Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Eldora, Colo. Snowstorm 1899
- A fence stands in the foreground in front of large mounds of snow near a log cabin in Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, after the "Great Snowstorm" of 1899. The cabin is almost buried in snow.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- 6 A.M. snow storm
- View of Main Street after an early July snowstorm in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. A striped arch, probably for the Fourth of July, spans the snow covered street, a street light hangs from the center of the arch. Shows the Jeffers Building, with...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Arches.; Commercial streets.; Snow.
- 1897 July 3
- Eldora - Snow Feb. 1899
- Deep piles of snow line the area in front of several cabins in Eldora, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado, after a large snowstorm in 1899. Two large trees with bare branches stand in the foreground near the porch of one cabin.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Colorado Capitol during an April snowstorm
- View south on Sherman Avenue towards Colorado State Capitol building during spring snowstorm in April, Denver, Colorado.
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913]
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of automobile tracks in the snow near 2377 Elm Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado after the snowstorm of 1982. Shows trees, lawns, sidewalks and houses covered with snow.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982
- Denver, snowstorm
- Men carry shovels, a woman carries fire logs near 2377 Elm Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows dogs, and automobiles, trees, lawns and houses covered with snow from the snowstorm of 1982.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; People--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982
- Denver, Union Station, great snowstorm
- A railroad train with two locomotives sits in Union Station after a snowstorm in Denver, Colorado. Shows piles of snow on platform and a watchman's tower.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Denver, Union Station, great snowstorm
- Men stand near a railroad locomotive in a snowstorm at Union Station, Denver, Colorado. One man holds a shovel, another carries an umbrella. The Sixteenth Street viaduct is overhead. A sign reads, "Office & Depot."
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1913 December
- Denver, Union Station, snowstorm
- Men stand near a railroad locomotive in a snowstorm at Union Station, Denver, Colorado. One man holds an open umbrella. Shows people on the Sixteenth Street viaduct overhead. A sign reads, "Office & Depot, Coors."
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad...
- 1913 December
- Denver, great snowstorm
- People walk under the Union Station Welcome Arch in a snowstorm on Seventeenth (17th) Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows snow drifts and a Denver City Tramway trolley.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Welcome Arch (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Arches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Monuments and...
- 1913 December
- Denver, great snowstorm
- People walk through snow-packed streets at Sixteenth (16th) and Welton during the great snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Denver City Tramway trolley car. A sign on a building reads, "For Rent, Store Room."
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913
- Denver, great snowstorm
- View of passenger train cars in a snowstorm at the Union Station platform in Denver, Colorado. Shows part of Union Station's clock tower.
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 December
- Denver, snowstorm scene in front of library
- View of men shoveling snow in front of the Denver Public Library on West Colfax and Bannock Street after the great snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado. Shows horse-drawn wagons, men, and the Capitol building.
- Denver Public Library--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Denver, snowstorm
- People walk down a shoveled pathway on a residential street in Denver, Colorado after the snowstorm of 1913. Shows snow packed lawns and snow covered houses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December 9
- Denver, snowstorm
- A man skis in a downtown Denver street in the snowstorm of 1913 in Colorado. Shows pedestrians in the snow packed street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Skiing--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Denver, snowstorm
- A snowman wears a hat as it sits in the driver's seat of probably a Model T Ford after the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk down sidewalk near piles of snow.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snowmen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of a nude woman sculpted from snow during the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Nudes--1910-1920.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of a snow covered convertible parked on a Denver street in the snowstorm of 1913 in Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Denver, snowstorm
- A man with a shovel poses on steps outside (probably) the Capitol building near snow drifts after the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of Colfax Street and Denver City Tramway trolley cars stuck in the after the 1913 snowstorm in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Argonaut Hotel, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is in the distance. Pedestrians walk on the street.
- Argonaut Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1913
- Denver, snowstorm
- A man and two boys pose with snowballs in a snow drift for a man with a camera after the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Children playing in snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Photographers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913 December
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of a stuffed animal posed beside a snowman with a hat on in the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado. A sign reads, "December Morn."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snowmen--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Taxidermy--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Denver, snowstorm
- Pedestrians walk near a snow covered Denver City Tramway trolley, number 355, on Sixteenth (16th) Street after the snowstorm of 1913. Shows the Daniels & Fisher building in the distance.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street...
- 1913
- Denver, snowstorm
- Men shovel snow onto horse-drawn wagons on 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado after the snowstorm of 1913. Pedestrians walk along the street and sidewalks. Signs on buildings read, "Keen Kutter, Tools, Cutlery," "Coca-Cola," and "Your...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Denver, snowstorm
- Men shovel snow on Broadway in Denver, Colorado after the 1913 snowstorm. An African American (Black) man crosses the street, pedestrians stand on a corner, and men drive snow laden, horse-drawn wagons. Signs on buildings read, "The Scholtz Dru[g...
