Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Dr. Clarence F. Holmes Oral History
- East High spotlight: vol 24 no 5
- Christmas edition of the 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.)
- 1942 December 10
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 7, 1914 January 10
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 24, 1914 September 26
- Canon of the Colorado, starting down the trail
- Men mounted on horses make their way down a trail, probably Hance Trail, in Hance Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona. Rock formations of the Grand Canyon are in the distance.
- Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Hance Canyon (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Hance Trail (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Horseback riding--Arizona--Grand Canyon National Park--1880-1900.; Rock...
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- East High spotlight: vol 17 no 7
- Christmas edition of the 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 December 17
- East High spotlight: vol 28 no 10
- 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.)
- 1942 February
- 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
- Western History Subject Index
- DENVER. THEATERS. HELEN BONFIL.S THEATER COMPLEX. PERFORMANCES
- Western History Subject Index
- Denver, Theaters, Theater under glass
- Interview with Albert Niederhut
- Pike Peaks Cog Railway Station
- View of the Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway station located at 515 Ruxton Avenue, Manitou Springs, Colorado. The two-story stone and shingle style Romanesque Revival structure is the starting point for the Pikes Peak Cog Railway.
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--2000-2010.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--Pictorial works.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Manitou Springs--Pictorial works.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial...
- 2003
- Planters House
- View of people, horses, and covered wagons on a dirt street in Denver, Colorado. Shows men, carriages, and wagons in front of the Planters' House building; a two-story, frame hotel and stage stop at the corner of 16th (Sixteenth) Street and Blake...
- Overland Stage Line--Buildings--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864
- Close-up of the north side
- Detail of the north wall of the multi-story Great Western Sugar Factory under construction, Loveland, Colorado; shows the evaporators being installed, also the brick-work starting for the outer walls.
- Loveland (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1910.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Loveland--1890-1910.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [between 1899 and 1901]
- Pullman, "Tryphosa"
- Rear view of Pullman "Tryphosa," an all wood, eight section lounge with open platform observation on the rear of the first Scenic Limited train, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad at Burnham Shops, Denver, Colorado.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad lounge cars--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1906 June 2
- Replica of early Alamosa, Colo. D&RG depot in City Park
- A replica of an early Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Depot is in City Park in Alamosa, Colorado and houses the Alamosa County Chamber of Commerce. The depot is a two-story wood frame building with clapboard siding, wainscot, steeply pitched gable...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alamosa--1910-1930.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- [between 1970 and 1974?]
- Chifonete Pole, Taos, N.M.
- View of three Native Americans (Taos) dressed as clowns (Koshares), in body paint, San Geronimo fiesta, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. One man climbs a pole from the top of a ladder being held for him. Spectators stand, sit on horseback and wagons, and...
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1900-1910.; Taos Pueblo...
- 1902
- Line of boys at pool's edge
- Boys and a man crowd the tile edge of an interior swimming pool, in (probably) Denver, Colorado; their reflection is on the water.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- A Sopwith Strutter belonging to the 90th observation squadron
- View of a Sopwith Strutter, a two seat fighter airplane with a 130 horsepower Clergat engine.
- United States. Army Air Forces. Observation Group, 90th--1910-1920.; Sopwith airplanes--1910-1920.; Biplanes--English--1910-1920.; Fighter planes--English--1910-1920.
- 1919, January 25
- Courier Bldg.
- Exterior view of the Georgetown Courier building, Georgetown, Colorado. The newspaper began publication in 1878, with Jesse S. Randall as publisher, and was in this building starting in 1877. The wood construction building has a false front with a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Newspapers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- [1948?]
- Old Prospector Mines football team parade in Denver
- Members of the Colorado School of Mines football team (from Golden, Colo.) move a statue of a miner from the lobby of the Colorado National Bank Building in Denver, Colorado. The statue formerly stood atop the Mining Exchange building.
- Colorado School of Mines--People--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Football players--Colorado--Golden--1960-1970.; Lifting & carrying--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1967 September 8
- Blue Bird
- Full length studio portrait of Blue Bird, Native American male, wearing long beaded necklace and vest over robe. Blue Bird stands in front of backdrop, and leans against fence.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Blue Bird.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Standing Holy, Sitting Bull's daughter, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Standing Holy, Dakota girl and Sitting Bull's daughter, wearing dress, earrings and beaded jewelry, standing by stone bench and folding chair in front of painted backdrop.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890--Family.; Standing Holy.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [1885?]
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 454, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, northbound, starting down Dallas Divide, on the Rio Grande Southern; 16 cars. Photographed: near Peak, Colo., June 19, 1944.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1944.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Peak.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1944
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 318, engine type 2-8-0
- Passenger, eastbound; 2 cars. Photographed: starting down Cerro Summit, Colo., June 17, 1944.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1944.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Cerro Summit.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1944
- UP train, engine number M-10005 + additional diesel units, engine type EMC
- City of Denver; before starting service, 7 cars. Photographed: on exhibition at Denver, Colo., June 14, 1936.
- Locomotives--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1936.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Denver.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1936
- Broadway Theatre Denver Colo.
