Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Boulder, Colo.
- Bird's-eye view of Boulder, Colorado, in summer including dome of Courthouse; University of Colorado's Old Main, Library, and Hale Science Building (center left); and Mt. St. Gertrude Academy with Chautauqua Park above (center right) to Flatirons;...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1920.; University of Colorado (Boulder campus)
- [between 1900 and 1915]
- Denver, Colo.
- Bird's eye view of Denver, Colorado, northwest from Colorado State Capitol building towards Colfax Avenue & 16th (Sixteenth) street; identifiable businesses and buildings include Arapahoe County Courthouse, City Auditorium, Daniels & Fisher tower...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [1911?]
- Mt. Audubon and Arapahoe Peak, Colo. & N.W. Ry.
- View across forested slopes to Mt. Audubon (elevation 12,223 feet), Colorado, and Arapahoe Peaks (elevation 13,502 and 13,397 feet) center background; from Colorado and Northwestern Railway; clouds top the peaks.
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Forests--Colorado--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Creation Park, Morrison Colo.
- Southward view of sandstone rock formations at Creation Park ( Red Rocks Park) in Morrison, Colorado; footpath at center leads to fenced rangeland on the front range plains, with Rocky Mountain foothills in distance.
- Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1928]
- Creation Park, Morrison Colo.
- Southward view at Creation Park (Red Rocks Park) in Morrison, Colorado; in foreground is rock formation, pine tree, and pathway; in distance are front-range plains and foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
- Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1928]
- Looking south, Creation Park, Morrison Colo.
- Southward view of Creation Park (Red Rocks Park) in Morrison, Colorado; railing at left foreground; pathway meanders between sandstone rock formations.
- Parks--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Morrison--1900-1930.
- [between 1909 and 1928]
- North on Sherman Ave. from 16th Ave.
- View north on Sherman Street from 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue towards Central Presbyterian Church (17th Avenue & Sherman) and El Jebel Temple (18th Avenue & Sherman), Denver, Colorado; tree-lined cement sidewalk, billboard in front of church "Dr....
- Churches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Summit of Mt. McClellan reached via Argentine Central Ry.
- Mount McClellan's summit (14,007 feet) via Argentine Central Railway, Colorado; shows engine and passenger cars parked with large group of sightseers at summit and in cars, passenger cars retouched to reflect name of "Gray's Peak Route," narrow...
- McClellan Mountain (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Tourists enjoying the shade at the Cliff House, Manitou, Col.
- View of shade trees from Cliff House Hotel, Manitou Springs, Colorado; shows various groups of people reclining in chairs in shade, potted plants hanging from veranda and porch of Cliff House Hotel, and people sitting on porch.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Long's Peak from Switzerland Trail, Colo. & Northwestern Ry.
- View through fir and spruce trees to Longs Peak, Colorado, (elevation 14,255 feet) center background from "Switzerland Trail"; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge track below. Clouds top the peaks.
- Longs Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Glacier Lake on the Colo. & Northwestern Ry.
- Partial view of Glacier Lake, Colorado, with Colorado and Northwestern Railway passenger excursion train on spur in background near picnic pavilion; shows several row and scull-like boats on lake and Rocky Mountains in distant background.
- Glacier Lake (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Glacier Lake--1890-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--Glacier Lake--1890-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--Glacier Lake--1890-1910.; Rowboats--Colorado--Glacier Lake--1890-1910.; Colorado...
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Looking north on summit of McClellan Mtn. reached via Argentine Central Ry.
- View of Rocky Mountains north from summit of Mount McClellan, Colorado, reached via Argentine Central Railway; shows switchback of narrow gauge tracks, and above timberline views.
- McClellan, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Lue Falls reached via C. & S. Ry.
- Lue Falls in Lue Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway, possibly near Greeley, Colorado; one man stands at large waterfall with pool.
- Weld County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Weld County--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Colorado wheat field on the C. & S. Ry.
- View of wheat field along the Colorado and Southern Railway's narrow gauge tracks; shows harvested and bundled wheat in Colorado field; Rocky Mountains and foothills in distant background.
- Agriculture--Colorado--1900-1920.; Wheat--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Insmont, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Insmont, Colorado, in Platte Canyon along the Colorado and Southern Railway; shows log and wooden frame residences and cabins (summer cottages) on hillside, pond in foreground with man in rowboat leaving shore, wooden footbridge, young boy near...
