Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- 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
- 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]
- 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]
- Kokomo
- Bird's eye view of buildings in Kokomo (Summit County), Colorado. Shows roads, frame structures, probably mine buildings and snow on mountains in the distance.
- Kokomo (Colo.)--1870-1890.; Cities & towns--Colorado--Kokomo--1870-1890.
- [between 1879 and 1882?]
- Charles S. Stobie and his two Indian scouts
- Photograph of a newspaper clipping. Illustration shows Charles S. Stobie flanked by his North American Indian (Ute) scouts. (Left) Wanzito (Antelope), and (right) Chief Piah (Black Tail Deer.
- Indians of North America.; Ute Indians.; Artists--American--1860-1870.; Clippings.; Military scouts.; Piah, Ute chief.; Wanzito.; Stobie, Charles S., 1845-1931.
- [between 1865 and 1869?]
- Jackson House
- View of the Jackson Hotel, Poncha Springs, Chaffee County Colorado, shows the two-story cross gabled building with a balcony; trees, canvas tent and rail fence in front yard.
- Jackson Hotel (Poncha Springs, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Poncha Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Hotels--Colorado--Poncha Springs--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Salida, Colorado, G R Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the G. R. Gray House features a beaded crystal lamp, hanging from a square, molded plaster medallion set on the interior ceiling.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Chandeliers--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Interiors--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the G. R. Gray House has bargeboard and a pendant in the gable, paired brackets, and balustraded balconies.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Architectural decorations & ornaments--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Balustrades--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Gables--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- Salida, Colorado, G. R. Gray residence
- Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, the G. R. Gray House has jigsawn bargeboard and a pendant in the gable, paired brackets, and a balustraded balcony.
- Gray, G. R.--Homes & haunts.; Salida (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Balustrades--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Gables--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.; Houses--Colorado--Salida--1960-1970.
- [between 1960 and 1970?]
- D&RGW narrow gauge locomotive 74
- View of men and a girl posing by a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway tender and baggage car pulled by locomotive number 74 (type 280) near Scofield, Carbon County, Utah. The train's engine has a balloon smokestack and headlight.
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company--1880-1890.; Scofield (Utah)--1880-1890.; Girls--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad cars--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.; Railroad locomotives--Utah--Scofield--1880-1890.;...
- 1889
- Brownsville, Colorado
- Reproduction of ink rendering; shows Brownsville (later known as Silver Plume), Clear Creek County, Colorado, with residences, storefronts, mining facilities, and Clear Creek.
- Brownsville (Jefferson County, Colo.)--1880-1890.
- 1880
- Central City, Colo.
- Reproduction of pencil rendering; shows Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, with houses, businesses, bridges, and a United States flag.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.
- April 1, 1958
- Long's Peak and agricultural scene near Longmont, Colo., C. & S. Ry.
- Panoramic view of Rocky Mountains along the Front Range, Longs Peak and agricultural field near Longmont, Colorado reached via Colorado & Southern Railway; stacks of hay in rows across several fields, barn, farm, residences.
- Front Range (Colo. and Wyo.)--1900-1910.; Longs Peak (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Croplands--Colorado--1900-1910.; Mountains--Colorado--1900-1910.; Colorado and Southern Railway.
- [between 1900 and 1910]
- Maxwell Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Maxwell House, Georgetown, Colorado, at 409 Fourth Street. Construction began in 1870; the house was acquired by B.F. Potter in 1891, who added the tower and decorative elements to the facade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell...
- Maxwell, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1970-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Maxwell Residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Exterior view of the Maxwell House, Georgetown, Colorado, at 409 Fourth Street. Construction began in 1870; the house was acquired by B.F. Potter in 1891, who added the tower and decorative elements to the facade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell...
- Maxwell, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Hamill House, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Hamill House, in Georgetown, Colorado, built by Joseph Watson and acquired by mine owner William A. Hamill; shows a bathroom which includes a built-in metal bathtub with metal faucets, wood panelling, flowered wallpaper, towel...
