Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Alfred Brisbois
- Studio portrait of Alfred Brisbois, a photographer in Leadville (Lake County) Colorado.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Photographers--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1890.; Brisbois, Alfred.
- 1888
- Alfred Bromfield residence, living room
- Interior view of the Alfred J. Bromfield Jr. residence, a modern style house designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 4975 South University Boulevard in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Flowers are displayed in a glass vase on a grand piano in...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Lamps--1930-1940.; Living rooms--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Pianos--1930-1940.;...
- [1936]
- Alfred Bromfield residence, living room
- Interior view of the Alfred J. Bromfield Jr. residence, a modern style house designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 4975 South University Boulevard in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Shows furniture, bookshelves, and a grand piano in the...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Lamps--1930-1940.; Living rooms--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Pianos--1930-1940.;...
- [1936]
- Alfred Bromfield residence, living room
- Interior view of the Alfred J. Bromfield Jr. residence, a modern style house designed by architect Burnham Hoyt, at 4975 South University Boulevard in Englewood (Arapahoe County), Colorado. Upholstered cushions are on a rounded bench back. A...
- Englewood (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Architecture--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Bookcases--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Fireplaces--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Englewood--1930-1940.;...
- [1936]
- Alfred Butters House, building back
- Alfred James Nicholls
- Studio bust portrait of Alfred James Nicholls, senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Nicholls' hair is parted to the side and brushed back. He wears a coat, a vest, a shirt with an upright collar and a silk bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Nicholls, Alfred James.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Alice Bliss
- Studio bust portrait of Alice Blake Bliss, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Bliss has curled bangs and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has tight pleats and a standing frill collar enclosed with a bar pin. Buttons adorn...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Bliss, Alice Blake.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1886
- Alice Eastwood
- Studio bust portrait of Alice Eastwood, valedictorian and senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Eastwood wears her hair pulled back. She has a cord necklace with a round pendant, and a lace ribbon collar affixed at the throat with a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1870-1880.; Eastwood, Alice, 1859-1953.; Denver High School--People--1870-1880.; Denver Public Schools--People--1870-1880.
- 1879
- Alice Ethyle Bailey
- Studio bust portrait of Alice Ethyle Bailey, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Bailey's wavy hair is parted down the middle and pulled back. Her dress has frilled lace around the square neckline and a ribbon bow at the shoulder....
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bailey, Alice Ethyle.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1897
- Alice Maud Woods
- Studio bust portrait of Alice Maud Woods, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Woods' bangs are curled and layered and her hair is pulled back. Her dress bodice has a front closure of pearl buttons, and brocade fabric on lapel panels...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Woods, Alice Maud.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Alice May Littlefield
- Studio bust portrait of Alice May Littlefield, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Littlefield's curly hair is pinned loosely back. She wears a dress with a large, lace bertha collar, and a gathered fabric band tied around her neck...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Littlefield, Alice May.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Alice Rooney
- Studio bust portrait of Alice Rooney, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Rooney wears her bangs layered and curled, and her hair pulled tightly back. Her dress bodice has narrow, vertical pleats and she wears a band collar over a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Rooney, Alice, b. ca. 1868.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Alie Bell mine near Hancock
- View of a dilapidated log structure at the Alie Bell mine near Hancock (Chaffee County), Colorado. Shows a metal chimney pipe, square, hand hewn wooden walls and a shed with a tin roof.
- Alie Bell Mine (Chaffee County, Colo.)--1940-1950.; Chaffee County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned mines--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Chimneys--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Chaffee County--1940-1950.;...
- 1950
- Allan W. Wright
- Studio bust portrait of Allan Wicks Wright, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Wright's short hair brushed neatly back. He wears a wool coat with a handkerchief, a shirt with an upright collar, and a...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Wright, Allan Wicks.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1888
- Along the Chief Ouray Highway between Ouray and Silverton, Colo., dedication of Highway by Brooklyn Eagle Party
- A large group listens to a speaker during the dedication of the Million Dollar Highway (U.S. 550), north of Red Mountain Pass, in the San Juans of the Colorado Rockies. Automobiles park along the improved mountain road. Mine tailings show on a...
- Million Dollar Highway (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Toll roads--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [July, 1924]
- Alpine - 1950
- View of the remains of the only smelter built in Alpine (Chaffee County), Colorado; shows a tall, square, brick stack topped by stepped brickwork; two people walk among the ruins that include wood and brick; Aspen trees and the slope of a mountain...
- Alpine (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Smelters--Colorado--Alpine--1950-1960.
- 1950
- Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Fire House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Fire House, located on Fifth (5th) Street near Rose Street in Georgetown, Colorado. The front of the building was built by the company in 1874, with storage for the hose carts on the first floor and a...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1950-1960.
- 1951
- Alpine Hose Company No. 2 Firehouse, Georgetown, Colorado
- View of the Alpine Hose Company No. 2 firehouse, Georgetown, Colorado, looking southeast. The building, built in 1874, is of wood construction with a sloping roof, and has a false cornice on the front. "Alpine Hose No. 2" is painted on the front....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Bell towers--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.; Fire stations--Colorado--Georgetown--1940-1950.
