Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ragged Mtn. Elk Range
- View of Ragged Peak, high point along a curved ridge of the Raggeds of Elk Range with snowfields, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ragged Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Raggeds (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Lake Royer and Buena Vista from Ragged Edge
- A view of Lake Royer and Buena Vista (Washington County), Maryland from Ragged Edge on the Western Maryland Railway. Shows an aerial view of the town with wood-frame houses, public and commercial buildings with cultivated fields. A man sits on a...
- Buena Vista (Md.)--1900-1910.; Royer, Lake (Md.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Maryland--Buena Vista--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Maryland--Buena Vista--1900-1910.
- c1904
- Schoolhouse at Caribou, Colorado, a ragged beggar sleeping in the sun
- Two men stand outside the dilapidated wood frame gabled schoolhouse in Caribou, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado. The structure leans away from its stone foundation and is missing some of its clapboard siding, wood shingles, and glass...
- Caribou (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Caribou--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Elderly Hispanic man near coyote fence
- An elderly Hispanic American man, probably Mr. Atencio, walks on a dirt road near a coyote fence (stick fence) near Chama (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a shirt, ragged pants and a hat.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Chama (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--Chama--Pictorial works.; Wooden...
- [1950]
- Coke ovens and Italian coke pueblo at Tercio, Colo.
- Coal miners pose in front of brick and stone coke ovens at Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Possibly Hispanic or Italian men wear overalls or work shirts and ragged slacks and caps. Wheelbarrows, shovels, a hose, and piles of stone are near...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company--1900-1920.; Coke-ovens--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Coke...
- [between 1902 and 1913?]
- Herman Hauser's jewelry store on Harrison Ave
- View of businesses on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado; men pose in front of storefronts with display windows and signs: "John F. Humphrey's & Co. Real Estate & Mining Agents," "Hauser the Jeweler," and "Saddle Rock Restaurant, 417."
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- McCoy, Colorado (south of Steamboat Springs).
- View of McCoy, near border of Eagle and Routt County, Colorado, shows a group of men and women posing inside a painted wood fence at the stagecoach stop next a pile of deer and elk antlers. Several log buildings, hotel, store, barn and shed are in...
- McCoy (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Bonnie McCarrol thrown from Silver, Bonnie knows they let'er buck
- Action shot of cowgirl Bonnie McCarrol, popular bronc-riding champion, being thrown off bucking bronco, Silver, at the Round Up, Pendleton, Oregon. She rides "slick" like male rodeo circuit riders with stirrups hanging loose. Riding "hobbled" with...
- Pendleton (Or.)--1910-1920.; Broncos--Oregon--Pendleton--1910-1920.; Cowgirls--Oregon--Pendleton--1910-1920.; Rodeos--Oregon--Pendleton--1910-1920.; McCarrol, Bonnie.
- [1915]
- Fort Logan Military Junction
- Possibly Engine No. 702 heads toward Military Junction mile marker one, Fort Logan, southwest Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fort Logan (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Military reservations--Colorado--Fort Logan--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Fort Logan--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1912?]
- Snowslide tunnel below Silverton
- Men scout the route of Denver and Rio Grande train ready to clear snow from tunnel if needed.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Silverton(Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Snowsheds--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Cutting out marble at Yule, Colo.
- Men move huge chunks of marble, at the Colorado Yule Marble Company quarry, on a sheer face of Ragged Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado. The blacksmith shop, boilers and compressors used to power the machinery are perched on an excavated shelf....
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912]
- Perry Ivins in "Central City Nights"
- Actor Perry Ivins poses in a ragged costume featuring a long white beard and skullcap, in Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Ivins, Perry--Performances--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Costumes--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- 1935
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Right side of panorama view from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district to the Continental Divide, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad and ore car tracks, and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Left side of panorama from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad tracks, ore cart trestles and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Claymore Lake
- Right side of panorama over Claymore Lake, Larimer County, Colorado; shows a small boat on shore and gentle slopes around the reservoir.