- Insmont (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Insmont--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Hotel Cassell's Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Hotel Cassell, Cassells, Colorado in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; two story wooden frame hotel, lake or part of North Fork of South Platte River in foreground.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Locomotive (D & SL) (391)
- Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Locomotive Engine 391 with tender and open boxcar, class 19, type 4-4-0; scrapped at Utah Junction railyard, Adams County, Colorado; it is shorn of high wheels and tailored with much smaller wheels for grades of the...
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1910-1920.; Utah Junction (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Utah Junction--1910-1920.
- [between 1919 and 1920]
- McLelland [sic] Gate, City Park, Denver
- View of McLellan Gate, City Park, Denver, Colorado; a gift of William W. McLellan, founder of City Park; shows horse-drawn buggy, horseback rider on dirt street passing through gate, and streetlight.
- McLellan, William W.--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Gates--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910]
- On the Colo. and Northwestern Ry.
- View of Maxwell Pitch (high rock-walled road above wooden flume on left), original wagon stagecoach road built in 1865, called Windy Point by railroaders in North Boulder Canyon, Colorado; shows Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge...
- North Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Flumes--Colorado--North Boulder Canyon--1890-1910.; Roads--Colorado--North Boulder Canyon--1890-1910.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Georgetow [sic] from Argentine Central R.R.
- View north to Silver Plume, Colorado, from Argentine Central Railway completed grading; shows Georgetown Loop with narrow gauge railroad tracks in valley below.
- Railroads--Grades--Colorado--1900-1910.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- 1905
- Beauna[sic] Vista and Mt. Princeton
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colorado and Mount Princeton (elevation 14,197) of Collegiate Range of Rocky Mountains reached via Colorado Midland Railway; Chaffee County Courthouse behind Colorado Midland Railway station, foreground; church;...
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Churches--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Chaffee...
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Byres [sic] Cañon on the Moffat Road
- Byers Canyon, Colorado; shows Colorado River paralleled by Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway's (later became Denver and Salt Lake) standard gauge track, steep vertical rock wall on left, and tree- covered rocky slope on right.
- Byers Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--Byers Canyon--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [1907?]
- Mt. Massive
- Mount Massive (elevation 14,418) near Leadville, Colorado; snow covered Rocky Mountain; probably Colorado Midland Railway standard gauge tracks through trees in center.
- Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Mt. Massive
- Mount Massive (elevation 14,418) near Leadville, Colorado; probably Colorado Midland Railway's standard gauge tracks through trees in foreground; snow covered Rocky Mountains.
- Massive, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Wood's Lake, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Wood's Lake, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; summer resort with lodge and cabins on opposite shore; lake surrounded by snow covered mountains; eight miles from Thomasville.
- Cabins--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Resorts--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1903 and 1919]
- Middle Park from Vascas [sic] Pass
- View from Vasquez Pass toward Middle Park (distant background), Colorado; four men resting on fallen log, view down heavily timbered valley.
- Vasquez Pass (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1890-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- St. Anthony's Hospital, Denver
- Exterior view of Saint Anthony's Hospital, West 16th (Sixteenth) Avenue and Quitman Street, Denver, Colorado; located on west side of Sloan's Lake; founded by the Sisters of St. Francis Seraph, completed in 1893, additions were made in 1901 and...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Hospitals--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; St. Anthony's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)
- [1905?]
- Mt. Nast on the Colo. Midland Ry.
- Mount Nast, Colorado (elevation 12,500 feet), in northern Sawatch Range of Rocky Mountains viewed from along Colorado Midland Railway. Clouds cast shadows onto the peaks.
- Nast, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Mt. Evens[sic] and Mt. Rosalee from McClellan Mtn.
- View of Mount Evans, Colorado (elevation 14,260 feet), and Rosalie Peak (elevation 13,575 feet) above timberline from McClellan Mountain (elevation 13,575 feet); Mount Evans named after John Evans, second governor of Colorado Territory.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rosalie Peak (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Tunnel 28, So. Boulder Cañon, Moffat Road
- View of Tunnel Number Twenty-eight and Denver and Salt Lake Railroad's standard gauge track paralleled by telephone poles in South Boulder Creek and Canyon, Colorado; shows railroad timbers stacked next to track; Moffat Road.
