Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Portrait of Joseph Barter and his accordion
- Full-length studio portrait of a man identified as Joseph Barter and his accordion. He wears a dark wool suit and stands with is elbow resting on a stone pillar. An accordion sits on top of the pillar.
- Accordions--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Barter, Joseph.
- Portrait of Peter Barter and his accordion
- Full-length studio portrait of a man identified as Peter Barter with his accordion. He is dressed in a dark colored wool suit and stands with his arm resting on a stone pillar. An accordion sits on the stone pillar.
- Accordions--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Barter, Peter, resident of Las Animas County, Colo.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Van Vleet Arabian Ranch, final night party, entertainer Jack Stromberg, George Converse, Jonny [sic] Boyle, Hal Dahl, Sr.
- Four members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies stand beside a man with an accordion and sing at the L.W. Van Vleet, Lazy V V Ranch, near Nederland in Boulder County, Colorado. The accordion reads: "Italy, Soprani Inc., Rialto." The 3R members...
- Lazy V V Ranch (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Accordions--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Entertainment--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 July
- Portrait of Joseph and Pete Barter with an accordion
- Studio portrait of two men, identified as Peter and Joseph Barter, they stand on either side of a stone pillar with an accordion resting on it. They are dressed in dark wool suits with white shirts, neckties, and watch chains. They rest their arms...
- Accordions--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Barter, Joseph.; Barter, Peter, resident of Las Animas County, Colo.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Robert Trujillo's house
- View of 4030 Tejon Street, home of Robert Trujillo, long-time Chairman of the Colorado Communist Party USA, in the Sunnyside neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The Queen Anne style house features front and side gables, a covered front porch, as well...
- Trujillo, Robert, chairman, Colorado Communist Party--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Sunnyside (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses.; Trujillo, Robert, chairman, Colorado Communist Party--Homes and haunts.;...
- ca. 1980
- Portrait of a woman
- A woman sits for a studio portrait, she wears a dress with flared, three quarter length sleeves, a bertha collar with accordion pleats, and a full skirt. The woman has an upswept hairstyle with a bow. She poses on a leather chair beside a bouquet...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl with long hair and a bow on top of her head. The girl holds probably flowers and wears a dress with ruffles, short sleeves, tucked pleats on the bodice, a beaded necklace and buttoned leather boots. She stands beside a...
- Girls--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a group of men
- Full-length studio portrait of a group of men, including Peter and Barter, gathered around a table with bottles and glasses of beer. One man holds an accordion; all wear dark wool suits.
- Men--1890-1900.; Barter, Joseph.; Barter, Peter, resident of Las Animas County, Colo.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A man in a tuxedo is smiling at another man in the foreground, who has a bandana around his neck. A man in the background with his back to the camera is playing an accordion.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Reunions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Davis, Jefferson Hayes.
- August, 1939
- A delegation & musicians from the Y.M.C.A. plan to greet Will Rogers at Union Station. The stockyard stagecoach was used as a backdrop for this photo.
- Men and women (a Y.M.C.A. delegation of musicians) laugh and hold cowboy hats, an accordion (Palizzi), a cornet, pistols, and a whip, in Denver, Colorado. Costume includes chaps, woolies, bandanas, gauntlets, and conchos.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Young Men's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.)
- 1925
- Confederate reunion
- Interior view of a bar in Trinidad, Colorado, cluttered with bottles, glasses, spoons, cash and bowls. A marine wears dress blues and cap with band insignia. A woman in a satin cowboy shirt and white cowboy hat is being embraced by a man. A man...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bars--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Reunions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Jewish Community Center, Purim parade, 1973
- A man with an accordion and a woman dressed as Queen Esther lead other costumed adults and children in a parade to celebrate Purim. Shows a residential street probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Jews--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Purim--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Accordions--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1973 Mar. 23
- Musical quintet
- Group portrait of musicians in Denver, Colorado who pose indoors by an accordion, violin, bass viola, steel and acoustic guitars, a banjo, and a microphone with letters: "NBC." Men's outfits include western shirts, bandanas, and cowboy boots.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Music ensembles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Half-full dance floor, Zirocco: party for Headquarters Company
- Party held by Tenth Mountain Division Headquarters Company June 8, 1945, in Zirocco, Italy. Dancers take to the floor; a band with drum, violin, bass violin, accordion, and saxophone occupies a corner platform while many faces look through the...
