Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 26, 1912 June 29
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Shaft hoist - stage
- Miners stand behind a shaft hoist in a mine tunnel of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company in Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Consolidated Stanley Mining Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Clear...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Frank W. Stahl
- Studio bust portrait of Frank Winthrop Stahl, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Stahl's short hair is parted to the side and he has a moustache. He wears a wool coat with a handkerchief, a shirt with an upright collar and a polka...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Stahl, Frank W. (Frank Winthrop); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Wagon Wheel Gap
- A river runs parallel to a railroad track, possibly of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, at Wagon Wheel Gap, southeast of Creede in Mineral County, Colorado. A rocky cliff stands on both sides of the river forming the gap. A small group of...
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.; Pines--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Wagon Wheel...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Railroad tracks near Aspen
- A track of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad runs from the foreground around a steep, rocky cliff in Chalk Creek Canyon, south of Aspen, Colorado. A passenger train is in the background with a person standing on top of the locomotive.
- Pitkin County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Pitkin County--1870-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Pitkin County--1870-1900.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Pitkin County--1870-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pitkin County--1870-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- W.J. Nicholl
- Studio bust portrait of William John Nicholl, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Nicholl's short hair is parted to the side. He wears a plaid wool coat with a handkerchief, and a necktie fastened with a circular tie stud.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Nicholl, William J. (William John); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Ada May Shrock
- Studio bust portrait of Ada May Shrock, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Shrock's bangs are curled and her hair is pulled back. She wears a lace lappet probably affixed with a bar pin, and a blouse with a band collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Shrock, Anna May.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Allan W. Wright
- Studio bust portrait of Allan Wicks Wright, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Wright's short hair brushed neatly back. He wears a wool coat with a handkerchief, a shirt with an upright collar, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Wright, Allan Wicks.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Anna May Hoag
- Studio bust portrait of Anna May Hoag, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Hoag has curled bangs, and her hair is pinned in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has velvet lapels over a v-shaped gathered and puffed fabric panel, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Hoag, Anna May.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Arapahoe County courthouse
- The Arapahoe County Courthouse at 16th (Sixteenth) and Tremont streets in downtown Denver, Colorado, was built in 1883 by Lester Fillmore and Peter Gumry for $185,000 as a three-story building; the fourth level, seen here, was added 10 years later...
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Belle Phipps
- Studio bust portrait of Isabel Phipps, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Phipps' bangs are layered and curled and she wears her hair in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has plaid lapels over a v-shaped gathered and puffed fabric...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Phipps, Isabel.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- 10th Mountain Division 87th Regiment Company I
- FRONT ROW 1) Ernst, Ed., 2) unidentified, 3) Crist, Ed, 4) unidentified, 5) unidentified, 6) Massey, 7) Cianchetti, Armond, 8) Kowolczyk, Anthony, 9) Diehl, Robert, 10) "Stomper" Barnwell, 11) Anderson, 12) Jones, Alex, 13) Stewart, Bob, 14) Ewing,...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company I.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944]
- Ena Louise Stone
- Studio bust portrait of Ena Louise Stone, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Stone's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has a series of puffed pleats from the neckline, gathered with a bow in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Stone, Ena Louise.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Bessie Simmons
- Studio bust portrait of Bessie Ottilia Simmons, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Simmons' hair is swept back in a bun. Her wool dress bodice has a front enclosure flanked on either side by a black, loop patterned passementerie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Simmons, Bessie Ottilia.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Zula Simmons
- Studio bust portrait of Zula Abbie Simmons, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Simmons' bangs are curled and tousled, and her hair is pinned neatly back in a bun. Her dress bodice has a front closure and buttons with starburst...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Simmons, Zula Abbie.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Rosa Kruse
- Studio bust portrait of Rosa Catherine Kruse, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kruse's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled tightly back in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice is made of a sheer fabric, and neat rows...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kruse, Rosa Catherine.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Jimmy James and Joe "Awful" Rutofsky Coffee
- Signed photograph of Joe "Awful" Coffee and Jimmy James, identified as a Commander at Buckley Air Field in Aurora (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Joe Coffee poses and wears a leather aviator's jacket with a sheepskin collar, slacks with cuffs, and a...
