Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Brighton pioneers
- These South Platte Valley pioneers, probably at the Hagus homestead in Brighton, Colorado, include men women, and children in sack suits, bowlers, puff shouldered blouses and jabot collars. They are identified as: back row, left to right, Nick...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Picnics--Colorado--Brighton--1880-1900.
- [between 1888 and 1891]
- Family in Georgetown, Colorado
- A man, a woman, and children pose for a portrait on a porch beside a clapboard house in probably Silverdale (Clear Creek County), Colorado. Mr. Sam Bruce has a pipe and wears a derby hat, a vest over a shirt, and probably a fabric watch chain. A...
- Silver Dale (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Families--Colorado--Silver Dale--1880-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Silver Dale--1880-1900.; Bruce, Arabell.; Bruce, Mary Alberta.; Bruce, Murray.; Bruce, Sam.; Bruce, Will.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Guyot's Assay Office
- Men stand and pose in front of the log "Guyot's Assay Office" building in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men wear vests or jackets and hats. One man holds probably a canvas bag; another man holds probably a baseball bat. Shows log cabins,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Assaying--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1891?]
- Coal mine
- People pose on a dirt road beside a coal processing plant probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A group of women and girls wear white dresses and veils or dark dresses and hats, probably dressed for a first communion. Men are on a...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Women--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Cripple Creek
- Three members of the Colorado National Guard pose on horseback in the Cripple Creek mining district (Teller County), Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. Probably Colonel Verdeckberg is first in the row, on a horse with...
- Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cavalry--Colorado--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1900-1910.; Military officers--Colorado--Teller...
- [1903]
- Chinese miners Idaho Springs
- Dr. James Underhill poses with Chinese-American miners (probably) in the Colorado School of Mines' Edgar Experimental Mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. One man holds a saw.
- Chinese-Americans--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1920-1930.; Underhill, James, PhD.; Colorado School of Mines (Golden,...
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- School children
- A group of children and a man pose on a porch of a clapboard building for probably a school picture, probably at Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. A soldier, possibly a teacher, sits and poses with a girl, holds a book, and wears a military...
- Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; School children--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Soldiers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Forestry rangers
- Men sit on rusticated stone walls or stand and pose on a staircase of a brick and stone building with an arched entry and a central keystone. The men wear suits, ties, derby hats or caps or probably park ranger's uniforms with flat-brimmed hats and...
- Buildings--1890-1910.; Men--1890-1910.; Rangers--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Redlands Power & Irrigation Company, Grand Junction, Colorado
- Interior view of the Redlands Power and Irrigation Company office at number 19 Reed Building, Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. A woman, Miss Larson, has short hair, sits at a table, and wears probably a silk blouse with a handkerchief, a...
- Redlands Power and Irrigation Company (Grand Junction, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Office workers--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1930.; Offices--Colorado--Grand...
- 1921 June
- Portrait of executives and probably office workers
- Panoramic view of a group of executives and probably office workers near a factory type building probably in Denver, Colorado. The executives sit on wicker and wood furniture and other men stand around them. Most men wear rose corsages pinned to...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Business people--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Office workers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1930?]
- Santa Ana Fiesta, San Luis, Colo.
- Women pose by a fence probably at the Santa Ana Fiesta carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. Cenaida Roybal Manzanares in a dark dress and her head covered with a manta leans on the fence. To her left is Francisca Manzanares Quintana,...
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Manzanares, Cenaida Roybal--Pictorial works.; Quintana, Francisca Manzanares--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- 1950 September
- Magdalena Martinez Arellano, center with her adoptive parents, Porfirio and Teodora Trujillo.
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Magdalena Martinez Arellano with her adoptive parents Porfirio and Teodora Trujillo, in, probably, Southern Colorado. Magdalena wears a pleated dress with slightly puffed sleeves and a high waist. Her father...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Families.; Girls.; Arellano, Magdalena Martinez--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Porfirio--Pictorial works.; Trujillo, Teodora--Pictorial works.; Adoptive parents--Colorado--Pictorial...
- ca.1912
- Elks Club musicians, Grand Junction
- Men wear tuxedos and top hats, hold musical instruments, and stand beside a horse-drawn coach decorated with flowers, garlands, fabric bunting, and wheel covers in probably Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Horses have harnesses with attached...
- Elks (Fraternal order)--People--1880-1900.; Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.; Musicians--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- As we returned from a mountain picnic
- Men and women on horseback pose in a row near Saguache (Saguache County), Colorado. Women wear decorative hats and long dresses and sit sidesaddle. Men wear suits with ties and hats. A frame cabin with a chimney and fallen trees on a hillside are...
