Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 11th U.S. Cavalry
- A member of the 5th U. S. Cavalry poses with his rifle inside a building in Trinidad (Las Animas County) Colorado. The troops were called in at the request of Colorado Governor Ammons, to restore order in the coal fields after the Ludlow Massacre...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cavalry--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.;...
- [1914]
- 1357 Williams Mrs. Frank Woodward
- May Woodward poses in a hammock in the sun room of her house at 1357 Williams Street in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hammocks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Woodward, Mae.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- 14th Street Viaduct Construction
- Workmen construct the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado. Shows Cherry Creek, pulleys, cranes and a small portable coal engine with wheels. The Denver City Hall, the Denver Wire and Ironworks Co., Congregation of Shomro Amunoh,...
- Congregation Shomro Amunoh (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.;...
- 1898 September 3
- 2 views of washout at D. & R.G. m.p. 135 + 1500', looking upstream
- A man in a vest and flat brimmed hat poses beside an eroded riverbed. Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks are washed out and submerged in the Arkansas River near milepost 135 in Pueblo County, Colorado.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1920-1930.; Railroad...
- 1921 June
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos missions
- View of mission ruins and graves at Taos, New Mexico; a Native American (Taos Pueblo) poses in a blanket. Adobe pueblo dwellings and Pueblo Peak are in the background.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- 300 block Main
- View along the 300 block of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows townspeople gathered around and on a freshly cut cottonwood tree. A man poses with an ax over his shoulder; a boy sits on his bicycle holding on to a tree branch. The brick...
- Cottonwood--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [1901]
- 33. Navajo Indian girl at Shiprock
- Native American (Navajo) woman poses outdoors on horseback at Shiprock, New Mexico. The woman wears a dress and shirt. The horse has a saddle, bridle, and blanket.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1890-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--Shiprock--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1908]
- 35 degrees below at Gunnison
- A man poses on a horse drawn sled in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado; snow and ice encrust trees nearby. Letters on the sleigh read: "Davette Bros."
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1920.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1920.; Winter--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- 50 Gold mines camp incline shaft compresser [i. e. compressor] & hoist Central City, Colorado.
- A miner poses near the hoist in the shafthouse of a mine owned by the Fifty Gold Mines Company near Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado. Other machinery includes a compressor and gauges. A United States flag hangs on the wall. Signs read: "Please...
- Fifty Gold Mines Corporation.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Central City--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Central...
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- [A]melia L. Glaser
- Studio bust portrait of Amelia Louise Glaser, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Cooper poses in profile, with her long hair worn in a coronet twist. Her fitted dress bodice has a straight collar and a bar pin.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Glaser, Amelia L. (Amelia Louise); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1885
- [Gorden] Mitchell, Allison, Colo
- Toddler Gorden Mitchell poses in Allison (La Plata County), Colorado.
- Mitchell, Gorden.; Toddlers--Colorado--Allison--1910-1920.; Allison (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Allison--1910-1920.
- 1915
- "Back from the round-up", Ranger Rollins in fighting togs
- An Arizona Ranger sits and poses on a horse in Arizona. Ranger Rollins wears a striped jacket and slacks, cowboy boots, a neckerchief, a cowboy hat and gauntlets with horse shoe symbols and a leather cartridge belt. A horse has a woven saddle...
- Arizona Rangers--People--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Arizona--1900-1910.; Law enforcement officers--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1909]
- "Bud" Trevorthen
- Bud Trevorthen (?) poses with cigar in hand in front of the La Veta Hotel, 219 South Boulevard, Gunnison, Colorado; signs on false front building in background read: "K. Trine Fishing Tackles," "Nail Pouch" and "Cigars & Tobacco."
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1910.; Trevorthen, Bud.; La Veta Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)
- 1906
- "Canon City" publicity shot
- Film star Scott Brady poses in handcuffs, with a man and several women dressed in prison uniforms and caps, near a United Air Lines airplane in (probably) Denver, Colorado. The women wear sashes that read: "Welcome Scott Brady, Star of "Canon...
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Airplanes--American--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Publicity--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Brady, Scott, 1924-1985.; Canon City (Motion picture)
- [1948?]
- "Estufa" Pueblo de Taos N.M.
