Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 29, 1912 July 20
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 17, 1914 June 13
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 1, 1914 November 14
- Municipal Facts: Volume 14 Numbers 3 and 4, 1931 March-April
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 10, 1913 February 22
- Coal trips, C. F. & I., Rouse, Colo.
- A team of six mules pull coal carts out of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Rouse Mine at Rouse (Huerfano County), Colorado. The animals are harnessed single-file and pull the carts down a narrow gauge track. A few miners are on the tracks in the...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Facilities--1880-1910.; Rouse (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Rouse Mine (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rouse--1880-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Rouse--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1888 and 1910?]
- Pack train, Silverton
- View of a pack train of burros on 13th (Thirteenth) Street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. The animals are loaded with iron track, a man in a suit, vest and hat stands next to a burro with an ore car. Shows frame, gable-roof and false...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Burros--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Picture writing Yellow Jacket Canyon, Colo.
- View of a rock face with carved North American Indian (Ancestral Puebloan) pictographs in Yellow Jacket Canyon, probably in Montezuma County, Colorado. Includes anthropomorphic figures, animals and designs.
- Indians of North American--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1900-1910.; Montezuma County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock art.
- [1900?]
- Mountain meadows horse & buggy on road
- A man poses in a horse-drawn buggy on a mountain road in Colorado. Animals graze in the meadow below.
- Carriages & coaches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Meadows--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Taxidermy
- A man poses near taxidermy animals which include mountain lions on woven baskets and a moose possibly at the Carter Museum in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado.
- Hides & skins--Colorado--1890-1910.; Taxidermy--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mr. Edwin Carter and wolf
- Naturist and Taxidermist Edwin Carter from Breckenridge, Colorado stands next to a taxidermied wolf possibly in the Carter museum. Other prepared animals are on display in the background.
- Taxidermists--Colorado--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1900.; Taxidermy--Colorado--1890-1900.; Wolves--Colorado--1890-1900.; Carter, Edwin, Taxidermist.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Art Bible illustration Noah
- Close-up view of a drawing that depicts Noah and a group of animals.
- Biblical events.; Men--1890-1910.; Noah (Biblical figure)
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Sopris School
- View of a diorama that depicts a farm house, barn, and animals at the Sopris School in Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. A sign on the table reads: "Which."
- Sopris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dioramas--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.; Models--Colorado--Sopris--1910-1920.
- [1915]
- Bakersfield. Santa Fe oil district
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows wooden oil derricks and canvas tents in an oil field near Bakersfield (Kern County), California. Shows a farm house and outbuildings, fenced pasture and animals and hay stacked around a...
- Bakersfield (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Oil wells--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Petroleum industry--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Views in Leadville, Colorado from photographs by Jackson and Collier, Denver, Colorado
- Reproduction shows scenes in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, as printed in "The Daily Graphic." Vignettes are identified as: "Main Street, Robert E. Lee Mine, Harrison's Smelter, Grant Smelter, Court-House and Post Office, State Street, and Tabor...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Government facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Newspapers--New York City--New York--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Westminster College, now Pillar of Fire Church Harry Rhoads behind steering wheel
- Harry M. Rhoads, behind the steering wheel, poses in a convertible with passenger in front of Westminster University or College, at 3455 West 83rd Avenue in Westminster (Adams County), Colorado. Animals graze in the barren field in which the...
- Rhoads, Harry Mellon 1880 or 81-1975.; Westminster College (Westminster, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Westminster (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Westminster--1890-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Westminster--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Denver to have the Carter Collection
- Reproduction of a Denver Republican newspaper cartoon; shows man with sign: "The Carter Collection" leading indigenous animals (representing the Edwin Carter museum) from Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado.
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- The zoo, City Park, Denver
- Zoo at City Park, Denver, Colorado; early group touring automobile parked across dirt street from zoo fences & cages; men, women & children viewing animals (not in view) behind bars.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Zoos--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Harriet & Mary Elizabeth Rhoads
- Mary Elizabeth and Harriet Rhoads pose in winter clothes, holding toy stuffed animals.
- Children playing with toys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harriet.; Rhoads, Mary Elizabeth.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Haber & Gebhard Meat Market, Central City
- Two steers, one held by a boy and one held by a man in a butcher's apron, stand in front of the commercial buildings along unpaved Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. A man in a butcher's apron and a cowboy hat sits on a horse behind the boy...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1879]
- Bedroom in a miniature doll's house
- View of a doll house interior in Denver, Colorado. Shows furniture, dolls, stuffed animals, a tea set, dresser, dolls in beds, and a Christmas tree with presents.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Dollhouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Dolls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Interiors.; Toys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Christmas
- Interior view of a living room in a house in (probably) Denver, Colorado; shows small children and toys by a decorated Christmas tree. Shows: fireplace, toy piano, stuffed animals, and doll.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children playing with toys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Ignacio
- Interior view Native American school, Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado, includes children's artwork showing animals and a shelf of illustrated paper cutouts.
- Indians of North America--Education--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Art--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Salish Indians, totem poles
- A white woman in a dark dress and hat is sitting on a wooden wall and is flanked by three Native American (Coastal Salish) totem poles. Two of the poles consist of stylized birds over animals, the third (near) pole has human and animal...
- Coast Salish Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Totem poles--1890-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Salish Indians, totem poles
- Small groups of people stand near Native American (Coastal Salish) totem poles, false front buildings, and a pier. Animals carved on the poles include birds, fish, and mammals.
- Coast Salish Indians--Spiritual life--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Totem poles--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Powhatan's mantle of deerskin with figures worked in shells
- Powhatan's deerskin mantle, with figures worked in shells, shows a central man figure flanked by two animals and surrounded by circular objects, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England.
