Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Sam Maestas Sr. (without hat), about 17, playing poker in Ocate, NM
- Three men sit at a table and play poker in Ocate (Mora County), New Mexico. Sam Maestas, Sr. (on the left), sits in a chair and holds a hand of cards. He wears a suit and smokes a cigar. Two unidentified men play with him. One man wears a suit,...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Ocate (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Group portraits.; Poker.; Smoking.; Maestas, Sam--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Pictorial...
- 1904 May 2
- Decorating for Chinese New Year while brother Celestial smokes waterpipe
- A Chinese-American man hangs a scroll with Chinese characters on a wall in a building on Hop Alley in Denver, Colorado. Celestial lays nearby and smokes possibly opium from a water pipe. Images of a dragon and flowers are on the wall.
- Chinese-Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Opium dens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Celestial.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Dad
- A man identified as "dad" poses in a field in Colorado. He wears a hat, jacket, slacks, vest and tie and smokes a pipe. A small image overlays the print. It shows an elderly Hispanic woman in a long black dress and a full, black manta or shawl that...
- Mexican Americans--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Women.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Minority older people--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican American...
- [between 1930 and1940?]
- Cinco de Mayo street vendor
- A man smokes and stands near his display of "Santa Fe Pottery" on a sidewalk at the Cinco de Mayo Festival hosted by the West Side Coalition on Santa Fe Drive in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The pottery is displayed on tables...
- Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Holidays.; Pottery.; Street vendors.; Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday)--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1973
- José Gaspar and Eligio Manzanares
- Hispanic American brothers José Gaspar and Eligio Manzanares stand in the snow on the side of a hill probably near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Jose wears a cap, shirt and jeans and smokes a pipe. Eligio wears a shirt, jacket and pants...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Families.; Manzanares, Eligio--Pictorial works.; Manzanares, José Gaspar--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1920
- José Julián Lobato and touring car
- Hispanic American José Julián "J.J." Lobato poses beside his Ford Model T touring car near San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a white shirt, tie and coveralls. He smokes a cigar. Jose Lobato served as Costilla County Treasurer and...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; San Luis (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Convertible automobiles.; Judges.; Lobato, José Julián--Pictorial works.; Automobiles, Convertible--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1927 and 1930?]
- Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota
- An unidentified Mexican sugar beet worker, recruited by the Farm Security Administration to work in Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota, sits in a railroad car and smokes a cigarette. He wears a leather jacket and a straw hat and is partially covered...
- Mexicans--1940-1950.; Agricultural laborers--Mexican.; Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Pictorial works.; Mexicans--Pictorial works.
- [1943 May]
- Frances Montez family
- Unidentified members of the Frances Montez family gather around a table filled with food in Denver, Colorado. Shows an older woman, middle aged women and a young girl. The girl reaches for the hand of a young boy who hides in the doorway of the...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Children.; Families.; Women.; Montez, Frances--Family--Pictorial works.; Montez family--Pictorial works.;...
- [1987?]
- Miners
- A group of miners pose near a house made of stone, mud, and wood possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men and a boy wear work clothes including: overalls, pants, boots, bandanas, and hats. One man balances a bottle of liquor on his knee. A...
- Boys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Shale claim corner on Battlement Mesa, facing Collbran
- Men stand and pose beside a wooden claim marker pole on Battlement Mesa in probably Mesa County, Colorado. Men wear overalls or vests and felt hats. One man holds a pick axe; another man smokes a cigarette.
- Mining claims--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.; Battlement Mesa (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Mesa...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Coal miners
- A group of miners pose in a coal camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes including overalls, work pants, jackets, boots, and flannel shirts. The men wear oil wick caps with lamps. One man smokes a pipe.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Mt. Logan Oil Shale Mining & Ref'g Co.
- Men, employees of the Mt. Logan Oil Shale Mining and Refining Company, pose in a rock cave near De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; a brass bed, shelves, and calendars are on the wall. One man smokes a pipe.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; De Beque (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; Petroleum industry--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.; Petroleum workers--Colorado--De Beque--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- WPCD mucking bucket spilling
- Men load rubble in a tunnel at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. One man smokes a cigarette.
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Laborers--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- W.P.C.D. mucking
- Men load rubble onto ore cars in a tunnel at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. The men wear work overalls, hard hats, and electric mine lamps....
