Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 268 head on backing at tank, town at rt.
- A (probably) Denver, Rio Grande Western locomotive approaches a water tank near frame houses in Crested Butte (Gunnison County) Colorado; snow capped peaks are behind the town.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Crested Butte (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Crested Butte--1950-1960.; Water towers--Colorado--Crested Butte--1950-1960.
- 1952 July 3
- A scene in Manitou
- Scene in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north at the Soda Spring Pavilion and the Cliff House. The Pavilion is a frame structure with a cross-gable roof and a cupola with flagpole; the foundation is knee- high rusticated stone. The east half is...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880- 1890.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Springs--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.; Cliff...
- [between 1885 and 1887?]
- Abandoned mine 5 miles north of Powderhorn on State Hwy 149, Gunnison County
- View of an abandoned head frame and mine building in an open field, Gunnison County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Gunnison County--1970-1980.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1970-1980.
- August, 1978
- Aboursville, Colorado
- View of the 1880s company town of Arbourville (Arboursville, Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; includes log cabins and wood frame residences along a two track road in a valley surrounded by mountain slopes;...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Ada Knight
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of a woman identified as Ada Knight.
- Knight, Ada.; Women--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- After a mountain storm, Ouray
- In Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, clouds and the snow-dusted Amphitheater are above frame and log buildings.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Amphitheaters--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1883]
- Anaconda Mine
- Miners pose near the head frame and shaft house of the Anaconda Mine near Turret (Chaffee County), Colorado.
- Anaconda Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Turret (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Anaconda Mine Turret Colo.
- A miner poses on the head frame of the Anaconda Mine near Turret (Chaffee County), Colorado. The mine shaft house and another building are nearby.
- Anaconda Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Turret (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Anaconda Mine Turret Colo.
- Miners pose near the head frame and shaft house of the Anaconda Mine near Turret (Chaffee County), Colorado. A sign on the shaft house reads: "Anaconda". Miners' cabins are nearby.
- Anaconda Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Turret (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Turret--1890-1910.
- [between 1950 and 1970]
- Animas Forks, Colo.
- View down main street of Animas Forks in the Animas River Valley, (11,300 feet) San Juan County, Colorado; includes a man wearing a vest and straw hat sitting outside of town above a bridge over a fork of the Animas River; town consists of wood...
- Animas Forks (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1880.; Valleys--Colorado--Animas Forks--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880]
- Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs
- The Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, a stone and frame building, features dormers, bays, a stepped pediment, half- timbering, and a round tower. People, horses, and buggies are by the covered entry; rail fences edge...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs
- View of west facade of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, a stone and frame building, features dormers, bays, shingle imbrication, roof vents, and half-round towers, a covered porch, a balcony and a two-story addition on...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1890- 1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1898?]
- Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs
- View south on Cascade Avenue of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the five-story stone and frame building with dormers, a stepped pediment, a bell-cast, domed tower, and porches, surrounded by fields and graded...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1884?]
- Aspen Colo. Colo. Midland Ry.
- Right side of panorama view from Smuggler Mountain south of Aspen and Roaring Fork River Valley, Colorado, includes agricultural fields, a few wood frame houses and Mount (Mt.) Sopris (12,953 feet) in background.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roaring Fork River Valley (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Aspen Colo.
- Left side of panorama southwest over Aspen and Roaring Fork River Valley, Colorado; shows a mining district with shafts, concentrator, sampler, smokestacks, tailings, ore tracks, Denver and Rio Grande and Colorado Midland railroads, frame houses...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Aspen, Colorado, The Silver Queen
- The town of Aspen, Colorado, is situated at the base of Aspen Mountain, formerly known as Ajax. Brush covers the terrain in the foreground, and roads lead from the town to the edge of the plateau, where several wood frame structures are built. ...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Beef distribution, Indians and wagons in open plains
- Probably semi-monthly ration or beef distribution day, Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory; large group of Dakota Native Americans scattered throughout the open field, sitting, standing, some on horseback, others in horse drawn wagons and...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1890-1900.
- [between 1880-1889]
- Ben I. Lark
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Ben I. Lark, Denver resident.
