Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1921, 409 N. Union Ave. flood
- View of flood damaged storefronts on Union Avenue after the Arkansas River flood in Pueblo, Colorado. Men work with shovels to remove deep mud that washed against the buildings. Shows a utility pole and a lamp post in the street. Hats, clothing...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Mud--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Pueblo--1920-1930.
- [1921 June 3]
- 35 degrees below at Gunnison
- A man poses on a horse drawn sled in Gunnison (Gunnison County), Colorado; snow and ice encrust trees nearby. Letters on the sleigh read: "Davette Bros."
- Gunnison (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1920.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1920.; Winter--Colorado--Gunnison--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- [Young] White Bull
- Studio portrait of Young White Bull a Native American (Minniconjou Sioux) boy in a squatted action pose on a woven blanket, holding a rattle. He wears a roach with feathers, kilt, fur belt, moccasins, face paint, beaded arm and wrist bands, and a...
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Boys--1910-1920.; Young White Bull.
- [1913?]
- "Butterfly Dance" of the Hopi [sic] Indians
- View of Native American Pueblo men and women dancers; the men wear kilts, moccasins, bells, and carry rattles; the women wear mantas, moccasins, tablet headdresses (tablitas), and carry feathers. Shows singers and a drum.
- Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Dance--1920-1930.; Ceremonial dancers--1920-1930.
- 1933
- "First Choice"-Dance at San Ildefanso [sic]
- Native Americans of San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, perform a dance wearing costumes with headdresses; other Native Americans and white people gather in a circle around the dancers.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1920.; Tewa Indians--Dance--New Mexico--San Ildefonso--1900-1920.; San Ildefonso (N.M.)--1900-1920.; Ceremonial dancers--New...
- [between 1900 and 1912?]
- "Goldfield" near Victor, Colo.
- Overlook view of mines, tailings, and houses in Goldfield, (Teller County) Colorado.
- Tailings embankments--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Gold mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Goldfield--1930-1940.
- [1930?]
- "Snake Priests," Hopi Indians snake dances
- Native American Hopi snake priests dance in front of Snake Rock, pueblo buildings, and a Kisi, wearing body paint, kilts, and animal pelt tails, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona.
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1920-1930.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1920-1930.; Ceremonial...
- 1921
- A Bar A Ranch, Encampment, Wyo
- A Black man smokes a pipe and holds the reins of a horse drawn sled on the A Bar A Ranch, in Encampment (Carbon County), Wyoming. The vehicle has an A-frame cover made of wooden poles.
- A Bar A Ranch (Carbon County, Wyo.)--People--1900-1920.; African Americans--Wyoming--Carbon County--1900-1920.; Carbon County (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Horse teams--Wyoming--Carbon County--1900-1920.; Ranches--Wyoming--Carbon County--1900-1920.; Sleds &...
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- A bunch of elk on J.B. Dawson's Ranch, Routt Co., Colo.
- Herd of elk in corral, John Barkley Dawson's Ranch, near Hayden (Routt County), Colorado; log posts for corral railing.
- Dawson, John Barkley--Homes & haunts.; Routt County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Corrals--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Elk--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.; Ranches--Colorado--Routt County--1910-1920.
- [between 1913 and 1915]
- A football game, Hayden, Colo, RR days celebration
- People crowd a football field during a Railroad Days celebration in Hayden (Routt County), Colorado; some look at a stage, others look at people atop a hill.
- Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company--Public relations--1910-1920.; Hayden (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Celebrations--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1920.; Football--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Hayden--1910-1920.
- 1913 Autumn
- A giant in action, Fairplay, Colo
- View of a gold miner running a "giant monitor" nozzle at a hydraulic placer mine in Fairplay, Park County, Colorado.
- Fairplay (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1880-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Fairplay--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- A glimpse of Manitou from Ute Pass
- Distant view of Manitou Springs, Colorado, seen from Ute Pass; one lane dirt road with wooden barricades for railings on cliff edge.
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1940.; Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1940.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1890-1940.
- [between 1890 and 1935]
- A long cast
- One man fishing in South Platte River in Platte Canyon possibly near Glenisle, Colorado, reached via Colorado and Southern Railway; fisherman casting into stream with wicker creel on shoulder.
- Glenisle (Colo.)--1900-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- A Navajo Indian Hogan Ganado, Arizona Ganado Mission Gift Shop
- Native American (Navajo) women and a girl sit and stand near a timber and earth hogan in Ganado, Arizona. One woman sits near a loom, the other near a clay water jar.
- Ganado Mission (Ganado, Ariz.)--Facilities--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Ganado--1910-1920.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--Ganado--1910-1920.; Hogans--Arizona--Ganado--1910-1920.; Girls--Arizona--Ganado--1910-1920.; Souvenir...
