Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pajarito Park
- A Native American man (Taos), poses outdoors at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The man wears moccasins, fringed leggings, and is wrapped in a woven blanket. Adobe cluster homes and drying racks stand in the distance. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains stand...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1930.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1930.
- [between 1908 and 1925]
- 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?]
- Georgetown City Park
- A view of the metal and wire gate of Georgetown Park, Colorado, with the park grounds beyond. Outside the fence a sidewalk recedes to the right; beyond the gate a tree-lined path recedes through the trees, and another path goes off to the left...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Hopi Sand Dunes
- View of sand dunes near (probably) Garces Mesa on the Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona. Two men stand on the sand. One points to the distance, the other bends over a pail. Scrub bushes and small trees dot the mesa-top in the distance.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Dunes--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Looking north from Georgetown, Colorado, on U.S. No. 6
- View near Georgetown, Colorado, shows U.S. Highway No. 6, a two- lane road lined with telephone poles. In the distance next to the road is a house built by Robert Orchard Old, a noted mining man and financier. It is was subsequently owned by James...
- Old, Robert Orchard--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- July 1945
- Bonanza, 1942
- View of a false fronted building in Bonanza, Colorado; shows a single, square,structure with false front (cornice, entabulature), and two large windows (four panes each) on either side of a single, double leaf door with transom and lights; vertical...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Bonanza--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Present site of Bdwy Theatre on Bdwy, between 17th & 18th
- Rooftop view of Denver, Colorado. Buildings in the distance include Wolfe Hall and the Arapahoe School.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Wounded Knee, South Dakota
- Two Native American (Sioux) men stand in a corral during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. A group of horses runs away from the men. Buildings and houses of the town are in the distance. Automobiles are parked near houses....
- American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--History--Indian occupation, 1973.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1970-1980.;...
- 1973 March 2
- New freight house
- View of the Union Pacific railroad yard, in Denver, Colorado. The 20th (Twentieth) Street viaduct is in the distance.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1923 December 6
- Mead mill, Humphrey [mill?].
- Mead Mine and mill in Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows: mill buildings, Clear Creek with bridges, Colorado Central railroad tracks.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad...
- [between 1878 and 1885?]
- Buena Vista
- View of Lake Street in the town of Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows possibly the brick school house in the distance. Signs along the street read "Hardware [?]," and "American House." Snow Covered Mount Yale, Sheep Mountain and Mount...
- Buena Visa (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Sheep Mountain (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Yale, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Pike's Peak Ave.
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado with the Antlers Hotel in the distance. Shows trolly tracks and a trolly car with a sign reading "Colorado Springs and Manitou Sp. Ry. Co., North and South Tejon Sts."...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1883 and 1898]
- City Park
- View of the Spanish War Memorial in City Park, Denver, Colorado. A woman and girl kneel near the greenery covered gazebo. The park pavilion is in the distance.
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Monuments--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Manitou, Colorado
- View of the town of Manitou Springs (El Paso County) Colorado, with Pikes Peak in the distance. Shows the Manitou House Hotel, Hiawatha Gardens, the Wheeler Bank building, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad depot and a barn and two building with...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Barbecue at the Denver Union Stock Yards
- Thousands of people crowd an open area near the Denver Union Stock Yard in Denver, Colorado. People stand along the railroad tracks, and on roofs in the distance. Several men stand near carriages. Signs in the distance read: "Welcome, Denver...
- Denver Union Stock Yard Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Barbecues--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1897 and 1910?]
- Mt. Kendal [sic] from Mineral Creek
- View of Kendall Mountain from Mineral Creek in San Juan County, Colorado. Men stand on railroad tracks in the distance. A mill and wood frame buildings are in the distance.
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mineral Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Brownies
- A group of African American (Black) girls and women pose in the backyard of a house in Denver, Colorado. Most of the girls wear Brownie uniforms and beanies. Two girls stand on top of a slide, and swings are in the distance. Shows a corrugated tin...
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America--Branches, chapters, etc.--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Youth...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Novellettes [sic] Club
- View of a Novelettes Club function. An African American (Black) couple poses in front of a stage in a dance hall in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a dark colored, double-breasted suit with a bow tie. The woman wears a dark colored dress with...
