Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- [Watercolors, miniatures] [art original].
- Series of 4 watercolors images.
- Watercolor painting, American.
- [1862?]
- A Walk on the West Side : The Story of an American High School
- Book regarding the history of West High School in Denver, Colorado from 1884 to 1984. Included are photographs of students and student publications.
- West High School (Denver, Colo.)
- 1984
- Morey Musings : vol. 2
- Booklet of poetry written by students of the Morey Junior High School in Denver, Colorado. The book was sponsored by the English and Miss Agnes Govreau of the Art Department. The booklet was hand set by the boys in the printing class.
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); School prose, American--Colorado--Denver.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1932 April
- Morey Musings
- Booklet of poetry written by students of the Morey Junior High School
- Morey Junior High School (Denver, Colo.); School prose, American--Colorado--Denver.; Schools--Colorado--Denver.
- 1934
- Red Rocks Park May 1942
- Gary and Marv Moeller with unknown persons in background
- 1942 May 1
- The Good Old Days: Grigsby Family History
- Intensive document covering the Grisby family history starting in the early 1870's in Iowa.
- 2012 June 20
- West Colfax Corridor Transportation and Economic Study
- The charter and ordinances of the city of Black Hawk, Colorado. : Including the names of the members of city council and city officers from organization to 1887, also various acts amending charter / Rev., comp., and codified by Edwin W. Hurlbut,...
- Municipal charter for the City of Blackhawk, Colorado.
- Blackhawk (Colo.)
- 1881
- Denver Area Cemeteries
- Brief historical summary of the locations, history, and religious affiliations of sixteen historical cemeteries within the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area.
- Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver--History.; Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy.
- Undated
- Genealogical index to the records of the Society of Colorado Pioneers
- An index produced by the Colorado Genealogical Society pertaining to the recognized settlers of Colorado. Information for each individual include, date and place of birth, date and place of death, date of arrival in Colorado,
- Society of Colorado Pioneers--Indexes.
- 1990
- An Introduction to Colorado Marriages 1858-1939
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- 9:00 AM, 4-J+1 Trailer Court almost empty
- View of the 4 J 1 + 1 Trailer Court, Campground and Washateria, west side of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, shows picnic tables and brick barbacue ovens with chimneys. Two story office building in background.
- 4J1 + 1 Trailer Court, Campground and Washateria (Ouray, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Trailer camps--Colorado--Ouray--1970-1980.; Ouray (Colo.)--1970-1980.
- August 6, 1979
- Probably Cheyenne Frontier Days
- Group portrait of (A.G. Birch Broncho Busters) cowboys in (probably) Cheyenne (Larimer County), Wyoming, at Cheyenne Frontier Days (rodeo); shows men with horses, woolies (chaps), gun belts, and lariats. Stairs ascend a curved wall or arena in the...
- A. G. Birch Broncho Busters--People--1900-1910.; Cheyenne Frontier Days--1900-1910.; Cheyenne (Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Cowboys--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Wyoming--Cheyenne--1900-1910.
- [1905?]
- Ouray
- Spectators stand in front of the Beaumont Hotel and sit in parked automobiles to watch several bands performing possibly for an July Fourth (4th) (Independence Day) celebration on Main Third (3rd) Street, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado. Business...
- A. Humphries Merc. Co. (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beaumont Drug Store (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Beaumont Hotel (Ouray, Colo.)--1900-1920.; R. L. Lincoust & Co. (Ouray, Colo.)--1910-1930.; Ouray (Colo.)--1910-1930.;...
- [between 1915 and 1925]
- A. T. Lewis drivers
- Group portrait of A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Store drivers and trucks, in Denver, Colorado. A boy is with the men; brick apartments are in the background.
- A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Company--People.--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dry goods stores--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Employees--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1925 and 1930?]
- Old workings of a pit
- View of an abandoned gold placer mining pit near Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado shows: pipes and tailings with valley and mountains in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Hydraulic Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Camp Bird
- View of buildings at the Camp Bird mine in Ouray County, Colorado. San Juan Mountains are in the background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Camp Bird--1940-1970.; Camp Bird (Colo.)--1940-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Camp Bird--1940-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Camp Bird--1940-1970.
- [between 1940 and 1970]
- Above Dyersville
- View of a tailings pile and the site of a mill at the abandoned Warrior's Mark Mine near Dyersville (Summit County), Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Dyersville (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Warriors Mark Mine (Summit County, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.; Ruins--Colorado--Dyersville--1960-1970.
