Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- #313 Interior of Emry Shoe & Clothing Co.
- A male employee of the Emry Shoe & Clothing Company fits a customer with a jacket as the man, who wears a hat, looks at himself in the mirror. Hundreds of boxes of shoes are stacked on shelves behind the mirror. Merchandise, including shirts, is...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Sales personnel--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- 1400 class engine climbing Soldier Summit at Gilluly, Utah
- View from hillside over Gilluly station looks south across Soldier Creek, Utah. A Denver and Rio Grande F-81 Class 2-10-2 Engine makes its way up on one of the three levels of track required for the new two-percent grade up Soldier Summit.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Gilluly (Utah)--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--1910-1930.
- [between 1913 and 1928]
- 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1928 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.4
- 1965 E day
- Professor Frush looks on as Colorado School of Mines students compete in the Engineers' Day mucking contest, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. The students shovel ore into a ore cart until it is full, then will push it to the end of the tracks...
- Golden (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Contests--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
- 1965
- 1st mesa, Arizona
- Portrait of unidentified Native American (Hopi) woman with a baby, First Mesa, Arizona, a white man looks on.
- Hopi Indians--Children--Arizona--First Mesa--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--First Mesa--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--First Mesa--1880-1900.; First Mesa (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- 2nd Pueblo Taos
- View of white men, women, and their tent, at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man looks on from the back of a horse.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 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
- "Shoot-out" staged as event
- View of a staged shoot-out between outlaw cowboys on 6th (Sixth) Street during the Centennial festivities in Georgetown, Colorado. A sheriff wearing a star badge, cowboy hat, leather vest and holster with gun looks on as cowboy walks down street...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Centennial celebrations--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Cowboys--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1970.
- 1968 July 14
- "Squaw Man" visited by his wife's relations
- A white man, married to a Native American, looks on as his wife's relatives sit around a cooking fire. The guests have set up four tepees adjacent to the man's cabin.
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A "Buffalo-Bill" look-alike on stage coach in front of Union Station
- A Buffalo Bill look-alike rides with men and women on a stage coach at Union Station in Denver, Colorado; a crowd looks on.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Impersonation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Portrayals.
- [between 1920 and 1929]
- A Century of Baptist Faith: First Baptist Church of Denver
- Book created by the Fist Baptist Church of Denver regarding the centennial anniversary of the founding of the Church. Included in the book is: a history of the church beginning in 1864, as well as photographs and lists of the different...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1963 December
- A deserted mining-camp near Aspen, Colorado
- A Native American (tribe unknown) man stands in an abandoned mine camp. He looks at a bottle.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Mining--1890-1900.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- A precious admirer of Dewey
- A young child looks at photographs of Admiral George Dewey, ships, and American flags. A small toy cannon is near the child. The child wears a sailor suit with a hat.
- Children--1900-1910.; Exhibitions--1900-1910.; Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Commemoration.
- [1900?]
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- Above Cadaver Gap en route to Camp Two during the Mount Rainier expedition, Washington
- A soldier from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) looks at Cadaver Gap en route to Camp Two during the Mount Rainier Expedition. He is wearing a cap, goggles, gloves, and an anorak and is carrying a large backpack, and rope and...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May, 1942]
- Adak camp, looking over the harbor
- 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment soldier wearing the dagger patch of Amphibious Task Force 9 looks over the camp at Adak, Alaska. Ships are anchored in the harbor beyond.
- Military camps--Alaska--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.; Warships--1943.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations--Alaska--Aleutian Islands.
- 1943
- Albert F. Long Jewelers
- A man looks through a microscope at a diamond at Albert F. Long Jewelers located at 1251 Welton Street in the central Business District, Denver, Colorado. The man wears a shirt and tie and a onyx and diamond ring.
- Albert F. Long Jewelers (Denver, Colo.)--People--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Interiors.; Jewelers.; Jewelry stores.
- [between 1970 and 1975?]
- Alloting land to Nez Perces, Alice Fletcher at left
- Alice Fletcher looks over documents with Native American Nez Perce men and white surveyors in long fur coats for a government allotment of land.
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Nez Percé Indians--1860-1880.; Surveying--1860-1880.; Women--1860-1880.; Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923.
- [between 1860 and 1877?]
- Along the flume, Box Canyon, Ouray
- A man stands near a water pipeline and looks at a waterfall on Canyon Creek, and a wooden staircase in a narrow Box Canyon, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Box Canyon (Ouray County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Canyon Creek (Ouray County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1900.; Penstocks--Colorado--Ouray County--1870-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--Ouray...
- [between 1879 and 1892]
- Alpini in chow-line
- In the center of a town two Tenth Mountain Division soldiers serve food to a group of Alpini [Italian Mountain soldiers] as a young boy looks on. It was common practice to serve the civilian population once U.S. soldiers had eaten. Trees in the...
- Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy 1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italian--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- American Natl. Bank, Leadville
- This view looks down on a festive mob scene, possibly in the intersection in front of the American National Bank building in Leadville, Colorado. Flags, bunting and banners hang from poles and buildings. Crowds of men, mostly in suits, wear straw...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Crowds--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1903]
- Ancient ruins in the Canon of the Mancos
- A man stands on a rock ledge near Native American (Anasazi) ruins and looks out over the Mancos Canyon, Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Montezuma County--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--Montezuma County--1870-1880.; Mancos Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Montezuma County...
- [1874]
- And so goodbye to the mountains of Italy....
- An unidentified Tenth Mountain Division soldier with a climbing rope across his bare chest and his back to the camera looks up at the rugged rock face of an unidentified mountain.
