Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 400 block Main
- View along the 400 block of Main Street, Longmont, Colorado, shows the one, two and three story mainly brick commercial buildings with horse-drawn carriages along the dirt street after the cottonwoods were cut down in 1901. The Longmont National...
- Longmont (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Longmont--1900-1910.
- [between 1907 and 1910]
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 3854, engine type 2-10-2
- Freight; eastbound; 3940 and 3895 helping but not shown in photo; 71 cars, 12 MPH. Photographed: up Cajon Pass near Pine Lodge, Calif., April 26, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--California--Pine Lodge.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1933
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 3854, engine type 2-10-2
- Freight; eastbound; 3940 and 3895 helping; 71 cars, 20 MPH. Photographed: up Cajon Pass near Pine Lodge, Calif., April 26, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--California--Pine Lodge.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1933
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 3879, engine type 2-10-2
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Near Pine Lodge, Calif., April 26, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--California--Pine Lodge.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1933
- AT&SF locomotive, engine number 3940, engine type 2-10-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Near Pine Lodge, Calif., April 26, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--California--Pine Lodge.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1933
- AT&SF train, engine number 3879, engine type 2-10-2
- Freight; westbound; 46 cars, 25 MPH. Photographed: near Pine Lodge, Cal., April 26, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--California--Pine Lodge.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1933
- Bailey's, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Bailey, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows North Fork of South Platte River, narrow gauge track and railroad station, a horse-drawn wagon parked next to open freight car, general store,...
- Bailey (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Bailey--1900-1920.; General...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Bald Pate Inn, Estes Park
- A side view of the Baldpate Inn in Estes Park, Colorado, shows a 1920s automobile parked in the entryway of the rustic lodge. The inn's sign, a ring of keys, hangs on the front; the inn was named after a popular mystery novel, "The Seven Keys to...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Estes Park--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1930?]
- Boggio's Parisienne Rotisserie
- View of Boggio's Parisienne Rotisserie, a restaurant and lounge located near the corner of Tremont Place and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. The building has a tile overhang roof and arched windows and entrances. Signs on the building read: "Air...
- Adolph Coors Company--Public relations--1940-1950.; Boggio's Rotisserie (Denver, Colo.)--Public relations--1940-1950.; Boggio's Rotisserie (Denver, Colo.)--1940-1950.; General Outdoor Advertising Co.--Products--1940-1950.; Denver...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Bright Angel Hotel on the rim of Grand Cañon
- View of Grand Canyon (National Park), Arizona, looking across rim to Bright Angel Hotel; Bright Angel camp area originally operated by J. Wilbur Thurber, purchased by Santa Fe Railroad Company, and reopened in 1905 as Bright Angel Hotel or Lodge.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1900-1910.; National parks & reserves--Arizona--1900-1910.; Bright Angel Hotel (Grand Canyon, Colo.)
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Central City 1890s. Funeral procession
- A long funeral procession led by a band walks down Main Street in Central City, Colorado, probably during the 1890s, possibly for Sheriff R. B. Williams who was fatally shot by Samuel Covington, a quartz hauler from Nevadaville, in April of 1896....
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Sheriffs--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bands--1890-1900.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Central City--1890-1900.; Funeral...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Chief Goes-in-Lodge (on horse right) Still from early Tim McCoy film "War Paint" or "Covered Wagon"
- Still photograph from a Tim McCoy film, either the film "War Paint" or "Covered Wagon." A group of Native American (Arapaho) men on horseback pose near a group of tepees in a film studio. Chief Goes-in-Lodge points to the distance. The men wear...
- Arapaho Indians--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--1920-1930.; Tribal chiefs--1920-1930.; Westerns--1920-1930.; Goes in Lodge.; McCoy, Tim--Homes & haunts.
- [either 1922 or 1926]
- Chief Hosa Lodge, Genesee, Colo.
- View of Chief Hosa Lodge located at 27661 Genesee Drive, Genesee, Colo. Designed by noted Denver architect, Jacques B. Benedict in 1918, local timber and native stone were combined in the construction of this one-and-one-half-story lodge. Also in...
