Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Gold mining, Colorado, Buena Vista
- Close up view of a mine shaft near Buena Vista (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a winch or windlass, a wheelbarrow, pickaxes and a shovel near a mine shaft in the ground. Buckets and ropes are beside trees.
- Buena Vista (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Buena Vista--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- A miner's cabin in winter, Crested Butte, Colo.
- View of a log miner's cabin with metal chimneys near Crested Butte (Gunnison County), Colorado. Snow drifts are on the sides of the structure and on a portion on the roof. Shows a tunnel in the snow, probably to a cabin entrance. Snow is in a...
- Crested Butte (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Crested Butte--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- The upper town, Creede mining camp, Colo.
- View of frame buildings, cabins and a tent on a timber foundation in North (upper) Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. People stand beside Denver & Rio Grande Railroad tracks on a street with commercial buildings. Shows a bridge over possibly Willow...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1892?]
- Pack train on Aspen Mountain, Colorado
- Burros carry crates and supplies and stand on Aspen Mountain (Pitkin County), Colorado. A man on a horse poses beside burros on the trail. A wooden crate reads "Dwight's Soda."
- Aspen Mountain (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Dump of the Gold King Mine, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Men stand or sit and pose beside the Gold King Mine in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Men have moustaches and beards and wear hats, vests and jackets. A man with a pipe reclines in a wheelbarrow. A man holds a wheelbarrow and poses beside...
- Teller County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Teller County--1890-1900.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Leadville, Silver Bullion, Colorado, U.S.
- Men wear hats and suspenders and pose beside stacks of bullion on ore carts beside a frame and brick building of probably the American Smelter in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Laborers--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Silver--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Pandora Mill, zigzag trail, Colorado
- View of an ore car grade and a mountain valley at Pandora (San Miguel County), Colorado. Shows wooden frame buildings of the Pandora Mill at the Smuggler-Union Mine, tracks of the Sheridan Incline, a bridge over a creek, tailings piles and...
- Smuggler Union Mine (San Miguel County, Colo.)--Buildings--1880-1900.; Pandora (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1900.; Ore industry--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Pandora--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Summit Pikes Peak, Col.
- Women wear dresses, hats and shawls and walk beside Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway tracks at the summit of Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado. People stand on an observation platform above the stone U.S. Signal Station. American flags are on...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1900-1910.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1900-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1900-1910.;...
- 1901
- Pack train, Ouray, Colo.
- View of a pack train of burros loaded with wooden crates, metal pipes and supplies on Main (Third, 3rd) Street in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows businesses and a flagpole. A sign on a frame building reads "Groceries and Miners Supplies." The...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Ouray--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- The South Dome
- View of Half Dome (South Dome) rock formation and the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California.
- Half Dome (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Merced River (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Rivers--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; Rock...
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Yosemite, El Capitan
- View of the steep granite wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. Shows rock formations above the Merced River valley and trees on the shores of the river.
- El Capitan (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Merced River (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Canyons--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.;...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Panoramic view of brick and frame commercial buildings and houses in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. Shows mine buildings, tailings piles and utility poles. Mount Pisgah is in the distance.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Natural arch, on the divide
- View of a rock formation identified as Phoebe's Arch near Palmer Lake (El Paso County), Colorado. A horse is by the opening.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Arch Rock from below, Mackinac Island, Mich.
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows the Arch Rock formation on the east side of Mackinac Island (Mackinac County), Michigan.
- Arch Rock (Mich.)--1900-1910.; Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Michigan--Mackinac Island (Island)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Indian boy with bow
- A small Native American boy (tribe unknown) holds a bow and looks at an arrow he has just shot into the dirt. A woman with unbound hair dressed in a skirt and shawl stands in a doorway and smiles at him; another woman carries a baby on her back in...
- Indians of North America--Children--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Women--1900-1910.; Bows (Archery)--1900-1910.; Boys--1900-1910.; Pueblos--1900-1910.; Women--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Seven Falls, Cheyenne Canon
- Two men and a woman stand on a viewing platform at Seven Falls on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon (El Paso County), Colorado. A wooden staircase with landings runs up the hillside parallel to the falls.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Seven Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Stairways--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--El Paso...
