Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1100 block on Pearl, south side
- Frame and brick false fronted stores line Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. Men and boys pose on the boardwalk in suits, bowlers, and a chef's apron and hat. Cornice lettering reads: "Bush & Co. Jewelers.," and a pole edging the dirt street bears...
- Shold, P. M.; Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Boulder--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- 1600 Block of Blake
- View of businesses on Blake Street, Denver, Colorado; brick buildings have stone trim and signs: "Tom Moore, Henry George and Little Tom cigars; The Denver Type Foundry Co.," "The Ault & Wiborg Co. Printing Inks"," Carter, Rice & Carpenter Paper...
- Carter, Rice & Carpenter Paper Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver Type Foundry Co. (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Type & type founding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Paper...
- [between 1905 and 1913]
- 1888 Corbett & Ballenger's 16th Annual Denver City Directory
- 1st office of Rocky Mt. News
- Five men stand in front of the Rocky Mountain News building near 1301 Walnut Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a single story wood frame building with brick chimney. Four men wear dark suits and straw boaters or bowlers....
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1850-1860.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1850-1860.; Denver (Colo.)--1850-1860.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1850-1860.
- 1859
- 505 off for the fire
- View of a horse drawn steam pumper at Engine Company No. 1 firehouse at Colfax and Broadway; also shows a brick building with signs: "Denver Omnibus & Cab Co.," "Metropole" and "Pala[ce Stables]."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 7 Falls, So. Cheyenne Canon
- View of Seven Falls waterfall in South Cheyenne Canyon, southwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado, taken from mid-fall level; wooden stairway runs parallel to waterfall and crosses pool at base; steep canyon walls flank falls.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- 7 Falls, So. Cheyenne Canon
- View of Seven Falls waterfall in South Cheyenne Canyon, southwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado, taken from mid-fall level; wooden stairway runs parallel to waterfall and crosses pool at base; steep canyon walls flank falls; two figures with...
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- 7 Falls, So. Cheyenne Canon
- View of Seven Falls waterfall in South Cheyenne Canyon, southwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado, taken from mid-fall level; wooden stairway runs parallel to waterfall and crosses pool at base; steep canyon walls flank falls; bench visible at...
- Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- [A]rizona, the Grand Canyon, looking up from Bissell's Point
- View from what is identified as Bissell's Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, in a reproduction of a cabinet card displayed probably on a wall. Shows a cliff called The Alligator and the Colorado River.
- Alligator, The (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Cabinet photographs--1890-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon...
- [1899 or 1900?]
- [Basal]tic Canon. Mouth of Tower Creek
- View of the pentagonal basaltic bluffs in a canyon identified as Basaltic Canyon on Tower Creek in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- [C]raters of the Grand and Turban Geysers
- View of the globular sinter in the basin of the Turban Geyser and the shallow pool of the Grand Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Turban Geyser (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- [Green Ri]ver and the Book Cliffs
- View of the Green River in Utah. Shows a ferry, a dock and the Book Cliffs in the distance.
- Book Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1880-1900.; Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1880-1900.; Ferries--American--Utah--1880-1900.; Rivers--Utah--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- [The] three Tetons
- Panoramic view of the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Shows steep rocky slopes and cliffs, and snow on Mount Owen, Grand Teton, Middle Teton and South Teton.
- Grand Teton (Wyo. : Mountain)--1870-1880.; Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Middle Teton (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Owen, Mount (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; South Teton (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Expeditions &...
- [1872]
- "Chinatown," S.F
- Pedestrians walk beneath building overhangs on Franklin Street in Chinatown, San Francisco, California. Shows Italianate style commerical buildings with awnings and balconies. A dragon flag flies from a mast. Sign reads: "[Chi]nese & Japanese Teas...
- Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--1880-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--California--San Francisco--1880-1900.; Ethnic neighborhoods--California--San Francisco--1880-1900.; Pedestrians--California--San...
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- "Fish Pot" hot spring. Yellowstone Lake
- A man stands over the Fishing Cone hot springs and fishes in Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park.
