Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Leadville Opera House project, 1933
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House original scenery. Painted by Muriel Wolle as part of her University of Colorado scenery project, the painting depicts two women in togas on pedestals flanking a center pedestal...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Interior view of the Tabor Opera House stage in Leadville, Colorado. The lighted stage has a painted flat of a Rococo room interior with an ornate doorway, a fireplace with a mirror, marble columns framed by a painted tasselled curtain. The set was...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- This view of the Tabor Opera House stage flats in Leadville, Colorado includes original flats used for forest and garden sets with tropical vegetation and a satyr. The set is part of Muriel Wolle's University of Colorado scenery project in which a...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Meal wagon, woman & baby
- A woman holds a baby in her lap while she stirs the contents of a large jar (pottery). She is seated in front of a meal wagon; in front of her is a log, debris and a coffee pot.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Chuckwagons--Colorado--1890-1910.; Infants--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- San Ildefonzo buffalo dance
- Native American (San Ildefonso Pueblo) men and boys perform a buffalo dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. The dancers wear buffalo or feather headdresses, kilts or pants, and shirts or body paint. Some dancers represent buffalo and lean...
- Buffalo dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1910-1920.; San Ildefonso...
- 1910
- Messenger with his bicycle
- A man poses with his bicycle near a building in Denver, Colorado. He wears a cardigan sweater and a peaked cap that reads: "222".
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bicycles & tricycles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Messengers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Cemetery
- View of gravestones and grave sites in Colorado. The tombstones read: "Violet Ray Dag. of [?] and F. E. Gorham Dec. 15 1895 Aug. 6 1900" and "Benjamin F. Scudder 1888-1898."
- Cemeteries--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--1900-1910.; Dag, Violet Ray--Tomb.; Gorham, F. E.--Tomb.; Scudder, Benjamin F., 1888-1898--Tomb.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Colo. Midland Presidential special no. 15
- Shows the Colorado Midland engine no. 15, the Presidential Special locomotive and train, on the tracks in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. This train carried President Theodore Roosevelt through Colorado to New Castle. The front of the...
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Journeys.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver & Northwestern RR ticket office - Arvada
- Shows the ticket office and station buildings of the Denver and Northwestern Railroad company in Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. The buildings are wooden with batten siding and gable roofs. Wood spools, railroad tracks and ties, metal grates,...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Arvada (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1910.; Ticket offices--Colorado--Arvada--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Colo. Midland Presidential New Castle
- View of Colorado Midland train and engine no. 15, the Presidential Special, on the tracks in New Castle (Garfield County), Colorado. The front of the locomotive is decorated with a shield and bunting. The train depot and Burning Mountain are in the...
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Journeys.; Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1910.; Burning Mountain (Garfield County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; New Castle (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Festive decorations--Colorado--New Castle--1890-1910.; Railroad...
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Group of people on mountain road near Georgetown, Colo.
- A group of men pose for a photo on a mountain road near Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado. They all wear suits, vests, ties and hats.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver & Rio Grande roundhouse in Gunnison, Colorado
- A railroad engine is parked just inside of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company ten stall roundhouse in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The roundhouse is a single story brick building with smoke stacks and railroad tracks that lead out...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.; Railroad roundhouses--Colorado--Gunnison--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Rodeo
- Spectators watch from the stands as a rodeo contestant rides a bucking bronco at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Laramie county), Wyoming.
- Cheyenne Frontier Days--1900-1910.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Broncos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Rodeos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Spectators--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Military parade old & new regimented colors of First Colo. Infantry
- Members of the First Colorado Infantry, who include Dick Holmes, march in a parade on 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Spectators line the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "C. C. Richards," "Rock Island Restaurant Best Meals 15...
- Holmes, Dick.; United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Infantry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [1899, September 14]
- Military 1st Colo. Infantry Brig. Gen I. Hale in parade
- Members of the First Colorado Infantry, who include Brigadier General Irving Hale, march in a parade on 17th (Seventeenth) Street in Denver, Colorado. Spectators line the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "C. C. Richards," "Rock Island...
- United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st--People--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Infantry--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Hale, Irving, 1861-1930.
- [1899, September 14]
- Estes Park Hotel
- View of the Estes Park Hotel and Cafe in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The two-story wood and brick building has a balcony and lettering on the windows that reads: "Estes Park Hotel" and "Estes Park Cafe."
