Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Alpine Station
- View of the Alpine railroad station, Alpine, Chaffee County, Colorado, a combination frame depot, freight room and living quarters with a large group of men on the wooden plank depot platform with piles of bundled canvas sacks; shows Denver South...
- Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railway Company--1880-1890.; Alpine (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Railroad freight cars--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Alpine--1880-1890.
- [1882]
- American Wholesale Drug. Co. bldg.
- View of American Wholesale Drug Company, 427-435 West Colfax, Denver, Colorado, a six-story brick commercial building with arched entryway, and the Mint Hotel, a brick building with curvilinear parapet. Automobiles have canvas tops; signs read:...
- American Wholesale Drug Company (Denver, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Industry--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.
- [1920]
- An Immense body of oil shale, near Grand Valley, Colorado
- Men wear overalls, jackets, and hats and pose on a rocky trail in probably Mesa County or Garfield County, Colorado. Canvas tents are near scrub, trees, and talus. Shows steep, layered shale cliffs.
- Oil-shales--Colorado--1900-1920.; Cliffs--Colorado--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--1900-1920.; Trails & paths--Colorado--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1917]
- Animas City
- View of main street businesses in Animas City, two miles north of of Durango, La Plata County, Colorado; includes a canvas top stage coach drawn by six horses pausing in front of three wood frame false fronts; men gathered on boardwalks of...
- Animas City (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Animas--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Annual: North Side High School 1907
- North Denver High School yearbook for 1907
- Denver Public Schools--Students--Yearbooks.; North High School (Denver, Colo.)--Students--Yearbooks.; School yearbooks--Colorado--Denver.; High schools--Colorado--Denver--Periodicals.
- 1907
- Another view of the last "heavy frost" in Silverton
- View of a large snowbank fronting a business in Silverton, Colorado. A two-story brick building with a corbel course in the cornice and sash windows on the second floor has lettering on the retracted canvas awning: "The French Bakery." Lettering...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Snow--Colorado--Silverton--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930?]
- Approaching the first tunnel, canon of the Grand River. Glenwood extension D.&.R.G.R.R.
- View of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad narrow gauge tracks on the Glenwood Extension, Glenwood Canyon, Garfield County, Colorado. Shows a sod-roof shelter near a telegraph pole, trees, a railroad tunnel through a rock formation, and white canvas...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1880-1890.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1880-1890.; Garfield County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Glenwood Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Garfield County--1880-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1880 and 1890?]
- Arizona Mine, Nevada
- Men wear hats and sit, stand, and pose in front of a canvas covered tent near the Arizona Mine shaft at Belmont (Nye County), Nevada. A man sits in a wheelbarrow beside a log pile. Ore piles and rocks, a horse, wagon and a mine building with a...
- Arizona Mine (Nye County, Nev.)--1870-1880.; Belmont (Nev.)--1870-1880.; Miners--Nevada--Belmont--1870-1880.; Mining--Nevada--Belmont--1870-1880.; Tents--Nevada--Belmont--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- [1871]
- 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?]
- Arrivals in camp City Park
- A group of campers pose in and near a car at City Park auto (motor) camp in Denver, Colorado. A man in a stained work jump suit stands by the side of the car with his hands on his hips. An elderly couple sits in the back seat and a young woman in a...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Families--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- 1918 April
- 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?]
- Aspen track team
- Male track team members from Aspen High School, Aspen, Colorado pose in a line dressed in their team uniforms. Most of the boys wear sleeveless, tank shirts and shorts. Canvas tents are in the background.
- Track and field athletes--Colorado--Aspen--1910-1920.; Aspen (Colo.)--1910-1920.
- 1910
- At Elmer Bergs, Jack DuBois, Caleb Gates Jr., Frank Danvener
- Jean "Jack" DuBois, Caleb F. Gates, Jr., and Frank Danvener sit in wood and canvas folding chairs at Elmer Berg's Ranch, Elk Falls Ranch, in Jefferson County or Park County, Colorado. DuBois holds a drink and Gates holds a cigarette and a copy of...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Organizations--Colorado--1940-1950.; Danvener, Frank.; DuBois, Jean, cameraman.; Gates, Caleb Frank, 1903-1955.
- 1949 July
- Back from the hunt, Colo. Midland Ry.
- View of two outdoorsmen in camp near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; two men seated in camp, one man with knee-high gaiters holding rifle in one hand and one dead grouse or pheasant in other; second man holding one dead...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Fishing--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- 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?]
- Barnum/Barnum West Neighborhood Plan: a neighborhood plan for the city and county of Denver
- Bathers on lawn, Washington Park bathhouse in background
- Young men and women in bathing suits sit on the lawn near the bathhouse in Washington Park, Denver, Colorado. A canvas tent is in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Washington Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Lawns--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Swimmers--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.;...
