Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cripple Creek, ca. 1980's
- Bird's eye view across residential rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes backside view of Teller County Courthouse and flat rooftops of brick commercial buildings.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1989]
- Snowy rooftops in Leadville
- This view of snowcovered gabled rooftops with brick chimneys and stovepipes in Leadville, Colorado, includes residences, sheds, barns, and outhouses. A ladder is hung on the shed in the right foreground.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Rooftops of Lizzano, Italy
- View over the rooftops of the town of Lizzano-in-Belvedere toward Monte Tresca. This photograph was one of the pin-up mountains, which ran in the Tenth Mountain Division's newspaper each week.
- April 1945
- Leadville, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame houses, brick buildings, and Leadville High School at 120 West 9th (Ninth) Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The school has an arched stone entrance, dormer windows with gothic details, and brick chimneys. Shows...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- 1902 July 5
- Ouray, Colo.
- A bird's eye view of Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado, in the Uncompahgre River Valley. Shows rooftops of commercial and residential buildings and streets.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Victor, Colo.
- Panoramic view of Victor (Teller County), Colorado. Shows the rooftops of commercial and residential buildings, outhouses, dirt roads and signs that read: "Drugs," "Shilling's Dry Goods" and "Lumber." Squaw Mountain is in the distance.
- Squaw Mountain (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Victor--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Sleighing at Sneffles [sic], Colo. Xmas (i.e. Christmas)
- Men, women and children pose by a horse-drawn sleigh near a wood frame house in Sneffels (Ouray County), Colorado; a dog sits in the sleigh next to a couple with a baby. Men pose under canvas awnings that hang from the facade of the post office and...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- 1896
- San Diego, California
- View of houses and rooftops in San Diego, California.
- San Diego (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--California--San Diego--1900-1920.; Houses--California--San Diego--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Los Pueblos de Taos, N.M., view from the north side
- Rooftop view of adobe buildings at Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico. Women on rooftops include Native American (Taos) women and a child. Shows multi-story buildings with timber ladders and platforms, gutters and vigas, adobe chimneys, entrances and...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Leadville Aug. 31st. 1882
- Snowy view through evergreens of gable rooftops and the old Lake County Courthouse, Leadville, Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Courthouses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Laying of corner stone, new City Hall, Longmont, Colo.
- A large crowd gathers around a platform with tripod supporting the cornerstone for the new Longmont City Hall, Fourth (4th) Avenue and Kimbark Street, Colorado, June 1921. Several officials sit nearby on the platform and band members are at the far...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- June 1921
- Leadville, Carbonate Hill
- This snowy view over rooftops of wood frame and log structures to Carbonate Hill mines, Leadville, Colorado includes one and two-story residences, sheds, outhouses, and two-story false fronts. Signs for a market and a hotel are displayed.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885]
- Denver
- View over rooftops east along 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue, Denver, Colorado, includes the Central Presbyterian Church, corner of the Brown Palace and street cable cars. Scrap lumber and laundry show in back yards of residences.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1897 and 1900]
- Manitou, Colo.
- View over rooftops of businesses, residences and cottages to the Portland Restaurant and the Grand View Hotel, Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915]
- Denver
- View of downtown rooftops from a building on 15th (Fifthteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on two story brick building in foreground read: "Tremont Place, Furnished Rooms," "A triumph in cookery, Van Camp's Pork and Beans, Boston baked,...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Denver
- View of downtown rooftops from a building on 15th (Fifthteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs on two story brick building in foreground read: "Tremont Place, Furnished Rooms," "A Triumph in Cookery, Van Camp's Pork and Beans, Boston Baked,...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Greek Theater
- View of the open air Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors, Civic Center Park, Denver, Colorado, with Christmas decorations. Evergreen garland is wrapped around the columns, small evergreen trees and two house rooftops are set along top...
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Open-air theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Harrison Ave., Main street, Leadville
- View south on Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado, shows American flags on rooftops of the commercial district and a banner on Post Office: Men Wanted For The United States Army. Cars, pedestrians, carriages, and wagons are on the street....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1917 and 1918]
- Donkey Derby
- View of automobiles parked on hillside with a crowd watching the Donkey Derby held on outskirts of Cripple Creek, Colorado; people seated atop wooden post corral and on opposite side near covered podium; distant view beyond hillside of Cripple...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Festivals--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Matterhorn, Colorado
- Matterhorn, San Miguel County, Colorado, consists of frame cabins and ruins. An automobile is parked by a dwelling, and Yellow Mountain is in the background. Logs and rooftops are in the foreground.
