Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Boys using office equipment
- Photograph of two unidentified boys sitting at tables during a class. One is using a typewriter the other is using a magnifying reader.
- Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Stedman School kindergarten students using hand tools
- Photograph of three kindergarten students using hand tools at Stedman Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. One boy stands at the end of the table using a handsaw to cut a piece of wood. Two other boys stand at the table hammering nails into...
- Kindergartens.; Tools.; Stedman School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- Eating while listening for German artillery
- Two GIs eat rations from their mess kits around a jeep. One sits in the passenger seat using the hood as a table while the other stands behind him using a small bench at the rear of the jeep to hold his plate and cup. They eat among the rubble of a...
- Pietra Colora (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Steele School students working on art projects
- Photograph of a group of students working on a figure art project at Steele Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Two boys kneel on the floor while they work on one item. Six other students sit and stand behind a table with displays of different...
- Steele School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1938 January
- Cole Junior High students in library
- Photograph of various students using the library at Cole Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. One boys stands using the card catalog with his back to the camera. Several students are gathered around the librarian's desk. Another student sits...
- Libraries.; Cole Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1926
- Wood Shop at Whittier School
- Wood Shop at Whittier Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Six children are shown at various stages of construction. On the left side a boy uses a saw to cut a piece of wood. The boy standing in the middle uses a hand drill on a piece of wood...
- Whittier School (Denver, Colo.); Whittier (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- GI shaving in foxhole using helmet as basin
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Pfc. Ralf Lamping shaves in his foxhole using his helmet as a basin during the Italian campaign. In the background is a pile of miscellaneous equipment, and leafless trees.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; Lamping, Ralf.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1945]
- George Washington High School students using library
- Photograph of two unidentified female students from George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado using the card catalog in the school's library.
- Libraries.; George Washington High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1960
- George Washington High student using computer
- Photograph of an unidentified student at George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado using a computer.
- Computers.; George Washington High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1980
- George Washington High student using drafting table
- Photograph of a student from George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado using a drafting table.
- George Washington High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1980
- George Washington High School student using key punch machine
- Photograph of a student at George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado using a key punch machine.
- Computers.; George Washington High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1980
- George Washington High School student using key punch machine
- Photograph of a student at George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado using a key punch machine.
- Computers.; George Washington High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1980
- Woodbury Branch customer using computer
- Photograph of Denver Public Library's Woodbury Branch Librarian JoAnne McBride talking with an unidentified young man using a computer in the library's main lobby.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- circa 1985
- Woodbury Branch opening celebration boys using computers
- Photograph of three teenage boys using the library computers during the re-opening celebration of the Woodbury Branch library located in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- 1993 November
- Clerks using Cardineer
- Photograph of two unidentified clerks using the card file and boundary map of the Denver Public Schools Department of Pupil Personnel in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1955
- Dr. Clarence Holmes at Groundbreaking
- National Velvet sculpture, Denver
- View of the public art installation "National Velvet" by Denver artist, John McEnroe in the Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The sculpture is constructed using mainly sandbags and is a deep red color. After dark, the sculpture is...
- Highland Bridge (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Highland (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Public sculpture.; Pedestrian bridges.; Public sculpture, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 2009
- Archuleta County Courthouse
- View of the facade of the Archuleta County Courthouse at 455 in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The modified mission style building has a stucco exterior and rounded arched windows, dark stucco trim is used on the quoins and decorative tiles along the...
- Archuleta County Courthouse (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Pagosa Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Courthouses.; Archuleta County Courthouse (Pagosa Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Courthouses--Colorado--Pagosa Springs--Pictorial works.;...
- 1993
- Galloping Goose
- View of Galloping Goose No. 5 at the railroad depot in Dolores (Montezuma County), Colorado. Letters on the motor read: "The Galloping Goose" with a picture of a goose with a banner tied to its neck that reads: "The Galloping Goose." "Rio Grande...
- Dolores (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Railroad motor cars.; Railroad motorcars--Colorado--Dolores--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Dolores--Pictorial works.; Dolores (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1998
- Main Street, Delta
- View of Main Street in Delta Colorado. The buildings are generally two stories and constructed of brick, with long narrow windows on the second level. Various paint and moldings on the facades of the buildings highlight each building's unique...