- Novelettes Club (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Dance...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Elk Park, Animas Canon
- View of a Denver & Rio Grande locomotive and caboose on narrow gauge tracks by the Rio de Las Animas (Animas River) in Elk Park, San Juan County, Colorado. Wood frame buildings are in the distance. The railroad locomotive has antlers mounted on the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M. )--1880-1890.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Snowdon Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mt. Kendal [sic] from Mineral Creek
- View of Kendall Mountain from an embankment of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near Mineral Creek, San Juan County, Colorado. Workmen stand near the tracks in the distance. Shows a wooden foot bridge, a low dam in the river, a mill, wood frame...
- Kendall Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mineral Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Denver General Hospital
- View of Denver General Hospital at West 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Cherokee Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building is a two and one-half story brick structure with dormers and projecting bays. Shows the west wing...
- Denver General Hospital--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1910-1920.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Labor housing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Near Sapinero, entrance to the Black Canon
- A man stands on a rock by the Gunnison River near Sapinero and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado. Shows narrow gauge tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, telegraph poles, steel rails near the tracks and rock...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Gunnison County--1880-1890.; Rock...
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Leven Lakes and Spanish Peaks
- View of a ponds identified as Leven Lakes with the Spanish Peaks in the distance, probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows flat open grasslands, brush, and a homestead with outbuildings in the distance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Spanish Peaks (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Las Animas County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Hotchkiss
- View of Hotchkiss (Delta County), Colorado. Shows houses, churches, and horse-drawn wagons on streets. Signs on buildings read: "Harness shop," "Blacksmithing," "J.E. Barrow Livery & Feed," "Bowling Alley, Billiards/Pool," and "Zimmerman Saddlery,...
- Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1890-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Construction site of Swedish Hospital
- A landscape worker braces a pine tree that is balanced on a truck at the construction site of Swedish Hospital (Swedish Medical Center) in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The man wears a jumpsuit uniform with a patch that reads: "Wilmore...
- Swedish Hospital (Englewood, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Wilmore Garden Centers/Nurseries--People--1960-1970.; Backhoes--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Building sites--Colorado--Englewood--1960-1970.; Englewood (Colo.)--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1963?]
- Upper end of Eureka St., Central City
- A view of Central City, Colorado, from the upper end of Eureka Street with a Gilpin Tramway ore train in the distance. Modest wood-frame houses, stables and unpaved streets are seen in the town. Mining operations are on the hillsides in the...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1880-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.
- [between 1886 and 1906?]
- Railroad pier - looking toward Goat Island and San Francisco
- View of Central Pacific Railroad track and a pier in Oakland (Alameda County), California; Goat Island (Yerba Buena Island) is in the distance.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1890.; Oakland (Calif.)--1860-1890.; Oakland Outer Harbor (Calif.)--1860-1890.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1860-1890.; Yerba Buena Island (Calif.)--1860-1890.; Bays (Bodies of...
- [between 1860 and 1885?]
- GI leads POWs up hill
- View taken at a distance across a farm field of a Tenth Mountain Division soldier leading a line of German Prisoners of war single file up a hill through a stand of leafless tress; mountain village in distance.
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy 1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- Men use teams of horses to repair a road to Mesa Verde National Park. The winding road is split in the foreground and converges in the distance. On the upper portion of the road, a worker leads his team toward a possible rock slide area. Another...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Road construction--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- New Mexico, views
- A large cross is supported by a pile of rocks at the Pecos National Historical Park near Pecos (San Miguel County), New Mexico. A prickly cactii grow in the rocks. A shrub-filled plain lies behind the cross. A ridge of tree-lined hills stands in...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--Pecos National Historical Park--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Pecos National Historical Park--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pecos National...
- [1915?]
- Town still in Jerry hold
- View of a small Italian town on a hill, which according to the photographer was still held by the Germans when he encountered it while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division and took the photograph. Another town is visible on a hill in the...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Under fire, fresh shell holes
- A group of about twenty-five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are under fire in this image taken during the Italian Campaign. The men are in an open grassy field and are either crouched in the grass or bent over looking at the ground. White smoke...
- Battlefields--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Snow shoe training
- A group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers on snow shoes climbs up a snowy hill toward the camera. They are wearing winter camouflage uniforms, known as "whites" and carrying heavy knapsacks. In the distance, a second line of soldiers is visible...
- Military training--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1943-1944]
- Nevadaville, Colo.
- A large mine shafthouse stands in the foreground of this view of Nevadaville, Colorado, located north of Central City between Quartz and Gunnell hills in Gilpin County. The town's Episcopal and Methodist churches stand near each other at the far...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Two skitroopers on the slopes
- Two Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers, Red Fallon and Mel Sutton, pose on a slope near Camp Hale, Colorado. They are wearing white camouflage uniforms with fur lined hoods and are carrying rifles. Another soldier is visible in the distance and in...
