Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bridge at Beckton's. Fishing
- Thomas Moran and probably W.H. Jackson's photographer's assistant Millet fish from a wooden bridge over the Big Goose Creek near Beckton (Sheridan County), Wyoming.
- Beckton (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Big Goose Creek (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Fishing--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Streams--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926.
- 1892
- Bridge at Breckton's [sic]. Fishing
- Thomas Moran fishes near a wooden bridge on Big Goose Creek near Beckton (Sheridan County), Wyoming. A man, probably W.H. Jackson's photographer's assistant Millet, stands on the bridge.
- Beckton (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Big Goose Creek (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Bridges--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Fishing--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Streams--Wyoming--Beckton--1890-1900.; Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926.
- 1892
- Idaho Springs
- The view looking west of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district in Idaho Springs, Clear Creek, Colorado Central Railroad tracks, Alvord house, Humeston house, and brewery; newly planted trees, a road, and horizontal log...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.
- [between 1868 and 1877]
- Idaho Springs, bath house
- View of the Mammoth Swimming Bath House in Idaho Springs, Colorado; features vertical board siding, front gable roof with an open porch at the entrance, and a louvered vent with a gable in the center of the roof; horizontal log fence and a false...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.; Roads--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.
- [between 1862 and 1863]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- The view looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the central business district in downtown Idaho Springs, flat topped and false fronted commercial structures along Miner Street, the Wilson House, and the schoolhouse. Also included are the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- August 3, 1887
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, early days
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows many residences in a valley; features the two story Alvord house with medium gable and a single chimney offset; sign reads: "Alvord House;" Clear Creek beyond the house.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Valleys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869]
- Swimming baths at Idaho Springs, Colorado
- The Mammoth Swimming Bath house in Idaho Springs, Colorado, features vertical board siding and a front gable roof with an open porch at the entrance. A horizontal log fence and a false front structure are on either side of a dirt road. The fence...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1877]
- View of Idaho and Clear Creek Valley
- The view looking west up Clear Creek Valley, Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows Clear Creek, residences and storage sheds in the valley between Bellevue Mountain and Flirtation Peak.
- Bellevue Mountain (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Flirtation Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1875]
- Silver Plume, Col.
- The view looking north, of Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the central business district before the fire of 1884, residences, and the Clear Creek valley as far as Brownville and Graymont.
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows the bath house at the foot of Soda Creek gulch, Miner Street and central business district, schoolhouse, Clear Creek, residences, and Clear Creek Valley.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Seven Falls
- View of Seven Falls, a waterfall on South Cheyenne Creek, South Cheyenne Canyon (El Paso County) Colorado. Shows tiers of wooden stairs on the steep rock walls.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1886?]
- Colorado Avenue
- View east down Main Street (Colorado Avenue) Telluride, Colorado, with light snow on Ajax, Telluride and Ingram Peaks in background. New Sheridan Hotel is on corner with electric bulb theater sign and kiosk with poster advertising "7th Heaven."...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1928]
- Telluride Colo.
- View looking southeast over Telluride, Colorado, with snow- covered Needle Rock and Ballard Mountain in background. Town consists of mainly wood frame structures with prominent landmarks: old school with hipped roof, Congregational and Methodist...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1928]
- Black Hawk
- View northwest along North Clear Creek toward downtown Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Colorado Central Railroad turntable, depot, track, and cars. Maryland mountain in the far distance. Presbyterian church and school house sit elevated to the left...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
- [188-?]
