Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Baca County Court House,
- Mary Malden, Alice Jack, Roy Mathews, Ralph Hooker, Chas. Howell, Mrs. Howell, Margaret Jackson, Hallie Herbert, Mrs. Cora Mordica, Mrs. Elden Allen stand in front of the third Baca County Courthouse, Springfield, Colorado (town originally was in...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1919
- Looking south on Main Street, Springfield
- View south on Main Street, between 8th (Eighth) and 9th (Ninth) Avenue, Springfield, Las Animas County and later Baca County, Colorado shows wood-frame commercial buildings including the post office and courthouse.
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Springfield
- View of Main Street businesses, Springfield, Las Animas County (later Baca County), Colorado, includes Jett Hardware, Wagner Hotel, Main Cafe, Dr. Culp. Office, Kaiser General Store, and "Rock Island CTX Plows."
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1913
- D&RGW narrow gauge locomotive 74
- View of men and a girl posing by a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway tender and baggage car pulled by locomotive number 74 (type 280) near Scofield, Carbon County, Utah. The train's engine has a balloon smokestack and headlight.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1880-1890.; Scofield (Utah)--1880-1890.; Girls--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad cars--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Indians. Bannock. Abodes.
- View of Native American (Bannock) men and women by a cloth tent and parked cars, in Pocatello, Idaho during the Fort Hall Centennial; they wear blankets and scarves.
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Fort Hall Agency--Commemoration--1930-1940.; Bannock Indians--Women--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Idaho)--1930-1940.;...
- 1934
- Bannock Indians
- View of Native American (Bannock) tepees, in Pocatello, Idaho during the Fort Hall Centennial; Bannocks walk among them; loudspeakers are atop poles.
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Fort Hall Agency--Commemoration--1930-1940.; Bannock Indians--Women--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Idaho--Pocatello--1930-1940.; Fort Hall Indian Reservation (Idaho)--1930-1940.;...
- 1934
- Part of predatory animal catch for January and February
- A man stands among the pelts of predators in front of wooden framework braced against a wall covered with pelts. Two girls sit and stand in the pelts by a stone wall.
- Predatory animals--Control--1910-1920.; Girls--1910-1920.; Hides and skins--1910-1920.
- 1916
- Kootenia [sic] N.F., Mont. forest fire at Thonpson [sic] Falls, Clarkfork [sic] Riv.
- Men stand and hold probably shovels in a smoke-filled forest in Kootenai National Forest near Thompson Falls and Clark Fork River in Sanders County, Montana. Smoke is in the air above fir trees, fallen trees, tree stumps, and grass in a clearing.
- Kootenai National Forest (Mont. and Idaho)--1920-1930.; Sanders County (Mont.)--1920-1930.; Fire fighting--Montana--Sanders County--1920-1930.; Forest fires--Montana--Sanders County--1920-1930.; Forest reserves--Montana--Sanders County--1920-1930.;...
- 1926
- Original Deadwood Coach, most famous vehicle in the world
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and another man sit on the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. The photograph was taken in the yard of the Abbot-Downing Co., by W.G.C. Kimball, July 4, 1895. The coach was built by...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- Beebee House
- Stereographic view of a group of people sitting on a stagecoach in front of the Beebee House, a hotel in Clear Creek County, Colorado. The stagecoach is pulled by three teams of horses. Another stagecoach, with a group of men standing on it, is in...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Beebee House (Idaho Springs, Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- Around-the-clock work is going on at the Pueblo Plant of C. F. & I. Steel
- Interior view of Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo, Colorado, a steel and iron manufacturing plant; four male employees repair Basic Oxygen Precipitator, moving a plate into place by ropes; all men wear hardhats.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Steel industry--Colorado--Pueblo--1960-1970.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
- 1966
- Evolution of the jail, White Ave.
- View of brick and frame buildings and trees on White Avenue in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the second Mesa County Jail building, a two-story brick building with a hipped roof, bars on windows, and a porch. A frame building with a...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Manitou, Colorado
- View of the town of Manitou Springs (Teller County), Colorado. Shows houses and the commercial district.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Colonel Francisco's Plaza, La Veta, Colo.
- View of Francisco Plaza (later the Francisco Fort Museum), formerly a fort in La Veta (Huerfano County), Colorado. Shows a "U" shaped, one-story adobe brick building with a shingled and wooden slat roof, a timber fence and a dirt field in front of...
- La Veta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--La Veta--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- Idlewild
- Men stand beside a horse-drawn, open stagecoach that reads: "Middle [Park] Stage" in Idlewild (Grand County), Colorado. The log Stage Station building has a gabled, corrugated metal roof and a porch with a sign that reads: "Idlewild." An unhitched...
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Idlewild--1890-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Idlewild--1890-1910.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Idlewild--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905?]
