Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pioneer Jubilee, Salt Lake City
- Float pulled by horses at the Pioneer Jubilee Parade, Salt Lake City, Utah shows: cloth covered frame to represent water with a long overhead wave shape, sign reads: "Salt Lake". Inside the wave rides a girl, in a white dress, holding reins...
- Utah Pioneer Jubilee (1897 : Salt Lake City, Utah); Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Anniversaries--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Girls--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1897
- Square tower canon, Utah
- Two men pose on top of a mushroom shape rock formation at the Native American Anasazi cliff dwelling ruins of Square Tower Canyon, Hovenweep National Monument, Utah. Shows partial masonry wall, rock pile, vegetation, and cliffs in background.
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Utah--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Utah--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Square Tower Group Ruins...
- [1908?]
- Northern Utes, agents, and interpreter
- Studio portrait of four Native American Ute men, two agents, and an interpreter. They are identified as:"Standing: J. S. Littlefield, agent, White River; Tab-u-cha-kat; Pak-ant; Catz; Uriah M. Curtis, interpreter. Sitting: Wanzitz (Antelope); Maj....
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--1870-1880.; Catz, Ute Indian.; Han-ko, Ute Indian.; Pak-ant, Ute Indian.; Tab-u-cha-kat, Ute Indian.; Wanzito.; Curtis, Uriah M.; Littlefield, J. S.; Thompson, J. B., Major.
- [1872]
- A historical mt home
- View of the Saint Cloud stage stop and Post Office, in Larimer County, Colorado; shows a frame house, trees, and outbuildings.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.; Transportation--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Blue River Hose Co 1908
- Eleven firemen of the Blue River Hose Company in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose in their dress uniforms, including conductor's caps with metal badges, dark pants, wide belts with edges bound in white leather, and pullover bib shirts. Their shirts...
- Blue River Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Sun dial
- Shows a sun dial in City Park in Denver, Colorado. The sundial is a pillar shape with the dial on the flat top. Carved stars border the top half of the pillar.
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sundials--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Shelter house - golf course
- Shows gazebo building with a slate roof and four walls that converge in the center to form an "X" shape. Small benches are attached to each wall. This shelter was located at the City Park Golf Course in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park Golf Course (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Shelters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Shelter house - golf course
- Shows gazebo building with a slate roof and four walls that converge in the center to form an "X" shape. Small benches are attached to each wall. This shelter was located at the City Park Golf Course in Denver, Colorado.
- City Park Golf Course (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Golf--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Shelters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- St. John's Episcopal Church
- Exterior view of the Saint John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Breckenridge, Colorado. This one story, gable roofed frame structure was built in 1881 and moved several times over the years. It has a gable roofed, projecting entry and sash windows...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1920-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Breckenridge--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a man walks along side a foliage covered, pony drawn carriage followed by a horse drawn carriage with a shell shape design, both have child passengers and riders on horseback....
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a girl rides in a flower covered, horse drawn buggy with a shell shape design followed by decorated wagons, buggies, and riders on horseback. Spectators line the street, some on...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Girls--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1899
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a flower covered, float in the shape of a bell, possibly over a bicycle and with an eagle on top, reads: "[Lib]erty Welc[ome] Colo[rado]", followed by decorated bicycles and wagons. Spectators...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- 1899
- White Eagle, Sioux
- Head and shoulders cut out image of poet White Eagle, Native American Dakota Sioux man. He wears a buckskin shirt, neck scarf and cowboy hat.
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Poets--1910-1920.; White Eagle, fl. 1910-1930.
- [[between 1910 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge ranch house
- A one story gable roofed house sits in a field in Breckenridge, Colorado. The house is built in an 'ell' shape, with a covered porch in the inside corner and gablets over the sash windows. A log outbuilding is to the left, and rail fences surround...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, residences
- This residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, gable roofed frame dwelling built in an 'ell' shape with an open porch in the inside corner. Lathe turned uprights support the porch roof, sash windows are set in the clapboard sided walls,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Main street
- On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, a frame, two-story, gable roofed residence with bay windows flanking its entry is half buried in snow. Built in an 'ell' shape with a partially enclosed porch in the inside corner, the house has a square...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a tall cut stone in the shape of an obelisk without the pyramid on top; portion of the stone shows the raised image of two hands clasping, inside of...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Main building from the N.E.
- A view of the Overland Cotton Mill built at Evans Avenue and South Mariposa Street in 1890 in Denver, Colorado. The building is constructed in a "T" shape and High Victorian Gothic style, it features a pavilion, smoke stack and multiple paned...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Main building (from the S.W.)
