Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1926 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.2
- 1983 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows a yoke, a balcony, and a wooden bucket.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A Mexican residence
- Hispanic men and women stand and sit near an adobe house in or near Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The house has a porch with wood columns, vigas, and decorative corbels. A large bucket is near the porch, and snow is in the street.
- Spanish Americans--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1885.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1885.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1885.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- 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 warm day in Montana
- Devlin's Zouaves pose in their underwear inside a tent. A young man holds a bucket poised to empty it over a man who holds a letter. Another man wears a painted moustache.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Joking--1910-1920.; Underwear--1910-1920.; Zouaves--United States--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Above the clouds in a tram bucket in the mining region of western Colo.
- View of an aerial tramway from one of the ore buckets, possibly at the Dives Mine, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910.]
- Aerial mining tramway
- View of an aerial mining tramway in (probably) Colorado; shows a miner riding an ore bucket, dirt road, timber, mountain peaks and a box canyon.
- Aerial tramways--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- After the fire
- Six men survey destruction from second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; five men have sherriff badges, some wear overcoats, and one man wears knee-high rubber boots and carries a lunch bucket.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Sheriffs--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Agriculture - ranching - water - well house
- A woman draws water from a covered well in (probably) Colorado. A bucket is by a spout, and a log wall is in the background.
- Ranches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Wells--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Alabama Fatal Mining Accidents : 1905, 1912-1921
- List of fatal mining accident victims in 1905 (Virginia City Mine only) and 1912-1921, taken from the 1912-1921 Annual report of coal mines, State of Alabama, and from the website http://www.gendisasters.com/al/ "Alabama mine explosions". Gives...
- Mine accidents--Alabama--Indexes.
- 2007
- Along Yellowstone Trail
- A woman with a bucket stands by the Yellowstone River, in McKenzie County, Wyoming.
- McKenzie County (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Yellowstone River--1920-1930.; Rivers--Wyoming--McKenzie County--1920-1930.; Trails--Wyoming--McKenzie County--1920-1930.; Women--Wyoming--McKenzie County--1920-1930.
- 1923 August 23
- Amethyst Tramway Creede, Colo.
- A miner rides in a bucket of an aerial tramway over West Willow Creek by the Amethyst Mine near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado.
- Amethyst Mine (Creede, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- Arizona Fatal Mining Accidents ; 1912-1929
- Index of Fatalities of Arizona miners between the years 1912 and 1929. Information is recorded alphabetically and included are: the name of the victim, date of the accident, county in which the mine is located or the mine company, whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--Arizona--Indexes.
- 2007
- Arrival of mail, Virginius highest established P. O. in U. S., altitude 12,500.
- A postman in a sack jacket and bowler hat poses with his burro loaded with a mail sack, at the Virginius Mine, Mount Sneffels Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado. Three men sit in background; sacks of ore are near the ore cart tracks, and a...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Letter carriers--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- July 10, 1890
- Assay outfit, Buckeye Cabin
- A boy and a dog sit beside Buckeye Cabin in the La Sal Mountains, Utah. A sign reads, "Assay Office Buckeye Cabin." On a table are reagent bottles which read, "Acid Nitric HNO₃," "Ammonium Hydroxide NH₄OH," and "Acid Hydrochloric HCL." Also on...
- Assaying apparatus--Utah--1890-1900.; La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--1890-1900.; Equipment--Utah--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Utah--1890-1900.
- 1897 Aug. 24
- Back from the hunt, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated in camp, one man with knee-high gaiters holding rifle in one hand and one dead grouse or pheasant in other; second man holding one dead...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Bath time
- A young Hispanic American girls sits in a metal wash tub balanced on a chair and is bathed by her mother in Costilla County, Colorado. The girls has long dark hair. Her mother wears a dress. The room has wallpapered walls, a calendar hangs on the...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Costilla County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bathing.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Costilla County--Pictorial...
- [1950]
- Belt maker
- Native American (Hopi) man arranges a knotted, fringed, woven belt hanging from a line over a bucket, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. He wears a headband, shirt, and pants. Behind him is an adobe wall with a paned glass window, a saddle on a post, a...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Belts (Clothing)--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Blackhawk
- Interior view of the Fifty Gold Mines Corporation assay laboratory, in Blackhawk, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a man with water hoses and a brick retort furnace; tongs and crucibles are on a table. The bucket is for collecting mercury used in the...
- Fifty Gold Mines Corporation--1900-1910.; Assaying--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Furnaces--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Gold--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910?]
- Bolsinger camp
- Three men and a boy stand and sit in front of their tent at the Bolsinger Camp in Colorado. They cook food over a campfire. Shows cooking utensils, a bucket, and a wood table.
- Boys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Bonnie Belle Mine
- Miners pose with a mine ore car and ore bucket at the entrance to the Bonnie Belle Mine in Chaffee County, Colorado. Saddled horses stand nearby and a U. S. flag flies from a pole on top of the head frame.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.; Bonnie Belle Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lead mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1905
- Bowman Dairy
- Workmen stand in the milking room of the Bowman Dairy in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. One man cleans a trough with a shovel near a large bucket on a hoist.
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge Mill
- Miners and mine employees stand near a concentration table in a mill near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. An ore bucket hangs above the table.
- Gravity concentrators--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- British Columbia Fatal Mining Accidents : 1887, 1896-1942
- Index of the Fatal Mining Accidents occurring in British Columbia Canada in the years 1887, and 1896-1949. Information is arranged alphabetically and includes: the name of the victim, date of the accident, colliery/mine name (town), whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--British Columbia--Indexes.
