Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Steel bridge [Nathrop, Colorado]
- View of a partially completed steel railroad bridge over a river. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company crane lifts a steel girder while construction workers pose near by. Wood piers lie on both sides of the river as it meanders below...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Nathrop--1920-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Nathrop--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Nathrop--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Bedroom interior
- Interior view of a bedroom, probably in Colorado. A woman, in a dress, holds a book and stares out the window. Items in the room include a bed with pillows and a blanket, rocking chairs, an ornate rug, patterned carpet, wall furnishings and a table...
- Bedrooms--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado Trading and Transfer Co.
- View of the Colorado Trading and Transfer Company building in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Two boys pose in front of the framed, two-story building. Signs read: "Colorado Trading & Transfer Co.," "New Castle Coal Best & Cheapest for...
- Colorado Trading & Transfer Co. (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Portrait of a portrait of a man
- Portrait of a framed portrait of a man. The portrait is propped up on a wooden drawer.
- Men--1890-1900.; Photographic prints--1890-1900.; Portrait photographs--1890-1900.; Portraits--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Sloan beet dump
- View of freight cars at the sugar beet loading facilities at the Great Western Sugar Company near Brighton (Adams County), Colorado. A woman stands next to a wood frame building while workers dump sugar beets into C.B.& Q. (Chicago, Burlington and...
- Great Western Sugar Company--Buildings--1910-1930.; Brighton (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beets--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Brighton--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1925?]
- Mt. Sneffels (i.e. Sneffels)
- View of a snow covered Stony Mountain and Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows wood framed residences, John Ashenfelter's livery stable, burros and the George R. Porter general store and post office. The false-fronted general store has canvas...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stony Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Warehouse & post office, Sneffles [sic], Colo.
- View of the town of Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the two-story George R. Porter post office and general store with a false-front facade, John Ashenfelter's livery stable, a framed residence with porch, the shallow Sneffels Creek, log...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sneffels Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Sneffels, Colo.
- Men pose outside of the two-story George R. Porter general store and post office in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the adjacent single-story, framed residence (the original post office), snow covered ground, icicles and the Revenue Mill....
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1897 Feb. 10
- Sixteenth Street Viaduct
- A view from the Highland neighborhood of the Sixteenth Street viaduct and street railway cars in Denver, Colorado. Shows pedestrians, horse-drawn wagons, billboards, the Arapahoe County Courthouse, the Colorado State Capitol, the Walker Castle, the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Bedroom interior
- Interior view of a bedroom, possibly in Colorado. Shows a teddy bear, a doll, pillows, bed, tabletop mirror, framed pictures on the wall, patterned wall paper, table with drawers, curtains, a pitcher and basin, and a chamber pot.
- Bedrooms--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Living room of the Kennicott Ranch house
- Interior view of the Kennicott home on their ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; the decor includes a spindle table, couch with pillows, taxidermic mounted birds, and a framed portrait of a man.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott family--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Front bedroom of the Kennicott Ranch house
- Interior view of the Kennicott home on their ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; bed room decor includes a rocking chair, vanity, couch, cushions, a corner curio shelf, and a framed portrait of a cow.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott family--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Rhella, Herbie Kettle, Nellie Kettle, and Anna Kennicott
- Interior view of the house at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; Anna Kennicott (probably) plays a console grand piano, while the Kettle siblings, Rhella, Herbie, and Nellie, sit on the couch. Decor includes brocade...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Children playing musical instruments--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 August 22
- Anna practicing the piano
- Anna Kennicott plays a console grand piano at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; interior decor includes framed pictures of people.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children playing musical instruments--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Pianos--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1900.; Kennicott, Anna...
- 1899 March 7
- Photograph of a man and woman
- Two photographs (one inverted) of a portrait of a man and woman. The portrait, framed with matting, shows a man with a coat, tie and a handlebar moustache, and a woman with curled bangs and a frilled dress or blouse. The portrait sits in a wooden...
- Men--1890-1910.; Photographic prints.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Mrs. P. T. Barnum
- A bust (3/4 view) portrait of Mrs. P. T. Barnum [Nancy Fish Barnum?]. She wears an ivory lace cap with a bow in the front and red flower on one side of her curled hair; a lace collar, circular locket with a bird painting on it and a black bodice...
- Women--1880-1890.; Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Family.
- 1889
- Pioneer encampment
- A landscape oil painting of a tent encampment under a blue sky on a meadow with a gradual hill; a wagon and trees are in the background and people move about. The painting is on a framed rectangular canvas.
- Meadows--1890-1900.; People--1890-1900.; Tents--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Brisbois studio
- Interior view of the (probably) Alfred Brisbois photography studio in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows men including William W. Cecil, a woman, boys, girls, framed photographs, and a stereo card viewer.
- Brisbois, Alfred.--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Photographic...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Brisbois studio
- Interior view of the (probably) Alfred Brisbois photography studio in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows men including William W. Cecil, framed photographs, and a stereo card viewer.