- Estes Park Hotel--1930-1940.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Estes Park--1930-1940.; Restaurants--Colorado--Estes Park--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Mount of the Holy Cross, ascending the Cross, looking up
- Three men stand on a snowbank of Mount of the Holy Cross, Eagle County, Colorado. Shows a barren rocky slope.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountaineering--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.
- [18]97 August 15
- Chinese fishing village, Monterey
- View of a Chinese American fishing village near the Pacific Ocean in Monterey County, California. One and two story buildings and houses are surrounded by bamboo shoot fences. Children stand in the door of a building with a balcony. Horses stand...
- Monterey County (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Fishing--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.; Houses--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.; Villages--California--Monterey County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Suffolk Mine, San Miguel Co., Colo.
- A group of miners pose near the mouth of the Suffolk Mine in San Miguel County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes and hats. Some men sit on the slope of the hill above the mine entrance. Others stand around an ore car.
- San Miguel County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Suffolk Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Miners--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--San Miguel County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Miners at Rugby Mine
- Two men stand near a headframe and mining equipment at the Rugby Mine in Huerfano County, Colorado. The workers stand near barrels and a boiler mechanism.
- Huerfano (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rugby Mine (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Coal mining--Colorado--Huerfano--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Huerfano--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Park Regent Mine, Creede, Colo.
- Men pose on piles of wood near the Park Regent Mine near Creede in Teller County, Colorado. Shows tree stumps, deforested area, and logs stacked in piles. A large mine building is nearby. A woman sits on a horse.
- Park Regent Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- 1896 July 15
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of restaurant in a canvas tent on a rustic log frame in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado; the canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- North Main Street, North from 4th St., Pueblo, Colo.
- View of North Main Street in Pueblo, (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a commercial street lined with multi-story brick and stone buildings (including the Pueblo Opera House) and two rows of street railway tracks in center of street. Shows...
- Grand Vodevil (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; City & town life--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Opera House block & Main St looking north, Pueblo
- View of the Opera House block on Main Street in Pueblo, (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows a commercial street lined with multi-story brick and stone buildings, including the Pueblo Opera House, and two rows of street railway tracks in center of...
- First National Bank (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Vodevil (Pueblo, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.; Theaters--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Pueblo
- View of bustling Main Street in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, horse-drawn carriages, cars, pedestrians, bicyclists, trolley tracks and electric street lights. Signs on buildings read: "Calkins-White Furniture,"...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Main & Fourth St. Grand Junction, Colo.
- Panoramic view of buildings in downtown Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado, and the intersection of Main Street and 4th (Fourth) Street. People, a street car, automobiles, and horse-drawn wagons are in the street. Women with dresses and hats,...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; City & town life--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1906?]
- An Immense body of oil shale, near Grand Valley, Colorado
- Men wear overalls, jackets, and hats and pose on a rocky trail in probably Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Canvas tents are near scrub, trees, and talus. Shows steep, layered shale cliffs.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917]
- 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
- Advertising - Billboards
- Three men stand near a billboard that advertises Cudahy's Soap possibly in Colorado. The billboard reads: "Cudahy's Diamond 'G' Soap, the C Mark, Does Better Work and Goes Further Than Any Other Laundry Soap." Two of the men wear work clothes and...
- Billboards--1890-1900.
- 1897, September 29
- Sopris club
- Men work on the construction of the clubhouse at the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company coal camp of Sopris (Las Animas County), Colorado. The building is a concrete block structure with a low pitched, hipped roof. Prominent buttresses support the two...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Buildings--1890-1920.; Sopris (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Clubhouses--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.; Coal Mining--Colorado--Sopris--1890-1920.;...
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Ridgeway
- View of the town of Ridgeway in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows wood frame houses and a church. Mountains are in the distance.
- Ridgeway (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ridgeway--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Boy on horseback
- A boy in a shirt, pants, suspenders and a hat and poses on horseback probably near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a lariat attached to the saddle.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Concentrating tables
- Interior view of probably the Gold King Mill in Gladstone (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows a row of concentrating machinery, a staircase, and an open beam ceiling.
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gladstone--1880-1910.
- [between 1885 and 1920?]
- Walden, Colo.
- View of the three story North Park Bank in Walden (Jackson County), Colorado. Shows random-coursed ashlar, battlements, dentils and arched windows. Signs read: "The North Park Ban[k]," "1912" and "100 F."
- Walden (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Banks--Colorado--Walden--1910-1930.
- [between 1913 and 1925?]
