Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Perigo Mill in Gilpin County
- Large piles of wood are stacked at the side of the Perigo Mill in Gilpin County, Colorado. The mill has several levels, and two large smokestacks supported by wires protrude from the roof. Several smaller smokestacks also protrude from the roof. A...
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- National parks, Colorado, Mesa Verde
- View of men and women at Mesa Verde National Park, New Mexico; cliff dwellings are in the background.
- The Good Old Days: Grigsby Family History
- Intensive document covering the Grisby family history starting in the early 1870's in Iowa.
- 2012 June 20
- Counties Outside of Denver Draft Quotas 1917 : Men Called To The Colors In Counties Outside Denver
- A transcription of an original article in the Denver Post pertaining to "the fact that the official quotas of men to be called into the national army thru the first draft were not completed for Denver and other Colorado counties when the drawing...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- Undated
- An Introduction to Colorado Marriages 1858-1939
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Old dredge near Fairplay, Colo.
- Abandoned hydraulic placer gold mining dredge on the frozen South Platte River near Fairplay, Park County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Dredges--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1920-1930.; Hydraulic...
- January 1929
- Shrine of St. Stephen Acoma, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
- Native American Pueblo boys with rifles, guard a shrine adorned with cottonwood boughs, corn plants and a cross for the Feast of San Esteban, (St. Stephen) patron saint of Acoma, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. Men sit inside the shrine with blankets,...
- Acoma Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1900.; Saint Stephen's Day--New...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Full membership does not come until the neophyte has made the New Year climb and walked through a snow-drift....clad in AdAm costume
- Two members of the AdAmAn Club make their way along a snowcovered slope on Pikes Pike, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Only the tops of powerlines are visible above the deep snow on this annual mountaineering trek to the top of the...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1941]
- I wonder how many would like to spend a New Year holiday climbing a 14,000 foot peak in order to celebrate the Fourth of July out of season
- Night view taken during the AdAmAn Club's annual New Year's Eve climb of the upper terminal of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway encrusted with ice, above Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Teeth of the railway show through the snow and...
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1930-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Frances Douglass, Union High school teacher
- In this standing protrait of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Douglass, she wears a long dark skirt and a long-sleeved blouse with a pin on her collar. He wears a striped shirt, bow tie, and trousers with a leather belt and a waist watch chain. They stand in...
- Adams City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Teachers--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1920.; Douglass, Frances.
- [between 1909 and 1918]
- A Denver family
- A Black man and women pose with mandolins and a guitar on the porch of a house in Denver, Colorado. A chicken and outhouse are near the two story wood frame house.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Mandolins--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Joe Boyd speaking for CALM
- Joe Boyd, a Black (African American) activist, stands at a lectern in Denver, Colorado; men and women look on.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Activists--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Lecterns--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1968 July 18
- List of Proposed Sustaining Members of the Glenarm Branch of the YMCA
- Procedure for forming a branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- Community relations - city planning
- Men (one Black, African American) discuss a map in Denver, Colorado; another map is on the wall.
- African Americans--Employment--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; City planning--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Planning drawings--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1947?
- Mayor's Committee on Human Rights
- Men (one African American, Black) and women of the Mayor's Committee on Human Rights sit at a table in Denver, Colorado. They are (L to R) Mildred Hall, Mrs. Hugh Parry, W. Miller Barbour, Dean Paul Roberts, Mayor Quigg Newton, Tom Ewing, Guy Fox,...
- African Americans--Men--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Civil liberties--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Committees--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1947
- J. Bradley Williams and Willie E. Anthony
- J. Bradley Williams, left, shakes hands with Willie E. Anthony. J. Bradley Williams was the former candidate for Colorado House of Representative for District 15 until he withdrew in favor of Willie E. Anthony on the right. Williams acted as the...
- African Americans--Men--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Campaign managers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Political elections--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Anthony, Willie E.;...
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Hiawatha Davis addressing Afro-American Unity
- Hiawatha Davis, a Black (African American) political activist, speaks in Denver, Colorado; women look on.
- African Americans--Political activity--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Activists--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Davis, Hiawatha--Political activity.
- 1967 August 27
- African American woman
- An unidentified African American woman jumps over a table in a camp at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. She wears a dark cowboy hat and a striped and checkered dress. A horse stands next to a large tent in the background.
- African Americans--Women--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- 1st Prize "Progress of Christianity" by Presbyterian Sunday school
- The first prize entry in the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado, shows women (some Black) and children on a float decorated with flowers, gauze, and banners; one reads: "The Progress of Christianity." Men in white suits and straw...
