Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Lobato family
- Studio portrait of the Lobato Family from San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Shows men, women, older people, boys and girls. They are identified as: Front row, left to right: Adela and Eufelia Espinoza, Manuelita Jaramillo, María Odila,...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Families.; Lobato family--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American families--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [1908?]
- Colo. Utah Coal Co. Mine, Mt. Harris Colo.
- Interior view of a coal mine owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; in left foreground, a miner crouches holding a shovel; at right foreground, a miner stands next to a railroad track holding a hatchet; at rear, several...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Harris, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Industry--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- [1915?]
- Residence of Dr. & Mrs. F. J. Bancroft - S.W. corner 16th & Stout
- View of the Bancroft house at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the Bancroft family, a horse, a lamb, and a bent wood shelter with benches.
- Bancroft, F. J.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- Res. of Col. Steinberger at Aboursville
- View of Colonel Steinberger's one story log house in Arbourville (Arboursville, Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; features hewn log, side gable with overhang forming porch along front facade, supporting posts...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Little Chief Iron Spring
- Exterior view looking northeast of the original 'Summer House' at Ute Iron Springs in Manitou Springs, Colorado; a shingle roofed pavilion (built 1880) with latticed balustrade and wooden arched columns. On the left is a buggy (top down) with two...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [1870-1880?]
- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center midground behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Rocky Bear.; Kidder, Edward E.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Mitchell School students with a model of New Amsterdam
- The photograph is of five students from Mitchell Elementary School located on 32nd and Lafayette Street in Denver, Colorado. The students are standing behind a large model of New Amsterdam. The two girls are kneeling holding dolls. The three boys...
- Mitchell School (Denver, Colo.); Five Points (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; Students.; Historical sites.;Windmills
- undated
- Two unidentified Indian women, one holding a fan, the other holding an umbrella, full length
- Full length studio portrait of two unidentified Native American women, both wearing dresses, one seated, holding umbrella and one standing, holding a fan, in front of painted backdrop. Women are between two tables, one with tablecloth.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command Seal at the former Lowry Air Force Base, Denver
- View of U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command seal in the terrazzo floor of the former Lowry Air Force Base Armament Building (constructed in 1942) at 130 Rampart Way in the Lowry Field neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a shield...
- United States. Army Air Forces. Technical Training Command--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lowry Field neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Emblems.; Floors.; United States. Army Air Forces. Technical Training Command--Pictorial...
- [between 2002 and 2003?]
- Woodmen of World Members in front of I. O. O. F. building, Meeker, Colorado.
- The Woodmen of the World pose in front of the 1897 Odd Fellows Lodge on Main Street, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. First row sits on benches in uniform holding long handle axes. The second row wears suits and men around the central banner...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1910.; Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
- [between 1897 and 1910]
- Loucks livery barn
- View of Loucks Livery Barn, Walden, Jackson County, Colorado; shows people identified as: (l to r): Hugh Griff, Alec Hilton, Frank Fitzgerald, Mrs. Loucks, John Hilton, and Harford Loucks, with thoroughbred horses and buggies.
- Walden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Barns--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Stables--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Loucks, Harford.
- 1906
- Group sledding
- Men, children and a woman pose on a sled near the David Moffat mansion at 808 Grant Street in Denver, Colorado; shows Bert Rhoads (1st on sled), Charles Gates (waving), Hazel Rhoads Gates (holding onto her hat) and Harry Fisher Rhoads (holding one...
- Moffat, David H. (David Halliday), 1839-1911--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.;...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- A "Stork" Party at Gates
- Members of the Gates and Rhoads family gather for a "stork" party at the Gates'. Front row of table: John Gates, second from left; Mrs. Addie Rhoads, fifth from right (holding a Gates or Rhoads child); and possibly Mrs. Sadie Rhoads, second from...
- Showers (Parties)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Gates, Charles Cassius, 1877-1961.; Gates, Hazel LaDora Rhoads.; Rhoads, Addie Mellon.; Rhoads, Sade.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado, with a Boy Scout holding a Confederate flag and uniformed men on horses riding on the brick street. Onlookers stand on the sidewalk in the background. A lightpole with four crossed cast iron brackets holding...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Beauchamp, E. L.; Harris, John W., fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Venus by St. George Stanley, Teller House
- A fresco of Venus is painted in the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. The nude stands on a pedestal recessed in a darkened arch. She leans against a rock with her left hand, holding a cloth. She is holding an apple in her right hand and...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Murals--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Venus (Roman deity)
- 1932
- Central City people
- In Central City, Colorado, a man in a suit, top hat and glasses, wearing a pin styled after a sheriff's badge and holding a cane, is surrounded by the faces of three clowns and another man in a hat. The clown on the right is holding onto the man's...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clowns--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Pioneer Jubilee, Salt Lake City
- Float at the Pioneer Jubilee Parade, Salt Lake City, Utah, shows winged dragon made of metal with horns and wings holding a small animal in it's claws. The dragon's long, scaled tail is wrapped around a pedestal where a girl sits in a flowered hat...
