Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, similar view
- Crow Flies High, Gros Ventre, 1/2 length seated studio portrait, wearing feather headdress, hair loose around shoulders, necklace, embroidered shirt with fringe, sword tucked under left arm.
- Atsina Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Flies High.
- [188-?]
- General John Gibbon, similar view
- General John Gibbon, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing military uniform.
- Generals--1880-1890.; Military officers--United States--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Gibbon, John, 1827-1896.
- [188-?]
- Major John Burke, wearing hat, bust
- Major John M. Burke, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing hat and suit jacket; "Arizona John" Wild West promoter and Indian agent.
- Indian agents--1880-1890.; Burke, John, d. 1917.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- General Edward S. Godfrey, standing, in uniform, 3/4 length
- General Edward Settle Godfrey, 3/4 length standing studio portrait wearing military uniform, medals on chest, gloves, hand holding saber, hat on side table; 7th Cavalry, commanded Company K on hilltop fight of Battle of Little Bighorn.
- Generals--1870-1880.; Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Military uniforms--1870-1880.; Godfrey, Edward Settle, 1843-1932.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Lawrence Street Methodist Church
- View of the Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church on the corner of 14th (Fourteenth) and Lawrence Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Lawrence Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Methodist Episcopal churches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [1865]
- St. Leo's Church, Denver
- Exterior view of Saint Leo's Catholic Church with adjoining Parish Hall or Priest residence, 10th (Tenth) Street and West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado; completed in 1891 and torn down in 1965; wooden frame residence on left of church.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Churches--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Saint Leo's Catholic Church (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- "Digging in" under shell-fire near Corona, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, 3rd Battalion troops "digging in" near the newly captured village of Corona, Italy, on Monte Belvedere as German shells fall among them.
- Corona (Italy)--1940-1950.; Monte Belvedere (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Lt. James E. Porter, similar view
- Lieutenant James Ezekiel Porter, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing civilian clothing, suit jacket and bow tie; served with 7th Cavalry at Little Bighorn, First Lieutenant of Company I.
- Military officers--United States--1870-1880.; Porter, James Ezekiel.
- [between 1874 and 1876]
- Unidentified Indian woman, seated, in clothing of white woman, full length
- Unidentified Dakota female, full length seated studio portrait with painted backdrop; earrings, shawl around shoulders, long dress.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Unidentified Indian woman, similar view
- Unidentified Dakota female, 3/4 length standing studio portrait with painted backdrop, wearing shawl around shoulders, and long dress.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Women--Portraits--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Thayer's map of Colorado
- Colorado--Historical geography--Maps.; Denver (Colo.) 1873.
- c1873
- Beginning of a section at R.R. siding
- Two men stand near iron forms and lumber in an excavated ditch prepared for a pipeline for the Stanley Mine near Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Workmen, a cart, railroad tracks and a wooden building are in the distance.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stanley Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Construction--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Pipelines--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.
- [1894]
- Col. George A. Forsyth, seated, in uniform, 3/4 length
- Brigadier General George Alexander Forsyth, 3/4 length seated studio portrait, wearing military uniform.
- Generals--1880-1890.; Military officers--United States--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Forsyth, George A.
- [188-?]
- Johnnie Dewer's Place (present town hall)
- Men pose around the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked around the mirror. A cash register and metal sculptures of swordsmen are on it, and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- 1894 or 1895
- Johnnie Dewer's Place
- Two men with long white beards sit on the wooden bar in a saloon in Breckenridge, Colorado. One holds a cane and one holds a corncob pipe. The backbar pediment has carving and spindlework; bunting is tacked to the mirror border. A cash register and...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Interiors--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1899?]
- Lower Main Street, Breckenridge
- Buildings line either side of the dirt Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Arlington House on the left has a curvelinear false front with a wide cornice and an open porch with a balcony. Other half false fronted buildings flank it; one with...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1891?]
- Medical Aid Station on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division medical aid station on Mount Belvedere. Groups of litter bearers wait for calls to bring in the wounded near a tent set up as an aid station. In the distance troops move toward the front lines during the Italian Campaign.