- Stone buildings--Colorado--Jefferson County--2000-2010.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Genesee (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Chief Hosa Lodge (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Jefferson County--Pictorial works.; Jefferson County...
- 2007
- Cloudcroft Lodge
- Drawing of the first Lodge at Cloudcroft (Otero County), New Mexico, in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. Shows a Shingle Style two-story building with rusticated trim and verandas. Sign above the front entrance reads:...
- Cloudcroft Lodge (Cloudcroft, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cloudcroft (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Drawings--1900-1910.; Hotels--New Mexico--Cloudcroft--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- CMStP&P locomotive, engine number 10050, engine type GE B-B
- Photographed: Deer Lodge, Mont., August 9, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Deer Lodge.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- CMStP&P locomotive, engine number 10053, engine type GE B-B
- Photographed: Deer Lodge, Mont., August 9, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Deer Lodge.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- CMStP&P locomotive, engine number 10206, engine type GE 2-B+B
- Photographed: Deer Lodge, Mont., August 9, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Deer Lodge.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- CMStP&P locomotive, engine number 10217, engine type GE 2-B+B
- Photographed: Deer Lodge, Mont., August 9, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Deer Lodge.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- CMStP&P locomotive, engine number 10305, engine type BLW-WESTHSE 2C1+1C2
- Photographed: Deer Lodge, Mont., August 9, 1938.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad locomotives--Montana--Deer Lodge.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1938
- Elmer Berg's Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch
- View of the Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch in Park County, Colorado. The wooden lodge has log siding. A sign on the building reads: "Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch Lodge." A flag pole is beside the lodge with an American Flag and the "3R" flag. A van with...
- Elk Falls Park Guest Ranch (Colo.)--Buildings--1940-1950.; Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Park County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Dude ranches--Colorado--Park County--1940-1950.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Park County--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 July
- Father and daughter with car outside of Wink's Panorama (Wink's Lodge)
- Warren and Linda Tucker with car outside of Winks Panorama also known as Winks Lodge. The hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln Hills County...
- circa 1948-1949
- Ferndale, Colo. Robinson (W. F. & Mary Byers), 2nd house interior
- The interior view of the cabin owned by W. F. and Mary Elizabetn Byers Robinson, in Ferndale (Douglas County), Colorado, features wooden rocking chairs and a bed with decorative pillows on it. A pillow is embroidered on the front with the name of...
- Robinson, Mary Byers--Homes & haunts--1900-1940.; Robinson, W. F.--Homes & haunts--1900-1940.; Ferndale (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Cabins--Colorado--Ferndale--1900-1940.; Interiors.
- [between 1900 and 1940]
- Fig. 116. Interior lodge.
- Reproduction of a book illustration of the interior of a Native American (Navajo) medicine lodge. The illustration shows a small fire in the center of the building. A hole in the roof allows the smoke to rise out of the building.
- Indians of North America--1890-1920.; Navajo Indians--Spiritual life--1890-1920.; Interiors--1890-1920.; Lodges--1890-1920.
- [between 1895 and 1915]
- Goes in the Lodge
- Goes in the Lodge, a Native American (Arapaho) man poses outdoors. He wears a fringed shirt, hair pipe breastplate, medal, scarf with a shell clasp, and feathers in his hair.
- Arapaho Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Clothing & dress--1910-1920.; Goes in Lodge.
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Hamlet Family in front of Winks Panorama (Wink's Lodge)
- Hamlet Family: Alberta, Clarence and Wendell "Wink" stand in front of Winks Panorama also known as Winks Lodge. The hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in...
- circa 1950's
- Horseshoe Inn
- View of the Horseshoe Inn at Rocky Mountain National Park, west of Estes Park, Colorado (constructed by Willard Ashton in 1907; razed in 1931); guests sit on porch and stand at stone- block stairway leading from dirt road to lodge.