- 1918 May
- 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?]
- Becker and Nolon block, Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Becker and Nolon block building, 301 East Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; original site of Johnny Nolon Saloon and Gambling Emporium; rebuilt by Johnny Nolon and Jacob Becker after 1896 fire; this two-story flat-roof brick...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Medical offices--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1896 and 1900]
- Bennet [sic] Avenue - Fremont
- Illustration depicts Bennett Avenue, Fremont, Colorado prior to incorporation as Cripple Creek; scene includes one and two-story wooden frame commercial buildings, canvas tents, and horse-drawn wagons in street.
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Streets--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1960 and 1970]
- Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek
- Bird's eye view west on Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, Colorado; Mount Pisgah is in background; scene includes canvas tents, log buildings and numerous one and two-story buildings, both residential and commercial; one log frame building with side...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Pisgah, Mount (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log buildings--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1893 or 1894]
- Benton, Wyoming Territory
- View of log and frame buildings and canvas tents in Benton (Carbon County), Wyoming. Shows a Union Pacific Railroad building or depot, freight cars, and businesses with signs that read: "U.P.R.R.[?]" and "N.C. Worth." Shows covered wagons parked on...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Buildings--1860-1870.; Benton (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.; Railroad facilities--Wyoming--Benton--1860-1870.
- 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]
- Between 3rd and 4th of Main Street, looking west
- Brick and stone buildings line Main Street in Canon City, Colorado. These commercial buildings have bracketed cornices, pediments, turrets, bay windows and mansard roofs. Most have canvas awnings; some are extended. Signs read: "Kaye Bros...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Canon City--1900-1910.
- 1900
- Big Creek
- Ben Duke holds up a gutted brown trout at Big Creek, in Carbon County, Wyoming. He sports a felt cowboy hat and a canvas fishing vest equipped with gear pouches. Duke was a businessman (President of Gates Corporation), outdoorsman, 10th Mountain...
- Encampment (Wyo.)--1970-1980.; Businessmen--Colorado--Denver--1970-1980.; Fishing--Wyoming--Encampment--1970-1980.; Duke, H. Benjamin.
- July 1979
- Bird's eye view of Victor Colo. from Cripple Creek trail, north
- Bird's eye view of Victor, Colorado, from Cripple Creek Trail to north; shows sparse settlement with two brick buildings, wooden frame buildings with false fronts, some log buildings, and canvas tents. Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad station...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Trails & paths--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1894?]
- 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
- Black Canyon expedition?
- A young man strikes a thoughtful pose by a makeshift canvas tent and a survey tripod at a campsite in (possibly) Montrose or Gunnison County Colorado. A collapsible canoe is beside the tent.
- Camping--Colorado--1890-1910.; Canoes--Colorado--1890-1910.; Men--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Board of Water Commissioners
- Men pose by a Water Department service truck in Denver, Colorado; canvas covers the truck bed.
- Denver (Colo.)--1920-1940.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Public utility companies--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.; Trucks--Colorado--Denver--1920-1940.
- [between 1925 and 1935?]
- Bob Ford's (slayer of Jesse James) old bar, at which he was killed
- Bob Ford's bar in the town of Creede, Colorado, in Mineral County, is a canvas tent with a ladder leaning next to it and a wood crate near it. A log cabin is under construction in the background. The steep, rocky hills that surround the town are...
- Creede (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bars--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1890-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1892]
- 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?]
- 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
- Breaking camp
- A survey team breaks camp near Fourmile Creek in Fremont County, Colorado. Burros are loaded with equipment, bedrolls, and a table. A team of railroad surveyors stand interspersed with the burros. One man holds a stadia rod in his hand. A canvas...
- Fourmile Creek (Fremont County and Custer County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Fremont County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Fremont County--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Fremont...
- [between 1881 and 1884?]
- Brief histories of the Denver Public Schools
- Compiled for the administrative offices of the Denver Public Schools, this book contains brief histories for the majority of the Public Schools in Denver, Colorado up to they year 1952.
- Denver Public Schools--History.
- 1952
- Buchtel House
- Building the teepee pegging the canvas after it is stretched out by poles.
- Native American (Ute) woman sits near the entrance to a tepee in Monument Valley Park, El Paso County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress and a belt. Writing on the tepee reads: "No 18-9". A hat hangs over the tepee entrance.
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Monument Valley Park (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- [August, 1912]
- Burro Brigade at the Cliff
- View of the "Burro Brigade" in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Burro rides to the Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak summit, and Cave of the Winds were a popular diversion and daily occurrence for tourists in this resort town. 15 "Brigaders" pose,...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Donkeys--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Resorts--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Cliff House (Manitou Springs, Colo.)
