Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- High School, Colo. Springs.
- Colorado Springs High School (El Paso County), Colorado, a stone and brick building with a square clock tower, turrets with windows, dormers and arches. "High School" is carved above the arched entrance. The building is at the northeast corner of...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Miner's dug out
- Miners pose near a stone and mud-plastered dugout house (duplex) built into a hillside, two wear caps with miners lights, one smokes a pipe. Men in suits pose near a sawhorse and wood planks.
- Dugout houses--1880-1900.; Miners--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- "The Old Roadmaster", Clear Creek
- View of Clear Creek, a rock formation identified as "The Old Roadmaster," and Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway tracks in Clear Creek Canyon (Clear Creek County or Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--1890-1900.; Union Pacific,...
- 1894
- Masonic Temple, Denver
- Second-story level view of the Masonic Temple at 16th and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado; built in 1890 by F. E. Edbrooke and Company; signage appears on building: Woodworth's Short-Hand College & Night School; awning on building at left...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- Pikes Peak Ave
- Westward view of Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado; street-car track and aerial cable runs through the tree-lined, dirt avenue; horse-drawn carriage traffic stirs the dust; at center, at the end of the avenue, the Antlers Hotel...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1898]
- Blackhawk, Colo.
- Interior view of the Toll Gate Saloon, Black Hawk, Colorado; shows arched entry windows, swinging front doors, stove in front left foreground, wooden floor with stains, and calendar from 1897 on entryway wall. Three men occupy the saloon. One...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1890.
- 1897
- South High School Exterior
- Exterior photograph of South Denver High School. A small garden appears in front of the school, with what appears to be corn growing.
- Marinoff, Oscar, 1898-1982--Archives.; Marinoff family--Archives.; South High School (Denver, Colo.).; Schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Eating Ice Cream around Saw Horses at Mission Viejo
- Adults and children standing in front of a half circle of long foil topped saw horses. There appears to be ice cream on some of the foil. The saw horses are set up on pavement in what appears to be a parking lot. A large building and multiple trees...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- 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
- Antonita García (Tonie), José García
- Studio portrait of Antonita (Tonie) García and her brother José García. They pose on a prop railroad car platform in front of a painted drop of a railroad lounge car. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves and a gathered V neck, a necklace, a...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; García, Antonita, 1907---Pictorial works.; García, José--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Brothers and...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Commerce City POW quonset hut
- View of a modified quonset hut located in Commerce City, Colorado. It was said to be once part of a Prisoner of War (POW) camp probably originally located at Rocky Mountain Arsenal. The building appears to consist of two quonset huts framed and...
- Commerce City (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Quonset huts--Colorado--Commerce City--Pictorial works.; Motorcyclists--Colorado--Commerce City--Pictorial works.; Commerce City (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2011
- 1214 Logan
- View of 1214 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the facade of a two-story single family residence constructed in 1896, which appears to have had many modifications. The house has a composition roof and a...
- Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1976
- Captain José Julián Espinosa family
- Portrait of Captain José Julián Espinosa, his daughter Teodora and her family. They are identified left to right: Front row: Erinea García and Amarante García, Middle row: José Victor García, Jr. and José Amarante García, Teodora...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Children.; Families.; Espinosa, José Julián--Family--Pictorial works.; Espinosa family--Pictorial works.; García family--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca 1909?]
- Odd Fellows Hall and Jerry Green Florist
- View of the Odd Fellows Hall located at 1545 Champa Street in the Central Business District neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has a square corner tower, classical entablature, finials, arches, a dentiled cornice and storefront windows....
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Fraternal lodges.; Historic buildings.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows--Pictorial works.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows--Buildings.; Fraternal...
- 1974
- Equipment
- View of two pieces of equipment propped near a stone wall. One tool appears to be a lamp that hangs from a long iron hook. The other may be a sprayer of some sort.
- Equipment--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Tobacco pouch
- Shows a tobacco pouch (Native American Sioux) purchased or found in Lower Brule, South Dakota. The pouch is oval and it features decorative blue, red, green and white beadwork in geometric designs; a draw string is attached at the top opening of...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Vest
- A Native American (Ute) beaded vest worn by Buckskin Charley. The vest is made of buckskin which is entirely covered with multicolor beadwork in designs of stylized American flags and geometric shapes on a white background. The interior of the vest...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Vests--1900-1930.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Associated objects.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of possibly the family of Tridor Gavordi. The mother wears a simple cotton dress with a high collar and sits in a chair with a child on her lap. Her four other children surround her. All of the girls wear simple cotton dresses. Two...
