Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 C
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Denver Public Library 1930 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1930. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Cutting dry farm rye, Moffat Road
- View of horse-drawn machinery cutting rye field, probably somewhere in Routt County, Colorado reached via Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific), Moffat Road; three-horse team, two men standing in field ready to...
- Dry farming--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Routt County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Harvesting--Colorado--Routt County--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1908 and 1915]
- Second cutting alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows three men in thigh-high alfalfa and two large hay stacks in background.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- 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?]
- Cutting corn, West Lake Ranch
- View of three large shocks of cornstalks next to men cutting down cornstalks with machetes, West Lake (or Westlake) Ranch, Larimer County, Colorado; two men in overalls cut stalks with ears or corn still intact.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agriculture--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Corn--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Cutting oats in Colorado
- View of horse-drawn team cutting oats in agricultural field, somewhere in Colorado, possibly Westlake (or West Lake) Ranch, Larimer County, Front Range or Eastern Colorado; show man with whip in hand driving team of three horses, man standing in...
- Larimer County (Colo.); Agriculture--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Horse teams--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.; Oats--Colorado--Larimer County--1900-1910.
- [1909?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Horses. Breeds and breeding. Cutting horses
- Rogers and Nash Mortuary Records : 1873-1979
- Index to the records of the Rogers and Nash Mortuary Records located in boxes 1-18 and between the years 1873 and 1979. Index is arranged alphabetically by last name and includes: Last and First Name, Date of Event, Type of Records, Box Number,...
- Rogers Mortuary (Denver, Colo.)--Registers.; Nash-Miller Mortuary (Denver, Colo.)--Registers.; Funeral homes--Colorado--Denver.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy. Denver (Colo.) -- Vital records.
- 2008
- Colorado World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- The Colorado registration cards are on 40 rolls of microfilm (v.1 through v.40), Denver Public Library catalog number G973.91, W893co. The draft registration cards are arranged alphabetically by county or city. Within the county or city, names are...
- 2005
- WWI Colorado Draft Registration Cards
- Index to the World War I Draft Registration Cards for Colorado between the years of 1917-1918. During World War I there were three registrations. The first, on June 5, 1917, was for all men between the ages of 21 and 31. These men were born...
- World War, 1914-1918--Colorado.; Colorado--Genealogy--Sources.; Denver (Colo.)--History, Military.; United States. Selective Service System--Sources.; United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.; United States....
- 2005
- Cutting gauze at Colorado General Hospital
- A Work Projects Administration (W.P.A) worker uses a power saw to cut gauze into strips in a room at Colorado General Hospital, University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. The man wears a white shirt and has his sleeves rolled up to...
- United States. Work Projects Administration--People--1940-1950.; Colorado General Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--Equipment & supplies--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gauze--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.;...
- 1942 September
- Western History Subject Index
- Horses. Breeds and breeding. Cutting horses
- Western History Subject Index
- Horses. Breeds and breeding Cutting horses
- Fairmount sexton's records, 1891-1953, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
- Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 list over 85,500 burials or entombments. The Fairmount Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange in rough “alphabetical...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado--Genealogy.; Colorado--Vital records.
- 2004
- Teresa Vigil
- Portrait of Teresa Vigil, an expert in medicinal herbs (curandera) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She poses in her kitchen in a blouse and sweater. A stove, cutting board and pots and pans are nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Healers.; Interiors.; Older people.; Women.; Vigil, Teresa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2005 April 16]
- Municipal Facts: Volume 8 Numbers 3 and 4, 1925 March-April
- Municipal Facts: Volume 12 Numbers 11 and 12, 1929 November-December
- Kitchen
- Interior view of a kitchen in Denver, Colorado; shows a girl, a stove, a cutting board, and a woman holding a pie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baking--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Opening of Northglenn Shopping Center, Sen. Gordon Allot speaking
- Senator Gordon Allot speaks to a crowd at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Northglenn Mall, Adams County, Colorado.
- Northglenn (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building dedications--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Legislators--United States--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Allot, Gordon.
