Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Indian girls weaving baskets, village of Shipaulovi, Hopi Reservation, Arizona
- Native American Hopi Pueblo girls weave baskets from grass and split yucca leaves, Sipaulovi, Second Mesa, Arizona. They wear mantas, shawls, and side-whorled hair styles.
- Hopi Indians--Arts & crafts--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--Arizona--Sipaulovi--1900-1910.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Sipaulovi...
- 1906
- Looking from Capitol N. N. W. over Denver to the mountains, Colo.
- Rooftop view of downtown Denver, Colorado. Buildings include the Arapahoe County Courthouse, Majestic Building, and the YMCA Building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Geronimo, the famous Apache chief, skinning the buffalo after the hunt Oklahoma, USA
- Geronimo, a Native American (Chiricahua Apache) man, skins a buffalo in Oklahoma. Spectators, some of whom wear feather headdresses, look on. One man holds a staff decorated with feathers.
- Chiricahua Indians--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Headdresses--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Bison hunting--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Shamans--Oklahoma--1900-1910.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.
- [1909]
- Leadville, famous mining centre ($15,000,000 yearly), S.W. to Mt. Massive, Colo.
- View of the Leadville mining district, in Lake County, Colorado; shows tailings, flumes, ore processing facilities, houses, and the Sawatch Mountains.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1860-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1890.; Flumes--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1890.
- [between 1860 and 1890?]
- Fun for the miner's children in the outskirts of Leadville, Colo.
- Several children ride on burros near the Wolftone Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado shows: mine and mill buildings, tailings, elevated tracks.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Wolftone Mine (Leadville, Colo.); Children--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Donkeys--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Riding--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- Young mountaineers - a dangerous playground - Grand Cańon of Arizona
- Toddlers play on a rock formation on the edge of Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park) in Arizona; the boys wear sombrero hats.
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1900-1910.; Children playing outdoors--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; Children--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1900-1910.; National parks &...
- 1903
- Huntresses in the elk country of N.W. Wyoming, U.S.A.
- Women, one on horseback, hold rifles and pose with a dead elk in Wyoming. The women wear fringed buckskin blouses and skirts.
- Dead animals--Wyoming--1900-1910.; Elk--Wyoming--1900-1910.; Hunting--Wyoming--1900-1910.; Women--Wyoming--1900-1910.
- 1904
- A summer day beside foaming Boulder Falls in Boulder Canon, Colo.
- Three women in dresses with puffed sleeves and full skirts stand beside North Boulder Creek in Boulder County, Colorado. Shows Boulder Falls, a waterfall, near trees and steep rock canyon walls.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boulder Falls (Colo.)--1900-1910.; North Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Streams--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Boulder County--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Boulder...
- [1903?]
- Silverton, heart of rich mining district (E.S.E.), foot of Sultan Mountain, Colo.
- View of Silverton, Colorado, looking southeast. In the foreground on the right, a boy peeks from behind a rock on the grassy bluff; behind him is the old Silverton School. The Grand Imperial Hotel is in the left, the Congregational Church is on the...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Silverton--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911?]
- Manitou and Pike's Peak, Colorado, U.S.A.
- View of Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking southwest. The remodelled Manitou house, the Mansions, the El Paso Livery and the Wheeler Building are visible through trees framing the image. The Hiawatha Concert gardens is partly visible at the bottom.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1904?]
- Light and shadow playing over Ballard Mts. (S.E.), above Telluride, Colo.
- Light and shadow play over Ballard Mountains, southeast above Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado. View includes one and two-story residences, old two-story brick school in foreground, Congregational Church on Columbia Avenue, San Miguel County...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Long's Peak (14,271 ft.) Continental Divide, S. from Estes Park, Colo.
- View of Elkhorn Boulevard in Estes Park, Colorado. Telephone poles and a bell on a tower are in the town, and a man with a horse and buggy poses in front of a building. Evergreens grow on the hills and mountains beyond, with cloud-capped Longs Peak...
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Estes Park--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Tree-shaded Boulder and the curious Flatirons S from Lovers' Hill, Colo.
- Foothills and the Flatirons rise behind Boulder, Colorado. Frame houses in the foreground have hipped gable-roofs, dormers, chimneys, stovepipes, and laundry on a clothesline. The Courthouse, with its cupola and corner towers, is in the midground,...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1909?]
