Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Georgetown, Colorado, view of Sixth Street, looking east
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, east down Sixth Street, from the south side of the street. On the left are the Masonic Lodge and the Fish Block, and four cars are parked in front. The two buildings are connected, but Rose Street runs along the far...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 11, 1909 May 1
- Nal-Tzuck-ichm, Apache squaw, spy in Chiricahua Campaign
- Seated studio portrait of Nal-Tzuck-ich, (Cut Nose) a Native American Chiricahua Apache woman wearing a ruffled skirt and polka-dot blouse, posed with a beaded bag, prop cactus and a pitched basket jar. The fleshy part of her nose has been cut off...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Noses--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Cut Nose.
- 1883
- Burning Rock cut, Green River Valley
- Two men stand on the edge of the Burning Rock Cut, a Union Pacific railroad cut, under construction in the Green River Valley Area of Utah. A mule drawn wagon and construction workers are on the far side of the cut. Buttes and a desolate landscape...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Emery County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Green River Valley (Utah)--1870-1880.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Utah--Emery County--1870-1880.; Railroad cuts--Utah--Emery County--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Curtis: sosh cut
- Kathy Swiers, 16 talks to Tom Wither, 16, in Denver, Colorado. Kathy wears her hair short and Tom wears his hair combed forward with bangs, a style known as the "sosh cut." He has on a plaid madras jacket and dark tie. They sit at a table with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Hairstyles--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Swiers, Kathy.; Wither, Tom.
- 1963 September 2
- Los Angeles, Cal. terrace of Elysian Park
- View of a path and landscaped terraces in Elysian Park in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The path meanders up terraces cut into the hillside. Eucalyptus trees, palm trees, shrubs, bushes, flowers and ground cover are in...
- Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif. : Neighborhood)--1900-1910.; Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Gardens.; Parks.; Trails & paths.
- [1905?]
- Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of partially cut agricultural field on Skelton Ranch, Woodland Park, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men on horseback, horse-drawn carriage with female passengers, and a dog in recently cut field of barley, oats or wheat;...
- Woodland Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Grains--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Woodland Park--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Sun shelter at Sunken Gardens
- View of a rustic sun shelter at the Sunken Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The central pillar and bench are made of unshaped stone. A wood roof covers the bench. Small pine trees are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sunken Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Shelters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1918 May
- Victor fire
- View of Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad engine & train in ridge cut above Victor, Colorado, during devastating fire of August 21, 1889. Shows flat bed railroad cars filled with men holding personal belongings, household goods & furniture moved by...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- At Christensens Red Cut
- At Christensens Red Cut, Station 2487 to Station 2488, Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, along the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- At Christensens Red Cut
- At Christensens Red Cut, "showing portion bank of excavation, Station 2483 to Station 2485," Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, and Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- At Christensens Red Cut
- At Christensens Red Cut, Station 2484 to Station 2485, Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, along the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- View of second Oscar Cut
- View of second Oscar Cut, "showing earth loose rock and solid rock excavation, Station 2386 to Station 2388," Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, along the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- View of second Oscar Cut
- View of second Oscar Cut, "showing earth and loose rock excavation, Station 2391 to Station 2393, milepost 339 at right," Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, along the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- At Christensens Red Cut
- At Christensens Red Cut, showing Station 2487 to Station 2489, Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado, along the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad cuts--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.
- [between 1926 and 1934]
- "Nal-Tzuck-chi" Apache squaw, spy in Chiricahua campaign
- Seated studio portrait of Nal-Tzuck-ich, (Cut Nose) a Native American Chiricahua Apache woman posed wearing a ruffled skirt and polka-dot blouse, with a beaded bag, prop cactus and a pitch covered basket jar. The fleshy part of her nose has been...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Noses--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Cut Nose.
- 1883
- Bloomer Cut
- A view of the Bloomer Cut in Placer County, California along the route of the Central Pacific Railroad shows steep vertical walls with a wood flume at the top of the cut.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Placer County (Calif.)--1860-1870.; Flumes--California--Placer County--1860-1870.; Railroad cuts--California--Placer County--1860-1870.; Railroads--California--Placer County--1860-1870.
- 1866
- Colorado Tax Assessment List 1862-1866
- Federal Internal Revenue assessment lists for the Territory of Colorado 1862-1866. Includes resident and absentee property holders.
