Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Freund's Gun Store at Laramie, Wyo. Terr.
- Men wear suits and hats and pose with guns in front of the "Freund & Bro" gun store in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. The hewn log building has a false front and painted signs that read: "Guns, Pistols, Ammunition & c.," "Rifles and Shot Guns...
- Freund & Bro. (Laramie, Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Hunting--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Rifles--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Tank destroyer advances along a mountain road, Italy
- Three soldiers of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion advance a tank destroyer mounted with three inch guns along a mountain road located, according to the caption, in the Mount Terminale area. The 701st was attached to the Tenth Mountain Division...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Buffalo hide, painted and quill-worked, Piegan Indians
- View of a painted and quill-worked buffalo hide created by Native Americans of the Piegan (Blackfoot) tribe, specimen no. IV-B 199, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin, Germany. It features guns and quivers, as well as a representation of guns shooting...
- Museum für Völkerkunde (Berlin, Germany)--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Leather painting--1900-1920.; Piegan Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1920.; Hides & skins--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Demonstrating machine guns to police officers
- A. H. Hardy, an ordnance expert, demonstrates machine guns to police officers near City Hall in Denver, Colorado. Sergeant George W. Dorsey holds the barrel of the gun. Officer Jesse J. Andis examines the gun sites and touches the butt of the gun....
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Machine guns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Andis, Jessie A.; Dorsey, George W.; Hardy, A. H.
- 1921 March
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 3, 1921 March
- Recreation hunting 3 men with dog & guns
- A group of young men pose outdoors with shotguns and rifles in Denver, Colorado. One man smokes a pipe.
- Hunters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920?]
- Troop D state militia from Meeker, Colorado at Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Troop D of the Colorado National Guard pose with Gatling guns during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado. Shows the Cripple Creek Sampling & Ore Company building painted with signs: "The C. C., S. &...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gatling guns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Cripple...
- 1904
- Machine gun at Water Tank Hill Ludlow.
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, pose with their guns, which include an automatic rifle on a tripod, on Water Tank Hill near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. The tracks of the Colorado &...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Men with guns
- Studio portrait of three men, all wear holstered guns and cowboy hats. One man has a watch chain and wears a buttoned bib front shirt. The second man has a long beard and a waxed moustache, he also wears a bib front shirt and an ammunition belt...
- Beards--1860-1880.; Men--1860-1880.; Mustaches--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1880?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Custer, George Armstrong. Guns:
- A group of Co I on deck of S.S. China; Spanish guns on inside of walls surrounding old Manila.
- Colorado Tax Assessment List 1862-1866
- Federal Internal Revenue assessment lists for the Territory of Colorado 1862-1866. Includes resident and absentee property holders.
- Internal revenue--Colorado.; Colorado--Vital Records.; Tax collection--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy.
- 2005
- Robert Garrison terracotta frieze at the Denver Botanical Gardens
- View of a portion of a terracotta frieze sculpted by Robert Garrison (1895-1945) at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, in the Chessman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. These panels were originally part of a frieze on the...
- Denver Botanic Gardens--Facilities--1990-2000.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Botanical gardens.; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Pioneers.; Garrison, Robert, 1895-1945, sculptor.; Denver Botanic...
- 1998
- Hotchkiss
- Men and women stand on sidewalks in front of the Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company store in Hotchkiss (Delta County), Colorado. Women wear long dresses and elaborate hats; a man wears a suit, and a boy is on a tricycle. Window displays show neckties,...
- Duke-Hanson Mercantile Company (Hotchkiss, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotchkiss (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Hotchkiss--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Smokestack installation
- View of a smokestack on a crane near a brick industrial building in Denver, Colorado; also shows cream cans in a truck.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Stage between Rifle and Meeker
- Men sit and pose on the Rifle-Meeker stage coach in Garfield or Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Men wear suspenders or jackets and hats and sit inside or on top of the stage coach. Identified men include: Leo Welch, Floyd Austin, Roy Marker (the...
- Horse teams--Colorado--1900-1920.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Austin, Floyd.; Marker, Roy.; Welch, Leo.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- U.S. Vanadium, Sept.
- A man wears a button down shirt tucked into slacks and poses in front of a sign at the U.S. Vanadium plant in Uravan (Montrose County), Colorado. The painted sign shows tanks, trucks and battleships, and reads: "Armam[ent F]or Victory, Planes,...
- U.S. Vanadium Corporation--Buildings--1940-1950.; Vanadium industry--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Uravan (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Billboards--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Uravan--1940-1950.; Ore...
- [between 1941 and 1945]
- San Diego, Coronado Beach, Hotel del Coronado
- View of the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. The frame multi-story hotel has dormers, polygonal turrets, elaborate brick chimneys, cupolas, porches with spindle or cut-out patterns between balusters, and a large ten...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Resorts.
