Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- 1935 Denver Householders' Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.11
- 1939 Douglas County High School Graduation Program
- Graduation program for the graduation ceremony of Douglas County High School located in Castle Rock, Colorado.
- Douglas County High School (Castle Rock, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Douglas County History Research Center (Castle Rock, Colo.); School yearbooks--Colorado--Douglas County.; High schools--Colorado--Douglas County--Periodicals.
- 1939
- 1940 'urban renewal', 8th Street demolition
- Men work at a house on Eighth (8th) Street in as part of Denver's Urban Renewal program in 1940 in Colorado.
- Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Laborers--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Ruins--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Urban renewal--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- 1940
- 1983 Capitol Hill People's Fair Guide
- 1st bldg.
- View of the Territorial Prison (later the Colorado State Penitentiary) building in Canon City (Fremont County), Colorado. Shows a two story stone building with a mansard roof, chimneys, and dormers.
- Colorado State Penitentiary--Buildings--1860-1870.; Canon City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Canon City--1860-1870.
- 1869
- 1st street car
- View of horse-drawn street car, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a trolley operator holding reins, railway tracks, and timber stacked along the dirt street. Signs on the railway car include: "Cameron's R.R. ticket," "Take this car to the Grand...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Street railroads--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1887?
- 1st switchboard, Grand Junction
- Interior view of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph switchboard office area, in Grand Junction, Colorado, shows two female switchboard operators behind a wooden spindle balustrade with swinging door. A group of men, women and one boy pose...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Interiors--1900-1910.; Telephone operators--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900-1910.; Telephone switchboards--Colorado--Grand Junction--1900- 1910.
- 1903
- 2d & 3d Town Co's. office, Grand Junction
- View of Grand Junction Town and Improvement Company's buildings, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows two different views which include a one- story log cabin with sod roof and a two-story gable roof brick building with falsefront. Men and a woman...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Sod buildings--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1890.
- 1882
- 2nd cutting, alfalfa, Westlake Ranch
- View of alfalfa field with three large stacks of alfalfa in background, Westlake (or West Lake) Ranch, Larimer County, Colorado; man stands in thigh-high alfalfa; field is ready for second seasonal cutting.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agriculture--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Alfalfa--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- 3rd St SF
- Interior view of the Southern Pacific Railroad station at Third and Townsend Streets in San Francisco (San Francisco County), California. Men and women are at the ticket counter by cast bronze lamps, a marble counter, and signs: "To Trains" and...
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1940.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1930-1940.; Interiors--California--San Francisco--1930-1940.; Passengers--California--San Francisco--1930-1940.; Railroad stations--California--San Francisco--1930-1940.; Ticket...
- 1938
- 3rd Street, looking across Main St. toward east
- View of 3rd (Third) Street looking east towards Main Street, in Pueblo, Colorado, shows a commercial street with single and multi-story flat roof brick buildings. Automobiles are parked on both sides of the street. A traffic light and an electric...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Pueblo--1930-1940.
- 1930?
- 4 per cent [sic] grade on Barranca Hill, near Embudo N.M.
- Rio Grande ( Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad) Train 426, engine 475 (Schenectady type 2-8-2) on Barranca Hill, near Embudo, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Four percent grade on rocky slope above river, shows three cars, dark smoke pours from...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Rio Arriba County (N.M.)--1940-1950.; Railroad locomotives--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1940- 1950.; Railroads--New Mexico--Rio Arriba County--1940-1950.
- [1941]
- 4th & Main
- View of the Longmont National Bank from intersection of Fourth Avenue and Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the brick one-story building with corner entrance, striped window awnings and lettering painted on large windows: "Bank, Rental...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Banks--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- 1908
- 505 off for the fire
- View of a horse drawn steam pumper at Engine Company No. 1 firehouse at Colfax and Broadway; also shows a brick building with signs: "Denver Omnibus & Cab Co.," "Metropole" and "Pala[ce Stables]."
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Fire stations--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- 604th Field Artillery Battalion, Battery C
- ALPHABETICAL LISTING: Allen, Allen, Andrew, Averett, Barys, Belcher, Bennington, Beyers, Blair, Bosch, Burke, Bryan, Casey, Childers, Collins, Daniels, Dundon, Dvorak, [Erabnit], Evans, Fahey , Ferini, [Fish], Garrett, Gilbert, [Gneiser], Graff,...
- Military officers--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Field Artillery Batallion, 604th. Battery C.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- June 1944
- 60mm. mortar practice, Camp Hale
- Four men, members of the 10th Mountain Division C Company Mortar Squad, kneel or lie on the ground as they prepare to fire a practice round with a 60 mm. mortar near Camp Hale in Eagle County, Colorado. Shows dust from an explosion on a hillside...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military training--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Mortars (Ordnance)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army....
- 1944
- 7 miles to gain 1300 ft., approach to Spearfish Canon, B. & M. R.R.
