Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- D. & R.G.W. Ski Train
- Interior view of a Denver and Rio Grande Western Ski Train car in Denver, Colorado. Passengers wear sweaters, jackets or snow pants. People sit at tables with lamps. Signs and posters on walls read: "Winter Park" and "Busch, Head for the...
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1980-1990.; Winter Park Ski Train--1980-1990.; Denver (Colo.)--1980-1990.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Passengers--Colorado--Denver--1980-1990.; Railroad passenger...
- 1985?
- Mrs. Trayer's dog, [portrait of a collie]
- Collie--Pictorial works.;
- ca. 1940
- West Denver during the flood
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, streets, and water. People watch from the water's edge; signs read: "Commonwealth," "J. G. Vawter & Co," "J. B. Doyle & Co," "Keller House," "American House," and "Bell's Boarding...
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Commercial streets--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Spectators--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.;...
- 1864 May 19
- Black Hawk, Colo.
- Blackhawk lies at the mouth of Chase Gulch near Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. A railroad track forks in the foreground with one portion leading to the Polar Star Mill at right. The Empire Mill stands in the midground, and the Boiler Room...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1900-1910.
- [between 1900 and 1910?]
- Fort Abraham Lincoln, general view, winter
- Overview of Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Dakota, showing stables, barracks, officer's houses, other buildings and Missouri River; barren landscape.
- Fort Abraham Lincoln (N.D.)--1870-1890.; Forts & fortifications--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Military facilities--North Dakota--1870-1890.; Officers' quarters--1870-1890.
- [between 1874 and 1889]
- Mixed trains, Clear Creek Canon
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train (narrow gauge) on the west approach to Huntsman's Bridge in Clear Creek Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado. A locomotive, open freight cars, and a passenger car are near Clear Creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1871 and 1890?]
- Corner Blake & F Street Denver
- Horse-drawn wagons are parked near a group of buildings on Blake Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: "Occidental Billiard Hall Reading Rooms," "City Bakery Wholesale & Retail," "Groceries Provisions," and "Variety...
- Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Bakeries--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Billiard parlors--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Carts & wagons--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- [between 1860 and 1870?]
- Exterior view, Crawford Hill residence, Denver
- View of the Crawford Hill residence, 969 Sherman (East 10th & Sherman), Denver, Colorado; (National Register of Historic Places 1990); shows brick residence with dormers, roundel windows on cornice, dentils, pedimented frontispiece over entryway,...
- Hill, Crawford, 1862-1922.--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Dwellings--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920]
- Salida, Colo.
- View of Salida (Chaffee County) Colorado; shows the Monte Cristo Hotel, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad depot, rail yards and cars, Colorado Power Company, Red Cross Hospital, Central School, Salida High School, Arkansas River bridges, church...
- Salida (Colo.)--1900-1920.
- [between 1906 and 1920?]
- York Theater, Denver
- View of York Theater, 2221 Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with bracketed eaves, awnings, and signs: "Matinee Every Day," "York," "Vitagraph Presents the Broadway Star Feature - A Million... - Thursday," "4 Reels Today,"...
- York Theater (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Motion picture theaters--Colorado--Denver--1910-1920.
- [between 1914 and 1919?]
- Buildings at Toltec Tunnel dotted line shows location of proposed airpipe line to upper workings
- View of the Power Building and other structures at the Toltec Tunnel mine in Conejos County, Colorado. Shows men, women and children near saddled horses. A truss bridge is over the Silverton Northern railroad track. A freight car on a train reads,...
- Silverton Northern Railroad Company--1900-1920.; Conejos County (Colo.)--1900-1920.; Toltec Tunnel (Conejos County, Colo. : Mine)--1900-1920.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Conejos County--1900-1920.; Mining--Colorado--Conejos County--1900-1920.;...
- [between 1900 and 1920]
- Gertrude (Richmond), Hauck Willard, her husband
- Gertrude and Hauck Willard and an unidentified couple pose on skis in Colorado. The men carry rifles; women's outfits include a puff shouldered blouse and knit blanket.
