Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Nebraska World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards Index, 1917-1918 M-Z
- The Nebraska registration cards are on 50 rolls of microfilm, Nebraska State Historical Society library microfilm catalog number RG0544.PR. They are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are listed usually...
- World War, 1914-1918--Nebraska.; Nebraska--Genealogy--Sources.; Nebraska--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Gang plank
- Six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers walk along a gang plank fully loaded with baggage, wearing uniforms, helmets and carrying rifles; probably boarding ship in Italy bound for the U.S.A.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1945]
- Colorado World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- The Colorado registration cards are on 40 rolls of microfilm (v.1 through v.40), Denver Public Library catalog number G973.91, W893co. The draft registration cards are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are...
- 2005
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- 1911 Corbett & Ballenger's 39th Annual Denver City Directory
- Victor, residences
- Exterior view of four row houses on hillside, Victor, Colorado; each is a one-story wooden frame residences, horizontal plank with vertical plank at base to slope, medium gable with projecting eaves, L-shaped with front porch, railing & four...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1894 and 1902]
- Victor, residences
- Exterior view of four row houses on hillside, Victor, Colorado; shows similar one-story wooden frame residences featuring: horizontal plank with vertical plank at base to slope, medium gable with projecting eaves, L-shaped with front porch,...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1902]
- Victor, residences
- Exterior rear view of four residences on a slope, Victor, Colorado; four rectangular wooden frame residences, horizontal plank, two two-story with high gable roof, single chimneys offset right; third with mansard roof and cast iron cresting; fourth...
- Victor (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Victor--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Denver Public Library 1999 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1999.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 2000
- The old plank road
- View of plank road in sand dunes near Yuma (Yuma County), Arizona. Cars are in the distance.
- Yuma (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Dunes--Arizona--Yuma--1920-1930.; Plank roads--Arizona--Yuma--1920-1930.
- 1926 August 21st
- Fairmount sexton's records, 1891-1953, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
- Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 list over 85,500 burials or entombments. The Fairmount Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange in rough “alphabetical...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado--Genealogy.; Colorado--Vital records.
- 2004
- 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory
- On the new road hauling ore from Last Chance Mine to the cars, Creede, Colo.
- Men drive horse drawn wagons loaded with ore on a plank road near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Steep rock faces are on either side of the road.
- Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1890-1900.; Creede (Colo.)--1890-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Plank...
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Golden Gate
- View of the Golden Gate viaduct on Terrace Mountain in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Wooden struts support a wood plank road. Shows the stone Pillar of Hercules.
- Golden Gate (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Terrace Mountain (Park County, Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Bridges--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Cliffs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Plank roads--Yellowstone...
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- The Golden Gate
- View of a stone masonry embankment and a wooden plank road on a cliff in Golden Gate gap, Golden Gate Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A horse-drawn wagon with passengers is on the road, and a man walks by a log railing. Shows a rocky...
- Golden Gate (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Golden Gate Canyon (Wyo.) 1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Canyons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Cliffs--Yellowstone National...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Lower Fulford, store & P.O.
- View of the collapsed remains of the store and post office in the old mining town of Fulford (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a collapsed wooden building with chinked, hewn plank walls.
- Fulford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; General stores--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.; Mining camps--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.; Plank buildings--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.; Post offices--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.;...
- 1977
- Alice, old cabin
- View of an abandoned cabin located in a meadow in Alice (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The one story cabin has chinked, wood plank siding, a partly collapsed roof and large log beams. Mountains are in the distance.
- Alice (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Alice--1960-1970.; Cabins--Colorado--Alice--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Alice--1960-1970.; Plank buildings--Colorado--Alice--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Upper Fulford, recreation hall
- View of the remains of a wooden structure identified as the recreation hall in the abandoned mining camp of Fulford (Eagle County), Colorado. Shows a collapsed plank and log building.
- Fulford (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building failures--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.; Plank buildings--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.; Ruins--Colorado--Fulford--1970-1980.
