Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- General view, Cedar Mesa St. Cedaredge
- View of Cedar Mesa Street, in Cedaredge (Delta County), Colorado; shows storefronts, buggies, horses, pedestrians, and signs: "The Hardware Co.," "Stewart Realty Com." and "Bank."
- Cedaredge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cedaredge--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Cedaredge--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Elks convention held in Walsenburg
- Fisheye view of Main Street in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, shows stone commercial buildings draped in bunting and United States flags. Pedestrians, bicycles, a barber pole, and an oversized pocketwatch advertisement are on the sidewalk....
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 1086 (Walsenburg, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Fraternal...
- 1913
- Elks convention in Walsenburg
- Fisheye view of Main Street in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, shows stone commercial buildings draped in bunting and United States flags. Pedestrians, bicycles, a barber pole, and an oversized pocketwatch advertisement are on the sidewalk....
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 1086 (Walsenburg, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Fraternal...
- 1913
- Bridge across Crystal River, at Redstone, after a flood
- Near Redstone, Pitkin County, Colorado, men fish from a flood- destroyed Crystal River bridge.
- Crystal River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Redstone (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Redstone--1910-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Redstone--1910-1920.; Floods--Colorado--Redstone--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Joe Kenyon's Riding Stable exhibit for a Flower Carnival the cart was used for carrying the hounds to catch coyotes, on the hunts.
- Men on horseback pose in a line in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They are in English livery, with high boots, jodhpurs, and duster hats. A cart is decorated for the Flower Carnival, with flowers, branches, and a canopy. One and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1906?]
- The First Broadmoor Casino
- View of the Broadmoor Casino, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the two-story frame building with a colonnaded portico, a wrap around porch/balcony, friezes, bays, and lunette windows. Landscaped grounds include the Hotel and annex,...
- Broadmoor Hotel and Casino (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Casinos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1898?]
- Original Midland Band, Pikes Peak in center distance, Big Bill Bosworth drum major
- The Midland Band poses in fringed "Indian" uniforms with feathered caps, holding tubas, saxophones, trombones, flutes and a bass drum, in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Drum major, Big Bill Bosworth, holds a shield with "Colorado...
- Bosworth, Big Bill.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bands--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Drum majors--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Ute group
- View of Native Americans (Ute), standing and sitting in a circle. Clothing includes blankets and felt hats.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Report of tests of fire proof arches, made in Denver, Colorado, for the Denver Equitable Building Company
- View of comparative engineering tests for the Equitable Building Company in Denver, Colorado; shows men working and arch A2 (Thomas A. Lee), with tiling, steel girders, and brick foundations. Milwaukee and Northern Railroad freight cars are in the...
- Equitable Building (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building materials--Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Testing--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- December 1890
- Walpi
- View of Walpi, Arizona, a Native American (Hopi) pueblo; shows stone and adobe dwellings, chimney pots, and firewood.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- 1st mesa, Arizona
- Portrait of unidentified Native American (Hopi) woman with a baby, First Mesa, Arizona, a white man looks on.
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--First Mesa--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--First Mesa--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--First Mesa--1880-1900.; First Mesa (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Escalante crossing men are on west side of river facing northeast
- View of the Green River in Uintah County, Utah, at the Dominguez-Escalante trail crossing; men stand to the side.
- Dominguez-Escalante Trail--1920-1930.; Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.; Uintah County (Utah)--1920-1930.; Rivers--Utah--Uintah County--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Utah--Uintah County--1920-1930.
- 1927, June 16
- Cut in the old fossil quarry
- View of a fossil quarry in Uintah County, Utah, near the Dominguez-Escalante trail; a cable spans the gap.
- Dominguez-Escalante Trail--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.; Uintah County (Utah)--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Utah--Uintah County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- The bridge at Jensen
- View of the Highway 40 bridge over the Green River, in Jensen (Uintah County), Utah, near the Dominguez-Escalante trail river crossing.
- Dominguez-Escalante Trail--1920-1930.; Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1920-1930.; Jensen (Uintah County, Utah)--1920-1930.; Overland Trails--1920-1930.; Rivers--Utah--Jensen (Uintah County)--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Utah--Jensen (Uintah...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
- View of a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad locomotive and coal car at the depot in Caldwell (Sumner County), Kansas; men and boys pose on the cab. Letters read: "334."
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (1866-1880); Caldwell (Kan.)--1870-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Kansas--Caldwell--1870-1890.; Railroad stations--Kansas--Caldwell--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Chicago White Sox in Royal Gorge
- Uniformed baseball team members of the Chicago White Sox pose at Hanging Bridge, in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado, with a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive and men in suits.
