Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Hump and favorite wives
- Studio portrait of a Native American ( Sioux Miniconjou) man, identified as Hump, and two of his wives. Hump wears leggings and a print shirt and holds a fur and war club in his hands; a hat with his name on the band rests on his knee. One of his...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Miniconjou Indians--1890-1910.; Spouses--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.; Hump Dakota and Miniconjou Indian.
- [between 1896 and 1905]
- Hydraulic mining Hoosier Pass, Summit Co
- View of a placer gold mine near Hoosier Pass, Summit County, Colorado; shows an eroded chasm. A miner is by the sluice, holding a gold pan.
- Sluices--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.; Summit County (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Summit County--1860-1890.;...
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Northwest from 18th St.
- View of houses and commercial buildings in Denver, Colorado. Buildings include Wolfe Hall and the Arapahoe School.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Denver, Colorado
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked on Larimer Street by businesses in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Bucklin & Clark Staple & Fancy Groceries," "[D]ry goods & Clothing," "Hats, Caps & Furnishing Goods," and "Highland Nurseries."
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Larimer Street
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. A horse-drawn streetcar and buggies are on the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Singer Sewing Mac[hines]," "Dr. Lawr[ence]," "Gallup Standbury," "Wallpaper, Cutlery, Notions,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; City & town life--Colorado--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Larimer Street Denver, Colorado
- Rooftop view of buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are parked near the sidewalk. Signs read: "Denver Photographic Rooms," "J. J. Reithman & Co.," "S. L. Holzman," "Rickard Men's Furniture," "Railroad Tickets," "Cigars...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [1879]
- Denver early days Larimer St.
- Rooftop view of Larimer Street at 16th (Sixteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn buggies are parked near the edge of the street. Signs on buildings read: "Flour and Feed," "Rocky Mountain News," "News Block," "S. A. Grant...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Group of Apache renegades
- Studio portrait of a group Native American Apache men wearing moccasins, leggings, breechcloths, vests, shirts, and headbands in front of a painted mountain backdrop.
- Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
- [between 1878 and 1886?]
- Interior of the Opera House, scenery project, 1933
- In the interior view of the Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colorado, the stage is full of painted drops and flats of ornate doorways, columns, and balustrades. Frank Geck is seated on the left while Newton Winburne and Eugene Iray, stage crew...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Interior view of the Tabor Opera House stage in Leadville, Colorado. The lighted stage has a painted flat of a Rococo room interior with an ornate doorway, a fireplace with a mirror, marble columns framed by a painted tasselled curtain. The set was...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- This view of the Tabor Opera House stage flats in Leadville, Colorado shows original flats used for forest and garden sets with tropical vegetation and a satyr. The flats were a part of Muriel Wolle's University of Colorado scenery project in which...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- This view of the Tabor Opera House stage flats in Leadville, Colorado includes original flats used for forest and garden sets with tropical vegetation and a satyr. The set is part of Muriel Wolle's University of Colorado scenery project in which a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- This view of the Tabor Opera House "Palace Drop" in Leadville, Colorado shows a vast hall in sharp perspective with columned arches and a black and white marble floor. The flat was lent to the Denver Theatre for its opening of "Silver Dollar"....
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Interior view of Tabor Opera House stage, Leadville, Colorado. Stage has painted flat of a room interior with ornate doorways, marble columns, and balustrade framed by a painted tasselled curtain. A spotlight ray angles diagonally in front of...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- This view of a Tabor Opera House stage flat in Leadville, Colorado includes a painted Rococo room interior with an ornate doorway and a fireplace with mirror. The flat is part of Muriel Wolle's University of Colorado scenery project in which a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- [1933]
- Leadville, 1933 scenery project
- Photoprint of two watercolors of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The paintings depict Rococo room interiors; one has a doorway, the other has a fireplace with a grate inside and a mirror above. In December, 1933, a group of...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville, 1933 scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's opera house scenery. The painting depicts a scene with marble columns, balustrade and archways with a castle in the background with onion and hemispheric domes. Draped curtains frame the scene. In...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting has four elements of room interiors. The two end ones have marble columns, draped curtains, and decorative borders above the wainscot. The center left one...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of the Tabor Opera House interior, in Leadville, Colorado. The painting includes a stage with a variety of scenery flats, Andrews patent ornate cast opera chairs, proscenium, draped stage curtain, and a curved balcony...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting depicts a front gabled house with trees and clouds. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and professors set up original...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting is of four flats of a penitentiary set, including stone block walls, two flats with iron doors, an arched transom window with bars, and one flat with large...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting includes a formal garden scene used with Metroplitan Opera Company productions, a balustrade, foliage and potted urns, a fountain, tall trees, and a castle...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting depicts a Rococo interior with an ornate doorway and cupids atop the decoration. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting has two elements. The large one contains marble columns and draped curtains, with decorative borders above kick molding. The smaller band depicts the bottom...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting depicts sea waves with large clouds in the sky. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and professors set up original canvas...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting includes a road crossing a river with tree lined banks. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and professors set up original...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery shows a decorative room interior with a doorway leading to a stairway with balustrade. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting is of original flats used for forest and garden sets with tropical vegetation and nymphs. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery is a painting which has two elements, both of decorative Rococo interior walls. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and professors set...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting depicts a forest with tops of tree branches forming an archway. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and professors set up...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting depicts ancient ruins with columns, arches, and stairways around water and a raised stone plaza area with an inscription which is partly visible "So [?] the...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting depicts a mountain scene with a winding road along a river and a waterfall in the background. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of two watercolors of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The paintings is of decorative interior wall painting and moldings. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and professors set up...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadvill, Colorado's opera house scenery. The painting is a part of the "Gothic set", used during the Elks era (after 1903). The scene looks down the East Fifth Street business district to the Leadville Courthouse on...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Group portrait of Muriel Wolle's December, 1933, University of Colorado scenery project team at the Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colorado. Left to right are Max Vawter (Herald-Democrat press reporter), Frank Geck, Mr. Jolly (stage manager from...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- General view of Denver from the Tower
- View of Denver, Colorado; shows businesses with signs: "Fancy Goods," "Rickard Men's Furnisher 383," and "Jno. Stuart." Fifteenth (15th) Street, the Denver Waterworks, Front Range mountains, and West Denver neighborhoods are in the background; a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Mex. Caretta [sic], or cart, used by Ind's and Mex's of N. M.