- Main Street (Delta, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial streets.; Business districts.; Streets--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Central business districts--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Main Street (Delta,...
- 1992
- Glenwood Springs Light & Water Company Hydroelectric Plant
- View of the Glenwood Springs Light & Water Company Hydroelectric Plant, now used as the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, located at 601 East 6th Street, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The one and a half story red brick, shingle style building...
- Glenwood Springs Light & Water Company Hydroelectric Plant (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Glenwood Springs Light & Water...
- 2006
- Stamp Mill, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of a reproduction 10-stamp mill at the Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 North Gate Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The mill was constructed in 1978 by museum staff using 19th century construction methods. Much of the equipment...
- Western Museum of Mining & Industry (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mills--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010.; Western Museum of Mining & Industry (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Gold...
- ca.2000
- J.W. Green Mercantile, Buffalo Creek, Colo.
- View of the J.W. Green Mercantile located at 17706 Jefferson County Road 96, Buffalo Creek, Colo. The simple, two-story, stone building with two-feet thick walls shows little change from when it was constructed in 1898. Built using chunks of...
- Commercial buildings--Colorado--Buffalo Creek--2000-2010.; Buffalo Creek (Colo.)--2000-2010.; J.W. Green Mercantile (Buffalo Creek, Colo. )--Pictorial works.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Buffalo Creek--Pictorial works.; Buffalo Creek...
- 2002
- Humphrey Museum, Evergreen, Colo.
- View of the Humphrey Museum located at 620 South Soda Creek Road, Evergreen, Colo. The original cabin was built by J.J. Clarke in the 1870s. Expanded a number of times over the years, the current one-and-one-half-story, rough hewn log structure...
- Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--2000-2010.; Evergreen (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Log cabins--Colorado--Evergreen--Pictorial works.; Evergreen (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2009
- Katz Building
- View of the Katz Building (c.1895) at 2630 West Colfax Avenue in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a two-story, late nineteenth-century, single storefront building constructed of brick. Features include decorative brickwork...
- Katz Building (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Sun Valley (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Bakeries.; Katz Building (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bakeries--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1976
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 10, 1910 March 5
- Whale Mill, Clear Creek County
- View of the Whale Mining Company Mill on Clear Creek near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. The large brick mill is designed to process ore using the Bertola process. Attached to the mill are two brick wings. Upstream from the mill a...
- Whale Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--Buildings--1870-1880.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dams--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1880.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek...
- [between 1870 and 1875?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Miners stand at a screen mechanism and process ore on a rocky slope near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. One man hoists a screen using a rope and pulley, others stand by a wheel barrow and a group of barrels.
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [1899 or 1900?]
- Construction scene laying pipe
- View of (probably) Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado; shows men working in a ditch with shoring, using chain and pulleys to lower a section of pipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Construction scene laying pipe
- View of (probably) Lipan Street in Denver, Colorado; shows the cab of a crane and men working in a ditch with shoring, using chain and pulleys to lower a section of pipe.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Pipes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Basket
- A (Native American Apache) coiled basket used as a storage jar; made from willow, rod foundation, Devil's claw and light brown and black coloring. It's decorated with checkerboard, triangle, zigzag, band and line designs.
- Apache baskets--1870-1900.; Apache Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Baskets--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Leggings
- A pair of buckskin leggings that belonged to Chipeta. They are decorated with geometric designs in multicolored beadwork.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Leggings--1875-1915.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1875-1915.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Livery stable
- Interior view of a (probably) livery stable in Denver, Colorado; shows a man (possibly a veterinarian) using tongs to pull a horse's tooth. Other men look on.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stables--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Line drawings cartoons
- View of cartoons that depict monkeys using a bat as a kite, men near a house, a man on a rock with another man who holds a shovel, a monkey with a snake, and a man with a cane and top hat.
- Caricatures and cartoons--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- The Blacksmith
- View of a blacksmith working in a lean-to, probably in Colorado. Shows a smithy using a hammer and anvil set on a tree stump. A young man, a water barrel, large bellows, and a pickax are in the wooden structure.
