Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Wagon Wheels at Lost Lake
- A set of wagon wheels sits half submerged in the water on the edge of Lost Lake west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. A portion of the nearer wheel is missing. Pieces of wood float near the set of wheels.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Carts & wagons--1930-1950.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Wheels--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Caribou, Colorado. 1920
- An unidentified man sits in a convertible car stopped on a dirt road in Caribou, a mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. Caribou saw its boom in the 1870s when it was reportedly one of the most important silver producing districts in...
- Wheels--Wagons--Colorado--Caribou--1910-1930.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Caribou (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Convertible automobiles--Colorado--Caribou--1910-1930.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Car repair a Colo. Midland RR at Colo. City
- A railroad crew from the Colorado Midland Railway Company work to repair the wheels on a railroad car in Colorado City, Colorado. The railroad car is parked over a work area, similar to a trench. The workers stand next to a set of railroad car...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Colo. Midland RR car repair B at Colo. City
- A railroad crew from the Colorado Midland Railway Company work to repair the wheels on a railroad car in Colorado City. The railroad car is parked over a work area, similar to a trench. One worker uses a jack or other hydraulic tool to raise a set...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Colorado City--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 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?]
- Colorado mining
- View of two arrastras, large horizontal wheels, powered by water brought in by flumes, somewhere in early mining camp in Colorado. The wheels were possibly used for crushing ore or as a sluice box.
- Mining--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1876
- Courthouse lawn, Central City
- Fire equipment sits on the lawn of the courthouse in Central City, Colorado. The apparatus in the foregroound has four spoked wheels and sideboards. Another piece of equipment with spoked wheels is behind it. A tree is in the background. Two...
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Central City--1930- 1940.
- [1938]
- Court house lawn, Central City
- A caisson with large spoked wheels and a case sits on the courthouse lawn in Central City, Colorado. A second caisson with large spoked wheels and a tank with a gauge is in front of it. Trees and the buildings of Eureka Street are in the background.
- Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Central City--1930- 1940.
- 1938
- Sunflower Carnival
- Men pose in a carriage, part of the Flower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The carriage has two small wheels and two large wheels, which makes the carriage lopsided, it is decorated with U. S. flags and hitched to a horse...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- [August, 1898]
- Tin Cup, Colorado
- View of an old wagon and a weathered building in Tin Cup, Colorado; shows a wagon with two small spoked wheels on front and two, larger spoked wheels on the rear; large two story structure with a combination lean-to/gable roof, rectangular bays,...
- Tincup (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Tincup--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1950]
- Locomotive (D & SL) (391)
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Locomotive Engine 391 with tender and open boxcar, class 19, type 4-4-0; scrapped at Utah Junction railyard, Adams County, Colorado; it is shorn of high wheels and tailored with much smaller wheels for grades of the...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1910-1920.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1919 and 1920]
- Locomotive (D & SL) (391)
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Locomotive, Engine 391 with tender and open boxcar; class 19, type 4-4-0; scrapped at Utah Junction railyard, Adams County, Colorado; it is shorn of high wheels and tailored with much smaller wheels for grades of...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1910-1920.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1920]
- Glen Isle
- View of three houses in Glen Isle (Park County), Colorado. The closest house has a sign on the facing wall: "Garden spot." Two wagon wheels lean against a fence outside of it. The two other houses are identified by the artist as the Kiva house and...
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Glenisle--1960-1970.
- 1964
- On Oregon Trail, Ezra Meeker getting ready to cross the Loup
- Men wear trousers, shirts, suspenders, and hats and stand in the Loup River beside a prairie schooner and wagon wheels in probably Nance County or Platte County, Nebraska. Ezra Meeker, an elderly man, stands in the bed of the covered wagon used for...
- Loup River (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Oregon National Historic Trail--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Fords (Stream crossings)--Nebraska--1910-1920.; Pioneers--Nebraska--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- 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?]
- DTC wheels
- Denver Tramway Company workers (two are Black men) load steel wheels stamped "F. C. S. Griffin, Denver" onto a flat car with the line car number 420 crane.
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad employees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street...
- [1910?]
- El Conejo Blanco students at work with their looms & spinning wheels on the wide porches of their lodge, Èstamere,' at Palmer Lake" "the camp founded and directed by Mrs. Anne Fisher, is devoted to instruction of unemployed girls in the...
- Four women work at spinning wheels and looms on the porch of "Estamere" (or Estemere) in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. The lodge was founded and directed by Mrs. Anna Fisher, and is dedicated to the instruction of unemployed girls in the...
- Fisher, Anna--Homes & haunts.; 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...
