Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bennett Ave.
- Street and terrace view of one and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; row of horse-drawn wagons are parked alongside sidewalk; scene includes fire hydrant, awnings, numerous signs attached to...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [beteen 1896 and 1900]
- Ouray-Silverton stage road
- View of Ouray to Silverton, Colorado stage road in the San Juans of the Rockies; "Toll Road" built by Otto Mears in 1883; possibly Promontory Point one-half mile south of Bear Creek Falls; Uncompahgre River, 800 feet below trail at this point,...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Uncompahgre River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- María Eulogia Valdéz
- Studio portrait María Eulogia Valdéz, wife of Desiderio "Dario" Gallegos, a mercantile store owner in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She wears a dress with pleats and a velvet collar. Her hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.
- Hispanic Americans--1860-1870.; Mexican Americans--1860-1870.; Spouses.; Women.; Gallegos, Desiderio--Family--Pictorial works.; Valdéz, María Eulogia--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican...
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Myers Avenue in winter, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- View of Myers Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one and two-story wooden frame flat-roof commercial buildings line both sides of snow covered street; horse-drawn wagon is in street and others are parked alongside boardwalk; "Topic" theater (313-315...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1895 or 1896]
- Bennett Avenue, 1939, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- One and two-story flat-roof brick commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; buildings are decorated with boxed cornices, brackets, pediments, and parapets; signs attached to buildings: "Porter's Cafe," "Official Tourist...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.
- 1939 May 30
- Bennett Avenue, 1930's, Cripple Creek, Colorado
- One and two-story flat-roof brick commerical buildings on Bennett Avenue in 1930's, Cripple Creek, Colorado; storefront windows have transoms, decorated cornices, brackets, pediments, and swags of garlands; automobiles are parked alongside...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1939]
- Placer gold fields, Russell, Colo.
- View of Russell, Costilla County, Colorado, includes dwellings, outbuildings, mining sheds, Sangre de Cristo Creek and Denver and Rio Grande railroad engine, freight cars and passenger coach. Identified locations are: "1. Spanish Basin Placers, 2....
- Russell (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Colo. Cripple Creek, street scene, Bennett Ave.
- View east of one and two-story wooden frame false front commercial buildings on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; flag pole is in center of street at furthest point from camera;, mule-drawn and horse-drawn freight wagons turn around in...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1895]
- Cripple Creek, 1948
- Street and terrace view of one and two-story brick flat roof commercial buildings along Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; 1940's automobiles are parked alongside curb; banner across street reads "Imperial Hotel Presenting, July & Aug., Old...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Business districts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1940-1950.
- 1948
- One of Colorado's irrigation canals
- Large irrigation canal somewhere in Colorado; three boys in a canoe floating in canal, three other boys standing alongside shore.
- Irrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--1890-1910.; Boys--Colorado--1890-1910.; Canoes--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Snowy Range from Crags, Moffat Road
- View towards Snowy Range from Crags area near Tunnel nine reached via Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake), Moffat Road, Colorado; hiking trail cut alongside rocky ridge; distant view of Rocky Mountains.
- Mountains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1915]
- Tunnel 6 and Plaines [sic], Moffat Road
- View towards Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake) Tunnel Six along the Moffat Road, Colorado; distant view of the Plains; man, stack of posts and small machine (wire spool or hoist mechanism) alongside standard...
- Plains--Colorado--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- [between 1904 and 1915]
- Citadel Walls formation in the red sandstone of Ruby Canon on the D&RGW east of Shale, Colorado
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks curve around the red sandstone Citadel Walls formation of Ruby Canyon, east of Shale, Mesa County, Colorado. Telephone lines are alongside of tracks.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1920-1930.; Mesa County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Ruby Canyon (Colo. and Utah)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Mesa County--1920-1930.; Rock formations--Colorado--Mesa County--1920-1930.
- 1925
- Central City transportation
- Two stagecoaches are in the foreground. One is being drawn by four horses and is pulling out of a wood barn with a chimney and a gabled roof. The driver sits on top of the cab. The second stagecoach is parked alongside the front of the barn, with...
- Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stagecoaches--Colorado--Central City--1870-1880.
- 1875
- 3 men & auto in snow (Gr. Canyon?)
- Three men dressed in winter clothing stand in the knee-deep snow alongside a car possibly in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.
- Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Glenwood Canyon--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Grand Mesa Lakes
- Woman and child pose next to log cabin with car parked alongside; probably in Colorado.
- Children & adults--Colorado--1920-1930.; Log cabins--Colorado--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Wanita, Hot Springs
- Woman and child pose on porch of small frame house; car, with license plate B-260, is parked alongside.
- Automobiles--Colorado--1920-1930.; Children & adults--Colorado--1920-1930.; Houses--Colorado--1920-1930.
- August 1929
- Central City, Colorado residences
- A two story brick, box-shaped house is above a retaining wall in Central City, Colorado. It has a hipped roof, shingles, two chimneys, and rectangular windows, some much narrower in width than others. The covered porch has simple columns, a balcony...
