Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Zephyr in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colo.
- A crowd is gathered around the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Denver Zephyr on its first trip to Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County), Colorado. Shows the railroad station, a water tower and mesas in the distance.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Denver Zephyr (Express train)--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1930-1940.; Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Railroads--Colorado--Hot Sulphur Springs--1930-1940.;...
- 1934 Jun. 16
- Manuelita (i. e. Manuelito)--Navajo Chief and wife New Mexico
- Studio portrait (sitting) of Manuelito and his wife, Native American (Navajo) man and woman. He wears boot moccasins, leggings, a bead necklace, cloth headband, and a top hat. She wears a bil dress and a blanket
- Indians of North America--1880-1890.; Navajo Indians--1880-1890.; Spouses--1880-1890.; Women--1880-1890.; Manuelito, Navajo Chief.; Manuelito, Navajo Chief.--Family.
- 1881
- Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota
- Mexican sugar beet workers, recruited by the Farm Security Administration to work in Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota, sit in a railroad car. Shows men of many ages and racks full of their possessions.
- Mexicans--1940-1950.; Agricultural laborers--Mexican.; Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Pictorial works.; Mexicans--Pictorial works.
- [1943 May]
- Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota
- Mexican sugar beet workers, recruited by the Farm Security Administration to work in Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota, look out the window of a passenger train. The three men wear hats and have mustaches. Graffiti chalked on the train under the...
- Mexicans--1940-1950.; Agricultural laborers--Mexican.; Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Pictorial works.; Mexicans--Pictorial works.
- [1943 May]
- Young sheepherder enjoying siesta ranch in Las Animas County, Colorado
- A boy sheepherder sleeps under a cholla cactus near two lambs on an unidentified ranch in Las Animas County, Colorado. He uses his cowboy hat to shield his face from the sun.
- Hispanic Americans--1930-1940.; Las Animas County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Sheep.; Shepherds.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Sheep--Colorado--Las Animas County--Pictorial works.; Shepherds--Colorado--Las Animas...
- [1939 November]
- Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota
- An unidentified Mexican sugar beet worker, recruited by the Farm Security Administration to work in Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota, sits in a railroad car and smokes a cigarette. He wears a leather jacket and a straw hat and is partially covered...
- Mexicans--1940-1950.; Agricultural laborers--Mexican.; Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Pictorial works.; Mexicans--Pictorial works.
- [1943 May]
- Mexican workers recruited and brought to the Arkansas Valley, Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota
- Unidentified Mexican sugar beet workers, recruited by the Farm Security Administration to work in Colorado, Nebraska and Minnesota, pose near a railroad train at an unidentified railroad station. Many of the men wear straw hats.
- Mexicans--1940-1950.; Agricultural laborers--Mexican.; Agricultural laborers, Foreign--Pictorial works.; Mexicans--Pictorial works.
- [1943 May]
- Buffalo livestock
- A large buffalo is in the foreground tied to a post in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. While touring at Earl's Court in England, this particular buffalo reportedly got loose, charged his keeper three times and was finally shot.
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Cheyenne Indians
- A large group of Native American men poses in a row on horseback in an arena used for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The men are members of the show's cast. Many of the men wear feather headdresses and hold...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Man shooting at buffalo
- Buffalo Bill Cody rides a horse while shooting at a herd of buffalo running across the dirt arena for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. A Native American man, wearing a feather headdress, rides in the right...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1920.; Bison--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- John Nelson, Squaw man and family
- John Y. Nelson, a member of the cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands leaning against a tree behind his Sioux wife and their five children. The group is gathered in front of a teepee in a camp for the show at Erastina in Staten Island, New...
- Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1886?]
- Nathan Salsbury with Albert Scheibel
- Albert Scheibel and Nate Salsbury sit on wood folding stools in front of a wood table in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in England. Scheibel was the secretary of the show, while Salsbury was the owner and manager. Salsbury wears a derby...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Scheibel, Albert.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1891?]
- Buffalo Bill on horseback
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody looks back over his shoulder while on horseback during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West at Erastina on Staten Island, New York. He holds a rifle in his right hand and wears thigh boots and gauntlets. A...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1886?]
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits on a white horse in the left center background in an arena at Erastina on Staten Island, New York. Several additional cowboys sit on horses in the left background near Cody. A herd of buffalo and elk is in...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Bison.; Elk.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1886]
- 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
- Wild West Show in Naples, Italy
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on horseback in the right midground in front of a large group of other riders on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Naples, Italy. Many of the riders are Native American and some wear feather...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1890?]
