Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Fisher's Sub thru E.F. Hallacks: Ford's Subdivision block 1
- Charles City Western car #53
- Chicago Rock Island and Pacific locomotive #833 waits at the depot in Marble Rock (Floyd County), Iowa. A Charles City Western electric interurban trolley car is on adjacent tracks in the yard; an automobile is parked by the frame depot. Signs...
- Charles City Western Railway--1940-1950.; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company--1940-1950.; Marble Rock (Iowa)--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--Iowa--Marble Rock--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--Iowa--Marble Rock--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1945 October 4
- Capitol Heights to Chaffee Park Heights: Case & Ebert's Addition to the City of Denver block 64
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 64, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., May 1921.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1921.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1921
- C&S narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 64, engine type 2-8-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Denver, Colo., February 20, 1920.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1920.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1920
- FW&D locomotive, engine number 64, engine type 0-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, tender partly inside roundhouse. Photographed: Childress, Tex., October 27, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--Texas--Childress.; Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company.
- 1930
- Sacramento City Lines 64 double end safety car, at Southern Pacific Depot, Sacramento California.
- Sacramento City Lines interurban streetcar #64 waits at the Southern Pacific Depot in Sacramento (Sacramento County), California. Lettering on the trolley reads: Sacrament City Lines" and "64." The destination sign reads: "46th & J Street."
- Sacramento City Lines, Inc.--1940-1950.; Sacramento (Calif.)--1940-1950.; Electric railroads--California--Sacramento--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--California--Sacramento--1940-1950.
- between 1940 and 1949?
- William Mygatt
- Interior presentation view of the William Mygatt residence in Denver, Colorado; shows carved wood molding, columns, and stairs. Also shows oriental rugs, a chair, a vase, lamps, a chandelier, and a grandfather clock.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Chandeliers--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Mygatt, William R.--Homes &...
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- View from Ranger Station "Cochise Stronghold" (Eastern approach).
- View, from the east, of the Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains near Fort Buchanan, Arizona.
- Apache Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.)--1880-1910.; Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.)--1880-1910.; Rock formations--1880-1910.; Cochise, Apache chief, d. 1874--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Eddy William & Raymond
- E.J. Burnside confronts picketers
- E.J. Burnside, a firefighter, is restrained by police after confronting members of the United Farm Works of America (UFW) boycott picket line at Party Time Liquors on South Federal Boulevard in Denver, Colorado. The UFW members were protesting the...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Boycotts.; Police.; Pickets.; Confrontations.; Burnside, E. J.--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of...
- [1975]
- Casimiro Barela, tomado Marzo 4, 1911, 64 cumpliaños
- Studio portrait of Colorado State Senator Casimiro Barela from Rivera (Las Animas County), Colorado, made on the occasion of his 64th birthday. Senator Barela wears a jacket with piping, a bow tie and upright collar, He has a full, waxed mustache.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Legislators.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- 1911 Marzo 4
- Boy with dog hitched to cart at Alameda bridge over canal
- A boy poses with his dog that is hitched to a small wood trailer on the partially constructed Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado. The boy wears knickers and a cap.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Bridge construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Dogs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [1909]
- Ornament
- Shows a Native American Sioux circlet ornament made or found in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It features blue and green beadwork, buckskin, a tin jingler and chicken feathers dyed red. The ornament would be used in the hair or fastened to horse...
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ornament--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Little boy & girl seated portrait
- Studio portrait of a boy and girl in Colorado. The boy wears knickers. The girl wears a dress and a bow in her hair.
- Boys--Colorado--1910-1930.; Girls--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Happiness or bust (originally untitled)
- An oil painting by Denver, Colorado artist Paul Gregg. The painting is of a young boy in a wagon pulled by oxen, with the words "Happiness or Bust" painted on one side; in the background is a landscape of shrubbery. A large yellow sun is behind the...
- Boys--1930-1940.; Carts & wagons--1930-1940.; Ox teams--1930-1940.
- 1932 January 1
- Denver Northwestern & Pacific RR Eng. No. 300 & coach
- Shows engine no. 300 of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Company with a coach car, Colorado. An engineer leans out of the front window of the engine car; smoke rises from the smoke stack.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Early Larimer St. City Hall
- A view of early Larimer street in Denver, Colorado with a side view of City Hall. Shows local businesses, a dirt road, utility poles and street lamps.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver Festival of Mts. and Plain
- Native American (tribe unknown) men and women sit on the H. H. Tammen Curio Company float that includes a tepee and trees, part of the Festival of Mountain and Plain in Denver, Colorado. Men stand near the float that is parked in front of the...
- Festival of Mountain and Plain (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Hot Springs Hotel & cottages, Wagon Wheel Gap, Colo.
- The Hot Springs Hotel and baths sit on a slight hill in Wagon Wheel Gap in Mineral County, Colorado. Shows cottages, a bathhouse, building with porches or verandas. A pond is near the hotel buildings.
- Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo. : Town)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.; Resorts--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Bailey's from Lookout Mtn., Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye distant view of Bailey, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows North fork of South Platte River paralleling narrow gauge track, stacks of lumber or logs, train station or depot, residences, man...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lookout Mountain (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Mt. Audubon and Arapahoe [sic] Peak, Glacier Lake
- View from Glacier Lake, Colorado towards Mount Audubon and Arapaho Peaks reached via Denver, Boulder & Western Railway (formerly Colorado & Northwestern); shows row boats on lake and clouds topping snow dotted mountains.
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--1900-1910.; Picnic grounds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.;...
- [1909?]
- 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]
- Irwin - 1964 cemetery
- View of a memorial stone in the cemetery in Irwin, Colorado. It is a rough cut stone with a rounded top, and an inscription that reads: "The bright promise of Ruby Silver drew 5000 people to this area in 1879, from as far as England and Scotland....