- Lark, Ben I.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Bert's picture
- Image shows a head and shoulders portrait of a man identified as Bert L. Rhoads. The vignette has a decorative frame and rests on a chair, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rhoads, Bert.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Big Lakes
- View of the head frame, power house, tramway, and ore loader at the Big Lake Mine near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. A line of mine ore cars and an automobile are nearby.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Big Lake Mine (Boulder County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Hoisting...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Billboard for Hill and Hill bourbon
- View of a billboard located in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that read: "Alden Sign Co." The bottom of the...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1930-1940.; National Distillers Products Corporation--Public relations--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Billboards.; Breweries.; Whiskey.; Alcoholic beverage industry.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Billboard for Original "Manitou" Sparkling Water
- View of a billboard at 20th and Blake Streets in Denver, Colorado. The billboard has a frame that consists of two oversized newel posts with newel caps, and a cornice across the top with a small pediment with letters that read: "Alden Sign Co." The...
- Alden Sign Co.--Products--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Beverage industry.; Beverages.; Billboards.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Billy Duncan (old saloon keeper)
- Profile studio portrait, head and shoulders, of William Duncan, Denver restauranteur; arrived in Denver 1872.
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Duncan, William, 1855-1935.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Bonnie Belle Mine
- View of the shafthouse of the Bonnie Belle Mine in Chaffee County, Colorado. A U. S. flag flies from the top of the head frame.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.; Bonnie Belle Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Bonnie Belle Mine
- Miners pose with a mine ore car and ore bucket at the entrance to the Bonnie Belle Mine in Chaffee County, Colorado. Saddled horses stand nearby and a U. S. flag flies from a pole on top of the head frame.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.; Bonnie Belle Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lead mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1905
- Bonnie Belle Mine
- A miner poses near the Bonnie Belle Mine and a saddled horse in Chaffee County, Colorado. A U. S. flag flies from a pole on the head frame.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.; Bonnie Belle Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lead mining--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Brig. Gen. Irving Hale
- Prize Army Division Marksmanship," depicting soldier on horseback with gun; 2. "Skirmishing," depicting crouching figure; 3. illegible with four point shape; 4. "Creedmoor" with 1887 date and illegible lettering; and 5. "Creedmoor" with illegible...
- Military officers--1880-1900.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Hale, Irving, 1861-1930.
- [between 1887 and 1901]
- Broadmoor Casino
- View of the Broadmoor Casino, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the two-story frame building with a colonnaded, pedimented entry, arched windows, and a wrap-around porch/balcony; the annex with gables and bullseye windows, painted...
- Broadmoor Hotel and Casino (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Casinos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1897?]
- Brownsville Mining Camp on C.C.R.R. Col.
- The settlement of Brownsville, in Clear Creek County, Colorado, consists of frame, saltbox dwellings, an ore processing shed, and a wooden footbridge crossing Clear Creek. Also known as Brownville, the town was destroyed by a landslide.
- Brownsville (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Brownville--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1898]
- Buena Vista Main St.
- Frame commercial buildings line Main Street in Buena Vista, Colorado. The boardwalk has men, barrels and nail kegs on it; wagons and a Labrador dog are in the dirt street. Signs read: "Tents," "Hardware," "Board of Trade," "Cooper's Place,"...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Buena Vista Mine & Pike's Peak
- View of Buena Vista Mine in Teller County, Colorado. Shows partially constructed wood shafthouse with head frame, windlass, miners, and harnessed mule. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Buena Vista Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Buena Vista Mine & Pikes Peak
- View of Buena Vista Mine in Teller County, Colorado. Shows a partially constructed wood shafthouse with head frame, windlass, miners, and harnessed mule. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Buena Vista Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Buena Vista Mine and Pike's Peak Wilson Creek
- View of Buena Vista Mine with partially constructed log and wood shafthouse with head frame, iron windlass on the ground, men and horse, Teller County, Colorado. Pikes Peak is in the distance.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Buffalo Bill Cody
- Head and shoulders portrait of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) at age fifty-four. The painting has an elaborate, gilded frame.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- 1899
- Buffalo Bill Cody, wearing decorated jacket and hat, bust
- Photograph of a portrait, including frame, of head and shoulders of Buffalo Bill, seated, wearing decorated jacket and hat.