- Hamill, William A. (William Arthur), 1836-1904--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Bathrooms--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Maxwell residence, Georgetown, Colorado
- Interior view of the Maxwell House, Georgetown, Colorado, at 409 Fourth Street. Construction began in 1870; the house was acquired by B.F. Potter in 1891, who added the tower and decorative elements to the facade. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maxwell...
- Maxwell, Frank--Homes & haunts.; Georgetown (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.; Interiors.; Parlors--Colorado--Georgetown--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Indian Medicine man
- Standing portrait of Strong Eagle, Native American Spokane, wearing feather headdress, kilt, leggings, and necklaces.
- Indians of North America--1900-1910.; Spokane Indians--1900-1910.; Shamans--1900-1910.; Strong Eagle, Chief.
- [between 1900 and 1907?]
- Seventeen-Mile House on the Smoky Hill South Trail
- View of Seventeen-Mile house, a Smoky Hill South Trail stage depot at Cummings Ranch in Douglas County, Colorado; shows frame buildings, haystacks, and a windmill.
- Douglas County (Colo.)--1880-1890.; Ranches--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1890.; Transportation facilities--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1890.; Transportation--Colorado--Douglas County--1880-1890.
- 1889?
- Agency building residence of Col. Dyre Agt. for S. tribes
- A group of white men and women pose on the front porch of the Native American Kansas (Kansa) Ynopa Agency; a two-story frame house with window shutters and planter boxes, and a picket fence.
- Indians of North America--Government relations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Kansa Indians--Government relations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Houses--Kansas--1880-1900.; Indian reservations--Kansas--1880-1900.; Dyre, D. B.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wyandott [sic] Mission School, Huron
- Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) students perform outdoors while instructors look on, Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The girls, holding books, form a large group and the boys perform in several smaller groups.
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1880-1900.; Wyandot Indians--Kansas--1880-1900.; Missions--Kansas--1880-1900.; School children--Kansas--1880-1900.; Schools--Kansas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Wyandott Mission, Dr. Kirk, principal teaching Indian boys to chop wood
- Principal Kirk has Native American Huron (Wyandot or Wyandotte) boys chop wood, in front of a full wood shed, on the grounds of the Wyandotte Mission School, Kansas. The boys wear jackets and hats and hold axes. Women and girls in dresses with...
- Indians of North America--Kansas--1880-1900.; Wyandot Indians--Kansas--1880-1900.; Missions--Kansas--1880-1900.; School children--Kansas--1880-1900.; Schools--Kansas--1880-1900.; Woodcutting--Kansas--1880-1900.
- [between 1880 and 1900?]
- Breckenridge, Colorado banks
- Exterior view of the original bank of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west [sic]. This white, two story frame building has a double door flanked by sash windows, with cement steps on the ground floor. Three sash windows with arched heads are on the...
- Breckenridge (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Banks--Colorado--Breckenridge--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980?]
- Fountain of Love
- Shows the Children's Fountain located in City Park in Denver, Colorado. The marble statue and fountain was built by Max Blondet, a Prussian sculptor, in 1912. He copied the design from the original sculpture in Dusseldorf, Germany done by Henry C....
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1930-1950.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1930-1950.
- [between 1930 and 1950?]
- Modocs receiving rations at the agency
- A large group of Native American (Modoc) men and women receive rations at the agency, possibly in Indian Territory, Oklahoma or the Klamath Reservation in Oregon. The men wear hats and coats; the women wear dresses and aprons, one sits in a wagon....
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Women--1870-1880.; Food relief--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Modoc indian police
- A group of Native American (Modoc) policemen pose in front of a wood panel building, probably in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). They wear hats, uniforms, badges and carry revolvers. On the ground are rifles and a musical instrument case. One man...