- Alice Rooney
- Studio bust portrait of Alice Rooney, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Rooney wears her bangs layered and curled, and her hair pulled tightly back. Her dress bodice has narrow, vertical pleats and she wears a band collar over a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Rooney, Alice, b. ca. 1868.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Hattie Underwood Roworth
- Studio bust portrait of Hattie Underwood Roworth, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Roworth wears her bangs layered and curled, and her hair pinned up. Her dress bodice is made of plaid probably wool, and she wears a leaf pin to...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Roworth, Hattie Underwood.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Gretta Sampson
- Studio bust portrait of Marguerite Alice Sampson, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Sampson poses in profile and has short, curled bangs. Her hair is styled in a twist and fastened with a pin adorned with a faceted stone. Her...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Sampson, Marguerite Alice.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Elizabeth R. Shotwell
- Studio bust portrait of Elizabeth Rachel Shotwell, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Shotwell has wavy bangs, and her hair is fastened with pins in a twist. Her dress bodice has a front button closure flanked with possibly knit...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Shotwell, Elizabeth R. (Elizabeth Rachel); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Caddie A. Smith
- Studio bust portrait of Caroline Anne Smith, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Smith poses in profile and has curled bangs, and her hair pinned up in a coronet twist. Her dress has a ruffled lace, v-shaped collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Smith, Caroline A. (Caroline Anne), b. ca. 1868.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Belle Sopris
- Studio bust portrait of Anna Belle Sopris, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Sopris has fine, curled bangs, and her hair is pinned up in a twist. Her dress bodice is made of eyelet lace with a soft, rounded collar. She wears a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Sopris, Anna Belle.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Minnie Hope Vickers
- Studio bust portrait of Minnie Hope Vickers, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Vickers has curly bangs, and her hair is pulled back. Her fitted dress bodice has lapels and a front closure, a lace band collar affixed with a brooch,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Vickers, Minnie Hope.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Mary Helena Wanless
- Studio bust portrait of Mary Helena Wanless, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Wanless has short hair and curled bangs. Her dress bodice has a buttoned front closure and matching buttons on the lapels. She wears a bar pin over her...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Wanless, Mary Helena.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Constance Van Diest
- Studio bust portrait of Constance Albertina Van Diest, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Van Diest has curly bangs, and her hair is pulled back. Her fitted dress bodice has lapels and a round brooch at the v-neck. She wears...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Van Diest, Constance Albertina.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Katherine Lorraine Woodruff
- Studio portrait of Katherine Lorraine Woodruff, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Woodruff has curled bangs and wears her hair pinned in a bun twist. She wears a standing ruff collar under her brocade corseted dress bodice, and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Woodruff, Katherine Lorraine.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Post office, Foxton, Jefferson County, Colorado, August 10, 1971
- The post office in Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado, features: horizontal log walls, a medium gable, vertical board gableboard, square window bays (one of which is barred), and a single leaf door. A sign on the building reads: "Foxton on the...
- Foxton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Post offices--Colorado--Foxton--1970-1980.
- 1971 August 10
- Town still in Jerry hold
- View of a small Italian town on a hill, which according to the photographer was still held by the Germans when he encountered it while serving in the Tenth Mountain Division and took the photograph. Another town is visible on a hill in the...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Black Hawk
- View is west up Gregory Gulch in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows Colorado Central Railroad trestle in midground with C.C.R.R. passenger train going over Gregory Street, Chas. Leitzman's Blacksmith shop in near foreground, Scobey's Saloon, Black Hawk...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Blackhawk--1880-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
- [188-?]
- Idaho Springs
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado shows the central business district with many flat topped commercial buildings, Clear Creek Valley to the snow capped Continental Divide, Bryan house (castle), entrance to Virginia Canyon, and Bellevue...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Valleys--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1880-1890.
- [Between 1882 and 1885]
- Silver Plume
- The town of Silver Plume, Colorado, sits at the bottom of Clear Creek valley. This view is prior to the fire of November 1884 and shows most of the central business district that was later destroyed. Republican Mountain and mines are in the...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1884]
- Leadville Opera House project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting depicts two women in togas on pedestals flanking a center pedestal...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of two watercolors of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle's as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, one painting is a three panel scene of water and sky; the other is of a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- This watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery was painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project and includes details of a Rococo doorway arch and decorative panels. In December 1933 a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has four elements, each of a room interior with decorative stenciled...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House "Palace Drop". The painting depicts a vast hall in sharp perspective with a series of columned arches and a black and white marble floor. The original drop was lent to the Denver...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- [1933]
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of of a watercolor of Tabor Opera House original scenery, Leadville, Colorado. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has two elements. The left one is of a front end of locomotive...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of the Tabor Opera House original scenery in Leadville, Colorado. Painted by Muriel Wolle's as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting has three elements that include details of Lake County...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Ft. Morgan factory, the Great Western Sugar Co.