- Claymore Lake (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Center of panorama view from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district to the Continental Divide, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad and ore car tracks and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Colo. Chautauqua, Boulder
- Left side of a panorama view from a grassy hill south of Boulder, Colorado, shows the Colorado Chautauqua (founded 1898) with Auditorium, Dining Hall, cottages and tents, Mount St. (Saint) Gertude Academy is far right, west end of town with...
- Colorado Chautauqua Association--Facilities--1900-1910.; Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The right side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Court House, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the central business district; the three-story brick Alamo Hotel at intersection of Cucharras and Tejon Streets, the rebuilt Antlers's...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Colorado Springs from the Court House
- The left side of the panorama view from the El Paso County Courthouse, Colorado Springs, Colorado, includes: the Spaulding, wood frame residences, Colorado Springs Transfer Company, lumber companies, F. F. Roby Company, mills and the front range...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Crystal Lake, Platte Canon, Colo. & Southern Ry.
- A man sits under a tree, looking across Crystal Lake, Jefferson County, Colorado, in the left side of a panorama view. Colorado and Southern Railway tracks wind through the canyon; shows a few wood frame structures including a station depot across...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1930.; Crystal Lake (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1930.; Lakes &...
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Crystal Lake, Platte Canon, Colo. & Southern Ry.
- Right side of panorama view across Crystal Lake, Platte Canyon, Colorado shows a dirt two-track and fence around the water, with evergreens on surrounding slopes.
- Crystal Lake (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1930.;...
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama south over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado; shows orchards on the Colorado River, eroded slopes, frame structures and rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Left side of panorama over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, shows orchards along the Colorado River and Grand Mesa; frame houses are among rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- The Grand Valley at Palisade, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Center of panorama view over Palisade, Mesa County, Colorado, shows orchards along the Colorado River, Grand Mesa, Long Mesa, frame structures are scattered among neatly spaced rows of fruit trees.
- Grand Valley (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Palisade (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Long's Peak from Estes Park
- Left side of panorama shows men in a Stanley Steamer car on a dirt road; a valley, evergreen slopes, Longs Peak, and Estes Park, Colorado are to the south.
- Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Idahoe [sic] Springs, Colo.
- The center of the panorama view of Idaho Springs, Colorado, includes: the Argo Mine with tailing and timber piles and ore cart tracks in foreground, residences along Colorado Boulevard, Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, Clear Creek, Wykoff...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1907]
- Panoramic view of Denver
- Left side of panorama view from Capitol building shows Colfax Avenue, cable car powerhouse, the Mint and distant snowy Rocky Mountains, Denver, Colorado. Engine Company No. 1's Victorian firehouse is across the intersection of Broadway and Colfax,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Steamboat Spgs., Moffat Roadk
- Left side of panorama over Steamboat Springs, Colorado; shows Denver and Salt Lake Railroad tracks (formerly the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific), the flooded south bank of the Yampa River, log cabins, tents, frame residences, sheds, false fronts,...
- Steamboat Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1912]
- Virginius Mine Ouray Co. Colo
- Miners pose by the shafthouse of the Virginius Mine on Mount Sneffels near Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado.
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Virginius Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Sneffels--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Mountain Lion Mine Summit County
- A miner poses by a log cabin at the entrance to the Mountain Lion Mine in Summit County, Colorado.
- Mountain Lion Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Miners
- Miners pose near a group of mule-drawn mine ore cars near the shafthouse of a mine in San Juan County, Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mine shafts--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Offices and power plant Silver Lake Mine
- View of the office and power house of the Silver Lake Mine in San Juan County, Colorado.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Silver Lake Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1900]
- Boss Mine at Breckenridge Colo.
- A woman and miners, with picks and gold pans, pose by the entrance to the Boss mine near Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Shows a horse.