- Lakewood elementary school evacuation
- Children stand on a sidewalk beside cars after an evacuation at Lakewood Elementary School in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. Children and teachers or parents wear rain coats and scarves or hats. A license plate reads: "D11 3818, Colorado,...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Automobiles--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Evacuations--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Families--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; School children--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.
- 1957 May 15
- Lakewood Elementary School
- Interior view of a classroom at Lakewood Elementary School in Lakewood (Jefferson County), Colorado. A woman, probably a teacher, wears a one piece button-down dress and sits beside a table piled with stacks of books. Boys and a woman with a head...
- Lakewood (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Classrooms--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.; Teachers--Colorado--Lakewood--1950-1960.
- 1957 May 15
- Lake City, Colo.
- View of smoldering ruins of buildings after a fire in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. A boy is beside burned wood from houses or businesses. Shows utility poles, wires and a church with a steeple nearby.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.
- 1901 June 15
- Lake City, Colo.
- Men wear suits and hats and stand beside smoldering ruins of a brick building after a fire in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Smoke rises from piles of wood debris in probably a business district. Snow is on nearby houses.
- Lake City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.; Ruins--Colorado--Lake City--1900-1910.
- 1901 June 15
- Plant of the Northern Colorado Power Co. at Lafayette
- View of the construction of the three-story, brick Northern Colorado Power Company plant in Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. The power plant has stone quoins and lintels. Piles of lumber and metal parts, probably for steam generators, are at...
- Northern Colorado Power Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Lafayette (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Lafayette--1900-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Lafayette--1900-1910.
- [1907?]
- Recen
- View of frame houses and road grades in the mountains above the mining town of Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings with false fronts, mine buildings and tailings piles. Identification: "1. Stable owned by Prior...
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cites & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Recen--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1895?]
- Glenwood Springs
- View of buildings in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows commercial buildings, a church spire, the Hotel Colorado and tree-covered mountains in the distance.
- Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.
- 1898 May 15
- Vapor cave near Glenwood Springs
- View of a wooden walkway and a brick bathhouse on the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon near Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Stairs lead up to Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company tracks. Shows a man near the walkway and a road...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- 1898 May 15
- Mary Azuba Smith Kennicott, wife of Frank Kennicott. Mother of Eugenia and Anna
- Mary Azuba Smith Kennicott reads a letter at the Kennicott Ranch in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; a cat is in her lap. Interior decor includes book shelves and lace curtains.
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cats--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Reading--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Beckwith guest house Indian room
- Interior view of the Beckwith residence in (probably) Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado; decor includes Native American rugs, pottery, and baskets. A bust of a man with a claw necklace is on a pedestal.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Rooms & spaces--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1903?]
- Arrow, Colorado
- Passengers stand and walk around the log depot at Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado. The men are dressed in suits and hats and the women have on long dresses and bonnets. The station features horizontal logs with a decorative triangular pattern under...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Arrow--1900-1920.
- 1911
- School building, Brush, Colo.
- The one-story brick school in Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, has a hipped gable roof, stone sills, and a diagonally paned transom over the entry topped by a sign reading: School.
- Brush (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Schools--Colorado--Brush--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1929]
- Corona School, probably 8th grade
- Class portrait (7th or 8th grade) on the steps of the Corona School (now Dora Moore Elementary School) in Denver, Colorado. Students identified are: 2. Susie Fulenwider, 3. Esther Collins, 4. Edythe Hallbeck, 5. Jessie Kennicott, 6. Ginny Montoya,...
- Corona School (Denver, Colo.)--People--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; School children--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1914
- Larimer St. looking west from City Hall
- A crowd lines Larimer Street during the "City Hall War," a dispute over Fire and Police Board appointments, in Denver, Colorado. Men on horseback and a street car make their way down the street. Signs on nearby buildings read: "Circuit Railroad...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Municipal government--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1894, March 15
- City Hall War
- A crowd stands on Market Street near City Hall, part of the "City Hall War," a dispute over Fire and Police Board appointments, in Denver, Colorado. Horse-drawn wagons are on the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Crowds--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Municipal government--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1894, March 15
- [One] 1 p. m. crowd at City Hall
- Members of the Colorado Infantry stand in a line near City Hall, during the "City Hall War" over appointments to the Fire and Police Boards, in Denver, Colorado. Spectators and cannons are nearby on the street and sidewalk.
- United States. Army. Colorado Infantry Regiment, 1st--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Howitzers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1894, March 15