Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- "Par-Ben-Nah," Wild Flower
- View of Par-Ben-Nah, a young Pueblo Native American woman from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; subject descends a ladder holding a basket; adobe wall of pueblo in background.
- Taos Pueblo(N.M.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Par-Ben-Nah.
- c1908
- "The Loop" above Georgetown, Colo.
- View of the Georgetown Loop above Georgetown (Clear Creek County) Colorado. Shows a Colorado and Southern Railway train on a trestle and Clear Creek in a valley.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.; Trestles--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- A circus scene
- A man at the Flower (or Sunflower) Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, wears a dress, wig and crown, and stands atop burros. Tents fill the background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Cross dressing--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1893 and 1906]
- A Colo. irrigation reservoir
- View of De Weese Reservoir in Custer County, Colorado; shows three people in foreground, dam at right, reservoir at mid-ground, and snowy peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Range in background.
- De Weese Reservoir (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Custer County--1900-1920.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Custer County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- A Colo. oat field
- View of an oat field east of Golden, Colorado; shows stacks of harvested grain, farm buildings, North and South Table Mountains, and Mount Evans.
- Croplands--Colorado--Golden--1910-1930.; Oats--Colorado--Golden--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1923?]
- A Colorado irrigation ditch
- View of an irrigation ditch on farmland near the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado; two men stand on cement embankment next to sluice; mountains in distance.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colorado wheat field
- Colorado wheat field, South Platte Valley; view across plains northwest to foothills and Longs Peak; shows sheaves of grain (shocked), threshing machine, and horse-drawn wagon loaded with sheaves.
- Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- A garden in Pasadena, Cal.
- View of a garden in Pasadena (Los Angeles County), California. Shows a dirt road lined with palm plants, trees and bushes.
- Pasadena (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Gardens--California--Pasadena--1880-1900.; Palms--California--Pasadena--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- A glimpse of Colo. Springs from the Short Line Tracks
- Distant view of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the Plains taken from Cripple Creek Short Line; standard gauge track and push car used by L.C. McClure in foreground; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Plains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A. M. Stevenson
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Archibald McNichol Stevenson, Denver lawyer and politician; Colorado state senator from Pitkin (1887-91); arrived in Colorado 1880.
- Lawyers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Politicians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Stevenson, Archibald McNichol, 1858-1922.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- A.E. Sheible, Jimmy Thomas, Joe Hart
- Albert E. Scheibel, secretary for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands with Jimmy Thomas and Joe Hart in the bleachers of a grandstand for the show at Earl's Court in England. Thomas rests his foot on a bleacher next to a basket with a sign...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Grandstands--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Hart, Joe.; Scheibel, Albert.; Thomas, Jimmy.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Across the gorge - Platte Canon near Deansbury
- A Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad bridge spans the Platte River in the Platte Canyon, Douglas County, Colorado.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Adelle Underwood Dean M. City Ind
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Adelle Underwood Dean of Michigan City, Indiana. She wears a lace collar and brooch.
- Dean, Adelle Underwood.; Women--1850-1870.
- [between 1854 and 1865]
- Ah-Ne-Pitch, Tom-as Cita, Ma-rez
- Full-length, seated studio portrait of a Ute Native American family; from left to right: wife--Ah-Ne-Pitch, baby--Tom-As Cita, and husband--Ma-Rez; the baby is in a cradleboard.
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Ah-ne-pitch.; Ma-rez, Ute Indian.; Tomas-cita.
- c1899
- Alamosa, Colo., S.E.Cor. 6th & Hunt
- The first general store and outfit station along the new Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks at South 6th (Sixth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado. Two false fronts have large painted block letter signs: "Field & Hill, Schuttler Wagons" and "Field &...
- Broadwell House (Alamosa, Colo.)--1900-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1950.; General stores--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1950.
