Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Pouch
- A tanned leather pouch (Native American Ute) used by Chipeta. The pouch has multicolor lazy stitch beadwork in triangle, diamond and band designs, a flap, strap, thong, sinew and fringe at the bottom.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1900.; Pouches--1870-1900.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1900]
- Bag
- Shows a Native American (Ute) leather bag that belonged to Chipeta, wife of Chief Ouray. The bag is decorated with blue, lavender, red, yellow, white, silver, pink, green and brown beadwork. The beadwork designs are of arrow, people, triangles,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1900-1930.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1903 and 1923]
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 25, 1910 June 18
- The hostile Apaches
- Four scenes from Crook's campaigns against the Native American Chiricahua. Top left: "A Captive White Boy In An Apache Camp," shows a white boy in an Apache wickiup camp with women and children and one warrior holding a bow and arrow. Top right:...
- Chiricahua Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Captives--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.; Warriors--1880-1890.; Geronimo, 1829-1909.; Nachez.; Crook, George, 1829-1890--Homes & haunts.
- 1886 April 24
- Dress
- A Native American (Ute) buckskin dress used by Lauriano-I-You, Ignacio's wife. The dress is cape-like and has fringe on the bottom and the sleeves. The upper bodice is painted yellow and decorated with blue, red and green beads.
- Lauriano-I-You--Associated objects.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1880-1910.; Dresses--1880-1910.
- [between 1880 and 1910]
- Georgetown, Colorado
- View towards the north over Georgetown, Colorado. Town consists mainly of wood frame gabled residences, some with flat toped hipped roofs, some with laundry hung on lines in backyards, some false front businesses and one with "Stoves" sign on top....
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885
- Nevadaville, Colo. 1880
- (front wagon)and Frank Mayhew (standing alone). Several mines are on the hill in the background, including the California Mine near the top of the hill.; Men pose for a photograph outside the Hubert Mill (also identified as Douglas Mill), Gunnell...
- Ore-dressing plants--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Central City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Central City--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Central City--1870-1890.; Alsebrook, Al.; Alsebrook, Alec.;...
- [between 1935 and 1950?]
- Philippine boatmen and their boats; Native boys diving for pennies
- Colorado Marriages 1858-1939 B
- Marriage records--Colorado; Colorado--Genealogy.
- Bottom of Louisa Shaft, Cripple Creek
- View of the bottom of the Louisa Shaft Mine near Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado. A mallet, sledgehammer, and pick ax are at the bottom of the shaft.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Painted Cave- from bottom of canon Colorado Canon
- View of Painted Cave, Native American (Anasazi) cliff ruins near Capulin Canyon, Pajarito Park (Bandelier National Monument), New Mexico. The rear wall of the tuff cave is covered in petroglyphs. Rocky desert landscape covers the bottom of the...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites--New Mexico--1900-1910.; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.)--1900-1910.; Archaeological sites--New...
- 1909
- Ninth Street Historic Park Groussman Grocery now known as the Mercantile Café, Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Mercantile Café (formerly Groussman Grocery), located at 906 Curtis Street, in the Ninth Street Historic Park (Auraria Ninth Street Historic District) located on the Auraria Higher Education Center Campus in Denver, Colorado. The two...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--2000-2010.; Auraria 9th Street Historic District (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Ninth Street Historic Park (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Conservation &...
- 2000
- Group portrait with José J. Córdova and Casimiro Barela
- A group of men and women stand on the steps and the porch of a house in probably Mexico City, Mexico. Standing bottom left is José Jesús Córdova, County Commissioner for Las Animas County Colorado, he wears a suit, vest and tie and has his...
- Mexican Americans--Colorado--1890-1900; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--1890-1900.; Mexico City (Mexico)--1890-1900.; Córdova, José Jesús--Pictorial works.; Barela, Casimiro--Pictorial works.; State governments--Colorado--Officials and...
- [between 1896 and 1900?]
