Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Fire Clay Company
- Looking north from Georgetown, Colorado, on U.S. No. 6
- View near Georgetown, Colorado, shows U.S. Highway No. 6, a two- lane road lined with telephone poles. In the distance next to the road is a house built by Robert Orchard Old, a noted mining man and financier. It is was subsequently owned by James...
- Old, Robert Orchard--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- July 1945
- Paint and feathers
- A large group of Sioux men and children pose for a group portrait in front of a tall metal gate. Many of the Native Americans wear blankets wrapped around their shoulders. Several men in the back row wear feather headresses. The group is part of...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Buffalo Bill's grave on Lookout Mountain, Colo.
- Color postcard of a soldier standing at attention at William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's grave on Lookout Mountain west of Denver, Colorado. A metal fence surrounds the gravesite. Cody died Jan. 10, 1917, in Denver. The inscription on the grave...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Graves--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)
- [1928?]
- Wilbur Williams House
- Exterior photograph of the main entrance to the Wilbur Williams House, located in Boulder, Colorado. The front door is hidden by shrubbery. The screen door has an intricate metal pattern. The 1937 International style brick house, as designed by...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Boulder.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Boulder.; Architecture--Colorado--Boulder--History.
- 1980
- "Spotted Tail" a noted Indian Chief
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man, identified as Spotted Tail. He is wrapped in a large blanket, manta style, and wears moccasins, a shirt, a kerchief, and earrings. A hat is on the ground at his feet. He is noted for...
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [1870 June 18]
- Noted chiefs of the Sioux nation
- Group portrait of noted Native American (Sioux) chiefs. One white man stands among the group.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- Anne Evans Mountain House, Evergreen, Colo.
- View of the Anne Evans Mountain House located on Upper Bear Creek Road, Evergreen, Colo. Built in 1910 by Jock Spence, the Rustic Style residence was further expanded by noted Denver architect, Burnham Hoyt in 1924. The front facade has a simple...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--2010-2020.; Evergreen (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Evans, Anne, 1871-1941--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--Pictorial works.; Evergreen (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2010
- Chief Hosa Lodge, Genesee, Colo.
- View of Chief Hosa Lodge located at 27661 Genesee Drive, Genesee, Colo. Designed by noted Denver architect, Jacques B. Benedict in 1918, local timber and native stone were combined in the construction of this one-and-one-half-story lodge. Also in...
- Stone buildings--Colorado--Jefferson County--2000-2010.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Genesee (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Chief Hosa Lodge (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Jefferson County--Pictorial works.; Jefferson County...
- 2007
- Marie Wormington waving from her house
- Hannah Marie Wormington waves from the main entrance to her brick French eclectic-style house (ca.1920-ca.1940) located at 4600 East Seventeenth (17th) Avenue Parkway, in the South Park Hill Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The entrance is set in...
- Wormington, H. M. (Hannah Marie), 1914-1994--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; South Park Hill neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses.; Wormington, H. M. (Hannah Marie), 1914-1994--Pictorial works.; Wormington, H. M. (Hannah...
- 1986
- Continental Trailways Building, Denver
- View of the Continental Trailways Building (c.1913, Jacques Benedict; remodeled in 1953) at 1669 Broadway in the Central Business District of Denver, Colorado, before it was demolished. Shows a three-story building with the first floor covered with...
- Continental Trailways, inc. Buildings--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Bus terminals.; Continental Trailways, inc.--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Abandoned...
- 1976
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 4, 1911 January 21
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 44, 1909 December 18
- Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- View of Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows landscaping, a concrete drainage channel, trees, a lawn meridian, and a house with a white picket fence.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Headdress
- Native American (Sioux) headdress with eagle feathers; red wool; red, purple and blue down; multicolor, loom woven beadwork; fur.
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Headdress--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Headdress
- Shows a Native American (Sioux) headdress. It is made from eagle feathers, red wool; red, blue and purple down; loom woven orange, green, red, blue, black and white Italian? beads; transparent red faceted beads, a round painted disc, fur, buckskin.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Headdress--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Falstaff
- Painting depicts Benedict Debarr in the role of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff (seated).
- Debarr, Ben.; Actors--1860-1870.; Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character)
- 1862
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing of Trinity Methodist Church on 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Fitzsimons aerial view
- Aerial view of Fitsimons General Hospital, in Denver, Colorado, shows barracks, military administration or medical buildings, and a football field.