- Brisbois, Alfred.--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Cecil, William W.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Bar w/ 2 men
- Interior view of a tavern in Denver, Colorado; shows men, spittoons, a cash register, mirrors, and framed pictures.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spittoons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Man and woman in room
- A man and woman sit in a room in Denver, Colorado. A woodstove and framed picture are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Living room
- Interior view of a residence in Denver, Colorado; shows a boy sitting on a bed, a fireplace, a stove, a clock, framed photographs, swords, and hanging clothes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Pool hall
- Interior view of a pool parlor in Denver, Colorado; shows men, pool tables, a coffee pot, framed art, and a calendar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914, December
- Tailor
- Interior view of a tailor shop in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, bolts of fabric, framed fashion plates, and a sign: "Tailor."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Tailor shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Huge flag
- A giant American flag displayed for holidays on the Daniels and Fisher Store at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Window displays show clothing and framed pictures.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Buildings--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Flags--American--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1907?]
- Depart pur la desinfection (On the way to be disinfected)
- Framed lithograph shows two guards and a group of emaciated prisoners at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945
- L'arrivee au camp (Arrival at the camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners attacked by guards with clubs and dogs at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943
- L'evacuation des kommandos sur lea routes (Evacuated commandos on the road)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and guards on a road outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945 April
- Les blocks en ciment sous la neige (The cement barracks in the snow)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners outside the barracks of the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- La petite morgue (The little morgue)
- Framed lithograph shows a pile of emaciated, dead bodies inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1945 April
- La baignoire desinfection
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners in a disinfecting bath inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943 December 16
- Le kommando de la merde (The shit commando)
- Framed lithograph shows guards and prisoners behind a wire fence inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Le premier lavis que J'executai dans le petit camp du block 62. Aspect de desolation. (The first wash drawing which I executed in the little camp of Block 62. Aspect of desolation.)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and barracks inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944 January 13
- Augusta Tabor
- Portrait of Augusta Tabor, first wife of Horace A. W. Tabor; she wears eyeglasses, earrings, a broach, g gold chain, and a lace collar over a black fitted bodice with gold buttons. The painting has a gilded framed.
- Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Oil painting
- Framed, landscape painting shows a sod house and grass.
- Houses--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Dans les wagons (In the railroad cars)
- Framed lithograph shows anguished people inside a boxcar at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943
- Block 34 du grand camp (Block 34 in the big camp)
- Framed lithograph shows men outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Block on bois dans le petit camp (Wooden barracks in the little camp)
- Framed lithograph shows emaciated prisoners on bunk beds inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1943
- Execution
- Framed lithograph shows two guards with a dog as they beat a prisoner in the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Blocks cu petit camp (Blocks in the little camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners in fenced area of "Block 60" and "Block 55" at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Le dernier salon ou l'on cause (The latrine of the little camp)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners and a communal latrine inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Supplice (Torture)
- Framed lithograph shows a prisoner restrained in a shackle and chain at the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp, Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Revue do poux (Daily lice check)
- Framed lithograph shows emaciated prisoners, naked or in striped uniforms, inside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Le "blizar" (The blizzard)
- Framed lithograph shows prisoners has they drag a cart through the snow, World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Cohue dans les blocks en ciment du grand camp (Crowd around the cement barracks in the big camp)
- Framed lithograph shows people outside the World War II, Buchenwald concentration camp barracks in Nazi Germany.
- Concentration camps--Germany--1940-1950.; Holocaust victims--Germany--1940-1950.; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); World War, 1939-1945.
- 1944
- Rocky Mountain News office
- A man is seated at a desk, possibly at the Rocky Mountain News office in the Tabor Building in Denver, Colorado. Numerous papers and a telephone are on the desk. Framed photos and photo montages cover the walls. The ceiling and upper wall trim is...
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Rocky Mt. News? or Tabor Bldg. office?
- A man is seated in a chair in an office possibly at the Rocky Mountain News in the Tabor Building in Denver, Colorado. He is seated near a leather couch. Other furniture in the room includes, a leather chair, a small round table and a wood chair....
- Rocky Mountain News--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902?]
- Interior
- Interior of a home with a sign "Furnished By Mrs. G. W. Childs", in Denver, Colorado. Shows framed pictures, chairs, tables, and curtains.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Advertisement "Reliable" stove Maternal Wisdom
- View of a framed advertisement for a gas heater in a room probably in Denver, Colorado. The advertisement depicts a child near a stove and reads: "This portable gas heater is just the thing for baby these cold mornings and evenings" and "Maternal...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Advertisements--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Children--1890-1910.; Radiators--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Fancy interior, 2 unid. people
- Interior view shows a man and woman in a room or parlor with stenciled walls, probably in Denver, Colorado. Items include: chairs, furniture, mirror, framed pictures, lamps, and drapery. The man smokes and the woman reads a book.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Reading--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Smoking--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]