Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Obituary Project 1969-1990, Revised
- The Colorado Obituary Project is a statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990. Researchers may request a copy of the full text obituary through the Western History and Genealogy Department.
- Colorado--Genealogy--Indexes.;Obituaries--Colorado--Indexes.;Registers of births, etc.--Colorado.
- Confederate reunion
- View of a rattlesnake derby in Trinidad, Colorado. Shot at night, this blurred image shows part of a round enclosure with spectators outside of it. Several 30's sedans are parked in the background, and a sign on a fence reads: Coca Cola.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Racing--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Snakes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- House occupied and owned by Mrs. Fred K. McFarlane
- A two story, box house is built in front of a tall retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. The clapboard house has a bay window, a screen door, and decorative moldings by the entryway. The shades are pulled down in most of the rectangular...
- Lightburn, James E.--Homes & haunts.; McFarlane, Fred K.,--Homes & haunts.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Retaining walls--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Fort Custer, Montana
- Fort Custer, Montana, wooden frame residence with numerous men and others lined up outside picket fence in front; includes young boy, men in military uniform and civilian suits, women sitting behind picket fence, and children sitting on ground in...
- Fort Custer (Mont.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.
- [between 1877 and 1889]
- Elderly Hispanic man near coyote fence
- An elderly Hispanic American man, probably Mr. Atencio, walks on a dirt road near a coyote fence (stick fence) near Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a shirt, ragged pants and a hat.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Chama--Pictorial works.; Wooden...
- [1950]
- An abandoned homestead fence on Comanche National Grassland
- View of a vertical post fence and a wire fence on the Comanche National Grassland in Colorado. The fence has broken and weathered posts.
- Comanche National Grassland (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Fences--Colorado--Comanche National Grassland--1970-1990.
- [between 1975 and 1981?]
- Owner 2550 Stout Street
- View of the owner of 2550 Stout Street in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. He stands in the alley outside his chain link fence, yard and house. He wears suspenders and a cap and holds a rake. Gardening supplies are in the yard, his...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Backyards.; Alleys.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Alleys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1979
- Ladies Fancywork Society project at Union Station construction site
- View of a chain link fence decorated with artificial flowers made of yarn by the Ladies Fancywork Society, at a Union Station construction site in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The women of the society spent six weeks creating...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Ladies Fancywork Society (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Aritifial flowers.; Art.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2010
- Log cabin home of Martha & Mary Crane, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Log cabin residence of Martha and Mary Crane, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one woman sits on upper part of split rail fence, another woman stands near fence gate and one man stands in front of cabin; former residence of Ralph Carr, ex-Governor of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Crane, Martha.; Crane, Mary.
- 1909
- Twin Lakes house, T. F. Van Wagener
- View, Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; shows women, girls, a man, a frame house, and a picket fence.
- Van Wagener, Theo F.--Homes & haunts.; Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Mining camp, west of Eldora
- View of the Happy Valley Placer Co. mining camp in the Grand Island Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado with tents and a buggy. John H. Kemp leans on the fence to the left; Engineer August Mathez stands with a transit instrument and tripod...
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Mining camps--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.;...
- Summer 1892
- Summer camp Shiprock Agency, Yeibitchai [sic]
- View of Native American (Navajo) men walking toward a brush shelter in a summer camp at Shiprock Agency, Arizona. A pile of cut timber lies near the brush shelter. A wooden rail fence, possibly a corral, stands to the side of the brush shelter. One...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1900-1910.; Yei Bichei (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Yellowstone Park
- View of Yellowstone National Park. A wooden raised walkway leads away from a corner of a one story building with a pitched roof and small porch. The walkway is parallel to a wooden rail fence. A wooden bench creates a break in the fence. Steam...
- Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Buildings--Wyoming--1890-1900.; National parks & reserves--Wyoming--1890-1900.; Springs--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Housing Manzanola
- A sheep stands near a fence and an adobe house near Manzanola (Otero County), Colorado. A wooden picket fence is nearby. A sign on a fence reads: "Serifa Un Borrego."
- Manzanola (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Manzanola--1960-1970.; Sheep--Colorado--Manzanola--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Teachout's Ranch
- A view of Teachout's Ranch near Edgerton, Colorado, includes a two-story gable-roofed building with a porch with Victorian decorative woodwork, and a smaller building nearby; numerous people stand near a board fence in front, including a seated...
- Edgerton (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.; People--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.; Ranches--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1878?]
- Survivors and ladies at the Custer Battlefield Monument, full length
- Chief Gall); horse tethered to fence, piled stone and wooden markers below fence.; Reunion and Tenth Anniversary of Battle at Little Bighorn, June 26, 1886, attended by officers, enlisted men, scouts and ladies; group standing in front of wrought...
