Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Golda Meir House Relocation, equipment, workers, preparation
- Trinity Echo: Volume IV, Number 10
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal Church -- Colorado -- Denver -- Periodicals.;...
- 1899 February
- Denver Public Schools Senior High School Guidance Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all High Schools within Denver.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1960
- 20th Anniversary Sermon
- The pamphlet contains the text for the sermon given by Rev. Frank T. Bayley in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, CO, 1911.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1911
- Kremmling Train Depot, Colo.
- View of the Kremmling Train Depot near its original site at Depot and Second Streets in Kremmling, CO. Constructed in 1906 for the Denver, Northwestern, and Pacific Railway, the depot was also used for the Denver, Salt Lake & Pacific Railroads...
- Kremmling Railroad Station (Kremmling, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Kremmling--2000-2010.; Kremmling (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Kremmling Railroad Station (Kremmling, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver, Northwestern, and Pacific...
- 2008
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Numbers 4 and 5, 1921 April-May
- Canal or South Platte River
- View of the South Platte River bed drained in preparation for construction in Denver, Colorado; shows the Alameda Avenue bridge and people on a pier.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1909 and 1910?]
- Basket
- Shows a Native American (Apache) cottonwood basket possibly used as a bowl in food preparation. It features a diagonal twined construction with devil's claw and brown natural dye.
- Apache baskets--1880-1920.; Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]
- Cattle branding
- A rancher ties the hind legs of a cow together in preparation for branding. Another rope is attached to the saddle of the ranchers horse and the cow's front legs.
- Cattle branding--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Ranchers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Denver, Civic Center
- Only the wooden porches remain of a brick terrace building razed in preparation for Civic Center expansion, Denver, Colorado. A workman pulls a wheelbarrow near piles of bricks, other residences show around the empty lot.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Porches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Men peeling green onions
- A group of men sits in a semi-circle peeling green onions in preparation for a meal for the cast and crew of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Two of the men in the left center midground wear ties. Most of the men wear hats and suspenders. The onions...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Onions.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Men peeling green onions
- A group of men sits in front of a tent peeling green onions in preparation for a meal for the cast and crew of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Most of the men wear hats and suspenders. A few of them wear ties. A man in the right midground sits in a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Onions.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- City of Leadville, Colorado
- Reproduction shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, as dwellings, businesses, and mining facilites. Trees, scrub, and mountains surround the town in this J. D. Howland sketch.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- August 1, 1878
- Men, mules and ammunition move forward
- Three men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company H (wearing combat fatigues and helmets, and carrying rifles) walk down a country road lined with leafless trees. One leads a pack mule bearing supplies. More mules...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 14, 1945
- Masons waiting to set cornerstone on new City & County building
- View shows men on a platform in preparation for the setting of the cornerstone at the City and County building, Denver, Colorado. The men wear mason's aprons over their clothing. The platform is decorated with bunting and an American flag.
- City and County Building (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Freemasons--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- February 21, 1931
- Wild West Show dishwasher
- In the foreground, a dishwasher for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pours a large bucket of water into a washing basin in preparation of washing many stacks of dishes, pots and pans. He wears a hat and a long apron. A man sits in the shade under a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Dishwashing--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Two girls at metate inside of house
- Interior view, San Juan Pueblo (possibly Santa Clara), New Mexico. Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) women work at a wood, stone, and adobe metate; two pottery jars, a small metal bowl, and a wooden pail stand near the metate.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Metates--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan...
- 1908
- San Juan and Santa Clara woman preparing chili
- View of a Native American woman (Tewa) crouched, preparing chilis at either San Juan or Santa Clara Pueblo; a wooden pole and possibly ground corn or wheat stand in the corner below a small semi-circular shelf that holds two glass bottles and a...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Home food processing--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Hot peppers--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Ignacio taken to the northwest
- Native American Ute students from the Southern Ute Agency school, Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado, sit on a tractor and disc plow watching two men with a horse horse team crush dirt in preparation of planting.
- Boarding schools--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Plowing--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Navajo girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheep skin [sic] over her lap
- Interior view of a Native American (Navajo) woman who sits in a brush shelter, and prepares ground cornmeal; a pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman; above the woman's head is a...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Navaho girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheep skin over her lap
- Interior view shows a Native American (Navajo) woman, shew sits in a brush shelter and prepares ground cornmeal; a pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman; a metal pan filled with...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Picnic
- Women adjust a blanket among trees in preparation for an outdoor meal, probably in Colorado.
- Picnicking--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Hopi pueblo
- Native American (Hopi) man and woman kneel on a pueblo roof with a pile of peaches and remove the pits in preparation for drying, Hopi Reservation, Arizona. Shown are several completed drying racks and the stone walls, pipes and roofs of the...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--1900-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Food drying--Arizona--1900-1920.; Home food...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Taos (south) Pueblo Old woman building fire in bake oven
- A Native American (Taos) woman crouches near an adobe brick horno on the south side pueblo at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman holds a small log. Other small logs are near the oven from which smoke rises.
