Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1210 Speer Boulevard
- View of the southeast elevation of 1210 Speer Boulevard in the Civic Center neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The two-story blond brick building has a faded sign painted on the brick that reads in part: "Hat Renovators since 1873."
- Civic Center neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Commercial facilities.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Civic Center neighborhood (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1999
- 1873 Corbett, Hoye & Co.'s Directory of the City of Denver for 1873 Volume 1
- After the conclusion of the Brunot Treaty of 1873, Ouray, subchiefs, white friends, brought to Washington
- Portrait of Native American Utes and whites in Washington D. C. after the Brunot Agreement was signed giving miners access to the San Juan Mountains in Colorado. "Front row, left to right: Guero, Chipeta, Ouray, Piah (Ouray's brother), second row:...
- Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Government relations--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Treaties--Washington D.C.)--1870-1880.; Brunot...
- [1874]
- Agent for four million acres of the lands of the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railway Companies
- Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company.; Kansas Pacific Railway Company.; Railroad land grants--Colorado.; Colorado 1873.; Colorado--History--to 1876.
- [1873?]
- Ancient ruins in the Canon de Chelle [sic]
- View of the White House, Ancestral Puebloan Native American (Anasazi) ruins at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Men stand and pose on cliff dwellings in a cliff wall niche and on ruins on the canyon floor. Climbing ropes connect the...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1880.; Canyon de Chelly...
- 1873
- Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca range [sic], Arizona
- A man wears a hat, holds a rifle and stands near what is identified as Apache Lake in the White Mountains in Navajo County or Apache County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation), Arizona. Shows steep basalt bluffs and trees on a hillside.
- White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Arapahoe County Hospital, Denver
- View of several brick structures associated with Arapahoe County Hospital (Denver General Hospital) at West 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Cherokee Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows the Training School building with two-tier porch in the distance. The...
- Arapahoe County Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1900.; Nursing schools--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Birds-eye view of Golden, Colorado, 1873
- Golden (Colo.)--Maps.
- 1873
- Birds-eye view of Golden, Colorado, 1873
- Golden (Colo.)--Maps.; Golden (Colo.)--Aerial views.
- 1873
- Black Canon, Colorado River, from camp 8 looking above
- A man sits in a wooden boat with a mast on the edge of the Colorado River in the Black Canyon, Mojave County, Arizona. Shows rocks on a shore beside the river, and steep cliff walls of the Black Canyon near what is identified as "camp 8".
- Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)--1870-1880.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Mojave County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boats--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Expeditions &...
- 1871
- Bust!
- View of a covered wagon with a torn cover that reads: Pikes Peak or Bust. Oxen, one dead and the other wounded with arrows are hitched to the wagon. A man lies beside the wagon, two rifles, a feather, a bull whip and a boot are near his body. A...
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1880.; Miners--Colorado--1870-1880.; Ox teams--Colorado--1870-1880.; Violence--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1873 February
- Canon de Chelle [sic]
- Panoramic view of tents and a camp identified as "Camp Beauty", rock towers and canyon walls in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Tents and possibly a lean-two shelter are on the canyon floor near trees and talus.
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Camping--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National...
- 1873
- Canon of the Colorado River
- Panoramic view of mesa tops and canyon walls near the confluence of the San Juan River and the Colorado River in Kane County and San Juan County, Utah (later Glen Canyon National Recreation Area). Shows probably Navajo Mountain in San Juan County.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Navajo Mountain (Utah)--1870-1880.; San Juan River (Colo.-Utah)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Utah--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Utah--1870-1880.; Rivers--Utah--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the...
- 1873
- Central City after 1st fire of 1874
- View of Central City and Casto Hill, which are blanketed in snow, after the fire of 1874. Gregory Street is at the bottom of a snowy slope, flanked by small, wood-frame houses with snow on their roofs. Lawrence and East High Streets are in the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Fires--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1874
- Central City and Blackhawk, Colorado, 1873
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--Aerial views--Maps.; Central City (Colo.)--Aerial views--Maps.
- 1873
- Central City and Blackhawk, Colorado, 1873
- Central City (Colo.)--Aerial views.; Central City (Colo.)--Maps.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--Aerial views.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--Maps.;
- 1873
- Central City and California Gulch
- View of California Gulch outside of Leadville (or Central City), Colorado; shows a stream, felled timber, and miner's cabins.
- California Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Central City, Colorado
- View of buildings on a hillside in Central City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Shows the stone, two-story High School building with a bell tower and an iron fence, brick and frame commercial buildings on a dirt street, and houses on a barren hillside....
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [1873?]
- Chipeta Monument
- behind him.; John McCook, Chipeta's brother, stands next to the mausoleum dedicated to her in March of 1925. Chipeta was the wife of Ouray, chief of the Utes from 1820 until 1880. The sarcophagus bearing Chipeta's name stands at the site south of...