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1930-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Hydraulic facilities--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Mine...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Greulich, Lund, Loftus
- A man identified as Loftus and two families, probably the Greulich and Lund families, are seated on a mine dump at the Dew Drop Mine in Ward (Boulder County), Colorado. Mr. Greulich wears a hat and suit and holds a cigar. Mr. Lund wears a vest and...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County)--1890-1900.; Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mining.; Tailings embankments.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Loftus family.; Lund family.
- 1895 May 11th
- Man two women and a boy sitting on a blanket by the river reading
- Outdoor portrait of a family on a blanket near the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. The women hold books while the man smokes a pipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Smoking--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Man smoking pipe knitting
- Studio portrait of a man in Colorado. He smokes a pipe and knits.
- Knitting--Colorado--1910-1930.; Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Man knitting
- Studio portrait of a man in Colorado. He knits and smokes a pipe. He wears a suit and tie.
- Knitting--Colorado--1910-1930.; Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Recreation hunting 3 men with dog & guns
- A group of young men pose outdoors with shotguns and rifles in Denver, Colorado. One man smokes a pipe.
- Hunters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1920?]
- Cities streets construction
- A painter smokes a pipe and holds a bucket of paint and a brush as he stands near metal supports, part of the Alameda Avenue underpass construction in Denver, Colorado. Convertible automobiles are parked nearby on the street.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Painting--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Smoking--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Contractor's office, C. Leonardt
- Three men pose in front of a small building at the Holly Sugar Company in Swink (Otero County), Colorado. One man smokes a pipe. Sign reads: "C. Leonardt., Contractor, Los Angeles." Outside the office is a shovel, several barrels, and a wheelbarrow.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--1900-1910.; Contractors--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.
- 1906
- Fancy interior, 2 unid. people
- Interior view shows a man and woman in a room or parlor with stenciled walls, probably in Denver, Colorado. Items include: chairs, furniture, mirror, framed pictures, lamps, and drapery. The man smokes and the woman reads a book.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Reading--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Smoking--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Harry Buckwalter
- Harry H. Buckwalter poses in (probably) Colorado, by a wood pile. He smokes a pipe.
- Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Photographers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smoking--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Harry Buckwalter
- Harry H. Buckwalter poses in (probably) Colorado, by a wood pile. He smokes a pipe.
- Photographers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smoking--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Harry Buckwalter
- Harry H. Buckwalter poses in (probably) Colorado, by a wood pile. He smokes a pipe.
- Photographers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smoking--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Harry Buckwalter
- Harry H. Buckwalter poses with an ax in (probably) Colorado, by a woodpile. He smokes a pipe.
- Photographers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smoking--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Harry Buckwalter
- Harry H. Buckwalter poses with an ax in (probably) Colorado, by a woodpile. He smokes a pipe.
- Photographers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smoking--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Man
- Studio portrait of a man. He smokes a pipe and wears a jacket and wide-brimmed hat.
- Men--1900-1910.; Tobacco pipes--1900-1910.
- [1903]
- Apache chief, Fort Apache, Ariz.
- A Native American man, probably Chiricahua Apache, smokes a cigarette in front of a tepee at Fort Apache (Navajo County), Arizona. He wears a red bandanna on his head, cloth shirt and breechcloth, and high-topped buckskin boots.
- Chiricahua Indians--Men--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Fort Apache (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Smoking--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Tipis--Arizona--Fort Apache--1900-1910.; Tribal...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Miner's dug out
- Miners pose near a stone and mud-plastered dugout house (duplex) built into a hillside, two wear caps with miners lights, one smokes a pipe. Men in suits pose near a sawhorse and wood planks.
- Dugout houses--1880-1900.; Miners--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- B. M. Vaughan in front of Vaughan Lodge
- B. A. Vaughan poses with his dog and horse at the hitching post, next to his lodge outside of Meeker, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. He smokes a cigarette, wears protective wrist guards, an ammunition belt, and restrains the dog by a chain. His horse...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Dogs--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Horses--Colorado--Meeker--1880-1890.; Vaughan, B. A.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Miner's still
- A miner smokes a pipe as he sits next to rigged liquor still, possibly in Colorado. Hoses come from a wooden barrel set on stack of beams and wooden crates. The hoses lead to buckets in a freshly dug trench, the shovel is beside the man. Bottles,...
- Miners--Colorado--1910-1920.; Stills (Distilleries)--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920]
- Bassick Hotel fire, Querida, Colorado
- Onlookers stand in snow by a picket fence as the two-story Bassick Hotel smokes after being ruined by flames, Querida, Custer County, Colorado.
