Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ordnance workers
- Women at the Remington-operated Denver (Colorado) Ordnance Plant handle ammunition belts; shows metal boxes for storage, a woman working over a bin of bullets, and a man working at a lathe.
- Women employees--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Factories--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Firearms industry--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- The Plattner Implement Co.
- Men pose wearing aprons, bib overalls and a suit, in front of the brick Plattner Implement Co. Plattner, Washington County, Colorado. A man balances on door handle of one of the large entry double doors.
- Plattner Implement Company (Plattner, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Plattner (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--Plattner --1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Rock Cliff, Colorado
- In Rock Cliff, Colorado, a man poses in a tent by a display of grain, vegetables, fruit, a trophy cup, a mirror, a United States flag, and signs: "The Farmer Feeds Them All," "Our Boys," "Don't Handle the Exhibits" and "Rock Cliff."
- Rock Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1950.
- [between 1917 and 1941?]
- Jewelry store, Salida, Colorado
- Interior of a store in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, includes display cases with pocket watches, a sign: "R. G. W. Inspec[?]," cabinets with silver and crystal, plaster busts of Native Americans, palms, plaster figures, a case of poker chips...
- Indians of North America in art--Colorado--Salida--1890- 1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- The kiln - 1st Van Briggle Pottery, Mr. Artus Van Briggle at door of kiln, cap and striped suit
- Artus Van Briggle wears a striped suit and duster hat, and examines a ceramic vase, at his pottery factory, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A man stands in the arched door of the brick kiln, and others, in bib-overalls, handle more pots.
- Van Briggle Pottery Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Art pottery--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Kilns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- 1902
- Colorado seed potatoes
- Close view of potatoes inside and in front of a dark wicker basket with handle; light background.
- Potatoes--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Colorado seed potatoes
- Close view of potatoes spilling out of oblong wood basket with handle, turned on its side; dark background.
- Potatoes--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Fancy Colorado stock
- Inmates of the Lookout Mountain School for Boys in Golden, Colorado handle a herd of cattle with reins; inmates wear caps and tunics; a man in a straw hat looks forward; behind herd is a boy on horseback in front of water tower. Mountains and...
- Lookout Mountain School for Boys (Golden, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--Golden--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Broadwell Hotel, Alamosa
- The Broadwell House on the corner of Hunt and 6th (Sixth) streets in Alamosa, Colorado, is one of the buildings moved into Alamosa from old Garland City. Men pose on the boardwalk on the corner in front of the two-story clapboard building. One man...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.; Water pumps--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- 1933
- St. Aloysius Convent and School
- The St. Aloysius Convent and School, a boarding and day school, was opened in 1875 in Central City, Colorado, by the Sisters of St. Aloysius. The Victorian building is a two and one-half story structure that accommodated up to one hundred...
- St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1870-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1940.
- [between 1879 and 1935]
- Moki Indians, Wolpi Pueblo tickling a rattler with an eagle feather
- Native American men (Hopi), snake dancers, stand in a circle at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; five men handle snakes, one holds a snake in his mouth; one man strokes a rattle snake (on the ground) with a feather, while groups of unidentified...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
- August, 1899
- Possibly at the Rhoads' residence, 2750 7th ave.
- Harry F. Rhoads (father of Harry M. Rhoads) uses a lawn mower modified with an extended handle to mow a sloped lawn in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lawn mowing--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Fisher.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Hopi Indians
- View of Native American (Hopi) men, Snake members, who take part in the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Some Snake members handle snakes while others look on. Two snakes are coiled on the ground. The Snake members wear moccasins,...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- August, 1899
- Main Street, Central City
- View of the intersection of Main and Eureka Streets in Central City, Colorado (taken from Eureka Street). The First National Bank building is on the right with a sign on it that reads "Post Office." A man with a cane sits on a step outside of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1948
- Walpi interior
- Interior of native American (Hopi) pueblo dwelling, Walpi, Arizona, shows; adobe walls; hanging baskets, postcards, spoon and pouch; small shelf with basket; bookcase with lamp, basket, books, pitchers, can of "[Car]nation", plates, and paper bags....
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Walpi...
- [1918?]
- Hopi man
- An elderly Native American (Hopi) man sits against an adobe wall with a glass pane window, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. He holds a bobbin of yarn between his knees; beside him is a square object with a handle, a stick, and a pile a yarn. He wears a...
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Arizona--1910-1920.; Spinning--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1918?]
- Joseph Help, Ogallala Sioux
- Seated portrait of Joseph Help, Native American Oglala Sioux man, (Lakota) holding a a war club (tomahawk) with a beaded handle and wearing a cotton shirt, animal fur around his shoulders, arm and wrist bands, neck scarf, feathers and beads in his...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Help, Joseph.
- 1899
- Portrait of a man
- Standing portrait a Native American, possibly Lakota Sioux, wearing a striped tunic, leggings, moccasins, feather headdress; holding a wooden handle whip, and prop wood rifle in front of a painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.