- Horseshoe Inn (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Ashton, Willard--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1908 and 1920]
- Indian squaw" or "Indian camp
- An oil painting of Native American woman as she stands in front of a lodge. In the background is a forest of pine trees. The canvas is unfinished with no frame.
- Indians of North America--1890-1930.; Women--1890-1930.
- [between 1890 and 1930?]
- Indians dancing inside a lodge, elaborate clothing
- Unidentified group of Dakota Native Americans dancing in full regalia inside an open lodge.
- Dakota Indians--1870-1890.; Dancing--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Costume & dress--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Dance--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Interior, Hotel, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the dining room at the Alpine Lodge, a hotel in Georgetown, Colorado; shows a large sideboard in the Renaissance Revival style (carved dark wood, backed with mirrors, and topped by an elaborate broken pediment), glass items on the shelves,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buffets (Furniture)--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Alpine Lodge (Georgetown, Colo.)
- 1942
- Lake Eldora 1942
- View of Lake Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado; includes Dixie Lodge log building with porch posts and balustrade in Asian style, rock- rimmed lake with evergreens by the shore; man and a woman in dungarees by the lodge.
- Dixie Lodge (Lake Eldora, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lake Eldora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Lake Eldora--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Lake Eldora 1942
- View of Lake Eldora, Boulder County, Colorado; features the log Dixie Lodge with porch posts and balustrade in Asian style, rock-rimmed lake with evergreens by the shore,and man and a woman in dungarees on the road by the lodge.
- Dixie Lodge (Lake Eldora, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Eldora, Lake (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lake Eldora (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Lodges--Colorado--Lake Eldora--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Lake George. Bathing hour, Camp Iroquois, Glen Eyrie
- Swimmers stand near a water slide in Lake George at Camp Iroquois in probably Warren County, New York. Canoes lie upside down in front of a wooden boathouse; canvas tents sit behind a lodge.
- George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake)--1900-1910.; Warren County (N.Y.)--1900-1910.; Boathouses--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Camps--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Canoes--New York (State)--Warren County--1900-1910.; Lakes &...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Laura Evans' sporting house, Salida, Colo.
- On Front Street in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, this flat roofed masonry structure has a sign over the arched entry: "? Shrine Club ?." This was a bordello from 1900 to 1950 under the management of Laura Evans.
- Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Brothels--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Fraternal lodges--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.;...
- 1960
- Laying of cornerstone of the Mt. Moriah lodge. No. 89.
- A crowd in Canon City, Colorado, gathers for the laying of the cornerstone of the Mount Moriah Masonic Lodge, at the southeast corner of 5th (Fifth) and Main. People carry umbrellas and cornets, and wear uniforms, sack suits and hats. Horses and...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Maine building, St. Louis
- The Maine State Building at the 1904 World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition) in St. Louis, Missouri is made of logs to represent a hunter's lodge.
- Maine--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910.; Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)--Buildings.; St. Louis (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Centennial celebrations--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910.; Exhibition buildings--Missouri--Saint...
- [1904]
- Maine buildings, St. Louis
- The Maine State Building at the 1904 World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition) in St. Louis, Missouri is made of logs to represent a hunter's lodge.
- Maine--Exhibitions & displays--1900-1910.; Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)--Buildings.; St. Louis (Mo.)--1900-1910.; Centennial celebrations--Missouri--Saint Louis--1900-1910.; Exhibition buildings--Missouri--Saint...
- [1904]
- Man and child pose by car and Wink's Panorama (Winks Lodge)
- Warren Tucker Sr. and Linda Tucker (Kai Kai) on car in front of Winks Panorama also known as Winks Lodge. The hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the...
- circa 1950's
- Man and woman on porch at Wink's Panorama (Wink's Lodge)
- Bessie DeVaun and Mr. Riley on the porch at Winks Panorama also known as Winks Lodge. The hotel near Pinecliffe, Colorado served African-American tourists during the early and middle 20th century. The lodge was built in the Lincoln Hills County...
- circa 1950's
- Medford Cosias and Tom Noel
- Medford Cosias and Tom Noel stand near a jeep at the Rainbow Trout Ranch, 1484 FDR 250 in Conejos County, Colorado. Medford drinks out of a can and Tom Noel leans against the jeep and smiles. Behind the men is a trailer full of trash. Both men...
