Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Men setting up Wild West Show tent
- A group of men works to raise a large tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The tent is supported by large log poles and ropes. The ropes are tied to large stakes pounded into the ground. A portion of the tent is raised in the right midground,...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Yellow Creek round up
- Cowboys pose beside or on horses near Yellow Creek in Rio Blanco County, Colorado. A steer is on the ground, tied with ropes. A man holds a branding iron to the steer's flank, and another man leans over the steer. Kettles and an iron bar are over a...
- Rio Blanco County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cattle branding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Rio Blanco County--1910-1920.
- 1911
- Paint gang 1 1/2 mile north of Manzanola, Colo.
- A paint crew in work clothes is shown on a railroad bridge near Manzanola (Otero County), Colorado, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line. The bridge, probably at the Catlin Canal, is constructed of steel girders and concrete embankments. Two...
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Catlin Canal (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Manzanola (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Painting--Colorado--Manzanola--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Manzanola--1900-1910.; Railroad construction &...
- 1906
- The Scriptbook
- Booklet created by The Script Club of East High School in Denver, Colorado. Members of The Script Club, the writing club of East High, submitted their own works for create this booklet. Included are poems, essays, sketches and stories written by...
- East High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Writings.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.; High school students' writings--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.; High schools--Colorado--Denver.; East High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1932 May
- Breckenridge, Colo. Hook & Ladder Co. Fire Dept.
- Men pose on ladders or on the street in front of the two story frame Fireman's Hall building with a central cupola and a flagpole in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Men wear fire hats and uniforms, pose and hold buckets or axes. A man holds...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fire engines & equipment--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Fire stations--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1888]
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- View of the Frank Byers ranch beside the Colorado River in Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Shows the three-story frame "Willows" house with a hipped roof, dormers, and a porch. Cabins, probably a corral, and a hot springs building are...
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.; Pedestrian bridges--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1900.;...
- 1899
- Men and horses
- Men and a boy pose beside saddled horses in a meadow probably in western Colorado. Horses carry ropes and probably bedrolls and camping gear. Men wear hats and gloves.
- Horses--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Agriculture - livestock - cattle
- Young men hold a (Holstein?) bull with ropes and a nose ring, in (probably) Denver, Colorado; barns and silos are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Cattle--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1904 and 1925?]
- Hide
- A Native American (Ute) buckskin hide. In the center is a painted image of a Sun Dance ceremony with dancers with ropes attached to their chests as they dance around the pole, and tipis in the background.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Hides & skins--1880-1900.
- [between 1855 and 1899]
- Roped calf
- Cowboys on horseback hold a calf on the ground with ropes in a corral at the San Carlo Ranch near Parker (Parkers) (Douglas County), Colorado. A barn is nearby.
- San Carlo Ranch (Douglas County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Calves--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Parker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Branding a calf
- Cowboys prepare to brand a calf in a pen on the San Carlo Ranch near Parker (Parkers) (Douglas County), Colorado. Two men on horseback hold ropes that secure the calf on the ground.
- San Carlo Ranch (Douglas County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Parker (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cattle branding--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Cowboys--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Parker--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- Rodeo cow roping
- A cowboy on horseback ropes a cow possibly at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne (Larimer county), Wyoming. Another horseback rider is in the background.
- Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1920.; Cattle--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Rodeos--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.; Roping--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Sugar mill
- At the Holly Sugar Company in Swink (Otero County), Colorado, workers use cranes with ropes and hooks to place lumber at a construction site. One man holds a set of plans.
- Holly Sugar Corporation--Buildings--1900-1910.; Swink (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Mills--Colorado--Swink--1900-1910.; Sugar...
- 1906 July 21
- Ludlow Monument
- View of the Ludlow Memorial, erected in memory of the Ludlow Massacre, near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows a statue of a man, woman and child. The inscription on the monument reads: "In Memory of the Men, Women and Children Who Lost...
- United Mine Workers of America--Facilities--1910-1930.; Ludlow Memorial (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Trinidad (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Trinidad--1910-1930.
- [between 1918 and 1925?]