- Fire Department, Longmont, Colo.
- "Longmont's first horse drawn fire wagon about 1908. The old Buckingham hook and ladder truck, the town's first fire protection, is shown at the right of view." The two-story brick fire department house shows on corner with large open vehicular...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Fire stations--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [1908?]
- Fire Department, Longmont, Colo.
- "A January 2, 1919, view inside the City of Longmont warehouse on Kimbark Street south of the old City Hall. Shown is the W. A. Buckingham Hook & Ladder Truck, the town's first fire protection. It was equipped with ladders and brigade buckets;...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.; Fire stations--Colorado--Longmont--1910-1920.; Interiors.
- 1919 January 2
- Early day grocery store at Lyons, Colo
- Interior view of a grocery store, Lyons, Colorado, operated by Major Small, far left, next to him is a small boy, Harry St. Clair, and other men unidentified. They pose a dog on a chair with a hat on its head and a pipe in its mouth. Merchandise...
- Lyons (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dogs--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Lyons--1870-1880.; Interiors.; Small, Major.; St. Clair, Harry.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Loveland
- Looking east on Fourth (4th) Street, business district, Loveland, Colorado. The Foot & Stoddard Livery Stable, (later the Masonic Temple) is on the left. The construction of the cisterns to be filled with water from the Big Thompson shows along the...
- Loveland (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Loveland--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1882]
- Bedrooms in the noted "Palace of Pleasure", the Homestead
- Interior view of second-story bedroom of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district operated for nearly 20 years until closed in 1916; later became a residence...
- Old Homestead ( Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Bedrooms--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums-- Colorado--Cripple Creek.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1969?]
- Date Mason Saloon, Pitkin, Colo.
- One Black man poses with a group of men who raise a toast, in front on D. C. Mason's saloon, Pitkin, Gunnison County, Colorado. The men are identified as: 1. Joe McWilliams, bartender wearing apron, 2. Bill Miller, 3. Jim Stewart, 4. Bert Kanoble,...
- Mason, D. C.--Homes & haunts.; Pitkin (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bars--Colorado--Pitkin--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Old Homestead, elegant parlor house of goldrush [sic] days, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior view of Old Homestead, 353 Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district in operation for nearly twenty years and later became a residence for many years until reopened in 1950's as a...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- [1969 September 16]
- Maud & Ruby Price, Ruby the first girl born in Ruby, Colo.
- Studio portrait of the Price sisters, Maud and Ruby, in matching plaid dresses with lace collars and trim in Ruby (or Irwin), Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Ruby (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Ruby--1880-1890.; Pioneers--Colorado--Ruby--1880-1890.; Price, Maud.; Price, Ruby.
- 1885
- East side Main Street, Springfield in block south of court house
- View of Main Street in Springfield, Baca County (formerly Las Animas County), Colorado, includes one-story, frame, false fronts with signs: "Post Office, Drug Store S. E. Speckmann, Springfield, Colorado," and "A. A. Denney General Merchandise."
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1913
- General Merchandise store
- Five men pose outside of "Baker and Kaiser General Merchandise," Springfield, between 9th (Ninth) and 10th (Tenth) on Main Street, Baca County (earlier Las Animas County), Colorado. One man holds a dog; a convertible car is parked in front of the...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; General stores--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- [1914?]
- Land office, postoffice
- Pedestrians walk down the sidewalk of a commercial district of Springfield, Colorado in Baca County (formerly in Las Animas County). Signs read: "General Merchandise" and "Bank."
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- [1914?]
- Second Courthouse - Springfield
- People stand outside the courthouse, Springfield, Baca County, (formerly Las Animas County) Colorado. The one-story frame building has a corner entrance with a gable apex dated: "1907;" lettering on side reads: "Baca County Abstract Co. Real Estate...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Springfield--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1914]
- The Stonewall from Stonewall Valley 32 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado
- View over the Stonewall, from Stonewall Valley, Las Animas County, Colorado, shows the vertical, Dakota Hogback, sandstone rampart along the foothills and trees along the flat Purgatoire River valley.
- Stonewall Valley (Colo.)--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945?]
- West side of Main Street Springfield, Colorado newspaper office, two story Jones Hotel, Abstract Office and old Court House facing corner
- View west on Main Street, Springfield, Baca County (now Las Animas County), Colorado, shows men on the deserted street with commercial storefronts; "The Springfield Herald," newspaper office, two story Jones Hotel, Abstract Office and old Court...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Jett Hardware 10th & Main
- Men stand in front of Jett Hardware store, 10th (Tenth) and Main, Springfield, in Baca County (also Las Animas County) Colorado. Items on display in front of the store: a tractors, plows, and other farm equipment.
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Springfield--1910-1920.
- 1915?
- Trail City, Colorado
- A man views the remains of building's stone foundation and wooden door jams, possibly in Trail City, Colorado in Prowers County.
