Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Civil War veterans
- A large group of men is gathered outside in a grove of trees at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The group is probably comprised of Civil War veterans invited to see Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as guests of Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- William F. Cody with "Pawnee Bill" and "Buffalo Jones"
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with Gordon "Pawnee Bill" Lillie and "Buffalo Jones" for a full-length studio portrait. Cody, on the left, holds a rifle propped on its end. He wears a buckskin coat with tassles, a large square buckle on...
- Wild west shows--1900-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1926.; Jones, Charles Jesse, 1844-1919.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- [Thirty-third] 33rd Anniversary Convention, B.Y.P.U. of A., Denver, Colo.
- Panoramic group portrait of people at the Baptist Young People's Union of America convention at the Denver City Auditorium in downtown Denver, Colorado. Young men and women wear suits and ties or dresses, hats, caps, fezzes, and feathered headbands...
- Baptist Young People's Union of America--People--1920-1930.; City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Religious meetings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young...
- 1924 July 9-13
- Twin Lakes, Colorado
- View of Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; shows a frame hotel with antlers in the gable and a sign: "Inter-Laken."
- Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Group of Japanese women, men and young girls
- A group of Japanese-American women, men and young girls pose in front of the Colorado Times newspaper office at 1930 Lawrence in Denver, Colorado. The women and young girls wear kimonos. The men wear suits and ties. In front row, third from left is...
- Japanese Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- The outdoor, family portrait in Idaho Springs, Colorado shows two men, three women, and a young boy standing around a flat plank bridge between two large trees. A hot springs pavilion is raised on a hill behind them. The women wear a hat and dress...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Shoemaker, Clyde.
- 1905
- Fort Logan
- Panoramic view of buildings, roads, and trees at Fort Logan, Colorado. Frame structures include probably barracks and officer's quarters. Trees and foothills are in the distance.
- Fort Logan (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barracks--Colorado--Fort Logan--1900-1910.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Fort Logan--1900-1910.; Officers' quarters--Colorado--Fort Logan--1900-1910.
- [1910?]
- Suspension bridges
- View of the Triborough Bridge and the Hell Gate Railroad Bridge in the borough of Queens, New York City, New York. A woman in uniform and garrison cap sits on a bench in Astoria Park.
- Astoria Park (New York, N.Y.)--1940-1950.; Hell Gate Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--1940-1950.; New York (N.Y.)--1940-1950.; Queens (New York, N.Y.)--1940-1950.; Triborough Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--American--New York...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- YWCA main building
- View of the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A) building at 1545 Glenarm Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a six story Georgian style building. A sign above the door reads: "Y.W.C.A. Cafeteria." A sign painted on the side of the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian associations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Attack on stagecoach
- A group of Native Americans reenacts an attack on the Deadwood Stagecoach in a dirt arena during a peformance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. A man, possibly scout John Y. Nelson, sits on top of the back of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Stagecoaches.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Baby boy
- Studio portrait of a baby boy. He sits on a chair covered with a fur blanket and wears a baptismal gown.
- Boys--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Breaking New Ground
- A man swings a pick ax at a large rock in Nepera Park, upper Yonkers, New York. The rock sits in an indentation in a small cliff. The man wears a hat.
- Yonkers (N.Y.)--1890-1920.; Miners--New York--Yonkers--1890-1920.; Mining--New York--Yonkers--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- The Bell VTOL jet propelled vertical-rising airplane
- View of a Bell Aircraft jet propelled vertical rising airplane in flight at Niagara Falls (Niagara County) New York; letters read: "Experimental," and "NIIO5V."
- Bell Aircraft Corporation--Products--1950-1960.; Vertically rising aircraft--New York--Niagara Falls--1950-1960.; Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--1950-1960.; Airplanes--American--New York--Niagara Falls--1950-1960.; Flight testing--New York--Niagara...
- 1954, November 16
- Scene near A. Y. & Minnie Mine, Leadville
- View of the A.Y. and Minnie Mine operation, in Lake County, Colorado; shows mine ore processing sheds, tailings, elevators, and cribbing.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Lake County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Lake County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Col. Tim McCoy & His Indian Line Up Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus
- Colonel Tim McCoy and ten Native Americans (Dakota Sioux, Arapaho and Crow) pose on horseback in front of a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus tent in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York. The Native Americans wear beaded...
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows--People--1930-1940.; Arapaho Indians--New York--Schenectady--1930-1940.; Crow Indians--New York--Schenectady--1930-1940.; Dakota Indians--New York--Schenectady--1930-1940.; Indians of North...