- [c1900?]
- Four pistols
- Four pistols descriptions follow images from right to left. The first pistol was made by H. Aston & Co. from Middletown, Connecticut; U.S. Arsenal. The percussion pistol (US model 1842, military cap lock pistol) is single shot made from walnut with...
- Handguns--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1875]
- Stages from Dolores
- Stages loaded with men are in the street in front of J.J. Harris & Co mercantile store in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. Men stand on the sidewalks and in the street, some with mining equipment and guns. A burro packtrain is in the street.
- Dolores (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Westward Ho!
- View of a Romantic painting depicting Westward expansion. Shows wagons, pioneers, women in distress, men with guns on horses, and rugged landscape.
- Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1830-1900.; Westward movement--1830-1900.
- c1904
- Westward Ho!
- View of a Romantic painting depicting Westward expansion. Shows pioneers, wagons, horses, women in distress, men with guns on horses, and rugged landscape.
- Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1830-1900.; Westward movement--1830-1900.
- c1904
- Leadville, Officers of Rocky Mountain Rifles, 1887
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp in Colorado. Two seated officers include Colonel R.S. Morrison and Jake Kahn. Most of the men wear uniforms and various types of hats. Some have...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1887
- Meal time, Rocky Mountain Rifles
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp during meal time in Colorado. Most of the men wear various types of uniforms, boots and different types of hats, including flat military caps...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887]
- The C. E. Mosman store in Walden
- View of Mosman store, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado; shows a frame business, women, children, men, horses, buggies, and dog. Sign reads: "C. E. Mosman General Merchandise."
- Mosman, Clarence E.--Homes & haunts.; Mosman, Irene--Homes & haunts.; Walden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.
- 1900
- First Regiment of Colorado Infantry
- The First Regiment of Colorado Infantry marches along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. The Spanish American War soldiers are in uniform and carry guns; a large crowd watches the parade from the sidewalk and some wave American flags out...
- United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st.--1890-1900.; Spanish-American War, 1898--Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- May 17, 1898
- 7th U. S. Infantry leaving Denver
- The First Regiment of Colorado Infantry marches along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. The Spanish American War soldiers are in uniform and carry guns. A large crowd, some with umbrellas, watch the parade from the sidewalk and some wave...
- United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st.--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- May 17, 1898
- Broadmoor, a perennial winner, took another prize with animated gunmen
- The Broadmoor Hotel's float passes in front of the First National Bank, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The prize winning float decorated with crepe paper shows two cowboys drawing guns over a card game. Lettering reads: "Fast Draw At...
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Public relations--1960-1970.; Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Parades &...
- 1966 August 11
- H. H. Zietz, proprietor of the Buckhorn Exchange
- H. H. Zietz, originator and operator of the Buckhorn Exchange restaurant, poses near taxidermied deer heads, guns, and pictures, Denver, Colorado. Zietz was also known as "Shorty Scout."
- Buckhorn Exchange--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hunting trophies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Zietz, Henry H.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Roach's Lodge
- An unidentified young man poses with guns, fishing pole, and binoculars at Roach's Lodge, Colorado (?).
- Fishing & hunting gear--Colorado--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--1900-1920.; Teenagers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Ute Chief and medicine men
- Reproduction of a book page shows a portrait of three Native American Ute men, including Canalla (Johnson), the medicine man, with props: scalp on a pole, guns, pipe, bow and arrows and a beaded bag.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Canalla.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Isom Dart
- Studio portrait of Isom Dart, a Black man originally known as Ned Huddleston. He is dressed as a cowboy and wears a hat, jacket, bandanna, and has revolvers or hand guns tucked into his chaps.
- Dart, Isom.; African Americans--1870-1880.; Cowboys--1870-1880.; Chaps--1870-1880; Handguns--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Sioux braves in war paint, South Dak
- Possibly Emma Sickels (or Sickle,) a teacher, poses with Native American Sioux men and women on the porch of a Pine Ridge Agency building in South Dakota. The men wear breechcloths, roaches, headdresses, moccasins, legbands with bells and hold...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Birds eys [i.e. eye] view of battlefield at Wounded Knee S.D. looking S.W.
- View northwest over the battle field at Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows the burial party, including a Native American Sioux woman, at the west end of the snow covered camp with frozen bodies and tepee pole...
- Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee...
- [1891? January 3]
- Colorado National Guard encampment near Golden, Colo
- Members of the Colorado National Guard fire guns and a firing range probably at Camp George West near Golden (Jefferson County), Colorado. The men wear field boots, utility belts, wide-brimmed hats, and uniforms.
