Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Group of Indian boys, from Dakota territory, taken after about fifteen month's residence at Hampton, Virginia. They have since returned home.
- Group portrait of Native American (Dakota) men dressed in suits, some hold books and others hold hats, Hampton Virginia. Identification reads: "Beginning at your left, rear row: White Breast: returned home August, 1880. U-har-ke-um-pa: returned...
- Dakota Indians--Virginia--Hampton--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--Virginia--Hampton--1870-1880.; Hampton (Va.)--1870-1880.
- March, 1880
- William F. Cody in group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of a tent where King Leopold of Belgium (with beard) stands with three young boys and two men. A stuffed buffalo is on each side of the tent's entrance. Additional stuffed buffaloes are placed...
- Wild west shows--1890-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
- [1893?]
- Trinity Methodist Church, 18th at Broadway, Denver, Colorado : one hundredth anniversary 1859-1959.
- Booklet created to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the Trinity Methodist Church in Denver, Colorado in 1959. Included in the booklet is a history of the church, a list of former pastors and photographs of different members of the...
- Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.; Trinity Methodist Church (Denver, Colo.)
- 1959
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 6
- 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.)
- 1930 November 26
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 37, 1910 September 10
- Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 9, 1920 September
- East Denver High School Annual: 1912
- 1912 Yearbook from East Denver High School.
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.
- 1912
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 8
- 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.)
- 1944 February 17
- East High spotlight: vol 30 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.)
- 1944 March 2
- Blacksmith
- A blacksmith identified as Hilario Herminio Paiz (Herman), poses outside of a wood building on his ranch in Gulnare (Los Animas County, Colorado. He wears a cap, leather apron, leather gloves and holds a metal handle drift. A man beside him wears...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1910-1920.; Gulnare (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Paiz, Hilario Herminio, 1898-1983--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Gulnare--Pictorial works.; Gulnare (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- [ca. 1915]
- Teresa Vigil
- Portrait of Teresa Vigil, an expert in medicinal herbs (curandera) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She poses in her kitchen in a blouse and sweater. A stove, cutting board and pots and pans are nearby.
- Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Healers.; Interiors.; Older people.; Women.; Vigil, Teresa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [2005 April 16]
- Celestino García
- Studio portrait of Celestino García, a rancher from Conejos (Conejos County), Colorado. For many years he served in the House of Representatives in the Colorado General Assembly. He wears a suit and tie, his gray hair is parted on the side and he...
- Hispanic Americans--1910-1920.; Mexican Americans--1910-1920.; Legislators--Colorado.; Mustaches.; Older People.; García, Celestino, 1861-1919--Pictorial works.; Hispanic American legislators--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1915 and 1918?]
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 8, 1914 January 24
- High school, Congregational Ch., parsonage Julesburg, Colorado.
- Four people, including one child stand next to the Congregational Church in Julesburg, Colorado in Sedgwick County on a snowy day. The one- story, horizontal church has a side steeple with a bell tower, and a gable. The high school and the...
- Julesburg (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Congregational churches--Colorado--Julesburg--1910-1920.
- March, 1912
- Chipeta, Dodge, and McCook
- Standing portrait of Native Americans (Ute) Chipeta (left) and her brother, Chief McCook (right). General Grenville Mellon Dodge stands between them at the Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1920.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Chipeta.; Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916.; McCook, John, Chief.
- [between 1900 and 1916?]
- The returning war party
- A recently returned war party of Native Americans (Crow) pose side by side on horseback. All horses are light in color except for one, which may be the leader's horse. He holds what may be scalps in one hand.
- Crow Indians--War--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Scalps--1900-1920.; War--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1911]
- 7th Cav coming into camp from Wounded Knee fight with Big Foots Band, Pine Ridge Agcy S.D.
- View of the Seventh Cavalry on horseback riding in a long column over the plains enroute to the Native American Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Miniconjou Indians--War--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Wounded...
- [November 1890?]
- White Eagle, Sioux
- Head and shoulders cut out image of poet White Eagle, Native American Dakota Sioux man. He wears a buckskin shirt, neck scarf and cowboy hat.
- Dakota Indians--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--1910-1920.; Poets--1910-1920.; White Eagle, fl. 1910-1930.
- [[between 1910 and 1920?]