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- Canon of the Yellowstone from Falls
- The Yellowstone River runs through columnar basalt (volcanic) formations in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Yellowstone River--1870-1880.; Canyons--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Rivers--Wyoming--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.
- [between 1871 and 1878?]
- Yosemite Valley, Mirror Lake
- View of Mirror Lake with a reflection of Mt. Watkins, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Mirror Lake (Mariposa County, Calif.)--1870-1900.; Watkins, Mount (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Lakes & ponds--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite...
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Tower Falls
- View of Tower Fall, a waterfall on Tower Creek in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Fir trees are beside the stream and on top of basaltic spires and steep walls.
- Tower Creek (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Tower Fall (Wyo.)--1890-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Streams--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.; Waterfalls--Yellowstone National Park--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Cap of Liberty, Mammoth Hot Springs
- View of the Liberty Cap, a calcium carbonate formation and extinct hot springs cone at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Shows trees and mountains near Mammoth Hot Springs.
- Liberty Cap (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.
- [between 1871 and 1900?]
- Needles Bridge
- View of an Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company bridge over the Colorado River in the Mohave Valley (Mohave County), Arizona and San Bernardino County, California. Shows stone support pylons and an iron bridge.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1890-1910.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1910.; Railroad bridges--1890-1910.; Rivers--1890-1910.; Trestles--1890-1910.
- [between 1893 and 1910?]
- Panorama of the Watson Wagon Road from Georgetown to Argentine 11 1/2 Miles
- Transparency of an etching showing a panoramic view of the wagon road between Georgetown and West Argentine, Colorado in Clear Creek County. Landmarks include: "Brown Mountain," "Sherman Mountain," "Republican Mountain," "Watson's Saw Mill," "South...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Panorama of the Watson Wagon Road from Georgetown to Argentine 11 1/2 Miles
- Transparency of an etching showing a panoramic view of the wagon road between Georgetown and West Argentine, Colorado in Clear Creek County. Landmarks include: "Part of McClellan Mountain," "Graham & Irwin Peaks," "Kelso Mountain," "Hannan...
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Roads--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Pikes Peak summit, Col.
- View of the summit of Pikes Peak, the stone Army Signal Station, and smoke above a Manitou and Pikes Peak cog Railway locomotive and passenger car in El Paso County, Colorado. Wooden barrels are beside the engine and stones are scattered on the...
- United States. Army. Signal Corps.--Buildings--1890-1900.; Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1900.; Signal...
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Train in snow shed on Marshall Pass, Col.
- Men pose in an interior view of a timber supported snow shed on Marshall Pass in Saguache County, Colorado. Men wear suits and hats and stand beside Denver & Rio Grande tracks and an engine. Engine number "421" reads "Baldwin Locomotive Works,...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Saguache County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.; Passengers--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Saguache County--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Woman seated on roots of tree by the river
- Outdoor portrait of a woman by a tree near the edge of the South Platte River in Denver, Colorado. She wears a sun hat.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1910-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Trees--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Glenwood Springs Colorado Hotel
- President Theodore Roosevelt stands on the balcony of the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs (Garfield County), Colorado. Spectators stand below.
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1900-1910.; Presidents--United States--1900-1910.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)
- [1906]
- Gore's Canyon, Grand River
- View of the Colorado River in Gore Canyon, Grand County, Colorado. Shows trees and rock cliffs.
- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1900.; Gore Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Grand County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Grand County--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Grand County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Lake San Cristobal, Lake Fork
- View of Lake San Cristobal (San Cristopal, San Cristovaal Lake), Hinsdale County, Colorado; reservoir formed from Lake Fork Gunnison River.
- Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Cristobal, Lake (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Argenta Falls, Lake Fork
- View of Argenta Falls on the Lake Fork (of the Gunnison River) in Hinsdale County, Colorado; men stand on a bridge.
- Argenta Falls (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hinsdale County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Lake Fork (Hinsdale County and Gunnison County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Hinsdale County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Cows
- Cows stand in a pasture. Shows farm sheds and wooden railroad trestle.
