Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Georgetown, Colorado, looking south
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking southwest toward the valley leading to Silver Plume, where the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop is visible. View is from Griffith Mountain early in the morning, looking down on the grid-patterned town. ...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- Last picture of Chipeta
- Chipeta, a Native American (Ute) woman, poses next to a tepee near Dragon (Uintah County), Utah. She is wearing a dress or skirt under a plaid shawl. An animal skin is on a tree or shrub beside the tepee.
- Indians of North America--Women--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Ute Indians--Women--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Dragon (Utah)--1920-1930.; Tipis--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Women--Utah--Dragon--1920-1930.; Chipeta.
- 1923
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 12, 1909 May 8
- Explosive hits Germans near Monte della Spe
- High explosives hit German-held positions in the shadow of Monte della Spe, Italy, which is hidden by smoke. Taken during the Tenth Mountain Division's third major battle on either April 14th or 15th, 1945.
- Monte della Spe (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.; War destruction & pillage--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 1945]
- View of cemetery in Castelfiorentino, Italy
- View taken from above of the American Military Cemetery, where many Tenth Mountain Division soldiers are buried, in Castelfiorentino, Italy. Shows rows of white crosses surrounded by trees.
- Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Five GIs acsending steep hill, Italy
- Taken from a distance, shows five GIs making an acsent of a steep, brush-covered Italian hillside, with snow on the upper slope, leafless trees nearby. Probably taken during the attack on Mt. Belevedere.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Blizzard staff members in Italian home
- The room is furnished with fabric covered walls, a wood china cabinet, a religious picture, a small sofa, lace curtained windows, a lamp, and a sewing basket.; Group portrait taken in an Italian home. Left to right: Tenth Mountain Division soldier...
- Journalists--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- View of Caporetto, Italy
- View of Caporetto taken from a road. To the right of the road are some stone buildings and farm fields, farther in the distance is the town. Behind the town are foothills and a church built in the hills. Rugged mountains lie directly behind the...
- Caporetto (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.
- June 10, 1945
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 10
- 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 February
- Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, L-R
- List of members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Nebraska. Includes name, unit and GAR Post if available.
- Nebraska--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Veterans--Nebraska--Indexes.; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Nebraska--Indexes
- Family with bicycles
- Group portrait of a man, woman, and girls with bicycles, probably near Denver, Colorado. Shirts read: "Victor."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- Family with bicycles
- Group portrait of a man, woman, and girls with bicycles, in (probably) Denver, Colorado. Shirts read: "Victor."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910?]
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Chair Mt.
- Distant view of 12,721-foot Chair Mountain near Marble, Colorado, taken from tree-lined dirt road; aerial wires visible.
- Chair Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Marble--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Sellar, Colo.
- View of snow-covered Sellar, Pitkin County, Colorado, (once a station stop on the Colorado Midland Railroad); shows the coal chute, section houses, water tank and grade loops in background. The cleared power line heads for Hell Gate.
- Sellar (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Sellar--1920-1930.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- January 1922
- Mrs. C. B. Wilson
- Seated portrait of Mrs. C. B. Wilson, in the Walden, Jackson County, Colorado, taken at the parsonage. She is the wife of Pastor Wilson, a Methodist minister.
- Spouses of clergy--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Walden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Walden--1900-1910.; Wilson, C. B. Mrs.
- 1900 or 1901
- Denver, Colo.
- Right side of panorama view taken from Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado; includes part of Capitol roof and turret, Sherman and Lincoln streets, corner of Y.M.C.A., and Trinity Church steeple. Signs read: "Hotel Metropole."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Denver, Colo.
- Panorama view taken from Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado. Signs read: "Denver Omnibus & Metropole," "Studebaker Automobiles, Flanders 20" "Moon Motor Cars, Rauch & Lang Electrics, Matheson Motor Cars, Vreeland Bros. Auto Co.,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Denver, Colo.
- Right center of panorama view taken from Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado; includes downtown business district with. Signs read: "Plymouth Hotel," "Tours," " Overland Auto Co.," "The Byron Motor Car Co.," "F. C. Ayres, Fireproof...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1911]
- Akron, Colorado, the first Court House of Washington County
- Men gather under the covered boardwalk of a two-story wood frame building during a 1902 trial in Akron, Colorado. The building's roofline has a center arch flanked by peaks. It was originally built as a hotel about 1886, but was taken over as a...
- Akron (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Akron--1900-1910.; Courthouses--Colorado--Washington County--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Returning from the frontlines
- In a view taken from above, twenty-nine Tenth Mountain Division soldiers march around a curve in a road towards a bridge over a small creek. A covered truck is begining its crossing as a soldier driving a camuflaged weasle (a treaded mitlitary...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1945 February 22
- William Jennings Bryan
- William Jennings Bryan, three time Democratic Party presidential nominee, leaves the Denver Democratic Party Club building. This photo may have been taken during the 1908 Democratic National Convention held at Denver in 1908.