- Bassick Hotel (Querida, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Querida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fires--Colorado--Querida--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Querida--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885?]
- Looking down Four Mile Canõn, D. B. & W. RY.
- View into Fourmile Canyon from edge of Colorado and Northwestern Railway narrow gauge railroad tracks, Boulder County, Colorado; a train smokes along Fourmile Creek, another is on a distant slope.
- Fourmile Canyon (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fourmile Creek (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railroad Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Tunnels 8 and 9 on the Short Line
- View of Tunnels number 8 and 9 on the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, Teller or El Paso County, Colorado; also called "The Short Line;" a train smokes near the lower tunnel.
- Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Vista of the plains from High Drive
- View towards Point Sublime rock formation on the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called the Short Line) above Colorado Springs, Colorado on the High Drive; a man leans on a timber fence by dirt road; a train smokes around...
- Fences--Colorado--1890-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1920.; Plains--Colorado--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1920.; Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, colo.); Colorado Springs & Cripple...
- [between 1897 and 1917]
- Four elevations of track on the Short Line
- Four elevations of the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, also called "The Short Line;" a engine with passenger cars smokes on the tracks as it winds up forested mountain slopes above Colorado Springs, Colorado; shows High Drive...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Passenger railroad cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Four elevations of track on the Short Line
- View of four elevations of the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short Line); an engine with passenger cars smokes on the tracks as it winds up forested mountain slopes above Colorado Springs, Colorado;...
- Passenger railroad cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Men who laid the tile in Brown Palace Hotel, Denver
- Group portrait of tile workers at the Brown Palace Hotel's Broadway entrance, Denver, Colorado. One man holds a dog; one smokes a cigar.
- Brown Palace Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tile layers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1982 and 1895?]
- Colfax bridge going over Cherry creek
- Four unidentified men (man with scroll is possibly George Norlin) in dark suits and hats walk by the steel framed Colfax Street bridge that crosses Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado. One man smokes a pipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915?]
- Cairte ruins McElmo Dist. J 73
- View of white men riding in a wagon with bowed cover supports at Hovenweep National Monument, Montezuma County, Colorado. The wagon travels behind scrub bushes. The mesas of possibly Hovenweep Canyon are visible in the background. One man smokes a...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hovenweep National Monument (Utah and Colo.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological...
- [1908?]
- Lowry Field
- An Army private first class, sits and smokes a pipe on the fender of a military Truck at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado. Railroad freight cars are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Smoking--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Man with pipe at Ken Caryl
- Men pose by a building with jigsawn brackets at Ken Caryl Ranch, Jefferson County, Colorado. One smokes a pipe; the other wears eyeglasses.
- Ken Caryl Ranch (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--Jefferson County--1920-1930.; Smoking--Colorado--Jefferson County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Illustrated interview of our lady artist with the Ute Indian Chiefs and prisoners in Washington, D. C.
- Reproduction of a sketch of Miss Georgie A. Davis, artist, visiting with Native American Ute delegation, in the Tremont House bedroom, Washington D. C. The Ute chiefs, including Ouray, look at her sketch; one smokes a long pipe.
- Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Reporters--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Ouray.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- Artist and model
- Interior of a studio probably in Denver, Colorado; a model poses for an unidentified artist who smokes a pipe while seated at his easel.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Artists' models--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Artists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Female model posed for artist
- Interior of a studio probably in Denver, Colorado; a model poses for an unidentified artist who smokes a pipe while seated at his easel.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Artists' models--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Artists--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Smoking--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Central City
- Bar patrons, holding beer and resting their feet on the barrail or nearby chairs, stand at a bar in Central City, Colorado. One patron smokes a cigar; another stands over a spittoon. The bartender stands behind the bar wearing a waistcoat and an...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Barrooms--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Interiors--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Group portrait
- A group of unidentified people (men, women and three girls), pose for a group portrait, probably at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. One man smokes a cigarette, one woman wears a fur stole over her dress.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Men in handcuffs
- Two prisoners in handcuffs are escorted by two men, probably in Denver, Colorado. One smokes a cigar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Prisoners--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Two men
- Men pose with a dog; clothing includes hats and suspenders; one man smokes a pipe, probably in Colorado.
- Dogs--Colorado--1890-1900.; Smoking--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]