Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The 12 Foot Inn Bar
- View of the facade of the Twelve Foot Inn Bar at 1312 East 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue in the City Park West neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The one story commercial style building was built around 1920 and has a large sign on the roof reading "12...
- 12 Foot Inn Bar (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; City Park West (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; 12 Foot Inn Bar (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Bars (Drinking...
- 1976
- Underground drilling with machine drill
- A miner operates an air drill called a stoper or a "wiggle tail" in a gold mine in Gilpin County, Colorado, probably in the 1880s or 1890s. The miner stands on a drill steel wedged between the rock faces of the hanging wall and the foot wall. A...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Drilling & boring machinery--1880-1900.; Gold miners--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.; Gold mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Leadville ice palace
- This exterior view of the main entrance of Leadville's Ice Palace, built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado, gives a view of the nineteen foot tall allegorical ice sculpture of a maiden in a gown and crown, with her right arm pointing...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 4, 1909 March 13
- Black Foot, Standing Bear, Big Eagle
- Three Native American (Sioux) men, identified as Black Foot, Standing Bear, and Big Eagle pose near tepees. Black Foot and Big Eagle are facing, Standing Bear is in profile. Each man holds a rifle next to him. Black Foot wears moccasins, leggings,...
- Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Big Eagle.; Black Foot.; Standing Bear, Luther, 1868?-1939.
- 1898
- What's left of Big Foot's band at hostile Indian camp, Jan. 16, '91
- A Native American man wearing a fur hat sits on a log in the right foreground next to a row of five Native American children also sitting on the log. The children have blankets wrapped around them. Four women, one older and three younger, stand...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Big Foot's band of warriors
- Five Native American men, possibly members of Big Foot's band, stand in a row in the foreground near Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Included in the group are, from left, Bear-That-Runs-And-Growls, Warrior, One-Tooth-Gone, Sole (bottom of foot) and...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1890?]
- Downtown Denver
- View of Curtis Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows pedestrians, businesses, cars, the Kenyon, Loop, and Hall Hotels, and "Weinberg's Sample Store."
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1927 February 2
- Exterior of main entrance, Ice Palace, Leadville Colo.
- Exterior view of the main entrance of Leadville's Ice Palace built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado. The site is known as Capitol Hill and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce to Leiter. Architect C.E. Joy and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Ice Palace, Leadville, Colo.
- Exterior front view of Leadville's Ice Palace built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado. The site is known as Capitol Hill, and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce to Leiter. Architect C.E. Joy and Director...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1940-1960.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Leadville Ice Palace
- Exterior view of the Eighth Street facade of Leadville's Ice Palace in Colorado which was built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival. The site is known as Capitol Hill and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce to Leiter....
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1896]
- East Denver High School Annual: 1910
- 1910 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1910
- Denver Public Library 1919 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 1919. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Interior of Hance's Cabin at foot of trail
- Men sit and eat inside the ruins of Hance's cabin at the foot of Hance Trail in the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. One man holds a frying pan over a fire and another pours from a bottle into a tin cup. Cans, plates, cups, and a coffee pot...
- Hance, John--Homes & haunts.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Cabins--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Eating & drinking--Arizona--Grand Canyon National...
- [between 1886 and 1900?]
- Georgetown - 1944 Railroad right of way along foot of mountain
- View of a railroad right-of-way along the foot of Griffith Mountain, in Georgetown, Colorado. Railroad tracks are in the foreground in deep shadow; behind, in the sunshine, a creek runs at the foot of the mountain with telephone or telegraph poles...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Harrison 2 9th (foot of Capitol Hill), showing Church of the Annunciation
- This snow covered view from the foot of Capitol Hill at Harrison Avenue and 9th (Ninth) Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows a two-story brick commercial building with two projecting bays on the corner. The Annunciation Church steeple is surrounded...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1885.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Hiway [sic] 119 near foot of Walling Hill 1945
- The Peak-to-Peak Highway (Colorado State Highway 119) is lined with small piles of snow in the foreground north of Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Trees stand along the downhill slope in the midground. A ridge of mountains is in the...
