Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 5, 1919 May
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- The Church Record: vol 1 no 1
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 February 26
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Police department. Salaries, pensions,
- Maria Ignacia Sanchez
- Hispanic American Maria Ignacia Sanchez was the second wife of Rumaldo Manzanares. They moved to San Pablo, Colorado to raise their family. Maria is buried in the San Luis de Fuetos Cemetery with Rumaldo. The elderly woman has her hair parted in...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Older people.; Spouses.; Women.; Manzanares, Rumaldo--Family--Pictorial works.; Sanchez, Maria Ignacia--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- ca.1900
- Central library, Denver Public Library
- View of the entrance to the Central Library branch, Denver Public Library (1955; Burnham F. Hoyt, Arthur Fisher and Alan Fisher) at 10 West Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the semicircular glass...
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1980-1990.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Public libraries.; Denver Public Library--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Civic...
- 1980
- "At the Library" sculpture, Denver Public Library
- View of the sculpture "At the Library" (1981; Barry Rosen, artist) near the Broadway entrance to the Central Library branch of the Denver Public Library at 10 West Fourteenth (14th) Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows...
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1990-2000.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Public libraries.; Sculpture.; Denver Public Library--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Public libraries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1998
- Cartoon, stage from Rifle to Meeker
- Cartoon drawing of people in a horse-drawn stagecoach on a rutted mountain road between Rifle and Meeker. Text below the cartoon reads: "This picture was suggested by the following card from the manager of the Rifle-Meeker stage line to Assistant...
- Cartoons (Commentary)--1910-1930.; Stagecoaches--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Carlton Tunnel
- Men wear raincoats, rubber boots and hats with lamps pose inside the Carlton Tunnel (a mine drainage tunnel) in Teller County, Colorado. Shows pipes, water and interior tunnel walls.
- Teller (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Men--Colorado--Teller--1940-1960.; Raincoats--1940-1960.; Tunnels--Colorado--Teller--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Portrait of men who celebrate
- Studio portrait of a group of men who raise glasses and bottles in a toast. The men are in various stages of dress. One man wears an overcoat with a fur collar and cuffs. A cigar dangles from his lips. Another man wears a pair of pants with...
- Men--1890-1900.; Smoking--1890-1900.; Toasting--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Colo. Midland RR car repair B at Colo. City
- A railroad crew from the Colorado Midland Railway Company work to repair the wheels on a railroad car in Colorado City. The railroad car is parked over a work area, similar to a trench. One worker uses a jack or other hydraulic tool to raise a set...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Aimee healing during crusade in Denver Auditorium.
- Two Denver police officers stand guard as Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson prays for the an sick person, City Auditorium, Denver, Colorado. "Sister Aimee" and members or possible converts of the International Church of the Four Square Gospel raise...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Evangelists--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Sick persons--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944.; International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- January 16, 1927
- Construction work
- The Denver Public Library under construction, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. Crane arms help to raise the steel framework interior as the Turkey Creek sandstone exterior with fluted Corinthian columns is set.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver Public Library.
- 1908 May 21
- Mrs. Nat Collins
- Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Nat Collins, the cattle queen of Montana, with a large flower corsage on her dress. First woman in Montana to raise, ship, and accompany her stock to Chicago Market.
- Ranchers--Montana--1910-1920.; Women--Montana--1910-1920.; Collins, Nat Mrs.
- 1911
- Denver, Civic Center
- Workmen raise and shim a two story apartment building to be moved for the development of Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. A horse drawn carriage, an automobile and a bicyclist are on 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue, muddy from snow melt. The State Capitol...
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Denver, Civic Center
- View across 14th (Fourteenth) Avenue of two boys on support timbers used to raise a long rectangular two story apartment building ready to be moved for the development of Civic Center, Denver, Colorado. The building has a bracketed cornice with a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Moving of structures--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Men setting up Wild West Show tent
- A group of men works to raise a large tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The tent is supported by large log poles and ropes. The ropes are tied to large stakes pounded into the ground. A portion of the tent is raised in the right midground,...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Date Mason Saloon, Pitkin, Colo.
