Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Mary's Burrito Cafe
- View of 2711-2713 Welton Street in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The building houses the American Legion Wallace Simpson Post number 29 and Mary's Burrito Cafe. The two story brick commercial style building has decorative...
- Mary's Burrito Cafe (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; American Legion. Wallace Simpson Post No. 29 (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Restaurants.; Veteran's organizations.; Mary's Burrito...
- 1981
- Color concepts for Judicial Building mural, Denver, Colorado
- Five, abstract, color drawings that conceptualize the radiance of justice.
- Colors--1970-1980.
- [between 1976 and 1977]
- The Isis Theatre
- Architectural drawing of the Isis Theatre, 1722 Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado (demolished after 1953).
- Theaters--1910-1920.; Isis Theater (Denver, Colo.)
- 1912 May 27
- The Isis Theatre
- Architectural drawing shows basement plan for the Isis Theatre, 1722 Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado (demolished after 1953).
- Theaters--1910-1920.; Isis Theater (Denver, Colo.)
- 1912 May 21
- The Isis Theatre
- Architectural drawing shows longitudinal section of the Isis Theatre, 1722 Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado (demolished after 1953).
- Theaters--1910-1920.; Isis Theater (Denver, Colo.)
- 1912 May 31
- The Isis Theatre
- Architectural drawing shows entrance and lobby for the Isis Theatre, 1722 Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado (demolished after 1953).
- Theaters--1910-1920.; Isis Theater (Denver, Colo.)
- 1912 May 21
- Trinity Methodist Church
- Architectural drawing of Trinity Methodist Church on 18th (Eighteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Methodist churches--1880-1890.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1887 August 3
- Garden of the Gods, Portals of the Gateway
- View of Gate Rock (Gateway Rock), a sandstone formation in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. A dirt path and distant formations are visible.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Treasury Tunnel Mine
- View of cars and a truck parked beside a mill building at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The gold mill and elevator have tar paper siding. A sign posted on the wall reads: "No Admittance, Apply at Office, Sunshine Mining Co.,...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Ore industry--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Treasury Tunnel Mine office & flag
- View of a mine office building at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. The two story building has tar paper siding, and a hipped roof with a sign that reads: "Sunshine Mining Co., Metals Reserve Company." A United States flag is on a...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Flags--American--1930-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Treasury Tunnel Mine bunk house
- View of cars parked in front of a three-story bunk house at the Treasury Tunnel gold Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. A sign on the tar paper sided building reads: "Bunk House." Shows utility wires over the building and snow on the San Juan...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dormitories--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1940-1950.
- [1943?]
- Treasury Tunnel Mine, fire pump
- View of a small, tar paper sided shed with a sign that reads: "Fire Pump" at the Treasury Tunnel Mine in Ouray County, Colorado. Water rushes out of a wooden flume box on the ground. Shows utility poles above the building and San Juan Mountains in...
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Treasury Tunnel Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Flumes--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.; Sheds--Colorado--Ouray County--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Jule Keen in front of tent
- Jule Keen, treasurer of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits in a folding chair in front of a tent in a camp for the show. Another man sits with Keen. Keen wears his coat buttoned at the top and holds a cigar in his right hand. He has a moustache....
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Keen, Jule.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He talks with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a dark hat...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Circustown
- View of a two-story wood frame farmhouse built in 1889, Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado; features a hip roof, roof cresting, lightening rods, weather vane, intersecting gables, imbrication, bay window, shutters and porches; P. T. Barnum...
- Ramboz, Louis--Homes & haunts.; Conifer (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Conifer--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Logan County Fair
- View of an exhibit at the Logan County Fair in Sterling, Colorado; shows contemporary lamp with a round shade on table, a kerosene lamp with fluted globe, an open book next to each lamp, and a cutout of Reddy Kilowatt in center of exhibit. Signs:...
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.; Fairs--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Sterling
- Four children, Doris Vallejos, Phyllis Vallejos, Randy Harper, and Tim Harper bathe Duke, the dog, in a metal washtub in a yard in Sterling, Colorado, in Logan County. The two girls wear dresses; the boys wear cub scout uniforms.
- Sterling (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Dogs--Colorado--Sterling--1960-1970.
- [between 1963 and 1965]
- Flood
- View of the flood along the South Platte River, Denver, Colorado; general view from a helicopter shows the railroad yards south of the 14th (Fourteenth) Street Viaduct, the Colorado and Southern Railway shops, and other facilities with rip tracks...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- June 17, 1965
- He sold a few! 5:45 PM.
- A member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons stands in the entrance of a brick building with glass block windows in Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Sign next to him reads: "Ouray Lodge No. 37 A. F. & A. M., 100th Anniversary (1879-1979) Antique...
- Freemasons. Lodge No. 37 (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Glass blocks--Colorado--Ouray--1970=1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Centennial celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Fraternal organizations--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.
- 1979 September 22
- Nevadaville W. C. Russell Jr. house, winter
- The W. C. Russell residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with side extensions and cross gables. A paned, double hung window in the facing gable matches others on the ground floor, and a flat roofed...
