Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- D&RGW, Leadville, Colo. 634 (2-8-0) broadside.
- Broadside view of Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company locomotive 634, (standard gauge) with its coal tender, at Leadville (Lake County) Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1951 April
- Ruins of the famous (Tabor) Matchless mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado with mine buildings, headframe, and tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) # 638 Leadville-Climax train
- A Colorado & Southern freight train led by steam locomotive # 638 climbs snow covered Tennessee Pass between Climax and Leadville in Lake County, Colorado. Snow covers the mountains and trees.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Tennessee Pass (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Passes (Landforms); Railroads.; Snow.; Spring.
- C. Bancroft, E Weckbaugh, Gordon Weeks, (Master of Ceremonies) Matchless Mine dedication
- At the dedication of the Matchless Mine and Baby Doe Tabor's cabin in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, Caroline Bancroft speaks through a megaphone and Eleanor Weckbaugh holds an umbrella; both women are in period costumes. Gordon Weeks is the...
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Costumes--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- July 16, 1953
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) #638, Leadville, CO
- View of a Colorado & Southern freight train in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Steam locomotive # 638 has a wedge plow mounted on the front. The consist includes a flat car piled with lumber, boxcars and a caboose. Houses, and snow covered Mount...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives.; Railroads.; Snow.; Snowplows.; Spring.
- Taken in 1953 at 12,000 feet
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, with Sawatch Range in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- 12,000 feet
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, with Sawatch Range in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- Matchless mine dedication, crowd in shaft house
- A large group of people, some in period costumes and some with cameras, at the Matchless Mine and Baby Doe Tabor's cabin dedication in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Front row is identified as: Lee Robbins, Ted Mazzrella, Eleanor Wechbaugh,...
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Costumes--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- July 16, 1953
- Taylor Brown, Oscar Malo, Paul Kohlberg, presentation of Matchless cabin to Leadville
- Three men identified as Taylor Brown, Oscar Malo, Paul Kohlberg at the dedication of the Matchless Mine and Baby Doe Tabor's cabin in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes &...
- [1953]
- Matchless mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, hoist, tailings, and pond.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- [1950?]
- Matchless mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville (Lake County), Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, and car.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- 1953
- Matchless mine, Leadville
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, with Sawatch Range in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- House and Matchless mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado with headframe, mine building, snow covered tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- Shack at Matchless mine, Leadville where Baby Doe Tabor spent her last years
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado with mine building, tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- The Matchless mine cabin and Fryer Hill, Leadville where Baby Doe Tabor died
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows mine building, headframe.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- October 2, 1952
- Matchless mine
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado with mine building, headframe, snow covered tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- Matchless mine restoration
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows headframe, ore cart.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- 1953
- View of Matchless mine, house in foreground
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows mine building, snow covered tailings.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- Tabor Opera House, Leadville
- Exterior view of Tabor Opera House, front facade, 308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado.
- Tabor Opera House--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1960
- Tabor Opera House, Leadville
- Exterior view of the Tabor Opera House, front facade, 308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado.
- Tabor Opera House--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Opera houses--1950-1960.
- [between 1955 and 1960]
- Denver and Rio Grande Western caboose
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company wooden caboose 01108 sits by a locomotive house in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Semaphore signals and fuel tanks are near the building. Lettering on the caboose reads: "Denver & Rio Grande Western"...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad cabooses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Railroad signals--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1951 April
- C & S 638 at Leadville taking cars down to Rio Grande transfer after return from Climax
- View of a Colorado & Southern freight train led by steam locomotive 638 (2-8-0), with a pilot snowplow mounted on the front, in Leadville (lake County), Colorado. The consist has a boxcar and gondola cars. A commercial facility is in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Railroads--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1960.
- 1954 July 26
- D & RGW engine 634 at Leadville
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Steam locomotive 634 (2-8-0) is parked in the yards in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Railroad facilities and houses are in the distance.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1950 July 11
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) #638, Leadville, Colo., shows coal loading conveyor
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive # 638 with a tender is stopped near a coal loading conveyor in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A wedge snowplow is mounted on the front of the locomotive. A wheelbarrow is near the engine.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Conveying systems.; Railroad locomotives.; Snowplows.
- Colorado & Southern Ry. (2-8-0) #638, Leadville, Colo., depot
- Colorado & Southern steam locomotive #638 with a caboose, is stopped at the railroad depot in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Snow covered log and frame houses and sheds are near the tracks. Mount Elbert and Mount Massive are in the distance.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Railroad stations.; Railroads.; Snow.
- Tabor Opera House, Leadville
- Exterior view of front and south facade of Tabor Opera House, 308 Harrison Avenue, Leadville, Colorado.
- Tabor Opera House--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- [between 1955 and 1960]
- Dedication of the Augusta Tabor Museum, Leadville, May 29, 1955
- Dedication of the Augusta Tabor Museum on May 29, 1955, 116 East Fifth Street in Leadville, Colorado. Three people stand above a crowd of people at the side of the Tabor House, wearing hats and coats. Above them is a sign "Tabor House, Art & Gift...
