Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Steele School students watching presidential inauguration
- Photograph of students at Steele Elementary School in Denver, Colorado sitting around a television set in a classroom watching the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Steele School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1953 January 20
- Steele School students watching presidential inauguration
- Photograph of students at Steele Elementary School in Denver, Colorado sitting around a television set in a gymnasium watching the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Steele School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1953 January 20
- Squaw race
- Two Native American women race their horses past a large crowd congregated behind a fence on the side of a dirt track. One woman is ahead of the other. Some of the men in the crowd stand on the fence rails. A square, viewing stand holds more people...
- Advertisements--Colorado--1920-1930.; Horse racing--Colorado--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Women--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1931?]
- West High School motion picture project
- Photograph students in a classroom taken as part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job". Featured in the picture is a female student sitting in a chair talking to a unidentified man behind and to the...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- Italian boys watching a GI getting a shave
- Once the Tenth Mountain Division had captured Pietra Colora, Italy, they used it as a rest area for troops in reserve; shows a 10th Mountain Division solder getting a shave as another soldier waits; five Italian boys stand just outside the door...
- Pietra Colora (Italy)--1940-1950.; Military life--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945
- Stedman School children watching addition building construction
- Photograph of two children watching an unidentified man working mixing cement for the addition to Stedman Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
- Stedman School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1949 September
- Gove Junior High students watching inauguration
- Photograph of students gathered around a television at Gove Junior High School, in Denver Colorado, watching the Presidential inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Gove Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1953 January 20
- People watching train in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County)
- Group of people watching the train pass by in Lincoln Hills Gilpin County.
- African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills. ; Lincoln Hills Company (Colo.) -- Archives.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)
- Fall 2000
- Beach Court Elementary School children watching construction
- Photograph of an unidentified girl and boy standing at a chain link fence watching the construction of an addition to Beach Court Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
- Beach Court School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1949
- Beach Court Elementary School children watching construction
- Photograph of an unidentified girl and boy standing at a chain link fence watching the construction of an addition to Beach Court Elementary School in Denver, Colorado.
- Construction.; Beach Court School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- circa 1949
- West High School students watching motion picture project
- Photograph taken as part of Denver's West High School's motion picture project entitled "How to Find a Job in Denver". Photograph is of several unidentified students leaning over, sitting on or around a table watching filming for the project. In...
- Motion Pictures.; West High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1939
- People's Fair, crowd seated watching musicans on stage
- People's Fair, man and woman watching events
- People's Fair, crowd watching mimes
- Denver Fire Dept. fire run or parade?
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd the sidewalks watching horses, buggies, and a man in a fireman's hat. A streetcar and Denver Union Station are in the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.). Fire Department.--1900-1910.
- [1902]
- Denver Fire Dept. fire run or parade?
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd the sidewalks watching a horse drawn buggy full of firemen. Office buildings flank the street.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902]
- Denver - Fire Dept. fire run or parade?
- View of 16th (Sixteenth) Street in Denver, Colorado, during filming of "Fireman's Race For Life," a Buckwalter movie; people crowd sidewalks watching firemen in a horse drawn buggy.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Motion picture industry--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1902]
- Scottish games, Highland Fling
- People crowd a pavilion in Denver, Colorado, watching a woman dancing in Scottish costume.
- Highland fling (Dance)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Folk dancing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Scottish games, Highland Fling
- People crowd a pavilion in Denver, Colorado, watching a woman dancing in Scottish costume.
- Highland fling (Dance)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Folk dancing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Scottish games, Highland Fling
- People crowd a pavilion in Denver, Colorado, watching a woman dancing in Scottish costume.
- Highland fling (Dance)--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Celebrations--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Folk dancing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- [between 1904 and 1910?]
- Stake drivers
- A group of men works to pound a large, log stake into the ground to support the large tent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men stand in a circle and take turns pounding a stake with sledgehammers. Two men stand slightly apart from the group...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Laborers--1900-1910.; Show tents--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He shakes hands with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Bandwagon, U.S. Artillery
- A group of men dressed in band uniforms sits on top of a bandwagon being pulled down a dirt road by teams of horses during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One of the band members holds a large, round drum over the side of the wagon. Two...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bands--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cowboys on horseback in parade
- A group of American cowboys rides horses down a dirt street during a parade for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The man in the left foreground leads the group and carries a large flag with a buffalo on it. He wears leather chaps and has a scarf tied...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cowboys--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Cloud-burst at Crippl-Creek [sic]
- View of flood water rushing down Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; group of men standing in front of Palace Drug Store (Bennett Avenue and South Second Street) watching wooden barrel sweep the road; two men, one with a shovel, holding the...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895 or 1896]
- Donkey Derby
- View of automobiles parked on hillside with a crowd watching the Donkey Derby held on outskirts of Cripple Creek, Colorado; people seated atop wooden post corral and on opposite side near covered podium; distant view beyond hillside of Cripple...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Festivals--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Memorial Day '1896, Cripple Creek, Colo.