- Russell, W. C.--Homes & haunts.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-=1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- 1938
- Map of the town of Basalt
- Reproduction of map; shows Basalt, Eagle County, Colorado, with street names, lot numbers, water mains, "G. Lucksinger," the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan Rivers.
- Basalt (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1930
- View of wreck from Henry Becker's front door
- View of the remnants of an unidentified mining complex after an explosion on a Sunday morning, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Stranger Horse, South Dakota, Sioux
- Standing portrait of an elderly Native American (Sioux) man, identified as Stranger Horse. He wears moccasins, beaded leggings, a hide shirt with decorative beading and animal tails, and a headdress. He holds a pouch with decorative bead work in...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1930.; Indians of North America--1900-1930.; Aged persons--1900-1930.; Stranger Horse.
- [between 1900 and 1926?]
- Evans block = photo taken on Sunday
- View shows the Evans Block on the Eleven-hundred block of Fifteenth (15th) Street, Denver, Colorado. Signs: "The Pythias Club," "The Hurlbut Grocery Co.," "Lunch, Bill keeps this place, this place keeps Bill," "Special breakfast, pork chops, hot...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street railroad tracks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- May, 1913
- Arapahoe men
- Friday, Sharp Nose, Black Coal, Six Feathers, and other Native American (Arapaho) men pose outdoors with white men at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Some of the Arapahoe men hold rifles, they wear moccasins, leggings, blankets, vests, hair pipe chokers,...
- Arapaho Indians--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--Nebraska--Fort Robinson--1880-1910.; Fort Robinson (Neb.)--1880-1910.; Black Coal.; Sharp Nose.; Six Feathers.; Friday, Bill.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- "Oke Doke" = Plenty Holes at Fort Peck Reservation, Montana
- Portrait of Plenty Holes, "Oke Doke", an elderly Native American Sioux man, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, trousers, and soft hat, in front of a log cabin, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana.
- Dakota Indians--Montana--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Montana--1930-1940.; Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Mont.); Aged persons--Montana--1930-1940.; Plenty Holes.
- August 1936
- "Oke Doke" = Plenty Holes at Fort Peck Reservation, Montana
- Standing portrait of Plenty Holes, "Oke Doke", an elderly Native American Sioux man with a cane, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, trousers, and soft hat, in front of a log cabin, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana.
- Dakota Indians--Montana--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Montana--1930-1940.; Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1930-1940.; Aged persons--Montana--1930-1940.; Plenty Holes.
- August 1936
- Indian burial grounds and Sacajaweas' grave
- View of Wind River Cemetery near Fort Washakie in Wyoming. The graves of Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, Sacagawea, and Bazil stand near one another. They are decorated with U. S. flags. The gravestones read: "Dedicated in the Memory of Baptiste...
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1940.; Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1940.; Fort Washakie (Wyo.)--1930-1940.; Cemeteries--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1930-1940.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Wyoming--Fort...
- [between 1932 and 1940?]
- Sioux pipes
- Native American Sioux peace pipes or calumets decorated with feathers, and bird, animal, and human figures.
- Dakota Indians--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--1850-1860.; Calumets--1850-1860.; Tobacco pipes--1850-1860.
- [1851?]
- Sioux cradles
- View of Native American Sioux cradleboards; shows a decorated cradleboard, a mourning cradleboard filled with grass or reeds, and women on foot and on horseback with cradleboards on their backs.
- Dakota Indians--1850-1860.; Indians of North America--1850-1860.; Cradleboards--1850-1860.; Memorial rites & ceremonies--1850-1860.; Women--1850-1860.
- [1851?]
- Geronimo head cheif [i. e. chief] of the Chiricahua Apaches now on the war path in Seirra [i. e. Sierra] Madres
- Studio portrait (crouching) of Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man. He holds a rifle and wears boot moccasins, a breechcloth, and scarves around his neck.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.
- 1885
- D&RGW train, engine number 1404, engine type 2-10-2
- Freight, westbound; 57 cars, 10 MPH, 3501=3503 pushing. Photographed: leaving Helper, Utah, April 14, 1939.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1939.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Helper.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1939
- St. John's Cathedral choir
- Men and women who include Jay Allen Grubb and Tom Walker, members of the Saint John's Cathedral (Saint John's Church in the Wilderness and Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist) choir pose in the church in Denver, Colorado. The men wear tuxedoes...
- Saint John's Cathedral (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Choirs (Music)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Grubb, Jay Allen.;...
- [between 1920 and 1925?]
- Dept. of Parks and Improvements, Denver, Colorado general plan of Park between Cherry Creek, First Avenue and Clarkson St.
- An original landscape drawing for a park bordered by Cherry Creek, First Avenue and Clarkson Street in Denver, Colorado. The drawing shows a triangular shaped park with shrubs and trees on either side of a path which outlines the perimeter.
