Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Georgetown, Alpine Street
- View west down Alpine Street (later 6th Street) Georgetown, Colorado. Dirt street lined with wood frame false front businesses and a few brick buildings. Horse-drawn wagons fill street in distance. Republican Mountain slope in background.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1875
- Harbor at Rhodes [art original].
- Watercolor painting captures a scene from 1934 Odyssey Cruise (from July 17 to August 11) on the privately chartered S.S. Cracovia.
- Sea in art.; Painting, American.; Ocean travel--Pictorial works.; Travel in art.; Rhodes (Greece)--Pictorial works.; Mediterranean Sea--Pictorial works.; Watercolors (Paintings)
- 1934
- Seventeen Mile House
- View of the Seventeen Mile House (17 Mile House Farm Park.) at 1818 South Parker Road in Parker (Arapahoe County), Colorado. The white two-level clapboard house has a covered porch and an exterior wood stairwell to the second story. The covered...
- Seventeen Mile House (Parker, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Parker (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Houses.; Arps, Louisa Ward, 1901---Pictorial works.; Seventeen Mile House (Parker, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Colorado--Parker--Pictorial works.; Parker...
- 1977
- Mack Brewery, Central City, Colo.
- View of the Mack Brewery, a.k.a. Rocky Mountain Brewery once located near Eureka Gulch on Upper Apex Road in Central City, Colo. The brewery was active between 1862-1898 and consisted of a two-story field stone structure with large rectangular...
- Mack Brewery (Central City, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Breweries--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mack Brewery (Central City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Breweries--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.;...
- 2002
- Loveland Feed & Grain, Loveland, Colo.
- View of the Loveland Feed & Grain mill located between 2nd & 3rd Street in Loveland, Colo. Originally called Centennial Mills, the first building was built in 1880, but later destroyed by a fire in 1882. The current structure was rebuilt that...
- Feed mills--Colorado--Loveland--2000-2010.; Loveland (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Loveland Feed & Grain (Loveland, Colo.).--Pictorial works.; Feed mills--Colorado--Loveland--Pictorial works.; Loveland (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Facundo Maestas oldest son of José Lucas & María Amada Armito Maestas.
- Portrait of Facundo Maestas, born in Ocate, New Mexico. He moved to Colorado, died at the age of 63 in Denver, and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
- Hispanic Americans--1890-1900.; Mexican Americans--1890-1900.; Portraits.; Maestas, Facundo, 1876-1939--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.
- ca. 1896
- Salomé Maestas son of José Lucas & María Amada Armijo Maestas.
- Salomé (aka Samuel) Maestas plays the saxophone at probably a Lions Club event in Arvada (Jefferson County), Colorado. He wears a shirt, tie, slacks and eyeglasses. A banner that hangs behind him reads: "[L]ions Club [Ar]vada [C]olorado.
- Hispanic Americans--1980-1990.; Mexican Americans--1980-1990.; Arvada (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Portraits.; Musicians.; Maestas, Salomé 1896-1991--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American musicians--Colorado--Arvada--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1980 and 1985?]
- Amanda "Mandy" Maestas daughter of Sam Maestas, Jr. and Alice Ebel.
- Studio portrait of Amanda (Mandy) Maestas, a resident of Denver, Colorado. She poses in her first communion dress, she wears a crown shaped veil and holds a missal and rosary. She sits on a bench in front of a backdrop of Christ holding a chalice.
- First communion--1940-1950.; Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--1940-1950.; Studio portraits.; Girls.; Maestas, Amanda--Pictorial works.; Maestas family--Pictorial works.; First communion--Pictorial works.;...
- [between 1947 and 1950?]
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
- View of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (1927, enlarged 1948). The brick building has two bell towers topped with cupolas, decorative brickwork and stained glass windows.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Conejos, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--Structures--1940-1950.; Mexican Americans--Structures--1940-1950.; Conejos (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Catholic churches.; Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Conejos,...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 19, 1912 May 11
- The old United Brethern Church at Seventh and Coffman, Longmont.
- Exterior of the old United Brethern Church, 7th Avenue and Coffman Street, Longmont, Colorado; features brick construction, front gable with trim and a side entry with wooden stairway.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Churches--Colorado--Longmont--1890-1900.; United Brethern Church (Longmont, Colo.)
- [between 1890 and 1900.]
- Bandelier National Monument
- View of enlarged entrances into a natural cave in soft volcanic cliffside, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cave dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Pajarito Park
- A Native American man stands next to a tuff cliffside with eroded holes enlarged by ancestral Pueblo Indians for dwellings and ceremonial spaces, Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico; became Bandelier National Monument in 1916.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Pajarito Plateau (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1900-1920.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1900-1920.; Pueblo...