- 1977
- Denver Public Library 1998 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1998.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1999
- 1915 Corbett & Ballenger's 43rd Annual Denver City Directory
- Nebraska Civil War Veterans' Data M-Q
- Index of names of Civil War Veterans from Nebraska
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Veterans--Nebraska.; Grand Army of the Republic--Indexes.
- 1995
- Geer homestead barn
- View of the Geer Homestead barn in Jamestown (Boulder County), Colorado. The building is constructed of vertical wood planks with a low stone foundation and a plank roof. The barn has an open hayloft door, two large double doors and a single small...
- Geer family--Homes & haunts--1990-2000.; Jamestown (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Barns; Geer family--Homes and haunts--Pictorial works.; Barns--Colorado--Jamestown--Pictorial works.; Jamestown (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1999
- False front, Silver Plume
- View looking up at the side of an unidentified false front on a building in Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The building is constructed of wood plank, with a gutter running down the side of the building, which sticks up past the roof...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings.; Commercial facilities.; False fronts.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--Pictorial works.; Silver Plume...
- 1975
- Dugout, Plains Conservation Center
- View of cow near a dugout at the Plains Conservation Center (21901 East Hampden Ave) in Aurora (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The dugout is built into the side of a hill and uses sod bricks to close off the structure with a wood plank door. A...
- Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Aurora (Colo.)--2010-2020. .; Dugout houses.; Plains Conservation Center (Aurora, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Earth houses--Colorado--Aurora--Pictorial works.; Sod...
- 2010
- Display, Argo Mill, Mine and Museum
- View of a humorous display at the Argo Mill, Mine and Museum, 2350 Riverside Drive in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows two fake graves that consist of piles of rock. One grave is facing feet first, with shoes poking out the end,...
- Argo Gold Mine & Mill (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Exhibitions.; Mining.; Humorous pictures.; Argo Gold Mine & Mill (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--Humor--Pictorial works.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Idaho...
- 1993
- Senona Paiz, Herman Paiz, Corina Paiz, Emma Paiz
- Studio group portrait of (identified left to right), Senona, Herman, Corina and Emma Paiz of Colorado. They pose in front of a painted backdrop of a field and trees. They stand on a wooden plank near an Aspen tree trunk. Senona, an infant, wears a...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Paiz family--Pictorial works..; Boys--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Girls--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Infants--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1894 and 1900?]
- 304 Mill Creek Circle, Vail, Colo.
- View of a house (1960's) located at 304 Mill Creek Circle, Vail (Eagle County), Colorado. Designed by Fitzhugh Scott, this Tyrolean style house has a battered stucco base, wood plank walls, painted shutters, a balcony and window flower boxes.
- Vail (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Dwellings--Colorado--Vail--Pictorial works.; Vail (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1997
- Bunce School
- View of the historic Bunce School (1888 : Bunce & Rowley Builders) on Colorado Highway 7 in Allenspark (Boulder County) , Colorado. The one story, chinked plank building has a gabled tin roof, a covered porch and shuttered windows. A sign on the...
- Bunce school (Allenspark, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Allenspark (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Schools.; Historic buildings.; Bunce school (Allenspark, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Schools--Colorado--Allenspark--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 1998
- View of curve station from Weaver, Colo.
- View of the curve station along the Amethyst mine tramway in Weaver, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The curve station is an arched wood plank structure on stilts. Men sit on the tramway wires.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Golconda extension placer mine, La Plata Mountains, Colo.
- View of the Golconda Group Mine in Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado. Shows wood plank building, log cabin, and tent. A sluice box sits in an excavated trench. Men are in the distance.
- Golconda Group Mine (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Summitville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.; Sluices--Colorado--Summitville--1890-1900.
- 1893
- Freighting out-fit, Rico, Colo.
- Pairs of oxen harnessed to covered wagons stand or lie on a dirt street in Rico (Dolores County), Colorado. Oxen have yokes and are connected by chains. A boy wears a hat and sits nearby. Commercial buildings on the street have signs that read:...
