Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- New South Wales Metalligerious Mining Accidents 1883 to 1938
- An alphabetical listing of people who were killed in mining accidents in New South Wales from 1883 to 1938.
- Mine accidents--New South Wales--Indexes.
- 2007
- (Cripple Creek District) Independence Station (after destruction by strikers) wrecked platform where 14 men were killed.
- The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors has been broken out, torn shingles...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Demolished railroad station Independence, Teller County, Colorado.
- The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors is broken, torn shingles lie on the...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Broken Arm Chief
- Studio portrait (profile) of Broken Arm, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a shirt with quillwork, hair pipe breast plate, scarves over his braids, and a fur pelt cap.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.; Broken Arm.
- 1899
- Animals elephant
- View of an elephant that stands near a tent in Colorado. The tent has a cloth awning.
- Elephants--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Interior room
- A man and a woman are seated in an unidentified interior room. The room is decorated with rugs, lace curtains on the windows, wood chairs and table, an upholstered chair, desk, a light fixture that hangs from the ceiling, paintings and photos on...
- Houses--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Unid. tent with stove pipe
- Shows a small tent with a stove pipe in a field. Brick and wood residences are in the background.
- Tents--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Telephone switchboard
- A photo of a large wood telephone switchboard. Shows connection wires/cords, connection boards, and speakers.
- Switchboards--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Trinidad street scene Commercial Street
- View of Commercial Street in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. A Trinidad Electric Railroad trolley car and pedestrians are in the street. Signs read: "Trinidad Hotel," "Owl Cigar," "Metropolitan Saloon," "Bell's Furnished [Rooms]," and...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.; Street railroads--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Council Bluffs, Iowa, C. & N.W. Ry. tic[ket office]
- Close-up view of a corner entrance to the ticket office for Chicago and North Western Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad in Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County), Iowa. The brick building has a turret with metal Sullivanesque geometric...
- Chicago and North Western Railway Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Union Pacific Railroad Company--Facilities--1890-1900.; Council Bluffs (Iowa)--1890-1900.; Ticket offices--Iowa--Council Bluffs--1890-1900.
- [1898]
- Portrait of a girl
- Outdoor portrait of a girl near the Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. She wears a dress and ribbons in her hair.
- Girls--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Georgetown, U. P. Ry.
- Men stand near tracks of the Georgetown Loop near Georgetown (Clear Creek County), Colorado. A Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company narrow-gage train is stopped on a set of tracks nearby. A Denver, South Park and Pacific train is on...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Railroad...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Gateway, "Garden of the Gods"
- View of steep walls of sandstone rock formations at Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows Gate Rock and horse-drawn carriages near bushes. Probably a dirt road is near carriages. Foothills and Pikes Peak are...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Gate Rock (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Rock...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Crippl [sic] Creek in 1876
- Exterior view of Welty log cabin and springhouse in 1876, Broken Box Ranch, future site of Cripple Creek, Colorado; log cabin has gable roof, wooden roof shingles, small windows boarded over, and native stone chimney on side; additional smaller log...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1870-1880.
- 1876
- A view of Middle Park on the Moffat Road
- Left side of panorama shows a man looking over Middle Park, Grand County, Colorado, along the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's Moffat Road. The broad valley gives way to evergreen covered slopes.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1910.; Grand County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Middle Park (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--Grand County--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Red Cloud, Maj. Burke
- Red Cloud, Native American, Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, and Major John Burke, general manager of Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show, pose outside a Pine Ridge Agency building, South Dakota. Red Cloud wears sunglasses, overcoat, hat, trousers and...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show--People--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton...
- [February 1891]
- Omaha Dance
- View of the backs of Omaha dancers forming a circle with other Native American Sioux and whites on the main street of the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The dancers wear roaches, headdresses, bustles, breechcloths and leather belts with bells;...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Ceremonial...
- [1891]
- Fire in Breckenridge
- A fire in Breckenridge, Colorado, devastated all but the frame of the storefront where is was centered. Men stand near it, and spectators line the street in the background. A false fronted storefront to the right of it is also damaged and leaning,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Cahone
- View of a gravestone in Cahone, Dolores County, Colorado, that has been broken off at the base and and leans against it; Baroque curvilinear top carved within a recessed circle includes a hand holding a flower and pointing upward; broken stone...