- 1937 July 18
- El Conejo Blanco students at work with their looms & spinning wheels on the wide porches of their lodge, Èstamere,' at Palmer Lake" "the camp founded and directed by Mrs. Anne Fisher, is devoted to instruction of unemployed girls in the...
- Four women work at spinning wheels and looms on the porch of "Estamere" (or Estemere) in Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. The lodge was founded and directed by Mrs. Anna Fisher, and was dedicated to the instruction of unemployed girls in the...
- Fisher, Anna--Homes & haunts.; 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...
- July 18, 1937
- Old log cabin Montgomery, Colo. one of original houses
- View of a log cabin in Montgomery (Park County), Colorado. Antlers and a skull that reads: "1867" are attached to the walls. Wagon wheels and a sign that reads: "The Old-Hitchin's Post" lean against the building.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Antlers--Colorado--Montgomery--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Montgomery--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Montgomery--1940-1950.; Wheels--Colorado--Montgomery--1940-1950.
- [1940]
- Griffin Wheel Co. Plant, Denver, Colo.
- View of Griffin Wheel Company plant, Denver, Colorado; shows a man on a horse-drawn wagon, industrial buildings with smokestack, stacked wheels, and railroad boxcars lettered: "Chicago, Rock Island and Texas," "Pennsylvania," "Fort Worth &...
- Griffin Wheel Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad car industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Railroad freight...
- October 16, 1906
- Int. Ford
- Interior view of a warehouse at the Ford building on South Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men stack automobile wheels while another man works on a wheel at a machine.
- Wheelwrights--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobile dealerships--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Warehouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Wheels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Sheep Mountain 1944
- A dirt road leads back to a log cabin in the background in this view looking toward Sheep Mountain south of Telluride on the border of San Miguel and Dolores counties in Colorado. A set of wagon wheels is on the side of the road in front of the...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Ophir--1940-1950.; Wheels--Wagons--1940-1950.; Dolores County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ophir (Colo.)--1940-1950.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ophir--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1944?]
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Crestone
- View of 108 South Alder Street, Crestone (Saguache County), Colorado. The two story Queen Anne commercial style building has a covered porch that wraps around the south and east elevations of the building. Wagon wheels are inset into the railings...
- First Amendment Liquors (Crestone, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Crestone (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Liquor stores.; First Amendment Liquors (Crestone, Colo..)--Pictorial works.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Crestone--Pictorial works.; Crestone (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1990
- Magic Hour, Delta, Colo.
- View of 1193 Highway 50 in Delta (Delta County), Colorado. A large, wooden roller-skate sits atop a sign that reads: "Magic Hour." The skate is white. The paint on the wheels is worn. There are large bushes around the sign. Another sign reads "For...
- Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--1990-2000.; Delta (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Signs (Notices).; Magic Hour (Delta, Colo.)--Public relations--Pictorial works.; Signs and signboards--Colorado--Delta--Pictorial works.; Roller...
- 1992
- 2814 Champa St. Owned by George Apodaca until 1978 and known as "The Indian House" locally
- View of 2814 Champa Street, in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The eclectic style brick house has a fish scale, gable roof, a front dormer with a gambrel roof, gabled side dormers and a covered porch with brick pillars and a...
- Curtis Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Dormers.; Historic buildings.; Houses.; Dormers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1978
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 41, 1911 October 7
- Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 11, 1919 November
- Agriculture crops equipment unidentified item one large one small wheel on axle
- Close-up view of an agricultural implement that consists of two wheels and two wooden rails probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Mining machinery
- A group of workers pose near a large piece of mining machinery probably in Las Animas County, Colorado. The men wear overalls and hats. Large piles of rocks are nearby. The mining machine is powered by electricity and has large belts, wheels, and...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Machinery--Colorado--Las Animas County--1870-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Creede, Colo.
- Wood frame buildings, canvas tents and log cabins sit in the valley below a mine shaft in lower Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Men stand in front of a batt and board construction building. Men in a wagon sit in front of the building; one holds...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Creede--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- Blacksmith works
- View of a frame, two-story blacksmith shop with dormer windows and a gabled roof in Blackhawk (Black Hawk, Gilpin County), Colorado. Men stand and pose near a front entrance. Signs on the building read: "Blacksmith Works" and "Weeks & Ventress...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Moffat
- A man, woman, and children stand on the porch of the J. W. Hockaday Hardware store in the town of Moffat, Saguache County, Colorado. Wagons, wheels, gears, and cans are displayed in the shop window. A large sign on the false front of the building...
- J.W. Hockaday Hardware (Moffat, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Moffat (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.; People--Colorado--Moffat--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915?]
