Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Goes Ahead - Crow
- Native American (Crow) man, identified as Goes Ahead, tending a fire. He is sitting on the ground in front of a tepee and wears moccasins, leggings, a blanket around his shoulders, a multi-string necklace, braids, and face paint. Goes Ahead was a...
- Crow Indians--1870-1900.; Indians of North America--1870-1900.; Goes Ahead, Crow scout.
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado
- View down the ramp of the bridge that leads over the Colorado River to Grand Avenue and the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. One and two-story commercial storefronts are on both sides on Grand...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1930-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1930-1950.
- [between 1935 and 1950]
- East High spotlight: vol 30 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.)
- 1944 March 23
- Helen Goes Ahead - Crow
- A Native American (Crow) woman, identified as Helen Goes Ahead, poses among bushes. She wears a long print dress, a decorative belt, moccasins, and long braids.
- Crow Indians--Women--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Goes Ahead, Helen.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Goes Ahead - Custer Scout
- Portrait (standing) of Basuk Ose (Goes Ahead) a Native American (Crow) who scouted for Custer; he wears quillwork moccasins and leggings, a beaded armband, and shell necklaces. He holds a feathered shield, and wears a full length feather headdress...
- Crow Indians--1900-1920.; Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Clothing & dress--1900-1920.; Headdresses--1900-1920.; Goes Ahead, Crow scout.; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.
- [between 1908 and 1913]
- The Church Record: vol 1 no 1
- Newsletter produced by the Central Presbyterian Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in newsletter is a sermon by different religious leaders within the church, list of new members and events of different church societies.
- Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver--History.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver.; Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.); Presbyterian Church--Colorado--Denver.
- 1901 February 26
- 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
- East High spotlight: vol 30 no 9
- 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 March 2
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 3, 1911 January 14
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 26, 1912 June 29
- Booth, outdoor #2, Elitch Gardens
- View of a telephone booth at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado. The booth has a wood frame and glass door and panels. Signs on the booth read: "Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co., American Telephone and Telegraph Co., Bell System," and "Telephone...
- Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Elitch Gardens (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Telephone booths--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1934 July 17
- Portrait of a man and two women
- Studio portrait of two women and a man with their backs to the camera. The man, who sits between the two women, wears a straw hat and faces straight ahead. The faces of the two women are shown in profile. One woman wears a light colored print dress...
- Men--1890-1900.; Women--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Santa Fe, Corpus Christi Festival
- In this reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard, onlookers and parade participants kneel as the Eucharist passes ahead on San Francisco Street in Santa Fe (Santa Fe County), New Mexico, during the feast of Corpus Christi. Parade...
- Corpus Christi Festival--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.; Santa Fe (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1900-1910.; Spectators--New...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Medical Aid Station on Mount Belvedere, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division medical aid station on Mount Belvedere. Groups of litter bearers wait for calls to bring in the wounded near a tent set up as an aid station. In the distance troops move toward the front lines during the Italian Campaign.
- Medicine, Military--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.; Medical aspects of war--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- February 21, 1945
- Charles A. Lindbergh
- Three men and a young boy watch as Charles A. Lindbergh steps out of a building, Denver, Colorado. A member of the Denver Police Department walks down and ahead of the group.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Air pilots--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Tennis court
- View of a tennis court in Rocky Mountain Lake Park at West 46th (Forty-sixth) Avenue and Grove Street in Denver, Colorado. A playground and Rocky Mountain Lake are nearby. Signs near the tennis court read: "Courts Always Open Tennis Shoes Must...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rock Mountain Lake (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Rocky Mountain Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Tennis courts--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- AT&SF car
- Partial rear view of the Chief; engines 925 & 3730 ahead. Photographed: approaching Raton Tunnel (Colorado side), June 26, 1938.
- Railroads--Cars--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1938.; Railroad cars--Colorado.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.
- 1938
- Del Norte
- Men walk down an unpaved street in Del Norte, Colorado on either side of a burro laden with packs. Two burros walk ahead of the group. A wood-frame building with an uneven roofline is in the background.
- Del Norte (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Del Norte--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- UP car
- Caboose 3887 on train #277; 3833-3834, 4-6-6-4, just ahead of caboose. Photographed: near Spencer, Ida., June 23, 1949.
- Railroads--Cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1949.; Railroad cars--Idaho--Spencer.; Union Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1949
- RGS motor car
- Caboose 0400, on freight train; Denver and Rio Grande Western 464 & 462 ahead. Photographed: near Peak, Colo., June 27, 1945.
- Railroads--Cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1945.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1945
- RGS motor car
- Caboose 0400, on freight train; Rio Grande Southern 461 ahead. Photographed: at Lizard Head, Colo., October 1, 1951.
- Railroads--Cars--1950-1960.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1951.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad cars--Lizard Head Pass (Colo.); Rio Grande Southern Railroad.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge car
- Caboose 0402, on rear of southbound freight train; Denver and Rio Grande Western 453 ahead. Photographed: near Peak, Colo., June 29, 1940.
- Railroads--Cars--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Peak.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1940
- MT car
- Side door caboose 1 ahead of helper engine 60. Photographed: near Cascade, Colo., April 7, 1935.
- Railroads--Cars--1930-1940.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1935.; Railroad cars--Colorado--Cascade.; Midland Terminal Railway.
