Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mask Day prize winners, Festival of Mtn. & Plain
- A participant in Mask Day at the Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado, wears a costume of tattered pants and jacket, an oversized hat, and a mask. The mask is a caricature of a hobo, with large lips and nose, and a cigarette in its...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Tramps--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1899
- McMahon, J. M
- A photo of criminal J. M. McMahon alias Joe Mask. He wears a hat, suit jacket, vest, a tie and a dark colored shirt.
- McMahon, J. M.; Criminals--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Index to Colorado Mining Directory: First Edition 1883
- Index to mines within Colorado. Information is arranged alphabetically by Mine name, with the county it is located in.
- Mines and mineral industries--Colorado--Directories.; Mines and mineral resources--Colorado--Directories.;
- 1883
- Mask Day prize winners, Festival of Mtn. & Plain
- Shows a participant in Mask Day at the Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. The person, dressed as a woman, wears a long ruffled dress with an oversized bodice, shoes with bows, long black gloves, a hat decorated with flowers, a dead...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Performances & portrayals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Equipment for firemen
- Men look into a basement fire at 1636 Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; Jim French wears a gas mask.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fire fighting--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Gas masks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; French, Jim, firefighter.
- 1939 September 7
- Gilman, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Iron Mask Mine (Eagle County) and Gilman, Colorado includes mine surface buildings in the foreground and the town of Gilman on the snowy hillside. Wood frame residences and commercial buildings make up the town. Gilman, a company...
- Gilman (Colo.)-- 1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mural decoration, side of proscenium arch, Central City Opera House
- A mask lays on a sword, a hatchet, and a ank-shaped object in this painting from the prescenium arch in Central City, Colorado's opera house. A snake-like object winds through the eyes of the mask, and a chain links the sword blade and the hatchet...
- Central City Opera House--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Iron Mask Hotel, Gilman, Colo.
- People stand and pose on the porch of the Iron Mask Hotel in Gilman (Eagle County), Colorado. The three-story frame hotel has a high gable roof, chimneys and probably a detached barn. Men and women wear suits or dresses and stand near deep snow...
- Iron Mask Hotel (Gilman, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gilman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Gilman--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Gilman--1890-1900.
- 1890 October 5
- Iron Mask Mill, Red Cliff, Colo.
- View of the Iron Mask Mill in Eagle Canyon at Red Cliff (Eagle County), Colorado; shows ore processing sheds, smokestacks, cliffs, snow, and Denver and Rio Grande railroad tracks.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Red Cliff--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Gilman and Eagle River Canon
- Panoramic, aerial view of a canyon, the Eagle River, and buildings at Gilman (Eagle County), Colorado. A tramway is on a steep slope beside the Iron Mask Mine. Shows the Rocky Point Mine on a nearby precipice. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks...
- Eagle River (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gilman (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Iron Mask Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rocky Point Mine (Eagle County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilman--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Gilman--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1886 and 1899]
- Examining Mexican tin mask at Centro Cultural's recent grand opening
- Mexican-Americans Michael Pando and Debbie Vigil pose with a tin mask at the Centro Cultural in Denver, Colorado.
- Pando, Michael.; Vigil, Debbie.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- [1969, May 13]
- Iron Mask Mill, Eagle Canon, Col.
- Iron Mask Mill by Eagle River, Eagle County, Colorado; shows mining processing sheds, rail tracks, and snow.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1905?]
- Rueben Pacheco
- Portrait of Rueben Pacheco, a student in the General Vocational Program at the San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He stands beside a workbench, he wears a welding mask and leather gloves and holds a...
- San Luis Institute of the Arts and Crafts (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Students.; Pacheco, Rueben--Pictorial works.; San Luis Institute of the Arts and...
- [1953]
- Pablo C. de Baca with Sacred Heart College baseball team member of grade 8 class (1890-1891).
- Group portrait of the baseball team at Sacred Heart College (later College of the Sacred Heart) in Denver, Colorado. The teenage boys wear white shirts, bandannas, caps, knee length pants, and long stockings. They pose with bats, baseballs and a...
- Sacred Heart College (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Teenagers.; C. de Baca, Pablo, 1874-1940--Pictorial works.; Sacred Heart College (Denver,...
- 1891
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 6, 1919 June
- Alma - Lincoln - arc welder
- Interior view of a welding shop at the Alma Lincoln Mine in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado; a man in a mask uses a "Lincoln Welder." A chart reads: "Murex Heavy Coated Electrodes," and "The Mine and Smelter Supply Company, Denver,...
