Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 41, 1910 October 8
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 8, 1910 February 19
- Ford-Warren Dedication Program
- Denver Public Library. Ford Warren Branch.
- 1975 July 6
- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- First Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment re-enforced, 1942, Paradise, Washington
- View of a group of skitroopers from 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) in the first winter camouflage uniforms or "whites" with rifles standing at ease in a snow covered field in the mountains. Taken, according to the photographer,...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [May] 1942
- Captain Paul Lafferty, Paradise, Washington
- Portrait of Paul Lafferty, Captain in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced). He is wearing a white anorak, sun glasses, goggles, a knapsack and has a rifle over his shoulder. In the background other skitroops dressed in the same...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Lafferty, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States....
- [1942]
- Above Cadaver Gap en route to Camp Two during the Mount Rainier expedition, Washington
- A soldier from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) looks at Cadaver Gap en route to Camp Two during the Mount Rainier Expedition. He is wearing a cap, goggles, gloves, and an anorak and is carrying a large backpack, and rope and...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May, 1942]
- Charles C. Bradley
- Portrait of the photographer, taken with his camera, while in the 10th Mountain Division, Mountain Training Group. He is wearing a cap and a white anorak and has a small mustache.
- Photographers--1940-1950.; Soldiers--1940-1950.; Bradley, Charles C., 1911-; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943 or 1944
- Captain Albert Jackman at Cadaver Gap, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Captain Albert Jackman of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) and commander of the Mount Rainier Test Expedition, at Cadaver Gap, Mount Rainier, Washington.
- Cadaver Gap (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Jackman, Albert H.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Spring 1942
- Captain Albert Jackman and Lieutenant Paul Townsend inside an Everest Tent, on Mount Rainier, Washington
- View of Captain Albert Jackman and Lieutenant Paul Townsend of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) inside a green Everest Tent during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Jackman is taking notes and Townsend is reading. Equipment...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Tents--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Jackman, Albert H.; Townsend, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [May 1942]
- Captain Paul Lafferty and ski instructors, Paradise, Washington
- Captain Paul Lafferty and five ski instructors, all from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), stand on skis at the top of a slope in the mountains near Paradise, Washington. All are wearing caps, anoraks, wool pants and shoe-packs.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Lafferty, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States....
- [1942]
- Clarence Campbell ski jumping Aspen, Colorado
- Clarence Campbell of the Tenth Mountain Division ski jumps from a slope facing Aspen, Colorado. He is wearing his army issue ski uniform.
- Photographers--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.; Ski jumping--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Aspen--1940-1950.; Campbell, Clarence.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- 1943-1944
- 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment re-enforced, Company C preparing to support the Mount Rainier Test Expedition, Paradise, Washington
- Men from 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), Company C line up beside their skis as they prepare to support the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Behind them is Paradise Lodge, obscured by tremendous snow drifts.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- Spring 1942
- Skitroops from Company C line up for Mount Rainier Test Expedition support, Washington
- Skitroops from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), Company C form a line while holding a rope in a snow covered field on Mount Rainier. According to the photographer, the troops are preparing to support the equipment testing...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Ski troops--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Corporal Eldon Metzger attaching ski climbers, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Corporal Eldon Metzger of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), attaches ski climbers as part of the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Metzger is wearing dark-glasses, and zinc oxide on his lips, a dark shirt and pants, suspenders, a belt...
- Ski troops--Washington--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Metzger, Eldon.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Don Goodman and Charlie McLane leading a ski-mountaineer class near Paradise, Washington
- Don Goodman from Idaho, second from the left, and Charlie McLane on the right lead one of the first ski-mountaineer classes in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) near Paradise Lodge, Washington. Behind them approximately fifteen...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Fort Lewis--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- 1941 or 1942
- 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
- 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
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Kenny and paisan kids
- Kenny Molenaar wearing his Tenth Mountain Division uniform poses surrounded by a group of Italian children beside a large building.
- Children--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1945
- Lieutenant John Jay with motion picture camera, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Portrait of Lieutenant John Jay of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) holding a small motion picture camera. Jay is wearing a head-band that covers his ears, dark goggles, a gold watch with a leather band, and a khaki anorak. Taken...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Jay, John.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Lieutenant Paul Townsend skiing, Paradise, Washington
- Lieutenant Paul Townsend of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced), skis barechested near Paradise, Washington.
- Paradise (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Townsend, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division,...
- [1942]
- Mount Rainier from North Fort Lewis, Washington
- View of snow-capped Mount Rainer taken from North Fort Lewis, Washington. White army barracks and parked cars line a flat open field bordered by pine trees in the distance. One person is visible walking toward the nearest building. The 87th...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- Spring 1942
- My class, Paradise, Washington
- Seven men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) stand in a row on skis in the middle of an open snow field. The men were in a class taught by the photographer. Other skitroops are visible behind.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- My class, Paradise, Washington
- Five men from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) ski through deep snow on a slight slope near Paradise, Washington. All are wearing caps, anoraks, wool pants, and shoe-packs. All were in the photographer's skiing class.
