Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Yellowstone, Grotto Geyser in Eruption
- View of the Grotto Geyser in eruption in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A pine forest is in the distance.
- Grotto Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Gov. Pitkin
- Studio portrait, head, of Frederick Walker Pitkin, lawyer and politician; Colorado Governor (1879-83).
- Governors--Colorado--1880-1900.; Lawyers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Politicians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Pitkin, Frederick W. (Frederick Walker), 1837-1886.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- I. Berlin (started John Thompson Grocery)
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Isaac Berlin, retail grocer of Boulder and Denver; owner of John Thompson grocery.
- Grocers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Berlin, Isaac, 1847-1918.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- L. K. Watkins
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Leonard K. Watkins, Denver resident.
- Watkins, Leonard K.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- King Crack
- Ramon Del Castillo, a poet and professor of Chicano Studies at Metropolitan State College performs a poetry reading titled: "Vato Loco Presents: King Crack," in Denver, Colorado. He wears a full length coat, a hood and gloves. His face is painted...
- Mexican Americans--2000-1990.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Poets.; Performance art.; Del Castillo, Ramon, 1949---Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [2005?]
- Western History Subject Index
- DRUGS
- Western History Subject Index
- COCAINE
- Tejon St. in the business section of Colorado Springs
- View of Tejon Street in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows pedestrians, brick and stone office buildings with storefronts, arches, and canvas awnings.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Scene in the La Plata mining district
- View of mine or mill sheds, smokestacks, ore car tracks, and snow capped mountains in La Plata County Colorado.
- La Plata County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mills--Colorado--La Plata County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--La Plata County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Entrance to Lady Belle Mine "a"
- View of hills and scrub near the Lady Belle mine south of Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lady Bell Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Industries - construction - scene at Alameda subway
- View of Alameda underpass construction in Denver, Colorado; shows machinery, the railroad bridge, freight cars, and institutional buildings.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- Group of boys
- View of boys and ice on Archer Canal, in Denver, Colorado. The Alameda Avenue bridge and houses are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Ice--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Harrison Ave.
- View of Harrison Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows office buildings, the Tabor Opera House, and signs: "Dunlap & Christy Hats," and "...Selling at Greatly Reduced Prices, J. W. Smith."
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Ouray-Silverton toll road, Uncompaghre [sic] bridge (around the circle)
- A view of the Otto Mears Ouray to Silverton toll road and a bridge in Uncompahgre Gorge (Ouray County), Colorado. A man in a horse-drawn carriage poses on a bridge. A log building is nearby. Shows a waterfall above a river.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Garden of the Gods, Gateway and Pikes Peak
- View of Gate Rock, a sandstone rock formation at Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?)
- Entrance Revenue Tunnel
- View of the entrance to Revenue Tunnel Mine near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Three men sit on ore carts drawn by a mule along on narrow gauge tracks. A man stands in a building doorway near the tunnel.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Revenue Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Crater of Old Faithful
- View of prehistoric rhyolitic lava flows at the crater of Old Faithful Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Dense pine forests are in the distance.
- Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Lincoln from Court House
- View of the city of Lincoln (Lancaster County), Nebraska. Shows the Capitol building, the First Congregational Church, the First Baptist Church, a heating plant smokestack, probably the courthouse flagpole, and commercial and residential buildings.
- Lincoln (Neb.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Nebraska--Lincoln--1900-1910.; Flagpoles--Nebraska--Lincoln--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Mount Vernon House
- This ashlar house in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Colorado, has stone trim, shingle imbrication, and "1860" etched in the lintel. Used as a tavern and livery for many years, it has a sign in the doorframe: "Coors Gold." Built by George Morrison,...
- Mount Vernon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Mount Vernon--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Hose Company #3 26th St and Lincoln Ave
- Fire Department Hose Company #3 in Denver, Colorado, is a two- story brick building with arched doors and windows. Uniformed firemen (some Black) pose with their horse-drawn wagon. A fire hydrant is in lawn edging 26th (Twenty-sixth) Street....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Luby Home Minturn, Colo
- This one-story frame residence in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, has a covered porch, shingle imbrication, bargeboard, bay windows, and a brick chimney. A man, woman, and child pose on the stoop; wood fence encloses the snowy yard. Mountains are...
- Minturn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Minturn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Minturn, Colo
- Well dressed men, women, and children pose in Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, on the steps of a frame schoolhouse (with belfry). The women wear oversized, feathered hats.
- Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Minturn, Colo
- Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado, consists of frame dwellings and outbuildings, dusted in snow. The Eagle River and tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad are in the foreground; foothills are in the background.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Minturn (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Minturn--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Poncha Springs and Pass
- View of Poncha Springs, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows canvas tents and the Poncha Springs Hotel and hot springs with the Arkansas River valley and the Sawatch Range in the background.
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ouray
- View southeast over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, towards the craggy Amphitheater with eroded vegetated slopes and Cascade Falls. The Beaumont Hotel on the corner of Main (Third, 3rd) Street and 5th Avenue is under construction. Several teams of...
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [1886]
- First cabin home in Saguache Co - Ford place
- Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado, the Ford place is a hewn log cabin with dovetail notching, sash windows, and is L-shaped. People pose; the women wear full dresses with pleats and flounces.
- Saguache (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Log cabins--Colorado--Saguache--1860-1870.; Women--Colorado--Saguache--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1870?]
