Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #1 in Royal Gorge
- Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive #5481 pulls train #1 through the Royal Gorge beside the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows Hanging Bridge and the sheer walls of the canon spanned by the Royal Gorge suspension bridge.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Arkansas River--1950-1960.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Royal Gorge Bridge (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1950-1960.;...
- 1951 Jul. 21
- 10:55 A.M.Union Pacific 3958 extra south at Greeley
- Union Pacific steam locomotive 3958 (4-6-6-4) is stopped beside a water column and caboose in Greeley (Weld County), Colorado. Signs on the locomotive read: "X3958." Storage tanks are in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Brighton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brighton--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Brighton--1950-1960.
- 1956 November 12
- 10th Mountain Division ski trooper
- Photomechanical reproduction of a painting shows a ski trooper with the 10th Light Division (Alpine) [later renamed the 10th Mountain Division] kneeling in snow and holding a rifle. He has on skis and wears dark snow goggles and a winter jump suit...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Ski Troopers--American--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Saturday evening post.
- 1943
- 1245 Newport Street Noel House
- View of 1245 Newport Street in the Montclair neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The red brick mid-century minimal style house has a two front gables, a chimney and elevated porch with an awning. A glass block window is beside the front door. This...
- Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)--Homes and haunts.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1977
- 1333 Pennsylvania St., Denver
- View of the three story Molly Brown Apartments at 1333 Pennsylvania Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has a flat facade and a roof with corbiestep details and a short, projecting tile roof. An awning above...
- Molly Brown Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1980 September
- 1410 Mariposa Street
- View of 1410 Mariposa Street in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. This one and one-half story vernacular Queen Anne cottage has a white brick exterior with bright blue trim. The covered entry way has turned decorative woodwork. An...
- Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- 15th & Lawrence, Denver
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.) cable car number 31 is on 15th (Fifteenth) Street at Lawrence Street in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. Signs on commercial buildings read: "Real Estate" and "Colorado Farmer." The...
- Denver City Cable Railway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cable railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1895?]
- 15th Street, Denver
- View of trolley cars on 15th (Fifteenth) Street at the intersection of Lawrence Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men stand beside commercial buildings; sit on horse-drawn wagons; or stand on trolley cars with numbers and lettering that read:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1887
- 17th & Market Streets, Denver
- View of multi story commercial buildings at the intersection of 17th and Market Streets in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the four story Columbia Hotel building on the corner. The brick building has ornamental brick,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1986 June
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 19th & Stout St.
- Close-up view of a man beside steps of probably row houses near 19th (Nineteenth) and Stouts Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The man wears pants, a jacket, a cap, smokes a cigar, and leans against an iron railing in front of the stone...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Row houses--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 2 views of washout at D. & R.G. m.p. 135 + 1500', looking upstream
- A man in a vest and flat brimmed hat poses beside an eroded riverbed. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks are washed out and submerged in the Arkansas River near milepost 135 in Pueblo County, Colorado.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921 June
- 20th Anniversary Sermon
- The pamphlet contains the text for the sermon given by Rev. Frank T. Bayley in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, CO, 1911.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1911
- 2814 Champa St. Owned by George Apodaca until 1978 and known as "The Indian House" locally
- View of 2814 Champa Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The eclectic style brick house has a fish scale, gable roof, a front dormer with a gambrel roof, gabled side dormers and a covered porch with brick pillars and a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dormers.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Dormers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1978
- 3597 S. Pearl Street, Denver
- View of an office building at 3597 South Pearl Street in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The eclectic building has a central gabled roof flanked with steep pitched roof lines on either side. Exterior siding combines horizontal and diagonal...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Office buildings--Colorado--Englewood--1980-1990.; Snow--Colorado--Englewood--1980-1990.
- 1989 October
- 5601 Wadsworth Blvd.
- View of a one story, vacant commercial building on a corner at 5601 Wadsworth Blvd. in Arvada (Jefferson County), Colorado. The cinder brick building has a glass front and a "Sale, Lease" sign in the window. A parking lot beside the building has a...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Arvada--1980-1990.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Arvada--1980-1990.
- 1988 October
- 5th Inf. Ski Patrol in Sun Valley, during training film
- A member of the Mountain Division, 15th Infantry Ski Patrol (later the 10th Mountain Division) adjusts his rifle during filming for an Otto Lang training film at Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. He stands on skis and wears a winter jacket and...
- Sawtooth Mountains (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950.; Ski...
- 1941
- 600 and 604 Ogden St., Denver
- View of a brick, two story duplex apartment house at 600 and 604 Ogden Street in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has two identical covered porches with stone sills, wide overhanging eaves, chimneys, a hipped roof and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Speer (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.; Office buildings--Colorado--Denver--1990-2000.
