Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women stand near a tepee frame and arrange the canvas covering at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. One woman holds a large sheet of canvas while others look on. A pile of rolled canvas stands nearby. The women are...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of restaurant in a canvas tent on a rustic log frame in Cripple Creek (Teller County), Colorado; the canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Early days of Cripple Creek mining camp
- View of "Lunch Room" restaurant canvas tent on rustic log frame, Cripple Creek, Colorado; canvas tent has attached signs "Lunchroom" and "Meals, 25 cents"; lettering on tent includes: "Restaurant," "Hot Soup 10 Cents," "Oysters Short," "Sandwiches...
- Mining camps--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1892 or 1893]
- Utes Building the Tepee
- Native American (Ute) women stretch canvas over erect tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Piles of household materials, including rolls of canvas, stand near the tepee. Other complete and incomplete tepees stand nearby....
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Drugstore, Arrow, Colorado
- View of the first drugstore in Arrow (Arrowhead), Colorado, shows a walled canvas tent store; sign above the wood framed front entry reads: "Drug Store;" "Colorado Tent & Awning" printed on the canvas; stovepipe through the canvas roof braced with...
- Arrow (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drugstores--Colorado--Arrow--1900-1910.
- [1903 or 1904]
- Camping in Rock[y] Mt. Lake Park
- A man and woman prepare a meal in the back of a camper at Rocky Mountain Lake Park auto camp (motor camp) in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The grill, coffee pot, pans, tins and other utensils sit on a drawer that slides under the...
- 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?]
- Restaurant in Creede
- Men and women sit or stand and pose in front of a canvas tent restaurant in Creede (Mineral County), Colorado. A banner on the tent reads: "Restaurant, Meals At All Hours." Nearby structures have log foundations and canvas roofs. Women wear fitted...
- Creede (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Creede--1880-1900.
- [between 1889 and 1900?]
- Saddle bag
- A saddle bag (Native American Ute Indian) used by Chipeta who died in 1924. The saddle bag is made of buckskin cut into a rectangular shape. It has a canvas backing that is edged with brass studs, wool trim and fringe. It is decorated with zigzag,...
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Ute Indians--Arts & crafts--1870-1920.; Saddlebags--1870-1920.; Chipeta--Associated objects.
- [between 1875 and 1915]
- 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
- Cradleboard
- Shows a Native American (Arapaho?) cradleboard. It features decorative opaque, red, white, black and green beadwork in geometric designs. The cradleboard has a leather thong, stained wood, lining dark brown velveteen, canvas backing and 1 calico?.
- Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--1880-1900.; Cradleboards--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900]
- San Diego, tent city at Coronado Beach
- Vacationers walk next to the trolley line and sit under canvas awnings in front of tents in the tent city erected at Coronado Beach (San Diego County), California. Shows tents with striped canvas sides and thatched roofs. The Hotel del Coronado...
- Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, Calif.)--1900-1910.; Coronado (Calif.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Resorts--California--Coronado--1900-1910.; Street railroads--California--Coronado--1900-1910.;...
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A summer camp in Colorado
- Camp scene somewhere in Colorado amidst pine & aspen grove; large canvas tent supported by wooden posts open to front with awning extended to include "front porch", lean-to attached to side, stacked rocks framing front wall; three women inside...
- Camping--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Akron, Colo.
- View along Main Street of first water main pipes being laid, Akron, Washington County, Colorado. Trench dug along side of street; a man stands at canvas top automobile on street talking to driver. Buildings include a two-story brick commercial...
- Akron (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Akron--1910-1920.; Waterworks--Colorado--Akron--1910-1920.
- [1912]
- Utes Making of a tepee
- Native American (Ute) women tie canvas to a wooden pole underneath four erect tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Three tepees stand nearby. Groups of men and women sit and stand near one tepee as well as on a sandstone...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- September 1, 1913
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) woman reaches down to place pegs into the ground in order to stretch the canvas of an erected tepee at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress and a blanket tied around her waist. A group of...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women construct a tepee at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. One woman pulls an erect wooden pole away from the center of the tepee frame. Another woman stands near the rolled tepee canvas and looks on. A girl sits...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women hold a wooden pole draped with tepee canvas near four other erect tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. The tepee frame is near a group of bushes, flanked by a completed tepee and another tepee...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Indian encampments--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.;...
