Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Gold Coin Club
- Composite interior and exterior views of four images of Gold Coin Club, 413 West Diamond, Victor, Colorado. The club house (rebuilt after August 1899 fire & formally opened March 5, 1900) was built by Wood Investment Company for Gold Coin mine...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clubs--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Gold Coin Club (Victor, Colo.); Woods Investment Co.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 1 and 2, 1924 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 7 and 8, 1924 July-August
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 11, 1909 May 1
- Report and Recommendations Concerning Street Railway Transportation in the City of Denver
- Casimiro Barela
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator (Las Animas County) Casimiro Barela. He wears a vest and jacket, a bow tie and an upright collar. He has a full, waxed mustache and his dark hair has a cowlick and is parted on the side.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mustaches.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1891 and 1893]
- Prowers House, Boggsville
- View of the Prowers House on the Boggsville Historic site in Bent County, Colorado. The two story territorial style structure has peach colored stucco white trim and a porch extending the length of the building. This was the home of John W....
- Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Boggsville (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; Historic buildings.; Prowers, John W.--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Prowers House (Boggsville, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 2009
- Cactus motel
- View of the Cactus Motel at 10574 East Colfax Avenue in Aurora (Adams County), Colorado. The building has an office near the street and a single row of rooms that extends towards the back with the car port adjacent to the office. The building is...
- Cactus Motel (Aurora, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Aurora (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Motels.; Electric signs.; Cactus Motel (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Motels--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Neon signs--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Aurora...
- 1993
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 4, 1911 January 21
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 8, 1911 February 18
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 7, 1911 February 11
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1909 March 13
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 5, 1909 March 20
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 25, 1909 August 7
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 3, 1921 March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 8 and 9, 1923 August-September
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 3 and 4, 1924 March-April
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 1 and 2, 1925 January-February
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 14, 1913 April 26
- Workers at the Rugby mining works
- Men stand outside a mine processing building at the coal camp of Rugby in Las Animas County, Colorado. Most of the men wear work clothes, overalls, and hats. One man wears a suit. The structure is a corrugated tin building with smokestacks...
- Rugby (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Rugby--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Wet Mountain Valley
- View of the Lutheran church, parsonage, and a church related school in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. The church is a frame structure with a small steeple extending from the roof. The parsonage is a square house with a low pitched hipped...
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Church schools--Colorado--Westcliffe--1870-1900.; Lutheran churches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1870-1900.; Religious dwellings--Colorado--Westcliffe--1870-1900.
- [between 1872 and 1900?]
- Upper tunnel of Urado Oil Co.
- View of a tunnel entrance of a Urado Mining Corporation mine in probably Garfield County, Colorado. A frame door is supported by stone walls and a slope of a hillside. A wooden box and wooden poles are by the door.
- Urado Mining Corporation--1890-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Johnstown, Colorado, exchange building
- View of the Mountain States telephone exchange building in Johnstown (Weld County), Colorado. The building is a one-story frame store-front with a flat roof. A sign extending from the building reads: "Telephone." A sign painted on the door depicts...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1930-1940.; Johnstown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Johnstown--1930-1940.
- 1931 October
- Moccasin
- Pair of Native American (Ute) men's moccasins painted yellow ochre with rawhide soles, thong laces, blue, gold, red, green, and white beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1920.; Moccasins--1890-1920.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Vest
- A Native American (Ute) beaded vest worn by Buckskin Charley. The vest is made of buckskin which is entirely covered with multicolor beadwork in designs of stylized American flags and geometric shapes on a white background. The interior of the vest...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Vests--1900-1930.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Associated objects.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Santa Cruz, Casino & Sea Beach Hotel
- Men, women, and children lounge on the beach near the Neptune Casino in Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz County), California. The Casino building is an ornate Moorish style structure with domes and arcades framed by Islamic arches. Boarders of geometric...
- Neptune Casino (Santa Cruz, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Pacific Ocean--1900-1910.; Santa Cruz (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bandstands--California--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Beaches--California--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.; Casinos--California--Santa Cruz--1900-1910.;...
- [1905?]
- Morley, Las Animas County, Colorado
- View of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company coal camp of Morley in Las Animas County, Colorado. The Colorado Supply Company store, doctor's office, and company boarding house occupy a large mission style structure with towers and a stucco...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Company towns--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.; Morley (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Morley--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- J. L. Niebergall store, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of J. L. Niebergall store in a shed-roof round horizontal log cabin, Cripple Creek, Colorado; same store and site that was located in Fremont, 1892, prior to incorporation of Cripple Creek; man with dog stands in doorway while another...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; J.L. Niebergall Headquarters.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Lauman and Bonewell store, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Lauman and Bonewell Grocers, hardware and miner's supplies store, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prior to incorporation in 1892, Cripple Creek was called Fremont; the grocer is housed in a two- story flat-roof wood frame rectangular...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893?]
- Saloon, Cripple Creek
- Interior of saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men with hats and overcoats stand near bar and two bartenders (Tom and Jerry sign on backbar) stand behind bar, scene includes bare lightbulbs extending from ceiling, bottles of alcohol and liquor...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Troutdale Hotel, Bear Creek Canyon, Colo.
- Panoramic view of the Troutdale-in-the Pines mountain resort, Troutdale, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows the multi-story, wood-frame and stone building with hipped roof, dormer windows and a portico over the entrance extending into the pond.
