Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 1421 Champa, construction progress excavation
- View of an excavated area filled with brick rubble and wood joists at the site of the Colorado Telephone Company building at 1421 Champa Street, Denver, Colorado. A cut stone wall lines a portion of the hole. Bricks are stacked near a shed-roofed...
- Colorado Telephone Company--Buildings--1900-1910.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Building construction--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Excavation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.; Telephone companies--Colorado--Denver--1900-1910.
- 1902 June 4
- 1894 Corbett & Ballenger's 22nd Annual Denver City Directory
- 1939 (street?) residence
- View of a brick New England style house with a pedimented door, chimney, and side balcony.
- Houses--1900-1940.
- [between 1900 and 1940?]
- 2 women by beaver pond
- Women pose by a beaver pond in Colorado.
- Lakes & ponds--Colorado--1900-1910.; Women--Colorado--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo dwellings, stoves, scaffolds, ladders, laundry, and wagons. Native American (Taos Pueblo) men, women, and children mingle with White visitors; a man in the foreground wears a striped blanket.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- 1917
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos
- View of a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man with a pinto horse on a rope; a boy rides the animal, which drinks from Rio Puerco (Pueblo Creek.)
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1920-1930.; Rio Pueblo de Taos (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1920-1930.; Boys--New...
- 1920
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos - fiesta
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, during a festival; shows a crowd including Native Americans (Taos Pueblo) on the ground and on adobe pueblo dwellings.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos - streets
- View of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows adobe pueblo Native American (Taos Pueblo) dwellings (under construction), an oven, a drying hide, horses, and Pueblo Peak.
- Indians of North America--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--Structures--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--Structures--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1915 and 1920?]
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos fiesta Chifonetes
- View of San Geronimo Fiesta at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows parked cars, white spectators, adobe pueblo dwellings, and a Native American (Taos Pueblo) man climbing a pole topped by a dead mountain lion. Koshares dance below him.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; San Geronimo Fiesta (Taos Pueblo, N.M.); Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.;...
- 1917
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos missions
- View of the San Geronimo de Taos Mission at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American (Taos Pueblo) men, women, and children. The church is an adobe structure with a belfry, fenced yard and gate.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New...
- 1917
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos missions
- View of San Geronimo de Taos Mission at Taos, New Mexico; shows Native American (Taos Pueblo) men, women, and children wearing blankets, and carrying branches. The church is an adobe structure with a belfry, entrada, and crosses.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New...
- 1917
- 2nd Pueblo - Taos missions
- View of the San Geronimo de Taos Mission at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico; shows Native American (Taos Pueblo) men, women, and children. The church is an adobe structure with a belfry, entrada, and crosses.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Missions--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblos--New...
- 1917
- 2nd pueblo Taos
- Portrait of an unidentified Native American (Taos Pueblo) man on a horse. His attire includes a felt hat with a feather.
- Indians of North America--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Pueblo Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Indians--New Mexico--Taos Pueblo--1910-1920.; Taos Pueblo (N.M.)--1910-1920.; Horseback riding--New Mexico--Taos...
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- 300 choice recipes
- Cookbook created by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Included in the cookbook are various recipes and household tips provided by the ladies.
- Cooking, American--Colorado.; First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.); First Baptist Church (Denver, Colo.)--History.
- 1892
- 4th Annual New-Times Marathon
- The start of the 4th Annual Mountain Marathon sponsored by the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Times, Denver, Colorado. A banner that hangs across the street reads: "Start. 4th Annual Mountain Marathon June 3rd. News-Times." Shows bystanders, a...
- Denver Times--Public relations--1900-1930.; Rocky Mountain News--Public relations--1900-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1930.; Automobile racing--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.; Automobiles--Colorado--Denver--1900-1930.
- [between 1900 and 1930?]
- 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Headquarters 1st Battalion
- FIRST ROW 1) unidentified, 2) unidentified, 3) unidentified, 4) unidentified, 5) unidentified, 6) unidentified, 7) unidentified, 8) unidentified, 9) unidentified, 10) unidentified, 11) unidentified, 12) unidentified, 13) unidentified, 14)...
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 86th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.; Camp Hale (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Military personnel--1940-1950.
- [1944 June]
- "Magog," Pikes Peak trail
- View of Magog, a large boulder formation along the Pikes Peak trail, El Paso County, Colorado.
- El Paso County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--El Paso County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- "Off to War" Parade in Denver
- Spectators watch a military parade in front of the City Hall building located on 14th (Fourteenth) and Market Streets, in Denver, Colorado. The parade was to honor soldiers leaving for the Spanish American War in 1898.
