Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pres[sic] and Reuben[sic] Montoya
- Press (on left) and his brother Ruben Montoya converse in an interior dining room. Ruben and Press Montoya were activists in Fort Lupton that lead the fight against alleged police harassment. Ruben Montoya was in his second term serving as Town...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Fort Lupton--1970-1980.; Fort Lupton (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Montoya, Press.; Montoya, Ruben.
- 1971 March 2
- Antlers Hotel. Parlor - Nederland
- An ornate lamp and a large bible sit on a table in the center of the parlor of the Antlers Hotel in Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado. A piano is against the wall in the background with two large plants on it. A chair is next to the piano. A love...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Nederland (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Furniture--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1910.; Lamps--1900-1910.; Parlors--Colorado--Nederland--1900-1910.; Pianos--1900-1910.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Caribou, Colo. 1870-1879
- probably when this image was first taken.; The mining town of Caribou sits along the base of Caribou Hill in Boulder County, Colorado. The schoolhouse is in the left foreground on Sherman Street with three long log poles propped against one side...
- School buildings--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Caribou (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Caribou--1870-1880.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Nate Salsbury with group in front of tent
- Albert Scheibel, secretary of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, sits on a saddle on the ground in the left midground smoking a cigar in the tent of Jule Keen, treasurer of the show. Scheibel wears a derby hat, his vest is unbuttoned, and he has a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Keen, Jule.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Capitol Hill United Neighborhood (CHUN) Board Minutes: St. Barnabas Church
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 10
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 February
- Montana Territory-General Mile's military expedition against the Sioux
- Views of U.S. Army General Miles' campaign against the Native American Sioux, show long covered wagon trains, buffalo herds, and soldiers in uniforms drinking and washing in a river next to their horses.
- Dakota Indians--War--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--1870-1880.; Bathing--1870-1880.; Bison--1870-1880.; Covered wagons--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- Karl's Liquor, Denver, Colo.
- An unidentified employee stands in the door of Karl's Liquors located at 6781 West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. A sign in the window of the store reads "There is No Strike Against This Store." The United Farm Workers were demonstrating...
- Karl's Liquors (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Karl's Liquors (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Liquor stores--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Boycotts--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 1975?
- Father Jose Lara and Jesús Valderrama at protest in front of the Denver City & County Building
- Cesar Chavez and farmworker Jesús Valderrama, pose beside a hand lettered copy of the Bill of Rights outside the Denver City and County Building in Denver, Colorado. They were part of a protest against the incarceration and trial of United Farm...
- United Farm Workers of America--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Agricultural laborers.; Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993--Pictorial works.; Valderrama, Jesús--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of...
- 1975
- Antonito fire
- View of the aftermath of a fire in the town of Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. Shows smoking adobe buildings destroyed by the fire. Hispanic American men, probably firefighters, stand near a wagon loaded with three large barrels filled with...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Antonito (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Adobe buildings.; Business districts.; Fire fighters.; Fires.; Building, Adobe--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Central business...
- 1905
- Morada, San Francisco, Colorado
- A large, painted wooden cross leans against the unplastered wall of a morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in San Francisco (Costilla County), Colorado. Lettering on the cross reads: "F.P.D.N.P.J." Shows a recessed wooden door and window.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Costilla County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Crosses.; Hermanos...
- [2005 April]
- Cross, Garcia Morada
- A wooden cross lies against the hard plastered adobe wall of the Garcia Morada (Los Hermanos Penitentes) in Garcia (Costilla County), Colorado. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are in the distance.
- Hermanos Penitentes--Buildings--2000-2010.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Structures--2000-2010.; Moradas--2000-2010.; Garcia (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Adobe buildings.; Chapels.; Crosses.; Historic buildings.; Hermanos...
- [2008 February 1]
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (SPMDTU) pamphlet cover.
- View of the cover of a pamphlet for the The Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (SPMDTU), Society for the Mutual Protection of United Workers. The society was organized in 1900 in Antonito, Colorado by Hispanic Americans as a means...
- Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--History--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Civil rights--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--Civil rights--1900-1910.; Pamphlets.; Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1980 and 1990?]
- The City of Denver: Volume 1 Number 14, 1913 April 26
- 1909-1922 Index to the Denver Municipal Facts
- Advertising photo; woman with stove
- A woman leans against a wood burning stove in this studio created advertisement for the stove. She wears a long skirt, blouse and a top hat. A pot is on the top burners and the oven door is open to display a dish.