- View of Burlington & Missouri River Railroad tracks on a hillside in Spearfish Canyon (Lawrence County), in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Shows a flatbed wagon and trees beside tracks on a steep, rocky grade.
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- 7th Street, Leadville, Colorado, ca 1929
- Foggy scene with a dilapidated wood frame false front and front gable structures on snow-covered 7th (Seventh) Street in Leadville, Colorado. The corner false front has broken windows, boarded up storefronts and an advertisement "Wrigley's...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1920-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- 1929
- 85th Regiment, Company C
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company C. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, June 14, 1944. LEFT TO RIGHT TOP ROW: 1) Egan, Knox, 2) Hayes, 3) Anderson, 4) Smith, John, 5) Pike, 6) Baney, 7) Walden, 8)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Company C.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- June 14, 1944
- 85th Regiment, Company F
- Group portrait of Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, Company F. TOP ROW left to right: 1) unidentified, 2) Bowen, 3) Boyajian, 4) unidentified, 5) Christie, 6) unidentified, 7) Blasius, 8) St. Louis, 9) Logan, 10) unidentified, 11) Cossin? 12)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Company F.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [June 1944]
- 85th Regiment, Company G
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Company G. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, spring 1944. LEFT TO RIGHT TOP ROW: 1) Bennett, Henry, 2) Bergelt, Edward, 3) Berlow, Ralph F., 4) Lutz, James, 5) Gogolin,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Company G.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- Spring 1944
- 85th Regiment, Company L
- Group portrait of the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, Company L. Taken June 20, 1944. Left to right top row: 1) unidentified, 2) Coon, 3) Smith, H., 4) Davis, 5) Wells, 6) Raymond, 7) Huer, 8) Smeland, 9) Patterson, 10) unidentified, 11)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th. Company L.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1944 June 20
- 86th Regiment, Company K
- FIRST ROW left to right: 1) Hellman, 2) Starnes, 3) Kresse, 4) Bennett, 5) Ford, 6) Cross, 7) Darnell, 8) Lippincott, 9) McKenney, 10) Metnik, 11) Bennett, 12) Wyatt, 13) Coursen, 14) Belcher, 15) Short, 16) Putyra, 17) Schafer or Schaeffer, 18)...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th. Company K.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- June 1944
- 87th Regiment, Headquarters, 1st Battalion
- Group portrait of Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 1st Battalion, Headquarters Company. Taken at Camp Hale, Colorado, 1944. Some identified. Left to right top row: Fletcher, unidentified, Adam, unidentified, Collard, Boyer, Zerk, Bourne,...
- Military personnel--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1944
- [Cowboys on corral fence] [art original].
- Cowboys in art.; Pen drawing, American.; Pen-and-wash drawings.
- [1948?]
- [Untitled] [art original] / [unknown].
- Painting, American.; Oil paintings.
- [n.d.]
- "Badlands" on Wind River, Wyo.
- Panoramic view of sedimentary rock formations identified as "Badlands", probably in Fremont County, Wyoming. Shows layered strata on steep rock hillsides. Sagebrush and grass are on sandy, barren ground.
- Badlands--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1900.; Fremont County (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Rock formations--Wyoming--Fremont County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- "Barrel transfer" near Salida, Colo.
- View of a barrel transfer machine and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks near Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Signs on the steel beams read: "D.& R.G.W.R.R. Royal Gorge Route, Scenic Line," and "McMyler Interstate, Cleveland, Ohio."...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1940.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Mine railroad cars--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Narrow gauge railroads--Colorado--Chaffee County--1920-1940.; Railroad...
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- "Bighorn Curve" D. & R.G. Ry.
- View of Denver and Rio Grande Railway train and frame buildings in Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1886?]
- "Fighting Bob" Evans at Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Large crowd outside Midland Terminal Railway station, Cripple Creek, Colorado; passenger train arrives with "Fighting Bob" Evans on board; men, women and children stand on standard gauge tracks; railroad employees and dignitaries stand on rear...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Crowds--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Midland Terminal Railway.
- 1909 May 11
- "Little Chicago" a typical frontier railroad town, (just above Cosin's Ranch)
- Miners pose outside wood frame false fronts and gabled businesses, Little Chicago, near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Signs include: "Bill Sheets," "Coors, Golden Beer," "Restaraunt," and "Scott & Fagan Saloon."
- Little Chicago (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Little Chicago--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- "Lost" Lakes, near Meigs Peak, Col.
- Aerial view of summits and high mountain lakes, identified as "Lost Lakes" near "Meigs Peak", probably near Stunner Pass in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows dense forest, boulders and snow above timberline in the San Juan Mountains.
- Conejos County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Conejos County--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1874
- "Roches Moutonnies" near the Mountain of the Holy Cross
- View of rock formations, boulders. and dead, fallen trees in an unidentified valley in Eagle County, Colorado. The Mount of the Holy Cross and the Sawatch Range are in the distance.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Holy Cross, Mount of (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boulders--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Logs--Colorado--Eagle County--1870-1880.; Geological and...