- Alma Lincoln Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.; Welding--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Denver Ordnance Plant, arc welding on steel roof
- A construction worker uses arc welding equipment as he perches on a steel beam at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later the Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. The building under construction...
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Camp Hale, construction
- A man wears a welding mask and welds a metal I beam to probably a cable at a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. The man carries a wrench and works beside tanks, possibly boilers. Shows the metal frame of a roof.
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Welding--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Portrait of a baseball player
- Studio portrait of a man in a baseball uniform. He has a handlebar moustache. He wears a one-piece uniform with knickers, team lettering that reads: "McAlpine", dark stockings, a belt, a neck tie tucked into his shirt, and a baseball cap. The man...
- Baseball players--1890-1910.; Uniforms--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a baseball player
- Studio portrait of a man with a handlebar moustache in a baseball uniform and catcher's mask. He wears a one-piece uniform with knickers, dark stockings, a belt, a neck tie tucked into his shirt and a baseball cap. The man has a catcher's mitt on...
- Baseball players--1890-1910.; Uniforms--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Kachina
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) kachina doll that represents Heheya (lightning). The doll has a green mask, pink ears, black hair that is painted, a pink tube mouth, red and yellow around the eye area, a ceremonial kilt, painted green moccasins and...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Kachina dolls--1890-1920.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Kachina
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) kachina doll that depicts the warrior god Samlimbiya. The doll features a case mask, a top feather painted yellow, flower ears, a tube mouth painted white, ceremonical kilt and applique. The body and legs are painted...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Kachina dolls--1880-1900.; Zuni dolls--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Kachina
- Shows a Native American (Zuni) kachina doll of Zuni warrior Salimbiya. The doll has a case mask, yellow feather, flower ears, tube mouth, feather ruff; black, red and green cotton ceremonial kilt, purple legs and body, articulated arms, yucca whip,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Kachina dolls--1880-1900.; Zuni dolls--1880-1900.; Zuni Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Actor Leadville
- Portrait of an actor in Leadville (Lake County) Colorado; he wears a suit and a Comedia dell ̓Arte type mask with a prominent nose and sideburns.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Actors--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Masks--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1881 or 1892?]
- Washburn
- Football players pose on Washburn Field at Colorado College in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. They wear uniforms and one man wears a face mask around his neck.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Football players--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910, November 12]
- A Pioneer Merchant
- Men sit by a log clothing store in Fremont (Cripple Creek, Teller County), Colorado; a building is under construction to the side. Merchandise includes boots, socks, gloves, and pants. Signs read: "J. L. Niebergall, Headquarters for Gents...
- Fremont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Fremont--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Study of a burros head
- Close-up of a white burro or donkey's head.
- Donkeys--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Index Peak
- View of Index Peak, Park County, Wyoming. Shows a log cabin, log outbuildings, split rail fences, pastures, livestock pens, and feeding troughs in the valley.
- Index Peak (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Park County (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Farms--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Fences--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.; Valleys--Wyoming--Park County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Yellowstone Lake from the west side of Stevenson's [sic] Isle
- View of Yellowstone Lake and shoreline, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A man stands on the shore with a fishing pole and line cast in the water. Shows stumps and dead trees on the beach. A forest is in the distance.
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Fishing--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.; Waterfronts--Yellowstone National Park--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows hewn log cabins with chinking, framed windows, doors, and chimneys; wood frame residences; and masonry commercial buildings. Mines and mining structures are on the hillside...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Mission San Gabriel Arcangel
- Exterior view of the Mission San Gabriel Archangel in San Gabriel (Los Angeles County), California. Trees line the front of the building and mask the front wall. Six bells hang in arched openings in a bell tower. Two men stand near the entry to the...
- Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)--1880-1890.; San Gabriel (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Missions--California--San Gabriel--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Flashlight photo of Sacred dance of the Geronimo Apache Indians
- A figure in a mask and one with a walking stick dance around a large fire, while a group of Apache girls stand together on opposite side of fire. Spectators, some wrapped in blankets, sit in ring to watch the puberty ceremony. A walled tent and a...
- Puberty rites--1890-1910.; Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Girls--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Ramah, Colorado
- Kenneth Gammon, Clifford and Charlie Grosso play stickball, Ramah, El Paso County, Colorado; one wears a baseball cap, one holds a stick, and one has a face mask and mitt. Dwellings, powerpoles, and a windmill are in the background.
