Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- D&RGW, Antonito, Colo. 473 (2-8-2), 63 R.P.O, 306 coach from left rear at depot, train 425 to Santa Fe, Conoco tank car Conx 44 at right.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 473 (2-8-2), with railroad post office car 63 and passenger coach 306, by the depot at Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows a man, Conoco tank car 44, and buildings.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Antonito (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad tank cars--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.
- 1941 July 2
- Tank Destroyer and soldiers
- Members of the 10th Mountain Division stand, sit, and lie in ruts in the dirt road behind an M-10 Tank Destroyer in Bologna Province, Italy. Shows barren hills, a rock strewn road, and buildings on the top of a hill in the Apennine Range.
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns & battles.; Apennines (Italy)--1940-1950.; Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Campaigns & battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)--1940-1950.; Dirt roads--Italy--Bologna (Italy :...
- [1945]
- Denver Public Library 1937 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 1937. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- ca. 1995
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Numbers 6 and 7, 1920 June-July
- Denver Ordnance Plant, water tank framework, hoisting steel, long shot
- Construction workers hoist steel beams onto the framework of a water tank at the Denver Ordnance Plant (Remington Ordnance Plant, later Denver Federal Center) in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. One workman holds a rope and guides the beam....
- Denver Ordnance Plant--Buildings--1940-1950.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Construction workers--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Lakewood--1940-1950.; Ordnance...
- [1941?]
- Man driving horse-drawn tank wagon
- View of a man in a water tank wagon on Alameda Avenue, in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Water carriers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Horse - drawn water truck; tank reads "Denver"
- Outdoor portrait of a man driving a water wagon on Alameda Avenue, in Denver, Colorado, a banner has a fleur-de-lis. The water tank reads: "Denver."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Water carriers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- 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
- New Silver Cliff water works tank built by a W. P. A. project
- View of a water tank, Silver Cliff, Custer County, Colorado.
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Water tanks--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Railroad station & water tank at Basalt
- A large, round water tank supported by timbers is situated next to the tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad in Basalt, Colorado. A two-story, wood-frame hotel with a hipped roof, multiple chimneys, and a covered porch is in the background,...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Basalt--1920-1930.
- [about 1920]
- Silverton Branch @ Hermosa narrow gauge scene - water tank
- View of Hermosa, La Plata County, Colorado; shows hay meadows, dirt road, houses, tracks and a water tank of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, and the San Juan Mountains.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1920-1940.; Hermosa (Colo.)--1920-1940.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1920-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Hermosa--1920-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Hermosa--1920-1940.; Railroad...
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Line change
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction consists of parallel tracks, men working, and a tank car, (probably) in Colorado or Utah.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Railroad construction workers--1920-1940.; Railroad tank cars--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Water Tank Hill Sgt. Davis at gun
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, including Sergeant John Davis, pose near an automatic rifle on a tripod on Water Tank Hill near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. A nearby wooden crate...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal...
- [1914]
- At water tank just north of Ludlow looking east across tracks to tent colony
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, pose near the water tank and the Colorado and Southern tracks on Water Tower Hill near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway--1910-1920.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow...
- [1914]
- Oil tank, Pueblo, Colorado
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Pueblo Union Depot Yard, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado; shows an oil tank, smokestacks, a brick shop, an open ore car (D&RG 25365), and a sign: "McGovern Coal Co."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fuel tanks--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Main pipe, distribution pipes and tank
- View of the main pipe, valves, and water tank, part of a placer mining operation near Gold Run, California.
- Hydraulic mining--California--Gold Run--1870-1890.; Mining--California--Gold Run--1870-1890.; Penstocks--California--Gold Run--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1886]
- Machine gun at Water Tank Hill Ludlow.
- Members of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, pose with their guns, which include an automatic rifle on a tripod, on Water Tank Hill near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado. The tracks of the Colorado &...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machine...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Repairing ore concentrating mixing tank, Golden Cycle mill; Colorado Springs
- Worker welds a tank inside the Golden Cycle Mine and mill, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Mixing machinery--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Golden Cycle Mine (El Paso County, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1930-1940.; Maintenance & repair--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1930?]
- Leaching tank filling
- View of a leaching tank as it fills with a sandy ore mixture in the Golden Cycle Mill in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Golden Cycle Corporation--1930-1940.; Leaching--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Smelters--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.
- 1932, August 3
- Hancock - 1950 water tank foundations
- Rows of cut stone form what was once the foundation for the water tank at Hancock, Colorado. A dilapidated log cabin and stone covered hills are in the background.
- Hancock (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Storage tanks--Colorado--Hancock--1940-1950.
- 1950
- Arvada Chamber of Commerce tank parade
- Two military tanks parade on a Arvada street, Jefferson County, Colorado. The lead tank's cannon smokes; drivers can be seen through small front hatch doors. Arvada Chamber of Commerce sponsors the parade during the third Annual Harvest Festival....
