Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 S
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Two unidentified men shake hands
- Two unidentified men shake hands, probably Denver, Colorado. One man wears a hat, overcoat, tie and vest. The other man wears a plaid shirt, cap and slacks.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Boxers shake hands
- Two men with boxing gloves shake hands near a third man, probably in Colorado. The boxers wear print robes. The other man wears jodhpurs and high boots. One and two story buildings are in the distance.
- Boxers (Sports)--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- James A. Maestas and Mayor William McNichols
- James Maestas and Denver Mayor William McNichols shake hands in the Mayor's office in Denver, Colorado. Mayor McNichols holds a piece of paper.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Mayors--Colorado--Denver.; Shaking hands.; Interiors.; Maestas, James A.--Pictorial works.; McNichols, William Henry, 1910---Pictorial...
- [between 1980 and 1985?]
- Mill Site Inn
- View of the front and sign of the Mill Site Inn at 44365 Colorado 72 in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. The building has dark shake shingle siding a gabled roof and a window dormer. A sign on the front of the building reads: "Mill Site Inn Fine...
- Mill Site Inn (Ward, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ward (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Restaurants.; Mill Site Inn (Ward, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Restaurants--Colorado--Ward--Pictorial works.; Ward (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1995
- Persse Place
- View of the restored two story stone Persse Place (1903) in Roxborough State Park, Douglas County, Colorado. The house is built into a grassy hill, and has a single chimney in the center of the shake shingled roof. The house was constructed in 1903...
- Persse Place (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Roxborough State Park (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Houses.; State parks & reserves.; Persse, Henry Stratford, 1837-1918--Homes and haunts.; Persse Place (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Roxborough State...
- 2001
- Doc Holiday Saloon, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- View of Doc Holiday Saloon located at 724 Grand Avenue, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The long, narrow, brick ca.1900 structure shares a common cornice and decorative frieze with the neighboring building to the north. A 10-foot neon sign with the...
- Doc Holiday Saloon (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Doc Holiday Saloon (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 2008
- Homestead Cabin, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the small Homestead Cabin located at the Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, 3202 Chambers Way, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The ca. 1860s, rustic one-story log cabin has small windows, a wood shake roof, and small stone chimney. The structure...
- Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Log cabins--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1990-2000.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Log...
- 1996
- Water garden Denver Botanic Gardens
- View of the Water Garden at Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man with a camera kneels near a small garden pavilion with a shake roof and an irregular shaped lily pond. Reeds and a...
- Denver Botanic Gardens--1980-1990.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Botanical gardens.; Water gardens.; Denver Botanic Gardens--Pictorial works.; Botanical gardens--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1988
- Cities parks refreshment stands scene in park with refreshments
- A family poses near their concession stand with bags of peanuts, candies, and boxes of Cracker Jacks, in a park in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the fabric tent and awning read: "Ice Cold Drinks & Candies", "Ice Cream Soda, Lemonade, Milk Shake,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Food vendors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Denver & Rio Grande R. R. ticket office
- Two men shake hands in front of the Albany Hotel at the corner of Stout and 17th (Seventeenth) Streets in Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "The Albany", "Denver and Rio Grande Railroad", "Missouri Pacific Railway", "Barber Shop Down stairs", and...
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--Facilities--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Ticket...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Hopi harvest dance
- Kachinas in spotted robes and feathered headdresses circle in the dance plaza of Oraibi Pueblo (Navajo County), Arizona. Other dancers in western dress shake gourds and feathers; onlookers line the roofs and adobe walls of the pueblo.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Ceremonial dancers--Arizona--Oraibi--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He shakes hands with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He talks with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a dark hat...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Apteka Pharmacy and Sunday papers, 9:00 PM.
- A customer pulls a Sunday paper off the stack on the counter of the Apteka Pharmacy, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The drug store includes a display of oil lamps, a soda fountain with a snow cone machine and "Tasty Great" ice cream cones. Signs...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Drugstores--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- September 1979
- AdAmAn Club
- Men shake hands and pass a piece of paper, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. One has a patch on his coat sleeve: "National Ski Patrol;" the other, probably an AdAmAn Club member, wears a billed cap with earflaps.
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1950-1960.; National Ski Patrol System (U.S.)--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Colorado Governor William H. "Billy" Adams and New York Governor Al Smith
- Colorado Governor William H. "Billy" Adams on the left and New York Governor Al Smith, Democratic candidate for President, on the right, shake hands on the back platform of a train at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Smith is to the left of...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Governors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Governors--New York--1920-1930.; Politicians--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Adams, William...
- September 23, 1928
- Couple
- A man and woman shake hands.
- Couples--1910-1930.; Shaking hands--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- D&RGW movie train view of locomotive no. 1706 and men in Royal Gorge "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers
- Men from the Warner Brother's film "Limited Mail" shake hands in front of Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Locomotive number 1706 in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Warner Bros.--1920-1930.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Fremont County--1920- 1930.; Railroad...
- 1925
- Standard station 29th & Colo
- Two African American (Black) men shake hands in front of a Standard gas station at 29th and Colorado Boulevard in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado.
- American Oil Company--Facilities.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Denver--1950-1970.; Shaking...
- [between 1950 and 1970?]
- Sub Indian chiefs who commanded various divisions of Indians in show battle before president
- Native American (Shoshone) men and a boy pose near a tepee in Omaha, Nebraska. To men shake hands, two others hold blankets. One man holds a wooden pipe, a tobacco bag, and a feather fan. The men wear leggings, breechcloths, vests, hair pipe...