- [between 1900 and 1916?]
- Bandelier National Monument
- Volcanic tuff cliffside with eroded soft rock and natural caves enlarged by ancestral Pueblo Indians to create ceremonial and living spaces in Frijoles Canyon, below Pajarito Plateau, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic rock--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- Volcanic tuff cliffs with natural caves enlarged to create living and ceremonial spaces by ancestral Pueblo Indians, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic rock--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- View inside a natural cave formed in soft volcanic tuff, then enlarged to create a living or ceremonial space by ancestral Pueblo Indians, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cave dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic rock--New...
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- A timber ladder provides access into a kiva structure under volcanic tuff cliffs, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico. The reconstructed kiva is built up with rock and has a retangular entrance framed with timber. A natural...
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cave dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Kivas--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- View along a soft volcanic tuff cliffside with natural caves, enlarged to create living and ceremonial spaces by ancestral Pueblo Indians, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.; National parks & reserves--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Volcanic rock--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- Soft volcanic tuff cliffside with natural caves, enlarged to create living and ceremonial spaces by ancestral Pueblo Indians, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Bandelier National Monument
- View of an enlarged entrance into a natural cave in soft volcanic rock, Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico; occupied by ancestral Pueblo Indians between the 13th (thirteenth) and 16th (sixteenth) century.
- Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1910-1930.; Archaeological sites--New Mexico--1910-1930.; Cliff dwellings--New Mexico--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Big Sunnyside Mill Eureka, Colorado
- View of Sunnyside Mill, Eureka (San Juan County) Colorado; shows mining ore processing buildings on a hillside.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Eureka--1920-1930.
- 1929
- George L. Beam
- Self portrait of George Lytle Beam shows the photographer sitting under a canvas shelter which is tied between two trees. He uses a hand- held Eastman rollfilm Stereo Kodak with a release cord stretched from his left hand.
- Cameras--1910-1920.; Photographers--1910-1920.; Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
- Summer 1918
- El Paso Co. Jail, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Exterior view of the El Paso County Jail, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the three story brick building with stone foundation and beltcourses, bars on windows, hip roof, and arched entrance; designed by P. T. Barber?
- El Paso County Jail (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Jails--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1906 and 1910]
- Denver and Salt Lake
- Denver and Salt Lake (D&SL) train on Rollins Pass above Tolland (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1930.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1930.
- [between 1913 and 1923?]
- Denver and Salt Lake train
- Denver and Salt Lake (D&SL) caboose and flat cars near Tolland (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--1910-1930.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1930.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Gilpin County--1910-1930.
- [between 1913 and 1923?]
- The old Missouri Fire House, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of the Old Missouri Fire House in Georgetown, Colorado, at 10004 Taos Street, home of the town's first fire company, the Georgetown Fire Company No. 1, founded in March 1870. In 1880, the building was enlarged and a bell tower and bell were...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1930-1940.
- 1939
- San Ildefonso
- Portrait of unidentified Native American children (San Ildefonso Pueblo); costumes include laced shoes, a sweater, skirt, and bib overalls.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1930-1940.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1930-1940.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1930-1940.
- April, 1938
- Agency building residence of Col. Dyre Agt. for S. tribes
- A group of white men and women pose on the front porch of the Native American Kansas (Kansa) Ynopa Agency; a two-story frame house with window shutters and planter boxes, and a picket fence.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Kansa Indians--Government relations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Houses--Kansas--1880-1900.; Indian reservations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Dyre, D. B.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wyandott [sic] Mission School, Huron
- Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) students perform outdoors while instructors look on, Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The girls, holding books, form a large group and the boys perform in several smaller groups.
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1880-1900.; Wyandot Indians--Kansas--1880-1900.; Missions--Kansas--1880-1900.; School children--Kansas--1880-1900.; Schools--Kansas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wyandott Mission, Dr. Kirk, principal teaching Indian boys to chop wood
- Principal Kirk has Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) boys chop wood, in front of a full wood shed, on the grounds of the Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The boys wear jackets and hats and hold axes. Women and girls in dresses with...
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1880-1900.; Wyandot Indians--Kansas--1880-1900.; Missions--Kansas--1880-1900.; School children--Kansas--1880-1900.; Schools--Kansas--1880-1900.; Woodcutting--Kansas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Flatnose John Chief
- Seated portrait of Flatnose John, Native American Dakota Sioux man wearing a shirt with a blanket wrapped around his waist, holding a military cap and pipe.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Flatnose John, Dakota Chief.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Modocs receiving rations at the agency
- A large group of Native American (Modoc) men and women receive rations at the agency, possibly in Indian Territory, Oklahoma or the Klamath Reservation in Oregon. The men wear hats and coats; the women wear dresses and aprons, one sits in a wagon....