- Ashmolean Museum--Exhibitions & displays--1940-1970.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1940-1970.; Powhatan Indians--Arts & crafts--1940-1970.; Capes (Clothing)--1940-1970.; Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618--Associated objects.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Central City barber shop ca. 1866
- Interior view of a barber shop in Central City, Colorado; shows men being shaved, shaving implements, mirrors, stuffed animals, and a hanging lamp.
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Barbershops--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Interiors--1860-1870.
- [1866?]
- Salish Indians, arts and crafts
- A Native American (Coastal Salish) man sits amid a display of arts and crafts. Shows wooden fish carvings with long dorsal fins (possibly used to steer boats), clothing, mosaics of various animals on cloth, carved paddles, totems, carved masks,...
- Coast Salish Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Handicraft--1890-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Pearsall's meat market
- The exterior view of the Solomon Pearsall Meat Market at 136 West Second Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a group of men posed on the boardwalk outside the open doors of the shop. Two men wear long white aprons. Carcasses of fowl, rabbits, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- Interior view Carter Museum
- This view of the Edwin Carter Museum in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes numerous taxidermied animals, including a buffalo, a burro with a cargo rack, cats, and antlered species fill the image.
- Edwin Carter Museum (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Breckenridge--1870-1900.; Interiors--1870-1900.; Taxidermy--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Herd of elk & snow pile in front of Library
- View of elk in Denver, Colorado, during an Elks Club convention. The animals and a pile of snow are in a pen by the Denver Public Library.
- Elks (Fraternal order)--Meetings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Elk--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914, July 13-19
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, is a town of tent dwellings and simple, one-story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Balfour, Colo. 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Balfour, Colo., 10 days old
- The new settlement of Balfour, Colorado, in Park County, situated on the plains of the San Luis Valley, consists of tents, and simple, one- story, wood-frame buildings with gables. Split-rail fences enclose small yards that contain animals. Some...
- Balfour (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Balfour--1890-1900.
- December 31, 1893
- Christmas tree
- Interior shows a Christmas tree with decorations, toy soldiers with a castle, a miniature barnyard set with animals, and a tricycle, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Christmas trees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Toys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903
- Curtis Street in Theatre Row Denver, Colorado.
- Nighttime view of theaters on Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the edge of the street. Signs read: "Colorado," "Empress," "Strand," "Princess," and "Rialto Trailing Wild Animals and 'Toll of the Sea.'"
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1922]
- United States National Bank Building
- Interior view of the United States National Bank lobby, 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Street, Denver, Colorado, shows the marble vestibule with vaulted ceiling; Allen True paintings of Western animals and Native American motifs from San Ildefonso...
- United States National Bank (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Lobbies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- United States National Bank Building
- Interior view of the United States National Bank lobby, 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout, Denver, Colorado, shows the marble vestibule with vaulted ceiling with Allen True paintings depicting Western animals and Native American motifs from San...
- United States National Bank (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Lobbies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1932?]
- Georgetown Courier
- Interior view of the Georgetown Courier building in Georgetown, Colorado. Shows a small printing press, probably the Washington hand press that Jesse Summers Randall, the newspaper's editor, bought from the Colorado Miner newspaper, and a large...
- Georgetown Courier--Facilities--1880-1890; Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Printing presses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.
- [between 1884 and 1888?]
- Daniels & Fisher
- Interior view of the Daniels and Fisher store in Denver, Colorado; shows racks of fur shawls, Christmas trees, and taxidermied animals.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902?]
- Daniels & Fisher
- Interior view of the Daniels and Fisher store in Denver, Colorado; shows racks of clothes, Christmas trees, and taxidermied animals.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Merchandise...
- [1902?]
- Fort Logan World War I
- Three soldiers, in uniform, pose with two chained bears in their camp, Fort Logan, Colorado. The men feed the bears treats as the animals stand on their hind legs. Tents and cots show behind them.
- World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Fort Logan.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bears--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; Soldiers--Colorado--Fort Logan--1910-1920.; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
- [1917]
- Indians butchering cattle
- Native American (Plains) men and women butcher cattle in an open field. Two men are on horseback and stand near two separate animals. The men wear hats.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Great Plains--1910-1930.; Beef cattle--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Slaughtering--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Women--Great Plains--1910-1930.
- [between 1912 and 1925?]
- Denver, business, novelties
- Interior view of a children's toy store in (probably) Denver, Colorado; shows display of children's riding toys, wagons, free-standing wooden frame swing, rocking horses, small cars, drums, animals, model assembly kits, doll houses, airplanes, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hobby horses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Swings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- The world and two gods of the weather
- A Native American Sioux symbolic drawing depicts several figures, birds, animals, and a tepee.
- Dakota Indians--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Symbols--1850-1860.
- [1864?]
- C.L. McFadden & Son Taxidermists
- Interior view of C.L. McFadden & Son's taxidermy shop in Denver, Colorado; shows rugs and taxidermied animals including zebra, bear, deer, a fawn, fox, moose, heron, swan, duck and mountain lion.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Denham theater
- Interior view of a play at the Denham theater in Denver, Colorado; shows actors, actresses, and stage props including a fireplace, taxidermied animals, and curtains painted with meander borders. A man is tied up as a hostage.
- Denham Theatre (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Festival of Mountain and Plain parade float
- View of a parade float, built for the Festival of Mountain and Plain, in Denver, Colorado. The float depicts animals that include a parrot, goat, and monkey on and near a water well surrounded by large plants.
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Ohio & Colorado Smelting and Refining Company
- Men, women, and children pose beneath the framework of a tunnel being constructed by the Colorado and Ohio Smelting and Refining Company, Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. The tunnel vented gas from a furnace to the stack at upper right....
- Ohio & Colorado Smelting and Refining Company--1900-1910.; Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]