- Families--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Tzu-Chey (Mrs. Minnie Size) at Laguna Pueblo, N.M.
- A woman identified as Mrs. Minnie Size (Tzu-Chey) balances a large ceramic vessel on her head at Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico. She wears a white scarf decorated with floral designs draped over her head. Her dress is a coarse, dark colored fabric...
- Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna Indians--Women--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna pottery--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1910.; Laguna...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Water front showing Ferry Building and Telegraph Hill from San Francisco Bay
- View from San Francisco Bay of the clock tower of the Ferry Building on Market Street in San Francisco, California. Shows masts and rigging of ships anchored at the docks; sign on warehouse reads: "Pier no. 8."
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Clock towers--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Harbors--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Sailing ships--California--San...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Seal Rocks, Santa Catalina Isle
- Seals sit in the surf and sun themselves on Seal Rocks on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California, in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard.
- Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Seal Rocks (Santa Catalina Island, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Islands--California--Santa Catalina Island--1900-1910.; Seals (Animals)--California--Santa Catalina...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Seven Falls, Cheyenne Canon
- View of Seven Falls, South Cheyenne Creek, South Cheyenne Canyon (El Paso County), Colorado. A waterfall cascades down a rock face next to a wooden staircase with landings.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso...
- [1896]
- Mammoth Hot Springs, Pulpit Terraces
- View of mineral formations identified as Pulpit Terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs on the Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Pools of water and trees are on the terraces.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Mammoth Hot Springs, Pulpit Terraces
- View of mineral formations identified as Pulpit Terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs on Gardner River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Pools of water are on the travertine terraces. The National Hotel is in the distance.
- National Hotel (Yellowstone National Park)--1880-1900.; Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1880-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1880-1900.; Hotels--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park--1880-1900.; Springs--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Miner's dug-out
- Two miners stand near stone cabins (dugouts) built into the side of a hill. The men wear suits and hats. Wooden boards, metal cans, and a wagon are nearby.
- Dugout houses--1880-1900.; Miners--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Denver-Jacobson Block
- View of the Jacobson Building at the corner of 16th and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with balustrade and parapet. "1888" appears in a roof arch. Signs read: "R. D. Thompson, R. W. Steele, W. H. Malone Law...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver-Mack Block (16th at California)
- View of the Mack Building at California and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, balustrade, and rusticated stone trim. "18 Louis Mack 90" appears on pediment. Signs read:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver-Haish Manual Training School, University of Denver
- View of Haish Manual Training School located in the University of Denver Haish Building at 14th (Fourteenth) and Arapahoe Streets, Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapet, and rusticated stone trim....
- Haish Manual Training School (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; University of Denver--Buildings--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Vocational education--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Denver-Railroad Building
- View of the Railroad Building on Larimer Street between 15th (Fifteenth) and 16th (Sixteenth) Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with arched windows, balustrade and rusticated stone trim. "Railroad...
- Colorado Savings Bank--Buildings--1880-1900.; Midland Electric Co.--Buildings--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Public utility...
- [between 1882 and 1900]
- Brigham Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
- View of houses on tree-lined Brigham Street in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows people on a sidewalk, wrought iron fences and stone retaining walls in front of lawns, and a brick and stone house with bargeboard, a gabled roof,...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Residential streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Sidewalks--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- "Rooster Rock," Columbia River
- View of Rooster Rock, a basalt pillar, and dense trees beside the Columbia River in Multnomah County, Oregon. People in a canoe are near the shore of the river.
- Columbia River--1880-1910.; Multnomah County (Or.)--1880-1910.; Rooster Rock (Multnomah County, Or. : Pillar)--1880-1910.; Beaches--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1910.; Canoes--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1910.; Rivers--Oregon--Multnomah...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- St. Louis, Eads Bridge
- View of the Eads Bridge, a steel truss span bridge, in St. Louis, Missouri. A steamship is docked at a pier. Ice appears on the Mississippi River.
- Eads Bridge (Saint Louis, Mo.)--1900-1910.; Mississippi River (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Saint Louis (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Ice--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910.; Piers & wharves--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910.; Rivers--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Climbing the backbone of the Continent Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of the standard-gauge track of the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway ascending rugged mountain terrain in Colorado Rockies; at center foreground, track disappears into tunnel; near mountain-top, a smoking locomotive appears.
- Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Iron Clad Mtn. from Cave Creek on the Ward-Estes Park Auto Road
- View of three men in an early automobile on a small bridge crossing Cave Creek, on the Ward-Estes Park auto road in Colorado; fence with gate behind road; Iron Clad Mountain appears in background.
- Cave Creek (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Iron Clad Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.; Streams--Colorado--Cave Creek--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Near the Entrance of Big Thompson Canon Estes Park Auto Road
- View of Big Thompson River and dirt auto road, near the entrance of the Big Thompson Canyon, west of Loveland, Colorado; a dog appears at center on road.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1916]
- Three elevations of track Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of ascending switchbacks of the standard-gauge track of the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway in Colorado; a tunnel appears at mid-level, right; a smoking locomotive approaches the mountain- top.
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Longmont new High School
- Angle view of a new public high school in Longmont, Colorado, shows the rectangular three story brick with flat roofline and projecting entry with curved parapet. Several bicycles lean against the building. The main building with curved parapet...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- 4 Bar Ranch buildings
- View of various ranch buildings, including barns, homes, cabins, bunkhouses, and corrals, near Carbondale, Colorado; automobile appears at distant center; foothills in background.
- Ranches--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Alfalfa on the 4 Bar Ranch
- View of an alfalfa field on the 4 Bar Ranch near Carbondale, Colorado; scarecrow appears in center of field; ranch buildings and foothills in distance.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Scarecrows--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Dromedary Rock, Platte Canon
- View of rock formation, "Dromedary Rock," in Platte Canyon, southwest of Denver, Colorado; formation appears on pine-covered mountain at horizon; South Platte River in foreground; deciduous trees along river bank.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Quincy Western #1
- A train Crew poses next to Quincy Western Railway Engine No. 1 in Feather River Canyon at Hartwell, California. Locomotive built by American Locomotive Company.
- Feather River Canyon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--California--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--California--1900-1910.; Railroads--California--1900-1910.; American Locomotive Company.; Quincy Western Railway Company.
- [1909]
- Silas and James Bardwell
- Silas and James Bardwell pose in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, in cowboy hats.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.; Bardwell, James.; Bardwell, Silas.
- [1900?]
- Squires Hotel Minturn, Colo
- Men and women pose in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, by a two- story building with a covered balcony/porch and paired, double hung windows. Lathe turned piers and jigsawn balustrade finish the verandah; the stucco building has a flat roof and...
- Squires Hotel (Minturn, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Minturn (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Artificial limbs--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Platoro, Conejos County, Colo.
- View of Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado, includes log cabins, Platoro Hotel in canvas tents, sheds, saddled horses, people in front of the general store with United States flag, and Red Mountain in the background.
- Platoro (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1913?
- St Johns near Montgomery
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, a woman sits sidesaddle on a white horse. Men in suits and bowlers pose on the deck of a log house with a stone foundation and lace curtains; one appears to be a midget. This silver mining center was also...
- Midgets--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dwarfs--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Log buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Women--Colorado--Saints...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Waldorf, Colo. altitude: 11,666 feet at Post Office
- View of Waldorf, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows buildings including (l to r): power house, stable, Post Office, and cables of the bucket line from Santiago to Waldorf.
- Waldorf (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Saloons were social centers of the early mining camps
- Patrons gather around the bar inside of a saloon in the mining town of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado. "Whiskered man (left end of bar) old man H. M. Zook. C. W. Franzce is man holding beer glass which appears directly over cap of card player...
- Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Franzce, C. W.; Zook, H. M.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Pikes Peak
- View of a portion of the Pikes Peak toll road as it appears above timberline, El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.); Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Toll roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- At Fairplay, Park County
- View shows a group of miners running a complex sluicing operation on the banks of an unidentified stream near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. The stream appears to have been diverted through a deep cut to accommodate their work.
- Sluices--Colorado--Fairplay--1870-1880.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Fairplay--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1875?]
- Highland Mary Mine - 1st building in San Juan County - Highland Mary boarding house
- View of the Highland Mary Mine boarding house, in the Cunningham Gulch mining area, San Juan County, Colorado; shows mountains and a hewn log building with covered porch.
- Highland Mary Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lodging houses--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]