Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 10th Mountain Division 85th Regiment Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion
- CENTER ROW 1) Fuller, Wesley, 2) Zovko, Andrew, 3) Hirtle, Bertram, 4) Barron, Wallace, 5) Baker, Wilford, 6) Goodrich, Ward, 7) Rivers, David, 8) Lucas, Robert, 9) Ferencz, Hans, 10) Daneman, Martin, 11) Tofnai, Walter, 12) Hayman, Eugene, 13)...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- 1944 June 15
- 17 St. between Water & Gross Sts.
- Four men mounted on horses pose in front of a stable in Boulder, Colorado in Boulder County. Clothing includes hats, scarves, and revolvers. Each has a rope and other gear attached to the western saddle. Patches of snow and water are on the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Stables--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- 1878 Lawrence Street, Central City, Colorado
- right background.; Stereographic view of the offices of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co.'s Express on the second level of a brick building on Lawrence Street in Central City, Colorado. On the first level of the building are the offices of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- 1926 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.2
- 1965 E day
- Professor Frush looks on as Colorado School of Mines students compete in the Engineers' Day mucking contest, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. The students shovel ore into a ore cart until it is full, then will push it to the end of the tracks...
- Golden (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Contests--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
- 1965
- 1st Prize "Progress of Christianity" by Presbyterian Sunday school
- The first prize entry in the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado, shows women (some Black) and children on a float decorated with flowers, gauze, and banners; one reads: "The Progress of Christianity." Men in white suits and straw...
- African Americans--Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Banners--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado...
- [1906 July 4?]
- 1st prize float
- The first prize parade float depicts Teddy Roosevelt's big game hunts on the White River with a forested scene and taxidermied elk. Celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado....
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Historical reenactments--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- 1st prize ponies, Master George Shields, young son of the president of the carnival. Accompanied by Miss Augusta Wright.
- George Shields and Augusta Wright ride in a pony cart, decorated with evergreen sprigs and crepe paper flowers, at the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The children wear straw hats ; hers is wide brimmed and flowered. A man...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- 1st St. looking west at Santa Fe Ave.
- View of the intersection of 1st (First) Street and Santa Fe Avenue after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows a street covered in mud with deep ruts, a truck in the intersection, debris, pedestrians, and an Atchison, Topeka and Santa...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad freight...
- [1921 June]
- 50th anniversary celebration
- A group dressed in turn of the century costumes walks in the parade celebrating the fifthieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado. Spectators line the street with bluffs in the distance.
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Costumes--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- 50th anniversary celebration
- A mounted cowboy unit herds Herefords down Main Street during the parade celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the White River National Forest, Rio Blanco County, Meeker, Colorado. Spectators line sides of street, stand on balcony of the Meeker...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1940-1950.; White River National Forest (Colo.)--Commemoration.; Cattle herding--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Meeker--1940-1950.
- October 11, 1941
- 6 army tanks hauling box car out of street in front of Union Depot
- Army tanks hooked in tandem pull a railroad boxcar out of a mud covered street after a flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Commercial buildings are in the distance. Signs read: "Silver State Hotel Furnished Rooms 25 cents and 50 cents" and "The Rocky...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Tanks (Military...
- [1921]
- 7th Street, Leadville, Colorado, ca 1929
- Foggy scene with a dilapidated wood frame false front and front gable structures on snow-covered 7th (Seventh) Street in Leadville, Colorado. The corner false front has broken windows, boarded up storefronts and an advertisement "Wrigley's...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1929
- [Audi]torium and City Hall, Pueblo
- View of classical-style City Hall and Memorial Hall Auditorium in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. The three-story structure a has domed cupola, fluted columns with ionic capitals, a United States flag at half mast above a carved "1917," and a...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; City & town halls--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1923?]
- "Administration Building" Colorado State Teachers College Greeley, Colorado
- View of ivy-covered Cranford Hall, an administrative building on the campus of the Colorado Teachers College (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly known as the State Teachers College, the Colorado State College of...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1940.; University of Northern Colorado.
- [between 1911 and 1935]
- "Barton House" at Georgetown, Colo.
- Men and women pose in front or on the second-story balcony of the Barton House hotel in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Men sit on a horse-drawn stagecoach. The frame hotel has a hipped roof with dormer windows, brackets and overhanging...
- Barton House (Georgetown, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.; People--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1870.
- 1867
- "Big Alec's" wife and her garden
- A Native American (Paiute) woman, identified as the wife of Big Alec, stands in a cultivated garden, Deep Creek, Nevada. She wears a scarf over her head, and a print blouse and skirt, and holds a garden tool. Family members stand in the background.
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Paiute Indians--Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Deep Creek (Nev.)--1910-1920.; Gardening--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Women--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Big Alex--Family.
- 1913
- "Big Alec", wife, three sons, and daughters-in-law
- Native American (Paiute) man, identified as Big Alec, with his wife, three sons, and two daughters-in-law, in Deep Creek, Nevada. The men wear shirts and dungarees, Big Alec wears suspenders, the youngest son wears a jacket with a ribbon on the...
