Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Ski training: forming a column of twos coming down from Eagle Ridge, Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifty Tenth Mountain Division ski troopers during training practice forming a column of twos. One line of men occupies a hill in the foreground; another group occupies a hill in the...
- Eagle Ridge (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943 or 1944]
- Castle Canon, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of Castle Canyon, Eagle or Pitkin County, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; shows rocky walls with dry streambed and small waterfall, distant center.
- Waterfalls--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Map of the Trenchara and Costilla Estates forming the Sangre De Christo Grant : situate in San Luis Valley, Colorado Territory
- Sangre De Christo Land Grant--Maps.; Land grants--Colorado--Costilla County--Maps.; Land grants--New Mexico--Costilla County--Maps.; Costilla County (Colo.)--History--Maps.;
- 1869]
- Group forming for parade
- A group of American cowboys and Mexican vaqueros on horseback rounds up a small herd of buffalo in the center midground in preparation for a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large stone wall, possibly supporting a train track, is in the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1880-1900.; Cowboys--1880-1900.; Gauchos--1880-1900.; Parades & processions--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Procedure for forming a branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- Saddle bag
- A saddle bag (Native American Ute Indian) used by Chipeta who died in 1924. The saddle bag is made of buckskin cut into a rectangular shape. It has a canvas backing that is edged with brass studs, wool trim and fringe. It is decorated with zigzag,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Saddlebags--1870-1920.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- Gateway Creation Park and Mt. Morrison
- View of Creation Park (Red Rocks Park) in Morrison, Colorado; sandstone rocks forming natural amphitheater are shown, with bleachers at top; Mt. Morrison in distance with funicular railway track.
- Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1928]
- The Horseshoe, from West Ouray, Colorado
- View of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, and the Horseshoe, also called the Amphitheater. Town buildings are in the foreground.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- First Baptist Church
- Exterior view of First Baptist Church, Carr Avenue between 3rd (Third) and 4th (Fourth) Streets, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the two-story brick church with painted shingle has a side spire extension, arched double-wide side doorway, and corbelling...
- First Baptist Church (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Baptist churches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1980-1990.
- [1988]
- Grand Opera House, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior view of Grand Opera House, 320-326 East Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; the two-story building has a brick exterior with corbel below stone lugsill and series of three arches forming center doorway; "Grand Opera House" lettered in...
- Grand Opera House (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Opera houses--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1906]
- Palm Theater, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- Exterior of Palm Theater, 320 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; five small dogs on show pedestals and five men in three piece suits stand in front of theater; one man props a dog on his palm with dog standing up on its hind paws;...
- Palm Theater (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- Street scene, Cripple Creek
- Row of one and two-story medium gable wood frame and log houses probably on north side of Eaton Avenue or possibly Carr Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one is under final stage of construction; dirt street has light snow and wagon tracks on it;...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Dwellings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- Site of new J. H. Wolfe Hotel, Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek
- Wintertime on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado with rows of one and two-story flat-roof wooden frame commercial buildings with false fronts; the Palace Hotel in the foreground, a two-story flat-roof brick building with plain boxed cornice,...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts-- Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1896]
- James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colo.
- View across sagebrush and prairie towards James Kilpatrick's homestead, west of Craig, Colorado; man standing next to log cabin, horse- drawn wagon, three logs forming tripod or winch.
- Kilpatrick, James--Homes and haunts.; Craig (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.; Prairies--Colorado--Craig--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- Tourists on Rollins Pass in July
- View of small group of women posed atop snow field in July on Rollins Pass, Colorado reached via Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly called Denver, Northwestern & Pacific); edge of standard gauge track, foreground right; snowy Rocky Mountains,...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snowballs--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1904 and 1915]
- Decorated buffalo robe worn by Chief Colorow, Ute.
- Buffalo hide robe with hair on back, showing the painted tanned side. Painting consists of lines forming a decorative border around the edge of hide, enclosing a patterned rectangle shape.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Leather painting--1890-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1890-1920.; Hides & skins--1890-1920.
- [between 1892-1917?]
- Omaha Dance
- View of the backs of Omaha dancers forming a circle with other Native American Sioux and whites on the main street of the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The dancers wear roaches, headdresses, bustles, breechcloths and leather belts with bells;...
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Dance--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Pine Ridge (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Ceremonial...
- [1891]
- St. Leo's Catholic Church, west Denver
- View of St. Leo's Catholic Church located on 10th (Tenth) Street and West Colfax in West Denver. Shows a brick church building with lancet arches over windows and doorway. Ribbons drape out of the second story windows down to the first floor...
