Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man, possibly E. Micheli. He wears a dark suit and vest with a white shirt and wide silk necktie. He has wire frame glasses and his hair is combed back from his face.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of Peter Barter and his accordion
- Full-length studio portrait of a man identified as Peter Barter with his accordion. He is dressed in a dark colored wool suit and stands with his arm resting on a stone pillar. An accordion sits on the stone pillar.
- Accordions--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.; Barter, Peter, resident of Las Animas County, Colo.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pueblo of Acoma, N.M.
- A herd of horses is near adobe and stone structures at Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. A Native American (Acoma) boy sits on the back of a horse. Ladders lead to the second floors of the buildings, and vigas extend from roof lines. Peppers dry on lines.
- Acoma Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Horses--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pueblo of Acoma
- Distant view of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. Shows adobe structures on a mesa and paths leading to the town.
- Acoma Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Acoma--1880-1900.; Acoma (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Mesas--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man, possibly Billie Johnson, an African-American (Black) man. He wears a dark wool suit, white shirt, tie, and leans his arm on a chair.
- Afro-Americans--1890-1900.; Men--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio portrait of an old woman, possibly Mrs. M. James. She wears a black silk dress with slightly puffed sleeves and with a pleated front. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled down and back.
- Aged persons--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium
- Exterior view of the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients (named for Agnes McCall Phipps) located at 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Quebec Street in Denver, Colorado. The building is a Spanish Colonial style structure with stucco walls,...
- Agnes Memorial Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1932?]
- Aguascalientes, bathhouse at springs
- View of a one-story masonry building and pool of water in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The building is made of a light colored mud brick with a shaped stone foundation. Trees and grassy plants line the edge of the pond. Two-story buildings are in the...
- Aguascalientes (Mexico)--1870-1900.; Bathhouses--Mexico--Aguascalientes--1870-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Mexico--Aguascalientes--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Albuquerque - The Alvarado
- View of the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building is a Mission Style structure featuring arcades, a tile roof, curvilinear gables, projecting eaves, exposed rafters, and towers. A curvilinear stucco gateway opens into a courtyard...
- Alvarado Hotel (Albuquerque, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Albuquerque (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Arcades (Architectural components)--New Mexico--Albuquerque--1900-1910.; Gates--New...
- [between 1902 and 1910?]
- American Nettie Mine
- View of a long wooden building built along a sheer cliff in Ouray County, Colorado. A privy extends past the edge of the cliff. A smaller wooden structure is on a lower level.
- American Nettie Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Baker's Park from Howardsville
- View of Bakers Park (Silverton), the Animas River and the San Juan Mountains, San Juan County, Colorado.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1870-1880.; Bakers Park (Colo.)--1870-1880.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bakers Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Bakers Park--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Bakers...
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Sultan Mt., Baker's Park
- View of Animas Valley, Animas River, Sultan Mountain, and Bakers Park (Silverton), San Juan County, Colorado.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1870-1880.; Bakers Park (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado--Bakers Park--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Bakers Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1875?]
- Elk Park, Animas Canon
- View of Elk Park (San Juan County), Colorado, and the Animas River. Shows Denver and Rio Grande Railway tracks and Snowdon Peak.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Elk Park (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Snowdon Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Pike's Peak Ave., Colo Spgs.
- View of Pikes Peak Avenue and the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows frame houses, horse-drawn buggies, men and telegraph poles on the wide, tree-lined dirt street. Pikes Peak and the snow-capped Front Range are in...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Native American family
- A Native American (Arapaho) family poses outdoors near a teepe. The man wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a breechcloth, quill-work vest, fur pelts over his braids, and a warbonnet headdress. The woman wears a wide belt decorated with metal beads...
- Arapaho Indians--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Children--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress--1880-1900.; Families--1880-1900.; Headdresses--1880-1900.; Women--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Denver, Colorado
- Panoramic view of Denver, Colorado. Streetcars and horses with carriages are on Sixteenth Street. Shows the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Kittredge Building, First Congregational Church, and Denver City Hall. The fire-damaged remains of the People's...
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- El Paso, smelter
- View of the El Paso Smelting Works (Asarco, Inc.) in El Paso (El Paso County), Texas. Shows the lead processing buildings, mill buildings, smokestacks, water towers, and company administrative buildings. Houses surround an industrial pond.