- August, 1961
- Henson Creek 1964
- View of a dilapidated mining building by Henson Creek near Henson, Hinsdale County, Colorado. San Juan mountains are in the background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Henson--1960-1970.; Henson (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Henson Creek (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Henson--1960-1970.; Mining--Colorado--Henson--1960-1970.
- 1964
- Matchless mine, Leadville
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, with Sawatch Range in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Cabins--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Baby Doe, d. 1935--Homes & haunts.
- [1950?]
- Taken in 1953 at 12,000 feet
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, with Sawatch Range in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- 12,000 feet
- View of Baby Doe Tabor's cabin at the Matchless Mine In Leadville, Lake County, Colorado shows: mine building, headframe, tailings, with Sawatch Range in background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Leadville--1950-1960.; Leadville (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Matchless Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1950-1960.; Sawatch Range (Colo.)--1950-1960.;...
- 1953
- Near Telluride
- View of dilapidated mining buildings and mine tailings, somewhere near Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado; San Juan range shows in the background.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--San Miguel County--1930-1970.; San Juan Mountains (Colo. and N.M.)--1930-1970.; San Miguel County (Colo.)--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1970]
- Abbey Theatre Irish Players
- Group portrait of the Abbey Theatre Irish Players in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women in winter coats. The Broadway Theater entrance is in the background.
- Abbey Theatre--People--1930-1940.; Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1932 February 11-13
- Abbey Theatre Irish Players
- Group portrait of the Abbey Theatre Irish Players in Denver, Colorado; shows men and women in winter coats. The Broadway Theater entrance is in the background.
- Abbey Theatre--People--1930-1940.; Broadway Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Actors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- 1932 February 11-13
- Ouray - Silverton Stage Road, Mt. Abram
- View of the stage road between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado; the narrow, winding dirt road ascends a canyon, with a figure on horseback at left; snow-covered, 12,800 foot Mt. Abrams at center background (located at the boundary of Ouray and San...
- Abrams Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Horseback riding--Colorado--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920]
- Street scene, Acoma, N.M.
- View of dirt street of Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico; shows group of Acoma women with shawls walking away from camera, wooden or log ladders extending to second stories, pueblo walls of adobe and rock construction, and chickens in distant background.
- Acoma (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Streets--New Mexico--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Indians, Pueblo, Acoma, missions
- A corner of the 40-foot high, graveyard wall at the San Estevan del Rey Mission and convent at the Acoma Pueblo "Sky City" in New Mexico stands in the foreground. The small scale of two men, one standing at the top of the wall, one seated near him...
- Acoma (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Convents--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Mission churches--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Stone walls--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Actors and actresses
- AdAmAn Club
- Members of the AdAmAn Club put leggings onto a blanketed horse, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. They wear laced boots and striped knit hats; a dog, sheds, and a trailer are in the background.
- AdAmAn Club (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1920-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1950.; Clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1950.; Horses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1950.
- [between 1925 and 1940?]
- Grammar school at Adams City
- The four-room grammar school building in Adams City, Adams County, Colorado was built in 1907. The light colored brick building features a rambling floorplan with two stories. The two end sections have hipped roofs and open double-hung windows. A...
- Adams City (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams City--1910-1920.; Schools--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1910.
- [between 1916 and 1920]
- A Colorado strawberry patch
- View of large strawberry field, West Lake Ranch, possibly Adams County, Colorado; numerous men & women picking strawberries; small wooden frame shed and canvas tent, background left; straw hats & bonnets, dog seated amidst pickers, wooden baskets...
- Adams County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.; Strawberries--Colorado--Adams County--1900-1910.
- [1910.]
- Marshall Reservoir and dam
- View of Marshall Dam and reservoir near Eastlake (Adams County), Colorado; snow dots the ground and front range mountains are in the background.
- Adams County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Marshall Dam (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Marshall Reservoir (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Dams--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1930.; Reservoirs--Colorado--Adams County--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Adams County, Colorado. County administration
- Western History Subject Index
- Adams state college
- Dickenson residence (occupied by Gov. Adams) Logan and 17th Aves. [sic] Denver
- View of the Dickenson house, occupied by Governor Alva Adams, at 17th (Seventeenth) Avenue and Logan Street in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Richardsonian Romanesque style house has rusticated stone, a conical tower,...