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Ovens--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos...
- 1910
- Taos, N. M.
- Native American (Taos Pueblo) men in the plaza, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Several men stand by a long stripped log extended across a two-wheel trap or wagon, probably in preparation for the San Geronimo Fiesta. In the background are multi-dwelling...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos--1880-1900.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.); Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Festivals--New...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Medicine tepee
- An old Native American woman (Dakota) sits in front three tepees by an animal skin staked for tanning, probably the Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tanning--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota...
- 1882?
- Valley Highway construction
- View of the preparation for Valley Highway (I-25) construction, in Denver, Colorado; shows graded earth, houses, and a car.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interstate 25--1940-1950.; Express highways--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1949
- D. & R. G. 169
- Three-quarter view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 169, narrow gauge 4-6-0, with tender, bell, diamond stack and cattle catcher, inside Burnham Locomotive back shop, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- Spring, 1939
- Urban renewal 16th St
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street at Tremont Place in downtown Denver, Colorado. The street is under construction in preparation for trolley buses. Signs read: "Imperial Pharmacy Drugs," "Haanstad's," and "McMeen's Candies."
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Indians butchering cattle
- Native American (Plains) men and women butcher cattle in an open field. Two men are on horseback and stand near two separate animals. The men wear hats.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Great Plains--1910-1930.; Beef cattle--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Slaughtering--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Women--Great Plains--1910-1930.
- [between 1912 and 1925?]
- Indians butchering
- Native American (Plains) women, boys, and a girl stand near a butchered steer. Men, one on horseback and one standing, look on. The boys wear soft peaked caps. One boy wears a shirt that reads: "Tarzan".
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Great Plains--1910-1930.; Beef cattle--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Children--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Great Plains--1910-1930.; Slaughtering--Great Plains--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1912 and 1925?]
- Indian tepes Mescalero Agency N. M.
- Two Native American Mescalero Apache women stand in their camp near the Mescalero Agency, New Mexico, includes tepees, a brush and canvas ramada (food preparation area,) a burro, a basket, and blankets.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Mescalero Agency--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Mescalero Indians--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Tipis--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Wickiups--New Mexico--1890-1910.; Women--New...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Dying wool for Navajo Indian Rugs- Arizona
- Native American (Navajo) women dye wool in preparation for weaving in Arizona. A rug is on a nearby loom.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1890-1910.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1890-1910.; Dyeing--Arizona--1890-1910.; Women--Arizona--1890-1910.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Grand Junction, Colorado football game
- View of football players hunch in a ready position in preparation for a play, Aspen, Colorado; shows several men wearing striped rugby shirts and trousers; other men wearing solid shirts.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Football players--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.
- [about 1910?]
- Workman marking stones at original site prior to its moving & reconstruction at Denver U
- A man in a hardhat makes chalk marks on Evans Chapel in Denver, Colorado, in preparation for its moving.
- Evans Chapel (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1959 September 24-26
- Exterior of old kitchen
- Stone and concrete buildings at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, have hipped gable roofs, vent stacks, factory windows, roll up sectional garage doors, rain gutters and downspouts. A pediment tops the entry; letters on it read "CSP...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1950
- Group forming for parade
- A group of American cowboys and Mexican vaqueros on horseback rounds up a small herd of buffalo in the center midground in preparation for a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large stone wall, possibly supporting a train track, is in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1880-1900.; Cowboys--1880-1900.; Gauchos--1880-1900.; Parades & processions--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Day nursery, Pueblo
- Interior view of kitchen area, Pueblo Day Care Center (day nursery), Pueblo, Colorado shows food preparation tables, wood or converted gas cooking stove with large hood vent, side table with shiny aluminum bread boxes and serving dishes.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Day care--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Kitchens--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Nurseries--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- February, 1939
- Tank destroyer firing near Mt. Belvedere.
- Night view of probably an M10 Tank Destroyer firing on enemy positions in the area of Mount Belvedere (Monte Belvedere) in the Province of Bologna, Italy. The tank is near a two story stone building.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province); Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Night warfare--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Night--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.;...
- 1945 February 20
- 400 block Main
- View along the 400 block of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows men with shovels and axes digging up the dirt around a large cottonwood tree, in preparation of cutting it down. A group of men assemble to witness the event, in front of the...
- Cottonwood--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [1901]
- Five Points Neighborhood Plan
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 30, 1912 July 27
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 14, 1914 April 25
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 2, 1913 November 22
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 1, 1914 November 14
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 9 and 10, 1924 September-October
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 12, 1913 March 22
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911