Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Lamartine - 1947
- View of Lamartine, Clear Creek County, Colorado; features a large weathered wood building almost completely fallen down; some walls and a staircase still standing.
- Lamartine (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Lamartine--1940-1950.
- 1947
- Golf course, Lakewood Country Club
- View of Lakewood Golf Course and Country Club, Lakewood, Colorado; shows ranches, trees and foothills. Men sit under new trees; golfers are on the green.
- Lakewood Country Club (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Lakewood (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Country clubs--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.; Golf--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.; Golfers--Colorado--Lakewood--1910-1920.
- [1918]
- Students, Georgetown, Colorado
- A group of students pose for a group photograph in Georgetown, Colorado. The students are in three lines in front of a brick wall (probably the two-story brick school built 1874.) Two children's faces are dimly seen in one of the windows. The boys...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; School children--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.; Students--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Officer's Bar & Gray Back iron mines Placer, Colo
- View of Grayback Mining District, in Costilla County, Colorado; shows iron mines and lode veins (1), and Grayback Gulch placers (2). Hydraulic gold mine erosion is in the foreground.
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Erosion--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Tucker-Rutherford House, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Tucker-Rutherford House in Georgetown, Colorado. The house was built by James F. and Albert C. Tucker, who came to the area before 1870. In 1977 the structure was donated to Georgetown Society, Inc. The one-story wood building has a...
- Tucker, Albert C.--Homes & haunts.; Tucker, James F.--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Idaho Springs
- View looking west, of Idaho Springs, Colorado shows the central business district and its many flat topped and false fronted commercial buildings along Miner Street. Methodist and Presbyterian churches, Clear Creek and Colorado Central Railroad...
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1884]
- Breckenridge, Colorado, hotels and motels
- A shed on the property of the Brown Hotel in Breckenridge, Colorado, has lathe and plaster finish cracking around the sash window frame. A plank sign reads "Brown Hotel excellent meals room" and an arrow. Evergreens on the right almost completely...
- Brown Hotel (Breckenridge, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Sheds--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1970.
- [1965?]
- Ashcroft, Colorado
- View of main street Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado, includes log structures, false fronts and front gables in various states of desintegration. The edge of the two-story old hotel has a cornice detail, horizontal...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1950-1960.; Streets--Colorado--Ashcroft--1950-1960.
- October 1953
- Sunnyside mill at Eureka
- The Sunnyside mill in Eureka (San Juan County) Colorado, is almost completely dismantled. All but the framework has been removed from the hillside section of the mill, and the other mill buildings at the bottom of the hill are in poor condition.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1950
- Denver, snowstorm
- A woman walks along a shoveled sidewalk near a large snow pile in Denver, Colorado. The snow pile almost hides a line of people in front of the Majestic Hotel.
- Majestic Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Blizzards--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Snow--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1913
- Soldiers with two tanks
- Photograph of the back of two tanks on a rocky Italian dirt road. One tank has slipped off. Two soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division appear to be having a discussion near the tank that has slid, another soldier is walking toward them. A soldier...
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1945.; Tanks (Military science)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Water supply, dams and reservoirs, Eagle Nest (New Mexico)
- sizeable community.; The Eagle Nest Dam in New Mexico is built around a large rock formation creating a semi-circular structure with a narrow road on its top. Mountains provide the backdrop behind the dam. The Eagle Nest Lake is in the left...
- Eagle Nest Lake (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Moreno Valley (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Dams--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Rock formations--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1931?]
- Central City, Colo. 1900
- has arrived. The Armory Hall (formerly the Belvidere Theatre) stands in the center foreground on Main Street adjacent to "The Shoo Fly," a variety and dance hall. Farther up Main Street in the left midground is the Retallack House, built in 1897...
- Central City (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1899 and 1900?]
- USO show musical number
- a GI uniform playing a slide trombone while kneeling turned toward the woman lunging so that the slide almost touches her knee.; Seven members of a United Service Organizations, USO troop, perform a musical number on stage. Shows left to right: a...
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Eldora, Colo. 1899
- A fence stands in the foreground in front of large mounds of snow near a log cabin in Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, after the "Great Snowstorm" of 1899. The cabin is almost buried in snow except for the door, which has been cleared....
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Eldora, Colo. Snowstorm 1899
- A fence stands in the foreground in front of large mounds of snow near a log cabin in Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado, after the "Great Snowstorm" of 1899. The cabin is almost buried in snow.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eldora (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Blizzards--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Eldora--1890-1900.
