Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Freight office & house
- A horse is tied to a doorway of the wood Express 201 building in Denver, Colorado. A sign above the doorway reads "Express 201 prompt attention to all orders 1556 Penna. Ave.".
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Horses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Gallo Wine boycott press conference
- State Senator Richard Castro, boycott organizer Mike Wilzoch, boycott director Jerry Ryan, and UFW member Jesús Valderrama hold a press conference near a trailer outside of Super Serve Drugs and Liquors on 44th and Pecos Street in Denver,...
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Mexican Americans--1970-1980.; Hispanic Americans--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Legislators--Colorado.; Press conferences.; Boycotts.; Castro, Richard Thomas, 1946-1991--Pictorial...
- [1975]
- Telluride, Colo.
- Men pose on the balcony of a frame building with a false front, or on horse-drawn sleighs stacked with bales of hay in Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. A frame commercial building has dormers, a gabled roof, a false front, first and second...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Feed stores--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Hay--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Stables--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 14, 1912 April 6
- Ski training: standing at attention, a platoon of "G" Company, 87th Regiment.
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." A Platoon of approximately fifty soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company G stand at attention with their skis balanced on their ski poles. All the men are...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 1, 1914 November 14
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 3 and 4, 1928 March-April
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 9, 1910 February 26
- Trinity Echo: Volume IV, Number 10
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.) -- History. ; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Methodist Episcopal Church -- Colorado -- Denver -- Periodicals.;...
- 1899 February
- First Baptist Church 1942 Directory
- Directory produced by the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the directory is: a list of member, past and present, along with their address in and out of the Denver area, the Churches By-Laws and advertisements from local Denver...
- Eha, Walter R. (Walter Ralph), 1891-1978--Archives.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1942
- Jesús Valderrama
- Portrait of United Farm Workers of America supporter, Jesús Valderrama. He wears a straw hat with a high crown. Valderrama was beaten and then arrested at a UFW picket line at Party Time Liquor in Denver, Colorado.
- United Farm Workers of America--People--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Agricultural laborers.; Valderrama, Jesús--Pictorial works.; United Farm Workers of America--Pictorial works.; Mexican American agricultural...
- [1975?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 16, 1910 April 16
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 9, 1911 February 25
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 31, 1912 August 3
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 2, 1913 November 22
- The City of Denver: Volume 3 Number 2, 1914 October 24
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1909 March 13
- Municipal Facts Bi-Monthly: Volume 5 Numbers 5 and 6, 1922 May-June
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 11, 1909 May 1
- Municipal Facts: Volume 7 Numbers 5 and 6, 1924 May-June
- Portrait of a soldier
- A man wears a World War I soldier's uniform and stands at attention in a studio portrait. The soldier holds a rifle and wears jodhpur pants, boots with gaiters, a long buttoned jacket and a felt hat.
- Soldiers--1900-1910.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Co. B 1st Inf.
- Colorado National Guard soldiers stand in formation and at attention in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The soldiers wear uniforms and hold rifles. Probably officers pose...
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Miners'...
- [1903]
- Denver Bears Broadway Park
- Members of the Denver Bears baseball team play at Broadway Park at 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the outfield wall read: "The Beef Bros. Weiner-Maerzen," "Attention Batsmen Hit This Sign and Win 100 5 [cent] Cigars,"...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver Bears (Baseball team)
- [1900]
- Baseball game Broadway Park
- Men play baseball at Broadway Park at Broadway and 6th (Sixth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Signs on the outfield wall read: "The Beef Bros. Weiner-Maerzen" and "Attention Batsmen Hit This Sign and Win 100 5 [cent] Cigars."
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Baseball--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [June, 1900]
- Off to the war
- "Longmont Colorado, April 29th 1898, old Burlington Depot, Company C, Colorado National Guard embarking for camp Adams at Denver where they expected to be sworn into the service of the United States." A large group of uniformed men including Capt....
- Colorado. National Guard--1890-1900.; Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; Sullivan, Neil.; Spanish-American War, 1898.
- [1898]
- Radioman during mortar barrage, Della Vetta, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, Company K during a mortar barrage on Mount Della Vetta during the Italian Campaign. The soldier standing at the edge of the slope is a radioman who (according to the caption) was...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- March 3, 1945
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A seated, bespectacled elderly man wearing a Homburg hat gestures with one hand and holds a cane with the other. A seated Boy Scout pays close attention. A steamer type suitcase sits behind a metal cot...
- Boy Scouts--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Reminiscing.
- August, 1939
- Groussman brothers meat counter
- Interior view of Groussman Brothers grocery store at 1301 Curtis Street, Denver, Colorado. Shows butchers behind the display counter, meats with prices, scales, and hanging cuts of meat. Signs read: "Rath Packing Co, Hams And Bacon, Groussman...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Trinidad biography, unidentified
- Portrait of an unidentified man in Trinidad, Colorado. The gentleman has long, gray chin whiskers, and the area around his mouth is clean shaven. He wears a vest and jacket with wide, trimmed lapels, and a bow tie.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado, gathered around a gaming table play the "chuck-a-luck" game; a cylindrical chrome cage with large dice is mounted on a stand and rotated by a crank. Cigar boxes containing coins on the table read: "Mild...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gambling--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Main street, Breckenridge
- Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes the Denver Hotel during festivites. The open porch has a crowd on its balcony, bunting hangs on its balustrade, and American flags are behind the spectators. The two- story, frame building features...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.
- [between 1909 and 1915?]
- Sun Dance at Pine Ridge, South Dakota
- Native Americans (Oglala Sioux) perform the Sun Dance on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. Two men and a woman in the foreground hold wreaths in their hands and an unidentified object in their mouths and direct their attention toward a...
