Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Lawyers
- Two unidentified men in suits pose by a vase of roses; books fill glass covered interior shelves.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- Pearsall's meat market
- The exterior view of the Solomon Pearsall Meat Market at 136 West Second Avenue in Leadville, Colorado shows a group of men posed on the boardwalk outside the open doors of the shop. Two men wear long white aprons. Carcasses of fowl, rabbits, and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1892]
- 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?]
- Mr. Richard Pearce and smelting force, Empire Forks Silver bricks. Mr. Pearce on extreme left - at one time was connected with the Argon Smelting Works in Argo, and also with the Hill Smelting Works in Central City.
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company workers pose by stacked silver ingots in Empire Forks, Clear Creek County, Colorado; metallurgist Richard Pearce is to the left.
- Boston & Colorado Gold and Silver Smelting Company--1870-1880.; Metallurgists--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Empire Forks (Colo.); Mining--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.; Silver--Colorado--Empire Forks--1870-1880.;...
- 1875
- Green River - early stern wheel paddle steamboat
- View of a steam powered paddle-wheel passenger boat, the "City of Moab," on the Green River, in Utah. A house is on the riverbank.
- Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1900-1910.; Rivers--Utah--1900-1910.; Stern wheelers--Utah--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- D&RG Railroad YMCA Building at Helper Utah
- View of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Young Men's Christian Association in Helper, Utah; shows men, women, and children posing in front of a brick building with an arcade/balcony, terra-cotta roof, and bay windows. Bunting hangs in the arched...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Children--Utah--Helper--1910-1920.; Organizations' facilities--Utah--Helper--1910-1920.; Women--Utah--Helper--1910-1920.; Young Men's Christian associations--Utah--Helper--1910-1920.
- 1918
- Cebolla - railroad station shelter and Sportsmen's Hotel at Cebolla, Colorado, on the D&RG narrow gauge line west of Gunnison
- View of Cebolla, Gunnison County, Colorado (now Blue Mesa Reservoir); shows narrow gauge tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, buildings, the Gunnison River, and a bridge.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.--1910-1920.; Blue Mesa Reservoir (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cebolla (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Cebolla--1910-1920.; Narrow gauge...
- 1912?
- D&RGW 3608, 2-8-8-2, builder's photo copy class L-131; Brooks #67328 - 6/1927; retired 4/1956
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive 3608 with coal car; caption on original reads: "American Locomotive Company New York City."
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Locomotive 1510 - 4-8-0
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad locomotive 1510, with passenger coaches and baggage cars.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Railroad cars--1920-1930.; Railroad locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroad passenger cars--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Along Gerspach Ave, on the outskirts of the bottoms
- View of Gerspach Avenue (later Fox Street) in the Globeville neighborhood, Denver, Colorado; shows frame houses and picket fence.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1930.; Globeville (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- End of street car line, Arvada, Colo.
- View down tracks to a distant Denver Tramway electric car heading for the "cut" at the siding where the tramway track passed under the Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks at Grandview Anevue, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. A set of stairs...
- Arvada (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1904]
- Looking west on Main St. Arvada
- View along cottonwood lined main street (Grandview Avenue) Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, includes the Arvada depot, originally called Ralston Station or Ralston Point on the Colorado Central; horse- drawn wagons in background.
- Arvada (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1904]
- Crystal Canon, near Crested Butte
- View from Sheep Mountain, overlooking the mining camp of Crystal, Gunnison County, Colorado; includes Crystal River flowing from the headwaters in Schofield Park.
- Crystal (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Crystal River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Sheep Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1902]
- Hahns Peak
- View of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty bar), Colorado; shows a wood-frame church with a cupola and bell, and log cabins.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Cherry Creek before improvements
- View of Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado; men stand on sandbars. Horse-drawn wagons are on the road. A stone cutting business at 7th (Seventh) and Lincoln Streets has a sign: "Monuments Building Work Jacques Bros." Houses are in the background.
- Stone industry and trade--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Hairy Chin, Dakota, bust
- Hairy Chin, Dakota, head and shoulders studio portrait; two feathers in hair, short beaded necklace, fur wrapped around one braid, scarf tied on other braid.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Hairy Chin. Dakota Indian.
- [1889?]
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, seated, holding rifle, full length
- Rain-in-the-Face, Dakota Chief, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop holding rifle; wears two feathers in hair, scarf tied at neck, long necklace with many wraps, thick banded wrist bracelet, long shirt and trousers.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.
- [188?]
- 85th Regiment, Company C
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company C. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 14, 1944. LEFT TO RIGHT TOP ROW: 1) Egan, Knox, 2) Hayes, 3) Anderson, 4) Smith, John, 5) Pike, 6) Baney, 7) Walden, 8)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Company C.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- June 14, 1944
- Mineral Palace, Pueblo, Colorado
- Woman on stage at the Mineral Palace in Pueblo, Colorado, wears a white dress and hat. The faux grotto behind her is hung with stalactites, and flanked by ornate square pilasters and enthroned statues (one reads: "King Coal"). The interior ceiling...
- Mineral industries--Exhibitions--Colorado--Pueblo--1890- 1900.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Actresses--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1900.; Mineral Palace (Pueblo, Colo.)
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- A distinguished group
- A group of unidentified Native American and white men poses on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. Several of the Native American men hold patterned blankets around their shoulders. Most wear their hair in braids. A few of the men...
- Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.
- [1907]
- Round-up
- Men on horseback round up a herd of cattle near the Flathead Indian Reservation in Lake County, Montana. The National Bison Range is in the distance.
- Lake County (Mont.)--1900-1910.; National Bison Range (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Cattle herding--Montana--Lake County--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1907?]
- Buckskin Joe, Colorado
- View of Buckskin Joe, Colorado in Park County; shows two houses and a dilapidated shed situated in a field near a hill of shale.