- Cahone (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Cahone--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966?]
- Chief Standing Elk 1st Lieut. to Chief Little Wound
- Two Native Americans pose sitting near a broken wagon and tepees. Different identifications suggest the men are Standing Elk (Oglala Sioux) and Black Horse (Sioux). Standing Elk wears moccasins, leggings, a vest over a long sleeved shirt, and a...
- Dakota Indians--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Oglala Indians--1870-1900.; Indian encampments--1870-1900.; Tipis--1870-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1870-1900.; Black Horse.; Little Wound, Oglala Chief--Staff.; Standing Elk.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- David F. Barry, seated, dog on table (older), 3/4 length
- Studio self portrait of photographer David F. Barry, seated next to table, and his dog, Jack, His Horse, sitting on the table. Barry is wearing hat and pinstriped suit.
- Dogs--1880-1890.; Photographers--United States--1880-1890.; Barry, D. F. (David Frances), 1854-1934.
- [1897 or 1898]
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- View of the old residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows the dilapidated two-story clapboard false front with broken windows, weathered wood, broken balustrade and a...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Crested Butte, Colorado, Jacob Kochevar residence
- View includes the dilapidating clapboard residences of Jacob and Maija Kochevar, (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado. Their son Jacob, "Jakie" built the newer false front and decorated the second-story with...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Clapboard siding--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Jacob Kochevar residence
- View of the old residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows a dilapidated two-story false front with broken windows, weathered wood, broken balustrade and boardwalk, and...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Old Jacob Kochevar home
- View of the old residence of Jacob and Maija Kochevar (Yugoslavian immigrants) Elk Avenue, Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colorado; shows a "For Sale" sign on the dilapidated two-story clapboard false front with broken windows, weathered wood,...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; False fronts--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Crested Butte--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- Magnolia machinery and ruins north of mill
- A large piece of broken machinery lies next to a dilapidated mill in Magnolia (Boulder County), Colorado. The mill is comprised of uncoursed stone and concrete and has a broken brick wall on top.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mills--Colorado--Boulder County--1960-1970.
- 1967
- Road building
- Road work by inmates of the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, consists of broken rocks at the base of an embankment.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Roads--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- "Pat," "Woody" and "Peggy," Me, Mrs. Wilson
- Four African American women, Katherine Patton (Pat), Mary E. Wood (Woody), Marie Anderson ( Andy, later Marie L. Greenwood), and Mrs. Wilson pose together at Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado. Woody has a broken leg and leans...
- Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Lincoln...
- 1936, August
- D.& R.G. derailment at bridge
- View of a derailed Denver and Rio Grande Railroad passenger car with broken windows at a bridge marked "108A" at Steele Hollow (Steel Hollow) in Pueblo County, Colorado. Shows broken track and scattered railroad ties. People are beside a passenger...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1910-1920.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Pueblo County--1910-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Pueblo County--1910-1920.
- 1910?
- Report of Henry A. Buchtel Pastor Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Denver, Colorado
- This is a report submitted to the Quarterly Conference at the close of Henry A. Buchtel's term as pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church. During his tenor the church raised money to build a new building at 1820 Broadway in Denver, Colo. The...
- Buchtel, Henry Augustus, 1847-1924.; Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Methodist churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1891 March 30
- Broken Arm, Sioux
- Broken Arm, Native American Sioux (Lakota) poses on a horse with a hand symbol painted on it. He wears a headdress, leggings, and shirt decorated with quillwork and fringe.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.; Broken Arm.
- 1899
- Broken Arm Chief Sioux
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Broken Arm, a Native American (Sioux) man. He wears a hair pipe breastplate, beaded shirt, and a fur pelt headdress.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Headdresses--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Broken Arm.
- 1899
- Depot at Jaroso steps broken down.
- View of a dilapidated building in Jaroso, Colorado, in Costilla County shows the board-and-baten siding, a side gable with shingles, a chimney, and wooden porch with broken stairs, and double entry doors. Weeds and brush are on the ground in front...