- Branding calves
- A group of cowboys gather around to brand a calf probably on a ranch in Texas. Other men hold down calves nearby, and a man mounted on a horse ropes a cow. A herd of cattle stands nearby.
- Cattle branding--Texas--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Texas--1900-1910.; Roping--Texas--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Moran's Falls
- Men use ropes to climb a steep rock face near a waterfall identified as Moran's Falls in the Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Cliffs--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Climbing--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Arizona--Grand...
- [between 1883 and 1900?]
- San Pedro harbor
- Panoramic view of probably Southern Pacific Railroad tracks on timber wharves, fishing vessels in the water, and Terminal island at San Pedro harbor (Port of Los Angeles), Los Angeles, California. Shows a Central Pacific passenger car on tracks...
- Central Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Port of Los Angeles--1890-1900.; Southern Pacific Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Los Angeles (Calif.)--1890-1900.; San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1890-1900.; San Pedro Bay (Calif.)--1890-1900.;...
- [1899?]
- Prize 2 year old herfords [sic] Glendale Stock Farm, Colo. Midland Ry
- Close view of two male herefords with ropes on muzzles; gloved hand holds rope; fencing, telegraph pole, and hills visible in background; farm located near Aspen, Colorado.
- Hereford cattle--Colorado--Aspen--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- In my fighting clothes
- Standing portrait of Nat Love, in front of a painted studio backdrop. A Black cowboy, also known as Dead Wood Dick for his shooting abilities, later became a Pullman porter. He wears long hair, a wide brim hat, leather chaps, bullet (ammo) belt and...
- African Americans--1890-1900.; Cowboys--1890-1900.; Railroad porters--1890-1900.; Love, Nat.
- [between 1894 and 1899]
- Cow boys, Trinchera Estate
- Four cowboys pose on horseback inside a large pen filled with horses on the Trinchera Ranch in Costilla County, Colorado. The men are equipped with ropes, one wears woolies (chaps).
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Costilla County--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Circular saw at finishing mill of Colorado-Yule Marble Co Marble, Colo
- Men work in Marble, Gunnison County, Colorado, at the Colorado- Yule Marble Company finishing mill. Two squat on the sawtable by a block of stone, another operates levers. Interior wooden beams cross overhead by the circular sawblade; hoses, ropes...
- Quarries and quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Interiors.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- 1913
- Loading a 37mm pack gun to a pack mule
- A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division ties the ropes fastening a part of 37-mm pack gun onto an American pack mule during the Italian Campaign. According to the caption the piece weighs 22 pounds...
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Pack animals--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.
- April 16, 1945
- Pike's Peak or Bust
- A cowboy contestant ropes a calf with the aid of his saddled horse, Pike's Peak or Bust Rodeo, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Spectators watch from grandstand, as the rope turns the calf upside-down.
- Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo--1960-1970.; Calf roping--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cowboys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Rodeos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- August 8, 1968
- Pike's Peak or Bust
- A cowboy contestant ropes a calf with the aid of his saddled horse, Pike's Peak or Bust Rodeo, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Spectators watch from the grandstand.
- Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cowboys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Rodeos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Calf roping--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- August 8, 1968
- Two men practice rescuing a man from the snow, Paradise, Washington
- Two soldiers from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) practice rescuing a man from the snow using ropes. The man on the left is wearing a pith helmet and dark clothing. He is smiling and holding lightly onto a rope. The man in the...
- Paradise (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [1942]
- Central City, Colorado buildings
- Six men pull a hose reel up the hill past the Williams' Stables building and Washington Hall in Central City, Colorado. The reel has wrought iron decoration and is being guided by a fireman dressed in fireman's coat and hat. Four other men, two...
- Central City (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Washington Hall (Central City, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Stables--Colorado--Central City--1910-1940.
- [between 1910 and 1940?]
- Sunday Outing with Campers (Rhoads' Family)
- Shows a tent, two canopies, two automobiles, and clothes that dry on the tent ropes, probably Colorado. A woman is under one canopy, she prepares food; a young girl steps out of a metal tub.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1940.; Camping--Colorado--1920-1940.; Children playing--Colorado--1920-1940.; Girls--Colorado--1920-1940.; Tents--Colorado--1920-1940.; Women--Colorado--1920-1940.
