Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Christmas decorations house exterior
- Christmas decorations, the three wise men and their camels, line the front lawn of a home. An address on the front of the home reads: "2750"; it has a red tile roof and a small tree is in the front yard.
- Christmas decorations--1900-1950.; Houses--1900-1950.
- [between 1900 and 1950?]
- Zang's Hotel, Creede, Colo.
- People stand in a row in front of "Zang's Hotel" and "Zang's Hotel Annex" in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. A horse is hitched to a wagon near two dogs. A man sits in the window of the main hotel building. Architectural features...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [1892?]
- Apex, Colorado recreation hall, interior
- Interior of the Apex Miners' Hall, seven miles northwest of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows theater stage with painted backdrop of an idealized 1900s Apex main street that includes businesses, glass storefronts, and awnings; business...
- Apex (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Interiors.; Stages (Platforms)--Colorado--Apex--1950-1960.
- [1957]
- Jamestown, Colorado
- Members of a fraternal organization pose as a group in front of a commercial building in Jamestown (also known as Jimtown and Elysian Fields), Colorado, in Boulder County. Most of the men wear suits and sashes with gold medallions. Several sit in...
- Jamestown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Organizations--Colorado--Jamestown--1880-1890.
- [1883?]
- Big snow of December 1913
- Pedestrians, horse drawn wagons and sleighs make their way through a snow filled Cheyenne Street, Denver, Colorado. The Y. M. C. A. and Plymouth Hotel show in background. Signs read: "Fry and McHill," "Baker Electrics?" "Ford Motor Company," and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Big snow of December 1913
- Men are busy shoveling Seventeenth (17th) Street and sidewalks of snow, Denver, Colorado. Businesses include the Albany Hotel and a Kodak store.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow removal--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- December 1913
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- The interior of the State Mercantile Company in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, has bolts of fabric and cedar chests on display. Stools front a counter; baskets on pulleys are overhead.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Mercantile facilities--Colorado--Fort Collins--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Ouray fire department, City Hall
- Fire Chief Thomas Mowatt poses with fire fighters, including Joe Finnin, in front of the open door of City Hall, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. The men wear uniforms and flat caps; two hold bugles. Horses and steam-powered fire cart are decorated...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; City & town halls--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Fourth of July celebrations--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.; Mowatt, Thomas.
- 1906?
- Diagram of the Situation at the Battle of Wounded Knee at the time the Indians opened fire
- Photo reproduction of a map depicting location of United States troops and Native American Lakota Sioux, at the start of the Wounded Knee massacre, South Dakota. Shows: "soldiers tents, Indian tepees, Big Foot's tent, the Bee correspondent, General...
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Wounded Knee...
- [1891]
- Georgetown - silver mining town
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, northeast, probably from Republican Mountain. Lanmarks includes the McClellan Opera House on Sixth (6th, Alpine) and Taos Streets, which has its name written on the side of the building. Other landmarks include Our...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1886?]
- Amethyst, Colo., the Weiss-Chapman Drug Co.
- Piles of rocks, logs, boards, and debris surround the buildings along a street in Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. The structures consist of one-story buildings with gables, wood-frames, and tin siding. Two men stand near the "Drug Store"...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Creede fire
- Smoke rises from the smoldering ashes of the fire that burned part of the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County. Piles of brick and debris litter the foreground where only a portion of a brick wall remains standing. A chimney from another...
- Creede (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fires--Colorado--Creede--1930-1940.
- 1892
- Beef distribution, Dakota, picture of slaughtered cattle, men with rifles seated on corral fence
- Men, some with rifles, stand in and near corral with live and slaughtered cattle for distribution to Dakota tribe at Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota.
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.; Dakota Indians--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Standing Holy, daughter of Sitting Bull, wearing jewelry, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Standing Holy, Dakota girl and Sitting Bull's daughter, wearing dress, necklace and beaded jewelry, standing next to bench and folding chair in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [1885?]
- Site of Arapahoe Bar
- View of Arapahoe City, (Arapahoe, Arapahoe Bar) pioneer placer mining camp, the earliest town in Jefferson County, Colorado, organized in 1858; named for the Arapaho Indians; extensive gold dredging operations in 1904 left tailing dumps covering...
- Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Arapahoe City--1920-1930.; Arapahoe City (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- July 1928
- Blanca, Colo. looking north from R. R.
- The town of Blanca, Colorado, is located at the foot of the snow- capped Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Costilla County. Buildings on the street include one-story commercial storefronts with false fronts, as well as buildings with flat and...
- Blanca (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.; Wells--Colorado--Blanca--1900-1910.