- Serving tray
- Oval silver tray with raised border relief, pierced embossed grape pattern and two handles. The surface is etched with a filigree center and monogrammed. The bottom is copper color and etched, and there are four feet on the bottom. The tray was...
- Trays--1800-1910.
- [between 1800 and 1910]
- Miniature cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) miniature cradleboard with a doll inside of it made by Chipeta. The cradleboard is decorated with multi-colored beads and thread, and buckskin fringe on the bottom. The doll has black cotton thread hair and painted...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.; Dolls--1880-1890.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- 1880
- Toy cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard. It is constructed of a rectangular board, buckskin, red velveteen and canvas and decorated with copper, button, fringe, white, blue, red and yellow glass beads. The cradle has a hood and the front was...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1890.; Cradleboards--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Vest
- A Native American (Ute) beaded vest worn by Buckskin Charley. The vest is made of buckskin which is entirely covered with multicolor beadwork in designs of stylized American flags and geometric shapes on a white background. The interior of the vest...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1930.; Vests--1900-1930.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief--Associated objects.
- [between 1900 and 1930]
- Cradleboard
- Show a Native American (Ute) toy cradleboard with a doll. The cradleboard is buckskin wrapped around a board and is decorated with fringe, multi-color beadwork sewn on with lazy stitch. The doll's head is possibly made of wood painted a medium...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.; Dolls--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- Georgetown loop
- 1aTourists sit and stand on a high railroad bridge of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railway Company at the Georgetown loop near Georgetown, Colorado in Clear Creek County. The group is on one of many railroad excursion trips offered in Colorado.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1910.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.; Sightseers--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Industries construction crew at work at Alameda subway
- Workmen, who include Idaho and a boy, pose near a Nagle vertical center crank water pump in the bottom of an excavation pit at the Alameda Avenue underpass construction site in Denver, Colorado. Clayton Ryan, on horseback, is near Idaho.
- Underpasses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Boys--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Holes--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Water...
- [1909]
- West half burned 3 days after east half
- View of two images: top image includes second fire on April 29, 1896, as it streaks across town and an explosion occurs from dynamite stored at El Paso Livery and Stable; lower image includes aftermath from second fire, debris and rubble and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- The Horseshoe, from West Ouray, Colorado
- View of Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, and the Horseshoe, also called the Amphitheater. Town buildings are in the foreground.
- Ouray (Colo.)--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Alamosa 1907
- The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad yards in Alamosa, Colorado are wood frame false fronts from Sixth Street to the Rio Grande River in the background. A few rooming houses and saloons are on Sixth Street between Hunt and Denver streets, which...
- Alamosa (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Railroad shops & yards--Colorado--Alamosa--1900-1910.; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.
- 1907
- Taylor Park placer mining- beyond Buena Vista
- View of the construction of a placer mining sluice in Taylor Park, Gunnison County, Colorado. Men stand near a wooden sluice in the bottom of a small canyon. Piles of rock and wood stand in the bottom of the canyon near the sluice. Two men, one on...
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Flumes--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Indian police on drill, Pine Ridge Agc S.D.
- George Sword, police chief (left foreground) poses with his uniformed Native American Lakota Sioux police force, in formation with rifles, on the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indian reservation police--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine...
- [1890]
- Pine Ridge Agency S.D., army
- United States Cavalry soldiers pose in formation, on the Native American Sioux, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. They wear uniform overcoats and capes with riding boots.
- United States. Army. Cavalry.--1890-1900.; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Government relations--South...
- [1890]
- Castle Rock, Golden
- View of Castle Rock, Jefferson County, Colorado; shows mining mill structures, tailings, houses, and the Castle Rock formation.
- Castle Rock (Golden, Colo.)--1860-1880.; Golden (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1880.; Rock formations--Colorado--Jefferson County--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- Idaho
- View of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado; shows men and women among frame buildings with signs; "Mammoth swimming Bath," and "Springs House."
- Idaho Springs (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Buildings--Colorado--Idaho Springs--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- E. H. Tobey & Co., commission merchants and warehousing, grain, produce and provisions, storage for household goods, baggage and merchandise. No. 378 Holladay Street, Denver, Col.