- Internal revenue--Colorado.; Colorado--Vital Records.; Tax collection--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy.
- 2005
- Saddle bag
- A saddle bag (Native American Ute Indian) used by Chipeta who died in 1924. The saddle bag is made of buckskin cut into a rectangular shape. It has a canvas backing that is edged with brass studs, wool trim and fringe. It is decorated with zigzag,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Saddlebags--1870-1920.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Automatic Telephone Co. political cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a telephone, question mark, and referee in a boxing ring. Text includes: "Denver," "Did you make the Bell cut rates in Portland? Has it left town? Why did you leave Portland? Did anyone make the...
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Cebolla, Colorado
- View of the summer resort hotel at Cebolla on the Gunnison River (Gunnison County), Colorado. The hotel is a two story brick structure and a one story long log cabin structure. Tents and outbuildings are in the yard and a bridge extends over the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Cebolla (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Cebolla--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cebolla--1890-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Montgomery, Colorado
- Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, consists of log dwellings; many are under construction. Stumps are in the foreground, and the hillside in the background is covered with bare trees. Founded in 1859, this silver boom town was abandoned by 1868.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- The Winchester Tunnel entrance
- View is marked with various points on South Mountain above Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado. "1. Annie Open Cut mine, 2. The Winchester Tunnel entrance, 3. The Winchester Ore House, thru which has passed over 1/2 million dollars, 4. The...
- South Mountain (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Summitville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Dry farm wheat, Van Tassel Ranch
- View of cut wheat in stacks across partially cut field, Van Tassel Ranch, Routt County, Colorado; Hiram & Lydia Lovell Van Tassel homesteaded in Breeze Basin area; two unidentified men, one man holding bundle of wheat; dry-land farming.
- Dry farming--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Commonwealth building
- View of the Commonwealth building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Streets, Denver, Colorado with business signs: "Clarke Millinery", "John Carson and Bro., China And Cut Glass", "Headquarters For Holiday, Fancy Lamps, Delayed Shipment Of Cut Glass,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- The old stage house, Mont.
- View of a stage depot in Big Horn County, Montana; shows a log house, and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad grade cut into the hillside.
- Big Horn County (Mont.)--1910-1920.; Transportation facilities--Montana--Big Horn County--1910-1920.; Transportation--Montana--Big Horn County--1910-1920.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northeast shows frame or log dwellings and commercial buildings, including the Catholic Church, and the Gardner residence. Landmarks include Barney Ford Hill (formerly called "Nigger Hill"), Illinois Gulch,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Charles A. Finding building
- Built in 1885, the Charles A. Finding building in Breckenridge, Colorado, was once the town's most substantial building, and housed the Finding Hardware Store. Built of local rusticated stone, the storefront has molding in the kickplates and an...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1970-1980.
- 1970
- White Eagle, Sioux
- Head and shoulders cut out image of poet White Eagle, Native American Dakota Sioux man. He wears a buckskin shirt, neck scarf and cowboy hat.
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Poets--1910-1920.; White Eagle, fl. 1910-1930.
- [[between 1910 and 1920?]
- Alfalfa and wheat
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows field of cut alfalfa, ranch with frame gable house, wagons, sheds, planted tree windbreaks, haystacks, and cut and shieved wheat piles in background.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- The Fischer 500 Williams
- View of The Fischer apartments at 500 Williams Street in Denver, Colorado; features include balconies, awnings, and dormers.
- Fischer, The (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Idaho Springs 1890's
- View of the Thomas A. Bryan house in Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows a group of men, women, and children on and around a fence in front of a house that looks like a castle. The structure features a square shaped wing, a hipped roof, one circular...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Castles & palaces--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Bryan, Thomas A.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Stover Candy factory
- Interior portrait of employees at Mrs. Stover's Candy factory, in Denver, Colorado; women wear caps and pose with boxed chocolate truffles.
- Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies (Denver, Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Confectionaries--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1932 July 24
- Idaho Springs 1890's
- View of the Thomas A. Bryan house in Idaho Springs, Colorado shows a castle like structure; features a hipped roof, one circular turret with battlements, and one hanging turret with conical roof; roof line has battlements all the way around; wall...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Castles & palaces--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Bryan, Thomas B.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels
- In this exterior view of roof brackets in Breckenridge, Colorado, a set of four jigsaw cut ornaments is in two pairs; each pair extends from the outside face of a corner, under wide eaves. The upper parts of the cut flourishes have lathe turned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels
- Exterior view of roof brackets in Breckenridge, Colorado. This set of four jigsaw cut ornaments is in two pairs; each pair extends from the outside face of a corner, under wide eaves. The upper parts of the cut flourishes have lathe turned...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural elements--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Road map at City Park auto camp - City Park
- Men look at a map of Colorado at City Park in Denver, Colorado; lettering reads: "Camping Permitted Any Place in the Mountains Not Fenced In."
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Lodge gate, Cleveholm estate, Redstone
- View of lodge gates, Cleveholm Estate, Redstone, Colorado; two lion statues atop cut stone pillars support wrought iron arch, lamp (wired for electricity), and wrought iron gate; gate is open, dirt driveway leads past cement steps; ornate lamp tops...
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Estates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Gates--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Po Bridge
- Shows pontoon bridge over the River Po. Two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers drive a jeep loaded with boxes. Four more loaded jeeps drive through a cut in an embankment. Twelve soldiers sit nearby or stand ready to work near the bridge. Italian...
- Bridges--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)
- [1945]
- Chaffee, near Monarch Pass
- View into a narrow gulch with the mining camp of Chaffee, (Chaffee City, Camp Monarch, and after 1884, Monarch) Chaffee County, Colorado, includes log cabins and structures, tents and slopes with burned or cut timber surrounded by high mountains....
- Chaffee (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884]
- Harmony Ranch [at] Estes Park
- A sculpture of an elephant is in the center of a lake at the Harmony Guest Ranch, a motel known also by its Swahili translation, Amani Mgeni Uwanda. (The owner of the ranch was a big game hunter; an elephant's head was the ranch's logo.) The dining...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Motels--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.; Sculpture--Colorado--Estes Park--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Auto camp, Rocky Mt. Lake, looking out from pavilion
- Two young women look out from a covered pavilion onto a group of camp sites at Rocky Mountain Lake Park auto camp (motor camp) in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man kneels near a pile of split logs and a woman stands near by with...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rocky Mountain Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1919, November
- Women's Christian Temperance Union convention
- Officers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union pose at the annual convention in Pueblo, Colorado. A few of the members identified include: Anna E. Keenan, Adrianna Hungerford, and Marie B. Nichols.
- Women's Christian Temperance Union--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Temperance--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- 1928, October
- Gregory Gulch, Central City, Colorado
- owned by Fred Kruse and founded by Belden & Company during the area's mining heyday.; Two dirt roads intersect in the foreground of this view of Gregory Gulch, named for John H. Gregory who first discovered gold in Gilpin County, Colorado, in 1859....
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Gregory Gulch, Central City, Colorado
- Several houses stand along a dirt road in Gregory Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. The gulch was named after John H. Gregory, who first discovered gold in Colorado in 1859. The cut in the hillside shows the vein Gregory followed in search of...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Gregory Gulch, Central City, Colorado
- mines. In the right foreground, the building with a band of arches on its facade was the grocery and provisions store owned by Fred Kruse and founded by Belden & Company during the area's mining heyday.; Two dirt roads intersect in the foreground...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Finley Block
- operated a general merchandise store in it; building later became Kraft & Mullin hardware store, Dago Brothers Saloon, and, in 1909, home of the Silver Star Lodge, No. 27, I.O.O.F. Hinsdale County Historical Society Museum occupied the building...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Lake City--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Stacking oats
- View of horse-drawn farm wagon in field of cut oats; shows man in field with farm implement and a large stack of cut oats.
- Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--1890-1910.; Oats--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Victor on fire, train-load of household goods saved by F. & C.C. Ry.
- View across Victor, Colorado, from ridge cut by Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad on outskirts of town. Shows gondola cars filled with people & their household goods moved by rail to this point saved from the devastating fire of August 21, 1899;...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Victor, railroad yards
- View of mule-drawn flat-bed wagon loaded with lumber (cut planks or boards), Victor, Colorado (probably Midland Terminal at Victor or possibly Independence railroad yards); shows two teams of mules pulling flatbed wagon loaded with cut lumber or...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Mules--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1902]