- Asarco Inc.--Buildings--1880-1900.; El Paso (Tex.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Texas--El Paso--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Texas--El Paso--1880-1900.; Smelters--Texas--El Paso--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Flagstaff Sta., Arizona
- Men stand on a platform at the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company railroad station in Flagstaff (Coconino County), Arizona. Shows a caboose parked on the tracks and a water tank.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Flagstaff (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Railroad cabooses--Arizona--Flagstaff--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Arizona--Flagstaff--1880-1900.; Water tanks--Arizona--Flagstaff--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Passing Canon Diablo station, Cal. [sic]
- View of the Canyon Diablo railroad station of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company in Canyon Diablo (Coconino County), Arizona. The depot is a small wood frame structure. A sign reading "Diablo Canon" is mounted on a high post. Shows...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1880-1900.; Canyon Diablo (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Railroad stations--Arizona--Canyon Diablo--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Arizona--Canyon Diablo--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- California Limited at Laguna Pueblo
- An Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway passenger train identified as the California Limited passes in front of Laguna Pueblo (Cibola County), New Mexico.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1900.; Laguna Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Laguna--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New...
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- Station at Flagstaff, Arizona
- Passengers wait near the railroad depot in Flagstaff (Coconino County), Arizona. The building is a one story rusticated stone structure. Shows train cars and tracks of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company. A label painted on a train...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1910.; Flagstaff (Ariz.)--1890-1910.; Passengers--Arizona--Flagstaff--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--Arizona--Flagstaff--1890-1910.
- [between 1893 and 1910?]
- Joshua Trees
- Joshua Trees grow along Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway tracks in the Mojave (Mohave) Desert, San Bernardino County, California.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1910.; Mojave Desert (Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Bernardino County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Deserts--California--San Bernardino County--1890-1910.; Joshua trees--California--San Bernardino...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Capistrano, the railway station
- View of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company station in San Juan Capistrano (Orange County), California. The building is a Mission style structure with stucco walls, arcades, tile roof, and a bell tower. A man and two children stand...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1910.; San Juan Capistrano (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Railroad stations--California--San Juan Capistrano--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Bakersfield railroad station
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card mounted to corkboard, men stand beside the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway station in Bakersfield (Kern County), California. Shows a one-story brick structure with clerestory windows.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Bakersfield (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Colorado Springs railroad station
- Passengers wait under bracketed eaves at the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and Colorado Midland Railway depot at Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows a rusticated sandstone structure with clerestory windows, balustrade, and...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot, Trinidad, Colorado
- Men stand near the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Depot in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. This mission style building features a stucco finish, arcades, ceramic roofing tiles, curvilinear gables, and projecting eaves with exposed...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Running the rapids
- Men and women sit in a boat and make their way through white water rapids on the Ausable River in Ausable Chasm, Ausable Chasm (Clinton County), New York. One man steers the boat with a paddle. The canyon walls are steep and extend straight up from...
- Ausable Chasm (N.Y.)--1900-1910.; Ausable River (N.Y.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--New York (State)--Ausable Chasm--1900-1910.; Longboats--New York (State)--Ausable Chasm--1900-1910.; Rivers--New York (State)--Ausable Chasm--1900-1910.; Shooting...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Avalon Bay, Catalina Island
- View of Avalon and Avalon Bay on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a pier, boats in the harbor, hotels, and commercial buildings.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1870-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Avalon--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Ayer's Butte [sic], Canon of the Colorado
- View of Ayer Point on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. Shows the stratified rock of a butte.
- Ayer Point (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Buttes--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Bakersfield. Santa Fe oil district
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows wooden oil derricks and canvas tents in an oil field near Bakersfield (Kern County), California. Shows a farm house and outbuildings, fenced pasture and animals and hay stacked around a...
- Bakersfield (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Oil wells--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Petroleum industry--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Blue Ridge, Sugar Hollow
- View of Sugar Hollow in Bath County, Virginia. Shows wooded hillsides. A plantation sits in the valley.
- Bath County (Va.)--1900-1910.; Sugar Hollow (Bath County, Va.)--1900-1910.; Plantations--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.; Valleys--Virginia--Bath County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Beth Israel Hospital
- Exterior view of Beth Israel Hospital at 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue and Lowell Boulevard in the West Colfax neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick institutional building features a row of dormers and decorative Star of David finials. Lettering...
- Beth Israel Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; West Colfax (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1923?]
- A road in the Blue Ridge Mountains
- A cow stands in a dirt road next to a wooden fence in probably the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. Shows a residence.
- Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Cattle--Virginia--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Virginia--1900-1910.; Fences--Virginia--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1905?]
- The Blue Ridge near Goshen
- Pine trees frame the view of a wooded hillside in the Blue Ridge Mountains, probably near Goshen (Rockbridge County), Virginia.
- Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Rockbridge County (Va.)--1900-1910.; Forests--Virginia--Rockbridge County--1900-1910.; Hills--Virginia--Rockbridge County--1900-1910.; Pines--Virginia--Rockbridge County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Boulder Falls
- View of Boulder Falls, a waterfall on North Boulder Creek (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows rock outcroppings, trees and cliffs in the distance.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Boulder Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; North Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Exterior of Bowman Dairy, Trinidad, Colorado
- A group of men pose outside the Bowman Dairy Barn in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Four of the men wear work clothes, one wears a white dairy uniform, and one wears a military uniform. A large bucket on a hoist and conveyor is loaded with...
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Barns--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Milking room of Bowman Dairy, Trinidad, Colorado
- A workman sweeps straw into piles on the floor of the milking room at the Bowman Dairy in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Pipes and sunken stalls are nearby.
- Bowman Dairy (Trinidad, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Dairying--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Portrait of a boy
- Studio portrait of a boy, possibly George F. Troast. He wears a coarse wool pinstripe suit and a tie. His hair is parted high and to the side.
- Boys--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of two men and a boy
- Full length studio portrait of two men and a boy, they wear high button suits and vests. The group is gathered around a low stone pillar with a hat resting on top. One man holds a cigar and has his hand on the shoulder of an older man. All three...
- Boys--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Bridal Veil Amphitheater from Pandora
- Panoramic view of the mining town of Pandora settled in a valley surrounded by the San Miguel Range, San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows Bridal Veil Falls in a natural amphitheater in the distance.
- Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Pandora (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Bridal Veil Falls near Telluride
- View of Bridal Veil Falls, San Miguel County, Colorado.
- Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Across the desert near Bagdad
- View of the Mojave (Mohave) Desert near Bagdad in San Bernardino County, California. Probably the Bristol Mountains are in the distance.
- Bristol Mountains (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Mojave Desert (Calif.)--1890-1910.; San Bernardino County (Calif.)--1890-1910.; Deserts--California--San Bernardino County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Broadmoor interior
- Interior view of a guest room at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado (completed in 1918; New York architects Warren & Wetmore); furnishings include nightstand with telephone and lamp, two beds, a dressing table and chair.
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1930.; Interiors.
- [between 1918 and 1925?]
- Main Street, Trinidad
- Delivery wagons are lined up on Main Street near the F. Burkhard Saddlery and Implement Company store. Men stand on the sidewalk in front of the store. A sign on one of the wagons reads: "Burkhard Delivers the Goods." Signs along the street read:...
- Burkhard Saddlery and Implement Company (Trinidad, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Millboro Inn from the park
- Tall trees frame cows in a field with a picket fence and telegraph poles near Millboro (Bath County), Virginia. Shows a wooden structure with veranda and a residence with a front porch. Cabin Creek runs between the pasture and the trees.
- Cabin Creek (Bath County, Va.)--1900-1910.; Millboro (Va.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Virginia--Millboro--1900-1910.; Farms--Virginia--Millboro--1900-1910.; Streams--Virginia--Millboro--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- New Century typewriter
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard is a photograph of New Century Caligraph typewriter.
- Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Typewriters--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Salvation Army, Camp Fire Girls toasting marshmallows
- Boys and girls sit around a campfire at night.
- Camp Fire Girls--People--1910-1930.; Boys--1910-1930.; Campfires--1910-1930.; Girls--1910-1930.; Night--1910-1930.
- [between 1916 and 1925?]
- Mystic Falls
- View of a high waterfall identified as Mystic Falls in a gorge possibly in San Miguel County, Colorado. Shows a railroad trestle on a high ridge and pine forests.
- Canyons--Colorado--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1890.
- 1892
- Sitting on the engine
- Men sit on the cowcatcher of a railroad locomotive possibly in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison in either Gunnison or Montrose County, Colorado. A telegraph pole and canyon walls are nearby.
- Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The Castle, Great Ute Canon
- View of a canyon identified as Great Ute Canyon, Colorado. A tent is near a stream. A rock formation identified as The Castle is in the distance.
- Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]