- One Black man poses with a group of men who raise a toast, in front on D. C. Mason's saloon, Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado. The men are identified as: 1. Joe McWilliams, bartender wearing apron, 2. Bill Miller, 3. Jim Stewart, 4. Bert Kanoble,...
- Mason, D. C.--Homes & haunts.; Pitkin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Pitkin--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Stockmen's Saloon
- Saguache, Saguache County, Colorado, Rollo J. Means and Jack Belman pose behind the bar at the Stockmen's Saloon. Bottles, glasses, and a cash register are on the mirrored bar back. Men raise a toast, with spittons at their feet; leaded glass...
- Belman, Jack.; Means, Rollo J.; Saguache (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bars (Furniture)--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.; Bars--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.; Bartenders--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Saguache--1920-1930.
- 1920
- Turret
- Customers gather around the bar and raise beer glasses inside a saloon in the mining town of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado. Bottles of liquor, a mirror, and a portrait of a woman are behind the bar.
- Turret (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Turret--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- 1903
- New workings in Winchester tunnel, Summitville, Colo.
- Jack Pickens in the Winchester Tunnel in Summitville (Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Summitville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Winchester Tunnel (Rio Grande County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Summitville--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Summitville--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Summitville--1920-1930.; Pickens, Jack.
- July, 1929
- Harvest Dance. Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Native American (Keresan) men and women take part in a Harvest (Corn) Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. Koshare clowns walk near the dancers. The men wear hoof rattles, kilts, fringed breechcloths, body paint, fur pelts, and corn...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santo Domingo Pueblo...
- 1910
- Harvest Dance, Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Native American (Keresan) men and women take part in a Harvest (Corn) Dance at Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico. Koshare clowns walk near the dancers. The men wear hoof rattles, kilts, fringed breechcloths, body paint, fur pelts, and corn...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Keresan Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--New Mexico--Santo Domingo Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santo Domingo Pueblo...
- [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?]
- Armistice Day parade
- Men raise a portrait of a man in a military uniform at a parade to commemorate the end of World War I, on 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. The men stand near a horse-drawn carriage. Spectators stand on the sidewalk and U. S. flags fly...
- Armistice Day--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Commemoration--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [1918 November 11]
- Pottawatomie [i. e. Potawatomi] moccasin game
- Joe Stem-son, William Wapp, and John ho-ciee, Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band and Sauk-Fox) men, play a moccasin game on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. Joe Stem-son and John ho-ciee are prepared to raise the moccasin John ho-ciee...
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Moccasins--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Sauk Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.;...
- 1936
- Control of the amount of rock fed into the mill circuit at Urad Mine was controlled by four slusher drifts such as the one shown here
- A man runs a slusher through mine drift in a tunnel of the Urad mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The huge scoop would drag the debris to a shaft in the floor, where it would fall onto a waiting conveyor belt and be transported out of the mine.
- Mining machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1963 and 1974]
- South Denver High
- Men in military uniforms raise a U.S. flag on a pole at South High School at 1700 East Louisiana Street in the Washington Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The men hold rifles and wear jodhpurs and peaked caps.
- Denver Public Schools--Buildings--1920-1930.; South High School (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1920-1930.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Military...
- 1928 May 4
- Summit Pikes Peak
- Members of the KKK, in pointed hoods that cover the face and dark or white robes, stand around a tall cross in a boulder field on the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. They raise their arms in salute. Shows an American flag and the...
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-)--People.; Hate groups--Colorado--El Paso County--1920-1930.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--El Paso County--1920-1930.; Crosses--1920-1930.; Flags--American--Colorado--El...
- 1923 July 4
- Vanishing into the mists
- Native Americans on horses raise dust as they gallop down a ridge probably in Big Horn County, Montana; storm clouds and plains are in the distance.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clouds--Montana--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Montana--1900-1920.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- The first night
- Men, probably J.E. Pelton, J.A. Curtis, M.F. Hovey, and E.B. Anderson, raise a toast by their rowboats on the Gunnison River, in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado.
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Discovery & exploration--American--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.;...
