Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Close up of Pierce Seed Company showing large cottonwood log sign on barrel board nailed to this log reads - "Established 1882, we are here to stay."
- View of a cottonwood log washed through the display window of the Pierce Seed Company by the Arkansas River flood on 4th (Fourth) Street street in Pueblo, Colorado. A round sign reads: "Established 1882 We Are Here To Stay." Tools and debris are...
- Pierce Seed Company (Pueblo, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Logs--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Seed trade--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Show...
- [1921 June]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 8
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1931 January 14
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 November
- Plaque with "Two Rivers" a poem by Thomas Hornsby Ferril
- View of a bronze plaque with "Two Rivers" a poem by Thomas Hornsby Ferril installed in Confluence Park, in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Plaque reads: "Two rivers that were here before there was a city still come together:...
- Confluence Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1970-1980.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parks.; Plaques.; Ferril, Thomas Hornsby, 1896-1988. Two rivers.;...
- 1977
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 7 and 8, 1928 July-August
- Breaking camp
- A survey team breaks camp near Fourmile Creek in Fremont County, Colorado. Burros are loaded with equipment, bedrolls, and a table. A team of railroad surveyors stand interspersed with the burros. One man holds a stadia rod in his hand. A canvas...
- Fourmile Creek (Fremont County and Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Bag
- Shows a Native American (Ute) leather bag that belonged to Chipeta, wife of Chief Ouray. The bag is decorated with blue, lavender, red, yellow, white, silver, pink, green and brown beadwork. The beadwork designs are of arrow, people, triangles,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1903 and 1923]
- First National Bank after first fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Remains of First National Bank, 4th (Fourth) street and Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado, after first fire on April 25, 1896; men on wooden plankway inspect remains of brick vault; twisted corrugated metal and chain link fence (possibly...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Golden Cycle Mine
- View of the Golden Cycle Mine near Goldfield (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings and tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.; Golden Cycle Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Rodeo
- A cowboy flies through the air as a bronco bucks him off, Pike's Peak or Bust Rodeo, Penrose Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Broncos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Cowboys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Rodeos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- August 8, 1968
- Teller House Garden
- The garden between the Teller House and the Opera House was planted in 1934. A pathway surrounded by grass leads to wooden steps that lead to the Mine Museum path. Several masonry retaining walls support the earth around the path, and flowers and...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gardens--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Gates Rubber Company
- Shows a store front of the Gates Rubber Company, this may be an outlet store for retail sales. This store may have been located at 999 Broadway. Signs on the store front windows read: "60,000 Now in Use", "Save Your Tires Get Double Mileage Gates...
- Gates Rubber Company--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Gunnison River state bridge
- A man and a collie stand in front of the fixed bridge with steel railings that spans the Gunnison River near Austin, Colorado. The man wears a suit and hat and has a long, white beard. A two story, masonry house with chimneys, rectangular windows,...
- Austin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Austin--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Curtis Street
- View of Curtis Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows demolished buildings, cars, the Daniels and Fisher tower, and a sign: "CNB" (Colorado National Bank).
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Buildings--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Clock towers--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.;...
- [between 1973 and 1980?]
- Hunter Bill Smith with baby wolf
- U.S. Biological Survey hunter Bill Smith holds a wolf cub by the scruff of the neck at the entrance to a wolf den dug into tree roots. He smokes a corncob pipe and wears a badge on his shirt pocket.