- 1942
- Alta Washakie a Shoshone Indian
- Studio portrait (standing) of Alta Washakie, a Native American (Shoshone) young woman. She wears beaded moccasins, leggings, a leather belt decorated with metal, two shawls, and bead necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1900-1920.; Shoshoni Indians--1900-1920.; Teenagers--1900-1920.; Women--1900-1920.; Washakie, Alta.
- [between 1902 and 1920]
- American Indian
- Studio portrait of Cured Horn, a Native American (Sioux and Cheyenne) man. He wears a suit, a scarf around his neck, and a wide-brimmed hat.
- Cheyenne Indians--1890-1910.; Dakota Indians--1890-1910.; Indians of North America--1890-1910.; Cured Horn.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- American Smelter, Durango, Colorado
- View of the Durango Smelting Plant in Durango, LaPlata County, Colorado shows: refinery buildings, smokestacks, tailings.
- Durango (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Buildings--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.; Smelters--Colorado--Durango--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- An exterior view South High School.
- A black and white photograph of the entrance of South High School taken from the north west and across the street. The tract from a street car line runs down the middle of East Louisiana Street.
- South High School (Denver, Colo.); Schools--Colorado--Denver.; Denver Public Schools--Archives.; Public schools--Colorado--Denver.
- undated
- An Indian camp, in the Black Hills
- View of Native American Lakota Sioux chiefs sitting on the ground, with a tobacco pipe, feather fan, and bow and arrow. They wear headdresses and leggings and cotton shirts. Women, tepees, and smoke show in background.
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Anna Grace White
- Studio bust portrait of Anna Grace White, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. White's bangs are layered and curled and her hair is pulled back. She wears a dress with a velvet, rounded collar affixed with a circle pin, and a ruffled...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eyeglasses--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; White, Anna Grace.; Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1895
- Anna S. Blake
- Studio bust portrait of Anna S. Blake, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Blake has curled bangs and she wears her hair pulled tightly back. Her dress bodice has a square neckline adorned with lace and a silk cord swag draped...
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Blake, Anna S.; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Anna Skinner
- Studio bust portrait of Anna Skinner, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Skinner wears her bangs curled and her hair pulled back. Her dress bodice has a lace collar and a yoke.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Skinner, Anna, ca. 1867-; Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Annie A. Best
- Studio portrait of Annie Amanda Best, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Best has curly bangs and her hair is pulled back. Her dress has a fitted bodice with a standing frill collar, a row of round buttons, and a bar pin.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Best, Annie A. (Annie Amanda); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1884
- Annie M. King
- Studio bust portrait of Annie Mabel King, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. King has curled bangs and her long hair is pulled back. Her dress has a loosely fitted, pleated bodice, puffed sleeves, and a collar adorned with faceted...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; King, Annie M. (Annie Mabel); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1892
- Antlers Hotel as rebuilt after the fire
- View of the west side of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows the brick and stone structure with hipped- gable roofs, chimneys, towers, bays, arched windows, a terrace, stairways, a top central loggia and women on...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- [between 1901 and 1910?]
- Anton Wood : 11 years old youngest prisoner
- Anton Wood, a.k.a. "Kid Wallace," inmate at the State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado, poses in pinstriped shirt, suspenders, checked tie, and number card:"3199."
- Canon City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Boys--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Prisoners--Colorado--Canon City--1870-1880.; Wood, Anton.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Apache cradleboard
- A Native American (Chiricahua Apache) woman poses with a baby in a cradleboard strapped to her back. The hooded cradleboard is decorated with a kerchief and rattle.
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1910.; Indians of North America--1880-1910.; Cradleboards--1880-1910.; Infants--1880-1910.; Women--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Apache Indians at the Apache Indian Mission
- Native American (Apache) men, women, and children pose on the porch of the Apache Indian Mission, probably on the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona.
- San Carlos Apache Tribe--1910-1920.; Apache Indians--Arizona--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Arizona--1910-1920.; San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1910-1920.; Children--Arizona--1910-1920.; Women--Arizona--1910-1920.
- [1910]
- Apache scout
- Standing studio portrait of a Native American Apache man bare-chested, wearing a breechcloth with an ammunition belt, moccasins, headband and holding a rifle in a set of prop cactus, yucca and brush.
- Apache Indians--1870-1890.; Indian scouts--1870-1890.; Indians of North America--1870-1890.; Military scouts--1870-1890.
- [between 1878 and 1886?]
- Arapahoe woman Ft. Washakie, Wyo
- A Native American (Arapahoe) woman smiles and poses in Fort Washakie (Fremont County), Wyoming, with her baby, carried on her back. She wears a blanket with long fringe, a gingham dress, and high top leather moccasins with applique. A car is in the...
