Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Blue River Hose Co 1908
- Eleven firemen of the Blue River Hose Company in Breckenridge, Colorado, pose in their dress uniforms, including conductor's caps with metal badges, dark pants, wide belts with edges bound in white leather, and pullover bib shirts. Their shirts...
- Blue River Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 3 and 4, 1926 March-April
- Gates Rubber Company products
- Products manufactured by Gates Rubber Company on display. Top row: battery boxes, bumpers, wash rack hose, welding hose, garden hose, handlers, and air hose. Second row: Gates fan belts, water hose, radiator hose, and ball valves. Third row:...
- Gates Rubber Company--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Rubber industry--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Arrow, Colorado
- A woman in a dark dress with light lace collar and cuffs and a hat stands on platform of log depot at Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado. Two other male passengers stand beyond her. The station features horizontal logs with chinking and a front gable...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Arrow--1900-1910.
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Creede, Colo.
- Aerial view of buildings, houses, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks and train, and probably Willow Creek in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. Buildings are in a valley near a rocky cliff wall and on a hillside near trees. Patches of snow are on...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- 1892 Nov
- First Presbyterian Church
- View of the First Presbyterian Church at the corner of West 8th (Eighth) Street and Harrison Avenue in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. The brick church has a square bell tower with an open, arched observation platform, stained glass, and dormer...
- First Presbyterian Church (Leadville, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Leadville (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Presbyterian churches--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Del Norte, Colorado
- View of frame and brick buildings on a street in Del Norte (Rio Grande County), Colorado. A man wears a suit and hat and sits on a hillside and looks at the town. Shows false-front frame buildings on a commercial street with signs that include:...
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Del Norte--1880-1900.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Del Norte--1880-1900.
- [between 1885 and 1895?]
- Silverton, D.& R.G.R.R. San Juan
- Panoramic view of frame houses and commercial buildings in Silverton (San Juan County), Colorado. Shows the Grand Hotel with dormer windows, the Congregational Church, and Animas River. Trees and patches of snow are on Anvil Mountain.
- Anvil Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- Aspen, Colo., W.R. Rust Sampler
- Men pose with mule-drawn wagons in front of frame buildings, probably a sampling or assay works for the Smuggler silver mine in Aspen (Pitkin County), Colorado. Buildings have chimneys and smokestacks, a shaft, and an elevator that connects to...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Smuggler Mine (Pitkin County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Smuggler Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Aspen--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1887 and 1893?]
- Recen
- A teenager a hat poses in a dry creek bed near Recen (Kokomo, Summit County), Colorado. Shows frame houses, a schoolhouse and mine buildings in Kokomo and probably Recen, shows patches of snow on a hillside.
- Recen (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Recen--1880-1910.
- [between 1889 and 1901?]
- Second Regiment Band
- Group portrait of the Colorado National Guard Second Regiment Band during the Western Federation of Miners strike at probably the Goldfield camp in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. The men are in uniform with overcoat capes and hats, they hold...
- Colorado. National Guard.--People--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Victor (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bands--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Victor--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Crazy quilt
- Shows a quilt made from pieced silk patches and embroidered designs. The quilt has embroidered motifs of children, shoes, vase and scissors. The back is three green pieces machine sewn.
- Quilts--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Crazy quilt
- Shows a quilt made by Augusta Tabor in Leadville, Colorado. The quilt is made with maroon velvet, gold colored silk and solid print patches. On the quilt are embroidered appliques, paint and souvenir ribbon. The backing is possibly linen, cotton or...
- Quilts--Colorado--1880-1890.
- 1885 January 5
- Iceburg [sic] Lake
- View of Iceberg Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park (Larimer County), Colorado. Light snow covers small patches nearby.
- Iceberg Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Glacier
- View of patches of snow and glaciation on a mountain top in Larimer County, Colorado.
- Larimer County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Glaciers--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1920.; Mountains--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Larimer County--1910-1920.
- 1916
- "Phantom Curve" D. & R.G.R.W.
- Panoramic, aerial view of a Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company tracks at what is identified as "phantom curve" in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows railroad grades on hillsides, patches of snow, trees and rock formations. Probably a passenger rail...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1880-1890.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Conejos County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1886?]
