Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Bible amid the ruins of the church, Castel D'Aiano, Italy
- Shows a Bible amid the ruins of the church at Castel D'Aiano, Italy. In the background other shattered buildings are visible. The Tenth Mountain Division captured the town on March 5, 1945.
- Churches--Italy--1940-1950.; War damage--Italy--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Destruction & pillage--Italy.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Segundo, Co.
- Panoramic view of houses and an iron bridge over the Purgatoire River in Segundo (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows the two-story frame Jerome School building amid clustered frame buildings and probably a Colorado and Wyoming Railroad freight...
- Purgatoire River (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Segundo (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Bridges--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.; Rivers--Colorado--Segundo--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- The Town of Silver Cliff, Colorado
- Panoramic view of buildings in Silver Cliff (Custer County), Colorado. Signs on brick and frame commercial buildings read: "Security House" and "Stoves." Church steeples are amid frame houses. Shows snow in the Wet Mountain Valley and on streets...
- Silver Cliff (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Silver Cliff--1900-1910.
- 1900?
- Westcliffe Hotel
- People and a horse-drawn wagon stand near furniture, stacks of belongings, and mattresses in a dirt street in Westcliffe (Custer County), Colorado. Smoke rises from probably a hotel fire. Shows dressers, bed boards, mirrors, and chairs amid...
- Westcliffe (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Furniture--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Westcliffe--1890-1910.;...
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Leadville from Capitol Hill
- Panoramic view of log buildings in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A horse is beside a canvas covered building and a one-story log cabin. Shows tree stumps amid buildings and probably the Sawatch Mountains in the distance.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Log buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.
- [1880?]
- Ouray looking East on D.& R.G. Ry.
- Panoramic view of commercial buildings, houses, and snow on the San Juan Mountains in Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Shows the Beaumont Hotel and the Ouray County Courthouse with a dome and finial amid brick and frame downtown buildings. Signs...
- Ouray (Colo.)--1890-1910.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Ouray--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910?]
- View from University Place looking N.
- Panoramic view of buildings at the University of Colorado on University Hill in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. Shows the rusticated stone Hale scientific building, the central tower of Old Main, chimneys on Woodbury Hall, and the smokestack of...
- University of Colorado (Boulder campus)--1890-1910.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1910.
- [between 1896 and 1910?]
- Ruins of a building - children
- Boys pose amid fire damage in Denver, Colorado; boilers and smokestacks are in the background.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Fires--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Dawson Colo. townsite
- View of small buildings amid fields with baled hay at Dawson, Colorado (Routt County); bushes and trees line a water source, probably a creek (not visible) in foreground; hills in background.
- Dawson (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Croplands--Colorado--Dawson--1910-1920.
- [1915?]
- Boiler room, sugar beet factory
- Interior view of the Great Western Sugar plant in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, shows workers with scoop shovels amid piles of coal in the boiler room.
- Fort Collins (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Factories--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.; Interiors.; Sugar industry--Colorado--Fort Collins--1900-1910.; Great Western Sugar Company.
- [1900?]
- Snow slide ruins Ruby Camp
- View of Ruby and Ruby Chief Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado, includes a mule and a colt amid lumber and debris left by snowslide.
- Ruby (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Snow--Colorado--Ruby--1880-1890.
- 1881
- Puzzler
- Two large circular vats are amid a pile of debris and represent what may be the remains of the Puzzler mill, Puzzler, Boulder County, Colorado.
- Puzzler (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Puzzler--1930-1970.; Vats--Colorado--Puzzler--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Broadmoor
- View of the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, under construction, shows workmen taking a break by a shed amid piles of pipe, lumber, and block.
- Broadmoor (Hotel : Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Building construction--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910- 1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- Teller Camp
- A few walls remain amid the remnants of wooden buildings that have succumbed to weather and age, Teller Camp (City?) Grand or Jackson County, Colorado.
