Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Idaho Springs, Colo. toward Empire and Berthoud Pass
- View looking west of Idaho Springs, Colorado, of the Natatorium (bath house) in the foreground along Soda Creek road; features the central business district, electric utility poles, schoolhouse, Bellevue Mountain, Clear Creek Valley, Colorado...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900]
- Entrance to the Cross, 300 acre orchard at Clifton, Colo
- View of the Red Cross Ranch in Clifton (Mesa County), Colorado; shows a peach orchard, wire fence, and a house with a widow's walk.
- Clifton (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1920.; Peach orchards--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Clifton--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Canon City
- View of Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado; shows a residential area, sidewalks, shade trees, and a house with stone steps. Sign reads: "6th (Sixth) St."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Residential streets--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.; Sidewalks--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Storms, Monument, Colo.
- View of broken utility poles in Monument (El Paso County), Colorado. A row of poles lay in an open field.
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Disasters--1910-1920.; Monument (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Storms--Colorado--Monument--1910-1920.; Utility poles--Colorado--Monument--1910-1920.
- 1916 January 4
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man with short hair parted on the side. A watch chain hangs from his vest and a handkerchief is in his suit jacket pocket. A pin holds his tie in place.
- Men--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a man who wears a suit jacket fastened at the top button and a neck tie. A handkerchief is tucked into his jacket pocket. His short hair is parted on the side.
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- Shoshone Falls
- A view of Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls County, Idaho shows waterfalls and rock outcrops.
- Shoshone Falls (Idaho)--1890-1900.; Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.)--1890-1900.; Twin Falls County (Idaho)--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Idaho--Twin Falls County--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Herman Hauser's jewelry store on Harrison Ave
- View of businesses on Harrison Avenue in Leadville, Colorado; men pose in front of storefronts with display windows and signs: "John F. Humphrey's & Co. Real Estate & Mining Agents," "Hauser the Jeweler," and "Saddle Rock Restaurant, 417."
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Restaurants--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- Elks convention held in Walsenburg
- Fisheye view of Main Street in Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, shows stone commercial buildings draped in bunting and United States flags. Pedestrians, bicycles, a barber pole, and an oversized pocketwatch advertisement are on the sidewalk....
- Elks (Fraternal order) Lodge No. 1086 (Walsenburg, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Walsenburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Walsenburg--1910-1920.; Fraternal...
- 1913
- Portrait of two Ouray men
- Standing portrait of two men, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows them in (possibly) Knights of Pythias uniforms with cross isignia, thigh length coats, wrist guards, gloves, caps, swords and seaths hanging from their belts. Painted backdrop...
- Knights of Pythias--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.; Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1896]
- Motor Corps suit
- A woman volunteer wears a United States Army Motor Corps suit from the First World War (World War I). The uniform includes a wool suit with a cap and a cross, a tie, and the insignia, "A. R. C."
- World War, 1914-1918--Women.; Military uniforms--1910-1920.; United States. Army.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Twin Lakes, Colorado
- View of Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado; shows a frame hotel with antlers in the gable and a sign: "Inter-Laken."
- Twin Lakes (Lake County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Twin Lakes--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Golden, Co.
- Women and girls in dresses and ribboned hats pose with burros, in front of Castle Rock of South Table Mountain, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado.
- Golden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children's clothing & dress--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Donkeys--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--Golden--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1917?]
- Shenandoah-Dives Mayflower mill and canyon Railroad and Animas Canyon
- View of the Shenandoah-Dives Mill near Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Arrastra Creek and the tracks of the Silverton Northern Railroad Company (SN) are nearby.
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Shenandoah-Dives Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Silverton (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mills--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Silverton--1920-1940.; Railroad...
- [between 1934 and 1939]
- Tomboy tram line
- View of the aerial tramway at the Tomboy Mine near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Tomboy Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Aerial tramways--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.
- [between 1934 and 1941]
- Denver, Colo.