- Entertainers--1900-1930.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
- [between 1900 and 1934]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- View of a wood frame structure with a taxidermic buffalo head and tents, part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A man stand in front of one of the tents with lettering: "Official Head[quarters] B.B.W.W. Co."
- Tents--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Buffalo borders at carcass of freshly killed cow elk
- Two cowboys in woolies chaps and felt hats kneel beside a headless elk carcass killed by wolves. One cowboy holds up a bison head. Two saddled horses frame the men and carcass on the ground. Dogs sniff the ground behind the men.
- Wolves--Control--1920-1940.; Bison--1920-1940.; Cowboys--1920-1940.; Elk--1920-1940.; Horses--1920-1940.
- [between 1929 and 1934?]
- Calvin Bullock
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Calvin Bullock, founder of Calvin Bullock Investment Co.; president and director of the Denver Stock Exchange; president of the Butterfly-Terrible Gold Mining Co; arrived in Denver 1894; moved to New York...
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bullock, Calvin.
- [between 1894 and 1901]
- Calvin T. Ward (originated Ward Auction Co.)
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Calvin T. Ward, owner and manager of Ward Auction Company; arrived in Denver 1891.
- Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Ward, Calvin T.
- [between 1891 and 1901]
- Camp and tipple, Bowen
- View of Victor American Fuel Company's town of Bowen, Taylor Park, Las Animas County, Colorado; shows the tipple (coal screening plant), smokestacks, ore carts and railroad tracks, and the company camp with frame houses.
- Victor American Fuel Company (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Bowen--1900-1920.; Bowen (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Bowen--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Bowen--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Bowen--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Camp Navajo
- View of the coal mining camp of Navajo, McKinley County, New Mexico, shows frame houses on pinyon and juniper slopes with small patches of snow.
- Navajo (N.M.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--New Mexico--Navajo--1890-1920.; Houses--New Mexico--Navajo--1890-1920.; Mining--New Mexico--Navajo--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Captain George W. Yates, in civilian clothes, bust (oval frame)
- Captain George Walter Yates, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing suit jacket and bow tie; died June 25, 1876 at Little Bighorn while commanding Company F, 7th Cavalry.
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Yates, George Walter, d. 1876.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Captain Grant Marsh, civlian clothes, bust
- Studio portrait, in oval frame, of head and shoulders of Captain Grant Marsh, commander of the steamboat "Far West" on the Missouri River.
- Shipmasters--United States--1880-1890.; Marsh, Grant Prince, 1834-1916.
- [188-?]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Left side of panorama from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad tracks, ore cart trestles and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Center of panorama view from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district to the Continental Divide, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad and ore car tracks and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Carbonate Hill and Leadville Colo.
- Right side of panorama view from Carbonate Hill over Leadville mining district to the Continental Divide, Colorado; shows rocky hills, frame structures, smokestacks, mine shafts, headframes, railroad and ore car tracks, and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Cassell's Hotel, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- View across pond to Hotel Cassell, Cassells, Platte Canyon, Park County, Colorado; shows a frame hotel with a veranda.
- Cassell's Hotel (Cassell, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Catholic Church, Lake City, Colo.
- in Lake City, added the French-inspired shingled mansard roof between 1897 and 1902; it was later owned by John and Vera Vickers, who operated the Senate Saloon, billiard hall, bowling alley, livery stable and, in 1929, the Vickers Dude Ranch....
- Lake City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Catholic Churches--Colorado--Lake City--1910-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Lake City--1910-1930.; St. Rose of Lima (Church : Lake City, Colo.)
- [1910-1930]
- Central City, Colo.
- View of an unidentified mine near Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows tailings, cabin, shaft house, and head frame.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cabins--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Charles R. Dudley
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Charles Rowland Dudley, librarian and attorney; practiced law in Massachusetts (1878-82); arrived in Denver 1882; organized Denver Public Library (1885-1911); member, Board of Regents, University of Colorado...
- Lawyers--Colorado--1880-1900.; Librarians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Dudley, Charles Rowland, 1853-1921.; Denver Public Library.; State Historical Society of Colorado.
- [between 1886 and 1901]