Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Blown safe at Golden Eagle Dry Goods store
- Police officers and detectives stand next to the damaged safe of the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Department Store in Denver, Colorado. Robbers had attempted to blow up this safe which contained $30,000 open but only managed to bend one safe door open....
- Golden Eagle Dry Goods Co. (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Detectives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Police--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Robberies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Safes--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- May 10, 1931
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 52, 1910 December 24
- Municipal Facts: Volume 11 Numbers 7 and 8, 1928 July-August
- Railway employee records for Colorado : Volume III
- Index of Colorado Railway Employee records for the: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Colorado & Southern Railway in Denver, Leadville & Gunnison Railway, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad , Union Pacific Railway. Information includes name...
- Railroads--Colorado--Employees--Names.; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company--Employees.; Colorado and Southern Railway--Employees.; Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Employees.; Denver, Leadville, and Gunnison Railway...
- 2005
- [Sanchez Reservoir, Costilla County, Colorado]
- Panoramic view of the Sanchez Reservoir and dam in Costilla County, Colorado. Shows shoreline, the dam and the overflow intake tower. Text on print includes reservoir capacity and tower, conduit, and dam dimensions. "Contained at date photo was...
- Reservoirs--Colorado--Costilla County.; Dams--Colorado--Costilla County.; Sanchez Reservoir (Colo.)
- 1911
- Hotel St. Cloud, Canyon City, Colo.
- View of the Hotel St. Cloud located at 627-631 Main Street, Canon City, Colorado. Originally built in Silver Cliff in 1879, the structure was later moved brick-by-brick and reassembled in Canon City in 1886. The three-story red brick structure is...
- Hotel St. Cloud (Canon City, Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2010-2020.; Canon City (Colo.)--2010-2020.; Hotel St. Cloud (Canon City, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Canon City...
- 2011
- Shady Greenhorn building, Greenhorn, Colo.
- View of the Shady Greenhorn building in Greenhorn, Colo. The building once contained a café, liquor store and variety store. The simple structure is defined by a rough stucco facade, pediment and decorative vigas. Located south of Colorado...
- Ghost towns--Colorado--Greenhorn--1970-1980.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Greenhorn--1970-1980.; Greenhorn (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Ghost towns--Colorado--Greenhorn--Pictorial works.; Diners (Restaurants)--Colorado--Greenhorn--Pictorial works.;...
- 1977
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 31, 1910 July 30
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 2 Number 43, 1910 October 22
- Denver Municipal Facts: Volume 1 Number 38, 1909 November 6
- Municipal Facts: Volume 4 Number 11 and 12, 1921 November-December
- Evolution of the jail, White Ave.
- View of brick and frame buildings and trees on White Avenue in Grand Junction (Mesa County), Colorado. Shows the second Mesa County Jail building, a two-story brick building with a hipped roof, bars on windows, and a porch. A frame building with a...
- Grand Junction (Colo.)--1880-1900.; Jails--Colorado--Grand Junction--1880-1900.
- [between 1884 and 1900?]
- Sunnyside Mine Camp and Lake Emma
- View of Sunnyside Mine and Lake Emma, San Juan County, Colorado; shows mining ore processing buildings, (bunkhouse, tram terminal, and crushing plant) miners' houses, and frame towers.
- Mine buildings--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.; Emma, Lake (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; San Juan County (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Sunnyside Mine (San Juan County, Colo.)--1920-1930.; Lakes & ponds--Colorado--San Juan County--1920-1930.;...
- 1929
- The Antlers, Colorado Springs, Col.
- East facade view of the Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, shows U-shape plan, pediments, square towers with lookouts, chimneys, balconies with potted palms, awnings, arched windows, porte- cochere, and bicycles lean on the arcaded...
- Antlers Hotel (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Buildings--1900-1910.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Hotels--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1900-1910.
- 1901
- Cliff Palace, along Cliff Canyon
- Men and women pose on reconstructed walls and ladders at Cliff Palace, Cliff Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado. The 13th century Pueblo culture's masonry dwellings are under a sandstone cliff overhang on...
- Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites-- Colorado--1920-1930.; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Archaeological sites--Colorado--1920-1930.; Cliff dwellings--Colorado--1920-1930.; Kivas--Colorado--1920-1930.;...
- 1920 or 1921
- Detective at Golden Eagle robbery
- A detective looks over the Golden Eagle Department store the morning after a failed robbery. Robbers had attempted to blow up the store safes which contained $35,000 in cash. Shows shelves and tables of store merchandise. Signs hang from the...
- Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Department stores--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Detectives--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Interiors--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Robberies--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
- May 10, 1931
- Manitou and the Cliff House
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, looking north, probably from the Barker House. In the foreground is the Manitou Springs Pavilion, a cross gabled frame structure with a cupola, a rusticated knee-high stone foundation and fancy woodwork in the...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1880-1890.
- [between 1887 and 1890?]