- A view of the Overland Cotton Mill built in 1890 at Evans Avenue and South Mariposa Street in Denver, Colorado. The building is constructed in a "T" shape and in a High Victorian Gothic style, it features a pavilion, smoke stack and multiple paned...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Main building (from the south)
- A view of the Overland Cotton Mill built at Evans Avenue and South Mariposa Street in 1890 in Denver, Colorado. The building is constructed in a "T" shape and in a High Victorian Gothic style, it features a pavilion, smoke stack and multiple paned...
- Overland Cotton Mill (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cotton mills--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Sunflower Carnival
- A group of men on bicycles pull a parade float in the shape of a battleship on Cascade Avenue, part of the Flower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The float is decorated with banners and a U. S. flag. The men's bicycles are...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades &...
- [August, 1898]
- Sunflower Carnival
- View of a parade on Cascade Avenue, part of the Flower Carnival, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. A group of men and women sit on a float decorated with streamers, bunting, and a sign that reads "[?] Workers". The float is hitched to a...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August, 1898]
- Brighton
- View of an ornamental iron grave marker standing on a pedestal base in the cemetery in Brighton, Colorado; marker in the shape of a cross with rounded caps at the ends of the cross bar and at the top; decorative tendril and scroll like metal work...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Brighton--1940-1970.
- [between 1949 and 1966]
- Tatonkaiyotonka, Sitting Bull The above is a true photo and autograph of "Sitting Bull," the Sioux Chief at the Custer Massacre
- Sitting studio portrait of Sitting Bull, a Native American (Hunkpapa Sioux). He has a blanket and pipe in his lap, wears a long sleeved, light colored shirt, and braids in his hair. He is best known for the role he played at the battle of Little...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Hunkpapa Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- 1882?
- Aurora, Colorado
- In this aerial view of Aurora, Colorado, the grid shape of the city streets is clear. Large trees grow in the city, but the landscape beyond the settled portions is flat and barren.
- Aurora (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Rocky Mountain News office - built in 1860, destroyed by the great Cherry Creek flood at 2 a. m., May 20, 1864
- Early view in Denver, Colorado, shows wooden commercial buildings, some with false fronts. Signs: "Rocky Mountain News, printing," and "Tremont House."
- Rocky Mountain News--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1864]
- Centro - art project
- Gilbert Martinez, director of El Centro, shows a stained glass art project to young Steve Gonzales. Martinez holds up a glass piece in the shape of an eight point star with a small cross and circle at the top end.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--Boulder--1970-1980.; Boulder (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boys--Colorado--Boulder--1970-1980.; Lamps--Colorado--Boulder--1970-1980.; Gonzales, Steve.; Martinez, Gilbert.
- 1969
- Gilpin County
- View of a single gravestone in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; features a rectangular shape with raised letters at the top that read, "Rest in Heaven," and the raised image of a Willow tree underneath; inscription reads: "Stephen Tibbets...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Gold Hill
- View of a gravestone at the cemetery in Gold Hill (Boulder County), Colorado; features a small stone with an irregular shape and the raised image of a hand with its index finger extended; most of the inscription obscured by tall grass or worn to a...
- Gold Hill (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gold Hill--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gold Hill--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Star Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, Georgetown, Colo.
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, showing the Star Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, outside the fire house on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street. The firemen appear to be preparing to take part in a parade; a cart is decorated with American flags. A uniformed man...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1881?]
- Mud structure
- A Native American man wrapped in a striped blanket sits by a mud structure, possibly a sweat lodge, in Arizona. The structure is pyramid shape, made of logs with mud covering the outside; the entrance is supported with log posts.
- Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Sweatbaths--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Mosteose, (Holy Rabbit), Iowa
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Native American (Iowa) man Mosteose or Holy Rabbit. He wears a woven cloth turban with a feather, a kerchief, a medallion necklace, and a blanket over one shoulder. He holds a fan of feathers and a tomahawk...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Iowa Indians--1890-1900.; Holy Rabbit.
- 1898
- Big Bow Kiowa Chief
- Studio portrait (standing and sitting) of Big Bow (Zipkiyah, Zipkoheta, Zepko-eete), Satanwan, and Parose, Native American (Kiowa) men. The men pose near a buffalo head. One man wears fringed leggings and shirt, a leather belt, a sheathed knife,...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Kiowa Indians--1880-1900.; Big Bow.; Parose.; Satanwan.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Boulder
- View of a gravestone in Boulder, Colorado; shows a cut stone with an irregular shape; hand, in bas relief holding a fruiting plant in it's fingers; above the inscription reads: "Our Rosa;" trees and other stones in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Boulder
- View of a grave marker in Boulder, Colorado; shows an elaborate stone, carved in the shape of a large arch; two columns, with square bases, form the legs coming off of the arch; decedents' name on the square bases read: "Jennie Smith Clarke...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Boulder
- View of a gravestone in Boulder, Colorado; shows a cut stone in the shape of a obelisk; decorative designs inscribed, and a rose is raised in the middle of one side; dedication reads: "Far from home and loved ones, her body rests in the grave;"...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Boulder--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Craig Colony
- A doctor examines a patient at the Craig Colony (Craig Hospital) a tuberculosis sanitarium in Edgewater (Jefferson County), Colorado. Other men look on.