- 1990 October
- 7 Miles to gain 1300 ft. Approach to Spearfish Canon B.& M.R.R.
- View of Burlington & Missouri River Railroad tracks on a hillside at Spearfish Canyon in Lawrence County, Black Hills, South Dakota. Shows a flatbed wagon and trees beside tracks on a steep, rocky grade.
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1860-1880.; Black Hills (S.D.)--1860-1880.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1860-1880.; Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)--1860-1880.; Canyons--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1860-1880.; Railroad tracks--South...
- [between 1860 and 1872?]
- 7 miles to gain 1300 ft., approach to Spearfish Canon, B. & M. R.R.
- View of Burlington & Missouri River Railroad tracks on a hillside in Spearfish Canyon (Lawrence County), in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Shows a flatbed wagon and trees beside tracks on a steep, rocky grade.
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment re-enforced, Company C preparing to support the Mount Rainier Test Expedition, Paradise, Washington
- Men from 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), Company C line up beside their skis as they prepare to support the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Behind them is Paradise Lodge, obscured by tremendous snow drifts.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- Spring 1942
- 8th St. Depot, looking north
- View of the 8th (Eighth) Street Depot beside Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows mud covered tracks and debris from flooded Fountain Creek washed up beside the covered passenger platform. The...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Fountain Creek--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- [Audi]torium and City Hall, Pueblo
- View of classical-style City Hall and Memorial Hall Auditorium in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The three-story structure a has domed cupola, fluted columns with ionic capitals, a United States flag at half mast above a carved "1917," and a...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1923?]
- [Pike's P]eak from near Colorado City
- View of trees beside Fountain Creek near Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Snow covered Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- [Z]ion's Peak [sic], Rio Virgen, UT
- View of the summit of The Watchman, a sandstone rock formation, and trees beside the Virgen River in Zion National Park, Utah.
- Virgin River--1870-1880.; Watchman, The (Utah)--1870-1880.; Zion National Park (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--Zion National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Utah--Zion National...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- "Barrel transfer" near Salida, Colo.
- View of a barrel transfer machine and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Signs on the steel beams read: "D.& R.G.W.R.R. Royal Gorge Route, Scenic Line," and "McMyler Interstate, Cleveland, Ohio."...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Railroad...
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- "Castle Rock" in Boulder Canon
- A man sits on a rock in the middle of probably Middle Boulder Creek, and a dog lies beside the creek in the narrow canyon. Shows a sheer rock wall, trees and fallen logs in the creek bed in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Middle Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boulders--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1875]
- "Hotel" shotgun style
- View of a long, one-story log building, probably a hotel, in Lay (Moffat County), Colorado. The building has several entrances, lattice work, and a square bell tower or cupola centered on the roof. A person stands beside a pig, chickens, a saddled...
- Lay (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Lay--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Lay--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- "Lost" Lakes, near Meigs Peak, Col.
- Aerial view of summits and high mountain lakes, identified as "Lost Lakes" near "Meigs Peak", probably near Stunner Pass in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows dense forest, boulders and snow above timberline in the San Juan Mountains.
- Conejos County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1874
- "Phantom Curve" D. & R.G.R.W.
- Panoramic, aerial view of a Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company tracks at what is identified as "phantom curve" in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows railroad grades on hillsides, patches of snow, trees and rock formations. Probably a passenger rail...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Conejos County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1886?]
- "Rock Row," a Mormon tenement, Salt Lake City
- View of a stone tenement building, identified as Rock Row, with a shingled roof and porch in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. A girl wears a dress, leggings, and boots and stands beside a bent bicycle wheel. Trees are in a row in front of...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Girls--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Tenement houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- 1900
- "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?]
- "The Negro's Place" by Clarence F. Holmes
- "The State of Colorado Fountain" also known as the Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial Fountain
- View of the fountain titled "The State of Colorado Fountain" (sculpted in 1917 by Lorado Taft), also known as the Joseph Addison Thatcher Memorial Fountain, on the north end of City Park Esplanade in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows a bronze...
- Thatcher, Joseph Addison--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fountains.; Parks.; Public sculpture.; Thatcher, Joseph Addison--Monuments.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Public sculpture,...
- 1998
- "Thy will be done" : the Prayer Band Ministry of Zion Baptist Church : 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast
- Booklet created for the 8th Annual Prayer Breakfast at Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. This breakfast was to recognize the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastors for all the work they do for the church. Included are photographs of each...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; African American families--Religious life--Colorado--Denver.
