Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Breckenridge, Colorado
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west; shows the schoolhouse, belfry of the Fireman's Hall, the Denver Hotel, the Arlington House, a frame building with a curvelinear false front and a wide cornice. The Methodist Church and the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Matchless Mine
- View of the Matchless Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows a headframe, shop, privy, and shed, tailings, and the home of Baby Doe Tabor.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- 1928, May 24
- Luby family plot, Leadville cemetery
- The Luby Family plot is covered with fresh flowers in the larger cemetery in Leadville, Colorado. Roses, chrysanthemums and other flowers are stacked in bundles and wreaths. A framed portrait of Mrs. Luby is surrounded by a wreath and one bunch of...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- Luby family plot, Leadville cemetery
- The Luby Family plot is covered with fresh flowers in the larger cemetery in Leadville, Colorado. Roses, chrysanthemums and other flowers are stacked in bundles and wreaths. A framed portrait of Mrs. Luby is surrounded by a wreath and one bunch of...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930]
- Central City, Colo., residences
- Eureka Street is in foreground of this view of Central City, Colorado, during winter. The snow-covered roof of the McFarlane & Company Foundry and Machine Shop stands in the right foreground. Large houses line Eureka Street. The Huddleston Mine is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Specie Payment Mine
- A man wearing a suit sits on the rail of a balcony at the Specie Payment Mine in Gilpin County, Colorado. A smaller building stands in the left midground. A ridge of mountains with patches of snow stands in the distance.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Memorial Church interior, Stanford University
- Memorial Church was completed at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in 1903 and was dedicated by Jane Stanford to the memory of her late husband, Leland Stanford. The Stanfords founded the university in 1885. Carved, wooden pews stand on...
- Stanford University--1900-1910.; Churches--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Universities & colleges--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Stanford Memorial Church (Palo Alto, Calif.)
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- National Mining Exposition
- The National Mining and Industrial Exposition opened on August 1, 1882, at the corner of South Broadway and Exposition Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Displays inside the complex exhibited mining and industrial equipment and resources from 1882-1884;...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Exhibition buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; National Mining and Industrial Exposition (1882 : Denver, Colo.)
- [1882?]
- View of Georgetown
- Stereographic view of the town of Georgetown standing in a half- mile valley between mountains in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A church is in the right background at the base of a hill.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- 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
- Pagosa Bar
- Interior view of the Pagosa Bar at 460 North Pagosa Boulevard in Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County), Colorado. Men in cowboy hats and jeans drink around the bar. A woman bartender stands behind the bar. The backbar is dark wood. The bar has round...
- Pagosa Bar (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bartenders.; Interiors.; Bars (Furniture).; Pagosa Bar (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1982
- Pike Peaks Cog Railway
- View of the track and two cars on the Pikes Peak Cog Railway near the summit of Pikes Peak. The original rails were laid in 1889 and have since been upgraded. New switches were added in the 1980s to adjust for larger Swiss made rail cars. The...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--2000-2010.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Rack-railroads--Colorado--Pikes Peak--Pictorial works.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2000
- Bag
- Shows a bag (Sioux) with blue, red and white beadwork in arrow and strip designs; lazy stitch and fringe. Additional note on the Colorado Historical Society record: "During the January 1998 NAGPRA Sioux consultation, Zona Loans Arrow (Standing Rock...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Bags (costume accessories)--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Bag
- Shows a Native American (Sioux) yellow-orange buckskin pouch. The bag features black, green, gold color, yellow, blue and red decorative beadwork, lazy stitch and fringe.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1890.; Bags (costume accessories)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1888]
- Longmont's First Congregational Church building at Fourth and Coffman
- Exterior of First Congregational Church, 4th Avenue and Coffman Street, Longmont, Colorado, built in 1874-1875; features wood frame board and batten construction, front gable, arched leaded windows, central open belltower and pointed steeple with...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1890.; First Congregational Church (Longmont, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1890]
- Meal time, Rocky Mountain Rifles
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp during meal time in Colorado. Most of the men wear various types of uniforms, boots and different types of hats, including flat military caps...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1887]
- Loveland Museum
- Exterior of the Loveland Museum, Chamber of Commerce, Hospitality Center, Colorado, shows the corner modern building with flat roofline intersecting a larger front gable. Cut stone decorates the facade.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Loveland--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Stree [sic] scene Vernal Utah Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of intersection of Uintah Avenue and cross street in Vernal, Utah; shows two children on horseback in front of the Ashley Co-op, businesses (baths, meat market, hardware store, post office, and bank), and two horse-drawn buggies (one with...
