Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Temple and Tabernacle, Salt Lake City
- View of the Mormon (Latter-Day Saints) Temple, Tabernacle and Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows the arched and round windows and spires of the Gothic style Temple, the oval dome roof of the Tabernacle, and the spires...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1880-1890.; Salt Lake Temple--1880-1890.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Mormon tabernacles--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Temple Square...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Salt Lake City - Temple and Tabernacle
- View of the Mormon (Latter-Day Saints) Temple, Tabernacle, and Assembly Hall in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows the arched and round windows and spires of the Gothic style Temple, the oval dome roof of the Tabernacle, and the spires...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1880-1890.; Salt Lake Temple--1880-1890.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Mormon tabernacles--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Temple Square...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- The Tabernacle
- View of the Mormon (Latter-Day Saints) Tabernacle in Temple Square, Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Shows the oval dome roof, arched doorways, and sidewalks. A lion sculpture sits by the sidewalk. Sign reads: "Please Keep Off The Lawns."
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints--Buildings--1880-1890.; Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah)--1880-1890.; Mormon tabernacles--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1880-1890.; Walkways--Utah--Salt Lake City--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Idaho Springs
- Panoramic view of Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows brick and frame commercial buildings on Miner Street, the schoolhouse, spires of the Methodist church, the Episcopal church, the Presbyterian church, the Colorado Central...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1886 and 1890?]
- Interior of a bedroom in a residence in Leadville
- Interior view of a bedroom in a Leadville, Colorado, residence includes a highback bed, an upholstered chair, an ornately carved gas fireplace with tiered shelves filled with vases. There is a dresser with painted drawers that has a perfume...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Grand Imperial Hotel
- Exterior view of the Grand Imperial Hotel, in Silverton, Colorado, looking west; shows storefronts with inset doors, pilasters with acanthus capitals, stepped semicircular arches over the second floor sash windows, mansard roof, chimneys and...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.; Grand Imperial Hotel (Silverton, Colo.)
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Louise Note was brought in upon a mule train similar - will send a better one sometime
- Winter scene in Silverton, Colorado, of the east side of Greene Street, looking south. A mule train heads north on the the muddy street; the lead animal bears a waving man; the mules that follow are loaded with bundles and boxes. Behind piled snow,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mules--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Meeker, Colorado
- A cowboy rides a bronco inside the parade grounds, Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado; St. James Episcopal Church and wood frame residences show in background.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Broncos--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Rocky Mountain News
- View of the Rocky Mountain News and surrounding buildings in Denver, Colorado, in Arapahoe County (later the City and County of Denver). Signs on buildings read: "Rocky Mountain News," "Printing," "Rocky Mountain House," and "Tremont House."
- Rocky Mountain News--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Newspapers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1864?]
- The Homestead dining room, Cripple Creek
- Interior view of refurbished dining room of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor" or "sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years; it later became a residence and...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.;...
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Idaho in 1866
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1866
- A day in Mammoth Gulch
- Photomontage of scenes near Mammoth Gulch (Gilpin County), Colorado include: miners Holmes and Ripley, Echo Lake, prospectors on the Fremont Trail, and Judge Knaebel on horseback.
- Jessie (Dog)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Saint Bernard dog--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Snip (Horse)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Central City residence interiors
- A brass wall sconce hangs on a floral-patterned wall in Central City, Colorado. The sconce has an oval plate with two lights on curving arms. Each light has a shade, covered to match the wallpaper, with ruffles on the top and bottom of the shade.
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Lamps--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Central City residence interiors
- Straw and cloth hats hanging on a hatrack are reflected in an oval mirror in the Prosser house. Sunlight illuminates the left side of the image. The mirror has a rectangular frame and scroll-work around the edges. Another mirror is visible in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.; Interiors--1960-1980.; Mirrors--Colorado--Central City--1960-1980.
- Earliest Rocky Mountain News building
- A view of the earliest Rocky Mountain News building in Denver, Colorado. The building was built on stilts in the bed of Cherry Creek, it was washed away in the flood of 1864.
- Rocky Mountain News--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Newspapers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Sulky races at City Park
- View of a sulky horse race at City Park in Denver, Colorado, shows drivers in horse drawn traps on an oval track.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Horse racing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Sulky races at city park track
- View of a sulky horse race at City Park in Denver, Colorado. Shows drivers in horse drawn traps on an oval track.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Horse racing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Racetracks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Background are the stables of the "gentlemen's driving and riding club" at City park
- View of a horse race at City Park in Denver, Colorado, shows driver in horse drawn trap on an oval track. Sign on building reads: "Stables Of The Gentlemen's Driving & Riding Club."
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Racetracks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Delegation of Colorado Ute Indians together with white escorts in Washington D. C. who formulated the Kit Carson Treaty of 1868
- Image of a oval portrait of Kit Carson and a triptych of standing portraits of the delegation of representatives from the Tabeguache, Moache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand River, and Uintah bands of Native American Utes and white delegates in...
- Capote Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Moache Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Tabeguache Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.; Uinta Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870.;...
- 1868
- Ouray & his subchiefs of Utes
- Studio portrait of Chief Ouray, center, with Warets, Shavano, Ankatosh and Guerro, sub-chiefs of the Native American Tabeguache (Uncompahgre) Ute band. Clothing includes tunics, buckskin leggings, moccasins, chokers, bead necklaces, and a bandolier.
- Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Tabeguache Indians--1860-1870.; Ute Indians--1860-1870.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1870.
- [1868?]
- Georgetown looking north
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, north down Rose Street. Landmarks include: the old Our lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the old school, the Cushman Block, the Yates House hotel, the Teal Building, and the Eldridge House.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1886.]
