Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- W. E. Galverts lunch house & stage station near Boulder Falls, Boulder Canon
- View of a stage stop by North Boulder Creek, Boulder County, Colorado; shows men, horses, a covered coach, a frame restaurant and stable. A woman is on the porch; a wagon carries a crate.
- Posthouses--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Boulder Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; North Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Horse teams--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1890.; Passengers--Colorado--Boulder...
- [between 1875 and 1890?]
- East High School Handbook for Parents and Pupils
- Handbook created by Denver Public Schools for all students and parents of East High School in Denver, Colo.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1955
- Manual Annual: 1909
- Yearbook for Denver Manual Training High School 1909
- Manual High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1909
- Historical sketch of the Central Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado
- Booklet compiled for the fiftieth anniversary of the Central Presbyterian Church located in Denver, Colorado. Included in the book are excerpts of correspondence from previous clergy, list of all Elders during the fifty years, and a history of the...
- Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1911
- Windows of First Plymouth Congregational Church, Denver, Colorado
- Book created by Rev. Raymond A Waser regarding the significance of the windows in the First Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, Colorado.
- Glass painting and staining.; Christian art and symbolism.; Church architecture.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943
- The proposed new church edifice : of the First Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado.
- Proposed architectural floor plans to the new building to be built by the First Baptist Church of Denver, Colorado.
- First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1935
- East High spotlight: 21st year no 9
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 March 4
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 1
- Newspaper produced by East High School of Denver, Colorado. Included in the paper are photographs of students, articles on school events and sports.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1943 September 30
- 20th Anniversary Sermon
- The pamphlet contains the text for the sermon given by Rev. Frank T. Bayley in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Plymouth Congregational Church in Denver, CO, 1911.
- Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; First Plymouth Congregational Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1911
- The Urban Dweller: A Publication by Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods Inc.
- New Mexico Mining Accidents : 1926-1941
- Brief history of mines and mining in New Mexico. The index includes: the name and age of the victim, date of the accident, mine location or name, whether fatal (F) or non-fatal (N), page and report year from which the information was extracted....
- Mine accidents--New Mexico--Indexes.
- 2007
- British Columbia Fatal Mining Accidents : 1887, 1896-1942
- Index of the Fatal Mining Accidents occurring in British Columbia Canada in the years 1887, and 1896-1949. Information is arranged alphabetically and includes: the name of the victim, date of the accident, colliery/mine name (town), whether fatal...
- Mine accidents--British Columbia--Indexes.
- 2007
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 22, 1909 July 17
- Garfield school
- Architectural drawing of Longfellow School at 13th (Thirteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Schools--1880-1890.; Longfellow School (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Schools--1880-1890.
- 1889
- Fort Arnett Red Cliff
- People crowd Fort Arnett, a rock formation in Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows rifles and a surveyor's tripod. An American flag is on a pole.
- Red Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--Red Cliff--1900-1910.
- [1879]
- Redcliff looking up the Eagle
- View of Red Cliff (or Redcliff), Eagle County, Colorado; shows tents and frame buildings by Eagle River.
- Eagle River (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Red Cliff (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Pike's Peak Special on the Colo. & Southern Ry.
- View of Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad 4-4-2 engine number 1440 and passenger train between Denver & Pueblo, Colorado passing over hand cut stone culvert; Colorado & Southern operated over the Santa Fe lines between Denver and Pueblo, the...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Harry M. Rhoads and Daughter Mary Elizabeth on "Indian" motorcycle
- Photograph of a photoprint, shows clips to hold print flat. Harry M. Rhoads and daughter Mary Elizabeth pose on an "Indian" motorcycle, Denver, Colorado. Harry often used this motorcycle to get to his assignments.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fathers & children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Girls--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Motocycles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Rhoads, Harry Mellon, 1880 or 81-1975.; Rhoads, Mary Elizabeth.
- 1922
- Central City, Colorado
- This is the earliest known photograph of Central City, Colorado, which was probably taken in the early 1860s. The image shows a dirt road flanked by log cabins. Mine tailings scar the hillside, and a few trees remain at the top of the hill. ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869]
- Confederate reunion
- View of a rattlesnake derby in Trinidad, Colorado. Shot at night, this blurred image shows part of a round enclosure with spectators outside of it. Several 30's sedans are parked in the background, and a sign on a fence reads: Coca Cola.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Racing--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Snakes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Spectators--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Ute Indians, from southern Colorado
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute), costume includes fur, feathers, and a hair pipe breastplate.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- 1895 October 17
- Babe in cradle
- A Native American Ute child sits on a buffalo hide next to an infant in a cradleboard, western slope Wasatch Mountains, Utah. Care of young children was often left to older siblings, freeing parents to perform other necessary duties. Corn hangs on...
