Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Soldiers eating around a jeep
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers eat their chow around a jeep in a heavily shelled Italian town. One bites into a piece of food and holds an opened can with a spoon in it while standing beside the jeep. The second sits behind the steering...
- Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Coyote pelts
- A dog sits behind the steering wheel of an automobile next to a display of coyote and cougar pelts propped against the bed, wheels and canvas top of a wagon. A saddled horse stands between the automobile and a canvas tent. Rifles stand propped...
- Coyote--Control--1920-1930.; Automobiles--1920-1930.; Coyote hunting--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1927?]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- A group of Native American men is gathered in front of a teepee playing cards in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Erastina in Staten Island, New York. A feather headdress rests on the end of a long spear propped aginst a tree in the left...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1886?]
- John Wesley McVey, Boulder Hotel owner
- John Wesley McVey, a Black man, poses with his leg propped on a bench. A second man wearing a suit, waistcoat, and a hat poses with his leg propped on the same bench. McVey's building is in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; African Americans--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; McVey, John Wesley.
- 1885
- Denver, Colorado, buildings, 1421 Champa St., interior, traffic & employment office, 1st floor
- View of the traffic and employment office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company building located at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows desks, chairs, tables, a couch, and mirror. Drapes cover the windows and transom...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1942 August 25
- Exchange, construction progress
- View of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph exchange building on 3rd (Third) Street in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. The small wood frame structure is propped up by wooden beams along the front of the building. A sign on a...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896, June
- Aerial construction, raising pole to upright position by hand
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company workers lift a pole in an alley probably in Denver, Colorado. The pole is propped on a wooden frame and workers are positioned along its length. Shows low wood fences, brick garages, yards, and houses.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Portrait of a woman and child
- A woman seated on a stone bench poses for a studio portrait with her arm draped around a baby. The child is propped up on the back of the stone bench and wears a light colored dress. The woman wears a fitted bodice with pleats and applique...
- Infants--1890-1900.; Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby propped up on a tapestry covered chair. The child wears a light colored gown and cap.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby propped up in a chair covered with a tapestry. The child wears a light colored dress. Shows a backdrop with trees in the distance.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a portrait of a man
- Portrait of a framed portrait of a man. The portrait is propped up on a wooden drawer.
- Men--1890-1900.; Photographic prints--1890-1900.; Portrait photographs--1890-1900.; Portraits--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Portrait of a family
- Full length studio portrait of a family who pose near an ornate backdrop. A baby with messy hair and a garment with a light colored yoke is propped in a chair. A young girl stands on a cushion and leans on the back of the chair. The mother who...
- Families--1890-1900.; Girls--1890-1900.; Infants--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Funeral portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of the tiny coffin of a baby propped up in an upholstered chair. Flowers are arranged over the baby's body.
- Coffins--1890-1900.; Dead persons--1890-1900.; Infants--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Equipment
- View of two pieces of equipment propped near a stone wall. One tool appears to be a lamp that hangs from a long iron hook. The other may be a sprayer of some sort.
- Equipment--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby who is propped up on a chair covered with a tapestry. The child wears a light colored gown with an ornate eyelet lace hemline.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of a baby girl propped on a chair that is draped with a patterned tapestry. The baby wears a sleeveless dress with a ribbon near the collar.
- Girls--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of an infant propped in a velvet upholstered chair. The baby wears a long dress probably of lace and linen or nainsook with a bow tied in the back.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a baby
- Studio portrait of an infant propped in a velvet upholstered chair. The baby wears a long probably linen or nainsook dress with a lace hem.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Two studio portraits (one inverted) of a baby in a ruffled dress with a lace collar. The baby is propped in a chair covered by a woven rug.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of an infant
- Studio portrait of a baby propped in a chair covered with a woven rug. The baby wears a long dress with a lace underskirt and puffed sleeves.
- Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Cities streets street lighting installing lights on Alameda
- Workmen install electric lamps on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. A bicycle is propped up against the utility pole. The Alameda Avenue subway and a horse-drawn buggy are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Linemen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street lights--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Army post parade ground
- A group of men, possibly members of the First Infantry Regiment of Colorado Volunteers, pose in a line on the ground and propped on their elbows, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [1898?]