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- August 27, 1926
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines
- A man and woman relax by the pool of the mountain resort, Troutdale-in-the-Pines, Troutdale, Jefferson County, Colorado. View includes an open pool umbrella and the masonry portico of the hotel extending into the lake with a fountain.
- Troutdale-in-the-Pines (Troutdale, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Troutdale (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Troutdale--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Elitch Garden, Denver
- Long vine-covered arbor with benches extending along its entire length on each side, Elitch's Gardens, Denver, Colorado; two men seated on wooden slated bench in shade of arbor.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Arbors (Bowers)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Benches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Ascending Congor Mesa, Moffat Road
- Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific) passenger train number one ascending two percent grade of Congor Mesa above box car station of Orestod, Colorado, Moffat Road; railroad embankment & curve with standard gauge...
- Congor Mesa (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Orestod (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Yarmony Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1907 and 1915]
- Golden and plains from Lookout Mtn. Auto Road
- View east of Golden, Colorado taken from Lookout Mountain Auto Road in Rocky Mountain foothills west of Denver, Colorado; shows campus of Colorado School of Mines, Coors Brewery, North and South Table Mountains, and eastern plains extending to...
- Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Overlook Point, Denver Mountain Park Auto. Road
- View of the Rocky Mountains from Overlook Point along the Denver Mountain Park Automobile Road west of Denver, Colorado; in foreground, a pine tree grows at a diagonal angle, with "Overlook Point" sign posted on its trunk; pine trees at center, and...
- Overlook Point (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Harry Rhoads - "Fat" policeman
- Harry Rhoads poses in a police uniform, extending his mid-section. Lettered box reads: "Mr. Goodbar."
- Police--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Grey-wolf, Indian policeman, Crow Indian Reservation, near Pryor, Montana
- A Native American (Crow) man, identified as Grey-wolf, a policeman, poses on the Crow Reservation near Pryor, Montana. He wears moccasins, a breech cloth, a belt with round ornamentation and similar side strap extending from the belt to the ground,...
- Crow Indians--Montana--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1880-1910.; Indian reservations--Montana--1880-1910.; Police--Montana--1880-1910.; Grey Wolf, Crow policeman.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Central City festival
- A fireman, wearing long underwear and shorts, scales a ladder suspended in mid air in the middle of Main Street in Central City, Colorado. People sit on the grandstand on Eureka street. Crowds line both sides of the street, look out the windows of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- The porch at the Cliff House
- Exterior view of the Cliff House, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east; shows a shaded veranda lined with chairs, stone foundation, lathe-turned wooden columns, balustrades, and rusticated stone of the south wing. A wrought iron fence...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Porches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Breckenridge homestead
- A two story frame residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a shed roofed addition with a sash window extending from the side of this gable roofed structure. Stovepipes rise from the roof ridge. A sash window is centered in the upper end wall,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1893?]
- Carson, 1950
- View of a single, square, horizontal log structure without a roof in Carson, Colorado; shows the lone edifice at the top of a hill between two trees; pair of worn tracks passes the structure and disappears down the hill; nearby tree stumps with...
- Carson (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Carson--1950-1960.; Log cabins--Colorado--Carson--1950-1960.
- 1950
- La Plata City - houses, 1942
- View of La Plata, La Plata County, Colorado; shows several wooden buildings, including one with a gable roof and a porch and two with false fronts; forest of evergreens and aspens behind the row of buildings and extending up the mountain;...
- La Plata (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Mine office near Fall River - across Clear Creek west of Idaho Springs, 1942
- View of the former residence for the superintendent of the Stanley Consoldiated Mining Company near Fall River, across Clear Creek, west of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows a two-story frame building with three dormers and a porch...
- Dumont, John M.--Homes & haunts.; Houses--Colorado--Fall River--1950-1960.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fall River (Colo. : Town)--1950-1960.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine...
- 1942
- Tincup, Colorado
- View of Tincup, Colorado showing many dilapidated structures near the well kept town hall; town hall features a medium gable, louvered spire rising above the gable, and hipped roof with a pole extending from the top; tree and snow covered mountains...
- Tincup (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1970.; City & town halls--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Austin flood from breaking reservoir
- Men and women stand at the edge of a river of water that flows down the streets of Austin, Colorado, in Delta County. Rocks, boards, and debris litter the street. Buildings include a one story, L-shaped, wood- frame church with rectangular windows...
- Austin (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Austin--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Gold dredge in Summit County, Colorado
- View of a Blue River Placer Mining Company hydraulic placer bucket-line dredge, in the Blue River, Summit County, Colorado. The gold mining vessel and processing plant has a covered stacker extending over tailing piles; mountains are in the...
- Blue River Placer Mining Company--1920-1930.; Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1920-1930.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1920-1930.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Summit County--1920-1930.; Blue River (Colo. : River)--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Dredges in Swan River Valley capacity of 8000 yds of gold bearing gravel daily
- Hydraulic placer gold dredge, in Summit County, Colorado; shows the gantry, tail sluices, processing sheds, and the stacker extending over mine tailing piles. Hills are in the background.
- Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- "Medicine Wheel" in mountains near Sheridan, Wyoming
- View of a Native American medicine wheel on Medicine Mountain in the Big Horn Mountains, Big Horn National Forest, near Sheridan Wyoming. It was constructed using medium to large size stones, has a circular perimeter, a raised central point, and...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Wyoming--1910-1920.; Medicine wheels--Wyoming--1910-1920.; Medicine Mountain (Wyo.)--1910-1920.; Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark (Wyo.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological...
- 1917