Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Headquarters of the Happy Valley Placer Company, Eldorado camp
- Men and boys stand or sit beside a horse-drawn buggy and a log cabin, possibly the home of John H. Kemp, in Eldora (Eldorado) in the Grand Island Mining District of Boulder County, Colorado. Men beside a wooden fence are identified left to right...
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Boys--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Log...
- 1895
- Owner 2550 Stout Street
- View of the owner of 2550 Stout Street in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. He stands in the alley outside his chain link fence, yard and house. He wears suspenders and a cap and holds a rake. Gardening supplies are in the yard, his...
- Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses.; Backyards.; Alleys.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Alleys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver...
- 1979
- Córdova brothers
- Studio portrait of Benito Córdova, Juan Córdova, Eduardo Córdova. and two unidentified men. Three men stand, they hold or smoke cigars, wear jackets or vests, two have mustaches and two have hand cuffs hanging from one arm. Two men sit on the...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1900-1910.; Families.; Córdova, Benito--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Juan--Pictorial works.; Córdova, Eduardo--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial...
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Carlos Lopez at ferris wheel
- Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man, looks up at ferris wheel at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. Children ride the ferris wheel, women and teenage...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San...
- 1950 September
- Carlos Lopez watches dice game
- Carlos Lopez, and elderly Hispanic American man (back row, center), watches a dice game at a carnival in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He wears a hat, striped shirt and suspenders. He has a full mustache. One man holds dice as a group of...
- Mexican Americans--1950-1960.; Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; San Luis (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Lopez, Carlos--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San...
- [1950 September]
- Theresa, Felix
- Two young children identified as Theresa and Felix Lopez stand in the yard of a long adobe house probably in southern Colorado. Theresa wears a striped one piece jumpsuit with a blouse, her hair is braided and pulled up on her head. Her brother,...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1920-1930.; Boys.; Adobe buildings.; Lopez, Felix--Pictorial works.; Lopez, Theresa--Picxtorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 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]
- Larry and Don Gallegos
- Studio portrait of brothers Larry and Don Gallegos of Denver, Colorado. Larry wears a white T-shirt and his younger brother Don, wears a T-shirt with a dog on the front and suspenders.
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1940-1950; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1940-1950.; Families.; Gallegos, Larry--Pictorial works.; Gallegos, Don--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.;...
- 1943?
- Lawrence Rivera and Skipper Herrera
- Lawrence Rivera sits on a tricycle and has his arm around Jim (Skipper) Herrera near 12th (Twelfth) and Curtis Streets in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. They pose in front of a brick wall. Lawrence wears a T-shirt, pants and...
- Hispanic Americans--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bicycles & tricycles.; Boys.; Herrera, Joe--Pictorial works.; Rivera, Lawrence--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial...
- 1941
- Lourie and Stevie Herrera
- Lourie and Stevie Herrera pose outside a brick house at 1121 Lawrence Street in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. Lourie wears bib overalls and a short sleeved shirt, his brother wears jeans, suspenders and a short sleeved shirt.
- Hispanic Americans--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Boys.; Families.; Herrera, Lourie--Pictorial works.; Herrera, Stevie--Pictorial works.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Brothers--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Hispanic...
- 1954
- Zamora family
- Two men and a boy pose outside an adobe house in Zamora (Las Animas County), Colorado. They are identified left to right as: Feliz Nabor Zamora, an elderly man, he wears a shirt, jeans and round, wide brimmed hat and has a mustache. Jose Placido...
- Hispanic Americans--1900-1910.; Mexican Americans--1900-1910.; Zamora (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Group portraits.; Boys.; Older people.; Zamora, Feliz Nabor, 1852-1915--Pictorial works.; Zamora, José Plácido, 1892-1955--Pictorial works.;...
- [ca 1900?]
- Primrose coal miners
- A large group of miners pose near the mouth of the Primrose Mine in Primrose (Huerfano County), Colorado. The miners wear work clothes including: overalls, pants, suspenders, and coats. Most of the men wear hats with Johnny Lamps and hold picks in...
- Primrose (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Primrose Mine (Huerfano County, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Primrose--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- The Cabins
- View of women, children, and a man beside two-story log cabins with gabled, shingled roofs and timber panels on the second story in Hahns Peak (Routt County), Colorado. Women and girls wear dresses with ruffles or puffed sleeves. Boys wear jackets...
- Hahns Peak (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Hahns Peak--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Breckenridge residence [graphic]
- Men, women, and children stand and pose near log cabins in Breckenridge (Summit County), Colorado. Buildings have gabled, shingled roofs. Children look out of an upper story window. Women wear long, flounced dresses with box pleats and pose with a...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Families--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Students at a Leadville school
- Children pose on a staircase and porch of a frame building, probably a schoolhouse, in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. Boys wear knickers or long pants and jackets or suspenders. Girls wear knee-length dresses with gathered waists and hair...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1910.; School children--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.; Schools--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- 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?]