- Indians of North America--Utah--1870-1880.; Uinta Indians--Utah--1870-1880.; Ute Indians--Children--Utah--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--Utah--1870-1880.; Hides & skins--Utah--1870-1880.; Infants--Utah--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1875]
- Sunflower carnival parade
- Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado: a person in an animal costume inside a cage on top of a horse drawn wagon; a banner reads: "Wild Boars We Often Meet." Behind the wagon are two people in clown outfits with masks, one...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Clowns--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Hydraulic mining. The sluice blocks
- View of a placer gold mine sluice between eroded embankments in California.
- Sluices--California--1860-1880.; Hydraulic mining--California--1860-1880.; Mining--California--1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1880?]
- The Scotch Girl Mine is back of the Guston Mine - between Guston & Robinson
- Collapsing buildings of the Scotch Girl Mine (Ouray County) Colorado, top tailings piles, flanked by pine forest.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.; Ouray County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Scotch Girl Mine (Ouray County, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Ouray County--1970-1980.
- September, 1979
- Tunnel No. 4, Cripple Creek Short Line
- View of Tunnel Number Four, trestle and standard gauge track on Cripple Creek Short Line; push car used by L.C. McClure on track; Tunnel 4 often called the Granite Tunnel, longest of nine tunnels on the Short Line without any timbers in its 521...
- Railroad bridges--1900-1920.; Railroad handcars--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--1900-1920.; Tunnels--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Sloan place and family
- Two children, Ray and Lottie Sloan sit in a buggy behind horses in Prairie Divide (Larimer County), Colorado. A woman, Mrs. Sloan stands by the horses and her husband, Billie Sloan, sits on horseback. Shows a chinked log cabin house with a plank...
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Homesteading--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Larimer County--1880-1900.; Sloan, Billie.; Sloan, Lottie.; Sloan, Ray.; Sloan...
- [between 1882 and 1893?]
- Apache squaw and pappoose
- A Native American (Apache) woman sits and poses with a baby in a cradleboard. The mother carries the cradleboard by a leather strap over her forehead. She wears a dress with wide sleeves and a gathered waist, and leather moccasins.
- Apache Indians--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Cradleboards--1870-1880.; Infants--1870-1880.; Mothers & children--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1873
- Stockyard
- View of an unidentified stockyard. Three men stand near a pen with cattle. Railroad cars with "Wabash" inscribed on them are seen in the distance.
- Stockyards--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Caribou, Colo. early mine machinery 1941
- A long, covered, wooden platform is supported by wood frames along a steep hill near Caribou, a mining district in Boulder County, Colorado. The platform possibly houses a tramway used to haul ore from a mine near the top of the hill. Tramways were...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Ores--Transportation--Colorado--Caribou--1940-1950.
- [1941?]
- Councilman Martin D. Currigan
- Denver City Councilman Martin D. Currigan poses for a studio portrait, possibly at photographer Joseph Collier's studio on Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Currigan wears a wool coat over a plaid wool vest, a moustache, and a police...
- Currigan, Martin D., 1845-1900.; Politicians--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1879 and 1900?]
- School Dist. No. 6 Greeley, Colo.
- A student carves a sculpture of a horse out of wood in an art class at a Greeley, Colorado, arts school in Weld County. A bas relief of the "Last Supper" leans against the wall behind him. The boy wears a long- sleeved, plaid shirt.
- Mexican Americans--Education--Colorado--Greeley--1930- 1940.; Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Schools--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Sculpture--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Students--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Wood...
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- A "tea" break Emory "E.M." O'Connell, Dale Williams (realtor), Wayne Van Vleet, Eddie Williams.
- Members of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies pose near a tent, beside a stack of cardboard boxes of Lipton Tea, during the group's annual trail ride in Colorado. The men, identified from left to right as: "Em" Emory L. O'Connell, Dale Williams,...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1950-1960.; Eating & Drinking--1950-1960.; Organizations--Colorado--1950-1960.; Smiling--1950-1960.; Tea--Colorado--1950-1960.