- April, 1909
- View from veranda of the new Eldorado Hotel at Eldorado Springs
- Wooden chairs, some rockers, occupy the veranda at the newly renovated Eldorado Hotel in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. South Boulder creek, Eldorado Canyon, and other resort buildings are in the background.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Porches--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.; Resorts--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- Main St. Salt Lake
- View of Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah; shows a dirt Main Street with pedestrians and electric streetcars, wide sidewalks lined with multi-story masonry commercial buildings, some with smoke stacks, and flag poles; twenty-two telephone...
- Salt Lake Temple--1890-1900.; Mormon temples--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Salt Lake City (Utah)--1890-1900.; City & town life--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Utah--Salt Lake City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Mrs. Ann Pitts of Leadville
- Mrs. Ann Pitts of Leadville, Colorado stands for a full portrait. She wears a lightweight housedress with a small floral print and glasses. She stands next to a wooden door with glass panels on possibly the porch of her home; a small doorknocker...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Pitts, Ann.
- 1968
- From Bear Lake
- The view from Bear Lake, in Rocky Mountain National Park (Larimer County), Colorado, shows sheer cliffs, snow fields, a rock bed, and pine trees.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mountains--Colorado--Larimer County--1920-1930.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Fort Logan, Colorado
- A two horse team pulls a rail car along the Ft. Logan rail line near Fort Logan, Colorado. Passengers sit in the car and a conductor is leaning out one of the windows.
- Fort Logan (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.; Conductors--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- W. Hampden Avenue, west of S. Platte River bridge
- A woman is walking along a dirt road in the opposite direction of a horse drawn rail car, near Ft. Logan, Colorado. The car is carrying three men and is drawn by a two horse team. The woman is wearing a full length dress and a period hat.
- Fort Logan (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Fort Logan--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1910]
- "Christ is Risen," probably Easter program
- Members of the choir of the Presbyterian Church in Greeley, Colorado, in Weld County, pose on a circular stage for the Easter service. Numerous potted plants are around the perimeter of the stage and on tables among the members of the choir....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Choirs (Music)--1890-1900.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Greeley--1890-1900.
- April, 1898
- Fort Buford, Dak.
- Photograph of a photograph of Fort Buford, North Dakota, showing houses, barracks and open field.
- Buford, Fort (Fort Buford, N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- Lake Moraine
- Stereographic view of two young men sitting on large rocks on the shore of Lake Moraine near Pike's Peak, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. A flat-roofed, log cabin is in the background on the shore of the lake. A tall tree with bare branches is...
- Moraine, Lake (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1870-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--1870-1900.; Men--Colorado--1870-1900.; Rocks--Colorado--1870-1900.; Trees--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Lone Tree Rock, Phantom Cañon, F. & C.C. Ry.
- View of rock formation Lone Tree Rock in Phantom Canyon, Colorado, and McClure's special photo train on the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad line; shows narrow gauge track, engine number 12 (Twelve) with three passenger cars, and a small wooden...
- Phantom Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--Phantom Canyon--1890-1920.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.
- [between 1894 and 1915]
- Son of Alec Waters
- A Native American man, possibly the son of Alec Waters, stands in the foreground with a blanket wrapped around him. He holds his right hand on his hip and wears a scarf tied around his neck. A group of trees is in the background. A path, possibly a...
- Waters, Alec--Family--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Della Ferrell and "Ma" Whitaker
- Cowgirl Della Ferrell and "Ma" Whitaker, head of the wardrobe department for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose in front of a tent in a camp for the show in Europe, possibly in Paris. Whitaker wears a long striped dress and her hair is pulled back...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Ferrell, Della.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Group standing among teepees
- A large group of cowboys and Native Americans stands in the center midground among a group of teepees in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Among the group is John Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach, in the left...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1900.; Tipis.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Nate Salsbury
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands in the right center midground with another man in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West while touring with the show in Europe. Albert Scheibel, secretary of the wild west show,...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Camps--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Wild West Show staff
- Staff members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show stand in rows in front of a wood structure, possibly the back of the grandstand for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men wear caps with the words "Wild West" on them.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- John Y. Nelson and Deadwood stagecoach
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and driver of the Deadwood Stagecoach, poses on the back of the coach holding a rifle while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, possibly in Paris. A driver holds the reins of the teams of mules. A Native American...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Native Americans on horseback
- Native American men pose on horseback while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe, possibly in Paris. Additional men stand on the hill in the right background. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear is on horseback in the left background wearing a...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Wild West Show arena
- An announcer stands on a raised wood platform in the left center background in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe, possibly in Paris. Numerous people are seated in the grandstand that forms a semi-circle in the background.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Grandstands--1880-1890.; Show tents--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Wild West Show cast members
- A group of six men and women poses while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe, possibly in Paris. Phoebe Anne "Annie Oakley" Moses, a star of the show, stands in the center midground pointing toward Della Ferrell, a cowgirl in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowgirls--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ferrell, Della.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- William F. Cody on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody rides a dark horse in the left midground in a dirt arena during a rehearsal for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A group of Native Americans on horseback is gathered in the right midground watching Cody ride in...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Rehearsals--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Chains used at Golden examined by CS board, H. C. Getty, Clare Wilkins.
