Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- The Midway, the Rialto
- View of the midway during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. A man walks down a wide dirt avenue as well-dressed people stand about. Shows a wooden ticket kiosk and a mural with ostriches painted...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Midways--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- Midway, Colo
- In Midway, Weld County [?], Colorado, men pose on a storefront boardwalk. They wear bowler or slouch hats and suits. Two ride donkeys; another holds a surveyor's tripod and theodolite. Signs read: "Coors Gold Beer," "Grand View Saloon," and...
- Midway (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boardwalks--Colorado--Midway--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Gathering at Midway School
- In Midway, Weld County [?], Colorado, children pose on a swingset, and women oversee. A dog is to the side.
- Midway (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Children playing outdoors--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.; Children swinging--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.
- 1931 May, 5
- Gathering at Midway School
- In Midway, Weld County [?], Colorado, men, women, and children pose on the porch of a frame school building. A boy holds a dog; a woman holds a box camera; automobiles are in the background.
- Midway (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Families--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Gathering at Midway School
- In Midway, Weld County [?], Colorado, men, women, and children pose on the porch of a frame school building. A boy holds a dog; others hold straw hats; automobiles are in the background.
- Midway (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Families--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Midway--1930-1940.
- 1931
- Orphan Bell Bull Hill Cripple Creek
- Miners, some on horseback, pose by the Orphan Bell Mine near Midway (Teller County), Colorado.
- Midway (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Orphan Bell Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Midway--1890-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Midway--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Midway--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Midway - 1942
- View of a dirt road that forks in front of a large pile of mine tailings in Midway, Colorado.
- Midway (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Midway--1940-1950.; Roads--Colorado--Midway--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Midway - 1942
- View of residences, dirt roads, and mine tailings in Midway, Colorado.
- Midway (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Midway--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Midway--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Midway - above Victor 1942
- View of a dilapidated shack with vertical board siding, tin chimney and double hung windows along a dirt road near mine tailings in Midway, Colorado.
- Midway (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Midway--1940-1950.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Midway--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Midway canteen and diner
- Stone buildings surround the "Midway" at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The dining hall has factory windows with open panels, and a faceted guard tower is in the center, with cellhouse 6 behind it. Men are in an area enclosed by...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Cypress Point
- Cypress Point rock formation extends into the Pacific Ocean near Midway Point (Monterey County), California.
- Cypress Point (Monterey County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Capes (Coasts)--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Oceans--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Midway - above Victor 1942
- View of a dilapidated building with a false front, a cornice, and dormers along a dirt road in Midway, Colorado.
- Midway (Colo.)--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Midway--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Station on High Drive near Midway - 1942
- View of a small station in a clearing in Midway, Colorado; features a square shape and a pyramidal roof; pine tree and telephone pole next to it.
- Midway (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Midway--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Midway Point
- View of a rock formation known as Midway Point along the Pacific Ocean coast in Monterey County, California.
- Midway Point (Monterey County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Capes (Coasts)--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Cypress grove near Midway Point, Cal.
- Cypress trees stand on a rocky slope near Midway Point (Monterey County), California.
- Midway Point (Monterey County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Cypresses--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Monterey, 17 Mile Drive near Midway Point
- Cypress trees stand on a rocky slope along the Pacific Ocean coast near Midway Point (Monterey County), California.
- Midway Point (Monterey County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Capes (Coasts)--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Cypresses--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Climax- Pike's Peak in the distance
- View of the Climax Mine works near Midway, Teller County, Colorado. Three men sit and stand near a wooden building with a metal roof through which a hoist protrudes. A horse stands near the building. A pile of mine tailings stands near the works....
- Midway (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1920.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Midway--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915]
- Excelsior Geyser, Prismatic Springs, Midway Basin
- Panoramic view of Excelsior Geyser Crater and Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. People stand beside a crater and steam is in the air. Mineral deposits are in the basin and dense trees are beside the...
- Excelsior Geyser Crater (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Firehole River (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Grand Prismatic Spring (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Midway Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1880-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1880-1890.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National...
- [1883?]