- Denver (Colo.). Department of Parks and Improvements.--Equipment & supplies.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Preliminary plan for North Parks, Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Landscape architecture drawing for the proposed North Parks of Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming. Shows plans for a grandstand, ballfield, obelisk, buffalo wallow and enclosure, an airplane field, camp ground, race track, stadium, a golf course,...
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; North Parks (Cheyenne, Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Parks--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Women pose in creek bed beside bridge
- Women stand in a row on rocks in a creek bed and lean on a log bridge. They wear bonnets or straw hats with decorative flowers, long skirts with pleats. One woman wears a lacy apron over a dress, another poses with her fingers curled around her...
- Bridges--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.; Brown, Secil Taylor.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Castle Rock float
- Women and girls participate in a float display in Castle Rock (Douglas County), Colorado. All wear white dresses and bonnets, except for one who wears a crown. Women wear banners with the names of U.S. states; one holds the U.S. flag, and two...
- Castle Rock (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Castle Rock--1900-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Castle Rock--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Castle Rock--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Central City schoolhouse
- A young woman, probably a teacher, stands talking with a small group of children near the steps of the school.; Children play outside in the yard in front of the Clark Elementary School in Central City, Colorado, built in 1901. The stone Central...
- Central City (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Central City--1900- 1920.; School children--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.; Students--Colorado--Central City--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1915?]
- Crow Dog and family at home
- Jerome Crow Dog poses with his family for a group portrait in front of a teepee. The group includes three women and a young girl in the back row, each wearing blankets wrapped around their shoulders, and four small children in the front row. Crow...
- Crow Dog, Jerome--Family--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Crow Dog, Jerome.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- 1891
- Mr Nate Salsbury compliments D.F. Barry
- Six small, oval frames on a larger image include bust portraits of Gall, John Grass, Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face, Curley, and a photo of Sitting Bull's Camp.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Curly.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.; Rain in the Face, ca. 1835-1905.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Grass, John.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- William F. Cody and group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of a tent, probably in Paris, with a group of people, including Sioux Chief Rocky Bear at the far left of the group holding a war club in his right hand. He also has one feather on the back of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Cody with soldiers
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center midground holding the hand of a small Native American child while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. A large group of soldiers from the...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- William Cody with group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits with a group of people in front of a tent adorned with two large American flags and a stuffed buffalo head mounted above its entrance. Cody wears a derby hat and suit. The woman standing at the far left...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Mrs. Edward Kidder with group in front of teepee
- Mrs. Edward Kidder, nicknamed "Polly Pry," stands in the center of a group of Native American men and children in front of a teepee set up in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear...
- Indians of North America--Children.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Women--1890-1900.; American Horse, Dakota Chief, 1840-1908.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Rocky Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Chiefs of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- A group of seven Native American chiefs poses in front of a teepee in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in England. Several of the men are wearing feather headdresses. Included in the group are Flies Above on the far left and Standing Bear...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tribal chiefs--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Flies Above.; Red Shirt.; Standing Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- E Bar 7 Ranch cater meals Teddy Schaffer, Roy Miller, Jack Stromberg, Hal Dahl, Sr, Tim Tyler
- Men identified left to right as Teddy Schaffer, Roy Miller, Jack Stromberg, and Hal Dahl, Sr., members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies, pose near a chuck wagon. Two of the men hold trays with food, one holds a cup of coffee. Lettering on the...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Chuckwagons--Colorado--1940-1950.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.
- 1949 July
- D&RGW
- View of Texas Company oil tank cars on Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks on a bridge in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Tank cars read "TCX" and are numbered 77, 70 and 76. Tank car 70 has a double dome. Shows the shadow of the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Texas Company--Equipment & supplies--1940-1950.; Antonito (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.; Railroad tank cars--Colorado--Antonito--1940-1950.;...
- 1948 December 9
- Court elevation an office building, Dr. J.C. Blickensderfer, Denver, Colo.
- This item (1 of 117) is from Frank E. Edbrooke's Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1537). This drawing shows elevation details of outer wall facing Court Street of the California Building (Seventeenth and California Streets,...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.); Buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Blickensderfer, J.; California Building (Denver, Colo.)
- [19--?]
- An office building for Dr. J.C. Blickensderfer, Denver, Colo. California Street elevation, alley elevation, section through alley wall [and] section through front wall
- This item (1 of 117) is from Frank E. Edbrooke's Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1537). This drawing shows outer wall details and cross sections of the California Building (Seventeenth and California Streets, Central Business...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.); Buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Blickensderfer, J.; California Building (Denver, Colo.)
- [19--?]
- Transverse section of a six story and basement office for H. Blickensderfer details of vestibule doors, elevation of bulletin board [and] elevation of doors between corridor and stores
- This item (1 of 117) is from Frank E. Edbrooke's Architectural Drawing 1888-1926 collection (C MSS WH1537). This drawing shows details of and materials for the outer vestibule doors, doors between corridor and stores, bulletin board in vestibule...
- Central Business District (Denver, Colo.); Denver (Colo.); Buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Blickensderfer, J.; California Building (Denver, Colo.)
- [19--?]