- Saint Leo's Catholic Church (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [1889]
- Fulford - 1942
- View of Fulford (a.k.a. Nolan's Creek and Camp Fulford), Eagle County, Colorado; shows a stream emerging from a dense stand of young trees and forming a small waterfall; remnants of a bridge nearby.
- Fulford (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Natural Bridges, Utah
- View of massive layers of sandstone forming Rainbow Bridge, a natural bridge in Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah.
- Natural Bridges National Monument (Utah)--1920-1930.; Rainbow Bridge (Utah)--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Utah--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1925]
- Loretto Heights, service camp, World War I
- Women trainees and instructors pose with a United States flag in rows forming a semi-circle between tents at the Loretto Heights College service camp, a WWI training center for women, Denver, Colorado. The women wear military skirts, shirts,...
- Loretto Heights College--1910-1920.; World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Colorado--Denver.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1917 or 1918]
- Tourists on top o' the world, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- View of group of women forming snowballs from snowfield atop Rollins Pass, Colorado reached via Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake); edge of standard gauge track, left foreground; Rocky Mountains, background;...
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Snowballs--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Res. of Col. Steinberger at Aboursville
- View of Colonel Steinberger's one story log house in Arbourville (Arboursville, Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; features hewn log, side gable with overhang forming porch along front facade, supporting posts...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of a watercolor of Leadville, Colorado's Tabor Opera House scenery. The painting depicts a forest with tops of tree branches forming an archway. In December, 1933, a group of students, a former Tabor stage manager, and professors set up...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Bakery in Denver County Jail
- An inmate stands near a table covered with bread loaves at the Municipal Bakery in the County Jail, Denver, Colorado. Other inmates work at sinks and tables forming loaves. Denver City Councilman, John Conolon holds a loaf of bread in his hand, and...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--Facilities--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baking--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; City council members--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1918 December
- Major Marcus A. Reno, similar view
- Major Marcus Albert Reno, head and shoulders studio portrait in oval frame wearing military uniform; second in command of the 7th Cavalry at Battle of the Little Bighorn, sent by Custer to attack the village and forced to go on defensive, he led a...
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Reno, Marcus A. (Marcus Albert), 1835-1889.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Standing Holy, daughter of Sitting Bull, Dakota, bust
- Standing Holy, Sitting Bull's daughter, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing braided hair with ornamentation, earrings, necklace, loosely woven beads forming chains over yoke.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.
- [1885?]
- Standing Holy, daughter of Sitting Bull, Dakota, bust
- Standing Holy, Dakota Chief Sitting Bull's daughter, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing braided hair with ornamentation, earrings, necklace, loosely woven beads forming chains over yoke.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Children--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.
- [1885?]
- Railroad pier - looking toward Goat Island and San Francisco
- View of Central Pacific Railroad track and a pier in Oakland (Alameda County), California; Goat Island (Yerba Buena Island) is in the distance.
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1860-1890.; Oakland (Calif.)--1860-1890.; Oakland Outer Harbor (Calif.)--1860-1890.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1860-1890.; Yerba Buena Island (Calif.)--1860-1890.; Bays (Bodies of...
- [between 1860 and 1885?]
- Mesa Verde Road, ruins, Indians
- A dirt road to Mesa Verde National Park is lined by trees and shrubs along the hillside. Vehicles have packed the dirt down forming tracks in the roadway. A large, juniper tree is on the side of the road in the left foreground.
- Roads, Earth--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1923 and 1931?]
- Road repair - views along road to Mesa Verde
- acre-sized catchment to store rain water.; Dam-like structures with a railing and sets of stairs leading up to them are covered in a blanket of snow at Mesa Verde National Park. Portions of stone walls forming the dams remain uncovered. Some of the...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dams--Colorado--1920-1930.; Water supply West (U.S.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- Pithouse B of Step House, a cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park, is under excavation. Slabs of sandstone are revealed in the center of the pithouse. Also, two wood posts protrude from the dirt ground in the pithouse. A small pile of wood and...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Archaeology, Colorado
- A car is parked near an excavation site of an ancient cliff dwelling. A woman sits near the car. A man leads a horse back toward where a wagon sits on the other side of the ruins. Several walls remain standing, forming rooms among the ruins. The...
- Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Horses--Colorado--1920-1930.; Stone walls--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1920?]
- Chipeta Monument
- covered in snow. A telephone pole stands in the distance near a railroad track. Horses or cattle stand near the pole. A group of poles, possibly forming a teepee, also stand in the distance. A sign stands in the left background.; The sarcophagus of...