- [between 1907 and 1941]
- Alfalfa stacks Sweet Ranch Carbondale Dist, Colo. Midland Ry
- View of alfalfa stacks with stacking pole in fenced field in Carbondale, Colorado; at left is horse-drawn wagon with driver and two people on horseback; Mount Sopris in background.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Alfalfa--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Alice (Rio Grande County), Glory hole
- View shows dilapidated buildings and tailings piles from the Glory Hole mine, Alice (Rio Grande County), Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1940-1960.; Mining--Colorado--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Allenspark citizens at Clara Belle mine while it was still in operation
- A group of Allenspark citizens pose around an ore cart on a cable at Clara Belle mine, eight miles north of Ward, in Boulder County, Colorado. The group includes young boys and one small girl, women in long skirts and bonnets, and men in white...
- Allenspark (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Allenspark--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Altman, Colo., highest incorporated town in the world, elevation 11,146 feet. Pike's Peak in background.
- View of Altman, Colorado, located three miles north of Victor, on a saddle between Bull Hill and Bull Cliff, Teller County, includes wood frame residences, log cabins, sheds, false front businesses, smelters, and mines, and tailing dumps. Business...
- Altman (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1884
- American Fork Canon, Utah
- View of the American Fork River in the American Fork Canyon in Utah County, Utah. Shows steep canyon walls, boulders and trees.
- American Fork Canyon (Utah)--1880-1900.; American Fork Creek (Utah)--1880-1900.; Utah County (Utah)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Utah--Utah County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Utah--Utah County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- American House
- A covered pedestrian walkway encloses the American House hotel at 16th (Sixteenth) and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado, prior to demolition. The hotel windows have no glass.
- American House--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Animas Forks
- View of Animas Forks in the Animas River valley (San Juan County), Colorado; shows the dilapidated Walsh house with a front gable and projecting bay; thick clouds top the Red Mountains in the distance.
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Animas Forks--1920-1940.; Roads--Colorado--Animas Forks--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Apex, Colo. recreation hall interior, piano on stage
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; includes theater stage with square piano and painted backdrop of trees; flanked by arched doorways with steps leading onto stage; wood paneling in...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [May 1957]
- Apollinar Martinez picking cucumbers
- Apollinar Martinez, a Hispanic migrant worker, picks cucumbers in Weld County, Colorado. He wears a wide-brimmed hat.
- Hispanic Americans--Employment--Colorado--Weld County--1960-1970.; Weld County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cucumbers--Colorado--Weld County--1960-1970.; Migrant agricultural laborers--Colorado--Weld County--1960-1970.; Martinez, Apollinar.
- 1963 July 30
- Approaching Duffield, Cripple Creek Short Line
- Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge tracks through mountainous terrain approaching Duffield, Colorado, signpost; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
- Duffield (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Approaching Hell Gate Colo. Midland R.R.
- Men pose on a Colorado Midland Railway train or on the roof of a freight car near Hell Gap (Hell Gate), Pitkin County, Colorado. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight car is on the train. Shows snow in a valley, a railroad grade in...
- Colorado Midland Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Hell Gap (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897?]
- Approaching Spearfish Canon, B. & M. R.R.
- Panoramic view of a rocky hillside above tracks of probably the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company in Spearfish Canyon (Lawrence County), South Dakota. People stand on tracks in front of an engine. Tree stumps and a mine shaft are on a...
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.; Mining--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Arch Rock, Platte Canon
- View of granite rock formation, "Arch Rock," in Platte Canyon southwest of Denver, Colorado; South Platte River flows near the rock formation among driftwood and boulders; railroad bed and telegraph lines of the narrow-gauge Colorado & Southern...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--South Platte Canyon--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--South Platte Canyon--1900-1920.; Rock...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Argentine Pass, Vidler and Waldorf Mines, Argentine Central Ry.
- View of Waldorf Mine and outbuildings, Clear Creek County, Colorado towards Vidler Mine and Argentine Pass in distance; Waldorf reached via Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge track with 1/2 mile spur to Vidler; road to Argentine Pass parallels...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--1900-1920.; Argentine Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Vidler Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waldorf Mine (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage...