- Blacksmithing--Colorado--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- The White Rabbit
- Women work on the front porch of "Estamere" (or Estemere), in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. It is a lodge dedicated to teaching handicrafts to unemployed girls. The women are using looms and spinning wheels.
- Estamere (Palmer Lake, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Handicraft--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Vocational education--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1930-1940.
- [1937?]
- Cheeseman [sic] Memorial, Denver
- Exterior view of Cheesman Memorial Pavilion, Cheesman Park (formerly Congress Park), Denver, Colorado; designed by Marean & Norton firm (Willis A. Marean & Albert J. Norton), completed in 1909 as memorial to Walter Scott Cheesman using Colorado...
- Cheesman, Walter Scott, 1838-1907--Monuments.; Cheesman Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909 or 1910]
- P. W. A. [sic] mining class - Denver
- View shows W. P. A. students learning the art of placer mining by using a rocker on the banks of an unidentified stream, Denver, Colorado. A rocker consists of a screen box on top draining to a larger box below which is inlaid with riffles to catch...
- United States. Works Progress Administration of Colorado.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [1930]
- George L. Beam
- Self portrait of George Lytle Beam shows the photographer sitting under a canvas shelter which is tied between two trees. He uses a hand- held Eastman rollfilm Stereo Kodak with a release cord stretched from his left hand.
- Cameras--1910-1920.; Photographers--1910-1920.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- Summer 1918
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Two men practice rescuing a man from the snow, Paradise, Washington
- Two soldiers from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) practice rescuing a man from the snow using ropes. The man on the left is wearing a pith helmet and dark clothing. He is smiling and holding lightly onto a rope. The man in the...
- Paradise (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- Wild West Show cooks
- Cooks for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show pour water into iron kettles over cooking fires using buckets at the ends of poles. Also shows a canvas tent and piled logs. The Wild West Show reportedly employed seven cooks, two pastry chefs and two...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Chefs--1900-1910.; Cookery--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Boys wood working class at High School, 1941
- Boys are bent over wood tables at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado, using vises and planers on pieces of wood. Some boys draw on plans with the aid of yardsticks. There is a blackboard, wooden shelves, a step ladder and a sink in the room.
- Alamosa High School (Alamosa, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Classrooms--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.; Woodworking--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Threshing on Lloyd Wood ranch
- Men stand on grain stack and at horse-drawn wagon while using threshing machine; a child and two women stand at center; engine belches smoke at right.
- Wood, Lloyd--Homes & haunts.; Croplands--Colorado--1910-1920.; Threshing--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1917]
- Residences in Central City, Colorado
- A two story, brick, house with a flat roof, chimneys, a double- bracketed cornice, rectangular windows and a covered porch is built above a masonry retaining wall along a dirt road in Central City, Colorado. A gabled, two story house with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Sade - on the right
- Sade Rhoads and two unidentified individuals pose at their picnic table in the foothills of Colorado. The women are using the running board on the automobile as a bench, the man uses one of the cushions as a seat.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1910-1930.; Picnics--Colorado--1910-1930.; Rhoads, Sade.
- [between 1917 and 1925?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A young boy in cowboy costume with a faux leopard skin pouch is encircled by men, women and boys watching a man hold a snake.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Snakes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Bennett, Harlo, Jr.; Smythe, Douglas, fl. 1939.; White, Anne, fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Grave scaffold
- The casket of a Native American (Crow) is shrouded and secured to the top of a grave scaffold with rope. It stands on an open plain in Montana. The scaffolding frame is constructed by using a "Y" shaped timber on each corner and laying support...
- Crow Indians--Spiritual life--Montana--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Montana--1900-1910.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Indian couple will ride horses across continent
- View of Little Chief White Eagle, a Yaqui Native American wearing leggings, kilt with an embroidered swastika, shirt and a headdress and Princess Rainbow Sistesso, a Sioux, in a fringed buckskin dress, walking on a sidewalk with a dog wearing...
- Dakota Indians--Women--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940.; Yaqui Indians--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940.; Dogs--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940.; Little Chief White Eagle.;...
- 1930 October
- Under the patronage of Royalty and the Marquis & Marchioness of Bute
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which was used in an act of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat decorated with beaded flowers and tassles. He holds a long whip...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]