- Indians of North America--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Paiute Indians--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Deep Creek (Nev.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Families--Nevada--Deep Creek--1910-1920.; Women--Nevada--Deep...
- 1913
- "Bobtail Lode" at Central City [sic], Colorado
- View of frame mine buildings at the Bobtail Mine in Blackhawk (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows road grades, tailings piles, mine entrances, log cabins and frame buildings with smokestacks on a treeless hillside.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bobtail Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.; Tailing embankments--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- "Christ is Risen," probably Easter program
- Members of the choir of the Presbyterian Church in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County, pose on a circular stage for the Easter service. Numerous potted plants are around the perimeter of the stage and on tables among the members of the choir....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Choirs (Music)--1890-1900.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.
- April, 1898
- "Library and trees" Colorado State Teachers College Greeley, Colorado
- View of the library on the campus of the Colorado Teachers College (also known as the University of Northern Colorado and formerly known as the State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State College) in Greeley,...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1940.; University of Northern Colorado.
- [between 1911 and 1935]
- "Mucking" contest
- Colorado School of Mines Professor Frush, in suit and tie, and student Myron Beck, dump an ore cart load of rocks as a group of students, including George Olson and Dick Moore, look on during Engineer's Day celebrations in Golden, Jefferson County,...
- Golden (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Contests--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
- February 1968
- "Serpentine Pathway" Campus Colorado State Teachers College Greeley, Colorado.
- View of the concrete "Serpentine Pathway" on the campus of Colorado Teachers College (also known as the University of Northern Colorado, State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State College) in Greeley, Colorado, in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1940.; University of Northern Colorado.
- [between 1911 and 1935]
- "The brain trust," the founders with their ride guidance counsulor [i.e. counselor] Rick Ricketson, president, Dick Dickson, director, Joe Dekker, vice president.
- Rick Ricketson, Dick Dickson, and Joe Dekker, founding members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, stand in front of a microphone in Colorado. Ricketson and Dekker wear woven ponchos. Dick Dickson wears a fringed and decorated full length leather...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Dekker, Joe H.; Dickson, Dick, member Roundup Riders of the Rockies.; Ricketson, Frank H. (Frank Henry)
- 1954 July
- "The Colonnades" Guggenheim Hall of Arts in the foreground and home economic buildings, Colorado State Teachers College, Greeley, Colorado
- Side view of Guggenheim Hall of Arts on the campus of Colorado Teachers College (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State College) in Greeley, Colorado, in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Home economics--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1940.; Colorado State Teachers College.
- [between 1911 and 1935]
- "Training School Building" Colorado State Teachers College Greeley, Colorado
- View of the facade of Kepner Hall on the campus of Colorado Teachers College (also known as the University of Northern Colorado, State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State College) in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1940.; University of Northern Colorado.
- [between 1911 and 1935]
- "Virginia" registered Holstein cow worth $3,00, belonging to Landreth & Robbins.
- Profile view of Landreth and Robbins' registered Holstein cow, "Virginia," worth $3,000, Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado.
- Las Animas (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Cows--Colorado--Las Animas--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- "Wolpi", one of Moqui towns
- View of Native American (Hopi) stone and adobe, multi-story dwellings at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Sheep pens beside a steep slope have low stone walls. Ladders lean against buildings on the mesa.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; First Mesa (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1871 and 1876?]
- A canyon in mountains near Denver
- View of a road grade beside a creek in an unidentified canyon, possibly in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows trees, rock walls in the canyon and fallen trees in the creek.
- Canyons--Colorado--1860-1870.; Dirt roads--Colorado--1860-1870.; Streams--Colorado--1860-1870.
- [between 1867 and 1868]
- A Cheyenne warrior
- A Native American (Cheyenne) man on horseback holds a rifle and wears moccasins, fringed leggings and shirt, and a feather headdress.
- Cheyenne Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Horseback riding--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- A cow "camp" up in the mountains
- View of a campsite possibly in the Wind River Range in Wyoming. Two women sit and stand near a tent and a covered wagon (camper). The women have coifed hair and wear knee length dresses. The campsite is surrounded by a stand of aspens.
- Covered wagons--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Tents--Wyoming--1920-1930.; Women--Wyoming--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- A Denver family
- A Black man and women pose with mandolins and a guitar on the porch of a house in Denver, Colorado. A chicken and outhouse are near the two story wood frame house.
- African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Mandolins--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- A good illustration of the use of tin cans and pressure cookers on a small canning unit
- Women and an African American man can food probably for school lunch programs in Denver, Colorado. Shows cans, large pots and pressure cookers.
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Colorado.--1940-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Canning and preserving--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Food industry--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- A grave believed to be near Silver Plume
- View of a wooden tombstone beside boulders and a steep cliff wall, probably near Silver Plume (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Words painted on a crude timber board read: "Here, Carrie J. Welton, Lay to Rest, Died Alone, Sept. 23 [?] 1884."
- Welton, Carrie J., d. 1884.--Tomb.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1892?]
- A Longmont hose company drilling in the 300 block of Main Street.