- Ute Indians--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1940.; Sarcophagi--1920-1940.; Chipeta--Family.; Ouray--Family.; McCook, John, Chief.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Chipeta Monument
- covered in snow. A telephone pole stands in the distance near a railroad track. Horses or cattle stand near the pole. A group of poles, possibly forming a teepee, also stand in the distance. A sign stands in the left background.; The sarcophagus of...
- Ute Indians--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1940.; Sarcophagi--1920-1940.; Chipeta--Family.; Ouray--Family.; McCook, John, Chief.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Chipeta, Ouray, Piah
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Native American (Ute) and white men and women in Washington, D. C. for the Brunot Treaty signing. Left to right- Back row Washington (Northern Ute), Susan (sister of Chief Ouray), Johnson #2 (Susan's...
- Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Government relations--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Treaties--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.; Tribal...
- [1874]
- Cooley's Park, Sierra Blanca Range, Arizona
- View of log buildings and fences at Corydon Eliphalet Cooley's Ranch, Navajo County (later Fort Apache Indian Reservation) Arizona. Livestock, crops and log farm buildings are in a meadow near trees and hillsides of the White Mountains.
- Cooley Ranch (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Navajo County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; White Mountains (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Ranches--Arizona--Navajo County--1870-1880.; Cooley, Corydon Eliphalet--Homes &...
- 1873
- Dr. Bell's Cottage at Manitou, Col.
- Exterior view of the original Briarhurst, in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northwest. This is the residence of the prominent Dr. William Bell, built in 1873. Made of local green Manitou stone, this elegant home has gables, dormers, chimneys,...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Bell, William Abraham--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1873 and 1880?]
- Dr. Chas. Denison
- Studio portrait, head and shoulders, of Charles Denison, physician, climatologist, and specialist in pulmonary diseases; professor, Denver University; president, Denver Medical Association and American Climatological Association; arrived in Denver...
- Physicians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Teachers--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Denison, Charles. 1845-1909.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Ella Bailey
- Studio bust portrait of Ella Bailey, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Bailey's curled bangs and her hair pinned up in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has dense, loose pleats from the shoulder and an...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bailey, Ella, b. ca. 1873.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Entrance, MacGregor Ranch, Estes Park, Colo.
- View of the entrance to the MacGregor Ranch located at 180 MacGregor Avenue, Estes Park, Colo. The 2,931 acres ranch is situated next to Rocky Mountain National Park and still function as a working ranch. A National Register of Historic Places...
- Ranches--Colorado--Estes Park--2000-2010.; Estes Park (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Ranches--Colorado--Estes Park--Pictorial works.; Estes Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; MacGregor Ranch (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2004
- Four pistols
- Four pistols descriptions follow images from right to left. The first pistol was made by H. Aston & Co. from Middletown, Connecticut; U.S. Arsenal. The percussion pistol (US model 1842, military cap lock pistol) is single shot made from walnut with...
- Handguns--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1875]
- Georgetown
- A gravestone in the Georgetown, Clear Creek County, Colorado, cemetery depicts leaves and flowers and reads: "Flippa C. Wife of Edwin M. ??. Died May 9, 1873. Aged 30 Years."
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Georgetown--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Golden, Colorado
- View of businesses in the 1200 block Washington Avenue, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, with Castle Rock and South Table Mountain in the background include a two-story brick block with decorative cornice and stone window hoods, and an awning...
- Golden (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Hardware stores--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Golden--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1890]
- Grand gift concert in aid of the public library of Colorado : at Denver Col. capital gift $20,000.00.
- No. 81346; signed Jno. W. Suitterlin, manager.
- Library finance--Colorado--Denver--To 1876.; Denver (Colo.) 1873.; Denver (Colo.)--To 1876.
- [1873]
- Historic Spanish record of the conquest south side of Inscription Rock, N.M.
- Close-up view of a Spanish inscription carved in the sandstone at Inscription Rock (El Morro National Monument), New Mexico. The English translation reads: "By this place passed Ensign Don Joseph de Payba Basconzelos, in the year in which he held...
- El Morro National Monument (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Inscription Rock (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--El Morro National Monument--1870-1880.; Graffiti--New Mexico--El Morro National Monument--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West...
- 1873
- Holladay Street
- View of Holladay Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows ornate office buildings and storefronts. One has letters in the mitred cornice reading: "J. P. Fink Block 1873." A horsecar has letters: "North Denver."
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Houltsen Ranch and Stage Stop
- Photograph taken by Y.A Realle of the Holthusen Ranch and stage stop located three miles north of Como, Colorado. The area was settled on April 4, 1873. Included in the picture are several of the ranch buildings, family members, and an...