- Mountain roads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1940-1950.; Central City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1940-1950.
- [1945?]
- General store, Rifle, Colorado
- Interior view of a general store in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Men pose behind counters in the store. Shows glass display cases, shelves and probably vases and pitchers, fabric and hat boxes. Fishing poles hang from the ceiling. Posters on...
- Rifle (Colo.)--1890-1910.; General stores--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Rifle--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Union Square and St. Francis Hotel [sic], San Francisco, Cal.
- View of Union Square in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument. The monument is 79 foot granite...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.; Monuments & memorials.; Parks.
- [1905?]
- San Francisco - Union Square & St. Francis Hotel
- View of Union Square and the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. The park has trees, palm trees, yucca plants, a Joshua tree and bushes. Men, women and boys lounge on the grass, on park benches and near the Dewey Monument, a 79 foot...
- Dewey, George, 1837-1917--Monuments--California--San Francisco.; St. Francis Hotel (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Union Square (San Francisco, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Columns.; Commercial facilities.; Hotels.;...
- c1905
- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- A core of solid statuary marble 11 ft long, 2 3/4 in diameter, taken by diamond drill from a depth of 235 ft below the surface, showing the vastness of the deposit Quarries at Marble, Colo.
- In Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, at the Colorado-Yule Marble Comapany, a man poses with an 11 foot core of white stone. He wears a suit, bow tie and gold chain, and a Cocker Spaniel runs by his foot. A wooden drum is to the side; a frame...
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Hopi Indians
- A Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) man, a Snake member, bends down to pick up a snake as a part of the Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The man wears moccasins, a fringed kilt, a fur pelt which hangs from a leather belt, body paint,...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- August, 1899
- Hopi Indians
- A man who wears pants, a shirt, suspenders, and a hat walks between two groups of Native American (Hopi) Snake and Antelope members who participate in a Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. One group of Snake and Antelope members...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- August, 1899
- Hopi Indians
- Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) men, Snake members, take part in a Snake Dance at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. Two men stand in the Dance Plaza near the kisi, one with his arm around the other. The men wear moccasins, kilts, fur pelts which...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi...
- August, 1899
- Looking south toward Pewabic mountain
- View of several mines with tailings and head frames at the foot of Pewabic Mountain, (Gilpin County) Colorado; includes the Pewabic Mine in center.
- Pewabic Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pewabic Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1901]
- Wm. F. Cody's TE Ranch, Wy.
- View of the TE Ranch owned by Buffalo Bill in Ishawooa, Park County, Wyoming. Shows log cabin structures near a large pile of elk antlers. There is a white picket fence around the ranch house and mountains in the distance.
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts.; Park County (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Antlers--Wyoming--Park County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Wyoming--Park County--1900-1910.
- 1904
- Multnomah Falls
- View of Multnomah Falls on Multnomah Creek in the Columbia River Gorge in Multnomah County, Oregon. Shows the 620 foot cascade with a rustic wooden foot bridge at the base. The terrain is rocky with vegetation throughout. The trunks of the trees...
- Multnomah County (Or.)--1860-1870.; Multnomah Creek (Or.)--1860-1870.; Multnomah Falls (Or.)--1860-1870.; Cliffs--Oregon--Multnomah County--1860-1870.; Pedestrian bridges--Oregon--Multnomah County--1860-1870.; Waterfalls--Oregon--Multnomah...
- [1867]
- East end of Clear Creek, Beaver Brook Trail at Windy Saddle
- A woman and two men pose by a small wooden foot bridge at the head of the Beaver Brook Trail in Jefferson County, Colorado. The woman wears a hat, jacket, jodhpurs and high boots and points towards the mountains. The foot bridge has a sign that...
