Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Big trees, the Three Graces, 1st group of big trees
- A man with a stick stands inside the trunk of a giant sequoia, one of a group of trees identified as the Three Graces; a carriage passes by on the road, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Carriages & coaches--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Giant sequoias--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National...
- [between 1870 and 1900 ]
- Descending the Hill on a Push Car Shortline Ry Showing Three Elevations
- View of men who ride on a push car down the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railroad tracks. Three levels of tracks are visible. Trees cover the rocky mountain landscape. A tunnel that goes through possibly Looping A Mountain is in the...
- Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway--1890-1920.; Railroad construction workers--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad handcars--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1911]
- Three Co's of Ogallala Indian scouts P.R. Ag.
- View of three companies of Native American Lakota Sioux Oglala scouts wearing uniforms and fur caps, mounted in line formation, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Round walled tents on snow covered ground and Red Cloud's two-story house show in...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--South...
- 1891
- The Three Musketeers, Julius Johnson, Woody Reid, Bill Powell
- Three African American teenage boys identified as Julius Johnson, Woody Reid and Bill Powell (also known as the "Three Musketeers") pose in front of West High School in Denver, Colorado. Julius Johnson wears a shirt, tie, sweater-vest and pants....
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Johnson, Julius.; Powell, William,...
- [between 1929 and 1931]
- Three Graces, Garden of the Gods
- Close view of the Three Graces sandstone rock formation, Garden of the Gods, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Three elevations of track on the Crippl [sic] Creek Short Line
- Three elevations of Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge track with train exiting tunnel in right background approaching trestle; push car used by L.C. McClure off track in right foreground; unidentified man pointing to train; Colorado Springs...
- Railroad handcars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Baker Junior High "The Three Bears" play
- Photograph of a spanish play entitled "The Three Bears" performed at Baker Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. Pictured is a female student laying on the stage on her side. Over her are three other students dressed in bear costumes.
- Baker Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1935
- Descendants of Alfonso Perez de Golfin and Maria Gomez Tello
- Detailed description of the descendants of New Mexico pioneering family Alfonso Perez de Golfin and Maria Gomez Tello .
- Hispanic Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Spaniards--New Mexico--Genealogy.; Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Genealogy.; New Mexico--Genealogy.
- 2002 April
- Zook Building
- View of the Zook Building at 435 West Colfax in the Central Business District neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Built in 1891, this three story brick flat-iron shaped building has two wrought-iron balconies on the southwest side of the building and...
- Zook Building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Central Business District (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Commercial facilities.; Zook Building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1976
- Ex-Servicemen's Club
- View of the Ex-Servicemen's at 2623-2627 Welton Street in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The two story commercial style building has a brick and stucco exterior. The second story has small square and rectangle windows in a brick...
- Ex Servicemen's Club (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Clubs.; Ex-Servicemen's Club (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Clubs--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; African American...
- 1976
- Farm workers in front of trailer
- Jerry Ryan, with a beard and dark eyeglasses, and Jesús Valderrama, with an umbrella, members of the United Farm Workers Union of America and three supporters stand in front of a trailer in front of the Super Serve Drugs on West 44th...
- Super Serve Drugs (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Sunnyside (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Agricultural...
- [1975]
- Creede Repertory Theatre, Creede, Colo.
- View of the Creede Repertory Theater at 124 North Main Street in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The frame three story building was originally built around 1894 as a collection of one, two, and three story buildings and additions. It was...
- Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Creede (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Theaters.; Creede Repertory Theatre (Creede, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Theaters--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Creede (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- Dilia Trujillo, Josephine Sandoval, Manuelita Santistevan
- Three well dressed women pose beside an automobile. They are identified as Dilia Trujillo, Josephine Sandoval and Manuelita Santistevan. The three women wear dresses with low waists and scarfs. They wear their hair short. One woman has marcelled...
- Trujillo, Dilia--Pictorial works.; Sandoval, Josephine--Pictorial works.; Santistevan, Manuelita--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Women--Pictorial works.
- 1928
- Kochevar's Saloon & Gaming Hall, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of Kochevar's Saloon located at 127 Elk Avenue in Crested Butte, Colorado. The two-story, hand-hewn square timber structure has a symmetrical clapboard false front with bracketed cornice. The second floor is defined on the facade by three...
- Kochevar's Saloon & Gaming Hall (Crested Butte, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Kochevar's Saloon & Gaming Hall (Crested Butte, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking...
- 1995
- Graves of the Bell children, Riverside Cemetery, Denver
- View of three headstones in block 5, lot 59 of t 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The three headstones portrays a girl with a doll, a sleeping baby, and a boy riding a rocking horse. The graves are for...
- Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Elyria-Swansea (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Cemeteries.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments.; Bell family--Tombs.; Riverside Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1995
- Lincoln Hall
- View of Lincoln Hall building (1880) at 1415 Larimer Street in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a three-story brick commercial structure in the Second Empire style. The third floor of the building is made to look like a...