- Cattle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Cows
- Cows stand in a pasture. Shows trees and broken fence post and rails.
- Cattle--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Cows
- Cows stand in a dirt corral near a rocky hillside. Shows palm trees, a wooden fence and an adobe wall.
- Cattle--1900-1910.; Palms--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A roadway
- Men and women walk down a tree-lined dirt road.
- Dirt roads--1900-1910.; Trees--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A landscape
- View of a lake, willow and other deciduous trees and a grassy field.
- Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A landscape
- A bicycle lies on a dirt road beneath shade trees. Shows a lake and wood fence.
- Bicycles & tricycles--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A landscape
- View of a wooded spit and large lake from a grassy headland.
- Spits (Geomorphology)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.; Trees--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- The White House
- View of the south portico of the White House in Washington D.C.
- White House (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1910.; Presidents--Dwellings--United States--1900-1910.; Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.; Dwellings--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.
- 1903
- A lake
- Rocks and trees line a lakeshore.
- Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.; Waterfronts--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A landscape
- A path and a tree-lined dirt road run beside a lake.
- Dirt roads--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Cloudcroft Lodge
- Drawing of the first Lodge at Cloudcroft (Otero County), New Mexico, in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard. Shows a Shingle Style two-story building with rusticated trim and verandas. Sign above the front entrance reads:...
- Cloudcroft Lodge (Cloudcroft, N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cloudcroft (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Drawings--1900-1910.; Hotels--New Mexico--Cloudcroft--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Mexican wild turkey
- View of a wild turkey.
- Drawings--1910-1920.; Turkeys--1910-1920.
- 1912
- Yosemite-South Dome and Tenaya Canon
- Panoramic view of Tenaya Canyon in Yosemite National Park, California. Shows the granodiorite rock formation Half Dome (South Dome), a lake probably near Tenaya Creek, trees on mountains and in the valley, and snow on peaks in the distance.
- Half Dome (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Tenaya Canyon (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Canyons--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Lakes & ponds--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Rock...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Valley
- View of the Yosemite Falls waterfall and steep, Sentinel granodiorite walls in the Merced River valley at Yosemite National Park, California. Shows a two-tiered waterfall and trees near the valley floor.
- Yosemite Falls (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Cliffs--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1910.; Valleys--California--Yosemite...
- [between 1885 and 1902?]
- Mammoth Hot Springs
- View of terraces of accreted calcareous silica at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Shows mineral deposit formations and dead trees in the hot springs. Mountains and trees are in the distance.
- Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.)--1870-1900.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.; Springs--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1900.
- [between 1871 and 1900?]
- Liberty Cap and Nevada Fall
- View of the Nevada Fall waterfall on the Merced River near Grizzly Point, Yosemite National Park, California. Shows the steep walls of the granodiorite Liberty Cap beside the waterfall. A frame two story house or hotel has gingerbread trim, and a...
- Liberty Cap (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Merced River (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Nevada Fall (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1880-1900.; Buildings--California--Yosemite National Park--1880-1900.; Pedestrian bridges--California--Yosemite...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Approaching Hell Gate, Col. Midland R.R.
- Men pose on a Colorado Midland Railway train or on the roof of a freight car near Hell Gap (Hell Gate), Pitkin County, Colorado. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight car is on the train. Shows snow in a valley, a railroad grade in...
- Colorado Midland Railway Company--1880-1890.; Pitkin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Pitkin County--1880-1890.
- [1888?]
- Pikes Peak
- Panoramic view of mountains, foothills, and the distant city of Colorado Springs from Pikes Peak (El Paso County), Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mountains--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- International Trust 17th & Calif.
- View of the International Trust Company building on the corner of 17th (Seventeenth) and California Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk near parked automobiles.
- International Trust Company (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1956 March 17]
- [First] 1st Nat'l Bank 17th & Stout
- View of the First National Bank Building at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Pedestrians walk near a clock on the side of the building.
- First National Bank of Denver--1950-1960.--Buildings--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Banks--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [1956 March 17]