings.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Los Angeles, Cal., from Angel's Flight
- Panoramic view from the top of Angels Flight in Los Angeles, California. Shows the intersection of 3rd (Third) Street and Hill Street. Shows the Fay Building, the Byrne Building and other unidentified commercial buildings. The Byrne Building is a...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns.; Commercial facilities.; Office buildings.
- c1906
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view towards the south from Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. Shows the iron fence of the Stanford Mansion, across the street are the ruins of possibly the Hopkins Art Institute. Shows burnt trees, the remains of multi-storied...
- Nob Hill (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Looking south from Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal.
- Panoramic view from Nob Hill of San Francisco, California. Shows the shell of Temple Emanuel on Sutter Street, the building has two towers, but is missing the onion domes that topped the towers. Shows the steel structure of a building under...
- Hotel St. Francis (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Temple Emanuel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Earthquakes.; Hotels.; Ruins.; Synagogues.
- c1906
- Nob Hill from Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.
- Panoramic view of San Francisco, California, after the earthquake and fire of 1906. Shows the remains of apartment buildings, commercial and government buildings and a church near San Francisco Bay. Buildings from left to right include the Hall of...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Yerba Buena Island (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water); Earthquakes.; Fires.; Government facilities.; Islands.; Piers & wharves.; Ruins.
- c1906
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the Emery, Bird Thayer & Co. Dry Goods Company. The building has a first floor arcade, arched windows and a covered entrance. Unidentified buildings crowd the area. Signs read: "Furniture &...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.; Dry goods stores.
- [1906]
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the triangular Second Empire style Kansas City Star building (Vaughn's Diamond Building) at the intersection of Main, 9th and Delaware. The building has a tower, a sign on the building reads:...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.
- [1906]
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the triangular Second Empire style Kansas City Star building (Vaughn's Diamond Building) at the intersection of Main, 9th and Delaware. The building has a tower, a sign on the building...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.
- [1906]
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Panoramic view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows the New York Life Insurance Building designed by McKim, Mead, and White. The Italianate Renaissance Revival style building has an H-shaped footprint with a central tower and two wings. In the...
- Kansas City (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts.; Cities & towns.
- [1906]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Figueroa St. south
- View of Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows a dirt street lined with large yards, cement sidewalks and various varieties of trees. Shows lawns, eucalyptus trees, palm trees, ornamental fruit trees, bushes, agave plants, a cement sided...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.; Sidewalks.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Figueroa St. north
- View of Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, California. Shows a dirt street lined with large yards, cement sidewalks and various varieties of trees. Shows lawns, deciduous trees, palm trees, ornamental fruit trees, bushes, plants, a cement sided ditch,...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Dirt roads.; Neighborhoods.; Palms.; Residential streets.; Sidewalks.; Yards.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. West Lake Park
- View of MacArthur (formerly Westlake Park) in the Westlake Neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Shows sidewalks, trees, and park benches. A boathouse is beside the lake, the round, open building has an arched arcade and is topped with a large...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Westlake (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Boathouses.; Boats.; Lakes & ponds.; Parks.
- [1905?]
- Los Angeles, Cal. Elysian Park, Fremont Gate
- View of the Fremont gate entrance to Elysian Park in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Shows a road and a steep path entering the park from a roadway adjacent to railroad tracks. An iron lamp post topped with an eagle is at...
- Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Boats.; Bridges.; Gardens.; Parks.; Trails & paths.
- [1905?]
- Pasadena, Cal., Hotel Green, corridor of annex
- View of a wide, long, covered porch, supported by large, round fluted columns on the front of the Hotel Green annex (Castle Green) in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Lanterns hang from he ceiling of the porch and a man stands in the...
- Castle Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Fountains.; Hotels.; Pedestrian bridges.
- [1899]
- Pasadena, Cal., Hotel Green from annex
- View of the Hotel Green in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. The building is a four-story Moorish Colonial and Spanish style structure with a ground level arched arcade. The building has a mansard roof with tile roofs, arched windows and...