- Dance parties--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; Dancing--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 June 8
- Full dance floor, Zirocco: party for Headquarters Company
- Party held by Tenth Mountain Division Headquarters Company June 8, 1945 in Zirocco, Italy. Dancers take to the floor; a band with drum, violin, bass violin, accordion, and saxophone occupies a corner platform while many faces look through the...
- Dance parties--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; Dancing--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 June 8
- USO show comedy skit
- his left hand. Beside him is another woman in a cowgirl suit looks at the man in uniform. Behind her and to the right is a man in an oficer's uniform who looks at the man in the GI uniform. On the far right is a man with an accordion who is looking...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- USO show musical number
- a GI uniform playing a slide trombone while kneeling turned toward the woman lunging so that the slide almost touches her knee.; Seven members of a United Service Organizations, USO troop, perform a musical number on stage. Shows left to right: a...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- C. Newman and L. Wainright [residences]
- View of the C. Newman and L. Wainright residences probably on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The Newman house is a clapboard sided Victorian bungalow with a bay window, a cross gable roof, and a porch with decorative...
- Newman, C.--Homes & haunts.; Wainright, L.--Homes & haunts.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Pump house
- View of a wooden building identified as a pump house at probably a mill in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The building has a pitched roof, clapboard siding and a gable with vertical panels. A smokestack is nearby.
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- House
- View of a brick house with a cross gable roof, decorative bargeboard, a porch, chimneys, and an oculus possibly on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The two story house has a bay window, and stone window sills and lintels....
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- W.M. Keightley [residence]
- View of the W.M. Keightley house probably on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The house, constructed of brick with fish-scale shingles on the upper story, has a cross gable and a cat slide roof with a convex slope. The...
- Keightley, W. M.--Homes & haunts.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Presbyterian [church]
- View of the First Presbyterian church at 1161 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The Queen Anne style sandstone building has a cross gable roof with dentils, gothic stained glass windows, a covered entrance and a bell tower...
- First Presbyterian Church (Durango, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Peeple's Hotel
- View of the Peeples Hotel (later the Rochester Hotel) at 726 E. 2nd (Second) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The two story brick building has a flat roof, a wooden balcony, arched windows, and decorative brick corbeling.
- Peeples Hotel (Durango, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Williams' Block
- View of the William's Block probably on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a brick, two story building with a stepped parapet and decorative pediments. The front of the building has decorative brickwork, stone lintels and...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- E.J.H. Amy's [residence]
- View of the Ernest J.H. Amy house (later Hood Mortuary) at 1261 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The three story shingle style house is constructed of rusticated stone and rustic shingles, and it has multi pane windows, a...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Young, F. H.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Schneider Block
- View of the Schneider Block probably on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Men pose in front of the two story corner brick building which has a decorative cornice with brackets, stone coursework, a porch, and a decorative pediment....
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Ricker Block
- View of the Ricker Block on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows brick buildings with decorative cornices and brickwork, pediments, and arched windows. The buildings have awnings. Signs read: "Shaving 15 cts," "The Delmonico,...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bakeries--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Brick Block
- View of the Brick Block probably on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. A horse drawn wagon is parked in the dirt street in front of brick buildings. The buildings have ornate cornices with brackets and dentils. One buildings has...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Public baths--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Shops & stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- School house - north side
- View of a brick school in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a two story building with a double hip roof, bracketed cornices, an oculus, a decorative brick course, and arched windows with keystones. Wooden fences, out buildings and a barn...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Grand Lake camp evening jam
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members play instruments during an evening performance in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. Pete Smythe wears a cowboy hat, holds a pipe in his mouth, and plays bongo drums. Other men play an accordion and a bass...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Accordions--Colorado--Grand Lake--1950-1960.; Entertainment--Colorado--Grand Lake--1950-1960.; Hand drums--Colorado--Grand Lake--1950-1960.; Musical...
- 1957
- Antelope [i.e. Arapaho] Valley Lodge camp Rudy Paulson as M.C., Marion "Ging" Gingerich, Pete Smythe, John Eastman.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members stand on a stage during a raffle on the group's annual trail ride at a camp at Arapaho Valley Lodge near Grand Lake, Colorado. Rudy Paulson speaks into a microphone. Pete Smythe is behind a man with an...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Grand County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Accordions--1950-1960.; Entertainment--Colorado--Grand County--1950-1960.; Musicians--Colorado--Grand County--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Grand...
- 1957
- Flour mill
- View of the San Juan Mills flour mill in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a four story clapboard sided building with windows and sliding doors. Men stand in one of the doorways. The building has a catwalk on the roof and a wooden chute...
