Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- David Bruce Powers train of Leavenworth at Denver
- David Bruce Powers' supply train from Leavenworth, Kansas forms a circle on Market Street, Denver, Colorado. Men sit on burros and lead teams with covered wagons. Signs on businesses read: "Leather & Shoe Findings Storage & Commission," "Saddlery...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Wagon trains--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1868 June 20
- Hired Girl taking Bill Egry up in the air
- Bill Egry rides "Hired Girl," a bucking bronco.
- Broncos--1910-1930.; Cowboys--1910-1930.; Rodeos--1910-1930.; Egry, Bill.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Dwight Nicholson House
- View of the Boulder Victoria Historic Inn situated in the Dwight Nicholson House at 1305 Pine Street in Boulder, Colorado. The two-story Colonial Revival influenced eclectic style house has a hipped roof, a cornice with dentils and swags, a...
- Dwight Nicholson House (Boulder, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Boulder (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Hotels.; Historic buildings.; Dwight Nicholson House (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Boulder Victoria Historic Inn (Boulder, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Boulder...
- 1994
- Coca Cola ghost sign, Fort Collins, Colo.
- View of the J. L. Hohnstein Block at 200 East Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, Colo. The building has a large Coca Cola ghost sign located on the east wall. Commissioned by Mary B. and Jess Angell, who operated a deli at the location, the sign was...
- J. L. Hohnstein Block--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Brick wall signs--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Advertising, Outdoor--Colorado--Fort Collins--2000-2010.; Fort Collins...
- 2005
- Cokedale Mine marshals Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela
- Crecencio Vigil and Melitón Barela, marshals at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Cokedale Mines in Cokedale (Las Animas County), Colorado. They pose near a dugout structure with a roof made from pine boughs. Crecencio (left) wears a hat, coat and...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cokedale (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Private police.; Barela, Melitón--Pictorial works.; Vigil,, Crecencio--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [1913?]
- Cheeseman [sic] residence, Denver
- Exterior view of Walter Scott Cheesman's residence (later called Cheesman-Evans-Boettcher mansion & Governor's mansion), 400 East 8th (eighth) Denver, Colorado; Colonial Revival architecture with formal portico topped with balustraded balcony,...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Columns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Porticoes (Porches)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Three act play by Bess Crary
- Group theater portrait in Denver, Colorado; Denver Community Players hold cupcakes with candles and are identified as: "Philip Bradburn, the boy - Bradford Hatton," "John Bradburn, his father - James Roys Youngs," "Rose Bradburn, his mother - Betty...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1923 May
- Toolhouse at Arrow, Colorado
- Two women telegraph operators (Miss Jones), hired during World War I, pose with two railroad crew members in Arrow, (Arrowhead), Grand County, Colorado. The women stand on part of a snow plow, while the men (Joe Preiss) "play" their shovels like...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Arrow--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Cowboys on a Roundup
- A group of cowboys hired for a Roundup pose by covered wagons and tents in Kaufman Meadow, Chaffee County, Colorado. Some sit on horseback, others lie on the ground and one sits in a wagon. Pictured left to right are: 1. Tom McQuade; 2. & 3....
- Chaffee County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Kaufman Meadow (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Kaufman Ridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Colorado--Chaffee County--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Chaffee...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- J.H. Lightner 480 acre farm on sec. 1-26-32 Finney Co., Kan.
- Panoramic view shows a farmer, possibly J.H. Lightner, his wife, children, and the hired man posed by a mound of harvested field corn on a farm in Finney County, Kansas. Shows the wood frame farmhouse with covered front porch and a windmill, barn...
- Finney County (Kan.)--1920-1930.; Corn--Kansas--Finney County--1920-1930.; Farm houses--Kansas--Finney County--1920-1930.; Farms--Kansas--Finney County--1920-1930.; Lightner, J. H.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1922 and 1928?]
- Group of Pawnee Warr. & Palace Cars of U.P.R.R.
- Native American (Pawnee) men, hired for a staged performance for members of the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian, wear headdresses and woven blankets, and stand in front of a Union Pacific Railroad passenger car in Nebraska. Men and...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Pawnee Indians--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--1860-1870.; Railroads--Nebraska--1860-1870.;...
- 1866 October
- Original power station at Ames, Colorado
- Exterior view of the L.L. Nunn power station, Ames, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a side gable structure with lean-to additions, board and batten construction and uneven board roofline. A large stack of lumber is piled in front of the power...
