Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Victor
- Men wear hats, suits, vests or suspenders, and pose on wooden sidewalks in front of frame commercial buildings in Victor (Teller County), Colorado. A horseshoe is above the door at the Victor Daily News building near a sign that reads "Law Office."...
- Rohde & Goss Real Estate (Victor, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Men--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Newspaper industry--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Real estate business--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.; Rohde, W. E.
- [between 1890 to 1898?]
- Trinidad, Colo.
- Panoramic view of frame and brick houses and commercial buildings in Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Trees are near the Purgatoire River. Shows the one-story adobe square enclosure of the Felipe Baca residence. The flat summit of Fishers...
- Fishers Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1880-1890.
- 1881?
- D&RGRR Depot
- A locomotive stops on the tracks of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad by the eating house, water tank, Victorian depot at Palmer Lake, El Paso County, Colorado. Men and a little girl stand on the train platform; a man stands next to a horse-drawn...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Palmer Lake (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Palmer Lake--1890-1900.
- 1893 or 1894
- Horsemen trailing
- View of Native American (Ute) scout party; one man wears fringed leggings, blanket tied around waist, shirt, beaded arm bands, beaded hair pipe necklace, scarf tied around neck, and wrapped braids; a rifle rests across his lap; horses with saddles...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Guides & scouts--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Hunting
- Native American (Ute) hunter poses (crouched) near his horse, with rifle drawn; a rope attatched to horse's neck hangs on his arm; man wears moccasins, fringed and beaded leggings and shirt, scarf tied around neck, and fur pelts decorated with...
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--1890-1900.; Hunting--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Western end of Ute reservation sage and no grass, distant mesa, no vegetation
- View (facing possibly Ute Mountain) of Native American men and women (Ute), sitting and standing on sage covered ground near a brush shelter and a covered wagon, probably near Towaoc, Montezuma County, Colorado; shows three saddled horses;...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Ute Indians--Transportation--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.; Covered wagons--Colorado--Towaoc--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Trinidad biography, unidentified
- Portrait of an unidentified man in Trinidad, Colorado. The gentleman has long, gray chin whiskers, and the area around his mouth is clean shaven. He wears a vest and jacket with wide, trimmed lapels, and a bow tie.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Thornburg [sic] battle ground monument
- Diptych shows images of road leading to battleground and an automobile parked by the sandstone monument commemorating the battle between Major Thomas T. Thornburgh's troops and Native American Utes at Milk Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.
- Thornburgh, Thomas Tipton, 1843-1879--Monuments.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1940.; Milk Creek (Rio Blanco County and Moffat County, Colo.), Battle of, 1879--Monuments.; Ute Indians--War--Colorado--1920-1940.;...
- 1936 September 7
- China section gang Promontory
- View of Central Pacific Railroad construction at Promontory (Box Elder County), Utah; shows Chinese-American workers and a photographer's car with lettering: "U.P.R.R. Photograph [Car], J. B. Silvis Stereoscopic & Landscape Views of Notable Points...
- Chinese-Americans--Utah--Promontory--1860-1880.; Promontory (Utah)--1860-1880.; Railroad construction workers--Utah--Promontory--1860- 1880.; Railroad tracks--Utah--Promontory--1860-1880.; Central Pacific Railway Company.; Union Pacific Railroad...
- [between 1869 and 1870?]
- Idaho Springs, Colorado, early days
- The view looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado, shows the Alvord house in the foreground and the central business district of Idaho Springs in the distance. Horse and carriage in the near foreground.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1869]
- Exterior of main entrance, Ice Palace, Leadville Colo.
