Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- "Peppard" fountain
- Shows a fountain with a statue of two children and a pool below. City Park lake (Ferril Lake) and the pavilion are in the background. The statue is in memory of John & Minnie Peppard and their children.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Peppard, John--Monuments.; Peppard,...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Memorial to "Our Fathers" Daughters of Union Veterans
- Shows a sundial monument in granite stone at City Park in Denver, Colorado. Shows a plaque with a man's face, below the plaque the words: "Erected in memory of our fathers by the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865." carved below.
- Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War--Commemoration.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.;...
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Sopris statue
- A view of the Sopris statue at City Park in Denver, Colorado. The statue is of a young boy that stands on a sundial. A cement bench surrounds the statue and a man made pool is below it. The City Park Pavilion is behind the statue.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sopris, Elizabeth Allen--Monuments.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Colo. Yule Marble Co. quarries, Marble, Colo.
- View towards Colorado Yule Marble Company quarries from tramway below entrances, Marble, Colorado; wooden steps (stairway with railing) leads to upper adits and buildings; crane is anchored to quarry walls with pulley system below on tramway track;...
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- 5th Royal Irish Lancers
- The 5th Royal Irish Lancers pose in uniform in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Most of the men wear helmets with tassles hanging from the top. Some of them hold their helmets on their laps....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Great Britain. Army Royal Irish Lancers, 5th.]; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Annie Oakley
- Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses poses in the center foreground in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Annie Oakley, who was one of the major attractions to the show, wears a dress and a cowboy hat...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Arabs
- A group of Arabs on horseback rides through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear turbans and capes. Several soldiers are stopped on their horses in the right background. Those men wear helmets and carry...
- Arabs--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Black Heart and wife, Rocky Bear, Standing Bear
- Three Sioux chiefs, including Black Heart, Rocky Bear and Standing Bear, wear feather headdresses and pose on a platform in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Black Heart's wife sits next to him in the...
- Black Heart--Wife.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Black Heart.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Standing Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- 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?]
- Camp barber shop
- Two barbers stand in a barber tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men wear white coats. One man leans his arm against a reclining barber chair. Several mirrors hang on the wall in the left...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Barbering--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Cavalry charge
- A group of riders performs a cavalry charge in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The riders in the left midground wear light-colored uniforms, while those in the right...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horse shows.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Cavalry maze
- A man, probably an announcer, sits on a wood platform in an arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Numerous horseback riders representing different nationalities perform a cavalry maze in...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horse shows.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a wide-brimmed hat and a buckskin coat with tassles and small beads sewn on it in a pattern that forms bands of flowers. He wears...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a wide-brimmed hat and a buckskin coat with tassles and small beads sewn on it in a pattern that forms bands of flowers. He wears...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a wide-brimmed hat and a buckskin coat with tassles and small beads sewn on it in a pattern that forms bands of flowers. He wears...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears a wide-brimmed hat and a buckskin coat with tassles and small beads sewn on it in a pattern that forms bands of flowers. He...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cossacks
- A group of Russian Georgian Cossacks ride horses through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man, David Kadjaia, rides in the center midground slightly in front of the rest of the group. The men wear wool hats...
- Cossacks.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Soldiers--German.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Kadjaia, David.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Cowboys
- A group of American cowboys rides horses through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear cowboy hats and have scarves tied around their necks. Several soldiers are stopped on their horses in the right...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Soldiers--American.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Custer charge
- A group of men reenacts an attack of General George A. Custer's 7th Cavalry on Native Americans in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The riders in the midground wear dark...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Deadwood Coach
- A group of American cowboys poses on the back of the Deadwood Stagecoach in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Several people also sit inside the coach. The stagecoach is pulled by three teams of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Stagecoaches.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Electric search light
- A man stands next to an electric search light used to spotlight performers during Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The man wears a straw hat and suit. Three search lights were mounted on a platform above the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Electric lighting--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- French chasseurs
- A group of French soldiers rides horses through a grassy area during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear helmets and carry lances. Several additional soldiers are stopped on their horses in the right background. Those men...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Soldiers, French.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Group of friends
- A group of men sits on a wood railing near a horse and a burro in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. One man stands in the left midground with his arm around the burro's neck. The man holds a cigar in...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Donkeys.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group of American cowboys
- A group of American cowboys poses on horseback in a dirt arena of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men wear cowboy hats and have scarves tied around their necks. A few of the men wear sheepskin chaps. Several...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Rough Riders, USA
- Members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World" pose on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man sits on his horse in front of the rest of the group in the center foreground. The men all have scarves tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1898.
- 1899
- Pedro (Joe) Esquival
- Pedro ("Joe") Esquivel, a champion vaquero and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in a dirt arena for the show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. He wears leather chaps and a cowboy hat and has a scarf tied around his...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Gauchos--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Esquivel, Pedro.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Rough Riders, USA
- Members of "Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders of the World" pose on horseback in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man sits on his horse in front of the rest of the group in the center foreground. The men all wear hats and have...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Historical reenactments.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; San Juan Hill, Battle of, 1898.
- 1899
- Sioux
- A Sioux man, probably Chief Iron Tail, stands behind two Native American children in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several teepees are in the background. The man and the children wear feather headdresses. The man wears a breastplate,...
