Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Buddecke and Diehl's Opera House, Montrose, Colo.
- Interior view of the Buddecke & Diehl Opera House in Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The building has paper-covered light shades, kerosene lanterns, and pine garlands on the ceiling and on brick walls. Painted scenes decorate the front of the...
- Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House (Montrose, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Montrose (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Chairs--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Interiors--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Light fixtures--Colorado--Montrose--1880-1890.; Opera...
- [between 1885 and 1888?]
- Telluride (Colo.) band in Bridal Veil Park
- Men wear suits and hats and hold musical instruments including tubas, cornets, trumpets, trombones, and a bass drum in a meadow below the San Juan Mountains near Telluride (San Miguel County), Colorado. Ingram Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and Ingram...
- Bridal Veil Falls (San Miguel County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ingram Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.; Meadows--Colorado--San Miguel County--1880-1890.;...
- 1886 Sept
- Ames Hotel, early 1880's
- Exterior view of the Ames Hotel and other businesses in the camp of Ames, below the Gold King mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a scene busy with people in front of the wood frame false fronts and in a horse-drawn wagon. A man in front of...
- Ames (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Ames--1930-1940.; Hotels--Colorado--Ames--1930-1940.
- [between 1860 and 1980?]
- Mixed trains, Clear Creek Canon
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train (narrow gauge) on the west approach to Huntsman's Bridge in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. A locomotive, open freight cars, and a passenger car are near Clear Creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Ophir Loop, Colo.
- The small town of Ophir and the Ophir Loop of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad shown from a distance. A line of burros is being loaded onto a train in the background.
- Ophir (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--1880-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--1880-1900.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [between 1887 and 1900?]
- Bucking snow on the Moffat Road
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's rotary snowplow #10200 bucking snow along Moffat Road, probably Rollins Pass or "Hill Hell"; 36-foot rotary snowplow #10200 nicknamed "the Red Devil" by General Manager Ridgway, he also called it "the world's most...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- E. & C. Bldg., Denver
- Exterior view of Ernest and Cranmer Building located at 17th (Seventeenth) and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado; completed in 1891 by architect Frank E. Edbrooke and Company; Postal Telegraph Cable Company and United States National Bank located on...
- Commercial buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1906]
- Oat field, Westlake Ranch
- Shocks of oats in agricultural field, Westlake (or West Lake) Ranch, Larimer county, Colorado; shows man moving shocks, a two-story wooden frame house, large stack of hay.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agriculture--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Oats--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Stacking alfalfa
- Men and equipment used to stack hay, Gratton Farm, Standley Lake Basin, Colorado; Gratton Farm owned by E.L. Kelso; two separate teams of horses push stacks of hay towards hay stacker using large horse-operated wooden "rake"; man leads a horse...
- Girls--Colorado--1900-1910.; Harvesting machinery--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hay--Colorado--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--1900-1910.; Kelso, E. L.--Homes & haunts.
- [1909]
- Hagerman Pass, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Reproduction of promotional lithograph depicting Colorado Midland Railway at Hagerman Trestle, Tunnel & Pass, Colorado; shows Colorado Midland Railway standard gauge track over Hagerman Trestle, snowsheds, passenger train approaching Hagerman...
- Hagerman Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Hagerman Pass--1900-1920.; Graham, Charles, 1852-1911.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Marshall Pass and Mt. Ouray
- View towards Marshall Pass, Mount Ouray (elevation 13,971 feet), and Shirley, Colorado, in valley; Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge track with switchbacks winds across mountain ridge ascending Marshall Pass; William H. Jackson's photographic...
- Marshall Pass (Colo.); Ouray, Mount (Colo.); Shirley (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 42, 1910 October 15
- Pablo C. de Baca with Sacred Heart College baseball team member of grade 8 class (1890-1891).
- Group portrait of the baseball team at Sacred Heart College (later College of the Sacred Heart) in Denver, Colorado. The teenage boys wear white shirts, bandannas, caps, knee length pants, and long stockings. They pose with bats, baseballs and a...
- Sacred Heart College (Denver, Colo.)--People--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Teenagers.; C. de Baca, Pablo, 1874-1940--Pictorial works.; Sacred Heart College (Denver,...
- 1891
- Baptizmal [i.e. bautismo] for Mercedes Vigil, Colorado.
- Studio group portrait taken at the time of the baptism of Mercedes Gómez in Vigil (Las Animas County), Colorado. Members of the Hispanic American Gómez family are identified: top left to right: Carolina Gómez, Lucía Gómez, Domecinda...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Vigil (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Studio portraits.; Families.; Gómez family--Pictorial works.; Gómez family--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Vigil--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1912, March 26
- Andrés Gómez
- Studio portrait of Hispanic American Andrés Gómez dressed as a cowboy. He wears a long sleeve shirt, a leather vest, sheep skin chaps (woolies), and a cowboy hat.