- Fishing Cone (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Fishing--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- "Steamboat Springs, ninety miles from the railroad" just the town - side of the bathhouse.
- Two children play on an iron bridge on the edge of Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado.
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Steamboat Springs--1900-1910.
- September, 1901
- "The Loop" above Georgetown, Colo.
- View of the Georgetown Loop above Georgetown (Clear Creek County) Colorado. Shows a Colorado and Southern Railway train on a trestle and Clear Creek in a valley.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- A beaver dam
- Two men look at a beaver dam on probably the Green River in Wyoming.
- Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1890-1900.; Beaver dams--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1892
- 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?
- A Colorado Potatoe [sic]
- Close view of a potato; white background.
- Farm produce--Colorado--1890-1920.; Potatoes--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- A Colorado sheep ranch
- View of sheep and lambs in timber corrals in Colorado; a sheepherder poses with a dog, and a cabin is among trees.
- Dogs--Colorado--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--1910-1920.; Ranchers--Colorado--1910-1920.; Sheep ranches--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1910-1920?]
- A distinguished group
- A group of unidentified Native American and white men poses on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Several of the Native American men hold patterned blankets around their shoulders. Most wear their hair in braids. A few of the men...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.
- [1907]
- A mirage on the desert. H. Betts
- Photograph of a painting by Harold Harrington Betts. Against the backdrop of a jagged mountain range, a Native American (tribe unknown) gestures as he speaks to a white man who holds a rifle. Another man sits on a rock and listens, as does a Native...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Covered wagons--1900-1910.; Deserts--1900-1910.; Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A Mountain of oil shale near Grand Valley, Colorado
- View of a layered shale mesa in probably Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Shows steep slopes, shale cliffs, and trees beside the Colorado River.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917?]
- A mountain water cart
- Reproduction of a William Henry Jackson image shows "Whiskey Johnny", a mining camp dealer, he stands between two burros loaded with kegs on a trail near Creede, Colorado.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A pack outfit
- Pack outfit on mountain trail; a man with burros loaded with wooden boxes and bedrolls, the lead animal wears a saddle.
- Donkeys--1890-1930.; Packtrains--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930]
- A temple of the desert
- View of a butte in possibly Colorado or Utah.
- Buttes--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- A view of Middle Park on the Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama shows a man looking over Middle Park, Grand County, Colorado, along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road. The broad valley gives way to evergreen covered slopes.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Middle Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.
- 1904
- A war in the overland West [art original].
- A road agent, masked and on his horse, watches from behind a crag as a four-horse stagecoach thunders toward him.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Pictorial works.; Stagecoach robberies--Pictorial works.; Dime novels--Illustrations.; Painting, American.; Cowboys--Pictorial works.; Cowboys in art.
- 1914
- A-gath
- A Native American couple, possibly including Agate Ogden Finley, poses on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The woman holds a blanket wrapped over one shoulder and around her waist. Her hair is in braids. The man holds a folded,...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Finley, Agate Ogden.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- A. B. Cooker, White Pine
- Women and men (including A. B. Cooker, owner) pose by a hewn log hotel, built around 1885, in Waunita Hot Springs, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Waunita Hot Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Waunita Hot Springs--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Waunita Hot Springs--1880-1890.; Cooker, A. B.
- 1889
- Across Golden Gate from Cliff House
- View of the Golden Gate channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, California. Shows Seal Rocks and Point Bonita in the distance.
- Golden Gate (San Francisco, Calif. : Channel)--1880-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1880-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Seal Rocks (San Francisco, Calif.)--1880-1910.; Channels--California--San Francisco--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1880 and 1902]
- Across the gorge - Platte Canon near Deansbury
- A Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad bridge spans the Platte River in the Platte Canyon, Douglas County, Colorado.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Adirondacks - Mirror Lake
- A view of Mirror Lake in the Adirondack Mountains (Essex County), New York; shows landscape with cottages, fences, boathouses, and hotels near the lake.
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--1890-1900.; Essex County (N.Y.)--1890-1900.; Mirror Lake (Essex County, N.Y.)--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--New York--Essex County--1890-1900.
