Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Rollinsville, Colorado
- The Rare Metals Ore Company stands in the left midground in this view of Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. The long, white building in the right midground was the Rollinsville Hotel. A railroad line, possibly part of the Moffat...
- Aspen--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Main Street in Central City, Colorado, is lined with a variety of buildings, including several stores. Foresters Hall in the center midground has the words "Always ask for Beeman's The Original Pepsin Gum" painted on its side. The large Armory Hall...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- Eldora, Colo. 1900
- A large group of residents is gathered on Eldorado Avenue in Eldora, a small mining district in Boulder County, Colorado, for the town's Labor Day celebration. A band plays in the right midground of the crowd. Several businesses face the street,...
- Labor Day--1890-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bands--1890-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Central City, Colorado 1900
- piles of tailings dot the hills in the distance. Several cars are parked on Eureka Street.; Tall buildings line Main Street in Central City, Colorado, in the midground. The C. W. Knox Machinery Co. is in the right foreground. A portion of St....
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [1939?]
- Berthoud Pass Inn
- A sign reading: "60 miles to Denver Bureau of Public Roads" tops a post with another sign reading: "Top of Berthoud Pass Elevation 11,306 Feet." The post is next to a dirt road in the foreground. A small shelter covering a gas pump is in the...
- Berthoud Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gasoline pumps--Colorado--Grand County--1910-1930.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Grand County--1910-1930.; Privies--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Berthoud Pass Inn
- 1939. A sign reading: "60 miles to Denver Bureau of Public Roads" tops a post with another sign reading: "Top of Berthoud Pass Elevation 11,306 Feet." The post is next to a dirt road in the foreground. A small shelter covering a gas pump is in the...
- Berthoud Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Grand County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Gasoline pumps--Colorado--Grand County--1910-1930.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Grand County--1910-1930.; Privies--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- A cargo train stops along a track in the midground in Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. A building with signs on it advertising lumber and building materials stands in the right midground. A dirt road leads into the town. The...
- Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Lumber industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Central City after the fire, 1873
- center midground. In the left midground is the office and residence of J.O. Raynolds, general agent for Colorado for a prominent powder company. Part of Turner Hall juts into the right foreground. Originally the Cook & Kimball Mill, Turner Hall was...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Chimneys--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mills--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Central...
- [1873?]
- Street scene in San Francisco, California
- A horse-drawn wagon is stopped on the street in front of the Alliance Building in San Francisco, California. Several businesses, including The Investment Board, J.J. Moore & Company and the Alliance Marine and General Assurance Company, are housed...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Del Norte, Colorado
- A group of men wearing suits is in the foreground on a hill overlooking Del Norte in Rio Grande County in south central Colorado. A river winds around the bottom of the hill in the midground and forks in the left midground. A wooden fence lines...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Rio Grande County--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Rio Grande County--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Getting ready for parade
- A group of Native Americans prepares for a parade in front of a group of teepees on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Helen Finley sits on horseback in the right midground. Another man and woman work to adjust a bridle on a horse...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Montana--1900-1910.; Finley, Helen.
- [1906]
- Poncha Springs
- hill. Additional buildings are in the plain in the distance.; Stereographic view of a woman standing with two young men in the right midground near a house at Poncha Springs, west of Salida in Chaffee County, Colorado. Several tents are set up in...
- Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Clotheslines--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Nate Salsbury with group in front of tent
- Albert Scheibel, secretary of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits on a saddle on the ground in the left midground smoking a cigar in the tent of Jule Keen, treasurer of the show. Scheibel wears a derby hat, his vest is unbuttoned, and he has a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Cowboys on horseback in parade
- A group of American cowboys rides horses down a dirt street during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man in the left foreground leads the group and carries a large flag with a buffalo on it. He wears leather chaps and has a scarf tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Men peeling green onions
- A group of men sits in front of a tent peeling green onions in preparation for a meal for the cast and crew of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Most of the men wear hats and suspenders. A few of them wear ties. A man in the right midground sits in a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Onions.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show troupe at mess
- A troupe of a wild west show, possibly Buffalo Bill's Wild West, stops for a meal in San Antonio, Texas. Several wood picnic tables and benches are set up in the right foreground and midground. Numerous wagons are stopped in the center midground...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking--1880-1900.; Picnics--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Wild West Show butcher
- A butcher for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show butchers an animal on a wood block in a camp for the show. He wears a long apron with blood stains on it. The man's saw rests on the side of meat. A young man drags something in the background behind the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Meat cutting--1900-1910.; Slaughtering--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show cooks
- Two cooks from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stand near a kitchen wagon in the right midground in a camp for the show. The man on the far right wears a long white coat. Another cook prods a fire in a large stove in the left midground. Several...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Grand review, U.S. troops after surrender of Indians at Pine Ridge Agency, S.D.