- View of an ox team and wooden oxcart (carreta) in Tesuque Pueblo (Santa Fe County), New Mexico; a Native American (probably Tewa) boy drives the vehicle, he carries a whip.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1890.; Tewa Indians--New Mexico--Tesuque Pueblo--1880-1890.; Tesuque Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Boys--New Mexico--Tesuque...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Up Fall River pass
- View of dirt road by Fall River in Clear Creek County, Colorado. A stone shelter or mine entrance is beside the road.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fall River (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dirt roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Officer's quarters
- Soldiers stand guard near the adobe officer's quarters at Fort Garland, in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado. The men stand near a cannon, flagpole, and barracks. Mountains are in the distance.
- Fort Garland (Colo.)--1850-1890.; Fort Garland (Fort Garland, Colo. : Fort)--1850-1890.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.; Cannons--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.; Forts &...
- [between 1858 and 1883?]
- Sierra Blanca from Ft. Garland
- View of Fort Garland, in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado; Sierra Blanca mountain is in the distance.
- Fort Garland (Colo.)--1850-1890.; Fort Garland (Fort Garland, Colo. : Fort)--1850-1890.; Sierra Blanca (Colo.)--1850-1890.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.; Military facilities--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.
- [between 1858 and 1883?]
- Fort Garland
- View of Fort Garland, in Fort Garland (Costilla County), Colorado; soldiers stand by adobe barracks.
- Fort Garland (Colo.)--1850-1890.; Fort Garland (Fort Garland, Colo. : Fort)--1850-1890.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.; Barracks--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.; Forts & fortifications--Colorado--Fort Garland--1850-1890.;...
- [between 1858 and 1883?]
- Wilhelminas Pass
- View of the Devil's Slide rock formation in Weber Canyon, Morgan County, Utah. Union Pacific Railroad Company tracks, a trestle, and a tent colony are near the Weber River. Men stand on the railroad tracks. Shows a bridge over the river.
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Devils Slide (Morgan County, Utah : Slope)--1870-1880.; Morgan County (Utah)--1870-1880.; Weber Canyon (Utah)--1870-1880.; Weber River (Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--Morgan County--1870-1880.;...
- 1870
- A Mexican residence
- Hispanic men and women stand and sit near an adobe house in or near Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The house has a porch with wood columns, vigas, and decorative corbels. A large bucket is near the porch, and snow is in the street.
- Spanish Americans--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1885.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1885.; Adobe houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1885.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- The plaza, from a portal
- A man in a hat walks through a turnstile in a wooden fence that surrounds the plaza in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Probably a dog stands beside the man. Shows trees and people near the obelisk monument.
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Plazas--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Turnstiles--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884]
- Santa Fe and vicinity view from old Fort Marcy showing central part of city
- A well dressed man and women stand on a hill, near the location of old Fort Marcy, and look over Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. The woman has binoculars. Shows agricultural fields, adobe buildings, and the Fort Marcy military reservation...
- Fort Marcy (Santa Fe, N.M.); Santa Fe (N.M.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Couples--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Croplands--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1880-1890.; Military reservations--New Mexico--Santa...
- [between 1880 and 1884?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 17, 1910 April 23
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 38, 1910 September 17
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 38, 1911 September 16
- Decoration Day, Montrose, Colo.
- The Decoration Day (Memorial Day) parade in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado, includes a drum corps in cavalry uniforms, they carry snare or bass drums. Men in uniform carry an American flag and rifles or swords. An officer is on horseback....
- Memorial Day--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Soldiers--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Trinidad
- Panoramic, aerial view of frame and brick houses and commercial buildings in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows bridges over the Purgatoire River, possibly the Columbian School, a stone church and downtown commercial buildings. Frame...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]