- South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- Ousel [sic] Falls, Grand Lake, Moffat Road
- Close-up view of Ouzel Falls near Grand Lake, Colorado, reached via Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later became Denver and Salt Lake); waterfall named by Enos Mills after Ouzel or "water dipper" bird; shows waterfall...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ouzel Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Grand Lake--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Buena Vista and Mt. Princeton, Collegiate Range, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Buena Vista, Colorado and Mount Princeton (elevation 14,197) in Collegiate Range of Rocky Mountains; Chaffee County Courthouse, center right.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Princeton, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Courthouses--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Chaffee County--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Tunnels 36 and 37, Gore Cañon on the Moffat Road
- Gore Canyon, Colorado with Tunnels number 35 (Thirty-five) and 36 (thirty-six) of Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later Denver and Salt Lake) on the Moffat Road; Colorado River paralleling standard gauge tracks.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1900-1920.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1907 and 1913]
- Arch Rock in Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Platte Canyon, Colorado with rock formation Arch Rock hanging over cascading South Platte River reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; railroad embankment, center right.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- North side Torry's [sic] Peak, Argentine Central Ry.
- North side of Torreys Peak, Colorado (elevation 14,264 feet) viewed from Argentine Central Railway; snow covered 14-er Rocky Mountain peak.
- Torreys Peak (Colo.); Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1920.; Argentine Central Railway Company.
- [between 1906 and 1913]
- Continental Divide from Vasques[sic] Pass, Camp Shaffer
- View towards Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado from Vasquez Pass, Camp Shaffer; two men on mountain trail above timberline, view down valley with mountains in background.
- Vasquez Pass (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1890-1910.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1890-1910.; Valleys--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The Fryinpan [sic] Valley and Mt. Sopris, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Fryingpan River valley and Mount Sopris, Colorado; Colorado Midland Railway standard gauge track by river; farm and agricultural land; brick residence and prominent brick building (possibly a school), center left; storm clouds top the peaks.
- Fryingpan River (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Sopris, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Agriculture--Colorado--1890-1920.; Buildings--Colorado--1890-1920.; Houses--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado...
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Breckenridge, Colo. on the C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Breckenridge, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows narrow gauge track in town and along hillside, wooden frame buildings and residences, churches, school, depot with freight cars, Ten Mile Range, and mine...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Grand Cañon of the Colo. River, Arizona
- View of Grand Canyon (National Park), Arizona.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- The Roadmaster, Clear Creek Cañon
- Vertical image of Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge track; Clear Creek Canyon and stream, Colorado.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A view in Clear Creek Cañon
- View of Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge track with bridge over Clear Creek; Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado.
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Red Rock Cañon, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Colorado Midland Railway standard gauge track paralleled by possibly Fountain Creek or Fryingpan River winding through Red Rock Canyon, Colorado.
- Canyons--Colorado--1890-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1890-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway.
- [between 1890 and 1919]
- Water erosions in Platte Canon
- Rounded and curved rocks eroded by South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado reached via Colorado and Southern Railway.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Erosion--Colorado--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rocks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Cherry trees in bloom, Palisade, Colo.
- Cherry trees in bloom near Palisade, Colorado; mature fruit orchard in spring time with cherry blossoms.
- Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cherry orchards--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Cherry trees--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Spaying [sic] fruit trees in Colorado
- Men operating fruit spraying equipment to protect blossoms somewhere in Colorado; a horse-drawn open bed wagon holds spray apparatus, men work with hoses.
- Fruit trees--Colorado--1890-1910.; Spraying and dusting in agriculture--Colorado--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Interior Broadway Theatre
- Interior view of Broadway Theatre located in Metropole Hotel on Broadway, Denver, Colorado; shows balcony, private box seats, orchestra pit, stage, and scenery curtain from "A glimpse of India;" theater opened in 1890.
- Stage photography--1900-1910.; Theater architecture--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Theaters--Decoration--1900-1910.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- 16th St. from Arapahoe, Denver
- 16th (Sixteenth) Street from Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colorado; shows street railway car number 42 (forty-two) on track, the Tabor Opera House, Joslins Dry Goods, and the Capitol building in distant background. Also shows many people on sidewalk...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Street railroads--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 16th St. from Stout St., Denver
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street from a three-story building on Stout Street, Denver, Colorado; identifiable businesses and buildings include Gano-Downs (721-739 16th) and Colorado Building with Frederick W. Hedgcock & H.C. Jones Specialty Store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Capitols--Colorado--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Colorado State Capitol (Denver, Colo.)
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Longmon [sic], Colo.
- View of a busy downtown street in Longmont, Colorado; shows storefronts, horse-drawn carriages and buggies, a bicycle parked at curb, and people on tree-lined cement sidewalk; businesses include Bartell jeweler, jewelry store and grocery store.
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905]
- Hot Sulphu [sic] Springs on the Moffat Road
- View of the springs at Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, reached via Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later became Denver and Salt Lake); shows wooden frame and stone buildings built on hot springs, and dirt road with bridge.
- Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1900-1910.
- [1907?]