- Irwin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Irwin--1960-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Irwin--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Lake Irwin
- Lake Irwin in Gunnison County, Colorado, is surrounded by rocky peaks and pine trees.
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Gunnison County--1960-1970.
- 1964
- One mile of rails, for siding, in foreground Property of Colorado-Yule Marble Co., Marble, Colo.
- Men pose at the Colorado-Yule property in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, by an engine and car of the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad. Lettered on car: "Way Car 01. Marble Line." Rail is stacked in the foreground.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1900-1910.; Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Marble (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1900-1910.
- April 1907
- Building for storage of Colorado-Yule Marble Co's supplies for quarry, mill, etc Marble, Colo, April.
- This storage building in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, is next to tracks of the Crystal River & San Juan Railroad. A cylindrical, wooden water tank is adjacent; the end of the structure is scaffolded. Tracks and snow are in the foreground,...
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--1900-1910.; Crystal River & San Juan Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Marble (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Long's Peak from Lily Lake
- View of Lily Lake, Larimer County, Colorado, includes the lake with water lilies and a reflection of Longs Peak and fluffy clouds.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Lily Lake (Larimer County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Larimer County--1870-1880.; Reflections--Colorado--Larimer County--1870-1880.; Water...
- [between 1871 and 1878]
- Colorado Springs, Nevada Avenue
- A landscaped median strip divides Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Women, children and a buggy are on the dirt thoroughfare and the stone Presbyterian Church with a square tower and an arched lookout is on the corner.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Hopi Indians
- A Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) woman, girl, and baby pose near Mishongnovi, Second Mesa, Arizona. Large boulders surround a sandy path. The woman and girl wear dresses and blanket shawls. The girl's hair is in side whirls. A stone wall with a...
- Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Children--Arizona--Mishongnovi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Mishongnovi...
- August, 1899
- Santa Clara, mother and child.
- Native American (Pueblo, Tewa) woman and child pose outdoors at Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. The woman holds the child and both are wrapped in a fringed blanket. The woman wears wrapped boots and a dress. The photographer's shadow is visible.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--Santa Clara Pueblo--1910-1920.; Santa Clara Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1910]
- Safely's residence
- View of the Safely home in Denver, Colorado. The house has a small porch, decorative trimmed eaves, and shutters.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Safely family--Homes & haunts.
- 1864
- Interior - ornate mantle
- Interior presentation view of a residence in (probably) Denver, Colorado; shows a carved wood fireplace with columns, entablature, and marble.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Mantels--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1893]
- Ań-ti-naints and Wí-chuts
- Two young Native American (Paiute) women, Ańtinaints and Wíchuts, sit together on the ground, The Meadows, southwestern Nevada. Both wear basket hats and heavily fringed buckskin dresses.
- Indians of North America--Nevada--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--Clothing & dress--Nevada--1870-1880.; Meadows, The (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Women--Nevada--1870-1880.; Ań-ti-naints.; Wí-chuts.
- 1874
- Men's & women's rest rooms
- Shows the men's and women's restrooms at the Denver Municipal Airport (later Stapleton International Airport) in Denver, Colorado. The building is a single story brick structure with a slate shingle roof.
- Denver Municipal Airport--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Airports--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Public comfort stations--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Sunflower Carnival
- A woman poses in a wooden cart decorated with a flag on Cascade Avenue, part of the Flower Carnival in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The cart is hitched to a horse and two burros. The woman wears a robe and a cloth hat. Trolley tracks...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Animal teams--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [August, 1898]
- C.C.R.R.
- View of Colorado Central Railroad tracks in Jefferson County, Colorado, in snow.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1860-1870.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Near 38th avenue & Utica street - DTC North Division barns (side visible at left) with Berkeley - Elitch car no. 64 and Leyden car no. 68
- View of Denver Tramway Company trolley, Berkeley - Elitch number 64, followed by Leyden number 68 in Denver, Colorado; shows a team of horses and wagon in front of building with sign: "The Leyden Coal Co. Retail Yard Phone 357 Main." and railroad...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Indian children, Port Coldwell, Ontario, Canada
- View of a group of Native American Chippewa (Ojibway) children dressed in Euro-American clothing;shows straw hats on the boys and scarfs on the girls.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Ojibwa Indians--1900-1910.; Boys--1900-1910.; Children--1900-1910.; Girls--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Black Lake, Blue River Mts.
- View of Black Lake with a log house and mountains in the distance, Summit County, Colorado.
- Black Lake (Summit County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Summit County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Summit County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Durango
- Ariel view of the town of Durango (La Plata County) and the Animas River, Colorado.
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1880-1900.; Durango (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Durango--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Durango--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- CB&Q train, engine number 5129, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, eastbound; 64 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: east of Hudson, Colo., January 31, 1937.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1937.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Hudson.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1937
- CB&Q train, engine number 6169, engine type 2-10-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars, 30 MPH. Photographed: west of Edgemont, S. D., October 22, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--South Dakota--Edgemont.; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
- 1939
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars, 488 helping. Photographed: below Cumbres, Colo., July 3, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 488, engine type 2082 and engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars. Photographed: Cumbres, Colo., July 3, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars. Photographed: west of Coxo, Colo., May 28, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coxo.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars, 486 helping in train. Photographed: near Los Pinos, Colo., May 28, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Los Pinos.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 489, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound;, 64 cars, 486 helping in train. Photographed: east of Cumbres, Colo., May 28, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1939
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound; 64 cars, 488 helping. Photographed: approaching Cumbres, Colo., July 3, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cumbres.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 485, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, Westbound; 64 cars, 488 helping in train. Photographed: above Los Pinos, Colo., July 3, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Los Pinos.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1938