- A large group of U.S. troops on horseback is in the midground in front of a large Native American camp near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. A group of pack mules with packs on their backs is in the right midground. Numerous covered wagons are lined up...
- Indians of North America--Structures--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Cavalry--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Indian group
- A group of Native Americans on horseback stands in a row in the background in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits on his white horse in the left midground slightly in front of the row of...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colo. 1890-1899 circ. (prints)
- Catholic Church and the Teller House are in the left midground. The Gilpin County Courthouse is under construction in the left background near the St. James Methodist Church. St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Central City public high school stand...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colo.
- The St. Aloysius Academy, a Catholic boarding school, stands on Gunnell Hill in Central City, Colorado. Dirt roads lead back to a mine shafthouse on the hill in the right midground. Additional mine shafthouses dot the hills surrounding the city....
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- Central City, Colo.
- Houses line the hillside above St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Central City public high school, both in the right background. A corner of the Teller House juts into the left midground. A log pole stands in the center foreground. A building in...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1901?]
- Crown Point & Virginia Shaft house
- A woman stands next to a horse and buggy in the right midground across from the Crown Point and Virginia Mine shafthouse above Virginia Canyon in Colorado. A ridge of mountains, including Squaw Mountain in Clear Creek County, is in the background....
- Virginia Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Perigo, Colo.
- A woman walks down a dirt road in Perigo, a small town in Gilpin County, Colorado, in this photo of a photo. The town's grocery store is in the left midground. Additional log cabins are in the right midground above the road. A small child walks...
- Perigo (Colo.)-- 1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1899?]
- Eldora 1938
- A cluster of houses is in the right midground in this view of Eldora looking west from the Mogul Tunnel in Boulder County, Colorado. (The Mogul Tunnel was planned by John A. (Jack) Gilfillan in 1897 and was financed by Pennsylvania and New York...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Tunnels--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.
- [1938?]
- Road to Rollinsville
- Two mine shafthouses stand in the midground with piles of tailings next to them near Rollinsville, a mining district in Gilpin County, Colorado. A portion of another building stands in the left midground.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Mining districts--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Rollinsville--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Memorial Arch, Stanford University
- many campus buildings were heavily damaged in the "great earthquake" of April, 1906.; Memorial Arch and Jane Stanford are seen from under a covered walkway on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. Rounded arches line the arcade...
- Stanford University--1900-1910.; Memorial arches--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Universities & colleges--California--Palo Alto--1900-1910.; Stanford, Jane Lathrop, 1828-1905.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Blackhawk, Colorado
- The school and Presbyterian church in Blackhawk, Colorado, stand on the hill above Gregory Street in the left midground. The back of the Fifty Gold Mines Company building stands in the center midground. Houses stand in the foreground and background.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Blackhawk--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Gregory Monument dedication
- Three unidentified men are gathered in the midground in the vein where John H. Gregory first discovered gold at Mountain City near Central City, Colorado, in 1859. The group is gathered for the July 23, 1932 dedication of the Gregory Monument, a...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mountain City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Mountain City--1930-1940.; Gregory, John H.
- [1932]
- Mount Evans
- Bare Bristlecone pine branches stand in the foreground above a dirt road near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A man sits in a car on the road in the left midground. A Limber pine tree stands in the right midground. A mountain ridge...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1930.; Pines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1910-1930.; Roads--Colorado--1910-1930.; Tree...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Mt. Pisgah (L#196)
- A large rock formation stands in the right midground in this view near Mt. Pisgah on the border of Gilpin and Clear Creek counties in Colorado. Several trees also stand on the hill in the midground.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hills--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1920.; Trees--Colorado--Gilpin...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- San Francisco Street, Santa Fe
- sidewalk in the right midground. A second person walks on the sidewalk in the background. Telegraph or telephone poles line the dirt road. A sign for a printing shop hangs above a door in the left midground.; The St. Francis Cathedral stands at...
- Cathedral of San Francisco de Asis (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1900-1920.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Cathedrals--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1920.; Stained glass--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1920.; Streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1911?]
- Rollinsville, Colorado
- The Rare Metals Ore Company stands in the left midground on a dirt road in Rollinsville, Colorado, founded by John Q.A. Rollins. A portion of the Rollinsville Hotel protrudes from behind another building on the road in the right midground. A...
