Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Sunshine Peak from Illium Curve
- View of Sunshine Peak from San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a Denver and Rio Grande railroad loop around a small ranch with frame buildings, pole fence, and a bridge.
- Holy Cross Mtn.
- View of 13,996-foot Mount of the Holy Cross (Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains) near Minturn, Colorado; shows snow in crevasses and stream cascading.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Estes Park from Park Hill
- View of Estes Park, Colorado, from Park Hill (about four miles southeast of Estes Park); narrow dirt road is flanked by barbed-wire fence and aspen and pine trees; mountain range of the Rocky Mountain National Park in distance.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Mormon Temple, Salt Lake
- View of the construction of the spires on the six towers of Temple on Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. The granite temple designed by architect Truman O. Angell, was started in 1853 and completed in 1893 for members of the Church of the Latter...
- [between 1883 and 1890?]
- Barbecue Great Divide
- Men, women and children congregate near automobiles and makeshift picnic tables at Great Divide, Moffat County, Colorado; dogs wander among people.
- September 21, 1917
- A mountain water cart
- Reproduction of a William Henry Jackson image shows "Whiskey Johnny", a mining camp dealer, he stands between two burros loaded with kegs on a trail near Creede, Colorado.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Rocky Point
- View of snow covered landscape with railroad cut with mountain range, Colorado.
- [between 1882 and 1890]
- Hunters returned to camp
- Men hold rifles and stand near a log cabin and a saddled horse, probably in southwestern Colorado. A metal pot hangs from timber posts over a fire. Fowl carcasses hang from a tree.
- 1889 Nov. 1st
- Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde
- View of Cliff Palace, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
- Sunshine Peak from Illium Curve
- View of Sunshine Peak with Denver and Rio Grande railroad loop around small ranch with frame buildings, pole fence, bridge, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Cliff Palace
- View of Cliff Palace, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
- Mt. Abram, [sic] Ouray Toll Road
- A man on horseback faces Abrams Mountain on the Ouray to Silverton Toll Road (Otto Mears Toll Road), in either Ouray or San Juan Counties, Colorado. Shows trees, rock formations.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mt. Abram, Ouray and Silverton Toll Road
- Three carriages with passengers stop on the Ouray and Silverton Tollroad built by Otto Mears, Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a mountain pass, a narrow dirt road buttressed by log reinforcements on a cliff side, trees, and talus. Snow-capped Abrams...
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Ouray, Mt. Hayden and Mt. Abram [sic]
- View of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows Hayden Mountain and Abrams Mountain
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hayden Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abrahms [i.e. Abrams]
- Men on horseback pose on a trail, Abrams Mountain and a stream are in the distance, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abram, Ouray, and Silverton Toll Road
- A man mounted on a horse stands on the Otto Mears Toll Road in Ouray County Colorado. Abrams Mountain is in the distance.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900]
- Mt. Abram, Ouray toll road
- A man sits on horseback on the Otto Mears toll road in Ouray County, Colorado. Abrams Mountain covered with light snow is in the distance.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mountain road
- View of dirt road on rock mountainside with snow capped Abrams Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abram
- View of snow-covered Abrams Mountain in Ouray County Colorado. Shows the Otto Mears Toll Road and the Uncompahgre River.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Mt. Abram
- View of Abrams Mountain and the Uncompahgre River Valley, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Uncompahgre Valley (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Valleys--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Ouray - Silverton Stage Road, Mt. Abram
- View of the stage road between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado; the narrow, winding dirt road ascends a canyon, with a figure on horseback at left; snow-covered, 12,800 foot Mt. Abrams at center background (located at the boundary of Ouray and San...
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Mt. Abram
- View of 12,800-foot, snow-covered Mt. Abram (later called Abrams Mountain) located southeast of Ouray, Colorado on the border between Ouray and San Juan Counties.
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Shoshone Mountains from Indian Hill
- View of packhorses and men on a grassy plateau identified as Indian Hill in probably Park County, Wyoming. Shows the Absaroka Mountains.
- Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Shoshone Mts. from Indian Hill
- Men stand with packhorses on a grassy plateau identified as Indian Hill in probably Park County, Wyoming. Shows Absaroka Mountains.
- Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Horses--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Pack animals--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Decending [sic] trail from Indian Village of Acoma, N.M.
- View of man descending sandy trail from mesa to Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; view framed by rock formations; shows a man carrying folded stool and possibly art supplies tucked under his arm.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Artists--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Church Pueblo Acoma, N.M.
- View of church at Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows beehive oven, square oven, church constructed of adobe with adobe courtyard walls, two steeples, and a rock wall center right.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Churches--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Pueblo of Acoma, N.M.
- Distant view of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows horse and mule- drawn wagon with one man, and wagon tracks in sand.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Acoma, N.M.
- View of dirt and rock street, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows two-story pueblo walls constructed of adobe and rock, log ladders extending to second stories, two burros standing next to bundled firewood stacked by beehive oven, and meat or venison...
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Streets--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Street scene, Acoma, N.M.
- View of dirt street of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows group of Acoma women with shawls walking away from camera, wooden or log ladders extending to second stories, pueblo walls of adobe and rock construction, and chickens in distant background.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Streets--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Acomeños
- Native American women and children pose, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. Shows a young woman with a baby wrapped in a shawl on her back, a woman in white, and a girl in a checked dress.