- Exterior view of the main entrance of Leadville's Ice Palace built for the 1896 Winter Crystal Carnival in Colorado. The site is known as Capitol Hill and is between West Seventh and West Eighth Streets from Spruce to Leiter. Architect C.E. Joy and...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ice sculpture--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Leadville Opera House, 1933
- This interior view of the Tabor Opera House from the upper balcony across the circular loge towards the stage in Leadville, Colorado, includes a curved rail, Andrews patent ornate cast iron opera chairs with upholstered seats and backs, mounted...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House, 1933
- This interior view of the Tabor Opera House stage, in Leadville, Colorado, was taken from an upper balcony. The stage has a painted flat of an interior with a bay window and wainscoting, framed by marble columns and a painted draped curtain. The...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Leadville Opera House scenery project, 1933
- Group portrait of Muriel Wolle's December, 1933, University of Colorado scenery project team at the Tabor Opera House, Leadville, Colorado. Left to right are Max Vawter (Herald-Democrat press reporter), Frank Geck, Mr. Jolly (stage manager from...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Leadville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell, 1898-1977.
- 1933
- Portrait of a man, Leadville, Colorado
- Studio portrait, taken in Leadville, Colorado, of the head and shoulders of a man who wears a wool coat and vest with a collar and a ribbon tie. He has a goatee and mustache.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890]
- Leander Smith Grocery
- View of the Smith Block, the grocery of Leander Smith in Manitou Springs (El Paso County), Colorado, and the Isaac Davis building; shows mansard roofs, quoins, and storefronts. Buckboards and horses are on Canon Avenue; signs read: "Groceries....
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1889?]
- Telluride seen from the Continental Divide
- View west of Telluride, Colorado, from high on Continental Divide; shows town at foot of box canyon, San Juans, clifffs, gridlines formed by streets, Rio Grande Southern Railroad tracks, and San Miguel River on south side of town.
- Telluride (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Historic sites--Colorado--Telluride--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1928]
- A morning street scene, Telluride, Colo.
- Pack mules loaded with supplies on Colorado Avenue, Telluride, Colorado. Street filled with mules, each loaded with wooden crates; David Wood (?) in suit and hat stands with dog near front of pack. Masons are constructing First National Bank...
- Telluride (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Telluride--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1897]
- Black Hawk
- View west from Swede Hill, of downtown Black Hawk, Colorado. Shows Presbyterian Church and schoolhouse on Bates Hill, Gregory #2 mine on top of Bates Hill, tram tracks for loading raw ore down to the smelters, Mammoth Hill, and mines working...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1878?]
- Black Hawk Colo., after the flood, July 30, 1895
- View from ground level of a street crowded with people after the flood of 1895 in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows a woman seated with umbrella, one woman standing with umbrella and propped against a leaning pole, and one woman with her left arm behind...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Blackhawk--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Helen Turner Creswell
- Studio bust portrait of Helen Turner Creswell, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Creswell's bangs are curled and her hair is done in a coronet twist on top of her head. Her dress bodice has ribbon panels on either side of the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Creswell, Helen Turner.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Young woman
- Studio bust portrait of an unidentified young woman, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Her hair is styled in a coronet twist with curled bangs. She wears a loose lace collar tied high on her neck and draped down in the front.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Minnie Fitzgerald
- Studio bust portrait of Minnie Antoinette Fitzgerald, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Fitzgerald's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is probably pulled back, and trimmed short above her ears. Her dress has striped or...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Fitzgerald, Minnie Antoinette.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Horace Phelps
- Studio bust portrait of Alfred Horace Phelps, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Phelps wears his hair parted on the side, and he wears a coat and a patterned cravat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Phelps, Alfred Horace.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Pikes Peak from Templeton's Gap
- Ranch buildings, cows, and fences are in a meadow near a rocky ridge in an area identified as "Templeton's Gap" in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Smoke rises above a structure with perhaps a thatched roof. Snow is on Pikes Peak in the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Farms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1897?]
- Joseph L. Wescott
- Outdoor standing portrait of Joseph L. Wescott, one of Grand Lake's original settlers, includes the photographer's shadow. Wescott wears trousers, vest, and a wide brim hat.