- [1873?]
- "Rooster Rock," Columbia River
- View of Rooster Rock, a basalt pillar, and dense trees beside the Columbia River in Multnomah County, Oregon. People in a canoe are near the shore of the river.
- Columbia River--1880-1910.; Multnomah County (Or.)--1880-1910.; Rooster Rock (Multnomah County, Or. : Pillar)--1880-1910.; Beaches--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1910.; Canoes--Oregon--Multnomah County--1880-1910.; Rivers--Oregon--Multnomah...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- "Seeing Denver", tour bus
- View of an open electric tour coach with well-dressed men, women and children passengers on a dirt road in probably City Park in Denver, Colorado. An inscription on the side and front of the bus reads "Seeing Denver." Two employees of the bus...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- "The Antlers," Colorado Springs
- People are on Pikes Peak Avenue in front of the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Shows horses, a dog, a carriage and a young girl in a mule-driven cart.
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; City & town life--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.
- 1886 November 20
- "The Tetons" from near the head of Buffalo Fork
- Men sit, stand or lie on a hillside near a valley of dense trees probably in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The Teton Range and snowy Grand Teton are in the distance.
- Grand Teton (Wyo. : Mountain)--1870-1880.; Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Wyoming--Grand Teton National Park--1870-1880.; Mountains--Wyoming--Grand Teton National...
- [1878?]
- "Wolpi", one of Moqui towns
- View of Native American (Hopi) stone and adobe, multi-story dwellings at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Sheep pens beside a steep slope have low stone walls. Ladders lean against buildings on the mesa.
- Hopi Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--Arizona--Walpi--1870-1880.; First Mesa (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1870-1880.;...
- [between 1871 and 1876?]
- A 6,500 ft. [i.e. 2,500 ft.] cliff where we abandoned trip
- View of cliffs and the Gunnison River in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Montrose County, Colorado.
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gunnison River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Cliffs--Colorado--Montrose County--1900-1910.; Discovery &...
- 1900 September
- A "rotary" in action on the Ibex Branch, D. & R.G.
- View of a rotary snow plow in operation in deep snow on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Ibex branch in Lake County, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Country--1880-1910.; Lake County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Lake County--1880-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- A bunch of white face cattle on Williams Fork Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View from hillside above a herd of hereford cattle in the Williams Fork Mountain Range, which extends through Moffat and Routt Counties, Colorado.
- Hereford cattle--Colorado--1910-1920.; Moffat County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; White Fork Mountains (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- A Colo. dairy
- View of a dairy farm, probably Hazelwood Dairy; shows wood-frame residence with brick foundation, a wood-frame dairy barn, and cows along dirt road; a women and dog sit on front porch, a man stands next to barbed wire fence and horse-drawn...
- Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Dairy farming--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Colo. Midland fish story
- View of three men holding stringer of nine fish caught somewhere along the Colorado Midland Railway line in Colorado; three additional fish atop wicker creel, probably trout.
- Fishing--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- A Colorado Camp
- People pose near tents, horses and a horse-drawn carriage probably in Larimer County, Colorado. Two people eat at a makeshift table while a woman prepares food on a cook stove with a stovepipe. A man sits on a boulder that has an inscription: "Fort...
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Larimer County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- A Colorado sheep ranch
- View of sheep and lambs in timber corrals in Colorado; a sheepherder poses with a dog, and a cabin is among trees.
- Dogs--Colorado--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--1910-1920.; Ranchers--Colorado--1910-1920.; Sheep ranches--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1910-1920?]
- A council, Indians and wagons in circle, tepees and fort in background
- Group of Dakota men, women and children, gathered in circle with wagons and an American flag in the center. Probably gathered for a council meeting on the Standing Rock Reservation. Tepees and buildings are in the background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)--1880-1890.; Indian reservations--Dakota Territory--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- A cowboy camp
- Cowboy camp somewhere in Colorado; man standing by campfire with numerous cooking pots hanging over it and dutch ovens nearby; canvas tents, wagon and saddled horses in background; larger group of men standing around another campfire, center...
- Campfires--Colorado--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Cree Indian woman, a Snake Indian woman
- Reproduction of an engraving of a Cree woman and a Snake Native American woman, wrapped in blankets.
- Cree Indians--Women--1840-1880.; Indians of North America--1840-1880.; Shoshoni Indians--Women--1840-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960?]
- A December snow near Winter Park looking toward Berthoud Pass
- View of the Fraser River near Winter Park in Grand County, Colorado. Berthoud Pass is in the distance. Snow covers the ground and trees.
- Berthoud Pass (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Fraser River (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Grand County (Colo.)--1970-1990.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Grand County--1970-1990.; Rivers--Colorado--Grand County--1970-1990.
- [between 1975 and 1981?]