Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mr. and Mrs. Wheelock
- Studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Wheelock, possibly in Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The man seats in a wicker chair and wears a three piece suit; the woman stands next to the chair with one hand behind her back and wears a full...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Spouses--Colorado--Silver Plume--1890-1910.; Wheelock, Mr.; Wheelock, Mrs.
- [between 1895 and 1901]
- View of Riva Ridge with jeep, Italy
- View of Riva Ridge lightly dusted with snow. In the foreground a covered jeep is parked pointing toward the mountains along a gravel road. An open field covered with snow and some woods fill the middle ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [February] 1945
- Two men practice rescuing a man from the snow, Paradise, Washington
- Two soldiers from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) practice rescuing a man from the snow using ropes. The man on the left is wearing a pith helmet and dark clothing. He is smiling and holding lightly onto a rope. The man in the...
- Paradise (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- Eureka 1942
- View of many dilapidated structures in Eureka, Colorado including Eureka Creek surrounded by a fence; features a large building with vertical plank siding, medium gable, and staircase leading up the outside of the gabeled facade; shed with a...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Eureka, Colorado 1942
- View of a wooden bridge with no side rails spanning Eureka Creek, Eureka, Colorado; shows discarded fifty-five gallon drum among other wood and metal scraps, shed with a lightly colored lean-to roof, and rocky banks of the creek; valley with...
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Idaho Springs
- View of a woman standing in front of a picket fence in Idaho Springs, Colorado; woman wears a long dark pleated skirt, a lightly colored blouse, and a hat with a flat brim with bows and loops of ribbon; Tanner residence built in 1903 (see #2324)...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Residence of John Owen, Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View of the yard and stairs at the John Owen house in Idaho Springs, Colorado; features decorative banisters, square newell posts with rounded newell caps, and handrails on the steps leading up to the front entrance of the house; peony bush and...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Backyards--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.; Stairways--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1980.; Owen, John--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1965 and 1980]
- Alma
- View looking west of Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado, consists of wood frame residences, barns, sheds, false front commercial buildings, log cabins, smelting works with long wood piles, and a bell tower. The Middle Fork of the South...
- Alma (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Alma--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880]
- D&RGW train, engine number 1203, engine type 2-8-2
- Train #6, The Panoramic; 6 cars, 30 MPH, snowing lightly. Photographed: Denver, Colo., January 25, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1936
- Empire, Colorado
- Young girl stands near a bench and a tennis court in Empire, Colorado. She has a bow in her hair, a lightly colored dress, light colored socks, and dark, ankle-high shoes.
- Empire (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Empire--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- MSW at Ashcroft with "Chipper"
- The artist, Muriel Sibell Wolle, and her dog, Chipper, stand in front of a dilapidated hotel in Ashcroft (Pitkin County), Colorado. She is wearing a lightly colored, knee length coat with a matching hat and shoes. Her purse is a darker color and is...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Ashcroft--1930-1970.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- [between 1933 and 1968]
- Montrose, Colo. first city band
- Members of the Montrose marching band pose in Montrose, Colorado. Band members hold tubas, clarinets, trumpets, trombones, french horns, a snare drum and a bass drum. The members wear plain, dark uniforms and billed caps with pins on them. The...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bands--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1920.; Brass instruments--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Chestnut St., Leadville
- In this early view of a dirt Chestnut Street from Harrison Street in Leadville, Colorado, horse drawn wagons and horses are in the street, with pedestrians along the boardwalks. Telephone or telegraph poles with handbills are to the left. False...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Woman at the fairgrounds, Montrose
- A woman poses outside of the, "Montrose Fair and Driving Park Association," in Montrose, Colorado. The entrance to the park is marked by a gabled sign with the park's name painted on it, and American flags projecting up from both sides. Advertising...
- Montrose (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Montrose--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Wreck of Gilpin Tramway engine in Prosser Gulch
- A view of an accident in Prosser Gulch on the Gilpin Tramway line in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows a heavily damaged locomotive and cars. Officials and workers stand on a wooden trestle with cribbed retaining walls and observe the overturned...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prosser Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.;...
- 1897 Dec. 30
- General Mesa Verde headquarters ruins
- The corner of a flat-roofed, stone building, possibly superintendent Jesse Nusbaum's home in Mesa Verde National Park, is lightly covered with snow in this winter setting. Resembling a Native American pueblo, wooden beams protrude from just below...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--1920-1930.; Stone buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1931?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- Three large, pine trees stand in the foreground of a view of Knife Edge Road in Mesa Verde National Park. The steepness of the cliff where the road is built contrasts the plains in the background. Snow lightly covers the ground in front of the...
- Knife Edge Road (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountain roads--Colorado--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mesas--Colorado--1920-1930.; Pines--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Central City, Colo.