- Aurora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Admirals--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.; Fighter planes--American--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.; Men--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.; Military uniforms--Colorado--Aurora--1940-1950.; Coffee, Joe Awful.; James, Jimmy,...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Theodore G. Smith
- Studio bust portrait of Theodore Gardner Smith, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Smith's short hair is parted to the side. He wears a coat, a shirt with an upright collar and a necktie with wide set stripes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Smith, Theodore G. (Theodore Gardner); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Marie L. Warnecke
- Studio bust portrait of Marie Louise Warnecke, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Warnecke's bangs are layered and curled, and her hair is in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has a front panel of varying fabric, and round,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Warnecke, Marie L. (Marie Louise); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Victor C. Kruse
- Studio bust portrait of Victor Clarence Kruse, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kruse's short wavy hair is brushed upwards on top. He wears a wool coat, a shirt with a band collar, and a necktie fastened with a tie stud.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kruse, Victor C. (Victor Clarence); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Mabel Padelford
- Studio bust portrait of Mabel Padelford, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Padelford's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled back and affixed with a comb. Her fitted dress bodice has a front enclosure, a band collar...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Padelford, Mabel.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Dora L. Ish
- Studio bust portrait of Dora Longfoote Ish, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows her layered, curled bangs, her long hair pinned tightly down and arranged in long, careful ringlets down her back. She wears a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Ish, Dora L. (Dora Longfoote); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Dora Marion Heckendorf
- Studio bust portrait of Dora Marion Heckendorf, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Heckendorf's bangs are layered and curled and she wears her hair pulled back. She has a lace ruffle and a band collar affixed with a bar pin. Woven...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Heckendorf, Dora M. (Dora Marion); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Early Military Parade in Denver
- Spectators watch a military parade in front of the City Hall building located on 14th (Fourteenth) and Market Streets, in Denver, Colorado. The parade was to honor soldiers leaving for the Spanish American War in 1898.
- Gun-carriages--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Spanish-American War, 1898.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Military parades &...
- 1898
- Edith Sims
- Studio bust portrait of Mary Edith Sims, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Sims' bangs are curled and her hair is pinned neatly back in a bun. Her wool dress bodice has a front button closure, a band collar affixed with a bar pin,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Sims, Mary Edith.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Emily M. Herman
- Studio bust portrait of Emily M. Herman, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Herman has puffed bangs, and her hair is pinned in a coronet twist. Her fitted dress bodice has a front button enclosure of faceted bead buttons. Matching...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Herman, Emily M.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Evelyn May Jacobs
- Studio bust portrait of Evelyn May Jacobs, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Jacobs' hair is pulled loosely back. Her plaid, wool dress has a front enclosure flanked on either side with passementerie loop designs.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Jacobs, Evelyn May.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- William Cody with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with a large group of men while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in England. Seated in the front row, from left to right, are Nate Salsbury (owner and manager of the show), Supt. Fisher, Jule...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Silver Lake Mill & Aspen Mine near Silverton, Colo.
- View of the buildings of the Silver Lake Mill in Arrastra Gulch (San Juan County), Colorado. The mill is on a steep hillside and has dormer windows and multiple windows near ore piles. Shows smokestacks, a tipple, and frame buildings of probably...
- Arrastra Gulch (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Aspen Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1900-1910.; Ore...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Iowa Mill, Silverton, Colo.
- Shows multi-story, frame Iowa stamp mill buildings, a smokestack, ore piles, and aerial tramway cables and support structures in the Arrastra Basin near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Telegraph poles are on a hillside in the San Juan...
