Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Western History Subject Index
- Artists zaugg, Mrs. F. C
- Western History Subject Index
- Artists, .. Ronnebeck, Arnold. 1885-1947
- Western History Subject Index
- Artists. Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902
- Western History Subject Index
- Artists. Delano, Gerald Curtis 1890- 1972
- Western History Subject Index
- Artists. McClymont, John Inglis
- Western History Subject Index
- Artists. Phippen, George 1916-1966
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- Artists. Richardson, Samuel
- Western History Subject Index
- Artists. Sauerwen, Frank Paul 1871?-1910
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- Artists. True, Allen Tupper 1881-1955
- Victor Higgins Taos Artist Colony
- View of Victor Higgins with a palette and a painting on an easel, at Taos, New Mexico. His Native American female subject holds a branch-hoop nearby; she wears a print dress and hair bangs. The canvas depicts her, the hoop, necklaces, and a parrot.
- Artists' models--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Artists--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Women--New Mexico--Taos--1900-1910.; Higgins, Victor, 1884-1949.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- The Morrison house, official residence of Lord Mayor Fletcher, Ashville
- Lord Mayor Fletcher, two children and two men pose in front of his home in Ashville, Colorado. A man sits in a rocker with a Chinese Pug on his lap, another man wearing a sack jacket stands next to a small girl. A young boy stands in a pile of...
- Ashville (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Ashcroft--1870-1890.; Huts--Colorado--Ashcroft--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1890]
- Western History Subject Index
- ATOMIC WARFARE
- Mt. Audubon and Arapahoe Peak from Picnic Rocks, Glacier Lake
- Colorado and Northwestern Railway's narrow gauge track and spur to Glacier Lake on Eldora line; Mt. Audubon (elevation 12,223 feet) and Arapahoe Peaks (elevation 13,502 and 13,397 feet) in distant background; shows wooden frame residence, wooden...
- Audubon, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1910.; North Arapaho Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Narrow-gage railroads--Colorado--1890-1910.; Pavilions--Colorado--1890-1910.; Colorado and Northwestern Railway Company.
- [between 1898 and 1909]
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881, with subsequent additions in 1890 by Frederick...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center...
- 1999
- Tivoli Student Union, formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery Auraria Higher Education Center.
- View of the Tivoli Student Union (formerly the Tivoli-Union Brewery), located at 900 Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Higher Education Center campus in Denver, Colorado. The brewery was built in 1881, with subsequent additions in 1890 by Frederick...
- Auraria Higher Education Center (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Tivoli Student Union (Denver, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Denver (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Historic buildings.; Student unions.; Universities & colleges.; Auraria Higher Education Center...
- 1999
- Western History Subject Index
- AURORA COLORADO. BUSINESS
- Car camping
- View of people at a picnic table, canvas tents, and automobiles among trees.
- Automobiles--1910-1930.; Camping--1910-1930.; Tents--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Bakersfield. Santa Fe oil district
- This reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard shows wooden oil derricks and canvas tents in an oil field near Bakersfield (Kern County), California. Shows a farm house and outbuildings, fenced pasture and animals and hay stacked around a...
- Bakersfield (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Farmhouses--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Oil wells--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.; Petroleum industry--California--Bakersfield--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Unidentified man, seated on horse wagon
- A man in a hat sits in the drivers seat of a horse-drawn stagecoach The coach has a canvas top and door, a canvas covered luggage is on the rear. Barrels and a wooden building are nearby.
- Barrels--1880-1890.; Horses--1880-1890.; Stagecoaches--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- Rifle Bachelor's Club Basketball Team
- Studio portrait of the Rifle Bachelor's Club Basketball team in Rifle (Garfield County), Colorado; teenage boys and young men wear jerseys, skullcaps, shorts, and striped socks, and canvas shoes. Letters on ball read: "RBC 15-16."
- Basketball players--Colorado--Rifle--1910-1920.; Teenagers--1910-1920.
- 1915 or 1916
- Bear Creek showing doughnut
- A man in a cap and overcoat poses beside an automobile with a canvas roof on a snow covered road beside Bear Creek in Bear Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows an arched rock formation identified as the "doughnut" on a ridge. Rocks and...
- Bear Creek (Jefferson County and Douglas County, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1910-1920.;...
- [1919?]