- Battlefields--Montana--1886.; Historical reenactments--1880-1890.; Soldiers--1880-1890.; Baldwin, Frank D.; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876.
- 1886
- Squaw race
- Two Native American women race their horses past a large crowd congregated behind a fence on the side of a dirt track. One woman is ahead of the other. Some of the men in the crowd stand on the fence rails. A square, viewing stand holds more people...
- Advertisements--Colorado--1920-1930.; Horse racing--Colorado--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- John Adams Church House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a house in Georgetown, Colorado, built on Rose Street in 1877 by John Adams Church, a speculator in ore processing. It was sold to Professor Albert E. Chase in 1881, who was the master of the Georgetown school until 1895. The building was...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Chase, Albert E.--Homes & haunts.; Church, John A. (John Adams), 1843-1917--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1877 and 1900?]
- Denver fence co. patent combination fence, cheapest and best. J. H. Bunce, ag't, 327 Holladay St. Denver, Col.
- View of a brick storefront on Holladay Street in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing by iron fences and lettering: "Denver Fence Co."
- Denver Fence Co.--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- 3/4 inch detail of fence for Mr. John F. Campion elevation [and] section A-A
- This item (1 of 179) is from the Gove and Walsh Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1542). This drawing shows detail of elevations and sections of fence construction at 800 Logan Street, Capitol Hill Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado...
- Campion, John F.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fences.
- [1910?]
- 3/4 inch scale detail of fence for Mr. John F. Campion, Denver, Colorado
- This item (1 of 179) is from the Gove and Walsh Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1542). This drawing shows elevation and section details for a fence at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado that...
- Campion, John F.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fences.; Houses.
- 1910 March 30
- 3/4 inch scale detail of fence [and] 3/4 inch scale elev. of gate at driveway entrance for Mr. John F. Campion, Denver, Colorado
- This item (1 of 179) is from the Gove and Walsh Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1542). This drawing shows elevation and plan details for a fence and entrance gate at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill Neighborhood of Denver,...
- Campion, John F.--Homes & haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fences.; Gates.; Houses.
- 1910 March 10
- Cano's Castle, Antonito, Colo.
- View of a part of Cano's Castle at the corner of 10th Avenue and State Street in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The eclectic structure was built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam War Veteran. The structure was built mainly...
- Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Antonito (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Buildings.; Espinoza, Daniel--Homes and haunts.; Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Buildings--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Outsider...
- 1991
- Santa Ana Fiesta, San Luis, Colo.
- Women pose by a fence probably at the Santa Ana Fiesta carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Cenaida Roybal Manzanares in a dark dress and her head covered with a manta leans on the fence. To her left is Francisca Manzanares Quintana,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Manzanares, Cenaida Roybal--Pictorial works.; Quintana, Francisca Manzanares--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- 1950 September
- Escuela de Guadalupe
- View of the Catholic Escuela de Guadalupe, 3401 Pecos Street in the Highland Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows a two story, red brick building with a fence along the sidewalk with banners that read: "Escuela de Guadalupe." In front of the fence...
- Escuela de Guadalupe (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Church schools.; Murals.; Escuela de Guadalupe (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Catholic schools--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 2010
- Starr Kempf Sculpture Garden and Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the Starr Kempf Sculpture Garden and Gallery located at 2057 Pine Grove Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two large abstract metal sculptures adorn the front lawn of this former residence of Starr Kempf (1917-1995). Kempf was a sculptor,...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Sculpture gardens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1990-2000; Starr Kempf Sculpture Garden and Gallery (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Starr Kempf Sculpture Garden and Gallery (Colorado Springs,...
- 1998
- 2814 Champa St. Owned by George Apodaca until 1978 and known as "The Indian House" locally
- View of 2814 Champa Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The eclectic style brick house has a fish scale, gable roof, a front dormer with a gambrel roof, gabled side dormers and a covered porch with brick pillars and a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dormers.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Dormers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1978
- Trinidad residents
- Women wear fitted dresses, aprons, and boots and pose in front of a stick fence and a one-story adobe house in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A woman wears a scarf around her head and holds a baby who wears a ruffled cap and a dress. A boy...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Adobe houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Infants--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Beet sugar factory at Delta, Colorado
- View of a three-story brick factory with windows, a mansard roof and a smokestack in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Cars parked beside a fence near the sugar factory include folding soft-topped cars. A man stands near the fence, and a man is on...
- Delta (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Delta--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Cowboys in a corral
- Men and women pose on horseback or seated on a corral fence probably on a ranch in western Colorado. Cowboys on horseback pose with roped calves in the corral. A haystack is beside the fence. Men wear cowboy hats and suspenders; women wear dresses...