- Spanish-American War, 1898--Military personnel--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Marching--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Military parades & ceremonies--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Soldiers--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.;...
- 1898
- "Rock Row," a Mormon tenement, Salt Lake City
- View of a stone tenement building, identified as Rock Row, with a shingled roof and porch in Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County), Utah. A girl wears a dress, leggings, and boots and stands beside a bent bicycle wheel. Trees are in a row in front of...
- Salt Lake City (Utah)--1900-1910.; Girls--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.; Tenement houses--Utah--Salt Lake City--1900-1910.
- 1900
- "The Colorado" RR car interior Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf RR
- An interior view of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railroad "Colorado" car. It is decorated with wall to wall carpeting, wood furniture, upholstered wood benches in the back, wood paneling, fringed pull shades and a table covered with a...
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad private cars--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- "The Old Roadmaster", Clear Creek
- View of Clear Creek, a rock formation identified as "The Old Roadmaster," and Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway tracks in Clear Creek Canyon (Clear Creek County or Jefferson County), Colorado.
- Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--1890-1900.; Railroad tracks--Colorado--1890-1900.; Rock formations--Colorado--1890-1900.; Streams--Colorado--1890-1900.; Union Pacific,...
- 1894
- A beaver dam
- Two men look at a beaver dam on probably the Green River in Wyoming.
- Green River (Wyo.-Utah)--1890-1900.; Beaver dams--Wyoming--1890-1900.
- 1892
- A home in the Blue Ridge Mtns. of Virginia
- A wood plank house and barn sit near a dirt road in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. A woman and child stand in the doorway and on the porch; a duck sits in the yard.
- Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Barns--Virginia--1900-1910.; Houses--Virginia--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A lake
- Rocks and trees line a lakeshore.
- Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.; Waterfronts--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A landscape
- View of a lake, willow and other deciduous trees and a grassy field.
- Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A landscape
- View of a wooded spit and large lake from a grassy headland.
- Spits (Geomorphology)--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.; Trees--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A landscape
- A path and a tree-lined dirt road run beside a lake.
- Dirt roads--1900-1910.; Lakes & ponds--1900-1910.; Trails & paths--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A mountain ranch
- A ranch style house sits at the base of unidentified foothills in California. Shows an orange grove.
- Houses--California--1900-1920.; Orange orchards--California--1900-1920.
- [between 1900 and 1920?]
- A mountain stream
- View of pine trees and a wooded hillside in possibly the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. A mountain stream runs below.
- Forests--Virginia--1900-1910.; Pines--Virginia--1900-1910.; Streams--Virginia--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A packers camp, Po'Keepsie Gulch
- View of a mining camp with tent, clothesline, and man and woman, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado. A man stands with a pack train of burros, they carry chairs and household goods.
- Mining camps--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Poughkeepsie Gulch (Colo.)--1880-1900.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.; Packtrains--Colorado--San Juan County--1880-1900.
- [between 1882 and 1900?]
- A road in the Blue Ridge Mountains
- A cow stands in a dirt road next to a wooden fence in probably the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. Shows a residence.
- Blue Ridge Mountains--1900-1910.; Cattle--Virginia--1900-1910.; Dirt roads--Virginia--1900-1910.; Fences--Virginia--1900-1910.
- [between 1902 and 1905?]
- A roadway
- Men and women walk down a tree-lined dirt road.
- Dirt roads--1900-1910.; Trees--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- A street scene at - P.R. Agency during annuity issue
- Native American Lakota Sioux gather with horse-drawn wagons at the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, to receive United States government rations.
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency--1890-1900.; Dakota Indians--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--South Dakota--Pine Ridge--1890-1900.; Teton Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine...
- [1891]
- A.C. Moulton residence after lightening and fire, Meeker
- View of the frame A.C. Moulton residence in Meeker (Rio Blanco County), Colorado. Men pose beside a picket fence. Furniture is covered with sheets outside the yard. Shows timber debris on the burned gable roof.
- Moulton, A. C.--Homes & haunts.; Meeker (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Fires--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Houses--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.; Lightning strikes--Colorado--Meeker--1900-1910.
- [1902 July]
- A.E. Buddecke's ranch near Montrose
- A man stands beside a horse-drawn wagon at what is identified as A.E. Buddecke's ranch house near Montrose (Montrose County), Colorado. The house has a wooden shingle roof. A tent is in the fenced yard, and a plow is by the road.
- Buddecke, A. E.--Homes & haunts.; Montrose County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Ranchers--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Ranches--Colorado--Montrose County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Montrose...
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- A.T. & S.F. engine 989
- View of Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe locomotive number 989, in a reproduction of a cabinet card tacked to corkboard.