- Fitzsimons Army Medical Center--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Military hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1920
- Birdseye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Bird's eye view of Cripple Creek, Colorado; plat of streets, residences and commercial buildings.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Part of town of Colo. Decorative Marble Co.
- View of a Colorado Decorative Marble Company settlement in Steel Canyon (9 mi S. E. of Villa Grove), Saguache County, Colorado; shows people posing by log houses.
- Villa Grove (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Colorado Decorative Marble Company, Inc.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Six Colorado Springs businessmen take off from Peterson Field
- Business men and military officers pose in front of a small military airplane, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Left to right: Merlyn D. Smith of the Merlyn D. Smith Insurance Agency; Max L. Davis, manager Zales Jewelers;...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Airplanes--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Businessmen--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Military personnel--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- November 7, 1961
- Manitou in winter
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, in winter. Unstripped rail and barbed wire fence is in the foreground, and snowy fields with two two- story frame buildings partly obscured by trees are in the midground. Foothills are in the background. Men in...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [1878?]
- Navajo youngsters at a campfire
- Night view of Navajo boys and girls and Ataloa, a Native American Chickasaw artist and folklorist sitting at a campfire, Santa Fe Indian School, New Mexico. The boys wear headbands; one plays a drum. The girls wear fiesta dresses and Ataloa wears...
- Institute of American Indian Arts--1950-1960.; Santa Fe Indian School--1950-1960.; Chickasaw Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1950-1960.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1950-1960.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Tatonkaiyotonka, Sitting Bull The above is a true photo and autograph of "Sitting Bull," the Sioux Chief at the Custer Massacre
- Sitting studio portrait of Sitting Bull, a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux). He has a blanket and pipe in his lap, wears a long sleeved, light colored shirt, and braids in his hair. He is best known for the role he played at the battle of Little...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- 1882?
- Summer View
- Brave Bear's wife and brother, Native American (Sioux) woman and man, pose outdoors near a tepee in an Indian encampment, possibly near Fort Randall, South Dakota. Men in military uniforms stand near tepees.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Soldiers--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Tipis--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Women--South Dakota--1880-1890.; Brave...
- 1882
- Sitting Bull
- Sitting studio portrait of Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux) Sitting Bull. He wears a fringed hide coat with decorative stitching, necklaces, a pendant, fur-bound braids, and a feather in his hair.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Hunkpapa Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1910.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Prospector's cabin near Slavonia
- View of a dilapidated log cabin among trees and rocky hillsides, near Slavonia (Routt County), Colorado.
- Routt County (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Log cabins--Colorado--Routt County--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Routt County--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Pay Rock Mine
- Miners pose near the shafthouse and tailings of the Pay Rock Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- Pay Rock Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- The first house in Denver after commencement of Official Survey, Nov. 1st, 1858, corner Wynkoop and 12th Sts. Erected by A. H. Barker
- Shows a log cabin built by Anselm H. Barker at 12th (Twelfth) and Wynkoop Streets in Denver, Colorado; a covered wagon, a team of oxen, people, horses, tipis, and trees are to the side. A portrait of a man is in an oval vignette in the corner.
- Barker, Anselm Holcomb, 1822-1895--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1888
- The Scotch Girl Mine is back of the Guston Mine - between Guston & Robinson
- Collapsing buildings of the Scotch Girl Mine (Ouray County) Colorado, top tailings piles, flanked by pine forest.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Scotch Girl Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.
- September, 1979
- Fryer Hill
- Two boys sit on Fryer Hill and look at the Little Pittsburgh Mines office and assay office and the Matchless in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Shows frame and log buildings.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Winter scene at Coalmont
- Snowcovered view of Coalmont, North Park, Jackson County, Colorado; includes the coal plant with smokestacks, water tank, the Laramie, North Park and Western railroad tracks, and scattered wood frame structures.
- Coalmont (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Coalmont--1900-1920.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Coalmont--1900-1920.
- [1912]
- Cottage in Empire, Colorado
- This two story log house, in Empire (City), Colorado, was built by Dr. D. W. King, the county's first coroner, in 1861. It was located on the, "slope of Main Street."
- Empire (Colo.)--1860-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Empire--1860-1900.