- Wheeler Clock
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, of the Wheeler Clock and environs, looking west. In the foreground is the clock donated by Jerome Wheeler to the town of Manitou Springs to commemorate the opening of the Manitou Mineral Water Bottling Company in...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Clocks & watches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1900.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890- 1900.; Manitou Mineral Water and Ginger Champagne Bottling Works.
- [between 1890-1895?]
- Gems of Manitou, 667
- View in Manitou Springs, Colorado, of the Wheeler Clock and environs, looking west. Clock was donated by Jerome Wheeler to the town of Manitou Springs to commemorate the opening of the Manitou Mineral Water Bottling Company in 1890. Made of cast...
- Manitou Springs (Colo.)--1890-1910.; Clocks & watches--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890-1910.; Monuments & memorials--Colorado--Manitou Springs--1890- 1910.; Manitou Mineral Water and Ginger Champagne Bottling Works.
- [between 1890 and 1905?]
- Pahaska Tepee front view
- A front view of the Pahaska Tepee, a spruce tree lodge located at Lookout Mountain Park, A Denver Mountain Park located 17 miles west of Denver, Colorado. The building was dedicated in May of 1921 and contained the artifacts of Buffalo Bill until...
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917--Monuments.; Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum--1930-1950.; Denver Mountain Parks--1930-1950.; Pahaska Tepee (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Lookout Mountain Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Galleries &...
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- William French of Sandown N. H.
- Sitting studio portrait of an elderly man identified as William French.
- Men--1860-1880.; French, William fl 1860-1880.
- [between 1865 and 1875?]
- Spanish Gulch Costilla County
- Spanish Gulch gold placer mine, in the Grayback District, Costilla County, Colorado, consists of a stream contained by a wood flume; miners work the area with shovels. A man in the foreground runs a hydraulic "monitor" nozzle with a rock...
- Costilla County (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Spanish Gulch (Costilla County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Flumes--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.; Miners--Colorado--Costilla County--1890-1900.;...
- 1896
- Nevadaville, W. C. Russell houses from Main Street
- Frame houses top a hill contained by stone retainer walls in Nevadaville, Gilpin County, Colorado. A power pole is nearby.
- Nevadaville (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Houses--Colorado--Nevadaville--1930-1940.
- [between 1937 and 1939?]
- GI shaving in foxhole using helmet as basin
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Pfc. Ralf Lamping shaves in his foxhole using his helmet as a basin during the Italian campaign. In the background is a pile of miscellaneous equipment, and leafless trees.
- Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; Lamping, Ralf.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- [1945]
- Mule encampment, Italy
- View of a Tenth Mountain Division mule encampment is in a valley surrounded by wooded mountains with pines and leafless deciduous trees. Three assembly lines are visible as the mule drivers saddle the mules. Rows of unsaddled mules, pack saddles...
- Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Nurse with GI in hospital, Italy
- A nurse takes the temperature and pulse of Tenth Mountain Division soldier, S/Sergeant George V. Geiss as he lies in his hospital bed in Italy.
- Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--United States--1945.; Geiss, George V.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; Medicine, Military.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [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
- Prager skiing in Grossglockner slalom
- 1st Sergeant Walter Prager of the Tenth Mountain Division wearing the number eight cuts a gate during the Grossglockner, Austria, slalom held June 24, 1945. In the the background, five men watch the race standing on the glacier, and two men repair...
- Skiing--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Austria--1940-1950.; Prager, Walter.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
- 1945 June 24
- Dorm at prison farm
- One-story stucco dormitory buildings at the State Penitentiary dairy in Canon City, Colorado, have terra-cotta tiled pediments and corner posts. Evergreens dot lawn contained by low stone walls which form a corner in the foreground. A manual...
- Canon City (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Prisons--Colorado--Canon City--1930-1940.; Colorado State Penitentiary.
- [between 1930 and 1940?]
- Baby in an incubator
- Interior view at Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. A nurse smiles and sits beside a crib which holds an infant who is contained in an incubator. The child, identified as Mexican-American, has dark hair. The baby's head extends out of the...
- Children's Hospital (Denver, Colo.)--People--1920-1930.; Infants (Premature)--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Mexican Americans--Children--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.; Denver (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Children's furniture--Colorado--Denver--1920-1930.;...
- [between 1920 and 1930?]
- 75mm howitzer in action
- Six soldiers of the Tenth Mountain Division fire a 75mm howitzer uphill from a shelter made of sandbags. One gives orders to fire while the others crouch against the blast. In the background downslope are a few Italian farm houses, a dirt road, a...
- Mountain warfare--1940-1950.; Artillery (Weaponry)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Gen. Hays questions captured German general
- General George P. Hays (left) questions Lt. General Hildebrandt of the Marco Polo Division of the German Army at Tenth Mountain Division headquarters on Lake Garda, Italy, May 1945. They sit in Gen. Hays' office; four soldiers look on, including...
