Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Trinidad State Nursing Home
- Aerial view of the state nursing home in Trinidad, Colorado. This complex of low gable roofed brick buildings are mostly one story, with a two story central hall, and a cantilevered shelter over the drive. The gables and panels between the windows...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Nursing homes--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- [1967?]
- Trinidad State Nursing Home
- State nursing home in Trinidad, Colorado is a complex of low gable roofed brick buildings, mostly one story, with a two story central hall. A cantilevered shelter is over the drive and the gables and panels between the windows are of white siding....
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Nursing homes--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1970.
- [1967]
- Tragedy marred a holiday
- A dotted line has been painted on the image to indicate the path of a young man who fell to his death while climbing the sheer cliffs at the mouth of Eldorado canyon in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. South Boulder creek is at the bottom of the gorge,...
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Silverton's City Park
- View of Molas Lake south of Silverton, Colorado, looking south towards the Needle Mountains; shows a gable-roofed, frame commercial structure and a parked car beside the lake. Pine dotted flats are behind the lake; the peaks of the Needle Mountains...
- Molas Lake (Colo.); Silverton (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Silverton--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1943?]
- Circus performers
- Circus performers pose in front of a canvas tent at probably the Dokey Circus in Denver, Colorado. Men dressed as clowns wear costumes that include: knickers, bow ties, hats or caps and a polka dotted clown suit with oversized feet. Clowns balance...
- Dokey Circus--People--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Clowns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1927 and 1931?]
- Portrait of a couple
- Studio portrait of a man and a woman. The man wears a dotted jacket, a light colored shirt with a high collar and a patterned necktie. He parts his hair in the middle. The woman wears a dark colored dress with light colored, floral yoke. She has...
- Couples--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait (bust) of a man who wears a dark colored jacket, a vest, shirt and a dotted necktie. A watch fob is fastened to the man's vest. The man has a moustache and parts his hair in the middle.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a dark colored jacket, a vest, a shirt and a dotted necktie. A medal is pinned to the man's vest. He has a moustache and short, dark hair.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio bust portrait of a man with a moustache in a coat and vest, a wide polka dotted tie and a lapel pin.
- Men--1890-1910.; Mustaches--1890-1910.; Neckties--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portraits of a woman
- Two studio bust portraits (one inverted) of a woman with wire-rimmed glasses and an upswept hairstyle, she weas a dress with a low neckline and a two-tiered bertha collar in polka dotted and striped fabric.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a girl with curled hair and straight bangs. She wears a blouse with puffed sleeves, a ruffled collar, and a polka dotted pinafore over the blouse. Shows a lace fabric backdrop.
- Girls--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Rocky place and junipers
- A landscape oil painting by Henrietta Bromwell of a rocky hillside dotted with juniper trees; the sky above is blue with clouds.
- [between 1885 and 1895]
- Wilbur loop Florence & Cripple Creek RR
- Shows the Wilbur loop of the Florence and Cripple Creek Railway in Fremont County, Colorado. There is a small wooden building next to the tracks, and the landscape is dotted with trees, short grasses and small rocks.
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific RR Engine #300
- The Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad engine #300 emerges from a tunnel in Colorado. Shows railroad tracks, utility poles and a landscape dotted with trees and boulders.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Telephone political cartoon
- Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a rat that eats a large pocketbook that belongs to Denver, Colorado. A man crouches nearby. Text includes: "Los Angeles," "Dotted line shows course taken by promotor to Denver," "Automatic Telephone...
- Political cartoons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Telephone industry--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cripple Creek
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows wood frame residences, farms, and mine buildings. The mountainside is dotted with mine tailings. Men and horses are near a railroad track.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Tailings...
- 1900
- Airplane view of De Beque and vicinity
- Aerial view of the town of De Beque (Mesa County), Colorado. A bridge extends over the Colorado River that is dotted by several wooded islands. Tracks of the Denver and Rio Grand Western Railroad Company parallel the river. Cliffs of the Roan...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Roan Plateau (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.
- 1924 January 21
- Lizard Head snow shed & old depot
- Lizard Head, in San Miguel County, Colorado, consists of a one- story frame railroad depot and a car barn. Tracks lead into the barn, and a sign on the depot reads: "Lizard Head elev 10,500." Snow dotted peaks of the San Juans are in the background.
- Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- June 1952
- Log Cabin post office
- Log Cabin, in Larimer County, Colorado, is a complex of frame outbuildings, a one-story residence, and a saltbox with a false front. Tilled fields, a ditch, and a fence are in the foreground; scrub dotted hills are behind.
- Log Cabin (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Grand Imperial Hotel
- Exterior view of the Grand Imperial Hotel, in Silverton, Colorado, looking west; shows storefronts with inset doors, pilasters with acanthus capitals, stepped semicircular arches over the second floor sash windows, mansard roof, chimneys and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Grand Imperial Hotel (Silverton, Colo.)
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Hay Train in Silverton
- Scene in Silverton, Colorado, of men and their burros loaded with bales of hay. Simple, gable roofed frame buildings and woodpiles are behind the burro train, and pine dotted foothills rise in the background. The men wear dark jackets, pants, and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1880.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1879?]
- L. Wyman & Moffit Freighting Outfit, Silverton, Colo.
- Scene in Silverton, Colorado, on Greene Street, looking south. Numerous horse-drawn wagons approach; men in sack suits, ties, vests and derby hats sit and stand on the wagons and on the dirt street. Frame, gable-roof buildings with clapboard false...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Silverton and Mount Kendall
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast, along the line of 11th street. In the left, past the foreground of grass and rock dotted bluff, is the new three-story Silverton School. Beyond the school are the Grand Imperial Hotel, the San Juan...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Hot Springs Hotel, Idaho Springs Colo.
- Eastward, exterior view of the Hot Springs Hotel at Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows shadow of afternoon sun across the tennis court, dirt road and hotel behind court, and hill in background dotted with pine trees.
- Hot Springs Hotel (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Platte Canon
- View of South Platte River in Platte Canyon, southwest of Denver, Colorado; shows narrow-gauge track of the Colorado and Southern Railway, boulders in river, and granite walls of canyon dotted with trees.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Marsh Park - Grape Creek Canon
- Marsh (Park) in Fremont County, Colorado, a meadow beside Grape Creek, has a dwelling, outbuilding, and watertank. Dry, scrub dotted hills surround.
- Marsh (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Nevadaville
- View down over wood frame residences and roofs of Main Street businesses, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, to Quartz Hill dotted with mine tailings, mining structures and snow. Signs read: "Silver Dollar Saloon," and "City Hall."
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Quartz Hill (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Querida
- Men stand by log cabins below a slope dotted with tailings, Querida, Custer County, Colorado.
- Querida (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1877 and 1880?]
- Leadville, Colorado
- Reproduction shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, as dwellings and mining facilities dotted with trees and surrounded by mountains.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Aerial view of Cripple Creek
- Aerial view northwest towards Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside of Midland Terminal Railway station, plat of streets, and rubble and debris of demolished commercial business buildings; hillside is dotted with mine tailings; Mount...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1929
- Saints John, Colorado
- Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, consists of frame mining sheds and administration buildings. The Assay Office (2) is connected to the mill (1) by an elevated frame walkway. Glacier Mountain, in the background, is dotted with tailings;...
- Glacier Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Saints John (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--Colorado--Saints John--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Saints John--1900-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Saints John--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Salida sitting room
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, women and children pose. Interior floral wallpaper is dotted with framed portraits and landscapes; lace drapes tables and chairs. Outfits include a high collared bodice and a fringed dress; a pedal organ is in the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Living rooms--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Reed organs--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Salida sitting room
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, women and children pose. Interior floral wallpaper is dotted with framed portraits and landscapes; lace drapes tables and chairs. Outfits include a high collared bodice and a fringed dress; a pedal organ is in the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Living rooms--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Reed organs--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Soda Springs & Cliff House, Manitou
- Exterior view of Manitou Springs Pavilion and Cliff House, looking north, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The pavilion is a shingle roof style building with a waist high rusticated stone foundation, a gabled roof and cupola; one part is enclosed, and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Bishop Rock in Platte Canyon picture taken from Ferndale, Colo.
- View near Ferndale, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows steep, rocky hills dotted with vegetation and trees. Bishop's Rock tops the horizon.
