Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- High Line Canal, Platte Canon
- A man sits on the wood framework of an elevated portion of the Highline Canal aqueduct in probably Douglas County, Colorado. A horse and buggy sits near the wooden supports.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Highline Canal (Douglas County-Denver County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Aqueducts--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1900.; Irrigation canals & flumes--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Platte Canon near Deansbury
- A man sits on a timber that rests between Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad tracks, and a boulder that sits in the Platte River, in the Platte Canyon (Douglas County and Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1900.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Family portrait
- Studio portrait of a woman, possibly Petrita Chacon, and her three children. The woman wears a dress embellished with embroidery and sits on an upholstered chair. The youngest child sits on an ottoman near her feet, and the two older children...
- Mothers & children--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Portrait of a girl
- Studio portrait of a young girl, possibly the daughter of Mrs. J.B. Johnson. She wears a dark colored dress embellished with fancy stitching at the hem and bodice. The dress has a yoke and a contrasting white collar, cuffs and sleeves. The girl's...
- Girls--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Children sitting on the porch of a log cabin
- African American (Black) children and a man sit in front of a log cabin in an unknown location. The man wears a jacket, short pants, and sits on the porch near wood buckets and chairs. One boy sits on a pile of rocks that serve as steps. He wears a...
- Afro-Americans--Children--1870-1900.; Children--1870-1900.; Log cabins--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Indian women grinding corn
- Two Native American (Hopi) women, probably of Oraibi Pueblo (Navajo County), Arizona, grind corn in square containers with metates. A basket of ground corn sits in front of one woman; a pile of unground corn sits in front of the other woman. Loaves...
- Hopi Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Women--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Oraibi (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Grinding--Arizona--Oraibi--1880-1900.; Home food...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Boulder, looking south
- View of Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado; shows the Boulder County Courthouse with cupola and towers, the Methodist Church with cupola and stone pillars, and the Masonic Temple with parapets, arched windows and cupola. Old Main, the first...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Mrs. "Spider" and "Fat Tobacco," Crows, Crow Agency, Mont.
- A Native American (Crow) man, woman, and child pose at Crow Agency (Big Horn County), Montana. The man, identified as Fat Tobacco, sits on a horse beside a tepee and wears a cowboy hat, a shirt and vest and has a lariat on a saddle. The woman,...
- Crow Indians--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Structures--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Crow Agency (Mont.)--1880-1900.; Children--Montana--Crow Agency--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Montana--Crow...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Ouray-Silverton Toll Road Rocky Point
- A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon, a second man is on horseback, and a third man sits near a cliff on the Ouray-Silverton Toll Road in Ouray County or San Juan County, Colorado.
- Carts & wagons--Colorado--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--1880-1900.; Dirt roads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1880-1900.; Toll roads--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Estes Park
- Two women sit on rocks and look down the hill at Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The women are dressed in jodhpurs, and one woman holds a felt hat in her hand. Below, business line Elkhorn Avenue. The Lewiston Hotel sits on a hill above the...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Estes Park--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Estes Park--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Gilman, Colo.
- The Empire Zinc Company town of Gilman (Eagle County), Colorado sits on top of Battle Mountain. The Belden Mine facility sits in the bottom of Eagle Canyon. Tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company run through the canyon beside...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Company towns--Colorado--Gilman--1920-1930.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gilman (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Canyons--Colorado--Gilman--1920-1930.; Cities &...
- [1925 August]
- Pine cones used for burning
- A group of men and women inspect a wooden trough full of pine cones, Longmont, Colorado. A women sits on edge of trough holding a cat and a man with a vest and badge sits across from her.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cats--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Leadville Drum Corps
- Leadville Drum Corps pose in three rows in front of a vertical board structure. The young men in uniforms wear waistcoats with zig zag embroidery decoration, flat top military caps, trousers with side stripes and gaiters. The first row sits low,...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Drum majoring--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Jule Keen in front of tent
- Jule Keen, treasurer of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits in a folding chair in front of a tent in a camp for the show. Another man sits with Keen. Keen wears his coat buttoned at the top and holds a cigar in his right hand. He has a moustache....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Keen, Jule.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Wild West Show parade
- Two teams of horses pull a wagon with a boat on it during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man in uniform sits on the buckboard of the wagon. Additional men in uniform sit inside the boat on top of the wagon. Several women on...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boats--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- J. L. Niebergall store, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of J. L. Niebergall store in a shed-roof round horizontal log cabin, Cripple Creek, Colorado; same store and site that was located in Fremont, 1892, prior to incorporation of Cripple Creek; man with dog stands in doorway while another...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; J.L. Niebergall Headquarters.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Penrose, Colorado
- A man sits inside of a steam-driven car on the tracks of the Beaver, Penrose, and Northern railroad in Penrose, Colorado in Fremont County. The car has six wheels and two headlights. A man sits on top of the engine. Four other people stand around...