- Military officers--1940-1950.; Hays, George J.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Gen. Hays questions German Lt. Gen. Hildebrandt
- General George P. Hays (left) questions Lt. General Hildebrandt of the Marco Polo Division of the German Army (with glasses) at Tenth Mountain Division headquarters on Lake Garda, Italy, May 1945. The generals sit in Gen. Hays' office, seven...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George J.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- GI at Trieste
- A Tenth Mountain Division soldier enjoys the beach at Trieste with a woman. Both wear bathing costumes and pose for the camera. Behind them the beach is filled with other sun worshipers.
- Trieste (Italy)--1940-1950.; Beaches--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Ground Observation Point, Air Corps, Rover Joe
- U.S. Air corps and other allied pilots provided bombing and strafing support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. Shown facing camera in the observation point are Lt. Robert Egner, of the South...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Badenhorst, W.; Egner, Robert.; Gaber, Edward.; Liversidge, Law.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- Inside pack mule assembly area, Italy
- Pack mule assembly area in Italian Valley; shows a large number of pack saddles, mules, and mule handlers of the Tenth Mountain Division.
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Mules--Italy--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Inside Rover Joe's observation point
- Shows four soldiers facing away from the camera in observation point that controlled air support for the Tenth Mountain Division on Mt. Belvedere, Italy, under the code name: Rover Joe. The location is a hole in the ground overlooking a valley, a...
- Air warfare--Italy--1945.; Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- March 1945
- View of pack mule assembly area, Italy
- Wide view of Tenth Mountain Division's pack mule assembly area in Italian valley; shows numerous mules in line, two soldiers beside a creek, tents, forest, and mountains. Deciduous trees are leafless.
- Mountain warfare--Italy--1940-1950.; Mules--Italy--1945.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Army mules ford creek, Italy
- Eight Army mules with U.S. brands and ten Tenth Mountain Division mule drivers ford a creek. Four mules carry riders; the other four bear fully loaded pack saddles. The men wear caps not helmets. Once across the creek, the mules begin climbing a...
- Military life--1940-1950.; Mules--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Debby with Doughnuts
- View of Deborah Bankart of the American Red Cross making doughnuts with an automatic baking machine. The machine is the size of a large stove and doughnuts emerge through a shute where she picks them up with two sticks and arranges them in neat...
- Doughnuts--Italy--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--1940-1950.; Bankart, Deborah.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- February 1945
- Gen. Duff inspecting town
- General Robinson E. Duff inspects a heavily shelled Italian town, with a damaged bridge in the background. Further in the background are rugged mountains.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Duff, Robinson E.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- Gen. Mark Clark with Gen. Hays
- General Mark W. Clark, Commander of the 5th Army, stands with General George P. Hays, commander of the Tenth Mountain Division; in the distance a sloping mountain-side, Italy.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
- April 1945
- Gen. Ruffner at desk, Zirocco
- General David L. Ruffner, Tenth Mountain Division Artillery Commander poses at his desk. On desk are ink blotter, leather notebook, in- basket containing newspapers, paper and pen. Behind him is a window with a view of the park-like grounds at the...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Ruffner, David L.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- July 10, 1945
- Gen. Ruffner at desk, Lizzano
- General David L. Ruffner poses for a portrait at a desk with an air speed mail kit and three pens on it. Behind him are maps on a bulletin board, made from Spumanti and vermouth boxes, and a large stone fireplace.
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Ruffner, David L.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- General Hays speaking to troops, Torbole, Italy
- Using a DUWK (an amphibious army boat-truck) as a stage in the city of Torbole, Italy, General George P. Hays informs a large group of Tenth Mountain Division soldiers of the final victory over all German armies in Italy and southern Austria on May...
- Military officers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Hays, George P.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 May 3
- GI in foxhole with equipment, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division soldier, Pfc. Charles Herman smiles from foxhole, surrounded by miscellaneous equipment. Trees in background are leafless.
- Foxholes--Italy--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Herman, Charles.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- [1945]
- GI in hospital bed, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division Pfc. John T. Dann smiles from his hospital bed by a window, Italy. He holds a magazine, beside the bed is an opened tin can and a pack of cigarettes; medical equipment is behind him.
- Hospitals--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Dann, John T.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- GI in hospital bed, Italy
- Tenth Mountain Division Pfc. Sherman Jensen smiles lying down in hospital bed, Italy. On bedside table are a package [?], a writing desk [?], glasses case [?], box of chocolates, and deck of playing cards; behind him are a piece of medical...
- Hospitals--Italy--1940-1950.; Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Jensen, Sherman.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- May 1945
- Group portrait aboard Meigs
- Eleven unidentified Tenth Mountain Division soldiers sit for a group portrait at the stern of the USAT Meigs. All but one wear life vests. Another ship sails behind them on the right.
- Transports--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- January 1945
- Half-full dance floor, Zirocco: party for Headquarters Company
- Party held by Tenth Mountain Division Headquarters Company June 8, 1945, in Zirocco, Italy. Dancers take to the floor; a band with drum, violin, bass violin, accordion, and saxophone occupies a corner platform while many faces look through the...
- Dance parties--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; Dancing--1940-1950.; Military life--Italy--Zirocco--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- 1945 June 8