- 1913 September 1
- Utes Building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) woman stands near a pile of wooden tepee poles at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. The woman wears a dress, a wide belt from which a round pennant hangs, and a fringed shawl. Other tepee supplies including the...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Utes building the tepee
- Native American (Ute) women drag wooden tepee poles toward a pile of rolled canvas at Garden of the Gods, El Paso County, Colorado. Trees and bushes dot the grassy landscape. The women are probably in Colorado Springs to attend the Shan Kive...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Women--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.; Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--El Paso County--1910-1920.
- 1913 September 1
- Infantry camp in wickyups, on Whitewood
- View of an infantry camp on Whitewood, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, shows soldiers in the Native American campaigns with piles of their gear around small shelters constructed of willow rods and canvas scraps.
- Dakota Indians--War, 1876--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--War--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Campaigns & battles--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Soldiers--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.;...
- 1876
- Fruit packing on B.F. Wests Ranch, Palisade, Colo., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Group of workers packing fruit (peaches) on B.F. West's Ranch, Palisade, Colorado, reached via Colorado Midland Railway; canvas covered shelter for small assembly line of male and female workers; two workers with canvas bags around shoulders for...
- Palisade (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fruit industry--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Harvesting--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Peach orchards--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.; Ranches--Colorado--Palisade--1900-1910.
- [1907?]
- 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]
- Camping at Norrie, Colo. Midland Ry.
- Camp scene with two canvas tents and small covered eating area near Norrie, Colorado reached via Colorado Midland Railway; man with rifle slung over shoulder holding dead pheasant or grouse standing near cone shaped tent; a-frame open canvas...
- Norrie (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Camping--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Hunting--Colorado--Norrie--1900-1920.; Colorado Midland Railway Company.
- [between 1900 and 1919]
- Outdoor life in the Rocky Mtns., Colo. Midland Ry.
- Men pose near Norrie (Pitkin County), Colorado (reached via Colorado Midland Railway) with game birds (pheasant or grouse?) and trout. Outfits include gaiters, rubber waders, and Montana peak hats. Gear includes fishing poles, a wicker creel, a...
- 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]
- First boat on Yellowstone Lake
- Two members of the Hayden Survey (U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, 1871) sit in a boat with oars and a sail near a rocky shore on Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A canvas drape on the side of the boat reads:...
- Absaroka Range (Mont. and Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.;...
- [1871.]
- Camp on Yellowstone Lake
- A group of fifteen men from the 1871 Hayden Survey (U.S. geological Survey of the Territories) stand by Yellowstone Lake, near the mouth of Bridge Creek, opposite Stevenson's Island, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Shows canvas tents, gear and...
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Camping--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Sailboats--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.;...
- [1871.]
- The Annie, first boat ever launched on Yellowstone Lake
- Members of the Hayden Survey (U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories of 1871), sit in a boat, with a tent-fly as a sail and oars, near the shore of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. A canvas drape on the side of the boat...
- Yellowstone Lake (Wyo.)--1870-1880.; Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Lakes & ponds--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.; Sailboats--Yellowstone National Park--1870-1880.;...
- 1871
- Coyote pelts
- A dog sits behind the steering wheel of an automobile next to a display of coyote and cougar pelts propped against the bed, wheels and canvas top of a wagon. A saddled horse stands between the automobile and a canvas tent. Rifles stand propped...
- Coyote--Control--1920-1930.; Automobiles--1920-1930.; Coyote hunting--1920-1930.; Hides & skins--1920-1930.
- [between 1922 and 1927?]
- Head Quarters, Platte City
- Members of the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian stand near a canvas tent in what is identified as Platte City in probably Lincoln County, Nebraska. George Francis Train is seated on the grass, Mrs. Train and Thomas C. Durant are near a...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Lincoln County (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Business people--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Tents--Nebraska--Lincoln...
- 1866 October 25
- Representatives of the press, with the excursion
- Journalists with the Union Pacific excursion to the 100th meridian pose in suits, overcoats, caps, wide brimmed hats or top hats; they stand near a canvas tent in probably Lincoln County, Nebraska. Shows a stove pipe near canvas tents supported...
- Union Pacific Railroad Company--Public relations--1860-1870.; Lincoln County (Neb.)--1860-1870.; Journalists--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Railroad travel--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.; Tourists--Nebraska--Lincoln County--1860-1870.
- 1866 October
- 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-?]
- Dance house at Laramie
- Men, women and boys pose outside a canvas tent painted to read "Keystone Hall" in Laramie (Albany County), Wyoming. Men and boys wear sack suits or vests and hats. Women wear dresses with full skirts. Shows frame and canvas buildings and wooden...