- Utah Pioneer Jubilee (1897 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Anniversaries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Girls--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1897
- The babies on the block
- Portrait in front of McClures studio at 2128 Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado, shows Mary Rebecca "Pinkie" Shrock (McClure's sister-in- law) with her children seated on the door step to the studio. Possibly Mary Rebecca seated holding "Doc"...
- McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1900]
- Dining room
- Interior view of the dining room at the Hotel de Paris in Georgetown, Colorado. The dining room has a wood floor, wainscotting, elaborate Victorian doorways, an ornate china cabinet holding the hotel's Haviland china, an ornate sideboard flanked by...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1954 and 1970?]
- Concert Hall, Central City
- View of two-story Concert Hall and Billiard Rooms in Central City, Colorado. The building is between a two-story, flat-roofed masonry structure with the words "Stage Line" written at the top and a two-story building with a balcony that has a flat...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bands--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.; Brass instruments--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1872?]
- The hostile Apaches
- Four scenes from Crook's campaigns against the Native American Chiricahua. Top left: "A Captive White Boy In An Apache Camp," shows a white boy in an Apache wickiup camp with women and children and one warrior holding a bow and arrow. Top right:...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Captives--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Warriors--1880-1890.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.; Nachez.; Crook, George, 1829-1890--Homes & haunts.
- 1886 April 24
- Pioneer Monument, Denver
- View of Pioneer Monument, triangle intersection of Colfax, Broadway & Cheyenne Place, Denver, Colorado; designed & sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies at cost of $75,000, bronze cast made in Paris, France, dedicated June 24, 1911; monument occupies...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carson, Kit 1809-1868--Monuments.
- [between 1911 and 1920]
- Back from the hunt, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated in camp, one man with knee-high gaiters holding rifle in one hand and one dead grouse or pheasant in other; second man holding one dead...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Edgewater, Colorado, 50th anniversary
- A float in the Edgewater, Colorado, Fiftieth Anniversary Parade has a sign reading "Defenders of Liberty"; on the float are an army soldier holding a gun, a nurse, a sailor, the Statue of Liberty, another military man, a boy on crutches, another...
- Edgewater (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Anniversaries--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Edgewater--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Teachout's Ranch
- A view of Teachout's Ranch near Edgerton, Colorado, includes a two-story gable-roofed building with a porch with Victorian decorative woodwork, and a smaller building nearby; numerous people stand near a board fence in front, including a seated...
- Edgerton (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.; People--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.; Ranches--Colorado--Edgerton--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1878?]
- Machine gun squad at Civic Center
- Members of the machine gun squad of the Denver Police Department pose with weapons at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. Captain George Merritt lies on the ground and leans on one elbow near officers who demonstrate the use of a machine gun....
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Machine guns--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1921 March]
- Unidentified group of Indians, canvas tents in background
- Unidentified group of Dakota Native Americans; includes three males on horses, four males standing holding reins to horses; six of seven holding rifles; canvas tents in background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tents--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Sioux Commission - Gen. Crook, Gov. Foster, Sen. Warner, all sitting, full length
- Full length portrait of the Sioux Commission of 1889, all seated, wooden railing of front porch in background; left to right: General George Crook holding carved walking stick or cane, Charles Foster of Ohio holding walking stick or cane, and...
- Crook, George, 1829-1890.; Foster, Charles, 1828-1904.; Warner, William, 1840-1916.; United States. Sioux Commission (1889)
- 1889
- Unidentifed Crows, dressed in war clothing with headdresses, full length
- Two unidentified Crow Native American males, full length standing studio portraits with painted backdrop, wearing feather headdresses, breastplate, holding pipes, moccasins; beaded sash draped over one's arm also holding a bow, the other wears...
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- William S. Hart and Chief Luther Standing Bear, Dakota
- a letter to the Western History Department dated May 24, 1968, letter continues that Chief Luther Standing Bear wrote four books titled: My people, the Sioux (1928), My Indian boyhood (1931), Land of the Spotted Eagle (1933) and Stories of the...
- Dakota Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Hart, William S.; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868?-1939.
- [192-?]
- Tepee and log cabin, Indian family and white woman on horseback
- Dakota Native American man and woman holding baby standing beside tepee and in front of log cabin with sod roof; one female atop horse on side saddle; Dakota man with fringed buckskin coat holding hat and tepee door with additional board door...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Log cabins--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Tepee, log cabin and Indian family
- Dakota Native American man and woman holding baby standing next to tepee and in front of log cabin with sod roof; Dakota man with fringed buckskin coat holding hat, and tepee door with additional board door laying against cloth; Dakota male...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Log cabins--1880-1890.; Tipis--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Red Tomahawk and Eagle Man, Dakota police, in uniform, full length
- and Eagle Man reputed to have helped kill Sitting Bull during his arrest in 1889.; Red Tomahawk and Eagle Man, full length standing portraits in tribal or reservation police uniform taken inside wooden frame building; Red Tomahawk, at left, in...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indian reservation police--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Eagle Man.; Red Tomahawk.
