Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Head Quarters, Platte City
- Members of the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian stand near a canvas tent in what is identified as Platte City in probably Lincoln County, Nebraska. George Francis Train is seated on the grass, Mrs. Train and Thomas C. Durant are near a...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Lincoln County (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Business people--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Tents--Nebraska--Lincoln...
- 1866 October 25
- Fred, Mack, Morey and Toney
- Men identified as Fred, Mack, Morey and Toney pose with dogs in front of a tent with a scalloped awning in probably Colorado. The men wear vests and caps or hats. A cook stove with a stove pipe is inside the tent. An upright tree trunk is next to...
- Camping--Colorado--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910
- Railroad workers at camp
- Seven men gather in front of a large tent, possibly part of a railroad construction or surveying camp, in Colorado. One man leans against a shovel; one (wearing an apron and gun in his holster) holds a pan and a wash rag; others stand or recline...
- Cookery--Colorado--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.; Railroad construction workers--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Railroad workers at camp
- covered wagon is behind the horses in the right background. A ridge of snow-capped mountains is in the distance.; Stereographic view of a group of seven men gathered in front of a large tent, possibly part of a railroad construction or surveying...
- Colorado--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.; Railroad construction workers--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Camping in South Park
- Seven men are gathered in front of a large tent, possibly part of a railroad construction or surveying camp, in Park County, Colorado. The men are wearing guns in holsters and aprons; they are holding rifles, dish towels, a frying pan and a shovel....
- Park County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; South Park (Park County, Colo.)--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Park County--1870-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Park County--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Park County--1870-1900.; Work camps--Colorado--Park...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- William F. Cody
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits under a large tent wearing a vest and tie in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A long watch fob hangs from his vest pocket. He has long, dark hair and a goatee and moustache with its ends waxed. A...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Show tents--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Wild West Show main entrance
- A group of men stands under the main entrance tent to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The words "Main Entrance Buffalo Bill's Wild West" are painted on the top canvas of the tent. A banner hangs at the back of the tent reading "Doors open at 1 & 7...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Nebraska cowboys
- Several small groups of cowboys stand in front of a group of tents for "Nebraska Cowboys" at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe, possibly in Paris. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center background with a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- William F. Cody and others
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands talking to two men outside a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while touring in Europe, possibly Paris. Cody wears a white suit and hat. The man on the right may be John Burke, press agent...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Wild West Show camp
- A man stands in the left center midground near a stopped wagon in front of a large tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man is reading a newspaper he holds in his hands. Two workers carry wood buckets from underneath the tent....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- The start of the morning, coffee delivery on layover day Doc Boyd, Rudy Savage.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, identified as Earl "Doc" Boyd [?] and Rudy Savage [?], stand in front of a camp tent during the club's annual trail ride in Colorado. Boyd serves coffee and holds a coffeepot inscribed with: "To Doc...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Coffee--Colorado--1950-1960.; Coffeepots--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Tents--Colorado--1950-1960.; Boyd, Earl J.; Savage, Rudy C.
- 1956 July
- Wild West Show performance
- A group of men runs next to a horse pulling a wagon in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear white uniforms resembling those of sailors. One man sits on the wagon and holds the horse's reins. The Wild West...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Carts & wagons--1900-1910.; Music ensembles--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Charles Goodman Gallery
- A light-colored tent set up in Bonanza, a mining camp in Saguache County, Colorado, has signs reading: "Photograph Gallery. Views of Bonanza Exchequer Sedgwick & Round Mountain. For Sale Here." A man with his thumbs hooked under his suspenders...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Goodman, Charles, d. 1912.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Four men in front of tent
- Outdoor portrait of a group of construction workers, they stand near a tent at the Alameda underpass construction site, Denver, Colorado.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [either 1909 or 1910]
- San Diego, tent city at Coronado Beach
- Vacationers walk next to the trolley line and sit under canvas awnings in front of tents in the tent city erected at Coronado Beach (San Diego County), California. Shows tents with striped canvas sides and thatched roofs. The Hotel del Coronado...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Resorts--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Street railroads--California--Coronado--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Tent City, Coronado Beach, Cal.
- View of a sea wall and striped canvas tents of a tent city on a narrow strip of land at Coronado Beach (Coronado, San Diego County), California. Flags fly over a boathouse and restaurant the distance. Signs on buildings read: "Dining Room and Lunch...
- Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Diego Bay (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Boathouses--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Restaurants--California--Coronado--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Near view of ruins Ludlow Tent Colony
- A distraught man stands among the remains of the tent colony of Ludlow, destroyed by fire after the Ludlow Massacre (result of the coal strikes) in Ludlow, Colorado in Las Animas County. The remains include tent frames, bed boxsprings, iron...
- Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Miner's strikes--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.
- [1914]
- Headquarters tent replica
- Interior view of a replica of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's headquarters tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large stuffed buffalo head is mounted on a beam in the center foreground. A bear skin rug is on the ground near a chair...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts--1900-1930.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Interiors.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1925?]