- 1957
- Woodbury Branch community story hour
- Photograph of Woodbury Branch librarian Miss Albert DeNio visiting the Steele Community Center for story telling session for disabled children. She stands at the front of the room. Holding a book in front of her. Talking to several children...
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- 1964 April
- Favorite Quotations form the Cameron Methodist's Women's Foreign Missionary Society and Friends
- Book of quotations complied by the Cameron Methodist's Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Denver, Colorado.
- Cameron Methodist Episcopal Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1901
- Ashland Elementary School Story Time
- Photograph of a first grade class in the library of Denver's Ashland elementary School sitting in benches facing librarian Louise S. Keller during story time.
- Ashland School (Denver, Colo.); Jefferson Park (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood); Denver Public Schools.; Denver (Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1931
- Life on Capitol Hill: A Fair on the Hill
- History, heritage, and homes on the hill: 6th annual League of Women Voters of Denver tour, Sunday, June 1, 1980
- Capitol Hill Neighborhood Plan
- Commission on Community Relations Dahlia Center: Memo's and Reports
- State of Colorado, in the Supreme Court, to the April term A.D. 1882. Theodore H. Becker, appellant, versus Ulysses Pugh, DeGrasse Salisbury and Edward S. Blake, appellees : appeal from Gilpin County : abstract of record / [L.C. Rockwell, attorney...
- Abstract of record Colorado Supreme Court case of Theodore H. Becker, appellant, versus Ulysses Pugh, DeGrasse Salisbury and Edward S. Blake, appellees.
- Mining claims--Colorado.
- 1882
- South Dakota Mining Accidents : 1897-1924
- List of mining accident victims, taken from the Annual report of the Inspector of Mines. Gives name of accident victim, date, mine and town, whether fatal or non-fatal, report year, and page.
- Mine accidents--South Dakota--Indexes.
- 2007 June
- Utah Mining Accidentes : 1896, 1899-1904, and 1907-1916
- List of mining accident victims in 1896, 1899-1904, and 1907-1916. Gives name and age of accident victim, date, mine location or residence, whether fatal or non-fatal, and year and page of report.
- Coal mine accidents--Utah.; Coal mines and mining--Utah--Safety measures.;
- 2007 April
- Washington mining accidents : 1892-1896 & 1905-1919
- List of mining accident victims in 1892 (Roslyn Mine only), 1895-1896, and 1905-1919 (fatal accidents only 1915-1919), taken from the 1892-1896 Annual reports of the Inspectors of Coal Mines (State Inspector of Coal Mines) and the 1905-1916 Report...
- Mine accidents--Washington (State)--Indexes.
- 2007 June
- West Virginia Mining Accidents : 1887 - 1927
- Index of mining accidents in West Virginia between the years 1887 and 1927 respectively. Index is an alphabetical list by miner’s name for fatal and non-fatal mine accidents.
- Mine accidents--West Virginia--Indexes.
- 2007 March
- Illinois Mining Accidents 1889 to 1925
- An alphabetical listing of people who were killed in mining accidents in Illinois from 1889 to 1925.
- Mine accidents--Illinois--Indexes.
- 2007
- Montana mining accidents: 1900 & 1905-1912
- List of mining accident victims in 1900 and 1905-1912, taken from the Annual report of the Inspector of Mines and the Biennial report of the Inspector of Coal Mines. Gives name and age of accident victim, date, mine or county, whether fatal or...
- Mine accidents--Montana--Indexes.
- 2007
- Nova Scotia Mining Accidents 1898 to 1916
- An alphabetical listing of people who were killed in mining accidents in Nova Scotia from 1898 & 1904-1916.
- Mine accidents--Nova Scotia--Indexes.
- 2007
- Iowa Mining Accidents 1893-1895 & 1906-1921.
- An alphabetical listing of people who were killed in mining accidents in Iowa from 1893-1895 & 1906-1921.
- Mine accidents--Iowa--Indexes.
- 2007
- Missouri mining accidents: 1895-1896 & 1902-1918
- List of accident victims, indexed from Annual report of the State Mine Inspectors of the State of Missouri, 1896; Annual report of the State Coal Mine Inspector of the State of Missouri, 1902; and Annual report of the Bureau of Mines, Mining and...
- Mine accidents--Missouri--Indexes.
- 2007