Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Venice on the Creek
- View of punting boats from the company Venice on the Creek near 14th and Larimer in the Larimer Square Historic District in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A man in a green shirt and black shorts stands in the boat and punts with...
- Venice on the Creek (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Larimer Square Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2002
- Venice on the Creek
- View of punting boats, from the company Venice on the Creek, near 14th and Larimer Streets in the Larimer Square Historic District in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A man in a purple shirt and black shorts stands in a boat and...
- Venice on the Creek (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Larimer Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--2000-2010.;...
- 2002
- Chinese Fishing Village
- Fishing boats are pulled up along the shore near a Chinese American fishing village in Monterey County, California. Shows boats and wood frame houses along a rocky shore.
- Monterey County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Fishing boats--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Villages--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Waterfronts--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Chinese fishing village near Monterey
- Fishing boats are pulled up along the shore near a Chinese American fishing village in Monterey County, California. Shows boats and wood frame houses along a rocky shore. Laundry is draped over the end of a boat and a washboard leans in a bucket.
- Monterey (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Fishing boats--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.; Fishing--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.; Villages--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.; Waterfronts--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Boating on Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of over ten row boats on Woods Lake and Woods Lake Resort, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; men, women, and children are in boats with oars; three women stand on shore; log cabins and denuded or...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Philippine boatmen and their boats; Native boys diving for pennies
- Lake
- View of a lake, possibly Green Lake near Georgetown, Colorado. The surface of the water reflects the tall pines on the shore, a boat dock with boats tied up is to the left, and a bridge at the far side of the lake, above a dam, is near a wood...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Green Lake (Clear Creek County, Colo.); Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Rowboats--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- 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
- Santa Catalina Island, glass bottom boats at anchor
- View of glass bottom boats anchored in Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California.
- Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Santa Catalina Island--1880-1900.; Glass bottom boats--California--Santa Catalina Island--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Boats on mtn lake
- Boats, one with a canopy, are moored at a lake, probably in Colorado or Utah. Massive stone cliffs are in the background.
- Boats--1920-1940.; Cliffs--1920-1940.; Lakes & ponds--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Boats on a river
- Men pose in a covered boat on probably the Illinois River in Illinois. Other boats loaded with supplies are nearby.
- Illinois River (Ill.)--1900-1910.; Boats--Illinois--1900-1910.; Rivers--Illinois--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Western History Subject Index
- Transportation. Boats
- Western History Subject Index
- Transportation. Boats
- History of Denver
- Recreation - boating - scene in Washington Park
- View of men and women in boats in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Recreation - boating - scene in City Park
- View of men in boats at City Park lake in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Recreation - boating - park scene
- View of people in boats at City Park lake in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; People--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Recreation - boating - scene in City Park
- View of people and boats at the dock by City Park lake in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; People--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Piers &...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Santa Catalina Island and Avalon from south
- View of the waterfront at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows houses, commercial buildings and docks. Boats float in the harbor on Avalon Bay near a pier. A road is seen on the hill near Casino Point...
- Avalon (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Casino Point (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1890-1900.; Boats--California--Avalon--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Avalon, Santa Catalina Island
- View of the Avalon Bay on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows rock formations, cactus, and boats in the harbor.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1899-1910.; Beaches--California--Avalon--1899-1910.; Boats--California--Avalon--1899-1910.;...
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Canal de la Viga
- View of a canal, boats, and people.
- Canal boats--1890-1900.; Canals--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Santa Catalina Island
- View of the bay at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows the Hotel Metropole, the Aquarium, the bath house, and piers. Glass-bottomed boats and the Catalina steamer sit in the bay.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1880-1900.; Boats--California--Avalon--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Avalon--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- San Francisco from Saucelito
- View of people in rowboats and fishing boats with sails in San Francisco Bay in Sausalito (Marin County), California. San Francisco is in the distance.
- San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Sausalito (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Sausalito--1880-1910.; Sail boats--California--Sausalito--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1902]
- Lake Tahoe and Mt. Tallac fm [sic] Cave Rock
- Two boats float on the waters of Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, Nevada. Shows a rocky shore and steep slopes. Snow-covered Mount Tallac is in the distance.
- Douglas County (Nev.)--1880-1900.; Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)--1880-1900.; Tallac, Mount (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Boats--Nevada--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Nevada--Douglas County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Anna Held Ark House, La Jolla, Cal.
- View of Anna Held's house known as the Ark House on the bluffs above La Jolla Cove in La Jolla, San Diego, California. Shows two boats, one a canoe, in the yard. The Pacific Ocean is in the distance.
- Held, Anna, 1877?-1918--Homes & haunts.; La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Diego (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Boats--California--San Diego--1900-1910.; Houses--California--San Diego--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Avalon, Santa Catalina Island
- View of Avalon Bay and Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows people on the beach, a pier, boats in the harbor, hotels, and commercial buildings.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1890-1900.; Beaches--California--Avalon--1890-1900.; Boats--California--Avalon--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Avalon--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Avalon, California
- View of Avalon Bay and Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a pier, the beach, sailing ships and boats in the harbor, and commercial buildings.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1890-1900.; Beaches--California--Avalon--1890-1900.; Boats--California--Avalon--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Avalon--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Hotel del Coronado, Cal.