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1930.; Mexican Americans--1910-1930.; Chaps.; Chaps.; Cowboys.; Gómez, Andrés, 1902-; Gómez, Andrés, 1902---Pictorial works.; Cowboys--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1918 and 1925?]
- Longina L. Lobato
- Longina L. Lobato, an elderly Hispanic American woman (center) poses in front of an adobe house with two unidentified women, and a baby in Zamora (Las Animas County), Colorado. Longina Lobato wears a long dark dress, a Basque with puff sleeves, a...
- Hispanic Americans--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--1920-1930.; Infants.; Older people.; Women.; Lobato, Longina L., 1858-1936--Pictorial works.; Lobato, Longina L., 1858-1936.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Infants--Colorado--Las...
- [between 1929 and 1932?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 7, 1911 February 11
- Grand Canyon of the Colorado
- View from Hance trail of rock formations in the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The Selkirks from Mt. Abbot
- View of the Selkirk Range. Shows rugged mountains and trees.
- Selkirk Range--1880-1900.; Mountains.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Mount of the Holy Cross
- Copy of a Thomas Moran painting, "Mountain of the Holy Cross;" shows Mt. Holy Cross in Sawatch Range of Rocky Mountains in Eagle County, Colorado.
- Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Holy Cross, Mount of the (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- San Francisco Bay, Point Bonita
- View of Alcatraz island in San Francisco Bay (San Francisco County), California. Shows a sailboat on the bay.
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Islands--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.; Sailing...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Cattle ranch near Cimarron, round-up (around the circle)
- Cowboys are on horseback by a corral on a ranch near the Cimarron River in probably Montrose County, Colorado. Cattle, wood frame buildings and horse-drawn wagons are nearby.
- Cimarron River (Montrose County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle herding--Montrose County--Colorado--1890-1900.; Corrals--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Montrose...
- 1898
- Yosemite Valley from Artist Point
- Panoramic view from Artist Point of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. Shows El Capitan, Clouds Rest and Half Dome in the distance, and Cathedral Rocks behind Bridalveil Fall. The Merced River and fir trees are in the valley.
- Bridalveil Fall (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cathedral Rocks (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Clouds Rest (Calif.)--1880-1910.; El Capitan (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Half Dome (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Merced River (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- Snow shoe brigade
- Men hold poles and pose on skis in a snow field in Irwin (Gunnison County) Colorado.
- Irwin (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Skiing--Colorado--Irwin--1880-1890.
- [1883]
- Arizona, Grand Canon, looking down from Rowe's Point
- Panoramic view of eroded sandstone canyon walls and steep cliffs from Hopi Point (Rowe's Point) near West Rim Drive at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows sedimentary rock layers, trees, and shrubs.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Hopi Point (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1900.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand Canyon...
- [1899 or 1900?]
- Lead City, S.D.
- Panoramic view of Lead (Lawrence County), in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Ore car tracks and a Homestake Mining Company steel bridge are near commercial buildings and houses. Shows the stone Miners' Union Hall and Opera House on the corner of...
- Homestake Mine (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Lead (S.D.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mine railroads--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Mining--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--South Dakota--Lead--1900-1910.;...
- [1900?]
- 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?]
- Spearfish Canon, approaching the Canon
- Engine number "302" and a passenger car of probably the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company are on tracks in Spearfish Canyon (Lawrence County), South Dakota. A man wears a derby hat and a suit, stands on a rocky hillside, and points...
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Lawrence County (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--South Dakota--Lawrence County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Panoramic view of houses, streets, and trees in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. Houses, buildings, and possibly Cypress trees are in town, and snow is on the Wasatch Mountains in the distance.
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Arizona, the Grand Canon, looking up from Bissell's Point
- Panoramic view of eroded sandstone mesas and steep canyon walls near what is identified as Bissell's Point at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Shows sedimentary rock layers, the Colorado River, and cumulus clouds.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1900.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1890-1900.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--Grand...
- [1899 or 1900?]
- The Summit of Pikes Peak
- View of the stone Army Signal Corps Weather Station at the summit of Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado. The stone two-story building has windows and an iron observation platform with stairs. Granite boulders and snow are on the ground.
