Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Gillett
- Extremely far-distant view of Gillett, Colorado, nestled in the valley beneath the shadow of snow-covered Pikes Peak and Rocky Mountains. The town, incorporated in 1895, consists of clusters of canvas tents.
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1893?]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- Cripple Creek
- Aftermath of destruction caused by April, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men, women and children stroll down street that has debris and rubble left from fire; foreground includes woman holding baby, boy drinking from fire hydrant, canvas...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Cripple Creek, biography
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a male, Cripple Creek, Colorado, wearing a three-piece suit with an extremely wide tie tucked in his vest.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado after first fire
- Bird's-eye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado after first fire on April 25, 1896; view possibly west of town taken from hillside near Midland Terminal Station; possibly Bennett Avenue area; many commercial business buildings still remain.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1990.
- [1896]
- View of fire, Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view of April, 1896, fire sweeping through commercial business district of Cripple Creek, Colorado; one and two-story gabled and lean-to residences in foreground.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Horse-drawn calliope, Cripple Creek
- View of horse-drawn calliope, Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; possibly sponsored by the Elks fraternal order; features two teams of horses pulling wagon with calliope and male musician aboard; several men are standing on boardwalk behind...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Calliopes--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Cripple Creek, 1899
- Family stands outside their two-story wood frame residence, 321 West Carr Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; man is possibly T. F. Smith, miner with Last Dollar Mine; man, woman, and boy in overalls stand while small girl sits on front steps or...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1899?
- Cripple Creek, Colo 1899 home & birthplace of Ralph Owens
- Edward T. and Ella Owens with baby Ralph stand in front of their one-story home, Cripple Creek, Colorado; residence has a medium gable roof, uncovered front porch with side stoop leading to single entry off- center of main facade, one double sash...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Owens, Edward T.; Owens, Ella.; Owens, Ralph.
- 1899
- Built 1888, Ouray, Co.
- View southeast towards the Ouray County Courthouse, 4th (Fourth) Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shortly after 1888 construction.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Courthouses--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Ouray
- Two girls pose in front of their two story schoolhouse on Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed building, built in 1883 by local contractor Francis Carney with pressed brick and...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Ouray
- Students pose in long rows outside their two story schoolhouse on Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed the 1883 building, built by local contractor Francis Carney...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900]
- Ouray
- Two men pose in a carriage drawn by two horses in intersection of Fourth (4th) Street and Seventh (7th) Avenue in front of the schoolhouse, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Architect William Quale of Denver designed the 1883 building, built by local...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [1893]
- Ouray
- View southwest along Fourth (4th) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, includes: a group of young children with a burro, St. John's Episcopal Church and bell tower, Judge Story's house and the Swanson house.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Methodist Church, Episcopal Church
- Snowy view southwest along Fourth (4th) Street of the Methodist Church and the Episcopal Church, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Ouray County Courthouse, built 1888
- View northeast of the Ouray County Courthouse, 4th (Fourth) Street and 6th (Sixth) Avenue, Ouray, Colorado. Cascade Falls shows in background.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Ouray fire
- Townspeople survey the vast destruction of a fire, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. View includes a man and woman on horseback, groups of men, a person on a timber supported boardwalk leading to a plank road, charred trees, parts of stoves and wooden...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo.
- View southwest over Ouray, Colorado, shows wood frame houses, the Ouray County Courthouse, and Canyon Creek Gorge.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1900]
- Ouray, Colo.
- A man in pajamas sits up in a bed covered with white bed linens, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, in a room with floral patterned wallpaper.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Sleepwear--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Portrait of a man
- A man poses mounted on his horse, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. He wears leather chaps, boots with spurs, gun in holster, vest, and a felt brim hat; his saddle holds a coiled rope a leather pouch.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Presbyterian Church, SW. corner 4th Ave. and 4th St.
- View of the First Presbyterian Church on the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Fourth Avenue, Ouray, Colorado. The front gable church with decorative shingles has a small intersecting gable entry vestibule. The house next door is under...
- First Presbyterian Church (Ouray, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- Site of Ouray Herald
- The Deutsch brothers and a young boy stand in the entry of their specialty grocery store, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Goods displayed include: brooms, wash tubs, buckets, pyramids of canned goods, box of cabbage, wooden crates of produce, sacks...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Tom Mahon
- Head and shoulders portrait of Tom Mahon, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado; he has neatly combed short hair, a mustache, and wears a cravat and a plaid jacket with top button fastened.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mahon, Tom.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Western Hotel
- Men and a dog stand under the balcony of the Western Hotel, 220 7th (Seventh) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Three story hotel built by John Johnstone and Fred Mayol in 1892, features light colored clapboard siding with contrasting trim...
- Western Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Western Hotel, Ouray
- Men pose under the balcony of the Western Hotel, 220 7th (Seventh) Avenue, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Three story hotel built by John Johnstone and Fred Mayol in 1892, features light colored clapboard siding with contrasting trim boards,...
- Western Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view northwest over Cripple Creek, Colorado with Mount Pisgah in background (possibly taken from Gold Hill); residences and commercial business district are in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Cripple Creek
- Background view of commercial business district with one and two- story flat-roof wooden frame buildings, some with falsefronts (possibly Bennett Avenue), Cripple Creek, Colorado; sign attached to building states "Market"; canvas tent with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893?]