- Pearce, Richard, Denver resident--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Political conventions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Politicians--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Bryan, William Jennings, ...
- 1908?
- Eureka Street, Central City
- A winter view down unpaved Eureka Street toward Central Hill in Central City, Colorado. Part of the sidewalk, a fire hydrant and a pipe are in the foreground. The Opera House is next to a clapboard house. The Post Office, the Chase & Sears...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Utes-Mrs. John Marshall, pappoose Kate, daughter of Luke Snow, Chipeta, pappoose Scoop, Mrs. John Patterson, Mrs. Buckskin Charlie (Toowee), pappoose Japanese
- Native American (Ute) women and children sit in front of tepee. Shows, from left to right, Mrs. John Marshall (Meadow Lark), Kate, daughter of Luke Snow, Chipeta, widow of Chief Ouray, Scoop, Mrs. John Patterson, To-wee (Emma Naylor Buck), wife of...
- Indians of North America--Children--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--1910-1920.; Tipis--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Buckskin Charlie, Antonio, Ocapoor and others
- Native American (Ute) men, women and children pose in front of tepees. Standing in a headdress is Chief Buckskin Charlie (Sapiah) wearing the Rutherford Hays Indian Peace medal. Sitting to his left, holding a lance, is Tony Buck. Ocapoor is in...
- Indians of North America--Women--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Children--1910-1920.
- 1911
- R. O. Old's Residence, Georgetown
- Exterior view of the residence of Robert Orchard Old, located near Georgetown, Colorado. Owned later by John Grafton Rogers and taken down in 1965, the house is one-story wood construction with a steep gable roof and a porch with arches across the...
- Old, Robert Orchard--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- [between 1874 and 1875?]
- Agency building residence of Col. Dyre Agt. for S. tribes
- A group of white men and women pose on the front porch of the Native American Kansas (Kansa) Ynopa Agency; a two-story frame house with window shutters and planter boxes, and a picket fence.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Kansa Indians--Government relations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Houses--Kansas--1880-1900.; Indian reservations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Dyre, D. B.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wyandott [sic] Mission School, Huron
- Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) students perform outdoors while instructors look on, Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The girls, holding books, form a large group and the boys perform in several smaller groups.
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1880-1900.; Wyandot Indians--Kansas--1880-1900.; Missions--Kansas--1880-1900.; School children--Kansas--1880-1900.; Schools--Kansas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wyandott Mission, Dr. Kirk, principal teaching Indian boys to chop wood
- Principal Kirk has Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) boys chop wood, in front of a full wood shed, on the grounds of the Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The boys wear jackets and hats and hold axes. Women and girls in dresses with...
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1880-1900.; Wyandot Indians--Kansas--1880-1900.; Missions--Kansas--1880-1900.; School children--Kansas--1880-1900.; Schools--Kansas--1880-1900.; Woodcutting--Kansas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Modocs receiving rations at the agency
- A large group of Native American (Modoc) men and women receive rations at the agency, possibly in Indian Territory, Oklahoma or the Klamath Reservation in Oregon. The men wear hats and coats; the women wear dresses and aprons, one sits in a wagon....
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Women--1870-1880.; Food relief--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Modoc indian police
- A group of Native American (Modoc) policemen pose in front of a wood panel building, probably in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). They wear hats, uniforms, badges and carry revolvers. On the ground are rifles and a musical instrument case. One man...
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian reservation police--Indian Territory--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Modocs killing cattle, Col. D. B. Dyre, Agent
- A group of Native American (Modoc) men, and Indian Agent Colonel D. B. Dyre on the right, pose next to slaughtered cows in front of a split rail fence. The men wear hats, coats, shirts, vests, and pants; one wears a badge. A man sits on a cow; he...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Cattle--1870-1880.; Indian agents--1870-1880.; Slaughtering--1870-1880.; Dyre, D. B.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Denver Fire Department
- View of a fireman driving horse-drawn fire engine No. 2 in Denver, Colorado; image taken near City Hall (14th and Larimer Streets); Cherry Creek is in background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Oakview, Colorado
- View of Oakview (also known as Oakdale or Tropic), a coal mining town in Huerfano County, Colorado, taken from hillside above town; shows small wooden houses, tipple, and Denver & Rio Grande Railway tracks.
- Oakview (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Huerfano County--1900-1920.
- [between 1908 and 1920?]
