Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- First CZ meet, Grizzly
- Two California Zephyr express trains meet at a railroad siding (Grizzly) in Garfield County, Colorado, beside the Colorado River. The Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotives and passenger cars travel in opposite directions on parallel tracks....
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; California Zephyr (Express train)--1940-1950.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grizzly (Colo. : Railroad siding)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield...
- 1949 Mar. 21
- Elote, Subchief of Apaches
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elote, North American Indian subchief (Apache); he wears a headdress with feathers and buffalo horns and decorated with discs and ribbons. He wwears a hairpipe necklace and has a blanket wrapped around his...
- Apache Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Elote.
- c1900
- Strontia Springs
- Detail of the fireplace ruins inside the 1884 Strontia Springs Hotel on the Denver, South Park and Pacific line of the Colorado and Southern railroad, Strontia Springs (Deansbury), Platte Canyon, Douglas County, Colorado. Once part of a posh summer...
- Strontia Springs Hotel (Strontia, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Strontia Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Ruins--Colorado--Strontia Springs--1950-1960.; Colorado...
- 1955
- Spar City
- Panoramic view overlooking Spar City (Lime Creek, Fisher City), Mineral County, Colorado.
- Spar City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1935 and 1940]
- Sunshine Rescue Mission
- A barefoot girl prepares to open the front door of the Sunshine Rescue Mission at 1822 Larimer Street in Denver, Colorado. The sign in the windows shows a sun with sunbeams that reads: "[Sunshin]e Rescue Mission" and "If [?] Love Shall Conquer...
- Sunshine Rescue Mission (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Rescue missions (Church work)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Poor...
- [between 1915 and 1929?]
- Commissioners and directors of the U.P.R.R.
- Men, identified as the commissioners and directors of the Union Pacific Railroad, stand in a row near railroad tracks and pose with a long piece of paper in probably Lincoln County, Nebraska. The Union Pacific Railroad officials wear suits with...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--People--1860-1870.; Lincoln County (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Business men--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Generals--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Men--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Railroad...
- 1866, October
- Byers family
- A group portrait of the Byers family at a side entrance of the Byers residence at 171 South Washington Street in the Speer neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Identification, right to left, Elizabeth M. Byers (Mrs. William N. Byers), Mrs. Frank...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.; Byers, Frank S.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.; McDonald, Elizabeth, sister of William N. Byers.; Robinson, W. F.
- 1895
- Telluride
- Aerial view of Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado; also shows San Juan Mountains.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mountain road
- View of a horse drawn wagon on a dirt road in (probably) Colorado. A cylindrical object is tied to the rear of the cart.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--1890-1900.; Travel--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mountain pass
- View of a dirt road and cable fence probably in the San Juan Mountains in Colorado; snow dotted peaks are in the distance.
- Dirt roads--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Blackhawk lies at the mouth of Chase Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A railroad track forks in the foreground with one portion leading to the Polar Star Mill at right. The Empire Mill stands in the midground, and the Boiler Room...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Black Hawk, C.T.
- View north from Bobtail Hill, in Black Hawk, Colorado, up four mile Gulch to Dory Hill, where the state's first cemetery was located. Central business district includes: Undertaker, Union House (on Selak Street), Drugs (brick, arched windows and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Victor, Colo.
- Buildings of the Ajax gold mine sit atop a large pile of tailings above the Midland Terminal Railway tracks in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The Portland mine's buildings are in the distance. Shows houses along the railroad line.
- Midland Terminal Railway--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Ajax Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Portland Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Victor...
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- Taken at Lawson, Colo.
- A group of men pose in front of a brick and wood building with a tattered awning, in Lawson, Clear Creek County, Colorado. They wear suits, ribbons with American flags and fringe, and hold their hats. Identificatin reads: Row # 1, Bishop?, George...
- Lawson (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- American Express Co. Denver
- American Express drivers pose by delivery trucks, horse drawn wagons and Union Station in Denver, Colorado. The wrought iron canopy and Mizpah Arch are in the background.