- Arrastra Basin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Iowa Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Iona Haughey
- Studio bust portrait of Iona Haughey, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Haughey's bangs are layered and curled and she wears her hair in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has narrow pleats on either side of the front button...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Haughey, Iona.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Jennie Francis Hendrie
- Studio bust portrait of Jennie Francis Hendrie, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Hendrie wears puffed bangs, and her hair is pulled back. Her fitted dress bodice has a front button enclosure flanked with panels of serpentine silk...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Hendrie, Jennie Francis.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Maggie Taylor
- Studio bust portrait of Margaret Jane Taylor, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Taylor's hair is pulled back in a careful coronet twist. Her fitted dress bodice has passementerie details on either side of the front enclosure and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Taylor, Margaret Jane.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Train in snow shed on Marshall Pass, Col.
- Men pose in an interior view of a timber supported snow shed on Marshall Pass in Saguache County, Colorado. Men wear suits and hats and stand beside Denver & Rio Grande tracks and an engine. Engine number "421" reads "Baldwin Locomotive Works,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Fairfax A. Morrell
- A portrait of Fairfax A. Morrell. He wears a suit, white shirt and bow tie.
- Morrell, Fairfax A.; Men--1850-1870.
- [between 1854 and 1865]
- Minister
- A portrait of a minister. He has a bead and wears a black suit and collar.
- Clergy--1850-1870.
- [between 1854 and 1865?]
- Poncha Springs
- hill. Additional buildings are in the plain in the distance.; Stereographic view of a woman standing with two young men in the right midground near a house at Poncha Springs, west of Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Several tents are set up in...
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Central City switchback
- Stereographic view of a passenger train of the Colorado Central Railroad running along a switchback near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small stream of smoke puffs from the engine. Another ridge of hills is in the background.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Hills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Sallie Bomberger
- Studio bust portrait of Sallie Bomberger, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Bomberger's bangs are curled and she wears her hair pinned up. Her fitted dress bodice has a band collar, a front button closure, and passementerie trim....
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Bomberger, Sallie.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a dark hat and a dark, striped suit. Gaiters that lace up the side cover the lower part of his pant legs. He...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Theophila Kallemberg
- Studio bust portrait of Theophila Kallemberg, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kallemberg's hair is pulled back. Her fitted dress bodice has a side enclosure and is adorned with probably shell buttons. She wears a flower bar pin...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kallemberg, Theophila.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Cascade Mountains, California
- View of boulders, snowfields, and talus in probably the Cascade Mountains (Siskiyou County), California.
- Talus (Geology)--California--Siskiyou County--1870-1880.; Cascade Range--1870-1880.; Siskiyou County (Calif.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--California--Siskiyou County--1870-1880.; Rock formations--California--Siskiyou County--1870-1880.;...
- [1870?]
- Cascade Mountains, California
- View of probably a glacier in the Cascade Mountains (Siskiyou County), California. Shows a cracked and sunken snowfield. Piled snow is at the base of a talus slope.
- Siskiyou County (Calif.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--California--Siskiyou County--1870-1880.; Glaciers--California--Siskiyou County--1870-1880.; Snow--California--Siskiyou County--1870-1880.; United States Geological Exploration of the...
- [1870?]
- Women's Christian Temperance Union mission
- A large group of women and young children stands in front of the Women's Christian Temperance Union Mission at 1100 10th Street in Denver, Colorado. (The mission was reloatced to 11th Street in 1902.) A sign reading "W.C.T.U. Mission" hangs from...
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- William B. Lewis
- Studio bust portrait of William Banjamin Lewis, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Lewis' short hair is parted to the side. He wears a wool coat with a handkerchief, a shirt with an upright collar, and a necktie fastened with a tie...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Lewis, William B. (William Banjamin); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Manitou shop
- Men pose outside of a hardware shop in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Signs on the store front read: "Hardware Co." and "Plumbers." Posters in windows read "Norris & Rowe's Big Shows, Wed. Aug. 26." A wagon is in front of the store.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1910.
- 1903 August 14
- Leadville, Colo., Harrison Ave. from corner of Chestnut Street
- View of Harrison Street from the corner of Chestnut Street in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Pedestrians and horses pulling wagons are on the street. Shows commercial buildings. Signs on businesses read: "Wholesale Liquors." "Restaurant,"...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; City & town life--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]