- [between 1872 and 1880?]
- Burros loaded with track iron for mines at Silverton
- Street scene in Silverton, Colorado; shows a train of burros loaded with track for mines and a burro with an ore car strapped to its back. Frame, gable-roof and false front buildings on Thirteenth (13th) Street include the two-story San Juan Herald...
- Silverton (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Donkeys--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Packtrains--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.; Streets--Colorado--Silverton--1880-1890.
- September, 1887
- Business street, Trinidad, Colorado
- View of a Main Street intersection in Trinidad, Colorado, looking north on Commercial; shows the McCormick building with bay windows and canvas awnings, and the Columbian Hotel. Men are by storefronts; trolley tracks, pedestrians, buggies and...
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Trinidad--1900-1910.
- 1908
- Cabin in Manitou
- View of a log cabin in Manitou Springs, Colorado, with a brick chimney, shingle roof, and an open porch. A buckboard with a canvas top, bundles and passengers is by horses. The pinto is saddled; the sorrel is blanketed, and a man picks up a saddle....
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Horses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Houses--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.; Log cabins--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Camp
- View of canvas camp cabins and trees; a man and woman sit in a hammock in the background.
- Cabins--1880-1920.
- [between 1880 and 1920?]
- Camp at Boettlers, Emigrant Peak
- View of the Hayden Survey (U.S. Geological Survey of the U.S. Territories, 1871) encampment on the ranch of Frederick and Phillip Bottler at the base of Emigrant Peak and the Yellowstone Mountains (Absaroka Range), Park County, Montana. Shows...
- Emigrant peak (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Camping--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Carts & wagons--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.;...
- 1871
- Camp for boys of Byer's Home for Boys
- Tents in the summer camp for the E. M. Byers Home for Boys sit in the Pike National Forest between the towns of Shawnee and Grant in Park County, Colorado. Shows canvas tents in a flat meadow and a wooden cabin.
- Byers Home for Boys (Denver, Colo.)--Facilities--1900-1920.; Park County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camps--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.; Tents--Colorado--Park County--1900-1920.
- [between 1901 and 1920?]
- Camp for the "help" - Broadmoor Hotel and Casino
- View of plank based, canvas walled tents, used to house employees of the Broadmoor Hotel and Casino, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Broadmoor Hotel and Casino (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Broadmoor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Casinos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1896 and 1897?]
- Camp gathering
- Men, women and children pose in a meadow at a camp of probably the officers of the 22nd (twenty-second) infantry at Fort Keogh (Custer County), Montana. A canvas tent has a stencil with a rifle insignia and reads: "22". Men hold cigars and wear...
- Fort Keogh (Mont.)--1890-1900.; Children--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military camps--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Military officers--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Tents--Montana--Fort Keogh--1890-1900.; Women--Montana--Fort...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Camp in Norris Geyser Basin
- Men and horses outfitted for an expedition pose near a settlement at Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows canvas tents with log frames and a wooden frame structure on the hill. An A-frame plank bridge spans a creek; a dog...
- Norris Geyser Basin (Wyo.)--1870-1890.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Horseback riding--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Men--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.; Settlements--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1870 and 1890?]
- Camp life Cascade Canon
- Women sit and stand in front of log cabins with striped canvas roofs in Cascade Canyon, probably El Paso County, Colorado.
- Cascade Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; El Paso County (Colo)--1880-1890.; Cabins--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Private camps--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1890?]
- Camp life, Cascade Canon
- View of camp cabins at Sylvan Nook in Cascade Canon (El Paso County), Colorado. Women pose by the canvas roofed houses.
- Cascade Canyon (El Paso County, Colo.)--1880-1900.; El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Cabins--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.; Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Camp on Taylor River "Dinner"
- Men, women, and a baby eat at at a table under a canvas awning at their campsite in Gunnison County, Colorado. They are identified as [L to R] Mr. V. E. Axtel, Mrs. Axtel, Mr. N. E. Metzler, Ernestine Block, Mrs. Joseph H. Block, and Joseph H....
- Gunnison County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Aged persons--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.; Camping--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.; Eating & drinking--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.; Infants--Colorado--Gunnison County--1890-1900.;...
- 1897 August
- Camp on the Divide, between Yellowstone Lake and the East Fork
- View of the Hayden Survey (U.S Geological Survey of the Territories, 1871) encampment on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Nineteen people stand ready for work near a camp fire. Shows a canvas tent, the wood wheeled odometer...
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Camping--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.;...
- [1871.]