- The Great Western Sugar Company plant, with smoke coming out of its single stack, stands in Ft. Morgan, Colorado, and features its own water tower.
- Great Western Sugar Company--1900-1920.; Fort Morgan (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920.; Water towers--Colorado--Fort Morgan--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Street scene at Fort Lupton, Colorado
- Horse carriages and store fronts line a dirt road in Ft. Lupton, Colorado. Signs include: "Mills Furniture and Hardware," and, "John H. Crosswhite Real Estate and Loan." A railroad crossing for the Union Pacific railroad is in the distance.
- Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business enterprises--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Ute Indians
- A group of Native Americans (Ute) pose for an outdoor portrait probably in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Chief Ouray sits and holds a felt hat and a rifle. Men have braids and wear sashes, choker necklaces, fur hair wraps, beaded...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1870-1880.; Ouray.
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Calf branding
- Cowboys brand calves in a corral in probably Wyoming. A cowboy on a horse ropes a calf, and men in hats, boots and gloves restrain calves on the ground. Cowboys sit nearby on a fence.
- Calves--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Beef cattle--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cattle branding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Corrals--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Roping--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884?]
- Soda Springs and Cliff House, Manitou
- View of Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows the Pavilion, an ornate frame building with a cupola and sunburst motif, the Cliff House Hotel, the Ruxton Creek footbridge, and the J. B. Wheeler residence. A phaeton and horse are by the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Landscape pavilions--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Colorado, Telluride from S. E. 1905
- View southeast of Telluride, Colorado, with San Juans and cliffs in background; shows predominately wood frame vernacular structures, houses, barns and sheds. Larger brick and stone buildings include old school with hipped roof, San Miguel County...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1928]
- Central City, Colorado streets
- View of the back of storefront buildings in Central City, Colorado. Garbage and vegetation litter the foreground. A telephone post stands near the row of brick and wood buildings on the left. A wooden fire escape is attached to the back of each...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- Reproduction by Francis Rizzarri of an original William Chamberlain shows several people, some on horses outside the original log structures near the hot springs, Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado. An American flag flies on pole in front...
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Mary Evalyn Corwin
- Studio bust portrait of Mary Evalyn Corwin, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Profile view shows her layered, curled bangs and her coronet twist hairstyle. Corwin wears a multi-strand pearl choker necklace.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Corwin, Mary Evalyn.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Panorama of Denver
- Aerial view of 19th (Nineteenth) and Welton Streets, frame and brick houses, and commercial buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings in the distance include: Union Station, the Tabor Block with a square corner tower, the Windsor Hotel,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Neighborhoods--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1881 and 1888]
- Panorama of Denver from Union Depot, north
- View of commercial and industrial buildings, railroad tracks and houses in Denver, Colorado. The three-story, brick Grand Hotel and the McPhee & McGinnity Lumber Company building are on 18th (Eighteenth) Street. Freight cars and the Union Pacific...
- Union Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Panorama of Denver
- Panoramic view of commercial buildings and houses in the Central Business District in Denver, Colorado. Shows the square tower of the Tabor Block, the stone First Baptist Church, the Arapahoe School with a central cupola, the Windsor Hotel and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Three of a kind
- Photographer's assistants pose by Solas printing frames; they are identified as: "Chamberlain, Ferguson, and Hassell."
- Photographic assistants--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Photographic apparatus & supplies--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Altman street scene
- View down a busy main street in Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, includes men, boys, a few girls in dresses and horse-drawn wagons. Wood frame false fronts, front...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1896