- Panoramic view of the cast of "Hit the Deck," a musical presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. A parrot in a cage sits in front of men and women who sit and stand in front of the theater. Klieg lights that read "Hit...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Birdcages--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Parrots--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1928, Apr. 11
- Hit the Deck at the Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast of the musical comedy "Hit the Deck," presented at the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men dressed in sailor whites and women dressed in white middy blouses, short white skirts and gob hats pose in...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1928, Apr. 14
- Hit the Deck at the Broadway Theatre
- Panoramic view of the cast of the musical comedy "Hit the Deck," presented at the Broadway Theater at 1756 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. Men dressed in sailor whites and women dressed in white middy blouses, short white skirts and gob hats pose in...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Costumes--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Singers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Theaters--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- 1928, Apr. 14
- McIntyre & Heath in Hello Alexander
- Panoramic view of the cast of the minstrel show "Hello Alexander" with Thomas K. Heath & James McIntyre, presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose near the canopied front entrance to the theater in...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Performances & portrayals--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1926 and 1927?]
- Mcintyre & Heath in "Hello Alexander"
- Panoramic view of the cast of the minstrel show "Hello Alexander" with Thomas K. Heath & James McIntyre, presented at the Broadway Theater, 1756 Broadway, in Denver, Colorado. Men and women pose near the canopied front entrance to the theater in...
- Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; African Americans--Performances & portrayals--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Blackface entertainers--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1926 and 1927?]
- South Denver Police Station
- Denver police officers pose near the South Denver Police Station located at 11 East 1st (First) Ave. in the Beyers Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Officers on police motorcycles with side cars are on the sidewalk and other officers stand in rows...
- Denver (Colo.). Police Department.--People--1920-1930.; Beyers (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Motorcycles--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police stations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1921 March]
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Blake St. looking up
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings and people.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Blake St. looking up
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, and people. A sign reads: "Brown's Star Bakery."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Holliday St. looking up
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, and people.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Streams--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Lawrence St. looking down
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows frame buildings, retaining walls, bridge ruins, and people. Signs read: "Brown's Star Bakery" and "Leather Shoes Wool Pelts, Robes & Tallow."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Retaining...
- 1878 May 22
- Flood in Cherry Creek May 22nd 1878 from Larimer St. looking down
- View of Denver, Colorado during a Cherry Creek flood; shows brick storefronts, bridge fragments, and the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River.
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- 1878 May 22
- Larimer Street
- View of Cherry Creek flood damage in the Auraria Neighborhood of Denver; shows Larimer Street, a cupola, a destroyed bridge, horse car tracks, and people. Signs read: "West Lindell," "Colorado State Lottery," "Brown's Star Bakery," "Denver Marble...
- Auraria (Denver, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1870-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.;...
- 1878 May 22
- Obriens
- Full length studio portrait of six unidentified children, in front of painted backdrop. Four children are seated; two are standing. Five are wearing matching dresses.
- Children--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- War Eagle & Family
- Studio portrait of War Eagle, wife and child, seated, in front of painted backdrop. War Eagle, Dakota Chief, wears headdress with horns, leather jacket and holds peace pipe.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Families--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; War Eagle, 1785-1851.
- [188-?]
- Dakota group, holding peace pipes, full length
- Full length group portrait of Crow Eagle, Fool Thunder, Slow White Buffalo and Iron Thunder. All are wrapped in blankets and holding peace pipes. Iron Thunder is standing, others are seated in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Crow Eagle.; Fool Thunder.; Iron Thunder.; Slow White Buffalo.
- [188-?]
- Long Dog, Dakota Chief, seated
- Studio portrait, 3/4 length, of Long Dog, Dakota Chief, wearing fur cap and decorated pants, holding decorated stick, seated in front of painted backdrop.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Long Dog.
- [188-?]
- Wolf Chief, Crow, leaning against rock, full length
- Full length studio portrait of Wolf Chief, Crow male, wearing fur coat, blanket, jacket and beads, leaning against rock in front of painted backdrop.
- Crow Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Wolf Chief.
- [188-?]
- 483, idlers and std box car, n.g. gondolas
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western train, with two locomotives, in La Jara, (Conejos County), Colorado. Locomotive 483 has a pilot plow. Box cars, idler cars, and narrow gauge gondolas are in the train.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; La Jara (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad snowplow locomotives--Colorado--La Jara--1940-1950.; Railroads--Colorado--La Jara--1940-1950.
- 1949 January 9
- Mesa Verde, excavating
- A group of men stand with their pack horses on the ledge above Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park. Squatting near his horse is future park superintendent Marshall Finnan. The remains of some of the structures are in the shadow...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Pack animals--Colorado--1920-1930.; Finnan,...
- [1926?]
- Mesa Verde, excavations
- Two men stand above the excavation site of Pithouses A, B and C in Step House, a cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park. Dirt has been removed from the round sites underneath a large rock overhang. Digging tools and boxes lie scattered around...
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Step House (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Pit dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1926?]
- Denver Zephyr clock
- View of a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy wooden clock in probably Denver, Colorado. A sign reads: "Mountain Time." Letters on the clock case read: "Naval Observatory Time hourly by Western Union" and "The Start of the Zephyr Will Break the Tape and...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Clocks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1934
- Eldora Valley
- The snow-capped peaks of the Continental Divide stand in the distance of this view of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. Eldora experienced its mining boom for about two years starting in 1897, when gold tellurides and sulphides were discovered on...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Eldora (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Gold mining--Colorado--Eldora--1930-1950.; Mountains--Colorado--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Eldora, Colorado 1900
- Several buildings stand along dirt roads, probably including Eldorado Avenue, in Eldora, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado. The town experienced its mining boom for about two years starting in 1897, when gold tellurides and sulphides were...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Three-quarter view of right side of engine, from front end; 6-car freight train; starting up from tank; smoke. Photographed: Stoner, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Stoner--1950-1960.; Stoner (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Stoner--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951