Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Jail at Canon City
- Stone buildings of the State Prison in Canon City, Colorado are three stories with low gabled roofs and chimneys. Frame or brick structures and a smokestack comprise the rest of the complex, which is enclosed by a stone wall with square towers. In...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1880-1890.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1883 and 1886?]
- Grand Hotel Pueblo, Colorado property of J. P. Whitney 1887
- Stone trim finishes the Grand Hotel in Pueblo, Colorado. The four-story building has storefronts at the street level, and mansard corner and entry turrets with dormers, widows' walks, and bracketed cornices. A lettered panel under the central...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1890.; Grand Hotel (Pueblo, Colo.)
- 1887
- Silver Coronet Band - organized 1870
- Band members pose in Greeley, Colorado. Their uniforms have white belts, jackets with brass buttons, and hats with fur or feather ornaments. They hold a variety of brass instruments; drums are on the ground in front. They are (l to r) S. H....
- Greeley (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Band uniforms--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.; Bands--Colorado--Greeley--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Ben Williams, blacksmith shop, 2031 12th
- Men and a little girl pose at the open, double doors of this blacksmith business in Boulder, Colorado. They wear leather aprons. The frame, gable roofed building with brick chimneys has a false front and ornate signs: "Plows harrows Weir sulkies...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Boulder Brick Works located north of Northside Junior High.
- Masonry enclosures in Boulder, Colorado, have a flat roof, a plank shed, or stacked bricks in them. The gable-roofed shop has a saltbox mill-housing, and brick or metal smokestacks. A field with a circular divot, dwellings, tilled fields, bare...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Log house, Mound City
- This residence in Mound City, Teller County, Colorado, is a two- story hewn log building with a covered porch and white chinking. The mouth of a cistern is by the door, with a bucket at the edge. Logs form a retaining wall; kindling and a black...
- Mound City (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Mound City--1890-1910.; Log buildings--Colorado--Mound City--1890-1910.
- [between 1891 and 1900?]
- Part of north end of store
- The interior of the Porter Store in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, is full of cans and crates reading: "F. W. Crocker & Co. Crackers Denver Co." Spindle chairs are at the desk, which has pigeon hole files and sheaves of paper. A mantle...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Sneffels Colo #5
- Men, women, children and a dog pose in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, on boardwalk fronting frame businesses and dwellings. The Porter store has a false front with retracted canvas awnings; a dial thermometer hangs on the doorframe. A...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- 1897
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, hornos (bee-hive ovens), Pueblo Peak, and Native Americans (Taos).
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Ute Indians, from southern Colorado
- Studio portrait of Buckskin Charlie, a Native American man (Ute), costume includes fur, feathers, and a hair pipe breastplate.
- Indians of North America--1890-1900.; Ute Indians--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Buckskin Charlie, Ute Chief.
- 1895 October 17
- Wat-ye-eh - Ben. Thomas
- Studio portrait of Native Americans (Laguna Pueblo) identified as Wat-ye-eh (Ben. Thomas), Ki-ot-se (Mary Perry), and Kowsh-te-ah (John Menaul). Ki-ot-se wears a manta, flowered blouse, belt and moccasins. The boys wear shirts and pants and are...
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Laguna Indians--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--1880-1890.; Ki-ot-se, Laguna Indian.; Kowsh-te-ah, Laguna Indian.; Wat-ye-eh, Laguna Indian.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Sister's Mustard Seeds
- Portrait of Agnes Finding Miner and Sister's Mustard Seeds in Breckenridge, Colorado. The founder of this girl's charitable organization is seated in the upper middle and wears a wide brimmed, feathered hat, white dress and dark bodice. The other...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--Breckenridge--1880-1890.
- [between 1885 and 1890?]
- La Veta Place, Denver
- View of the La Veta Place apartments in Denver, Colorado; trees obscure most of the building.
- Denver (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Apartment houses--Colorado--Denver--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Soda Springs, Canon City Main Street
- Rusticated and finished stone buildings at the Soda Springs in Canon City, Colorado, were built in the 1890's with prison labor and feature incised friezes, finials and volutes, and a metal roof with ridge cresting. Retaining walls and railroad...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1894?]
- Altar of Loretto Academy in Pueblo, Colo.
- Laden with flowers, this altar in Pueblo, Colorado, is topped by a cross against the interior wall. A sign on the low wooden partition reads: "J. J. Lambert," and pews are in the foreground.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Altars--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Catholic churches--Colorado--Pueblo--1880-1900.; Interiors.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Macon Avenue Canon City. Colo
- Trees line this wide, shady, dirt street in Canon City, Colorado.