- Craig Colony--1910-1930.; Edgewater (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Examinations--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.; Physicians--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.; Sick persons--Colorado--Edgewater--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Idaho Springs, Colo. springs
- View of the Mammoth swimming bath house near Idaho Springs, Colorado; features a single structure with vertical board siding, medium front gable with open porch and overhead roof supported by four square timbers, and a gabled vent with horizontal...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.
- [between 1863 and 1875]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado residences
- Panoramic view of the Marshall house complex in Idaho Springs, Colorado; shows the Marshall House dining room with a man and a woman standing in front of it; features include rectangular openings with a semicircular window shape, decorative wood...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lodging houses--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.
- 1922 July 23, 1922
- Native American man
- Stereographic studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Plains) man. He wears a vest, beaded necklaces, and metal earrings.
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1860-1880.; Men--1860-1880.
- [between 1864 and 1877]
- Cheyenne wigwams
- Stereographic view of a Native American (Cheyenne) man, women, and children who pose near a group of tepees. The man holds a sword and a woman holds a thin wooden pole. The man wears leggings and a war bonnet feather headdress with horns. The women...
- Cheyenne Indians--1860-1900.; Indians of North America--1860-1900.; Children--1860-1900.; Indian encampments--1860-1900.; Tipis--1860-1900.; Women--1860-1900.
- [between 1867 and 1896]
- Indian abodes, models
- Reproduction of a cloth and wood model shows a Native American tepee. Tepees had timber frames arranged in a cone shape which were then covered with hide or other suitable material. A smoke hole was left in the ceiling and a doorway allowed entry...
- Indians of North America--Structures--1970-1980.; Building models--1970-1980.; Tipis--1970-1980.
- 1979?
- Alma, Park County, Colorado and its smelting works from the Dolly Varden Mine
- A copy of a lithograph in a circle shape shows the view from the Dolly Varden Mine down on Alma, (10,353 feet) Park County, Colorado, shows wood frame buildings, smelters, patches of evergreens, cleared areas and a creek.
- Alma (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1870-1880.
- [between 1960-1980?]
- Shoshone Indians near Arapahoe, Wyo
- A group of Native American (Shoshone) men stand and sit on horseback near Arapahoe, Wyoming. The men are near a group of trees, a drum sits on the ground. The men on horseback hold wooden staffs. The men wear leggings, kilts, blankets, and feathers...
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1880-1900.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1880-1900.; Arapahoe (Wyo.)--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Shoshone Indians
- Stereographic view of Native American (Shoshone) men, women, and children, they pose outdoors. The men wear hair pipe breast plates, fur pelts over their braids, and hats. The women wear blankets. A horse hitched to a wagon stands in the distance.
- Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Shoshoni Indians--1880-1910.; Children--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Shoshone or Snake Chief
- Studio portrait (head and shoulders) of a Native American (Shoshone) man. He wears a beaded necklace and head ornament.
- Indians of North America--1860-1900.; Shoshoni Indians--1860-1900.; Men--1860-1900.
- [between 1867 and 1896]
- Shoshone or Snake Chief.
- Stereographic studio portrait (sitting) of a Native American (Shoshone) man. The man sits on a fringed chair. He holds a bandolier bag. He wears moccasins, leggings, a blanket over his lap, a fringed shirt, beaded necklaces, and beads in his braids.
- Indians of North America--1860-1900.; Shoshoni Indians--1860-1900.; Clothing & dress--1860-1900.
- [between 1867 and 1896]
- Grave of Sacajawea
- View of Sacajawea's and Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau's gravestones at Fort Washakie, Wyoming. The graves have been recently covered. Sacajawea's gravestone is a pillar of stone with a plaque placed on one face. Baptiste Charbonneau's gravestone has an...
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1880-1890.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1880-1890.; Fort Washakie (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Cemeteries--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1880-1890.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Wyoming--Fort...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- American Furniture Company
- Nighttime rooftop view of the American Furniture Company store at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The four-story building has an electric sign in the shape of a U. S. flag. Automobiles and pedestrians are nearby.
- American Furniture Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1921 either January or February
- The American Furniture Company
- View of the American Furniture Company building at 16th (Sixteenth) and Lawrence Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The four-story building has an electric sign in the shape of a U. S. flag. Automobiles and pedestrians are nearby.
- American Furniture Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Electric signs--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Furniture stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]