- Left side of panorama view taken from Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "The Greatest Picture Theatre, Princess, 5 cents, 1620 Curtis St." "Candy Kitchen," "Motorcycles," "Bargain Flower Store," "Japanese Goods Store,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Sup's office
- View of the American Mining Company's superintendent's office at the Mascot Mine near American City (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- American Mining Company (Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Charles A. Lindbergh
- Three men and a young boy watch as Charles A. Lindbergh steps out of a building, Denver, Colorado. A member of the Denver Police Department walks down and ahead of the group.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air pilots--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt and family
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt and family in the official touring car at Fort Francis E. Warren near Cheyenne, Wyoming, during his 1936 political campaign. In the rear seat from left to right, President Roosevelt, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. James...
- Fort Francis E. Warren (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Convertible automobiles--Wyoming--Fort Francis E. Warren--1930-1940.; Military officers--Wyoming--Fort Francis E. Warren--1930-1940.; Political campaigns--Wyoming--Fort Francis E. Warren--1930-1940.;...
- October 11, 1936
- Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champ
- Heavyweight boxing champ, Jack Dempsey, shakes hands with an unidentified man at Union Station in Denver, Colorado. Estelle Taylor, Dempsey's wife, stands next to Jack.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Boxers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Shaking hands--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Dempsey, Jack, 1895-; Taylor, Estelle, 1894-1958.
- [between 1919 and 1926]
- Denver Auditorium
- A large audience attends an event at the Denver Auditorium theater. A group of people are seated on stage, U.S. flags and banners are displayed on the balconies.
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Riding up the mesa side
- View of Native American (Ute) man on horseback as he rides up a rocky desert hill; he holds a rifle, wears moccasins, beaded and fringed leggings, shirt, and braided hair with feather; horse has bridle, saddle, and blanket.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- March of snake priests around altar rock the Moki Indians, Wolpi
- View, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona, of Native American (Hopi) snake priests, who dance in a single file around snake or dance rock; they wear fur moccasins, kilts, fur pelts which hang from woven leather belts, body paint, beaded...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
- August, 1899
- Harry Mellon Rhoads
- Harry M. Rhoads with one of his cameras, possibly a Graphlex model. He wears a hat, suit and bow tie. Rhoads was a photographer for the Rocky Mountain News from 1900 to 1969.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Cameras--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Photojournalists--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Colorado game hunters
- Two men pose next to their automobile with the carcasses of two bucks and a bear tied on the front of the car.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Big game hunting--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hunting trophies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1939
- Overland park
- View of airplanes, in flight and on the ground, at Overland Park race track, Denver, Colorado; a crowd watches from the grandstands.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Overland Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1020.; Air shows--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Biplanes--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Nurses residence building, children's hospital
- View of Tammen Hall (nurse's residence) at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The brick structure has arches, arcades, and corbeling. Sign reads: "M. H. Hoyt & B. Hoyt, Architects; Wm. Tamminga, General Contractor; Johnson & Davis, Plumbing &...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dormitories--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1932]
- John Duncan in dancing costume
- Standing portrait of John Duncan, a Native American man (Ute), wearing necklaces, a horn headdress, and beaded gloves, buckskin shirt, leggings, breechcloth, and moccasins.
- Indians of North America--1930-1940.; Ute Indians--Dance--1930-1940.; Ceremonial dancers--1930-1940.; Duncan, John, Ute Indian.
- 1933
- Two men and a woman
- Two men stand on either side of a woman. The men wear suits and ties, the woman wears a dress and hat; she holds a purse under one arm.
- Women--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Red Cross meeting
- Men sit and stand around a table at a Red Cross meeting in Denver, Colorado. One man stands in front of the group.
- American Red Cross--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Public service organizations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
- A photo of Eleanor Roosevelt. She wears a dress suit with a hat and mink stole.
- Presidents' spouses--United States--1930-1950.; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- American Legion convention
- A large crowd gathers at the American Legion Convention held in Denver, Colorado. A band stands in the middle of the crowd and a speaker speaks at a microphone on a stage. Some spectators sit on the edge of a roof in the background. Signs on a wall...
- American Legion--Meetings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Marching bands--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Meetings--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Military organizations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Public...
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Unidentified couple in a Denver theater
- Couple at a theater in Denver, Colorado. The woman wears a long formal dress with a fur cape, and the man wears a tuxedo.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Early Denver nickelodeon on 16th Street
- A photo of a photograph of a Mills-Edisonia nickelodeon in Denver, Colorado on 16th (Sixteenth) Street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Motion picture devices--Colorado--Denver--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
- Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt speaks with two men in a field. She wears a dress suit, hat and mink stole.