- [between 1861 and 1900]
- The mines at Gilman two miles west of Red Cliff, Colo. Empire Line
- The mines of Gilman, Colorado, in Eagle County are situated on the hillside below the town. Log retaining walls support the erroding hillside beneath the mine.
- Gilman (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Gilman--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Black Hawk, Chase's Gulch
- View west from Swede Hill of downtown Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the Presbyterian Church and schoolhouse on Bates Hill, Gregory Number 2 mine on top of Bates Hill, tram tracks, Mammoth Hill, and mine facilities....
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Cattlemen of western slope presenting Tony Monell, post-master of Montrose, with an auto
- A group of men and a few boys gather around a car in front of the Knights of Pythias building in Montrose, Colorado. The car was presented to the man sitting behind the wheel, who is identified as Tony Morell, the post-master.
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Morell, Tony.
- 1913
- Scenes on the line of the Colorado Central Rail Road
- Early view north from South Table Mountain over Clear Creek and the Colorado Central railroad, in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, shows railroad boxcars and scattered wood frame buildings. Information printed on back of mat board mount:...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- 2 views of Acoma mission
- of grass are in the foreground. Standing on top of a large mesa, the mission is thought to have been built between 1629 and 1641 by Fray Juan Ramirez.; The Pueblo Acoma Mission and convent in New Mexico is flat-roofed as shown in this photo of a...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Missions--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Acoma - pueblo & mission
- A large puddle of water stands in the foreground of this view of a pueblo village, possibly the village of either the Acoma or the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico. Made of stone and adobe, a row of the flat-roofed buildings remains relatively intact....
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Acoma
- Ruins of a pueblo village, possibly either the Acoma Pueblo or the Laguna Pueblo, stand on top of a large mesa in northern New Mexico. Wooden ladders lead up to the higher levels of the stone and adobe structures. Portions of wooden beams protrude...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Mesas--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Biography, Nusbaum, Deric
- Jesse Nusbaum's stepson, Deric, far right, dances in a line with four Navajo men in front of a winter hogan at Mesa Verde National Park. Dressed in work clothes, the men all wear scarfs tied around their heads; each holds clusters of grass. The top...
- Navajo Indians--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hogans --1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Dance--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [between 1926 and 1927?]
- Biography, Nusbaum, Deric
- Jesse Nusbaum's stepson, Deric, far right, dances in a line with four Navajo men in front of a winter hogan at Mesa Verde National Park. Dressed in work clothes, the men all wear scarfs tied around their heads; each holds clusters of grass. The top...
- Navajo Indians--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hogans--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Dance--1920-1930.; Nusbaum, Deric.
- [between 1926 and 1927?]
- Indians Pueblo, Acoma Missions
- convent are thought to have been built by Fray Juan Ramirez between 1629 and 1641.; The ruins of the Pueblo Acoma Mission and graveyard stand on top of a large mesa in northern New Mexico. The flat-roofed mission has two square steeples and is made...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Missions--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Indians, Pueblo
- Stone and adobe buildings of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico have long wooden ladders leading to the upper levels. A small mound, probably an oven, lies several feet from the back of the row of buildings. Another structure with a pipe protruding...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Laguna (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Mesas--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma missions
- has a hand-carved, wooden railing. The remains of another wall are in the distance. Built on top of a large mesa, the mission is thought to have been built between 1629 and 1641 by Fray Juan Ramirez.; The Pueblo Acoma Mission and convent in New...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblo Indians--1910-1930.; Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Missions--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Ruins--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926?]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma
- A Native American woman walks down a dirt and rock trail, possibly the "Camino del Padre" formed when Fray Juan Ramirez built the San Estevan del Rey Mission at the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico between 1629 and 1649. She wears a light-colored,...
- Indians of North America--Women--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Trails & paths--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, missions
- A Native American woman walks up a dirt trail, possibly the "Camino del Padre," Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman wears a long-sleeved shirt, a long skirt, a cloth veil on her head, a necklace, a bracelet, and appears to be barefoot.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Women--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Acoma--1910-1930.; Trails & paths--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, missions
- known as the "soldier guards," were added to the top of the wall during World War I. A dirt path has formed on the ground at the base of the wall from people walking around it.; The massive scale of the graveyard wall at the San Estevan del Rey...
- Convents--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Mission churches--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Stone walls--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1926]