- View of E. H. Tobey and Company in Denver, Colorado; shows a storefront with lettering: "Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company. Men pose in stovepipe hats.
- E. H. Tobey & Co.--Buildings--1860-1880.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Denver--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1879]
- The Georgetown Cornet Band, 1884
- The Georgetown Cornet Band poses in two rows on and between large boulders along a fork of Clear Creek, Georgetown, Colorado. The men wear suits, ties and straw hats; many have mustaches, one has a beard. Instruments include cornets, trombones,...
- Georgetown (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bands--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.; Musical instruments--Colorado--Georgetown--1880-1890.
- between 1884 and 1886
- Gilpin County
- View of two gravestones in a cemetery in Gilpin County, Colorado; stone has a modified arch top with the raised image of a lamb laying on its side; inscription reads: "Thomas Albert Son of Wm. & L. Wilkinson died April 21, 1?? Aged 3 yrs. 3 ms. 4...
- Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Gilpin County (Colo.)--1930-1970.; Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Colorado--Gilpin County--1930-1970.
- [between 1933 and 1966]
- Moffat Tunnel, East Portal
- Close up of East Portal Moffat Tunnel, Denver & Salt Lake Railroad Tunnel through Continental Divide, Gilpin County, Colorado; shows tunnel entrance and ventilating plant, railroad tracks, power lines, "No Trespassing" sign above white rocks placed...
- Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company--1920-1930.; Railroad tunnels--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Moffat Tunnel (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Gilpin County--1920-1930.
- [between 1927 and 1928]
- The babies on the block
- Portrait in front of McClures studio at 2128 Glenarm Place, Denver, Colorado, shows Mary Rebecca "Pinkie" Shrock (McClure's sister-in- law) with her children seated on the door step to the studio. Possibly Mary Rebecca seated holding "Doc"...
- McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Children--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Photographic studios--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.;...
- [1900]
- Goldfield, Independence & Altman
- View northwest towards Goldfield, Independence and Altman, in Teller County, Colorado, shows Goldfield at the bottom with Bull Hill far left and Bull Cliff on right. Independence is on the slope between the two hills and Altman is high on the...
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Goldfield (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Independence (Teller County, Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1898]
- Closing scenes of the Apache war
- Two scenes from Crook's campaigns against the Native American Chiricahua. Top: "Geronimo and His Band" shows Geronimo center on horseback, his band flanking with rifles. Bottom: "General Crook's Conference with Geronimo" shows the Apaches and U.S....
- Chiricahua Indians--Mexico--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--Mexico--1880-1890.; Cañon de los Embudos (Mexico)--1880-1890.; Sonora (Mexico : State)--1880-1890.; Generals--Mexico--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--1880-1890.;...
- 1886 April 24
- The Caroline Natural Bridge
- Partial view of Kachina Bridge (formerly called Caroline or Carolyn), Natural Bridges National Monument, San Juan County, Utah; 48 miles west of Blanding, Utah; originally named Caroline after mother of James Scorup, local cattleman; renamed...
- Natural bridges--Utah--1900-1910.; Kachina Bridge (Utah)--1900-1910.; Natural Bridges National Monument (Utah)--1900-1910.; San Juan County (Utah)--1900-1910.; Rock formations--Utah--1900-1910.
- [between 1903 and 1908]
- Gall, Dakota Chief, wearing a cross, bust
- Seated studio portrait of head and shoulders of Gall, Dakota Chief, wearing large crucifix and leather jacket.
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Gall, ca. 1840-1894.; Dakota Indians.; Indians of North America--Portraits.
- [188-?]
- Superintendent's residence, Climax, Colorado
- Facade view of a newly constructed company superintendent's residence of the molybdenum mine operation, Climax, (11,320 feet) Fremont Pass, Continental Divide, Lake County, Colorado; shows a two-story stucco house with brick trim, bracketed hip...
- Climax (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Climax--1930-1940.