- [1890 or 1891]
- Eugene Davis, gold prospector operating a papago, (dry washer) at his diggings, Pinos Altos, New Mexico.
- Eugene Davis operates a rocker or papago, Pinos Altos, New Mexico. Rocks are placed in a screened box, water is sluiced over them and the box is rocked with a handle to separate the particles.
- Pinos Altos (N. M.)--1940-1950.; Gold miners--New Mexico--Pinos Altos--1940-1950.; Gold mining--New Mexico--Pinos Altos--1940-1950.; Hydraulic Mining--New Mexico--Pinos Altos--1940-1950.; Mining--New Mexico--Pinos Altos--1940-1950.; Davis, Eugene.
- May 1940
- Murphy's Exchange Larimer Street
- View of Larimer Street, in Denver, Colorado, between 16th (Sixteenth) and 17th (Seventeenth) Streets; shows men posing by stone buildings with signs: "Arcade Cafe," "Liquors Dewey House Single Rooms 20 Cents a Night $1.00 a Week Herbert W. Griffin...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Red Astrican
- Astrican apple tree, possibly the Westlake ranch, Grand Valley, Western Slope, Colorado; shows branches loaded with big apples supported by a wood post and placed over the top of a step ladder; wooden crate with metal handle filled with apples on...
- Apple trees--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1929]
- Brighton, Colo. business, canning & preserving
- Women handle glass bottles in the Kuner Pickle Company factory in Brighton (Adams County) Colorado; carts are by (possibly) bottle-washing machinery.
- Kuner Pickle Company--1900-1930.; Brighton (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canneries--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1930.; Food industry--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1930.; Women--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1930.
- [between 1902 and 1930?]
- Luella mine on flat near Silvercliffe [i. e. Silver Cliff]
- A miner poses near the hoist of either the Luella or Suella Mine near Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado. The machinery includes a fly wheel and cables. "Don't Handle" is painted on the wall and a United States flag hangs on a pole nearby.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Chief Washakie in council
- Studio portrait (standing and sitting) of Chief Washakie and other Native American (Shoshone) men and a boy. Chief Washakie stands in the center of the group, he wears moccasins, leggings, and a feather headdress; he holds a wooden pipe. Members of...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1900.; Boys--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Meetings--1880-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1900.; Washakie, ca. 1804-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1885]
- Baskets
- View of two Native American baskets; one with a handle.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Baskets--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Larimer Street, Denver
- Men pose near the entrance to a liquor store on Larimer Street near 17th (Seventeenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Nearby signs read: "Arcade Cafe," "Single Rooms 20 [cents] a Night 1.00 a Week Herbert W. Griffin Prop.," and "We Handle...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Antonito, Colorado, Frederick Warshauer residence.
- Interior view of the brick fireplace alcove in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; features an oak mantle and built in wood seats next to the fireplace; snuffer with long handle hanging off the mantle;...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.; Interiors.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Antonito, Colorado, Frederick Warshauer residence.
- Interior view of the brick fireplace alcove in the Frederick Warshauer residence in Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado; shows an oak mantle and built in wood seats next to the fireplace; snuffer with a long handle hanging off the mantle; decorative...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Antonito--1960-1970.; Interiors.;Warshauer, Frederick B., 1859-1913--Homes and haunts.
- [1964]
- Eldora's Milliner party march 1899
- Men, women, and children gather on an unidentified snow covered wooden structure in Eldora, Colorado. The wooden handle of a shovel sticks up from a hole which has been dug into the snow.
- Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Leadville, 1940, Healy House
- In this interior view of the dining room in the Healy House Museum, on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado there is a black walnut sideboard with a mirror, ornately carved handles and decorative...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Healy House State Museum.
- 1940
- Edgewater, Colorado, King Soopers ground breaking, December 1977
- City Clerk Charles Kucci, Mayor Bonnie Allison, King Soopers Vice-President Jim Baldwin, and Police Chief Robert Sordonier shake hands and hold the handle of a tool at the ground breaking of the new King Soopers supermarket in Edgewater, Jefferson...
- King Soopers, Inc.--1970-1980.; Edgewater (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Edgewater--1970-1980.; Allison, Bonnie.; Baldwin, Jim.; Kucci, Charles.; Sordonier, Robert.
- December 1977
- Burns Statue, City Park
- View of City Park, in Denver, Colorado; shows a granite and marble statue of poet Robert Burns, men, cannons, landscaping, trees and flower beds. Sign reads: "Do Not Handle the Flowers."
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Burns, Robert, 1759-1796--Statues.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Olive Baker, Denver Repertory Theatre actress
- Olive Baker, an actress with the Denver Repertory Theater, poses with a cigarette in her right hand. She also holds the handle of a cloth purse in her left hand. She wears a hat with a flower decoration, a fur coat, a skirt, and rings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Actresses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Baker, Olive L.; Denver Repertory Theater--People--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Safe door in present post office building, at one time a bank building
- View of a door of a safe in Black Hawk, Colorado. On the door is written: Denver Saving Bank Black Hawk Branch. The door has a strong glare on it which obscures some of the detail; view includes an ornate painting of a flowery looking border...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Banks--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Doors & doorways--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.; Safes--Colorado--Blackhawk--1940-1950.