- Trail City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Trail City--1950-1960.
- 1957
- The first sight-seeing train run thru the Royal Gorge
- View of party goers in an open observation car of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Celebrations--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Railroad observation cars--Colorado--Fremont County--1880- 1890.;...
- [1880 or 1881]
- The inevitable "parlor" where girls entertained in elegant splendor
- Interior view of refurbished parlor of the Old Homestead, 353 (or 367) Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; prominent "parlor or sporting" house of red-light district that operated until 1916 and later became a residence until reopened in 1950's...
- Old Homestead (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1960-1970.
- 1969 September 16
- Engineers rest behind a tank destroyer during an assult, Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- Ten Tenth Mountain Division 126th Mountain Enginers rest behind a tank destroyer on a mountain road while taking cover from German sniper fire. Those closest to the tank destroyer stand and sit upright while those farther from cover lie flat on the...
- 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
- Men from two divisions meet at Resia Pass, Austrian-Italian border
- Patrols from two divisions meet at the Austrian-Italian border taken from the Austrian side. A sign with "HALT! Grenzkontrolle" is placed on the right side of a wide dirt road. A small wooden barrier marks the border. Seven GIs from the Seventh...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- May 7, 1945
- Main entrance, Camp Swift, Texas
- View of the Main Entrance at Camp Swift Texas. A military police man allows a Bell Telephone car to pass through gate number one. A small building and the other part of the gate is in the background. The Tenth Mountain Division was stationed here...
- Camp Swift (Tex.)--1940-1950.; Military police--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Texas--Camp Swift--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th. Company F.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- August 6, 1944
- Murray Building, Akron, Colo.
- The front facade of the Murray Building in Washington County, Akron, Colorado, is a two-story brick commercial building built in 1887 from brick manufactured locally either in 1887 or 1903. The building features a decorative corbeling and an ornate...
- Akron (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Akron--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A seated, bespectacled elderly man wearing a Homburg hat gestures with one hand and holds a cane with the other. A seated Boy Scout pays close attention. A steamer type suitcase sits behind a metal cot...
- Boy Scouts--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Reminiscing.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado. A black 1930's sedan draped with bunting and with numerous 'Stars and Bars' flags mounted in the front bumper and coming out of the windows makes its way along the brick street. A banner on its side reads:...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of a concert in Trinidad, Colorado showing the conductor with his raised baton and the backs of the orchestra. Members of the orchestra dressed in their blues and dress caps are holding their instruments. The background is a crush of people,...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Concerts--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Military bands--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. An elderly man wearing a mustache and a confederate uniform twirls a woman in a satin gown. Other women wearing gowns, ribbons and corsages look on. Many people are in the background.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dancing--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Military uniforms--Confederate.; Reunions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- Band members, dressed in white, march on brick Commercial Street in Trinidad, Colorado, carrying instruments and American flags. The Packer Building (1884) has rusticated sandstone trim and dentiled tin cornice. Trophy shaped finials top the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A man in a tuxedo is smiling at another man in the foreground, who has a bandana around his neck. A man in the background with his back to the camera is playing an accordion.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Reunions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Davis, Jefferson Hayes.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- Parade in Trinidad, Colorado, features a Boy Scout band with horns and two drum majorettes. Dressed in a brocade, sleeveless, short jumpsuit and white mesh pumps, a young lady holds a baton and marches on the bricks in front of the crowd. Another...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Drum majorettes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Shadford, Elaine.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of a parade in Trinidad, Colorado. Boys and girls in a band dressed in white, march on the brick street, playing trombones, tubas, and bass cornets. Spectators are on the sidewalk in the background, and behind them are brick one and two story...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of horse race bettors in Trinidad, Colorado. A woman wearing a white straw cowboy hat stands in line while a man behind her holds her striped hand bag and looks on. He has a watch chain looped from his pocket to his waist. Another woman in a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gambling--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of a rodeo in Trinidad, Colorado. A cowboy wearing chaps with conchos hangs onto a bucking horse. Other cowboys are in the background, many standing, some sitting on a rail fence.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rodeos--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of a rattlesnake derby in Trinidad, Colorado. Shot at night, this blurred image shows part of a round enclosure with spectators outside of it. Several 30's sedans are parked in the background, and a sign on a fence reads: Coca Cola.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Racing--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Snakes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A Boy Scout looks on as an elderly gentleman with a striped tie shakes the hand of a seated woman. Other persons are seated in the room.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Burrough, Margaret.; Nash, Burrell.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of a concert in Trinidad, Colorado. People crowd around an enclosure in which the Marine Band plays. The streetlights, with cast iron, four-sided brackets and white glass globes have bunting strung between them, and the Columbian Hotel has...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Concerts--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Military bands--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939