- Wolf hunting--1930-1940.; Wolves--Control--1930-1940.; Smith, Bill, hunter.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Group of Indian dancers, standing in straight row, full length
- Group of Dakota Native American males in dance costume standing outside log building, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; feathers in hair, loin cloths, straps of bells around legs and ankles, metal studded belts, moccasins, holding various...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Group of Indians standing in straight row, full length
- Group of Native American Dakota males in loin cloths, straps of bells, moccasins, and feathers in hair preparing to dance; probably Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory, possibly ration day when Native Americans would stay several days to feast...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Large group of Indians, similar view
- Group of Dakota Native Americans gathered to dance, many holding long narrow sticks, straps of bells around legs, feathers in hair, loin cloths, and a flag attached to one pole blowing in the wind; probably Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory,...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [between 1880-1889]
- Large group of Indians, some dancing
- Group of Dakota Native Americans gathered to dance; many holding long narrow sticks, feathers in hair, loin cloths, and straps with bells around legs; probably Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory, possibly ration day when Native Americans would...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [between 1880-1889]
- Sioux Indian dancers, standing in straight row, full length
- Group of Dakota Native American males lined up against wall of log building in dance costume, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; feathers in hair, loin cloths, straps of bells around legs, beaded moccasins, blankets on ground around feet;...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Two German prisoners with group of 10th Mountain Division soldiers on an Italian Road
- A large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers stay low on an Italian road in the middle of open fields. Centered in the image, two German soldiers stand in front of a tall American soldier who has hold of the arm of one German while five...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Prisoners of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--German--Italy 1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver Zephyr, beauty contestants
- Beauty contestant winners (identified from left to right) Elizabeth Foster, Wilma Adams, Florence Collier, Virginia Roper, Beverley Peterson, and their chaperon, Mrs. H.C. Leuty pose in the observation car of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver Zephyr (Express train)--1930-1940.; Beauty contestants--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--1930-1940.; Railroad observation cars--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Ashcroft, Colo. Remains of Hotel 1943
- An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Ashcroft, Colo. Remains of Hotel 1943
- An abandoned hotel stands in a field in the midground in Ashcroft, a mining town near Castle Creek, south of Aspen in Pitkin County, Colorado. The town was originally called Chloride but its residents renamed it Ashcroft in 1882 after rich ore was...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Glenwood Springs, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Glenwood Springs, Colorado looking northwest reached via Colorado Midland Railway; prominent building right foreground is old schoolhouse on 11th (eleventh) and Blake; Hotel Colorado, center right amidst trees; Denver & Rio...
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1990-1920.; Roaring Fork River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Railroad...
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- YMCA Littleton Branch
- Boys and girls in bathing caps play at this swimming pool in Littleton, Colorado. Lifeguards are on elevated chairs with umbrellas; a residence and the YMCA clubhouse are in the background. Signs read: "Do Not Run," and "Stay Off Ropes."
- Littleton (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Littleton--1960-1970.; Young Men's Christian Association (Littleton, Colo.)
- 1961?
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado. Penitentiary. Canon City
- Denver Public Library 1997 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1997.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 1998
- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-06301-006-00
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 28, 1910 July 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 16, 1909 June 5
- Municipal Facts: Volume 13 Number 7 and 8, 1930 July-August
- East Denver High School: 1915
- 1915 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1915
- East Denver High School Annual: 1909
- 1909 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- Annual: East Denver High School, 1917
- 1917 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1917
- East Denver High School Annual: Class of 1918
- 1918 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1918
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- N.D.H.S. Annual: 1911
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1911
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1911
- N.D.H.S. Annual: 1912
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1912
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1912
- The Aeronaut Encircles the Globe: The Yearbook of 1925
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1925.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1925
- East Denver High School Annual: 1911
- 1911 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- The Aeronaut Presents; Everyone Seeks a Talisman: The Yearbook of the Students of South High School 1930
- South Denver High School yearbook for 1930.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1930
- Trinity Echo: Volume IV, Number 10
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal Church -- Colorado -- Denver -- Periodicals.;...
- 1899 February
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1948 August
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- October 1949
- Searchlight
- Monthly newsletter produced by Trinity Methodist Church located in Denver, Colorado. Includes editorials, news bulletins, and general information regarding the youth of the church.
- Christians--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Youth--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Methodist...
- 1949 November
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- Historical sketch of the Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado
- Booklet compiled for the fiftieth anniversary of the Central Presbyterian Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book are excerpts of correspondence from previous clergy, list of all Elders during the fifty years, and a history of the...
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911