- [between 1920 and 1940?]
- Moki Indians, Wolpi Pueblo Snake dance- grand entrance
- Native American (Hopi) men, possibly antelope priests, dance in a single file as part of the snake dance, Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona; groups of unidentified Native American, white, men and women look on; dancers wear kilts, and bead...
- Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900.; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
- August, 1899
- Cowboys
- Two men on horseback wearing cowboy hats, boots and spurs. Horses with blankets, saddles and ropes. Wood buildings in background.
- Cowboys--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--1890-1910.
- [between 1892 and 1908?]
- The ordeal in the Sun Dance among the Blackfeet Indians
- Reproduction of a lithograph by Frederick Remington, shows a Blackfoot (Siksika) Native American man enduring a portion of the Sun Dance that includes a piercing of both nipples with thongs that are attached to ropes drawn tight. The man wears a...
- Indians of North America--Spiritual life--Montana--1890-1900.; Siksika Indians--Dance--Montana--1890-1900.; Ceremonial dancers--Montana--1890-1900.; Sun dance--Montana--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Blackfeet...
- [between 1940 and 1970?]
- "Waiting for Gabriel's trumpet," Indian burial, Crow, Montana, near Pryor
- A covered casket (?) sits atop a wooden burial platform on a hilltop, possibly on the Native American Crow Reservation in Montana. Signs of frost line the securing ropes and platform poles.
- Crow Indians--Social life--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1900.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1890-1900.
- 1900
- Round up
- A man on horseback ropes a steer possibly in Colorado.
- Cowboys--1870-1880.; Roping--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880]
- Cowboys
- A man on a horse ropes a bull who lays on his side atop a graded surface, probably Colorado. The man wears a shirt, pants, suede riding boots, and a hat. The horse has a saddle with covered stirrups and a blanket of long animal hair. In the...
- Bulls--Colorado--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roping--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Blacksmith shop - Deer Creek Park
- Shows a single story wood blacksmith shop on Deer Creek Denver Mountain Parks land 8 miles south of Morrison, Colorado in Deer Creek Canyon. Tools, buckets and ropes are next to one side of the building.
- Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1940.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Forge shops--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Jefferson County--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Game of wolf and deer
- Several Native American (Paiute) children, playing a game of wolf and deer, form a line and kneel with their hands on the ground in front of them, Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Southern Paiute Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Kaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Children playing outdoors--Arizona--1870-1880.; Games--Arizona--1870-1880.
- [1874?]
- The basket maker
- An unidentified, elderly, Native American (Paiute) woman weaves a basket in front of her wikiup, a small rounded hut made of branches with one open side, on the Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona. Beside her is a fan shaped basket used for collecting...
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Paiute baskets--Arizona--1870-1880.; Southern Paiute Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Aged persons--Arizona--1870-1880.; Baskets--Arizona--1870-1880.; Women--Arizona--1870-1880.
- [1874?]
- The necklace
- A group of Native Americans (Paiute), four girls and two boys, Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona. The girls wear fringed dresses and thin headbands; the boys wear feather headdresses , fringed shirts and leggings. The girl in the center holds up a...
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Southern Paiute Indians--Clothing & dress--Arizona--1870-1880.; Kaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Arizona--1870-1880.; Girls--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1874
- An-ti-naints, Pu-tu-siv and Wi-chuts, sitting
- Three young Native American (Paiute) women, Ańtinaints, Putúsiv and Wíchuts, are seated on the grass, The Meadows, southwestern Nevada. They wear heavily fringed buckskin dresses; two wear basket hats.
- Indians of North America--Nevada--1870-1880.; Paiute Indians--Nevada--1870-1880.; Meadows, The (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Girls--Nevada--1870-1880.; Ań-ti-naints.; Pu-tú-siv.; Wí-chuts.
- 1874
- Manhattan Beach
- View of Manhattan Beach amusement park in Denver, Colorado; shows men on a bench by landscaping, and a building with signs: "Roller Rink Special Features Each Week, Monday, Ladie's Day, Wednesday, Contests of Grace, Friday, Society Night, 10 Cents...