- Rico (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Ox teams--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Rico--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Leadville
- View of plank buildings under construction in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows log cabins, a pile of lumber and houses in the distance.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Building construction--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Leadville - water supply
- Men in suits supervise workmen as they install a water pipeline for Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The pipeline is made of wooden staves and reinforced with metal bands (probably steel). One workman balances a wooden plank on his shoulder while...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Penstocks--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Water supply--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Barn in Rifle area
- Men sit beside a team of horses, a wagon, lumber piles and a building under construction probably near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The building, possibly a barn, has a wooden plank roof and a high pitched roof.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Monte Vista, Colo.
- View of an open-sided shed used by the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Monte Vista (Rio Grande County), Colorado. The shed has a wood plank back wall and corrugated tin roof. A wagon, wires, and equipment are inside the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1910-1920.; Monte Vista (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Sheds--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Monte Vista--1910-1920.
- 1915
- At home in the Rockies
- A man, woman, and a girl pose in front of a snow covered, log cabin and a plank wood shed probably in Colorado. Shows a barrel, wooden crates and stacked logs. The child holds a doll.
- Families--Colorado--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1896 Dec
- Girls on a fence (side view)
- Group portrait of girls on a plank rail fence at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; they wear dresses with pleats, blouses with ruffles, wide brim hats, a bonnet, stockings, and high button shoes. The girl with gauntlets...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Girls--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Kennicott, Anna Townsend.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- The Davis children
- Group portrait of the Davis children, girls and a boy, by a plank fence on the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. They wear hats.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Davis family.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Telluride, burros
- A man poses with a packtrain of burros near a two story brick commercial building on the main street of Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. The burros are loaded with wooden boxes and burlap sacks. Shows men, plank and frame buildings, and...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [ca. 1890]
- Industries construction
- Workmen dig with shovels and picks in a ditch possibly near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. Other men stand on a wood plank bridge and look on.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Digging--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Industries construction
- Workmen pose near wheelbarrows on a wooden plank bridge, over a construction operation in Archer Canal, Denver, Colorado.
- Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Wheelbarrows--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Industries construction
- Men pose on wooden plank walkways at a construction site, probably at Archer Canal, Denver, Colorado. Industrial buildings are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Industries construction
- Workmen pose on wooden plank walkways at a concrete mixing site near the Alameda Avenue underpass in Denver, Colorado. One man operates a tractor nearby.
- Concrete construction industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pedestrian...
- [1909]
- Industries construction
- Workmen pose on bags of sand and on wood plank walkways at a cement mixing operation, part of the Alameda Avenue underpass construction project, in Denver, Colorado. A side-crank engine and vertical tubular boiler are nearby. A tent and large cloth...
- Concrete construction industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Carter Museum
- View of the Edwin Carter Museum in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Shows a log cabin, shed, pile of antlers, and a plank fence.
- Edwin Carter Museum (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Antlers--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1910.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Juan Pedro
- Group of Native American men including Juan Pedro, in (probably) southern Colorado; they pose with clay pottery and figurines (some Pueblo). A tent is by a plank fence with a sign: "Apaches."
- Indians of North America--Men--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pottery--Colorado--1900-1910.; Juan Pedro.
- [1901?]
- Nanise Southern Ute sub-chief on horse
- Portrait of a Native American Ute sub-chief Nanise on a horse, probably Colorado. He wears a fringed hide shirt and feather headdress, fur covered braids, a hairpipe necklace, a George Washington Peace Medallion, and leggings. He holds a staff with...
- Nanise.; Indians of North America--Men--Colorado y 1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Colorado--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Colorado--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1906?]
- Cheyenne Falls
- Men pose on a log and plank bridge and stairway at a waterfall probably on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado. A man sits on a rock nearby.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Streams--Colorado--El...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Leadville from Capitol Hill
- View of Leadville (Lake County), Colorado from Capitol Hill, an upscale residential area. Shows two-story residences, plank sidewalks, the spire of Annuciation Church and Tabor Grand Hotel. A sign in the distance reads: "McRobbies Corner."
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]