Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- San Gabriel Mission, the bells
- A view of the bell tower at the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel in San Gabriel (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a Spanish-Moorish style structure constructed of stucco over stone, brick, and mortar. Palm trees are located near the building with...
- Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)--1880-1890.; San Gabriel (Calif.)--1880-1890.; Bell towers--California--San Gabriel--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--California--San Gabriel--1880-1890.; Missions--California--San Gabriel--1880-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Mishongnou [sic], Arizona, "the red pepper lady," Hopi Indian
- A view of a Hopi woman near an adobe house with a door in Mishongnovi on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Arizona. She sits on the ground and wears a manta with a calico blouse. Her braids are wrapped and she holds a basket in her lap. Ristras hang...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1910.; Mishongnovi (Ariz.)--1880-1910.; Adobe buildings--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1880-1910.; Hot...
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Spanish Peaks
- View of the Spanish Peaks, Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows pole fence and farm buildings.
- Huerfano County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Spanish Peaks (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--Huerfano County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Leadville, Officers of Rocky Mountain Rifles, 1887
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp in Colorado. Two seated officers include Colonel R.S. Morrison and Jake Kahn. Most of the men wear uniforms and various types of hats. Some have...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1887
- Frank W. Stahl
- Studio bust portrait of Frank Winthrop Stahl, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Stahl's short hair is parted to the side and he has a moustache. He wears a wool coat with a handkerchief, a shirt with an upright collar and a polka...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Stahl, Frank W. (Frank Winthrop); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Rock Creek bridge No. [?]
- Construction workers stand on the wooden Rock Creek trestle on Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway tracks near McCoy in Routt County, Colorado. Shows construction timber beside the twenty-nine panel trestle on a steep slope.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--Facilities--1900-1910.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1910.; Railroad construction &...
- [1908]
- Santa Catalina Island, golf links
- View of the Catalina Island Golf Course on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows clubhouse, tennis court and a circular pond.
- Catalina Island Golf Course (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Clubhouses--California--Santa Catalina Island--1900-1920.; Golf--California--Santa Catalina Island--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Guna Juato [i.e. Guanajuato]
- A view of Guanajuato (Guanajuato State), Mexico. Shows houses constructed of adobe, a Church, a building under construction and commercial and public buildings.
- Guanajuato (Mexico)--1880 and 1900.; Cities & towns--Mexico--Guanajuato--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Anna M. Ballard
- Studio bust portrait of Anna Margarita Ballard, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Ballard has curled bangs and she wears her hair in a coronet twist. Her fitted wool dress bodice has a front closure with a tight row of buttons.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Mary E. Haskell
- Studio bust portrait of Mary Eliza Haskell, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Haskell has curled bangs and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has narrow pleats down either side of the front closure finished with a border of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Haskell, Mary E. (Mary Eliza); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- W.J. Nicholl
- Studio bust portrait of William John Nicholl, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Nicholl's short hair is parted to the side. He wears a plaid wool coat with a handkerchief, and a necktie fastened with a circular tie stud.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Nicholl, William J. (William John); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Nick McLearn, unidentified man and Jim McLearn, Rifle
- Men, left to right: Nick McLearn, unidentified man, and Jim McLearn, sit or stand and pose on a horse-drawn wagon in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Canvas sacks in the wagon have lettering that reads: "[?] Portland Cement Co." The John Deere...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business people--American--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; Horse teams--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1920.; McLearn, Jim.; McLearn, Nick.
- [between 1907 and 1920?]
- Rifle, "Apple Pie Day"
- A woman and a girl hold pendants that read: "Apple Pie Day, September 22-23 1914., Rifle, Colo." and pose on horseback in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. A woman wears a fitted, long sleeved blouse, a skirt and a wide brimmed hat. A girl holds a...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Portrait of a girl
- A girl poses for a studio bust portrait. The girl wears ringlets, a headband and bows in her hair, a shawl across her shoulders and a necklace.