- Ezra Meeker at historic Bellevue
- Ezra Meeker sits in the driver's seat of a oxen-drawn, covered wagon in Bellevue (Sarpy County), Nebraska. A woman and child sit in a wagon near a partly visible attached sign on the canvas cover that reads "Purpose," "Result," "Oxen" and probably...
- Bellevue (Neb.)--1910-1920.; Aged persons--Men--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.; Children--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.; Covered wagons--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.; Ox teams--Nebraska--Bellevue--1910-1920.;...
- [between 1910 and 1912?]
- Arlington Hotel at Manitou Colo.
- Exterior view of the Arlington Hotel in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking east. This two-story, cross gabled frame structure has an open side porch and deck with railing. The striped canvas awning that shelters the deck is retracted, and small...
- Bennet, W. A.--Homes & haunts.; Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Arlington Hotel (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1895 and 1900?]
- Street view of Benton, Wyoming Territory
- Men in sack suits and hats or caps pose outside businesses in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. Signs on frame and canvas buildings read: "T.A. Kent & Co. Wines & Liquors," "Chicago Ale," "Bank," "Crockery" "Apples @ $1500," "A.H. Huyett, Wholesale...
- Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Barrels--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Dirt roads--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Jack Morrow at Benton, Wyo. Terr.
- Men sit or stand in a row and pose in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. One of the men perched on a barrel is identified as Jack Morrow. Clothing includes vests, sack suits, bow ties and wide brimmed hats or caps. Signs on frame and canvas buildings...
- Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Liquor stores--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Men--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Mercantile facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Morrow, Jack.
- 1868
- Bethesda Sanatorium
- Partial view of exterior of Bethesda Sanatorium (sanitarium), Denver, Colorado; shows water sprinkler, landscaped walkway, brick buildings with gabled or mansard tiled roofs, and canvas awnings.
- Bethesda Sanatorium (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sanatoriums--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [between 1927 and 1930]
- Advertising - Billboards
- Three men stand near a billboard that advertises Cudahy's Soap possibly in Colorado. The billboard reads: "Cudahy's Diamond 'G' Soap, the C Mark, Does Better Work and Goes Further Than Any Other Laundry Soap." Two of the men wear work clothes and...
- Billboards--1890-1900.
- 1897, September 29
- Black Canon, Colorado River, looking above, from camp 7
- A man sits on a boulder beside the Colorado River in the Black Canyon in Mohave County, Arizona. A wooden boat with a mast is beside camping provisions, wooden boxes, oars, a canvas bag, bedrolls, ropes, and a hat. Sand and rocks are next to the...
- Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)--1870-1880.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Mohave County (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Boats--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Mohave County--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Mohave...
- 1871
- Mirror Bar, Black Canyon, Colorado River
- A man sits in a boat on the Colorado River near what is identified as "Mirror Bar" in the Black Canyon on the Arizona - Nevada border. A canvas bag is beside the boat on a sandbar. Shows steep rock canyon walls.
- Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Rivers--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Rowboats--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880.; Sandbars--Colorado...
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Green Mountain Dam - camp
- View of worker's housing at the Green Mountain Dam construction site in Summit County, Colorado; shows canvas tents, the Blue River, a bridge, snow, mountains, and clouds.
- Blue River (Colo. : river)--1930-1950.; Green Mountain Dam (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Summit County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Bridges--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Dam construction--Colorado--Summit County--1930-1950.; Labor housing--Colorado--Summit...
- [between 1938 and 1943?]
- Bonanza
- Men and women pose on a dirt street in Bonanza (Saguache County), Colorado. Frame buildings have false fronts and signs that read: "F.F. Roby Assayer" and "Second Hand Goods." Miners hold pick axes, shovels, sledge hammers and pose near a pile of...
- Bonanza (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Assayers--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; False fronts--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Miners--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.; People--Colorado--Bonanza--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]
- 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?]
- 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?]
- Chautauqua Auditorium
- View of the frame Chautauqua Auditorium building in Boulder (Boulder County), Colorado. The building has open sides and square towers with hipped roofs. Canvas tents are set up near the auditorium. Shows mountains and The Flatirons in the distance.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder--1890-1900.
- [between 1898 and 1899]
- Chautauqua
- In Boulder, Colorado, wood panelling finishes the interior walls of the art hall at the Boulder Chautauqua. Portraits and landscapes hang in oval and rectangular frames. A sculpture of a draped woman with a deer and a plaster bust top pedestals; a...