- Advertisements--1890-1910.; Stoves--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Portrait of a woman and a boy
- Studio portrait of possibly Mrs. J.A. Walker and her son. The woman wears a striped silk dress with a lace scarf and leans against a stone pillar. The boy wears short pants, high boots and a jacket, he leans against a stone fence.
- Mothers & children--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- A mirage on the desert. H. Betts
- Photograph of a painting by Harold Harrington Betts. Against the backdrop of a jagged mountain range, a Native American (tribe unknown) gestures as he speaks to a white man who holds a rifle. Another man sits on a rock and listens, as does a Native...
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Covered wagons--1900-1910.; Deserts--1900-1910.; Paintings--1900-1910.; Pioneers--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Interior of ancient snake kiva, weaver making blanket Moki Indians, Walpi Pueblo
- Interior view of a kiva, possibly the snake kiva, at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; two unidentified Native American (Hopi) men sit near a loom; a wooden ladder leans against a large opening in the ceiling; a clay bowl is next to the ladder;...
- Hopi Indians--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Swimmer at Washington Park
- A man and woman stand talking on a beach at Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. The man leans against a tree as the woman, having recently emerged from the lake, squeezes water from her swimming suit. Sign: "Notice All Persons Are Warned Against...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathing suits--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Conversation--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1914?]
- The Sentinel
- A Native American (Crow) man poses on horseback, on a ledge over an encampment, silhouetted against a sunset. He carries a staff and wears a headdress. Shows tepees.
- Crow Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--1900-1910.
- 1907
- Central City newspaper office, Register Call, Colo.
- A bespectacled, balding man sits in a swivel chair at a wood desk with shelves and wooden doors in the Register office in Central City, Colorado. Papers, books, and photographs cover the top of the desk. A second man, with a camera around his neck,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors--1940-1950.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Denver Public Library Western History Dept. exhibit at the Rocky Mt. National Bank in the Teller House
- Paintings, photographs, and maps hang on the walls at an exhibit presented by the Denver Public Library Western History Department in Central City, Colorado. A table with a plant and flatwork on it sits against a wood-panelled partition. A large,...
- Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Exhibitions--Colorado--Central City--1940-1950.
- 1940
- Bldgs. left in Bachelor on back residential street looking northwest
- Houses of the former town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, decay on a grassy hill. An L-shaped house with a double gable, torn tar paper on the roof and a ladder leaning against the side is nestled against a clump of trees. A box-shaped...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Buildings left in Bachelor on back residential street looking n.w.
- Houses of the former town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, decay on a grassy hill. An L-shaped house with a double gable with torn tar paper on the roof and a ladder leaning against the side is nestled against a clump of trees. A...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Gabe Luchsinger family
- People from Basalt, Colorado, including, India Reeves Luchsinger, Mrs. Gabe Luchsinger, Iona Rutherford, Charles Luchsinger, and Zella Luchsinger, pose standing in a line. One girl wears a sailor shirt, one man smokes a cigar, and an elderly woman...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Luchsinger, Charles.; Luchsinger, Gabe,--Family.; Luchsinger, India Reeves.; Luchsinger, Zella.; Rutherford, Iona.
- [1910?]
- Bachelor, above Creede, looking north up boardwalk
- The remains of a boardwalk in the ghost town of Bachelor, Colorado, in Mineral County, are in the foreground next to a scrub oak shrub. A dilapidated, wood-frame house with a gable and a ladder leaning against its side is nestled against a thicket...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Battery "B" Colorado National Guard just target practice near Ludlow.
- Members of Battery B of the Colorado National Guard, called in to suppress the UMW strike against CF&I, shoot canons for target practice near Ludlow, Las Animas County, Colorado.
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; Colorado. National Guard--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Coal Strike, Colo., 1913-1914.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.;...
- [1913 or 1914]
- Soldiers eating around a jeep
- Five Tenth Mountain Division soldiers eat their chow around a jeep in a heavily shelled Italian town. One bites into a piece of food and holds an opened can with a spoon in it while standing beside the jeep. The second sits behind the steering...
- Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Caribou, Colo.
- View of Caribou (9800 feet), a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado, includes log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-to structures. Many have external timber braces propped against them for protection against the wind...
- Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Caribou, Colo.