- Saguache (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Saguache--1880-1890.; Men--Colorado--Saguache--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Saguache--1880-1890.; Mugrage, Minnie.
- 1884 June 19
- Red Mountain after the fire, Aug. 12, 1892
- View of frame buildings and tailings piles at Red Mountain (Ouray County), Colorado. Men stand beside a log cabin with a canvas tent roof. Shows charred tree stumps and probably burned building foundations. Log cabins and frame structures, and...
- Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Red Mountain--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Red Mountain--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Red Mountain--1890-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Red Mountain--1890-1900.
- [1892]
- First ground broke [sic] for street car line
- Men pose beside mules, horses, and a dog on probably College Avenue on University Hill in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Mules and horses are harnessed to probably grading equipment for a street car track line. Shows brick Victorian houses and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction workers--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.;...
- 1899 March 3
- Potato or onions harvest
- Men pose with burlap bags of probably potatoes, in (probably) western Colorado. Hills and bluffs are in the background.
- Harvesting--1900-1910.; Potatoes--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- A man looking at a little settlement in the mountains
- A man walks on a rocky slope overlooking an unidentified community probably in Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings, log structures, and an industrial building probably associated with mining. Mountains are in the distance.
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1900-1910.
- 1902
- Men and horses
- Men and a boy pose beside saddled horses in a meadow probably in western Colorado. Horses carry ropes and probably bedrolls and camping gear. Men wear hats and gloves.
- Horses--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Slide Lake
- View of an oil shale cliff, probably in the Roan Cliffs, and logs on a lake, possibly on the Colorado River, identified as Slide Lake, probably in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows talus snow on the mesa.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Mesas--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Trick photo of cabin
- View of a log cabin with a low-pitched roof on a hill in probably Garfield County, Colorado. Probably a barn is attached to the cabin. A shed and pile of logs are near the cabin.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Coal mine
- View of an unidentified coal processing mill in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame coal mill, timber scaffolding, a brick powerhouse with smokestacks, and piles of lumber on the ground near buildings. Smoke rises from coke ovens...
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal camp
- View of railroad tracks and frame buildings in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows probably a covered tipple and coal cars on railroad tracks, and a pile of I beams on the ground nearby.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal Mine, Tercio?
- View of a coal mine processing plant in probably Tercio (Las Animas County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably a power house. Shows coal trams and railroad tracks, a tipple, and frame or brick houses and mine buildings.
- Tercio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Tercio--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- Men stand on a tipple and pose at a coal processing plant in probably Las Animas County, Colorado. Shows a frame house, a coal chute beside Denver & Rio Grande Railroad freight cars and probably a coal tram.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Coal mine
- View of buildings at probably a coal processing plant near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a tipple, an elevator, and probably a washer building.
- Las Animas County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Coal mining--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.; Tipples--Colorado--Las Animas County--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915?]
- Oil [sic] pipeline
- View of probably water pipelines, a settlement, an earthen dam, hogback formations, in probably Chase County, Nebraska.
- Penstocks--Nebraska--Chase County--1940-1950.; Pipelines--Nebraska--Chase County--1930-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Georgetown "Boosters" parade
- View of a parade at the intersection of 6th (Sixth, Alpine) Street and probably Taos Street in Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A man wears probably a World War I uniform and holds a United States flag. People wear blackface, carry a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.
- 1920?
- Fort Lewis, people on stage
- People stand and pose on a stage for (probably) graduation ceremonies at Fort Lewis High School (later Fort Lewis College) in Hesperus (La Plata County), Colorado. The stage is decorated with a banner that reads "Ever Onward", a Colorado state...
- Fort Lewis High School (Hesperus, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Hesperus (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Hesperus--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1913?]
- Football team
- A football team sits and poses for a group portrait on a staircase in front of a building entrance probably in western Colorado. Young men wear knickers with elastic at the knee, leather boots, shoulder pads under striped sweaters and leather...
- Football players--Colorado--1910-1920.; Students--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Rifle area parade
- Men wear embroidered coats and hats, hold spears and pose on horseback beside a car in probably a parade in Garfield County, Colorado. Girls and a man pose in a car decorated probably with crepe paper in the shape of a heart and polka dots. A moose...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Garfield County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Unidentified family group
- A woman and children pose for a group portrait on a porch in probably western Colorado. Probably the mother sits and girls and a boy stand nearby. Girls wear plaid or dogtooth patterned dresses with ruffled collars or ties. A boy wears a shirt with...