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- A shady lane in Monument Valley Park, Colo. Springs
- Tree-lined dirt trail in Monument Valley Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado; wooden park bench underneath cottonwood tree, left foreground; rock supported embankment along trail, center left; numerous leaves on trail, probably autumn; large structure...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Benches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- A stormy day on Rollins Pass, Moffat Road
- Close-up of snowy standard gauge railroad track on barren cloud covered Rollins Pass in Colorado; Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake Railroad).
- Rollins Pass (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Passes (Landforms)--Colorado--1900-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1930.; Snow--Colorado--1900-1930.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1904 and 1925]
- A street car blockaded at 16 and Welton Sts. Taken in the snow-storm the morning of Dec. 6, 1913
- Pedestrians trudge through snow on Welton and Sixteenth (16th) streets in the snowstorm of 1913 in Denver, Colorado. Shows a Denver City Tramway trolley car and snow-laden electrical wires, lamp posts and buildings. The Daniels and Fisher building...
- Denver City Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Pedestrians--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Street...
- 1913 December 6
- A warm day in Montana
- Devlin's Zouaves pose in their underwear inside a tent. A young man holds a bucket poised to empty it over a man who holds a letter. Another man wears a painted moustache.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Devlin's Zouaves--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Joking--1910-1920.; Underwear--1910-1920.; Zouaves--United States--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- ACL locomotive, engine number 1636, engine type 4-6-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, obstructions. Photographed: Petersburg, Va., October 21, 1930.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1930.; Railroad locomotives--Virginia--Petersburg.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1930
- ACL locomotive, engine number 1748, engine type 4-6-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Jacksonville, Fla., October 11, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Florida--Jacksonville.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- ACL locomotive, engine number 2006, engine type 2-10-2
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Montgomery, Ala., October 16, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Alabama--Montgomery.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- ACL locomotive, engine number 2014, engine type 2-10-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Montgomery, Ala., October 16, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Alabama--Montgomery.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- ACL locomotive, engine number 205, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Jacksonville, Fla., October 11, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Florida--Jacksonville.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- ACL locomotive, engine number 211, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Montgomery, Ala., October 16, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Alabama--Montgomery.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- ACL locomotive, engine number 212, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Montgomery, Ala., October 16, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Alabama--Montgomery.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- ACL locomotive, engine number 230, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end, obstructions. Photographed: Columbia, S.C., August 3, 1932.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1932.; Railroad locomotives--South Carolina--Columbia.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1932
- ACL locomotive, engine number 386, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end, dark photo . Photographed: Jacksonville, Fla., October 12, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Florida--Jacksonville.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- ACL locomotive, engine number 432, engine type 4-6-2
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Atlanta, Ga., October 8, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Georgia--Atlanta.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- ACL locomotive, engine number 72, engine type 4-4-0
- Three-quarter view of left side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Montgomery, Ala., October 16, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Alabama--Montgomery.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1929
- ACL locomotive, engine number 800, engine type 2-8-2
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end. Photographed: Columbia, S.C., August 3, 1932.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1932.; Railroad locomotives--South Carolina--Columbia.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company.
- 1932
- Adams Falls, Grand Lake
- Adams Falls (or possibly Ouzel Falls named by Enos Mills after Ouzel bird or "water dipper"), Grand Lake, Colorado; shows rocky and narrow cascading waterfall. The Falls was reached via Moffat Road, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later...
- Adams Falls (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1920]
- Aftermath of Ludlow Massacre
- Coal miners, a boy, a teenager, and a young girl stand and eat slices of bread near the remnants of the tent colony destroyed in the Ludlow Massacre during the U.M.W. strike against C.F. & I. in Ludlow (Las Animas County), Colorado. Wood, pieces of...
- Colorado Fuel and Iron Company--Strikes--1910-1920.; United Mine Workers of America--Strikes--1910-1920.; Ludlow (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Children--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Coal miners--Colorado--Ludlow--1910-1920.; Eating &...
- [1914]
- Alabama & Western Florida locomotive, engine number 154, engine type 4-6-0
- Left side view of engine. Photographed: Chipley, Fla., October 13, 1929.
- Locomotives--1920-1930.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1929.; Railroad locomotives--Florida--Chipley.; Alabama and Western Florida Railroad Company.
- 1929
- Alaska, Juneau mill
- View of the Juneau Gold Mining Company mill in Juneau, Alaska shows: mill buildings, dock, water.
- Mine buildings--Alaska--Juneau--1920-1930.; Juneau (Alaska)--1920-1930.; Mills--Alaska--Juneau--1920-1930.; Mining--Alaska--Juneau--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Albert Attock-nie, celebrated Comanche interpreter
- Seated portrait of Albert Attocknie, a Native American Comanche interpreter, holding a feather fan and wearing animal fur over his braids, feathers in his hair, and a buckskin shirt with a neck scarf.