- Girls--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Allan W. Wright
- Studio bust portrait of Allan Wicks Wright, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Wright's short hair brushed neatly back. He wears a wool coat with a handkerchief, a shirt with an upright collar, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Wright, Allan Wicks.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Anna May Hoag
- Studio bust portrait of Anna May Hoag, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Hoag has curled bangs, and her hair is pinned in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has velvet lapels over a v-shaped gathered and puffed fabric panel, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Hoag, Anna May.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Arthur H. Buck
- Studio bust portrait of Arthur Herrick Buck, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. His hair is parted in the middle and brushed back. Buck poses in a wool coat and a silk bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Buck, Arthur H. (Arthur Herrick); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Belle Phipps
- Studio bust portrait of Isabel Phipps, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Phipps' bangs are layered and curled and she wears her hair in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has plaid lapels over a v-shaped gathered and puffed fabric...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Phipps, Isabel.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Clara A. Peterson
- Studio bust portrait of Clara Aleda Peterson, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Peterson has curly bangs and her hair is pulled tightly back. Her dress bodice has puffed sleeves and cross pleats with embroidered trim over a panel...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Peterson, Clara A. (Clara Aleda); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Ena Louise Stone
- Studio bust portrait of Ena Louise Stone, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Stone's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has a series of puffed pleats from the neckline, gathered with a bow in...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Stone, Ena Louise.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Bessie Simmons
- Studio bust portrait of Bessie Ottilia Simmons, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Simmons' hair is swept back in a bun. Her wool dress bodice has a front enclosure flanked on either side by a black, loop patterned passementerie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Simmons, Bessie Ottilia.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Zula Simmons
- Studio bust portrait of Zula Abbie Simmons, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Simmons' bangs are curled and tousled, and her hair is pinned neatly back in a bun. Her dress bodice has a front closure and buttons with starburst...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Simmons, Zula Abbie.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Decoration Day, Alma, showing upper part of Main St. and Mt. Bross in distance, May 30th 1885
- View northwest along upper Main Street in Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. Uniformed men with American flags march in the Decoration parade. Log cabins, front gable and wood frame residences, and false front commercial buildings line...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bross, Mount (Colo.); Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- 1885 May 30
- Cripple Creek, Colorado Midland Ry, Pano (Section of 6170)
- View of the mining town Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows masonry commercial buildings, residential frame structures, outbuildings, and the Portland Hotel. Shows dirt roads to mines and mining structures on the hillside. A locomotive...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Theodore G. Smith
- Studio bust portrait of Theodore Gardner Smith, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Smith's short hair is parted to the side. He wears a coat, a shirt with an upright collar and a necktie with wide set stripes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Smith, Theodore G. (Theodore Gardner); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Victor C. Kruse
- Studio bust portrait of Victor Clarence Kruse, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kruse's short wavy hair is brushed upwards on top. He wears a wool coat, a shirt with a band collar, and a necktie fastened with a tie stud.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kruse, Victor C. (Victor Clarence); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Mabel Padelford
- Studio bust portrait of Mabel Padelford, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Padelford's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled back and affixed with a comb. Her fitted dress bodice has a front enclosure, a band collar...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Padelford, Mabel.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Dinner celebration in Denver for opening
- Men in tuxedos and suits pose for a group portrait in probably the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado. A man in uniform wears a hat that reads: "Denver Fireman." A man in a suit poses in a "Pullman Conductor" hat, and a man in black face wears...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banquets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1928]
- Dinner celebration in Denver for opening
- Newspaper staff and guests sit at round tables at probably the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado, during a dinner to commemorate the opening of the Moffat Tunnel. Men and women are dressed in suits and ties or dresses and wear tall cone party...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Banquets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Hats--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1928]
- Dora L. Ish
- Studio bust portrait of Dora Longfoote Ish, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows her layered, curled bangs, her long hair pinned tightly down and arranged in long, careful ringlets down her back. She wears a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Ish, Dora L. (Dora Longfoote); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Dora Marion Heckendorf
- Studio bust portrait of Dora Marion Heckendorf, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Heckendorf's bangs are layered and curled and she wears her hair pulled back. She has a lace ruffle and a band collar affixed with a bar pin. Woven...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Heckendorf, Dora M. (Dora Marion); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Edith Sims
- Studio bust portrait of Mary Edith Sims, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Sims' bangs are curled and her hair is pinned neatly back in a bun. Her wool dress bodice has a front button closure, a band collar affixed with a bar pin,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Sims, Mary Edith.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Fred Brown
- Studio bust portrait of Frederick Sidney Brown, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Brown wears his short hair parted on the side. His coat has a velvet or satin lining on the lapels and he wears a shirt with an upright collar and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Brown, Frederick Sidney.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- San Diego Mission, Cal.
- Tourists visit the Mission San Diego de Alcala in San Diego (San Diego County), California. Shows an adobe mission in ruins and a horse and buggy.