- View of a fire department pulling a hose cart on Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the men posing in flexed postions wearing long underwear. They include McGann, Wilson, Horace Bunie, Metcalf, Henry Feittia, J. Grant. The Dickens Opera House...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910.]
- A Longmont, Colo. pumpkin pie day parade float
- A Pumpkin Pie Day Parade float pauses on a street, Longmont, Colorado. Hattie Secor, Martha Donova, Louise Boynton and Harriet Smith sit in the carriage elaborately decorated with flowers. They wear white dresses and hold parasols with ruffles....
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- A modern Kaysville home
- View of a residence in Kaysville (Davis County) Utah; features a porch with columns and a shed roofed gable. Snow covers the scene.
- Kaysville (Utah)--1910-1930.; Houses--Utah--Kaysville--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- A new octal console
- Dir. of Research Service, William H. Wyatt is briefed on the School of Mines new CDC 8090 computer by Howard Houts of Control Data Corporation.
- Golden (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Computers--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1950-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
- [between 1955 and 1965?]
- A pit is carved out to house the primary crusher at the Henderson Mill.
- Construction site of the primary crusher pit at the Henderson Mine and mill, Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Shows: cars, trucks, and a round foundation.
- Empire (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Excavation--Colorado--Empire--1980-1990.; Mining--Colorado--Empire--1980-1990.
- September 6, 1980
- A prospector's wash tub
- Sam Stevens, a prospector, crouches over a stream and washes his long underwear on a rock near the mining community of Hahns Peak (Routt County; also known as Poverty Bar), Colorado. His other laundry hangs on the branches of a nearby shrub.
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Laundry--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1900-1910.; Men.; Stevens, Sam T.
- 1901
- A sky line boulevard
- Two men with a 1914 Cadillac automobile have stopped to view Mt. Massive from the summit of Tennessee Pass, Lake County, Colorado. The unpaved road is the abandoned right of way of the D. & R. G. (Denver & Rio Grande) railroad narrow gauge tracks.
- Cadillac automobile--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1920.; Lake County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1910-1920.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920?]
- A Sopwith Strutter belonging to the 90th observation squadron
- View of a Sopwith Strutter, a two seat fighter airplane with a 130 horsepower Clergat engine.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Observation Group, 90th--1910-1920.; Sopwith airplanes--1910-1920.; Biplanes--English--1910-1920.; Fighter planes--English--1910-1920.
- 1919, January 25
- A view of early Longmont taken from top floor of Farmer's Mill.
- View from Farmer's Mill over Longmont, Colorado, shows widely spaced one and two-story wood frame residences. "#1 is the old Denio mill on Bross street that burned about 1934. #2 is the G. M. Davis home, later moved and replaced by H. W. Balmer...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Longmont--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880.]
- A. C. Moulton residence after being struck by lightning, July 2, 1902.
- View of A. C. Moulton's residence, Meeker, Colorado, shows the burned out roof from the lightning strike. Many of the household belongings are on the side of the road covered with sheets.
- Moulton, A. C.--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Lightning strikes--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- 1902
- A. Stedman
- Studio portrait of Arnold Stedman, a member of the Arapahoe County Board of Education (School District Number 1) from 1878 to 1890. He was also an advisory board member for School District Number 1's Public Library. He wears a stiff, high-collared...
- Arapahoe County (Colo.). School District, No. 1. Board of Education--People.; School board members--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.; School boards--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.; Stedman, A.
- [between 1878 and 1890]
- Abandoned Shearith Israel Synagogue at 10th and Lawrence Streets, West Denver, Colorado
- View of Congregation Shearith Israel (Emmanuel Chapel) at 10th (Tenth) and Lawrence Streets in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; shows an ashlar stone building with buttresses, a rosette window, and a Star of David. Hebrew letters read:...
- Pogzeba, Wolfgang, 1936---Homes & haunts.; Congregation Shearith Israel (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1960-1970.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Artists' studios--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.;...
- 1963 February 3
- About Station 2505
- "About Station 2505, man at left on false beurm [sic]," Eagle or Garfield County, Colorado. Shows the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad tracks to Glenwood Springs. Colorado River adjacent to tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1920-1930.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Eagle County--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1925 and 1929]
- Actual photographs taken at Goldfield during bloody strike of 1904
- A crowd of striking miners, temporarily deputized by City Marshall Michael O'Connell, stand at the corner of Victor Avenue and Fourth Street in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The men are members of the Western Federation of Miners labor union....
- Western Federation of Miners--Strikes--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1904 June 6]
- Adair Cabin, West of Eldora
- A log cabin stands in the right foreground west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Patches of snow cover the ground near the cabin and on the ridge of mountains in the background. Tall pine trees stand behind the cabin.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1940-1950.
- [1946 or 1948?]
- Adams County Golf Clubhouse, Henderson, Colorado
- View of the newly-constructed Adams County Golf Clubhouse in Henderson, Colorado. Architectural features: steeply-pitched roof with shingles, a glass facade, a concrete foundation, and glass, globe light fixtures. Three golf carts are parked...
- Henderson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Golf--Colorado--Henderson--1960-1970.
- 1965