- 1900 September
- Gilfillan, Kemp & Rowley
- From left, John A. Gilfillan, John H. Kemp and J. B. Rowley, all pioneers of the mining town of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, raise their glasses in a toast at a table in front of a log cabin, probably the Kemp family cabin in Eldora. A...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Pioneers--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Toasting--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1940.; Gilfillan, John A.; Kemp, John H.; Rowley, J. B.
- [1939?]
- "Old Glory" Sterling Grade School
- Two girls from a Sterling, Colorado (Logan County) elementary school raise the flag on the flagpole outside of the school. Both girls wear dresses, coats, knee socks, and shoes.
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Flags--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Brunswick saloon
- Looking southwest from corner of South Spruce and East Colorado Avenue to exterior of Brunswick saloon, and into red-light district, Telluride, Colorado. Group of variety-theater performers (men in suits and hats, women and small girl in dresses),...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- East Denver High School
- View of East Denver High School at 19th (Nineteenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. Features include entablature, columns, arches, a pediment, and an arch keystone with a carved face of a girl.
- Denver Public Schools--Buildings--1890-1920.; East Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Group in Deadwood Stage
- John Y. Nelson lies on the top of the Deadwood Stagecoach while on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. John Higby (possibly spelled Highby) drives the coach with Judge William T. Beck of the Colorado...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Rough riders
- A group of men poses on horseback in front of a large tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear light-colored uniforms and have ammunition belts strapped across their chests. They raise rifles with their right hands. One man in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Fred Brown arranged for a flight for 3R riders and their wives over the ride course Hawaiian theme, dinner at the Aviation Club followed.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies raise their cowboy hats and pose in front of a United Airlines jet on a runway in Colorado. The men wear western clothing and are identified left to right as: Rick Ricketson, Joe Dekker, Hank Hankins,...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Airplanes--American--Colorado--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1956 July
- Marine Grill
- Men and women raise glasses behind the bar at the Marine Grill in Denver, Colorado; condiments are by a countertop jukebox music selector. Liquor bottles are lined up by a neon sign: "Coors On Tap."
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bars--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; People--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Restaurant workers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1946 November 10
- Edna James
- Actors from the Central City Play Festival raise their tin cups and their hats in a toast to Edna James, who stands in the center of the group in Central City, Colorado. The women wear shorts or trousers and halter tops or short-sleeved shirts. The...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Toasting--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; James, Edna Earle Lee, 1938-
- 1933
- Odd Fellows House at Central City
- On the wall above an open door in Central City, Colorado, is the statement "We seek the Widows gushing tears, We seek to calm the trembling Orphan's fears, We seek to raise Humanity above The ills of life by ministries of Love; And when the talk is...
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lodge No. 2 (Central City, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Two girls claiming to be winner of Potato Race - 4th of July,
- Young ladies in white dresses raise their hands in Keota, Weld County, Colorado. Men, women, and children look on.
- Fourth of July--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Races--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Raising submarine in Missouri lake
- Workers raise a submarine out of Missouri Lake near Central City, Colorado in Gilpin County. Men wearing suits and a group of boys stand in the background and watch. The lake is covered with snow and ice.
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Missouri Lake (Colo.)
- 1944 January 28
- Montclair School auditorium
- Photograph of the auditorium at Montclair Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. The curtains on the stage are drawn and two trifold panels can be seen. On each of the panels are silhouettes of children performing gardening work. Each of the...
- Auditoriums.; Montclair School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1943
- Knight School color guard raising flag
- Photograph of six members of the Knight Elementary School Color Guard raising a flag outside of the school in Denver, Colorado. Two groups of three students stand on each side of the flag pole. All wear helmets, two begin to raise the flag while...
- Flags--American.; Flagpoles.; Knight School (Denver, Colo.); Belcaro (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhoods); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Cole Junior High School color guard
- Photograph looking between the columns of the main entrance towards the Cole Junior High School as they raise the flag. Cole Junior High School is located in Denver, Colorado.
- Cole Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1926
- Ashland Elementary School students
- Photograph of three girls at Ashland Elementary School, in Denver, Colorado, raise their hands to answer a question.
- Ashland School (Denver, Colo.); Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1940
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. SCHOOLS. TEACHERS
- Western History Subject Index
- Cussler, Clive
- Western History Subject Index
- Cussler, Clive