Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Winter march
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers taken during a winter march on a snow-packed road. Members of the group are carrying snowshoes, one is carrying a small handcase and another is wearing sunglasses. Two other soldiers are walking away from the...
- Military training--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]
- Unloading supplies from Po River crossing near San Benedetto, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Mountain Infantry, Service Company soldiers with a boxes on their shoulders walk away from the northern banks of the Po in the San Benedetto area during the Italian Campaign. On the beach behind them are stacks of...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 24, 1945
- F Company squad, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Battalion, F Company Squad posing for a photograph in Italy. The Squad members are all wearing helmets and brown sweaters or khaki field jackets. All are carrying their weapons. All have rifles except one man, the...
- Bow and arrow--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Me on maneuvers
- John C. "Jack" Caldwell poses for a portrait while on maneuvers at Camp Hale, Colorado, in 1943. He is standing on a trail surrounded by golden aspen and pine trees. He is wearing a helmet, khaki shirt and pants, and carrying a rifle. Behind him is...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; Caldwell, John C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943
- Seven men with three mules, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Seven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers pose for a photograph at Camp Hale, Colorado. All are in uniform and carrying knapsacks. The two men on the left are carrying rifles and the second from the left is wearing a cap, not a helmet like the other...
- Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mules--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Wild West Show cast
- Members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show ride horses in a grassy area during a performance of the show. Among those riding are several Native Americans wearing feather headdresses and carrying spears, German soldiers wearing metal...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Horse shows.; Soldiers--German.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1899
- Women Walking near Building at Mission Viejo
- Two women with boxes on sidewalk in front of building. One woman is brunette and wearing red sweater and blue pants carrying a brown cardboard box. Other woman is blond and wearing white short sleeve shirt and blue pants and is carrying a white box...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Burlington Special carrying crowned Prince Fredric and wife Ingrid of Denmark, 4-18-'39
- Burlington Zephyr "Silver Charger" carrying Prince Fredric and wife Ingrid of Denmark; shows a high speed silver streamliner of the Burlington Route (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy) with three car bodies mounted on four trucks; "General Pershing...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Railroads--1930-1940.
- [194-?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 1, 1912 January 6
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- U. S. Post Office Postmen carrying bundles of packages
- View of men in mail carrier uniforms at the United States Post Office in Denver, Colorado, carrying letters and packages.
- United States. Post Office (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Letter carriers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.; Post offices--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- First passenger carrying train on the Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railroad
- Men pose on a Denver, Laramie and Northwestern Railroad flat car in (probably) Colorado.
- Denver, Laramie, and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- 1909, January 21
- San Carlos Apache woman
- Standing studio portrait vignette of a Native American San Carlos Apache woman posed in profile carrying a pitch covered basket jar with a head strap and wearing patterned blouse and skirt; props include baskets, cactus and brush.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1880-1890.; Apache baskets--1880-1890.; Apache Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Baskets--1880-1890.; Lifting & carrying--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- First Baptist Church 1942 Directory
- Directory produced by the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory is: a list of member, past and present, along with their address in and out of the Denver area, the Churches By-Laws and advertisements from local Denver...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 5
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 December 9
- Protest, Mountain Bell vs. CHUN, two men carrying signs
- One of Manila's many canal showing cascos, used in carrying freight.
- Woman with children in Juneteenth Parade
- Lettuce strike, Center, Colo.
- Members and supporters of the United Farm Workers of America join the lettuce strike against Finerman Company in Center (Saguache County), Colorado. Men and women stand neat the side of a highway. Some wear berets and armbands with the United Farm...
- Mel Finerman Company--People--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Center (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Migrant agricultural laborers.; Mel Finerman Company--Pictorial...
- [1971?]
- Denver & Rio Grande Engine 5771
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Engine No. 5771 currently on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 West 44th Avenue, Golden, Colo. Between 1971-1983, this diesel engine powered the last non-Amtrak intercity passenger train in the United...
- Colorado Railroad Museum--2000-2010.; Diesel locomotives--Colorado--Golden--2000-2010.; Golden (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Pictorial works.; Colorado Railroad Museum--Pictorial works.; Diesel...
- 2009
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 9, 1918 November
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 12, 1919 December
- Pouch
- Shows a Native American Sioux buckskin pouch made by Lucy Knife of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The pouch features decorative multicolor and white beadwork in geometric designs, a doeskin carrying strap and a flap.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Pouches--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Basket
- Shows a Native American (Zuni Pueblo) wicker basket; it was used as a bowl with a carrying capacity of a half gallon. The basket is made of red bark willow.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Baskets--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Recreation hunting 3 men with dog & guns
- A group of young men pose outdoors with shotguns and rifles in Denver, Colorado. One man smokes a pipe.
- Hunters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920?]
- Chums
- A man poses with a burro carrying a mining screen in an unidentified town in Colorado; buildings, businesses, and rocky crags are in the background.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Water carriers on the Gold Belt
- A man poses with burros carrying water barrels in Colorado; a valley is far below.
- Barrels--Colorado--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Horse-drawn wagon with sign
- Men and women pose on a horse-drawn wagon on Alameda Avenue near a bridge over the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The side of the wagon reads: "The Silver State Furniture Co."
- Silver State Furniture Company--Public relations--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Baby in carriage covered by parasol
- Outdoor portrait of a baby in a baby buggy in Denver, Colorado. An umbrella is attached to the wooden baby carriage.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Baby carriages--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Infants--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Umbrellas--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Boiler for the first dredge that went into Warren, Idaho
- Men pose around a wagon carrying a boiler tank in Warren, Idaho County, Idaho. They wear suits, and slouch or planter hats. A team of eight horses in harness pull the conveyance.