- Ramah (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Stickball--Colorado--Ramah--1910-1920.; Gammon, Kenneth.; Grosso, Charlie.; Grosso, Clifford.
- 1912
- Flower Carnival
- Posing at the Flower (or Sunflower) Carnival Burlesque Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, E. R. March, Jamie Platt and Frankie Poley are by a horse. Props include a ballet dress, a fan, a clown costume, mask, and top hat. A dog...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1893 and 1906]
- Boulder Wolle residence
- Interior view of the Muriel Sibell Wolle home, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado; shows boxes of "Ready Jell," a briefcase, bookshelves, and a metal mask.
- Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977--Homes & haunts.; Boulder (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Tables--Colorado--Boulder--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Cathedral Rocks, Clyde Park, Cripple Creek Short Line
- Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad locomotive approaches a trestle near Clyde Park, Teller County, Colorado; Cathedral Rocks in background.
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Processions & ceremonials Taos [sic], N.M.
- View of Native American Matachines dancers, at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, costumes include ribbons, feathers, headdresses, animal horn mask, some carry wands. Shows adobe pueblo dwellings and spectators.
- Indians of North America--Dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Matachines (Dance)--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Baseball team
- A baseball team poses on the steps of a school in (probably) Denver, Colorado. The boys wear caps and uniforms with the letter "K" in a diamond shape on the shirt. Sports equipment includes bats, a catcher's mask, and glove. The coach, an...
- Asian Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Coaches (Athletics)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Baseball team
- A baseball team poses on the steps of a school in (probably) Denver, Colorado. The boys wear caps and uniforms with the letter "K" in a diamond shape on the shirt. Sports equipment includes bats, a catcher's mask, and glove. The coach, an...
- Asian Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Coaches (Athletics)--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Sewer crew
- Two men pull a coworker from an alley sewer hole, Denver, Colorado. The man in the hole wears a mask, other men stand by.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Manholes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Sewers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- West High School, baseball team
- West High School men's baseball team pose in uniforms with bats, catcher's mitt and mask in Denver, Colorado. Shows art classroom interior with reliefs and drawings.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Baseball players--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- West High baseball team
- West High School men's baseball team pose in uniforms with bats, catcher's mitt and mask in Denver, Colorado. Shows art classroom interior with reliefs and drawings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Baseball players--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Classrooms--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Anne Ida - Cliff House
- Portrait of vacationers in the yard of the Cliff House Hotel, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. 14 men and women and 2 girls are under a tree; the men are in jackets, straw hats, vests and ties. A woman is cradling a small animal in her arm, either a...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1885?]
- Katchina dancer Hemis - home dancers (name of dancer)
- Portrait of Hemis a Native American (Hopi) Katchina dancer. He wears a kilt, woven belt, pine branches, a headdress and mask with feathers, moccasins, and holds a rattle.
- Hopi Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1910.; Kachinas--Arizona--1890-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--1890-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Ceremonial...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Porcupine Butte north view P.R. Reserve S.D.
- View of Porcupine Butte from the north, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, here Native American Lakota Sioux encountered a column of the Seventh Cavalry and were ordered to a camp on Wounded Knee Creek the night before the massacre.
- Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Porcupine Butte (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Buttes--South Dakota--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Residence of W. R. Everett
- Presentation view of the W. R. Everett residence at 1345 Pennsylvania Avenue in Denver, Colorado; architectural features include rusticated stone, shingle imbrication, leaded glass, arched windows, a round balcony, columns, and an incised stone...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Everett, W. R.--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Two people on horseback at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: an African American girl with a white dress and striped stockings, and a man in a clown costume with a mask and top hat. Spectators line the street, some...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1899
- Parade entry Flower Carnival
- A boy, wearing a mask and dressed as a clown, sits on a two wheel buggy decorated with paper, Sunflower (Flower) Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The buggy is hitched to a burro and a goat and led by another boy.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [August, 1897]
- D&RG 1212, 2-8-2, at Baldwin Loco. Works, Phila, PA
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive 1212 with coal car, at Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Philadelphia (Pa.)--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1910-1920.
- December, 1912
- City Hall (old)
- View of the City Hall entrance on 14th (Fourteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado; shows incised stone with capitols, rosettes, a mask, and letters: "City Hall."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]