- Two police - someone murdered in bed?
- Policemen stand by a bed containing the body of a man that may have been murdered, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Dead persons--1910-1930.; Homicides--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Woman posed on stool
- A woman wearing a cloche hat poses on a stool in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Painting of Cripple Creek Short Line
- Photograph of a painting by W. Bancroft (possibly William Henry Bancroft) depicting Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Colorado; two elevations of standard gauge track with two passenger...
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Box Canon, Ouray, Colo.
- View of boardwalk & pipeline at entrance of Box Canyon near Ouray, Colorado; large pipe installed by Ouray Electric Light & Power Company, extremely narrow canyon with rushing Canyon Creek at bottom.
- Box Canyon (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pipelines--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Box Canon, Ouray, Colo.
- View of boardwalk and pipeline inside lower part of Box Canyon near Ouray, Colorado; large pipeline installed by Ouray Electric Light & Power Company, extremely narrow canyon with glimpse of rushing Canyon Creek.
- Box Canyon (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pipelines--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Box Canon, Ouray, Colo.
- View of Box Canyon near Ouray, Colorado; extremely narrow canyon with rushing Canyon Creek.
- Box Canyon (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- Unidentified Indian woman, seated, in dress of white woman, full length
- Unidentified Native American female, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing necklace, and dress.
- Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Sioux Council group with mostly unidentified white people and a few Indians, full length
- Group of Dakota Native Americans males, females and others gathered for a council meeting at Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; large "Map of Sioux Indian Reservation in Dakota" posted above podium; possibly Judge John V. Wright of Tennessee...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indian councils--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Wright, John V.; McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923.; United States. Sioux Commission (1888); Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council.
- [188-?]
- Bivouac
- View of a Tenth Mountain Division camp somewhere in Italy. Taken from the top of a hill one soldier is visible in the right hand corner of the image. On the hillside below are thirteen tents in rows. Beyond the camp a road winds through a valley.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Breaking Camp
- View of a group of over fifty Tenth Mountain Division soldiers breaking camp somewhere in Italy.
- Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Duryea Morton, shipboard
- Portrait of the photographer taken on-board the U.S.S. Marine Fox, which was enroute to the United States after the end of the Italian Campaign. Behind him are other, unidentified, Tenth Mountain Division soldiers.
- Transports--1940-1950.; Photographers--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- 10th Mountain Antitank Battalion, 727th A.A.A.M.G. Battalion, Battery B
- Group Portrait of 10th Mountain Antitank Battalion, 727th A.A.A.M.G. Battalion, Battery B. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado. Left to right top row: 1) Kenedy, 2) Sipe, 3) Billington, 4) Borchers, 5) McConkey, 6) Applebaum, 7) Nelson, 8) Herbert, 9)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Antitank Battalion, 727th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [June 1944]
- Houses at Bocca Di Ravari, Italy
- Houses at Bocca Di Ravari, just beyond Torre Iussi at the base of Hill 903. German troops held the houses and maintained a sweeping line of fire from there. The field to the right of the image was filled with mines. It was extremely difficult for...
- Bocca di Ravari (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Bridge across the Platte near Deansbury
- Metal bridge crossing South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado; narrow gauge track of Colorado and Southern Railway; extremely narrow, rocky and vertical canyon walls.
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1930.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Hell Gate on the Colo. Midland Ry.
- Photograph of a painting by an unidentified artist; painting depicts Hell Gate reached via Colorado Midland Railway; double header train pulling around extremely steep canyon bend.
- Canyons--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- A steep trail in the Rocky Mountains
- Eight men leading saddled horses with pack mules descending extremely steep and rocky trail somewhere in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
- Horses--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mules--Colorado--1890-1910.; Saddles--Colorado--1890-1910.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Victor fire
- View of Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad engine & train in ridge cut above Victor, Colorado, during devastating fire of August 21, 1889. Shows flat bed railroad cars filled with men holding personal belongings, household goods & furniture moved by...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Victor fire
- Bird's eye view of Victor, Colorado, during devastating fire on August 21, 1899, taken from vantage point on hillside where many people fled with household goods & personal belongings for safety. Shows horse- drawn wagons & carriages filled with...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899]
- Gunnison from the N.E.
- View from the northeast over Gunnison, Colorado, shows scattered wood frame buildings in a broad valley.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- April 1881
- Eugene (Punk) Hider, Driver for Miller Bros.
- Eugene Hider poses from driver's seat of his horse-drawn flatbed delivery wagon, Main Street, Gunnison, Colorado. Wood frame businesses in background have weathered canvas awnings and signs: "Millinery," and "W. J. Brown, Fine Tailoring."
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- State hospital for insane, Pueblo
- Exterior view of Colorado State Hospital, also known as the insane asylum, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a four-story building with hipped cross gable roof, dormers, and towers with hipped and conical roofs.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Mental institutions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Unidentified woman
- Studio portrait of an unidentified woman from Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. She sits in front of a painted backdrop of trees and clouds. Her dress has a buttoned, tight bodice and lace decorated cuffs. The buttons on the dress are...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Women.
- Narrows, Castle Canon, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View in "Narrows" section of Castle Canyon, Eagle or Pitkin County, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men and a boy stand in extremely narrow side canyon with small stream and steep, vertical rock walls.
- Castle Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]