- Vernal (Utah)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Children riding horses--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Streets--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Women--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Ouray depot
- Passenger automobiles park at the depot station, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Passengers and porters stand around the Denver and Rio Grande Southern train.
- Denver and Rio Grande Southern--1920-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Railroad porters--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ouray--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Sts John mine buildings
- In Saints John, Summit County, Colorado, this two-story log guest house has a rustic porch/balcony, bargeboard, antlers, and external stairs. It is flanked by the foremen's home and the assay office: frame and log buildings.
- Saints John (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Guesthouses--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Saints John--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Snowy Range from Bellview Mtn. [graphic]
- The right side of the panorama view from a rocky slope of Mount Bellview, Gunnison County, Colorado, looks over vast expanse of mountains with a snowy range in distance.
- Bellview, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado Gunnison County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- P. W. A. [sic] mining class - Denver
- View shows W. P. A. students learning the art of placer mining by using a rocker on the banks of an unidentified stream, Denver, Colorado. A rocker consists of a screen box on top draining to a larger box below which is inlaid with riffles to catch...
- United States. Works Progress Administration of Colorado.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- Alamosa city jail, Alamosa, Colo. 7-15-50f
- The city jail in Alamosa, Colorado, is a small one-story building with bars on the windows. There is a gas or oil tank with a wood frame and a glass gallon jug and steel barrels sit to the side of wood door entry. A larger brick structure and wood...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Jails--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Atlas Mill
- View of the Atlas silver and gold mill and slag pile near Ouray, Colorado; snow-patched, 12,698-foot Stony Mountain at right.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Stony Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A man standing speaks to a seated woman holding a crutch. A U. S. Mailbox is on the wall under a sign that reads: "Young Ladies Desiring Escorts Register Here - Escort Committee." On the wall in the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mathes, Ben.; Paylor, I. Irvin.
- August, 1939
- Ruins McElmo Dist. J 76.
- View of Native American (Anasazi) mud and stone ruins at Hovenweep National Monument, Motezuma County, Colorado. Three cylindrical ruins stands on two rocks which project up from a rocky hill; one of the ruins has a door opening. Another group,...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Ruins McElmo Dist. J 75
- View of Native American (Anasazi) mud and stone ruins at Hovenweep National Monument, Motezuma County, Colorado. One group of three cylindrical ruins stands on two rocks which project up from a rocky hill. One of the ruins has a door opening....
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Fountain, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the cast iron fountain on the grounds of the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado. The Renaissance Revival style fountain is has a basin in the ground and and two basins on a pedestal; at the top are iron lily leaves and flowers. The larger...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fountains--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- J. G. Rogers Home
- View of the grounds of the James Grafton Rogers house, Georgetown, Colorado, which was torn down in 1965. On the right side of the photograph a path leads to the house in the distance, surrounded by trees. Bushes and flowers grow along the side...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.; Rogers, James Grafton 1883-1971--Homes & haunts.
- 1950
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado. On the left is the outhouse, which has two entrances, one for servants and one for the family. The wood building is topped by a hipped roof with an elaborate wood...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Privies--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Outbuildings, Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of two of the buildings behind the Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado, both in "chateau" style and made out of local granite. On the left is William A. Hamill's office, with a hip roof, a central dormer, and two doors and two...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Carriage houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Stables--Colorado--Geogetown--1940-1950.; Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts.
- 1942
- Residence in Central City, Colorado
- A corner of a clapboard house with a gabled roof, gingerbread bargeboard around the eaves and under the porch, and rectangular windows is visible above a masonry wall. The porch is supported by posts. Shadows from a tree are cast against the side...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Horse Race on Alpine Street in the '70's Alpine Street is now (1933) 6th Street.
- View of a horse race on Alpine Street (Sixth Street) in Georgetown, Colorado, on the Fourth of July. Groups of men stand in the street looking west; people sit on balconies under umbrellas. A uniformed man on a horse rides east. The street is...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Holidays--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Horse racing--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1879?]
