Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Vulcan's Anvil, Monument Park, Colo.
- View of a sandstone rock formation identified as "Devil's Anvil" in Monument Park (El Paso County), Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Devil's Anvil
- A rock formation identified as "Devil's Anvil" protrudes from a rock wall in Toroweap Valley in the Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park), Arizona. Shows layered rock walls in the distance.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Toroweap Valley (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys...
- 1872
- Navajo silversmith
- A Native American (Navajo) silversmith works indoors. He holds a punch on an anvil. Conchos are near the anvil.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Silversmiths--1875-1939.; Silverwork--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Silverton, Colo.
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking north towards Anvil Mountain and Cement Creek valley. In the foreground, past the flood plain of the Animas River, are the Depot, tracks and spurs of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Among the many buildings...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- Miners Union store, Victor
- Exterior view of Miners Union Hall, also called Donnelley Mercantile building, 412 West Victor Avenue, Victor, Colorado, a two-story commerical building with brick masonry and decorative frieze. Second-story on right side has tall, narrow windows...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial buildings--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Miners' unions--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Anvil Rock
- View of Anvil Rock, a formation in (probably) Colorado.
- Rock formations--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Vulcan's Anvil. Monument park
- View of a rock formation, identified as Vulcan's Anvil, by a dirt road in Monument Park (El Paso County) near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- El Paso County County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Anvil Rock Monument Park
- View of a rock formation identified as Anvil Rock in Monument Park near Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Bushes and weeds are nearby.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Perry Park (Colo. : Flat)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--Douglas--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Silverton, D.& R.G.R.R. San Juan
- Panoramic view of frame houses and commercial buildings in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows the Grand Hotel with dormer windows, the Congregational Church, and Animas River. Trees and patches of snow are on Anvil Mountain.
- Anvil Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Silverton, Colorado
- A girl wears a skirt and a wide-brimmed hat and stands in a dirt street in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Young children are near a horse-drawn wagon. A man wears a suit and derby hat and stands near a wooden sidewalk. Shows frame or brick...
- Anvil Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Anvil Point, Book Cliffs [sic]
- View of a steep shale formation in the Roan Cliffs in Garfield County, Colorado. Shows a pointed rock formation identified as Anvil Point, talus, trees and possibly the Colorado River in a valley. Men pose on the shore in the distance.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Roan Cliffs (Utah and Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mesas--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Garden of the Gods - Mephisto's (Devil's) Anvil
- View of Mephisto's (or Devil's) Anvil, a rock formation at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado; also shows pine trees and meadows.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Vulcan's Anvil, Monument Park
- View of the Vulcan's Anvil rock formation in Monument Park (El Paso County), Colorado. Cattle graze in the background.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Silverton, around the circle
- Panoramic view of buildings and streets in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge tracks and probably the Animas River are near houses. Shows the two-story school house with a bell tower. The Cement Creek...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Anvil Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.;...
- [1901?]
- Silverton
- Panoramic view of the Animas River, frame houses, and commercial buildings in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows the two-story school with a bell tower. Cement Creek is near a Denver and Rio Grande Railroad grade at the base of Sultan...
- Animas River (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Anvil Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cement Creek (San Juan County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Sultan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.;...
- 1901
- Silverton and Anvil Mt.
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking west. In the foreground is the floodplain of the Animas River and a frame, four-story stick-style residence with a hipped-gable roof, chimney, and projecting wing with a clipped gable roof. A frame, gable roofed...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Rudy's House Silverton 1958
- View of Rudy's house (?) in Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado: a structure with "brick" tarpaper siding. Anvil Mountain is in the background.
- Anvil Mountain (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Silverton (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1950-1960.
- 1958
- The Anvil, Monument Park
- Close view of the Anvil sandstone rock formation in Monument Park, north of Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado.
- Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1886 and 1901]
- Quality Hill, Silverton, Colo.
- View of frame two story houses with gambrel or mansard roofs, porches with gingerbread details, and fenced yards, and possibly St. John's Episcopal church on Snowden Street, in what is identified as "Quality Hill," an area near the base of Anvil...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1905?]
- Oil shale near Grand Valley, Colorado
- Men wear overalls or work clothes and stand on a steep precipice on a mountain of shale near Grand Valley in probably Mesa County, Colorado. Men hold shovels and pose near saddled horses. A man works beside an anvil and possibly a crushing device.