- Castle Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Hotel Green (Pasadena, Calif.)--1890-1900.; Pasadena (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Fountains.; Hotels.; Pedestrian bridges.
- [1899]
- Rose trees, Hollenbeck Home, Los Angeles, Calif.
- View of the Hollenbeck Home, a retirement facility located at 573 South Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Shows a multi sided garden house covered in climbing roses. The small building is almost completely covered in rose vines, it has a...
- Hollenbeck Home (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Garden structures.; Rest homes.; Roses.
- [1906?]
- Construction of the Alameda Ave. underpass
- View of construction in Denver, Colorado; shows shows scaffolding, men, and a canal.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- General store, interior
- Shows the interior of a general store in Colorado. Shows shelves filled with goods on side walls, a cast iron firewood stove in the center of the room, a man standing behind a counter and another standing in front of a counter in the background,...
- General stores--Colorado--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Manitou & Pikes Peak RR Engine No. 3 at Manitou
- Shows the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railroad Engine no. 3 as it passes possibly a train depot in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, pavilion building, a mansion (in the background) and possibly a hotel.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Industries - construction - laying pipe near Alameda
- View of construction by the Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado; shows men, a ditch with shoring, and the Alameda Avenue wooden suspension bridge.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Suspension bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- The Flood Mansion, S.F.
- View of the James Flood brownstone residence on California Street on Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. Shows a Greek Revival style house with central pavilion, chimney caps and veranda. Shows the white Collis P. Huntington residence and the...
- Flood, James, San Francisco resident--Homes & haunts.; Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--California--San Francisco--1880-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Houses--California--San Francisco--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- San Francisco St. Santa Fe N.M. A.T.&S.F. R.R.
- Two men lean against a buckboard wagon in on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico in this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. The wagon sits in front of a two-story wooden commercial building with an...
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Montezuma Hotel
- View of the Montezuma Hotel near Las Vegas in Montezuma, New Mexico in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. Shows a Queen Anne style structure with bell domed turret. Pedestrians walk on the broad dirt driveway.
- Montezuma Hotel (Montezuma, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Montezuma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Hotels--New Mexico--Montezuma--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Railroad map
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows a map of the Grand Canyon Route of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. The map title reads: "Through car lines between Chicago, Kansas City and Pacific Coast. Grand Canon Line."...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Maps--1900-1910.; Railroads--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Burlington & Missouri R.R. Burlington combination
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows a Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company locomotive and passenger and freight cars. The word "Burlington" on each car has been retouched. Other words on the cars, also retouched,...
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Railroads--1900-1910.
- 1900?
- Burlington & Missouri RR combination
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows a Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company locomotive and passenger and freight cars. The word "Burlington" on each car has been retouched. Other words on the cars, also retouched,...
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--1900-1910.; Railroads--1900-1910.
- 1900?
- Arch Rock from below, Mackinac Island, Mich.
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows the Arch Rock formation on the east side of Mackinac Island (Mackinac County), Michigan.
- Arch Rock (Mich.)--1900-1910.; Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Michigan--Mackinac Island (Island)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Keams Canyon, Government Indian School
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows the Keams Canyon Boarding School in Keams Canyon (Navajo County), Arizona. Native American (probably Hopi) women in long dresses and hats, walk beside a long barracks-like adobe...
- Hopi Indians--Education--Arizona--Keams Canyon--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Education--Arizona--Keams Canyon--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Education--Arizona--Keams Canyon--1900-1910.; Keams Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Boarding...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Verde River Valley, Montezuma's Well
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, a man stands on the cliff above Montezuma Well, a sinkhole in Yavapai County, Arizona. Shows the limestone walls of the well.
- Sinkholes--Arizona--Yavapai County--1900-1910.; Montezuma Well (Yavapai County, Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Yavapai County (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]