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Meteorological stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Signal stations--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Panorama from Point Sublime, Colorado
- Trees, a utility pole, and grass are on a steep hill at Point Sublime. Shows a panoramic, aerial view of the plains around Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado and buildings in the distance.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Point Sublime (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Plains--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Ouray, Colorado
- Panoramic, aerial view of houses and commercial buildings in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the Beaumont Hotel, the Ouray County Courthouse with a domed tower, the stone Miner's Hospital, and the public School House. A United States flag is...
- Amphitheater, The (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Ouray, Colorado
- A small frame building is beside a pond probably near the Amphitheater above Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Trees are near the pond and on steep slopes near Cascade Mountain in the distance.
- Cascade Mountain (Ouray County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Ouray County--1900-1910.
- [1901?]
- Mt. Audubon from Bald Mountain, Colo.
- Panoramic view of snow-covered mountains in the Indian Peaks range in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows Mount Audubon, Paiute Peak, and Mount Toll on the Continental Divide. Trees and a meadow are nearby.
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Paiute Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Toll, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
- View of a multi story building made of ice blocks in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The ice palace, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival, is between West 7th (Seventh) and West 8th (Eighth) Streets from Spruce to Leiter. The building has...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- 1896
- 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
- The Buckingham Hook & Ladder Company at Third and Main, Longmont.
- Twenty two members of Buckingham Hook & Ladder Company pose in a line at 3rd (Third )Avenue and Main Street, Longmont, Colorado. The men wear their new uniforms, flat fire caps, dark belted trousers and shirts decorated with breast bibs and...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Longmont--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900.]
- Ferry at Alhandra, Vernal-Myton Stage Road Denver & Salt Lake R. R.
- View of a ferry crossing at Alhandra along the Vernal-Myton, Utah Stage Road; a man stands at the helm of the ferry which carries an automobile and three male passengers; the ferry is hooked to a pulley on an overhead cable.
- Alhandra (Utah)--1910-1920.; Ferries--Utah--Alhandra--1910-1920.; Roads--Utah--Alhandra--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- June, #8
- Eighth in a series of views documenting progress of the summer 1896 construction of the Meeker Hotel, 560 Main Street, Meeker, Colorado. This facade view shows the newly completed two story brick hotel. Features include: large pane windows and door...
- Meeker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Building construction--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Meeker--1890-1900.; Meeker Hotel (Meeker, Colo.)
- [1896]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, has a Moorish interior, featuring plaster carved with Arabic inscriptions. Muqarnas follow the ceiling coves; the walls are stenciled with arabesques, and columns flank scalloped arches. Veined...
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- El Jebel
- The El Jebel Masonic Temple in Denver, Colorado, of "The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobility of the Mystic Shrine," is a Moorish design by the Baerresen Brothers. The ballroom has ornate stenciled borders; columns support the beamed ceiling....
- El Jebel Temple (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Ballrooms--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors.
- [between 1907 and 1910?]
- Halfway House, Bright Angel Trail, Grand Canon of the Colo.
- Northward view of the Halfway House on the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona; shows resting pack-mules, men and women standing next to the mules and sitting in the shade next to a roofless stone-block building, and the...
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.); Mules--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1920.; Pack animals--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900- 1920.; Trails & paths--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900- 1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Thomasville
- Several men stand in front of the Midland Railway depot, Thomasville (also known as Calcium), Piktin County, Colorado.
- Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Thomasville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Thomasville--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Looking west from flour mill, Windsor, Colo
- Windsor, Weld County, Colorado, has Main Street businesses, a water tower, and Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks north of town.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1880-1900.; Windsor (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Windsor--1880-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Windsor--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Windsor--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Brownsville, Colorado
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Brownsville (later known as Silver Plume), Clear Creek County, Colorado, with residences, storefronts, mining facilities, and Clear Creek.
- Brownsville (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Pike's Peak Ave., Colo. Springs
- View of Pike's Peak Avenue towards Antlers Hotel with Pike's Peak in background, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Colorado Springs & Interurban Railway tracks and trolleys, horse-drawn wagons and carriages; Elk Hotel, an unidentified restaurant.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1908 and 1910]
- Long's Peak and agricultural scene near Longmont, Colo., C. & S. Ry.
- Panoramic view of Rocky Mountains along the Front Range, Longs Peak and agricultural field near Longmont, Colorado reached via Colorado & Southern Railway; stacks of hay in rows across several fields, barn, farm, residences.
- Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- 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]
- Suspension Bridge, Royal Gorge
- View of Denver & Rio Grande Suspension Bridge and standard gauge track with third rail for narrow gauge in Royal Gorge, Colorado; third rail abandoned in 1911; copy glass plate attributed to L.C.McClure.
- Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1890-1920.; Suspension bridges--Colorado--Royal Gorge--1890-1920.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1890 and 1911]