- Ute Indians--1920-1940.; Indians of North America--Commemoration--1920-1940.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--1920-1940.; Sarcophagi--1920-1940.; Chipeta--Family.; Ouray--Family.; McCook, John, Chief.
- [between 1925 and 1937?]
- Ute Indians
- An unidentified, Native American man poses for a side-angle, studio bust portrait. He wears a feather headdress adorned by a thin beaded band and small horns. A small, beaded circle with a star on it adorns each horn. The man wears a buckskin shirt...
- Indians of North America--Portraits--1910-1940.; Ute Indians--1910-1940.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1940.
- [between 1915 and 1937?]
- Nederland, Colo. 1899
- The town of Nederland stands in the background along the base of a hill in Boulder County, Colorado. The Breed and Cutter Reduction Works Mill stands in the far left of the town. The Hetzer House Hotel is in the center of the town. The tops of...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Nederland (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Nederland--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Central City
- Stereographic view of a locomotive of the Colorado Central Railroad looking toward Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado in the distance. A man stands with hands on hips at the side of the locomotive, and another man leans against the front of...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1900.; Colorado Central Railroad Company.
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- View of Central City from the north
- Stereographic view of a large rock formation and Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado; scene includes the Central City Public High School on High Street, a small building across High Street used as the city's elementary school building until the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Hotels--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Rock formations--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1880.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [1872?]
- Wagon Wheel Gap
- A river runs parallel to a railroad track, possibly of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, at Wagon Wheel Gap, southeast of Creede in Mineral County, Colorado. A rocky cliff stands on both sides of the river forming the gap. A small group of...
- Mineral County (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Wagon Wheel Gap (Colo.)--1870-1900.; Cliffs--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--1870-1900.; Pines--Colorado--Wagon Wheel Gap--1870-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Wagon Wheel...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Market Street, Denver
- View of Market Street in Denver, Colorado; shows wagons,a wall paper and upholstery store, and the Estabrook Livery Stable. The first U.S. Denver Branch Mint has a tower with battlements and a United States flag.
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Flags--American--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Mints--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Stables--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- View of Central City from the south
- Stereographic view of the Temple of Fashion Dry Goods & Carpets and other businesses along Main Street in Central City, Colorado. The Teller House stands at the corner of Eureka and Pine streets in the left background. The steeple of St. James...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.; Churches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1877?]
- Looking northeast, north side of Lake Ave., Grand Lake
- View northeast on the north side of Lake Avenue, towards Mrs. Henry Lehman's cabin amidst pine trees, in Grand Lake, Colorado, shows a one-story bellcast gable roof log cabin with enclosed porch, brick chimneys, bay window, side gable and diagonal...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Grand lake--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Looking west, north side of Lake Ave., Grand Lake
- View west on the north side of Lake Avenue, towards Mrs. Henry Lehman's cabin amidst pine trees, in Grand Lake, Colorado, shows a one- story bellcast gable roof on a horizontal log cabin with enclosed porch and diagonal slats forming a porch...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Log cabins--Colorado--Grand Lake--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- The Plains from Tunnel 8, Moffat Road
- View east to the Colorado plains from rocky escarpment forming Denver, Northwestern & Pacific tunnel number Eight, Moffat Road; tents in valley below along stream.
- Plains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1904?]
- Telluride, Colorado
- View northeast Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado, with San Juans in background and dirt mining roads and streets forming gridlines in town. Landmark buildings include: old schoolhouse, San Miguel County Courthouse, Sheridan Hotel, Rio Grande...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1903]
- Vista of Pike's Peak from Monument Valley Park, Colo. Springs
- Massive logs forming handrail of wooden footbridge crossing Monument Creek in Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado; distant view of snow covered Pikes Peak and water tower on hill in background.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1920.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Elk's Club building, Victor, Colorado
- Exterior view of Elk's Club social building, 3rd Street, Victor, Colorado, a two-story brick building with large columned facade constructed in 1899. Shows front gable with flared eaves forming overhang at front & sides with rafters exposed, pairs...
- Victor (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Victor--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Paint and feathers
- A large group of Sioux men and children pose for a group portrait in front of a tall metal gate. Many of the Native Americans wear blankets wrapped around their shoulders. Several men in the back row wear feather headresses. The group is part of...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Children--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]
- Men in front of tent
- Several men, including William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stand in front of a large tent with American flags and a stuffed buffalo head above its entrance. Two men, possibly...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Minnequa Club House, Pueblo, Colo.
- Partial view of Minnequa Club house, south end of Lake Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado, shows the stucco two-story building hidden from view by a row of deciduous trees. An automobile is parked in front of a semi- circular arch forming a loggia. In the...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Country clubs--Colorado--Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [1913 between 1920?]