- Lincoln Hall Building (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Larimer Street (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Union Station neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities.; Historic buildings.; Storefronts.; Lincoln...
- 1995
- Pavilion and Colonial Dames sundial in City Park
- View of the west elevation (rear) of the City Park pavilion (1896, William E. Fisher and John Humphreys; remodeled in 1929), Denver, Colorado. The Italian Renaissance-style stucco building, located in City Park, has a cross-gabled red tile roof....
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Pavilions.; Sculpture.; Sundials.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Public sculpture, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1996
- Francisco Gallegos
- Hispanic American Francisco Gallegos, a sheep and cattle rancher, poses on horseback in San Luis, Colorado. He wear a jacket, tie and round brimmed hat, his saddle blanket is a jerga, a woven Hispanic textile in a herringbone and check pattern....
- Hispanic Americans--1880-1890.; Mexican Americans--1880-1890.; San Luis (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Adobe buildings.; Horseback riding.; Ranchers.; Gallegos, Francisco--Pictorial works.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- ca. 1885
- Antonito fire
- View of the aftermath of a fire in the town of Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows smoking adobe buildings destroyed by the fire. Hispanic American men, probably firefighters, stand near a wagon loaded with three large barrels filled with...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Antonito (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Business districts.; Fire fighters.; Fires.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Central business...
- 1905
- Rosemary Rodriguez, Paul Lopez and Ramona Martinez
- Mexican Americans, Rosemary Rodriguez, Paul Lopez and Ramona Martinez pose at an event presented by the Gay and Lesbian Fund of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. All three have served as Denver City Council Representatives for District 3. Rosemary...
- Gay and Lesbian Fund of Colorado--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; City council members--2000-2010.; Gay and Lesbian Fund of Colorado--Pictorial works.; City council...
- [2007?]
- Maximiliano Anthony Gomez
- Portrait of boxer Max Maximiliano Anthony Gomez. The world featherweight champion poses with three of his title belts. He wears one around his waist and the other two are draped over his shoulders. He wears boxing trunks decorated with glitter and...
- Hispanic Americans--1990-2000.; Mexican Americans--1990-2000.; Boxers.; Gomez, Maximiliano Anthony, 1966---Pictorial works.; Hispanic American boxers--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Pictorial works.
- [1998]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 10, 1920 October
- Club house, Russell Spgs Lakes
- View of three men and three hunting dogs by a wooden cabin near Russell Springs Lakes in Saguache County, Colorado. Shows a hay stack and a horse drawn wagon (with a farm implement on it) in the distance.
- Saguache County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Saguache County--1900-1910.
- 1909 February 5
- King, Hughes, Dowd
- Three men identified as King, Hughes and Dowd sit on a tailings pile near a tipple and shed at the Dew Drop Mine in Ward (Boulder County, Colorado. The three men have mustaches and wear hats and jackets.. King has on a shirt that laces up the...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ward (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners.; MIning.; Tailings embankments.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Saddle bag
- A saddle bag (Native American Ute Indian) used by Chipeta who died in 1924. The saddle bag is made of buckskin cut into a rectangular shape. It has a canvas backing that is edged with brass studs, wool trim and fringe. It is decorated with zigzag,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Saddlebags--1870-1920.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Portrait of a woman
- Montage of studio portraits of a woman in Colorado. She wears a dress and lace scarf.
- Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Women's wedding dress
- Wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with appliqued bands of ivory and cotton lace and ivory silk. The front edge is velvet with appliqued...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Keota group
- Three young girls stand side by side in front of a flower garden that is in front of a clapboard house in Keota, Colorado. All three wear babydoll dresses.
- Keota (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Keota--1930-1940.
- August 4, 1930
- Knights of Pythias
- Knights of Pythias, Leadville Lodge, No. 1, pose in Aspen, Colorado. The Grand Lodge of the Grand Jurisdiction of Colorado was organized in 1879. Members in full uniform including dark jackets, trousers, epaulets, striped belts, white gloves and...
- Knights of Pythias. Leadville Lodge No. 1 (Leadville, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- John & Ann Pitts' home on 225 W. 8th St.
- This exterior view of John and Ann Pitts' home on 225 West Eighth Street in Leadville, Colorado, captures the house after a snow. Ann stands in front the small one story house with front gable, awning roofs over three sash front windows, an entry...
- Pitts, Ann--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Pitts, John--Homes & haunts--1960-1970.; Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.
- 1968
- College, 5th & Atwood
- Longmont Presbyterian College, 546 Atwood Street, Longmont, Colorado; first and only wing of a plan by architect Fred A. Hall or Hale; built in 1886; features include: brick construction with rough cut stone foundation, irregular hip and gable...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Longmont Presbyterian College (Longmont, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Catholic sisters & girls bldg., Longmont, Colo.
- View of the old college structure converted into the St. Joseph's Academy Catholic School by Franciscan Sisters, Fifth Avenue between Baker and Atwood Streets, Longmont, Colorado. A 1907 sleeping porch addition has been added on the south side of...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Church schools--Colorado--Longmont--1920-1930.