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Almost head on view; Engineer J. Alvin Talbert oiling. Photographed: Placerville, Colorado, September 25, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Placerville--1950-1960.; Placerville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Almost head on view, on stub of wye. Photographed: Placerville, Colorado, September 25, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Placerville--1950-1960.; Placerville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on; smoke. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, at south switch to Ouray main line. Photographed: Ridgway, Colorado, November 20, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Ridgway (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Ridgway--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on; switching. Photographed: Rico, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rico (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on; with 2-car freight train at station. Photographed: Rico, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rico (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on; distant. Photographed: between Rico and Montelores, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Montelores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rico (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on; 6-car freight train; smoke. Photographed: between Dolores and Stoner, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Dolores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Stoner (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on; 6-car freight train; smoke. Photographed: between Dolores and Rico, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Dolores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rico (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on; 6-car freight train arriving. Photographed: Rico, Colorado, May 23, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rico (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on; freight train at depot. Photographed: Dolores, Colorado, August 28, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Dolores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on; freight train at depot. Photographed: Dolores, Colorado, August 28, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Dolores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, southbound. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on, with caboose 0404; smoke, snow. Photographed: between King and Montelores, Colorado, November 16, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--King--1950-1960.; King (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Montelores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--King--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 20, engine type 4-6-0
- Almost head on, distant view; scenic, snow. Photographed: between Rico and Montelores, Colorado, November 16, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Montelores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rico (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 42, engine type 2-8-0
- Almost head on; distant view; doubleheaded with engine 464(?). photographed: Valley View, Colorado, October 13, 1945.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Valley View--1940-1950.; Valley View (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Valley View--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 42, engine type 2-8-0
- Almost head on, distant view; approaching crossing; smoke. Photographed: Porter, Colorado, September 11, 1952.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Porter--1950-1960.; Porter (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Porter--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1952
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 42, engine type 2-8-0
- Almost head on; distant view; doubleheaded with engine 464(?). photographed: Valley View, Colorado, October 13, 1945.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Valley View--1940-1950.; Valley View (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Valley View--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 452, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, on upper trestle. 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
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 452, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, leaving water tank. Photographed: Brown, Colorado, November 20, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Brown--1950-1960.; Brown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brown--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 42, engine type 2-8-0
- Almost head on with scrapping train; engine obstructed by tender and caboose. Photographed: between Dolores and Rico, Colorado, November 1952(?).
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Dolores (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Rico (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Dolores--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- [1952?]
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 74, engine type 2-8-0
- Almost head on, distant view; doubleheaded with engine 452 on stock train; engine 461 on stock pen siding. Photographed: Placerville, Colorado, September 25, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Placerville--1950-1960.; Placerville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 42, engine type 2-8-0
- Almost head on; distant view; doubleheaded with engine 464(?). photographed: Valley View, Colorado, October 13, 1945.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Valley View--1940-1950.; Valley View (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Valley View--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1945
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 455, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, distant view of train. Photographed: Placerville, Colorado, September 15, 1948.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Placerville--1940-1950.; Placerville (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Placerville--1940-1950.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1948
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, distant view; at tank with caboose 0400; horses in foreground. Photographed: Coke Ovens, Colorado, September 25, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Coke Ovens--1950-1960.; Coke Ovens (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coke Ovens--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on; with 16-car stock train on reverse curve. Photographed: between Brown and Placerville, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Brown--1950-1960.; Brown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Placerville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Brown--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on; moving past water tank; smoke; snow. Photographed: Rico, Colorado, November 17, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rico (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on; train on siding; scenic. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, distant view; emerging from snowshed; scenic. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, close view; bucking snow near crossing. Photographed: Matterhorn, Colorado, November 17, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Matterhorn--1950-1960.; Matterhorn (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Matterhorn--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, distant view; crew shoveling to clear crossing; smoke; snow; scenic. Photographed: Coke Ovens, Colorado, November 16, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Coke Ovens--1950-1960.; Coke Ovens (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coke Ovens--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, distant view; engine plowing past crossing; smoke; snow; scenic. Photographed: Coke Ovens, Colorado, November 16, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Coke Ovens--1950-1960.; Coke Ovens (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Coke Ovens--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on; smoke; scenic. Photographed: Lizard Head, Colorado, September 26, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Lizard Head (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Lizard Head--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951
- RGS narrow gauge locomotive, engine number 461, engine type 2-8-2
- Almost head on, close view; train passing water tank; smoke; snow. Photographed: Rico, Colorado, November 17, 1951.
- Railroads--Trains--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rico (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Rico--1950-1960.; Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
- 1951