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- The roof and sides of a porch frame this view of several pastures and fields in the distance. A large tree with a hanging branch stands just outside the porch. A horse stands in one of the nearer fields. A farmhouse is in the distance and a ridge...
- Horses--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1931?]
- Chipeta Monument
- covered in snow. A telephone pole stands in the distance near a railroad track. Horses or cattle stand near the pole. A group of poles, possibly forming a teepee, also stand in the distance. A sign stands in the left background.; The sarcophagus of...
- Ute Indians--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1940.; Sarcophagi--1920-1940.; Chipeta--Family.; Ouray--Family.; McCook, John, Chief.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Colorado Central, Georgetown Loop
- Men pose on Colorado Central locomotive number 8 above Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A train in the distance is seen on a bridge surrounded by a snow-covered mountainous landscape. The Devil's Gate High Bridge is in the distance.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1880?]
- South Park
- A man stands beside Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad tracks on Boreas Pass in probably Park County, Colorado. Shows patches of snow and the buildings in Como in the distance.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Boreas Pass (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Como (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Park County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Como--1880-1890.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1882 and 1889?]
- Hermanos Penitentes with crosses
- Members of the Hermanos Penitentes, men, women, and children, kneel by a wooden cross during a Good Friday ceremony in Northern New Mexico. Three men kneel and hold crosses at a distance from the group. The group is in a field, tree covered hills...
- Hermanos Penitentes--People--1890-1900.; Adoration--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Religious groups--New Mexico--1890-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--New Mexico--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Glenwood
- Panoramic, westward view of Glenwood Springs, Colorado; the Grand River (now the Colorado River) winds through the valley and is spanned by the Grand Avenue bridge, and another bridge in the distance; the stone bath house and Hotel Colorado are...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood...
- [between 1894 and 1901]
- The Pool, Glenwood
- Westward view of the hot springs pool (aka natatorium) at Glenwood Springs, Colorado; two boys and one girl with floating ladder swim in foreground, with other swimmers and on-lookers at distance; wood and stone bath houses at left, trees and arbor...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1901]
- Cattle
- View of herd of cattle within a fenced corral, probably in Colorado; several barn-type buildings at left background; hills with pine trees in distance, with mountains in far distance.
- Barns--Colorado--1880-1900.; Cattle--Colorado--1880-1900.; Corrals--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Pikes Peak Avenue
- Westward view of Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado; street car track runs down center of tree-lined, dirt avenue; carriage traffic visible in distance; Antlers Hotel shown at distant center, at the end of the avenue (built in 1883;...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1898]
- Western State College bldgs.
- View along a dirt tree-lined road to Colorado Hall, first campus dormitory built in 1922, wood frame building destroyed by fire in 1939, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado, with Taylor Hall complex in distance. Central Hall is under...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dormitories--Colorado--Gunnison--1920-1930.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Gunnison--1920-1930.; Western State College of Colorado.
- [between 1927 and 1930]
- Truck on incline
- View of a Coleman flatbed truck on an incline with the city of Denver, Colorado, in the distance. A group of well-dressed men and workers ride on the truck loaded with sacks of probably sand. The surrounding landscape is barren. The state capitol...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Trucks--American--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Devlin's Zouaves on stage
- Scene of an outdoor performance by the Devlin's Zouaves with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The young men hold rifles over their shoulders and wear fez caps, short jackets, baggy pants and white leggings. The bleachers in...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Costumes--1910-1920.; Stages (Platforms)--1910-1920.; Zouaves--United...
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Glimpse of East and West Vidette
- Evergreen forest and brush fills Bubbs Creek valley in Fresno County (now Kings Canyon National Park), California; East and West Vidette peaks are in the distance. Rock cliffs are in the distance.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations.; Bubbs Creek (Calif.)--1890-1910.; East Vidette (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Fresno County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)--1890-1910.; West Vidette (Calif.)--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Timberline Forest Lake 1949
- An unidentified man stands in the distance on the marshy shore of Forest Lake (Smith Lake) in Colorado, probably in Gilpin County. The man is fishing. Tall trees stand on the ridge behind the man. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fishing--Colorado--1940-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.
- [1949?]
- Mountains. Colorado. James Peak (prints)
- A large patch of snow remains on a ridge of James Peak in the distance where Gilpin, Clear Creek and Grand Counties converge in Colorado. Pine trees and trees with bare branches line the rocky ridge in the midground near a log structure of the Oro...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]