- Blacksmith shop in Salida
- Men and a boy stand and pose in front of a one-story brick blacksmith shop in Salida (Chaffee County), Colorado. Men wear leather aprons, boots, and shirts with suspenders. A man holds blacksmith tongs; another man holds a hatchet. Signs on the...
- Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blacksmiths--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.; Forge shops--Colorado--Salida--1890-1900.
- 1895?
- Amity, Colorado, the broom industry
- A man wears suspenders and a hat and stands at the doorway of a stone house with a shingle roof in Amity, a Salvation Army colony, in Prowers County, Colorado. Brooms made with straw and wooden handles are on display beside stone walls. The...
- McAbee, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Amity (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Broom & brush industry--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Brooms & brushes--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Amity--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Old town Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in a street in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman with a straw, flat-brimmed hat and a long dress stands beside girls who wear plaid dresses and bonnets. Men sit on a burro-drawn cart, they wear suspenders and hats. A...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Old town Grand Lake, Colo.
- View of people in a street in Grand Lake (Grand County), Colorado. A woman with a straw, flat-brimmed hat and a long dress stands beside girls who wear plaid dresses and bonnets. Men sit on a burro-drawn cart, they wear suspenders and hats. A...
- Grand Lake (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.; Mothers & children--Colorado--Grand Lake--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1885?]
- Still of the Oil Shale Mining Company for the destructive distillation of oil
- Men wear suits or suspenders and work clothes and pose beside a smokestack encased by deteriorated brick walls 22 miles outside of De Beque in Mesa County or Garfield County Colorado. An American flag is attached to scaffolding that surrounds an...
- Oil-shale industry--Colorado--1900-1920.; Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--1900-1920.; Refineries--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917?]
- Family at home
- A family poses outside a frame house with a gabled roof, possibly in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The man wears suspenders, a bow tie and a straw hat. The woman wears a dress with puffed sleeves and poses with a baby. A child stands beside a...
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Families--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Boy on horseback
- A boy in a shirt, pants, suspenders and a hat and poses on horseback probably near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. Shows a lariat attached to the saddle.
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Garfield County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- William Richle's homestead
- Men stand and pose outside a log cabin identified as William Richle's homestead in probably Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Men wear suspenders, hats and ties. A woman wears an elaborate hat and a fitted dress. A man holds a copy of "The...
- Richle, William--Homes & haunts.; Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Couples--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Log cabin, Pyramid
- Men wear suspenders or overalls and hats and pose beside a log cabin in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. A gutted deer is suspended from a rafter beside the cabin.
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Log cabins--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.; Men--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Group at Egry's, Pyramid
- Men, women and children pose for a group photograph at Charles Egry's ranch in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Boys, girls and babies sit in adults' laps. Women wear striped, fitted dresses. Men wear suits or suspenders.
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Group at Egry's, Pyramid
- Men, women and children pose for a group photograph at Charles Egry's ranch in Pyramid (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Boys, girls and babies sit in adults' laps. Women wear striped, fitted dresses. Men wear suits or suspenders.
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Pyramid--1900-1910.
- 1905
- Family, Rifle area
- A group of people sit or stand for an outdoor group portrait near Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado. The men wear suits and ties or suspenders and hats. The women wear blouses with puffed sleeves, banded collars with broaches or scarves and skirts....
- Garfield County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Garfield County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Charles Egry children
- Girls and a boy, the children of Charles Egry, pose for a portrait. The girls have hair bows or braids and wear blouses with lace or banded collars. A girl has a plaid dress with a rounded collar. A boy wears suspenders, and a tie tucked between...
- Pyramid (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Egry, Charles--Family.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Stage between Rifle and Meeker
- Men sit and pose on the Rifle-Meeker stage coach in Garfield or Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Men wear suspenders or jackets and hats and sit inside or on top of the stage coach. Identified men include: Leo Welch, Floyd Austin, Roy Marker (the...
- Horse teams--Colorado--1900-1920.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--1900-1920.; Austin, Floyd.; Marker, Roy.; Welch, Leo.
- [between 1900 and 1915?]
- Cowboys in a corral
- Men and women pose on horseback or seated on a corral fence probably on a ranch in western Colorado. Cowboys on horseback pose with roped calves in the corral. A haystack is beside the fence. Men wear cowboy hats and suspenders; women wear dresses...
- Corrals--Colorado--1890-1910.; Cowboys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1910.; Roping--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Roof over Kibler Stove Foundry, Irondale, Colo.
- Men pose on scaffolding or stand on the floor of the Kibler Stove Factory in Irondale (Adams County), Colorado. Shows iron beams of the unfinished roof. Men wear hats and suspenders or vests. A dog is nearby. Partly constructed brick walls have...
- Irondale (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Building construction--Colorado--Irondale--1880-1890.; Construction workers--Colorado--Irondale--1880-1890.
- [1890?]