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Skiing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- [1942]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Private Paul Estes attaching crampons, Camp Two, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Private Paul Estes of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced) attaches crampons to his boots at Camp Two during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Estes is wearing a cap, goggles, khaki anorak, pants, and boots. The crampons are metal...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Estes, Paul.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- Leaving Camp Muir at the end of the Mount Rainier expedition, Washington
- Thirteen men, expedition team members, and porters from the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) prepare to leave Camp Muir, also known as Camp One during the Mount Rainier expedition lead by Captain Albert Jackman to test field equipment...
- Camp Muir (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Jackman, Albert H.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 20, 1942]
- Miniature cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) miniature cradleboard with a doll inside of it made by Chipeta. The cradleboard is decorated with multi-colored beads and thread, and buckskin fringe on the bottom. The doll has black cotton thread hair and painted...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Dolls--1880-1890.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- 1880
- Troops viewing the Statue of Liberty
- Troops look toward the Statue of Liberty on the right and a ship on the left as they enter New York harbour on-board the U.S.S. Marine Fox, which was enroute to the United States after the end of the Italian Campaign. According to the photographer,...
- Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1940-1950.; Transports--1940-1950.; Troop movements--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- August 1945
- Cup & pin game
- Shows a cup and pin game of the Native American Sioux . The game has a metal pin, small bone cups, rawhide, a loop and pink, red, white and blue beadwork.
- Dakota Indians--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1860-1880.; Games--1860-1880.
- [between 1860 and 1880]
- The birth of "Sven", 1942
- A 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re-enforced) soldier wearing snowshoes attempts to climb a steep snowbank behind another soldier who offers his hand to help. Two men walking on snowshoes are partially visible in the background. The soldier in...
- Ski troops--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Snowshoeing--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Paradise--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain...
- 1942
- Sergeant Ralph Wiese, Camp Two, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Sergeant Ralph Wiese of the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (re- enforced), at Camp Two during the Mount Rainier Test Expedition. Wiese is wearing a cap, dark glasses with leather blinders attached, goggles around his neck, a brown shirt, a gray...
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier--1940-1950.; Weise, Ralph.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 87th.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- [May 1942]
- The charge
- Battle scene includes mounted soldiers, horses, flags, sky, ground and grass.
- Battles.; Military personnel.
- 1887
- Bag
- Shows a Native American (Ute) leather bag that belonged to Chipeta, wife of Chief Ouray. The bag is decorated with blue, lavender, red, yellow, white, silver, pink, green and brown beadwork. The beadwork designs are of arrow, people, triangles,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1903 and 1923]
- Jar
- A Native American jar found in Montezuma, Colorado. The jar was used to carry water, and feature a flared rim and a handle strap. The designs on the jar are hatching, turkey foot tracks and a key.
- Indian pottery--North America--1000-1300.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1000-1300.; Jars--1000-1300.
- [between 1000 and 1300]
- Women's dress
- A women's afternoon dress ensemble with cape. The bodice is semi-tailored with Empire? style waist, sleeveless, patterned white silk faille, a high rounded neckline, a spread collar, shoulder pads, blue piping at the armhole and waistline; down the...
- Dresses--1930-1950.
- [between 1938 and 1945]
- Despondency
- Vase made by Artus Van Briggle. The vase is an inverted baluster shape with a curved shoulder, tapered circular base, a lip and a figure draped over the top lip. The glaze is matte green and the base has an etched carved signature.
- Vases--1900-1910.; Van Briggle Pottery Company.--Products.
- 1901
- Crazy quilt
- Shows a quilt made from pieced silk patches and embroidered designs. The quilt has embroidered motifs of children, shoes, vase and scissors. The back is three green pieces machine sewn.
- Quilts--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Moccasins
- Shows a pair of buckskin moccasins (Native American Crow). They have decorative multicolor beadwork, rawhide soles, leather tie thongs and brown cotton trim. Notes from the Colorado Historical Society records: "Inscription: L. MccCowen".
- Crow Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Mocccasins--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Quilt; Log cabin
- Shows a quilt made of pieced wool, silk and cotton square blocks. The center of each block is black velvet. Seven diagonal green stripes cross the quilt; on the edge is black binding and the thread is tied, tufted and pink.
- Quilts--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Women's wedding dress
- Shows the top portion of a wool day dress worn as a wedding dress. The bodice is tailored light blue wool and flannel with a mock bolero jacket. The collar is rectangular with applique bands of ivory and cotton lace, ivory silk. On the front edge...
- Dresses--1900-1910.; Wedding costume--1900-1910.
- 1901