- Canon City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Roads--Colorado--Canon City--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- S S Ranch, Holly, Colo
- Stone buildings on a ranch in Holly, Prowers County, Colorado. A white picket fence and trees surround the two-story, gable roofed house; a substantial stone barn with arched doors and frame outbuildings adjoin. A horse-drawn buggy approaches, and...
- Holly (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Holly--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Depot and R.R. Street. No. 113.
- Flood water surrounds the stone railroad Depot in Boulder, Colorado. Logs are washed up on a rise by a wooden shed, and rail tracks show in the foreground. The Depot is a stone building with a gabled roof, bracketed eaves, and a cupola with a...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Looking east from 7th st. No. 117
- Railroad tracks in Boulder, Colorado, are broken away from their ties and cluttered with flood debris. Water and trees are in the background.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1894
- Boulder, Colorado
- Homes, commercial and civic buildings of Boulder, Colorado, include the brick Congregational Church, with its square tower and battlements, and the Court House, a five-story structure with a cupola, towers with widow's walks, projecting bays, and a...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885?
- Boulder, Colorado
- Homes, commercial and civic buildings of Boulder, Colorado, include the Court House, a five-story structure with a cupola, towers with widow's walks, projecting bays, and a portico, and the Central School, a four-story brick building with a mansard...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1885?
- Chautauqua
- Flags top the three-story turrets of Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder, Colorado. The second floor deck is on piers, and the dining hall, with portico and entry steps, is nearby. White canvas tents are in the adjacent field, and the Flatirons rise...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1900?]
- Ben Williams, blacksmith, 12th street
- Buckboards and wagon frames (one on sawhorses) crowd the yard of this business on Twelfth Street in Boulder, Colorado. Men pose in a line; behind them frame shop buildings are topped with chimneys and a sign reading: "Williams Blacksmith."
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Forge shops--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- C.E. Coulehan in his pioneer store, now Hubbell's seed store
- Men pose among stacks of full burlap bags in Boulder, Colorado, wearing vests, ties, straw and derby hats. Hanging from the glossy interior ceiling, a sign reads: "Agents of Baker Wire Co." Barrels, a spindle chair, and a bar handle truck crowd the...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Stores & shops--Colorado--Boulder--1870-1880.
- [between 1873 and 1880?]
- This bakery was located on the south side of Pearl in the 1200 block
- Bread loaves in bushel baskets and on tables flank the entry of this frame storefront in Boulder, Colorado. A man and boys pose on the boardwalk in the door, with barrels behind them and a projecting "Bakery" sign above. Lettering on the retracted...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Bakeries--Colorado--Boulder--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Mr and Mrs Charles S Turner in their plumbing store at 1125 Pearl
- Wallpaper and wainscoting finish the interior of this business in Boulder, Colorado. Charles Turner leans on a roll-top desk where Mrs. Turner sits, in a puff sleeved dress with a bow at the waist. An Italian revival chair is by the hardwood and...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Offices--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Plumbing fixtures--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- 1898
- We are from Boulder, Colo. See?
- Posing on horseback in Boulder, Colorado, this man wears a suit and knotted, white silk tie. Bare trees, rail fences, and cottage roofed buildings with cupolas are in the background; lettering reads: "Boulder Branch of the Zang Brewing [Co]...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Brewing industry--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Horseback riding--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- Dec. 11, 1900
- 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
- Montgomery, Colo.
- Montgomery, Park County, Colorado, is a group of log dwellings at the base of steep mountain slopes. Grass and standing water are in the foreground. This silver boom town began in 1859, and was abandoned by 1868.
- Montgomery (Colo.)--1850-1870.
- [between 1859 and 1868?]
- Morrison, Colo
- Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado. The two-story stone school with belfry is in the foreground; frame and stone commercial buildings and dwellings line Bear Creek Avenue. Freight cars and an engine of the Morrison Branch of the Colorado and...
- Morrison (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Streets--Colorado--Morrison--1870-1880.
- 1875?
- Mount Sneffles Post Office
- Men pose in Mount Sneffels, Ouray County, Colorado, on boardwalk fronting the Post Office. The two-story frame building has a false front with a bracketed cornice, and paned windows. Adjacent buildings are shingled; full burlap bags are mounded in...
- Sneffels (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Post offices--Colorado--Sneffels--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- El Paso, Texas
- El Paso, Texas, consists of houses, businesses, and churches. Lumber and wagons are by tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad; the Sierra Huego mountains are in the background.