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Mesa County--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Carlton Tunnel - blacksmith shop
- Interior view of the machine shop connected with the Carlton Tunnel (Teller County), Colorado; men pose by lathes, sledge hammers, an anvil, presses, and kegs.
- Interiors--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Machine shops--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.; Carlton Tunnel (Teller County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Teller County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Blacksmiths
- Interior view of a blacksmith shop in probably Colorado. Shows tools, sledges, vises and anvil. Some of the blacksmiths wear aprons, all of the men wear hats.
- Blacksmiths--Colorado--1890-1910.; Forge shops--Colorado--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- EPCD, blacksmith shop
- Interior view of a machine shop near the East Portal of the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Continental Divide Tunnel) of the Colorado Big Thompson project in Larimer County, Colorado. Men pose next to machinery, tools, prongs and an anvil.
- Alva B. Adams Tunnel (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Larimer County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Employees--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.; Machine shops--Colorado--Larimer County--1940-1950.;...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Two men in front of blacksmithing shop
- Men pose near a blacksmith's shop in Colorado. One man holds a hand drill while the other man holds a hammer and mallet. An anvil is in the shop.
- Blacksmiths--Colorado--1900-1920.; Forge shops--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Blacksmith shop
- A blacksmith poses in his shop in Denver, Colorado. He stands near a brick chimney and an anvil. Tools are on the wall and nearby workbenches.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Forge shops--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Carriage and buggy repair shop interior
- Men pose near an anvil and forge in a repair shop in Denver, Colorado. A partially assembled wagon is nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915]
- Navajo silversmith
- An unidentified Native American (Navajo) silversmith works with a hammer and anvil, possibly at a fair in New Mexico. He holds a bellows and wears a concho belt, bead necklace, headband, shirt, and pants.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--1900-1910.; Silversmiths--1900-1910.; Silverwork--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Silversmith
- Shows a Native American male silversmith. He is seated and holds a hammer in one hand over a small anvil, and holds a hand bellows in the other hand. He wears a loose fitted shirt, slacks, head band, silver belt and beaded necklace.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--1890-1910.; Silverwork--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Hoist room equipment
- Interior of an unidentified mine shows a hoist with a cable and belt, pipes, rope, anvil, tools, a box reads: "Original Stearic Wax Candles, E. Schneider & Co."
- Hoisting machinery--1890-1910.; Interiors--1890-1910.; Mining--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Blacksmithing, Cascade Trail, Ouray gold belt
- Three men stand on a narrow terrace surrounded by blacksmithing tools along the Cascade Trail, Ouray County, Colorado. Shows a hand pumped bellows, barrels, and an anvil.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- The Blacksmith
- View of a blacksmith working in a lean-to, probably in Colorado. Shows a smithy using a hammer and anvil set on a tree stump. A young man, a water barrel, large bellows, and a pickax are in the wooden structure.
- Blacksmithing--Colorado--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Hall of the Silverton Miner's Union No. 26, W. F. of M.
- Exterior view of the Silverton Miner's Union in Silverton, Colorado, on the southwest corner of 11th and Greene Streets, a two-story brick structure featuring sash windows with semi-circular arches and stone sills around the entire second floor,...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Miners' unions--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Silverton Catholic Church
- Exterior view of the Catholic Church in Silverton, Colorado, on the north corner of 10th and Reese Streets, looking northwest. This hip roofed brick church with rusticated stone foundation was built in 1883, and features a projecting gabled entry...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1900.
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- Silverton
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, and: "1. Greene Co. Smelter 2. Anvil Mountain 3. Rough 'n Ready Smelter 4. Kendall Mountain 5. Las Animas River 6. Cement Creek 7. Town T- Call 8. Melville's Lightning...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- A Pueblo silversmith
- Reproduction of half-tone shows a Pueblo Native American silversmith working with a hammer at his bench inside an adobe structure with a boy and girl. Interior includes a fireplace, hand bellows and anvil made from a section of railroad rail, with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1900.; Silversmiths--1890-1900.; Silverwork--1890-1900.
- 1896?