- Colorado. National Guard--People--1920-1930.; Camp George West (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Golden (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Militias--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.; Rifle ranges--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.; Target practice--Colorado--Golden--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Live steam miniature rr Elitch's Gardens - Denver
- Passengers ride a miniature train at Elitch Gardens, Denver, Colorado, riding a miniature train. A man in bandit costume points guns at the passengers.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miniature railroads--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- National Guard in ore car at Ludlow
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, are on top of a full ore car with their guns drawn near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. Boxcars from the Colorado & Southern Railway and the Northern...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Northern Pacific Railroad Company--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of...
- [1914]
- "Shoot-out" staged as event
- View of a staged shoot-out between outlaw cowboys on 6th (Sixth) Street during the Centennial festivities in Georgetown, Colorado. Three men wear cowboy hats, boots, leather vests, and holsters. One outlaw doubles over from gunshot; the other two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Centennial celebrations--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Cowboys--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- 1968 July 14
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, focal point
- Groups of Native American (Sioux) men and women stand and sit near Sacred Heart Catholic Church during the 1973 AIM occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Fortifications that consist of cinder blocks and logs are in front of the church. A Sioux...
- United States. Marshals Service--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; American Indian Movement--1970-1980.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1970-1980.; Wounded Knee...
- 1973 March 2
- Old blockhouse at Wind River, Wyoming
- View of the old blockhouse at the Wind River Agency in Wyoming. The adobe house has a covered wooden porch and an adobe chimney.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Wind River Indian Agency.--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Government relations--Wyoming--1930-1940.; Shoshoni Indians--Government relations--Wyoming--1930-1940.; Adobe buildings--Wyoming--1930-1940.;...
- 1938 July 5
- Battery "B" Colorado National Guard just target practice near Ludlow.
- Members of Battery B of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, shoot canons for target practice near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Battle of the Big Horn
- Shows the smoking guns of General Custer and his U. S. Army troops being defeated in battle with Native American Lakota Sioux, Crow, Northern, and Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield, June 26, 1875 Little Bighorn River, Montana.
- Cheyenne Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Crow Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Montana--1870-1880.; Teton Indians--Montana--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Montana--1870-1880.; Custer,...
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Harbor at Malcensine on Lake Garda
- Members of the 10th Mountain Division 2nd Battalion 85th Regiment Headquarters stand near a boat used to carry "Long Toms" across Lake Garda in Italy during the Italian campaign of World War II. Buildings, trucks, and tanks are near the water.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--Italy--1940-1950.; Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.; Harbors--Italy--1940-1950.; Infantry--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Italy--1940-1950.; Sailboats--Italy--1940-1950.; United States....
- [1945]
- Assembling electronic components Jicarilla Apache Tribe Industries plant northern New Mexico
- Native American Jicarilla Apache women sit at a long table assembling electronics with soldering guns and pliers, Jicarilla Apache Tribe Industries plant, New Mexico.
- Jicarilla Apache Tribe--Facilities--1960-1970.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1960-1970.; Jicarilla Indians--New Mexico--1960-1970.; Electronic industry--New Mexico--1960-1970.; Industrial technicians--New Mexico--1960-1970.; Interiors--New...
- 1971
- Cheyenne Indians attacking a working party on the Union Pacific Railroad
- Native American (Cheyenne) men on horseback ride toward white men who have their guns drawn.
- Cheyenne Indians--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Horseback riding--1860-1870.
- 1867 August 4
- One of General Custer's scouts surrounded by Indians
- A scout for General Custer aims his rifle from behind his fallen horse as Native Americans on horseback surround him with guns and spears.
- Combat--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Military scouts--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- Stages from Dolores
- Stages loaded with many men are in the street in front of J. J. Harris & Co mercantile store in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. Men stand on the sidewalks and in the street, some with mining equipment and guns. A burro packtrain is in the...
- Dolores (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Dolores--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Joe Manns Orch. at jail at Lakeside
- African American (Black), white, Hispanic, and possibly Italian American members of a jazz band dressed in striped jail uniform costumes stand in front of and on a stage decorated as a jail house at Lakeside Amusement Park, Lakeside (Jefferson...
- African Americans--Men--Colorado--Lakeside--1920-1930.; Hispanic Americans--Men--Colorado--Lakeside--1920-1930.; Lakeside (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1920-1930.; Big...
- 1926 June 23
- Group of Dakota Indian police, in uniform, full length
- Group portrait of 39 Dakota policemen in uniform and one white male wearing suit and hat. Probably taken at the Standing Rock Reservation. Many of the police have guns and bullets around their waists. In the background are three buildings,...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Police--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
- [188-?]
- Group of Dakota Indian police, in uniform
- Full length group portrait of 27 Dakota policemen in uniform. Probably taken at Standing Rock Reservation. Some have guns and bullets around waist, two men are holding rifles. In the background are three buildings, wagons, animals and other...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Police--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
- [188-?]