- 1935
- Cimarron at 360 switching yard
- View of a Denver and Rio Grande Western locomotive and an idler car at the switching yard in Cimarron, (Gunnison County), Colorado; shows men and cottonwood trees.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1940-1950.; Cimarron (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Cimarron--1940-1950.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Cimarron--1940-1950.; Railroad...
- 1949 July 7
- 75mm. pack howitzers in action along Lake Garda, Italy
- The Tenth Mountain Division drove German troops ahead of them along the east shore road of Lake Garda and harrassed German truck convoys that were moving north along the west shore road by firing at them with either tanks or 75 mm. pack howitzers.
- Garda, Lake (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- Long march through the Po Valley
- Tenth Mountain Division troops begin a long march through the Po Valley. Nearing the town of Manzolino, word is being passed calling for the bazooka teams to attack German tanks in the town. Resistance along the way was usually met by one company...
- Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 1945
- 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?]
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado & Southern
- View of train wreck near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a derailed Colorado and Southern railroad train on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River with a pile of rough timber nearby. People stand by the train to inspect...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado and Southern
- View of a railroad accident near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a derailed Colorado and Southern railroad train on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River with an overturned boxcar and passenger car.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado and Southern
- View of a train wreck near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a derailed Colorado and Southern railroad train on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River; a group of bystanders stands near the train surrounded by wreckage. The...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado and Southern
- Men stand and observe the damage of a Colorado and Southern Railway train wreck on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. The chassis is seen at the side of a ripped open passenger car with...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado and Southern
- View of train wreck near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows a derailed Colorado and Southern railroad train on a bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River with a pile of rough timber nearby. People stand by the train to inspect...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 01
- Foxton, train wreck, Colorado and Southern
- A group of bystanders stands near the wreckage of a Colorado and Southern Railway train near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. A tender, number "10," hangs off the bridge over the North Fork of the South Platte River.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Platform at Ferndale, Colorado, Colorado and Southern
- View of the Colorado and Southern railroad shelter and platform at Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. A man and women wait at the train stop near the railroad tracks. A rustic wood-frame house is seen in the distance surrounded by a rocky...
- Colorado and Southern Railway--1900-1910.; Ferndale (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Ferndale--1900-1910.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Ferndale--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Ferndale--1900-1910.
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Train wreck, Platte Canon, Colorado and Southern
- Scene of a Colorado and Southern Railway train wreck near Foxton (Jefferson County), Colorado. Passengers stand and walk along the tracks. Rock outcrops and brush cover a slope at the shore of the north fork of the South Platte River.
- Colorado and Southern Railway--Disasters--1900-1910.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; South Platte River, North Fork (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Passengers--Colorado--Jefferson County--1900-1910.; Railroad accidents--Colorado--Jefferson...
- 1901 Sept. 1
- Blackhawk - Iron City Stamp Mill
- Several unidentified men stand outside the Iron City Stamp Mill in Blackhawk, a mining town in Gilpin County, Colorado. The tracks of the Gilpin Tramway, which was used to haul ore from nearby mines to the depot in Blackhawk, cross the foreground....
- Mine railroads--Cars--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Ores--Transportation--Colorado--Blackhawk--1870-1910.; Blackhawk (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1910.; Carriages &...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 464, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on; leaving Durango, with three gondolas ahead of engine. Photographed: Durango, Colorado, August 7, 1950.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Durango (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Durango--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1950
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Left rear view of engine, from above; helper running light (no cars) ahead of 461; snow. Photographed: Ophir, Colorado, November 19, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ophir--1950-1960.; Ophir (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ophir--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- St. Peters Dome on the Short Line
- View of rock formation St. Peters Dome and Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway passenger train full steam ahead on "The Short Line"; possibly engine number three on standard gauge track.
- Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- First wagon train over Oregon Trail, 1830
- A fur trading expedition leaves the area near St. Louis, Missouri. Men on horseback ride beside horse-drawn and mule-drawn Conestoga wagons on the Oregon Trail. Shows horse-drawn surreys with canvas curtains, and scouts and mountain men in...
- Oregon National Historic Trail--1830-1840.; Covered wagons--Missouri--1830-1840.; Fur trade--Missouri--1830-1840.; Guides & scouts--Missouri--1830-1840.; Horseback riding--Missouri--1830-1840.; Trappers--Missouri--1830-1840.; Wagon...
- 1930
- U.S. Cavalry 9th and 10th reg. (Battle of San Juan)
- Members of the 9th and 10th regiments of the U.S. Cavalry ride horses into a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. One man rides slightly ahead of the group in the right foreground. The men have their swords drawn. One...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Cavalry--1900-1910.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- Fort Collins street oiling
- A dump truck dumps asphalt onto a finisher during the oiling of a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. A workman works on the loader, and three workmen stand around the truck and watch the process.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1950.
- [between 1933 and 1945]
- Quailty Cards N-7128
- Inset text reads: "So many thoughtful things you've done, So many tender words you've said To make me cherish days gone by And know there's happiness ahead; Without you, life would lose all charm, But with you, every joy is mine And words...
- Undated
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 30, 1911 July 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 3 Number 50, 1911 December 9
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 8, 1912 February 24
- The City of Denver: Volume 2 Number 16, 1914 May 23
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 25, 1909 August 7
- Municipal Facts: Volume 6 Numbers 3 and 4, 1923 March-April