- View of the workers' facilities building at the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. Shows Glorietta Bay, boats, the boat house, and a dock.
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Coronado (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Glorietta Bay (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Coronado--1890-1910.; Boathouses--California--Coronado--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- San Pedro harbor
- View of Southern Pacific Railroad cars and tracks at San Pedro harbor (Port of Los Angeles), Los Angeles, California. Men stand near buildings, guardrails, and utility poles. Boats are in San Pedro Bay, and structures are on a wharf.
- Port of Los Angeles--1890-1910.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Pedro Bay (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Los...
- [between 1891 and 1910?]
- Santa Catalina Island, Cal., Middle Harbor
- Fishing boats float probably in Little Harbor on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shacks and a barn are on the shore. Rowboats are pulled up near the buildings.
- Little Harbor (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Fishing boats--California--Santa Catalina Island--1890-1910.; Fishing--California--Santa Catalina Island--1890-1910.; Harbors--California--Santa Catalina...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Glass bottom boat, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island
- Passengers stand and sit on a crowded side-wheel, glass bottom boat while the captain steers through Avalon Bay near Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a buoy and boats in the distance. A sign on the boat reads,...
- Avalon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Glass bottom boats--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Passengers--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Side...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Cal.
- View of the bay at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows the Hotel Metropole, the bathhouse, a beach, and piers. The Catalina steamer and other boats are in the harbor.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Beaches--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Boats--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Cities...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Cal.
- View of the waterfront of the town of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a building with a conical roof and a wood frame commercial building on the shore by the beach. Signs on the buildings read: "Drugs," "Seal...
- Avalon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Beaches--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Boats--California--Avalon--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Santa Catalina Island, Avalon
- View of the waterfront of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows houses and commercial buildings. Boats float in the harbor on Avalon Bay near a pier. A road cuts over a hill near Casino Point (Sugarloaf).
- Avalon (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Casino Point (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Boats--California--Avalon--1900-1910.; Capes...
- c1905
- Diving off pier
- View of a woman diving into a lake; people in boats look on.
- Boats--1910-1930.; Diving--1910-1930.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Divers and boats
- A woman dives from a diving board into the water of a lake or reservoir probably in Denver, Colorado. People watch from row boats.
- Diving--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rowboats--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Swimmers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Diver - boats in background
- A young woman in a swimming suit poses on a diving board; people are in row boats on the lake.
- Bathing suits--1910-1930.; Diving--1910-1930.; Lakes & ponds--1910-1930.; Rowboats--1910-1930.; Women--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Lake scene with willows and boats
- Boats and willows line the shores of a lake in Colorado.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Coxey's Army
- View of Coxey's Army by the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado; shows men, flat bottom boats, River Front Park grandstands, and city buildings.
- Coxey's Army--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Boats--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1900.;...
- 1894 June 6
- Coxey's Army
- View of Coxey's Army in Denver, Colorado; shows men and flat bottom boats with political slogans: "A Fine Job For Willing Workers," "Vote The People's Party Ticket Straight," and "American Financial System Good Enough For Us."
- Coxey's Army--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1890-1900.; Boats--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1900.; Unemployed--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [June 1894]
- Mountain lake
- Water lilies dot this lake in (probably) Colorado or Utah. Boats are moored in the foreground, and hills with rock bluffs or cliffs are in the background.
- Boats--1920-1940.; Lakes & ponds--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Lake San Cristobal?
- View of a lake, possibly Lake San Cristobal, Hinsdale County, Colorado; shows water, boats, houses, and rocky crags.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; San Cristobal, Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Goose Creek, Deckers
- Two boats sit in Goose Creek (?), Deckers (Douglas County), Colorado.
- Deckers (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boats--Colorado--Deckers--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Boating on Woods Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of boaters on Woods Lake, eight miles from Thomasville, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway. Scene includes over ten row boats with men, women, children, and a dog; denuded or deforested slope and Rocky Mountains in background; and...
- Thomasville (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Woods Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Thomasville--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- The Village beach, Grand Lake
- Partial view of boats docked on sandy shore of Grand Lake, Colorado near town of Grand Lake; one boat moored to small wooden pier; another boat with three people heading onto lake; edge of town with small wooden frame buildings or shacks.
- Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Beaches--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Boats--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Group on Ferrand's houseboat
- A group of men pose near the Ferrand family's houseboat possibly in Illinois. Boats are in the water nearby.
- Boats--1900-1910.; Houseboats--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Floating pavilion and bandstand, City Park, Denver
- A band sits in a circular bandstand in Ferril Lake at City Park in Denver, Colorado. Men and women in boats and ducks float near the the bandstand.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ferril Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Bandstands--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Boats--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Lakes &...
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Start of Powell's expedition at Green River City
- View of men and boats at Green River City (later Green River, Sweetwater County), Wyoming Territory, embarking on John Wesley Powell's Colorado River expedition. A tripod camera cover reads: "E. O. Beaman Photo;" bluffs are in the background.
- Green River (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1870-1880.; Boats--Wyoming--Green River--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--Green River--1870-1880.; Rivers--Wyoming--Green River--1870-1880.; Geographical and Geological Survey of...
- 1871 May 22
- Skoota Boats ride at Lakeside Amusement Park
- Skoota boats ride at Lakeside Amusement Park.
- 2005
- Western History Subject Index
- Boats and boating