- Jefferson County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Jefferson County--1920-1930.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Jefferson County--1920-1930.; Sightseers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1920-1930.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Jefferson...
- [1921]
- Shay geared locomotive, narrow gauge
- View of a Shay locomotive (possibly from the Gilpin County Tramway or Argentine Central Railway) in Utah Junction (Adams County), Colorado.
- Adams County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Adams County--1930-1940.
- 1939 Aug
- Panoramic view of the mountains at Frisco
- A panorama of Frisco, Colorado, includes the mountains that surround the town. Caption under the image reads: "Panoramic view of the mountains at Frisco. From left to right is Peak One, Victoria, Royal, Wichita, Chief, Little Buffalo and Buffalo...
- Frisco (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Western History Subject Index
- Races. Foot
- Western History Subject Index
- Races. Foot
- Denver Public Library 1927 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 1927.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 2011
- Nebraska Civil War Veterans' Data A-F
- Index of names of Civil War Veterans from Nebraska
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans.; Veterans--Nebraska.; Grand Army of the Republic--Indexes.
- 1995
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 26, 1912 June 29
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 2, 1910 January 8
- Snowy range from foot of Genesee Mtn.
- View of snow-covered Rocky Mountains from foot of Genesee Mountain, along the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado; dirt road cuts diagonally through fenced mountain meadow; cattle graze in foreground.
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Snowy range from foot of Genesee Mtn.
- View of snow-covered range in the Rocky Mountains from foot of Genesee Mountain, along Denver Mountain Park Auto Road west of Denver, Colorado; dirt road cuts diagonally across fenced mountain meadow; cattle graze in foreground.
- Roads--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1916]
- Bear Foot, Sioux
- Portrait of Bear Foot, Native American Sioux (Brulé) wearing a hair pipe breastplate, striped cotton shirt, neck scarf, and a headdress.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Bear Foot.
- 1899
- Big Foot
- View of the slain body of Chief Big Foot, Native American, Miniconjou Lakota Sioux, propped up in the snow on the Wounded Knee battleground, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. U. S. soldiers, civilian burial party members, and a stovepipe from...
- United States. Army.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.;...
- [1891? January 3]
- Chief Big Foot killed in the battle at Wounded Knee with his full band by the 7th Cav
- View of the twisted frozen slain body of Chief Big Foot, Native American, Miniconjou Lakota Sioux, propped up on the Wounded Knee battleground, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.
- Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge...
- [1891 January 3]
- Bear Foot Chief Brule
- Studio portrait (standing) of Bear Foot, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man. He holds a shield and spear and wears a hair pipe breastplate, bandolier, and feathers in his hair.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Shields--1890-1900.; Spears--1890-1900.; Bear Foot.
- 1899
- Bear Foot Chief
- Studio portrait (standing) of Bear Foot, a Native American (Brulé Sioux) man. He holds a shield and a spear. He wears a hair pipe breast plate, bead bandolier and feathers in his hair.
- Brulé Indians--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Shields--1890-1900.; Spears--1890-1900.; Bear Foot.
- 1899
- Crow Foot, son of Sitting Bull
- Portrait of Native American (Sioux) Crow Foot, Sitting Bull's son, wrapped in a blanket.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Boys--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Crow Foot
- Full length studio portrait of Crow Foot, Dakota boy and Sitting Bull's son, wearing blanket, standing by stone bench, in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Crow Foot, Sitting Bull's son, wearing blanket, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Crow Foot, Dakota boy and Sitting Bull's son, standing, wrapped in blanket.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.
- [188-?]
- Crow Foot, Sitting Bull's son, wearing blanket, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Crow Foot, Dakota boy and Sitting Bull's son, wrapped in blanket, standing by stone bench and in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Crow Foot, son of Sitting Bull, wearing blanket, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Crow Foot, Dakota boy and Sitting Bull's son, standing, wrapped in blanket, next to stone bench and in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Foot.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Denver Public Library 1931 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 1931. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010