- March 14, 1968
- Ribbon snipping opens Northglenn Shopping Center
- At a ribbon cutting ceremony for Northglenn Mall, Adams County, Colorado, Jordon Perlmutter and officials are on stage. A wheel made from carnations and ribbon spokes has names of stores; a crowd looks on.
- Northglenn (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Building dedications--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Shopping centers--Colorado--Northglenn--1960-1970.; Perlmutter, Jordon.
- March 14, 1968
- Charcoal kilns at Webster, back view
- View of twelve beehive-shaped coke kilns at Webster, Park County, Colorado. The kilns are beside the tracks of the Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Webster (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Coke industry--Colorado--Webster--1890-1900.; Kilns--Colorado--Webster--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Webster--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Teller House, Central City
- Men and women sit and stand in front of a white, paneled door of the Teller House in Central City. Some of the men are wearing work clothes, and some are wearing suits. The women wear dresses. One of the men who is standing is holding a large flat...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1870-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Breckenridge
- In this view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking northwest from atop Barney Ford Hill, the churches and the hose drying tower of Fireman's Hall are visible among the many buildings of the town. Mountains of the Ten Mile Range are in the background,...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Tenmile Range (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Alfalfa and wheat
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows field of cut alfalfa, ranch with frame gable house, wagons, sheds, planted tree windbreaks, haystacks, and cut and shieved wheat piles in background.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, in the South Platte Valley; shows man in derby hat next to a waist high pile and haystacks in distance.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Daniels & Fisher kitchen
- Interior view of a Daniels and Fisher store kitchen, in Denver, Colorado; shows a woman in a chef's hat cutting cheese. Shelves hold dinnerware and crockery; ice boxes are by the wall.
- Daniels and Fisher Stores Company--Facilities--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cooks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Kitchens--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1903 March
- Taos Indian agriculture
- View of a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man cutting grain with a scythe, at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Harvesting--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Barber Shop interior
- Interior view of a barber shop in Denver, Colorado; shows women cutting children's hair, porcelain chairs, and mirrors.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Barbers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Barbershops--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- West Medical Clinic
- View of a Stout Street clinic in Denver, Colorado; shows mansard roof, dormers, picket fence, and an open porch. Sign on adjacent buildings read: "West Medical Clinic - Cancers, Tumors, Ulcers, Fungus, Birthmarks and Skin Diseases Cured Without...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Clinics--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1920]
- Silver Plume
- View northwest in Silver Plume, Colorado; the central business district is in the foreground, and Republican Mountain and mines are in the background. Mines include: the Diamond Tunnel, the Baxter, and the Dunkirk. The haul road is visible cutting...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1879?]
- Equinox stope, ore schute, Clear Creek Consolidated
- Miners pose near an ore chute in a mine tunnel, Clear Creek County, Colorado. They are at the Equinox stope owned by Clear Creek Consolidated. A stope refers to a method of excavation whereby a vein of ore is removed by cutting a series of steps.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1950.; Miners--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1920-1950.
- [between 1920 and 1950?]
- Indians trading at a frontier town
- Native American (tribe unknown) men and women trade with white men in a town. One woman wears a cradleboard. Prominent signs read: "Cigars", "Shaving 25 [cents]", "Hair Cutting 45 [cents]", and "Western Clo[thing]".
- Indian traders--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Sawing marble, Colo. Yule Marble Co. plant, Marble, Colo.
- Interior view of Colorado Yule Marble Company processing plant and mill, Marble, Colorado; shows slabs of marble ready for cutting, saw equipment and machinery, and processed or cut flat slabs of marble; facility closed in 1941.
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- RGS narrow gauge train, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Southbound freight train cutting out helper, Denver & Rio Grande Western 463; 21 cars . Photographed: At Peak, Colo., September 27, 1942.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1942.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1942
- D&RGW train, engine number 5614 + additional diesel unit, engine type EMD F7
- Freight, eastbound, cutting out helper 3612. Photographed: at Winter Park, Colo., October 7, 1956.