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Women--1870-1880.; Food relief--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Modoc indian police
- A group of Native American (Modoc) policemen pose in front of a wood panel building, probably in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). They wear hats, uniforms, badges and carry revolvers. On the ground are rifles and a musical instrument case. One man...
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian reservation police--Indian Territory--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Modocs killing cattle, Col. D. B. Dyre, Agent
- A group of Native American (Modoc) men, and Indian Agent Colonel D. B. Dyre on the right, pose next to slaughtered cows in front of a split rail fence. The men wear hats, coats, shirts, vests, and pants; one wears a badge. A man sits on a cow; he...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Cattle--1870-1880.; Indian agents--1870-1880.; Slaughtering--1870-1880.; Dyre, D. B.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Denver
- View of 15th (Fifteenth) and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado. Brick and wood frame houses line the residential streets.
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Uintah Rail motor car #50 just below the top of Baxter Pass
- View of Uintah Railway narrow gauge tracks near the summit of Baxter Pass, in Uintah County, Utah; shows men standing by a Mack rail-motor car.
- Uintah Railway--1910-1920.; Railroad motor-cars--Utah--Uintah County--1910-1920.; Narrow gauge railroads--Utah--Uintah County--1910-1920.; Railroad employees--Utah--Uintah County--1910-1920.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Uintah County--1910-1920.
- August, 1912
- Spotted Tail, Sioux chief of 8000 (?)
- Sitting studio portrait of a Native American (Brule Sioux) man, identified as Spotted Tail. He holds a blanket in his lap and wears a plain jacket and earrings.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1880.; Dakota Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Spotted Tail's wife
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Spotted Tail's wife and baby, Native American (Brulé Sioux) woman and child. She wears a dress and blanket shawl. The baby is wrapped in swaddling clothes and blankets.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Infants--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--1870-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Spotted Tail's family
- Spotted Tail's wife and family, Native American (Sioux) woman, boys, girls, and baby pose outdoors, possibly at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. Each person is wrapped in a blanket. The boys wear hair pipe chokers.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Boys--1870-1890.; Families--1870-1890.; Infants--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--1870-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Spotted Tail's papoose
- Spotted Tail's baby in swaddling clothes and blankets. The baby is propped against a stump.
- Brulé Indians--1870-1890.; Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Infants--1870-1890.; Spotted Tail, 1823-1881--Family.
- [between 1875 and 1885]
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Conejos
- Inscription on brass plaque reads: "This tablet is the property of the State of Colorado. D.O.M. June 10, 1958. This tract was selected by Bishop Machebeuf, for the first permanent church in Colorado. Here was built A. Jacal (Picket) church, later...
- Our Lady of Guadalupe (Church : Conejos, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Conejos (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Conejos--1960-1970.
- 1960
- Denver's City Auditorium
- View of the Denver Municipal Auditorium convention annex in Denver, Colorado; shows a building with curved corner entry and canopy. Cars are on Champa and 13th (Thirteenth) Streets.
- City Auditorium (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Auditoriums--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.
- [1942 or 1943?]
- Catholic Church
- The Catholic Church in Silver Plume, Colorado, was built in 1876, and is constructed in the Carpenter Gothic style. Its signature features include: steeply pitched roof, elaborate bargeboard design (gingerbread), arched-pointed windows, and a...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Silver Plume--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1944]
- Denver residence
- View of frame houses in Denver, Colorado. They have covered porches and picket fences.
- Studder, Horace--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Rudolph Kuner residence 815, 819 Curtis
- View of houses at 815-819 Curtis Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A girl walks by an incinerator.
- Kuner, Rudolph--Homes & haunts.; Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Denver house
- View of a house in Denver, Colorado; it has gables, a covered stoop, and a picket fence.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- House at left 815 Curtis - house at right of picture is 819 Curtis St. Denver
- View of 815-819 Curtis Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A nearby building has a sign: "Eagle Flour Mills."
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Very old house in W. Denver now 1220 12th St. probably dates back to early sixties
- View of a house on 12th (Twelfth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. A man and boy are by a wagon.
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Eighth Street houses
- View of houses on 8th (Eighth) Street in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. One has corbeled brick. The other has a covered porch.
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Russell residence N. W. corner of 10th St. & Champa
- View of a house at 10th (Tenth) and Champa Streets in the Auraria neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; the yard is fenced.
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]