- 1935 July 9
- Looking east from power house showing Victoria St. bridge, Vail Hotel, and R.R. Y.M.C.A.
- Men work to remove mud from an Arkansas River flood on Victoria Avenue near the Victoria Avenue bridge in Pueblo, Colorado. A man on a tractor pulls a shovel; a man on foot assists. Men stand near railroad tracks near uprooted trees, rubble, parts...
- Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Organizations'...
- [1921 June]
- Y.M.C.A., Pueblo, Colo.
- Exterior view of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) building, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a four-story flat-roof brick building with parapet entablature, stone quoins framing windows, entryway with Doric columns and a shelf. "Y. M. C. A."...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Young Men's Christian associations--Colorado--Pueblo--1910- 1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Cracked safe at Golden Eagle dry goods
- Shows a dynamited small safe inside an office at Golden Eagle Dry Goods at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Patrolman Lawrence Stone (at left) and Marshall Y. Chapman inspect the damage. Shows debris on floor, desk, chair,...
- Golden Eagle Dry Goods Co. (Denver, Colo.)(--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Detectives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.;...
- [May 1931]
- Camp Nizhoni, Phyllis Wheatley Y.W.C.A.
- View of a two-story wooden building on the grounds of Camp Nizhoni, the Phyllis Wheatley Y.W.C.A. camp, in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. A sign reads: "Y.W.C.A. Camp." Stones on the ground spell out "NIZHONI."
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities--1920-1930.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1920-1930.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1928
- Central City, 1864
- City Bakery stands farther down the block next door to the Young American Clothing Hall. Another store has the word "Stoves" painted on its front facade. On the near side of Main Street in the center midground is the two-story, wood frame building...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [1864?]
- Central City, Colorado
- and the grocery and provision store of Mason M. Seavey. In the right center foreground is the wood-frame building with a false front that housed the Chinese laundry shop where a fire started May 21, 1874 and destroyed most of the business section...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- [between 1864 and 1870?]
- First YWCA cottage at Alexander Lake
- View of the Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) cabin near Alexander Lake in Delta County, Colorado. Shows a snow-covered, two-story log cabin with upper and lower porches.
- Delta County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camps--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Log cabins--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Organizations' facilities--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Young Women's...
- 1922
- Buffalo Bill with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of the Deadwood Stagecoach while John Y. Nelson, scout and driver of the stagecoach, sits on the top with two of his Sioux children. Jule Keen, treasurer of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits...
- Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Bronco Bill.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d....
- [1889?]
- Adirondacks - Mirror Lake
- A view of Mirror Lake in the Adirondack Mountains (Essex County), New York; shows landscape with cottages, fences, boathouses, and hotels near the lake.
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--1890-1900.; Essex County (N.Y.)--1890-1900.; Mirror Lake (Essex County, N.Y.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--New York--Essex County--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- Coverlet
- Woven jacquard coverlet, made of blue wool and cotton wefts with cotton warp threads in the double weave technique. American spread eagle in each corner, overall geometric floral pattern and words: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall", "Eve Nellis,...
- Bedspreads--1850-1860.
- 1858
- He is risen
- A man and woman watch an angel ascend to heaven.
- Angels--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Floral stairway - Prospect Park - Brooklyn
- View of landscaping at Prospect Park in Brooklyn (New York City), New York, includes stairs and flowerbeds.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--1900-1920.; New York (N.Y.)--1900-1920.; Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)--1900-1920.; Benches--New York (State)--New York--1900-1920.; Flowers--New York (State)--New York--1900-1920.; Parks--New York (State)--New...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Brigham Young's old mill, Liberty Park, Salt Lake City
- View of an adobe and timber building, the Chase grist mill, at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. The barn-like building has a gable roof with a raised center and clerestory windows, windows with wooden sills and lintels, a...
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Homes & haunts.; Liberty Park (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1900-1910.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Mills--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Lake George - The Narrows from Shelving Rock
- A hotel is on the shore of Lake George at Shelving Rock in Washington County, New York. The building is a two story structure with a mansard roof. A dock extends into the waters of Lake George, and small wooded islands dot the lake.
- George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)--1880-1910.; Shelving Rock (N.Y.)--1880-1910.; Washington County (N.Y.)--1880-1910.; Hotels--New York (State)--Washington County--1880-1910.; Islands--New York (State)--Washington County--1880-1910.; Lakes & ponds--New...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Herman Hauser's jewelry store on Harrison Ave
- View of businesses on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado; men pose in front of storefronts with display windows and signs: "John F. Humphrey's & Co. Real Estate & Mining Agents," "Hauser the Jeweler," and "Saddle Rock Restaurant, 417."