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Denver, snowstorm
- A snow covered Denver City Tramway trolley car is stuck in the snowstorm of 1913 in central Denver, Colorado. Signs on a building read, ""Oriental Rugs," and "Store Room For Rent, 20 x 40 ft." A man makes a large snowball.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of wooden barricades across a branch strewn Denver, Colorado residential street after a snowstorm. A sign reads, "Street Closed." A house is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Barricades--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Disasters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Signs...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Denver, snowstorm
- A woman walks past the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Shows remnants of the snowstorm of 1913. There is a mailbox on a post near a fence.
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Denver, snowstorm
- A woman, with a fur collared winter coat, walks a dog in a snowstorm in Denver, Colorado. Shows houses in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Denver, snowstorm
- People stand at the steps of the Capitol building where massive amounts of snow fell during the 1913 Denver snowstorm in Colorado. Shows the Civil War statue.
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Denver, snowstorm
- One man carries a shovel while two others shovel snow on a residential street after the snowstorm of 1982 in Denver, Colorado. Shows houses and automobiles covered in snow.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Disasters--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982
- Denver, snowstorm
- Two people ski down a Denver, Colorado street in the snowstorm of 1982. Shows cross country skis and poles.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Disasters--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Skiing--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982
- Denver, snowstorm
- A car drives down a snow packed Elm Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado after the 1982 snowstorm. Shows cars, lawns and the street buried under snow.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Disasters--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.;...
- 1982
- Denver, snowstorm
- A snow covered International Scout II automobile sits near 2377 Elm Street, a brick bungalow, in Denver, Colorado after the snowstorm of 1982.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982
- Denver, snowstorm
- A man carries logs, others shovel snow near 2377 Elm Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado after the 1982 snowstorm. Shows a snow packed street, dogs, cars, and lawns.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Disasters--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of automobiles, houses and yards, buried in snow drifts, after the 1982 snowstorm, 2377 Elm Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Residential streets--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982
- Denver, snowstorm
- View of an unshoveled sidewalk near 2377 Elm Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado after the 1982 snowstorm. Shows automobiles buried in snow.
- Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1982
- Denver, snowstorm
- A Denver City Tramway trolley car travels down Seventeenth (17th) Street after a snowstorm in Denver, Colorado. Shows piles of snow, commercial buildings and the Albany Hotel.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Eldora Snowstorm 1946
- A small group of cabins stands on a snow-covered ridge in Eldora, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado. A path in the snow leads from the foreground back to the cabins. Pine trees stand along the ridge in the background.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.; Snow--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.
- [1946?]
- Jeep races, Cripple Creek
- Four-wheel drive jeeps and trucks are parked on the outskirsts of town, Cripple Creek, Colorado during a spring snowstorm; small groups of people are gathered around parked automobiles; buildings and residences of the town are in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1970-1980.
- 1974
- Snow storm, Denver, 1913
- Street scene of snowstorm in Denver, Colorado; shows sign of Dillon Iron Works.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Snowstorms--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.
- 1913
- Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest
- A view of Georgetown, Colorado, in a snowstorm; the town is covered in snow, and the valley between the town and Silver Plume is obscured. In the foreground is a rough stone wall; in the right middle distance is a house with a picket fence that is...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1920.; Snowstorms--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1920.
- [between 1874 and 1917]
- Lieu. Cloman's troop of Indian scouts P.R. Agency S.D.
- Lieutenant Cloman poses with his horse mounted troops of Native American Oglala Sioux scouts, during a drill in a snowstorm on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. They wear uniforms with fur caps and mittens and hold rifles. Tepees, wall...
- United States. Army.--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Military service--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indian scouts--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North...
- 1891
- Georgetown, Colo.
- View, from the Argentine Central Railway Company's narrow gauge Georgetown Loop, of Georgetown, Colorado.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Idaho Springs
- View of Miner Street in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Automobiles are parked near the sidewalk. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Valley Cafe Good Food," "Steaks Chops Trout Dinners," "Log Cabin Cafe," "Nines," "Furniture,"...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1950-1960.
- 1954
- Colfax from Broadway
- Pedestrians walk on Colfax Avenue at Broadway after a snowstorm in Denver, Colorado. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is in the distance. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Tours," "MacFarland Auto Company," "Buick," "The Miller-Ray Motor...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Sixteenth Street
- View of pedestrians and automobiles on 17th (Seventeenth) Street during a snowstorm in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on nearby buildings read: "United States National Bank," and "Albany Hotel."
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Hydraulic mining, Park County
- View of a gold placer mine in Park County, Colorado; shows a steam [?] powered crane with lettering: "Snowstorm Hydraulic Co.," and a boulder in its grasp. Across a stream, on tailings, a miner runs a "monitor" nozzle.
- Park County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Park County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Brendlinger Block
- A group of men pose outdoors after a snowstorm near the Brendlinger Block in Denver, Colorado. The two-story brick building has arched windows and signs that read: "H. J. Brendlinger" and "[?] A. Cook & Co. Bank."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1865 and 1870?]
- D&SL train, engine number 303, engine type 4-6-0
- Train #1, passenger, in snowstorm; 4 cars. Photographed: Near Pinecliff, March 15, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Pinecliff.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.
- 1936