Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1434 to 44 Wazee St. Denver, Colo.
- View of a livery and brick business at 1434 Wazee Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows horses, well dressed people in carriages, buggies and a wagon, storefronts, and signs: "Racine Wagon and Carriage Co. Peter Schuttler Wagons.," "John Thams...
- John Thams Carriages Buggies Wagons (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Old Elephant Corral (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1892 and 1910?]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Shows a construction crew paving the 14th (Fourteenth) Street viaduct in Denver, Colorado. The workers use shovels, gravel, wheelbarrows and water hoses. Bags of sand or concrete and the iron fence used on the viaduct are stacked nearby. A few of...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Pavements--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Construction...
- June 1899
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 1874 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 2nd Annual Denver City directory
- 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s 5th Annual Denver City directory
- 1883 Corbett & Ballenger's 11th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1884 Corbett & Ballenger's 12th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1885 Corbett & Ballenger's 13th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1886 Corbett & Ballenger's 14th Annual Denver City Directory.
- 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1920 Corbett & Ballenger's 48th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1931 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.7
- 1936, cont'd.
- Text and annotations on album page read: [ARL-136] "Don't look so forlorn; there'll be another year. Woody must be going to Denver, she's all 'dressed' up, [ARL-137] First Week, 'Andy Family' 1936, [ARL-138] Take the picture quick; the train's...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--People--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.;...
- 1936
- 3 men & auto in snow (Gr. Canyon?)
- Three men dressed in winter clothing stand in the knee-deep snow alongside a car possibly in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.
- Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Glenwood Canyon--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 50th anniversary celebration
- A group dressed in turn of the century costumes walks in the parade celebrating the fifthieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado. Spectators line the street with bluffs in the distance.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Costumes--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary celebration 2nd prize float, "The Meeker Massacre"
- The second prize parade float depicts the Meeker Massacre, with white men dressed in Native American costumes. They wear feather headresses and skin pants, shoot Indian Agent Nathan C. Meeker, and hold a woman captive by her hair. Parade part of...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- 75th Anniversary Booklet for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Anniversary booklet detailing the seventy five year history of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado. Included are pictures of the Cathedral from its beginning to 1987.
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colorado) -- History. ; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Catholic Church -- Colorado -- Denver.
- 1987 October
- 7th Ave.
- View of small gabled houses with clapboard siding, picket fences Seventh Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Shows woman on porch wearing hat; well dressed man standing by fence. Landmarks: County Courthouse and fire belltower.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1899]
- [Froggy gets dressed]
- Illustrated children's books--20th century--Exhibitions.; Plates (Tableware)--Exhibitions.; Frogs--Pictorial works.; Clothing and dress--Pictorial works.
- "Canon City" publicity shot
- Film star Scott Brady poses in handcuffs, with a man and several women dressed in prison uniforms and caps, near a United Air Lines airplane in (probably) Denver, Colorado. The women wear sashes that read: "Welcome Scott Brady, Star of "Canon...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Airplanes--American--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Brady, Scott, 1924-1985.; Canon City (Motion picture)
- [1948?]
- "Sergeant" (hobo) Royal Gorge Movie "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Willard Lewis, an actor dressed as the character "Sergeant" in the Warner Brother's film "Limited Mail," poses by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. The hobo is smoking a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1925
- "Sergeant" (hobo) Royal Gorge Movie "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Willard Lewis, an actor dressed as the character "Sergeant" in the Warner Brother's film "Limited Mail," poses by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. The hobo is smoking a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1925
- "The Mikado" Wilberforce Whiteman, director
- Actors, dressed as Japanese women in kimonos as part of a production of "The Mikado," pose on stage at the Wolcott School auditorium in Denver, Colorado. They hold fans.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1926 April 15
- A "Buffalo Bill" look alike arriving at Union Station on railroad engine.
- A Buffalo Bill look alike poses on a train next to a Native American. Two men on the train wear suits, one man is dressed like a prospector and another man wears a dress shirt with a tie and holds a flag. Spectators stand on either side of the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Impersonation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- A Buffalo Bill look alike at Union Station
- A Buffalo Bill look alike poses on a Locomotive next to a Native American and a man dressed as a prospector. Two other men on the train wear suits and another man wears a dress shirt with a tie and holds a flag. Spectators stand on either side of...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Impersonation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- A Chinese interior
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, two Chinese men dressed in silk jackets, dark trousers and skullcaps sit in a room on a Chinese style divan. Shows embroidered wall hangings behind the divan, ornate wood carving on the...
- Chinese Americans--Men--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Houses--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Men--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A modern adobe in Santa Fe
- Well dressed men and women stand on the porch of an adobe house with Territorial Style elements in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The house has a portal with square posts and windows with shutters. A Hispanic woman sits on the ground; she...
- Spanish Americans--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Women--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A stage setting in the early days of Montrose, Colo.
- Actors perform a scene from a play on the stage in the Montrose Opera House in Montrose, Colorado in Montrose County. The cast members include men dressed in military uniforms, a woman asleep on a couch, two women sitting on chairs, and an actor...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- A stock company at the Opera House in its heyday
- A theater troupe performs on the stage of the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The orchestra and the audience's heads are in the foreground. Some cast members sit in chairs on the stage, and others stand behind them. The cast is...
- Central City Opera House--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Interiors--1880-1890.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Stage props--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A street scene in an Indian Agency - Pine Ridge Ag SD
- View east on the main street of the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, shows Native American Lakota Sioux men and women dressed in jackets and warm hats standing beside walled tents and a frame building. Horse-drawn wagons are on the muddy street...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--Pine...