- Midway Point
- View of Midway Point (The Lone Cypress) along 17 Mile Drive, a scenic toll road around Cypress Point, near Pebble Beach (Monterey County), California. Shows a cypress tree on rocks by the Pacific Ocean.
- Midway Point (Monterey County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Capes (Coasts)--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Cypresses--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Toll...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Midway Point, Cypress Drive, Monterey, Cal.
- View of Midway Point (The Lone Cypress) along 17 Mile Drive, a scenic toll road around Cypress Point, near Pebble Beach (Monterey County), California. Shows a cypress tree on rocks by the Pacific Ocean.
- Midway Point (Monterey County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Monterey County (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Pacific Ocean--1870-1900.; Capes (Coasts)--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Cypresses--California--Monterey County--1870-1900.; Toll...
- [between 1875 and 1900?]
- Midway House, Conifer, Colo.
- View of the Midway House, also known as Broken M Bar Ranch and Meyer Ranch, located at 9345 U.S. Highway 285 near Conifer, Colo. Built in 1889 by Louis Ramboz, the elegant Queen Anne style two-story clapboard ranch house has a hip roof with...
- Dwellings--Colorado--Conifer--2000-2010.; Conifer (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Dwellings--Colorado--Conifer--Pictorial works.; Conifer (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Excelsior Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
- View of the Excelsior Geyser Basin (Midway Geyser Basin) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows the Firehole River and trees near mineral deposits.
- Firehole River (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Midway Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; National parks & reserves--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Rivers--Yellowstone...
- 1892
- Excelsior Geyser Basin
- View of the Excelsior Geyser Basin (Midway Geyser Basin), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows the Firehole River.
- Firehole River (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Midway Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Excelsior Geyser Basin
- View of the Excelsior Geyser Basin (Midway Geyser Basin), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Midway Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Excelsior Geyser Basin, Prismatic Terrace
- Steam rises behind a man who stands on the travertine terraces formed by the Grand Prismatic Spring in the Midway Geyser Basin (Excelsior Geyser Basin), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Prismatic Spring (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Midway Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Prismatic Spring
- Steam rises behind a man who kneels on the travertine terraces formed by the Grand Prismatic Spring in the Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Prismatic Spring (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Midway Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Excelsior Geyser Basin
- View of Excelsior Geyser Basin (Midway Geyser Basin) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows the Firehole River.
- Firehole River (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Midway Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Geysers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Rivers--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- The Midway, East Avenue, Omaha
- View of the East Avenue from the Grand Plaza during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, (Douglas County) Nebraska. Shows a theater marquee that reads: "The Dancing Girl Illusion." People sit at tables in an open dining area...
- Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Midways--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.; Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
- [1898]
- View down midway looking west : prisoners shown leaving dining room
- Convicts at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, walk next to a pipe held aloft by plank supports. Stone walls and buildings flank the "Midway." More prisoners stand against the wall in a tight group. A guard tower, trees and hills are...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1910-1930.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- The Lodge at Sunspot
- View of The Lodge at Sunspot located at 677 Winter Park Drive in Winter Park, Colorado. Built at an elevation of 10,700 feet, the building is located midway along the ski slopes of Winter Park Resort.
- The Lodge at Sunspot (Winter Park, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Mountain resorts--Colorado--Winter Park--2000-2010.; Winter Park (Colo.)--2000-2010.; The Lodge at Sunspot (Winter Park, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Mountain resorts--Colorado--Winter...
- 2004
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 1 and 2, 1923 January-February
- Pikes Peak Ave
- View of a dirt Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado; shows a horse drawn wagon, a streetcar, the Post Office, the Mining Exchange, Independence & Exchange National Banks, Antlers Hotel and Pikes Peak.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Denver Tramway electric car #190
- Denver Tramway car 190 heads southbound on 16th (Sixteenth) Street, between Welton Street and Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado. The Denver Dry Goods store shows in distance, before the fifth floor addition. The commercial district is busy with...
- Denver Dry Goods Co.--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Street Railroads--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- about 1910
- Map of Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts
- Copy of a map produced by Smith Brooks depicts Teller County mining districts, Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield along the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway, (also called Cripple Creek Short Line), Florence and Cripple Creek...