- John Brown's sons at home
- A group of visitors gathers around an old man on a hill identified as Brown's Peak near Altadena (Los Angeles County), California. The women wear bonnets and their skirts have bustles. The wood frame house is propped up with poles and belongs to...
- Brown, Jason, California resident--Homes & haunts.; Brown, Owen--Homes & haunts.; Los Angeles County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Guests--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.; Houses--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.; Men--California--Los...
- [between 1870 and 1889?]
- Entrance Colo. Yule Marble Co. Quarries, Marble Colo.
- View of the entrance to the Colorado-Yule Marble Company Quarry located in Marble, Colorado; shows railroad track at center with flatcar, a standing man is dwarfed by a wooden boom, spools of cable labeled "Eschen." Wedges are driven into marble...
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- Street scene Vernal Utah
- View of a dirt street in Vernal, Utah; three children stand in street; posters (possibly movie posters) are propped in front of building; pedestrian and horse-and-buggy traffic are in distance; commercial buildings include a cafe, pool hall, and...
- Vernal (Utah)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Children--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.; Streets--Utah--Vernal--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- J.H. Kilday & W. Weld, prop.'s, White-House saloon, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Interior view of White House Saloon, Cripple Creek, Colorado; J. H. Kilday & W. Weld (proprietors), group of men stand in front of bar, two men wear aprons, one of whom holds a box of open cigars; additional men stand at bar with feet propped on...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors.; White House Saloon (Cripple Creek, Colo.)
- [1893 or 1894]
- Nevadaville original appearance of McNicholas house west side built in 1859
- This one room hewn-log house in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has a door, a window, a brick chimney, and a shingled, gable roof. Siding covers the front, and beams are propped against the walls for support.
- McNicholas, Rosa--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Nevadaville original appearance of McNicholas house west side built in 1859
- This one room hewn-log house in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, has a door, a window, a brick chimney, and a shingled, gable roof. Siding covers the front, and beams are propped against the walls for support.
- McNicholas, Rosa--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Old Man Topping and the first log cabin in Cripple Creek
- "Old Man Topping" with a miner's pick over his shoulder and his dog pose in front of first log cabin in Cripple Creek, Colorado; the cabin is small, flat-roof and rounded with a gold pan on exterior cabin wall and a shovel propped against cabin...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Prospecting--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- Mrs. Sherman Bell, Wetmore, Colo.
- Mrs. Sherman Bell poses for a studio portrait in Wetmore, Colorado in Custer County. She sits in a straight-back chair with her right arm propped on a table and wears a fitted dress with a ruffle around the bottom, an Elizabethan-style collar, a...
- Wetmore (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Wetmore--1880-1890.; Bell, Sherman 1866-1942, Mrs.
- 1888?
- Camp Bird
- A sign on a two story building at Camp Bird reads: "Camp Bird Limited. General Office." A thermometer hangs by the door and a ladder is propped against the roof.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Camp Bird--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1940-1950.
- [1940?]
- Old blacksmith's shop Frisco, Colo.
- View of an abandoned blacksmith's shop in Frisco (Summit County), Colorado. The wood building has a false front, two wide gate-style doors, and a wagon wheel propped against a door.
- Frisco (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Frisco--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Oscar Burk's place 3 miles no. of Craig Colo.
- View of the residence of Oscar Burk, three miles north of Craig, Colorado; shows ladder propped against house, parked automobile with passengers, and cattle grazing on grain in fenced field.
- Burk, Oscar--Homes & haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Underground coal mine, Colo.-Utah Coal Co.
- View of five miners in an underground coal mine owned by the Colorado-Utah Coal Company at Mt. Harris, Colorado; shows miners holding drills and pickaxes, a hatchet propped against a rock, and trolley tracks.
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1917?]
- Harry Rhoads
- Harry M. Rhoads sits at a campsite in the woods of Colorado. A lean-to tent is propped against his Kissel automobile.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [1920?]