- Indians of North America--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Shoshoni Indians--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Headdresses--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Boys--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Clothing &...
- 1898
- New Hope Baptist Church adult choir E. 23rd and Ogden St.
- Black (African American) and white members of the New Hope Baptist Church adult choir shake hands in the church in Denver, Colorado. A piano is nearby.
- New Hope Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Choirs (Music)--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- New Hope Baptist Church adult choir
- Black (African American) and white members of the New Hope Baptist Church adult choir shake hands and pose near a piano in the church in Denver, Colorado. A microphone is nearby.
- New Hope Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Choirs (Music)--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Nat'l Jewish Hosp., Children's Bldg. dedication
- Two men shake hands near a podium, and other men pose on steps at the dedication of the Children's Building at National Jewish Hospital at East Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado. An American flag hangs from the podium.
- National Jewish Hospital (U.S.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building dedications--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Flags--American--1920-1930.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1923 June
- Laying of cornerstone
- A crowd of men, women, and children gathers in an open lot for a ceremony to lay the cornerstone of Presbyterian Hospital at Franklin Street and 20th (Twentieth Avenue) in the City Park West neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Two men stand at the...
- Presbyterian Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Cornerstone laying--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1921
- Edgewater, Colorado, King Soopers ground breaking, December 1977
- City Clerk Charles Kucci, Mayor Bonnie Allison, King Soopers Vice-President Jim Baldwin, and Police Chief Robert Sordonier shake hands and hold the handle of a tool at the ground breaking of the new King Soopers supermarket in Edgewater, Jefferson...
- King Soopers, Inc.--1970-1980.; Edgewater (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ground breaking ceremonies--Colorado--Edgewater--1970-1980.; Allison, Bonnie.; Baldwin, Jim.; Kucci, Charles.; Sordonier, Robert.
- December 1977
- Dagmar Jensen shaking hands
- Governor William Herbert "Billy" Adams and Dagmar Jensen, the Colorado Senate Docket Clerk, shake hands and pose in a receiving line in an unidentified room in probably Denver, Colorado. Dagmar Jensen wears a fur coat, leather gloves, a cloche,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Receiving lines--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Adams, William Herbert, 1861-1954.; Jensen, Dagmar.
- 1925?
- Scene on the Columbia River, Oregon
- View of a paddle wheel steamer on the Columbia River in Hood River County, Oregon. Shows a building with a wood shake roof and a brick chimney. Dense trees are on an island at the edge of the river.
- Columbia River--1870-1880.; Hood River County (Or.)--1870-1880.; Islands--Oregon--Hood River County--1870-1880.; Rivers--Oregon--Hood River County--1870-1880.; Stern wheelers--Oregon--Hood River County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- The completion of the Pacific Rail Road the ceremony at Promontory Point [sic], Utah
- Men pose at a ceremony to commemorate the completion of the trans-continental railroad at Promontory Summit (Box Elder County), Utah. Workers stand with dignitaries from the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad. Men shake hands,...
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--Rites & ceremonies--1860-1870.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Rites & ceremonies--1860-1870.; Box Elder County (Utah)--1860-1870.; Promontory Summit (Utah)--1860-1870.; Dedications--Utah--Promontory...
- 1869 June 10
- Elkhorn / Estes Park, Don Starnes, Montie Montana
- Don Starnes and cowboy actor and rodeo star Montie Montana, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, shake hands and sit on horseback near Elkhorn Lodge in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The men wear cowboy hats. Montana wears a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Actors--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.;...
- 1954 July
- Cowboys
- A Mexican vaquero and an American cowboy on horseback stop to shake hands in front of a large backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it. The men are members of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court in England. The vaquero...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys.; Gauchos.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Ready to ride out of Elk Falls Camp, Rudy Paulson on left and Dick Dickson
- Rudy Paulson and Dick Dickson, members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pose and shake hands on horseback in probably Park County, Colorado. The men wear western shirts, bandanas and cowboy hats. Dickson's horse has a martingale.
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Park County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Park County--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Park...
- 1952 July
- 15th and Welton, Denver
- View of a building with storefronts at 600 15th (Fifteenth) Street and Welton Street in downtown Denver, Colorado; signs read: "Toth's Specialty Footwear," "Dr. Scholl's," and "Continental Boutique." The building has a shake shingle awning.
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- CU's new coach Jim Yeager w/ Frank Potts, Paul McClung.
- Coach Jim Yeager, Frank Potts, and Paul McClung shake hands at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
- University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)--1940-1950.; Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Coaching (Athletics)--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; Yaeger, Jim.
- 1940 or 1941
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 5 and 6, 1929 May-June
- East Denver High School: 1915
- 1915 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1915
- A Tribute to Youth Program
- Program for 1994 African-American Awareness Month event at the Ford-Warren Branch at the Denver Public Library.
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1994 February 19
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- East Denver High School Annual: Class of 1918
- 1918 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1918
- W.D.H.S. Annual: 1916
- West Denver High School yearbook for 1916.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Periodicals.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1916
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- October 1949
- Denver High School: East Side Annual 1913
- 1913 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1913
- 1865-1959, Zion Baptist Church, precentennial booklet.
- Pre-Centennial booklet produced by Zion Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a history of the church, photographs of different members of the congregations from various years, different clubs, committees, and organizations...
- Zion Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); African American churches--Colorado--Denver.; Baptists--Colorado--Denver.
- 1959
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 December 17
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- Western History Subject Index
- Glendale mine. Shake river-district colorado
- Denver Public Library 1997 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1997.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 1998
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 36, 1911 September 2