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Reinforcements move up the ridge, Mount Belvedere in background, Italy
- A line of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers climb up a ridge wearing helmets, combat fatigues, large knapsacks during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the peak of Mount Belvedere rises in the distance. The ground is partially covered...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Wounded men cross snowy field to the Battalion Aid Station, Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Eight men walk in a straight line on a trail across a snow covered field. According to the caption, they are both walking wounded and a litter squad, accompanying a wounded enemy soldier on a litter to the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Mountain...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Tramway on Riva Ridge, Italy
- View of the tramway (loaded with supplies, an Army officer, an Army photographer, and Sergeant Paul Long) on Riva Ridge, Italy, during the Italian Campaign. Also pictured, a group of approximately 10 other soldiers stand on the landing deck or man...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Aerial tramways--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Explosion used to detonate German mines
- A black cloud from an explosion rises in the middle ground of the image. Leafless trees and snow covers the ground. In the background buildings stand on the ridge above the valley in the vicinity of Mount Belvedere during the Italian Campaign....
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Explosions--Italy--1940-1950.; Mines (Warfare)--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Litter bearers evacuate wounded on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Two soldiers from the Tenth Mountain Division, 85th Regiment, 1st Battalion, walk in front of a wounded soldier on a litter carried by five others. According to the caption the soldier had been wounded in the attack on Mount Belvedere during the...
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 20, 1945
- Steamboat "Rose Bud" (drawing)
- Steamboat (or Sternwheeler) Rosebud, photograph retouched to resemble a drawing.
- Missouri River--1870-1890.; Stern wheelers--1870-1890.
- [betweeb 1874 and 1890]
- Unidentified man, in clerical garb, bust
- Unidentified male, head and shoulders studio portrait, wearing clerical collar and suit coat.
- Clergy--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- 3/4 mile up mt. toward North Empire
- Mining ruins are next to a two track dirt road near North Empire, Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--Empire--1950-1960.; Empire (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Empire--1950-1960.
- 1960
- Judge Klah Navajo Judge
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Judge Klah, a Native American (Navajo) Judge or Justice of the Peace. He wears a blanket, bead necklaces, a squash blossom necklace, and a cloth headband.
- Indians of North America--1900-1940.; Navajo Indians--1900-1940.; Men--1900-1940.; Judge Klah.
- [between 1904 and 1932]
- F.S.D. dining rm. mantel house for J.H. Porter
- This item (1 of 147) is from the Maurice B. Biscoe Architectural Records (C MSS WH1523). This drawing shows details, sections, elevations, and plans of a mantel in a dining room at the residence of John H. Porter (address not given, most likely 777...
- Porter, John H.--Homes and haunts.; Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Chimneypieces.; Houses.
- 1917 October 1
- Colorado corn cribs
- Three wire corn cribs on Weddlis farm (?) eastern plains, Colorado; shows chickens, wooden wagon, barn or shed roof, and wooden corral gate.
- Corn cribs--Colorado--1920-1930.; Farms--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Bound grain in Eastern Colorado
- Six squat conical bound grain stacks, John Schmidtz farm (?) eastern Colorado plains; John (?) stands in front of a stack.
- Farms--Colorado--1920-1930.; Grains--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Seed alfalfa in eastern Colo.
- Three men stand in thigh high seed alfalfa field on eastern Colorado plains.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Colorado beans
- Colorado Front Range bean field, possibly in the South Platte Valley.
- Beans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Hogs in eastern Colorado
- Hogs run on grass pasture on eastern Colorado plains; two men in hats carry buckets of feed.
- Farmers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Swine--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Alfalfa
- Colorado Front Range alfalfa field, possibly in the South Platte Valley; shows two men standing in alfalfa and large hay stacks.
- Alfalfa--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Captain Paul Lafferty, Paradise, Washington
- Portrait of Paul Lafferty, Captain in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced). He is wearing a white anorak, sun glasses, goggles, a knapsack and has a rifle over his shoulder. In the background other skitroops dressed in the same...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Lafferty, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States....
- [1942]
- Governors Palace
- View of the portal at the Palace of the Governors at 105 West Palace Avenue in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico. Shows an adobe building, a brick porch with vigas and wooden columns, a door and windows. Cars are parked on Palace Avenue. A...
- Palace of the Governors (Santa Fe, N.M.)--1930-1940.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1930-1940.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1930-1940.; Doors & doorways--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1930-1940.; Porches--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- 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]
- Skitroopers climbing a hill
- A group of ten Tenth Mountain Division ski troopers ski through the woods. The four closest to the camera are climbing up a small hill with the tips of their skis pointed out and to the side. All are wearing knapsacks and carrying rifles.