- African Americans--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Banners--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1906 July 4?]
- Picnic Rock near Black Buttes, Wyo. Terr.
- Men and a woman pose near a rock butte identified as "Picnic Rock" near Black Buttes and Black Buttes Stage Station on the Overland Trail (Sweetwater County), Wyoming. Men in sack coats include an African American (Black) man. A woman wears a skirt...
- African Americans--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Overland Trails--1860-1870.; Sweetwater County (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; People--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Sweetwater County--1860-1870.; Trails &...
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- John "Jack" Swigert
- John "Jack" L. Swigert, pilot, astronaut, and public servant, points at a cryogenic oxygen tank at Beech Aircraft, Boulder Division, Boulder, Colorado; Keith E. Helart (sunglasses) and Howard E. Mers look on.
- Air pilots--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1980.; Astronauts--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1980.; Politicians--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1980.; Test pilots--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1980.; Helart, Keith E.; Mers, Howard E.; Swigert, John L. (John Leonard),...
- [between 1969 and 1971?]
- The Morane
- View of a Morane Parasol monoplane by hangars; pilot Georges Guynemer poses.
- Air pilots--French--1910-1920.; Airplanes--French--1910-1920.; Fighter planes--French--1910-1920.; Guynemer, Georges, 1894-1917.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Main street looking north from railroad yards, piles of coal in the foreground, about 1890.
- Looking north from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad tracks down Main Street in Akron, Washington County, Colorado, there is a wide street with a windmill well in the center. Wood frame false fronts line the street. "Chicago Lumber Yard"...
- Akron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Akron--1880-1890.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- [1887]
- First hardware store in Akron, 1885
- "Yeamans Bros. Hardware and Furniture" store in Akron, Washington County, Colorado, is a wood frame false front with a roof covering the walkway that runs the length of the building's facade. J.E. (Ed) and Charles N. Yeamans, brothers, pose under...
- Akron (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Washington County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Akron--1880-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Washington County--1880-1890.
- [1885]
- Murray Building, Akron, Colo.
- The front facade of the Murray Building in Washington County, Akron, Colorado, is a two-story brick commercial building built in 1887 from brick manufactured locally either in 1887 or 1903. The building features a decorative corbeling and an ornate...
- Akron (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Akron--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Laying of corner stone of Washington County Court House at Akron, Colo.
- Townspeople gather for the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington County Courthouse in Akron, Colorado. A large group of about 80 people are gathered around the upright wood framing. There is an outhouse in the foreground and one-story...
- Akron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Washington County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Washington County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Washington County Court House, Akron, Colo.
- Workmen in overalls and a few men in suits pose on the front steps of the Washington County Courthouse in Akron, Colorado. The two- story brick structure, designed by John J. Huddart, features a hipped roof with front gable pediment dormers and a...
- Akron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Washington County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Washington County--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Akron, Colo.
- View along Main Street of first water main pipes being laid, Akron, Washington County, Colorado. Trench dug along side of street; a man stands at canvas top automobile on street talking to driver. Buildings include a two-story brick commercial...
- Akron (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Akron--1910-1920.; Waterworks--Colorado--Akron--1910-1920.
- [1912]
- Akron, Colorado, the present Courthouse, 1909
- This front facade of the Washington County Courthouse in Akron, Colorado, shows a two-story brick structure built in 1909, and designed by John J. Huddart, architect. It features a hipped roof with front gable pediment dormers and a lantern with...
- Akron (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Washington County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Akron--1920-1930.; Courthouses--Colorado--Washington County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Lone Valley schoolhouse, southwest of Akron, Colo.
- The Lone Valley schoolhouse stands on a grassy plain southwest of Akron in Washington County, Colorado. The small, weathered, clapboard, one-room schoolhouse has an entry vestibule, front gables, shingle roof, and brick chimney. A merry-go-round is...
- Akron (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Akron--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Washington County--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Alamosa city jail, Alamosa, Colo. 7-15-50f
- The city jail in Alamosa, Colorado, is a small one-story building with bars on the windows. There is a gas or oil tank with a wood frame and a glass gallon jug and steel barrels sit to the side of wood door entry. A larger brick structure and wood...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Jails--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Alamosa County, County Court House, July 1966
- The courthouse in Alamosa, Colorado was built in 1938 with W.P.A. assistance and has Mission-style architecture with U-shape plan, brick construction, curvilinear gables, tile roof and an arcade along the interior courtyard with flowers. Two...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Alamosa County--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Alamosa--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Alamosa County, County Court House, July 1966
- The Alamosa Courthouse in Colorado was built in 1938 with W.P.A. help and has Mission-style architecture with U-shape plan, brick construction, curvilinear gables, tile roof and an arcade along the interior courtyard with flowers. A car and a truck...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Alamosa County--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Alamosa--1960-1970.