- View of large crowd lining boardwalks on both sides of street watching Memorial Day parade, Cripple Creek, Colorado; several one-story wooden framed commercial buildings line the street; business signs include: "Burkhardt Bros. Meat Market,"...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Holidays--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- William F. Cody with horse
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding his horse's reins inside a dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. He talks with a man standing outside the arena with John Burke, press agent for the Wild West Show. Cody wears a dark hat...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Men with horse
- A group of men holds a horse on its side on the ground while one man works to either shoe or brand it in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A large crowd of spectators is gathered around the men watching them work. One person stands next to...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Horses--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Childrens public swimming pool, Lincoln Park, Denver
- View of boys swimming in Lincoln Park's public pool, Denver, Colorado; men, women and children standing behind wire fence watching swimmers, boys standing in doorway of bath house.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Children swimming--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Swimming pools--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1911 and 1915]
- Black-Canyon Gunnison River.
- View of men watching train in canyon in Colorado.
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1907 and 1915?]
- Ski training: lesson in ski techniques at Camp Hale, Colorado
- Still from the Warner Brothers film: "The Fighting Mountaineers." Fifteen Tenth Mountain Division skitroopers stand at the bottom of a small hill watching as a skier practices what appears to be the side step. According to the caption this is a...
- Ski troops--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Skiing--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; Soldiers--Colorado--Camp Hale--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Fighting Mountaineers (Motion picture)
- [1943-1944]
- Running marathon - early 20's
- Spectators watch from the street and the roof of the Rocky Mountain News Building as runners race, in the News-Times Modified Marathon, down Welton street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a Denver Tramway trolley car, trolley tracks, and...
- Denver Tramway Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Running races--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Street...
- May 31, 1924
- Lowry Field near Denver, Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" is the airplane
- People and cars crowd Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado, watching Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of Saint Louis in flight. A boy has a bicycle.
- Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air bases--Colorado--1920-1930.; Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
- [between 1927 and 1930?]
- Bear Creek Falls so. of Ouray, Colo.
- View of the Million Dollar Highway (State Highway 550) concrete bridge across Bear Creek Falls, Ouray County, Colorado; shows rock crags and a man watching the waterfall.
- Bear Creek Falls (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Bridges--Colorado--Ouray County--1920-1930.; Waterfalls--Colorado--Ouray County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Probably a circus parade on 16th Street
- Both sides of Sixteenth (16th) Street are packed with people watching a circus parade, Denver, Colorado. Modified horse drawn carriages serve as cages.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Circus parades--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Circuses & shows--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1899?]
- Ignacio taken to the northwest
- Native American Ute students from the Southern Ute Agency school, Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado, sit on a tractor and disc plow watching two men with a horse horse team crush dirt in preparation of planting.
- Boarding schools--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.; Ute Indians--Education--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.; Ignacio (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Plowing--Colorado--Ignacio--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Confederate reunion
- View of parade in Trinidad, Colorado. A two horse team, surrey, and passengers in gingham dresses and straw hats drive on the bricks of Commercial Street. Brick buildings in the background are draped in bunting, and painted letters under the...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.
- August, 1939
- Confederate reunion
- View of conventioneers in Trinidad, Colorado. A young boy in cowboy costume with a faux leopard skin pouch is encircled by men, women and boys watching a man hold a snake.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Snakes--Colorado--Trinidad--1930-1940.; Bennett, Harlo, Jr.; Smythe, Douglas, fl. 1939.; White, Anne, fl. 1939.
- August, 1939
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. the Georgetown Brass Band is just turning the corner to the left;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Parade, Georgetown, Colorado
- A view of a parade on Monday, July 5, 1897, in Georgetown, Colorado, looking north on Taos Street from Fifth Street. The parade is coming down the street towards the photographer. The mounted police, three men in suits wearing bowler hats and...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Mounted police--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Georgetown--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Sport at arena
- People crowd bleachers at the University of Denver Stadium watching a football game in Denver, Colorado.
- University of Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Football--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Universities &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Football at arena
- People crowd bleachers at the University of Denver Stadium watching a football game in Denver, Colorado.
- University of Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Football--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Universities &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Sport at arena
- People crowd bleachers at the University of Denver Stadium watching a football game in Denver, Colorado.
- University of Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Football--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Universities &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Sport at arena
- People crowd bleachers at the University of Denver Stadium watching a football game in Denver, Colorado.
- University of Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Football--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Universities &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Sport at arena
- People crowd bleachers at the University of Denver Stadium watching a football game in Denver, Colorado.
- University of Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Football--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Universities &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Sport at arena
- People crowd bleachers at the University of Denver Stadium watching a football game in Denver, Colorado.
- University of Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Football--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Universities &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Sport at arena
- People crowd bleachers at the University of Denver Stadium watching a football game in Denver, Colorado.
- University of Denver--1940-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Football players--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Football--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Stadiums--Colorado--Denver--1940-1950.; Universities &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Wild West Show butcher
- A butcher for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show butchers an animal on a wood block in a camp for the show. He wears a long apron with blood stains on it and holds a saw in his right hand. A young man stands in the right background watching the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Meat cutting--1900-1910.; Slaughtering--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Squaw Race Fair Grounds July 4th, Farmington
- Native American (Navajo) women pose outdoors near Farmington, New Mexico. The women wear long skirts and shirts. White men in hats look on.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.; Navajo Indians--Women--New Mexico--Farmington--1900-1910.; Farmington (N.M.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1908]