- The Central City public high school stands in front of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the right background of this view of Central City, Colorado, looking east toward Mountain City in the distance. Snow lightly covers the rooftops of buildings as...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Idaho Springs
- A lightly colored headstone at the cemetery in Idaho Springs, Colorado, features the raised image of an angel enclosed by a circle at the top of the stone. Tendrils are around the top of the circle, and the angel is set as though in flight. The...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- Deric Nusbaum stands on a ledge above a dirt road, possibly Knife Edge Road, in Mesa Verde National Park. The ledge that he stands on is steep. Snow lightly covers the dirt road, and pine trees line the hillside behind where Deric stands.
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- Mesa Verde National Park stands in the distance. The plains leading up to the enormous mesa are lightly dusted with snow. A fence made of wooden posts stands in the foreground. A dirt road makes its way back toward the mesa that is the site of...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesas--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- Deric Nusbaum, Jesse's stepson, pulls on the tail of a ring- tailed cat that clings to a broom he holds in the air. In his book "Deric in Mesa Verde," Deric describes taking "dandy photographs" of a ring- tailed cat, possibly this one, that made...
- Cacomistle--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cats--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [between 1923 and 1926?]
- Indians, teepees
- An unidentified man stands in front of the Ouray Spring Teepee just south of Montrose at the site where Ouray, chief of the Utes from 1820 until 1880, and his wife, Chipeta, lived. The concrete teepee houses the spring from which the couple...
- Ute Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1930.; Springhouses--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tipis--Colorado--1920-1930.; Chipeta.; Ouray.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Indians, teepees
- The Ouray Spring Teepee near Montrose stands behind a short rock wall lightly covered with snow. The concrete teepee houses a cold-water spring from which Ouray, chief of the Utes from 1820 until 1880, and his wife, Chipeta, obtained drinking and...
- Ute Indians--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1940.; Springhouses--Colorado--1920-1940.; Tipis--Colorado--1920-1940.; Chipeta.; Ouray.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Chipeta Monument
- covered in snow. A telephone pole stands in the distance near a railroad track. Horses or cattle stand near the pole. A group of poles, possibly forming a teepee, also stand in the distance. A sign stands in the left background.; The sarcophagus of...
- Ute Indians--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1940.; Sarcophagi--1920-1940.; Chipeta--Family.; Ouray--Family.; McCook, John, Chief.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Mesa Verde, general views
- Deric Nusbaum stands on a rock that sticks out of the hillside above a road, probably Knife Edge Road, in Mesa Verde National Park. The ledge he stands on is steep. Snow lightly covers the dirt road below him.
- Mountain roads--Colorado--History--1920-1930.; Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cliffs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.; Knife Edge Road (Colo.)
- [between 1923 and 1927?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- A man and a woman, dressed in finery, pose in a passenger carriage near the railroad depot in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The carriage is being towed by a single, lightly colored horse. A sign on the depot reads: "Go East Via Great Rock Island Route."
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1901]
- View of Central City area
- The St. Aloysius Academy, a Catholic boarding school, stands in the center background on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado. Snow lightly covers the ground. St. Mary's Catholic Church stands on Pine Street below the academy. The Teller House is...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Advertisements--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Church schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Mining, Gilpin County
- The Avon Gold Mining Company stands on the side of a lightly snow-covered hill in Gilpin County, Colorado. A tall smokestack protrudes from the roof of the shafthouse. A railroad track winds through the foreground. Additional mine shafthouses dot...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Glenwood Canyon
- View of the Colorado River and cliffs in Glenwood Canyon in Garfield County, Colorado. Snow lightly falls on the trees and rock formations.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Garfield...
- [between 1880 and 1887?]
- Dora Tucker
- Studio bust portrait of Dora Tucker, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Tucker's hair is pinned back, and her dress bodice has pleats and a fitted jacket with lightly puffed sleeves. She wears a lace collar fastened with a large...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Tucker, Dora.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Colonel Statsenberg, 1st Nebr. Reg.; Col I, Colo. Infantry on the field.
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- 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
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- The Heraldo Annual: 1902
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1902.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1902
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- The Story of Trinity choir : 1859-1903.
- Brief history of the Trinity Methodist Church's choir. Included are photograph of prominent performers, a list of performers by their vocal classification, a reproductions of programs for earlier performances.
- Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colorado). Choir--History.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colorado)--1900-1910
- 1902
- How we cook in Colorado : choice recipes
- Cookbook created with submissions from the Ladies of First Baptist Church.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1907
- The Church Record: vol 1 no 1
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 February 26
- Prepare for the miracle! : a sermon
- Sermon given by Reverend Raymond A Waser to the congregation of First Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado.
- Miracles.; Healing of the paralytic (Miracle); First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 March 14
- 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
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 L
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- The Denver Star
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 39, 1910 September 24
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 21, 1911 May 20
- Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 5, 1918 July
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 23, 1909 July 24