- Denver libraries, public, branches, Woodbury
- View of Woodbury Branch, Denver Public Library, Highland Park neighborhood, West 33rd (Thirty-Third) Avenue and Federal Boulevard, Denver, Colorado (opened in 1913)
- Denver Public Library--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Libraries--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1913? August 11]
- Denver
- Northwestward view of downtown Denver, Colorado, taken from dome of State Capitol building, intersection of Lincoln Street and Colfax Avenue; landmarks include Pioneer Monument, Hotel Metropole, County Courthouse, Daniels & Fisher tower, Majestic...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- The mineral resources of Summit County
- View of a 156 ounce specimen of crystallized gold, known as "Tom's Baby," taken from the Gold Flake Mine on Farncomb Hill, near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. The specimen was named after Tom Groves, one of the miners who discovered it.
- Summit County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gold--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Summit County--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Agriculture, ranches
- The first image, taken near Longmont, Colorado, shows Longs Peak, fenced cultivated fields, farm buildings, and stacked grain. Second image shows a switchback road (later Black Bear jeep road) on Ingram Peak (San Juan Range of the Rocky Mountains)...
- Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Denver parks, Lakeside, games & rides
- View of riders on a roller-coaster at White City amusement park (later called Lakeside) west of Denver, Colorado; view taken from top of incline looking down at two car-loads of waving riders.
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1910-1920.; White City (Denver, Colo. : Amusement park)--1910-1920.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1920.; Roller coasters--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1920.
- 1918
- American Indian Movement
- View of five Native Americans sitting in an office, Denver, Colorado; Members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), they occupy the regional office of the Office of Economic Opportunity.
- American Indian Movement--People--1970-1980.; United States. Office of Equal Opportunity--1970-1980.; Indians of North America--Great Plains--1970-1980.; Ojibwa Indians--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.;...
- 1971
- Denver business, moving & storage
- View of the Kennicott-Patterson Transfer Company storage warehouse at 1535-1547 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado, taken from 16th (Sixteenth) Street viaduct.
- Kennicott-Patterson Transfer Company (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moving & storage trade--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Denver museums, Denver Museum of Natural History, exterior
- View of the Denver Museum of Natural History in City Park, Denver, Colorado, taken soon after construction of the Joseph Standley Memorial wing.
- Denver Museum of Natural History--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1919]
- Residence of Dr. & Mrs. F. J. Bancroft - S.W. corner 16th & Stout
- View of the Bancroft house at 16th (Sixteenth) and Stout Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the Bancroft family, a horse, a lamb, and a bent wood shelter with benches.
- Bancroft, F. J.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1882?]
- Aspen, Colorado
- View of the town of Aspen, Colorado, and the base of Smuggler Mountain taken from Aspen Mountain down a steep, snowy slope with rocks and trees. Mining tramway towers are visible at the bottom of the mountain. The town of Aspen is visible over...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [1953?]
- Gall, Dakota Chief, standing, holding bow, full length
- Standing full-length studio protrait of Gall, Dakota Chief, with one feather in hair, earrings, braids wrapped in fur, scarf tied at neck, vest, shoulders and forearm painted or tattoos, decorated hide wrapped around lower torso, holding bow and...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.
- 1880
- Firing of volleys at memorial service, Castelfiorentino
- A guard of honor fires volleys during the memorial service for the dead of the Tenth Mountain Division at the American Military Cemetery in Castelfiorentino (Florence Province), Italy. The assembled company stands at attention.
- Memorial rites & ceremonies--1945.; War casualties--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Buena Vista
- Frame dwellings and commercial buildings line Lake Street in Buena Vista, Colorado, and extend into the surrounding area. Peaks of the Collegiate Range are in the background.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1883
- Stevens homestead
- The Stevens family (three men and two women), stand near their home in Florissant, Colorado. Sam Stevens had killed the bear (draped over the chair) the day before the image was taken.
- Florissant (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Homesteading--Colorado--Florissant--1860-1890.; Stevens, David G.; Stevens, Frank.; Stevens, Mae.; Stevens, Nancyann.; Stevens, Sam T.
- [between 1860 and 1890]
- Trip to Glenwood Springs
- Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-155], [ARL-156], [ARL-157], [ARL-158] Taken from the train along the way to Glenwood Springs. I'll bet we have some folks still guessing about this trip!?!?! 'Three Gadabouts,' N.C., M.E.W, M.L.A.,...
- Mountains--Colorado--1930-1940.
- 1936, August
- Gen. Hays questions captured German general
- General George P. Hays (left) questions Lt. General Hildebrandt of the Marco Polo Division of the German Army at Tenth Mountain Division headquarters on Lake Garda, Italy, May 1945. They sit in Gen. Hays' office; four soldiers look on, including...
- Military officers--1940-1950.; Hays, George J.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945