- Chicago White Sox (Baseball team)--1910-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Fremont County--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1910
- Eleventh and Market Streets, Denver
- View of the intersection of 11th (Eleventh) and Market Streets in Denver, Colorado; shows brick and frame businesses, horse drawn wagons, smokestacks, and signs: "J. H. Wyckoff Carriage Shop," "Colorado Moline Plow Co.," and "Denver Dry Goods."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900.]
- Gold Coin Block
- View of the Gold Coin Block at (probably) 5th (Fifth) and Diamond Streets in Victor (Teller County), Colorado; shows a brick apartment / office building with an arched entry. Storefront window letters and signs read: "The Teller County Mining...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Apartments--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Daniels & Fisher Stores Company
- View of the Daniels and Fisher Stores Company tower, in Denver, Colorado, at night. Also shows a wrought iron wind vane and a sign: "Industrial Building and Loan."
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clock towers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Night--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Towers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Emmett Mine Leadville
- Guarding Emmett Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, during mining labor disputes, a man wears a blanket, pistol, holster, and ammunition belt. He holds a drop-block carbine rifle with bayonet; mine processing buildings and tailing piles are in...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Guards--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [1896?]
- Seventeenth St. Denver
- View of 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows a horse drawn buggy, pedestrians, office buildings, and a Denver Tramway Company streetcar.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Forty five tons of steel used for organ frame
- Interior view at the Denver Municipal Auditorium in Denver, Colorado, during installation of the organ; shows housing framwork, ceiling ornaments, light fixtures, and box seats.
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Organs--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- J. W. Brown, national organizer arriving at Trinidad, Colo at 1 a.m., Saturday, April 25th, 1914, in advance of 500 armed coal miners.
- J. W. Brown, national UMWA labor organizer, poses by a pack horse in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, ready to join coal miners on strike against CF&I, in nearby Ludlow. A well-dressed man by a brick building wears a peaked felt hat.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.;...
- 1914 April 25
- Union officials meeting Federal troops
- UMWA union organizers for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado, are identified as: "Frank Miner, Palazari, Brown, and Quinn." Federal soldiers lean from railroad passenger coach windows.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 or 1914
- Cheyenne Falls
- View of Seven Falls on South Cheyenne Creek, South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows a tiered waterfall in a narrow steep canyon with a wooden staircase beside it.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1882 and 1885]
- Tent colony, Ludlow
- View of the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows men setting up a canvas tent.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Coal miners' families
- Portrait of men, women, and children at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; also shows a canvas tent with lettering; "Made for the Neeley-Caldwell Hardware Co., Walsenburg, Colo."
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Soldiers at Ludlow
- Colorado National Guard ride horses at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horseback...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Soldiers at Ludlow
- A Colorado National Guard is on a horse at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; a crowd of men, tents, and snowy mountains are in the background.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Soldiers at Ludlow
- Colorado National Guard ride horses at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado; they have a man in custody. Tents and snowy mountains are in the background.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Mining camps--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Ludlow...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Ore mill, Colorado
- Snow surrounds a mine processing shed in (probably) Colorado; the corrugated metal building has an elevator, debris chute, and woodpile.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Entrance - Cave of the Winds
- View of the entrance to Cave of the Winds, Williams Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. Shows a boardwalk, a natural stone bridge, and two men. One man sits on rocks, and the other stands on the stone bridge.
- Cave of the Winds (Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Williams Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Caves--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Rock...
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Cameron Methodist Episcopal Church
- View of Cameron Methodist Episcopal Church at South Pearl and East Iowa Streets in the Platt Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The building has square towers with battlements, tracery, stained glass windows, and a bay.
- Cameron Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platt Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Old tag-shop and Death house
- Brick buildings at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have flat roofs and are topped by lookout towers and a skylight. Power lines cross in front of a guard standing at the edge; men are in the yard below, one is sweeping. A faceted...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Prisons-- Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Mountain Range, from Hoosier Pass, Colo
- View east from Hoosier Pass in Summit County, Colorado; shows felled timber, tree stumps, and Mosquito Range mountains including Mount Bross, Mount Lincoln, North Star Mountain, and Quandary Peak.
- Bross, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hoosier Pass (Summit County and Park County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lincoln, Mount (Park County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; North Star Mountain (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Quandary Peak (Colo.)--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- The Old Minnequa Club Pueblo, Colorado
- The Minnequa Club in Pueblo, Colorado, a retreat for workers of the Colorado Steel and Iron Company, is a two-story residential structure with balconies, porches and bay windows. Vines climb near the stairways, and chimneys rise from the...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Kokomo, Colorado
- Frame, false-fronted buildings line the street in Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado. Signs read: "Liquors Cigars & Tobaccos," "Grand Central Hotel," "Bakery," "Western Hotel," and "Boston Square Dealing House." Men and a girl are on boardwalks...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]