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dwellings--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960]
- Eureka Street, Central City
- View down Eureka Street in Central City toward the east. The Teller House, which has a wooden bench in front of it, is in the foreground, and the First National Bank block is next to it. Wooden planks form a sidewalk alongside the street. ...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Eureka Creek, outside of Central City, Colorado
- View of a wooden sidewalk and railing that span Eureka Gulch and Creek outside of Central City, Colorado. The railing and sidewalk are alongside a dirt road. Two wood-frame houses sit on the hill on the other side of the gulch, where much of the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Eureka Gulch (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Wooden sidewalks--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- 1926
- Eureka Street, Central City, Colorado
- Winter view looking down Eureka Street in Central City, Colorado. Wooden-plank sidewalks and telephone poles and lines are alongside the dirt road. Identifiable landmarks include: The First National Bank block, the Post Office buildings, the...
- Central City (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Business districts--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Central City--1920-1930.
- 1928
- Mt. Evans
- View of Mt. Evans, Clear Creek County, Colorado, from Mt. Evans Road; shows automobile (1924 license plate) and standing man standing alongside dirt road.
- Evans, Mount (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- 1924
- Christmas decorations Civic Center Denver
- Christmas decorations on Voorhies Memorial, Denver Civic Center, Colorado, include Santa Claus and reindeer on top of arch, wreaths and garland on colonnade, and bell in center of arch; Christmas trees are alongside walkways.
- Civic Center (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Christmas decorations--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1923]
- Will "Billy" Parker
- Portrait of Will "Billy" Parker, pilot, at the wheel of a 50 horse power 2 cycle Roberts engine airplane; he wears goggles and a helmet lettered: "13." P. B. Belt stands alongside.
- Air pilots--American--1910-1920.; Airplanes--1910-1920.; Inventors--1910-1920.; Belt, P. B.; Parker, Will.
- [between 1912 and 1920?]
- Bur-rodeo, first annual event in Leadville
- First place finisher Steve Mathews of Denver runs alongside his burro on a gravel road in the first annual "Bur-rodeo" race, a feature of the "Boom Days" festivies in Leadville, Colorado. He wears a tee-shirt, baseball cap and running shoes. The...
- Leadville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Donkeys--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.; Running races--Colorado--Leadville--1960-1970.; Mathews, S. (Steve)
- 1969
- Sunflower carnival parade
- A woman with a feather covered umbrella rides in a foliage covered, horse drawn buggy at the Sunflower (Flower) Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, Colorado. A man in a riding suit and boots, with a top hat and riding stick, rides on a horse...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Floats (Parades)--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1898
- Pikes Peak Cog Road
- Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Road rack and pinion railroad locomotive 2 (type 0-4-2ST; 1890 Baldwin construction number 10919) pauses in Englemann Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado; the engineer leans out the window; coachmen and a passenger stand...
- Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company--1890-1910.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Englemann Canyon (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Mountain railroads--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.; Railroad employees--Colorado--El Paso County--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Firemen, Georgetown, Colorado
- View looking east on Sixth (6th, Alpine) Street in Georgetown, Colorado. In the street six firemen in pull a hose cart; two unwind the hose behind and another runs alongside. The brick Cushman Block is on the left, or north, side of the street;...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1910.; Fire fighters--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Georgetown - 1944 Railroad right of way along foot of mountain
- View of a railroad right-of-way along the foot of Griffith Mountain, in Georgetown, Colorado. Railroad tracks are in the foreground in deep shadow; behind, in the sunshine, a creek runs at the foot of the mountain with telephone or telegraph poles...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Decoration Day, Alma, showing upper part of Main St. and Mt. Bross in distance, May 30th 1885
- View northwest along upper Main Street in Alma, (10,353 feet) in Park County, Colorado. Uniformed men with American flags march in the Decoration parade. Log cabins, front gable and wood frame residences, and false front commercial buildings line...
- Alma (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bross, Mount (Colo.); Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Alma--1880-1890.
- 1885 May 30
- First evacuee arrivals at Granada
- Japanese evacuees stand or sit with their suitcases and belongings in front of a Santa Fe and Topeka passenger train car. The men and women wait for the bus ride to Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, southeastern Colorado.
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Political prisoners--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.
- 1942 August 30
- Hancock Station
- View of the Hancock railroad station, Hancock, Chaffee County, Colorado. Men stand near a Denver, South Park, & Pacific Railroad locomotive, boxcars and flat cars. Several log and frame cabins and buildings are alongside the tracks.
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Hancock (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cabins--Colorado--Hancock--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Hancock--1880-1890.; Railroads--Colorado--Hancock--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1889]
- Loop Siding, Moffat Road
- Loop siding with parked freight cars on Moffat Road; includes cut timber and partially denuded slope alongside standard gauge railroad track and view of snow-capped peaks in background; south side of loop flanked with construction materials for...
- Snowsheds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad sidings--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1910.; Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway.
- 1904
- Colo. Yule Marble Co. quarries, Marble, Colo.