- [between 1941 and 1949]
- Warehouse, sugar factory, Greeley, Colo.
- Two men stand at opposite ends of a hand cart stacked with sacks of sugar at the Great Western sugar plant in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County. One worker holds the handle of the cart in his right hand. Sacks of sugar are stacked to the ceiling of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.; Warehouses--Colorado--Greeley--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- General Nelson A. Miles, similar view
- General Nelson A. Miles, 3/4 length standing studio portrait, wearing a military uniform, holding saber (handle just in view).
- Military officers--United States--1870-1890.; Military uniforms--1870-1890.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.
- [between 1878 and 1890]
- General Nelson A. Miles, similar view
- General Nelson A. Miles, 3/4 length studio portrait, wearing military uniform with medals, holding saber (handle just in view).
- Military officers--United States--1870-1890.; Military uniforms--1870-1890.; Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925.
- [between 1878 and 1890]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- acre-sized catchment to store rain water.; Dam-like structures with a railing and sets of stairs leading up to them are covered in a blanket of snow at Mesa Verde National Park. Portions of stone walls forming the dams remain uncovered. Some of the...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dams--Colorado--1920-1930.; Water supply West (U.S.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- Two men pause from digging and hold their shovels at their sides at an excavation site in Hawikuh, New Mexico. Both men are shown from the shoulders down. The ditch they are digging is in the foreground. Large shrubs appear in the background. The...
- Hawikuh (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Hawikuh
- A man squats down and brushes the dirt away from a stone slab at an excavation site at Hawikuh in New Mexico. The handle of a digging tool lies on the ground behind him. The man wears a hat that covers his face as he bows his head toward the...
- Hawikuh (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1917?]
- Nederland, Colo. 1899
- The town of Nederland stands in the background along the base of a hill in Boulder County, Colorado. The Breed and Cutter Reduction Works Mill stands in the far left of the town. The Hetzer House Hotel is in the center of the town. The tops of...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Boy
- Studio portrait of a boy dressed in a tailored wool pinstripe suit with a jacket, cut out at the waist, and a skirt. The jacket has decorative braided cord frogs. He wears stockings and high leather shoes with buttons. He holds a cane with a...
- Boys--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Bell ringer Opera House Central City, Colorado
- Photograph of a Central City Opera House Bell Ringer. He is standing in the middle of unpaved Eureka Street with his back toward the Opera House. He is dressed completely in a black frock coat with satin lapels, black trousers, and black, leather...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Bells--Colorado--Central City--1830-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Central City Opera House.
- 1933
- Park Greeley
- Aerial view of the baseball diamond of the Colorado State College of Education (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado Teachers College, and Colorado State College) in Greeley, Colorado in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baseball--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1960.; University of Northern Colorado.
- 1952 April 25
- Russian Georgian Cossack Luka Chkhartishvili.
- Russian Georgian Cossack Luka Chkhartishvili, the leader of the Cossack riders, in 1894, and a member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, poses for a side-angle, bust portrait while touring with the show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Chkhartishvili, Luka.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Cossacks--1880-1920.
- [1894]
- A. E. Leikauf Meat Company
- Interior view of the August E. Leikauf Meat Company located at 1013 15th (Fifteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows display cases filled with meat, bacon and pork; cans of "Armour's Simon Pure [leaf] lard" sit on the counter with potted ferns....
- August E. Leikauf Meat Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Butchers shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Meat--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Merchandise displays--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1913 and 1920?]
- Girl with skis - Estes Park
- A woman poses in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado with skis and poles. Her ski poles rest on a box that reads: "Glass Handle With Care." An aspen forest, meadow and mountains are in the distance.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Skiers--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.
- 1950 February 26
- The three witnesses to the divinity and authenticity of the Book of Mormon
- Photomontage of Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin Harris; ornate border has symbols including a locomotive, harp, alembic, trident, ship, caduceus, scribe, mortarboard, lion, book, keys, moose, crown, swords, acorns, and angels. Printed...
- Mormons--1880-1890.; Cowdery, Oliver.; Harris, Martin (1783-1875); Whitmer, David (1805-1888)
- 1886
- Grinding grain
- A Korean woman stands near a large wooden mortar filled with grain and grinds it with a stone pounding mallet with a wooden handle in South Korea. She wears a linen dress and her hair is pulled back in a bun. A flat winnowing basket and iron...
- Korea (South)--1950-1960.; Baskets.; Grains.; Grinding.; Women.; Koreans.
- [between 1952 and 1953?]
- Mural decoration, side of proscenium arch, Central City Opera House
- A mask lays on a sword, a hatchet, and a ank-shaped object in this painting from the prescenium arch in Central City, Colorado's opera house. A snake-like object winds through the eyes of the mask, and a chain links the sword blade and the hatchet...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937