- Keota
- Men play baseball in an open field in Keota (Weld County), Colorado. Spectators and parked cars are nearby. Shows players with caps, suspenders, knickers and baseball gloves. A man runs near home plate.
- Keota (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Baseball--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.; Spectators--Colorado--Keota--1910-1920.
- 1913 August 8
- Corn field 4 1/2 miles west of La Junta
- Men pose beside tall corn plants and horses or mules hitched to a McCormick reaper harvesting machine in a corn field near La Junta (Otero County), Colorado. The workers wear overalls or suspenders, work gloves, button down shirts and hats. A man...
- Otero County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Agricultural laborers--Colorado--Otero County--1900-1910.; Corn--Colorado--Otero County--1900-1910.; Harvesting machinery--Colorado--Otero County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Two couples near a bridge
- Outdoor portrait of two couples on Alameda Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The women hold bouquets of flowers. One man wears suspenders and an armband. A dog and the Alameda Avenue bridge over the South Platte River are nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spouses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]
- Laying brick, Camp Hale
- Bricklayers work on a construction site at Camp Hale (Eagle County), Colorado. Men wear gloves, overalls or work clothes with suspenders, caps and stand beside a brick wall. A man holds a mallet. Shows a pile of bricks, scaffolding, frame windows...
- Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Brick layers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Building construction--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Military facilities--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.
- [1942?]
- Interior of mill
- Interior view of a processing facility probably in Colorado. A man poses next to machinery, possibly an engine or pump, levers and wheels. The man wears a hat and suspenders.
- Industrial facilities--Colorado--1890-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Young man seated in chair holding magazine
- Outdoor portrait of a man in a rocking chair near a house in Denver, Colorado. He holds a newspaper and wears suspenders.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Rocking chairs--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Portrait of men who celebrate
- Studio portrait of a group of men who raise glasses and bottles in a toast. The men are in various stages of dress. One man wears an overcoat with a fur collar and cuffs. A cigar dangles from his lips. Another man wears a pair of pants with...
- Men--1890-1900.; Smoking--1890-1900.; Toasting--1890-1900.
- 1890
- Man seated in a garden with a book
- Outdoor portrait of a man in a garden in Denver, Colorado. He holds a book and wears suspenders.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Portrait of a man
- Studio portrait of a young man with hair parted down the middle, in a houndstooth suit, a striped shirt, a watch fob fastened to a leather belt, suspenders and a scarf tie with an insect pattern. The man stands with his hands in his pockets in...
- Men--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- No. 5 Cripple Creek
- Members of the Colorado National Guard in uniform pose on railroad tracks in the Cripple Creek mining district in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners labor strike. Colonel Verdeckberg, Milt Unfinger [?], [General]...
- Colorado. National Guard--People--Colorado--1900-1910.; Western Federation of Miners--People--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Militia--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Blanket tossing a rookie
- Members of D Company, 1st Infantry of the Colorado National Guard, stand in a circle, hold a blanket and toss a soldier in the air in Teller County, Colorado, during the Western Federation of Miners strike. The men wear uniforms with suspenders....
- Colorado. National Guard.--Colorado--1900-1910.; Cripple Creek Strike, Cripple Creek, Colo., 1903-1904.; Teller County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hazing--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.; Military camps--Colorado--Teller County--1900-1910.;...
- [1903]
- Lake Royer and Buena Vista from Ragged Edge
- A view of Lake Royer and Buena Vista (Washington County), Maryland from Ragged Edge on the Western Maryland Railway. Shows an aerial view of the town with wood-frame houses, public and commercial buildings with cultivated fields. A man sits on a...
- Buena Vista (Md.)--1900-1910.; Royer, Lake (Md.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Maryland--Buena Vista--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--Maryland--Buena Vista--1900-1910.
- c1904
- Two men seated by dam
- Outdoor portrait of men in (probably) Colorado, seated on a concrete spillway; costume includes a sailor cap, cigar, suspenders, medal and ribbon with: "Union No. 50." Railroad tracks, people, and (possibly) a depot or resort are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Spillways--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Group photo
- Outdoor group portrait in Colorado. All of the women are seated, they wear dresses and their hair is tied back. The men stand behind the women; all wear dress shirts; some wear ties and/or suspenders.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.; Women--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Two men seated portrait
- Studio portrait of men in Colorado. One man wears a suit and tie. The other wears suspenders and a wide-brimmed hat.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Two women man standing beside tree
- A man and women, possibly Ola Garrison and her parents, pose near a tree in Colorado. The women wear dresses and the man wears a wide-brimmed hat and suspenders.
- Families--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Clothing store
- Interior view of clothing store in Denver, Colorado; shows men posing, glass display cases, suspenders, shoes, steamer trunks, suitcases, and boots.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Clothing stores--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Luggage--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1915?]
- Two boys barefoot near Alameda bridge
- Outdoor portrait of two boys near the Alameda Avenue bridge in Denver, Colorado. The boys wear no shoes, knickers, suspenders, and caps.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Clothing & dress--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1909]