- 2007
- Cabin
- A man sits and poses beside an aspen log cabin probably near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shovels, a pick axe and a metal bucket are against the cabin wall beside a doorway.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Cabin at Manitou
- Exterior view of a square, gable roofed hewn log cabin in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men, some in sack suits with vests, some with vests and no jackets, stand in front it. A man on the right is in a folding chair, and a man in an apron stands at...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Camping in Rocky Mt. Park
- A man and woman prepare a meal in the back of their camper at Rocky Mountain Lake Park in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The grill and cooking utensils sit on a drawer that slides under the truck. A dog sniffs at a platter of corn,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rocky Mountain Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Capitol Hill Newsletter: Volume 1 Number 1
- Caribou Hill
- Two men tend a hoist bucket as a third looks on, Caribou Hill, Boulder County, Colorado. Other mines and piles of tailings are on the hill behind them.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Caribou Hill (Boulder County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Boulder...
- 1883
- Central City stores
- Butchered beef and other animal carcasses hang over a gravel floor on the perimeter of a meat locker in Central City, Colorado. A marble counter and a wooden counter with decorative carving is in the background. Scales are on either side of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Meat cutting--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Central City. Saratoga Mine (C-46)
- A group of miners stands in a cage inside a mine, possibly the Saratoga Mine in Russell Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado, probably in the 1880s or 1890s. Cages such as this replaced bucket hoists by the 1880s in many mines, and...
- Mine hoisting--Colorado--Colorado--Central City--1880- 1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1880-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Chief Ouray's Home
- View of a painting by C.H. Nichols titled "Chief Ouray's Home." Shows a man and woman in front of single-story buildings, a creek, a fence, clouds and jagged mountain peaks. The woman holds a bucket and the man leans against a horse.
- Houses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Paintings--1900-1910.
- 1908 April 1
- 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?]
- Cities streets construction
- A painter smokes a pipe and holds a bucket of paint and a brush as he stands near metal supports, part of the Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado. Convertible automobiles are parked nearby on the street.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Painting--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Smoking--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Clear Creek - close up from ground shovel bucket dumping in 800ft bore
- A man works in a a highway tunnel on Highway 6 in Jefferson County or Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows a steam shovel and a dump truck. Letters read: "Ed. H. Honnen Construction Co."
- Construction workers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Dump trucks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Excavation--Colorado--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--1940-1950.; Steam shovels--Colorado--1940-1950.; Tunnels--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Climax Colo Original mine camp (results of caving in background)
- View of the original Climax Mine camp area in Lake County, Colorado. The bucket tramway, mine, mill, and Bartlett Mountain are in the distance.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Molybdenum mines and mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Climax Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.;...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Climax, Colo., 9 ft. x 7 ft. Marcey mill and 400 h.p. Synchronous motor
- View of a Marcey mill, electric motor, bucket, tackle block, and switch panel inside the Climax Molybdenum Company mine in Climax, Lake County, Colorado.
- Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Industry--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Milling machines--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- Climax, Colo., crane serving no. 2 mill unit
- View inside the Climax Molybdenum Company mine, No. 2 mill, shows switch panel, bucket, tackle block, hoist, and beam with sign reads: "Whiting 12 Ton" in Climax, Lake County, Colorado.
- Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Industry--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Milling machines--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- Club interior, Tolland, Colorado
- Interior view of a club room in Tolland (Gilpin County) Colorado; shows a piano, table with condiments, chairs, murals of a pregnant nude with face mask and bucket, and depictions of a man in a turban and an Egyptian. Lettering reads: "Eau Claire,"...
- Tolland (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Clubs--Colorado--Tolland--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Clutter of old merchandise in the store room of the Stark Bros Merc Co St Elmo Colo
- Stark Brothers Mercantile Company, Saint Elmo, Chaffee County, Colorado, tools fill a wooden bucket and a box; a keg and coffee pots are in the background against the interior wall.
- Saint Elmo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Barrels--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; General stores--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.; Toolboxes--Colorado--Saint Elmo--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Coal miners
- Three miners pose outside a mine at either the Berwind Mine in Las Animas County or the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and work boots. Electric mine lamps are attached to their caps and battery packs are at their...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Coal mining, near Craig, Colorado
- Men ride a bucket scoop on a crane at a coal mine near Craig (Moffat County), Colorado.
- Moffat County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Moffat County--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Moffat County--1900-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Moffat County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cody and Dexter Fellows (?)
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in his tent with Dexter Fellows, press agent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody sits at a wood desk wearing a striped shirt and vest and no hat. Fellows, wearing a suit and a hat, sits on a wood...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Fellows, Dexter.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Colorado miner
- A miner poses near a fence and brick building somewhere in Colorado. He holds a lunch bucket in his right hand and his jacket over his left arm. He's wearing shoes, pants, a vest over two shirts, and a hat.
- Miners--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Concrete conduits Lock Joint Pipe Co.
- Workmen pour concrete from a bucket suspended from a crane into metal forms at the Lock Joint Pipe Company in Denver, Colorado. Finished cement pipes are nearby.
- Lock Joint Pipe Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Pipe...
- 1929 October 9
- Conduit #13
- A construction worker monitors the excavation of a trench probably in Denver, Colorado. A trenching machine with a bucket attachment pulls out dirt from the side of the trench. Two large metal pipes lie in the bottom of the trench. Bungalow style...
- Trenching machinery--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pipes (Conduits)--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1942 November