- Matterhorn (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Ouray, Colo.
- View north on Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Colorado, includes rooftops among trees; the Elks Club and Beaumont Hotel towers and a "Garage" sign on a two story Wright Opera House.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Ouray
- View northwest over Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, in the Uncompahgre River Valley; shows rooftops of buildings. Towers of the Beaumont Hotel, Elk Club and public school show above trees.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Cripple Creek, Poverty Gulch
- View of Poverty Gulch and Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek's infamous red-light district, Cripple Creek, Colorado; rock-debris is in center of street; the one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings on both sides of the street have falsefronts...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895]
- Myers Avenue in winter, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one and two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings line both sides of snow covered street; horse-drawn wagon is in street and others are parked alongside boardwalk; "Topic" theater (313-315...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895 or 1896]
- Scene at Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view across snow-covered residential rooftops, Cripple Creek, Colorado; residences have gable and hipped roofs; Mount Pisgah is in background.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Residential streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1901 June 15
- Bennett Ave. Cripple Creek
- Row of attached one and two-story wooden frame flat-roof false front commercial businesses including the Globe Shoe & Clothing House, Polin Shoe & Clothing House, and N. O. Johnson & Sons Dry Goods, Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; stack of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Shoe stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Cripple Creek fire
- View from junction of Myers and "A" Streets across rooftops during April 29th, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado; huge black clouds of smoke billow in the sky; scene includes one and two-story wooden frame and brick, gable and flat-roof residences...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- The central portion, Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view across rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado towards Carbonate Hill and Gold Hill; scene includes Golden public school building, Saint Peters Catholic Church, and rows of flat-roof one and two- story wooden frame and brick commercial...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Crippe [sic] Creek the terrace on Bennett Ave.
- Street and terrace view of one and two-story, wooden frame and brick, flat-roof commercial buildings with false fronts on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes light snow on ground, man crossing street, horse-drawn wagons and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View across rooftops of Cripple Creek, Colorado from hillside on edge of town; scene includes row of outhouses, vertical slat wooden frame outbuildings and residences, post corral, and stone root cellar with sod roof built into hillside; clothes...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Privies--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1894 May 7
- From Gallery after snow storm Silver Cliff Stamp Mill, Wet Mountain Valley & Sangre de Cristo Range
- View of Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado; shows rooftops, Silver Cliff Mining Company's stamp mill, Wet Mountain Valley, and the Sangre De Cristo Range. Signs read: "H. E. Austin Jobber In Whiskies, Wines," and "Colorado Store, G. D. Kinnear...
- Sangre De Cristo Range (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Wet Mountain Valley (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1880-1890.
- 1880 September 25
- Overlooking Bennett Ave. toward southwest from Imperial Hotel
- View southwest from Imperial Hotel, across flat rooftops of two- story brick commercial buildings, towards Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; some buildings were damaged by fire in March of 1946; partial lettering of "ANCH" is painted on side...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1947 January 20
- Dust storm
- View of a dust storm over rooftops of wood frame buildings, including a Conoco station, possibly in Walsh, Baca County, or Holly, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. A "Quaker State Motor Oil" sign is on the gas station. The devasting dust bowl...
- Holly (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Walsh (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Walsh--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Holly--1930-1940.; Dust...