- 1881 August 25
- Idaho Springs
- A rectangular headstone-for-two, at the cemetery in Idaho Springs, Colorado, features a bas-relief of an unidentified object above an inscription which reads: "Louise E. Kientz, Born July 19, 1873. Died May 22, 1874.," and beneath, "Blancha...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1969]
- Las Animas county courthouse complex looking west side
- View of Las Animas County courthouse in Trinidad, Colorado, a municipal building of local sandstone with classic entablature. Evergreens are at the corner in the foreground and on either side of the west entrance; vehicles on Maple Street include a...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Courthouses--Colorado--Trinidad--1969-1970.
- July 1966
- Mautchick, Utah
- A studio portrait (standing) of Mautchick, a young Native American chief (Muache Ute), a delegate to Washington, D.C. in 1873. He has martin fur wrapped braids, metal hoop earrings, a short beaded hair pipe breastplate, a woven and beaded tunic...
- Indians of North America--1860-1880.; Moache Indians--1860-1880.; Ute Indians--1860-1880.; Clothing & dress--1860-1880.; Tribal chiefs--1860-1880.; Mautchick.; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
- [between 1869 and 1874.]
- Methodist church
- A brick Methodist church in Canon City, Colorado, has an angular, gambrel line, with crossed gables, finials, arched windows with stone sills and voussoirs, half-timbering on the doors, and a stone foundation. The transom and stained glass have...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Methodist church, Canon City
- This brick Methodist church in Canon City, Colorado, has an angular, gambrel line, finials, arched windows with stone sills and voussoirs, half-timbering on the doors, and a stone foundation. The transom and stained glass have rosettes, and an...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1880?]
- Modoc indians
- Group studio portrait of Native Americans (Modoc) Shacknasty Jim, Steamboat Frank, Scar-faced Charley, and Toby Riddle (Winema), with her husband, white man Frank Riddle and their son Jeff Riddle. The Native American men wear costumes of fringed...
- Indian interpreters--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Boys--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.; Scarface Charlie.; Shacknasty Jim.; Steamboat Frank.; Winema, Modoc Chieftainess, 1842-1932.; Riddle, Frank.;...
- [1876?]
- Office of the City and County Hospital
- A group of men sit in an office of Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. A man sits in a chair near a telephone switchboard. Another man sits on a desk near a sign that reads: "County Hospital, 1873." A spittoon is on the floor near a man's...
- Denver General Hospital--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Office workers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Offices--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- 1907 October
- Old Arapahoe School
- Men dangle a wheelbarrow from the roof of the Arapahoe School in Denver, Colorado. The arched windows have had the frames removed.
- Arapahoe School (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- 1955 February 24
- Old County Jail, Walsenburg, Colo.
- View of Huerfano County Jail northwest of Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, built by P. Chappel, of rock with a low curved roof. Sign lists county officers for the year 1878: "R. Pacheco, J. B. Hudson, Ben J. Doss, Com.; C. O. Unfug, C. Clerk,...
- Walsenburg (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Walsenburg--1890-1900.
- May 10, 1893
- One of the earliest school buildings
- Men pose near a public school probably at 28th (Twenty-eighth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado. A relief on the school reads: "Public School 1873."
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Schools--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1873 and 1881?]
- Owen E. Lefevre House
- Exterior photograph of the Owen E. Lefevre House located in Denver, Colorado. Constructed prior to 1896, the two-story brick residence has a raised basement and porch walls of stone. A large hipped roof dormer incorporating the attic level is...
- Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Undated
- Pinewood School District No. 19, Rattlesnake Park Pinewood, Colo.
- View of Pinewood, Larimer County, Colorado, shows the frame schoolhouse with a shingle roof, inset porch, double hung windows, and a sign: "Pine Wood School Dist No 19." It was built in 1873 by Amos Penoyer, a pioneer rancher.
- Penoyer, Amos--Homes & haunts.; Pinewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Pinewood--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Section of south side of Zuni pueblo, N.M.
- A Native American (Zuni) man stands and poses beside multi-story stone and adobe pueblos at Zuni, New Mexico. Buildings have ladders, roofs with timber rafters (vigas), gutters and chimney pots.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-188o.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.; Zuni (N.M.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--New Mexico--Zuni--1870-1880.;...
- 1873
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Central City, Colorado, built in 1873, overlooks the gable and shingles of a house. The granite, gothic revival structure, which is built into the side of a hill, has a tall steeple and side tower, a gabled roof, and...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Central City--1900-1910.
- 1901
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Central City
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church is loacted on East High Street in Central City, Colorado. The granite, gothic revival structure was built in 1873 to replace the original church, which burned in the fire of 1873. The masonry building, built into the...
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Central City, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Central City--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Thayer's map of Colorado
- Colorado--Historical geography--Maps.; Denver (Colo.) 1873.
- c1873
- Thayer's map of Colorado
- Colorado--Maps.;
- c1873