- Arvada (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Festivals--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.; Tanks (Military science)--Colorado--Arvada--1920-1930.
- 1927 September 17
- Drunk Tank
- Drunk men sit and lie on the floor of a holding cell in the Police Building, Denver, Colorado. Several men are passed out on the floor. Trash and cigarette butts lie near their bodies. An African American (Black) man sits with his back against the...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Facilities--1930-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Intoxication--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- 268 head on backing at tank, town at rt.
- A (probably) Denver, Rio Grande Western locomotive approaches a water tank near frame houses in Crested Butte (Gunnison County) Colorado; snow capped peaks are behind the town.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte--1950-1960.; Water towers--Colorado--Crested Butte--1950-1960.
- 1952 July 3
- Castleton tank 278 on arrival at - Baldwin Br.
- A (probably) Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive vents smoke by a water tank and snow in Castleton, near Baldwin (Gunnison County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Castleton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Castleton--1950-1960.; Snow--Colorado--Castleton--1950-1960.; Water towers--Colorado--Castleton--1950-1960.
- 1956 February 18
- Tank entering village, Italy
- Shows the back of a tank as it enters a village along a narrow road between two stone buildings. Leafy trees in foreground and mountain in background.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Tank moving into farm valley, Italy
- A Tenth Mountain Division tank moves down a road toward an Italian farm as two GIs follow on foot. Houses are located on the hill in the distance as is a mountain peak with many rock formations; nearby trees have leaves.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- 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
- Tanks and tank destroyers in the Po Valley
- View of three tanks from units attached to the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign move across the flat Po Valley in a straight line. Two soldiers walk in front of the tank in the foreground.
- Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April] 1945
- Texas & New Orleans R.R. (Southern Pacific) R.R. Kerriville [sic]-San Antonio Train 878 2-8-0 and 4 car freight east on train 212, leaving tank, Viva, Tex.
- View of Texas and New Orleans Railroad (Kerrville - San Antonio) train #212, with locomotive #878 and freight cars and a caboose, in Viva (Bexar County), Texas. The train is near a water tank. The engineer leans out of the window of the locomotive...
- Southern Pacific Company--1940-1950.; Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Viva (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Texas--Viva--1940-1950.; Railroads--Texas--Viva--1940-1950.; Water tanks--Texas--Viva--1940-1950.
- 1946 October 21
- D&RGW, Monte Vista, Colo. standard gauge (2-8-0) 1185, light, at tank.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 1185 (standard gauge 2-8-0), with a coal tender, vents smoke by a water tank at Monte Vista (Rio Grande County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Monte Vista (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Monte Vista--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Monte Vista--1950-1960.; Water tanks--Colorado--Monte Vista--1950-1960.
- 1950 March 25
- D&RGW S.F., Antonito, Colo., southbound 2353 (2-8-2) 472 pulled ahead, 473 (2-8-2) & train at water tank.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive 472 (2-8-2) with a push snow plow and coal tender, and locomotive 473 (2-8-2), with freight cars, near buildings and a water tank at Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Antonito (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.; Snowplows--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.; Water...
- 1941 July 2
- Army tank used in clearing up wreckage
- An army tank used in cleaning up wreckage caused by a flood sits in dried mud in a street in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows a cable and piles of downed utility poles. An overturned railroad freight car and commercial buildings are in the distance. A sign...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Tanks (Military science)--American--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Main St. looking southwest tank in the center of the street was brought down by the flood and left in this position.
- A storage tank carried by a flood sits in the center of Main Street in Pueblo, Colorado. A horse drawn wagon, an automobile and people on horseback are on the street. Men in coveralls walk down the shoulder of the road. Buildings and a bridge are...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Storage tanks--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- D&RGW
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive #490 (2-8-2) and caboose #0586 with a freight train, on an iron trestle over Wolf Creek, near Lobato in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Shows tank cars, and canvas covered cars for...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1950-1960.; Railroad tank cars--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1950-1960.; Railroads--New...
- 1958 January 29
- D&RGW
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive #489 (2-8-2), and a freight train with an oversized load, in a valley near Los Pinos in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows box cars and tank cars. Snow fences are beside the tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Conejos County--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Conejos County--1940-1950.; Railroad tank...
- 1949 July 22
- 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
- Troops and tank
- Soldiers in fatigues smile and squat in mud by a tank in (probably) Korea. They wear helmets and hold rifles.
- United States. Army.--1950-160.; Men--Korea--1950-1960.; Military life--American--Korea--1950-1960.; Soldiers--American--Korea--1950-1960.; Tanks (Military science)--American--Korea--1950-1960.
- [1952?]