- Arapahoe Indians--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1920-1930.; Fort Washakie (Wyo.)--1920-1930.; Infants--Wyoming--Fort Washakie--1920-1930.; Mothers & children--Wyoming--Fort...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Argentine Central Railway
- View of the Argentine Central Shay No. 6 engine, the engineer in the cab and a young boy, near Silver Plume, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
- Argentine Central Railway Company--1900-1920.; Silver Plume (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Boys--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.; Railroad employees--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.; Railroad locomotives--Colorado--Silver Plume--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1918]
- Arkansas River 1965 flood of prison farm
- This aerial view shows the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colorado, flooding the farm of the Colorado State Penitentiary. Past the sandbars and braiding, low sandstone bluffs have erosion with vertical ridging. Foothills are in the background.
- Arkansas River--1960-1970.; Canon City (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Floods--Colorado--Canon City--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Arthur E. Bonesteel
- Studio bust portrait of Arthur Edgar Bonesteel, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Portrait in profile shows Bonesteel's short hair brushed back. He wears a coat and vest, a plaid necktie and a shirt with an upright collar.
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Bonesteel, Arthur E. (Arthur Edgar); Denver High School--People--1890-1900.; Denver Public Schools--People--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Arthur H. Buck
- Studio bust portrait of Arthur Herrick Buck, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. His hair is parted in the middle and brushed back. Buck poses in a wool coat and a silk bow tie.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Students--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Buck, Arthur H. (Arthur Herrick); Denver High School--People--1880-1890.; Denver Public Schools--People--1880-1890.
- 1887
- Ashcroft
- View of the remains of Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado, includes dilapidated gabled log cabins and false fronts in snow covered valley. Several aspens in foreground cast shadows on the snow.
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Ashcroft
- View of the remains of a hotel in Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado, shows dilapidated hewn log building in a clearing surrounded by aspens. Mountain peaks are in background.
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Hotels--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Log buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- [between 1950 and 1955]
- Ashcroft, Summer 1943, Mr. Sawyer unofficial caretaker Ashcroft [graphic]
- Mr. Sawyer stands in the doorway of remains of the Ashcroft post office, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado. The elderly man wearing suspenderss and a wide brimhat looks up at the weathered signs above the door: "Ashcroft" and...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.; Post offices--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Ashcroft, Summer, 1943 [graphic]
- View of a hewn log residence, Ashcroft, (Castle Forks City, Chloride) Pitkin County, Colorado; features a board and corrugated metal roof with a pipe smoke stack and a leaning ladder; metal buckets, cans, wash tub, gold pan and wooden crates on a...
- Ashcroft (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Log cabins--Colorado--Ashcroft--1940-1950.
- 1943
- Aspen, Colo.
- Right side of panoramic view from Aspen Mountain, over town of Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado with slopes of Smuggler Mountain in background. Landmarks among residences include: a tall wooden tower and St. Mary's Church.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- Aspen, Colo.
- Left side of panoramic view from Aspen Mountain, over town of Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado with slopes of Smuggler Mountain in background. Landmarks among residences include: firehouse with belltower, Wheeler Opera House, and Hotel Jerome.
- Aspen (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1905 and 1915]
- At Idlewild looking toward tunnel locations.
- A view from Idlewild, Colorado, includes tall evergreen trees in a snowy valley and on the hillsides, with snow-covered mountains in the distance, the site of the Moffat Tunnel.
- Idlewild (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [Between 1900 and 1910?]
- at Kebler Pass
- A memorial and a gravesite are surrounded by tall trees on Kebler Pass, near Irwin, Colorado. The memorial stands alone and the gravesite is surrounded by an ornate metal fence. The Irwin cemetery was located at this remote site because of the...
- Irwin (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Kebler Pass (Irwin, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Irwin--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Aztec ruins
- Deric Nusbaum, Jesse Nusbaum's stepson, stands with two younger boys on top of a portion of the excavated Aztec Ruins near the Animas River in northern New Mexico. A car, possibly a Model T Ford, and a truck are parked near the ruins where the...
- Excavations (Archaeology)--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites-- New Mexico-- 1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1920-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Aztec Ruins...
- [between 1921 and 1926?]
- Aztec ruins
- Jesse Nusbaum's stepson, Deric, sits on an exterior wall among the Aztec Ruins near the Animas River in northern New Mexico. The ruins are in a square formation in front of a grove of trees in the background. Small clusters of grass dot the...
- Excavations (Archaeology)--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--1920-1930.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1920-1930.; Aztec Ruins...
- [between 1921 and 1926?]
- Baby in carriage
- Studio portrait of a baby in a perambulator. The baby carriage has an umbrella attached to the back.
- Baby carriages--1890-1910.; Infants--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Baca County Court House,
- Mary Malden, Alice Jack, Roy Mathews, Ralph Hooker, Chas. Howell, Mrs. Howell, Margaret Jackson, Hallie Herbert, Mrs. Cora Mordica, Mrs. Elden Allen stand in front of the third Baca County Courthouse, Springfield, Colorado (town originally was in...
- Springfield (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1919