Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Johnnie Dewer's Place (present town hall)
- Men pose around the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked around the mirror. A cash register and metal sculptures of swordsmen are on it, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- 1894 or 1895
- Johnnie Dewer's Place
- Two men with long white beards sit on the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a cane and one holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked to the mirror border. A cash register and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899?]
- Lower Main Street, Breckenridge
- Buildings line either side of the dirt Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Arlington House on the left has a curvelinear false front with a wide cornice and an open porch with a balcony. Other half false fronted buildings flank it; one with...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1891?]
- Santa Catalina Island, golf links
- View of the Catalina Island Golf Course on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows clubhouse, tennis court and a circular pond.
- Catalina Island Golf Course (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Clubhouses--California--Santa Catalina Island--1900-1920.; Golf--California--Santa Catalina Island--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Ocean Park, Ocean Promenade
- Vacationers sit on benches and walk on Pier Avenue in Ocean Park in Santa Monica (Los Angeles County), California. Above the pedestrians, chairs sit on a second story balcony. Across the street, an outdoor band shell is built into the second floor...
- Santa Monica (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Benches--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; Commercial facilities--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; People--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.; Sitting--California--Santa Monica--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Early Military Parade in Denver
- Spectators watch a military parade in front of the City Hall building located on 14th (Fourteenth) and Market Streets, in Denver, Colorado. The parade was to honor soldiers leaving for the Spanish American War in 1898.
- Gun-carriages--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Spanish-American War, 1898.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Military parades &...
- 1898
- Pony Express rider changing horses, Wyo.
- A Pony Express rider prepares to mount a fresh horse at a Pony Express station on the Oregon Trail in Wyoming. One man holds the horse while another prepares to put saddle bags on the animal. The exhausted horse's reins are on the ground. The...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1860-1870.; Horses--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Log buildings--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Pony express--Wyoming--1860-1870.; Watercolors--1930-1940.
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Chautauqua entrance, Bob May, Ed Knapp
- Men in suits, a scarf, a straw hat and a pith helmet pose on the deck of the Chautauqua entrance building in Boulder, Colorado. The faceted, frame structure has a shingle roof and ticket windows; signs read: "Denver," and "Clark." Fabric is...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing shows detail of gallery window for Trinity Methodist Church on 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing of Trinity Methodist Church on 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- San Francisco from Saucelito [i.e. Sausalito]
- View of San Francisco Bay (San Francisco County) from Sausalito (Marin County), California. Shows the shoreline, islands, scrub bushes, and hills obscured by fog in the distance.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Islands--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Waterfronts--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- San Francisco from Alcatraz
- View of San Francisco Bay (San Francisco County), California from the island of Alcatraz. Tall, masted ships are in the bay. Smoke rises over the hills in the distance. Shows cannons and military embankments on the island of Alcatraz.
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Cannons--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Forts &...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Goodbye Johnnie!
- Four Chinese American women stand on a wooden pier on the San Francisco Bay near San Francisco, California. They wear long dark shirts with wide sleeves. Their hair is pulled back into tight buns.
- Chinese Americans--Women--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Piers & wharves--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Women--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Towards Carpentaria [sic] from Montecito
- View of a grassy slope and hills from the town of Montecito toward Carpinteria (Santa Barbara County), California.
- Santa Barbara County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Hills--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Castle Rock, Santa Barbara
- A woman in a black dress stands on the beach of Castle Rock Island, Santa Barbara County, California. The island is near San Miguel Island and the Channel Islands in the Santa Barbara Channel. Shows the Pacific Ocean and a steep cliff.
- Castle Rock (Santa Barbara County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Santa Barbara County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Beaches--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1900.; Cliffs--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Castle Rock, Santa Barbara
- A group of people stand on the shore of Castle Rock Island near San Miguel Island and the Channel Islands, Santa Barbara County, California. Shows the waters of the Pacific Ocean in the Santa Barbara Channel and steep cliffs.
- Castle Rock (Santa Barbara County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Santa Barbara County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Beaches--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1900.; Cliffs--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1900.; Islands--California--Santa Barbara...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Old Adobe of Santa Barbara
- View of an adobe house with a tile roof and open porch in Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County), California. Shows wood frame structures in the distance.
- Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Adobe houses--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.; Houses--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- A tile roofed adobe
- View of an adobe house with an open porch and tile roof in Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County), California. Shows fence line and brush.
- Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Adobe houses--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.; Houses--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- The beach near Santa Barbara
- View of the shoreline near Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County), California. Shows large, smooth boulders and sandy beach.
- Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Beaches--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.; Oceans--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- On the beach near Santa Barbara
- View of the shoreline near Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County), California. Shows large rounded boulders, sandy beach and cliffs in the distance.
- Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Beaches--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.; Oceans--California--Santa Barbara--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Crossing San Marcos Pass
- A man in a horse-drawn carriage makes his way up San Marcos Pass in Santa Barbara County, California.
- San Marcos Pass (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Santa Barbara County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Carriages & coaches--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870-1900?]
- Gaviota Pass
- View of an iron bridge and creek at Gaviota Pass in the Canada De La Gaviota, Santa Barbara County, California. Shows rocks, fallen tree branches, and steep canyon walls.
- Gaviota Pass (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Santa Barbara County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bridges--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1900.; Passes (Landforms)--California--Santa Barbara County--1870-1900.; Streams--California--Santa Barbara...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Path in Millard Canyon
- A woman in a black dress stands on a dirt path surrounded by bare trees and bushes in Millard Canyon in probably Los Angeles County California.
- Los Angeles County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Canyons--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.; Trails & paths--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.; Trees--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Falls in Millard Canyon
- View of a narrow waterfall in Millard Canyon in probably Los Angeles County, California. Shows steep canyon walls.
- Los Angeles County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Canyons--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.; Waterfalls--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- John Brown's sons at home
- A group of visitors gathers around an old man on a hill identified as Brown's Peak near Altadena (Los Angeles County), California. The women wear bonnets and their skirts have bustles. The wood frame house is propped up with poles and belongs to...
- Brown, Jason, California resident--Homes & haunts.; Brown, Owen--Homes & haunts.; Los Angeles County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Guests--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.; Houses--California--Los Angeles County--1870-1900.; Men--California--Los...
- [between 1870 and 1889?]
- Clubhouse at Santa Anita Lake
- Men and women sit in a plaza in front of a building identified as the Santa Anita Lake Clubhouse, Los Angeles County, California. A woman and a dog stand on the steps leading to the clubhouse. Lush vegetation surrounds the plaza.
- Los Angeles County (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Clubhouses--California--Los Angeles County--1880-1900.; Plazas--California--Los Angeles County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- South from Dana's Point
- View of Dana Point, Orange County, California. Shows sandy beach with rocks, the Pacific Ocean and steep rocky cliffs.
- Dana Point (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Cliffs--California--Dana Point--1870-1900.; Waterfronts--California--Dana Point--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Dana's Point
- A man and two dogs walk along the beach at Dana Point in Orange County, California. Shows seaweed washed up on the beach and a rocky cliff.
- Dana Point (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Beaches--California--Dana Point--1870-1900.; Capes (Coasts)--California--Dana Point--1870-1900.; Cliffs--California--Dana Point--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Dana's Point
- A person and two dogs stand on large boulders on the shore of the Pacific Ocean at Dana Point (Orange County), California. Shows rocky cliffs in the distance.
- Dana Point (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Capes (Coasts)--California--Dana Point--1870-1900.; Oceans--California--Dana Point--1870-1900.; Waterfronts--California--Dana Point--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- A salmon fishery
- A fishing boat and rowboat are on the water of the Columbia River probably in Wasco County, Oregon. A wood structure extends across the river. Shows a rocky shore, trees and mountains.
- Columbia River--1870-1900.; Wasco County (Or.)--1870-1900.; Fishing boats--Oregon--Wasco County--1870-1900.; Fishing industry--Oregon--Wasco County--1870-1900.; Rivers--Oregon--Wasco County--1870-1900.; Rowboats--Oregon--Wasco County--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Canon Diablo
- An Atlantic & Pacific Railroad passenger train is on a high trestle over Canyon Diablo in Coconino County, Arizona. Shows concrete pylons and steel beams.
- Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Coconino County (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Diablo, Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.; Railroad bridges--Arizona--Coconino County--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Westward Ho!
- View of a Romantic painting depicting Westward expansion. Shows wagons, pioneers, women in distress, men with guns on horses, and rugged landscape.
- Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1830-1900.; Westward movement--1830-1900.
- c1904
- Interior of Chapel at Ramonas Home at Camulos [sic]
- Interior view of an attic room decorated as a chapel in Camulos (Ventura County) California. Shows religious statues, alter, rail, and tabernacle.