- Lake City
- Panoramic view of frame houses, brick commercial buildings and two bridges over the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River in Lake City (Hinsdale County), Colorado. Shows the Presbyterian Church near a pile of lumber and the river. The Denver & Rio Grande...
- Lake City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Lake City--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Junction City, Col.
- Panoramic view of the town of Junction City (also known as Garfield), Colorado in Chaffee County, shows log cabins and wood-frame structures in the small community. Patches of snow are on the ground and signs include "Hotel," "Bakery Restaurant,"...
- Junction City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Junction City--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1884]
- During student demands to have beer in student center
- Students and police crowd a table at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. A woman has a tag with the letters "S. F. O." pinned to her sleeve; officers wear helmets and arm patches reading "Colorado State University...
- Colorado State University--1960-1970.; Fort Collins (Colo).--1960-1970.; Interiors.; Student movements--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.; Students--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Fort Collins--1960- 1970.;...
- October, 1968
- Nevadaville, Colo
- View of Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, in a shallow valley with snow patches, at foot of Bald Mountain, includes log, frame, and stone dwellings and businesses, mining facilities, tailings, trees and rail fences. Horse drawn wagons are on...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1864?
- Nevadaville business district
- View of frame houses on King Street, Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, with snow patches.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1490.
- 1939
- Parker, Colorado
- View looking down the tracks of the Colorado & Southern Railroad in Parker, Colorado in Douglas County. Buildings along street: one and two- story, commercial storefronts. Patches of snow on the ground.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1920-1940.; Parker (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Parker--1920-1940.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Parker--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- James Peak and Jennie Lake from Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Right side of panorama shows Denver, Northwestern and Pacific railroad tracks curving around a rocky mountain slope with snow patches.
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Colorado scenery
- View of rolling hills covered by patches of pine trees, and a single residence in the distance, somewhere in Colorado.
- Colorado--1930-1970.; Hills--Colorado--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Continental Divide from Tolland, Denver & Salt Lake Ry
- View of the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains from Tolland, Colorado (reached via the Moffat Road); standard-gauge railroad tracks at left foreground; meadow at mid-ground; small buildings and trestle at distant center; tracks ascend...
- Railroad tracks--Colorado--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Alice post office
- A long log cabin with a corrugated sheet metal roof on Fall River in Alice, was a Clear Creek County, Colorado. The largest mining camp settled in the early 1880s in the valley below Saint (St.) Mary's Glacier. The cabin features a side gable,...
- Alice (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Post offices--Colorado--Alice--1890-1910.
- [between 1898 and 1904]
- Mascot shaft house [i. e. shafthouse] and dump
- View of the shafthouse and tailings dump of the Mascot Mine near American City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Patches of snow cover the ground.
- American City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mascot Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--American City--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1905]
- Auto on road (Pikes Peak?)
- View of a car on a switchback, possibly Pikes Peak Road, near Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows patches of snow and ice on slopes.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Roads--Colorado--Pikes Peak--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Auto on switchback road, Pikes Peak
- View of a car on a switchback, possibly Pikes Peak Road, near Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows patches of snow and ice on slopes.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Roads--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1930.
- [between 1915 and 1925?]
- Holy Trinity tigers
- Portrait of a football team in Trinidad, Colorado. Teenage boys and young men in white, numbered jerseys are posed, the ones sitting in the front have their helmets on the grass in front of their cleated shoes. Two men in ballcaps and jackets with...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Football players--Colorado--Trinidad--1950-1960.; Teenagers--Colorado--Trinidad--1950-1960.