- A Native American (Taos) man poses by a ladder at the entrance to a kiva at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Adobe buildings are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Kivas--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- "Flatheads," So-Sa and family
- A Native American Flathead (Salish) man, identified as Sosa, poses with his family in front of a tepee. There are two men, a woman, and two children. The men wear moccasins, leggings, shirts, necklaces, and fur bound braids. One of them wears a...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Families--1900-1910.; So-sa.
- 1907
- "Good-bye" Joseph
- "Good-bye" Joseph (Joe Isadore Woodcock), a Native American young man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses for an informal portrait. The young man wears his hair in braids, has several beaded necklaces hanging around his...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910.; Woodcock, Joe Isadore.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- "Gus" Quinn
- Louis Paul "Gus" Quinn, pilot and educator, poses by an airplane at Federal Heights Airport in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Air pilots--American--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Quinn, Louis Paul, 1895-1964.
- [between 1945 and 1950?]
- "Life Saver" and group of children in swimsuits
- A man in shorts and a tank top with letters: "Chief Life Saver" poses in a crowd of boys and girls wearing swimming suits by a lake.
- Bathing suits--1910-1930.; Boys--1910-1930.; Children--1910-1930.; Girls--1910-1930.; Lakes & ponds--1910-1930.; Lifeguards--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- "Mint," Crow Agency, Mont.
- A Native American (Crow) man identified as Mint poses probably at Crow Agency (Big Horn County), Montana. He wears a long feather headdress and headpiece with antlers and fur, a decorative breechcloth over leather leggings, and moccasins. He holds...
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Men--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Crow Agency (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Indian encampments--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Men--Montana--Crow...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- "My little photographer," Lloyd Andrews Keota
- A boy poses, with his camera, in front of a wood-plank facade in Keota, Colorado. He wears trousers, a jacket, and a cap.
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- 1913 March 2
- "Sergeant" (hobo) Royal Gorge Movie "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Willard Lewis, an actor dressed as the character "Sergeant" in the Warner Brother's film "Limited Mail," poses by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. The hobo is smoking a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1925
- "Sergeant" (hobo) Royal Gorge Movie "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Willard Lewis, an actor dressed as the character "Sergeant" in the Warner Brother's film "Limited Mail," poses by Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. The hobo is smoking a...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Fremont County--1920-1930.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1925
- "Soapy Smith's" saloon, Skagway, Alaska
- Jefferson Randolph (Soapy) Smith poses with a bartender and unidentified men at his saloon in Skagway (Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Borough), Alaska. A United States flag with a portrait on the front, a mirror, and a flag with a single star and six...
- Smith, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1898--Death & burial.; Gamblers--1890-1900.; Skagway (Alaska)--1890-1900.; Barrooms--Alaska--Skagway--1890-1900.; Bars (Furniture)--Alaska--Skagway--1890-1900.; Interiors--Alaska--Skagway--1890-1900.; Swindlers &...
- [1898]
- A "Buffalo Bill" look alike arriving at Union Station on railroad engine.
- A Buffalo Bill look alike poses on a train next to a Native American. Two men on the train wear suits, one man is dressed like a prospector and another man wears a dress shirt with a tie and holds a flag. Spectators stand on either side of the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Impersonation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1930]
- A "Cow Boy"
- A cowboy poses on horseback on a treeless plain. The man smiles and wears a wide brimmed hat, a neckerchief, holster and pistol, fringed leather chaps and spurs. A sack is tied to the back of the saddle.
- Clothing & dress--Colorado--1880-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A bit of corduroy road three miles to the top
- A man poses on the back of a horse-drawn covered wagon in the Gore Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. The wagon is parked on a log road.
- Gore Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Roads--Colorado--1890-1900.; Transportation--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- A bit of the old Fall River Road
- View of a switchback on the Fall River Road near Fall River Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park (Larimer County), Colorado; a woman poses in the distance.
- Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--Rocky Mountain National Park--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- A Buffalo Bill look alike at Union Station
- A Buffalo Bill look alike poses on a Locomotive next to a Native American and a man dressed as a prospector. Two other men on the train wear suits and another man wears a dress shirt with a tie and holds a flag. Spectators stand on either side of...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Impersonation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Railroad...
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- A coasting party on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Push car coasting party poses on the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad near Summit, Colorado. The depot lunch room and Western Union telegraph station is on right; a log cabin is on left. The party goers wear late 19th century finery and hold...
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colorado sheep ranch
- View of sheep and lambs in timber corrals in Colorado; a sheepherder poses with a dog, and a cabin is among trees.