- Ames (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1906]
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of small arena with a matador or picador in center, in Gillett, Colorado. A matador, possibly Senor Jose Marrero, in bullfighting attire, holds a banderilla (decorated pick) while bulls stand near the back of the wooden corral. Wooden...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of bullfighters in small stadium in Gillett, Colorado, includes a matador in Mexican attire, a wooden arena, bulls and wooden bleachers in the background. The matador's costume includes hat, vest, sash, epaulets, "pink" stockings, slippers,...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighters--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- Gillett, Colo., Mexican bullfights
- View of a bullfight in a small stadium in Gillett, Colorado, shows three men in bullfighting attire. One matador (bullfighter) teases a bull with a cape, while a picador holds banderillas (picks). All three men are within the wooden corral while...
- Gillett (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bullfighting--Colorado--Gillett--1890-1900.
- August, 1895
- William F. Cody with "Pawnee Bill" and "Buffalo Jones"
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with Gordon "Pawnee Bill" Lillie and Charles J. "Buffalo Jones" Jones for a full-length, studio portrait. Cody is on the left and holds a rifle propped on its end. He wears a buckskin coat with tassles...
- Wild west shows--1900-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.; Jones, Charles Jesse, 1844-1919.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Homestead House
- Mrs. Mary Neosha Williams, who hired carpenter John Spence to built the building over ten years starting in 1886, called her seventeen room home in Evergreen, Colorado, Camp Neosha. When Mrs. Williams daughter Dr. Josepha Williams Douglas and her...
- Evergreen (Colo.)--1950-1975.; Houses--Colorado--Evergreen--1950-1975.
- [between 1950 and 1975?]
- Western History Subject Index
- C The hired man on horseback (poem)
- Tower of Memories
- Exterior photograph of the Tower of Memories at the Crown Hill Cemetery located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The Tower of Memories Mausoleum lies at the end of a grand esplanade that begins at the east entry of Crown Hill Cemetery. The seven-story...
- Crown Hill Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.); Wheat Ridge (Colo.); Cemeteries--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic...
- Undated
- Tower of Memories
- Exterior photograph of the Tower of Memories at the Crown Hill Cemetery located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The Tower of Memories Mausoleum lies at the end of a grand esplanade that begins at the east entry of Crown Hill Cemetery. The seven-story...
- Crown Hill Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.); Wheat Ridge (Colo.); Cemeteries--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic...
- Undated
- Tower of Memories
- Interior photograph of the Tower of Memories at the Crown Hill Cemetery located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The Tower of Memories Mausoleum lies at the end of a grand esplanade that begins at the east entry of Crown Hill Cemetery. The seven-story...
- Crown Hill Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.); Wheat Ridge (Colo.); Cemeteries--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic...
- Undated
- Tower of Memories
- Interior photograph of the Tower of Memories at the Crown Hill Cemetery located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The Tower of Memories Mausoleum lies at the end of a grand esplanade that begins at the east entry of Crown Hill Cemetery. The seven-story...
- Crown Hill Cemetery (Wheat Ridge, Colo.); Wheat Ridge (Colo.); Cemeteries--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Wheat Ridge.; Historic...
- Undated
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- Western History Subject Index
- Franklin, H Bruce
- Western History Subject Index
- Kostka, William and associates, incorporated
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER BRONCOS COACHES
- The Cosmopolitan Club of Denver, official records.
- Five Points Area Residents' Survey
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 17, 1911 April 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 19, 1911 May 6
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 21, 1911 May 20
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 50, 1911 December 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 17, 1912 April 27
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 26, 1912 June 29
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 15, 1914 May 9
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 17, 1914 June 13
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 22, 1914 August 22
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 9 and 10, 1921 September-October
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 7 and 8, 1924 July-August
- Municipal Facts: Volume 10 Numbers 1 and 2, 1927 January-February
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Number 7 and 8, 1930 July-August
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 7, 1913 January 11
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 11, 1913 March 8
- History of Denver
- My horses and my hired men
- Two firemen, stand inside firehouse door of Central Fire Station, 340 block Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; each man places a yoke over a horse hitched to fire apparatus; men wear uniform and hat; horse on left is named Mandy and horse on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1905]
- Women's crew for new prison hired by Patterson
- Female prison guards at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose in topcoats with prison insignia patches on their shoulders. They wear a variety of shoes, and behind them are metal doors and walls.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prison guards--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Women--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Manual Annual: 1909
- Yearbook for Denver Manual Training High School 1909
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1909
- Manualian: 1910
- Yearbook for Denver Manual Training High School 1910.
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1910
- The Annual: The North Side High School 1906
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1906
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1906