- Grand County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Jackson County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Grand County--1930-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Jackson County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- 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]
- Distant town w/ horses
- View of a town amid the sagebrush in an unidentified town possibly in Colorado. Corral of horses and riders congregate outside of the town next to racetrack.
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1900-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Racetrack & town
- View of an unidentified town amid sagebrush, possibly in Colorado. Corral of horses and riders congregate outside of the town next to racetrack.
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1900-1920.; Racetracks (Horse racing)--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- Rock formations - Mesa Verde country
- Two people make their way down a cleft in a rock amid towering sandstone rock formations, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; National parks & reserves--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [1929?]
- Salish Indians, arts and crafts
- A Native American (Coastal Salish) man sits amid a display of arts and crafts. Shows wooden fish carvings with long dorsal fins (possibly used to steer boats), clothing, mosaics of various animals on cloth, carved paddles, totems, carved masks,...
- Coast Salish Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1890-1910.; Handicraft--1890-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910?]
- Snowy trees and unfinished house
- A man stands in an open, frame structure amid snow covered trees, Colorado.
- Men--Colorado--1910-1930.; Snow--Colorado--1910-1930.; Trees--Colorado--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Centerville
- View of a gravestone in Centerville (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a single grave site marked by a cut stone with raised images of roses and leaves on the borders; raised wreath of roses surrounding a scroll, with the inscription: "Gone But Not...
- Centerville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Centerville--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Eureka 1958
- View of standing walls amid crumbled structures in Eureka, Colorado; shows walls with rectangular doors in the middle of a large pile of wrecked timbers and a fallen gable; steep mountain in the background.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Eureka--1950-1960.
- 1958
- Eureka, Colorado 1942
- View of two structures along a dirt road amid pine trees in Eureka, Colorado; features horizontal clapboard siding and vertical board and batten siding; mountains in the distance.
- Eureka (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Eureka--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Gilpin County
- View of a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado showing many different grave markers standing amid tall grass, wildflowers, Aspen trees and pine trees; mountains in the distance.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Gilpin County
- View of a gravestone in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a stone with curvilinear lines coming to a point on top, beneath which is a raised hand pointing up and holding flowers; inscription reads: "Florence. Dau. of F. & A. G....
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Gilpin County
- View of a gravestone in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; shows a stone with a curvilinear arch on top and the raised image of a cross underneath; inscription reads: "Maud. Dau. of ?? & M. A. Smith Died Sep. 29. 1867 Aged ??"; stone stands...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Gilpin County
- View of a gravestone in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; features a tall, obelisk shaped stone with a large crack about two-thirds of the way up, and raised leaves inside of a small circle above the inscription that reads: "In affectionate...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Gladstone - 1941
- A jumble of discarded mining equipment lies amid dilapidated buildings, a part of the Gold King Mill, Gladstone, Colorado. Shows machine shop at left, boiler and generator house at center. One of the buildings stands askew in the wreckage; other...
- Gladstone (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Gladstone--1940-1950.
- 1941
- Marble - 1942
- View of a remaining residence amid flood debris, in Marble, Colorado; boulders, rocks and fallen timbers form a path of destruction around the house and into the foreground.
- Marble (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Floods--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Marble - 1942
- View of a gazebo and fire tower amid flood debris, Marble, Colorado; hexagonal, wooden gazebo, and steel fire bell tower remained at Center and Main Streets after the flood of 1941; rocks and broken timbers surround the structures; Whitehouse...
- Marble (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Fire lookout stations--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.; Fires--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.; Gazebos--Colorado--Marble--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Marble - 1959
- View of a gazebo amid Cottonwood trees in Marble, Colorado; Whitehouse Mountain in the background.
- Marble (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Whitehouse Mountain (Gunnison County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Gazebos--Colorado--Marble--1950-1960.
- 1959
- Grace mine at Gilpin - 1953
- View of a hoist framework amid mine tailings in Gilpin (Gilpin County), Colorado; shows a cabin with a front gable and shed in the distance; both surrounded by grass that is bounded by pine trees.