- Picturesque Indian chiefs in claims against government
- White and Native American (Sioux) men pose in a marble lined hallway in Washington D. C. Suits are worn by all but two men who wear traditional Native American outfits which include headdresses, moccasins, pouches, pipes, furs, and beads. Label on...
- Dakota Indians--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; Delegations--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.; War claims--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
- 1926 February 18
- Tabor grave, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
- View of the Tabor burial plot at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Denver, Colorado; tombstone inscription reads: "TABOR," "Unknown to fame until approaching the age of fifty, chance suddenly brought him considerable wealth and reputation. A few years later...
- Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Baby Doe, d. 1935.--Tomb.; Tabor, Horace Austin Warner, 1830-1899.--Tomb.
- 1965
- Interior view of Ex-Wp 72'6" dining car before remodeling
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows Black men (porters), tables, chairs, lamps, fans, leaded glass, and lunette windows.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; African Americans--Employment--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.; Railroad porters--1920-1930.
- 1924?
- Interior views of EX-WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, and oil paintings.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Interior views of EX-WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, oil paintings, leaded glass, and the opening into the kitchen.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Interior views of EX WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows Black men (porters) tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, oil paintings, leaded glass, and the opening into the kitchen.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; African Americans--Employment--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.; Railroad porters--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Interior views of EX WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows Black men (porters) tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, oil paintings, leaded glass, and the opening into the kitchen.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; African Americans--Employment--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.; Railroad porters--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- Interior views of EX WP 72'6" dining car ready for D&RGW service
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining car; shows Black men (porters), men and women passengers, tables, chairs, lamps, fans, lunette windows, oil paintings, and leaded glass.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1920-1930.; African Americans--Employment--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Passengers--1920-1930.; Railroad dining cars--1920-1930.; Railroad porters--1920-1930.; Women--1920-1930.
- 1927?
- D&RGW 472, NG 2-8-2, and 1703, SG 4-8-4, meet at Salida, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotives (one narrow gauge) are at Salida, Colorado; one is equipped with a snow plow. Men and a dog walk in the area.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.--1930-1940.; Salida (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1930-1940.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--Salida--1930-1940.
- 1937 April 8
- United Verde Mine property of Senator Clark.
- View of the United Verde Mine and smelter (copper) at Jerome, Arizona. Miners' houses are nearby.
- United Verde Copper Company--Buildings--1900-1920.; Mine buildings--Arizona--Jerome--1900-1920.; Jerome (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; United Verde Mine (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Copper mining--Arizona--Jerome--1900-1920.; Houses--Arizona--Jerome--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Heaps of roasting copper ore at United Verde Mine
- View of piles of roasting copper ore at the United Verde Mine at Jerome, Arizona.
- United Verde Copper Company--1900-1920.; Jerome (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; United Verde Mine (Ariz.)--1900-1920.; Copper mining--Arizona--Jerome--1900-1920.; Labor housing--Arizona--Jerome--1900-1920.; Mining--Arizona--Jerome--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Urad Mill site shown at full operation
- View of the Urad mill site, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows mine and mill buildings and a large settling pond.
- Tailings dams--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.
- [between 1963 and 1974]
- Colorado City, 1860
- View of Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows wood frame and stone false fronts and a two- story hotel (known as the El Paso House, Holmes House, Baird & Smith Hotel) with hip roof and dormer; Pikes...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- 1860
- Arrow, Colorado fiftieth anniversary
- Reverend Edward T. Bollinger reads from a diary to a group of young men from his parish who stand on a snowy hill. The group erected a sign marker on a pole at site of where Aspen Street once was in Arrow, Grand County, Colorado. Marker reads:...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Bollinger, Edward T.
- [1954]
- Famous Deadwood Coach of Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- John Y. Nelson, a scout and member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, sits on top of the back of the Deadwood Stagecoach, which is pulled by three teams of mules. A man sits on the buckboard. Johnny Baker, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill"...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Black wolf taken at Fool's Inlet, Wrangell Island, Alaska
- A man in a cap and coat stands in snow and holds the frozen snowy carcass of a wolf near Fool's Inlet on Wrangell Island, Alaska. The wolf's front paw is caught in a trap.
- Wolves--Control--Wrangell Island--1930-1950.; Wrangell Island (Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska)--1930-1950.; Animal traps--1930-1950.; Dead animals--Alaska--Wrangell Island--1930-1950.; Wolf hunting--Alaska--Wrangell Island--1930-1950.