- Indians of North America--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian Territory--1870-1880.; Indian reservation police--Indian Territory--1870-1880.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- Modocs killing cattle, Col. D. B. Dyre, Agent
- A group of Native American (Modoc) men, and Indian Agent Colonel D. B. Dyre on the right, pose next to slaughtered cows in front of a split rail fence. The men wear hats, coats, shirts, vests, and pants; one wears a badge. A man sits on a cow; he...
- Indians of North America--1870-1880.; Modoc Indians--1870-1880.; Cattle--1870-1880.; Indian agents--1870-1880.; Slaughtering--1870-1880.; Dyre, D. B.
- [between 1870 and 1880?]
- 1868 Dakota delegation
- Native Americans (Sioux) and white men are gathered in a semi-circle for a group portrait. This is the delegation who were to sign a treaty that would free Native American lands from white encroachment and bring peace to the middle north-west.
- Dakota Indians--Treaties--1860-1870.; Indians of North America--1860-1870.; Peace treaties--1860-1870.
- [1960?]
- Colorado Hotel & Bath House
- The Hotel Colorado, Bath House and hot springs from the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Depot platform across railroad tracks and the Colorado River, Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado. The newly constructed hotel features a U-shape plan...
- Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company--1890-1900.; Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1890-1900.; Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Bathhouses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1890-1900.;...
- [between 1892 and 1894]
- Kittredge Castle
- View of the Charles Marble Kittredge residence (William Lang architect) at 6925 East 8th (Eighth) Avenue in the Montclair neighborhood of Denver, Colorado; features rusticated stone, arches, and battlements.
- Kittredge, Charles Marble, 1858-1940--Homes & haunts.; Denver (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Montclair (Denver, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Houses--Colorado--Denver--1890-1900.; Lang, William A.
- [between 1890 and 1900?]
- Redstone Inn
- Exterior view of Redstone Inn, Redstone, Colorado; architecture copied after Dutch tavern or Swiss Chalet, frame and sandstone structure complete with tower clock, weather vane; John C. Osgood intended lodge for use by bachelor employees & as...
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Taverns (Inns)--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Redstone Inn (Redstone, Colo.)
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Redstone Inn
- Exterior view of Redstone Inn, Redstone, Colorado; architecture copied after Dutch tavern or Swiss chalet, frame and sandstone structure complete with clock in tower, weather vane; John C. Osgood intended lodge for use by bachelor employees and as...
- Osgood, John Cleveland, 1851-1926--Homes & haunts.; Redstone (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Taverns (Inns)--Colorado--Redstone--1900-1910.; Redstone Inn (Redstone, Colo.)
- [between 1903 and 1910]
- Denver City Tramway Company powerhouse
- View of the Denver City Tramway Company powerhouse at 14th (Fourteenth) and Platte Streets in the Union Station neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The brick building has arched windows and is surrounded by a chain-link fence.
- Denver Tramway Corporation (Denver, Colo.)--Buildings--1950-1960.; Denver (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Union Station (Denver, Colo. : Neighborhood)--1950-1960.; Abandoned buildings--Colorado--Denver--1950-1960.
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Ute Indian Camp Garden of the Gods Shan Kive
- Panoramic view of Native American (Ute) men, women and children, and white men at the Shan Kive (Colorado Springs Carnival) in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Utes pose in front of tipis and the sandstone rock formations of the Garden...
- Indians of North America--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Ute Indians--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1910-1920.; Tipis--Colorado--Colorado...
- 1913
- Childrens' fountain, City Park, Denver
- View of the Childrens' Fountain in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows landscaping done by S.R. DeBoer. The marble statue and fountain was sculpted by Max Blondet, a Prussian sculptor, in 1912. He copied the design from the original sculpture in...
- City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1910-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1910-1940.; Fountains--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Parks--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.; Sculpture--Colorado--Denver--1910-1940.
- [between 1912 and 1931]
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado residences
- View of the Edward Taylor residence in the town of Glenwood Springs (formerly known as Defiance), Colorado, in Garfield County. Features of the building include dormer windows, bracketed eaves, pilasters, shingle siding, a hipped roof, a...