- Acoma Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1930-1950.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1930-1950.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Acoma--1930-1950.; Acoma (N.M.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Old church at Acoma Pueblo, N.M., rebuilt 1690-1700
- View of the old mission church, attached convent and walled cemetery, of the Native American Acoma Pueblo on Acoma Mesa, New Mexico,
- Acoma Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1890.; Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--New...
- [1883?]
- Acoma
- View of the old mission church and convent at the Native American, Acoma Pueblo, show a few men posing on balconies of the weathered adobe structure.
- Acoma Indians--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1890-1920.; Acoma (N.M.)--1890-1920.; Catholic churches--New...
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Acoma Pueblo
- View of a horno and Native American adobe buildings with vigas at Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. The San Estevan del Rey Mission is in the distance.
- Acoma Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Missions--New...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Approach to Pueblo Acoma
- View of Native American Acoma women; they transport water from a cistern in pottery vessels carried on their heads, Burro or Padre's trail, southern entrance to mesa top, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. Shows Pueblo men, one on a burro.
- Acoma Indians--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1890.; Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Water carriers--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Women of Acoma Pueblo, N.M.
- Two barefoot Native American (Acoma) women sit on a rock at Acoma Pueblo (Cibola County), New Mexico and pose for the camera. They wear cotton skirts and blouses and leggings. They hide their faces with shawls.
- Acoma Indians--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.; Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Women--New Mexico--Acoma--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Olga Nethersole's car, Colo. Spgs. & C. C. Ry.
- Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway passenger car with actress Olga Nethersole and others on board; Colorado; Olga and fashionably dressed men and women seated on rear deck of car; "The Short Line" railroad workers and other...
- Actresses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Jobyna Howland
- Full-length studio portrait of Jobyna Howland, stage and screen actress and comedienne; born in Indianapolis, educated in Denver; daughter of Joby A. Howland, minstrel man; made New York stage debut in 1899; original "Gibson Girl" (posed for artist...
- Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Gibson girls--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Howland, Jobyna d. 1936.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- AdAmAn Club
- AdAmAn Club members wait in sweaters, jackets, and flannel shirts, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One stands by radios; a hand-lettered notice on the interior wall reads: "Car Stickers 2 for 5 cents."
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.; Radios--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- A Colorado strawberry patch
- View of large strawberry field, West Lake Ranch, possibly Adams County, Colorado; numerous men & women picking strawberries; small wooden frame shed and canvas tent, background left; straw hats & bonnets, dog seated amidst pickers, wooden baskets...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Strawberries--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.
- [1910.]
- Turning water through headgate, Burlington Ditch
- Men crowd an irrigation canal, watching water pour through sluices of the Burlington Ditch in Adams County, Colorado; cement-mixing construction equipment is nearby.
- Adams County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Burlington Ditch (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Adams Falls, Grand Lake
- Adams Falls (or possibly Ouzel Falls named by Enos Mills after Ouzel bird or "water dipper"), Grand Lake, Colorado; shows rocky and narrow cascading waterfall. The Falls was reached via Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later...
- Adams Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Adams School
- View of the Adams Street School, 3230 East 38th Avenue, Denver, Colorado (built in 1925, opened in 1926; name changed to Harrington in 1949).
- Adams Street School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver Public Schools--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- The Jay Adams cottage, Grand Lake
- View of log cabin belonging to Jay E. Adams, Grand Lake, Colorado; probably Adams' third cabin he built in Grand Lake area in 1912; Adams Falls on east inlet (formerly Ousel Falls) & Mount Adams in area named after Jay E. Adams; two-story rough...
- Adams, Jay E.--Homes & haunts.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Grand Lake Middle Park
- View of Grand Lake in Grand County, Colorado. Mountains in the distance include Mount Cairns, Mount Craig, Mount Adams, and Mount Patterson.
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grand County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1880-1900.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Grand Lake, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- Partial view of Grand Lake, Colorado and tree-lined shoreline reached via Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake), Moffat Road; rowboat moored to shore and sailboat moored in lake, two women seated atop boulders...
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1900-1920.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Wescott, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Grand Lake outlet
- View of east inlet of Grand Lake, Colorado with Mt. Cairns, Mt. Craig, Mt. Adams, Mt. Wescott, Mt. Patterson and fog in the background. A footbridge spans the water; trees cast a reflection.
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Wescott, Mount...
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Adirondack stage
- Men and women sit on top of a stagecoach drawn by a team of four horses in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. Shows dirt road and woods.
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--1890-1900.; New York (State)--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--New York (State)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Gen. Palmer's Residence, Glen Eyrie
- Uphill view of General William Jackson Palmer's residence at Glen Eyrie (literally, "Valley of the Eagle's Nest"), north of Garden of the Gods, near Colorado Springs, Colorado; turret with porch at top is at center of image; first story obscured...
- Adobe buildings--Colorado.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Golden, Colo.
- View of Coors Brewery, Golden (Jefferson County) Colorado; shows Adolph Coors Brewing Company buildings, house and greenhouses. Table Mountain is in the background.
- Adolph Coors Company--1900-1920.; Golden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.; Greenhouses--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- View of Coors looking northeast down Clear Creek Valley
- View over Adolph Coors Company brewery plant and Clear Creek Valley from South Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado, with North Table Mountain in background.
- Adolph Coors Company--1900-1930.; Golden (Colo.)--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1929]