- [1936]
- View from above Chaffee looking down
- View down into a narrow gulch with the mining camp of Chaffee, (Chaffee City, Camp Monarch and after 1884 Monarch) Chaffee County, Colorado, includes log cabins and structures, tents and slopes with burned or cut timber surrounded by high...
- Monarch (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1884]
- Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton
- View along a ridgetop to the Lick Observatory, Mt. (Mount) Hamilton, Diablo Mountain Range, Santa Clara County, California; world's first mountain-top observatory built from the bequest of James Lick, carpenter and real estate business man.
- Hamilton Range, Mount (Calif.)--1880-1910.; Astronomical observatories--California--1880-1910.; Lick Observatory.
- [between 1888 and 1910]
- Aboursville, Colorado
- View of the 1880s company town of Arbourville (Arboursville, Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; includes log cabins along a two track road in a valley surrounded by mountain slopes; some cabins under...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Log cabins--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Office M. B. G. & D. R. R. Aboursville, Col.
- Group of men pose on the boardwalk and around a two mule-drawn wagon in front of a false front in Arbourville (Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; men wearing hats, vests, jackets, and kerchiefs around their...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Res. of Col. Steinberger at Aboursville
- View of Colonel Steinberger's one story log house in Arbourville (Arboursville, Arborville, Arbour-Villa, and later Conrow), Chaffee County, Colorado; features hewn log, side gable with overhang forming porch along front facade, supporting posts...
- Arbourville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Arbourville--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1886]
- Scenery project
- Photoprint of two watercolors of costumes used in the University of Colorado Operette, Boulder. On the left is a painting of "Ilya" warriors costumes, with Egyptian warriors on steps which rise to the left. The bodies are seen from the front, with...
- Tabor Opera House--1930-1940.; Boulder (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Costumes--1930-1940.; Interiors.; Opera houses--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theaters--Colorado--Leadville--1930-1940.; Theatrical productions--1930-1940.; Wolle, Muriel Sibell,...
- 1932
- Camping in Rocky Mt. Park
- A man and woman prepare a meal in the back of their camper at Rocky Mountain Lake Park in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The grill and cooking utensils sit on a drawer that slides under the truck. A dog sniffs at a platter of corn,...
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Rocky Mountain Lake Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Couples--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1918 and 1920?]
- The Soda Springs on the left and the Iron Springs
- This eight-sided gazebo in Canon City, Colorado, is made of branches, some twisted into flourishes. Deer antlers top the plank roof, and men and a woman sit on benches in back. A rubble wall is at the base of the rocks in the background, with a...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gazebos--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.
- 1877
- Floresta
- A stone building without a roof stands atop a small hill at the coal mine site in Floresta (Gunnison County), Colorado. At the bottom of the hill lie the remains of another building (log) that appears to have been swept away. There is a trail of...
- Floresta (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Building deterioration--Colorado--Floresta--1940-1950.; Stone buildings--Colorado--Floresta--1940-1950.
- 1946
- State Teachers bldg.
- View of the exterior of Gunter Hall, the gymnasium on the campus of the Colorado Teachers College (now the University of Northern Colorado and formerly the State Normal School, Colorado State College of Education, and Colorado State College) in...
- Greeley (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Greeley--1930-1940.; Colorado State Teachers College.
- 1931 June 14
- Original power station at Ames, Colorado
- Exterior view of the L.L. Nunn power station, Ames, San Miguel County, Colorado, shows a side gable structure with lean-to additions, board and batten construction and uneven board roofline. A large stack of lumber is piled in front of the power...
- Ames (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Hydroelectric power--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.; Power plants--Colorado--Ames--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1906]
- 308 E. Third, Glengarry House
- Early view of East 3rd (Third) Street in Leadville, Colorado, includes log cabins with sod roofs side by side with with new board and batten or false front structures. A man stands on the boardwalk in front of a two-story hewn log false front with...
- McDonald, A. A.--Homes & haunts--1870-1880.; Leadville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Dwellings--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.; Grocery stores--Colorado--Leadville--1870-1880.
- [between 1875 and 1880]