- Gilpin (Gilpin County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin--1950-1960.
- 1953
- Indian abodes
- View of an unidentified Native American man standing next to his horse and a tepee. They pose amid thick scrub somewhere in Wyoming.
- Indians of North America--Wyoming--1880-1890.; Tipis--Wyoming--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884]
- Irrigating thinned lettuce on the project farm (K. Itow)
- K. Itow clears soil from an irrigation ditch amid rows of young lettuce on the project farm, Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. He wears a straw hat and has gloves in his back pocket. Other Japanese...
- Japanese--Capture & imprisonment--1940-1950.; World War, 1939-1945--Detention facilities.; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners.; Amache (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Detention facilities--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.; Farming--Colorado--Amache--1940-1950.;...
- 1943 June 4
- Denver Theater demolition
- View of the demolition of the Denver Theater in Denver, Colorado. Interior walls are exposed amid debris.
- Denver Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Demolition--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.
- 1980 June 7
- Manoa - 1950
- View of dilapidated structures amid pine trees and in a clearing in Manoa, Colorado; one building is a residence and the other has a false front.
- Manoa (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Buildings--Colorado--Manoa--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Nevadaville
- View of gravestones amid tall grass in the cemetery in Nevadaville, Colorado; mine tailings on the hill in the background.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Nevadaville
- View of four arched gravestones in a line amid tall grass in the cemetery overlooking Nevadaville, Colorado.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930- 1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Poudre City
- A rough cut stone chimney, comprising the remains of the mill in Poudre City (Weld County), Colorado, is amid trees and low, rocky hills.
- Poudre City (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Chimneys--Colorado--Poudre City--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Sherman
- Two dilapidated cabins stand amid what appears to be flood debris in Sherman, Colorado. The far cabin is without its roof. Rocks form a definite path down the valley, adjacent to the cabins.
- Sherman (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cabins--Colorado--Sherman--1930-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Sherman--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1967]
- Estes Park, North St Vrain, 1920's
- A rustic cottage with a gable roof with a dormer and a large evergreen beside it sits amid tall flowering bushes in the St. Vrain Valley near Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Snowy mountain peaks are in the distance.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Cabins--Colorado--Estes Park--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Near Estes Park, Colorado
- A two-track road runs to a clearing amid a grove of aspen trees near Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado; a 1920s automobile is parked in the clearing, and people stand by the car and walk in the clearing. Tall mountains are in the distance.
- Estes Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Eldorado Springs flood
- Men and women walk amid flood debris near South Boulder creek in Eldorado Springs, Colorado. The flood, in September of 1938, did major damage to houses and the Eldorado Springs resort.
- Eldorado Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Floods--Colorado--Eldorado Springs--1930-1940.
- September, 1938
- North Empire mill
- A dilapidated mining mill stands amid trees in North Empire, Colorado.
- Empire (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.
- [1944?]
- North Empire view of mill fron boarding house
- A dilapidated mining mill stands amid trees in North Empire, Colorado.
- Empire (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.
- 1944
- North Empire
- The ruins of a mining mill stand amid pine trees near North Empire, Colorado.
- Empire (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mills--Colorado--Empire--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Mining at Nevadaville : Bald Mountain
- Mine buildings stand amid piles of mine tailings which are adjacent to a dirt road at Bald Mountain in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 an 1968]
- Mining at Nevadaville
- Mine buildings stand amid piles of mine tailings and adjacent to a dirt road in Nevadaville (Gilpin County), Colorado. A residential structure is nearby.
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 an 1968]
- 4th of July mine
- A dilapidated log cabin, associated with the Fourth of July mine in Boulder County, Colorado, stands amid pine trees and rocky hills.
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Boulder County--1940- 1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.
- 1944
- Newman Mine (near Aspen)
- Buildings from the Newman mine, in Pitkin County (near Aspen), Colorado, stand in a valley amid sage, pine trees, and mine tailings.
- Pitkin County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Pitkin County--1940-1950.
- 1942