- Dogs--Colorado--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--1910-1920.; Ranchers--Colorado--1910-1920.; Sheep ranches--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1910-1920?]
- A core of solid statuary marble 11 ft long, 2 3/4 in diameter, taken by diamond drill from a depth of 235 ft below the surface, showing the vastness of the deposit Quarries at Marble, Colo.
- In Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, at the Colorado-Yule Marble Comapany, a man poses with an 11 foot core of white stone. He wears a suit, bow tie and gold chain, and a Cocker Spaniel runs by his foot. A wooden drum is to the side; a frame...
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- A cow boy
- A cowboy poses on horseback on a ranch in Colorado. He wears chaps, a leather holster, and a wide-brimmed hat.
- Cowboys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- A Denver High School swimmer at Washington Park
- A young woman poses on a pillar in Smith Lake at Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. A sign on the nearby boardwalk over the water reads: "Women Only Do Not Go Out In The Lake Beyond The Depth Of Your [?]".
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Smith Lake (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Recreation--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Swimmers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- A distinguished group
- A group of unidentified Native American and white men poses on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Several of the Native American men hold patterned blankets around their shoulders. Most wear their hair in braids. A few of the men...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.
- [1907]
- A dug-out
- A man poses by a dugout cabin probably in Colorado.
- Dugout houses--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A family polo team at Glenwood Springs
- The Devereaux family polo team poses on the playing fields at Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Team members are mounted on horses and holds a mallets.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.; Polo--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.
- August, 1905
- A horse with ride pulling sled
- A man on horseback poses, his horse pulls a woman on a sled; a second man steers the sled, and a woman walks behind, possibly near the mining town of Apex (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- A miner
- A miner wears an apron and poses near a building in Colorado.
- Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- A miner
- A miner poses near the shaft house of the Bobtail Mine near Black Hawk, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bobtail Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Miners--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1880.
- [between 18600 and 1880]
- A miner
- A miner poses at a table with a candle and an antler possibly in Colorado. He holds a walking stick.
- Houses--1880-1900.; Interiors--1880-1900.; Miners--1880-1900.; Mining--1880-1900.; Tables--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- A mountain water cart
- A man poses on a trail with burros and wooden kegs in (probably) Colorado.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Men--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A mountain water cart
- A man poses with burros that carry wooden casks in the mountains of Colorado.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- A Navajo woman and her blanket
- A Navajo woman poses with a large woven fringed blanket with a diamond pattern. She wears a blanket wrapped around her body, a necklace and a bracelet. She has on moccasins and has her hair pulled back. She stands on a woven blanket, and another...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian textile fabrics.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Navajo Indian women weavers.
- [between 1888 and 1890?]
- A Sioux hunter
- A Native American Dakota Sioux boy poses in the opening of a tepee holding a bow and arrows, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. He wears a knee-length jacket with a striped sash belt, necklaces, leggings and moccasins.
- Dakota Indians--Children--Minnesota--Fort Snelling--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--Minnesota--Fort Snelling--1860-1870.; Fort Snelling (Minn.)--1860-1870.; Boys--Minnesota--Fort Snelling--1860-1870.; Tipis--Minnesota--Fort...
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- A Sioux Indian hut & tepee P.R. Res. S.D. on Wounded Knee
- George Bartlett, deputy U.S. marshal for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations poses with a Native American Sioux policeman, women and children around a tepee and log cabin, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Background includes tepees, figure...
- Dakota Indians--Children--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian reservation police--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--South...
- 1891
- A typical Colorado prospector and his "Rocky Mountain Canary"
- An elderly miner poses with pickaxe in hand and sits near a fully loaded pack mule somewhere in Colorado.
- Miners--Colorado--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1870-1900.; Mules--Colorado--1870-1900.; Pack animals--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- A very young Hal Dahl
- Hal Dahl Jr. wears a western shirt, a cowboy hat and eyeglasses and poses during the Roundup Riders of the Rockies annual trail ride in Colorado.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Dahl, Harold, Jr.
- 1953 July
- A Woman and her boarders
- A woman holds a broom and poses with her boarders near a house in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress and apron, a man, possibly her husband, holds a baby. Some of the other men hold beer bottles to their...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- A woman poses near a car
- A woman poses near an automobile parked probably on the Pikes Peak Carriage Road, El Paso County, Colorado. The road winds its way up the mountain over a rocky desert landscape. Mountains are in the distance.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1920.; Roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915?]