- E. Le Neve Foster Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a residence in Georgetown, Colorado. The L- shaped wood construction building has a long porch, full-length gable with a bay window, modest decoration at the top of the porch posts, and two windows and a door on the porch; a small...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Dakota Indian?
- A Native American man possibly Sioux (Lakota) poses in front of two tepees with a larger camp showing in distance. He wears a headdress, shirt with fringe and quillwork, and fabric wrapped around his leggings.
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Indian encampments--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Indians, Ute - Ouray and Chipeta
- Sitting studio portrait of Native American (Ute) Chief Ouray and his wife Chipeta. Both wear fringed hide clothing, moccasins, and leggings. They are in Washington D. C. to negotiate a treaty following the Meeker incident. Ouray died soon after...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Chipeta.; Ouray.
- [1880?]
- Albert Schatz, Sammie Pearson left
- A saltbox dwelling in Breckenridge, Colorado, has a bracketed door canopy on the left; a two story, gable roofed house on the right has palladian windows in the end and side gables, and an arched canopy with lathe turned uprights over the entry. A...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1893?]
- Parade entries Flower Carnival
- Two buggies, one decorated with greenery and flowers with the Star of David patterned on a wheel, the other a small two wheel buggy, Sunflower Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The larger buggy carries men, has a roof, and is...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- [August, 1898]
- Balarat
- A group of men, dressed in workclothes, stand or sit outside "The Chipmonk Store" in Balarat, Colorado in Boulder County. The building is made of logs, with eaves of plywood and two square windows above the sign. A smaller building with a small...
- Balarat (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Balarat--1870-1890.
- [1875?]
- Baby Doe Tabor
- Studio portrait of Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor, wife of millionaire Horace Tabor; she wears a fur coat and hat, and is dusted with fake snow.
- Legislators' spouses--Colorado--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--1880-1900.; Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Baby Doe Tabor
- Studio portrait of Elizabeth Bonduel McCourt "Baby Doe" Tabor, wife of millionaire Horace Tabor.
- Legislators' spouses--Colorado--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--1880-1900.; Baby Doe, d. 1935.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Union Depot, Denver
- A view from the southeast of Union Station at Eighteenth (18th) and Wynkoop streets, Denver, Colorado. The building was constructed in railroad gothic style and opened in 1881. This view was prior to the 1894 fire, after which a larger clock tower...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- Tin Cup, Colorado
- View of an old wagon and a weathered building in Tin Cup, Colorado; shows a wagon with two small spoked wheels on front and two, larger spoked wheels on the rear; large two story structure with a combination lean-to/gable roof, rectangular bays,...
- Tincup (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1950]
- Dalgleish Studio
- Interior view of George Dalgleish's photography studio in Georgetown, Colorado. Front room has ornate Victorian wall papers, floral linoleum floor, framed pictures and paintings hang on wall, an upholstered lounge sofa, portrait photographs in a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- The Georgetown Cornet Band, 1884
- The Georgetown Cornet Band poses in two rows on and between large boulders along a fork of Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. The men wear suits, ties and straw hats; many have mustaches, one has a beard. Instruments include cornets, trombones,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- between 1884 and 1886
- Broadmoor interior
- Interior view of a guest room at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado (completed in 1918; New York architects Warren & Wetmore); furnishings include nightstand with telephone and lamp, two beds, a dressing table and chair.
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1918 and 1925?]
- Broadmoor interior
- Interier view of the ballroom at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado (building completed 1918; New York architects Warren & Wetmore).
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1918 and 1925?]
- W. Halls office, Georgetown, Col, J. H. H. A. D. 10/26/92
- Exterior view of W. Hall's office in Georgetown, Colorado. Three men and a dog stand outside a lean-to section of a larger vertical board side gable barn with a wood shingle roof topped and monitor roof.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Dudley, Colorado
- Partial view of the smelter in Dudley (Dudleyville), Colorado; shows a dilapidated shed structure with part of its roof missing, adjacent to a larger structure with missing and sagging roof parts; gabled vent traverses the entire roof ridge, not...
- Dudley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Smelters--Colorado--Dudley--1940-1950.
- [between 1946 and 1947]
- Old Union Station, Denver
- Old Union Station, Eighteenth and Wynkoop streets, Denver, Colorado; railroad gothic style; opened in 1881; this view prior to the 1894 fire, after which a larger clock tower was added; horse drawn carriages parked along southeast facade.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]