- Roller-skating rinks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Manhattan Beach (Denver, Colo. : Amusement Park)--1890-1910.; Sloan Lake (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1890-1910.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Park...
- [between 1891 and 1906?]
- Colo. National Bank bldg., W. E. & A. A. Fisher, architects, Seerie Brothers Co. builders
- View of Colorado National Bank construction, 17th (seventeenth) and Champa streets, Denver, Colorado; shows steel girders atop a row of Ionic columns, a crane system of beams, ropes and pulleys, and marble; a sign reads: "Seerie Brothers...
- Colorado National Bank--Buildings--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1915 March 13
- Sluicing for gold in San Francisquito Canyon
- Miners operate a hydraulic sluice in San Francisquito Canyon, Los Angeles County, California. The placer mine machine consists of adobe columns, pulleys, ropes, and wood boxes. Donkeys are loaded with ore bags.
- San Francisquito Canyon (Calif.)--1890-1900.; Donkeys--California--Los Angeles County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--California--San Francisquito Canyon--1890-1900.; Miners--California--Los Angeles County--1890-1900.; Mining--California--San...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Branding
- Three cowboys branding roped calf, somewhere in Colorado; ropes, hats, bandanas, chaps; rolling prairie; cattle herd, background left.
- Cattle branding--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cowboys--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Al "Bucky" Lamb's Home 1880's
- Two ornately decorated rooms in the Lamb home in Aspen, Colorado contain patterned wallpaper, ropes and tassels hanging from the entryways, paintings on the wall, book cases, velvet parlor chairs, straight-backed chairs, coffee tables, statues, and...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Parlors--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Al "Bucky" Lamb's home 1880s
- Three ornately decorated rooms in the Lamb house in Aspen, Colorado contain patterned wallpaper, ropes and tassels hanging from the entryways, paintings on the wall, book cases, velvet parlor chairs, straight-backed chairs, coffee tables, statues,...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors.; Living rooms--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.; Parlors--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Prize Short Horn calves, J.P. Schermerhorn's Ranch
- Shorthorn calves or cattle in corral, J.P. Schermerhorn's Ranch, Colorado; men and women on horseback, cow ponies, chaps, ropes on saddles.
- Cattle ranches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cattle--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1900-1920.; Horses--Colorado--1900-1920.; Women--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Bill Baker calf roping Colo. State Fair, Pueblo
- Bill Baker rides a horse and ropes a calf at the Colorado State Fair rodeo in Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado; men watch from behind a fence with signs: "The Mesa Garage," "Good Clothes For Less - Ben Bergerman," "Red Cliff Furniture Company,"...
- Colorado State Fair--1900-1910.; Calf roping--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cattle--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Fairs--Colorado--Pueblo--1900-1910.; Horseback...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Jake McClure roping Brawley Rodeo
- Jake McClure rides a horse and ropes a calf at the Brawley Cattle Call Rodeo in Brawley (Imperial County), California.
- Brawley Cattle Call Rodeo--1920-1930.; Calf roping--California--Brawley--1920-1930.; Brawley (Calif.)--1920-1930.; Cowboys--California--Brawley--1920-1930.; Horseback riding--California--Brawley--1920-1930.; Rodeos--California--Brawley--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Diving tower at Lakeside Park
- View of the diving tower in Lake Rhoda at Lakeside Amusement Park in Lakeside (Jefferson County), Colorado. Divers gather around the base of the tower and on the ladder to one of the two diving boards. Swimmers are in the water and on a low...
- Lakeside (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Lakeside Amusement Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Rhoda, Lake (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Amusement parks--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1930.; Diving--Colorado--Lakeside--1910-1930.; Lakes &...
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Wild West Show water wagon
- A man stands in the right foreground holding the ropes of three horses drinking or eating from a wood trough. The man is a member of the staff of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large group of children is gathered in the left midground near...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Children--1900-1910.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Portrait of two boys
- Full-length studio portrait of two boys, Aspen, Colorado; features smaller boy sitting on a wooden swing attached to two ropes and larger boy standing next to him; boys wearing breeches, long-sleeved suit jackets, stockings, and leather shoes;...
- Aspen (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Aspen--1890-1900.
- [about 1895?]