- Beaver, Penrose, and Northern (Penrose, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Penrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Penrose--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Penrose--1910-1920.; Steam automobiles--Colorado--Penrose--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Ward family at Briarhurst Mansion
- A group of people sit in front of a fireplace at Briarhurst Mansion in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Men in tuxedoes and women in puff shouldered, satin and lace jabot necked bodices lounge on the floor, looking quite relaxed. A tophat sits brim up on...
- Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Ward family.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- Teller House, Central City, Colo. hotels
- A woman in a dark suit and a hat sits in the driver's seat of a four-door vintage car on Eureka Street outside of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. The top is down on the car, and a woman in a broad- brimmed hat and a man in a suit and a...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Interior of ancient snake kiva, weaver making blanket Moki Indians, Walpi Pueblo
- Interior view of a kiva, possibly the snake kiva, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; two unidentified Native American (Hopi) men sit near a loom; a wooden ladder leans against a large opening in the ceiling; a clay bowl is next to the ladder;...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Eureka Street, Central City
- Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado, is crowded with cars and jeeps in a view that looks toward Central Hill. Four people sit in a jeep in the foreground. A man smoking a cigarette drives the jeep; another man wearing a hat, glasses, and...
- Central City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Flags--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Large hogan, for medicine sing
- View of a large Navajo hogan, possibly a medicine lodge, at Shiprock, New Mexico. The hogan door frame is draped with a blanket on either side. Two wooden handled hoes are propped up on either side of the doorway. Piles of wood are on either side...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shiprock Agency--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--Shiprock--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Shiprock (N.M.)--1900-1910.;...
- [1908?]
- Women weaving near Butlers trading post
- View of 2 Native American (Navajo) women, a girl, and a baby sitting and standing outside of an adobe and wood building with a brush and wood porch, at Butlers trading post, possibly in New Mexico; one woman, who sits on a fringed blanket, weaves a...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Looms--1900-1910.; Weaving--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Butler's trading post, two dogs
- View of Butler's Trading Post, possibly near Shiprock, New Mexico. A Native American (Navajo) woman sits on a wooden crate near a wooden slat covered porch surrounded by a wood pole fence. The porch stands near a wood and adobe building with a...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Pedro's daughter, baby in cradle
- Interior view, Native American (Tewa) Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Pedro's daughter sits on a bed near a cloth and wood pole cradle suspended from the ceiling. Shows five framed pictures, a wood bedframe with a pair of pants draped over the...
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cradleboards--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Gravestone, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a gravestone in the cemetery at Georgetown, Colorado, on the north end of the town. A sculpture of a sitting lamb sits atop the stone; its head has been knocked off. The inscription on the stone reads: Gertrude Eiring born July 7, 1879...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Gravestone, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of a gravestone in the cemetery at Georgetown, Colorado, on the north end of the town. A sculpture of a sitting lamb sits on top of the stone. The inscription on the stone reads: Waldemar Son of A.J. & Augusta Youngstrom Died Nov. (??), ASSS...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1950.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Indian woman cooking noon meal
- A Native American Flathead (Salish) woman sits on the ground in front of a tepee and tends cooking pots on an open fire. She holds an infant in her lap, another child sits next to her.
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Salish Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Outdoor cookery--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Cathedral Spires, Garden of the Gods
- In front of the Cathedral Spires rock formation at the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado; a man sits in a buggy, holding the reins of two horses. A girl sits behind him; a boy stands in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1930.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1895-1925?]
- Weavers of Blankets at leisure
- Native American (Navajo) women and children pose on and near a covered wagon. A woman and a girl stand near the rear wheel of the wagon, one woman sits in the wagon covering her face and body with a woven blanket. Women wear beaded necklaces. A dog...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Navajo women weavers--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1908]
- Patriotic Navajo Child Pioneer Day, Fruitland
- Native American (Navajo) woman and children pose outside near a wagon wheel, Fruitland, New Mexico.. A boy sits and holds an American flag on his lap. A woman sits and holds a baby in her lap, directly behind the boy. A wagon with cover supports...
- Indians of North America--Children--New Mexico--Fruitland--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Fruitland--1900-1910.; Fruitland (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Boys--New Mexico--Fruitland--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1908]
- Navajo girl mixing fresh corn batter on sheepskin over her lap
- Native American (Navajo) woman sits in a brush shelter and prepares ground cornmeal. A pile of corncobs and husks and a pile of ground cornmeal lie on outspread blankets in front of the woman. Above the woman's head is a coffee can which reads...
- Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Corn--1900-1910.; Home food processing--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.
- [1908]
- Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico. [graphic] : During the incumbency of Governor L. Bradford Prince Drawing Room.
- Interior view of the Drawing Room at the Palace of Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Chairs, tables, a footstool, and a lamp sit in the center of the room. A boy sits in one of the chairs that line the wall. A couch sits next to the fireplace....