- Saints John, Colorado
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, men pose near frame dwellings and sheds behind them, including a round one with a conical roof. A camera on a tripod is among the men; one holds a dog.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cameras--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.; Circular buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Sts John mine buildings
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, this two-story log guest house has a rustic porch/balcony, bargeboard, antlers, and external stairs. It is flanked by the foremen's home and the assay office: frame and log buildings.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Guesthouses--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Rosita
- View over Rosita, Custer County, Colorado, shows frame dwellings, businesses, fenced yards, mining sheds and tailing piles on hill slopes.
- Rosita (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1881?]
- Hot Springs Livery Stable bldg. was on corner of G. and West 2nd present site of Argys Plumbing Co.
- View of the "Hot Springs Livery and Feed", "G" and West 2nd (Second), Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows men, horses, buggies, and wagons in front of the frame board and batten building with open double doors and a signs: "Turret and...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Stables--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Old deserted diner
- View of a weathered step gable false front building in Tabernash, Grand County, Colorado, that once housed a diner. One window has a taped crack and another is covered with plastic. Dilapidated buildings and a burro tied to a fence by two oil or...
- Tabernash (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Tabernash--1980-1990.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Tabernash--1980-1990.
- 1980
- Variety store, Salida, Colorado
- Interior of store in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, displays: cosmetics cases, dolls, photographs, paperback books, perambulators, toy furniture, and a sled. A parlour stove is against the back interior wall; potted plants top shelves.
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.; Variety stores--Colorado--Salida--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Vista of Mt. Sopris and Roaring Fork River Valley
- View of Mount Sopris, Elk Range of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado; shows Roaring Fork River Valley, agricultural land, a ranch house with log cabin, corrals and haystacks.
- Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Columbine Castle
- View of the snow covered Columbine Castle possibly in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Log buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Driving Club opening the horse show
- Men in horse drawn buggies are gathered in the outdoor arena at Broadway and Colfax for the Festival of the Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. A crowd of people sits in bleachers or grandstands. Shows the Cental Presbyterian Church tower and a...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Grandstands--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Horse shows--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer
- Denver Mayor Robert W. Speer, smiles for the camera. He wears a dark pin striped suit and bowler hat. He stands near two automobiles.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Speer, Robert Walter, 1855-1918.
- [between 1904 and 1918]
- Gathering at Cheesman Park
- Women in hats crowd Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado; Boy Scouts in uniform sit at the edge of the group. The memorial - pavilion is in the background.
- Boy Scouts of America.--1910-1920.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1917
- Mesa Verde - cliff dwellings
- Three men explore the Long House ruin, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Walls of the ruin are built along a horizontal crack in the sandstone cliff.
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Colorado--1920-1930.; Long House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos religion estufas
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, a Native American woman, and a kiva.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Southern Utes - 1899, fifth annual Festival of Mountain & Plain, Denver
- Studio portrait of an unidentified group of whites and Native Americans (Ute); Native American costume includes hair pipe chokers, earrings, beaded vests and shirts, rings, and medals. C. M. Day wears a ribbon reading: "Fifth Annual Festival of...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Day, C. M. (Cassius Marion), 1864-1940.
- 1899
- Detectives at the Golden Eagle Store robbery
- Two male detectives point to a bullet hole in a glass display case at the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Store in Denver, Colorado located at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets. The damage was caused by police gunfire.
- Golden Eagle Dry Goods Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Robberies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1931 May 11
- Group of four posed
- Three men hold a woman aloft. Two men and the woman wear swimming suits; one man wears a suit and tie.
- Bathing suits--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Ute group portrait
- Standing studio portrait of unidentified Native American (Ute) man and two women. The Ute man wears braids, earrings, a shirt, breechcloth, leggings, and a belt, he has a horse hair whisk hanging from his neck. The women wear dresses and...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ute group portrait
- Large group portrait of unidentified Native American men, women, and children (Ute), they pose with a drum and wear traditional Ute dress. Shows teepees.
- Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Ute group portrait
- Studio group portrait of unidentified Native American (Ute) men and a girl with two white boys. The Ute men's costume includes shirts, vests, leggings, blankets, jackets, chokers, and headdresses. Some of the men hold bows, arrows, a shield, and...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.; Boys--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Portrait with Utes
- Studio portrait of an unidentified group of whites and Native Americans (Ute); Native American costume includes hair pipe chokers, earrings, beaded vests and shirts, rings, and medals. C. M. Day wears a ribbon reading: "Fifth Annual Festival of...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Day, C. M. (Cassius Marion), 1864-1940.
- 1899
- Central City barber shop ca. 1866
- Interior view of a barber shop in Central City, Colorado; shows men being shaved, shaving implements, mirrors, stuffed animals, and a hanging lamp.
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Barbershops--Colorado--Central City--1860-1870.; Interiors--1860-1870.
- [1866?]
- Car and riders in front of thatched / stone structure
- Men and women pose in an open topped automobile by stone shelters with thatched roofs, probably in Colorado.
- Convertible automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Pack Trane [sic] on Marshall Basin Trail, Telluride, Colo
- View of pack burros, men, and a dog on a Marshall Basin trail switchback in San Miguel County, Colorado; horses pull a makeshift grader.
- Marshall Basin (Colo.)--1870-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mules--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.; Trails & paths--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Wilson Creek, on road from Garden Park to Cripple Creek. Survey team and outfit. Teller County. Gorge in granite.
- View of a horse drawn covered wagon in Wilson Creek gorge, Teller County, Colorado; cliffs are in the background.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1894