- Adams, Alva Blanchard, b. 1875--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; North Capitol Hill (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.
- 1897 May 2
- The Jay Adams cottage, Grand Lake
- View of log cabin belonging to Jay E. Adams, Grand Lake, Colorado; probably Adams' third cabin he built in Grand Lake area in 1912; Adams Falls on east inlet (formerly Ousel Falls) & Mount Adams in area named after Jay E. Adams; two-story rough...
- Adams, Jay E.--Homes & haunts.; Grand Lake (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cabins--Colorado--Grand Lake--1910-1920.
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Grand Lake, Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Ry., the Moffat Road
- Partial view of Grand Lake, Colorado and tree-lined shoreline reached via Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway (later called Denver & Salt Lake), Moffat Road; rowboat moored to shore and sailboat moored in lake, two women seated atop boulders...
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1900-1920.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Wescott, Mount (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Lakes &...
- [between 1904 and 1913]
- Grand Lake outlet
- View of east inlet of Grand Lake, Colorado with Mt. Cairns, Mt. Craig, Mt. Adams, Mt. Wescott, Mt. Patterson and fog in the background. A footbridge spans the water; trees cast a reflection.
- Adams, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Cairns, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Craig, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Grand Lake (Colo. : Lake)--1910-1920.; Patterson, Mount (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Wescott, Mount...
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Rancho de Taos
- A landscape oil painting of the Rancho de Taos by Henrietta Bromwell. A white adobe building is in a plains landscape, fall trees dot the land, mountains are in the background and the sky is filled with white clouds.
- Adobe buildings--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- The Dreamer, Santa Fe, N.M.
- A woman sits on a round cushion in front of a fireplace in an adobe house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has her knees drawn toward her and rests her arms on them. She wears a dark dress. A wood cross rests on the mantle above the fireplace. Several...
- Adobe buildings--1910-1920.; Fireplaces--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Houses--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.; Interiors--New Mexico--Santa Fe--1910-1920.
- [1912?]
- Adolph Coors Company
- Copy of an early painting of the Adolph Coors Golden brewery, Golden, Colorado, shows wood frame and stone plant buildings with dark smoke pouring from a tall smokestack. There are also residences, a pond with a man in a boat and swans, and a woman...
- Adolph Coors Company--1880-1890.; Golden (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Coors residence after flood
- View down the the fast moving water of Clear Creek with banks lined with debris, along the Adolph Coors Company and residence, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado; people stand on porch and along road; Colorado and Southern gondola cars and North...
- Adolph Coors Company--1890-1900.; Golden (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Golden--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Coors brewery, Golden, Colorado
- Copy of a printed reproduction shows the Adolph Coors Company brewery plant, Golden, Colorado, with brick multi-story buildings, railroad tracks, platform and barrel kegs. North Table Mountain shows in background.
- Adolph Coors Company--1900-1910.; Golden (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Golden, Colo.
- View of Coors Brewery, Golden (Jefferson County) Colorado; shows Adolph Coors Brewing Company buildings, house and greenhouses. Table Mountain is in the background.
- Adolph Coors Company--1900-1920.; Golden (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.; Greenhouses--Colorado--Golden--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- View of Coors looking northeast down Clear Creek Valley
- View over Adolph Coors Company brewery plant and Clear Creek Valley from South Table Mountain, Jefferson County, Colorado, with North Table Mountain in background.
- Adolph Coors Company--1900-1930.; Golden (Colo.)--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1929]
- Golden, Colorado
- View over Adolph Coors Company plant, Jefferson County, Colorado, with the Colorado School of Mines "M" on Mount Zion in background.
- Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.
- 1937
- Coors brewery, Golden
- A man stands next to a conveyor ramp from the plant to a railroad boxcar, Adolph Coors Company brewery, Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado. Tall smokestack with "Coors" lettering and multi-story brick plant buildings show in background.
- Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1940]
- Adolph Coors Company
- View over the Adolph Coors Company brewery plant, Coors residence, gardens, and greenhouses, Golden, Colorado. The sign in foreground "The Home Of Coors Pure Malted Milk" is made of planted flowers. Coors was the world's largest producer of malted...
- Adolph Coors Company--1930-1940.; Golden (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dairying--Colorado--Golden--1930-1940.
- [between 1930 and 1935]