- 1954
- Eureka Creek, outside of Central City, Colorado
- View of a wooden sidewalk and railing that span Eureka Gulch and Creek outside of Central City, Colorado. The railing and sidewalk are alongside a dirt road. Two wood-frame houses sit on the hill on the other side of the gulch, where much of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eureka Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- 1926
- 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]
- Six horse stage at Grassy Depot- Midland Terminal This stage ran to Cripple Creek for several years
- Men pose outdoors on a hitched stagecoach, the Cripple Creek Stage, with a team of six horses near the Grassy (later Cameron) depot of the Colorado Midland Terminal Railway. The side of the stagecoach reads: "U. S. Mail." Three wooden barrels stand...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1890-1900.; Grassy (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Grassy--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Grassy--1890-1900.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Grassy--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895]
- Crow-Pohle Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of a house near Georgetown, Colorado, on the wagon road between Georgetown and Silver Plume on the north side of Clear Creek. The brick Gothic Revival two-story home, built by Henry Crow, features a central entrance covered by a porch...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1860-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1860-1900.
- [between 1865 and 1900?]
- Georgetown in winter
- View of Georgetown, Colorado, looking south taken from Griffith Mountain. Visible landmarks include the new Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the Cushman Block, the old schoolhouse, Grace Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian Church, and the tower...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1910-1940.
- [between 1918 and 1940?]
- Santa Fe, New Mexico
- View of Santa Fe, New Mexico. A dirt road runs between various adobe buildings. Light snow covers the ground in patches. Mountains in the distance.
- Santa Fe (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Adobe buildings--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Cities & towns--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Mountain scene
- View of Paiute Peak and Mount Toll in the Ward District (Boulder County), Colorado. Patches of snow cover the mountains.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Paiute Peak (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Toll, Mount (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--Boulder County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Mount Lincoln South Park
- View of Mount Lincoln in South Park (Park County), Colorado. Patches of snow cover the mountains.
- Lincoln, Mount (Park County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; South Park (Park County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Mountains--Colorado--Park County--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Dakota Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota
- View over a Native American Lakota Sioux and United States Calavry camp on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows tepees, wagons, horse, walled tents, and covered wagons on plains with patches of snow.
- Dakota Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Covered wagons--South...
- [1890 or 1891]
- Wounded Knee store
- George Bartlett, Deputy U.S. Marshall for the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, poses wearing heavy winter coats in front of the post office and store operated by Louis Mousseau, on the Native American Dakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South...
- Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Wounded Knee--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Wounded Knee (S.D.)--1890-1900.; Carts &...
- 1891
- Blue River Hose Co
- The Blue River Hose Company poses on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, holding the leads to the hose cart which is in the background adorned with American flags. Their uniforms include conductor's caps and bib shirts with shield-shaped...
- Blue River Hose Company (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pikes Peak. Region of eternal snow.
- A man sits on a rock at the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. Patches of snow dot the ground. The man wears a wide-brimmed hat.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The best farm land on the summit of Pikes Peak.
- A woman stands at the top of a rocky slope at the summit of Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado. The slope is covered with patches of snow.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Parade uniforms of the 3 companies of the Red, White & Blue Fire Dept.
- Six young men of the Red, White and Blue Fire Department of Breckenridge, Colorado, pose in their parade uniforms in front of a painted backdrop. They wear conductor's caps, with a variety of brim insignias, and pullover bib shirts in several...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- High in the mountains
- Two men pose on burros by a mountain lake, probably in the Rockies of Colorado. Both men wear suits, ties, coats, and caps. Patches of snow remain along the ridge line.
- Donkeys--Colorado--1890-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Mountain range
- View of a mountain meadow and an unidentified mountain range, possibly in Colorado. Patches of snow stand near a rock field.
- Meadows--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Mountain range
- View of unidentified mountains, probably in Colorado. One mountain is covered with snow. Other peaks are dotted with patches of snow.
- Mountains--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Snowy mountains
- View of a mountains, probably in Colorado. The mountains are covered with patches of snow.
- Mountains--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1915?]
- Barry, Colo., from Gold Hill no. 472
- A panorama of the mining camp of Barry, Colorado, in Teller County, a component camp of Anaconda, shows a main street surrounded by wood-frame, commercial storefronts with false fronts and one-story, wood- frame, box-shaped structures with gables....
- Barry (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Barry--1890-1900.
- April 4, 1893
- Georgetown
- View of wood frame residences and log cabins near Georgetown, Colorado. A dome-like rock outcropping with sparse evergreens shows in background. Snow patches among evergreens show in shady valley in foreground.
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1920.; Log cabins--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920]