- San Diego Mission--1890-1900.; San Diego (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--California--San Diego--1890-1900.; Missions--California--San Diego--1890-1900.; Ruins--California--San Diego--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Hat Creek stage station on Cheyenne-Deadwood stage
- Men pose near log one-story buildings of the Hat Creek Stage Station in Niobrara County, Wyoming. They sit on horseback, stand near a hitching post or lean beside an underground structure (cellar) with rounded walls and antlers displayed on the...
- Niobrara County (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1870-1890.; Men--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1870-1890.; Transportation facilities--Wyoming--Niobrara County--1870-1890.
- [between 1875 and 1883]
- Victor
- Men wear hats, suits, vests or suspenders, and pose on wooden sidewalks in front of frame commercial buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A horseshoe is above the door at the Victor Daily News building near a sign that reads "Law Office."...
- Rohde & Goss Real Estate (Victor, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Real estate business--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Rohde, W. E.
- [between 1890 to 1898?]
- James R. Donaldson
- Studio bust portrait of James Robert Donaldson, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. He wears spectacles, a wool coat and vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a light colored necktie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Donaldson, James R. (James Robert); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- John S. Donaldson
- Studio bust portrait of John Saylor Donaldson, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Donaldson's short hair is parted to the side. He wears a wool coat, a shirt with an upright collar and a necktie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Donaldson, James S. (James Saylor); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Katharine Fuller Barrows
- Studio bust portrait of Katharine Fuller Barrows, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Barrows' bangs are curled and brushed back. Her fitted dress bodice has a pleated panel beneath a jacket with lapels. She wears a band collar...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Barrows, Katherine Fuller.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard in front of a tent during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, tall boots, and swords. Shows frame buildings and probably telegraph poles in the...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Denver buildings, Metropolitan Building
- Architect's rendering of the Metropolitan Building at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Court Place in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1914 or 1915]
- Theophila Kallemberg
- Studio bust portrait of Theophila Kallemberg, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Kallemberg's hair is pulled back. Her fitted dress bodice has a side enclosure and is adorned with probably shell buttons. She wears a flower bar pin...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Kallemberg, Theophila.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Canon of Diamond River [sic]
- View of narrow canyon walls and rocks beside Diamond Creek in probably Mohave County or Coconino County, Arizona. A person stands and leans against a canyon wall.
- Diamond Creek (Mohave County and Coconino County, Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--1880-1890.; Streams--Arizona--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- William B. Lewis
- Studio bust portrait of William Banjamin Lewis, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Lewis' short hair is parted to the side. He wears a wool coat with a handkerchief, a shirt with an upright collar, and a necktie fastened with a tie...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Lewis, William B. (William Banjamin); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Women pose in creek bed beside bridge
- Women stand in a row on rocks in a creek bed and lean on a log bridge. They wear bonnets or straw hats with decorative flowers, long skirts with pleats. One woman wears a lacy apron over a dress, another poses with her fingers curled around her...
- Bridges--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.; Brown, Secil Taylor.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- San Francisco from Russian Hill
- Panoramic view of the city of San Francisco, California, the harbor, and San Francisco Bay with Alcatraz Island in the distance. Shows sailing ships, houses and businesses; signs on buildings read "Sea Baths", "Crystal Swimming Baths", "Roos Bros....
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--1880-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1880-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--San Francisco--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--California--San Francisco--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1902]
- Kokomo, Colo.
- A man poses in a ravine on a hillside in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. A boy is on a horse near a log building with probably a grass roof. Shows hewn logs and rocks on the ground and trees in mountains.
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.; Logs--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1882?]
- A busy day, Vernon, Colo.
- View of a gable roof church with pointed arch windows and a commercial building in Vernon (Yuma County), Colorado. A group of women in dresses stand on the porch of a building with a sign that reads: "Kirkendall Shoes." Parked around the buildings...
- Vernon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Vernon--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Vernon--1910-1920.
- 1911?
- Public school, Whitewater, Colo.
- View of a school house in Whitewater (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows clapboard siding, the belfry, a pedimented gable roof, round arched portal and steps.
- Whitewater (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Whitewater--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Ute Indians, Chief Severo & family
- Studio portrait of a Native American (Ute) family identified as Chief Severo and his family. Women sit and wear shawls (mantas) over dresses and beaded moccasins; one woman holds a leather purse with a chain handle. Babies in cradleboards made with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.; Families--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Severo, Chief.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]