Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Hanging wolf carcasses
- Wolf carcasses hang by the back legs from a wide beam between two poles in Nome, Alaska. Two men stand between the carcasses. One wears an overcoat and slouch felt hat, the other a hunter's cap, work pants and lace-up boots. Shows a wood plank...
- Wolves--Control--Alaska--Nome--1940-1950.; Nome (Alaska)--1940-1950.; Dead animals--Alaska--Nome--1940-1950.; Wolf hunting--Alaska--Nome--1940-1950.; Wolves--Alaska--Nome--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Beef in cold storage
- View of beef carcasses hanging in rows on hooks and pulleys, probably in Denver, Colorado; tags appear on some carcasses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Slaughtering--Colorado--Denver--1920- 1930.
- [1920?]
- Denver business, meat industry & trade, Swift & Co. interior
- Interior view of Swift & Co. meat packing plant in Denver, Colorado; workers carry carcasses into cold storage locker; carcasses are suspended on hooks.
- Swift & Company--Facilities--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Interiors.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- #306 Paonia Meat Market Phil Eisenkramer owner
- A man sits on a stool in front of the customer counter in Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. A man wearing an apron and a man in a suit stand behind the counter. Animal carcasses, including a pig, birds, and beef, hang...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Pork--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- November 22, 1909
- #305 Eisenkramer's Meat Market
- A bearded customer of Eisenkramer's Meat Market sits in front of the service counter holding a wrapped parcel of meat in his hands. A second parcel of wrapped meat is on the counter next to a ceramic bowl. Two employees stand behind the meat...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Poultry--Carcasses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- November 22, 1909
- Animal carcasses on an automobile
- Coyote and skunk carcasses hang from and lie on an automobile parked in front of a barn with sliding doors. A coyote carcass sits behind the steering wheel.
- Coyote--Control--1910-1930.; Skunks--Control--1910-1930.; Automobiles--1910-1930.; Coyote hunting--1910-1930.; Dead animals--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1929?]
- Rifle Falls Ranch composite A. L. Zerbe, prop.
- Photomontage of scenes in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado area; shows the Rifle Falls, the waterfalls in ice, hunters with deer carcasses, Rifle Gap cliffs, a log bridge, a lynx, people, and the Zerbe Ranch Hotel. Labels read: "Open June 1....
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle Falls (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trappers Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hunters
- Men pose with deer carcasses hung from aspen trees in western Colorado. The hunters have a dog, canvas tent, and horses. Hills and bluffs are in the distance.
- Camping--Colorado--1900-1910.; Deer hunting--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1907 September 9
- Zerbe's Ranch composite
- Photomontage of scenes in the Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado area; shows the Falls, the waterfalls in ice, hunters with deer carcasses, Rifle Gap cliffs, a log bridge, a lynx, people, and the Zerbe Ranch Hotel. Labels read: "Open June 1. Good...
- East Rifle Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle Falls (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hunters
- Hunters sit and pose on a sagebrush covered hillside beside pack horses that carry deer carcasses in probably western Colorado. Men wear hats and pose with deer skulls and antlers, and rifles.
- Deer hunting--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Pack animals--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Butcher shop
- Interior view of a meat market in Denver, Colorado; shows animal carcasses, a butcher, a counter surrounded by a cage, a scale, and a chopping block.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Butchers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Hunting in Middle Park
- Men pose among elk carcasses in Middle Park, Grand County, Colorado.
- Grand County (Colo)--1880-1900.; Elk hunting--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Elk--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The hunter
- A man poses probably in Colorado with horses loaded with deer carcasses.
- Deer hunting--Colorado--1880-1900.; Deer--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- #319 Paonia Meat Market Eisenkramer's
- Interior view of the Eisenkramer's Meat Market in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Man holding wrapped package of meat sitting on stool in front of customer counter. Butcher behind counter wearing apron. Items on counter: scale and cash register...
- Meat--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Butchers--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- Mining camp
- Miners pose outside a log cabin with wood lean-to and canvas tents with two carcasses and rifles, Prays Coal bank, near Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining camps--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1888?]
