Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Train wreck debris
- A man sits next to the wreckage of a train derailment in Denver, Colorado. This is possibly the wreckage of a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1929 July 19
- Debris and wreckage, E. end of Main St. viaduct
- View of a pile of lumber and debris from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows men beside the wreckage of the Main Street viaduct.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Wreckage, Walker Yard looking southwest from "C" St. viaduct
- View of overturned railroad freight cars and lumber wreckage from the Arkansas River flood in the Walker rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo Colorado), Colorado.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Wreckage, Walker Yard, looking south from "C" St. viaduct
- View of overturned Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad freight cars and lumber wreckage from the Arkansas River flood in a rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo Colorado), Colorado.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Army tank used in clearing up wreckage
- An army tank used in cleaning up wreckage caused by a flood sits in dried mud in a street in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows a cable and piles of downed utility poles. An overturned railroad freight car and commercial buildings are in the distance. A sign...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Tanks (Military science)--American--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Plane crash in corn field
- View of the wreckage of an airplane in a field possibly near Denver, Colorado.
- Aircraft accidents--Colorado--1930-1940.; Airplanes--Colorado--1930-1940.; Corn--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Denver & Interurban Trolley and auto accident
- Men stand by the wreckage of a automobile after an accident with a Denver and Interurban Trolley near Denver, Colorado. The wrecked car is on the tracks in front of trolley car #M-153; men walk along the railroad line.
- Denver & Interurban Railroad--1900-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--1900-1930.; Electric railroads--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--1900-1930.
- [between 1908 and 1926?]
- Street car - auto accident. Denver Tramway Company
- Shows the wreckage of an automobile and Denver Tramway trolley car accident, Denver, Colorado. Numbers on the trolley car read "40"and "803". A man looks out the window of a second trolley car; tramway workers gather behind the damaged trolley car.
- Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Street railroad accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Fire truck / building accident
- Workers clean wreckage from a building after a fire truck had crashed into the front wall, in Denver, Colorado. Billboard reads: "Lakeside."
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Auto/drug store accident
- A crowd looks at wreckage of an automobile that crashed into the front of a drugstore, in Denver, Colorado. Awnings lie across the front of the automobile and a bench is overturned. Men help to remove the debris.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Awnings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Drugstores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Trinidad flood
- View of flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado; shows wreckage of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad bridge and trees on the banks of the Purgatoire River. Scene includes the western wall of the Trinidad Water Works.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- Sept. 1904
- Trinidad flood
- Flood damage in Trinidad, Colorado, 1904, shows the ruin of a riveted steel structure (possibly a suspension bridge) lying half buried in mud. People walk on the sandbars up and down stream from the wreckage. Freight cars, sheds and Denver and Rio...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Floods--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- September, 1904
- Car upside down
- View of a automobile crash scene; men look at a man's body and wreckage.
- Automobiles--1920-1930.; Dead persons--1920-1930.; Traffic accidents--1920-1930.; Victims--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Denver fire trucks - accident
- Shows the wreckage of Denver Fire trucks, the result of an accident. A carriage portion of a fire engine rests overturned in the middle of the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- July 17, 1939
- Car wreck
- Bystanders look at the wreckage of an automobile accident. The car is overturned on a curb next to a utility pole. Other automobiles are in the background.
- Automobiles--1920-1940.; Spectators--1920-1940.; Traffic accidents--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Train wreck
- View of a train wreck; a crowd of people look at the twisted wreckage.
- Railroad accidents--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Wrecked car
- A man stands by automobile wreckage and railroad tracks.
- Automobiles--1910-1930.; Traffic accidents--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Car inside store / wreck
- View of an automobile, wreckage, and interior store walls.
- Accidents--1910-1930.; Automobiles--1910-1930.; Stores & shops--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Car inside store / accident
- A man and woman pose by an automobile, wreckage, and interior store walls.
- Accidents--1910-1930.; Automobiles--1910-1930.; Stores & shops--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Auto wreck
- A crowd gathers around the wreckage of an automobile accident, probably in Denver, Colorado. The vehicle lies overturned next to a utility pole at a street corner. A police officer stands nearby.
- Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Collapsed bldg.
- A group looks over the wreckage of a collapsed brick building in Denver, Colorado. One side of the building along with the roof has fallen into a river below the remaining structure.
- Building failures--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Train wreck
- Railroad cars lie crushed and overturned after a train wreck; a portion of one car lies in a river. Probably the wreckage of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado, after a bridge collapse.
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
- [1929 July 18?]
- Train derailed by stream
- Railroad cars lie crushed and overturned with portions in a river after a train derailed. Probably the wreckage of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado, after a bridge collapse.
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
- [1929 July 18?]
- Train derailed
- Railroad cars lie crushed and overturned with portions in a river after a train derailed off a bridge. Probably the wreckage of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado, after a bridge collapse.
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
- [1929 July 18?]
- Fire engine #15 wreck
- A crowd stands around the wreckage of Fire Engine #15 overturned on a city street in Denver, Colorado. Shows ladder and hoses.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Traffic accidents--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Bridge washed out with train wrecked
- The wreckage of probably a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train after a bridge collapse near Vona (Kit Carson County), Colorado. Shows a train derailment on the bridge. Crushed and overturned railroad cars lie in the river, some cars...
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Kit Carson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridge failures--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Kit Carson County--1920-1930.;...
- 1929
- Remains of engine 35 which blew up at Basalt after Uncle Albert just gotten off
- Debris from the engine 35 explosion litters the tracks of the Colorado and Midland Railroad in Basalt, Colorado in Eagle County. Metal grates, wheels, and scraps from the locomotive are piled next to the tracks. A large locomotive wheel is on the...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [1895?]