- Couples--Colorado--1900-1930.; Skiing--Colorado--1900-1930.; Women--Colorado--1900-1930.; Willard, Gertrude.; Willard, Hauck.
- [between 1900 and 1929?]
- Pass Christian, Miss.
- A view of the William N. Byers family on the porch of a house in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Shows, from right to left, [unidentified woman], Frank S. Byers, Mrs. Frank Byers, William Byers in a rocking chair, Elizabeth Byers, and Robinson Byers.
- Pass Christian (Miss.)--1890-1900.; Families--Mississippi--Pass Christian--1890-1900.; Porches--Mississippi--Pass Christian--1890-1900.; Byers, Elizabeth Minerva.; Byers, Frank S.; Byers, Robinson.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1890, Winter
- John Chinaman on the rail road
- View of a Chinese construction crew on the Union Pacific Railroad, the men sit and stand next to a white man on a railroad handcar near a rock formation.
- Chinese--Men--1860-1880.; Railroad construction workers--1860-1880.; Railroad handcars--American--1860-1880.
- [between 1869 and 1880?]
- W.N. Byers on the porch of his daughter
- A portrait of William N. Byers, he sits in a chair with his feet elevated and a newspaper on his lap, at his daughter's log cabin in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Business people--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Sitting--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896 Jul. 26
- W.N. Byers, Ferndale, Colorado
- William Newton Byers and possibly his grandchildren sit and stand on a bridge in Ferndale (Jefferson County), Colorado. The boys and a girl hold fishing poles, a woman stands near the bridge.
- Ferndale (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Women--Colorado--Ferndale--1890-1900.; Byers, William Newton, 1831-1903.
- 1896. May. 24
- Mountain City bridge
- A view of a Colorado Central Railroad train on a wooden trestle bridge at Packard Gulch near Mountain City (Gilpin County), Colorado. Men are in and on top of the train. Buildings are on a hillside in the distance.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Central City (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Packard Gulch (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroad bridges--Colorado--Mountain City--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Mountain City--1870-1880.; Trestles--Colorado--Mountain...
- [between 1878?]
- Below smelting works
- A view of smelting works along North Clear Creek in Gilpin County, Colorado. Shows mine processing buildings, a Colorado Central Railroad freight car and laborers. Shows railroad tracks and a bridge.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; North Clear Creek (Gilpin County-Jefferson County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.; Ore industry--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1890.;...
- [between 1871 and 1890]
- Snowy Range
- View of a Colorado Central Railroad train and switchback track probably between Black Hawk and Central City in Gilpin County, Colorado. Mountains are in the distance.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1880.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1870-1880.; Railroads--Colorado--Gilpin County--1870-1880.
- 1878
- Elote, Subchief of Apaches
- Head and shoulders studio portrait of Elote, North American Indian subchief (Apache); he wears a headdress with feathers and buffalo horns and decorated with discs and ribbons. He wwears a hairpipe necklace and has a blanket wrapped around his...
- Apache Indians--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Portraits--1900-1910.; Headdresses--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.; Elote.
- c1900
- Conductors special train in Eagle River Canon, D. & R.G. Ry.
- Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Locomotive number 507 pulls a passenger train beside the Eagle River in Eagle River Canon, Eagle County, Colorado. Head frames and mining structures are located on the steep rock faces of the canyon walls. Gilman and...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company--1890-1900.; Eagle County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Eagle River (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Canyons--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.; Railroads--Colorado--Eagle County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Eagle...
- 1897 May 9
- Grand Canon of the Colorado
- A man with a hat and tall boots, a member of the Corps of Engineers, sits and poses on a rock at probably Toroweap Point on the edge of a chasm at the Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park), in Arizona. Shows rounded sandstone rocks and...
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Expeditions & surveys--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880.; Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- 1872
- On the Arkansas
- View of the Arkansas River after a flood, near (probably) Pueblo (Pueblo County), Colorado; washed out banks and a fallen tree are by sand bars.