- Mutton in cold storage
- Rows of sheep carcasses hang on hooks and pulleys in a cold storage room; probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sheep--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Slaughtering--Colorado--Denver--1920- 1930.
- [1920?]
- In a Denver packing plant
- View of cattle-butchering operations in a Denver, Colorado packing plant; shows vat, hides, carcasses, butchers and men observing in white coats.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Slaughtering--Colorado--Denver--1920- 1930.
- [1920?]
- Turkeys @ poultry company
- Butchers in white coats stand behind a display of turkey carcasses at an unidentified poultry company in Denver, Colorado; buckets hang from the ceilings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Turkeys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Colorado game hunters
- Two men pose next to their automobile with the carcasses of two bucks and a bear tied on the front of the car.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Big game hunting--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hunting trophies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1939
- 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?]
- Storefront
- Three men, two with aprons, stand at the entrance of J. D. Miller's Meat Market at 1035 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. A large display of turkey carcasses hang from hooks across the front of the store, signs read: "Miller's Home...
- J. D. Miller's Meat Market (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Butchers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Thompson Grocery Co.
- Interior of the John Thompson Grocery Company store on 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Butchers in white coats and aprons pose around a display of deer carcasses that are decorated with Christmas wreaths and garland. Signs read: "Mocha...
- John Thompson Grocery Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Butchers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Deer--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- J.J. Harvey Market
- Beef, poultry, pork, venison and shellfish are in a meat market in Central City, Colorado. Carcasses hang around the perimeter and a wooden counter with a marble top is covered with meats. A cash register is in the background. A butcher and another...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Meat cutting--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Grocery store
- Interior view of a grocery store, probably in Denver, Colorado. Grocers in white aprons and coats stand behind the counter; a girl sits on a stool. Shows displays of jars, bottles, fruit, dry goods, turkey and animal carcasses. Sign reads:...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- For Katie True, taken at the Gill Ranch - Emma's father, brother, brother, & a friend
- View of hunters in (probably) Colorado; shows a camping wagon, a woman, men with rifles, a dog, and deer carcasses.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Deer hunting--Colorado--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--1900-1910.; Plains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Transportation--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1901, October 8
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D., (hunters with wild game)
- Four hunters pose with rifles and carcasses of antelope, rabbit, and birds on the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The white men have horses and a wagon with bed rolls; a rooftop sign advertises: "Lodging, Meals."
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- [1890 or 1891?]
- Pearsall's meat market
- The exterior view of the Solomon Pearsall Meat Market at 136 West Second Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a group of men posed on the boardwalk outside the open doors of the shop. Two men wear long white aprons. Carcasses of fowl, rabbits, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- Peterson's on Santa Fe Dr.
- Employees of Peterson's Grocery pose behind the meat counter with Swift & Company employees, who include John Thorp, at 601 Santa Fe Drive in Denver, Colorado. Hams, animal carcasses, and buckets of lard are on display. Signs and labels read:...
- Peterson's Grocery (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Swift & Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Georgetown, grocery store
- Interior view of a retail grocery store in the Hamill Block, Georgetown, Colorado. Two men in aprons, possibly the owners, pose with three boys in background. Store includes carcasses hanging on hooks, shelves stocked with canned goods, wooden...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- 1895?
- Denver, business, meat industry & trade, Swift & Co.
- Interior view of the Swift & Company meat packing plant in Denver, Colorado; at center, workers hold knives and stand at tables; carcasses hang from hooks at left and right; trough in foreground.
- Swift & Company--Facilities--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Butchers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Meat cutting--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Meat industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Packing plant interior
- Interior view of a slaughterhouse in Denver, Colorado; shows men working with pork carcasses and viscera.
- Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Butchers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Meat cutting--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Meat...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mrs. D. M. Morgan
- Portrait of Mrs. D. M. Morgan, in (probably) Denver, Colorado; she wears hunting clothes and holds a rifle. Antelope carcasses are laid across her horse.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Antelope hunting--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Morgan, D. M., Mrs.