- H. C. Getty and Clare Wilkins exam the chain and sixteen pound shot used as a ball and chain on boys, during the State Civil Service Commission hearing, State Industrial School (name change in 1961 to Lookout Mountain School for Boys) Golden,...
- Golden (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Governmental investigations--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.; Reformatories--Colorado--Golden--1940-1950.; State Industrial School (Golden, Colo.)
- January 1941
- Excavation for Writer's Square
- View of the construction site for Writer's Square on the 1500 block of Larimer street in the Union Station neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Shows an excavation site with pilings, a truck trailer. automobiles and heavy equipment.
- Writer's Square (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Building construction.; Excavation.; Condominiums.; Writer's Square (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1979
- Immigration rights reform rally
- View of a crowd at an immigration rights reform rally in Civic Center Park in Denver, Colorado. They wave American flags and a sign that depicts a map of the United States and reads: "We Don't Cross the Border, It Crossed Us."
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexicans--United States--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Demonstrations.; Illegal aliens.; Demonstrations--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Illegal...
- [2006 March 25]
- Denver, 1864
- Panoramic view of brick and frame commercial buildings in downtown Denver, Colorado and the flooded South Platte River nearby. Shows the brick Denver Mint building at 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Market Street and businesses on probably Larimer...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May 19
- Court house Julesburg, Colo.
- View of the Sedgwick County Court House in Julesburg, Colorado. Architectural features include a hipped roof, a pediment, a large cupola with a clock, quoins, lintels, and a bracketed cornice. Two boys with bicycles in foreground. Water tower in...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Julesburg--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Morrison, Colorado
- Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. Cars drive on Bear Creek and Mount Vernon Avenues; at the fork of the two thoroughfares is a mission style, stucco gas station with arcades. A gable roofed building has lettering: "Pacific Lbr Co.;" behind it...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Judge Stover's boyhood home
- Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, consists of businesses and residences. Men are by picket fence fronting the boyhood home of Judge Stover.
- Stover, Judge--Homes & haunts.; Fort Collins (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [1877?]
- Pemberton - Colorado
- A carriage carrying three men is parked in front of a wooden commercial building in Pemberton, Colorado in either Douglas County or Teller County. Five men surround the wagon. The door to the shop is open. Signs: "Headquarters for Wetherald's...
- Pemberton Restaurant & Lunch Room (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Wetherald's Transfer and Stage Line (Pemberton, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Pemberton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Pemberton--1890-1900.;...
- [1895?]
- West Creek - Pemberton, Colo.
- A group of men, two with shovels, stands in front of a clapboard, commercial storefront in Pemberton, Colorado in either Douglas County or Teller County. The building has a false front and storefront windows.
- Pemberton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pemberton--1890-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Pemberton--1890-1900.
- [1895?]
- Paonia Opera House and Odd Fellows Hall
- View of the Paonia Opera House and Odd Fellows Hall in Paonia, Colorado in Delta County. Small child walking in front of building on unpaved street. Architectural features: two-story, masonry structure with a cornice, a pediment, two occuli, and...
- Grand United Order of Odd Fellows--Buildings--1900-1910.; Paonia (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Paonia--1900-1910.
- July, 1907
- City of Leadville, Colorado
- Reproduction shows Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, as dwellings, businesses, and mining facilites. Trees, scrub, and mountains surround the town in this J. D. Howland sketch.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- August 1, 1878
- William Garrett Fisher mansion
- A cyclist passes by the neoclassical William Garret Fisher mansion, built in 1895, at 1600 Sixteenth (16th) Street at the intersection of Sixteenth Street and Logan Street in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Fisher was the founder of the...
- Fisher, William Garrett, 1844-1897,--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Alamosa, Colo. St. Thomas Episcopal Church
- The Spanish-style St. Thomas Episcopal Church stands at 607 4th (Fourth) Street in Alamosa, Colorado and has curvilinear gables, plastered stucco surface, arched windows, and an enclosed patio with a low wall and iron gate.
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Alamosa, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Alamosa (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Episcopal churches--Colorado--Alamosa--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]