- Mrs. N. J. Campbell
- Studio portrait of Mrs. N. J. Campbell, an elderly woman in a beaded blouse with puff shoulders, high collar, and a brooch.
- Aged persons--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1898?]
- Georgetown, a gold mining centre on beautiful Clear Creek
- Stereograph view of Georgetown, Colorado, north. Landmarks include: the old Our lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the old school, the Cushman Block, the Fish Block, the Masonic Lodge, and the tower of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 firehouse.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1920.
- [between 1891 and 1911.]
- The famous railroad Loop, near Georgetown, Colorado, U.S. A.
- A Colorado and Southern narrow gauge train makes its way east towards the Devil's Gate High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop in Clear Creek County, above Georgetown, Colorado. The railroad tracks winds its along Clear Creek and on slopes to make the...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1890-1900.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Royal Gorge, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas, Colorado, U.S.A.
- View of the Hanging Bridge and the Arkansas River in the Royal Gorge in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad line with three rails and a stone retaining wall. The snow-covered granitic walls of the canyon are beside...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1898
- Boonton, N. J.
- View of a waterfall and a river with snow covered banks at the Boonton Reservoir (Morris County), New Jersey.
- Boonton (N.J.)--1900-1910.; Boonton Reservoir (N.J.)--1900-1910.; Streams--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.; Waterfalls--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.; Winter--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- Boonton, N. J.
- View of a bridge, dam, and spillway at the Boonton Reservoir (Morris County), New Jersey.
- Boonton (N.J.)--1900-1910.; Boonton Reservoir (N.J.)--1900-1910.; Dams--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.; Spillways--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.; Streams--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.; Winter--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- Boonton N. J.
- View of a stone bridge and a river with snow covered banks at the Boonton Reservoir (Morris County), New Jersey.
- Boonton (N.J.)--1900-1910.; Boonton Reservoir (N.J.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.; Streams--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.; Winter--New Jersey--Boonton--1900-1910.
- [1903?]
- Wheeler Clock, Manitou Springs, Colo.
- View of the upper portion of the Wheeler Clock located at the corner of Canon and Manitou Avenues, Manitou Springs, Colo. The four-sided clock tower is topped by a statue of Hygeia, daughter of Aesculapius, god of medicine. It was donated by...
- Clocks and watches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--2000-2010.; Monuments--Colorado--Manitou Springs--2000-2010.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Clocks and watches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--Pictorial works.; Monuments--Colorado--Manitou...
- 2002
- Co. G 86th Inf. preparing to fire practice round
- Two soldiers on maneuvers, members of Company G of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, prepare to fire a practice round with 60 mm mortar from Resolution Mountain in Eagle County, Colorado. The men, identified as Thomas Boulson and Howard...
- World War, 1939-1945--American--Military personnel.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mortars (Ordnance)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Colorado--Eagle County--1940-1950.; War games--Colorado--Eagle County--1940-1950.; Boulson, Thomas J.;...
- 1944 April 3
- Lake Lenape, Delaware Water Gap
- View of Lake Lenape on the Delaware Water Gap in Atlantic County, New Jersey; shows a frame gazebo, rocks and trees.
- Atlantic County (N.J.)--1890-1900.; Delaware Water Gap (N.J. and Pa.)--1890-1900.; Lenape, Lake (N.J.)--1890-1900.; Gazebos--New Jersey--Atlantic County--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--New Jersey--Atlantic County--1890-1900.
- 1900
- Masonic Temple
- Rooftop view of the Masonic Temple at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. The five-story rusticated stone building has arched windows, and decorative trim. Horse-drawn buggies and pedestrians are on the street. Signs...
- Freemasons--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Masonic Building
- View of the Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5 at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapets, and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Mutual Benefit...
- Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- Denver-Masonic Building
- View of the Mason Temple (1889) Lodge #5 at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapets, and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Mutual Benefit...