- San Juan Mills (Flour mill : Durango, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flour & meal industry--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Methodist Episcopal, south
- View of a Methodist Episcopal church probably on Third Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The building is rusticated stone with a pitched roof, bell tower, steeple, and oculus. The steeple and bell tower have gothic style openings, a...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Strater Hotel
- View of the four story Strater Hotel at 699 Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The American Victorian style hotel features decorative brickwork, arched windows with keystones, ornate bracketed cornices, finials, a balustrade, a...
- Strater Hotel (Durango, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Architects' offices--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- W.C. Chapman's [hardware store]
- Men, a horse drawn wagon, and an omnibus bus are stopped in front of a hardware store owned by W.C. Chapman, possibly on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a brick building with show windows, arched second story windows, a...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Judge Sumner residence
- View of the residence of District Court Judge George T. Sumner (6th Judicial District) on East 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The Victorian style house has a gabled roof with a clipped gable, fish-scales and bargeboard,...
- Sumner, Geo. T. (George T.)--Homes & haunts.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- N.Y. & S.J. Smelter
- View of the New York & San Juan Smelter near Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows wooden buildings with metal monitor-roofs, brick smoke stacks, a retaining wall, ore car tracks and tailings piles, and a conveyor system. The smelter is beside...
- New York & San Juan Smelter (Durango, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Methodist Episcopal Church
- View of a Methodist Episcopal Church probably on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a brick, cross gabled building with Gothic stained glass windows, a wooden bell tower, oculi, and a steeple with finials. Houses are...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- School house - south side
- View of a two story brick school in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The building has a hip roof with a cross gable, a projecting central pavilion with a mansard roof and roof cresting, brick coursing, and decorative wood bargeboard and gable...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- A.P. Camp [residence]
- View of the home of Alfred Phineas Camp on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a wooden house with a hip roof, stick style architectural elements that include horizontal siding with vertical studs around windows,...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Camp, A. P. (Alfred Phineas)--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- H. Schrader and P. Schnee
- View of brick commercial buildings probably on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Storefront businesses are in one and two story brick buildings. On the brick "Star Bakery" building, a pediment reads: "1890," and a plaque reads:...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bakeries--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Barber shops--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Union Block
- Men on a sidewalk and in a wagon pose in front of the Union Block possibly on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a row of one story brick businesses with dentils, bracketed cornices, pilasters, and display windows. Signs on...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drugstores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Iron works
- View of an iron works in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows rusticated stone buildings with corrugated metal roofs and monitors. One building has an arched entrance and wooden doors. A conveyor system, hoist, machinery and railroad tracks...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Conveying systems--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Iron industry--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- H.M. West and - Bowman [residences]
- A woman holds a child and stands in front of one of two houses with porches, possibly on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The houses have stick style architectural elements that include cross gabled roofs, horizontal...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; West, H. M.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Prewitt & Arnold
- Men and a horse stand in front of a row of commercial buildings probably on Main Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. One man holds a cane, and leans against a utility pole. The one story buildings have bracketed cornices, pilasters, and...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business & finance--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Insurance companies--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.; Real estate business--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- F. H. Young [residence]
- View of the F. H. Young house on 3rd (Third) Avenue in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. The three story house has stick style elements that include cross gables, horizontal siding with vertical studs, a porch with arched brackets, geometric...
- Young, F. H.--Homes & haunts.; Durango (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Durango--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Julia H. Gardiner
- Studio bust portrait of Julia Hilda Gardiner, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Gardiner has layers of curled bangs and her hair is pulled back. Her blouse is gathered at the neckline and she wears a jacket with puffed sleeves and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Gardiner, Julia H. (Julia Hilda); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Mary (Mamie) Magdalene McCallin
- Studio bust portrait of Mary (Mamie) M. McCallin, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Profile portrait shows McCallin's wavy hair pinned back in a twist or braid. Her dress has a bertha collar with accordion pleats, and bows on the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; McCallin, Mary Magdalene.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Sara Isabel Recker
- Studio bust portrait of Sara (Sady) Isabel Recker, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Recker's curly hair is parted in the middle and pulled back. She wears a pince-nez and a dress with puffed sleeves, grosgrain ribbon bows, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eyeglasses--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Recker, Sara Isabel.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Mamie (Mary) M. McCallin
- Studio bust portrait of Mamie (Mary) Magdalene McCallin, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. McCallin's curly hair is pulled loosely back. Her dress has an accordion pleated bertha collar, oversized puffed sleeves, ribbon bows on...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; McCallin, Mary Magdalene.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897