- Jaroso (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Jaroso--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Plenty Horses trial
- Studio portrait (sitting and standing) of Plenty Horses, Living Bear, Bear-That-Lays-Down, He Dog, Jack Red Cloud, Broken Arm, White Moon, and Rock Road, Native American (Sioux, Cheyenne, and Oglala Lakota) men. The men wear suits. Four men hold...
- Cheyenne Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Oglala Indians--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Bear That Lays Down.; Broken Arm.; He Dog, 1837-1936.; Living Bear.; Plenty Horses, d. 1933.;...
- 1891
- Broken Bar M Ranch
- View of a two-story wood frame farmhouse Conifer, Jefferson County, Colorado; features a hip roof with intersecting gables, roof cresting, lightening rods, weather vane, imbrication, bay window, shutters and porches with a fence surrounding; built...
- Conifer (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Farmhouses--Colorado--Conifer--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1965]
- A typical street scene a mass of broken trees and poles
- View of broken tree limbs in a residential neighborhood after a snowstorm in Denver, Colorado. Shows houses in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Disasters--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 19930 and 1940]
- Collapsed warehouse and broken telephone pole at 2nd St. and Santa Fe tracks
- View of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe boxcars, mud covered railroad tracks, a collapsed warehouse and a Swift meat packing plant near 2nd (Second) Street after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. A broken telephone pole and a pool of...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--Disasters--1920-1930.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Building failures--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Meat...
- [1921 June]
- House broken in two at 4th St. and Santa Fe tracks
- A man walks on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad tracks near a railroad signal and the 4th street crossing grade in Pueblo, Colorado. A house, swept up by the Arkansas River flood is broken beside a brick building. Adjacent buildings are...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Ruins--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June]
- The Annual: East Denver High School, 1916
- 1916 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1916
- First Baptist Church Diamond Anniversary
- Book commemorating the Diamond Anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book is a description of the history of the church, is former locations, photographs and a list of members of the congregation.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--Directories.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1939
- Diamond jubilee of the Cathedral parish, Denver, Colorado...1860-1935.
- Book created by Retired Reverend Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, LLD. for the Diamond Jubilee of the Cathedral Parish of Denver, Colorado. It covers the years of 1860 to 1935. Included in the book are sections dedicated to: Bishop Machebeuf, a...
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Denver, Colo.); Catholic Church Colorado.
- 1935
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 13
- 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 March 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
- Fleming-Hanington House, Tax Act, broken glass
- Place names of Colorado : a genealogical & historical guide to Colorado sites
- The primary objective of this index is to contain a comprehensive listing of place names or sites in Colorado that would direct the researcher to recent and readily available publications. Included in this publication for each site or place name,...
- Names, Geographical--Colorado.; Colorado--History, Local.
- 1999
- 338 22nd Avenue
- View of 338 22nd (Twenty-Second) Avenue (ca. 1880) in the Five Points Neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The abandoned brick house has a pediment, stone cornice, corbeled brackets, rusticated window surrounds, rounded arches on the windows on the...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Abandoned buildings.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Abandoned houses--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.;...
- 1976
- James A. Maestas
- James A. Maestas, 7 years old sits in a chair in his home at 1163 Stout Street in the Central Business District, Denver, Colorado. He wears coveralls and his left arm is broken and in a cast.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1930-1940.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1930-1940; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Boys.; Interiors.; Maestas, James A.--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1936 and 1940?]
- Cano's Castle, Antonito
- View of Cano's Castle at the corner of 10th Avenue and State Street, in Antonito (Conejos County), Colorado. The eclectic building was built by Donald "Cano" Espinoza, a Native American Vietnam War Veteran. The building is built mainly out of scrap...
- Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Antonito (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Buildings.; Espinoza, Donald--Homes and haunts.; Cano's Castle (Antonito, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Buildings--Colorado--Antonito--Pictorial works.; Outsider...
- 2004
- Abandoned log cabin, Creede
- View of an abandoned chinked log cabin in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. The one story cabin is built into hillside along east Willow Creek in Creede, Colorado. The pitched roof is covered in metal. A broken stove pipe is on the roof....
- Creede (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Log cabins.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--Pictorial works.; Creede (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 1989