Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1948 August
- Park Hill Topics Volume 4 No. 14
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- Western History Subject Index
- We write of Colorado
- Edwin Segerstrom- correspondence sent to mother and sister: original
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 11, 1909 May 1
- An Alamosa business block
- View of a commercial buildings on Main street (formerly "Fifth Street") in the business section of Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. Shows pedestrians, men in horse-drawn wagons, a horse tied to a post, utility poles and electric street lights....
- American National Bank (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Hotel Princeton, Buena Vista, Colo. A.L. Roeder & Co. Props.
- View of the four story, Hotel Princeton in Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The frame hotel has brick chimneys, dormer windows, and a front rounded turret with windows, a conical dome and finial. A lake at City Park is next to the hotel...
- Hotel Princeton (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1890-1900.; St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church (Buena Vista, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Turret, Colorado
- Customers sample the goods outside of "F. A. Cole and Co., Groceries, Meats," in the mining community of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. They sit on apple crates and flour sacks, whittle wood, write on a pad of paper, grind coffee in a grinder,...
- Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Smuggler, free Silver and Molly Gibson mines, Aspen, Colo.
- View of the Smuggler, Free Silver, and Mollie Gibson mines in full production, Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande railroad adjacent to the mills.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Pitkin County--1900-1910.; Free Silver Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mollie Gibson Shaft (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Smuggler Mine (Pitkin County,...
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Golden Cycle Mine
- View of the Golden Cycle Mine near Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Golden Cycle Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Indian Medicine man
- Standing portrait of Strong Eagle, Native American Spokane, wearing feather headdress, kilt, leggings, and necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Spokane Indians--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Strong Eagle, Chief.
- [between 1900 and 1907?]
- Two Strike band Pine Ridge
- View of Chief Two Strike's band of Native American Oglala Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, wearing dance costumes including headdresses, hair pipe breastplates, leg bands with bells, body paint and breechcloths.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.;...
- 1891
- School of Mines
- View of a classroom at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado; seated students write at their desks.
- Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Classrooms--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.; Interiors.; Students--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Sioux Delegation
- Group portrait of the Native American (Sioux) delegation that traveled to Washington D. C. to negotiate Indian rights. Identification on back reads: "TOP ROW, 1. Zaphier, 2. Hump, 3. High Pipe, 4. Fast Thunder, 5. Rev. Chas. Cook, 6. P. T. Johnson,...
- Dakota Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.; Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Cowgirls
- Women pose in cowgirl clothes including ten gallon hats, boots, and embroidered dresses. They are identified as: Ber Kirnan, Prarie Rose, Mable Strickland, Princis Mohawk, Ruth Roach, Kittie Canutt, and Prarie Lillie. Bleachers are in the...
- Cowgirls--1920-1930.; Rodeos--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Strathmore Hotel (old McClure House) Canon City
- The brick Strathmore Hotel, in Canon City, Colorado, has a flat roof, dentiled cornice, and stone sills and keystones. A second floor balcony has wrought iron railing and filigree skirting. and wraps the corner over the mitred entry. Canvas...
- Strathmore Hotel (Canon City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bird's eye view of Colorado State Penitentiary
- State Penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado, consists of stone buildings and walls with faceted corner lookout towers. A spur of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad crosses the City Ditch in the foreground, which cuts through the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Orchard round Warden's Residence and no. from bell house and No 5 lower Colorado State Penitentiary, Canon City
- The Warden's residence at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, is a two-story stone building with a low-gabled roof and a faceted lookout tower and flagpole. Trees are behind a low stone wall lining the street in the foreground, and an...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Class at work
- African-American (Black) students and white pupils work arithmetic problems at the blackboard and write at desks in Miss Craig's classroom in Gilpin School at 29th (Twenty-ninth) and Stout Streets in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver,...
- Gilpin School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; African Americans--Education--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Blackboards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1903 and 1904?]
- YMCA, main building
- Interior view of the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) building on East 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Lincoln Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Men write at a counter and answer the telephone.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Counters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Young Men's Christian...
- 1907
- Colorado penitentiary break 1947
- Laying on a wadded, pinstriped prison mattress at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, this recaptured escapee has his hand to his mouth. Men write on pads of paper; one wears a baseball cap. A man in a tweed jacket and smoking a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Fenwick, Red.; Tolley, A. B.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1947
- Stockyard
- View of an unidentified stockyard. Three men stand near a pen with cattle. Railroad cars with "Wabash" inscribed on them are seen in the distance.
- Stockyards--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Leslie Peterson happily checks out books from librarians Dorothy Bennet and Jane Cotner (r)
- Smiling women write at a desk in the library in Pueblo, Colorado. A girl in a winter coat looks on, by a stack of books. Books are on shelves on the interior walls.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Libraries--Colorado--Pueblo--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Buck Taylor
- William Levi "Buck" Taylor, known as the "King of the Cowboys" in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits for a full-length studio portrait while on tour with the show in England. He is sitting on a tree stump and wears a cowboy hat and buckskin pants...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Buck Taylor "King of the Cowboys" Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- William Levi "Buck" Taylor, known as the "King of the Cowboys" in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in the foreground, while on tour with the show in England. He wears spotted chaps and a cowboy hat. A rope is coiled and hangs...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- DPL catalog department
- Women librarians sit at a long table and catalog books in the catalog department of the Denver Public Library (Carnegie Public Library) in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. The women write on catalog cards. Card catalog drawers, boxes of...
- Denver Public Library--People--1900-1920.; Catalogers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Librarians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Boulder, Colo. High School day trackmeet.
- Officials in straw hats write on their pads and spectators watch this high school trackmeet in Boulder, Colorado. In mid-throw, an athlete wears a black shirt and shorts. The brick, large scale two-story school building has arched first floor...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Athletes--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.; Track athletics--Colorado--Boulder--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Hilltopper, Volume 1 Number 3
- West Side Recorder Volume 6 No 10
- Concerned Citizens Stop VRG, flyer
- Letter from Leo Simon to Otha Rice
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 17, 1911 April 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 23, 1909 July 24
- East Denver High School: 1915
- 1915 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1915
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- East Denver High School Annual: Class of 1918
- 1918 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1918
- The Annual: The North Side High School 1906
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1906
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1906
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- W.S.H.S. Annual Heraldo: 1913
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1913.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1913
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- October 1949
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- Historical sketch of the Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado
- Booklet compiled for the fiftieth anniversary of the Central Presbyterian Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book are excerpts of correspondence from previous clergy, list of all Elders during the fifty years, and a history of the...
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911