- American Express Company--People--1910-1920.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Welcome Arch (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- Silverton R.R., transfer of passengers
- People pose with buggies, wagons, and horse teams by a Silverton Railroad Company locomotive, a Denver & Rio Grande Railway freight car, and a Silverton R.R. passenger car in Red Mountain Town, Ouray County, Colorado. The men wear suits, planter...
- Silverton Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1880-1890.; Business people--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Red Mountain--1880-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Red...
- 1888 Sept. 17
- Black Hawk, C.T.
- View northwest of early Black Hawk, Colorado, showing Gregory St. and central business district. North Clear Creek is visible in lower right corner. Business names visible include: Printing Office, Wholesale and Retail Meat Market. ...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- 1864
- Church Sunday School picnic at Sunset, Colo. Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific RR.
- People pose by the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific tracks and depot, Sunset, (originally Penn's Gluch) Boulder County, Colorado. They are dressed in their finest for the Sunday School picnic excursion. A residence, tent, lunch room and grocery store...
- Greeley, Salt Lake, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Sunset (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Picnics--Colorado--Sunset--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Sunset--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Sunset--1880-1890.
- 1885
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 10th Mountain Division 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment Company E
- Group portrait (standing, kneeling, sitting ) of the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company E holding rifles. The four officers, seated on folding chairs, do not have rifles. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 1944. Most...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company E.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- June 1944
- Early placer mining
- Placer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground,...
- Russell Gulch (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Miners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--1860-1870.;...
- [between 1860 and 1870]
- Engine #10
- Firemen pose outdoors near Denver Fire Department Station (Engine) #10 at 32nd (Thirty-second) Avenue and Curtis Street in the Curtis Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The men wear uniforms and hold peaked caps. A sign reads: "D. F. D. No. 10...
- Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--Buildings--1920-1930.; Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1928?]
- Ute Indian Camp Garden of the Gods Shan Kive
- Panoramic view of Native American (Ute) men, women and children, and white men at the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival) in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Utes pose in front of tipis and the sandstone rock formations of the Garden...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1913
- Grand Canon, Colorado River, near Paria Creek, looking east
- Aerial view of eroded sandstone towers and talus in probably Marble Canyon on the Colorado River in Coconino County, Arizona.
- Coconino County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Marble Canyon (Coconino County, Ariz. : Canyon)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--1870-1880.;...
- 1872
- Denver's Auto Bandit Chaser
- Denver police officers pose with Denver's Auto Bandit Chaser in Civic Center Park in the Civic Center Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The car is a Cadillac modified by the Izett Auto Body Company to include bullet-proof armor plate, a...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Police vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [1921 March]
- West Denver during the flood
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, streets, and water. People watch from the water's edge; signs read: "Commonwealth," "J. G. Vawter & Co," "J. B. Doyle & Co," "Keller House," "American House," and "Bell's Boarding...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Old home of William N. Byers
- William N. Byers and his wife Elizabeth and children, Frank and Mary (later Mary Byers Robinson), pose in front of their home in Denver, Colorado; shows a one story wood frame house with a pitched roof and chimney.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.; Byers, Frank S.; Robinson, Mary Byers.
- 1862
- #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
- Fruit ranch of W. B. Cross, Grand River Valley
- View of W.B. Cross' fruit orchards near Clifton, Colorado in Grand Valley; shows fruit trees, the Book Cliffs rock formation, Mount Garfield, telegraph lines, dirt road, and clouds.
- Fruit--Colorado--1900-1910.; Orchards--Colorado--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Mesa Verde
- Native Americans, wrapped in blankets and wearing headbands, pose around a kiva in the reconstructed Balcony House ruins, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1930.; Kivas--Colorado--1920-1930.; National parks &...
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Spar City late 30's
- View overlooking the town of Spar City (Fisher City, Lime Creek), Mineral County, Colorado, shows log homes.
- Spar City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Royal Tiger Mines Co.
- View of Royal Tiger Mine, mill, and mining ore processing facility in San Juan County, Colorado; buildings include the carpenter shop, machine shop, and concentrator. A car is by tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Royal Tiger Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.