- Arkansas River--1890-1900.; Pueblo County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Floods--Colorado--Pueblo County--1890-1900.; Rivers--Colorado--Pueblo County--1890-1900.
- Black Hawk, C.T.
- View north from Bobtail Hill, in Black Hawk, Colorado, up four mile Gulch to Dory Hill, where the state's first cemetery was located. Central business district includes: Undertaker, Union House (on Selak Street), Drugs (brick, arched windows and...
- Blackhawk (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Business districts--Colorado--Blackhawk--1860-1870.
- 1864
- Gold retorts, 1,370 oz; value $22,500
- View of gold 'sponge' from the Hidden Treasure Mine, in Gilpin County, Colorado.
- Hidden Treasure Mine (Gilpin County, Colo.)--Products--1880-1890.; Gilpin County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Gold--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.; Mining--Colorado--Gilpin County--1880-1890.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Aboriginal life among the Navajo Indians Cańon de Chelle, New Mexico [i. e. Arizona]
- A Native American (Navajo) man and woman sit near a loom and an earthen hogan near Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. A bundle of corn cobs hangs from a nearby tree.
- Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--Arizona--1870-1880.; Navajo women weavers--Arizona--1870-1880.; Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1880.; Looms--Arizona--1870-1880.; Weaving--Arizona--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Navajo brave and his mother
- A Native American (Navajo) man and his mother pose outdoors in either Arizona or New Mexico. He holds a bow and arrow.
- Bow and arrow--1870-1880.; Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Navajo Indians--1870-1880.; Warriors--1870-1880.; Women--1870-1880.
- 1873
- Flood - Cherry Creek
- View of a Cherry Creek flood in Denver, Colorado; shows businesses, houses, streets, and water. Signs read: "J. G. Vawter & Co." and "Commonwealth."
- Cherry Creek (El Paso County-Denver County, Colo.)--1860-1870.; Denver (Colo.)--1860-1870.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.; Floods--Colorado--Denver--1860-1870.
- 1864 May
- From Tough Cuss Bend looking up
- A view of Colorado Central Railroad railroad tracks beside Clear Creek in Clear Creek Canyon in Jefferson County, Colorado. A flume constructed of timber is across the creek.
- Colorado Central Railroad Company--1870-1890.; Clear Creek (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1870-1890.; Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Jefferson County (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Canyons--Colorado--Jefferson County--1870-1890.; Railroad...
- [between 1871 and 1890]
- Glenwood
- Panoramic, southward view of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, taken from upper floor of the Hotel Colorado; the Grand Avenue Bridge spans the Grand River (now Colorado River), leading from the hotel to businesses and residences of Glenwood Springs;...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Resorts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Springs--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.; Hotel...
- [between 1894 and 1901]
- 16th Street, Denver
- Rooftop view of commercial buildings in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Multi-story brick and stone buildings on 16th (Sixteenth) Street include the Hotel Brunswick (Clarke Building), the corner Tabor Block and the "New York...
- Union Station (Denver, Colo.)--1880-1890.; Denver (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Denver--1880-1890.
- [between 1881 and 1885?]
- Residence of Senator Hill, 14th St.
- View of a three-story brick house on 14th (Fourteenth) and Welton Streets in Denver, Colorado. This house built for Senator Nathaniel Hill has second floor balconies, Classical pillars, a turret, a mansard roof with dormer windows, a widow's walk...
- Hill, N. P. (Nathaniel Peter), 1832-1900--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1890?]
- 16th St. at Tremont Court House square at left
- Fashionably dressed ladies walk along 16th (Sixteenth) Street, in front of the Courthouse square, at Tremont, Denver, Colorado. The business district is busy with horse drawn wagons and pedestrians. Streator Brothers Furnishings and a drug store...
- Denver (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Business districts--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Streets--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.; Women--Colorado--Denver--1890-1910.
- [between 1890 and 1910]
- Mesa Verde
- Native Americans, wrapped in blankets and wearing headbands, pose around a kiva in the reconstructed Balcony House ruins, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado.
- Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Indians of North America--Colorado--1920-1930.; Kivas--Colorado--1920-1930.; National parks &...
- [between 1920 and 1925]
- Royal Tiger Mines Co.
- View of Royal Tiger Mine, mill, and mining ore processing facility in San Juan County, Colorado; buildings include the carpenter shop, machine shop, and concentrator. A car is by tailings.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Royal Tiger Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Mills--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.
- August 22, 1923
- Lafayette coal mine
- A miner works with a pneumatic drill in a tunnel of a mine near Lafayette (Boulder County), Colorado. He wears a hat and a miner's light.
- Lafayette (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Coal mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Miners--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--Lafayette--1920-1930.
- 1921
- Old dredge near Fairplay, Colo.
- Abandoned hydraulic placer gold mining dredge on the frozen South Platte River near Fairplay, Park County, Colorado.
- Abandoned mines--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Dredges--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1920-1930.; Park County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1920-1930.; Hydraulic...
- January 1929
- Near Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View across evergreen covered hills to snow dusted Pikes Peak in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1910-1930.
- [between 1910 and 1930]
- Ouray Monument Million Dollar Highway
- A man stands and looks at a stone obelisk with a metal plaque depicting Ouray, a Native American (Ute) Chief, and incised letters: "In Memory of Chief Ouray and Chipeta Erected by The State of Colo. 1926.", Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado....
- Montrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Obelisks--Colorado--Montrose--1910-1920.; Chipeta--Monuments.; Ouray--Monuments.
- [between 1910 and 1920?]
- Radium Co. of Colo Tejon plant
- View of the Radium Company of Colorado's Tejon plant, probably in Denver, Colorado. Machinery and equipment include furnaces, engines, and funnel feeders. Placards embossed on the machinery read: "Hendrie and Bolthoff Manufacturing and Supply Co...
- Furnaces--1920-1930.; Industry--1920-1930.; Interiors--1920-1930.; Mining--1920-1930.
- [between 1921 and 1930]
- Silver Plume
- View north in Silver Plume, Colorado, shows the mines on Republican Mountain. The lowest mine on left is the Diamond Tunnel; above, and from left to right are: Pelican, Dives, Baxter, and Baxter mines; above and to the right are the Dunkirk and...
- Silver Plume (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Business districts--Colorado--Silver Plume--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1895]
- Hines and Co., London Mountain Gold Mining Company's property near Fairplay, Colo.
- View of a miner working a pneumatic drill with a double screw column support in a tunnel operated by the London Mountain Gold Mining Company near Fairplay, Colorado.
- Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--1930-1940.; Miners--Colorado--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--1930-1940.
- December 19, 1931
- Radium Co of Colo Tejon Plant
- View of the shaft house the Radium Company of Colorado's Tejon Plant in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Mine buildings
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Shows wood frame buildings and smokestacks.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.; Smokestacks--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Radium mine
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. Two automobiles are parked near the side of a dirt road.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium Company of Colorado
- Assayers work in a laboratory at the Radium Company of Colorado mine in Colorado.
- Assayers--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium Company of Colorado
- View of the shaft house and machinery of a Radium Company of Colorado mine in Colorado.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Radium mine
- View of a radium mine operation in Colorado. An automobile is parked near a dirt road.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1940 and 1960]
- Radium mine near Pueblo
- View of a radium mine probably near Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado. The side of a building reads: "Flour Feed Hay".
- Cities & towns--Colorado--1920-1930.; Mining--Colorado--1920-1930.
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Birdwood Ranch, Nebr. John Bratt's outfit
- Portrait of a man on a horse at the Birdwood Ranch in Birdwood (Lincoln County), Nebraska; a cowboy and cattle are in the background.
- Ranching--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.; Birdwood (Neb.)--1880-1890.; Cowboys--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.; Horseback riding--Nebraska--Birdwood--1880-1890.
- [between 1882 and 1890?]