- "Cecile," a Flathead belle
- Sitting portrait of a Native American Flathead (Salish) woman, identified as Cecile. She wears an elaborately stitched and beaded dress, large circular earrings, a necklace, and a long, patterned bone (?) ornament around her neck.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--1880-1910.; Cecile,--Salish woman.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- African-American girl
- Studio portrait of a Black girl in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado.
- African Americans--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Girls--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a suspended brass chandelier, originally gas but converted to electricity, with six curvilinear...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and later acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill in 1874; shows a suspended brass chandelier, originally gas but converted to electricity, with six curvilinear...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Hopi woman
- Portrait of unidentified Native American woman (Hopi) making a basket.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arizona--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Basket making--Arizona--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of a woman. She wears a dress and lace collar.
- Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875]
- Estes Park
- A man sits on a pile of timber near cabins in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. A group of horses stand near a small lake.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Estes Park--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Estes Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Northern Utes, agents, and interpreter
- Studio portrait of four Native American Ute men, two agents, and an interpreter. They are identified as:"Standing: J. S. Littlefield, agent, White River; Tab-u-cha-kat; Pak-ant; Catz; Uriah M. Curtis, interpreter. Sitting: Wanzitz (Antelope); Maj....
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Catz, Ute Indian.; Han-ko, Ute Indian.; Pak-ant, Ute Indian.; Tab-u-cha-kat, Ute Indian.; Wanzito.; Curtis, Uriah M.; Littlefield, J. S.; Thompson, J. B., Major.
- [1872]
- Portrait of a man
- Shows an oval shaped portrait of a man. He has a mustache and wears a suit jacket, and bow tie.
- Men--1850-1890.
- [between 1856 and 1900?]
- James J. Hayes
- A Native American Spokane man, James J. Hayes, poses wearing a kilt next to a horse with a saddle.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Spokane Indians--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Hayes, James J.
- 1904
- Spokane portrait
- Native American Spokane women and children pose outside a house on an animal fur rug, they wear Plateau-style square cut sleeve dresses, bead necklaces, and abalone shell disk earrings. They hold embroidered friendship bags.
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Spokane Indians--Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Joe Moses
- Head and shoulders portrait of Joe Moses, Native American Spokane, wearing a shirt, hair pipe breastplate, braids wrapped in fur, and abalone disk earrings.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Spokane Indians--1900-1910.; Moses, Joe.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Black Beaver
- Head and shoulders portrait of Black Beaver, Native American Lenni Lenape (Delaware) wearing short cropped hair, sack jacket and neck scarf.
- Delaware Indians--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Black Beaver.
- [between 1865 and 1880?]
- Utes, agents, and interpreter
- Studio portrait of four Native American Ute men, two agents, and an interpreter. They are identified as: "Standing: J. S. Littlefield, agent, White River; Tab-u-cha-kat; Pah-ant; Catz; Uriah M. Curtis, interpreter. Sitting: Wanzitz (Antelope); Maj....
- Indian interpreters--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Indian agents--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1880.; Catz, Ute Indian.; Curtis, Uriah M.; Hanko.; Pak-ant, Ute Indian.; Tab-u-cha-kat, Ute Indian.;...
- [1872]
- Breckenridge
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking southeast, includes tents, frame and log dwellings and commercial buildings dotting the flats next to the Blue River which winds up to and through town. The foothills of Boreas Mountain are in the left, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Parade uniforms of the 3 companies of the Red, White & Blue Fire Dept.
- Six young men of the Red, White and Blue Fire Department of Breckenridge, Colorado, pose in their parade uniforms in front of a painted backdrop. They wear conductor's caps, with a variety of brim insignias, and pullover bib shirts in several...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Racetrack
- A group of men ride in a horse drawn coach on a racetrack in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two men use landscaping tools on the lawn inside the oval track. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave....
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A man and woman ride horses around a track in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two men use landscaping tools on the lawn inside the oval track. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave. Bicycles."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- View of a horse race on an oval track in Colorado Springs, Colorado; two riders on horseback race other horses in front of them. Spectators stand behind a fence.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Horse racing--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A man rides a horse drawn cart around a track in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Another man tends the lawn inside the oval track. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave. Bicycles."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A man drives a horse drawn wagon around a track in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Another man tends the lawn inside the oval track. Spectators sit on the fence; signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave....
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- Two men drive horse drawn wagons around a track in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A man with a hose tends the lawn inside the oval track. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave. Bicycles." Spectators...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- Three men, in an unusual horse drawn carriage, ride around a racetrack in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The carriage has an elevated front seat on which two of the men sit, wearing cockade hats, and a rear well in which one of the men stands, wearing...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A man drives a horse drawn cart around a racetrack in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Another man waters the lawn inside the oval track. Spectators sit on the fence. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R....
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A man drives a horse drawn wagon around a racetrack in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Another man tends the lawn inside the oval track. Sign on the fence reads: "Wahl Bros. Bicy[cles] 127 N. Tejon St."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- Two men ride in cart, drawn by horses in tandem, around an oval racetrack, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave. Bicycles." Spectators sit on the fence.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A man drives a horse drawn buggy around a track in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Another man tends the lawn inside the oval track. Sign on the fence reads: "Wahl Bros. [Bicycles] 127 N. Tejon St."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A woman drives a horse drawn carriage around an oval track in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Spectators sit on the fence. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave. Bicycles."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Racetrack
- A man drives a horse drawn wagon around a track in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two men tend the lawn inside the oval track. Signs on the fence read: "Wahl Bros. Bicycles 127 N. Tejon St." and "H. Weber 19 R.R. Ave. Bicycles."
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- 1897