- [188-?]
- Log rollers
- The "Log Rollers" pose with their first place banner in Montrose, Colorado, studio. Many are holding axes, and one man is holding a sword. The men and women display their first place ribbons. The banner behind the group reads: "First Prize, Log...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clubs--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Buffalo Bill Cody, standing, Gordon Lillie, seated & probably, Charles Jesse (Buffalo) Jones, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Buffalo Bill Cody, standing, wearing hat, decorated jacket, high boots and holding rifle, Gordon Lillie, seated, wearing hat, fringed jacket and books, and Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones (?), standing, holding rope,...
- Entertainers--1890-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.; Jones, Charles Jesse, 1844-1919.
- [between 1897 and 1926]
- Commanche [sic]
- View of Private Gustave Korn, 7th Cavalry, holding Comanche, horse of Captain Myles Keogh. Comanche escaped from battlefield at Little Bighorn.
- Horses--1880-1890.; Soldiers--United States--1870-1880.; Keogh, Myles Walter, 1840-1876.; Korn, Gustave.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Two unidentified Indians, Crows, wearing war bonnets, full length
- Full length studio portrait of two unidentified Crow males, both wearing war bonnets, necklaces and holding peace pipes, standing in front of painted backdrop; one holding a spear.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Indians.
- [188-?]
- K with mules
- Portrait of K. Molenaar holding the leads of two mules at the mule barns, Camp Hale, Colorado. He is wearing a knapsack and carrying a rifle. The two mules are wearing loaded pack saddles. In the background another soldier is also holding a mule....
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mules--Colorado--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 1943
- Honor guard on horseback
- General Harding of the British 13th Corps reviews a Tenth Mountain Division Reconnaissance Unit Guard of Honor that is mounted on horseback. The guard of honor rings a small plaza, a building is at one end and men watch from the windows, other...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Military parades & ceremonies--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Soldiers with mules in Camp Hale
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier stands holding a mule at Camp Hale, Colorado. The mule is wearing a pack saddle, with two cases on top that are secured with rope. The soldier holding the mule is also wearing a knapsack with a waterbottle and...
- Barracks--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military camps--Colorado--1940-1950.; Mules--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [1943-1944]
- Richard F. Heilman
- Heilman, recaptured after the 1947 escape from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, has a rifle aimed at his blood spattered, half shaved head. His hand, wounded by gunshot, is wrapped in bloody rags; he sits holding it. The guard...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Heilman, Richard F.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Alex, Katherine, Katherine, Lucy
- Alex, Katherine, Katherine and Lucy, four Native Americans on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stand in front of a teepee on the reservation. Alex stands at the far left holding a striped blanket in his right hand and a...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Mine timbering
- Underground in a mine, somewhere in Colorado; extensive timbering done to support shaft or tunnel and corner, three miners with felt hats, and rubber boots; ore cart on track, miners with felt hats, one man with candle and wiring attached to hat...
- Miners--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Actors at the Central City Opera House
- Photograph of two actors in a scene from a play. The taller actor on the left is wearing a top hat, a waitcoat, a light-colored jacket with dark lapels, checkered trousers, and black, leather shoes. He has a full, graying beard, is holding a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939?]
- William F. Cody and group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of a tent, probably in Paris, with a group of people, including Sioux Chief Rocky Bear at the far left of the group holding a war club in his right hand. He also has one feather on the back of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Nate Salsbury with group in front of tent
- Albert Scheibel, secretary of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits on a saddle on the ground in the left midground smoking a cigar in the tent of Jule Keen, treasurer of the show. Scheibel wears a derby hat, his vest is unbuttoned, and he has a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Sites-Randall Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a house in Georgetown, Colorado. The house has a full-length brick gable on the left with a bay window, and the part of the house which extends to the right is of wood construction and has a porch on the front. The house has...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Fences--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1874 and 1900?]
- Portrait, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of a figure seated in the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; White, Mellie Bowman--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.; Interiors.; Women--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Annie Oakley and others [graphic]
- Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses sits on the ground holding the front hoof of a horse in front of a set for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Another young woman, possibly Della Ferrell, sits near her, also in front of a horse. A young man sits on the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- John Burke
- John Burke, press agent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands in front of the entrance to a log building holding a newspaper up and talking to John Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach. A Russian Georgian Cossack, Meliton...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Cossacks--1880-1920.; Indians of North America.; Tsintsadze, Meliton.
- [1892]