- Large hogan for medicine sing
- View of a large Native American (Navajo) hogan, possibly a medicine lodge at Shiprock, New Mexico; the hogan door frame is draped with a blanket on either side; wooden handled hoes are propped up on either side of the doorway; large piles of wood...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1908?]
- Large hogan, for medicine sing
- View of a large Navajo hogan, possibly a medicine lodge, at Shiprock, New Mexico. The hogan door frame is draped with a blanket on either side. Two wooden handled hoes are propped up on either side of the doorway. Piles of wood are on either side...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1908?]
- City Park, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of City Park, Georgetown, Colorado, looking towards Victorian houses outside park fence. Five figures stand before one house. Eleven children sit on benches along the inside of the park fence. The girls wear dresses and hair ribbons; one boy...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Children--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Central City Art Gallery
- Artwork is displayed in a corner of the Gilpin County Art Gallery in Central City, Colorado. Paintings hang on the stone walls and are propped up against the wall on the floor. Ceramics and sculptures are displayed on a tarp on the floor.
- Gilpin County Art Gallery--1960-1970.; Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.
- 1961
- Central City newspaper office, Register Call, Colo.
- A bespectacled, balding man sits in a swivel chair at a wood desk with shelves and wooden doors in the Register office in Central City, Colorado. Papers, books, and photographs cover the top of the desk. A second man, with a camera around his neck,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Mining district
- Mining district in Colorado, possibly Teller county, shows wood plank buildings with smokestacks, shaft frame structure, large propped screen, cut trees in foreground and hills in background.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890-1900?]
- Anne Ida - Cliff House
- Portrait of vacationers in the yard of the Cliff House Hotel, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. 14 men and women and 2 girls are under a tree; the men are in jackets, straw hats, vests and ties. A woman is cradling a small animal in her arm, either a...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1875 and 1885?]
- Annie Warner, Opal Group (?) Wellpinit, Washington.
- Studio portrait of a Native American Spokane family; Wellpinit, Washington; the man stands wearing a kilt, plaid shirt and embroidered vest, the seated woman wears a long Euro-American style cotton dress and abalone shell disk earrings; she holds a...
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Wellpinit--1890-1910.; Spokane Indians--Washington (State)--Wellpinit--1890-1910.; Cradleboards--Washington (State)--Wellpinit--1890-1910.; Warner, Annie.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Indians, Umatilla
- View of two crying Native American Umatilla babies tied in cradleboards and propped up against a lattice fence.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Umatilla Indians--Children--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--1890-1900.
- 1898
- Yuma Indians, Arizona
- View of a Native American Yuma baby in a cradleboard propped in a chair.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Yuma Indians--Children--1880-1910.; Cradleboards--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Under the patronage of Royalty and the Marquis & Marchioness of Bute
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which was used in an act of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat decorated with beaded flowers and tassles. He holds a long whip...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Big Foot
- View of the slain body of Chief Big Foot, Native American, Miniconjou Lakota Sioux, propped up in the snow on the Wounded Knee battleground, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. U. S. soldiers, civilian burial party members, and a stovepipe from...
- United States. Army.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.;...
- [1891? January 3]
- Chief Big Foot killed in the battle at Wounded Knee with his full band by the 7th Cav
- View of the twisted frozen slain body of Chief Big Foot, Native American, Miniconjou Lakota Sioux, propped up on the Wounded Knee battleground, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge...
- [1891 January 3]
- San Juan, N. M.
- Native American (San Juan Pueblo) man leans on one of two poles propped against the remains of an adobe wall, San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. The poles are on top of a large pile of rubble.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Ruins--New Mexico--San Juan...
- April 21, 1908
- Depot at Barr
- The train depot at Barr, Colorado, in Weld County, is a one- story, building with a gable, windows, a chimney, and shingled roof. Signs around the door include "Barr," "Adams Express Company," and "Western Union." Railroad signs are on a post that...
- Barr (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Power lines--Colorado--Barr--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Barr--1900-1910.
- 1907 June 9