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company--1900-1910.; Cabinet photographs--1900-1910.; Railroad locomotives--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Administration Building, Chicago World's Fair
- View of the Administration Building at the Chicago World's Fair (World's Columbian Exposition) in Chicago, Illinois. The edifice, designed by Richard M. Hunt, is an octagon with four pavilions at the four corners. The pavilions are Greek Revival...
- Chicago (Ill.)--1890-1900.; Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; Pavilions--Illinois--Chicago--1890-1900.; World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.)
- c1894
- Adobe house and horno
- Two young children stand outside an adobe house probably near Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. The house has projecting vigas, a flat roof, and two doors. An horno (outdoor oven), and possibly an adobe well embankment are nearby.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Adobe buildings--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Aerial view of Trinidad
- Aerial view of Trinidad (Las Animas County), Colorado. Shows houses and commercial buildings.
- Trinidad (Colo.)--1890-1920.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Trinidad--1890-1920.
- [between 1890 and 1920?]
- Agassiz Rock, Yosemite Valley
- View of a rock formation identified as Agassiz Rock with Yosemite Falls in the distance, Yosemite National Park, California.
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1900.; National parks & reserves--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1890.; Rock formations--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1890.
- [between 1870 and 1900]
- Agriculture irrigation large water-powered pump
- View of a large water pump probably on Archer Canal in Denver, Colorado. A wooden platform surrounds the water wheel. Industrial buildings are in the distance.
- Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Irrigation--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Water power--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Water pumps--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Waterwheels--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1904 and 1915?]
- Airplane and crowd
- View of men, women, and children (including Native Americans) around a biplane in a field, possibly in New Mexico. Letters on the fuselage read: "Cassell Motors, Santa Fe, New M[exico]."
- Biplanes--New Mexico--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--New Mexico--1910-1920.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Al-Che-Say, Apache scout under Gen. Crook
- Al-Che-Say, a Native American (White Mountain Apache) government scout, poses in front of a canvas tent. He wears a cotton shirt, breechcloth and pants, and high-topped buckskin boots. He holds a Hardie hat.
- Indian scouts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; White Mountain Apache Indians--Men--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Tents--1900-1910.; Alchesay.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Al-Che-Say, Apache scout under Gen. Crook
- Al-Che-Say, a Native American (White Mountain Apache) government scout, poses in profile in front of a tent. He wears a cotton shirt, pants and breechcloth.
- Indian scouts--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910.; White Mountain Apache Indians--Men--1900-1910.; Military scouts--1900-1910.; Tents--1900-1910.; Alchesay.
- [between 1900 and 1905?]
- Albany Hotel, Denver
- View of the Albany Hotel at 17th (Seventeenth) and Stout Streets in Denver, Colorado (opened 1885); shows early automobile, horse-drawn wagon, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic on streets.
- Albany Hotel (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Hotels--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1918?]
- Albert Graham
- Studio portrait of Albert Graham (sitting) and Claude Graham (standing); they wear United States Army military uniforms with garrison caps, gaiters, and insignia.
- United States. Army.--People--1910-1920.; Soldiers--American--1910-1920.; Uniforms--1910-1920.; Graham, Albert.; Graham, Claude.; Graham family.
- 1919, March 4
- Alcatraz & Golden Gate
- View of the island of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Channel (San Francisco County), California. Fog obscures the island and rests over the water of San Francisco Bay.
- Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Golden Gate (San Francisco, Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco (Calif.)--1870-1900.; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--1870-1900.; Bays (Bodies of water)--California--San Francisco--1870-1900.;...
- [between 1870 and 1900?]
- Altman, Colo., Altitude 10,550 Feet
- Panoramic view of frame houses and commercial buildings in Altman (Teller County), Colorado. Shows residences, mine buildings with smokestacks, sheds, false front businesses and piles of mine tailings. Snow covered Pike's Peak is in the distance.
- Altman (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Altman--1890-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Altman--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910?]
- Amelia Earhart in Denver
- Mrs. Carlos L. Reavis of Denver hands a bouquet of flowers to Amelia Earhart, on Earhart's arrival in a Beech Nut autogiro, Denver, Colorado. Five other women stand nearby.
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Air pilots--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Autogiros--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Bouquets--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.; Reavis, Carlos M., Mrs.
- June 3, 1931
- American Smelting and Refining
- A view of the American Smelting and Refining building in Pueblo, Colorado. Shows factory buildings, piles of work materials, railroad tracks, smoke stacks and a pile of broken rocks on railroad tracks.
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Industrial facilities--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; Smelters--Colorado--Pueblo--1890-1910.; American Smelting and Refining Company.
- [between 1890 and 1910]