- Children--1890-1910.; Families--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Cimarron Canon, D. & R.G. Ry.
- View of narrow gauge tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad in what is identified as Cimarron Canyon probably in Montrose County, Colorado. Shows railroad tracks and a trestle probably over the Cimarron River, rock formations, trees and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1870-1890.; Cimarron River (Montrose County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Montrose County--1870-1890.; Rivers--Colorado--Montrose...
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Gates
- Men stand beside the open hood of a car and look at a rubber belt, probably a car engine part manufactured at the Gates Rubber Company in Denver, Colorado. A workman wears a mechanic's pants suit; probably a customer wears a suit, tie and hat.
- Gates Rubber Company--Products--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1945?]
- Colorado fluorspar
- View of mine buildings of Colorado Fluorspar in probably Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows elevators, head frames, smokestacks ore car tracks and cars parked beside a building at probably a floatation mill or processing plant.
- Fluorspar industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Salida (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Salida--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Portrait of a woman
- Studio bust portrait of a woman in a dress with a pleated panel, probably over a corset. Shows standing puffed sleeves and pointed cuffs, a broach and probably a watch chain.
- Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Portrait of a family
- Studio portrait of a family. The woman stands and poses with an arm around a child, probably a girl, who wears probably a vest over a checkered dress with a ruffled collar. The woman has bangs curled under and wears a dress with a patterned velvet...
- Families--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Troop B & C
- Troops B and C of the Colorado National Guard pose on horseback for a group portrait at probably Camp Goldfield in Victor (Teller County), Colorado during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men wear uniforms, hats and gauntlets and pose...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1903]
- Placer mining
- Men pose near monitor nozzles probably for a U.S. Gold Placers mining operation near the San Miguel River in Montrose County or San Miguel County, Colorado. Piles of large rocks anchor the nozzles and the water pipe that supplies the monitors.
- Gold mining.; Hydraulic mining--1880-1890.; Miners.; Rivers.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Industries construction equipment steam tractor and equipment
- Workmen pose in and near a ditch at a construction site in Denver, Colorado. An M. Rumley and Company steam tractor and a surveyor's transit are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Construction workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Surveying equipment--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Tractors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Group portrait
- Men and women (probably the Buckwalter family) pose on the porch of a building in (probably) Colorado; the women wear hats with ribbons. A door has leaded glass and a fanlight.
- Buckwalter, Harry H.--Family.; Families--Colorado--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Group portrait
- Men and women (probably the Buckwalter family) pose on the porch of a building in (probably) Colorado; the women wear hats with ribbons. A door has leaded glass and a fanlight.
- Buckwalter, Harry H.--Family.; Families--Colorado--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Group portrait
- Women and a man (probably the Buckwalters) pose by a round concrete fountain or arrastra in (probably) Colorado.
- Families--Colorado--1920-1930.; Fountains--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.; Buckwalter, Margaret.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Viewpoint
- A woman and a man (probably the Buckwalters) pose by an automobile in (probably) Colorado; a street lamp is on a concrete curb. Meadows and hills are in the background.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Meadows--Colorado--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.; Buckwalter, Katherine, 1882-1969.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Viewpoint
- A man (probably Harry Buckwalter) poses by an automobile in (probably) Colorado; a street lamp is on a concrete curb. Meadows and mountain peaks are in the background.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Meadows--Colorado--1920-1930.; Men--Colorado--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--1920-1930.; Buckwalter, Harry H.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Frying Pan
- A woman, probably Katherine Buckwalter, sits by a tent near probably Frying Pan Creek in Gunnison County, Colorado. An automobile is parked nearby.
- Frying Pan Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [1924]
- Frying Pan
- A woman, probably Katherine Buckwalter, sits by a tent near probably Frying Pan Creek in Gunnison County, Colorado. An automobile is parked nearby.
- Frying Pan Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [1924]
- Frying Pan
- A woman, probably Katherine Buckwalter, sits by a tent near probably Frying Pan Creek in Gunnison County, Colorado. An automobile is parked nearby.
- Frying Pan Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [1924]
- Frying Pan
- A woman, probably Katherine Buckwalter, sits by a tent near probably Frying Pan Creek in Gunnison County, Colorado. An automobile is parked nearby.
- Frying Pan Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Women--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [1924]
- Frying Pan
- A woman, probably Katherine Buckwalter, reads by a tent near probably Frying Pan Creek in Gunnison County, Colorado. An automobile is parked nearby.
- Frying Pan Creek (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gunnison County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Reading--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Streams--Colorado--Gunnison County--1920-1930.; Tents--Colorado--Gunnison...
- [1924]