- [1890]
- After a college game
- Colorado College faculty members ride an omnibus in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They are: President and Mrs. Slocum, Professors Cajori, Parsons, Cragin and Stearns, Reverends Philip Washburn and Manly Ormes, Misses Nina and Regina...
- Colorado College--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; College presidents--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [1896]
- Agassiz Rock, Yosemite Valley
- View of a rock formation identified as Agassiz Rock with Yosemite Falls in the distance, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1890.; Rock formations--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Agnes
- Agnes (perhaps Incashola), a Native American young woman on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, stands holding a striped, wool blanket draped over her right arm. She wears her hair in long braids and wears large, round earrings and...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Indians of North America--Women--Montana--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 adn 1907?]
- Agriculture, ranches
- The first image, taken near Longmont, Colorado, shows Longs Peak, fenced cultivated fields, farm buildings, and stacked grain. Second image shows a switchback road (later Black Bear jeep road) on Ingram Peak (San Juan Range of the Rocky Mountains)...
- Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Ah-Ne-Pitch, Tom-as Cita, Ma-rez
- Full-length, seated studio portrait of a Ute Native American family; from left to right: wife--Ah-Ne-Pitch, baby--Tom-As Cita, and husband--Ma-Rez; the baby is in a cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ah-ne-pitch.; Ma-rez, Ute Indian.; Tomas-cita.
- c1899
- Alamosa
- The Manders Building, on the corner of San Juan and Main streets, in Alamosa, Colorado is a two-story building, constructed in 1891, with rusticated stone block, bracketed enriched cornice, corner entry with double wooden panel with large glass...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Alamosa
- One of the buildings moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878, has several store fronts with large pane windows, wood kickplates, pilasters, bracketed cornices and "Field & Hill" with painted faux marbeling. Three men in suits and hats...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1880-1890.
- [1880]
- Alamosa
- Several buildings were moved to Alamosa, Colorado, from Garland City in 1878. Men stand on a boardwalk, posing in front of some of them. From the left to right are Sabine, Thomas, Putnam, Hill and Anthony. Thomas has a hand trick with full sacks...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Alamosa--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Alamosa, 1891
- Dark smoke pours from the Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co. in Alamosa County, Colorado. Several men in suits and hats, and two in white work clothes, pose on a platform with a cart loaded with white sacks of flour. Another man in a suit stands alone...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flour & meal industry--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Mills--Colorado--Alamosa--1890-1900.; Alamosa Milling & Elevator Co.
- [1891]
- Alcatraz and Angel Islands
- View of Alcatraz and Angel Islands in San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, California with several three-masted sailing schooners and sail boats. The Embarcadero warehouse is visible on the wharf.
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Angel Island (Calif.)--1880-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1880-1910.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--San Francisco--1880-1910.; Harbors--California--San...
- [between 1880 and 1902]
- Alex Cobsky
- Alex Cobsky has a beard, wears a cap and overalls, holds a rifle and poses beside two burros in probably La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Burros carry packs and stand beside a frame building.
- La Veta (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Donkeys--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1940.; Pack animals--Colorado--La Veta--1930-1940.; Cobsky, Alex.
- 1937 March 1
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows large hay stacks in field of cut alfalfa in piles and frame gable house with tree windbreak.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Alice Maud Woods
- Studio bust portrait of Alice Maud Woods, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Woods' bangs are curled and layered and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has a front closure of pearl buttons, and brocade fabric on lapel panels...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Woods, Alice Maud.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- 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
- Alma, Park County, Colorado and its smelting works from the Dolly Varden Mine
- A copy of a lithograph in a circle shape shows the view from the Dolly Varden Mine down on Alma, (10,353 feet) Park County, Colorado, shows wood frame buildings, smelters, patches of evergreens, cleared areas and a creek.
- Alma (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1870-1880.
- [between 1960-1980?]
- Alpine Station
- View of the Alpine railroad station, Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado, a combination frame depot, freight room and living quarters with a large group of men on the wooden plank depot platform with piles of bundled canvas sacks; shows Denver South...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Alpine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.
- [1882]