Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Trinidad flood
- View of flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado. Scene includes rails and ties draped over the washed out bank of the Purgatoire River and pilings of a destroyed bridge. People crowd on the banks and sit in the crossbeam power poles, perhaps doing...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- Sept. 1904
- Fairplay hospital
- A woman wearing a print dress arranges sheets in a crib in a hospital nursery in Fairplay, Colorado, in Park County. Another crib is next to her. An incubator is in front of an oxygen tank.
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Medical equipment & supplies--Colorado--Fairplay--1960- 1970.; Nurseries--Colorado--Fairplay--1960-1970.
- October 27, 1965
- Como, Colo. in the 90's
- View of Como, South Park, Park County, Colorado shows the railroad center with wood frame, brick, and false front buildings; smoking stacks at machine shops; roundhouse; water tank; boxcars; and the C. & S. eating house. Town was a division point...
- Como (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- November 1898
- Engineers rest behind a tank destroyer during an assult, Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- Ten Tenth Mountain Division 126th Mountain Enginers rest behind a tank destroyer on a mountain road while taking cover from German sniper fire. Those closest to the tank destroyer stand and sit upright while those farther from cover lie flat on the...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Tank destroyer advances along a mountain road, Italy
- Three soldiers of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion advance a tank destroyer mounted with three inch guns along a mountain road located, according to the caption, in the Mount Terminale area. The 701st was attached to the Tenth Mountain Division...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Crowley, Colorado 1939
- Group portrait of a Crowley High School athletic team wearing numbered tank tops, Crowley, Colorado.
- Crowley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Athletes--Colorado--Crowley--1930-1940.
- March 11, 1939
- Hancock, Colorado
- A dirt road (former railroad bed) winds past a dilapidated water tank of the Colorado and Southern Railroad in the abandoned stop of Hancock, Colorado, in Chaffee County. An abandoned building, which has a tall, stovepipe chimney, is in the...
- Hancock (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Hancock--1940-1950.; Water tanks--Colorado--Hancock--1940-1950.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- June 9, 1940
- Waldorf mine and road to Argentine pass and Vidler Tunnel, Summit County
- View of Waldorf / Vidler mines and the Continental Divide, Clear Creek County, Colorado, (11,666 feet); shows frame buildings, water tank, ore carts, mine dumps and tailings. Road parallels Argentine Central Railway narrow gauge tracks and spur to...
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1910.; Waldorf (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- June 21, 1908
- Keystone Mill at Sandy
- View of mining processing facilities in (possibly) Clark County, Nevada; shows tin buildings with a smokestack, a water tank, a team of horses, and a stream, desert, and mountains.
- Clark County (Nev.)--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Nevada--Clark County--1900-1910.; Mills--Nevada--Clark County--1900-1910.; Mining--Nevada--Clark County--1900-1910.
- June 1902
- Falcon, Colorado
- Four men walk past the depot in the town of Falcon, Colorado, in El Paso County, Colorado. The depot building is a two-story structure with gables and clapboard siding. A water tank is near the tracks of either the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific or...
- Falcon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Falcon--1910-1920.
- July 8, 1917
- Palmer Lake, Colo.
- View northwest across Palmer Lake, Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the Denver & Rio Grande depot, water tank, water fountain in middle of lake and a boat gazebo.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Gazebos--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.; Water...
- July 4, 1893
- Ruby Canyon W. of Utah line - steam dummy track
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in Ruby Canyon, Grand County, Utah, consists of tracks and ties, a steam shovel, and a water tank, flanked by the Colorado River and sandstone cliffs.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Mesa...
- July 22, 1927
- 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
- D & R G W Texaco 10 - car fleet Ant.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad tank cars of the Texaco car fleet are on a siding.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Railroad tank cars--1950-1960.
- February, 1950
- German Prisoners and destroyed tank on the Corona road
- Shows the road to Corona, Italy, on Monte Belevedere. It and the surrounding fields had been heavily mined by the Germans. The tank in the foreground had been destroyed by mines. Nevertheless the Tenth Mountain Division successfully captured the...
- Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; Prisoners of war--Germany--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February, 1945
- Elbert
- A man stands next to the railroad depot in Elbert, Colorado. A water tank, box cars, and the Russell Gates Mercantile Company, Elevator No. 2 are in the background.
- Elbert (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Elbert--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Elbert--1910-1920.
- February 8, 1917
- Gorham
- View of the head frame, power house, and water tank of the Gorham Mine near Gorham (Boulder County), Colorado. Colorado and Southern Railway ore and boxcars are nearby.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Gorham (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gorham Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Gorham--1910-1920.; Railroad freight...
- February 1913
- April Crumley and Family at the Future Site of Cedar Park
- Man and Child Eating at Mission Viejo
- Man with curly hair and sunglasses holding young child with blond hair. Man is wearing white tank top with blue and red ribbing with blue shorts. Child is wearing blue sneakers and has napkin covering its front and is holding a spoon up to its...
- Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Man and Young Child Eating at Mission Viejo
- Man with curly hair and sunglasses holding young blond child in front of long board. Man is wearing white tank top with red and blue ribbing with blue shorts. Child is holding a spoon to its mouth and wearing a napkin on front if its shirt while...
- Mission Viejo (Aurora, Colo. : Neighborhood); Recreation centers--Colorado--Aurora.; Aurora (Colo.)
- circa 1980
- Baltimore & Ohio R.R. eng. 7161 somewhere in Ohio
- Baltimore and Ohio steam locomotive #7161 with a consist of freight cars passes a water tank and a two story frame house at an unidentified location in Ohio.
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Akron (Ohio)--1940-1950.; Houses.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Water tanks.
- ca. 1940
- Boulder
- Panoramic view of Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado; shows houses, University of Colorado buildings, the St. Gertrude Academy, Boulder Creek, and the Boulder Sanitarium. Letters on (Yount) flour mill tank read: "10 cents a week, the Denver Times...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- c1908
- Hotel El Tovar, Grand Canyon
- View of the El Tovar Hotel, in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The building is on the edge of the Grand Canyon, a stone wall is near the rim of the canyon. The hotel has multiple roofs at different levels. The center section of the hotel has a...
- Hotel El Tovar--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Canyons.; Hotels.; National parks & reserves.
- c1905
- D&RGW
- A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge freight train is westbound in a treeless valley west of Antonito in Conejos County, Colorado. The consist has fourteen (14) tank cars, freight cars, and a second locomotive. Shows low storm...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Clouds--Colorado--Conejos County--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Conejos County--1950-1960.; Railroad tank cars--Colorado--Conejos...
- between 1950 and 1956
- Confederate reunion
- View of drum majorette in a parade in Trinidad, Colorado. Dressed in a brocade, sleeveless, short tank dress and white mesh pumps, a young lady holds a baton and marches on the bricks in front of the crowd. Men, women, and children watch from the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Drum majorettes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Shadford, Elaine.
- August, 1939
- Sluicing sand tank Red Jones
- Red Jones washes out a leaching tank at the Golden Cycle Mill in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Golden Cycle Corporation--1930-1940.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Cleaning--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Leaching--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--El Paso...
- August, 1932
- Leaching dept from dam
- View of a pipe that carries water and tailings to the dam near the Golden Cycle Mill in El Paso County, Colorado. The leeching tank building and the comminuter building are nearby.
- Golden Cycle Corporation--1930-1940.; Leaching--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mills--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Pipelines--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Smelters--Colorado--El...
- August, 1932
- Colo. & Southern, Alpine Pass
- View from slope above shows the dilapidated boarding house hotel, Western Union Telegraph and Cable office and depot, and stone enginehouse at Alpine Tunnel, (11,545 feet) Gunnison County, Colorado. Two-story boarding house, built by the Colorado...
- Alpine Station (Colo. : Locale)--1930-1940.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.; Telegraph offices--Colorado--Gunnison County--1930-1940.
- August 6, 1939
- Metropolitan Steamer, purchased Nov. 1898
- Side view of an antique steam fire wagon, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows a fireman with a helmet in driver's seat, pinstriped wheels, coupling hoses on racks, brass tank, pumps and nozzles.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950- 1960.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1950-1960.
- August 1952
- Uintah Valley
- View of a Uintah Railway Baldwin-built side tank locomotive with passenger coach, in the Uintah Valley, climbing Baxter pass, Garfield County, Colorado,
- Uintah Railway--1910-1920.; Baxter Pass (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1920.
- August 1912
- Public Service Gas Works, Denver
- View of Public Service Gas Works, Denver, Colorado; shows industrial buildings, part of the Zang Brewery, smokestacks, boilers, metal barrels, and a fuel tank.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- April 24, 1916
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- We're on the Water Wagon in Paonia
- Six men pose around a water wagon drawn by a two-horse team in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. One man stands on top of the tank, and one man stands on the frame. Two sit in the driver's seat. The sixth man stands behind the wagon. Spectators...
- Paonia (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.; Street maintenance & repair--Colorado--Paonia--1910-1920.
- April 20, 1911
- Zeroing in on a U.S. tank
- Two U.S. Army tanks on a road through rolling grass-covered hills in Italy. German artillery fire is coming close to the lead tank; a white puff of smoke is visible very close to it. Taken while the photographer was serving with the Tenth Mountain...
- Military vehicles--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Men, mules and ammunition move forward
- Three men from the Tenth Mountain Division, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company H (wearing combat fatigues and helmets, and carrying rifles) walk down a country road lined with leafless trees. One leads a pack mule bearing supplies. More mules...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 14, 1945
- Como, Colo., division point on C. & S. Ry. in South Park
- View of Como, Park County, Colorado shows the railroad center with machine shops, roundhouse, water tank, boxcars, wood frame residences and the C. & S. eating house. The town was a division point for the narrow gauge Denver, South Park and Pacific...