- 1891
- A street scene in Saguache, Colo
- Crowds of people dressed in their Sunday best gather, possibly for a Fourth of July parade, on a street in Saguache (Saguache County), Colorado. Shows decorated cars, store fronts with American flags, dogs, a man on a horse and utility poles. Signs...
- Saguache (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.; City & town life--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- A woman in costume for Easter sunday
- A woman stands in a church doorway dressed in a robe. She wears palm leaves in her hair and holds a palm frond. A cross on the wall reads "Easter Day".
- Easter--1910-1960.; Churches--1910-1960.; Women--1910-1960.
- [between 1910 and 1960?]
- A.G. Lowande and circus horse
- A.G. Lowande, an equestrian with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands beside a white horse. Lowande is dressed in a costume which includes a leotard with a separate decorative yoke and skirt of embroidered, appliqued and...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus animals--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--1910-1920.; Costumes--1910-1920.; Horses--1910-1920.; Lowande, A. G.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Actors at the Central City Opera House
- Photograph of two actors in a scene from a play. The taller actor on the left is wearing a top hat, a waitcoat, a light-colored jacket with dark lapels, checkered trousers, and black, leather shoes. He has a full, graying beard, is holding a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- After the wedding of "Sleepy" Hetzel and Jean Drake
- View of a wedding party at Lakeside Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. Well dressed men, women, boys and girls pose by signs and banners: "Ice Sitting Contest Starts 9 O'clock Tuesday Nite," and "Your Master of Ceremonies is Henry...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.; Weddings--Colorado--Lakeside--1930-1940.
- Altruistic Club
- View of an Altruistic Club function. A group of African American (Black) men and women pose in front of a stage in Denver, Colorado. The women are dressed in white party dresses and the men wear dark colored, double-breasted tuxedos. Microphones...
- Altruistic Club (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; African Americans--Organizations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Dance parties--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1956 June?]
- American Railway Express trucks
- American Railway Express delivery trucks are parked on a cobblestone street in Denver, Colorado. Shows a policeman with a night stick, two well dressed men, and delivery truck drivers. Sign on buildings read: "The Radium Company of Colorado, Inc.,"...
- American Railway Express--Equipment & supplies--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1925, March 27
- An "Old Cow Town" County Fair in Hugo, Colorado, fall of 1907.
- A group of men in "Cow Town" costumes for the County Fair in Hugo, Colorado, pose in front of businesses with signs reading "Lumber" and "Hugo Drug Store." Included are Henry Mathews, the Superintendent of Schools, Jack Keppy, and Judge Miles. The...
- Hugo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Costumes--Colorado--Hugo--1900-1910.; Fairs--Colorado--Hugo--1900-1910.
- 1907
- An August scene on the side of Sayres Peak, Colo.
- Well dressed men and women pose on snow fields above timberline on Sayres Benchmark (Sayres Peak) in Chaffee County, Colorado.
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sayres Benchmark (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hiking--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- An Aztec warrior and maiden
- Shows a young man and woman dressed in Aztec costumes for a production presented by Fiesta Alegre de Denver and sponsored by El Centro Cultural. The man wears a feathered head piece, and carrys a shield. The woman wears a decorated bodice with...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.
- 1971 May 2
- Ancient cliff ruins built of dressed standstone on high mesa were probably forts, but no one knows when or by whom they were built
- View of Native American (Anasazi) stone masonry ruins possibly in Utah.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1880-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--1880-1910.; Archaeological sites--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Andrés Gómez
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Andrés Gómez dressed as a cowboy. He wears a long sleeve shirt, a leather vest, sheep skin chaps (woolies), and a cowboy hat.
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1930.; Mexican Americans--1910-1930.; Chaps.; Chaps.; Cowboys.; Gómez, Andrés, 1902-; Gómez, Andrés, 1902---Pictorial works.; Cowboys--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1918 and 1925?]
- Ann Pugh as Cass Daly
- Photograph taken out of a scrap book from Saint Philomena Catholic Parish School of a woman dressed in a country costume. The caption on the picture reads: ""Celebrity Ball-Celebrity Ann Pugh as Cass Daly"".
- Saint Philomena Church (Denver, Colo.)
- undated
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- 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
- Antero, Utah
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Antero, a Native American (Uinta Ute) war chief. He has a some facial hair, a high forehead and long straight dark hair with a top knot tied on his head. He is dressed in a dark suit jacket, vest and trousers. He wears...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Uinta Indians--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Antero.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1868 and 1874.]
- Archbishop Vehr blessing St. Ignatius Church
- Archbishop Vehr, in vestments including mitre, staff, cope and chasuble, blesses the new Saint Ignatius Catholic Church, Rangely, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Priests, deacons and altar boys stand with crowd of well dressed men, women, and children.
- St. Ignatius Catholic Church (Rangley, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rangley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bishops--Colorado--Rangley--1950-1960.; Vehr, Urban John.
- 1951
- Arlington Hotel in Manitou
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This two-story frame structure with chimney, cross gabled roof and mitred corner window has jigsaw work in its gable peak, and a sign on the roof that reads:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- 1892
- Arrival at Basalt, Colorado
- Women and a man from Aspen, Colorado arrive at the Basalt, Colorado train station. The women carrying suitcases are dressed in coats, long skirts and dresses, and large, broad-brimmed hats. A "Colorado & Southern" railroad car is behind them....
- Basalt (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Basalt--1910-1920.
- [about 1910]