- [between 1939 and 1944?]
- Colorado penitentiary escapes
- Guards carry a slumping convict (R. L. Freeman, kidnapper) through interior barred gates at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. Snow is on their pants, shoes and hats. Men stand in the foreground; one holds a cigar.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Interiors.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Freeman, R. L.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1947
- Colorado prisoners break 12/31/47
- Lying on a wadded, pinstriped mattress, this captured escapee from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, appears defiant in his dungarees, shirt and stained jacket. Interior prison bars are behind him; the man squatting in the foreground...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Fenwick, Red.; Tolley, A. B.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1947
- 1890's entertainment in prison by prisoners
- Prisoners at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, pose in pinstriped uniforms and white jackets, with spotted and striped silk ties.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Colorado prison break
- Laying inside of a soft top truck after his 1947 escape and recapture from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, John Smalley is flanked by crouching men in winter coats. The interior dashboard has "Willy's" embossed in the center over gauges.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Smalley, John.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- Werner Carl Schwartzmiller : the convict who kidnapped Guard Capt. Chet Wms. Yeo
- Werner Carl Schwartzmiller with blood covered forehead lies on the floor of Warden Best's office. He was recaptured after leading the break from the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. A paper matchbook, paper cup, and the shoes of his...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Prison escapes--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1940-1950.; Schwartzmiller, Werner Carl.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- 1948
- White Eagle Mobilgas station, Grand Junction, Colorado
- Exterior view of White Eagle Mobilgas gasoline station, Grand Junction, Colorado, shows a flat-roof square metal structure with windows and displays of automotive tires and supplies. Pairs of drive-up gas pumps are at the sides, and an automobile...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Automobile service stations--Colorado--Grand Junction--1920-1940.
- 1989
- Death Valley Scott, with mustache
- A group of men, including "Death Valley Scott," rides horses in a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The group includes an American cowboy (Scott), a Mexican vaquero, a Native American, and a Russian Georgian Cossack. They are members...
- Cossacks--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Gauchos--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Death Valley Scott.
- [1901]
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- A commuter trolley moves through a residential neighborhood in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. Signs on the side of the trolley: "Fort Collins Municipal Railway," "Cash Club Now Every Wednesday & Thursday at the America Lyric Trail You...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1940-1960.; Advertisements--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1960.; Street railroads--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1960.; Fort Collins Municipal Railway (Fort Collins, Colo.)
- [between 1947 and 1951]
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- Trolley number 26 of the Fort Collins Municipal railway passes a car in a residential neighborhood in Fort Collins, Colorado at the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Mountain Avenue in Larimer County. Placards on the side of the trolley read:...
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Advertisements railroads--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940- 1960.; Street railroads--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Fort Collins--1940-1960.; Fort Collins Municipal Railway (Fort Collins, Colo.)
- [between 1947 and 1951]
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School shoe repair class
- Photograph of a shoe repair class at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School in Denver, Colorado.
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1945
- John R Connell Jr., MD desk
- Photograph of the desk of John R Connell Jr., MD during his time as an intern of Pediatrics at Colorado General Hospital. Photo is of his wife Mildred. After World War II they returned to Denver to live.
- circa 1938
- Park Hill Topics Volume 8 No. 31
- Stanley Arms
- Exterior photograph of the Stanley Arms Apartments located in Denver, Colorado. After retiring in 1938 from a distinguished career as a medical researcher at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Florence Rena Sabin returned to Denver and established her...
- Stanley Arms Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1937
- Stanley Arms
- After retiring in 1938 from a distinguished career as a medical researcher at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Florence Rena Sabin returned to Denver and established her home in the Stanley Arms. While living and working here, she authored Colorado's...
- Stanley Arms Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998 November
- Stanley Arms
- Exterior photograph of the Stanley Arms Apartments located in Denver, Colorado. After retiring in 1938 from a distinguished career as a medical researcher at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Florence Rena Sabin returned to Denver and established her...
- Stanley Arms Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998 November
- Stanley Arms
- Exterior photograph of the Stanley Arms Apartments located in Denver, Colorado. After retiring in 1938 from a distinguished career as a medical researcher at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Florence Rena Sabin returned to Denver and established her...
- Stanley Arms Apartments (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver; Historic Buildings.; Historic preservation--Colorado--Denver.; Historic buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Architecture--Colorado--Denver--History.
- 1998 November