- Colonel Cody, by his tent on the show
- Colonel W.F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) stands in front of his tent. He wears a light colored vest, shirt and pants with a dark tie and a cowboy hat.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--1900-1910.; Celebrities--1900-1910.; Entertainers--1900-1910.; Tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- 1908
- Family in a tent
- A family, men, women and children, sit and stand in a tent in probably Colorado. The men wear cowboy hats and smoke pipes; the women wear blouses and long skirts. A line of clothing hangs in the back of the tent.
- Families--Colorado--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.; Smoking--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Tin Type Tent, Opera House Festival
- Scene from the first year of the Central City Opera House Play Festival taken inside a tent. A poster in the foreground to the left has photographs attached to it. In the foreground, the photographer, S.S. Newbury, squats behind a camera to take...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Photographers--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.; Annisfeldt, Marrescha.; Cosgriff, J. B., Mrs.
- 1932
- William F. Cody and group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of a tent, probably in Paris, with a group of people, including Sioux Chief Rocky Bear at the far left of the group holding a war club in his right hand. He also has one feather on the back of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Nate Salsbury with group in front of tent
- Nate Salsbury stands in the left center of a large group of men in front of a tent of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while on tour in England in 1887. Salsbury, wearing a silk top hat and suit, was the principal owner and manager of the show. He is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Nate Salsbury with group in front of tent
- Nate Salsbury stands in the left center of a large group of men in front of a tent of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show while on tour in England in 1887. Salsbury, wearing a silk top hat and suit, was the principal owner and manager of the show....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Wild West Show cast in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stops his horse in front of a group of Native American men, women and children in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody is talking with Sioux Chief Iron Tail, a member of the cast who was also one of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Iron Tail.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- William Cody with group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with a group of people in front of a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West in England. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of the Wild West Show, sits in the right center of the front row next to a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Men in front of tent
- Several men, including William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stand in front of a large tent with American flags and a stuffed buffalo head above its entrance. Two men, possibly...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Nate Salsbury in front of tent
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands in front of his tent in a camp for the show holding a cane and smoking a cigar. He stands on top of a bearskin rug. He wears a silk top hat and has a watch fob hanging from...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center midground behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Rocky Bear.; Kidder, Edward E.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Men gathered in front of tent
- A large group of men is gathered in the dirt area in front of Jule Keen's tent in a camp of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Paris. Keen was the treasurer of the show. John Burke, press agent for the shows, stands in the center background with two...
- Keen, Jule--Homes & haunts--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Scheibel, Albert.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Cody in the mess tent, Johnny Baker next to man in straw hat
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits at a table in the mess tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He wears a vest and striped shirt, but no hat. Seated across the table from Cody is a man wearing a straw hat. Next to that man is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking--1900-1910.; Mess halls--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Children peeking under tent
- A group of boys and girls peeks under a tent at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The boys wear knickers and caps while the girls wear skirts and hats. Two young girls stand in the right center midground smiling at the others. A woman in the right...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Boys--1900-1910.; Girls--1900-1910.; Tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Tent life in Gunnison
- Early Gunnison, Colorado residents read newspapers inside their short walled canvas tent. A large pair of antlers hang on the front support pole. A washboard, more antlers, liquor bottles, and wood for the stove are outside the tent.
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Creede, Colo.
- Men sit or stand in a line and pose in front of a canvas tent and a log cabin in possibly Windy Gulch in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A skull and antlers is displayed with a painted sign that reads: "Saloon." A metal stove with a stovepipe is...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Queues--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Creede, Colo.
- Men and women pose in front of a canvas tent in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The women wear fitted, calico dresses, and the men wear suits and felt hats. Iron stoves are outside the tent. Tents and trees are on the hillside in the distance.
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stoves--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Restaurant in Creede
- Men and women sit or stand and pose in front of a canvas tent restaurant in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A banner on the tent reads: "Restaurant, Meals At All Hours." Nearby structures have log foundations and canvas roofs. Women wear fitted...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Cripple Creek
- Group portrait of members of the Colorado National Guard Medical Corps in front of a tent in the Cripple Creek mining district during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike in Teller County, Colorado. Men sit or stand in uniforms, hats, arm...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Medical personnel--Colorado--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Animals elephant
- View of an elephant that stands near a tent in Colorado. The tent has a cloth awning.
- Elephants--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Katherine Buckwalter
- Women who include Katherine Buckwalter sit at a table near a tent in Colorado. A box that reads: "Carnation Instant Milk" is nearby. The side of the tent reads: "Red Seal Tents."
- Camping--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Katherine Buckwalter
- View of an automobile and a tent pitched near a lake in Colorado. Katherine Buckwalter sits near the tent.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Almont, Colorado
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.; Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Almont, Colorado
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.; Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Fishing camping Almont, Colo
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- [1922]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colo
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- [1922]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colo.
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- [1922]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colorado
- View of Harry Buckwalter's tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.--Homes & haunts.
- [1922]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colorado
- View of a tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colorado
- View of a tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Camping fishing Almont, Colorado
- View of a tent pitched near Almont (Gunnison County), Colorado. Fish hang from support poles attached to the tent.
- Almont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fish--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Almont--1920-1930.
- [1925]
- Juvenile Court - boys sent to Ft. Lupton beet fields
- Composite of two photographs shows boys at Fort Lupton (Weld County), Colorado, working in beet fields and standing in a canvas tent.
- Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Beets--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1900-1910.; Juvenile delinquents--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]