- View northwest from Goat Hill over Caribou (9800 feet), a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-to structures. Many have external timber braces propped...
- Caribou (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Caribou, Colo.
- View northwest from Goat Hill over Caribou (9800 feet), Boulder County, Colorado, includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-tos structures. Many have external timber braces propped against them for...
- Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944 March 1
- Del Norte
- Men and women stand along the boardwalk against the exterior of the "Asa F. Middaugh Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots & Shoes" store in the town of Del Norte, Colorado, in Rio Grande County. Architectural elements of the one-story, stone building include...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Del Norte--1890-1900.
- [1891?]
- Diagnostic equipment
- Interior view of a room filled with medical diagnostic equipment at General Rose Memorial Hospital (Rose Medical Center) in Denver, Colorado. A large piece of equipment, probably an x-ray machine, is mounted on an examination table. A monitor,...
- General Rose Memorial Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Medical equipment &...
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Drunk Tank
- Drunk men sit and lie on the floor of a holding cell in the Police Building, Denver, Colorado. Several men are passed out on the floor. Trash and cigarette butts lie near their bodies. An African American (Black) man sits with his back against the...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Facilities--1930-1950.; African Americans--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Intoxication--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1939 and 1950?]
- Staff conference at north end of Lake Garda, Italy
- German resistance against the Tenth Mountain Division was strongest at the tunnels and cliffs along the north end of Lake Garda. German troops held out for several days against the 86th Regiment. The staff conference pictured is figuring out a...
- Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Underground drilling with machine drill
- A miner operates an air drill called a stoper or a "wiggle tail" in a gold mine in Gilpin County, Colorado, probably in the 1880s or 1890s. The miner stands on a drill steel wedged between the rock faces of the hanging wall and the foot wall. A...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drilling & boring machinery--1880-1900.; Gold miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Entryway of house near Guadalupe from under porch, Santa Fe, N.M.
- A Hispanic man and woman pose under the porch of the entryway to an adobe house in Santa Fe. The man is seated on a wood chair and the woman stands leaning against the wall. She wears a long, full skirt. A wood ladder is propped against the wall...
- Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Hispanic Americans-- New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Railroad workers at camp
- covered wagon is behind the horses in the right background. A ridge of snow-capped mountains is in the distance.; Stereographic view of a group of seven men gathered in front of a large tent, possibly part of a railroad construction or surveying...
- Colorado--1870-1900.; Covered wagons--Colorado--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.; Railroad construction workers--1870-1900.; Tents--Colorado--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- 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?]
- Dining Room, Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the dining room of the Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colorado, built by the proprietor, Louis Dupuy, between 1875 and 1890. There are eight tables with white tablecloths in the room, and a fountain in the middle. In the back left...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1970.; Interiors.; Hotel de Paris (Georgetown, Colo.)
- [between 1954 and 1965?]
- Interior, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the dining room of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1980.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1920 and 1974?]
- Interior, Bowman-White House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the dining room of the Bowman-White House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 901 Rose Street. The house was built in 1892 by John Henry Bowman, who arrived in Georgetown with his family in the 1880s. The house was passed on to his...
- Bowman, John Henry--Homes & haunts.; White, John James--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1920-1980.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1920-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1920 and 1974?]
- Nebraska cowboys
- Several small groups of cowboys stand in front of a group of tents for "Nebraska Cowboys" at a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Europe, possibly in Paris. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center background with a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1880-1890.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Taylor, William Levi.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Hanging cells
- A man stands on a wall next to two steel gates and the stone arched entry and guard tower at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. A man leans against a stone pillar near a wall that marks the entrance to the...
- Colorado State Penitentiary--1920-1930.; Canon City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Gates--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.; Towers--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- The Church Record: Vol. 1 No. 2
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 March
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1930 November 26
- East High spotlight: vol 29 no 24
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942 November
- Unidentified family posed against adobe house
- Women and children pose against and adobe house in Colorado. A boy wears a short jacket and a shirt with a lace Bertha collar. A teenage girl wears a white dress and has her hair pulled back and secured with a large bow. Three young girls wear...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Families--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Children--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Brushing Against and Little Squint Eyes San Carlos Apaches
- Studio portrait of Brushing Against and Little Squint Eyes, Native American (San Carlos Apache) women. They wear beaded necklaces and medal pendants.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1890-1900.; Apache Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Jewelry--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.; Brushing Against.; Little Squint Eyes.
- 1898