- Corrals--Colorado--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roping--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Herbert's house in Alamosa on river bank
- Men pose near a picket fence in front of adobe brick buildings in Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado. One adobe house has a clapboard gable and a diamond pattern on the roof. A boy holds antlers in the yard; potted flowers are displayed on fence...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of two men
- Studio portrait of two men who pose near a carved stone fence prop. One man sits on the fence and leans his elbow on a stone pillar, he wears a suit, necktie, and derby hat. The other man wears striped pants, a suit coat, vest, and bow tie and...
- Men--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Colorado Telephone Co. baseball team
- Members of the Colorado Telephone Company baseball team pose near a wooden fence probably in Denver, Colorado. The men wear tall socks, knickers, and jerseys emblazoned with the letters: "C.T. Co." with a bell logo. Some men wear baseball gloves on...
- Colorado Telephone Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Uniforms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman who poses near a rustic wooden fence. She rests her hand on the fence and wears a light colored dress with eyelet lace at the sleeves. A ribbon is tied around her waist and pulled at an angle over her chest. Flowers are...
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man
- A man stands near a rustic wooden fence and poses for a studio portrait. The man wears a wool suit and a neck tie. His hair is parted on the side and his moustache is trimmed. He rests his hand on the fence.
- Men--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of two men
- Full length studio portrait of two men who pose near a rustic wooden fence. One man sits on wooden step and leans his arm on his leg. The other man stands nearby and rests his hand on the fence.
- Men--1890-1900.; Studio props--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Log cabin and people
- People pose next to a fence, near a single-story log cabin, probably in Colorado. A young boy straddles the fence. The woman wears a bonnet and a dress, the man wears a cap. The log cabin has an interior chimney, gabled roof, shingles and sash...
- Families--Colorado--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Portrait of a man
- Full length studio portrait of a man who poses near a carved stone fence prop. He wears a diagonally striped suit and casually crosses one leg over the other. He leans one elbow on a stone pillar. His suit jacket is fastened at the top button. A...
- Men--1890-1910.; Studio props--1890-1910.; Suits (Clothing)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901?]
- Old mission church, Los Angeles, Calif.
- View of a church identified as the old mission church, Los Angeles, California. Shows a stone, stuccoed church with a Victorian, octagonal, cupola style bell tower. The building has oculus windows, square half turrets, pilasters on either side the...
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Bell towers.; Churches.
- [1899?]
- House and barn
- View of a house and barn surrounded by a wire fence near Parker (Parkers) (Douglas County), Colorado. The fence has a wood picket gate.
- Parker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Barns--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Gates--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Residence unid.
- View of a three story, brick house with a porch, gables, and a wooden fence, probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Brigham Young's grave
- View of the grave of Brigham Young in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a marble slab enclosed by a wrought iron fence, an unenclosed marble slab, and a new grave in a cemetery with a wrought iron and stone fence.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Tomb.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Cemeteries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Indian woman & pappoose [sic]
- A Native American woman (tribe unknown) stands before a whitewashed brick fence. Her child stands atop the fence on a plaid blanket.
- Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Anaconda, Col.
- View of Anaconda (Teller County), Colorado. Shows residences and commercial buildings in Squaw Gulch. Mine buildings, mine dumps, and the tracks of the Midland Terminal Railway appear on Gold Hill. A man leans on a fence by the Florence & Cripple...
- Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Anaconda (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1897
- Brigham Young's grave
- View of the grave of Brigham Young in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows a marble slab enclosed by a wrought iron fence, an unenclosed marble slab, and a new grave in a cemetery with a wrought iron and stone fence.
- Young, Brigham, 1801-1877--Tomb.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Louisville
- View over grassy field towards the weathered fence of the fairgrounds, Louisville, Colorado. Advertising painted on fence reads: "Newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News, Every Morning In..." The bandstand roof shows in background.
- Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fairs--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Louisville
- View over grassy field towards the weathered fence of the fairgrounds, Louisville, Colorado. Advertising painted on fence reads: "All The News All The Time, The Roc..." The bandstand roof shows in background.
- Louisville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fairs--Colorado--Louisville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- McCoy, Colorado (south of Steamboat Springs).
- View of McCoy, near border of Eagle and Routt County, Colorado, shows a group of men and women posing inside a painted wood fence at the stagecoach stop next a pile of deer and elk antlers. Several log buildings, hotel, store, barn and shed are in...
- McCoy (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Meeker rodeo
- A cowboy rides a bronco inside the picket fence of the old parade grounds, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Four men on horseback surround him; while large group of spectators watch from beyond the fence.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- House of Wm. Weston, had gold fish pond
- View of William Weston's one-story home in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows a couple with a carriage, possibly William at the fence gate, his wife inside the fence holding a deer, and another man in the background standing next to two horses. ...
- Weston, William 1844-1920--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [1891]