- Deadwood Stage with passengers
- Buffalo Bill Cody drives the Tally-Ho-Wagon with passengers sitting on it. John Burke, press agent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands on the ground in front of the coach. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of the Wild West Show, sits wearing a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Cody, Irma.; Cody, Louisa Frederici.; Hammitt, Frank N.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Defending the wagon train
- Several cowboys lie next to their horses on the ground in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. The cowboys use their horses to shield themselves as they fire toward something in...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Covered wagons.; Cowboys.; Historical reenactments--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Survivors of the charge at Balaklava
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses in the right center of the back row of a group portrait, probably in England during the first European tour of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Native American cast members stand in the row with Cody. John...
- Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Wild West Show original company
- The original cast of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show poses for a group portrait. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in the center of the second row wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Seated on the ground in front of Cody is John Y. Nelson, driver...
- Bogardus, Adam--Family--1880-1890.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826--Family.; Indians of North America--1880-1900.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Ma Whitaker.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Hathaway, Seth.; Keen,...
- [1884?]
- Cody, William F.
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses on a dark horse, possibly "Duke," in a dirt arena during a performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. He wears a cowboy hat, possibly a Stetson, and a belt with a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1890-1900.; Horses--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Souvenir on Colonel Cody, Rome 1890
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands at the far left in front of a large group of people, mostly Native American men and women, in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The group is probably touring in Rome, Italy. Wearing a dark coat...
- Dakota Indians--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1890?]
- William F. Cody with Chief Joseph
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody shakes hands with Nez Perce Chief Joseph in the center foreground, possibly in Chicago during the World's Columbian Exposition. Cody wears thigh boots and a buckskin coat with tassles and beads. He also has a...
- Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1890-1900.; Nez Perce Indians--1890-1900.; Wild west shows--1890-1900.; Shaking hands--1890-1900.; Tipis--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Joseph, Nez Percé Chief, 1840-1904.; Buffalo Bill's Wild...
- [1898?]
- William F. Cody with group
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands on the far right of a group of five men, including three Native Americans, possibly George Hungry, Pretty Soldier and Joe Custer. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands...
- Dakota Indians--1900-1910.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1901?]
- William F. Cody and group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in front of a tent, probably in Paris, with a group of people, including Sioux Chief Rocky Bear at the far left of the group holding a war club in his right hand. He also has one feather on the back of...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Rocky Bear.; Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1889?]
- Men in front of cabin
- A group of six men is gathered in front of a log cabin used in a scene during Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. John Nelson guided Brigham Young to Utah in 1847 and was a scout with William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody at Fort McPherson in 1869. He...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Flags--American--1880-1900.; Flags--British--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Keen, Jule.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Nate Salsbury with group
- Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, stands third from the left among a large group of men. Salsbury wears a silk top hat and a suit. He holds a cigar in his left hand. Standing fourth from left is John Higby, a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull pose for a full-length studio portrait. Sitting Bull wears a long, feather headdress and a buckskin shirt. Cody wears a wide-brimmed, Stetson hat, a shirt embroidered with...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Sitting Bull, 1834?-1890.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1897?]
- William Cody with group in front of headquarters tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody sits in a tent in the center background with young Johnny Baker standing near him. A man sits under Cody's tent. A banner with a buffalo head painted on it flies above the tent. The tent is probably the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Show tents--1880-1890.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Baker, Johnny, d. 1931.; Bogardus, Adam.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1884?]
- William Cody with group in front of tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody poses with a group of people in front of a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West in England. Nate Salsbury, owner and manager of the Wild West Show, sits in the right center of the front row next to a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Burke, John, d. 1917.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1887?]
- Bedouin caravan
- A group of Arab men poses while touring, possibly in Vienna, with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. The men are wearing long white robes and hold long rifles propped on one end.
- Arabs--Clothing & dress.; Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Entertainers--1880-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [between 1885 and 1900?]
- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center background behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent canopy in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Numerous men and women are...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Cody, Louisa Frederici.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group eating lunch under tent
- William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the right center midground behind a group of people gathered for lunch under a tent in a camp for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. Sioux Chief Rocky Bear stands...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Eating & drinking.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Polly Pry.; Rocky Bear.; Kidder, Edward E.; Salsbury, Nate, 1846-1902.; Salsbury, Rachel.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group in Deadwood Stage
- John Y. Nelson lies on the top of the Deadwood Stagecoach while on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Ambrose Park in Brooklyn, New York. John Higby (possibly spelled Highby) drives the coach with Judge William T. Beck of the Colorado...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Stagecoaches--1890-1900.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1894?]
- Group on barge in Germany
- A large group of people, including numerous Native Americans, poses on a large barge in Germany while on tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands to the left of the large smokestack protruding from the...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
- [1890?]