- Mine maps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.; Midland Terminal...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- St. Mary's Church, Central City
- St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church is in the foreground on Pine Street in Central City, Colorado. The two story Parish/Penrose House is next to the church, and has a mansard roof, dormer windows, two bay windows, and a porch. Two smaller,...
- St. Aloysius Convent & School (Central City, Colo.)--1900-1940.; St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church (Central City, Colo.)--1900-1940.; Central City (Colo.)--1900-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Central City--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1935?]
- Map of Cripple Creek and Victor mining districts
- Photograph of a map produced by Smith-Brooks depicting mines located near Cripple Creek, Victor and Goldfield, (Teller County Colorado mining districts) along the Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway (also called Cripple Creek Short...
- Mine maps--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.; Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad Company.; Midland Terminal...
- [between 1891 and 1910]
- Sun Dance pole
- View of the pole used for a Sun Dance in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). The pole stands in an open field. Two animal skulls are at the base of the pole. A group of smaller wooden poles create the "Thunder's Nest" midway up the pole. A group of homes...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Sun dance--Indian Territory--1880-1890.; Symbols--Indian Territory--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- The ore tunnel at Henderson extends 9.6 miles under the Continental Divide
- Miners stand near the headframe of a ventilation shaft of the Henderson Tunnel in Grand County, Colorado.
- AMAX, Inc.--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Henderson Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--Branches, chapters, etc.--1970-1980.; Grand County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Miners--Colorado--Grand County--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Grand...
- [between 1974 and 1976]
- Dust storm
- A dust storm engulfs the town of Burlington, Colorado (Kit Carson County). Cars are parked on unpaved Main Street in front of the town's commercial storefronts. A grain elevator is at the end of the street. "Coca-Cola," "W&R Drugs, Carlson's Ice...
- Burlington (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dust storms--Colorado--Burlington--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Freeland, Colo.
- A wooden conduit on x-shaped legs with a basin midway, and a pipe on x-shaped legs both terminate at small a wooden building at the base of a hill in Freeland, Clear Creek County, Colorado. A two-story chinked log cabin and other smaller buildings...
- Freeland (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Freeland--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Inside prison looking north
- Stone buildings with extruded joints, metal roofs, and arched, barred windows flank the dirt street in the midway area of the State Penitentiary complex in Canon City, Colorado. Men in striped pants are by a guard house atop the cell block in the...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Mission of Redeeming Love
- Two men and a woman dressed in hats and overcoats stand outside the Mission of Redeeming Love at 1761 Market Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows storefront windows and an awning that reads: "Mission of Redeeming Love." Other signs read: "Jesus Saves....
- Mission of Redeeming Love (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1939?]
- Mission of Redeeming Love
- Two men dressed in hats and overcoats stand outside the Mission of Redeeming Love at 1761 Market Street in Denver, Colorado. Shows storefront windows and an awning that reads: "Mission of Redeeming Love." Other signs read: "Jesus Saves. Mission of...
- Mission of Redeeming Love (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Asylums--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1931 and 1939?]
- D wing building of medium security unit 56
- Aerial view of the medium security facility complex at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Buildings are surrounded by construction debris. A tilled field is across a dirt road, and a gambrel roofed barn is labelled: "Midway." Other...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1950-1960.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1956 and 1960?]
- Antoinette Perry
- Studio profile portrait of Antoinette Perry, an actress, who stands and poses with her arms extended over a large, ceramic vase with painted flowers. She wears a long two piece lace dress with a slim skirt and pleats midway down the thigh. Her...
- Actresses--1900-1920.; Perry, Antoinette, 1888-1946.
- [between 1905 and 1920?]
- Santa Barbara, Cal.
- View of the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara County), California. People crowd the midway and sideshows. Posters and signs read "Sells Floto and Buffalo Bill Annex", "The Sacred Animal of the...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Santa Barbara (Calif.)--1910-1920.; Circuses & shows--California--Santa Barbara--1910-1920.; Crowds--California--Santa Barbara--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Johnny Baker
- Johnny Baker, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show known as the "Cowboy Kid," poses in front of a brick building in a camp for the Wild West Show near Earl's Court in England. He holds a cigarette in his mouth and wears a striped sash tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1892?]