- Warren (Idaho)--1880-1890.; Dredges--Idaho--Warren--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Leadville in background
- View over the mining district east of Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, includes Wolftone Mine with dark smoke pouring from tall stacks, the Arkansas Valley Smelter in distance, trestles carrying the Graham Park Branch and the Wolftone spur over...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Big snow of December 1913 Colfax looking east from Broadway
- Pedestrians, a man carrying skis, horse drawn wagons and street cars number 92 and 75 make their way through deep snow on Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado. The Argonaut Hotel and the Immaculate Conception Cathedral show in distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Frijoles Canon
- A Native American guides pauses on the Frijoles Canyon trail below a elderly man with a with beard and walking stick and a woman carrying a toolbox; the steep trail switches back and forth along the volcanic tuff. Bandelier National Monument, New...
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Aged persons--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Guides & scouts--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Women--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Frijoles Canon
- A Native American guide pauses on the Frijoles Canyon trail with an elderly man with a white beard and walking stick and a woman carrying a toolbox, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The steep trail switches back and forth along the volcanic...
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Aged persons--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Guides & scouts--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Women--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- 1917
- The Needles
- Pueblo women walk on railroad tracks carrying basins of items for sale to train passengers. They wear plaid blankets and have their lower legs wrapped. A conductor and a porter stand among them; passenger coaches are in the background.
- Indians of North America--Commerce--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--women--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Benjamin Duke and friends
- Ben Duke holding a rifle and snowshoes, poses with other men at Tennesee Pass in Eagle or Lake County, Colorado. Wearing white parkas, fur lined hoods, and carrying skis, they are identified as (l to r): Peter Seibert, Bill Boddington, Don...
- Tennessee Pass (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Veterans--Colorado--Tennessee Pass--1960-1970.; Duke, H. Benjamin.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- North, Cripple Creek fire
- View north on Fourth (4th) Street from below Myers Avenue across debris from one of the April, 1896 fires, Cripple Creek, Colorado; shows wide stretch of desolation with horse-drawn wagons carrying lumber supplies; remaining buildings on distant...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Rio Grande Saloon, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Rio Grande Saloon on Xenia Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story wood frame commercial building with horizontal and vertical planks and a double-wide corner entry with two-sash transom, plain parapet; man with three boys (one...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Rio Grande Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [between 1899 and 1901]
- Residence of H. O. Charles
- A group poses outside the H. O. Charles residence, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado; some sit on front steps, others on a rock, a girl stands next to a goat cart carrying a boy. The frame house features a front gable, clapboard and shingle...
- Charles, H. O.--Homes & haunts.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.
- 1893
- #327 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A man walks through the interior of Emry Shoe and Clothing Company carrying a rectangular clothing box under his arm. He wears a suit, a hat, and holds gloves in his right hand. Items for sale include: jackets hanging on clothes racks, hats in...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Hats--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Pemberton - Colorado
- A carriage carrying three men is parked in front of a wooden commercial building in Pemberton, Colorado in either Douglas County or Teller County. Five men surround the wagon. The door to the shop is open. Signs: "Headquarters for Wetherald's...
- Pemberton Restaurant & Lunch Room (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Wetherald's Transfer and Stage Line (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Pemberton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Pemberton--1890-1900.;...
- [1895?]
- School at Petersburg, Colo
- Children holding hats, lunch pails and baskets pose with their teachers in front of a frame schoolhouse, Petersburg (later became Englewood), Arapahoe County, Colorado. The schoolhouse has double hung windows, shutters, doors with transoms, a...
- Petersburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Petersburg--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Summitville, Colo., offices
- View shows automobiles parked, and a man carrying a pail, in front of boarded up office buildings, Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Summitville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Buildings--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1930-1940.
- December 31, 1935
- Disasterous [sic] fire at Sunnyside Mine
- Smoke and flames engulf Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado; miners evacuate carrying bundles.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1910-1920.
- April 1919
- Miss Crosby
- The first prize entry in the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, consists of a pony and buggy decorated with roses and peonies. Miss Crosby grins and wears a large white hat and loose hair; a boy with white...
- Crosby, Nina.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Costumes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Colorado Springs Fire Department
- View of the Fire Department rescue drills, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a fireman on the ladder of the fire truck carrying down another man on his back. The brick hose drying tower and apartments are in the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department.--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Towers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Flower Carnival Parade
- View of Sunflower Carnival parade floats, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows Black men in hooded robes with a cart carrying a statue of a horse, a man in wide skirt, and a clown. The next float is drawn by a team of white, plumed...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Bands--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- 10th units lead Victory Parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Columns of soldiers march down a crowded tree lined avenue as paper falls from the sky. A soldier in the center of the image is carrying the American flag. According to the caption: "A platoon and the Colorguard of the 10th Mountain Division lead...
- Military parades & ceremonies--American--Brazil--Rio de Janiero--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Brazil--Rio de Janiero--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 July 18
- Skitroops on parade at Paradise Lodge, Washington
- Approximately one hundred men of the 87th Mountain Infantry Battalion (reinforced) in white camouflage suits, carrying knapsacks and rifles and wearing skis stand in columns in the middle of a snow covered field with Paradise Lodge, Washington, and...
- Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1941 or 1942]
- John Woodward and Peter Gabriel on Nisqually Glacier, Mount Ranier, Washington
- John B. Woodward (foreground) and Peter Gabriel (background) practice ice climbing techniques on Nisqualli Glacier, Mt. Rainier, Washington. Both 87th Mountain Infantry (reinforced) soldiers are roped together and wearing full knapsacks and ice...
- Snow and ice climbing--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940- 19.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Glaciers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Gabriel, Peter, Corporal.;...
- June 1942