- 1926 November 30
- Office of W.H. Rose, Civil Engineer and Surveyor
- View of the exterior of W.H. Rose's office, in Leadville, Colorado. Rose was a civil engineer and surveyor. The small front gabled structure with board and batten construction has a panel entry door with "92" on the jamb and a sash pane window....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Offices--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Rose, W. H.
- [between 1879 and 1880]
- Sioux Chief Long Wolf and family Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Sioux Chief Long Wolf poses with his family, his wife and three children for a studio portrait for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. An adobe-style facade is painted on the backdrop behind them. Long wolf wears a shirt, leggings, moccasins, an...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indian children--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1890.; Long Wolf.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Central Fire Station, Cripple Creek
- Five firemen and two horses stand in front of Central Fire Station, 340 block of Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; partial view of fire station's brick exterior with a chain across the garage door entry; two firemen in uniform and hats lean...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Bates, Alonzo L.; Hyunn, C.; Kingston, David W.; Rainger, W.J.; Robinson, Arthur F.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Group near Palmer Lake
- Six children, three girls and three boys, pose in the brush on a hillside on Independence Day (July 4th), Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado. The girls wear long, ruffled dresses and hats; the boys wear suits, bow ties, and hats.
- Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890- 1900.
- 1893 July 4
- First Baptist Church
- Exterior view of First Baptist Church, Carr Avenue between 3rd (Third) and 4th (Fourth) Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the two-story brick church with painted shingle has a side spire extension, arched double-wide side doorway, and corbelling...
- First Baptist Church (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- [1988]
- Pemberton - Colorado
- A carriage carrying three men is parked in front of a wooden commercial building in Pemberton, Colorado in either Douglas County or Teller County. Five men surround the wagon. The door to the shop is open. Signs: "Headquarters for Wetherald's...
- Pemberton Restaurant & Lunch Room (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Wetherald's Transfer and Stage Line (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Pemberton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Pemberton--1890-1900.;...
- [1895?]
- View from the top of a small knoll south of the town of Turret, Chaffee County, Colorado.
- A grave is surrounded by a picket fence on a knoll in the ghost town of Turret, Colorado in Chaffee County. Brush grows around the grave and a dirt road winds toward the ghost town.
- Turret (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Graves--Colorado--Turret--1970-1980.
- Summer 1975
- One of Colorado's irrigation canals
- Large irrigation canal somewhere in Colorado; three boys in a canoe floating in canal, three other boys standing alongside shore.
- Irrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Canoes--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- A Colo. Midland fish story
- View of three men holding stringer of nine fish caught somewhere along the Colorado Midland Railway line in Colorado; three additional fish atop wicker creel, probably trout.
- Fishing--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Hill Side mine
- Six men, three women, and three children pose at the Hillside mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Possessions include a tent, a rocker, horses, and a headframe above a shaft which has a full ore bucket attached.
- Hillside Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Teller County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Children--Colorado--Teller County--1870-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Teller County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Mt. Harris Colo. Colorado, Utah Coal Co. Camp
- Right side of panorama view of Camp Mt. Harris, Routt County, Colorado, founded by George and Byron Harris, includes: three people in an early automobile with its top down, Colorado Utah Supply Company residences under construction and Denver and...
- Colorado-Utah Coal Company--1910-1920.; Mount Harris (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Mount Harris--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Adams State College
- Exterior view Adams State Normal School, Alamosa, Alamosa County, Colorado. Built in 1925, named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. Two-story brick building features: a classical entry with ionic columns, and...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- [1947]
- Reconnaissance of Po River from banks near San Benedetto, Italy
- Three Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Headquarters Company soldiers make a reconnaissance of the Po River at its banks near San Benedetto during the Italian Campaign. The banks of the river are flat. Part...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Po River (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
- April 23, 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
- Alamosa, Adams State College
- Adams State Normal School in Alamosa, Colorado, was built in 1925 and named after William H. Adams, senator and three term governor of Colorado. The two-story brick building has a classical entry with ionic columns, pediment, stone quoins, u-shape...
- Adams State Normal School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Schools--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Old Denver frame houses
- Shows three old frame houses in Denver, Colorado. The homes have flat wood panel siding, shingle roofs, a single front door and a single window. A broken wooden fence is in the front of the three homes.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 to 1940?]
- Halloween Costume Party at Gates' Rooftop Garden
- A woman (possibly a Gates' employee), poses in a doorway with three children. They are all dressed in Halloween costumes. She wears a clown costume with a pointed hat and the three children, also wear clown costumes. Two of the children wear...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Halloween--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Dr. M. Beshoar residence, 1880's
- This shingle roofed, cross gabled house in Trinidad, Colorado, has siding with grooves in a brick pattern. A man, three women, and three little girls pose in the patio of the house. The man wears a frock coat and bowler hat, and the ladies wear...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.; Bent, Fannie.; Beshoar, Annie E.; Beshoar, Burnie.; Maupin, John Harris.; Maupin, Rachel.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]