- 1919 July
- The return of the hunters
- Hunters in Canon City, Colorado, pose by a horse-drawn wagon loaded with antlered deer carcasses. They wear ammunition belts and hold their rifles by the barrel, butts to the ground. A two-story, frame building in the background has signs:...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hunting--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Hunters returned to camp
- Men hold rifles and stand near a log cabin and a saddled horse, probably in southwestern Colorado. A metal pot hangs from timber posts over a fire. Fowl carcasses hang from a tree.
- 1889 Nov. 1st
- Prince of Wales Island Alaska four of six wolves poisoned at one station.
- Four wolf carcasses lie on snowy ground on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
- Wolves--Control--Alaska--Prince of Wales Island--1920-1930.; Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)--1920-1930.; Dead animals--Alaska--Prince of Wales Island--1920-1930.; Wolf hunting--Alaska--Prince of Wales Island--1920-1930.; Wolves--Alaska--Prince of...
- 1929
- Part of wolf catch, Mont.
- A man in a cap, coveralls and gloves stands next to wolf carcasses that hang from a wooden stockade fence.
- Wolves--Control--Montana--1920-1930.; Dead animals--Montana--1920-1930.; Wolf hunting--Montana--1920-1930.; Wolves--Montana--1920-1930.
- 1928
- Wolf carcass
- A wolf with front and hind legs trussed with wire hangs from two poles at the end of a sled near Eureka Mountain in Sitka County, Alaska. Carcasses and pelts lie on the sled bed. A rifle sits on the pelts. Another sled sits on the snow.
- Wolves--Control--Alaska--Sitka County--1920-1930.; Sitka County (Alaska)--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--Alaska--Sitka County--1920-1930.; Sleds & sleighs--Alaska--Sitka County--1920-1930.; Wolf hunting--Alaska--Sitka County--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Five mountain lions killed in 3 days by Government hunter Cleve Miller and party
- Probably Cleve Miller sits behind the wheel of an automobile; mountain lion (puma) carcasses lie on the hood and running board of the automobile and are draped over the wheel wells. Shows storefronts and trees and park benches in the small town...
- Puma--Control--1920-1930.; Automobiles--1920-1930.; Hunting--1920-1930.; Pumas--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1929?]
- Gunnison meat market
- Interior of a Gunnison, Colorado, meat market shows two men in long white coats and caps with a customer. They stand next to a central marble topped table with meat wrapped in paper packages under a pressed tin ceiling with crown molding. Carcasses...
- Butchers--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1910.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Meat industry--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Slaughter of buffaloes on the plains
- Coyotes and scavenger birds eat the remains of dead American buffalo on the grassy plains. Shows buffalo carcasses, skulls and ribs.
- Bison--1870-1880.; Coyotes--1870-1880.; Dead animals--1870-1880.
- 1872 February 24
- 1st meat market in Gunnison
- Townspeople and shopkeepers pose on west side of Main Street between Virginia and Georgia, Gunnison, Colorado. J. D. Miller and James Keenan are in front of the "Meat Market," with carcasses hung by door. Other businesses include: "City Bakery,"...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Miller meat market, section of business district
- Townspeople and shopkeepers pose on west side of Main Street between Virginia and Georgia, Gunnison, Colorado. J. D. Miller and James Keenan are in front of the "Meat Market," with carcasses hung by door. Other false front businesses include: "City...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--1880-1890.; Keenan, James.; Miller, J. D.
- [between 1880 and 1881]
- A. E. Leikauf Meat Company
- Interior view of the August E. Leikauf Meat Company located at 1013 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows display cases filled with meat, bacon and pork; cans of "Armour's Simon Pure [leaf] lard" sit on the counter with potted ferns....
- August E. Leikauf Meat Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butchers shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meat--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- Turkey plant
- View of an assembly line with dressed turkeys in Colorado. Shows the carcasses on a conveyor belt and hanging from hooks.
- Advertising--Colorado--1960-1970.; Food industry--Colorado--1960-1970.; Food processing machinery--Colorado--1960-1970.; Turkeys--Colorado--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 5, 1912 December 7
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 11, 1913 March 8
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 5, 1914 December 12
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 6, 1910 February 5
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 17, 1910 April 23
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 23, 1910 June 4