- D&RGW, near Coxo, Colo.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad narrow gauge locomotive 478 (2-8-2) hauls freight and tank cars near Coxo (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows the engineer in the cab and grass covered hillsides near the tracks. Windy Point is in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Conejos County--1940-1950.; Railroad tank cars--Colorado--Conejos County--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--Conejos...
- 1949 November 6
- 10:15 A.M., C & S 608 near Denver on Argo line, W 48th Ave. & Huron
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway steam locomotive 608 (2-8-0) on the Argo Line near W 48rh (Forty-eighth) Avenue and Huron Street in Denver, Colorado. The locomotive heads a tank car and a caboose. Lettering on the locomotive reads: "C & S,"...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Railroad tank cars--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1956 August 1
- R.G.S. #74 & water tank, Leonard
- Rio Grande Southern narrow gauge steam locomotive no. 74 (2-8-0) is stopped at the water tank in Leonard (San Miguel County), Colorado. Men are near the locomotive.
- Rio Grande Southern Railroad--1950-1960.; Leonard (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Leonard--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leonard--1950-1960.; Water tanks--Colorado--Leonard--1950-1960.
- 1951 September 1
- B & O, picking up mail on fly at Carman, Pa. C.R. depot at right & its condr.
- A Baltimore & Ohio railroad train picks up mail on the fly from a track side Railway Mail Service crane in Carman (Elk County), Pennsylvania. A catcher arm is extended from the mail car. A railroad semaphore signal, a railroad tank car, and a depot...
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Carman (Pa.)--1940-1950.; Railroad mail service.; Railroad motor cars.; Railroad signals.; Railroad stations.; Railroad tank cars.
- 1941 April 26
- Clarion River RR gas loco, Brookville loco #55, Carman, PA
- View of Clarion River Railway, gas powered, Brookville railcar # 55 parked on a siding near the small wooden depot at Carman (Elk County), Pennsylvania. A railroad tank car is parked in the distance.
- Clarion River Railway--1940-1950.; Carman (Pa.)--1940-1950.; Railroad motor cars.; Railroad stations.; Railroad tank cars.
- 1941 April 26
- Colorado-Kansas Railway
- View of a Colorado-Kansas steam locomotive (4-6-0) with a tender, a Colorado & Southern tanker car and a boxcar. The engineer and fireman pose in the cab and a man sits on the brake wheel on top of the boxcar. Letters on the train read:...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Equipment & supplies--1910-1920.; Colorado Kansas Railway Company--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--1910-1920.; Railroad freight cars--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--1910-1920.; Railroad tank cars--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1920?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Railroads. Cars. Tank
- Hauling beets on the Louis Frantz farm
- An unidentified man poses beside a large horse drawn, freight wagon loaded with sugar beets at the Louis Franz farm (Franz Farm) in Fort Collins (Larimer County), Colorado. The man wears a hat and vest, the wagon is drawn by a four horse team, and...
- Franz Farm (Fort Collins, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons.; Beets.; Franz Farm (Fort Collins, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Wagons--Colorado--Fort Collins--Pictorial works.; Sugar...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Osier depot
- View of the Osier Depot on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in Osier (Conejos County), Colorado. A yellow, wooden water tank with a metal spout is near the tracks and a small, one story train depot with a gable roof and a sign that reads:...
- Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad--Buildings--1970-1980.; Osier (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Water tanks.; Railroad stations.; Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad--Buildings--Pictorial works.; Tanks--Colorado--Osier--Pictorial works.; Railroad...
- 1970?
- 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?]
- María Onofre Paiz at gasoline pump
- María Onofre Paiz, A young woman uses a handle to pump gasoline into an elevated tank outside a tin building on the Paiz Ranch in Gulnare (Las Animas County) Colorado. She wears a dress with short sleeves and her hair is short, parted in the...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Paiz, Maria Onofre, 1895-1934.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.; Gasoline pumps--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Country Acres Mobile Park, Delta, Colo.
- View of Country Acres Mobile Home Park at 1205 Highway 50 in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. Six mobile homes line the edge of the park. Each structure has a small propane tank and power lines border part of the property. A post and wire fence...
- Country Acres Mobile Home Park (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Country Acres Mobile Home Park (Delta, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mobile home parks--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Mobile homes--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial...
- 1992
- Gunnison Pioneer Museum, Colo.
- View of the Gunnison Pioneer Museum located at 803 East Tomichi Avenue in Gunnison, Colorado. The museum contains 18 historic structures including a Denver & Rio Grande depot moved from Sargents, Colo., a Denver & Rio Grande water tank from...
- Gunnison Pioneer Museum (Gunnison, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Museums--Colorado--Gunnison--2000-2010.; Gunnison (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Pictorial works.; Gunnison Pioneer Museum (Gunnison, Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2007