- Augusta Tabor Museum--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.
- 1955
- Tabor's home in Leadville
- View of the Tabor Home, home of Augusta and Horace Tabor, at 116 E. 5th (Fifth) Street in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows a two story cross gable house with decorative verge-board and inverted pendants. The house has a bay window and...
- Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- [between 1954 and 1960?]
- Leadville Hospital, Leadville, Colo
- Interior view at the Leadville Hospital in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; women work in the laundry. Shows a washing machine, a mangle and a steam press.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hospitals--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Laundries (Rooms & spaces)--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1954 August
- Augusta's Leadville house
- View of the Horace and Augusta Tabor home, at 116 East 5th (Fifth) Street, in Leadville, (Lake County), Colorado; shows a frame house with a bay window and bargeboard.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tabor, Augusta, d. 1895--Homes & haunts.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899--Homes & haunts.
- 1955
- Matchless Mine restoration
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. A sign leans against a mine ore car near the shack and reads: "Matchless Mine [...]".
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- 1953
- Interior n[orth]west corner
- Interior view of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin, after restoration, at the Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Stove door reads: "Flash;" clutter fills shelves.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Conservation & restoration--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- Matchless Mine
- Interior view of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin, after restoration, at the Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. A door on the stove reads: "Flash".
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Conservation & restoration--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- Matchless Mine
- Interior view of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin, after restoration, at the Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Conservation & restoration--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- Matchless Mine
- Interior view of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin, after restoration, at the Matchless Mine near Leadville, Lake County, Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Conservation & restoration--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- Healy House, Leadville
- Artist's angle view, through the open picket fence gate, of the west facade of the Healy House State Museum on the northwest corner of Harrison Avenue and East Tenth Street in Leadville, Colorado. The three- story wood frame building was buit in...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Galleries & museums--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Healy House State Museum.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence on "Millionaire's Row" in Leadville, Colorado, shows a wood frame house, known as the "House with the Eye." Architect Eugene Robitaile designed in 1879 with clapboard siding, a swept dormer with...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Exterior view of the house at 127 West Fourth Street on "Millionaires' Row," Leadville, Colorado, also known as the "House with the Eye." The wood frame house was built in 1879, designed by architect Eugene Robitaille with clapboard siding and a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence, on "Millionaires Row," Leadville, Colorado, also known as the "House with the Eye." The wood frame house was built in 1879, designed by architect Eugene Robitaille with clapboard siding and a swept...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence on "Millionaires Row," Leadville, Colorado, also known as the "House with the Eye." The wood frame house was built in 1879, designed by architect Eugene Robitaille with clapboard siding and a swept...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 127 West 4th
- Detail of the 127 West Fourth Street residence, "Millionaire's Row," Leadville, Colorado, shows a wood frame house, known as the "House with the Eye." Architect Eugene Robitaile designed in 1879 with clapboard siding, a swept dormer with stained...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Houses--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Bancroft, Caroline.; Robitaille, Eugene.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 135 West 4th
- Detail of the exterior of the front window and entry of the house at 135 West Fourth Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows a wood frame house with gingerbread details, decorative shingles, a porch frieze and arch trim. The front window has a...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 135 West 4th
- This view of the facade of the house at 135 West Fourth Street in Leadville, Colorado shows a wood frame, L-gabled house with gingerbread details, decorative shingles, porch frieze and arch trim, and attic dormer. The front window has a stained...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residence at 135 West 4th
- The view of the facade of the house at 135 West Fourth Street in Leadville, Colorado shows a wood frame, L-gabled house with gingerbread details, decorative shingles, porch frieze and arch trim. The front window has a stained glass design of...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Residences at 135 West 4th
- This view of the facade of the home at 135 West Fourth Street in Leadville, Colorado, shows a wood frame, L-gabled house with gingerbread details, decorative shingles, porch frieze and arch trim, and an attic dormer. The front window has a stained...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Leadville Hospital, Leadville, Colo
- View of the Leadville Hospital in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; the stone and brick building has arched windows and gables.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hospitals--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1954 August
- Leadville Hospital, Leadville, Colo
- Interior view at the Leadville Hospital in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; women prepare a meal tray. One woman holds a teapot; a nun empties a coal bucket into a stove.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cookery--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Hospitals--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Kitchens--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Nuns--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1954 August
- Leadville Hospital, Leadville, Colo
- Interior view at the Leadville Hospital in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; women wash dishes and a nun puts coal into a stove.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cookery--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Hospitals--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Interiors--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Kitchens--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Nuns--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1954 August
- Matchless Mine
- View of the abandoned Matchless Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; shows a headframe, shop, tailings, and the supply cabin where Baby Doe Tabor lived and died.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1954 and 1960?]
- Leadville
- View of Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Shows the business district, commercial buildings, houses, mines and tailings piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.
- 1959