- 1966
- Interior of Alexander Aircraft Factory, one of the largest civil- aircraft factories in the country at this time
- Interior view of the Alexander Aircraft Company factory, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, show workers at machines, lathes, drill presses with ceiling mounted belt drives, an airplane body, and a break seating area.
- Alexander Aircraft Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Airplane industry--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Airplanes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- 1928
- 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
- The town of Alma, South Park, Colorado
- View west, across the Middle Fork of the South Platte River and mine tailings, to Alma, (elev. 10,353 feet) in South Park, Park County, Colorado, consists of wood frame residences, barns, sheds, painted false front commercial buildings, log cabins,...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Buildings--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Mountains--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890]
- Headquarters for AMAX Western Operations, Golden, Colorado
- View across the landscaped parking lot of the AMAX Western Operations headquarters, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the two- story brick building with intersecting shingle hipped roofs. Parked automobiles include: Camaro, Mercedes, Pinto,...
- AMAX, Inc.--1980-1990.; Golden (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Mining--Colorado--Golden--1980-1990.
- [1980]
- Rocky Mountain sugar factory
- Reflection of the American Cystal Sugar Company factory, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, shows on foreground water. Smoke pours from stacks of the large sugar beet processing plant with hoppers, elevators and monitor roofed metal buildings.
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1910-1920.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Rocky Ford sugar factory during World War II
- View of American Crystal Sugar Company factory, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, shows brick buildings with arched windows, silos, and a smokestack with lettering: "Crystal Sugar," and plank bins loaded with sugar beets.
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1940-1950.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1940-1950.
- [between 1941 and 1945?]
- Rocky Mountain sugar factory
- View of the American Crystal Sugar Company factory, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, shows brick buildings with arched windows, silos, a smokestack with faded lettering: "Crystal Sugar," a semi truck lettered "Lee Way," behind a barbed wire and...
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- Rocky Mountain sugar factory pulp dryer
- View of American Cystal Sugar Company factory, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, shows cylindrical and conical tanks with lettering: "NADCO," and a railroad hopper car lettered: "A T S F 309 07."
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Rocky Ford sugar factory
- The American Crystal Sugar Company factory in Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, consists of brick buildings with arched windows, silos, elevators, and a smokestack.
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- Rocky Mountain sugar factory
- Offices of the American Crystal Sugar Company in Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, are housed in a one story building with an arched door and a loggia. A barbed wire and a pipe gate are in the foreground.
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Rocky Mountain sugar factory
- The American Crystal Sugar Company factory, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, consists of brick buildings with arched windows, silos, and a smokestack with faded lettering: "[Cry]stal Sugar."
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- Spring 1978
- Rocky Ford, Am. Crystal Sugar Co. Research Lab
- Research laboratories of the American Crystal Sugar Company, Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado, are flat roofed, one-story brick buildings with wall mounted turban vents; letters read: "American Crystal Sugar Research."
- American Crystal Sugar Company--1970-1980.; Rocky Ford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Rocky Ford--1970-1980.
- 1978
- Red Cross Motor Unit, Soldiers to Stock Show
- Soldiers pose by a van bound for the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. An African American soldier sits in a wheelchair; a woman Red Cross member in uniform stands nearby.
- American National Red Cross--1950-1960.; Korean War, 1950-1953--Medical aspects--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Medical aspects of war--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Military...
- 1954 January 22
- Lakewood Golf Club, Red Cross benifit [sic]
- Panoramic view of people on a golf course at Lakewood Country Club in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Men play golf on a green, and spectators stand in a semi-circle at the Red Cross benefit. Women wear dresses, men wear suits, and children...
- American Red Cross--People--1910-1930.; Lakewood Country Club (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Country clubs--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1930.; Fund raising--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1930.; Golf--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Red Cross response
- Anna Scott and Mary Leslie (holding dog) examine a soup tureen with Philip Madonna, a Red Cross worker, after a flood of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Philip Madonna wears a garrison cap.
- American Red Cross--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Disaster relief--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Leslie, Mary, Denver,...
- [1965 June?]