- Prince, L. Bradford (Le Baron Bradford), 1840-1922--Homes & haunts.; Palace of the Governors (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1890-1900.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Boys--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1890-1900.; Drawing rooms--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1893]
- Navajo Spring, Manitou, Colorado 1870
- View of Navajo Spring, in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The basin in which the spring originates is on a large boulder on the south bank of Fountain Creek, and a man in a conductor's hat sits by it. Another man in straw hat sits to the left, and on...
- Fountain Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- 1870
- Picnic in Manitou
- View of a group of picnickers near Manitou Springs, Colorado. Mostly children, this group sits and stands with their lunch pails and baskets in the foreground. An older gentleman sits in the center, and behind him two women in jackets and bonnets;...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Children--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Picnics--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [1878]
- Mr. Beechers- trotting horse
- Mr. Beecher sits in a buckboard with pneumatic tires hitched to a dark colored horse. He holds the reins and sits near a whip. He wears a suit and a bowler hat. Two men walk in the distance. Another buggy drives by.
- Carriages & coaches--1890-1910.; Beecher, Mr.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mr. Beecher
- Mr. Beecher sits in a buckboard with pneumatic tires hitched to a dark colored horse. He holds the reins and sits near a whip. He wears a suit, gloves, and a hat.
- Carriages & coaches--1890-1910.; Beecher, Mr.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Man Poses in a buckboard
- A man sits in a buckboard with pneumatic tires hitched to a dark colored horse. He holds the reins and sits near a whip. He wears a suit, gloves, and a hat. Another man stands in the distance near another buggy that drives by.
- Carts & wagons--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mr. E. A. Bucker
- Mr. E. A. Bucker sits in a buggy with pneumatic tires and spoke wheels, drawn by a white horse. He holds the reins to a horse and sits near a whip. He wears gloves and a hat.
- Carriages & coaches--1890-1910.; Bucker, E. A.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Glasson
- Studio portrait (sitting) of a woman (Ms. Glasson ?). The woman sits near a table and holds a book. She sits in front of a painted background.
- Women--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Man and baby with buggy
- A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon as his son sits on the horse in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Fathers & children--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1894 and 1910]
- Medicine tepee
- An old Native American woman (Dakota) sits in front three tepees by an animal skin staked for tanning, probably the Dakota Territory.
- Dakota Indians--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Hides & skins--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tanning--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.; Tipis--Dakota...
- 1882?
- Native American women cook outdoors
- Native American (Plains) women cook outdoors over a fire. One woman sits on a blanket and rolls a piece of dough with a jar. Another woman stands nearby. The woman, who sits, wears a knit hat and a dress; the other woman wears beaded moccasins, a...
- Indians of North America--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Great Plains--1880-1910.; Clothing & dress--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Outdoor cookery--Great Plains--1880-1910.; Women--Great Plains--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Head of flume No Name Creek
- A horse-drawn carriage stops near a small wooden shack and a flume on a bridge over No Name Creek, probably Garfield County, Colorado. A man sits on a high rock formation beside the creek. A large boulder sits beside the dirt road.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & Coaches--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1896?]
- House of Indian agent Will Hayes
- A woman sits on the porch of Indian agent (Native American (Shoshone) Agency?) Will Hayes' house in Arapaho, Wyoming. She sits on a blanket near a dog. The one story wood and log house is surrounded by a prairie landscape.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1920-1940.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1920-1940.; Arapahoe (Wyo.) 1920-1940.; Houses--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1920-1940.; Women--Wyoming--Arapahoe--1920-1940.; Hayes, Will, Indian agent--Homes &...
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Potawatomi meat drying rack
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman sits near a wooden rack used to dry meat on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. A man sits underneath a bark roof, that is near a bark lodge.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Food...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Potawatomi woman
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman sits on a reed mat on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. She sits near a pile of straw reeds and hand weaves. A wooden platform and building are in the distance.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mat industry--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Potawatomi woman
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman sits on a straw mat on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. She holds a piece of string that is connected to a ball of string on the mat. She sits near a bundle of straw reeds and a pipe.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mat industry--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Near Rocky Point (train above)
- View of two miners in front of a hewn log cabin, possibly in Summit County, Colorado. One of the men has a placer pan in his hands and sits near the front door of the cabin. The other man sits on a wooden bridge fishing.
- Bridges--Colorado--1870-1880.; Fishing--Colorado--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--1870-1880.; Mining--Colorado--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Bottling works and bath house
- View of Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows the Manitou Springs Mineral Water and Ginger Champagne Bottling works, a four story rusticated stone and frame building with hipped roof and gabled windows, a square corner tower and a...
- Manitou Bath House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Manitou Mineral Water and Ginger Champagne Bottling Works--1890-1900.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Beverage...
- [between 1890 and 1900]