Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pollock Place
- View of a farm, probably in Moffat County, Colorado; shows residence, outbuildings, grain stacks, horse-drawn wagon, automobile, and fields with stacks of harvested grain in distance.
- Moffat County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Farms--Colorado--Moffat County--1910-1920.
- [1917]
- Irrigated wheat crop, Uncompahgre Project, Colo.
- A man in a shirt, pants, vest, and a hat poses near a stack of wheat sheaves in a field near Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Stacks of wheat are in the distance.
- Delta County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Farming--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Harvesting--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.; Wheat--Colorado--Delta County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Independence, Colorado
- The smoke stacks of the boiler room at the Hull City Mine in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, emit large puffs of white smoke. A log cabin and a board and batten building are nearby, and train tracks curve around the buildings.
- Hull City Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Independence--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- View of riverboat fueling station with wood stacks
- View of stacks of wood at a riverboat fueling station on a river in an unknown location. Houses are in the distance.
- Expeditions & surveys--1870-1880.; Fuelwood--1870-1880.; Rivers--1870-1880.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Alfalfa stacks Sweet Ranch Carbondale Dist, Colo. Midland Ry
- View of alfalfa stacks with stacking pole in fenced field in Carbondale, Colorado; at left is horse-drawn wagon with driver and two people on horseback; Mount Sopris in background.
- Carbondale (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Alfalfa--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Carbondale--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Denver Public library open stacks
- View of the open stacks in the Denver Public Library at Colfax Avenue and Bannock Street in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Columns and light fixtures that hang from the ceiling are in the room.
- Denver Public Library--Facilities--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bookstacks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver. Public library
- Tobasco [sic]
- View of industrial buildings at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Tabasco Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a long building with smoke stacks and several small wood frame buildings. Rolling hills rise in the distance.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Tabasco Mine (Las Animas County, Colo.)--1900-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Tabasco--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Hastings
- View of mine buildings and a tipple at Hastings at Victor American Fuel Company coal camp in Las Animas County, Colorado. Men stand near raised railroad tracks and a brick building with tall smoke stacks.
- Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1910.; Hastings (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Coal mining--Colorado--Hastings--1880-1910.; Tipples--Colorado--Hastings--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Unidentified coal town
- Aerial view of an unidentified mining town possibly in Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a large town with substantial brick and frame buildings including a church. Smoke rises from the smoke stacks of mine processing buildings. Frame houses sit...
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1880-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Miners and train
- A miner sits on the engine of a train pulling coal carts in a coal mining camp probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. Another man dressed in work clothes stands on the railroad bed nearby. A label on the front of the train reads: "Vulcan Iron...
- Coal mining--Colorado--1890-1920.; Mine railroads--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Walsen
- View of the coal mining camp of Walsen, in Huerfano County, Colorado. Shows rows of wood frame one story homes and unpaved streets. Smoke rises from the power plant chimney stacks.
- Mining camps--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Walsen (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Colorado--Walsen--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Amethyst and Chance mines, Creede, Colo.
- Children stand on the slope of a hill near the Amethyst and Chance Mines in Weaver, near Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailing piles. Smoke rises from smoke stacks.
- Amethyst Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Last Chance Mine (Mineral County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Weaver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Weaver--1890-1900.;...
- 1895 July 17
- Smelter
- View of a smelting complex identified as the Durango Land & Coal Company smelter in Durango (La Plata County), Colorado. Smoke rises from many tall smoke stacks.
- Durango Land & Coal Company--Buildings--1880-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Durango--1880-1900.; Smelters--Colorado--Durango--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mendota Mine in Silver Plume, Colo.
- View of the Mendota Mine near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Shows the shaft house, mine buildings with smoke stacks, and tailing piles.
- Mendota Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Durango Public Library
- View of Durango (La Plata County), Colorado; shows the intersection of 12th (Twelfth) Street and 2nd (Second) Avenue, wood sidewalks, and the Carnegie Library. The Italianate / Prairie Style structure has a tile roof, stucco finish, and ornate...
- Durango (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clock towers--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.; Libraries--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Durango--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Westcliffe Hotel
- People and a horse-drawn wagon stand near furniture, stacks of belongings, and mattresses in a dirt street in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably a hotel fire. Shows dressers, bed boards, mirrors, and chairs amid...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Furniture--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colony farmers loading cantaloupe
- Men stand and pose on a wooden loading platform at the Salvation Army colony at Amity (Prowers County), Colorado. Farmers stand beside wooden crates of cantaloupe and stacks of wooden pallets. A horse-drawn wagon and probably Atchison Topeka &...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cantaloupes--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Farmers--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Fruit...
- [between 1902 and 1903?]
- Creede, Colo.
- View of frame and log houses and commercial buildings and canvas-covered tents in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Signs or banners read: "Hardware." Stacks of lumber are on empty lots in the valley.
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1892]
- Boys Warehouse on 13th Avenue
- Delivery trucks are pulled up to the loading dock at the Boys' Warehouse on Thirteenth Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Shows a gas pump and stacks of boxes. Men relax outside an open door.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Harry Brown - Brown Retort
- Harry Brown poses in an oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado; he poses beside a Brown retort (he is probably the inventor) that consists of a hopper, rotating tanks, and exhaust stacks.
- Index Oil Shale Company--Facilities--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Machinery--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Where the spent shale is discharged
- A man stands near the oil shale processing facility at the Index Shale Oil Company in De Beque (Mesa County) Colorado, Shows a Brown retort, a conveyor belt elevator for tailings, exhaust stacks, and sheds. The Roan Cliffs are in the distance.
- Index Oil Shale Company--1920-1930.; Oil-shale industry--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; De Beque (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Conveying systems--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--De Beque--1920-1930.; Petroleum...