- Dakota Indians--Spiritual life--South Dakota--1950-1960.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1950-1960.; Oglala Indians--Spiritual life--South Dakota--1950-1960.; Sun dance--South Dakota--1950-1960.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Silver Queen guards, 1873
- The Silver Queen Guards form a long line in front of the "Assay Office" in Georgetown, Colorado. The men wear military style uniforms with long jackets, white trousers, gloves, and flat top caps with a "K" on them. They pose at attention with heads...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bayonets--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.; Uniforms--Colorado--Georgetown--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Sioux Indian camp, Mission South Dakota
- A Native American Sioux man points to turn the attention of a group of children to the camera, Mission, South Dakota. The boys and girls sit on boards in front of a stack of evergreen boughs.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Mission (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Children--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.
- [1936?]
- Sioux Indian camp, Mission South Dakota
- A Native American Sioux man points to turn the attention of a group of children to the camera, Mission, South Dakota. The boys and girls sit on boards in front of a stack of evergreen boughs.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.; Mission (S.D.)--1930-1940.; Children--South Dakota--Mission--1930-1940.
- [1936?]
- Chief Spotted Eagle and Red Cloud woman
- An elderly Native American man, woman, and child sit at a soda fountain, with ice cream sodas. The woman wears a fringed, beaded shirt and headband, the man wears a decorative vest over a plain shirt and a headdress. The child has its attention...
- Indians of North America--1960-1970.; Headdresses--1960-1970.; Aged persons--1960-1970.; Clothing & dress--1960-1970.; Eating & drinking--1960-1970.; Soda fountains--1960-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Publicity photo
- George Westcott (left) and Richard Klinger (right) look at Pat Beyer (in bathing suit) in Denver, Colorado. The woman also wears white high heels and carries an umbrella with letters: "I Am The Girl From Jones beach."
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Beyer, Pat.; Klinger, Richard.; Westcott, George.
- 1949 August 28
- Firing of volleys at memorial service, Castelfiorentino
- A guard of honor fires volleys during the memorial service for the dead of the Tenth Mountain Division at the American Military Cemetery in Castelfiorentino (Florence Province), Italy. The assembled company stands at attention.
- Memorial rites & ceremonies--1945.; War casualties--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- The Palace Hotel, Bob Beers, proprietor, Antonito, Colo.
- The Palace Hotel, Antonito, San Luis Valley, Conejos County, Colorado, features a two-story corner building constructed of volcanic rock with first-story storefront windows, arched second-story windows, and an ornate cornice. Pedestrians walk on...
- Antonito (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Antonito--1890-1910.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Brush baseball team
- The Brush, Morgan County, Colorado, baseball team poses in uniforms, cleats, and ribbons reading: Brush. Some are identified as Finney, O'Dell, Jones, Gilmore, Rogers, Thompson, and Bolinger.
- Brush (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball players--Colorado--Brush--1910-1920.
- August 9, 1913
- Main St. Delta, Colo, Dennis and Carol G.
- A group of people poses in the "Delta House Smith Bro's. Livery and Transfer" wagon, parked in the middle of unpaved Main Street in the town of Delta, Colorado. Men, women, and children sit in the cab, and two people sit on it. A boy sits next to...
- Delta (Colo.)--1890-1900.; People--Colorado--Delta--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Portrait of a youth and his guardian, Leadville, Colorado
- In this studio portrait of a young man standing with a seated older man in Leadville, Colorado, both men wear coats, vests and hats. Both smoke cigars and have tucked their trouser legs inside their boots. The younger man wears a bandana around...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Denver, city waterworks
- View of the Denver Waterworks Plant located at 15th (Fifteenth) and Bassett Streets in the Union Station Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows the pumping house and a large smokestack built by the Denver City Water Company. The 15th Street bridge...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1870-1880.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Pumping stations--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Lace House, Black Hawk
- View of the front of the Lace House, Black Hawk; shows the attention to detail in the construction of this Carpenter Gothic residence including the bargeboard on the eaves and over the windows, the siding fronting the porch frieze, and the corner...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1980.
- [between 1964 and 1974]
- Broadway Park
- Men and women perform an exercise demonstration at the athletic field in Broadway Park, West 6th (Sixth) Avenue and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. A man stands on a wooden elevated platform and oversees the athletes. The women, in bloomers, hold...
- Broadway Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Athletic fields--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Physical fitness--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Lace House, Black Hawk
- View of the front of the Lace House, Black Hawk; shows the attention to detail in the construction of this Carpenter Gothic residence including the bargeboard on the eaves and over the windows, the siding fronting the porch frieze, and the corner...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Blackhawk--1960-1970.
- [between 1964 and 1974]
- Man with beard
- Studio portrait (head and shoulders) of a man with a beard. He has on a jacket and a bow tie.
- Men--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880?]
- Fort Yates, troops of soldiers on parade ground
- Fort Yates, North Dakota, line of soldiers with officers at attention on parade grounds; dog next to officer at left; barracks, officers' quarters, and other buildings bordering parade grounds.
- Fort Yates (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.; Soldiers--1870-1890.
- [188-?]
- Beef distribution, Dakota, people in and around a corral
- Semi-monthly beef (ration) distribution day probably Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota; large group of Dakota Native Americans standing, on corral railing, on horseback or in wagons; primary attention towards slaughtered cattle in corral; numerous...
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Corrals--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Subsistance activities--1880-1890.; Livestock--1880-1890.; Slaughtering--North Dakota--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Generals Livesay and Hays during parade
- Allied soldiers stand at attention in rows during a parade. At the end of a row is British 8th Army General Livsay. Beside him is Tenth Mountain Division commander General Hays.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1, 1945