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- The John Zanett family owned and lived in this house from 1918 - 1953
- Exterior view of the John Zanett house, 529 Fourth (4th) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Two men, a young boy on a rocking horse, a woman and young girl on a two-seat swing glider pose in the front yard.
- Zanett, John--Family--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Zanett, John--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Children--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Gliders (Outdoor furniture)--Colorado--Ouray--1910-1930.; Hobby...
- [between 1919 and 1925]
- Central City from the side of Mammoth Hill looking up Gregory and Eureka Gulches
- Rendering of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows dwellings, businesses, and mining facilities. Pedestrians and wagons are in the streets and on a retaining wall housing a culvert for Clear Creek. Men and women are in the foreground;...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Salida, Colo
- View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows Denver and Rio Grande railroad depot, tracks, freight cars, Arkansas River with bridges, dwellings and businesses.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Arkansas River--1870-1880.; Salida (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Black Hawk looking up Gregory and Chase's Gulches
- Reproduction of pencil rendering; shows Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado, with Gregory Gulch, Chase Gulch, residences, businesses, and mining facilities.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Elizabethtown, Clear Creek County, from the Griffith Tunnel
- Reproduction of lithograph; shows Elizabethtown (later Georgetown), Clear Creek County, Colorado, with men and ore car.
- Elizabethtown (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Pike's Peak and Colorado City
- Reproduction of lithograph of A. E. Mathews' drawing of Colorado City, El Paso County, Colorado; shows houses and Pikes Peak.
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Independence Mine and Mill, Cripple Creek Dist.
- View of the Independence Mine and Mill, Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The town of Independence is in the distance.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Stratton Independence Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Victor (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mills--Colorado--Victor--1910-1920.;...
- October 6, 1910
- Central City Play Festival
- The renovated Central City Opera House, seen from the east, was described as "the finest temple of the Muse west of the Missouri." Designed by Architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, the oldest opera house in Colorado is constructed of Gilpin County...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [1937]
- Will Rogers (center with lasso) in Denver
- Will Rogers holds a lariat, by a saddle, in Denver, Colorado, at a Y.M.C.A. membership drive. Men and a woman smile in cowboy costumes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Rogers, Will, 1879-1935.; Young Men's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.)
- 1925
- Pioneer Jubilee, Salt Lake City
- Floats pulled by horses at the Pioneer Jubilee Parade, Salt Lake City, Utah. A decorated arch on two pedestals reads: "Education"; two women sit beneath the arch in white dresses; they hold scrolls and signs that read: "B. Y. College". An arch in...
- Utah Pioneer Jubilee (1897 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Anniversaries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.;...
- 1897
- Harrison Avenue in Leadville
- This view to the northwest of busy Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a street filled with pedestrians on boardwalks, carriages and horse drawn wagons, one with milk cans. The three story brick commercial block on the corner has a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Leadville pioneer homes
- Pioneer Leadville residents pose in front of their early homes in 1879, Colorado. The man and woman in the center, dressed in their finest, stand with their baby girl on a wood chair. Two men and another woman stand next to them, with a nursing...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Pioneers--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Workmen stand on steel girders and horse-drawn wagons haul materials. The Masonic Temple and the 1st (First) Congregational Church are...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1890, November 1
- Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- Native American Lakota Sioux including Red Cloud Oglala chief, wearing sunglasses, pose with Major John Burke, general manager of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show, and possibly John Y. Nelson, with beard, in front of a log cabin, Pine Ridge...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--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.; Teton Indians--South...
- [1890]
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen pose on steel scaffolding and near marble columns at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, April 21
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons haul materials at the site. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, May 5
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a building read: "Hughes & Keith Sanitary Supply Co....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, May 21
- Equitable Building construction
- View of the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a building read: "Hughes & Keith Sanitary Supply Co....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, June 25
- Equitable Building construction
- Workmen work at the Equitable Building construction site at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. The Masonic Temple and 1st (First) Congregational Church are nearby. Signs on a building read: "Hughes & Keith Sanitary Supply Co....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver Equitable Building Company--1890-1900.
- 1891, June 11
- Assaying precious metals in Leadville, Colo., $3,723 in two gold bricks on scale pan
- Interior view of a mine assay laboratory in Leadville, Colorado; shows furnaces, a cabinet balance-scale, ore samples, and a man working with tongs.
- Assaying--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Leadville (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]