Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- Trinity Methodist Pioneer Day
- Transcript of the proceedings for the Pioneer Day Celebration at Trinity Methodist Church in 1894.
- Pioneers--Colorado.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1894 January 7
- Denver Inner City Parish
- View of the Denver Inner City Parish, a non-denominational, human service nonprofit organization in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood, 1212 Mariposa Street in Denver, Colorado. The building is a one story blond brick structure with a standing seam,...
- Denver Inner City Parish--2010-2020.; Denver (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Charitable organizations.; Murals.; Denver Inner City Parish--Pictorial works.; Charities--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Mural painting and...
- 2010
- Central City residence interiors
- Two bookcases filled with books are on opposite sides of a fireplace in Central City, Colorado. Miners candle holders hang along the top of the bookcase. A standing lamp is in front of the bookcase on the right. The fireplace has a large gilded...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1930-1950.; Interiors--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- The rescue
- Reproduction of a drawing shows a soldier helping his wounded comrade at the Battle of Beecher Island, Colorado, 1868, between the U. S. Cavalry and Native American Cheyenne.
- Cheyenne Indians--War--Colorado--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1860-1870.; Beecher Island, Battle of, 1868.
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- D&SL train, engine number 207, engine type 2-6-6-0
- Freight, westbound; 66 cars, 216 helping. Photographed: Near Leyden Junction, Colo., September 18, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leyden Junction.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&SL train, engine number 207, engine type 2-6-6-0
- Freight, westbound; 66 cars, 216 helping. Photographed: Near Plainview, Colo., September 18, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Plainview.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- 1938
- D&SL train, engine number 211, engine type 2-6-6-0
- Freight, eastbound; 46 cars, over Rollins Pass, 204-205, 201 helping. Photographed: Above West Portal, Colo., July 3, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--West Portal.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- 1927
- D&SL train, engine number 215, engine type 2-6-6-0
- Freight, westbound; 60 cars, 122 helping. Photographed: Leaving Denver, Colo., September 28, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- 1938
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Southbound freight train; Denver & Rio Grande Western 463 helping in train, 21 cars. Photographed: Near Hagen, Colo., September 27, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Hagen.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Southbound freight train; Denver & Rio Grande Western 463 helping in train, 21 cars. Photographed: Leaving Ridgway, Colo., September 27, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Southbound freight train; Denver & Rio Grande Western 463 helping in train; 21 cars. Photographed: Near Peak, Colo., September 27, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0 and Rio Grande engine number 462
- Southbound freight train; (Denver & Rio Grande Western 462 helping), 13 cars, 5 MPH. Photographed: Leaving Glencoe, Colo., July 14, 1946.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1946.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Glencoe.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1946
- CB&Q train, (narrow gauge) engine number 537 and Colorado & Southern (narrow gauge) engine number 68, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, westbound; 24 cars, 15 MPH, Colorado & Southern 74-65 helping near rear. Photographed: near Waterton, Colo., November 18, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Waterton.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1935
- CB&Q train, (narrow gauge) engine number 537 and Colorado & Southern (narrow gauge) engine number 68, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, westbound; 24 cars, 5 MPH, Colorado & Southern 74-65 helping in train. Photographed: leaving Waterton, Colo., November 18, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Waterton.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1935
- CB&Q train, (narrow gauge) engine number 537, engine type 2-8-0
- Freight, westbound; C & S 74-68 helping near rear. Photographed: leaving Denver, Colo., August 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1933
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars, 488 helping. Photographed: below Cumbres, Colo., July 3, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 486, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 53 cars, 481 helping in train. Photographed: near Cumbres, Colo., September 3, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 488, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 70 cars, 486 helping. Photographed: Cumbres, Colo., June 16, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 488, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 70 cars, 486 helping in train. Photographed: East of Los Pinos, Colo., June 16, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Los Pinos.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars, 486 helping in train. Photographed: near Los Pinos, Colo., May 28, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Los Pinos.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound;, 64 cars, 486 helping in train. Photographed: east of Cumbres, Colo., May 28, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars, 488 helping. Photographed: approaching Cumbres, Colo., July 3, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, Westbound; 64 cars, 488 helping in train. Photographed: above Los Pinos, Colo., July 3, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Los Pinos.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 79 cars, 483 helping in train. Photographed: below Cumbres, Colo., August 31, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 60 cars, 480 helping in train. Photographed: above Los Pinos, Colo., July 27, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Los Pinos.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 79 cars, 483 helping in train. Photographed: above Los Pinos, Colo., August 31, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Los Pinos.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 493, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 498 helping. Photographed: near Cumbres, Colo., September, 1967.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1967.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1967
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 490, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 35 cars, 482 helping in train. Photographed: near Lobato, N.M., September 16, 1956.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1956.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Lobato.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1956
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 490, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 35 cars, 482 helping. Photographed: above Lobato, N.M., September 16, 1956.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1956.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Lobato.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1956
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 493 engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 498 helping in train. Photographed: above Big Horn, Colo., September, 1967.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1967.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Big Horn.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1967
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 495, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 20 cars, 491 helping. Photographed: leaving Mears Junction, May 8, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mears Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1948
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 495, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 20 cars, 491 helping. Photographed: below Mears Junction, Colo., May 8, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mears Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1948
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 495, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 20 cars, 491 helping in train. Photographed: above Poncha Junction, Colo., May 8, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Poncha Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1948
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 497, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 42 cars, 493 helping. Photographed: leaving Mears Junction, Colo., May 16, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mears Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 497, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 42 cars, 15 MPH, 493 helping. Photographed: below Mears Junction, Colo., May 16, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mears Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 495, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound, lower switchback; 490 helping. Photographed: at Garfield, Colo., June 28, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 495, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 20 cars, 491 helping. Photographed: Otto, Colo., May 8, 1948.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1948.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Otto.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1948
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 499, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; heavy smoke, 495 helping. Photographed: near Mears Junction, Colo., November 24, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Mears Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 499, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 31 cars, 491 helping. Photographed: near Cumbres, Colo., May 30, 1958.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1958.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1958
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 499, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; smoke, steam and snow, 495 helping. Photographed: above Poncha Junction, Colo., November 24, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Poncha Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 499, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; nice smoke, 495 helping. Photographed: above Poncha Junction, Colo., November 24, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Poncha Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 497, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 42 cars, 20 MPH, 493 helping in train. Photographed: above Poncha Junction, Colo., May 16, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Poncha Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1937
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 459, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, northbound, on the Rio Grande Southern; 34 cars, 462 helping in train. Photographed: leaving Durango, Colo., October 17, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 459, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, northbound; 34 cars, 462 helping. Photographed: near Porter, Colo., October 17, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Porter.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, southbound, on the Rio Grande Southern; 23 cars, 462 helping in train. Photographed: south of Vance Junction, Colo., October 4, 1947.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1947.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Vance Junction.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1947
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2 and Rio Grande Southern engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Freight, northbound, on the Rio Grande Southern; 24 cars 20 helping. Photographed: below Hesperus, Colo., September 6, 1941.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1941.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Hesperus.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1941
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 463, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, southbound, on the Rio Grande Southern; 25 cars, 462 helping; not shown. Photographed: crossing Ophir trestle, September 23, 1943.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1943.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1943
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, northbound, on the Rio Grande Southern; 16 cars, 461 helping in train. Photographed: above Placerville, Colo., June 19, 1944.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1944.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1944
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, northbound, up Dallas Divide, on the Rio Grande Southern; 16 cars, 461 helping in train. Photographed: near Peak, Colo., June 19, 1944.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1944.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1944