- 2004
- "Wolpi", one of Moqui towns
- View of Native American (Hopi) stone and adobe, multi-story dwellings at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Sheep pens beside a steep slope have low stone walls. Ladders lean against buildings on the mesa.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; First Mesa (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1871 and 1876?]
- A "tea" break Emory "E.M." O'Connell, Dale Williams (realtor), Wayne Van Vleet, Eddie Williams.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies pose near a tent, beside a stack of cardboard boxes of Lipton Tea, during the group's annual trail ride in Colorado. The men, identified from left to right as: "Em" Emory L. O'Connell, Dale Williams,...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Eating & Drinking--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Smiling--1950-1960.; Tea--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1957
- A beef issue in the Indian territory
- A Native American man on horseback aims a pistol at a bull on a grassy plain. The man has braids and wears an ammunition belt over a shirt and pants. Men beside a covered wagon use knives to butcher a dead bull. Shows a fence and a building in the...
- Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--1890-1900.; Beef cattle--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Shooting--1890-1900.
- 1890 January 4
- A canyon in mountains near Denver
- View of a road grade beside a creek in an unidentified canyon, possibly in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows trees, rock walls in the canyon and fallen trees in the creek.
- Canyons--Colorado--1860-1870.; Dirt roads--Colorado--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- A grave believed to be near Silver Plume
- View of a wooden tombstone beside boulders and a steep cliff wall, probably near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Words painted on a crude timber board read: "Here, Carrie J. Welton, Lay to Rest, Died Alone, Sept. 23 [?] 1884."
- Welton, Carrie J., d. 1884.--Tomb.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892?]
- A landscape
- A path and a tree-lined dirt road run beside a lake.
- Dirt roads--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A Merchant at Cripple Creek, Fremont
- Two men and a dog are outside a log store for miners in Fremont (Cripple Creek, Teller County), Colorado. The sign above the store reads "J.L. Niebergall, Headquarters for Gents Furnishings Boots & Shoes." Shirts, pants, jackets, gloves, socks,...
- Fremont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- A model camp kitchen, Sullivan Lake, Kaniksu N.F., Idaho
- A woman stands under a canvas tent in a camp kitchen probably in Kaniksu National Forest in Idaho. The tent is supported by upright logs. Tables, a wood stove, a bucket, wooden crates, a cupboard, a counter, and a shelf are in the kitchen....
- Kaniksu National Forest--1920-1930.; Camps--Idaho--1920-1930.; Kitchens--Idaho--1920-1930.; Tents--Idaho--1920-1930.; Women--Idaho--1920-1930.
- 1923 July 13
- A Mountain of oil shale near Grand Valley, Colorado
- View of a layered shale mesa in probably Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Shows steep slopes, shale cliffs, and trees beside the Colorado River.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917?]
- A Mountain of shale on Conn Creek near De Beque
- Men, probably miners, stand and pose beside canvas tents near sagebrush and a barbed wire fence near De Beque and Conn Creek in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows layers of shale on a mesa.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mesas--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1918?]
- A Murdered Joseph "Little Joe" Roma
- Joseph Roma's body lies on the floor beside a chair, a mandolin, and music stand, Denver, Colorado. Joseph "Little Joe" Roma, was a north Denver grocer, killed by gangsters.
- Grocers--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dead persons--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Homicides--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Roma, Joseph.
- February 19, 1933
- A narrow escape from the buffaloes
- A man on a fallen horse is on the ground beside an American buffalo herd as they stampede on the prairie. Coyotes or wolves and antelope run to escape the animals.
- Bison--1850-1870.; Horseback riding--1850-1870.; Stampedes--1850-1870.
- [between 1850 and 1870?]
- A part of the flood devestation [sic] in Pueblo, Colo. June 3, 1921
- Panoramic view of Arkansas River flood water around buildings and railroad tracks after the flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows wrecked frame buildings and standing water beside railroad tracks. Features identified in the photograph...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities &...
- 1921 June 3
- A photo of some of the Attawa Indian boys taken in the early opening of the school
- Native American Iowa (Ioway) boys pose with their white instructor beside their clapboard school. The boys wear short cropped hair, sack jackets and trousers, two sit in chairs.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--1890-1900.; School children--1890-1900.; Teachers--1890-1900.
- 1870
- A portion of one of the business districts of Pueblo Colo. looking east on Fourth Str.
- View of a busy street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, pedestrians, a bicyclist, a woman in a car with a license plate that reads: "5214KAN," and a man walks beside his motorcycle. Signs on buildings read:...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]