- Exterior view of mine buildings, adits, and quarries of Colorado Yule Marble Company, Marble, Colorado; large crane anchored by cables to quarry wall, mine tram tracks, wooden barrels atop roof, tram pulley system, wooden steps or ladder alongside...
- Marble (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Marble quarrying--Colorado--Marble--1910-1920.; Colorado Yule Marble Company.
- [1913?]
- Ouray-Silverton stage road
- View of stage road between Ouray & Silverton, Colorado in San Juans of the Rockies; "Toll Road" built by Otto Mears in 1883, later became "Million Dollar Highway" - U.S. Highway 550; narrow, dirt road cut alongside mountain ridge, possibly near...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1900-1910.; Silverton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Roads--Colorado--Ouray--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910]
- CMStP&P train, engine number 138, engine type 4-6-4
- Passenger; river boat alongside. Photographed: leaving St. Paul, Minn., July 26, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Railroad locomotives--Minnesota--St. Paul.; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company.
- 1940
- Caribou, Colo.
- View northwest from Goat Hill over Caribou (9800 feet), Boulder County, Colorado, includes streets lined with log, board and batten, wood frame false fronts, gabled and lean-tos structures. Many have external timber braces propped against them for...
- Caribou (Colo.)--1940-1950.
- 1944 March 1
- D&RGW train (Narrow Gauge), engine number 495, engine type 2-8-2
- Freight, westbound, backing up switchback; 490 alongside. Photographed: at Garfield, Colo., June 28, 1940.
- Locomotives--1940-1950.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1940.; Narrow gauge railroads.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Garfield.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company.; Railroads, Narrow-gage.
- 1940
- GWR train, engine number 90, engine type 2-10-0
- National Railway Historical Society excursion; 6 cars, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 5632 alongside. Photographed: at Longmont, Colo., September 9, 1963.
- Locomotives--1960-1970.; Railroads--Trains--Pictorial works--1963.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Longmont.; Great Western Railway Company (Colo.)
- 1963
- Glenwood Springs
- Children play in the Natatorium at the hot springs spa in the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado in Garfield County. Spectators sit or stand on the deck of the pool and watch. The wood bathhouse, which has metal tunnels that lead to the steps...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Children playing in water--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Glenwood Springs, famous Pool
- Bathers swim in the Natatorium at the hot springs and spa in the town of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in Garfield County. A fountain in the middle of the pool squirts water. Visitors walk alongside the deck of the pool. The Stone Bath House and...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fountains--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1930-1950.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1930-1950.; Swimmers--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950]
- Greeley
- Motorcars and trucks pass down busy, unpaved Seventh Street in Greeley, Colorado in Weld County. Cars are parked diagonally alongside the sidewalks. Buildings along the street include two-story commercial storefronts and the Camfield Hotel....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Hotels--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.; Streets--Colorado--Greeley--1910-1930.
- [between 1917 and 1925]
- Troop movement past smoking buildings
- Seven Tenth Mountain Division soldiers walk away from the camera down a road; on both sides buildings are obscured by smoke; two are on the left side and one on the right side of the road. Trees alongside the road have leaves.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Troop movements--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Powerhouse, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Denver
- Men stand near the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy power house near West 48th and Fox Streets in Denver, Colorado. The brick power house with a smokestack is flanked by a viaduct with utility pipes. Railroad tracks are seen alongside the power plant.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--Buildings--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Power plants--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Railroad facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- 1922
- Royal Gorge, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas
- View of the Royal Gorge on the Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado. Shows the Hanging Bridge and Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks. Three rails and a stone retaining wall are seen alongside the steep granitic walls of the canyon.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Royal Gorge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Fremont County--1890-1900.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Fremont...
- 1894
- Nearing the tollgate, Cheyenne Cañon
- View of Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado; shows stream, trees, canyon, and High Road (dirt road) to Cripple Creek Short Line tollgate (advertising sign alongside road).
- Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [ca.1900]
- Hanging Rock, Loveland-Estes Park Road, Cañon of the Big Thompson
- Hanging Rock in Big Thompson Canyon; shows road between Loveland and Estes Park, Colorado, and man standing alongside road overlooking the Big Thompson River.
- Big Thompson Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Big Thompson River (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rivers--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1902 and 1917]
- Rounding Inspiration Point, Clear Creek Cañon
- A Colorado and Southern Railway passenger train rounds Inspiration Point alongside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado; the narrow gauge line ran from Denver to Central City via the Georgetown Loop; a mileage post reads "23 miles to Denver."
- Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Canyons--Colorado--1900-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1900-1910.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [1905?]
- View from the trail to St. Peters Dome on the Cripple Creek Short Line
- Looking down on Cripple Creek Short Line standard gauge railroad track with two elevations; includes tunnel and trestle in background, residence and building alongside track in center, and view from trail to St. Peter's Dome extends from the...
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1900-1920.; Rock formations--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trestles--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tunnels--Colorado--1900-1920.; Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Gilson Gulch, Colorado
- Bird's eye view of Gilson Gulch, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows a mining community with wood frame residences and buildings alongside mine tailings, and a small stream in the gulch bottom.
- Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]