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Ferndale--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Cliff House and Soda Spring
- View of the Cliff House Hotel and Soda Spring Pavilion in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. The Cliff House, a four story frame and stone structure with hipped, gabled roof, dormers, open porches, balustraded balconies, towers and...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Squaw Mtn. from Genesee Mtn. Denver Mtn. Park
- Westward view of 11,486-foot Squaw Mountain from Genesee Mountain along the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road; sunlight glints on rocks in foreground; foothills below are dotted with pine trees; mountains extend to horizon.
- Squaw Mountain (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920]
- View from Denver Mountain Park Auto Road
- Northwestward view from the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado; grassy mountain slope is dotted with pine trees; Rocky Mountains extend to horizon, with snow-covered peak of 14,260-foot Mount Evans visible at left horizon.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A laughing woman is dressed in a plaid cowboy shirt and bandana, and leather chaps. A gentleman with his back to the camera is in a Confederate uniform with embroidered sleeve; just next to his head...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Military uniforms--Confederate.; Reunions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Finn, Eileen.
- August, 1939
- Flood 1920's
- View of a half submerged automobile in the flooding Purgatoire River, Trinidad, Colorado. Water reaches to just below the open windows and the angle of the vehicle affords a look at the upholstry. A field behind the car is also under water. A...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929?]
- Frank G. Bloom residence, Trinidad, Colorado
- Interior view of a chandelier at the Frank G. Bloom residence, in Trinidad, Colorado. This dual lamp fixture features upward pointing matte finish milk glass shades with a swirled, flower petal form; the ruffled lips are slightly darkened. The...
- Bloom, Frank G.--Homes & haunts.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Trinidad--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1965 and 1980?]
- Ruins- McElmo Dist. J 82
- View of Anazazi ruins (later to be designated Hovenweep National Monument), Montezuma County, Colorado. Two men pose on a large rock near the Native American ruins of a stone and mud tower; one man stands close to the ruins, the other below on the...
- Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Ruins McElmo Dist.
- View of an ancient Native American (Anasazi) ruin, a masonry cylindrical tower at Hovenweep National Monument, Motezuma County, Colorado. Two men stand, one on each side, near the tower. Cut stone and rocks litter the hill upon which the ruin...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Grand River Valley Antlers, Colo.
- View of houses and farms, in the Colorado River Valley near Antlers, Garfield County, Colorado. Two, possibly three, farm houses are in the valley, each near a separate, fenced field of possibly corn. Trees grow near each field. Two farms have...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Farms--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Valleys--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Cardenas Hotel - Trinidad
- Exterior view of the Fred Harvey Cardenas Hotel, in Trinidad, Colorado. This two story, mission style structure features an arcaded porch that borders the entire front side of both wings of the ell shaped building. The gabled terra-cotta roof of...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Cardenas Hotel (Trinidad, Colo.)--1930-1940.
- Nov 1933
- Irrigation ditch flume- Antlers, Colo.
- View of a man standing on a wooden irrigation flume, possibly in Cactus Valley, near Antlers, Garfield County, Colorado. The wooden flume bridges a small canyon in a rocky desert landscape dotted with sage and other scrub bushes. The Grand Hogback...
- Antlers (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Grand Hogback (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Flumes--Colorado--Antlers--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1915?]
- Firemans Day
- Crowds cover the sidewalks and people hang out of the windows of the buildings of Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, to watch the fireman's races. Many of the spectators wear hats and wave American flags. A large striped arch stretches...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Crowds--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Lookout Point with road
- View of Lookout Point (Point Lookout) and road in southeast Utah, possibly near Natural Bridges National Monument. A dirt road, on which a car drives, leads to a steep hill topped with a large rock mesa. The rocky desert landscape is dotted with...
- Lookout, Point (Utah)--1910-1920.; Rock formations--Utah--1910-1920.
- 1915
- Mesa Verde- Natural Bridge in front of Spring House
- View of two men who stand on a natural bridge near ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The rock bridge spans a rocky desert landscape dotted with trees and scrub bushes....
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Spring House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1916
- Mesa Verde- Natural Bridge in front of Spring House
- View of two men who stand on a natural bridge near ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwelling ruins at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The rock bridge spans a rocky desert landscape dotted with trees and scrub bushes....
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Spring House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1916