- Camulos (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Attics--California--Camulos--1890-1900.; Chapels--California--Camulos--1890-1900.; Houses--California--Camulos--1890-1900.; Interiors--California--Camulos--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Santa Catalina Island, glass bottom boats at anchor
- View of glass bottom boats anchored in Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California.
- Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Santa Catalina Island--1880-1900.; Glass bottom boats--California--Santa Catalina Island--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Santa Catalina Island
- View of the bay at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island (Los Angeles County), California. Shows the Hotel Metropole, the Aquarium, the bath house, and piers. Glass-bottomed boats and the Catalina steamer sit in the bay.
- Avalon (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Avalon Bay (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Santa Catalina Island (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Avalon--1880-1900.; Boats--California--Avalon--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--California--Avalon--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Oldest house in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Men and boys pose at the Pioneer Log Home in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a one-story hewn log cabin with chinking and a board roof, a double horizontal window with panes of glass, a door, and stone chimney. The man and the two...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; Boys--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Gardens--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Crater of the Grotto Geyser
- Large mounds of accreted, calcareous silica surround Grotto Geyser in Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows pools of water and trees in the distance.
- Grotto Geyser (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.
- c1892
- Westward Ho!
- View of a Romantic painting depicting Westward expansion. Shows pioneers, wagons, horses, women in distress, men with guns on horses, and rugged landscape.
- Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1830-1900.; Westward movement--1830-1900.
- c1904
- Hudson River
- View of Hudson River in (probably) New York; shows tugboats and bluffs.
- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--1890-1910.; Cliffs--New York (State)--1890-1910.; Rivers--New York (State)--1890-1910.; Tugboats--New York (State)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Grand Canon of the Colorado
- One man sits in a rowboat, and another stands on the shore of possibly the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. This area is identified as being along New Hance Trail (Red Canyon Trail).
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Rivers--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Rowboats--Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Snowshoe Peak, Cabinet Mountains, Montana
- View of Snowshoe Peak in the Cabinet Mountains (Lincoln County and Sanders County), Montana. Shows trees and snow-covered mountains in the distance.
- Snowshoe Peak (Mont.)--1870-1890.; Mountains--Montana--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Green Mountain Ute Pass
- View of Green Mountain Falls (El Paso and Teller Counties), Colorado; resort includes a hotel, lake, gazebos, and camp cabins. A Colorado Midland Railroad train with antlers on the locomotive is by the depot.
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1900.; Green Mountain Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Green Mountain Falls--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Green Mountain Falls--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Green Mountain...
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Stages for Cripple Creek at Florissant
- Horse teams, a stagecoach, and a wagon are in Florissant (Teller County), Colorado; people stand by and look on from boardwalks. Business building has sign: "Florissant Lots For Sale Here."
- Florissant (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Florissant--1880-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Florissant--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- The Great Ute and his Squaw
- View of a dirt road and two rock formations that suggest human heads, in a spot identified as Great Ute Canon, in Colorado.
- Rock formations--Colorado--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Lake City
- View of Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows the Lake City school house, commercial buildings, houses, farms, and the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River. Grassy Mountain is in the distance.
- Grassy Mountain (Hinsdale County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lake City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Raven Hill from Anaconda, Cripple Crk. Mg. District
- View of the town of Anaconda and surrounding mines in Teller county, Colorado. View includes Low Line, Mary McKinney (McKinney Mining Company), and Morning Glory mines. Industrial features on the landscape include mine tailings, smelters and ore...
- Anaconda (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Anaconda--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Portrait of a woman
- Full length portrait of a woman who stands with tea cup in her hands. She wears a dress with a striped bodice, large puffy sleeves, and a high collar. A braided belt is wrapped around her waist.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1901?]
- High school, Colo. Springs
- View of the Colorado Springs High School in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. The sandstone and brick school is built in the Romanesque style and features a large clock tower.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Schools--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado
- View of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west; shows the schoolhouse, belfry of the Fireman's Hall, the Denver Hotel, the Arlington House, a frame building with a curvelinear false front and a wide cornice. The Methodist Church and the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1895?]
- Buffalo Bill Cody, seated at table, full length
- William Frederick Cody "Buffalo Bill" full length studio portrait seated at table holding a pen with hat in lap; fringe jacket with embroidery, knee-high boots with ankle buckle; image has been cropped from original.
- Entertainers--1890-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1897 and 1926]