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Art exhibitions--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Colo. Chautauqua, Boulder
- Bird's eye view of Chatauqua Auditorium and park looking northwest to Boulder, Colorado; shows wooden frame structures, numerous outbuildings around the Auditorium, and canvas tents.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Boys club
- Boys pose in kneepants and suspenders, some barefoot, pointing and lunging, in Boulder, Colorado. Striped canvas tents and the frame, two- story, Chautauqua academic hall are in the background. A bald man in back is by a sign reading: "Gymnasium."
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- Aug. 1900
- Residential tents at Chautauqua, Boulder
- Striped, canvas tents at the Chautauqua in Boulder, Colorado, have the Flatirons as a background, and young trees among them. People stroll in the area; weeds are in the foreground.
- Boulder (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Chautauquas--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Arts and Science building
- Random coursed, rusticated local sandstone was used by architect Charles Z. Klauder for the buildings at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Here, the Arts and Science Building and the Chemistry Building flank sidewalks and tree dotted lawn....
- Boulder (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Boulder--1940-1950.; University of Colorado (Boulder Campus)
- [between 1940 and 1945?]
- Mine in Boulder County, miners, equipment, mule, sun rays
- Miners and well dressed men pose in front of a log shaft house with a tin roof at an unidentified mine in Boulder County, Colorado. They stand near hose and a pneumatic drill, an ore car laden with ore, and a mule with a canvas blanket and leather...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Light.; Mine buildings.; Miners.; Mining equipment.; Mining.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- A Song of the woodland
- A man and a boy sit near a campfire in a heavily wooded area possibly on St. Vrain Mountain in Boulder County, Colorado. A wooden pole suspends a cast iron pot over the fire and a frying pan hangs off to the side. Firelight illuminates a tepee...
- Boulder County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Camping--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Night--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.; Tipis--Colorado--Boulder County--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- Western History Subject Index
- BOULDER, COLORADO
- Western History Subject Index
- Boulder, Colorado. City council
- County administration building
- In this view of a building in Breckenridge, Colorado, a two story, gable roofed frame structure with a false front with a bracketed cornice, and a paned window storefront on the main floor is visible. The four sash windows on the second floor, just...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Buildings--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1892 and 1900?]
- Silverthorne Hotel, Geo. Smith jewelry store
- Exterior view of the Silverthorne Hotel and the George Smith jewelry store in Breckenridge, Colorado. A two story, gable roofed frame structure is flanked by two flat roofed buildings. All have plate glass windows, some have curtains, and all share...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Silverthorne Hotel, George Smith, jeweler in doorway
- The Silverthorne Hotel and George Smith Jewelry Store in Breckenridge, Colorado, are housed in a two story frame structure with a shingled, gable roof. False fronted, gable roofed buildings, with plate glass windows and curtains all share a common...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Jewelry stores--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Lincoln Avenue winter of 1899
- On Lincoln Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west, are two-story, frame buildings behind piles of snow. One has a line of sash windows on the second floor, the other has lettering on the second floor reading "Kaiser's Market." A man on skis...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Snow--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.; Winter--Colorado--Breckenridge--1890-1900.
- 1899
- Laying of cornerstone at courthouse, Summit Co, Colo.
- On Main Street, in Breckenridge, Colorado, a parade of Masons approach in their aprons, led by men with tubas or cornets, bound for the cornerstone laying ceremony at the site of the new Summit County Courthouse. Men, women, children, power poles...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1910.
- 1909
- Flag raising Aug. 1936 by Gov. Johnson in which the disputed strip of land was formally annexed
- This view of a flag raising ceremony outside of the Summit County Courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado, includes the large scale two story brick structure, with a hipped gable roof and a cupola with paired sash windows on each of its four sides....
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Flags--American--1930-1940.; Rites & ceremonies--Colorado--Breckenridge--1930-1940.
- 1936
- Street scene, Brighton, Colo.
- View north on Division Street, renamed North Main Street, from northeast corner of Bridge and North Main Street, Brighton, Colorado; shows horse-drawn wagons and carriages parked near sidewalk, brick and wood frame buildings. Identifiable...
- Brighton (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Brighton--1900-1910.
- [between 1908 and 1910]