- Laramie (Wyo.)--1860-1870.; Boys--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Dance halls--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Tents--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.; Women--Wyoming--Laramie--1860-1870.
- 1868
- Camping party, Twin Lakes
- People pose at campsite near Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado. A man shows trout to women; horses and a wagon and buggy are by canvas tents. Chairs and a table, with a tablecloth and dishes, are under a canvas awning.
- Lake County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Camping--Colorado--Lake County--1870-1890.; People--Colorado--Lake County--1870-1890.; Tents--Colorado--Lake County--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1881?]
- In camp in the mountains
- View of tent camp amidst aspen grove in the mountains of Colorado; shows large canvas tent with awning at entrance for shade, two women sitting under awning, one woman stitching or embroidering, a man reading book reclined on ground-level lounge...
- Camping--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- A summer camp
- Camping in the mountains of Colorado; shows large canvas tent supported by posts with awnings over front entrance and providing protection for tables with pots, pans and buckets. Three women appear under the front awning; entrance to tent is...
- Camping--Colorado--1890-1910.; Tents--Colorado--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- 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]
- Mines of Victor
- View of wooden frame residence & canvas tents with wooden frames on hillside below Portland & Bobtail Mine, Victor, Colorado; includes one- story medium gable wooden frame residence with lean-to, two canvas tents on wooden frames & base,...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1910.
- [between 1895 and 1902]
- Ride camp, Eldora area
- View of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies ride camp near Eldora (Boulder County), Colorado. Tents, a canvas windbreak, automobiles, and a truck are near wooden buildings and houses. Canvas chairs are set up at the campsite beside smoke from a...
- Roundup Riders of the Rockies (Colo.)--People--1940-1950.; Trail riding--Colorado--1940-1950.; Boulder County (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Camping--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.; Houses--Colorado--Boulder County--1940-1950.;...
- 1949 July
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- View of the Frank Byers property above Hot Sulphur Springs, Grand County, Colorado, includes the Willows, a grand two-story house with hipped roof and dormers and the original log house. Three men are outside a walled canvas tent with a stove and...
- Byers, Frank S.--Homes & haunts.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1890-1910.
- [between 1899 and 1910]
- Denver Camp Groups postcard
- Postcard with a photograph on the front of three men sitting on a log in front of a make-shift camp in Denver, Colorado. Many of the "tents" in the photo are made of canvas and some are a hybrid of canvas and cars.
- undated
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 42, 1909 December 4
- Newsletter produced by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1909 December 4
- Unidentified group of Indians, canvas tents in background
- Unidentified group of Dakota Native Americans; includes three males on horses, four males standing holding reins to horses; six of seven holding rifles; canvas tents in background.
- Dakota Indians--1880-1890.; Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Tents--1880-1890.
- [188-?]
- 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
- The Buckhorn Exchange
- View of the Buckhorn Exchange Saloon and Steakhouse (1886) a National Historic Landmark located at 1000 Osage Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. This two story, commercial style, brick building has a corbeled cornice with...
- Buckhorn Exchange (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Lincoln Park (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010.; Historic buildings.; Restaurants.; Buckhorn Exchange (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Historic...
- 2009
- Ramon Del Castillo at Santa Anna Fiesta
- Ramon Del Castillo, a professor of Chicano studies at Metropolitan State College of Denver and a well known Chicano poet, plays hand drums with an unidentified musician group at the Santa Anna Fiesta in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. He...
- Hispanic Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Hand drums.; Poets.; Teachers.; Del Castillo, Ramon, 1949---Pictorial works.; College teachers--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Drummers...
- [2001]
- Pioneer Train, Denver Zoo, Denver
- View of the Pioneer Train located in the Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele Street, in City Park, Denver, Colorado. A woman zoo employee sits in the locomotive and zoo visitors are in open passenger cars that have scalloped canvas tops. Lettering on the...
- Denver Zoo--1970-1980.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Miniature railroads.; Parks.; Zoos.; Denver Zoo--Pictorial works.; Railroads, Miniature--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Urban...
- 1977
- Municipal Facts: Volume 9 Numbers 3 and 4, 1926 March-April
- Newsletter produced everty two months by the City of Denver highlighting the civic, administrative, and informational aspects of government within the City.
- Local government--Colorado--Denver.; Cities and towns--Colorado--Denver.
- 1926 March-April
- Men sitting on a pile of lumber
- Men sit on boards in Denver, Colorado; construction equipment and a canvas tent are by an automobile.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Men--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- 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?]