- Glenwood Springs (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1960-1980.; Taylor, Edward--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Glenwood Springs--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1980]
- Curtis Street businesses
- View of businesses at 1512 Curtis Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Building features corbeled brick, stone lintels, a cornice, and signs: "Baur's Restaurant" and "Bernie Shoppe Millinery." A Ford sedan is parked.
- Baur's (Denver, Colo.)--1960-1970.; Denver (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Confectioneries--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.; Restaurants--Colorado--Denver--1960-1970.
- 1960?
- Gen. Crook, wearing straw hat, bust
- General George A. Crook, 1/2 length seated portrait, wearing straw hat, bow tie, suit jacket, and vest, holding carved walking stick in one hand; portrait was copied from 1889 Sioux Commission photograph.
- Generals--1880-1890.; Military officers--United States--1880-1890.; Military uniforms--1880-1890.; Crook, George, 1829-1890.
- 1889
- The Mormon Battalion
- Men pose around a pale stone obelisk in Pueblo, Colorado. A plaque reads: "The Mormon battalion. In the Mexican War spent the winter of 1846-47 near this site. With their families and Mormon immigrants from the Mississippi they formed a...
- Pueblo (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Clergy--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Mormon churches--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.; Obelisks--Colorado--Pueblo--1940-1950.
- [between 1946 and 1950?]
- Stoiber residence, Silverton
- Exterior view of the Gustav Stoiber residence in Silverton, Colorado. The dilapidated two-story home of the wealthy mine owner and real estate developer features an inset open porch, a bay window with a dentiled cornice, asphalt-shingle siding, and...
- Stoiber, Gustav--Homes & haunts--Colorado--Silverton--1960-1980.; Silverton (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Houses--Colorado--Silverton--1960-1980.
- [between 1960 and 1975?]
- Bank of Victor
- Exterior view of Bank of Victor, Victor, Colorado; bank rebuilt after 1899 fire, photo dated to September 11, 1899; one-story, front gable, wooden frame (vertical planks) building. Shows two men on front steps; R.H. Atchison, bank official, on...
- Victor (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Banks--Colorado--Victor--1890-1900.
- [1899?]
- Woodbury Branch post-remodel move in
- Photograph of the post-remodel move of the Woodbury Branch library in Denver, Colorado. Seen are several moveable bookcases and other moving equipment lining the wall of a room.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- 1993 October
- Woodbury Branch post-remodel move in
- Photograph of the post-remodel move in of the Woodbury Branch library in Denver, Colorado. Seen are several moveable bookcases and other moving equipment lining the wall of a room.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- 1993 October
- Woodbury Branch employees
- Photograph of the Denver Public Library's Woodbury Branch employees filling book shelves after the building's remodel
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- 1993 October
- Woodbury Branch library grand re-opening press conference
- Photograph of an unidentified woman giving a presentation at the Woodbury Branch library's re-opening press conference in Denver, Colorado. She stands in front of a presentation poster with the title "1994 Budget Overview".
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- 1993 October
- Woodbury Branch library grand re-opening press conference
- Denver Mayor Wellington Webb stands behind a podium, speaking during the Woodbury Branch library re-opening press conference in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.; Webb, Wellington E.
- 1993 October
- Woodbury Branch library grand re-opening press conference
- Photograph of the re-opening press conference for the Woodbury Branch library located in Denver, Colorado. Mayor Wellington Webb stands next to a stack of boxes. Most of the individuals stand around the circulation desk in the middle of the room.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.; Webb, Wellington E.
- 1993 October
- Woodbury Branch library grand re-opening press conference
- Photograph of Denver Public Library employee Mrs. Burkett, City Auditor Dennis Gallagher and an unidentified men during the Woodbury Branch library re-opening press conference in Denver, Colorado.
- Denver Public Library. Woodbury Branch.
- 1993 October