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- Summer 1945
- Annual Heraldo: 1914
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1914.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1914
- 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
- Annual: North Side High School 1907
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1907
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1907
- Antlers Hotel fire
- A crowd looks at the charred debris of the Antlers Hotel following a fire that destroyed the hotel on October 1, 1898. Only the smoke stack and burned debris from the walls are left standing. The town of Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Disasters--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Aphrodite, Teller House bar, 1932
- A fresco of Aphrodite is painted to the left of a door in the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. She sits on a stone recessed in a darkened arch. The nude is covered with a cloth and has her left arm across her chest. She looks toward the...
- 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.; Aphrodite (Greek deity)
- 1932
- Apollo by St. George Stanley, Teller House, 1932
- A fresco of Apollo is painted on a wall in the Teller House bar in Central City, Colorado. Apollo stands on a pedestal in a darkened arch, holding an object in his left hand as he leans back on his right foot. He wears a cloak gathered around his...
- 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.; Apollo (Greek deity)
- 1932
- Approaching Buena Vista
- A Man looks through the back of a large format camera along the Colorado Midland Railway tracks near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. The surrounding rock outcropping is probably part of Midland Hill.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cameras--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.; Photographers--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Buena Vista--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Arkansas Valley flood view looking east showing washed-out second main track AT&SF main track running from left center to beside D&RGW main tracks, near Vegas, Colorado (USGS Pueblo Sheet, 1891 edition), river next to tree line.
- A man looks east over the washed-out tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, near Vegas, Pueblo County, Colorado. Mud and debris from the Arkansas River flood covers the landscape.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Vegas (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Disasters--Colorado--Vegas--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Ashcroft, Summer 1943, Mr. Sawyer unofficial caretaker Ashcroft [graphic]
- Mr. Sawyer stands in the doorway of remains of the Ashcroft post office, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado. The elderly man wearing suspenderss and a wide brimhat looks up at the weathered signs above the door: "Ashcroft" and...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Aspen
- View of the Aspen ski area chair-lift, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado; one man rides and a shirtless man looks on.
- Ski lifts--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1970.; Aspen (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Ski resorts--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1970.
- [between 1945 and 1965]
- At the Estes Park show
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies pose probably at a rodeo in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Men and boys, members of the Ki-Ann Indian Dancers are dressed as North American Indians with feather headdresses, beaded panels on...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Impersonation--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--Estes...
- 1953 July
- At the springs
- View of hot mineral springs near Steamboat Springs (Routt County), Colorado; a man looks on.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Routt County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Auraria Remembered
- Auto & man on mountain road switchbacks
- A man, standing by a parked car, looks at mountain peaks and winding turns on a dirt road, probably in Colorado or Utah.
- Automobiles--1920-1940.; Roads--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Auto & mountain
- View of a car parked on a road in the mountains (probably Colorado), a man is at the wheel, and a woman looks at a deep valley.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1940.; Valleys--Colorado--1920-1940.
- 1925?
- Auto/drug store accident
- A crowd looks at wreckage of an automobile that crashed into the front of a drugstore, in Denver, Colorado. Awnings lie across the front of the automobile and a bench is overturned. Men help to remove the debris.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Autos at picnic ground
- View of cars parked by a shelter in (probably) Colorado; a man looks on, and pine forest is in the background. Banner reads: "Pueblo."
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1940.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Aztec ruins
- A deteriorating Anasazi Native American building at Aztec Ruins, San Juan County, New Mexico; a man looks at the crumbling walls.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Aztec Ruins National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Archaeological sites--New...
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Baby and Navajo woman interior of summer hogan
- Native American (Navajo) woman and child sit inside a brush-covered summer hogan. The woman holds a large piece of cloth; the child looks at a sheepskin. Sheepskins, a blanket, and other fur pelts lie on the floor. Others hang from a wooden pole...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Baby and Navajo woman nearer in center of summer hogan
- View of a Native American (Navajo) woman and child, they sit inside a brush covered summer hogan. The woman holds a large piece of cloth while the child looks on. Sheepskins, a blanket, and fur pelts are on the floor and hang from a wooden pole...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Lodges--1900-1910.
- summer, [1908?]
- Balcony House- Mesa Verde National Park Southwestern Colorado
- View of ancient Native American (Anasazi) cliff dwellings in Soda Canyon, at Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado. The stone masonry two story Balcony House stands inside a cliffside cave and consists of four rooms, each with its...
- Indians of North America--Structures--Colorado--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1910-1920.; Balcony House (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Soda Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1911
- Ballad of Baby Doe Leadville scene, Central City
- Cast members perform a campaign rally scene from the opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe" in Central City, Colorado. Signs used in the scene include "Vote for W.J. Bryan," "Free Silver," "Bryan for President" and "Vote for Bryan." A man and woman stand...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Baltimore & Ohio R.R. derailment, engine 4247, wrecking derrick X41, Akron, OH
- View of Baltimore & Ohio steam locomotive no. 4247 and wrecking derrick X-41 in Akron, Ohio. The derrick lifts a gondola car after a derailment while a railroad crew looks on.
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Akron (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery.; Railroad accidents.; Railroad locomotives.
- 1947 August 27
- Bank of Clear Creek County, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of business in a wood construction building at Sixth (6th, Alpine) and Rose Streets in Georgetown, Colorado, in a Italianate style, with a eaves with brackets, pilasters, and engaged columns. The business, on the corner, is the Bank of Clear...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Banks--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1887?]
- Bar interior
- Interior view of a saloon, probably in a Colorado mountain town. One Tenth Mountain Division soldier looks toward the camera as he sits at the corner of an ornate mirrored wooden bar with a neon sign and a row of bottles against the back of it. The...
- Barrooms--Colorado--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--1940-1950.; Military life--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1943-1944]