- Ski troops--Colorado--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1944]
- Colorado corn
- Colorado Front Range corn field, possibly in the South Platte River Valley; man (in chest high tasseled rows of corn) wears suit jacket, tie and hat, smokes a pipe.
- Corn--Colorado--1920-1930.; Croplands--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Highway to Kiowa Valley Land
- Highway to Kiowa Valley Lands, eastern plains, Colorado; view down dirt road to ranches and snow covered mountains.
- Highways--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1921]
- Ruins of cliff dwellings in De Chelly Canon
- View of Native American (Anasazi) ruins at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Shows the White House Ruins and deteriorated, multi-story stone and adobe buildings on the ground beside a steep rock wall. Grass, cactus and scattered stones...
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; White House Ruins (Ariz.)--1880-1890.; Cliff dwellings--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1880-1890.; Cliffs--Arizona--Canyon de Chelly National Monument--1880-1890.
- [1881]
- Residence at 2839 E. Colfax, Denver
- A man waters the lawn at Finis P. Ernest's residence at 2839 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado.
- Ernest, Finis P.--Homes & haunts--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1902?]
- Dagmar Jensen shaking hands
- Governor William Herbert "Billy" Adams and Dagmar Jensen, the Colorado Senate Docket Clerk, shake hands and pose in a receiving line in an unidentified room in probably Denver, Colorado. Dagmar Jensen wears a fur coat, leather gloves, a cloche,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Receiving lines--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Adams, William Herbert, 1861-1954.; Jensen, Dagmar.
- 1925?
- Susan, Ouray's sister
- Standing studio portrait of Susan (Native American, Ute), sister of Chief Ouray. She wears a buckskin dress with fringe and quill work, bracelets, necklaces, a belt, beads and a shawl.
- Ouray--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Women--1880-1900.; Clothing & dress.; Susan, Ute woman.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Race Street, Denver
- A woman wearing a full-length skirt and hat walks on the sidewalk beside the home of H.S. Babcock on Race Street in Denver, Colorado. Shutters hang from the windows on the house. Curtains hang on the interior of the windows. A brick wall borders...
- Babcock, H. S.--Homes & haunts--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- The main street, Leadville, Colorado
- A variety of signs hang perpendicular to buildings and are large as part of the automobile age in advertising. On the right side, there are "G.Z. Garage Storage," "Texaco, gasoline, motor oil," "Cities Service," "Hotel Vendome," "Bus Depot,"...
- Signs and signboards--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Automobiles--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1941]
- (Cripple Creek District) Independence Station (after destruction by strikers) wrecked platform where 14 men were killed.
- The railroad station in Independence, Teller County, Colorado, is in ruins after being destroyed by strikers; fourteen men were killed on the platform. Doors are off their hinges, all glass in windows and doors has been broken out, torn shingles...
- Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.; Railroad strikes--Colorado--Independence--1900-1910.
- [1904?]
- Residence at 1739 East 13th Avenue, Denver
- A round porch stands on each end of the large residence of Judge Henry T. Rogers at 1739 East 13th (Thirteenth) Avenue in Denver, Colorado. Shutters hang from the windows on the house. Columns support the portico. A round window on the front door...
- Rogers, Henry T., 1846-1922--Homes & haunts--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1893 and 1910?]
- New York Central R.R. tr. 104, "New York Special" leaving Springfield, (Ohio) east #4933 4-6-2 (DT&I engine at right in rear).
- Smoke rises from passenger train 104, the New York Central Railroad Company "New York Special," pulled by locomotive #4933 in Springfield (Clark County), Ohio. A Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad locomotive and freight cars are on nearby...
- Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad--1930-1940.; New York Central Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Springfield (Ohio)--1930-1940.; Railroads--Ohio--Springfield--1930-1940.
- 1939 December 30
- William Cody with group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits with a group of people in front of a tent adorned with two large American flags and a stuffed buffalo head mounted above its entrance. Cody wears a derby hat and suit. The woman standing at the far left...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Leadville, Officers of Rocky Mountain Rifles, 1887
- A group of the Rocky Mountain Rifles, Leadville Division of the Colorado National Guard, pose in a camp in Colorado. Two seated officers include Colonel R.S. Morrison and Jake Kahn. Most of the men wear uniforms and various types of hats. Some have...
- Colorado. National Guard. Leadville Division--1880-1890.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- 1887