- Comanche Indians--1920-1930.; Indian interpreters--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--1920-1930.; Clothing & dress--1920-1930.; Translators--1920-1930.; Attock-nie, Albert.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Albion St. Mother Leets last home Denver
- View of the Leet home at 1630 Albion Street in the South Park Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features a covered porch.
- Leet, Modeste--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Park Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1910
- Alpine Troup [sic] sisters and brother, father
- Members of the "Alpine Troupe," with the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, pose outside a tent. The performing troupe of brothers and sisters are in costume. The women wear turban-like headdresses with ostrich feathers over long...
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company--People--1910-1920.; Sells Floto Circus--People--1910-1920.; Circus performers--1910-1920.; Costumes--1910-1920.; Families--1910-1920.; Women--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1917?]
- Alta Washakie a Shoshone Indian
- Studio portrait (standing) of Alta Washakie, a Native American (Shoshone) young woman. She wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a leather belt decorated with metal, two shawls, and bead necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1920.; Teenagers--1900-1920.; Women--1900-1920.; Washakie, Alta.
- [between 1902 and 1920]
- American Indian
- Studio portrait of Cured Horn, a Native American (Sioux and Cheyenne) man. He wears a suit, a scarf around his neck, and a wide-brimmed hat.
- Cheyenne Indians--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Cured Horn.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- American Smelter, Durango, Colorado
- View of the Durango Smelting Plant in Durango, LaPlata County, Colorado shows: refinery buildings, smokestacks, tailings.
- Durango (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Smelters--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- An Indian camp, in the Black Hills
- View of Native American Lakota Sioux chiefs sitting on the ground, with a tobacco pipe, feather fan, and bow and arrow. They wear headdresses and leggings and cotton shirts. Women, tepees, and smoke show in background.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Andrew Perd A Sof Py (Comanche)
- Three-quarters standing outdoor portrait of Andrew Perd A Sof Py, a Native American Comanche man wearing a animal fur cap, shirt with neck scarf, blanket wrap and holding a feather fan and rattle at the monument dedication of Quanah Parker near...
- Comanche Indians--Oklahoma--Cache--1910-1930.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Cache--1910-1930.; Cache (Okla.)--1910-1930.; Clothing & dress--Oklahoma--Cache--1910-1930.; Dedications--Oklahoma--Cache--1910-1930.; Parker, Quanah,...
- [1911 or 1926?]
- Apache babe and cradle, Indian camp, Wichita Mt. Okla.
- View of a Native American Apache baby, in a cradleboard with a hood, in a camp in the Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma.
- Apache Indians--Oklahoma--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--1890-1900.; Cradleboards--Oklahoma--1890-1900.; Infants--Oklahoma--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Apache Indians at the Apache Indian Mission
- Native American (Apache) men, women, and children pose on the porch of the Apache Indian Mission, probably on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1910-1920.; Apache Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1910-1920.; San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Children--Arizona--1910-1920.; Women--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Apache mother and child, Apache scout
- An outdoor portrait of a Native American Apache woman wrapped in a blanket with a baby on her back and a portrait of a squatting Apache scout holding a cigarette, wearing a head scarf, vest, trousers with ammunition belt and handgun holster.
- Apache Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.; Mothers & children--1890-1910.; Smoking--1890-1910.; Women--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Approaching Duffield, Cripple Creek Short Line
- Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge tracks through mountainous terrain approaching Duffield, Colorado, signpost; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
- Duffield (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Argentine Central Railway
- View of the Argentine Central Shay No. 6 engine, the engineer in the cab and a young boy, near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1920.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1918]
- Arrow, Colo. on the Moffat Road
- Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway (later called Denver and Salt Lake) passenger train at Arrow, Colorado train station; dining room, Elk Saloon and rooms, Cottage Bar, hotel, and New England Kitchen are identifiable businesses; wooden frame...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Billboards--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Ascending Congor Mesa, Moffat Road
- Denver & Salt Lake Railroad (formerly Denver, Northwestern & Pacific) passenger train number one ascending two percent grade of Congor Mesa above box car station of Orestod, Colorado, Moffat Road; railroad embankment & curve with standard gauge...
- Congor Mesa (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Orestod (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Yarmony Creek (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver and Salt Lake Railroad Company.
- [between 1907 and 1915]
- Assaying precious metals in Leadville, Colo., $3,723 in two gold bricks on scale pan
- Interior view of a mine assay laboratory in Leadville, Colorado; shows furnaces, a cabinet balance-scale, ore samples, and a man working with tongs.
- Assaying--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Leadville (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Gold--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]