- Boss Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1888]
- John A. Logan Mine C. C. Distric[t]. Colo
- View of the shafthouse and power house of the Logan Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Logan Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1926 and 1935]
- Adams State College
- Exterior view Adams State Normal School, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado. Built in 1925, named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. Two-story brick building features: a classical entry with ionic columns, and...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1947]
- Adams State, 5/18/47 Roto
- The Casa Bonita Lounge of the Adams State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado has Spanish style carved wood sofas, a table with a woven blanket on top, and a tile fireplace with a wooden mantle and decorative flower arrangements. There are sconces...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.--1940-1950.; Lounges--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Pianos--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Adams State, 5/18/47 Roto
- Exterior view of a back of a two-story stucco building, Adams State Normal School, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado. Built in 1925, named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. Spanish style building features a tile...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Coal miners in the Columbine Mine
- Miners work in a tunnel of the Columbine Mine near Erie (Weld County), Colorado. They wear hats and miner's lights.
- Columbine Mine (Weld County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Erie (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Coal mining--Colorado--Erie--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Erie--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--Erie--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Erie--1930-1940.
- [between 1933 and 1940]
- Marble loading facilities and electric tramway terminal at Yule Marble Co. quarry above Marble, Colorado
- Men of the Yule Marble Company load numbered marble blocks on flatbed rail cars of the Treasury Mountain Railroad above Marble, Pitkin County, Colorado. A steep wood stairway leads to quarry on face of Ragged Mountain.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1910-1920.; Treasury Mountain Railroad--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- 1912?
- Denver's only horsecar line
- Passengers, conductor and horse on back platform pose on the Cherrelyn horsecar line on South Broadway, south of Orchard Place, Denver, Colorado; originally Cherrelyn Street Railway later part of Denver and South Platte Railway. The horse pulled...
- Cherrelyn (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Horse railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Cherrelyn--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- State bridge, Alamosa, Colo.
- The flat concrete state bridge crosses a wide Rio Grande River near Alamosa in Alamosa County, Colorado, before the river water was trapped for irrigation. Wood frame house, barns, sheds, and brick commercial buildings are across the river. The...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1900.; Rio Grande--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [1906]
- Long's Peak
- Distant view of Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
- Longs Peak (Colo.)--1890-1940.; Rocky Mountains National Park (Colo.)--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- Public Library, Denver
- Interior view of (Carnegie) Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado; shows lobby with circulation desk, bookshelves on three floors, card catalogs, center wooden tables with metal stools, geometric pattern bands in tile floor, agave plants in...
- Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver Public Library--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Alice, Colorado, 1904, Mrs. Harper's cabin
- A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, Colorado was a post office in Clear Creek County. Once one of the largest mining camps in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier, Alice was settled in the early 1880s....
- Alice (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Alice--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Kitchen force at Tucker's Rest.
- The kitchen staff poses outside the back door of Tucker's Restaurant, 110 East Pikes Pike Avenue, Midland Block, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Eight Black men and two white men wear soiled white aprons, various chef hats and soft...
- Tucker's Restaurant (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Restaurant workers--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Tucker's Restaurant
- Interior view of Tuckers Restaurant, 110 East Pikes Pike Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the dining area of the long rectangular space divided with a wood partition wall with heavy curtains. The wood dining tables have...
- Tucker's Restaurant (Colorado Springs, Colo.); Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dining tables--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- Tucker's Restaurant
- J. T. and E. T. Tucker, owners, pose in front of their restaurant, Tucker's Restaurant, with a large wait staff in jackets, vests and bow ties, 110 East Pikes Pike Avenue, Midland Block, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A dog stands in...
- Tucker's Restaurant (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Waiters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Tucker, E. T.; Tucker, J. T.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Tucker's Restaurant
- Interior view of Tucker's Restaurant, 110 East Pikes Pike Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the long rectangular space divided with a wood parition wall with heavy curtains to separate the dining tables from the service...
- Tucker's Restaurant (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cigars--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Showcases--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1891 and 1900]
- McRae Cafe
- Interior view of McRae's Cafe, 105 East Pikes Pike Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the dining area with bar and dining tables and two chairs set with linens, menus, silverware, napkins, salt and pepper shakers and covered...
- McRae's Cafe (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Restaurants--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1910]
- Lincoln School, Alamosa, Colorado
- The Lincoln School in Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado, is a two-story brick building built in 1936-1937 and featuring a hip roof, brick chimney, projecting two-story entry with pediment and half round window, double door entry covered with a...
- Lincoln School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [1937]