- 1922
- Hay fields
- Horses graze by hay stacks in a meadow; mountain peaks are in the distance.
- Croplands--1910-1920.; Haystacks--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle area
- View of hayfields, hay stacks, and the Grand Hogback near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado.
- Grand Hogback (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rifle (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Rifle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Hay
- View of hayfields and hay stacks (probably) western Colorado. Hills and bluffs are in the background.
- Haystacks--1900-1910.; Valleys--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Bird's-eye view, Somerset, Colo.
- Hand-colored view of the mining community of Somerset in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows company houses with hipped roofs. Industrial mining buildings are in the distance. Smoke stacks extend from roof of the powerhouse.
- Somerset (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Bird's-eye view, Somerset, Colo.
- Aerial view of the mining community of Somerset in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows company houses with hipped roofs. Industrial mining buildings are in the distance. Smoke stacks extend from roof of the powerhouse.
- Somerset (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Somerset--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Lakewood Elementary School
- Interior view of a classroom at Lakewood Elementary School in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A woman, probably a teacher, wears a one piece button-down dress and sits beside a table piled with stacks of books. Boys and a woman with a head...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Classrooms--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Teachers--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.
- 1957 May 15
- W.P.C.D. powder house
- A worker stacks explosive charges in the powder house at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Grand County, Colorado. He wears work overalls and a cap. Fuses are wrapped...
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project (U.S.)--People--1930-1950.; Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Explosives--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- WPCD surface bldgs.
- View of multi-level buildings at the West Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Larimer County, Colorado. Shows pipes, gabled buildings, smoke stacks and the snow covered ground.
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.; Pipes--Colorado--Grand County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1942?]
- Ores and metals mill, Leadville
- Men stand beside a frame processing mill in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows a wood frame building under construction nearby. Ore car tracks lead to an opening in the processing building and stacks of lumber are on the ground.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.; Ore industry--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Pueblo flood
- Men stand in the street after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The debris consists of overturned freight cars, twisted tracks, damaged buildings, scattered bricks and bent electricity poles. Letters on the side of a...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Ruins--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Pueblo flood
- A view of the Arkansas River after flood stage, destroyed houses, and debris in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows the smoke stacks from the Eiler Smelter in the distance.
- Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Rivers--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Cunningham Gulch mine
- Men use pick axes and stand near ore car tracks and the entrance to a mine in Cunningham Gulch in probably San Juan County, Colorado. Shows a car and stacks of hewn lumber on the road.
- San Juan County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Miners--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- 1421 Champa, interior, offices, general plant, "engineering."
- Men work at desks in an office at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building at 1421 Champa Street in Denver, Colorado. Most of the desks are arranged in the center of the room. The men work on papers that are organized on the...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Telephone...
- 1916 February
- Cripple Creek Colo.
- View of the mining town of Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows houses, commercial buildings, smoke stacks, churches, and a school. Railroad cars and roads are in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Public Service power plant
- View of the Public Service Company main power plant at 6th (Sixth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows electricity poles and stacks of wood. The multi-story, brick building has smokestacks extended from the roof, arched windows and...
- Public Service Company of Colorado--Buildings--1910-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Silver Ledge mine
- A landscape oil painting of the Silver Ledge Mine by Frank Russell Green. The painting is of a red and brown mine building, mill building, green mountains, sky, trees, sluice, roads, chimneys and smoke stacks. The frame is gilded and molded wood.
- Mine buildings--1890-1920.; Mining--1890-1920.
- [between 1897 and 1913]
- A bit in Denver Bottoms
- A landscape oil painting by Henrietta Bromwell of buildings, smoke stacks; bushes are in the foreground and along the stream. Henrietta uses orange, blue, purple, green, grey and pink oil paints on a rectangular board. An inscription on the back of...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- D&R.G R.R.
- A view of a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company brick building with three smoke stacks, possibly the railroad shops in Denver, Colorado. The windows are arched and there is a star carved in stone above the door. Railroad car parts are in the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Interior scene of three girls
- Interior portrait of girls in dresses, they pose on a chair in Denver, Colorado. A table, stacks of McClure's Magazine, and a lamp are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Denver street scene
- A view of buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado. Black smoke rises up from the smoke stacks on the buildings.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver & Rio Grande roundhouse in Gunnison, Colorado
- A railroad engine is parked just inside of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company ten stall roundhouse in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The roundhouse is a single story brick building with smoke stacks and railroad tracks that lead out...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- American Smelting and Refining
- A view of the American Smelting and Refining building in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows factory buildings next to elevated railroad tracks, tall smoke stacks and silos. Railroad cars are on the tracks in the background and near the buildings.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- American Smelting and Refining
- A view of the American Smelting and Refining building in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows factory buildings, elevated railroad tracks, trains, silos (?) and tall smoke stacks.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- American Smelting and Refining
- A view of the American Smelting and Refining building in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows factory buildings, piles of working material, railroad tracks and smoke stacks.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- American Smelting and Refining
- A view of the American Smelting and Refining building in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows factory buildings, silos, railroad tracks and smoke stacks.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- American Smelting and Refining
- A view of the American Smelting and Refining building in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows factory buildings, piles of work materials, railroad tracks, smoke stacks and a pile of broken rocks on railroad tracks.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Grant smelter
- An artist's sketch of the Omaha-Grant smelter in Denver, Colorado. Shows numerous factory buildings, smoke stacks, a pond, railroad tracks and residences are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Smokestacks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Smelter - unid.
- A view of mining and a smelter building possibly in Colorado. One mining building is elevated on wood platform structure, tracks for transport lead out of one side. Smoke stacks for the smelter are in the background. Railroad tracks, a horse and a...
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]