- South Park & Pacific railroad wreck
- View of a Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad accident in Colorado; people look at the wreckage from an embankment.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1900.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--1880-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Denver, South Park & Pacific Railway wreck
- View of a Denver, South Park and Pacific Railway accident in Colorado; men pose by a locomotive, coal car, and "Refrigerator" car. People look at the wreckage from an embankment.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1900.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroad refrigerator cars--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Gladstone - 1941
- The wreckage of the Gold King Mill stands precariously in Gladstone, Colorado. The top of the facade is leaning outward and is nearing collapse. Framework timbers lead up to the leaning facade.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Gladstone - 1941
- A jumble of discarded mining equipment lies amid dilapidated buildings, a part of the Gold King Mill, Gladstone, Colorado. Shows machine shop at left, boiler and generator house at center. One of the buildings stands askew in the wreckage; other...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Forbes
- View of metal wreckage in Forbes (Las Animas County) Colorado, after the UMF mining labor strike against CF&I.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo. 1913-1914.; Forbes (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Miners' strikes--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Forbes--1910-1920.
- 1914
- Campion, John - mansion
- View of the Campion home wreckage at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; a wall remains standing among debris. Cardboard boxes have labels: "Qupak Contact Lens Cases."
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1963 December 4
- Campion, John (mansion) n.e. corner e. 8th Ave. & Logan St.
- View of Campion home wreckage at 800 Logan Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; a wall remains standing among debris.
- Campion, John Francis--Homes & haunts.; Mansions--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1963 December 31
- Denver & Salt Lake wreck
- Wreckage of cars; after runaway on 2% grade, behind Denver & Sale Lake 215. Photographed: Near Rollinsville, Colo., November 6, 1935.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad accidents.; Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Rollinsville.
- 1935
- Colorado State College of Education buildings
- A somber Helen Langworthy, Theater Director, appraises the damage done by the fire in Cranford Hall in March, 1949, on the campus of the Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal...
- Colorado State College of Education--1940-1950.; Greeley (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1940-1950.; Langworthy, Helen.
- 1949 March 12
- Front of Union Depot, June 3rd 1921, Pueblo, Colo.
- View of wrecked freight cars and mud covered tracks from the flooded Arkansas River at Union Depot in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows debris, lumber and overturned railroad cars.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June 3
- Desolation in wake of flood, looking south from Main Street, A.T. & S.F. river bridge and wrecked D. & R.G. bridge in center
- Men beside a cement wall look at wreckage from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows standing water, mud, debris and damaged Denver and Rio Grande Western and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad bridges. A brick...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- River bridges at Pueblo from north end
- View of an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad bridge and a wrecked Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad bridge with piles of wreckage from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Men stand and pose on piles of debris and...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Airplane View of flooded area looking east across Union Depot Yard from above Mesa City Hall at upper left, D.& R.G. round house on right
- Aerial view of Union Depot and rail yard in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows bridges over Union Avenue, Main Street and C Street, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad roundhouse, train wreckage from the flood, and standing water near...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Union Depot (Pueblo, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Looking west along 2nd St. from point near Main Street
- People walk on 2nd (Second) Street in front of damaged commercial buildings and piles of debris from the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Men pose on wreckage from a collapsed roof beside a damaged brick building with a...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Wreck of Gilpin Tramway engine in Prosser Gulch
- A view of an accident in Prosser Gulch on the Gilpin Tramway line in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows a heavily damaged locomotive and cars. Officials and workers stand on a wooden trestle with cribbed retaining walls and observe the overturned...
- Gilpin Tramway Company--1890-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prosser Gulch (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Gilpin County--1890-1900.;...
- 1897 Dec. 30
- Looking south along Union Avenue, Pueblo white building with tower is new City Hall on bank of river
- View of debris, mud, and silt from the Arkansas River flood on Union Avenue in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. People are gathered near piles of wreckage in the street and in front of commercial businesses. Shows the City Hall building with a...
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Santa Fe depot
- View of overturned freight cars and wreckage from the Arkansas River flood on Union Avenue in front of the stone Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad depot in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows standing water around trees and piles of debris.
- Ridgway, Arthur Osbourne, 1870-1953.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Arkansas River--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Debris--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.;...
- 1921 June
- Headlite from wreck among trees, Marshall Pass
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Western wreckage on Marshall Pass, in Montezuma County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1960-1970.; Locomotives--Headlights--Colorado--Saguache County--1960-1970.; Marshall Pass (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Saguache...
- 1960
- 1859 flat with wrecked 9305 on top
- Denver and Rio Grande Western flatcar 1859 waits in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado with the wreckage of flatcar 9305.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Debris--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1940-1950.
- 1950 October
- Wrecked car - idler flat loaded on 1497 gondola
- Denver and Rio Grande Western gondola 1497 carries wreckage of an idler flat car in the yard at Alamosa (Alamosa County), Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Debris--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1950-1960.
- 1956
- Idaho Springs school
- The cornerstone to the new addition to the grade school is being laid in Idaho Springs, Colorado, in 1902. A large group of people has gathered and are standing around a triangular support apparatus made of three timbers. It is being used in the...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cornerstones--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado and Southern
- View of a train wreck near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a derailed Colorado and Southern railroad train on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River; a group of bystanders stands near the train surrounded by wreckage. The...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado and Southern
- A group of bystanders stands near the wreckage of a Colorado and Southern Railway train near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. A tender, number "10," hangs off the bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 1