- Wescott, Joseph L.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- View of Aspen Junction
- The town of Basalt, Colorado, is nestled in a valley near the Fryingpan River in Eagle County, Colorado. The view of First Street, below, shows simple, wood-frame, houses with gables and chimneys lining the dirt road. The train depot, roundhouse,...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.; Railroads--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.
- [1900?]
- George Bancroft and Stanford fraternity group
- Group portrait of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity men from Stanford University at Palo Alto, California. The man in the center is George J. Bancroft; props include a wicker chair.
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon--People--1890-1900.; Stanford University--People--1890-1900.; Palo Alto (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Fraternities & sororities--Colorado--Palo Alto--1890-1900.; Bancroft, George Jarvis.
- 1894 or 1895
- Colorado, mountain scenery
- View to the northwest of the east side of Bates Hill as it descends to North Clear Creek in Black Hawk, Colorado; shows the processing mills that cover the creek to process ore from mines further up the gulch. Nathaniel Hill's Boston and Colorado...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Leadville, Colorado, Chestnut St.
- In this early view of a dirt Chestnut Street in Leadville, Colorado, horses and horse-drawn covered and flatbed wagons are in the street, and pedestrians are on the boardwalks. Telephone or telegraph poles with handbills are on the left. False...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1885]
- Unidentified Jicarilla Apache woman
- Standing studio portrait vignette of a Native American Jicarilla Apache woman posed in profile holding a basket and wearing a buckskin dress with quillwork and fringe, necklace and bracelets.
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Jicarilla Indians--1880-1890.; Baskets--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.
- [between 1883 and 1888?]
- Glen Eyrie, Residence of Gen'l Palmer No. 403.
- View of Glen Eyrie, near Manitou Springs, Colorado; a frame residence built in 1871 by General William Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs and prominent Manitou Springs citizen. It has bays, dormers, balustrades and covered porches. The lookout of...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1890.; Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909--Homes & haunts.
- [between 1871 and 1887?]
- D. V. Donaldson with whip
- David V. Donaldson, President of the Mining Exchange, holds a ribboned buggy whip and poses with a man and two ladies in their Sunflower Carnival Parade entry, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear straw and flowered hats, and one...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Parades &...
- [between 1893 and 1906?]
- St. Elmo excursionists at the La Veta Hotel, Gunnison
- A crowd of people and horse-drawn carriages are outside the four-story brick and stone Victorian La Veta Hotel at 219 South Boulevard in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado. The hotel has stone lintels, a mansard roof with a widow's walk, a...
- La Veta Hotel (Gunnison, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gunnison (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Gunnison--1880-1890.
- 1885 September 6
- Charles S. Stobie
- Studio portrait (profile) of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He has a full beard and curly hair. He wears a round brimmed hat, a striped shirt and has a bandanna around his neck. He wears herring-bone pants and has a wide belt...
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Beards.; Handguns.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [1869?]
- Charles S. Stobie
- Studio portrait (profile) of Charles S. Stobie, Indian scout and western artist. He stands, with one foot on a stump, in front of a painted backdrop near an artificial tree. He has a full beard and curly hair. He holds a rifle and wears a round...
- Artists--American--1860-1870.; Beards.; Handguns.; Military scouts.; Stobie, Charles S.
- 1869
- Students at High School
- Schoolchildren pose in two rows in front of the Basalt schoolhouse in Basalt, Colorado. Ten boys and girls sit on a bench; older boys and girls stand in a back row. A man in a dark suit and a bow tie stands in the background. The girls wear...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1900-1910.; School children--Colorado--Basalt--1900-1910.
- [1904]
- Bachelor, Colorado
- Rocks, boards, and debris litter the foreground on a grassy hillside in the ghost town of Bachelor, Colorado. Small aspen trees and other vegetation grow in the grass in the foreground. The pipe of a metal structure sticks out of the ground. A...