- Aspen--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Rollinsville (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Ore industry--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Pines--Colorado--Rollinsville--1910-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Central City First National Bank, Colorado
- A map hangs on the wall behind the man in the right midground. A "Checks" window stands in the left midground.; Two men stand near the "Gold" window inside the First National Bank at the corner of Eureka and Main streets in Central City, Colorado....
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banking--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Gold--Colorado--Central City--1910-1920.; Men--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Scales--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Central City, Colorado 1900-
- in the right foreground. Houses line the streets in the background. Mine shafthouses dot the hills in the distance.; St. Mary's Catholic Church stands on Pine Street in the left midground in Central City, Colorado. The Teller House is in the center...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Armories--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Methodist...
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colorado
- stairs extends down the hill from the academy to the Catholic church (later the site of St. Mary's of the Assumption Church built in 1892). Numerous brick buildings stand along Main Street in the midground, including the Temple of Fashion, an...
- Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central City, Colorado 1890-1899
- foreground on Main Street. Houses line the streets in the background. Mine shafthouses dot the hills in the distance.; St. Mary's Catholic Church stands on Pine Street in the left midground in Central City, Colorado. The Teller House is in the left...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Armories--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- Central City, Colorado, 1900-
- advertisement for "Dry Climate Cigars" painted on its side.; Several buildings face Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado, including the Knights of Pythias building, a hardware store, the First National Bank and the Teller House. St. James...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Railroad track in Colorado
- Stereographic view of a large water tower standing in the left midground next to a railroad track, possibly of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad in Colorado. A river in the right midground runs parallel to the tracks.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.; Water towers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Winter view of Central City, 1899
- Main Street in Central City, Colorado, is covered with a blanket of snow. St. Mary's Catholic Church is in the left midground. The Teller House, named for Henry M. Teller, one of Colorado's first senators, is in the left background across Eureka...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- View of Glenwood Springs
- fortune near Aspen. The springs and bath house were completed in 1893.; The Hotel Colorado stands in the right background in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The Glenwood Hot Springs pool and bath house are in the center midground near the Colorado...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Dock near San Francisco
- A group of men walk down the dock in the right midground at a marina near San Francisco, California. Numerous sailboats are tied to the dock in the right midground and to another dock in the left background. Smoke flows from a smokestack on the...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Piers & wharves--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Sailboats--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Smokestacks-- California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]
- Beaver Brook railroad depot
- Stereographic view of men and women standing on the platform and stairs in front of the ticket office at Beaver Brook Station near where Beaver Brook meets Clear Creek on the border of Clear Creek and Jefferson counties in Colorado. A sign on the...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.; Dance halls--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Deer Creek tank at Arch Rock
- Creek. Trees stand on the rocky hillside in the background. Camera equipment, including a case labeled "Glass," sits in the foreground next to the railroad track.; Stereographic view of a large water tank standing in the right midground next to a...
- Crossons (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Photographic apparatus & supplies--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Crossons--1870-1900.; Water...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Manitou Springs
- A pagoda covers the Sulphur Spring in the left foreground on Manitou Avenue in the town of Manitou Springs west of Colorado Springs in Colorado. A group of people is gathered at the pagoda. A horse-drawn carriage is stopped on the dirt road near...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Churches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Cows--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Pagodas--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; People--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1875 and 1885?]
- Passenger car at Inspiration Point
- Stereographic view of an overturned passenger car of the Colorado Central Railroad in the left foreground in Clear Creek Canyon in Colorado. A railroad track runs from the foreground around a rocky cliff in the background. A sign reading...
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1870-1900.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1870- 1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Clear Creek Canyon--1870- 1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Railroad tracks near Dome Rock
- Stereographic view of two small log cabins standing in the center midground looking toward Dome Rock in Platte Canyon, southwest of Denver in Colorado. A portion of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad track runs through the right midground....
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Jefferson County.--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Ames mining community
- A large group of men stands on the sidewalk in front of a group of businesses in Ames, a mining community near the Ophir Loop in San Miguel County, Colorado. A billiard hall is in the left foreground with a false front. The Ames Hotel and...
- Ames (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Ames--1870-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Ames--1870-1900.; Men--Colorado--Ames--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Street in San Francisco
- Two young men are stopped in the right foreground on a cobblestone street in San Francisco, California. One of the young men leans on a bicycle. A horse-drawn wagon is in the left midground in front of the Liverpool & London Globe Insurance...
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--California--San Francisco--1900- 1910.; Business districts--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--California--San Francisco--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1906?]