- Como (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- about January 1929
- Wrecked Missouri Pacific train above Nuckoll's Packing Plant
- Wrecked Missouri Pacific railroad cars, a storage tank, and debris are scattered beside railroad tracks near the Nuckolls Packing Plant after a flood on the Arkansas River in Pueblo, Colorado. A refrigerator car with an American Refrigerator...
- Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Nuckolls Packing Company (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Meat...
- [June 1921]
- View of Riva Ridge with jeep, Italy
- View of Riva Ridge lightly dusted with snow. In the foreground a covered jeep is parked pointing toward the mountains along a gravel road. An open field covered with snow and some woods fill the middle ground.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [February] 1945
- Bogged tank, Italy 1945
- curved road. Trees and shrubs near the tank and on the higher hills are leafless.; Shows a frontal view of six Tenth Mountain Division soldiers in a tank on a steep and rocky road on Mt. Belvedere, Italy. All wear helmets, except one who seems to...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [February] 1945
- Industries construction scene at Alameda bridge on Platte
- View of the construction site at the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado. Piles of pipes, a tractor, and a water tank on a wagon that reads: "Denver" are near the bridge.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tractors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- Leaving for Rock Springs, Wyoming
- Six men sit in or near a flatbed truck loaded with gunny sacks. The men wear coats and caps or cowboy hats. The truck has low, wooden sides. A wooden water tank is in the distance.
- Trucks--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Men--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- [beween 1930 and 1940?]
- Silt
- View of Silt, Garfield County, Colorado; shows signs: "Welcome to Silt, Please Drive Carefully," "6 West East," "[Res]taurant," a gas station, cars, and tank truck.
- Silt (Colo.)--1980-1990.
- [between 1980 and 1990]
- Embudo, N.M.
- View of a dilapidated wooden trestle bridge over the Rio Grande river near Embudo (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico. Shows the abandoned Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad "Chile Line" depot (Embudo Station) and a water tank. A garage is near the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad--Buildings--1970-1980.; Embudo (N.M.)--1970-1980.; Rio Grande--1970-1980.; Abandoned buildings--New Mexico--Embudo--1970-1980.; Railroad bridges--New Mexico--Embudo--1970-1980.; Railroad stations--New...
- [between 1970 and 1976?]
- John "Jack" Swigert
- John "Jack" L. Swigert, pilot, astronaut, and public servant, points at a cryogenic oxygen tank at Beech Aircraft, Boulder Division, Boulder, Colorado; Keith E. Helart (sunglasses) and Howard E. Mers look on.
- Air pilots--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1980.; Astronauts--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1980.; Politicians--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1980.; Test pilots--Colorado--Boulder--1960-1980.; Helart, Keith E.; Mers, Howard E.; Swigert, John L. (John Leonard),...
- [between 1969 and 1971?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, residences
- This residence in Breckenridge, Colorado, is a one story, gable roofed frame dwelling built in an 'ell' shape with an open porch in the inside corner. Lathe turned uprights support the porch roof, sash windows are set in the clapboard sided walls,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Sun Valley neighborhood
- View of houses and businesses in the Sun Valley neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows brick one and two story houses, sheds, backyards, businesses, manufacturing companies and an oil storage tank. The Hungarian Flour Company silos are in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sun Valley (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cities & towns.; Commercial facilities.; Houses.; Industry.
- [between 1955 and 1960?]
- Eaton Metal Products Co.
- View of Eaton Metal Products in Denver, Colorado; shows a corrugated steel building, a tank, and men working with a sheet metal brake.
- Eaton Metal Products Company (Denver, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Metal-workers--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Metalworking industries--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Metalworking--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Cheyenne, Wyoming, Frontier Days Parade
- A miniature Union Pacific train passes by a crowd of men, women and children at a Frontier Days parade in Cheyenne (Laramie County), Wyoming. Neon business signs include: "Kaufman Hardware," "Woodrick and Allen Florsheim Shoes," "The Irene Shoppe,...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1950-1960.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1950-1960.; Commercial streets--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1950-1960.; Miniature railroads--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1950-1960.;...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Hermosa, Colo
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company passenger train by the water tank at Hermosa (La Plata County), Colorado. Locomotive 478 has a wedge snowplow. Frame buildings are near the tank. A logo on the tank reads: "Rio Grande, Royal...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Hermosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Hermosa--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Hermosa--1950-1960.; Water tanks--Colorado--Hermosa--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1959?]
- Coal tower, Chama, N.M. and ash can
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 494, and tender, stops by a coaling tower at Chama (Rio Arriba County), New Mexico; a semaphore switch is by rock retaining walls. Freight cars full of ash are near the coal tower. A water...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Chama (N.M.)--1950-1960.; Railroad facilities--New Mexico--Chama--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--New Mexico--Chama--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Chama--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1959?]