- Rainbow Trout Ranch (Conejos County, Colo.)--People--1960-1970.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Laborers.; Jeep automobiles.; Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)--Pictorial works.; Cosias, Medford--Pictorial works.; Rainbow Trout Ranch (Conejos...
- 1967
- Nevadaville
- View of the remains of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, include scattered houses, the Methodist Episcopal Church and Redman's Lodge.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- Spring 1938
- Organizations fraternal Masons high chair
- Close-up view of a drawing that depicts an interior chamber of a Masonic lodge. A high chair, altar, and the letter "G" are in the room.
- Altars--1890-1910.; Fraternal organizations--1890-1910.; Interiors--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Pawnee village, evening ceremonial
- North American Indian (Pawnee) men and women sit and stand on and near earthen lodges at sunset probably in Nebraska. They are wrapped in blankets. Shows fences made of twigs or brush, and a plaza with an American flag that flies near the entrance...
- Earth houses--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Structures--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Pawnee Indians--1860-1880.; Earth lodges--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Lodges--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Rites & ceremonies--Nebraska--1860-1880.; Sunrises &...
- [between 1932 and 1938?]
- Platte Canyon Community Church, gift to Bailey, Colo.
- A man and an elderly woman stand outside a building with a modified Dutch, gambrel roof with eaves that extend to the ground, large windows with square panes, and a large cross cut through the wall and filled with glass bricks in Bailey, Colorado....
- Bailey (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Churches--Colorado--Bailey--1950-1960.; Failing, Grace.; Tripp, Gordon.
- 1958 December 15
- Porch party, Shawnee, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Interior view of Shawnee Lodge, Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows screened-in backporch with two tables, wicker and rocking chairs, group of four women playing cards, other women and one man...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.; Shawnee Lodge (Shawnee, Colo.)
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Possibly July 4, 1912
- View of a parade of Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street, Georgetown, Colorado, looking west; shows the Cushman Block the Monti and Guanella Block, the Fish Block, and Masonic Lodge. The parade is probably a Fourth of July celebration; American flags hang...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Flags--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1910-1920.;...
- [1912?]
- Potawatomi meat drying rack
- A Native American (Potawatomi, Prairie Band) woman sits near a wooden rack used to dry meat on a reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. A man sits underneath a bark roof, that is near a bark lodge.
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians--People--1930-1940.; Indians of North America--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indians--Kansas--Mayetta--1930-1940.; Mayetta (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Potawatomi Indian Reservation (Kan.)--1930-1940.; Food...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Shawnee Lodge, Platte Cañon on the C. & S. Ry.
- Exterior view of Shawnee Lodge in Platte Canyon, Colorado, along the Colorado and Southern Railway narrow gauge railroad line; lodge opened in 1899; shows two-story rough hewn log building with screened porch and some snow on roof surrounded by...
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Lodges--Colorado--Platte Canyon--1900-1930.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Shawnee, Platte Cañon, C. & S. Ry.
- Bird's eye view of Shawnee, Colorado, in Platte Canyon reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; shows narrow gauge track and train stop (shelter), wooden frame buildings, tilled field, and Shawnee Lodge.
- Platte Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Shawnee (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lodges--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Shawnee--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Site of diverting dam on South Boulder Creek, Elderado [sic] Springs
- View of South Boulder Creek and Eldorado Springs (Boulder County) Colorado; shows covered swimming pool, resort cabins, and lodge.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dams--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.; Resorts--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1900-1910.
- November 21, 1908
- Sprague's near Estes Park, lined up ready to ride out
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies members in western clothing line up on horseback outside Sprague's Lodge in Estes Park (Larimer County), Colorado. The log lodge has shingle bargeboard, chinking, a covered porch and a stone chimney. A rocky mountain...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Trail riding--Colorado--1950-1960.; Estes Park (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Hotels--Colorado--Estes Park--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1956 July