- Buckskin Joe (Park County, Colo.)--1950-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Buckskin Joe--1950-1970.
- [between 1950 and 1965]
- D & R G R R depot Kokomo Colo
- The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot in Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado, is a frame, gable-roofed building with brick chimneys. A flywheel, wooden gate, and two-handled tool are on the dock; tracks are in the foreground. A one-story residence is...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- The Kokomo school
- Students at Kokomo, in Summit County, Colorado, pose on boardwalk with a frame, pilastered building behind them. They wear ribbons, checkered or plaid fabrics, and wide collars. Older girls and the teacher wear bodices, overdresses with pleats or...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Turner residence in Kokomo
- Well dressed, the Turners pose on the wooden steps of their one- story frame house in Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado. In kneepants and a narrow brimmed planter hat, a boy standing in a cart holds the reins of a mule. A clothesline connects to a...
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Kokomo--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Colorado - Utah map
- Photographic reproduction of maps of Colorado and Utah, including counties, towns, highways, railroads, and land forms.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 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
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Nevadaville, Colorado
- View north over Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows Nevada Creek in the foreground, ore processing sheds, wood frame houses, Main Street, Redman's, and Odd Fellow's Lodges. The Methodist Episcopal Church and school buildings are to the west...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1898?]
- Flower Carnival Parade entry
- A woman wearing flowers, ruffles, ribbons, sheer fabric and a wide brimmed hat, holds the reins of Sunflower Carnival Parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The buggy and horse are decorated with white crepe paper flowers and...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- Mr. & Mrs. C. S. Sprague 1st prize, proprietor Evening Telegraph
- View of the First Prize winner in the Flower (Sunflower) Carnival parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a horse drawn cart draped in fronds of Pampas Grass (?) with Charles Sprague, proprietor of the Evening Telegraph...
- Sprague, Charles, Mrs.; Sprague, Charles.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- 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
- Indians Pueblo Taos missions exterior
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American (Taos Pueblo) adobe walls, a tower with arches, and a lamp.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Gates Rubber Company products
- Products manufactured by Gates Rubber Company on display. Top row: battery boxes, bumpers, wash rack hose, welding hose, garden hose, handlers, and air hose. Second row: Gates fan belts, water hose, radiator hose, and ball valves. Third row:...
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Rubber industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Stranger Horse, South Dakota, Sioux
- Standing portrait of an elderly Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Stranger Horse. He wears moccasins, beaded leggings, a hide shirt with decorative beading and animal tails, and a headdress. He holds a pouch with decorative bead work in...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--1900-1930.; Aged persons--1900-1930.; Stranger Horse.
- [between 1900 and 1926?]
- C. C. Depot, Georgetown
- Large crowd gathers along Clear Creek as a Colorado Central narrow gauge excursion train pauses in front of the depot, 1106 Rose Street, Georgetown, Colorado. The men wear suits, some with top hats; women wear dresses and bonnets. Several men stand...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Denver Colo.
- Northwestward view of downtown Denver, Colorado, taken from upper story of the State Capitol building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- c1911
- Glenwood Springs and Hotel Colorado
- Panoramic view of Glenwood Springs, Mesa County, Colorado, at the confluence of the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers. Shows the Hotel Colorado and the Hot Springs Bathhouse and pool, houses, and the railroad bridges of the Denver and Rio Grande...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roaring Fork...
- 1901
- Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, seated, with peace pipe on knees
- Seated studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Sitting Bull, Dakota Chief, holding peace pipe, in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits.; Calumets--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.
- [1888?]
- State and city officials and members of the Colorado State Fireman's Association
- Panoramic view and photographic montage of members of the Colorado State Fireman's Association and city officials who pose near the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver, Colorado. Firefighters wear double-breasted dress uniforms and pose on...
- Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Capitols--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Government officials--American--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Municipal...
- 1919 April 3
- Colorado Penitentiary escapes
- Tools used in a prison break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, include hacksaw blades, drill brace and bits, pliers, a screwdriver, putty knife, batteries, string, wire, and tape. In a Fedora, tweed jacket and tie, associate...
- Prison wardens--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.; Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.
- 1962
- Fort Abraham Lincoln, general view, winter
- Overview of Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota, showing stables, barracks, officer's houses, other buildings and Missouri River; barren landscape.
- Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- A gathering at Custer Battlefield monument
- Full length group portrait of eight men posed near the monument to the soldiers killed at Little Big Horn. From left to right: Corporal Hall, Dr. Henry Rinaldo Porter, Captain Edward Settle Godfrey, Captain Frederick William Benteen, Captain...
- Battlefields--Montana--1880-1890.; Military personnel--1880-1890.; Monuments & memorials--Montana--1886.; White Swan, (Crow warrior), 1851 or 2-1904.; Benteen, Frederick William, 1834-1898.; Edgerly, Winfield Scott, 1846-1927.; Godfrey, Edward...
- [1886]
- Erie Colorado
- A view of Erie, Weld County, Colorado, includes a group of wood houses on flat terrain, with a mountain range in the distance, and a dirt road and trees in front. A large building has a sign reading, "Erie House;" others are marked "Feed and...
- Erie (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- June 1876
- Boulder City Mills
- "Boulder City Mills." is lettered on the side of this two-story, gable roofed frame structure in Boulder, Colorado. A smokestack rises from a flat-roofed brick extension; bushes, rocky bank, and Boulder Creek are in the foreground. Topping a hill...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado
- Frame and brick storefronts on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, have false fronts and signs reading: "Cigars tobacco and smokers articles," "Fresh oysters," "Fruit confectionary," "K. S. Peak agent for Snyders Distillery," "Stoves & tinware,"...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]