- Presidents' spouses--United States--1930-1950.; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Lowry Field - military supply train
- Men in military uniforms stand along side a supply train that moves through Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado. Shows an open field, train cars, and military vehicles.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Colorado Supreme Court Justice - Benjamin C. Hilliard
- Colorado Supreme Court Justice Benjamin C. Hilliard seated in an office. Hilliard served as justice from 1931 to 1951.
- Supreme Court justices--Colorado--1930-1950.; Hilliard, Benjamin C.
- [between 1931 and 1951]
- Charles Boettcher I.
- A portrait of Colorado philanthropist Charles I. Boettcher, Denver merchant, industrial promoter and banker; founder of Great Western Sugar Co.; director of National Bank of Commerce and Colorado Midland Railroad.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Boettcher, charles, 1852-1948.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Female relaxed in chair
- A woman in high heels and a dress poses in an armchair; flowered drapes are in the background.
- Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc. building and trucks
- View of the Gold Seal Dairy, in Denver, Colorado; delivery trucks and cream cans are on 7th (Seventh) Street; sign reads: "Gold Seal Dairies."
- Gold Seal Dairies Inc.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dairy products industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Pueblo of Taos, N.M.
- East end of north Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Multi-story adobe house cluster with ladders and wood platform. Native American (Taos) women wearing blankets climb ladder.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--Women--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos...
- 1902
- Hefferman's Trading Post
- View of Hefferman's Trading Post, possibly near Shiprock, New Mexico. One white man, and three possibly Native American (Navajo) stand near a door to an L-shaped stone and adobe building with a gable roof, two stone chimneys, a belfry extension...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Navajo Indian Reservation--1900-1910.; Trading posts--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- People leaving building
- View of several unidentified people in formal clothing on a sidewalk in front of a granite building, probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; People--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Monument
- View of an unidentified stone monument with palm branches and statues of female figures, probably in St. Augustine, Florida.
- St. Augustine (Fla.)--1920-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Florida--St. Augustine--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Thatched hut
- An unidentified Black family, a boy and two women, stand by a thatched hut, probably in Barbados.
- Blacks--Barbados--1920-1930.; Barbados--1920-1930.; Boys--Barbados--1920-1930.; Families--Barbados--1920-1930.; Huts--Barbados--1920-1930.; Women--Barbados--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Central City, Colorado storefront
- Several people stand in front of the Register building on Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. The three story, brick building has a bracketed cornice and rounded windows. The signs attached to the building read "The Daily Register" "Boots &...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Shaw home in Cody, Wyo
- View of Peg Shaw's house in Cody, Wyoming, a friend of Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown. The one-story wood house has a covered porch.
- Cody (Wyo.)--1930-1950.; Houses--Wyoming--Cody--1930-1950.; Brown, Margaret Tobin, 1867-1932--Homes & haunts.; Shaw, Peggy--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Scenes of the Historic Parade Given Annually by the Mormons on Pioneer Day, at Fruitland
- Native American (Navajo) girls sit on a hitched flatbed wagon as part of the Mormon Pioneer Day Parade at Fruitland, New Mexico. A man who stands at the front of the wagon holds the reigns of a four horse team. One girl sits on an elevated chair...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints--Commemoration--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Fruitland--1890-1900.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Fruitland--1890-1900.; Fruitland (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--New...
- [1910]
- Scenes of the Historic Parade Given Annually by the Mormons on Pioneer Day, at Fruitland
- Women sit and stand on a flatbed wagon with a canopy cover, which displays a sign that reads: "Relief Society," as part of the Mormon Pioneer Day Parade at Fruitland, New Mexico. One woman holds a wooden staff topped with a heart. She wears a sash...
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints--Commemoration--1890-1900.; Fruitland (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--New Mexico--Fruitland--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--New Mexico--Fruitland--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--New...
- [1910]
- Spring Street, Central City
- View down Spring Street in Central City, Colorado. A dry - masonry wall, two propane tanks, and a wood-picket fence and steps leading up to the fence are on the right. Spring Street is to the left with a pickup parked on its left side. Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953