- August 22, 1923
- Bicycle club float
- Men in white jackets, kneepants, and dusters pose with their Sunflower Carnival Parade float and bicycles, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The float is decorated with a patterned, tasseled, paper parasol, bunting, flowers, potted palms...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Flowers--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1897
- Bicycle entry, Flower Carnival
- An entrant in the Sunflower Carnival parade poses on a bicycle in his white shirt and kneepants, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. His bicycle is decorated with white fabric woven into the spokes, a dirigible blimp with propellers...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades &...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Parade entry, Flower Carnival
- People pose in a Sunflower Carnival Parade buggy with flowers and greenery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The women wear white dresses with ruffles, lace, flowered hats, and carry parasols; a man wears a suit and holds a ribboned...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Flowers--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Coal mine underground Lafayette, Colo.
- Miners work with a pneumatic drill and a pick near a mine ore car in a mine tunnel near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Lafayette coal mine
- A miner works with a pneumatic drill in a tunnel of a mine near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. He wears a hat and a miner's light.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Early Broadmoor
- View of a fenced tract of land known as Broadmoor village, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows residences and mountains.
- Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900]
- Greenhouse, Cleveholm, Redstone Colo.
- View of the greenhouse on the Cleveholm estate of mine owner John Cleveland Osgood, located in Redstone, Colorado.
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Cleveholm (Redstone, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Estates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1920.; Greenhouses--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Redstone Colo.
- View of a residential street in Redstone, Colorado, includes fenced residences.
- Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Office of Pollock & Engel, Craig Colo.
- Seven men stand in front of the Pollock & Engel Land Office in Craig, Colorado; window sign reads: "We Make Locations On U.S. Government Land, Office of Pollock and Engel, Exclusive Agents For Carey Act Land;" Wright Cafe is adjacent at left.
- Pollock & Engel Land Office--1910-1920.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Land use--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Office buildings--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [1917]
- Good Hoist Mine- Cripple Creek
- View of the Good Hoist Mine works near Cripple Creek in Teller County, Colorado. Three men stand between a wooden building and headframe that is anchored to another building. One man leans on a mine car near a metal trough that leads down a slope...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Headframes (Mining)--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- A Burro and Wagon
- A burro stands hitched to a two wheeled wagon on a well-traveled dirt path. Folded blankets are on the wagon. A four wheeled wagon stands in the distance. Mountains and trees are visible in the distance.
- Carts & wagons--1890-1900.; Donkeys--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Old dredge near Fairplay, Colo.
- Abandoned hydraulic placer gold mining dredge on the frozen South Platte River near Fairplay, Park County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Dredges--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1920-1930.; Hydraulic...
- January 1929
- Intersection of 1st avenue & Grant street looking west
- View of a Victorian Richardsonian Romanesque house at the corner of 1st (First) Avenue and Grant Street in the Speer Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The house is constructed of rusticated stone with a steeply pitched cross gable roof with rounded...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Speer (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street...
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Lawrence Street between 13th and 14th
- View of brick commercial buildings on Lawrence Street, in Denver, Colorado; bicycles are parked by storefronts and signs: "The Denver Lithographing Co.," "Commonwealth M'F'G' Co," and "Dieter's Book Bindery."
- Denver Lithographing Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Dieter's Book Bindery (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Loop House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Loop Hotel in Georgetown, Colorado. The two- story wood construction building has a false front, a cornice with brackets, and tall narrow windows with pediments on the front and side; a sign "Loop House" extends from the...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Loop Hotel (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Near Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View across evergreen covered hills to snow dusted Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Ouray Monument Million Dollar Highway
- A man stands and looks at a stone obelisk with a metal plaque depicting Ouray, a Native American (Ute) Chief, and incised letters: "In Memory of Chief Ouray and Chipeta Erected by The State of Colo. 1926.", Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado....
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Obelisks--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Chipeta--Monuments.; Ouray--Monuments.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Colburn Hotel
- View of Colburn Hotel in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with urns and a covered entry. Cars are parked at the curb.
- Colburn Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]