- Abandoned tractor
- View of probably an abandoned tractor in a field; it has a chain drive, track propulsion, and wheels. A harrow is to the side; low hills are in the background.
- Agricultural machinery & implements--1900-1920.; Tractors--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Abandoned tractor
- View of probably an abandoned tractor in a field; it has a chain drive, track propulsion, and wheels.
- Agricultural machinery & implements--1900-1920.; Tractors--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Fort Lewis, kitchen
- A woman in a checkered apron poses with a water kettle in a kitchen at Fort Lewis High School (later Fort Lewis College) in Hesperus (La Plata County), Colorado. Shows a wood burning stove, a serving cart on wheels and pots and pans suspended from...
- Fort Lewis High School (Hesperus, Colo.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Hesperus (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cooks--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Kitchens--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1913?]
- Gold King Mill, Gladstone, Colorado
- View of the Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a multi-level, gable-roofed processing building with dormer windows, aerial tramway towers, Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Company railroad tracks, cribbing,...
- Silverton, Gladstone, and Northerly Railroad Company--1890-1910.; Gladstone (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Interior of mill
- Interior view of a processing facility probably in Colorado. A man poses next to machinery, possibly an engine or pump, levers and wheels. The man wears a hat and suspenders.
- Industrial facilities--Colorado--1890-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Lund, Greulich [families, Dew Drop Mine, Frances, Colo.]
- Men, women and children, who include the Lund and Greulich families, pose on tailings in the mine dump of the Dew Drop Mine near Ward in Frances (Camp Francis, Dew Drop, Boulder County), Colorado. Two women wear long dresses and capes, one woman...
- Dew Drop Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Frances (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families.; Mine buildings.; Mining.; Tipples.; Greulich family.; Lund family.
- 1895 May 11th
- San Diego, Coronado Beach, Hotel del Coronado
- View of the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado (San Diego County), California. The frame multi-story hotel has dormers, polygonal turrets, elaborate brick chimneys, cupolas, porches with spindle or cut-out patterns between balusters, and a large ten...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels.; Resorts.
- [c1900?]
- Agriculture crops equipment unidentified farm equipment
- Close-up view of a agricultural implement that consists of two wheels, one that picks up dirt on small ledges and deposits the dirt on a ledge at the top of the wheel, probably in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Agricultural machinery & implements--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Embossing instrument
- Shows an embossing instrument made by Charles Williams Jr., from Boston, Massachusetts. The base is stained brown, the instrument is brass with screws, cog wheels cylinders, copper wire and posts. Inscription on the instrument reads: "C. Williams...
- Tools--1850-1880.
- [between 1852 and 1875]
- Repair shop
- Interior view of a (jewelry ?) repair shop in Denver, Colorado; shows a man posing, glass display cases, grinding wheels and polishing tips; sign reads: "We Do Strictly First Class Work."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Denver & Northwestern RR ticket office - Arvada
- Shows the ticket office and station buildings of the Denver and Northwestern Railroad company in Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. The buildings are wooden with batten siding and gable roofs. Wood spools, railroad tracks and ties, metal grates,...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Arvada (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Burning the obsolete horse cars
- Workers dismantle the chassis and wheels from several old Denver Tramway Company cars in Denver, Colorado. Smoke drifts off a pile of debris.
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Fire--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Street...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado Iron Works
- View of the Colorado Iron Works at 33rd and Wynkoop Streets in Denver, Colorado. Boilers on jacks are near the building. Signs on the building read: "[...]Machinery Car Wheels Forgings."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Iron industry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Colorado Iron Works
- View of the Colorado Iron Works at 33rd and Wynkoop Streets in Denver, Colorado. Boilers on jacks are near the building. Signs on the building read: "[...]Machinery Car Wheels Forgings."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Iron industry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Rocky Mtn. News printing press
- A printing press from the Goss Printing Press Company of Chicago, IL, fills the printing room of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. A newspaper rolls through the complex system of rolls and cog wheels. To the right is a short flight of...
- Rocky Mountain News--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Printing presses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Garage interior
- Interior view of a tire shop in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Tires and oil cans are on display. Signs read: "Vulcanizing Dept." and "Put a Set of Those Wonderful Minute Wheels on Your Ford."
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.; Tires--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- San Diego, Los Banos
- View of the Los Banos public bath house in San Diego (San Diego County), California. Shows a Mission style building with arcades, towers, and a tile roof. Sign reads: "Water Tub[s] and Plunge Baths" and "[C]leveland and Olive Wheels."
- San Diego (Calif.)--1900-1920.; Bathhouses--California--San Diego--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]