- John Nelson with group
- John Y. Nelson poses with a group of Native American men, women and children while touring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Italy. Standing in the left midground wearing a buckskin coat with fur trim, Nelson has a full gray beard and wears a...
- Wild west shows--1880-1920.; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.; One Feather.; Rocky Bear.; Nelson, John Young, b. 1826.; Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.; Indians of North America.
- [1890?]
- Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf exterior of "The Colorado" car
- An exterior view of "The Colorado" car No. 99 of the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railroad company on railroad tracks, Colorado.
- Union Pacific, Denver, and Gulf Railway Company--1890-1900.; Railroad passenger cars--Colorado--1890-1900.
- [between 1890 and 1900]
- View of Caporetto, Italy
- View of Caporetto taken from a road. To the right of the road are some stone buildings and farm fields, farther in the distance is the town. Behind the town are foothills and a church built in the hills. Rugged mountains lie directly behind the...
- Caporetto (Italy)--1940-1950.; Mountains--Italy--1940-1950.
- June 10, 1945
- Firing of volleys at memorial service, Castelfiorentino
- A guard of honor fires volleys during the memorial service for the dead of the Tenth Mountain Division at the American Military Cemetery in Castelfiorentino (Florence Province), Italy. The assembled company stands at attention.
- Memorial rites & ceremonies--1945.; War casualties--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Command post kitchen scene, Cave del Predil
- Tenth Mountain Division soldiers T/4 Leo Tyler (left) and T/5 "Red" Neiman (right) cooks of Headquarters Company, 86th Regiment, in their modern kitchen in the command post in the town of Cavo del Predil.
- Mess halls--Italy--1940-1950.; Military camps--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Neiman, Red.; Tyler, Leo.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Protestant Easter Service in Appennines, Italy
- background are trees and buildings.; Members of the Tenth Mountain Division, 605th Artillery Battalion, attend a Protestant Easter religious service at Rocca Pitigliano, Italy, conducted by Chaplain William H. Bell. In the foreground, four men bow...
- Rocca Pitigliano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Religious services--Italy--1940-1950.; Bell, William H.; Squires, Ralph.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 1, 1945
- Mobile orientation unit near Cividale
- Mountains, buildings, and leafy trees are in the background.; Shows the Tenth Mountain Division Information and Education section's Mobile Orientation unit's jeep-top stage parked in the middle of a grassy field during a discussion of the Pacific...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Curry, Ed.; Wright, Bob.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- June 28, 1945
- Orientation on Pacific War near Cividale
- The Tenth Mountain Division Information and Education section's Mobile orientation unit holds a discussion of the Pacific campaign and invasion of Japan with soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division's Quartermaster Battalion. T/4 Theodore "Ted"...
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Curry, Ed.; Lockwood, Theodore.; Wright, Bob.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- June 28, 1945
- Stage and soldiers at memorial services, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- A view of the stage, flag pole, and the Tenth Mountain Division soldiers attending the Division's memorial held April 6, 1945, at the American Military cemetery in Castelfiorentino (Florence Province), Italy.
- Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Taps at memorial service, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- A bugler plays taps beside the rows of white crosses that mark the graves of servicemen who died in the Italian campaign during a memorial service held for the men of the Tenth Mountain Division on April 6, 1945, at the American Cemetery in...
- Bugles--1940-1950.; Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Wreath at memorial service, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- Two soldiers regard the wreath with a banner that reads: In memory of the men of the 10th Mountain Division. In the background are rows of white crosses marking the graves of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers and other servicemen buried in the...
- Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- April 6, 1945
- Decorating graves, Castelfiorentino, Italy
- Shows group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers decorating the graves of their comrads at the American Military cemetery in Castelfiorentino, Italy; probably after the memorial services held April 6, 1945.
- Cemeteries--Italy--Castelfiorentino--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [April 6, 1945]
- Four USO performers
- United Service Organizations, USO Show. Two onstage actresses in cowgirl uniforms flank an actor on his knees; another actor in an army uniform carrying a rifle and wearing a helmet looks up at them.
- Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; United Service Organizations (U.S.); World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Gen. Hays on horseback at Zirroco, Italy
- General George P. Hays poses on horseback on the lawn in front of the Tenth Mountain Division Headquarters, Zirocco, Italy, wearing a helmet, the 10th Mountain Division Patch and a holding a riding crop.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 27, 1945
- Generals Livesay and Hays during parade
- Allied soldiers stand at attention in rows during a parade. At the end of a row is British 8th Army General Livsay. Beside him is Tenth Mountain Division commander General Hays.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- June 1, 1945