- El Paso (Tex.)--1880-1890.
- 1882
- Adobe house & oven
- This L-shaped adobe house has an oven in the yard, a ladder against the wall, and children in the doorway.
- Adobe buildings--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--children--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Marsh Park - Grape Creek Canon
- Marsh (Park) in Fremont County, Colorado, a meadow beside Grape Creek, has a dwelling, outbuilding, and watertank. Dry, scrub dotted hills surround.
- Marsh (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- John Nankervis at Nevadaville
- Interior view of a meat market in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, shows butchers in aprons behind the counter, framed paintings, a taxidermied deer head, an oil chandelier, glass front display cases and meat hanging on the walls. Scales are...
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Butcher shops--Colorado--Nevadaville--1870-1880.; Butchers--Colorado--Nevadaville--1870-1880.; Interiors.
- [between 1870 and 1876?]
- North Empire
- North Empire, Clear Creek County, Colorado, consists of log and frame dwellings and commercial buildings. Wagons and lumber are in the dirt streets; hills in the background are covered in dead trees and dirt roads.
- North Empire (Colo.)--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- W. H. Richard's house taken July 1883 Nevadaville, Col
- The W. H. Richards residence, in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado, is a one story frame structure with a covered entry, gable roof with returns, and brick chimney. Men, women, and children pose in the yard; another man sits on the roof. A...
- Richards, W. H.--Family--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880- 1890.; Richards, W. H.--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.; Nevadaville (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Children--Colorado--Nevadaville--1880-1890.;...
- 1883
- Circus Parade
- A circus parade on "F" Street in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, features an ornate circus wagon and elephants wearing howdahs. Spectators line the sidewalks; ornate brick business buildings have awnings and signs: "T. B. Hays wholesale and...
- Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Business districts--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Circus parades--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Elephants--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Spectators--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Salida--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Red Mountain, Colo.
- View of Red Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado; shows frame buildings and the National Bell Mine.
- Red Mountain (Ouray County, Colo. : Town)--1890-1900.
- 1891
- Salida, Colorado
- View over Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows Denver and Rio Grande railroad depot at the edge of the Arkansas River, businesses and homes along tree lined streets, including the Monte Cristo Hotel.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Arkansas River--1880-1890.; Salida (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Salida, Colorado
- View of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, shows Denver and Rio Grande railroad depot on the Arkansas River, businesses and homes, the Monte Cristo Hotel, and the The Salida High School.
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Salida (Colo.)--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cheyenne Mt. from Colorado Springs
- View along Monument Creek, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows embankments and trees, houses, a trestle bridge, a business sign: "Roby's Carriage Repository," and Cheyenne Mountain in the background.
- Cheyenne Mountain (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Monument Creek (El Paso County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Trestles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1895?]
- Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs
- View of Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, shows the Pourtales residence with hipped dormer, shingle imbrication, and a round tower with a bell cast roof, the three-story brick building Alta Vista Hotel to the north, and...
- Pourtales, James M., Graf von, 1853-1908--Homes & haunts.; Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1890.;...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs
- View along Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, features the Alta Vista Hotel, a three-story brick structure with dormers, a wrap-around porch, a round tower with a bell-cast roof and newly planted trees. Buggies and...
- Alta Vista Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1880-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1880-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Cheyenne Mt. Country Club
- View at the Cheyenne Mountain Country Club, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado; shows a man adjusting the saddle on a blindfolded mule while another man holds the reins; a Black man holds a horse with a man in suit and tie mounted on top....
- Cheyenne Mountain Country Club--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; African Americans--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Country clubs--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Donkeys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- A winter scene in the last snowstorm
- Snow covers fences, streets and yards of residences, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Taos community house
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, ladders, drying meat, and men including a Native American.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.; Taos Indians--1890-1900.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1890-1900.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Pearley Wasson Leadville
- View of a horse-drawn sleigh in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado; a dog holds the reins in its teeth. Men pose; signs and storefront windows read: "Democrat Printing Co," "Restaurant," and "Livery Stable."
- Wasson, Pearley.; Leadville (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Dogs--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Horses--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.; Sleds & sleighs--Colorado--Leadville--1880-1900.;...
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Overhead Mining & Express Co.
- View of an Overhead Mining and Express Company delivery wagon; letters read: "M. & Ex. Co."
- Carriages & coaches--1870-1890.; Transportation--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Arlington Hotel in Manitou
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking northeast. This two-story frame structure with chimney, cross gabled roof and mitred corner window has jigsaw work in its gable peak, and a sign on the roof that reads:...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- 1892