- Shop of silversmith
- Reproduction of a painting depicting a silversmith working on a piece of jewelry with a hammer on an anvil, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. Shop interior includes a fireplace, work tables and pottery.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Silversmiths--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni Indians--New Mexico--Zuni--1900-1910.; Zuni (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverwork--New...
- [1901?]
- Shovel & air dumps
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad construction in (probably) Colorado of Utah consists of a crane-shovel loading air-dump cars numbered: "D&RGW 010964;" a switch is by the tracks. An anvil, canteen, and pneumatic tools are in the foreground.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Equipment--1920-1940.; Railroad cars--1920-1940.; Railroad construction & maintenance--1920-1940.; Steam shovels--1920-1940.
- [between 1922 and 1935?]
- Interior of horseshoe shop
- Interior view of a blacksmith shop at 34rd (Thirty Fourth) and Walnut Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows men and an anvil.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Navajo silversmith
- A Native American (Navajo) silversmith works indoors. The man stamps conchos on an anvil.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Silversmiths--1875-1939.; Silverwork--1900-1940.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- Navajo man
- A Native American (Navajo) silversmith sits at a small anvil and holds a mallet and pliers. He wears beaded necklaces and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--1890-1910.; Silversmiths--1890-1910.
- [between 1897 and 1910]
- Navajo silversmith
- A Native American (Navajo) silversmith works with a hammer and anvil. He holds a bellows and wears a concho belt, bead necklace with naja pendant, and headband.
- Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Navajo Indians--1890-1910.; Silversmiths--1890-1910.; Silverwork--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Blacksmithing Cascade Trail. Ouray Gold Belt
- View of a blacksmith with a hand pumped bellows, barrels, an anvil on a stump, tools and two men on a steep trail in, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Ouray County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Ouray County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Drill sharpening at Camp Bird
- Miners work with a sledge hammer and anvil in a shop at Camp Bird Mine (Ouray County) Colorado; interior walls are hung with hoses and tools.
- Camp Bird (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Camp Bird Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1910.; Metalworking--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Camp Bird--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Camp...
- [between 1898 and 1910?]
- E. Tucker locator, Ironton, Colo.
- Miners with hammers, anvil, and a loaded ore car, in front of the Beaver Mine entrance, Red Mountain District, Ouray County, Colorado.
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Beaver Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1890-1900.
- December 4, 1897
- Brighton forge
- The interior of this blacksmith shop in Brighton, Colorado, includes two men in leather aprons posing with an anvil, vises, a forge, and grinders. The walls are hung with tools, horseshoes, and posters advertising "Old Virginia" cheroots.
- Brighton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Brighton--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--Brighton--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Jim McKay blacksmith shop, Main St. between 4th & 5th
- The interior of this blacksmith shop in Brighton, Colorado, includes men in leather aprons, suspenders and overalls posing with an anvil, a forge, and a hand rockover core machine. Horseshoes, a haymower blade, a suitcase, a wagon tongue, and a...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blacksmithing--Colorado--Brighton--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--Brighton--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- The blacksmith
- Blacksmiths pose in a lean-to shop probably in Colorado. An anvil, barrel, and tree stump are nearby.
- Blacksmithing--Colorado--1880-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--1880-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- M.I.F. Blacksmith shop, Miner's Basin
- Men work in an outdoor blacksmith shop in Miners Basin in the La Sal Mountains (Grand County), Utah. Shows an anvil, a bellows and a forge, pickaxes, hammers, and a woodpile. An Ouray Herald newspaper is on the ground.
- Grand County (Utah)--1890-1900.; La Sal Mountains (Utah)--1890-1900.; Miners Basin (Grand County, Utah : Valley)--1890-1900.; Blacksmithing--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Utah--Grand County--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Utah--Grand...
- 1897 August 10
- Range View, North from Berthoud Pass
- Pine trees stand on a hillside in the foreground in this view looking north toward a ridge of mountains in the distance from Berthoud Pass on the border of Clear Creek and Grand counties in Colorado. Small patches of snow are on the mountains in...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1930-1950.; Pines--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Mine
- Men pose by ore car tracks and a mine entrance; others sit by frame sheds and tools including a knife sharpening wheel, an anvil, and milling machinery.
- Miners--1910-1930.; Mining--1910-1930.
- [between 1919 and 1930?]