- Bachelor (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Bachelor--1960-1970.
- [1960?]
- Players at school play
- Ten children, cast members in a school play, pose standing side by side in front of a row of chairs on a stage in Basalt, Colorado. The children are dressed in an assortment of costumes, including breeches, long-sleeved shirts, aprons, suspenders,...
- Basalt (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Child actors--1890-1900.; School children--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.; Theatrical productions--Colorado--Basalt--1890-1900.
- [1897?]
- Commencement, Colorado State College, Greeley
- Dr. Darrell Holmes presents a docotral degree to William E. Rapp (wearing glasses) during the commencement ceremonies at Colorado State College (now University of Northern Colorado). Dr. Holmes wears academic regalia, including a doctoral gown with...
- Colorado State College--1950-1970.; Greeley (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Graduation ceremonies--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1950-1970.; Holmes, Darrell.; Rapp, William E.
- [between 1957 and 1970]
- Troupe of Salim Nassar
- A group of Arab men poses in costume in the foreground in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. They are possibly the Troupe of Salim Nassar. The men wear fez hats, knee-length baggy pants and have sashes tied around their waists. They all...
- Arabs--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Joe Esquival (also called Pedro) and Tony Esquival
- Joe and Tony Esquivel pose on horseback in the foreground in front of a backdrop with a landscape scene painted on it for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Four Native American men stand in the center background near the backdrop. Tony Esquivel rode...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Esquivel, Pedro.; Esquivel, Tony.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Buckskin Jim and Pawnee Bill Pawnee Bills Wild West
- "Buckskin Jim", possibly John W. Russell, and Gordon "Pawnee Bill" Lillie pose for a full-length, studio portrait, possibly while touring with "Pawnee Bill's Wild West." Both men wear buckskin coats and pants with tassles and cowboy hats. Buckskin...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buckskin Jim.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- Copy of a poster with drawing of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody riding a horse. Cody wears a buckskin coat decorated with tassles and embroidered flowers. He also wears gloves with tassles and a wide-brimmed hat. His horse's bridle is...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1925?]
- Bank building, Cripple Creek
- View of 1st (First) National Bank Building (also known as Bank of Cripple Creek), 347 Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; building constructed after fires of 1896 by J. M. Parker; features of the restored two-story flat-roof brick commercial...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Banks--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1970-1980.
- [between 1970 and 1976]
- Lower 14th Street at Larimer Street, City Hall, stone building facing Larimer in background
- View along 14th (Fourteenth) Street, Denver, Colorado; shows the 1886 City Hall with stone clocktower, commercial buildings, merchant's wagons, pedestrians, automobiles, and signs: "Colorado Moline Plow Co.," "John Deere Plow Co.," "The Pine Cone...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; City & town halls--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Ore samples from Johnny Bull Mine- Silver Plum [i. e. Plume]
- A miner poses in a shaft of the Johnny Bull Mine near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado. He holds a small piece of ore and a prospector's pick and wears a hard hat with a miner's light.
- Johnny Bull Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Miners--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Silver Plume--1960-1970.
- April 29, 1964
- Idarado 'E'
- Miners ride on a mine tramway engine as it pushes mine ore cars in the E tunnel of the Idarado Mine near Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado. They wear hard hats with miner's lights.
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Idarado Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1970.; Miners--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1960-1970.;...
- May 20, 1969
- Headquarters tent replica
- Interior view of a replica of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody's headquarters tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large stuffed buffalo head is mounted on a beam in the center foreground. A bear skin rug is on the ground near a chair...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Homes & haunts--1900-1930.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Interiors.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1900 and 1925?]
- First National Bank
- Exterior of the First National Bank, northwest corner of Main and Virginia, Gunnison, Colorado; built 1882 and replaced in 1964; two- story brick block features, corner entrance, stone trim, corbelling, bracketed cornice with corner pediment;...
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Banks--Colorado--Gunnison--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]