- 1935
- Denver from Presby. Church, 1906
- Right side of panorama view looks west over Broadway and Lincoln Streets and downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Broadway Theatre and Metropole Hotel, Trinity Church and the Brown Palace. Signs read: "Metropole Hotel, American and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Denver, Colo., 1906
- The right side of the panorama view looks west over Broadway and Lincoln Streets to downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Broadway Theatre and Metropole Hotel, Trinity Church and the Brown Palace. Signs read: "Metropole Hotel, American...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Denver
- View northwest over downtown rooftops, Denver, Colorado, shows area between 17th (Seventeenth) and 18th (Eighteenth) streets, including the Daniels and Fisher Tower and foothills. Signs read: "Conoco," "Dover," "Bus Terminal, Enjoy Your Summer...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Parade in Trinidad
- A parade on Main Street in Trinidad, Colorado. A horse drawn wagon carries a seated brass band playing bass cornets followed by a team of white horses pulling a boat-like float with bunting draped masts. Horses and people are in the street,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hopi
- Crowds of Native American (Hopi) spectators sit in the plaza and on the rooftops of the pueblo at Walpi, Arizona. Shows men in shirts, pants and hats, and women with plaid shawls; stone walls, steps, windows, and doorways.
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1910-1920.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico
- Overview of Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico; shows buildings and rooftops, ladders, a two steeple church, and the intersection of two streets with three Native American (Isleta) women pedestrians.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Isleta Pueblo--1900-1920.; Isleta Indians--Women--New Mexico--Isleta Pueblo--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Isleta Pueblo--1900-1920.; Isleta Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Across the roofs of Zuni
- View over rooftops of the Zuni Pueblo, shows Native Americans, the multi-story pueblo houses with ladders, ovens, (hornos,) drying food and chimney pots.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.; Zuni (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Zuni--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1897?]
- View of older portion of Zuni showing Chu pawa Ki wi sine, chamber dedicated to anthropic worship, shown at A
- View over rooftops of Zuni Pueblo, Arizona, shows a few Native Americans, ovens (hornos,) access ladders, chimney pots, pottery and the mission church bells.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 or 1903?]
- Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico
- View over Native American Zuni Pueblo rooftops with ovens or hornos, access holes and ladders, and chimney pots, Arizona; Towayalane shows in distance.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1910.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1910.; Zuni (N.M.)--1880-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Zuni--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Leadville at 16 below zero
- This view of snowcovered gabled rooftops in Leadville, Colorado, includes houses with brick chimneys and stovepipes. Three automobiles are on the wide street on the left and the continental divide is in the background.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Denver Colo.
- Northwest view of downtown Denver, Colorado, taken from dome of State Capitol Building; shows rooftops of buildings between Lincoln and Broadway, and Colfax and Sixteenth (16th) Streets. Businesses include: Peerless Garage, The Tire Man, ABC Co.,...
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1933]
- Denver Colo.
- Northwestward view of downtown Denver, Colorado, taken from dome of State Capitol Building; shows rooftops of buildings between Lincoln and Broadway, and Colfax and Sixteenth (16th) Streets; businesses include: The Tire Man, ABC Co., Broadway...
- Arapahoe County Courthouse (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1929 and 1933]
- Santa Claus on Denver's Civic Center
- View from plaza south towards Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors, West Fourteenth (14th) Avenue and Acoma Street, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado; Christmas decorations on Colonnade include: Santa Claus and reindeer, small Christmas...
- Greek Theater and Colonnade of Civic Benefactors (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Colonnades--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1929]
- Golden Cycle Mill, Colo. City Colo
- View across rooftops of residences to Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado City, Colorado, which began in 1905 as ore processing mill for extracting gold; shows Midland Terminal Railroad, foothills, and snow-covered Pikes Peak.
- Midland Terminal Railway--1900-1940.; Colorado City (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Colorado City--1900-1940.; Interiors.; Golden Cycle Corporation.
- [between 1905 and 1935]
- Vermillion [sic] Peak and Trout Lake, Colorado, on the narrow gauge Rio Grande Southern
- View of Vermilion Peak and Trout Lake, in San Miguel County, Colorado; also shows rooftops.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Trout Lake (San Miguel County, Colo. : Lake)--1900-1910.; Vermilion Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Miguel County--1900-1910.
- 1908?
- North from Capitol showing Sherman [graphic]
- View from Colorado State Capitol rooftop north along tree-lined Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, shows residence, church and business rooftops and chimneys; landmarks include the Central Presbyterian Church and the El Jebel Temple.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Taos, Fiesta dancers
- Native American (Taos) fiesta dance at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. The dancers wear embroided kilts or blankets and body paint. Spectators form a circle around the area and also watch from adobe pueblo rooftops, portals and carriages. Two...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910- 1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Cameras--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]