- Dakota Indians--Children.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Sioux dance
- A group of Sioux performs a dance in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Several of the men wear feather headdresses and carry round shields and spears adorned with feathers. A cowboy stands in left...
- Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule--Homes & haunts.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Dakota Indians--Dance.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Sioux
- A Sioux man, probably Chief Iron Tail, stands behind two Native American children in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Several teepees are in the background. The man and the children wear feather headdresses. The man wears a breastplate,...
- Dakota Indians--Children.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Sioux
- Sioux members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show cast pose on horseback in a camp for the show. The men wear loincloths and hold round shields and long spears. Several of the men also wear clusters of feathers on their heads. One man stands near his...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Sitting Bull
- A group of white women poses with Native American children and men in front of a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands in the left center background of the group...
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Women--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- South American gauchos
- A group of South American gauchos poses in the foreground in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men wear narrow-brimmed hats and have scarves tied around their necks. The grandstand is in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Gauchos--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Syrians
- A group of Syrian performers poses in front of a large tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear turbans on their heads. A young man raises another young man doing a hand-stand into the air above his head. Four of the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1890-1900.; Tents--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Syrians.
- 1899
- Tony Esquival
- Tony Esquivel, a champion vaquero and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in a dirt arena for the show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. He wears leather chaps and a cowboy hat and has a scarf tied around his neck. He...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Gauchos--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Esquivel, Antonio.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Syrians
- Ten Syrian performers forms a three-tiered pyramid supported by one man during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear turbans on their heads. A young man stands at the top of the pyramid holding his right hand in the air and...
- Syrians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Acrobats--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- V.P. Orapeza
- Vincente P. Orapeza, a trick roper and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in a dirt arena for the show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. He twirls a lasso in the air above him. He wears a sombrero and a dark, bolero...
- Trick roping--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Orapeza, Vincente.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Walter Scotts, Gus Uhl
- Two cowboys pose with their horses in a dirt arena of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Walter Scott sits on his horse's side as it lies on the ground in the left midground. Scott wears sheepskin chaps and has a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Scott, Walter.; Uhl, Gus.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Vincente P. Orapeza
- Vincente Orapeza, a star trick roper in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in a dirt arena for the show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. He wears a sombrero and a dark, bolero jacket. His pants are laced on the side seams. He...
- Trick roping--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Orapeza, Vincente.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Wedding of High Bear and Holy Blanket
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the left midground with a large group of Native Americans gathered for the wedding of High Bear and Holy Blanket in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Many...
- High Bear--Marriage.; Holy Blanket--Marriage.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Wild West Show cast
- Members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show cast, probably German soldiers, pose on horseback in a camp for the show. The men wear metal helmets with birds on their tops and light-colored uniforms. They also wear cuirassiers covering their chests....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Soldiers--German.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Frank N. Hammitt, chief cowboy
- Frank N. Hammitt, chief of the cowboys in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses on horseback in a dirt arena of the Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. He wears dark, sheepskin chaps and a cowboy hat and holds a rifle in his right...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Hammitt, Frank N.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Ute Indian Agency, 25 miles below Ouray on the Uncompahgre River. Four Chiefs. Captain Billy on the left.
- Portrait of four Native American Ute chiefs, an agent, and an interpreter at the Ute Indian Agency, twenty five miles below Ouray on the Uncompahgre River, probably San Juan County, Colorado. The people are identified as Tabuchakat, Pahant, J. B....
- Indians of North America--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Colorado--San Juan County--1870-1880.; Captain Billy.; Pah-ant, Ute Indian.; Tab-u-cha-kat, Ute Indian.; Thompson, J. B., Major.
- 1878?
- Denver Public Library 1936 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1936. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Old Spaghetti Factory
- View of the Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant on the corner of Lawrence and Eighteenth (18th) Street. The building, constructed as the Denver City Cable Rail Way Co. Building (1889), sits at 1215 Eighteenth (18th) Street in the Central Business...
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Old Spaghetti Factory (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Restaurants.; Denver City...
- 1977
- 2663 Champa St. Walters House, Five Points (Curtis Park)
- View of the Walters House (1888; architect-Frederick C. Eberly) at 2663 Champa Street in the Five Points neighborhood (Curtis Park) of Denver, Colorado. The Queen Anne residence was the home of Leonard Walter, an early Colorado livestock dealer. ...
- Walters, Leonard--Homes & haunts.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Walters, Leonard--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1978
- Webster from Kenosha Hill, D.S.P. & P.R.R.
- A view of Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad Company locomotive, number: "42" near Kenosha Pass (Kenosha Hill), above Webster (Park County), Colorado. Shows men on the train, tracks, rocks and trees. Wood frame buildings and a water tower are...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Kenosha Pass (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Park County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Park County--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1889?]
- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Tutt and Penrose Building, South Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado prior to 1896 fires; the two-story commercial flat-roof brick building is shared by three street-level businesses with separate entries and signs: "3rd...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1896]
- Nevada, Colo.
- View of Nevadaville (formerly Nevada City), Gilpin County, Colorado, dusted with snow, includes businesses, homes, ore processing sheds, wood piles, people on porches, boardwalks, Letcher Street below the dump, Kenosha Street, Main Street,...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1887?]