- Locomotives--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1956.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Winter Park.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.
- 1956
- Graham School for Boys
- A group of young boys in football uniforms pose near a studio backdrop in Denver, Colorado. A pile of leather helmets sit on the ground in front of the group. Some boys wear sweaters with the letter "G" attached. A boy holds a football with...
- Graham School for Boys (Denver, Colo.)--People--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Cherry Creek before improvements
- View of Cherry Creek in Denver, Colorado; men stand on sandbars. Horse-drawn wagons are on the road. A stone cutting business at 7th (Seventh) and Lincoln Streets has a sign: "Monuments Building Work Jacques Bros." Houses are in the background.
- Stone industry and trade--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1895 and 1910?]
- Molenaar's barber shop
- View of either Kenny Molenaar, or the photographer, cutting another Tenth Mountain Division soldier's hair in an Italian vineyard. Molenaar is wearing khaki shorts and boots; the man getting his haircut holds a towel around his neck, is shirtless...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Moffat Railroad - East Portal
- 26, 1928 when the first passenger train passed through it. (Moffat died in 1911 and thus never saw his dream become a reality.) The tunnel passed under James Peak and eliminated the 27-mile trip up the steep grade of Rollins Pass, effectively ...
- Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Tents--Colorado--Gilpin...
- [1951?]
- New store room
- Frame scaffolding tops this concrete foundation at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Piled dirt and rock, power poles, a cutting torch cart with oxygen and acetylene tanks, and another piece of machinery, possibly a concrete mixer,...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Construction--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1920-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Moffat Tunnel. East Portal 1951
- A railroad track for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad runs from the foreground back to the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel on Rollins Pass in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small group of tents is in the foreground. Pine trees stand along the...
- Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tents--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [1951?]
- Moffat Tunnel. East Portal 1951
- A railroad track for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad runs from the foreground back to the East Portal of the Moffat Tunnel on Rollins Pass in Gilpin County, Colorado. A small group of tents is in the foreground. Pine trees stand along the...
- Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tents--Colorado--Gilpin County--1950-1960.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [1951?]
- Railroad track in Colorado
- Stereographic view of a railroad track, possibly of the Colorado Central Railroad, cutting across the foreground between two rocky ridges, possibly in Clear Creek County. A large, square post is in the center foreground. A telegraph pole is in the...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1870-1900.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Bucking snow on the Moffat Road
- Rotary snowplow on Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's Moffat Road, probably Rollins Pass, Colorado, chopping, cutting and blowing snow.
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow plows--Colorado--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- The rotary snow plow, Moffat Road
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's rotary snow plow on Moffat Road at Jenny Lake (siding), Colorado; rotary described as all steel, thirty-six feet long, scoop wheel type, able to take a twelve foot cut, largest of its kind built at that time by...
- Jenny Lake (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow plows--Colorado--1910-1930.; Snow removal--Colorado--1910-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1913 and 1925]
- Snowy range from Eldora Branch, Colo. & NW. Ry
- View of snow covered peaks from Eldora branch, the Colorado, and Northwestern Railway; narrow gauge track cutting through slope at center with bridge center left.
- Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Jesse Root Link
- Studio portrait of an infant identified as Jesse Root Link. He is propped up against a paisley scarf and wears a white pleated dress.
- Boys--1890-1900.; Infants--1890-1900.; Link, Jesse Root.
- [1893 and 1897?]
- Colorado Yule Marble quarry
- View of a Colorado Yule Marble quarry in Marble (Gunnison County), Colorado. Marble cutting saws and a large metal frame used for hoisting the stone are on a quarry ledge. Shows wooden ladders, ropes, cables, hooks, steel bars, and broken marble.
- Colorado Yule Marble Company--Facilities--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Machinery--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Saws--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1920?]
- 400 block Main
- View along the 400 block of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows men with shovels and axes digging up the dirt around a large cottonwood tree, in preparation of cutting it down. A group of men assemble to witness the event, in front of the...
- Cottonwood--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [1901]