- Freemasons. Lodge no. 5 (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Masonic buildings--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900]
- For the mines
- A pack train stands loaded with ore cart rails headed for the mines, Main (Third, 3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Business signs include: "N. J. Shilling," "San Juan Hardware Co.," "Merchant Tailor Department" and "W. C. Cluckett...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.; Railroad construction & maintenance--Colorado--Ouray--1880- 1900.; Streets--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Nightingale Mine at Bull Hill in the world's richest gold field, Colorado
- View shows two men shoveling ore from a trough at the Nightingale mine on Bull Hill near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Other, unidentified mines at work in the background.
- Nightingale Mine (Teller County, Colo.)--1880-1910.; Teller County (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Panning Gold
- A man crouches and holds a gold pan with dirt in it.
- Gold mining--1900-1920.; Miners--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Denver Blake & 15th Street
- A team of horses pull a wagon with a large canvas covered object on Blake Street at 15th (Fifteenth) Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Men walk nearby. Signs on buildings read: "The N. J. O'Fallon Supply Co.," "Goldberg's Harness Shop," "Soft...
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Horse teams--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- B&O locomotive, engine number 5303, engine type 4-6-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; "President Madison". Photographed: Communipaw, N.J., October 30, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Communipaw.; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
- 1927
- B&O locomotive, engine number 5302, engine type 4-6-2
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end; "President Jefferson". Photographed: Communipaw, N.J., October 30, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Communipaw.; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
- 1927
- Masonic Temple, Denver
- View of the Masonic Temple at 16th (Sixteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado. Shows an Italianate style building with tall arched windows, parapets, and rusticated stone trim. Signs read: "The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark N....
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- CNJ locomotive, engine number 47, engine type 0-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, "Mother Hubbard". Photographed: Communipaw, N.J., October 30, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Communipaw.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1927
- CNJ locomotive, engine number 753, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Communipaw, N.J., October 30, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Communipaw.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1927
- CNJ locomotive, engine number 102, engine type 0-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Communipaw, N.J., October 30, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Communipaw.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1927
- CNJ locomotive, engine number 156, engine type 4-6-0
- Right side view of engine, "Mother Hubbard". Photographed: Point Pleasant, N.J., May 20, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Point Pleasant.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1930
- CNJ locomotive, engine number 768, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, "Mother Hubbard". Photographed: Communipaw, N.J., October 30, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Communipaw.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1927
- CNJ train (with tender), engine number 225, engine type 2-6-4
- Local passenger, backing; 3 cars. Photographed: somewhere in N.J., October 31, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1927
- CNJ locomotive, engine number 862, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Communipaw, N.J., October 30, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Communipaw.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1927
- CNJ train, engine number 153, engine type 4-6-0
- Train #812, local passenger; 8 cars, 25 MPH. Photographed: leaving Cranford, N.J., August 21, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Cranford.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1933
- CNJ train, engine number 165, engine type 4-6-0
- Local passenger, northbound; 6 cars, 38 MPH, "Mother Hubbard". Photographed: near Bound Brook, N.J., October 18, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Bound Brook.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1930
- CNJ train, engine number 811, engine type 4-6-2
- Local passenger; 4 cars, 40 MPH. Photographed: near Bound Brook, N.J., October 18, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Bound Brook.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1930
- CNJ train, engine number 830, engine type 4-6-2
- Passenger, northbound; 9 cars. Photographed: near Bound Brook, N.J., oct 18, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Bound Brook.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1930
- CNJ train, engine number 855, engine type 2-8-2
- Passenger, northbound; 12 cars, 35 MPH. Photographed: near Bound Brook, N.J., October 18, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Bound Brook.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1930
- CNJ train, engine number 872, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, southbound; 72 cars. Photographed: near Bound Brook, N.J., October 18, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Bound Brook.; Central Railroad of New Jersey.
- 1930
- DL&W locomotive, engine number 1025, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Dover, N.J., August 20, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Dover.; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company.
- 1933
- DL&W locomotive, engine number 1504, engine type 4-8-4
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Dover, N.J., August 20, 1933.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1933.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Dover.; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company.
- 1933
- DL&W locomotive, engine number 950, engine type 4-4-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Hoboken, N.J., October 29, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Hoboken.; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company.
- 1927
- DL&W locomotive, engine number 1022, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Hoboken, N.J., October 29, 1927.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1927.; Railroad locomotives--New Jersey--Hoboken.; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company.
- 1927