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Armstrong, Arapahoe
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Armstrong, an Arapahoe Native American man.
- Arapaho Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1890-1900.; Armstrong.
- c1899
- Arthur E. Pierce
- Profile studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Arthur E. Pierce, a Denver pioneer and journalist; arrived in Denver 1858.
- Journalists--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Pierce, Arthur E., d. 1922.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Ascending Mancos, La Plata Divide
- View of probably a Rio Grande Southern Railroad locomotive on broad and narrow gauge railroad tracks in either Montezuma or La Plata County, Colorado. Men sit on the end of a passenger car. A water tower with ice is nearby. Light snow covers the...
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Water towers--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Ashcroft
- View of the remains of a hotel in Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado, shows dilapidated hewn log building in a clearing surrounded by aspens. Mountain peaks are in background.
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [between 1950 and 1955]
- Aspen, Col.
- View of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Red Mountain is in the distance.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1897?]
- Aspen, Col.
- A bird's eye view of Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Shows Aspen Mountain, the Roaring Fork River, Hallam Lake, Colorado Midland Railroad tracks, city streets and a mixture of wooden shacks and frame buildings.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1897?]
- Atlas Mill
- View of the Atlas gold and silver mill and slag pile near Ouray, Colorado; 12,698-foot Stony Mountain in background.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Stony Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Atlas Mill
- View of the Atlas silver and gold mill and slag pile near Ouray, Colorado; snow-patched, 12,698-foot Stony Mountain at right.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Stony Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920]
- Automotive building
- View of the Sandow building in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk near parked automobiles. Signs read: "The Colorado Transportation Company Depot," "Garage Storage Repairing," and "Sandow Trucks."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Barley on the 4 Bar Ranch
- View of a field of barley on the 4 Bar Ranch near Carbondale, Colorado; a few residences appear in distance; mountains in background.
- Barley--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Barley on the Sweet Ranch Carbondale Dist, Colo. Midland Ry
- View of barley field in Carbondale, Colorado; trampled diagonal pathway in foreground, mountains in background.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Barley--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Bath of Venus
- View of Bath of Venus waterfall, along Ute Pass, northwest of Manitou, Colorado; water splashes into pool in foreground; canyon walls flank waterfall; rock wall at left in shadow; railing visible at upper right.
- Bath of Venus Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1886-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Baur
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Otto Paul Baur, Denver confectioner, baker and caterer; inventor of ice cream soda.
- Bakers and bakeries--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Confectioners--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Bauer, Otto Paul, b. 1846.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Ben I. Lark
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Ben I. Lark, Denver resident.
- Lark, Ben I.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Benj. McMakin Philadelphia
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Benjamin McMakin of Philadelphia. He wears a suit and ascot tie.
- McMakin, Benjamin.; Men--1850-1870.
- [between 1840 and 1858]
- Bert Cowan
- Seated studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Bert Cowan, Denver resident; chair back visible.
- Cowan, Bert.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Betsy Alle nee Van Marten
- Studio portrait of Betsy Allen (Van Marten). She wears a brooch and lace collar.
- Allen, Betsy.; Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1875]
- Billy Duncan (old saloon keeper)
- Profile studio portrait, head and shoulders, of William Duncan, Denver restauranteur; arrived in Denver 1872.
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Duncan, William, 1855-1935.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Bird's eye view Clayton Industrial School Denver, Colorado
- Close-up view of a map of Clayton College at 32nd (Thirty-second) Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Denver, Colorado.
- George W. Clayton College (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Orphanages--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Birdseye of Denver
- A northwestward, bird's-eye view of downtown Denver, Colorado; County Courthouse is the predominant structure at left-center of image (built 1883 at 16th & Tremont); Brown Palace Hotel at far right (opened 1892 at 17th & Broadway).
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Courthouses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1892 and 1901]
- Black Canon [i.e. Canyon] near Chipeta Falls
- View of the Gunnison River, Denver & Rio Grande Railway tracks, and Chipeta Falls in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Chipeta Falls (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [between 1882 and 1890?]